Paper Playtime Challenge~ Halloween

Good Morning Everyone!

If you are looking for my Craft Your Passion post, click here or scroll down :)

I have some news to share with you all......

 Paper Playtime's DIGI MONDAY has MOVED to a NEW Location!

You can now play along with Digi Mondays on the last Monday of the month, over at 

THE SCRAPBOOKING QUEEN .

And she has renamed it

THE QUEEN'S ROYAL DIGI CHALLENGE!

This weeks challenge #56 is Halloween~anything Halloween but it must have an image that is either stamped or digital.

For my project I made a cute little gift bag and matching 3x3 card.

The gift bag is a file from The Cutting Cafe~

The paper is K & Company Spook tacular paper pad

I filled my treat bag with yummy Hershey bars....yup they are now gone...I ate them while crafting :)

I used My Creative Times Scalloped  and circle die for the tag as well as the All Around Halloween stamp set.

The tag is attached with Trendy Twine in Orange Licorice.

My mini card is the back side of the paper used for the bag.

I cut a pumpkin out and added some stickles to the outside and attached it with homemade foam dots.

I also used Fiskars Halloween Night Stamps for the candy corn border and for the Trick or Treat Sentiment

Yummy Halloween treats!

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you head over to Paper Playtime and check out the other DT's projects and to link up!

This weeks prize is some Action Wobbles donated by

The Scrapbooking Queen! Challenge is open till October 1!

Thanks for stopping by and see you all later :)

 

Paper Playtime Challenge Time!~ Make an Easel Card

Morning Everyone!

If you are looking for my Craft Your Passion Challenge #75 post please click here

It is time for another Paper Playtime Challenge!

This weeks challenge was to make an Easel Card.

I love making Twisted Easel Cards and for todays card I made a Halloween Twisted Easel

I used all my images from The Digi Bistro's ~ Halloween Town

The paper is from Echo Park~Trick or Treat

The Sentiments are My Creative Time's ~ All Around Halloween

I also used PK stamps for the pumpkin faces.

So now that you have seen my card~hop over to Paper Playtime and watch the special video tutorial done by Mary from Cardz TV and see what the other DT members have created.

Then make an easel card to link up to win :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT day!

Stamping Monday Challenge w/ Paper Playtime :)

Welcome to another great challenge at PAPER PLAYTIME! We are so glad you are joining us for our AUGUST STAMPING MONDAY CHALLENGE! Our theme for this challenge is VACATION.

How to play along: Make a project with the theme of VACATION using a Stamped or Digi Image/Sentiment. Easy Peasy! So for all you Cricut Lovers out there – you can still play along by adding a STAMPED sentiment. And for all you DIGI Lovers out there – use any Digi image or STAMPED sentiment on your project.

You can enter as many times as you'd like as long as all your entries are NEW projects and NO backlinks to previous blog posts.

Here is my card using Di's Digi Downloads~ Cute Carly

I colored Carly with my copics and added some white gel doodles

The paper from DCVW~ All About Girls Stack

I added some bling around the sentiment as well as a bling heart I had in my stash.

I did my VACATION card in a non traditional vacation setting because to me VACATION is all about relaxing and doing "What I Love"

I hope you like my card and will join us this week over at Paper Playtime.

Thanks for stopping by and see you all tomorrow :)

Paper Playtime Challenge Time!!~ Anything Goes

Hi everyone!

It is time for another Paper Playtime Challenge!!

This weeks challenge is Anything Goes 

and Whimsie Doodles is our Sponsor!

I made a set of 3 x 3 note cards and a matching gift bag for this challenge.

I used Whimsie Doodles~ Sentiment Edibles collection for my projects.

Here is the whole set...all 6 images/sentiments

The gift page was cut from Plantin Schoolbook at 6.5"

Thanks to Heather, one of my fellow DT'ers for reminding me of this cut on this cart~

I love how fun and whimsical these images are....I colored each image with my copics and cut them out. I added white gel pen doodles ~I have this obsession with my white gel pen :)

Brads were added to this sentiment

Homemade skittles were used to embellish this

Again more skittles and gel pen doodles....and oh yeah I added foam dots to this to raise the orange

So "Thanks a Melon" for stopping by....I hope you will join us for this weeks challenge over at 

Paper Playtime for "Anything Goes" challenge and make sure you pop over to see the other DT member's creations!

Time for Another Digi Monday over at Paper Playtime!!

Morning everyone!!

It is time again for another Digi Monday over at Paper Playtime!

This week's theme is Summer~ How appropriate given the temps here have been in the 90's and sooooo hot!

I was able to work with 2 different stamp companies this week

Di's Digi Downloads

&

Anary

My first card is from Di's Digi Downloads

I really enjoyed coloring this image...Every chance we get we heads down to our family's summer home and my boys LOVE to fish so this was made with them in mind.

I colored this image with my copics~which I love working with and feel I am getting better each and every time I color (nothing like a pat on the back right?!?!?)

The sentiment is computer generated and the embellishments I found at Joanne on clearance.

I did add some glossy accents to the water but I think it is really hard to see in the picture.

Next I was able to work with Anary and Florist Gilli

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Isnt she just the sweetest?! I took to the sentiment and really made a very simple card.

Again I colored her with my copics and added a little white gel pen on her cheeks and in her hair.

The sentiment is from My Creative Time~This and That stamp set.

I hope you enjoyed my Digi Monday cards and will play along with us over at Paper Playtime.

Thanks for stopping by and can not wait to see what your create :)

Paper Playtime's Digi Monday~~Challenge #49

Good Morning Bloggers!

It is the last Monday of the Month and you know what that means~ Digi Monday over at Paper Playtime!!

This Monday's digi challenge is to use RED,WHITE & BLUE

And since it's DIGI MONDAY, 

make sure your project has either a 

Digi or Stamped Image or Sentiment!

I am able to showcase two Digi sites for this week.

The first is from Di's Digital Downloads.

Isn't this such a super cute image?

I choose this one because on the 4th we spend it at the lake and the thing my boys love the most is roasting marshmallow right before the fireworks start!

I colored this image with my copics....I am getting better with the coloring :)

I used red cardstock for the mat and the stripes and the blue w/stars is from my stash.

I have talked about these fun candi's before and I used them to write on this time. There are so many uses for these and I have been questioned many times about them~ They are paper embellishments that you use a foam dot or their foam squares to attach. They are so much fun to work with and yep~you can write on them, stamp on them, even color them to match your project.

I was so excited to see them in my local stamp store and then at the CKC convention. I have a bunch of different colors and have been using them quite a lot!

My next digi comes from Pink Cat Studio.

For this card I used the colored image~Billy Rockstar! Such a doll....he reminds me of my boys playing Rock Band :)

My card base is a welded one (The only welded shape I seem to be able to make) using George and Basic Shapes.

I used Bo Bunny Paper and my Fiskars Paper cutter for the image shape. He was attached using foam squares .

I cut the stars from the Create a Critter cartridge and used both cuts to layer.

Alittle bakers twine and my card was done.

So I hope you like my projects for today.

Please hop on over to  Paper Playtime and join in on the fun.

You have 2 weeks to link up!

Thanks for stopping by!

I am entering the 2nd card into the following Challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut~Challenge Me Monday~ Red, White and Blue
Scrapookaholic By Abby~#8 Red/White and Blue
My Craft Spot~Seeing Stars
Craft your Passion~ Use the color red
Designed2Delight~Red/White and Blue

~~~Paper Playtime Digi Monday~~

Good Morning Bloggers!

I hope everyone is having a GREAT weekend, spending time with family and friends and eating too much yummy summer food!

Today is my first post on the Paper Playtime Digi Team. I am so excited to be able to share my card using the digi image from  Di's Digi Downloads.

Check out all the great images this site has to offer. You will love them just like I do :)
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The challenge for this week is to make a project with the 

Wedding/Love theme.

I made this easy gate fold 5 x 5 card and used the paper from one of my favorite stacks...

DCVW ~~The Black Currant Stack~~

The cute digi is from Di's Digi Downloads and was colored with my copics.

I added some bling with my i-rock in all the corners

and the inside has a simple stamped sentiment

~~Congratulations~~

So now it is your turn...I would love to see your Wedding/Love themed card. This is the season for weddings and even though I know no one getting married it is always nice to have a card on hand just in case :)

Don't forget to link it up over at Paper Playtime and while you are there check out with the other DT members created. I know there is tons of inspiration to be seen.

Have a great holiday weekend and I will catch you all later!

I Have Some Exciting News..and Teacher Appreciation Gift:)

Hi Bloggers!

I am so glad it is Friday! The weekend is going to be nice weather wise and we plan on getting alot done outside.

We have a ballgame that will hopefully be played tomorrow (the last 2 have been cancelled due to the weather) and swim class

My inlaws are coming over for Mother's Day and my totally awesome husband surprised me with some copics for Mother's Day. Isn't he the sweetest?!?! He took a picture of my copic chart with the colors I already had and took it into the store to pick out more for me. I was so surprised! What an awesome gift! My boys also surprised me today after school. The PTO was having a flower sale and I offered to give the boys money to buy a flower for me and their grandma. Casey, my oldest told me no thanks mom. My husband had worked something out with them this morning and had given them money as well. So when they came home..Surprise Mom we bought you a flower. Casey then told me "I'm sorry I was so mean to you, telling you I didn't want to buy you a flower" It was so sweet.

Well enough about that...My exciting news... I got selected to join the Paper Playtime's Digi DT! I am so excited to be a part of this team and can not wait to start playing with more digi's! So please make sure to head over to Paper Playtime's blog, check it out and get ready to join some fun challenges. Thanks Janis!!

To close this post I want to share my Teacher Appreciation gift I made for some very special teachers! 

I love my kids teachers and they do deserve more than just chocolate but that will come in their end of the year gift. I made these cute little chocolate gift bags with coordinating paper and something I recently found out how to make...rosettes. Love them and love how these came out. The teachers did as well.

Mission accomplished!!

Well have a GREAT night and catch you all tomorrow :)

Ain't No Sunshine When Your Gone

Happy Monday Blogging Buddies!
I hope you all had a GREAT Easter...ate too much chocolate and got to spend lots of family time together!

We did here and it was great....my nephew (8months) came over for his first Easter and he had a blast with my two boys (7 and 10 yrs). We gave him his Easter basket and inside was an egg in the shape of a basketball. There was chocolate in it of course but I think that was done not so much for Calab but for my sister :) By the end of the night he was chasing the basketball around the kitchen with my boys and playing hockey with it. It was so cute and such a blast to watch my boys interact with their baby cousin and play so well with him :)

You tend to forget how fast kids grow up and I know every time I look at either one of my boys, like really look at them they change so much :( Well enough of the mushy stuff here is card I made to enter into a few challenges.

This is a Bugaboo Stamp and she is from the Bugaboo Angels series. Isn't she sweet?!?

She was colored with copics in the following colors:

BG70, G24,G40,YG61,Y17,Y21,YR30,BV00,BV02,E33,E35,E37, RV29

Where the rain fell is Glossy Accents to add some more dimensions.

The red/pink polka dot paper is Colorbok and the rainbow paper is a free download from Get Funky!

The sentiment is also from Bugaboo Stamps and the Bugaboo Angels

I added some stitching around the outside and around the sentiment which was punched out using my 2" circle punch.

Navy ribbon is from Elements

This card is being entered into the following challenges:

Get Funky-Spots and Stripes

CropStop Challenge #16-Show me a Rainbow

Paper Playtime- Challenge #44- Friends

Card Cupids Blog-Use a Punch

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog - Singing in the Rain