A Happy Dragon Birthday to You!

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 Bugaboo!

Bugaboo is generously providing a prize to our randomly chosen winner.

Thanks so much for sponsoring our challenge, Bugaboo!

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.

Pot-of-Gold Brownie Cups

I love Bugaboo digs, they are so much fun!! I colored this one up with my Prismacolor pencils and used Gold Stickles as an accent. I used my oval Nestabilities dies to pencil around him so that I would have elements 'popping' out. I used the same die to cut my black mat.

The green letters are from the Memory Box Parker Lower Alphabet set die cut from some scrap paper (but I'm pretty sure it's Wild Wasabi from Stampin' Up). The 'birthday' is from a Sweet Stamp Shop set that is retired and is stamped in Versafine Black Onyx ink. 

This is for a little friend who is celebrating his 6th birthday this weekend. (I hope it's not too glittery for a boy.)

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

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
The Pink Elephant Challenge #290 - Pinch Me (Use Green) 
Craft - Alnica #130 - Wings 
PaperTake Weekly - Happy 'Anything' 
Cardz 4 Guyz #62 - CAS 

Monster hugs from all of us.

This is my second card featuring our 'Sparkle' 
(our first (of three) 300th Challenge Celebration challenges) challenge over at 
Cupcake Inspirations!! 

I hope you'll come over and join us. 

The cupcake inspiration is SPARKLE!!
You can go straight to the challenge HERE. 

We are sponsored this week by so many wonderful sponsors!!!

I used Bugaboo's Love Monster digital image. Makes me so happy. I colored them up with my Prismacolor pencils. I used my Shapeabilities heart dies to create a framed window in my card front. I covered it in Christmas Red Stickles to create my Sparkkle. 

The sentiment is from a Your Next Stamp set called Silly Monsters. I inked it up in Versafine Black Onyx ink. 

On the inside, I used another sentiment from the YNS set. 

I just love using the window method to create more layers in the card without adding a lot of paper to the front, know what I mean? It's depth without becoming bulky. :) More views...

I made this card from my Grandmother's birthday on Thursday! She's going to love it and we are all accounted for in the image. :) 

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

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

Craft Your Passion #251 - Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge #192 - Happy Birthday

D.L. Art : March - Anything Goes

Scribbles Designs Challenge #26 - CAS

Scrapper's Delights #41 - Anything Goes

Crafting For All Seasons #96 - Dies and/or Punches

Little Miss Muffet #105 - Birthday Celebration

Art by MiRan #26 - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage #34 - Include a Sentiment

Send a Smile $ Kids - Diecuts and/or Punches

One Stitch at a Time #231 - Anything Goes w/ Birthday

Crafty Sentiments - CAS

Simon Says Stamp : Wednesday - Anything Goes

Crafter's Cafe Blog Challenge #105 - Lots of Layers

Penny's Challenge #216 - Lots of Layers

The Paper Shelter #192 - Make It Digital

WordArt Wednesday #172 - Anything Goes

Seize the Birthday - Birthday w/ Opt. Masculine

Fun Friday Challenge #77 - Anything Goes

Digitally Sweet Challenges #129 - Anything Goes

The Stamping Boutique - More than 1 Layer

Brown Sugar #135 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz #268 - Use Your Dies and/or Punches

Creative Fingers #69 - Anything Goes

From all of us.

t's time for another ANYTHING GOES challenge over at Sister Act Card Challenge. 

Come on over and join us. :) 

This week we are being sponsored by Bugaboo Digi Stamps. Thanks so much, Bugaboo! 

I used Bugaboo's Celebration Bunch and colored it up with Prismacolor pencils. One of the things I love about Bugaboo images is that they are so easy to color up. You can color it quickly or add shadow detailing and whatnot. Very versatile, not to mention FUNNY. 

I matted my image on some old paper I found in my scrap bag. That's pretty much where all of the paper I;m using is coming from right now. :) The card base is Neenah Desert Storm. The sentiment is stamped from Sweet Stamp Shop called Monogram Alpha in Stampin' Up's Whisper White Craft ink. I absolute love this set. (I used it to stamp all the names on our Christmas gifts this year. I used plain brown paper and white ink, gorgeous!) 

On the inside, I used the same ink and set to write 'From all of us'. 

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

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

Seize the Birthday - Sketch or Anything Goes

Red Rubber Inspirational #203 - Birthday Bash

Little Miss Muffet Challenges #102 - Anything Goes

Dream It Up : January - Birthday Wishes

Aud Sentiment #123 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers #63 - Anything Goes

Cardz TV #1 - Any Occasion (birthday)

D.L. Art : January - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew #78 - For a Child

Top Tip Tuesday - Keep It Simple

Chocolate, Coffee, and Cards #82 - No Circles

Scrapping 4 Fun #33 - Happy Birthday

Crafter's Cafe Blog #99 - KISS

Penny's Challenge #210 - Anything Goes

WordArt Wednesday #166 - Anything Goes

You're so sweet!

Pile It On has another challenge for you, so come over and join us.

This week, we are sponsored by BUGABOO.

Thank you so much for sponsoring this challenge, Bugaboo!

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I am using Bugaboo's Candy Jar and colored it up using my Prismacolor pencils. I used my Nestabilities dies in Circle and Scalloped Circle sets with paper from my scraps. The sentiment is stamped with Versafine Black Onyx ink and is from the Paper Smooches Chit Chat set.

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

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

Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration - Sketch
The Crafting Cafe : January - Lots of Layers
Creative Fingers #62 - Anything Goes
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

Crafting From the Heart #42 - Anything Goes

DRS Designs #156 - How Sweet It Is

Little Tangles #52 - Saying Hello

Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Sugar Rush

You're perfect.

Even if this card isn't.

It's time for another challenge over at Cupcake Inspirations! Come on over and join us. :)

This week our challenge is sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.

Bugaboo is offering our randomly drawn winner THREE digis! 

Wow! Thank you so much, Bugaboo. 

This week our challenge to you is STORY TIME!! 

Book Lovers Cupcake from Cakes and Cupcakes Mumbai

I used the Simon Says Stamp 'To Thine Own Shelf'. I love this set because, as you know, I love rainbows and it's very conducive to that! I also like to create scenes but don't really know how to, so this set makes that an easy accomplishment.

I stamped my shelves and sentiments in Versafine Black Onyx ink and all the other colors came from a set of Dew Drops by Memento. The longer of the shelves got smeared, which I haven't done in forever. It also stamp crooked when I went back over the original stamping because I wanted it darker. Jennifer McGuire makes it look so easy.

Overall, I'm happy with it. It's just my style!

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 #95 - Sketch
Digi Makeover #160 - Favorite Color (RAINBOW!!)
The Pink Elephant #270 - Anything Goes
Scribble and Scrap #28 - Anything Goes
A Gem of a Challenge #129 - CAS
Crafting with Dragonflies #36 - Anything Goes
A Song in Your HeART #17 - 'Story of my Life'
Delightful Challenges - Add a Sentiment
Crafty Girls #28 - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs : October - Anything Goes
WordArt Wednesday #152 - Anything Goes
D.L. Art : October - Anything Goes
Imagination Crafts Challenge : October - Anything Goes
The Sisters of Craft : October - Anything Goes
Pinspirational #125 - Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart #38 - Anything Goes

Dad's Retirement (SACC63)

Welcome to another ANYTHING GOES Sister Act Challenge!

This week Bugaboo is generously sponsoring our challenge.

Thank you so much for your support, Bugaboo!

So, this card ended up much more plain than I intended. I think I should have added a layer under everything but it's a little late now. No worries, because my dad is going to love it regardless. :) He retires next week and is beyond excited. 

I used 'Gus Fishing' and he's perfect for my dad. There's no resemblance between the two but the sentiment is perfect. I colored him with my Prismacolor pencils and distressed the edges of my image and the mat. My card base is Sahara Sand and my mats are Kraft. I added Glossy Accents to his glasses.

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

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Digitally Sweet #94 - Inspired by a Book (The Old Man and the Sea)
Creative Knockouts #43 - Masculine 
A Song in Your HeART #10 - 'Boys 'Round Here' 
Latinas Arts and Crafts #13 - Celebrations
Cardz 4 Guyz #24 - Sports
The Crazy Challenge #174 - By the Sea
Eclectic Ellapu: Purple - For a Man
Creative Moments #45 - Anything Goes w/ For the Boys
Fitztown #40 - Masculine

Chloe's Candy (GD Gig #3)

I am thrilled to have been asked by the Inspirational Challenge team to join them for their 

PINK and GREEN challenge this week. :)  

I made this card for my oldest daughter's best little buddy, Chloe. We put in a gift card as the present. I'm discovering that the older they get the more often a gift card is the gift. :)  

I used Bugaboo's Candy Jar as my main image. This has to be one of my favorites. I colored it up with my Prismacolor pencils and matted it with Melon Mambo cardstock. The layers are from my Nestabilities Oval and Scalloped Oval sets. The Green Gable piece is embossed with my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up's Short and Sweet set stamped in Melon Mambo ink.  

For the inside, I used Sweet Stamp Shop set Elegant Sentiments and Melon Mambo ink. 

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

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

Send a Smile 4 Kids - Birthday
Cut It Up #43 - Birthday cards
4 Krafty Girlz #16 - Anything Goes
A Song in Your He(Art) #5 - "Happy" Pharrell Williams
Scribbles #16 - Doodling
Pause Dream Enjoy #8 - Anything Goes
Sweet Stamps - Sweets
Card Und More #104 - No Flowers
Craftin' Desert Divas #29 - Photo Inspiration
Stamping Sensations: April - Use Dies and/or Punches
The Doodle Garden #2 - Spring Color Inspiration
Crafting by Designs: April - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet #84 - Anything Goes
The Sweet Pea Stampers - Birthday
Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments #105 - Happy Birthday

Make-a-Card Monday: Ballerina Birthday

So, the girls and I went to a ballet-themed birthday party this weekend. My mommy friend went all out with the decor. She transformed her home into a little girl's dream house. There was a "back stage" with a make up and hair table and some arts and crafts. Her living room was the "stage", complete with curtains! She even hired her friend's daughter, who happens to dance for the Houston Ballet, to give the girls a lesson. She started by showing them what she has in her dance bag, all the different ballet shoes she has and what she wears them for, and then trying on the pointe shoes for them. I thought the girls were going to wet themselves. The floor was too slick for her to wear them long (we didn't want anything to happen to those precious Prima feet, ankles, or knees :)) so she moved on the her "class" shoes and taught the girls some moves. It was super cute. And a lot of fun. And an amazingly cool idea.

Anyhoo, this is the card I made for the birthday girl's gift card.

I am using an image from Bugaboo called Brat Ballerina. I have no idea why they call them "brats" because I think they are super cute. And I don't think brats are cute. At all. I colored her up with my Prismacolor pencils and used my Copics for the floor and her outline. The sentiments, both inside and out, are from My Favorite Things Birthday Girl stamped in Melon Mambo. I also added baubles; haven't used those in FOREVER. Rounded all my corners and let the girls have at it on the interior. :)

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

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Catch the Bug #207 - Sketch
4 Krafty Girlz #15 - Anything Goes
The Paper Girls #53 - Photo Inspiration
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Creative Moments #40 - Anything Goes w/ Girly
WordArt Wednesday #127 - Anything Goes
Deep Ocean #75 - Inspired by a Movie (Center Stage)
Paper-Crafting Journey - For a Special Lady
Art Impressions #133 - Best of Friends
Aud Sentiment #104 - Sentiment for a Friend
Open-Minded Crafting #8 - Easter or Pastel Colors
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge #24 - Anything Goes

I'm draggin'. (CIC256)

It's time for a new challenge over at Cupcake Inspirations!! This week our sponsor is 

Bugaboo Digi Stamps!

They are offering our randomly drawn winner SEVEN digital images. Wow!!

Thanks for sponsoring our challenge, Bugaboo! 

This week our challenge is to use the colors Poppy, White, and Chartreuse. 

Easter Bunnies and Toadstool Cupcakes by Nicola

I am using Bugaboo's Clyde; love him! He is perfect for a little boy's first birthday which is where this card is going. I colored him up with my Prismacolor pencils and cut out different layers to give him a 3-D effect. He was cut out with my Nestabilities circle and scallop circle dies and the name is cut out with my Memory Box Alphabet Soup dies. I haven't added a birthday sentiment on the inside because I plan to hand-write the 'greeting'.

Should I have added more dimension in-between my layers??

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

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Wags'n Whiskers #126 - CAS
4 Krafty Girlz #15 - Anything Goes
Crafting for all Seasons #74 - Dies and Punches
A Song in Your Art #4 - 'Everything Grows' (First birthday, he's growing.)
Crafting by Designs: April - Anything Goes
Pause Dream Enjoy #7 - 3-D Projects
Just Keep on Creating: April - Anything Goes
Craftin' Desert Divas #28 - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Cute
Stamping Sensations: April - Use Dies or Punches
Eclectic Ellapu: Pink - One for the Boys
Without Words: April - Gentleman Only
Crafty Bloggers Network: April - Diecuts or Embossing
Paper Makeup Stamps #135 - Anything Goes
The Paper Girls #53 - Photo Inspiration; birthday

Vroom, vroom. (GD Gig #2)

I am super excited to be joining the CMC Challenge design team today as a guest designer. This is a very talented group, and I am honored to be among them for the week. :)

The challenge theme is ANYTHING GOES and I hope that you will go over and play along with us.

I don't mean to toot my own horn (pun totally intended!!) but I'm loving this card. :) I used Bugaboo's Monster Truck digi stamp colored up with my Copics. I used DCWV's All About Boys paper stack and Stampin' Up Night of Navy and Pumpkin Pie cardstock for matting. The card is 5.5 inches square.

For the inside, I mimicked the exterior by using the same layout set differently. Haven't stamped a sentiment yet though I am pretty sure we have a two year old's birthday party coming up in the near future. And if not, I might have to keep it for myself...bummer.

Thank you so much for looking! I hope this finds you happy and healthy.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Ooh-la-la #153 - For a Child
Crafting by Designs: April - Anything Goes
2 Cute Ink #103 - Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy #111 - All About Travel
Unscripted Sketches #251 - sketch
Inky Impressions #154 - Dots and Stripes
TopTip Tuesday - Cute
Eclectic Ellapu: Pink - One for the Boys
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #30- Anything Goes
Fitztown #30 - Spots and Stripes
WordArt Wednesday #127 - Anything Goes