CI Paint~ Inspired By: Go Green!

Good Morning everyone and Happy Sunday!!!!
(if you are looking for the Trendy Twine Bunny Hop please click HERE)

It is time for another fun Inspired By Challenge 

over at

Creative Inspirations Paint!!

This weeks Challenge~

Inspired By: Go Green!

We want to see all those St. Patty's Day projects OR recycled projects!!

 and here is the project I made....
I wanted to make my boys a fun St. Patty's day treat...I know they are super excited about it~ I hope you like it too :)

For my project I started out with a clay pot that I painted black using acrylic paint. Once that was dried I went over the black with CI Paint in Onyx. I wanted that black to really shimmer :)

 Here is a close-up of my sentiment~ 
Using the sentiment from My Creative Time, my favorite embossing powder~ Deliquesce Black from CI Paint, I stamped and heat embossed it onto a die cut~ the Curly Label Die also from My Creative Time
I wanted to add some gold brads but didn't have any, so instead of going out and buying some I used silver brads from my stash and heat embossed them using Deliquesce Gold Glitter. They turned out AWESOME I might add :)
To hold my sentiment up I used a sucker stick~ kinda boring until I wrapped it using Twisted Lime Trendy Twine!! Did you know it is the color of the month??? Trendy Twine is having a sale on it HERE
~~Just a little enabling on my part...LOL!!~~

Finally here is a close-up of the shamrock die cut~also from My Creative Time!
I love Emma's dies and the stitching  she adds to them~ Awesome!!
I couldn't leave him unpainted so I added a layer of Green Olive CI paint as well as another gold brad.
Filled with some "gold" in the form of Rolo's and there you have it!

I hope I have inspired you with my project and you will play along with us over at

Creative Inspirations Paint!

Remember you do not need CI Paints on your project but if you have them we would

LOVE to see how you use them!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!!

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Supplies Used~

Paper~ Bazzill~Easter Grass

Stamps~ My Creative Time~You're My Pot of Gold

Ink~ Versamark

Dies~ My Creative Time~Shamrock Die, Curly Label Die

Other~ Creative Inspirations Paint~ Deliquesce Gold Crystal, Onyx Black Paint

Trendy Twine~ Twisted Lime

Brads

mini clay pot

Glue gun, foam pop dots
3GJ bow maker

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Celebrate the Occasion~ Luck of the Irish

Decorate to Celebrate~ St. Patty's Day

Simon Says Stamp Challenge~ Bit o' Green

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
DL Art~ Linky Party
Go Fish Challenge Blog~ Gold
Craftin Desert Diva's~ Linky Party

Trendy Twine's Bunny Hop~ Hop Hop

Welcome to the Trendy Twine Bunny Hop!!!

 A hop all about Bunnies and Spring AND the introduction of the newest color

 #45~ Bubblegum Taffy to the Trendy Twine family!

Isn't it beautiful!!! OOOOOHHH I think this is my new favorite color!!!

The colors are so pretty and perfect for all sorts of projects!!

A must have for sure!!!

You should be coming from the Trendy Twine blog HERE
if not hop back~ get it~ hop.... bunny...hop...HAHA 
ok sorry but really hop back to the start and check out all the info on this fun event, the prizes from our AWESOME sponsors and to check out this gorgeous new color!
Now for my project...I made an Easter Bunny Milk Carton using products from a bunch of our sponsors. 
Here it is....

Awww how cute right?? I love how this turned out and I'm thinking my son has already claimed it for one of his teacher :) Of course if she is reading this, which I know she pops in and does sometimes~ it will be filled with chocolate :)

I used the Milk Carton file from The Cutting Cafe, sized it down a bit and cut it using my cameo. The grass~ a file from the Silhouette store was also cut with my cameo.

Since we are showcasing this gorgeous new color of twine here is a close-up of how I used it~ a bunny tail of course. Pom Poms are one of my favorite ways to use twine and I just this this little guy was screaming for a poofy tail. 
The sweet bunny and my button flowers are from My Creative Time. Don't you just LOVE them?? They are from February's new release.  I doubled up the buttons and added more twine through the center to hold them in place.

This brings us to the top of the milk carton... I used another MCT die for the tag and die cut some more buttons. The sentiment is from The Alley Way Stamps~Spring has Sprung stamp set and the whole container is tied up with some gorgeous 3GJ crinkle ribbon (which I ironed out) in Christmas Candy

Now what is a hop without some
PRIZES!!!!

Look at these awesome goodies up for grabs

• Trendy Twine Store Coupon 
• The Alley Way Stamps set~ The Gang
• 3GJ Gift Certificate
• My Thoughts Exactly Gift Certificate 

So all you have to do to be entered for the blog candy: 
~~follow the TT blog HERE
~~ comment on all blogs in the hop including the TT one
 and
~~ like the TT fb page HERE

Well that is all I have for you.....it is time to bunny hop over to
Sukie's

Thanks so much for hopping along and have a GREAT Saturday!!!
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Here is the entire line-up incase you get lost

Trendy Twine

Jessica~ ME~

Sukie ~NEXT~

Dawn

Jamie

Kate

Jessi

Yvonne

Helen

Karen

Alyssa

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Paper Issues~Spring into the Studio

The Ribbon Carousel Blog~ Spring is in the Air
My Creative Time~ Spring w/Die Cut

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party

Craftin Desert Diva's~ Linky Party
Simon Says Stamp Challenge~Bit o' Green
Aud Sentiments~ Easter Sentiment challenge
DL Art~ Linky Party
The Play Date Cafe~ Color Challenge

3GJ/TAWS Cross Promo Hop~Part 2 Be-Re Inspired

Welcome to the 3GJ/TAWS Cross Promotion Double Challenge Blog Hop!

Part 2......

The goal of this cross promo/double challenge is to introduce you all to 2 awesome companies, gather inspiration from both DT’s and have the opportunity to enter 2 fun challenges!

Here is a bit about TAWS for those of you not familiar~

The Alley Way Stamps is owned and operated and all super adorable designs drawn by Alison Spelman...you can check out her shop here

Here is a bit about 3 Girl JAM for those who are unfamiliar ~

3 Girl JAM is owned and operated by the talented Julie K Bling and her 2 daughters. They make the most beautiful hand dyed crinkle ribbon.... you can check out her shop here

Every 2 weeks TAWS have a new challenge based on a fun photo called "Be Inspired" and 3GJ has their own challenge using 3GJ Crinkle Ribbon

So for this challenge the DT's are using the inspiration photo, The Alley Way Stamps and ribbon

 YOUR challenge will be to come up with a project using THIS photo, a stamp and ribbon.

Remember the photo is for inspiration ONLY....

~~~be creative, use your imagination and show us what this photo inspired you to create~~~

Need some inspiration?

We hope you will hop through the line-up and see all the gorgeous projects the DT’s have created.

Then at TAWS blog and the 3GJ challenge blog  you will find out more about their individual challenges and have the opportunity to link up to not just one challenge but both challenges for the chance to win some awesome prizes!

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PRIZES:

We have broken both DT’s into 2 groups…one group sharing their projects last week (HERE) and then the second group sharing our projects today.

~Just for hopping though our mini hop both weeks and commenting on all the DT's projects

Your name will be entered to win a

TAWS stamp set and a Bundle of 3GJ

But that is not all!

Each challenge will also be giving away a

TAWS stamp sets and a Bundle of 3GJ Crinkle Ribbon

SO there are LOTS of ways to be entered to win some awesome prizes!!!

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Onto the hop...

You should be coming from.......................

TAWS

if not head on back there to get all their info on the Be Re-Inspired Challenge

Phew... that was lots of info so I am sure you are ready to see my card!

this is where my inspiration came from..

hehehehe..I used the colors blue, yellow and red and those adorable sunglasses and here is what came out of that

The papers I used for this card came from My Minds Eye~Moments paper pack (I think one of my favorites!) 

The adorable little monster and sentiment is from TAWS~Gotta Bug stamp set and the border stamp is from TAWS new March release~Pillow Talk.
See his CUTE shades??? I used another stamp set from TAWS new release~ Words to live By and took the border scallop stamped it on white cardstock and cut out only to make it look like some shades
I added some stickles to a few of the shapes in the border stamp and tied the whole card together with some gorgeous 3GJ crinkle ribbon in Sunflower.
So that it my take on the inspiration~ I sure hope you play along with this fun cross promo challenge!!

Now into your next stop .....................

Jessica 

Thanks for hopping with TAWS and 3GJ.

We look forward to seeing all your projects!

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Here is the entire line-up in case you get lost

TAWS

Jessica

Jessica B 

Arielle

Julie Odil

Jovan

Kim

OmaGloria 

Rebecca D

Abby

Christine

3GJ Challenge Blog

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Entering this into the following challenges:
Craftin Desert Divas~Linky Party
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
DL Art~ Linky Party

Ka-Pow! w/TAWS

Good Morning!!

It is my DT day over at The Alley Way Stamps and I have a fun and totally boy motivated card using one of the new release stamp sets for this month.

If you have not checked out March's new release you can do so HERE!

They are AWESOME!!!

So for my CAS card I used the new set

Ka-Pow

~ Isn't it such a fun set!

And having boys makes this a much needed one too

and I followed the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch!

and came up with this..............

I had so much fun putting this one together...And it was quite simple to do as well.
I used white, black, red and blue card stock..most of it was all scraps~YEA me for clearing more from my ever growing pile :)
I stamped my image 3 times on the white card stock, trimmed the images out to the size I wanted, then colored them with my copics.
After the card sentiment was stamped...I assembled the card using the sketch as my guide and stickled away...LOL!
Finally I stamped on more image and cut that one out, popped it up and stickled that one too.

What do you think???
I hope you like it!

Well that is all I have for you today!!!

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You know there is always a lot going on over at TAWS

~our Be Inspired Challenge

~TAWS freebie's HERE

~TAWS FB page HERE where we love to see your creations!

and

~the store where you can purchase all these adorable stamps HERE

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Also if you missed the fun cross promotion that was announced on Friday that we are doing with 3GJ you can head on over to their challenge blog HERE for all the details...

Their challenge is also based on the new Be Inspired photo!

So that means there are LOTS of chances to win both TAWS and 3GJ ribbon!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!
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Entering this into the following challenges:
CAS(E) this Sketch!~#17
Craftin Desert Diva's~ Linky Party
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
Simon Says Stamp Challenge~ Anything Goes

Trendy Twine March Challenge~ Going Green

Good Morning

and 

Welcome to our March Challenge

with

Trendy Twine. 

Our Twine of the Month is Twisted Lime!

~a perfect match of Light Green & Dark Green Bakers Twine~

And our challenge for this month is:

GOING GREEN

We want to see your

 St. Patrick's Day projects w/

  ~a clover or leprechaun

 monochromatic green (shades of green)

and 

Trendy Twine. 

**If you do not have Trendy Twine,

use hemp, jute, or embroidery thread only

(no other brands of bakers twine)**

Or even better yet... head over to the store HERE

~to pick up a roll of Twisted Lime~

 it's on sale for $7.95 

or
~to pick up one of their GREAT starter packs
like this
Go Green Mini Pack for $5.50

Now onto my project.....

I am actually pretty proud of myself....I remembered this awesome slider card that my SUPER creative friend Cindy made and I bookmarked it for a later date...well today was that date :)

So here is my take on her slider card.....

Since the challenge is monochromatic green I used Bazzill Easter Grass cardstock along with some green pattern paper I found in my stash. Following Cindy's tutorial (which made this SO easy to put together) I embellished very simply with a shamrock die cut, my sentiment some 3GJ crinkle ribbon and of course this month AWESOME color of Trendy Twine in Twisted Lime

So I hope you like my slider card! I know I will be making many more of these!!!!

Now don't forget to check out what the rest of the Design Team has created today

over on the Trendy Twine Blog!

I would LOVE to see you play along in our challenge

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!

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Supplies Used:

Paper~ Bazzill, DP (from stash)

Stamps~MCT~Your My Pot of Gold

Dies~ MCT~Shamrock die, frame die

Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black, TH Peeled Paint

Other~ Trendy Twine~ Twisted Lime, 3GJ Crinkle Ribbon~ Green Goblin
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Entering this into the following challenges:
Simply Create Too~ St. Patrick's Day
Pumpkin Spice~ Green w/4 of something 
(4 different embellishments~Twine, Button, Ribbon, Die Cut)
Cardz TV~ Luck of the Irish
Really Reasonable Ribbon~Show me the Green
Cupcake Inspirations~ Using Challenge #50

Everyday is an Occasion ~ Linky Party #7
Paper Playtime~ Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge~ Anything Goes

Crafting Desert Diva's~ Linky Party

You're An All Star~ PKS Challenge Entry

Happy Sunday everyone!

Hope you are all enjoying the weekend!!

Busy here as always but I was able to sneak some time last night to make a card to enter into this weeks

Peachy Keen Stamps challenge.

The challenge~

PK 13-9 :: Just Cards :: Oh My Stars!

how fun right!! So here is what a made~ hope you like it!!

For my card I used a kraft card base and papers from the Basic Grey~Shine on paper pack.

I found these stars on the silhouette store actually from a set from Lori Whitlock..love the pattern she made with them but just could not get the design to work with the idea I had in my head so I used the stars only and re~sized them to work.

I stamped the adorable large star with PKS~ Piles of Smiles and the sentiment comes from Paper Smooches~My Guy stamp set.

Finally I couldn't not use my sewing machine ~LOL~ so I ran a decorative stitch around the as a border. 

What do you think???

Well that is all I have for you today! I am off to run errand, take my youngest to a birthday party and hopefully relax :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!

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Supplies Used

Paper~ Kraft, White, Basic Grey~Shine On

Stamps~ PKS~Piles of Smiles, Paper Smooches~My Guy

Ink~  Memento Tuxedo Black, White Gel Pen

Dies/Cuts~ Star~Silhouette Store

Extras~ Sewing Machine

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge~ 13-9 Oh My Stars!
Simon Says Stamp Challenge~ Anything Goes
The Paper Players~ In Stitches

Welcome Beautiful Baby w/TAWS

Good Morning and Happy Saturday everyone!!
I have another baby card to share today using some awesome new
The Alley Way Stamps!

Did you get the chance to check out March's New Release???
I LOVE them! (But I LOVE all their stamps!!)
Here they are and they are available in the store now so hop on over (after you check out my card) and pick them up! There is another freebie set being offered for orders of $40! How sweet is that??!!
  

Now back to my card....I made this for Retro Sketch's Challenge which was any sketch of your choosing.
Then I saw that this week's challenge over at The Kraft Journal was also using any sketch so I combined the two challenge using this sketch.......

And came up with this card.........

Bummer though that the Retro Sketches challenge ended yesterday :(
Don't you hate when that happens??
But I can still link up to The Kraft Journal!!!

Supplies Used:

Paper~ Kraft, PTI, Best Creations DP

Stamps~ TAWS~Words to Live By, Jibber Jabber, Tiny Treasures

Dies~ MFT Die~namics, Open Scallop Edge

Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black

Extra~ Sewing Machine, Gems 

What do you think???
I hope you liked it!
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Saturday!
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Entering this into the following challenge:
The Kraft Journal~Use Any Sketch
The Friday Mashup~ Baby Card