Sugar Nellie Challenge

Here's a quick card I made for The Sugar Bowl sketch challenge:

I used the "Little Bird Told Me..." Gorjuss Girl stamp. Isn't she darling? I just love the Gorjuss Girl stamps! I used K&Company patterned paper, Die Cuts With a View solid colored card stock, and Prima flowers. I colored in the image with my Prismacolor pencils and blended with Gamsol. Thanks for looking! :)

World Card Making Day Continued

Since I didn't get all of the card making done that I had planned yesterday, I finished up today. I got an unusually long crafty day today! With having four children 6 and under, I don't often find long periods of time to "play", so I found it truly amazing that I got to make cards from morning till 5 PM today. I did take meal breaks, of course, but still! It was about 5-6 hours of fun time! Anyway, onto the cards themselves... These cards were inspired by SCS World Card Making Day challenges.

I LOVE Gorjuss Girls stamps. I wish I had some! In case you're not familiar with Gorjuss Girl art, that lovely little stamp on my pink, black, and white card is a Gorjuss Girl (stamped image). A lovely gal on SCS traded stamped images with me and one of the ones she sent me was the one above. The little Gorjuss Girl makes me think of my sister, Kara. I'm not exactly sure why, but I think it may be the tights - Kara had a pair tights kind of like that when we were kids. So, I'm going to send this little "Thinking of You" card to her. :)
The stamps I used on this Thanksgiving card are from Close to My Heart. When I saw this set, I knew I had to have it. Not only are there those adorable pilgrim children in it, but there are also Native American children, a turkey, and a few others things in it. It's such a cute set!

This cute, Christmas card with that adorable little Penny Black hedgehog on the front was made to participate in a few SCS challenges as well as A Spoon Full of Sugar's "Christmas" challenge and Artful Inkables' "Something That Sparkles" challenges.

I used another adorable Penny Black stamp on this "Thank You" card. A good friend of mine got me this this new Micey Day clear stamp set for my birthday. I simply LOVE it!

I had poor lighting when I took the photo of this card. It has been so overcast here the past couple of days - it's hard to get a good photo sometimes! The image on this one is a "My Favorite Things" digital stamp. They were giving it away free to those entering their challenge on SCS this weekend. I thought that was real sweet of them! Anyway, this card looks far more "warm" in person.

That's all for now. What do you think of them? I love comments. :)

World Card Making Day Challenges

Today is World Card Making Day and I started off my day by making a card! Now if only I could get around to doing a few more. :) I used Mojo Monday's sketch of the week:
Over at Splitcoast Stampers there are all sorts of challenges today! I decided to enter Crafty Secret's challenge, "Make it Pop" (I put several 3D embellishments) and Unity Stamp Company's "Quote" challenges from SCS. I used a quote from a Crafty Secret stamp set I have. That would be considered a quote, right? Then, I participated in Cute Daisy May's recipe challenge, "1 ribbon, 2 buttons, & 3 flowers". Over at Papertake Weekly they're having a challenge called, "Black and White + 1". The rule is, "excluding skin and hair, you must use black and white and you can choose one more colour to work with". So, that's what I did. I used that turquoise color as my chosen color. And as if that wasn't enough, I added a bug on my card to play along with Cupcake Craft Challenges challenge of the week, "Cute as a Bug". What do you think? Did it turn out all right?

Sunday's Card

Today I made this lovely card for several challenges! First off I chose my sketch of the day (from Mojo Monday):
Over at Paper Craft Planet, Crafty Secrets is having a "fall colors" challenge. So, I pulled out some autumn colored card stock (Die Cuts with a View solid colors and Basic Grey patterned) and got to work (or play)! The image is, of course, from Crafty Secrets. I got it just this week and thought I should have a little fun with it! I embossed my image to participate in the Basic Grey Challenges of the week, "Embossing", I added the little heart charm (I used alcohol ink on it) to qualify for the Dutch Dare Card Challenges challenge of the week, "So Charming," and did plenty of sewing to participate in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog's challenge, "Stitch It Up". I really enjoyed making this card and hope you like it! Thanks for looking!

Sweet Thing

I used the sketch that Just Magnolia has up for a challenge this week. I really liked this one a lot!
I also participated in the "Stitches" challenge over at Roses on Paper. Thanks for the great challenges, ladies!

Make a Wish

"Flower Power!" is the challenge this week on Charisma Cardz. The flower needed to be the main feature, so that's what I started with. I picked out some Petaloo flowers I liked first thing, then chose my Die Cuts With a View paper based on the color of the flower. "Lace and Pearls" is the challenge over at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge, so I got out my lacy-looking Martha Stewart punch to add some lace, some self adhering pearls, and a cute Penny Black hedgehog. What do you think? Did it turn out okay? :)

Bella's Birthday Car

First off I picked the sketch and image to participate in this week's Bloggabella challenge! Here's the cute, simple sketch:
Dutch Dare had a color inspiration challenge this week, which was fun to use:

The wallpaper behind the flower reminded me right away of some paper I had, so I dug through my paper collection and found it! I was glad to be able to use something I had had in my collection for awhile.

I distressed the paper edges to qualify for the Cupcake Craft Challenge this week, "Distressing Techniques". Then, I embossed the green strip of paper with my Cuttlebug folder to participate in the Cute Daisy May's, "Textures" challenge. The recipe I followed today came from Artful Inkables challenge, "1 image, 2 ribbons, 3 layers, and scallops".

Thanks for looking!