Love to Create #12

Good Morning!  I hope everyone had a great weekend - I sure did.  It was a much needed break from work.  I didn't even have to cook the whole weekend.  How cool is that?!

So let's jump into the 1st post of the day.  Love to Create Challenge #12 is an Anything Goes challenge that is sponsored by Robyn's Fetish.  You know that I am not a big fan of Anything Goes because its not much of a challenge unless you challenge yourself.  I did just that.  This time I created a card holder and matching cards....

So I found this Card Pouch tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers - very cute!  I love how this turned out.  The strawberry image is perfect to pair up with black and kraft.

Open it and inside there are 4 matching cards.  I used a sketch from The Sweet Stop (SSS#97) to create the cards.  I am also playing along with Crazy 4 Challenges to use black to make it pop.  There She Goes is sponsoring that challenge so I used sentments from TSG's Sweet Pea set.

I hope you play along with us this week - I'm sure many will!

Supplies:
Image: Strawberry Delight (Robyn's Fetish)
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Black, Kraft
Paper: B/W Gingham digi paper (ACOT)
Copics: C-5, C-7, E30, R27, R29, Y11, YG63, YG67
Tools: circle cutters (CM), Scallop circle Nesties, white gel pen, word window punch
Ink: Tuxedo Black, London Fog (Memento)
Stamps: Sentiments from Sweet Pea set (TSG)

Love to Create #11

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Hello Friends.  I hope you all had a great weekend.  I was sick most of the weekend - I got hit with a headache Saturday morning that made me sick to my stomach.  Not a way I wanted to spend the weekend.  I still managed to push through it and got some cards done, did my shopping but didn't clean - so nobody surprise me with a visit, OK?

This week's challenge at Love to Create is about friendships.  One of life's most important relationships.  So this is the card I created to celebrate that relationship.  We do have a sketch to play with, too, it's optional but I urge you to use it - you'll love it.

This card features a Molly calendar image which are some of my favorite images!  I have a couple of others, I would love them all.  Stamp Fairy images are so wonderful, Gerda draws the sweetest images.

Supplies:
Image: Calendar Molly
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Mellow Moss, Bashful Blue, Blush Blossom
Paper: Cool Escape digi paper pack (MTME), Spring Flowers (SU!)
Copics: E000, E00, E02, E29, E37, R02, R11, YG17, YG63, YG67, YR20, YR23
Tools: Border punch (EK Success), oval cutters (CM)
Embellishments: brads (Bazzil)

Love to Create #10

Good Morning!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  I did - it was crafty, it was spent with my daughter and the weather was wonderful!

Friday nights I usually am just too tired to play at my craft table, but this Friday night I played at my table because my afternoon was scheduled for my daughter's birthday beauty day.  So I actually got two of my cards done.  The first one I got done is this one for Love to Create.  This week we're sponsored by Sassy Design Studio and we're making birthday cards.

I love how my card turned out!  My oldest son said I colored her perfectly - he said for a "cartoon, she's hot!"  LOL  I really had a lot of coloring her and really enjoyed getting this card put together.  I picked up black & white digi paper pack for free awhile back.  Here's what's cool about this.  You can print it onto any color paper that will go thru your printer.  I printed the diamond paper onto Bazzil card stock and I LOVE the results.  Then I printed the dots on white card stock and then drew a box over an area to have a plain spot to stamp my sentiment.

My card is created using a grrreat sketch from The DeConstructed Sketch.  For the scalloped element for the sketch, I added a metallic wired edged ribbon.

I hope you like this and it inspires you to play along.

Supplies:
Images: Sassy Skater
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Blue (Bazzil Basics), Black
Paper: Black & White digi paper (ACOT)
Copics: B95, B97, BG05, BG10, C-5, C-7, C-8, E000, E00, E04, E37, R11, RV02, RV10, Y17, YR20, YR23, YR68
Tools: Paper piercer & mat
Stamps/Ink: Year Round Puns (PTI), Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Love to Create Challenge #9

Good Morning!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  Mine didn't go according to my plans - I really wanted lots of crafting time yesterday and I ended up not getting much done at all.  I had some swelling going on in my legs and feet and was just very uncomfortable sitting at my table.  Oh well, I have cards to share with you today.  So be sure to come back in about an hour to see my other card.

But for now, Love to Create Challenge this week is sponsored by Bugaboo - the theme is....

Bunnies, Jelly Beans & Chicks.  Oh My!

And here's my card...

I love this little chick - she's just so cute!  I also used the sketch from The Sweet Stop.

Supplies:
Image: Easter Chick Big Egg (Bugaboo)
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue
Paper: unk
Copics: B00, B000, B02, Y11, Y15, YG09, YR16, YR20, YR61
Tools: Cuttlebug, Blossom & Tags Shapeabilities
Stamps: Mini Messages (PTI)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Love to Create Challenge #8

Good Morning!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  Mine was good.  My Saturday was so productive.  I got up early, I made 5 cards, got my grocery shopping done, colored my hair and just had a good day.  Sunday, I worked on that album all day.  Not going to say too much about it - I can't wait to share it with you though.

So let's talk about Love to Create.  Wow!! There were a lot of people that linked up their cards and projects last week.  I hope we have just as many players this week.  This week's challenge is sponsored by Michelle's Scrapbooking & More.

Michelle's Scrapbooking & More is home to The Pixie Cottage stamps. In addition to our stamp line we carry many other popular lines of stamps, Copic Markers, Spellbinders, punches, paper and more.
This week our theme is Men/Boy cards.  But there's an added twist.  We have an optional sketch.  Here's my card:

Let me show you what the actual sketch looks like....

Again, I'd like to ask you to challenge yourself.  Don't just merely throw an image of a man or boy on your card and link it up.  Try the sketch, too.  Have fun with this.

Supplies:
Image: Mike on a Trike (Michelle's Pixie Cottage)
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Black, Summer Sun
Paper: Folded Map (MM)
Copic: B95, B97, BG05, C5, C7, C8, E000, E00, E02, E33, R29, R27, W0, W2, W3, YG03, YR20,YR23
Tools: Corner Rounder, white gel pen

Love to Create Challenge #7

Good Morning!  Make sure you come back in about an hour for the Paper Pretties post, but for now, let's talk about Love to Create.  What do you love to create?  This week the challenge is sponsored by Pink Gem Designs and Crafty Sentiments.  I have an adorable image by Crafty Sentiments on my card.  This week's challenge is...

Anything Goes

Personally, I am not fond of these challenges because I'm not challenging myself at all, so I also added my Monthly Card Traders Group.  We have a challenge this month to make Wiper Cards.  What do you think?

I love the colors, I love my new Spellbinders dies (got them on a GREAT sale) and I am quite pleased with my wiper card.

I really encourage you to challenge yourself when you're playing along with us this week.  You're allowed to combine Love to Create with as many other challenges as you'd like.

Supplies:
Image: Kia (Crafty Sentiments)
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Old Olive, Mellow Moss
Paper: Lattice (The Paper Company)
Copics: C5, E000, E00, E02, E33, E37, R00, RV000, RV02, RV10, YG63, YG67
Prismacolor Marker: Mulberry
Tools: Cuttlebug, Blossom Tags and Accents Shapeabilities, Lacey Eyelet Borders (SNSS)
Stamps/Ink: Sweet Tweets (TAC), Cottage Ivy (Memento)
Embellishments: Brads (Bazzil), pearls (Recollections), moss satin ribbon (Offray)

Love to Create Challenge #6

Good Morning!  I hope you had a great weekend.  Mine was way too short!  I'm sure everyone feels the same way.  But I did have a great time.  I managed to get it on a haircut sale - $3.99!  Whoo-hoo.  Then I got new bed pillows that are regularly $12 per pillow on sale for $4.99 each.  So I grabbed 2.  Then I got a coupon for 15% off so I got both pillow for $8.99!!  Another whoo-hoo!!

So this week at Love to Create we're celebrating International Women's Month.  The theme is called...

It's All About the Ladies

And a perfectly appropriate sponsor is Sassy Studio Designs.  I used their freebie, Sexy Sandy for my card.  I also picked up a sketch from Taylored Expressions.  I've never played along with this challenge before - I loved this sketch!  I also added in Our Creative Corner's bingo (brads, pink & flowers).

Please head on over to Love to Create to join in the fun!

Supplies:
Image: Sexy Sandy
Card Stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Black
Paper: Paper by Rhonda Ferrar
Copics: B60, BG05, BV02, C8, E000, E00, E04, E30, E34, R000, R11
Stamps/Ink: Year Round Puns (PTI), Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Tools: Flower punch, circle cutter (CM)
Embellishments: black polka dot ribbon (Offray), black brads (SU!)

Love to Create Challenge #5

Good Morning!  It's Monday and so the week begins.  We start it off with a new challenge at Love to Create.  Please be sure to come back in a hour for the Paper Pretties post.

This week's challenge is sponsored by Bugaboo and the theme is...

Monochromatic

What does that mean?

We're of course concentrating on definition #1.  Well, I've decided it's too hard is actually use only one color - but I think I came close....

My card features a wonderful image from Bugaboo and used a fun card style by Frances Byrne - a Center Step card.  I decided to do this so I can play along with Crazy 4 Challenges' Fun Folds.

Supplies:
Image: Make it Snappy
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Brocade Blue, Bashful Blue
Paper: Unk
Copics: B00, B02, B05, B95, B97, B99, YG63, YG67
Tools: Arch Border punch (MS), paper piercing tool
Embellishments: satin ribbon, button

Love to Create Challenge #4

Good Morning!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  Mine was very busy and on top of it all I got hit with something.  I don't want to all it a head cold, but I don't feel sick.  I just haven't been able to breathe in and out of my nose.  Not fun!  So because breathing seems to be an important function in life, it's been very difficult to rest lately.  So I don't have a Paper Pretties card to share, but fortunately I finished this card a few weeks ago, so I do have something to share with you.

This week's Love to Create challenge is....

Stitching (real or faux)

My Monthly Card Traders group's challenge was to create a double pocket card.  So this is what I came up with an adorable image from this week's sponsor Robyn's Fetish.

Now is this not a happy card?!  I saw this daisy and knew it was perfect for this particular card style.  My stitching was accomplished by paper piercing and white gel pen.

And here's the piece that slips out to reveal it's message.

I hope you join us at Love to Create - we love seeing what you create.

Supplies:
Image: Daisy (Robyn's Fetish)
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery
Paper: Prints Tempting Turquoise, Prints Certainly Celery
Copics: R11, W-0, W-3, Y06, YG00, YG03, YG06
Tools: Paper Piercer, Tag punch, Arch Lattice edger punch (MS), Triangle embossed edger (MS), oval cutters (CM), white gel pen
Embellishments: Lemonade seam binding (The Beary Scrap), daisy (unk)

Love to Create Challenge #3

Good Morning!  I hope you had a great weekend.  Mine was too short, but it was good.  I leave this morning listening to my children softly snoring in their beds and they enjoy a day off.

Wow!  We had over 30 players for the second Love to Create challenge.  Thanks for joining us.  This week's challenge is sure to be a hit, too!  We have a color combination this week...

Pink, Navy + 1 Color

This week's challenge is sponsored by Michelle's Scrapbooking & More

Michelle's Scrapbooking & More is home to The Pixie Cottage stamps. In addition to our stamp line we carry many other popular lines of stamps, Copic Markers, Spellbinders, punches, paper and more. Michele is offering a 20% off discount to Love to Create followers. Stop by and visit Michele and use Coupon Code: "LoveTo" and you will receive 20% off your order.

My card is featuring a sweet image called The Cafe.  It's so cute!  The artist is none other than ARTish who also designs for Paper Pretties.  Love her amazing talent.

I also participated with another challenge to help me create my card.  The layout is a sketch from Unscripted Sketches.  This week is their piggyback challenge where they have an added twist.  Stitching.

Supplies:
Image: The Cafe (Michelle's Scrapbooking & More)
Stamps/Ink: Mixed Messages (ATS), Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Pink Pirouette, Night of Navy
Paper: Sunburst Sky (Chatterbox)
Copics: B95, B97, B99, C5, C7, E33, E53, RV000, RV02, RV10, Y11
Embellishments: blue grosgrain ribbon (Offray), Buttons Galore & More (StampingScrapping)

Love to Create Challenge #2

Good Morning!  I hope you all had a fabulous weekend.  It was great to see so many people come out to play with Love to Create's inaugural challenge.  This week's challenge is sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs.  A line of digi stamps that range from the sweet and lovely to the sexy and spicy.  Lindsay's designs are so much fun to color.

The theme to this week's challenge....

Buttons & Bows

And here's my card featuring Little Honey's Winter Wendy.

Isn't she adorable?!  OMG, I love how she turned out.  Once again, purple didn't photograph very well, but I am so sooo happy with my card.  I did the sweet sketch from my old friends at Sweet Sketch Wednesday to create my card.  It was perfect for it.

Head on over to play along with us.  We're a fun bunch of gals who Love to Create.

Supplies:
Image: Little Honey's Winter Wendy (Sassy Studio Design)
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Brocade Blue, Perfect Plum
Paper: Latte Matstack (DCWV)
Copics: B95, B97, BV00, BV02, BV04, E000, E00, E02, E04, E33, E37, R11, W-0, W-2, YR20, YR23
Tools: Circle cutters (CM), Scallop Circle Nesties (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug
Embellishments: Plum satin ribbon (Offray), purple hemp (SU!), button (my stash)

Love to Create Challenge #1

Good morning!  Thanks for visiting for the very first challenge for the newest challenge blog on the block.  Love to Create.  This is going to be a fun challenge blog with sketches, inspirations and great sponsors.  Bugaboo is sponsoring this first challenge and will be a regular.

This week's challenge is a sketch plus Pink, Red & White....

I created this embellishment myself.  I crocheted the flower and then added the button.  It was a little hard to stamp on the button because the surface was slightly rounded.  But gotta love Staz On, I was able to add the sentiment fairly well.

Here's the sketch....

I do hope you'll play along with us.  It'll be fun!

Supplies:
Image: Fancy SB Love (Bugaboo)
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Pink Pirouette, Real Red
Paper: Embossed paper (unk)
Copics: C8, C10, E000, E00, R27, R29 RV000, RV02, RV10, W-0, W-2
Tools: Scallop Circle Nesties (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug
Embellishments: Adhesive Glitter Shapes (Recollections), crocheted flower (by me), button (my stash)