Sending Birthday Wishes

 Time for a new challenge theme at
The Sisterhood of Crafters and is hosted by our 'sistah' Darlene.
She has chosen the theme of
'April Showers Bring May Flowers'.

This card was created by once again using one of my
stenciled panels I did last summer, feels good to make them into a card!

The stencil is a Tim Holtz Floral Layering stencil
using Altenew inks!
I didn't want to cover up the pretty flowers
so I used a Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Strip to stamp the sentiment on
which is from The Greetery Sentiment Suite Birthday.

Make sure to visit The Sisterhood to see all the beautiful
floral cards from my 'Sistah's!!

Entering the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday .... ATG

Crafty Gals Corner .... Spring/Easter
The Paper Shelter .... Birthday
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge .... ATG
Make My Monday .... Happy Birthday
Use Your Stuff .... Spring/Easter
All Sorts .... Something that begins with a B (Blossoms)

Hold More Promise

A new embossing challenge starts today at 
Can You Handle The Pressure and the 'optional' twist is PASTELS! 

I used an emboss and cut folder from Spellbinders Rose Flourish.
I chose pale pink and a mint green for my Pastels.
The embossed Roses were colored in with a dauber and  Pan Pastels
The sentiment was stamped with Altnew Firefly ink.

Another one that was hard to photograph and I tried my best to get rid of
the shadow my camera insisted on picking up, but to no avail!

I would love to have you join us for our latest challenge at
Can You Handle The Pressure
and be sure to see all the beautiful inspiration from the teams!

Double D Challenge Building Theme

 Time for a new challenge theme at Double D and it is 
BUILDINGS!
As always we have a mood board totally for inspiration only
you can have any kind of building you want!

Though I have several dies/tamps to choose from, I went a whole
different route!
One of my plans this years was to use what I have so I did just that
and used some fun Spring stickers I had picked up from Hobbylobby.
I love the bright and cheerful houses, tree, and the little clouds.
I embossed a blue cloud strip to place my stickers on and used a
paper from Doodlebug Designs Bunnyville paper pack,
and I only have a few sheets left in this pack, also another plan this year,
to use up some of these pads!!

The sentiment is from Creative Expressions Wordies sentiment sets!

Pop on over to the Double D Challenge blog to see lots more
of fabulous inspiration and join in with us too!

Peace On Earth Anything Christmas

 A new challenge starts today at 
PEACE ON EARTH 
and as usual it is an ANYTHING GOES as long as it is Christmas themed!

There is always an inspirational mood board,
just for that... INSPIRATION!

 Anything Christmas 

I totally let the mood board inspire me with the bottom right photo
with the perfect Creative Expressions Holiday Wreath stamp set.
I used Nuvo gold and silver glitter pens to color in the baubles.
A  bow was die cut from Tutti Designs Fancy Bows set in a silver metallic paper.
It is way more sparkly in real life, just hard to capture in a photo!

Head on over to Peace On Earth to see all the pretty creations
from our fabulous design team, we would love to have you join in with us!

Hello

We are partnering with the Double Trouble Challenge Blog again this year and having a joint challenge collaboration.  It's fun and easy and you have a chance to win prizes both here on the DRU Challenge as well as the Double Trouble Challenge #108! The Double Trouble Challenge runs from April 18 - May 1 and their theme is "Frame It" - use a basic metal die in your project.

Here are the options to include if you want to join the Double Trouble challenge. You can enter the Double Trouble "Frame It" challenge #108 here.

Thing 1:  Trouble Maker (Double Trouble Challenge)

says, "How many of us have a Cricut or similar machine that sits idle?  Since the world of metal dies has emerged how often do you pull out your Cricut to cut a basic shape?  It seems most of us have accumulated some dies and now use a die cutter (Cuttlebug, Big Shot, Gemini).  I'm challenging you to select a basic-shaped metal die from your stash and use it on your project, e.g. frame, square, rectangle, triangle for your image and/or sentiment...  you get the idea.  

You can stop here... 

OR  

play along with Twisted Sister's optional twist below to earn another chance in the Double Trouble random draw.  

Thing 3:  Twisted Sister  (Double Trouble Challenge)

says, "It isn't difficult for me to pick out a shaped metal die for a frame and/or sentiment but I have accumulated so many other pretty metal dies.  

"Mother's Day is around the corner... this is a good time to honor your Mom or someone special who has had an impact on your life.  My optional twist is to include flower(s) and/or butterfly(s) on your project. I'm going to use some of my pretty dies, however, if you don't have floral or butterfly dies, just use patterned paper, stenciling, or embossing.   

Optional Twist:  If you have included flowers and/or butterflies on your project you will earn another chance in the Double Trouble Random Draw. 

Thing 2: Double Dare (DRU Challenge)

says, "If you have included at least one metal die on your project you are eligible to enter at Dies R Us #191 HERE. There is a limit of three entries and make sure you post your entry on or before April 28th and you will be eligible for an extra Double Trouble random draw chance. The theme is Flowers/Spring.

      
AND... 

If you have used any brand of dies that Dies R Us sells in their store, you will be eligible for an extra Double Trouble random draw chance as well as a chance to win the DRU $10 gift code prize.  Your die may already qualify. Click HERE to view the dies on their left-hand sidebar. Be sure to mention in your post if you used a die that is sold at DRU's store for a chance the DRU random draw. 

SO basically the options for winning prizes are: 

  Thing 1: Use a basic shaped metal frame die to enter the Double Trouble challenge. 

  Thing 2: Use a metal die that DRU sells and include the theme Spring/Flowers to enter the DRU challenge and the random draw from Double Trouble. 

  Thing 3: Use a metal frame die and add a flower or butterfly to project for another entry to the Double Trouble challenge.

 A new challenge at Dies R Us and our theme is 
Flowers/Spring! 

I don't know about you  but I am certainly ready to see Spring AND flowers!
It's been a long hard bitter cold winter here in Michigan so I went with a happy yellow card
 with some pretty daisies from Cheapo dies.

I first die cut from a green card stock then again in white and paper pieced
the flowers on,  I used the Tutti Designs Dotted Ovals for my
pretty daisies to frame them with!

The sentiment is a Tutti Designs Hello word set which seems to be
discontinued but I have provided a link below for ALL the Hello dies
carried in the store!

Tutti Designs Nesting Dotted Ovals

Cheapo Dies Daisies

Tutti Designs  Hello Word Set

Hello (all)

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 challenges:

Mod Squad .... Anything Goes
Double Trouble Challenge .... Frame It
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Two Old Bats April Halloween Challenge Reminder

We are half way thru our month long challenge at 
Two Old Bats and would LOVE to have you join us! 

Below is the inspiration board for April!

 Inspiration Board

I decided to just go with a spooky scene for my challenge reminder card!

I used some papers and bits and pieces I had in my stash, put it all together
and came up with this card!

I hope you will join us with YOUR Halloween project at

Two Old Bats!
this gives you all year to build up your Halloween stash,
we all know how those holidays just seen to roll on by as quickly as they come!

Sending Hugs

 It's a new challenge theme at The Sisterhood of Crafters
and it is 'SLIMLINE' chosen by our 'sistah' Lia.

As I have mentioned many times before while I spent last summer
at our beach house I took my book of stencils with me
and spent many an evening stenciling away for when I returned home.
This is one of those stencils.
It is quite large, why they can't make them more 'card size' is
a mystery to me.
The stencil is from Picket Fence Studios Reversed Leaf and
a whopping 4 x 10 in size

Big though it is, I still love the look of it.
I stenciled with several color inks. 

The sentiment is from Pink Fresh Studios Perfect Sentiments.
I LOVE this set as all the stamps are on one stamp,
you simply stamp them all at once then use the matching die to cut
them out and viola, you have a nice group of sentiments to use.
I stamped  mine in many different colors for later use.
A saw on facebook where someone was going to cut theirs apart,
oh my goodness NO, this is such a time saver to stamp them
and cut them all at once!

If you want to see some awesome slimline inspiration then head on over
to The Sisterhood and see all the beautiful creations from my 'sistahs'!!