Bouquet of Shamrocks

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

This week, we are sponsored by Meljen's Designs.

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical rubber and digital images inspired by her kids and her family. Meljen's Designs has a new challenge every Thursday, and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the adorable line of Meljen's Designs stamps at our store HERE to browse all of Melissa's lovely designs! You can also see Melissa's exclusive rubber stamps at her corner of Whimsy Stamps, too!  Don't forget to join Meljen's Designs on Facebook HERE to take advantage of special sales and promotions that are just for her facebook fans!

Thank you so much for sponsoring this challenge, Meljen's Designs!

This week would like you to use GREEN.

I used Meljen's Shamrock Bouquet which is perfect for a sweet friend. It can really be used any time of year with the sentiment 'Lucky you are my friend' or something along those lines. I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils and added Glossy Accents to the bow. The green papers are from my stash and are die cut with my Nestabilities Circle and Scalloped Circle dies. 

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

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Craft for the Craic #14 - Bingo (Image, More than 2 Layers, Diecuts)
QKR Stampede #129 - Bring on the Green
Pattie's Creations Challenge #108 - Green
Simply Create Too #80 - St. Patrick's Day/Mostly Green
Scrapping 4 Fun #37 - Anything Goes
Creative Corner Challenge - Nature Inspired
Aurora Wings #12 - 'My Lucky Color'
Cardz TV #4 - Clovers/Shamrocks
A Gem of a Challenge #139 - CAS
Great Impressions : March - Go Green
Craftin' Desert Divas - Lots of Green
Melonheadz Friends - Use Green
The Kraft Journal #213 - St. Patrick's Day
Artistic Inspirations #126 - Anything Goes w/ Green
Creative Moments #63 - Anything Goes w/ Green
4 Crafty Chicks #236 - Green

Topsy Turvy Birthday Cake

It's time for our second (of three) 300th Challenge Celebration challenges over at 
Cupcake Inspirations!! 

I hope you'll come over and join us. 

Today's cupcake inspiration is COLOR!! Please use the colors 
CHARTREUSE, WHITE, and POOL.

You can go straight to the challenge HERE. 

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

I used this image from Meljen's Designs called Topsy Turvy Birthday Cake. I colored the image up with my Prismacolor pencils. I love this image and I'm looking forward to coloring it in many different color combos. :) 

I added Glossy Accents to the polka dots and candle flames but you can't tell in this overcast weather. 

This card is also a different size than usual. It's 5.5 inches by 3 inches. I'm trying to use up my scraps, and I found this piece that I had left from a bigger card. 

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

I would like to enter this card i not the following challenges:

Say cheese...

...it's your birthday!

It'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 Meljen's Designs. Thanks so much! 

I used Meljen's Camera Mouse for this shaped card. I colored him up with my Prismacolor pencils and applied Glossy Accents on the camera lens, flash, and viewfinder. I used my Circle Nestabilites dies to create my focal point and mat, and the scalloped version for the card base. The letter stickers are from Basic Grey. 

On the inside, I used more of the Basic Grey letter stickers to create the rest of the sentiment. My kids will sign it in white gel pen.

This is for a little guy who will be turning 3 next month. With my youngest in a little preschool class, even at 3, he gets invited to birthday parties and such. Love the challenge of making a card that a little one (and hopefully their adult as well) will like. :)

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

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

Crafter's Cafe Blog Challenge #102 - Birthday Card

Word Art Wednesday #169 - Anything Goes

PaperTake Weekly - Anything Goes

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge #137 - Lots of Layers

As You Like It - Matte or Shiny (Shiny because it's more fun. :) - Glossy Accents is my best friend!)

Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges #271 - Birthday w/ a Masculine Twist

That Craft Place - Anything Goes

Scribble and Scrap #37 - Anything Goes

Robyn's Fetish #249 - Anything Goes

Allways Something Creative #92 - Gloss and/or Glitter

Craft for the Craic : February - Birthday/Anniversary 

A Snow Bird in July (SACC66)

Welcome to another ANYTHING GOES Sister Act Challenge!

This week Meljen's Designs is generously sponsoring our challenge.

Thank you so much for your support, Meljen!

I colored my Chubby Snow Bird with my Prismacolor pencils and added sequins from an old Simon Says Stamp card kit to some of the floating snowflakes. I cut him out with my Nestabilities Label 8 dies. I wish now that I had made a card base with the same shape...oh, well. Maybe later. :) 

This is a Michaels dollar spot stamp (from ages ago) stamped with Night of Navy Stampin' Up ink. 

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

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

Dazzling Divas #34 - Anything Goes w/ Snowflakes
Divas by Design - Christmas in July
Scrap Creations #15 - Christmas in July
Sparkles #58 - Christmas in July
Merry Monday #117 - Sequins
Baffies Kreativladen - Christmas in July
Whoopsie Daisy - Christmas in July
Robyn's Fetish #220 - Christmas in July
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Christmas in July
Chocolate Coffee and Cards #69 - For the Birds
Hobby Book - Christmas in July
Fitztown #43 - Pick a Holiday (winter holidays)
A Gem of a Challenge #123 - Animals
Hambo Hoedown - Christmas in July
Crafting by Designs: July - Anything Goes
Sugar and Spice #8 - Christmas
Eclectic Ellapu: Pink - Furry Friends

I will go down with this ship... (CIC261)

Before I get into our new challenge over at Cupcake Inspirations, I feel the need to explain my title. Have you ever had an idea in your head and just couldn't get it out as a card? This is one of those projects for me. I knew what I wanted to create and I just couldn't get it to come together. So after the FOURTH attempt, I decided that this was it. Ready or not, I was putting it out there and stickin' by it. :)

This week are sponsored by Meljen's Designs! 

They are offering our randomly drawn winner FOUR images! Wow.

Thank you, Meljen!

Our challenge for you this week is NAUTICAL.

Nautical Cupcake Wrappers from Styling the Moment

Here's my take...

I got to play with Lots O Love Octopus, and it's he a cutie? :) I colored him up with my Prismacolor pencils and fussy cut him out. (This is card number 4; 3rd colored image used; 2 time fussy cut.) I stickled the hearts with Christmas Red Stickles. My designer paper is Fancy Pants' Down By the Shore collection. I love it but still I had a hard time picking out which papers went with my vision. I've had this paper FOREVER, and I am desperately trying to work through my "collection" of papers. The circles are all cut using my Nestabilities Small and Large Circle dies. The card base and all mats are Neenah Desert Storm cardstock.

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

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Stampin' Stylin' Inkspiration: May - Sketch
Addicted to CAS #38 - Off the Edge
The Pink Elephant #250 - Nautical

Craftitude #65 - Use a Die
Creative Corner - Circles
Crafts 4 Eternity #176 - Use a Die
WordArt Wednesday #132 - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Summer
Fantastic Tuesday #35 - CAS
Just Inspirational - Anything Goes
Cardz 4 Guyz #18 - Nautical
The Crafting Cafe: May - Creatures
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge #29 - CAS
Send a Smile 4 Kids - Anything Goes