For Raegan

I made this card for my niece who is having a birthday and is expecting her first child. She just recently started showing her baby bump so I thought this card could be a way of expressing my joy in both her birthday and her expected arrival.  So happy birthday Raegan and congrats to you and Derek!. She will not see this till she receives it in the mail but thought I would say it anyway!

Card details:

Stamp: Preggo Honey by Sassy Studio Designs

Sentiment - my own computer generated

Colour Medium: Prismacolour Markers and Copic flesh tone Markers

Die Cuts: Spellbinders  ovals and Marianne Design Creatables flower(LR0108) and flourish (LR0116)

Punch: EKSuccess for the two top layers of the flower

Other:  brad

Paper: card stock by Stampin' Up -Tangerine tango; DP by Miss Elizabeth 'Jewels'

Challenges:

1. Celebrate the Occasion:#64 Anything Goes

2.Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes

3.Creative Card Crew: #11 Dimensions - raised items on card: girl,flower, flourishes and sentiment

4.Deep Ocean Challenge: #26 Swirls

5.Die Cutting Divas: #67 Anything Goes - used Spellbinders Standard Circles and Ovals and Marianne Designs Creatables

6.Jackson's Digital Express: #6 Anything Goes  -optional twist use a Tim Holtz product- did not use a Tim Holtz product

7.Kaboodle  Doodles Challenge: Anything Goes

8. Stamp and Create: May Challenge: For the ladies

9.Tammy's Scrapin Corner: #12 Anything Goes Any Artist

Too Cute to Stink

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the 'Digital Tuesday Challenge'  ,#162  May 29th, 2012  and the theme is Just for laughs - use an image or sentiment  etc. that will make someone smile or laugh!

Go take a peek   and  if you enter their challenge you might win a Doodle Pantry prize.  

The NEW Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge  will start June 1st. Please drop by the Doodle pantry site for all the details. The challenge will run from June 1 through June 24th 2012  - theme just use a Doodle Pantry image. If you don't have one there are lots of freebies at the Doodle Pantry Shop and you  get a Doodle Pantry image just for participating in the challenge. You may also win a Doodle Pantry prize if your entry is selected via a random draw! Such a deal!    

• Stamp: Doodle Pantry digital stamp Quirky Skunk
• Sentiment: Doodle Pantry digital sentiment from the  Quirky Skunk  stamp set
• Papers:  Background paper from Recollections paper Pad - Love Letters
• Die Cuts: Spellbinder Nestabilites - Standard Circles, Scalloped Circles, Marianne Designs Creatables Double Frame and  the flower 
• Stampin Up corner punch
• Colour Medium: pre-coloured digi

Challenges:

Love to Create Challenge Blog: #17 Add a sentiment - I added a sentiment  by merging it with the skunk 

image

OLLCB Challenge #106 - make it girly - well I think my skunk is very girly at least for a skunk :O)

The CutiePie Challenge Blog:#19 Die Cuts and Punches

There's Magic in the Air: Magical Monday 3 in a row- I used the row containing - punches, flowers, circles
Gingerloft ChallengeGL41: Circles,circles and more circles - I have 4 circles around the skunk and my flower is a circle shape
Send a a Smile 4 Kids Challenge:Anything Goes for  Kids Challenge
Hotshot Crafts Blog: challenge #8 Die Cuts
Totally Papercrafts:#118 Animals
Digi Doodle Shop's Best: Challenge #109 - let's go spotty - my little skunk has lots of colourful spots
Paper Crafting Journey:PCJ Challenge #10- Anything for kids goes

Rag Doll with Love - Beccy's Place

 Beccy's Place -  May 24th release:  Beccy has two images for this release and both are wonderful   rag dolls with different hats, clothes  and expressions , one is holding a 'with love ' heart and one is is holding a 'for you' heart.I choose the 'with love' one because I loved her boots the most:)!   

The flower and leaves are from Stampin Up's   clear stamp set called 'Summer Solstice', (the two top layers of the flower are from punches - Martha Stewart and Marvy)  The image was coloured with Prismacolor Markers and  to accent the heart I used Glossy Effects. The ticket & sentiment are   from Whimsy Stamps.  I used the sketch from  City Crafters for my card layout.   Don't forget to join in on Beccy's  May Challenge (see here) The theme is 'create a card using one of  Beccy's flower images and colour it with your Mother's favourite colours, it does not have to be a Mother's Day card.. You have to see Beccy's flowers to believe them, they are amazing and she has some lovely freebies if you  you need one.

Challenges I entered:

.Bunny Zoe's Craft: Monthly Challenge`#24: Anything Goes

Crafty Boots Challenge: Bowtastic/Anything Goes -  

Get Hippity with Ippity/Join the Unity Community: Challenge #21 Flower and a Leaf ( I have two)

Love to Create Challenge: Use a Sentiment

Send a Smile for Kids Challenge: Anything Goes

Totally Gorgeous: Challenge #133 Something new _ the digi stamp is new and so is the flower stamp

Aud Sentiments Challenge: #55 Use any sentiment

Paper Crafting Journey #10: Anything for Kids Goes

Sassy Studios Designs: DTBST126 - Hats Off to You must have a hat of some type

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #66 'For the Man/Boy in your Life'

Another black themed card for me (not required for the challenge). A little to much  beige as it fools the camera and I had quite a time getting the exposure down to something acceptable. I am just learning how to use the Copic flesh tones so there is some experimentation going on here! I like it anyway:)

My DT Card for Lexi's Creations    Challenge #66 - For the man/boy in your life!

 The challenge will run May 28th - June 9th,2012.     Put on your creativity hats and come share with us  your special version of the theme. Can't wait to see what you come up with!  Be sure to check-out the work by my team mates over at Lexi's Creations. They are all so talented!

Sponsor:    Our sponsor  this fortnight   is 'Crop Stop':  If you are passionate about paper-crafting whether it be scrapbooking your memories, making cards or altered art, CropStop is your one-stop solution.    

                                                      

Card details:

Stamp: 'Hug & Kisses - sentiment from Rubbernecker.the frame for the sentiment from Stampin' Up's Cute and Curly set, male image from Fairy Dust Crafts  called 'JT'

Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities   Wonky Rectangles, Spellbinders Shapeabilities  'Foliage' for the  'tree' .Whimsy Stamp's for the vine
Punch:  Stampin' Up ' Curly label punch 

Paper:   Stampin' Up  basic black, whisper white. the rest from stash- origin unknow:)
Colour medium: Prismacolour markers, Copic's for the skin


Challenges:
1. Paper Makeup Stamps:#38 Digi Makeover: Black, white plus one other colour
2. Forever Friends#37 Fortnightly Challenge - One for the Boys- I used a bird for the required animal
3.House of Gilli:#33 Die Cuts'/Punches
4.Love to Create Challenge: #17 Add a Sentiment
5. Tammy's Scrapin Corner: #12 Anything Goes
6. Here Come the Boys: #28- Anything Goes
7.2 Sisters: #93 Bring on the Boys
8.Little Claire's Designs:#21 Male Theme
9.One Stop Craft Challenge #184- For the Boys
10. Rogue Red Heads Designs: Rebel Challenge #11: Warm Tones for the Gents

Missing You - CDAC

This card was created for the Crafters Digital Art Centers Progressive Challenge SERIES 3.18 (cdacpc18) Theme : "Summer Sizzles"   Challenge #18   runs  May 16th - May 31st! . You must make one or more projects from the five available images you received for participating in the previous challenge in order to receive the next challenges freebies . This is the last challenge for Series #3.You must be a member of CDAC to participate.  

I picked the Just Some Lines image  for my card, I  liked the loneliness the image portrayed   and based my card on that feeling- she is missing someone.

  Card details:

• stamp: digital by Just Some Lines 
• colour medium: Prismacolor Markers 
• Die Cuts:    Spellbinders  Nestabilities circles, Spellbingers Shapeabilities Foliage,   Crealies Creative Flowers
• Punch: Stampin' Up Word Window,Modern label
• Ink:  Stampin' Up bashful blue for the clouds

  Challenges:
1.CDAC
2.Beary Mine Challenges #36 Anything Goes
3.Clear it Out Challenge Blog: ConBRADulations -use grads. The center of my flowers are orange brads
4.Sweet Stamp Challenges:    #66: Anything Goes
5. Tip Top Tuesday #77 - Dig out the Old - my orange brads are over a year old
6.Going Grey With Scrap Creations: BINGO - I used Flowers,Die cuts/Punches and Digi Image
7.Love to Create Challenge Blog:#16 Song Inspired 'Missing You' by John Waite
8.Hooked on Craft Challenges #20: Flowers
9. Made especially for You - create a card using three brads - my three flowers each have a brad center

Fin-tastic

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the 'Just Inspirational Challenges' ,  May 17th, 2012  and the theme is  'photo inspiration'

          

Go take a peek   and  if you enter their challenge you might win a Doodle Pantry prize.  

 The Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #23 started  May 1st and runs thur May24th- theme just use a Doodle Pantry image. If you don't have one there are lots of freebies at the Doodle Pantry Shop and you  get a Doodle Pantry image just for participating in the challenge. You may also win a Doodle Pantry prize if your entry is selected via a random draw! Such a deal!   May 1st was  also a new release day over at Doodle Pantry with some amazing new images, be sure to stop in and have look, see here! 

• Stamp: Doodle Pantry digital stamp 'baby sea turtle'; Stampscapes  'Water pattern'
• Sentiment: Doodle Pantry digital sentiment from the  'baby sea turtle' digital stamp set
• Papers: DT paper from K  Company 'Susan Winget Specialty Paper'.  I stamped the birthday wishes on the paper
• Die Cuts: Spellbinder Nestabilites ' Beaded Ovals' and  their Shapeabilies ' Foliage'\: Marianne Designs for the leaf flourish on the top corner .; Stampin Up's   Embosslits 'Sweet button'
•  Colour Medium: Prismacolor Markers

 Challenges entered:
1. Crafty Creations: #170 - male Birthday card
2. Truly Scrumptious:   #80 Anything Goes
3. Whimsy Stamps Challenge: #39 Anything goes
4. Desert Islands Craft challenge: Challenge#31 - use  at least three items from  itinerary - I used  for a boy, something new (my image is new),  something blue
5. Bearly Mine:  #35 Dies
6. Crafty Sentiments DesignsL Eyes Down for Bingo I used  the row  containing -paterned paper, coloured image and punches or dies

Old Mail Box - Beccy's Place

   

 Beccy's Place -  May 17th release:  Beccy has two images for this release and both are wonderful! I choose the old mailbox as I was intrigued by the  loneliness this image portrayed!   

The plant flourishes and the doily are from Marianne Designs and the butterflies are from Stampin' Ups  'Beautiful Wings' .  The image was coloured with Prismacolor Markers and  to accent the butterflies I used pearl stickers.  

To see more of Beccy's  fabulous images go here:

Don't forget to join in on Beccy's  May Challenge (see here) The theme is 'create a card using one of  Beccy's flower images and colour it with your Mother's favourite colours, it does not have to be a Mother's Day card.. You have to see Beccy's flowers to believe them, they are amazing and she has some lovely freebies if you  you need one.

Challenges I entered:

1. Crafty Creations: #170 - male Birthday card
2 .Truly Scrumptious:   #80 Anything Goes
3. Whimsy Stamps Challenge: #39 Anything goes3.
4. Sundays with Crissy:#29 Things with Wings
5. Bearly Mine: #35 Dies- the foliage on the left , the butterflies and the doily are all from dies
6. Oldie but a Goodie: Things with Wings- must use something at least 6 months old - my twin7. 
7. Art with no Boundaries: Anything Goes - Fit to be tied - I used twine

Baby Buggie - CDAC

This card was created for the Crafters Digital Art Centers Progressive Challenge SERIES 3. 17(cdacpc17) Theme : "You've Got the Cutest Little Baby Face"   Challenge #17   runs  May 1st - May 15th! The Design2Delight image was one of five freebies available to pick from. You have to make one or more projects from the available images in order to receive the next challenges freebies and you must be a member of CDAC to participate.  

I could not  get the sparkly part of the picture to show up so I took a separate picture of it in sunlight.

  Card details:

• stamp: digital by Design2Delight; Background stamp by Impression Obbession
• Sentiment: Stampin' Up
• colour medium: Prismacolor Markers,Copics 
• Die Cuts: Marianne Design flourish;   Spellbinders  Nestabilitiess,  Cuttlebug tag, Provo Craft Hearts
•  Glossy accents on the bow, Sakura gell pen to add glitter on the buggie  trim

Challenges:
1.CDAC
2.Paper Pretties Monday Challenge - glitter
3. Simon Says Stamp and Show: anything goes
4. One Stitch at a time: #113 - use your favourite things  )my favourite things I used ::the flourish die cut., the heart  die cuts, glossy accents and the background stamp)
5.S & J Crafts, monthly challenge; 'Favoutires' favourite things I used ::the flourish die cut., the heart  die cuts, glossy accents and the background stamp)
6.Creative Belli Blog #143 Baby/New arrival :  forgotton from my stash - the cuttlebug tag

The Barnyard - Beccy's Place

 Beccy's Place.   The  May14th feature release is a digital image  called  'The Barnyard' . My granddad had a huge red barn and we loved to play in the hayloft when we could. When they took it down  long after my Grandpa had passed, my Grandmother who no longer lived on the farm (it was still in the family) came home for the event with  the statement 'I watched it go up and I will watch it come down'. I knew what she meant as I could understand the feeling so well.   She had raised a family of twelve and the barn had played a big role in the raising. Life has it's moments and the taking down of what was so important years ago is one of them.  The image was coloured with Prismacolor Markers  and the old boots in the corner are from another digital stamp from Beccy's Place!

To see more of Beccy's  fabulous images go here:

Don't forget to join in on Beccy's  May Challenge (see here) The theme is 'create a card using one of  Beccy's flower images and colour it with your Mother's favourite colours, it does not have to be a Mother's Day card.. You have to see Beccy's flowers to believe them, they are amazing and she has some lovely freebies if you  you need one.

Challenges I entered:
1. Great Impressions: #3 Anything Goes
2. Allsorts Challenge Blog: Week 154 - Card for a man or a boy
3.CES Challenges: last challenge #85 Anything Goes
4. Little Clair's Designs Monthly Challenge #21 - Male theme
5. Art with No Boundaries: Anything Goes/Fit to be tied - I used twine for the 'fit to be tied' portion of the challenge
6.Creative Stamp Friends: Team B challenge #51 Father's day
7, Lollipop Crafts: #80 Just for Him
8.ooh-la-la Challenge Blog: #105 - Ribbon or twine or both - I used twine
9. The Crazy challenge #109 - Outside

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #65- Black and White with One Other Colour

My DT Card for Lexi's Creations    Challenge #65 - Black 

& White plus one other Colour

 The challenge will run May14th- May 26th,2012     Put on your creativity hats and come share with us  your special version of the theme. Can't wait to see what you come up with!  Be sure to check-out the work by my team mates over at Lexi's Creations. They are all so talented!

 

Sponsor  Fairy Dust Crafts Your one stop shop for Lexi's Digi images and a growing choice of delicious crafting goodies. Their digital images are also available as clear rubber stamps'

    
                                                    

Card details:
Stamp:  'Roxi' image from Fairy Dust Crafts  , sentiment from Whimsy stamps  Tickets(Happy Birthday is hand written by me - Hello is theirs:O)

Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities   Wonky Rectangles; Marianne Designs -  Forest branch flourish  
Punch: flower punches by EK Success

Paper:  The Glitter Stack by DCWV  for the glittered pattern  paper,and the striped is unknown, and Stampin' Up basic black  cardstock for the plain 
Other: pearls and mini button brads


Note: Was one of the top three picks at Jellypark Friends Friends and won a top 3 pick at Platypus Creek Digitals


Challenges:
1. Addicted to Stamps Challenge - White, Black and ?
2.Platypus Creek Digitals: #6 Flowers
3.Scrapper's Delights Papers: May Flowers

4.Sentimental Sundays: #102 (B)irthday theme- embellishments starting with a B - I have three mini white buttons
5.The Hybrid Chick: Card caravan #19 Flowers
6.2 Sisters Challenge #91 Make it Girlie
7. Sweet Stampin:Flower Power
8.Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge # 132- Happy Birthday
9.Jellypark Friends: Girlie Girl
10. Emergency Crafters Challenge Blog: Spots and Stripes

Noah's Ark - Dachshunds - Two by Two

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the 'Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge'  #139,  May 13th, 2012  and the theme is Noah's Ark - the verse is from Genesis 6:20 , the animals going into the ark two by two, and the challenge is to use any type of animal, bird  or bug in the card or creation.

Go take a peek   and  if you enter their challenge you might win a Doodle Pantry prize.  

 The Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #23 started  May 1st and runs thur May24th- theme just use a Doodle Pantry image. If you don't have one there are lots of freebies at the Doodle Pantry Shop and you  get a Doodle Pantry image just for participating in the challenge. You may also win a Doodle Pantry prize if your entry is selected via a random draw! Such a deal!   May 1st was  also a new release day over at Doodle Pantry with some amazing new images, be sure to stop in and have look, see here! 

• Stamp: Doodle Pantry digital stamp Dizzy Dachshund 
• Sentiment: Doodle Pantry digital sentiment from the  Noah's Ark stamp set
• Papers: Doodle Pantry digital paper from their 'Umbrella Ants' stamp set
• Die Cuts: Spellbinder Nestabilites - Wonky Rectangles, Marianne Designs for the leaf flourish and for the  'tag' holding the sentiment
• Bling: red and brown buttons and one Bubbles and Bling Sticker
• Colour Medium: Prismacolor markers

How do like my almost embellishment   free card, I let the papers do the talking. 


NOTE: I won twice for this card: 1. Whimsy Stamps and Shelly's Images TTTChallenge (Gold Medal Award)

Challenges:
1. Craft Your Days Away:#45 All Creatures Great and Small
2.CES Challenges:#85 Last Challenge- Anything Goes
3. Hot Shot Craft: #8 Die Cuts - Spellbinders Wonky Rectangles & Marianne Designs  tag
4.Moving Along with the Times: #148 Nautical - Anything to do with Water - my card's background paper consists of rain drops and the two by   two joyful  pooches  are heading for the  Ark!
5.Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog: #66 Tags and Tickets - I have a  tag used as as sentiment on my card
6.Shelly's Images: TTTC C'om Let's Get happy -  the two happy pooches make me happy (image)
7.Whimsy Stamps: #38 Make it POP- add dimension -  my lead pooch has Pop Dots added to give  her dimension over the flat  dog at the rear
8.Papertake Weekly: Cute, Cute,Cute

Raise the Bar - Guest Bar - Tender

   I was picked   one of the top three  at a recent 'Raise the Bar' challenge  for my 'Sounds of Spring'  card and won a guest  slot  for one of their upcoming challenges, which happens to be the one that starts  today!!. The theme is Mother's Day  (2nd Sunday in May) in honour of all  the Mother's out there.  As my dear Mom has been gone for some time now (oh how I still miss her) I try to make my Mother's Day cards  to represent mothers  past and present,young and old, depending upon my mood. This card  represent a young ,stylish one.   I urge you to go take a visit and join the fun and maybe even win a guest slot...

I used an image from Little Miss Muffet called 'Emily Rose Hatter' and she is a darling. I coloured her with Prismacolor Markers, framed her with two Spellbinders Nestabilities oval die cuts and created a sentiment  from Doodle Pantry's Fancy Shoe' digital stamp set. The embellishments are rose flowers from  Recollections  and the flourish is a Marianne Designs  die cut.  I used paper from  DCWV 'The Four Seasons Stack'. and added a few pearls.

Challenges I entered:
1. Crafty ribbons: #19 Flowers
2.DYSU Challenge Blog:#71  Use a flower
3.Little Miss Muffet Challenge: # 34 May flowers or if using a LMM stamp it is 'anything Goes'
4.Shelly's Images: TTTC : C'mon Be Happy: use something that makes you happy - red paper roses make me happy and so do flourishes:O)
5.Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog #79 I love you Mom
6.The Sisterhood of Crafters: May Flowers - must have at least one flower on project
7. Celebrate the Occasion#62 -  Mother's Day
8. Going Grey with Scrap Creations:  HappyMother's Day
9. Use it Tuesday: #31 All about Mom- hoarded stash - the Desginer paper, the small red roses and the pearls are all  from my stash and are at least 6months or more old
10: Tuesday Throwdown:#97 -Mothers Love

Owls - Beccy's Place

I have the honour of being the May Guest Designer  at Beccy's Place.   The  May10th feature release is a digital image  called   'Owls",  aren't they a hoot -lol.   I used the  sentiment  'live, laugh, love'  (Whimsy Stamps tickets set) as I like to think of owls as wise old creatures.   The flourishes are from Marianne Designs and the flowers are hand punched from   EK Success  Retro flower punches. The Owls's were  coloured with Prismacolor Markers and  to accent the eyes I used 'Glossy accents'. 

To see more of Beccy's  fabulous images go here:

Don't forget to join in on Beccy's  May Challenge (see here) The theme is 'create a card using one of  Beccy's flower images and colour it with your Mother's favourite colours, it does not have to be a Mother's Day card.. You have to see Beccy's flowers to believe them, they are amazing and she has some lovely freebies if you  you need one.

Challenges I entered:

1. Crafts and me:#83 Punches and Die Cuts
2.Crafty Creations: #169 Frame it
3.The Paper Shelter:#63 Anything Goes
4.Anything Goes Challenge Blog:#66 Things with Wings - mine are hidden but owls have wings:O)
5 Craft room Challenge: Emboss It - my doily behind  the owl frame is dry  embossed..
6.Creative craft Challenges: Anything Goes at CCC
7.Jackson's Digital Expression: Anything Goes -Inks and Such-I used Prismacolor markers
8.Lej Designs: Things with Wings - owls have wings - mine are hidden: hope that is OK  :O)
9: Oldie but a Goodie: Die Cut and Punches - my background paper. my ribbon  and the glossy accents I used on the eyes are all over 6 months old
10.PapertakeWeekly: Cute, Cute, Cute

Sea Buckthorn

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the  May 7th,2012 Craft Your Passion Challenge'        and the theme is Torn and Distressed Edges.  Go take a peek   and  if you enter their challenge you might win a Doodle Pantry prize.    This was quite a challenge for me as I am a big fan of distressing but have very seldom made a torn or distressed edged card, I just never seem to know what to do.  I was looking forward to this challenge as it would force me to give it a go. I did the distressing  using a Tim Hotlz tool  and it worked surprisingly well, however any torn  edges were totally unintentional. I wasn't brave enough to actually  tear them with my fingers:O)

Note:

 The Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #23 started  May 1st  (12:00 noon EST)- theme just use a Doodle Pantry image. If you don't have one there are lots of freebies at the Doodle Pantry Shop and you  get a Doodle Pantry image just for participating in the challenge. Such a deal!   May 1st was also new release day over at Doodle Pantry with some amazing new images, be sure to stop in and have look! 

• Stamp: Doodle Pantry digital stamp Sea Buckthorn
• Sentiment: Doodle Pantry digital sentiment from the  Sea Buckthorn stamp set
• Colour medium: Prismacolor Markers - chalk for the shading on the image white BG
• Die Cuts: Spellbinder Nestabilites - Deckled Rectangles,  Whimsey Stamps 'Vines' flourish. Spellbinders Shapeabilities 'Create a Flake or Two' for the larger bottom portion of the flower
•  Punches: Marvy 1" and 1 1/2" daisy flower

Challenges:
Catered Crop: the letter B- my plant is a Buckthorn
Great Impressions:#3 Anything Goes -monthly challenge
The Hybrid Chick    Card Caravan: #18  Nature
A&T Digital Designs Challenge #23 Anything Goes
Just Traceys Crafts: Anything Goes for May's Challenge (montly)
Addicted to Stamps:#29 Mothers Day (Card for a Women) - mine is geared to the card for a women)
2 Sisters: Anything Goes
Catchthe Bug: May's Anything Goes 

May Guest Designer - Beccy's Place

I have the honour of being the May Guest Designer  at Beccy's Place. I was so thrilled when she asked me. Isn't that great, I love  Beccy's designs so much and I now get to play away at them.' Cool' as my son would say! The first images for May are 'Heaven Bound Cat' and 'Heaven Bound Dog', so sweet!  For whatever reason I did the cards in earth tones but they would look very lovely in any colour scheme. 

To see more of Beccy's  fabulous images go here:

I would also like to thanks Sandra Baldwin for her flower /leaves inspiration!

 

 Heaven Bound Cat: I used the  sentiment  'Hugs your way'  and this card could be used as a condolence card for the passing of a friends cherished pet. The tag can also be removed and used as  a tag or book mark if desired.

Challenges Heaven Bound Cat"

1. Great Impressions: Anything Goes

2. A & T Challenge Blog: #23 Anything Goes

3. Card a day Blog: Monthly challenge I used the Heaven Bound Cat as a symphathy card for the loss of a loved feline

4. Joanna Sheen Challenge: Flower Power

5. Scrap it Girl: April Showers Bring May Flowers

6. Sundays with Crissy: #29 - Things with Wings   

7.Catch The Bug: Time for May's 'Anything Goes' challenge

Heaven Bound Dog: to show the diversity of these images  I made a thank you card and the inside states 'for being such a Angel'Challenges: Heaven Bound Dog

Challenge for Heaven Bound  Dog

1. Desert Island Crafts Challenge#30: use 3 items from  Trudy's itinerary - I used die cuts, punches and a one word sentiment
2. Crafty Calender: Things with Wings
3. Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog:happy days at Sweet Stampin: 4legged Friends

GDT Card for Guylou's Inimitability Blog

 I was lucky enough to win a Guest Designer spot at the  Guylou's Inimitability Blog and the challenge theme was/is to 'use punches, dies and bling'! How can one resist that, easy peasy or what!  I chose "Louise and Gift" as the image I would use and this lovely gal can be found  here at the  Guylou's Inimitability Digishop.   Isn't she a darling! Please head on over to the Guylous Inimitability Blog and join the challenge  for the chance to win some free digis and  a guest designer spot! 

Challenge Deadline:
The participants have until 10:00 pm (EST) on May 17th to link their project to the InLinkz at the end of the challenge post.

How to participate:
The participants can enter only ONE project per challenge, but if they use a Guylou's Inimitability digistamp, their project will count for two entries. If they don't have one of her digistamps and their budget is tight; they can check the online store where several freebies are available.

Challenge Prizes:
A winner will be selected randomly and will win:
1. A $10.00 gift certificate from Guylou's online store
2. and the winner will also be invited to be a Guest Designer on one of our upcoming challenges.

Card details:

Stamp: digital stamp from Guylous Inimitability Digi Shop called Louise and Gift

Colour medium: Prismacolour markers

Dies: Marianne Designs Creatables- doily, Whimsy Stamps 'vine' flourish (under flower), Stampin' UpSizzlits Little Leaves

Punch:Martha Stewart Butterfly, tag punch

Bling: pearls, shimmer 

Challenge:
Crafts and me: #82 Favourite Color Combo, Yellow, Cream and Brown
Fresh Brewed Blog: FBC94 May Challenge -tic,tac,toe  I used:   flower. pattern paper, bling
Deep Ocean Challenge: Use punches and Dies
Jackson's Digital Expression: Anything Goes and optional colour -yellow, brown  and peach
LEJ Designs Challenge Blog: Challenge #1 ; Anything Goes
Oldie but a Goodie: Die cut and Punches  and my designer paper, pearls and flower ares more than 6 months old
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash Challenge #50: Mother's Day or Anything Girly- from my stash- Designer paper,, pearls,. flower and the brown card stock
Crafty Boots Challenge: Yellow
Incy Wincy Designs:#143 Mother's Day or Girly

Dreamcatcher

Using an ancient Indian Symbol: When my son was very little he started having nightmares so I made him a dream catcher and we hung it  above his bed near the window, to catch the bad dreams before they got to him.  One day he told  me that he  needed a new one as he had looked at the dreamcatcher and it was full  of all the bad  dreams it had caught. I  wondered what in the world he was talking about. Much to my great embarrassment  I found it was indeed full, full of dust that is. Down it came, I dusted it and put it back, but it had lost it's effectiveness according to my young son and no  longer stopped the bad dreams.  I  was dusting  it on an ongoing basis and I think because he could no longer see the evidence of the dreams being caught  he really never believed in it again.:O)

I made this card for him as he has just completed his University education this April. He now has a diploma in Creative Writing and a BA in English. Inside the card is a compartment for a check his Dad and I will be giving him in celebration of this achievement. He has been the most wonderful child ,I know we all say that but he was easy to raise, he has a strong   sense of right and wrong, will not willing hurt anyone , has good friends, a wonderful girlfriend  and  wants  children (someday)...Yaaaay, I personally feel this is important as I want (being selfish ) to hear little footsteps in my house again, if only for visits. Oooh the cookies I will make...

Doodle Pantry Specials for May:

The free w/purchase is  'Man's Stuff' from May 1-24. a wonderful collection of sentiments for the men /boys in your life!  New items for the Digi Grab Bag marked at 30% off  from May1 -13 in honour of National Pet Week!      Go to'specials' at the Doodle Pantry Shop   to view images and for more details .


Free with Purchase May 1st - 13th Dizzy Dachshund see here 

New release, New Challenge 

RELEASE DATE - May 1st ,2012  It is May release  day over at Doodle Pantry   and Laurie has some wonderful new  digital stamp sets for sale  and  precoloured versions of some  older stamp sets. I used  one of  the  new stamp sets called  'Dreamcatcher'  for the above card. It comes in an outline version and with appropriate sentiments.A little bit of something for everybody in the latest release, do go here to see them all!

   

CHALLENGE  DATE: May 1st  1200 Noon EST-May 24th 9:00 PM

DPDC#23 (must use a digital image from Doodle Pantry and you get one free just for participating)

DPDC23 complimentary image is the Scuba Sheep and Ant,  play and get it free, or wait until May 25 to buy it.

See Here for :Challenge  DPDC#23

Card details:

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Digital from  Dreamcatcher stamp set
Sentiment from Dreamcatcher stamp set - I combined two sentiments to make one

 Colour medium: Prismscolor Markers

Design paper:   from K&COMPANY 'Julianne 'paper pack
Cardstock Stampin' Up 'not quite navy' and whisper white

Die Cuts: Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles Marianne Designs Creatables- Decotative Elegance  , Stampin' Up Sizzix Embosslits Sweetest Stem (for the branch on the insert)

Punches:  Stampin Up 'photo corners'

Buttons  and twine from my stash
Note: this dreamcatcher stamp would be perfect to use with  doodle pantry's  wolf, horse, lion, baby cow etc digital images.

Challenges:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts: Challenge #23 - ribbons or twine - I used twine

Cards for Men: Challenge #9 - Texture

Craft Your Passion Challenge 108 - Lots of Texture

That Craft Place:One for the Boys - I created my card for my son  (grad from University)

Always Crafting:Creative Monday Challenge #7- Anything Goes

Crafty CardMakers: challenge 67 For the Boys- well I made mine for my son- hope it works

Lollipop Crafts:#78- Anything Goes

Tammy's Scrapin Corner: Challenge 8- Anything Goes & DT Call

Totally Stampalicious: Masculine - mine is for my son's grad

Mark's Finest Papers: Speedy Fox and Friends #105: Blues - shades of blue