Altered Binder

It took me quite awhile to alter this binder today, but it was oh, so fun! I really enjoyed my time. I used *Wink *Wink Ink's stamp, "Jewel" as my main feature. I colored it in with Prismacolor pencils and blended with Gamsol. I'm just sure if you tell by the photo, but I added Stickles to the jewel. I used one of my Cuttlebug embossing folders to emboss the red and black papers under the dragon (the rectangles of paper). The flowers are all made by Prima. I used one of my Martha Stewart border punches for the black side, there. Here's the sketch I used today from Papertake Weekly:

Other challenges I'm entering with this are:

Charisma Cardz - Anything New (*Wink *Wink Ink is a new company and Jewel is a new stamp!)
Simon Says - Shabby Chic (I distressed quite a bit of the paper and used my Old World Die Cuts With a View pad of paper).
ABC Challenge - L is for Layering
A Spoon Full of Sugar - a recipe (3 pieces of designer paper, 1 piece ribbon, 3 flowers, and 3 buttons).
Crafty Creations - Textures.
Cinema Saturday - A Night at the Museum (that adorable dragon did remind me of this movie as did the colors!)

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you get a chance, you should see all the new, adorable stamps *Wink *Wink Ink has to offer! I've been having SO much fun with them! :)

3-Challenges Met Alien Card

Here's *Wink *Wink Ink's alien again! Okay, this will probably be the last card I make with the alien this week, LOL. I've just been having so much fun with him! He looks good in SO many colors! I colored in both images with my Prismacolor pencils and blended with Gamsol. I used my Fiskars border punch for that decorative thing on the left side of the card. The patterned paper is from K&Company, but the solids are from Die Cuts With a View.

I used Sketch Saturday's awesome sketch:


I don't know if you can tell by the photo or not, but I glittered up the planet pretty good and added Stickles to the blue paper in several places (the scalloped oval is completely glittered). I did all this to participate in Crafty Creation's challenge, "GLITTER and BLING". I hope all that glitter counts as bling, too!

I used all those yellows and greens on my card to play along with Colour Create's challenge, "Lemon and Lime"! I hope you like it! Thanks for looking! :)

Starry Christmas

(1st Challenge) This isn't the greatest photo due to the sun was nearly set! For this card I used the sketch from Papertake Weekly Challenge blog:


(2nd Challenge) I used the adorable digital image, "Setting the Stars" made by Phindy's Place. Phindy's Place over at Paper Craft Planet put on their first challenge this week, "Holiday Glitter", which I glittered my card up for (see the beautiful wings and stars!) I must say, I'm impressed by Phindy's stamps, which can be found HERE!

(3rd Challenge) Over at Creative Card Crew Challenge blog they have this week a challenge called, "Strings Attached". I added my hemp to qualify for this great challenge and I'm so glad I did, because it really added to it!

(4th Challenge) I am thankful for the challenge over at Crafty Creations, "Metal/Metallic Finishes", because I would not have put those stars on this card if it weren't for that challenge and I really think it was a nice touch!

(5th Challenge) I definitely think this card qualifies for the"Baby's First Christmas/Pre-Schooler" challenge over at A Spoonful of Sugar! What a lovely blog they have over there!

The paper/cardstock is from Die Cuts With a View and I colored in the image with Prismacolor pencils (blended with Gamsol). Thanks for Looking!