1-2-3 It's a Recipe!!

Happy Friday friends!!  It's time to cook up a 1-2-3 Recipe Challenge over at Guylou's Inimitability hosted by my dear friend and over-the-top talented teamie, Kim!  And what a scrummy-licious creation and challenge did she whip up for you today!!  To check out Kim's amazing project and grab some inspiration, you can hop on over to her blog by clicking here. 

So here are the ingredients for Kim's awesome challenge:

1 ribbon or lace

2 decorative papers

3 or more pieces of bling...rhinestones, metal charm, etc

 

For my card I decided to use Leah at the Cocktail Party.  She's had a hard day gardening, but now it's time to mingle with her friends with a Cosmo (or two) and chillax at the summer party on the beach.  Well, at least in my mind that's what she's all dolled up for ;)  I took a plain piece of Close to My Heart chipboard and colored it in the Copics I used for her dress to accent the awesome sentiment by TLC and, of course, I couldn't just stop at 3 pieces of bling ;)

If you come and play along with your yummy creation, you have the chance to win a $5 gift certificate from Guylou's Inimitability Store and be invited to be a Guest Designer on an upcoming challenge.  You will have until July 28th, 10:00 pm (EST or click here to find out the corresponding time where you are) to enter!  What will you cook up today?!

Recipe:
Medium:  Copic Markers
Image:  Leah at Cocktail Party - Guylou's Inimitability
Sentiment:  TLC
Papers:  American Crafts cs and Shabby Princess Digi Paper
Ribbon and bling in stash

Challenges:
Totally Papercraft -  Girly Girl
Crafts4Eternity - Embellisment Recipe (3-2-1)
Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anything Goes

This Too Shall Pass

This Too Shall Pass!  My grandfather used to say it alllll the time whenever I was going through something rather difficult in my life.  Even though he's been gone for almost 5 years now, I can still hear him saying it to me when things get a little rough and I feel like there is no end in sight with whatever is going on at the mo.

Then I get this wonderful new sentiment, This Too Shall Pass, from Paulette at TLC, that is included in a new set called Simply Put, which you can find in her store by clicking here.  It really tugged on my heartstrings; and with a wistful tear in my eye, I printed out the image I knew would be perfect with it!

I snagged this freebie image from Bugaboo Stamps awhile ago and love his pouty little face not believing that the storm will ever end.  He reminds me so much of Paddington Bear that I decided to use Paddington's color scheme as the inspiration for the card along with the current sketch over at Sketch Saturday.  I'm keeping this one in my stash for when someone I care about doesn't think their storm will end - just to lovingly remind them that "This Too Shall Pass"!

Recipe:

Medium:  Copic Markers

Image:  Bugaboo Stamps

Sentiment:  TLC

Papers:  Bazzill cs, DCWV Adhesive Mat Stacks Brights and Making Memories Fresh Anthrology Collection

Xmas Red Stickles

Glossy Accents 

Challenges:

Sketch Saturday - Week #163

Bugaboo Stamps - Clean & Simiple

For Fun Challenges - One Fold

Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - No Flowers Allowed

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Pollycraft - The Great Outdoors

Cute Card Thursday - Going Round In Circles

Frame it ALL!

Happy Tuesday all my craft-happy buddies!!!  Hopefully you've all had a good start to yet another week!!  I super excited because my girls have started swimming lessons this week and are lovin' it!!!  I love when they come in from their lessons -their little drenched pool-heads and bodies wrapped in towels.....sportin' their cute little tans - they make me look like a Saltine cracker!!!

I am also super excited about TLC's new set, Frame It All!  There are 4 different fabulous frames in the set - each one so GORJUSS and versatile!! 

For my card today, I chose to use the Frame It All Floral frame and merged it with one of my favorite sentiments from TLC.  I can honestly say when I got the frame from Paulette, I jumped up and ran for my Copics!!



I have to confess -I was a bad girl and didn't write down all the colors I used - I got so wrapped up in shading that I lost track, lol.  I enlarged the frame and added the sentiment to make it the focal point of the card, but I know I'm going to use these over and over again with other images and sentiments, too!!   I think the whole set of frames, merged with various word art, on a set of cards wrapped in a matching ribbon would make a cute little present, don't you?  If you love the frame as much as I do and would love to see the rest of the set, click here!  I'm telling you - they are fabulous and you won't be disappointed!!

Recipe:

Medium:  Copics

Image and Sentiment:  TLC

Papers:  Old World Stack by DCWV

Pure Color Essentials 5/8'' Gingham Ribbon

Crocheted flower by Dorcas (won thru blog candy -Dorcas Designs)

Challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Your Favorite Cupcake (I went with:  In the Garden)

Meljen's Designs - No more than 2 layers

The Outlawz - Monday Greeting Card Challenge - In the Garden

OSAAT - Anything Goes

Stamping Scrapping Challenge Blog - Clean and Simple

StampsRUs-Through the Garden Gate
Stampin' Sisters In Christ - What Works For You
Sketches By Carly - Sketch #73
Digi's with an Attitude - Free & Easy July
Charisma Cardz Challenge - All About Flowers

Vintage Village

I'm really diggin' vintage lately...well let me rephrase that, lol...I've always LOVED vintage and dabbled in it but never really did a lot of it.  Well TLC's new Vintage Village Backgrounds set is changing that for me -YAY!  I absolutely adore this new image of a Vintage Cathedral Window that Paulette has created!  You can find this image and the rest of the set here.  Originally, I had envisioned doing some stained glass in all different gem colors, but found this picture online which really spoke to me and used it as my inspiration:

 And here is my card:

Such a stunning image, right?!!!  The amazing word art reads, "Truth -Tests Remind Us Trust Him" (which is a gentle reminder for me!), and is from TLC as well!  The image was colored in Copics (E50, E00, E31 and E57) and then distressed along with the sentiment in Making Memories Distress Ink. 

As always, I love your visits and thank you for each and every comment that you take the time to leave me :)  

Hope the rest of your weekend is a good one!!!

Recipe:

Image & Sentiment:  TLC

Paper:  Nicole Vintage Pack & Colorbok cs

Making Memories Distress Ink

Roses won from blog candy

Challenges:

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Free & Easy

Crafty Catz - Vintage Challenge 90

ABC Challenge- Y for Yesterday (vintage)

Charisma Cardz Challenge - All about flowers

MMSC - #111

My Kind of Exercise :)

Woot, woot!!  We all made it to Friday!!  Hopefully you all had a good week and are gearing up for some weekend fun whether it be with friends or family, or just hanging around enjoying some down time.



Talking about fun, I just love this new sentiment from TLC.  It reads "Exercise - Walking up and down a mall, occasionally resting to make a purchase."  You can find this fabulous sentiment in Paulette's new set called, Define This, by clicking here.  I just have to chuckle every time I read it because it reminds me of something I would say!! 

Isn't the word art just fabulous?? As soon as I read it, this image came to mind - I've had this Bratz image that I got from a friend for awhile and have never used her so it was so much fun and so perfect to bring her to life now.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have an awesome weekend - maybe even get a little "exercise" in ;)

 Recipe:
Medium:  Copic Markers
Image:  Bratz coloring page off internet
Sentiment:  TLC
Papers:  Bazzill cs and SEI Chocolat
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Wedding embossing folders

Challenges:
Stamp Something - Something with Bugs or Butterflies
AUD Sentiments Challenge Blog - Sentiment with more than 2 words 
Flutter By Wednesdays - Open 
Bugaboo Stamps - Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Warm Thoughts

Morning friends!!  Hoping by now you've all recovered from the holiday weekend!! 

I had to whip up a card for my our cousin's girlfriend who had a freak accident last week - she got hurt pretty badly and I wanted to send her a little cheer-up card.  She's a fun-lovin' gal - free and easy spirit, so I thought the Stamp of the Month image from Designed2Delight paired with this adorable sentiment from TLC would do the trick :)

Isn't that image amazing??  I just love it with that sentiment!!  I didn't have any Flower Soft or sand, but decided to emboss and distress lightly some Kraft paper for the illusion of sand in front of the embossed "wave" panel.  Both the image and sentiment were pop-dotted for dimension.

Recipe: 

Medium:  Copic Markers

Image:  D2D

Sentiment:  TLC

Papers:  Bazzill cs, DCWV Happy Trails, Kraft

Prima flowers

Bo Bunny Candy Jewels

Making Memories Distress Ink

Fiskars Decorative Scissors

Cuttlebug Swiss Dot & Spots and Dots Embossing Folders 

Challenges:

D2D- Progressive Stamp of the Month Challenge

The Pixie Cottage - Sketch and/or Wet & Wild

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Here Comes Summer

Creative Craft Challenges - Pretty Blossoms

Bows & Berries - Challenge #9 Kraft

Scrap Creations - Summer

The Outlawz - Monday Greeting Card Challenge - Anything Goes GC070411

Getting Cricky - Summer Fun

Vintage Get Well

It was time for a smile for my Aunt and her husband.  They both have really been going through the thick of it lately - her husband being diagnosed with months to live caused by some rare auto-immune disease, my aunt -suffering an appendix that ruptured and survived; then just recently "wasn't feeling good" and was rushed in to have 2 stints surgically placed for the 95% blockage to her heart.  .

The word art I chose to base my card on is from a new set that TLC has in the store called Sell It.  You can find the set by clicking here.  Almost immediately, the wheels started turning when I read the sentiment. The sentiment reads:  "You take a licking, and keep on ticking"!  It can't get any more perfect than that !!!

I just got some new  DCWV paper for my birthday from my Mom, god love her. It's my favorite paper at the mo - so vintage in all different shades and textured!!  You may not be able to see it in the pic, but there are faint black drawn roses in the paper.  Divine!!  I scoured  the net and found this gorgeous vintage clock at Beyond the Fringe, which you can find here!  The clock is pop-dotted on the distressed doily for some added dimension and colored in Copics.  The heart chipboard piece is colored in the same Copics to match the clock, then crumpled and distressed in Making Memories distress ink.  My daughter said it looked like a piece of suede which made my day, and hopefully, this card makes theirs.

Recipe:

Medium:  Copic Markers (E50, E31, Y28)

Image: Beyond the Fringe

Sentiment:  TLC

Papers:  Old World Stack by DCWV

Close to My Heart Chipboard and self-adhesive pearls

Making Memories Distress Ink
Roses won from blog candy/Doily in stash

Challenges:

Sketch Saturday - Week #162

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Free & Easy
OSAAT- Use a Digi
Southern Girls Challenge Blog - Anything Goes