Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--Love is....

Hello Thursday and Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge.  If you live in the US you have probably had some cold snowy weather.  If you are a kid in the midwest of the US you probably love snow and snowmen. so my super talented team mate, Lis's, theme this week may be a Valentine theme, or I took it to be more generic for a  love for snow and snowmen....besides I wanted to use Valerie in Winter :

Isn't Valerie just the cutest!!! She could also work for a Valentines card depending on how you created the card...Lots of red and white.  I made a stick pin* and hand made roses.  The background label is new and the perfect size for a background.  Some white details dots and a couple of gold corner brackets and my sweet Valerie is ready to say I love you this much!!! I forgot to mention that Valerie in Winter is a 3 image set and each one is just cuter than the first.

Be sure to drop by the Challenge Blog and check out  the rest of the DT cards and while you are there grab a Mo's image and play along in the Challenge for a chance to win in the random drawing.

* if you want to make a stick pin to match your project and only have white heads, use Crystal Effects and Stampin Up or Pigment Ink re-inker color of your choice to color the pin heads. Add a drop or two of ink into a small puddle of crystal effects in a small paint cup and I stir with a toothpick.( I usually to a bunch of different colors when I do them, so use a multi section white paint tray they sell at Michaels in the tole painting section.)   I let them dry by sticking them in a piece of thick foam that large brads come on.  They will dry over night.  Don't over do the crystal effects as it will run down the needle.  Don't ask my how I know :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative week.

Cathy

Gilbert's Marvelous Adventure--Sassy Cheryl's Project of the week !

Hello, and welcome to the first week of  in between  Sassy Cheryl's challenge weeks where the DT gets to either create a second card following the challenge theme which this week is Lots of Hearts or create an anything goes card.  This week I chose Door number 2, using the adorable new Gilbert's  Marvelous Adventure:

I have been practicing my hair coloring,  and I am getting more pleased with my efforts.I think Gilbert is happier that is hair looks better :)  I had tons of fun adding lots of elements to my card. The Mustache, arrow, rings , banner and memory washi tape, I think that is about enough, but each one.  I also colored Gabby and her Marvelous Adventure but she wants her own show soon.  :)

If you haven't already be sure to stop by the Challenge Blog and enter your card in the challenge, if you  need to buy a Sassy Cheryl's image drop by the store and get an image or two as you have to use an Sassy Cheryl's image to play in the challenge.   Each of the DT members will also have a Sassy Cheryl's creation on their blog so drop by for some inspiration if you are looking for some cute ways to use those Sassy Cheryl's images.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative week.

Cathy

Vintage Challenge for Tiddly Inks Facebook page

Suffice it to say after a day at the ER with high blood pressure I was sick(no pun intended) of laying around but didn't feel like doing too much so... what better to do than color..... I had gotten a couple of Tiddly Inks images the other day and wanted to color the darling Daddy's Girl.  When I got done coloring it I decided I would look around and see if they had any challenges that I could use her for....yep, one right up my alley, vintage...very apropos :)

Lots of vintage stuffs on this card, so I hope it is vintage enough....a huge rose, I made , the woven mesh looks old, the faux pearls give a vintage look and I love to use them on my vintage cards.  The Tim Holtz metal label attached to the bottom of the image and last but I even added some of my precious vintage buttons from my grandfather's button collection.  My grandparents never threw away a garment with buttons they could save so you will notice the thread is still attached,   I almost forgot my vintage lamp post with the vellum globe.  on the right side.
I have never played in a face book challenge. Hope I did it right or they may invite me to never play with them again....I was so excited to find a new site that had such cute digital images that would make me sad.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day.

Cathy

Play time for Me--Paper Flowers--Big Shock I know LOL

Hello, blog buddies,  I know you don't usually see me much except on Challenge days but I have spent a lot of time  this week just having a wonderful time playing with my toys and enjoying myself like I haven't done for ages plus the fact that I got a bunch of new toys to play with.  I spent 30 dollars and got 135.00 worth of new crafty toys.

Sadly the Archivers here in Omaha is closing,  I am going to miss them as they carried lots of my favorite products.  I went a few weeks ago and got a couple of Tim Holtz dies at 30% off since I spent 100.00. I decided that since they were getting near the end of the sale, I better see what else they had since the sale was now at 75% off.  I wasn't sure I would find much but I got 4 more TH dies, a couple of Sizzex dies, some ribbon(crochet) and what I am playing with right now. A quilled Flower template kit.  I have bought the tiny rose one before but this one makes different sizes and has instructions for more.  Plus I added my own touches....big surprise yeppers!!!

The flowers shown above in yellow are the large beauty  and the bud,  The paper is more copy paper weight and not cs weight, although cs would work too, they just won't be as pliable.  The purple and pink one is the medium bloom size but since I used two colors it came out the same size as the Beauty.  It was simple to roll both the layers at the same time using the quill tool and just glue the base together.  I am going to make one in  white and pink, I know it will be gorgeous!!! More play time is always a good thing.

The kit is made to be cut out by hand, but I knew I wouldn't be making too many if I had to draw them out and then cut them too.   I am not lazy, but I have toys for a reason!!!  I used my Fiskars circle blade template cutter and was just careful to stay inside the template lines so as to not cut into the template.  I cut the seams, and used my fancy edge scissors to but the outside edge of the circle, rolled with  my quill tool and I have these beautiful roses.
Hope you enjoyed seeing my playtime.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative week-end.

Cathy

Tiddly Inks Challenge Card

I decided to play in a new challenge for me... Tiddly Inks has some really cute images and they come in digital too, right up my alley so I decided to buy a few and play along.  Here is my first card for the challenge this week.   Kecia you are to blame, and thank for this LOL.

The challenge theme is Love is in the Air and I think my card qualifies.  I added a few hearts and handmade roses to the sweet Donna's Adventure.  The images are so cute I had a lot of trouble only choosing 3 :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day.

Cathy

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--J is for

Woo Hoo, it is Thursday and time for a new Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge, which is always our Alphabet challenge, and we are up to J this month.  Here is my card for the J is for... theme:

I used, Pineapple Girl,  for my Alphabet challenge card which is J is for...Juice.  I have the Luau cricut cartridge since my son went to Hawaii on his honeymoon and now my daughter is talking of going to the Caribbean next summer  :)    I used the Tiki hut as the drink stand and made a Pineapple Juice 25 cents sign for the front.  I also added a surf board to give my little Hawaiian sweetie a beachy feel.  The image was attached to the doilie which was mounted onto a green dp.

The star fish and flowers add a little interest along with the satin ribbon which   I tied in a bow and to the center of the card base.  It may not be quite a brightly tropical colors as some, but I like it :)

Be sure to drop by the Mo's Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the DT has created for you to see.  Lots of inspiration, in case you were having problems with J images, like I did :)  As always grab a Mo's image to play along because for each 25 entries a winner will be drawn at random for a 5 dollar gift cert to the Mo's Store... Cool huh!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative week!!

Cathy

also entering in Craft Room Challenge--Ribbons and Lace

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge--All about Hearts!

Hello Tuesday, and welcome to the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge new bi-weekly challenge.  This week the challenge is, All About Hearts:

Several years ago Sassy Cheryl created the Candy Cane girl and I loved it so much when it came to Valentines time I asked her to add a Heart and she did.  I LOVE, Lonely Girl,( the link includes 3 images one of which is my image here),  and I think I have used it every Valentines since...Thank you Sassy Boss Lady.  It is a Classic and you can't beat that.  I colored her in rather muted tones of mauve and grey and just had to use my new Sizzix die to center my handmade rose, isn't it sweet? I added a metalic heart to my bakers twine and a strip of washi tape onto which I added a wood die sentiment which I painted black.  Lonely Girl just exudes love to me!!!

Be sure to drop by the Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the DT members have created for you to see, I know you will love them, always a pleasure for me to see them I know, such a talented group of Sassy Gals.  While you are there grab a new image or two and play along in the challenge as you must use a Sassy Cheryl's image for the challenge, and why wouldn't you want to?!?  The challenges are going to be every two weeks starting this week so you will have two weeks to complete your project.  As always there will be a random drawing for each challenge and the winner will get 2 images of their choosing.

The DT members will be posting cards/projects every week so if you want even more inspiration for Sassy Cheryl's images just drop by every week as the off challenge weeks will be anything goes and you never know what we will come up with :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative week.

Cathy