Critter Sketch Challenge #16 - May Flower Basket

Good morning! Hope you all are enjoying the long weekend. Today I am marching in our local Memorial Day parade with my daughter who is in Brownies and it's supposed to be swelteringly hot today. UGH! Well, since today is Monday, I have a Critter Sketch challenge project to share with you. This week we have an inspiration and color challenge. The inspiration is to use flowers on your project and the color purple. So here is my project:



I made a small flower basket using a Bildmalarna image. Isn't she just too sweet? I picked up this stamp from Paper Jewels. She is called Mimosa on the Bench. My flowers are from Wild Orchids and I used the color purple on Mimosa's dress and the flowers that she is holding.

Here is a closeup:




Here is a side view:



Our sponsor for the whole month of May is Dustin Pike from Doodle Dragon Designs. He has some of the most cutest images out there. Follow the link and take a look at some of his designs.



I will enter this project at the following challenges:

Bildmalarna Challenge #10 - Father's Day (Who said you can't give a basket of flowers to your dad? Especially when he's got 2 daughters.) ;o)
Paper Cutz Challenge #43- gift for a teacher (this could be a gift for dad or a teacher.)
Paper Garden Projects - girly
Stampin' for the Weekend - Card/project to make someone smile or cheer them up.

Today will be my last post for Critter Sketch Challenges. With summer coming, I have decided to lighten my load for a few months. I have thoroughly enjoyed being part of this fun team. Thanks to Melanie for inviting me to be part of it. Well, thanks for visiting me today, have a great day!

Critter Sketch Challenges #14

Good Morning! Hope you had a great weekend? Today is Monday and it's time for another Critter Sketch Challenge post.

Here is the sketch we had to follow:



Here is my card:



We are back with Doodle Dragon Studios as our sponsor this week. These Dustin Pike images are just so much fun to work with. I hope you can play along this week so you can try your hand at winning some of these fantastic images.

Recipe: Paper by Crate Paper, Dustin Pike image, EK Success punch, buttons, stickles, flower soft, and spellbinder die.

Copics: YG97, YG95, YG93, E39, E35, E34, E31, E44, E42 YR23, Y21, Y11, R29, R27, R24, R22, YG67 YG63, G20

Please visit my DT sisters to see their wonderful creations:

Tanya Johnson
Darsie Bruno
Nancy Hagen
Jacquie Lankester
Kathryn Berthiaume

** News ** Critter Sketch Challenges is having a DT call. Please visit here for details if you are interested.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week!

Critter Sketch Challenge # 12

Today I have a sketch challenge to show you for Critter Sketch challenges:

Here is the sketch we used:



Welcome to yet another new month and new sponsor at Critter Sketch Challenges. For the month of May we are being sponsored by Dustin Pike, Doodle Dragon Studios. Dustin has some of the most amazing images and I'm really excited for you to be introduced to them. At the end of the month a lucky winner will be winning their choice of 3 digital images from Dustin's store. So play, along, have fun, and "doodle" away!!!!


Here is a card that I made using this image and following the above sketch:



Recipe: Papers from Basic Grey and DCWV, spellbinder die, MS border punch, and pearls.

Copics:

Bee - YR23, Y23, Y13, C9, C7, C5, C3
Boots and umbrella - R29, R27, R24, R22, R21
Raindrops - BG10

That's it for now! Hope you can play along with us. See you soon.

Critter Sketch Challenge #10

Good morning! It's Monday again already. Whew! Last week was a whirlwind but now that the kids are back at school, I can get back to crafting and back to a normal routine again. We did have alot of fun last week though and we had really amazing weather (although our weekend was a bit chilly).

Well today I have another Critter Sketch Challenge card to show you. Since it's our 10th challenge the DT was challenged to make a card with 10 items/elements on our card. So here is the card I came up with:





This month is my daughter's birthday. She'll be 12 years old (OMG) and just loves Magnolia images so I had to create a birthday card using this sweet image from Magnolia.

The 10 items I used on this card are:

1 type of yellow cardstock
3 types of patterned paper
4 pearls
1 type of yellow ribbon
1 image

Our sponsor this month is My Scrapbooking Supplies . They have all kinds of cardmaking/scrapbooking supplies for you to choose from. If you play along with us, there will be a great giveaway away at the end of this month from this fabulous store so I hope you'll play along. The more weeks you enter, the better your chance to win is.

I will also enter this card at the following challenges:

Fussy and Fancy - sketch
Just Magnolia - sketch (very similar to Fussy and Fancy)
Cute Card Thursday - touchy feely
AI Factory - birthdays
Our Creative Corner - bows
Creative Card Crew - birthdays
My Time to Craft - pretty pearls

Here is a picture of the copics I used for this project:



Well, thanks for visiting me today. I hope you will be able to play along with us at Critter Sketch Challenges.

See you on Wednesday!

Critter Sketch Challenges - Challenge #8

It's time for another challenge over at Critter Sketch Challenges. This week we had to follow a sketch and add gingham (in any form) to our card or project. Here is the sketch we had to follow:



And here is the card I made for today:



I used one of the new Inky Impressions images and she is called Hula Lili. I think this image is just so charming and so perfect for the summer (come on summer - I am tired of being cold). :0) My sentiment is also from Inky Impressions.



I cut the palm tree out using my Cricut and the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge. I used copics to color in the palm tree and my image. You can find this cartridge and other awesome scrapbooking supplies at My Scrapbooking Supplies and they just happen to be our sponsor for this month at Critter Sketch Challenges. There will be a great giveaway away at the end of this month from this fabulous store so I hope you'll play along with us this month.

Well, that's it for now. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Critter Sketch Challenges - Challenge # 6

It's time for another Critter Sketch Challenge post. Our inspiration this week is the following image:



The colors of Donald Duck. So that would be red, white, yellow, blue, and black. So this is what I created with these colors.



I made a flower pot card. Instructions for this card can be found here at Splitcoaststampers.

Here is a closeup of my image:



I used this image from Bildmalarna and he is called Mimo with Roses. These images are so much fun to color. You can find them at Paper Jewels along with other wonderful stamps.

Another view of the pot with the flowers pulled out:



Please visit my DT sisters for more inspiration:

Tanya Johnson
Darsie Bruno
Nancy Hagen
Jacquie Lankester
Kathryn Berthiaume

I will also enter this card at the following challenges:

Little Red Wagon - copics
Crafty Calendar Challenges - flower power
Paper Cutz Challenge - anything goes

I hope you can play along with us this week at Critter Sketch Challenges. See you there!

Critters Sketch Challenge DT Card - Challenge #4

Hello my stamping friends, we have another challenge for you this week at the Critters Sketch Challenge blog. Instead of a sketch this week, our challenge is a color combination of blue, yellow, and green AND to use an image with a flower on it. So I used this CUTE Bildmalarna image from Paper Jewels. This stamp is called Mimosa Tea.



When you pull the teapot lid, the sentiment is revealed.



For my card, I used a teapot template that I found for free over the internet. I used DCWV and K & Co. papers, prima flowers, MS punches, Spellbinder dies, and the ribbon, daisy button, teapot charm (too cute), and crystal picks were found at my local Michaels store.

Our sponsor for the entire month of March over at the Critters Sketch Challenge blog is Paper Jewels. The owner, Jenny, will be giving one lucky winner a $15 gift certificate to use in her online store. The give away will be drawn at the end of the month. Participate each week to increase your chances of winning.





Please visit the rest of the DT to see their awesome creations. They are:

Tanya Johnson
Darsie Bruno
Nancy Hagen
Jacquie Lankester
Kathryn Berthiaume

I will be entering this card at the following challenges:

All That Scraps - dots and stripes (there are dots on Mimosa's pants and the papers are striped.
Papertake Weekly Challenge - ribbon, buttons, brads, and bows
The Pink Elephant - invitation
Cupcake Craft Challenges - flower power
Cute Card Thursday - use mainly green on your card

Thanks so much for visiting me today. Have a great week and I hope to see you all playing along at the Critters Sketch Challenge blog.

Hugs,

My First Critter Sketch Challenge Post

Good Monday morning to you! Today is my first post for the new DT I'm on called the Critter Sketch Challenge blog. I'm so excited to be part of this team - hope you will visit us there and play along!

The challenge this week is a sketch challenge. Here is the sketch:



The sketch also indicates to use 2 eyelets or brads somewhere on the card or scrapbook page. For my card, I turned the sketch around and also added stitching around the papers.

Here is my card:



This week, our sponsor is Stamp and Create. Normally, we will only have 1 give away a month which will be given at the end of the month. However, this week we thought it would be fun to SURPRISE you and give one away at the end of this week. Stamp and Create has chosen to sponsor our blog for one week and is offering one lucky winner a $15 gift certificate to their store. So today, I chose to use an image from theWags 'n Whiskers line. This stamp was created by the very talented Crissy Armstrong and is called A Good Book. Don't you just love her? Can't wait till the weather warms up enough so I can sit under a tree with a good book. This fabulous tree is from the Magnolia-licious store and is probably my most favorite accessory stamp as I use it all the time.

Recipe:

Papers from K & Co, distress inks, copics, flower brads, flower soft, ribbon from Michaels, and Martha Stewart border punches.

Here is a picture of the copics I used:



Well, thanks for visiting me today. Hope you will play along with us at the Critter Sketch Challenge blog. Would love to see you there! Have a great day!

Critter Sketch Challenge DT

Hello my friends, I don't have anything to show you today but I wanted to let you know that I am now on the design team for a new challenge blog called the Critter Sketch Challenge blog. Challenges start on February 15. If you head on over there before the 15th, there's a giveaway for becoming a follower and leaving a comment. Hope to see you there and will join in on challenges with us! I'm so excited!