Need a lift?

It's time for another challenge over at Cupcake Inspirations!! 

I hope you'll come over and join us. 

We are sponsored this week by Doodle Pantry!

Doodle Pantry is generously providing a prize to our randomly chosen winner.

Thanks so much for sponsoring our challenge, Doodle Pantry!

Each challenge, we give you an inspiration cupcake and you make a card or other craft project that is inspired by the cupcake.  

Here is this week's cupcake.

I used Charlie Sledding from Doodle Pantry. He comes with several sentiments but I picked this one because my Papa Bill needs a pick me up.

I colored him up using my Prismacolor pencils. I cut him out using my oval Nestabilities. The sentiment is die cut with a Stampin' Up die set. The card stock is SU's Brilliant Blue.

Once, I find them (I can't wait to have access to all my stuff once again), I want to add Diamond Stickles to the snowflakes. 

Thanks for looking! I hope this finds you happy and healthy. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Eureka Stamps #123 - 'Baby, it's cold outside!'
Blogger's Challenge - Travel
QKR Stampede #121 - 'Baby, it's cold outside!'
Creative Fingers #62 - Anything Goes
CAS : Colour and Sketch #106 - Sketch
Penny's Challenge #209 - Anything Goes
Loves RubberStamps #133 - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Keep It Simple
Clear It Out  - Anything Goes w/ Anything Goes
D.L. Art : January - Anything Goes

A Texas-Sized Birthday

It's a new challenge over at the FairyTale Challenge Blog. 

This week our theme is 'Country Inspiration'. Use the colors of your country. 

Doodle Pantry has been kind enough to sponsor our challenge. 

Thank you, Doodle Pantry!!

I used Doodle Pantry's Texas-Sized Birthday . This set is actually a freebie with purchase. :) Doodle Pantry has always been very generous with their images, and they have something for everyone and everything. Being from Texas, I'm partial to this set. 

I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils. I then matted my image on Stampin' Up's Real Red and Brilliant Blue card stock. My white layer is embossed with Cuttlebug's Happy Birthday embossing folder. My card base is Sahara Sand.

Thanks for looking! I hope this finds you happy and healthy.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Doodle Pantry #50 - Use a Digi
Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes w/ Optional 'Sweet Treats' 
Crafty Catz #246 - CAS
Crafts 4 Eternity #193 - Favorite Color Combo (Red, White, and Blue)
Brown Sugar #111 - Celebrations
Moving Along with the Times - Texture Time
CAS Colour and Sketch #91 - Sketch
Aud Sentiments #115 - For the Men
Word Art Wednesday #149 - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter #173 - Embossing of Any Kind (Dry)
Simon Says Stamp : Wednesday - Create Your Own Background
Cardz 4 Guyz #35 - CAS
Fitztown #52 - Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart #35 - Anything Goes
The Kraft Journal #188 - Anything Goes
Hobby Cutz #64 - For the Boys
Glitter N Sparkle #101 - Use a Digi
The Squirrel and the Fox #77 - For a Male
Pumpkin Spice #82 - Birthday
My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
Craftin' Desert Divas #39 - Anything Goes

How high... (CIC273)

can you wish? :)

It's time for another Cupcake Inspirations challenge!

We are sponsored this week by

Doodle Pantry is generously providing a prize of a $10 coupon to our randomly chosen winner.

Thank you for sponsoring the challenge!

Each challenge, we give you an inspiration cupcake and you make a card or other craft project that is inspired by the cupcake.  Here is this week's cupcake (linked to original source):

I used Balloon Ants. Aren't they adorable? I think this makes the perfect birthday card for a youngster. We have lots of birthdays in August so I need lots of birthday cards on hand. 

I started with vellum and cut it out with my Nestabilities oval dies. The first oval I cut, I took my cloud handheld punches and created 'holes' in the oval. But I didn't like that much so I redid it using plan white, Swiss Dot embossed clouds. Then I popped the whole thing up on dimensionals and layered it on a DCWV's Sunday Afternoon pattern paper oval I attached to the front of my card. Last, I rounded two of my corners. 

On the inside, I used more of the sentiments that came with my image and cut them out using my Nestabilities circle dies. I tacked the clouds I cut from the original oval circle (that I didn't use) underneath to give the impression of floating. 

I really like how it came out. :) 

Thanks for looking! I hope this finds you happy and healthy.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

More teeny tiny hellos...

Another project using Doodle Pantry's Summer Suits. :)

Most of you know by now (if you have followed me any length of time) that I love the color RAINBOW. Yes, to me, rainbow is a color. :)

I colored my image with my Prismacolor pencils and added the sequins at my FIVE year old's suggestion. (A crafter in the making? For sure.) The rings on the bottoms are colored in with my silver gel pen. The card base and smaller mat are Sahara Sand and the yellow chevron designer paper is from DCWV's Sunday Afternoon paper pad. I cut the sentiment on an angle with my Stampin' Up oval punch. 

Thanks for looking! I hope this finds you happy and healthy. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafting by Designs: July - Anything Goes
Your Next Stamp #14 - Sketch and/or Photo Inspiration
Stampin' Royals Linky Party: July - Anything Goes
Natalie and Amy #22 - Summertime
Crafting Station Challenge - Summer

Make-a-Card Monday: A Teeny Tiny Hello

So, I fell in love with this Summer Suits set from Doodle Pantry when I had the opportunity to use it for the latest 'Summertime' Pile It On challenge. (Go check it out and join us.) This is the second card, as of right now anyway. Since I write my posts early, I may have already made a hundred cards with this set. :)  You can see the first card HERE.

I used a Sahara Sand card base and Tempting Turquoise mat. My image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils. The sequins are from an old Simon Says Stamp card kit (small) and Joanns. My image and mat were diecut with my Nestabilities circle dies.

I punched out my sentiment with my Stampin' Up oval punch.

Thanks for looking! I hope this finds you happy and healthy.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
CASe This Sketch #85 - Sketch
Inky Impressions #140 - Summer Fun
The Stamping Chef #38 - Anything Goes
Scrapper's Delights #27 - Anything Goes w/ Cute and Girly
Tuesday Throwndown #204 - Vacation
The East Wind #11 - 'Hot'
Your Next Stamp #14 - Sketch and/or Photo Inspiration
A Creative Need #21 - Vacation/Travel
Craft for the Craic #6 - Favorite Color Combo (Rainbow!!!)
Crafting by Designs : July - Anything Goes
Crafting at the Weekend #3 - Anything Goes
Natalie and Amy's Challenge #22 - Summertime
The Crazy Challenge #176 - Diecuts/Punches
Hobby Cutz #57 - Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant Challenge #260 - Summertime
Digi Makeover #150 - Dies/Punches
Love to Scrap #34 - Color Scheme (Ombre Rainbow)
Crafty Boots - Summer Holiday
Make My Monday - Vacations
Crafting From the Heart #28 - Anything Goes
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
Scribble and Scrap #23 - Anything Goes
Inkspirational #61 - 'Splash'
Open-Minded Crafting #15 - Vacation
Eclectic Ellapu : Purple - Anything Goes
Di's Digi Designs - Dies/Punches
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge #38 - Anything Goes
Aloha Friday Challenge #28 - Favorite Color Combo (Rainbow!!!)
Crafty Catz #240 - Hot Summer and/or Hot Colors
Brown Sugar #103 - Sea and Sand
QKR Stampede #97 - Vacation

Nice suit! (PIO29)

This week, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring our 
'SUMMERTIME' challenge over at the Pile It On Challenge Blog!

Doodle Pantry is offering our winner THREE digital products! WOW!

Thank you so much, Doodle Pantry!! 

So, I don't know about you but I have honestly not spent a lot of time on Doodle Pantry not looking at their adorable bird digis. I must have had some serious tunnel vision for their feather-y cuteness to miss this awesome set, Summer Suits. (They have a matching flip-flop set, too.) I was so excited about this set, I made two other cards that I will post in the next couple days. 

I made this card with my husband in mind. He wears a business suit everyday to work and it was fun to see him in a swimsuit during vacation. He looks good in both though. :) 

I used my Nestabilities dies to cut my circle and scalloped mat. I colored my image with my Prismacolor pencils. The embossing was done with a Cuttlebug folder. 

 

The inside was created with left over scraps and another sentiment that came in the set punched out with my Stampin' Up oval punch.

Thanks for looking! I hope this finds you happy and healthy. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Aloha Friday Challenge #28 - Favorite Color Combo (Orange and Blue)

Crafts 4 Eternity #185 - Lots of Laughs

Crafty Catz #240 - Hot Summer and/or Hot Colors

Daring Cardmakers - Water

Brown Sugar #103 - Sea and Sand

Digitally Sweet Challenge #97 - Monochromatic w/ Orange

Left of Center #37 - Monochromatic

QKR Stampede #97 - Vacation

Cute Card Thursday #330 - Fun in the Sun

Inky Impressions #168 - Summer Fun

Crafting by Designs - Use a Sentiment

Allways Something Creative #79 - Summer

The East Wind #11 - 'Hot' 

Creative Card Crew #66 - Sea/Beach

Fantastic Tuesday #44 - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown #204 - Vacation

Die Cuttin' Divas #174 - Just Beachy

Createlicious #65 - Monochromatic

Scribbles #19 - Sea, Sand, Surf

Cardz 4 Guyz #27 - At the Beach

Craft Your Passion #222 - Citrus/Tropical Colors

Dream Valley #86 - Summer

Fab N Funky #223 - Feels Like Summer

Stampin' Royals July Linky Party - Anything Goes

Crafting Musketeers #15 - Summertime

Crafting by Designs : July - Anything Goes

Crafting Station - Summer

D.L. Art : July - Anything Goes

Doodle Pantry #48 - Make it Christmas or Make a Splash

Natalie and Amy's Challenge #22 - Summertime

Crazy Bird (CIC249)

Our sponsor this week is Doodle Pantry! 

Doodle Pantry is generously offering THREE images as our fabulous prize to our randomly drawn winner! 

Thank you for sponsoring this challenge!

Here is this week's inspiration cupcake.
Our challenge is BIRDS.  

Bird's Nest Cupcakes from Cooking Classy 

Here's my take...

Sentiment or no? I really like it both ways so I guess it shouldn't matter; I just wondered what you thought. :)

This is the first time that I have actually been able to execute the 'Spotlight" technique in a way that I really like. I am loving how this came out and the bird just popping right off the card.

My card base is Stampin' Up Real Read. I also used Basic Black and White. The ovals were are cut (or traced and cut) from my Nestabilities dies.

On the inside, I used another sentiment from Doodle Pantry that came with this set and matted it on the basic black. I might write with a white pen just to make my words stand out even though I think you will be able to see black ink just fine.

Please come join us!!

Thanks for looking! I hope this finds you happy and healthy.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Scribbles #14 - Frame It
Digi Galore - Things with Wings
Crafty Card Makers #110 - Come Fly Away With Me
4 Crafty Chicks #182 - Things with Wings
The Stamping Boutique #5 - Use a punch or die cut
Cuttin' and Stampin' #14.7 - Spring
Pile It On #8 - Thinking of You
Totally Papercrafts # 207 - Spring
Glitter N Sparkle #73 - Bright and Funky
Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #43
One Crazy Stamper February Anything Goes