Peace On Earth Anything Christmas

 It's a new challenge at Peace On Earth as always it is an
anything goes as long as it is Christmas!

We have a fun mood board for inspiration  below,
but it can be 
Anything Christmas

I let the little bear in the top left corner inspire me!
I used a cute bear stamp that came with a card magazine a few years ago
and this is the first time it has seen ink, about time I would say!!

I also used a few scrap pieces of designer paper and added a few
extra snowflakes.  All  the snowflakes were treated with my stardust gelly roll pen!

Want to get a head start on YOUR Christmas cards?
Then join us at Peace On Earth and while there check our all the
fabulous designs from the teams!!

Entering the following Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge ...ATG Christmas

Christmas Crafts All Year Round .... Candy Cane and/or Red/White

 

In The Garden Challenge

A new challenge begins today at Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges
and the theme is In The Garden sponsored by
All Dressed Up.
We were honored with a digital
Little Gardner to use for our projects.
I'm not sure if you are familiar with these digi's but
they are absolutely the cutest!

I colored my little gardener and her puppy friend with Copics
on a Tutti Designs cross stitched postage die cut.
The papers I used are from Echo Park Spring Fling pad.
Optional was to add a dragonfly, so I did, die cut from
black card stock and a blue vellum!

So make a visit to Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges and see all
the pretty creations from the design team, join in with us too!

Entering in the following challenges:

Craft Rocket .... Girls
A Gem of a Challenge .... ATG
2 Sisters On The Blog ....Garden
All Dressed Up ....#128 

Precious Purple

We are almost half way through the year, can you believe it? 
It also brings us to a new color challenge at 
Colorful Options and this month it's PURPLE.
You also always  have the choice of using rainbow colors.

We have a fabulously inspiring mood board just to get
you in a purple creative mood!

I have been a stenciling freak!  I used a stencil from 
Pretty Pink Posh Seamless Floral Panel.
I actually have it upside down on my card, but still thinks it looks pretty good!  (only me..lol)
I added a few butterflies from Creative Expressions.

Pop on over to the Colorful Options challenges and see
all the 'pretty in purple' from my teammates!

Entering the following challenges:
Through The Purple Haze .... ATG
Crafts Galore Encore .... ATG
Sparkles Monthly Challenge .... Floral Frenzy

Two Old Bats June Halloween Challenge

Two Old Bats is back for this months Halloween Challenge
and we once again have a fun mood board for inspiration
but you can create anything as long as it is Halloween themed! 

  Inspiration Board

I normally try to let the mood board inspire me as I
did this time with the upper left picture with the owl.

I used a background paper that I have had for a very long time
(and still have more) and a Cheap Dies Owl die,
I backed the owl with a goldish moon 
and a sentiment strip from Simon Says!

Take a peek at Two Old Bats Halloween challenge and see all
the spooky fun from the Design Team and why not join in with us too!

Four Seasons June~Anything Goes Summer

 We just 'rolled' into our SUMMER season at our
Four Seasons Challenge blog.

Though the theme is Summer with anything goes 'summery'
We do have a fun mood board for inspiration!

I do my best on trying to let the mood boards inspire me
and I let the upper right corner with those yummy
flamingo cupcakes do the trick this time!

Last year (yep LAST year) I hit a clearance sale at scrapbook.com
and purchased this fun set of stamps from Creative Expressions
called 'Perfect Partners', the sentiment is from the same set!

I colored them in with a few Copics and added some bling from
Pink Fresh!

Are YOU in the summer mood yet?  I certainly hope so and will join us
at our Four Seasons Challenge and the design team has some
beautiful inspiration there as well!

Entering the following challenges:

Critter Crazy challenge .... ATG with any critter
Crafty Animals .... Any Animal
Creations In Pink .... Mainly Pink

For You

We have a new challenge theme this month at Dies R Us
and it's all about the Dad's or Masculine Guys in your life. 

 

I decided to create a fun 'shirt' card starting first with some plaid paper from my stash!
For the collar I die cut a Tutti Designs Stitched Banner and just snipped off the
banner ends to give a tailored collar look,
The pockets were Cheapo Dies Pocket Bouquet and once again created by just snipping off
the parts I didn't need, being the flowers in this case!
I put a For You stamped sentiment in the pocket using a small snipped piece from the smallest
die in the Tutti Designs Stitched Rectangle set.
The buttons are Impression Obsession and being die cut from paper
they make an easy mailer with no bulk!

Cheapo Dies Pocket Bouquet

Tutti Designs Nesting Stitched Banners

Impression Obsession 3/8" Buttons

Tutti Designs Nesting Stitched Rectangles 

We would love to have you join us at the Dies R Us challenge!!
Take a peek at all the inspiration from the Design Team while there!

For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below. 

click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

Dies R Us now has a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts.  

It will ship to both the US and Canada.  Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different.  Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!

Entering the following challanges:

Moving Along with The Times .... Masculine
The Paper Funday .... Masculine
Try It On Tuesday .... For The Man In Your Life

White With One Other Color Challenge

Our new challenge at Double D is

WHITE with ONE other color ONLY!

I went really basic colors with my card,
just plain old black and white
and used the top left corner to inspire me!

I was super excited when I got this Cheery Lynn kitty die out
as one of my magnets has been missing well over two years
from my TH platform
and here it was stuck on the back of this die !
Just goes to show you I need to use my 'stuff' more often!

I created a mini slimline and using 

 paper from and old (2015) pad of Authenique Classic Essentials paper pad!
The dies are older ones from Spellbinders, probably some of the first
dies I ever bought!  It feels so GOOD to use older things!
The sentiment is from Pink Fresh Studio.

Take a peek over at Double D and see all the 
pretty creations from the design team,
you surely won't be disappointed!!

Entering the following challenges:

Crafty Animals .... ATG with an animal