Ink it up challenge!

Let's Ink It Up Challenge #11 is to you your punches or die cuts! I had to get this great new rubber stamp from Hero Arts (RAK from one of my dear friends Clare!!) Some vintagey goodness...

The rubber stamps I used are the birdcage from Hero Arts, and the sentiment and frame! I actually tried a technique I saw somewhere where you stamp the BACK of the stamp with a lighter colors, then stamp the image normally with a darker color! I think it worked pretty good for my sentiment label! And my punch is the MS butterflies! Love this punchy SO MUCH!!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Moxie Trigger and APC Cuppy Cakes!

The Moxie Trigger is adorable this week! I LOVE cupcakes (baking is my second passion) and these polka dot cupcake wrappers stole my heart!

I wanted to to make something a little different, well I usually do lol so I decided to make cupcake hot air balloons! This trend is still so hot right now! I also used fair tickets but turned them over to make a cool border! I used the bottom of a cupcake stamp for my "basket" and I drew the tops! I think they came out pretty cute!

This card is also for the APC Forum Cuppy Cakes challenge! Jilly just posted a fun new challenge that will get you "sew" in the mood to craft!! ;oP

HUGS

APC Crop!

the apc forum that i totally loves had a crop that kinda was an epic fail (well i had a freaking fun time doing the challenges ANYWAYS) so i decided to share what i did for the challenges and get the word out for this AWESOME forum!! we really need more peoples to come and join in on all the coolness going on!! its so casual and completely o-p-e-n...if you are having a crap day and want to say you're having a shit day you don't have to worry about having your head bitten off for swearing!! hahaha, i can be a total potty mouth if i am angered...which happens *gasp* lmbo!!

so anyways...here's so of the yum i made for the CROP

Challenge #2 (not sharing challenge #1 because its already on my bloggy)

Challenge #3


Challenge #4

there is a challenge #5 but i can't find the photo of the card on my computer..weird! but i will share that tomorrow maybe:)

you guys should definitely check out the forum, it's a cool little place in the scrappy online world:)

Totally Hues and Unscripted Sketches!

I was searching around for a few fresh challenges to do today and I found the Totally Hues #4 color combo challenge and the Unscripted Sketches #98 sketch. The sketch was a toughy for me until I looked at the DT samples and got some ideas for it! And the color hues, they are AMAZING!! I did try to make them work together but I just wasn't happy with the way it came out so I ended up with making 2 different cards! Still not thrilled with the sketch, but I love how the color hues card came out!!

Thanks for some great challenges guys! I am super loving these color combos too! Hope everyone is had a good weekend and has a great week!

CAS and Color Hues!!

I have a quite a bit to share today! I went a little Taz on my crafting last night and got a whole bunch of challenges done that I have been wanting to play along with! To start us of is the Clean and Simple Sketch! I love this sketch and I have another idea for it but this is the first one!


And now for the Color Hues Challenge LOVEEEEE this color combo and I was lucky enough to have all this yummy SU! and TAC stuff in the perfect colors!! AND I used my favorite ribbon treatment that I saw on a youtube video!

I have a few more cards that I am debating on mailing into the Stamping Royalty Contest or not...if and when I decide I will post them!

Some many challenges so little time!

SO I luckily could squish a few together:) And they worked VERY well together!! Here is the list of challenges for this card:

CRAFT Challenge #94 Paper Piecing (cape, chair, fan)

Let's Ink It Up Challenge #10 Embossing (background)

The Kraft Journal Challenge "Green or St P's Day" (I used green for his cape, and kraft for the background)

Really Reasonably Ribbons Challenge "For The Boys" (and I used a TINY piece of trim to tie through the button, I hope that counts!! If not, no biggy!!)

Hope you enjoy my little tid bit of cute today!

Another post and another Moxie challenge!

This time it's the Tuesday Trigger! I was so excited when I saw the trigger photo and knew almost immediately what I wanted to do! So i got to work and wha-la! The only boo boo I made was I turned the paper on the bottom half of the card in the wrong direction!! I really would have liked the words to be running the correct way but by the time I noticed I had already glued down all the buttons!! It's not terrible so it will do lol!!

Hope you likey!!

Moxie Fab Cityscapes...but different

I had to get creative for the Cityscapes Challenge at the Moxie Fab Blog. I have nothing that is cityscapes form...no stamps, no papers...well, I just got this awesome stamp set in the mail from Miss Tracey and I thought why not make make the city scape out of cakes!! They are all different heights and layered in different colors it very much resembles a cityscape! So there you have it! And here is my sweet-scape!

And well since this in not a true cityscape, I'm hoping it counts towards the challenge, but if not well it was a wicked fun card to make anyways!!

Some SOGGY love!

It has been AGES since I played along with the Some Odd Girl Challenges! I LOVE Kristy's images, they are totally funky and fab-u-lous! Well, my darling hubby bought me a printer a couple of weeks ago and now I can finally print out all these digi's I have been hoarding for months!! Here is my first card with for the SOG challenge Spring!

(if you saw this already and it looks different it's because I HATED the sentiment and how it turned out so I changed it too this cute label sticker!)

I am by NO means a decent Copic artist lol....and I have to admit this is probably the best I have ever done with my limited supply of Copics! I did try a little technique I thought of that would make for a very cool effect on her shirt and that was to just do DOTS! If you click on the pic you can probably see it closer..but I just polka dotted her shirt with a pink and orange Copic and left a little white through...now i am addicted and need to try this with other colors!! I think it looks awesome!

This is also for the Artist Paper Crafting forum Crop challenge#1!!! If you have not made it over there yet...you REALLY need to!! They are running a week long crop right now and you have till midnight Friday to get in all your projects!! Great challenges and AWESOME prizes!!! So please, for me, get over there and check it out!! We need more fun ladies to fill up the forum with chatter and inspirational goodness!!

Outlawz CAS Challenge

RECIPE time!! This weeks CAS challenge over at The Outlawz is a recipe of 3 yummys...

1. Ribbon

2. Embossing: dry or heat

3. 2 stamps!

the DT samples are super fabby this week, here is mine!

I had fun with this one!! And I hope you will come and join in on all the fun at TOL!

A whole bunch of yum!

I could probably do ten blog posts today but I figured combine them..makes it easier!! So first up is the Moxie Fab Stamp It! Stamping with Markers Challenge! I was not planning on doing this challenge because well, I don't really color...my Copic collection is slowly growing...and when I say slowly, I mean I have not added to it since last year! But I just got this adorable stamp set from SU!! Birthday Bakery (I tried to find a link to it but I couldn't find it!! EEP!) Anywho...I stamped, I colored with a whimsical approach kinda like Mariana Grigsby and her Floatie Fun Card! I loved the look...and here is what I did with it!





Cute right? I love these bright happy colors together and this card is a great mix of SU! and Ippity!

On to the second challenge...Design Dollie's Color Challenge for march is up and it is hot!! Pink Pink Pink with a splash of yellow! At first I was like oh gosh what to do?? Then it just HIT me! And this little bit of fancy was born!



Love this MS butterfly punch! Gifty from my scrappy bff Maureen!!

What's up next? Ahh, yes over at the Artistic Paper Crafting forum they have a TON of fun challenges going on!! ANNNNDDDD a weekend crop with a killer grand prize!! Be sure to head over and check it out!! Right now one of the challenges is a CAS challenge! What is CAS you ask? Clean and Simple!! This is my little contribution...

So that's it for right now! Hope you enjoy my bloggy post today, I'm headed to my sister's for some scrappy fun! Have a wonderful day everyone!!

Green is the Thing at...

Really Reasonably Ribbon Challenge!! Of course I am totally stuck on this CAS style right now! So I made this cutie card with all SU! supplies except the ribbon that's Ribbon Boutique! I need to work on my ribbon treatment...for some reason this one just came out lumpy! I don't know why LOL! But it's still pretty cute, don'tcha think??

I also HAVE to share this adorable card that my friend Maureen's son Ethan made me while I was visiting for our scrappy day! He was just so sweet, both of her boys are! But he made me this awesome dinosaur card!

Isn't that the cutest thing ever?! I am happily displaying it on my desk shelf!

And here is a photo from our scrappy day!! Jenn, Mo and I had SUCH a fabulous day!! The trip was tiring but WELL worth it and I can't wait to do it again!! I needed this little getaway so badly! Thanks for the wonderful memories ladies!!

HEC Challenge #15

March's Happily Ever Crafter challenge #15 of course is all about St Patty's Day! Color combo AND it must have a shamrock which is just 3 leaves not 4!!

I used my 3 hearts stamp and cut it apart to make the shamrocks on my card! And I had tons of these colors in my scrapbin!

Head on over and play along, you have ALL month!!

Hello Cutie Challenge Blog is LIVE!!

EEEEH!! SO excited for the start of the Hello Cutie Challenge Blog! We will be hosting 2 challenges a month. The first and third Sundays of the month! And the first challenge is a color combo made with mypantone.com, Totally cool site! And here is our super YUM combo!!

And for my very first DT card.....

Whatcha think?!?!!? Fun right? I am loving these balloons I made! So wish I had some balloon stamps...any suggestions for some good ones?? NOW get to it and play with this AWESOME kraft, pink, green and turquoise combo!! How much do you love these colors?? As much as me I bet!! Have a fabulous Sunday!!!

Hello Cutie Challenge Blog!!

Hello cuties!! It is almost time for the launch of the Hello Cutie Challenge Blog, started by the best Ms Lizzie herself!! And guess who is on the DT??? That's right!! You are looking at her!! I couldn't believe when Lizzie asked me to join the team, and of COURSE I said yes!! So anyways...I am very excited and Sunday is just going to be an ALL around awesome day!! Not only is it the blog launch...BUT I get to spend the whole day with 2 of my favorite people!! Maureen and Jenn! We are going to have a fabulous crafty time...and I will be take pictures AND making a cake to bring!! I have ALOT to do, and very little time!! Tomorrow is going to be hella busy for me!! EEEP!! I wish I didn't have to work a double tomorrow, that is so pooey!

Ok, so this is your weekend list from MOI:

Go to the Hello Cutie Challenge Blog and play along on Sunday!

Also on Sunday...the new CAS challenge with post at The Outlawz! Get your fancy selves over there too!

Umm I think that's everything! OH and wish me a safe and fun trip to PA! ok that's all...well ok I will add some craftiness to the end....

EEEH!! Happy weekend everyone!!!

Yellow Trigger!

A super yummy Moxie Fab Trigger Tuesday for this week! I am not a huge fan of yellow but I fell in love with the yellow ink Daffodil Delight from SU! And then I had the buttons...it was a match made in heaven! Very simple thank you card with some new SU! stamps and paper! :)

My CAS has been coming out more and more and I love this card! I messed up the first time but got it right the second LOL!

Happy Stamping!

Amy:)