Fresh Brewed Designs Exciting Event!

Fresh Brewed Designs is having a blog hop on Sept 8th to celebrate their new release. Heather is having a bonus challenge at The Crafter's Cafe - make a card featuring coffee. So easy with Heather's yummy images.

I made a new card with Sweet Crush from Fresh Brewed Designs. I colored the image with Prisma Pencils and I was inspired by this tutorial. I don't use my pencils often enough, but I thought they were perfect for this image.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. Fussy and Fancy #44 - sketch

2. Fresh Brewed Bonus Challenge at TCC

3. Tuesday Throwdown #64 - punny sentiment

4. Stamp Something - September digi day

5. Corrosive Challenge #132 - funny or punny

Finally, I'd like to thank Audrey. I won the bonus candy on her blog. Thanks Audrey!

Happy Crafting!

No Lines Challenge at Make it Colourful

This week at Make It Colourful we're going no lines. Stamp with light ink or reduce the opacity of your digi. We're doing things a bit differently too. Zoe has set up a fantastic gallery to house all the challenge entries.

For my card I used Mushroom House and Forest Flower from Make It Crafty. I partnered them with a sweet Tilda with a kitty. They're all stamped on Make It Colour paper and colored with Copics.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. Paper Sundaes #84 - Magnolias

2. Party Time Tuesday #31 - anything goes

3. Simon Says - anything goes

Happy Crafting!

Journal Pages

I'm participating in a circle journal at The Crafter's Cafe and I've been working on my cover pages. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to share in advance, but I decided to just go for it.

Here's the cover of my journal. I merged Sitting Annalise and the Kitchen Island from Make It Crafty. The theme is recipes, so I made my kitchen. It's funny to me because DH does most of the cooking. You can see that I'm sitting on a stool rather than cooking behind the counter :) The papers are from my new paper pack - Rustic Romance. I made this paper pack so I could do my journal in a consistent color theme. I added some chipboard from a Cardmaking and Papercraft freebie. They're perfect for this journal. I finished it off with glitter - I love glitter!

I'd like to enter this journal cover in the following challenges:

1. Papertake Weekly - Dawny's sketch

2. Charisma Cardz Challenge #35 - anything goes

Here's the inside back cover to thank everyone in the circle. I used a Clear Dollar Stamp and sentiment from the Help for Katie set. The papers are part of the Rustic Romance set.
I'd like to enter this journal page in the following challenges:

1. Deconstructed Sketch - sketch #17

2. Sweet Stampin #27 - stawberry, chocolate and cream

Happy Crafting!

JLJ Designs Digi Paper Challenge at The Crafter's Cafe

I'm trying something new this month in the JLJ Designs group at The Crafter's Cafe. We're having a Digi Paper Challenge for the month of September. The challenge this month is Anything Goes, as long as you use digi papers. They don't need to be JLJ Designs Digi Papers to play.

I'm featuring the Stacie Digital Paper Pack this month and it's on sale all month for 25% off! Use the coupon code STACIESEPT2011 to get the discount.

I've made a card using the Stacie Digital Paper Pack combined with Cards Vol 5: Cut Down by Wendybird Designs. Hybrid templates are a great way to use digital papers. I added three digital stamps Monster Dreams and Monster Balloons from Little Miss Muffet Designs and the Birthday Set from The Stamping Boutique. I added the images to the template so this printed out as one sheet of paper.

Here's the inside:
I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

2. A Spoon Full of Sugar #163 - party time

2. Totally Gorjuss #95 - as you like it

We hope you'll join us this month for our challenge.

Happy Crafting!

This Week in Digi Scrap #4

Credits (Scrap Matters):

Clock, frame, flowered paper, red paper, heart button, red ribbon, red flower, stem, tag from Make Time by Kim Broedelet Designs

Background paper, starburst paper, string, blue/white flower from Who loves you by Elise's Pieces

Wordart, green button from The Good Life by Jenn Barrette Designs

Font: Traveling Typewriter

Credits (Scrap Matters):

Frame from Scrap Matters Slice of Life Collab

Green clip from Beautiful Life by True Blue Studios

All other papers and elements from Peace Love and Flip Flops by WM Squared and Cross Bone Cuts

Credits:

Papers, elements and alpha from Scrap Matters Garden Party Collab

Fonts: Imprint MT Shadow, Zapfino

Credits:

Papers and Elements from The Earth Laughs in Flowers by Graham Like the Cracker (Scrap Matters)

Font: sf Natalie

Credits (Scrap Matters):

Papers and Elements from Funny Words by Sugary Fancy and Deca Designs

Font: sf Natalie

Scrap Matters Tuesday Template 8/23/11

Credits (Scrap Matters):

Red pattern paper from Beautiful Life by True Blue Studios

Blue and cream plain papers, alpha from Make Time by Kim Broedelet Designs

Ric rac from The Good Life by Jenn Barrette Designs

Red paint splatter, yellow ribbon from Whoo Loves You by Elise's Pieces

Grafitti from Cabin Critters by Dream Big Designs

Template by Crossbone Cuts Designs

Journaling:

Peanut and I went to NYC and PA for our yearly fall visit. We went to the Children's Museum, which Peanut really liked. It was very crowded since it was a holiday. We drove up to PA for the weekend and had fun with Cousin Lilly. It was a little scary when Great-Gram got sick, but she got better shortly afterward. A quick trip up and back, but a fun mommy-daughter time.

Credits:

Papers and elements from On Travel by Jady Day Studio (Scrap Matters)

Digital Scrapbooking Sites:

9th and Bloom

Brownie Scraps

Scrap Matters

Happy Crafting!

Paper Piecing

I always forget how much I like paper piecing until I get inspired by a challenge. I hadn't really tried to paper piece a digi stamp before, though. To create an outfit for Sunny Tia, I removed her white background and then layered the outline over several squares of digi paper and printed them out. From there, it's just like paper piecing with a rubber stamp. All of the papers are from my Black and Turquoise Paper Pack. I added glitter and bling to finish the card.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. Some Odd Girl - paper piecing

2. Cute Card Thursday #179 - sketch

3. Charisma Cardz #34 - glitter it

4. Polkadoodle #34 - spots and dots

5. Pile It On #35 - girls just wanna have fun

Happy Crafting!

Make It Colourful - Sunset with Clouds

This week's challenge at Make It Colourful is coloring sunsets with clouds. We're sponsored this week by Tiddly Inks.

I was a little intimidated by this challenge, but I wanted to give it a try anyway. I used Tropical Beach and added Summer Dreams to the scene. Tropical Beach already had clouds drawn in, so I thought that might be a good place to start. From there, I just started blending in pinks, oranges, and the warm grays. I added chippies from the new Hawaiian Beach set and covered them with glitter. I used a sketch from Sketch Saturday #169.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. By the Cute and Girly - the sea

2. Craft Us Crazy #15 - Anything goes

3. Fun with Shapes #90 - water

Happy Crafting!