2 Cute Penguin!

Are you up to your eyeballs in snow?  It seems like we have been!  It snowed again Saturday, so we stayed inside and I had time to make cards.  I thought this cute little penguin would be perfect for this frosty day.  He was really fun to color.  I played with using warm whites for the penguin and cool whites for the snow to give it contrast.  I really love the way it turned out.

Supplies

Snowball Penguin by 2 Cute Ink

Happy Crafting!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 299 sponsored by Newton's Nook

It's challenge day at Cupcake Inspirations!  We are planning some wonderful surprises for you for our 300th challenge.  They'll start next Sunday and run for 2 weeks!

We are sponsored this week by

Newton's Nook is generously providing a prize of a $20 store credit to our randomly chosen winner.

Thank you for sponsoring the challenge!

Each challenge, we give you an inspiration cupcake and you make a card or other craft project that is inspired by the cupcake.  Here is this week's cupcake (linked to original source):

I had purchased these cute Christmas dachshund stamps from Newton's Nook back in December.  I feel like I didn't get to play with them enough, and you can never have too many Christmas cards!

Supplies Holiday Hounds by Newton's Nook
Happy Crafting!

Color Challenge at 2 Cute Ink

It's time for a color challenge at 2 Cute Ink Challenges - green, blue, and brown.  Holly gave us this cute Pitbull Pup to play with this week.  He just screamed "guy card" to me, so I went super masculine.  The sentiment is one that I got from a stamp exchange, and I realized that it's a fantastic all purpose stamp.

Happy Crafting!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 298 sponsored by Your Next Stamp

It's challenge day at Cupcake Inspirations!  Only 2 more weeks until our big 300th challenge celebration!  We are sponsored this week by

Your Next Stamp is generously providing a prize of $15 gift certificate to our randomly chosen winner.

Thank you for sponsoring the challenge!

Each challenge, we give you an inspiration cupcake and you make a card or other craft project that is inspired by the cupcake.  Here is this week's cupcake (linked to original source):

Supplies Puppy from Ellie Likes to Bake by Your Next Stamp Fashionista Mini Kit by Cluster Queen Creations Mixed Cards vol. 3 by WendyBird Designs Skittles by A Busy Bee
Happy Crafting!

Inspiration Wednesday 3

I'm still having great fun playing along with Inspiration Wednesday.  This week took me out of my comfort zone!  I did keep with my 2015 theme of Brave, though.

Happy Crafting!

My First Sugary Sweet Lesson

I've been taking Micki Wilde's Sugary Sweet class.  The first class is about journal pages for candies that you loved as a kid.  Such fun!

Happy Crafting!

Early Start on Christmas

I thought it would be good to get an early start on my Christmas cards this year.  Think February is early enough?  I love this little Knitting Birdie from 2 Cute Ink.

Happy Crafting!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 297 sponsored by Craft Classes Online

It's challenge day at Cupcake Inspirations!  We are sponsored this week by

Craft Classes Online is generously providing a prize to our randomly chosen winner.

Thank you for sponsoring the challenge!

Each challenge, we give you an inspiration cupcake and you make a card or other craft project that is inspired by the cupcake.  Here is this week's cupcake (linked to original source):

I had so much fun last week playing with Wendy's card templates that I decided to try another one from the same pack this week.  I also added the large paper flower from the January hybrid challenge at Scrap Orchard.  It love how the flower coordinates perfectly with the card since I made them all from the same digital scrapbooking kit.

Supplies

Seasons of Change digital scrapbook kit by Red Ivy Designs

Mixed Cards vol. 3 by Wendybird Designs

Pretty Petals vol. 3: Layered Flower by WendyBird Designs

Happy Crafting!

Inspiration Wednesday

I just signed up for Inspiration Wednesday with Donna Downey.  I did the first two videos this weekend and I'm in love.  Donna does a great job explaining what she's doing and I've learned new techniques already!
Week 1:

Chipboard from Make It Crafty 

Week 2:

This project help me figure out my word of the year for 2015 - BRAVE.

Word art from http://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/anna-gillar-3686226?blog=3686226&post=1479572383&viewer=true
Happy Crafting!

Two Cute 2 Cute Cards

I have two cute 2 Cute Ink cards to share today.  It's challenge day at 2 Cute Challenges and the theme is Valentine's.  I'm on a total popcorn kick recently, so I was delighted when Heidi came out with this cute image - Sweet and Salty.  I decided they really stood alone, so I went for a CAS card.  I'm really pleased with the shadowing! 

Did you get the 2 Cute Ink Newsletter Freebie?  Be sure to make a card and join in on the 2 Cute Ink Facebook site.  I kept my CAS theme going with this card.  I wanted to doodle a border, so I used my green Copic.  It didn't give me as much control as I'd hoped for, but I still think it's a bright, fun card.

Happy Crafting!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #296 sponsored by 7 Kids College Fund

It's challenge day at Cupcake Inspirations!  We are sponsored this week by

7 Kids College Fund is generously providing a prize to our randomly chosen winner.

Thank you for sponsoring the challenge!

Each challenge, we give you an inspiration cupcake and you make a card or other craft project that is inspired by the cupcake.  Here is this week's cupcake (linked to original source):

As I was looking at the colors for this challenge, I realized that I just didn't have the right paper.  I also realized that there were digital scrapbooking kits that would have the right colors and would be super easy to use.  When I was looking at Scrap Orchard, I found these great card templates from Wendy and they made the cards go together VERY easily.  I printed most of the cards as a single layer, and then printed the tags separately so that I could add baker's twine accents.

Credits

Mixed Cards vol. 3 by Wendybird Designs

Snap Happier: January 2015 by Bella Gypsy

Skittles by A Busy Bee

Happy Crafting!