Joy Clair December Challenge - 3D

Can you believe that it is December?! What!? But the good news is that there is a new challenge over on the Joy Clair blog. This month's challenge was a difficult one for me. I have never made a pop up card, so I made a card with a 3D element.

Today I am using the super cute 3d Poinsettia stamp set:

I love using kraft cardstock on Christmas cards. I love how the color red pops off the color. I used VersaMark ink and stamped the branches around the cardbase. To fill in the empty spaces, I added the red berries stamps. The sentiment is stamped and embossed on a fancy diecut. The poinsettia is stamped on red cardstock and embossed with gold. The flower is layered onto the card. A simple gold enamel dot is used in the center.

Please stop by the Joy Clair blog to enter your creation.

You have until January 29, 2018 to create a new project and enter it into Inlinkz below. 

By entering you will have a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Joy Clair Store.

TWO lucky winners will be announced on January 30, 2018!!!

Good Luck!!! 

Thank you for stopping by!

Jessi

Guest Designer - Die Cuttin' Divas

Happy Tuesday, everyone! I am excited to be a guest designer on the latest Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge! If you have not heard of them before, stop by HERE to check them out!

Today's challenge theme is Reindeer and/or Santa:

I used a variety of dies to create the scene on the card. The scene is created by using a Pink & Main Stitched square die. The reindeer is created using the Taylored Expressions Fawn die. To complete the Rudolph, I added a red enamel dot for the nose. The snowy hill is formed using the My Favorite Things Snow Drift die. The tree dies are from C.C. Designs. The scene is attached to a fun print. The sentiment is stamped onto a red printed stripe.

I hope you are inspired to stop by and join in this Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge!

Thank you for stopping by!

Jessi

DCWV November Stack-a-holic Challenge

Who is ready for another DCWV Stack-a-holic challenge?

Here is this month's card sketch:

I decided to work with one of DCWV's new holiday stacks, Cranberry Christmas Stack, now available at Michaels stores.

What to see more design team members inspiration and learn more about how to enter, please stop by HERE!

Thank you for stopping by!

Joy Clair November Challenge

It is November 1st! And what does that mean? Today starts a new Joy Clair Challenge! This month's inspirational photo is below. You can be inspired by the photo, the colors or both! 

Can you believe that the holiday season is almost here! I am ready, how about you?

I am using Joy Clair's April Showers and Merry Christmoose for today's card:

This is such an easy card to recreate! Stamp a few dots in a variety of colors. Use a black ink pen to draw the lines to make the dots into a banner. Stamp the sentiment in the bottom corner and your card is finish!

Now it is your turn to play along!

Rules-

Create a new card, bible journaling or project using the theme or photo inspiration of the challenge posted above.

Post your project on your personal blog or online gallery.

MUST directly link to the Joy Clair blog in your post. (Or entry will not count)

Add a direct link to your project using the InLinkz on the Joy Clair blog.

Projects must be NEW, no back linking, please.

Number of entries is unlimited.

Use of Joy Clair products is optional.

This challenge will go from today November 1st through November 29th.  One random entry will be chosen to win a $25 GC to Joy Clair. The winner will be announced November 30th with the winners of our November Blog Hop.

Joy Clair October Challenge

It is October 1st! And what does that mean? Today starts a new Joy Clair Challenge! This month's inspirational photo is below. You can be inspired by the photo, the colors or both! 

For this challenge, I was inspired by the colors. To be honest, I am tired of fall leaves. Here in Texas, we don't get the pretty color changes. They go from green to brown pretty quickly.

I am using Joy Clair's Dream Big and Everyday Sentiments for today's card:

I stamped the dreamcatcher image in a navy ink. The feathers are stamped in a rosy pink, light blue and yellow inks. I used the same colors to fill in the beads inside the dreamcatcher. The dotted string is actually from the Bible Planner stamp set. I taped off the part that I needed and inked the rest. The dreamcatcher is cut out on a stitched rectangle die and attached to the front of a card base. The simple sentiment stamped in the same navy blue at the bottom of the card.

Now it is your turn to play along!

Rules-

Create a new card, bible journaling or project using the theme or photo inspiration of the challenge posted above.

Post your project on your personal blog or online gallery.

MUST directly link to the Joy Clair blog in your post. (Or entry will not count)

Add a direct link to your project using the InLinkz on the Joy Clair blog.

Projects must be NEW, no back linking, please.

Number of entries is unlimited.

Use of Joy Clair products is optional.

This challenge will go from today October 1st through October 29th.  One random entry will be chosen to win a $25 GC to Joy Clair. The winner will be announced October 31st with the winners of our October Blog Hop.

Pink & Main October Challenge

It is the first of October, which means...we start a new Pink & Main Challenge! This month's theme is Fall/Halloween.

I brought out one of Pink & Main's sets from last fall, Scarecrows, for today's card.

To start off this card, I stamped the scarecrow image onto watercolor paper. The image is then painted with a variety of colors. Once the paint dried, I used the Scarecrows coordinating dies to cut out the image. The die cut is then attached to a fun fall print on the front of a card base. A yellow strip is added towards the top of the card. The Hello die is used on a green print and attached to the top of the card. To spell out 'FALL", I used the Banner Alpha stamp set and cut out the word on a pendant diecut. The pendant is attached to the card to complete the card.

We would love for you to hop on over to the Pink & Main Challenge blog and join in this month's challenge! Cannot wait to see your creations!!!

MarkerPop Challenge - Girly

Hello, everyone! It is Jessi here today! Who is ready for another MarkerPop Challenge? This challenge's theme is Girly! So break out you pretty papers and stamps and join in the fun!

For today's project, I am working with the fun The Greeting Farm's Jesus is the Way stamp set and Crate Paper's Flea Market 6x6 paper pad.

I decided to use this faith-based stamp set for an everyday card. I paper-pieced the image and taped off the angel's wings during the stamping process. The image is stamped on a variety of printed papers and cut out. The pieces are placed together onto a pink printed paper. I used Chameleon Marker set of 5-Skin to color in the hair and skin.

The pink panel is attached to wooden printed paper. The sentiment is stamped onto a floral print and tucked underneath the legs of the stamped image. To finish the card, a few enamel dots are added to the card.

Stop by my MarkerPop post for the list of supplies used on this card!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a great day!

Celebrate with Concord & 9th

I saw that Concord & 9th was going to start a new challenge blog, Where Creativity Meets C9,  starting next month. They are looking for a couple people to complete their design team. I love their stamps, so I decided to throw my name in the hat. It would be a great opportunity!

Here is the card I created for this design team search, using their 

Eat Cake & Celebrate stamp set.

To create the background of this card, there is a stamp with 5 candles on it. I actually cut the stamp into five individual stamps. **Tip**I use to hesitate cutting apart clear stamps! But sometimes I only want to use part of a larger image. It is much easier to cut the stamp than covering part of the stamp with tape. It is easy to line the image back up and stamp whenever needed.

To start the card, I stamped the cake image in the center of the card. Candle images are stamped randomly around the card. To fill in part of the empty space, I stamped the star image. Time to color in! I used a variety of watercolors to color in the images. I used a light blue to fill in the background. Once the paint dried, I stamped the star clusters to all the empty spaces. The sentiment is stamped onto a die cut banner and attached to the card.

Interested in joining the design team search? You can find the details on THIS POST!

Good luck to all those who apply!

Have a great day!

Jessi 

Joy Clair July Monthly Challenge

Is it the first already?!? Where does the time go? Are ready to see the next Joy Clair challenge?

The colors are perfect and the theme is SUMMER.

Here is the card I made for the challenge. A few more colors were added and to me, summer is all about flowers!

I chose a few prints from the new DCWV Watercolor Floral stack (available at AC Moore stores). One print covers the entire front of the A2 card. A floral print is cut and attached to the center of the card. I used a yellow print to stamp the sentiment (Joy Clair's Thank You for Everything). A 'thanks' die is used to finish the card.

Prize:

A $25 gift card to the Joy Clair store.

Randomly selected to give everyone a chance to win!

Rules for the Joy Clair Challenge:

• Create a new card, bible journaling or project using the theme of the challenge posted above. Use of Joy Clair products is optional.
• Post your project on your personal blog or online gallery.
• Please directly link to the Joy Clair blog in your post. 
• Add a direct link to your project using the InLinkz below.
• Projects must be NEW, no back linking, please.
• Number of entries is unlimited.

Please make something with the inspiration above.

This challenge will go from July 1st and closing on July 30th 12pm mst.

The winner will be announced July 31st.

Supplies:

Joy Clair - Thanks You for Everything

DCWV - Watercolor Florals

Pink & Main - Thanks Word Die

Pink & Main March Challenge - Spring

It is time for a new Pink & Main Stamps Monthly Challenge!
This month is about 'SPRING'!

Who is ready for Spring? I know that I am! This past weekend I bought a few spring flowers and got my garden started. This card is perfect for any gardener who loves to prep their gardens!

I used the super adorable set, Easter Street, to create this card. Along with their coordinating dies.

 

 

I stamped a few of the images from the set and colored them with markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut out the images. I used distress inks to create the sky background. (I am still figuring out how people to the smooth blending process, mine is not so smooth.) I used a brown marker for the dirt part of the garden. I masked off the section using washi tape as I colored in and removed the tape. The diecuts are added to the card to finish off the garden scene. The sentiment is stamped using stamps from the Planning Spring and Hello Sweet stamp sets.

Want to play along?

 

You just need to create a new project, post it to your blog, and enter it in the challenge by adding it to the Inlinkz button below! The rules of the challenges are to the right, in the sidebar of the blog. We really hope you enjoy the challenges and will share with your crafty friends!

 

Three random winners will be chosen at the end of the month, and this month our prizes are a $ 25 shopping spree to Pink and Main for first place (Top of the Class) and $15 for second place (Outta this World), and $5 store credit for 3rd place (Spotted and Loved)! You can surely make a dent in your wishlist with those prizes!

 

Please stop by the Pink & Main Challenge blog to enter your project!

 

Thank you for stopping by today!

Jessi

 

Supplies:

Pink & Main - Planning Spring, Hello Sweet,  Easter Street stamps, and Easter Street Dies

 

Creating Together with Marcie Sharp

Hello, friends! I am excited for today's post. Towards the end of last year, the talented Marcie Sharp had an idea about creating a series of working with a variety of card-makers. She sent out a request for people who were interested and I jumped at the opportunity to work with her! Please check out her blog, Sharp Designs, to see some previous installments of the Create Together series.

The fun thing about this series is that she puts a different challenge for each designer. What a unique way to inspire others. My challenge was to CASE a card she had previously created. So off to her Pinterest page to see a large group of her creations. After sending a few days narrowing down the possibilites, I chose to CASE this card created by Marcie. You can see it HERE on her blog.

If you have been following Marcie, she has been on a journey to work on different ways to work on her coloring skills. So I decided to take the coloring challenge as well for this installment of Create Together. I recently won a set of ZIG markers. I have been trying to get use to this form of watercoloring. So I decided to pull out a few different colors and get to work.

What drew me to Marcie's card was the the CAS style, but mostly the adorable elephant image. I recently purchased an elephant image from Butterfly Reflections, Ink and wanted to use the image for my card. So I stamped it onto watercolor paper and begin the painting process.

Let me tell you...I am in love with these ZIG markers and cannot wait to work with them more! Here is my final card CASEing her card.

I really love the layout of her card and stuck pretty close to it. My image is a little larger, so all the elements are crammed closer together. I also decided to added some double-stitching dies along the edges of the panel.

Know onto Marcie's blog to see what card of mine she decided to CASE. I am looking forward to seeing what she created!

Thank you for stopping by today. And thank you Marcie for letting me participate in the Create Together series with you! You always make some inspiring cards! Cannot wait to see what you have in store!

Pretty Cute Stamps - Anything Goes Challenge

Today starts a new Pretty Cute Stamps Challenge! This month the challenge is 'Anything Goes'!

 



I used the very cute Gingerbread House stamp set for my card today. 

 

This large image is easy to color with markers. Once the image was colored in, I used a white gel pen to 'add' snow to the top of the gumdrops. I wanted to keep the card pretty simple. So I rounded the corners to add a special touch to the card.

Pretty Cute Stamps Monthly Challenge Rules:

This month's theme is Thank You. So, create any thank you themed project using Pretty Cute Stamps. A Pretty Cute Stamp must be used to create the project.

Please link to your actual blog post...not to your blog.  If you don't have a blog, you can add a photo of your project to the current Monthly Challenge photo folder in the Pretty Cute Projects Facebook Group.

You can enter as many different projects that follow the monthly theme as you want for more chances to win.

The challenge will run for 3 weeks.  You must link up your project by 11:55 pm CST on Saturday, January 9, 2016.

One random winner of a $15 Gift Certificate to the Pretty Cute Stamps store will be chosen. The winner will be announced before the next challenge starts on Saturday, January 16, 2016.

    

You can link up your 'Anything Goes' project HERE!

Thank you for stopping by! Cannot wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Pretty Cute Stamps - Gingerbread House stamp set

Pretty Cute Stamps - Gift Giving Challenge

Today starts a new Pretty Cute Stamps Challenge! This month the challenge is "Gift-Giving"!

I used the fun Gingerbread Kisses and Warm Winter Wishes to create the a treat bag perfect for those holiday baking goodies!

 

I started with a plain kraft treat bag. I stamped a few snowflake with white ink around the bag. The tag is cut from a patterned paper. The gingerbread image is stamped on kraft cardstock and cut out. I used a variety of pens and markers to color in part of the gingerbread.

A sentiment is stamped on a strip of paper and formed into a banner. The tag and banner are attached with holiday twine.

Pretty Cute Stamps Monthly Challenge Rules:

This month's theme is Thank You. So, create any thank you themed project using Pretty Cute Stamps. A Pretty Cute Stamp must be used to create the project.

Please link to your actual blog post...not to your blog.  If you don't have a blog, you can add a photo of your project to the current Monthly Challenge photo folder in the Pretty Cute Projects Facebook Group.

You can enter as many different projects that follow the monthly theme as you want for more chances to win.

The challenge will run for 3 weeks.  You must link up your project by 11:55 pm CST on Saturday, December 12, 2015.

One random winner of a $15 Gift Certificate to the Pretty Cute Stamps store will be chosen. The winner will be announced before the next challenge starts on Saturday, November 21, 2015.

    

You can link up your 'Gift Giving' project HERE!

Thank you for stopping by! Cannot wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Pretty Cute Stamps - Gingerbread Kisses and Warm Winter Wishes

Pretty Cute Stamps Monthly Challenge - Include a Button

Today starts a new Pretty Cute Stamps Challenge! This month the challenge is to "include a button" to your project!

 

I created a tag using one of the new stamp sets, Gingerbread Kisses.

This simple tag would be a great detail in wrapping any gift treats. You could wrap the tag around a mason jar or around the handles of a gift bag. So many possibilities!

The gingerbread image is stamped onto patterned paper and cute out. A variety of markers are used to color in part of the image. The sentiment is stamped onto a patterned paper and a banner was cut out of the strip of paper. A button and twine bow are added to the tag to finish the project.

Pretty Cute Stamps Monthly Challenge Rules:

This month's challenge is Include a Button. So, create any project using Pretty Cute Stamps...just be sure to include at least one button on your project. A Pretty Cute Stamp must be used to create the project.

Please link to your actual blog post...not to your blog.  If you don't have a blog, you can add a photo of your project to the current Monthly Challenge photo folder in the Pretty Cute Projects Facebook Group.

You can enter as many different projects that follow the monthly theme as you want for more chances to win.

The challenge will run for 3 weeks.  You must link up your project by 11:55 pm CST on Saturday, October 10, 2015.

One random winner of a $15 Gift Certificate to the Pretty Cute Stamps store will be chosen. The winner will be announced before the next challenge starts on Saturday, October 17, 2015.

    

You can link up you Button project HERE!

Thank you for stopping by! Cannot wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Pretty Cute Stamps - Gingerbread Kisses

DCWV - Winter in the Woods 6X6 paper stack

Trendy Twine - Totally Sky Blue and Totally Kraft

DCWV July Stack-a-holic Challenge

New month means it is time for a new DCWV Stack-o-holic challenge! Below are the two sketches for this month:
 

Card:



Here is my take of the sketch, using some of the DCWV My Sunshine Stack:

 

 

Hope you are inspired to play along! Find out how you can plan along below!

Please send your entries to meganlloyd(at)dcwv(dot)com by July 29th.  In between now and then, we'll  post all entries on our Facebook page so that you can keep an eye on the fun things others are creating.  The top 10 entries for each set of submissions will be announced a few days after the deadline.   

Have a wonderful day!

DCWV May Stackoholic Challenge

Forgive me for I am a day late posting this! Evidently, I got carried away celebrating my birthday and forgot to post the new DCWV Stackoholic Challenge for the month! Please see below for the May Challenge sketches.

Layout:

 

Card:

 

Today I am playing along with the card sketch and here is my take using one of DCWV Premium Paper Pack available at JoAnn Stores:
 

 

 

 

Hope you are inspired to play along! Find out how you can plan along below!

Please send your entries to meganlloyd(at)dcwv(dot)com by May 28th.  In between now and then, we'll  post all entries on our Facebook page so that you can keep an eye on the fun things others are creating.  The top 10 entries for each set of submissions will be announced a few days after the deadline. 

 

Have a wonderful day!

DCWV Supplies Used:
Premium Paper -5pc Collections - Yellow/Natural Assortment

Little Tangles Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy Thursday, everyone! I hope you are enjoying your week and finding some time to create something wonderful!

Today starts a new challenge over on the Little Tangles challenge.

And Anything Goes!

 

Here is my card using the Neat & Tangled's Everyday Circles stamp set:

 This card is super simple to create! Use two different patterned papers to create the lays. Stamp the 'HAPPY' circle onto to light green cardstock and cut out (I used a circle punch). To finish the sentiment, a pendant die is used on a patterned paper and stamped with 'birthday'. The card is pieced together and finished!

 

Don't forget to check out the Little Tangles blog for some new freebies!

  Don't forget to link up your projects HERE!

Here are a few rules about the Little Tangles Challenge:

Challenge Guidelines:

• Create a NEW project based on the challenge theme. Your project must fit within the challenge theme in order to be eligible to win.
• Submit your entry through the Inlinkz tool below. (If you have a blog, please link to the blog post with your challenge entry, not your entire blog!)
• Link back to our challenge and display our challenge graphic in your blog post.
• The use of Neat & Tangled stamps is not required, but it is strongly encouraged! If you don't own any Neat & Tangled stamps, check out the FREE digi stamps HERE
• You may enter as many times as you'd like.
• We'd love for you to be a follower of Little Tangles!
• You have until Monday, March 23rd 11:59 EST to enter.

 

Supplies:

Neat and Tangled - Everyday Circles

Dear Lizzy - Lucky Charm

Spellbinders - Pendant Die

Playing along with:

SCSketches -

 

February DCWV Stack-o-holic Challenge

Can you believe that it is February already? DCWV is starting the new month with a new sketch challenge! Check out the DCWV blog for more details on the February Stack-o-holic Challenge.

Here is the card sketch used to spark your creativity:

And here is my card:

 

I found this pretty foil doily and wanted to use gold as the main color.  I used paper from the DCWV Sparkling Holiday paper stack. I pretty much stuck to the sketch and finished the card with adding one DCWV Mirrored Heart Embellishment.

 

Hope you are feeling some inspiration to play along! However, if you need more inspiration to spark your creativity, hope on over to the DCWV blog to see what some talented designers created!

 

Thank you for stopping by! Hope you have a wonderful day!

Little Tangles - Bling, Bling Challenge

Happy Thursday, everyone! I hope you are enjoying your week and finding some time to create something wonderful!

Today starts the last challenge of 2014 over on the Little Tangles Challenge!

Here is my card using some bling!

 

I really wanted the sentiment to stand out, so I included a row of bling to the top and bottom of the sentiment section of the card. The sentiment is from the Kindness Matters stamp set!

 

Don't forget to check out the Little Tangles blog for some new freebies!

  Don't forget to link up your projects HERE!

Here are a few rules about the Little Tangles Challenge:

Challenge Guidelines:

• Create a NEW project based on the challenge theme. Your project must fit within the challenge theme in order to be eligible to win.
• Submit your entry through the Inlinkz tool below. (If you have a blog, please link to the blog post with your challenge entry, not your entire blog!)
• Link back to our challenge and display our challenge graphic in your blog post.
• The use of Neat & amp; Tangled stamps is not required, but it is strongly encouraged! If you don't own any Neat & Tangled stamps, check out the FREE digi stampsHERE
• You may enter as many times as you'd like.
• We'd love for you to be a follower of Little Tangles!
• You have until Sunday, December 28th at 11:59 EST to enter.

Happy World Card Making Day Part #1

Happy World Card Making Day 2014!

I am happy to be able to participate in the festivities today! I will have to keep my posts short and sweet, as I am sneaking in craft time between games, parties, etc!

The first card I completed today is to play along with the Butterfly Reflections, Ink challenge they have on their blog today! They actually have 2 going on now! Check them out HERE!

I am playing along with this sketch challenge:

Here is my take on the sketch:

Supplies:
Fancy Pants - Burlap & Bouquets paper pad and ready to go embellishments
My Mind's Eye - Enamel Dots
Waffle Flower - Bowtiful  stamp set
American Crafts - Ribbon
Memento Ink - Rich Cocoa