Back in business

Woo-hoo.   I feel like I might finally be back to being a crafter. I have spend the last 3 months packing, moving and unpacking. Sadly, the crafty stuff had to be the last unpacked, and it's finally close to being organized. Yay.  So I took the time to play in a few challenges.
I used the current Mojo Monday Sketch for this card, featuring a digi image from Pattie's creations. The image is colored in pencils. The dark green layer is actually from a advertising brochure, but it has a nice mottled texture and it's glossy, so it's an interesting element.  The start is a sticker, and there are a few tiny gold star stickers  sprinkled about as well.

This card is for these challenges:

Mojo Monday #451
ABC Christmas -- L is for (lamppost)
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #284-- vintage
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge -- anything Christmas
Word Art Wednesday #234 -- anything goes.

Cookie Challenge #45

It's time for another challenge at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie, and it looks like we're heading to a wedding. The prize sponsor for this challenge a AliciaBel, a digistamp company, and Beccy's Place, which is giving away three images or an  entire set.

The image used for my card is an AliciaBel digi called Elegant Bride.

A few touches of sparkle on the Elegant Bride image.

Inspiration cookie #45.

I went digging through my stash and found a
"wedding words" dp to use behind the image, which is colored in pencils, with a few accents in Wink of Stella and Spica pen. An elegant white ribbon and some flowers with matching pearls were the perfect finishing touches.

I hope you can join us at the Cookie Challenge. (Go wherever the inspiration takes you. It doesn't  have to be wedding-related as long as it was inspired by the cookies).

I am entering my card in these challenges:

Catch the Bug- Stella Says Sketch #409 -- sketch
The Paper Shelter #251 -- Gems/pearls
Crafty Sentiments -- Flowers Everywhere
Word Art Wednesday #232-33 --anything goes

Cookie Challenge #44

It's time for another challenge at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie!  I really identify with this week's inspiration cookies. After spending months getting ready to move house, moving, and trying to set up the new house, I'm ready to take our little tent-camper and get some piece and quiet.

For my card, I used some Sizzlet dies I picked up for a song at a consignment sale to create a camping scene.  My handy stash of snippets was the perfect source for a variety of colors and textures of card stock. The sentiment is from All Night Media, and it's something I have to keep reminding myself during this stressful time.

This week's Cookie Challenge is sponsored by Amuse Studios, and our very own DT member Sandilee, an Amuse consultant, who is offering a prize.  Hope you can join in the fun.

I have been away from blogland and have ignored the blogs of my crafty friends for weeks. I hope to visit you all again soon.

I've entering these challenges:
Pixie's Snippet Playground #229 -- use snippets
Word Art Wednesday #231 -- anything goes

Cookie Challenge #42

It's time for another cookie-inspired challenge at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie. This week, the sponsor is Fresh-Brewed Designs.

I used a Fresh-Brewed image for my card and employed a little fussy cutting/out of the box technique. The image is colored in pencils with a little spica pen glitter on the bee wings. The faux stitching around the white oval is all hand-done. The papers are all snippets from my stash.

Hope you have time to join the challenge.

I am entering these challenges:

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Pixie's Snippet Playground #225 -- use snippets
Word Art Wednesday #227 -- anything goes
Double D Challenges -- April showers bring May flowers
Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenges -- use patterned papers

Cookie Challenge 41

It's time for another cookie-inspired challenge at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie. This time, the sponsor is Kitty Bee Designs.

My card features a Kitty Bee image, colored in pencils with a little sparkle from a spica pen on the candle flame. Even when I was a child, I loved the pink/gray color combo, so I embraced it for this challenge.  The image is matted on a snippet of gray, and I used a snippet of pink dotted paper as well.  The embellishments are a couple of flags of grosgrain pink ribbon and a pink flower with a pink mini gem. (It's all about pink power!)  The gray ink for the sentiment came out a little lighter than I expected, but it's an SU sentiment that says:  The more candles the bigger the wish.

This card is for these challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- Birthday
The Ribbon Girl -- April Anything Goes
Pixie's Snippet Playground #223 -- Use snippets
Word Art Wednesday #224 -- Anything Goes
Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday -- Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge -- Use patterned paper.

Happy Spring

 

The inspiration photo from Catch the Bug inspired me to make a spring-colored card.  (Love that daffodil yellow.)
The sketch is the current Sketch Saturday sketch.  The image is by From the Heart, colored in pencils.

I'm entering these challenges:
Sketch Saturday #405
Bugaboo Catch the bug challenge -- photo inspiration
Word Art Wednesday #224 -- anything goes
Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday -- anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday  -- anything goes

Flurry

It looks like it's been snowing paper shreds in my home office, where I'm going through 20 years of files in preparation for a house move.
I stole a few minutes from moving work to make this card.  I find this image just adorable -- it's by From the Heart, and I think the set is called Flurry (or Flurries). I paperpieced the scarf with a tiny snippet of patterned paper, used about the last of that gray snowflake paper, and added spica pen glitter to the snowflakes (which I didn't even try to photograph).
There sentiment panel is edged in red ink.
This cute CAS sketch is the current sketch at From the Heart's I Heart Sketch challenge.

The card is for these challenges:
From the Heart #145
March Rudolph Days  -- Christmas
52 Christmas Card Challenge --paper piecing
Winter Wonderland -- for a child
Taylored Expressions Share the Joy #28-- CAS
Holly Jolly Challenge #68 -- use your stash (patterned paper)
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #274 -- use a sentiment
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra -- anything Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's patterened paper challenge -- use patterned paper