The Cat's Meow

Hello - its time for a challenge at CREATIVE KNOCKOUTS The theme for this round would be BORDERS our sponsor for this challenge is  Sparkle N Sprinkle

For my card, I'm using 'the cats meow'  and I blended colored pencils on the image.  I then wanted to use a Martha Stewart border punch on the white cs but totally blew that by not centering correctly (it's been a while)  so I trimmed it down and then had to literally cut a frame using MFT stacked rectangles in rose gold cs.  I dropped the gold frame over the image and then trimmed any white that was showing.  I then went back to my Martha Stewart border punch and punched rose pink cs to frame the frame LOL then onto a black cs front panel.   The flowers are paper from Recollections and the leaves were cut using a Spellbinders die with of course green cs.   That was more work then it had to be.  I put some crystal stones scattered and a couple of cream neuvo drops as well.

I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may:
Dragon Fly Dreams - For a Special Female
Unicorn Challenge - Spring
Through the Craft Room Door - ATG
Crafting from the Heart -Just for Fun
Always for Fun - Dogs or Cats
Shopping Our Stash - Celebrating Friends
Color Crazy - ATG


Thanks for stopping by.
I hope you have fun playing along with the challenge and I wish you the best of luck as well.

Happy Crafting

Dawn



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Lady Bug

It's another challenge from If you Give a Crafter a Cookie. Here is the cookie for the theme of this challenge.

For my card, I started with a piece of white cs and an Inkadinkado stamp.  I stamped 2 ladybugs in Walnut Stain and one in Dusty Concord distress and covered both with clear embossing powder.  I then blended Wilted Violet and Brushed Sage distress inks across the paper -- trimmed it down -- and framed it with dark purple cs.
I cut a bunch of various leaves with my Cricut using Luau and Cricut Sampler cartridge.  I then blended Crushed Olive, Forest Moss and Peeled Paint.
I cut a front panel out of black cs and covered it with a paper from American Craft. I set the inked piece to the side and tucked the leaves down the side.
The sentiment was stamped in gold embossing powder with a stamp from MFT and cut into a flag.
All set on the same dark purple cs side fold base.  I added a couple of white flowers for accents.

I hope you have fun playing along with the challenge.

I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may:

Crafting with Attitude: ATG
Craft Rocket Challenge - Flowers
Daisy Chain Challenge - Spring
Sasayaki Glitter - Flowers
Joys Tic Tac Toe - Middle Across
Cute Card Thursday - Spring
Crafting by Design - Flowers

Happy Crafting.

Dawn

Cute Bugger

Hello  Hello
It's another sketch challenge at
Try Stampin' (or not) on Tuesday.
(see sketch below)

with an optional theme of favorite patterns.

I have to say ... I tend to gravitate to florals and I love a polka dot.  So I used florals in the dry and wet embossing and the swiss dot accent piece.

For my card, I started with a stamp from Bugaboo. and I used both colored pencils and markers on the image.  I trimmed that down and rounded the corners and mounted it on a coral scrap of cs.
The next layer is stamped with a mandala flower stamp by Hampton Arts.  I stamped it randomly on a white piece of scrap and used white embossing powder.   I then blended Fired Brick, Carved Pumpkin and Mustard Seed distress inks across the piece and rounded those corners as well.
The yellow polka dot printed paper is from Simple Stories and carrying over the rounded corners.
The black cs front panel was dry embossed with a flower folder by Darice.
The sentiment was stamped on a black piece of scrap with white embossing powder and a stamp by Stampendous.
All was set on a rust orange cs, side fold base.  I added clear crystals randomly about to finish it off.

Here is the sketch.


Have fun playing along.







I want to add this card to the following challenges if I may:
TTCRD - ATG
Color Crazy - ATG
Jo's Scrap Shack -ATG
Cute Card Thursday  - Spring
Sisterhood of Crafters - One for the Ladies
Crafty Friends - One for the Girls



Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Crafting
Dawn

Big Doggie Hugs

New challenge at 

The Crafters Cafe.

The theme for this round is

Use Borders or Use Metal

The sponsors for the challenge are
QKR STAMPEDE and
DeCosse's Dynamite Doodles

I'm going with borders and a little bit of metallic.....
For my card, I'm using QKR Stampede's image 'Doggie Bone' and I used color pencils on the image.  I then blended Cracked Pistachio and Broken China Distress in the background of the image.  I cut a plaid piece of paper from Recollections and a teal piece of card stock to use as frames/borders.
The sentiment is a pale blue cs stamped with silver embossing paper with a MFT clear stamp and cut with a stitched die.
The BIG HUGS was cut with a Simon Says die out of Silver metallic CS. All of this was set on a brown CS front with faux stitching with a white gel pen and then added again to a pale blue side fold cs base.

I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may

Jo's Scrap Shack - ATG
Color Crazy - ATG
Lemon Shortbread - ATG
Simply Create Too - 4 a guy
Crafty  Hazelnut  - use patterned paper

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting

Dawn

Dandelion

Here we have another challenge at
Scrap from Your Heart.
The theme for the challenge this month is CAS

For my heart, I used tape to mask off a section of the card front and blended distress inks in Broken China, Wilted Violet, and Sage.  Using a stamp set from Happy Little Stampers I stamped the Dandelions in Mermaid Lagoon and clear embossing powder.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set.
I trimmed the card to make the front and mounted it on a side fold lavender cs mase.
CAS it is.


I hope you have fun playing along with us on this challenge.


I would like to add this card to the following challenges:
DragonFly Dreams Challenge: For a Special Person
Ikes World - CAS
Crafting with Attitude - ATG
Craft Rocket Challenge - Flowers
Daisy Chain Challenge - Spring
Happy Little Stampers - CAS special day
Penny Black -ATG with CAS
Creative with Stamps - Friends
Crafty Calendar - For a Child
Unicorn Challenge - Spring
Pile it on - Favorite Color - Blue

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Crafting
Dawn

Super Hero

Hello Everyone, It's time for another challenge at CREATIVE KNOCKOUTS The theme this round is to use dies. Our sponsor is  Dr. Digi's

For my card, I started with a white cs front and squished distress and oxide ink in Brick Red, Chipped Sapphire, Barn Door, Stormy Sky and Candied Apple and had that framed with blue cs front.
The image, Blunder Woman, was colored in marker, pencil and glitter gel pen. I cut my superhero out with a double stitched die from MFT.  The PARTY was cut with a die from MFT out of dark red cs and then topped with Wink of Stella. The sentiment was brushed with the same distress/oxide inks as the background and framed with blue cs.
All mounted onto the same dark red cs as the party cut on a side fold base.

I hope you have fun playing along with this challenge and I wish you all the best of luck.

I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may please:
Addicted to Stamps - ATG
Color Crazy - ATG
Crafty Sentiments - ATG
Crafting from the Heart - ATG
Always Fun Challenge - Inspired by a Movie ... Wonderwoman
Polkadoodles - ATG
Lemon Shortbread - ATG
Seize the Birthday - Make me laugh

Happy Crafting

Dawn

Awesome

It's another cookie challenge from If you Give a Crafter a Cookie. The cookie for this challenge is

For my card, I cut the awesome with my Cricut out of lime green cs.  I ran the edging around the outside by hand with a blue marker.  I backed the green cs with blue glitter cs from Simon Says. The sentiment was printed on blue cs and cut into an angled flag.  All of this was added onto the same blue cs base.  I added clear Neuvo drops to the flag and bottom corner. 

I hope you have fun playing along with this challenge.

Crafty Sentiments - ATG
Creative Fingers - ATG
Crafting by Design - ATG
Crafters Castle - Use Glitter
Simply Create 2 - For a Male

Happy Crafting

Dawn

Rainbow Yay

Happy March 

time for Rainbows at 

Through the Purple Sage.

That is the theme for March

Have at it everyone.

For my card, I started with blending all of the distress inks in the colors of the rainbow - Barn Door, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Blueprint Sketch and Wilted Violet.
I then ran a piece of white card stock through with an embossing folder by We Are Memory Keepers, Basket Weave.  I then ran it through again with a die from My Favorite Things Yay! The sentiment was stamped with embossing ink and silver embossing powder and the same Yay set from MFT on a scrap of black cs and flagged on one end.
All set on a black cs side fold base.

I hope you have fun playing along with the challenge. 

I want to add this card to the following challenges if I may:
Dies R Us - Men and Boys
Use Your Stuff - Rainbows
Cute Card Thursday - ATG
Stamping Sensations - Rainbows 
Die Cut Divas - ATG
Through the Craftroom Door - ATG

Happy Crafting

Dawn 

Joyful

It's a Tag Fest Challenge at
Stinkin' Inkers.

The theme is to create a tag to use on your card or project or just a single tag.

For my card, I'm using an image by Bugaboo colored in both pencils and marker.  It was trimmed down with the top corners rounded.  The tag was cut with my Cricut and then I ran it through my machine with a snowflake embossing folder.  I went around the edge with a gold gel pen with faux stitching. 
Joyful was also cut with my Cricut and then colored with a gold gel pen.  The printed paper is from a Christmas pad by Recollections that was set on a lime green front panel.  This was put on a kelly green cs side fold base.  

I hope you have fun playing along with this challenge this month.  

I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may:
Through the Craft Room Door - ATG
Crafty Sentiments - ATG
Creative Fingers - ATG
QKR Stampede - ATG
Crafty Girls Corner - Tag you're it.  
Sparkles Challenge - Include an animal


Thanks for stopping by
Happy Crafting



Dawn

MonoGreen

It's another sketch challenge at
Try Stampin' or not on Tuesday.
The sketch for this challenge is below.


For my card, I started with a piece of white cs and I blended greens in an ombre across the piece. 
Using the shaker die set from MFTs - I cut the three circles in the blended piece.  I added the shaker pieces and filled them with green and gold sequins and bits.  I backed the shaker with a dark green cs. 
From the same green cs I cut the base of the card and I edged it with a gold gel pen. 
The sentiment was stamped on a piece of scrap green cs with a stamp from MFT in gold embossing powder.

Here is the sketch for the challenge.









I hope you have fun playing along with the challenge.

Happy Crafting

Dawn

BD wishes

The calendar has turned and it's another challenge at 

Brown Sugar Challenge

the theme is 

TRANSPORTATION

Our Sponsor this month is 

BUGABOO

one of my FAVORITES

I went with a CAS card and I am using the image "Peaches Car:  I used all marker on the image and sentiment (which is mine).
Mounted on a deep red cs front panel.
The card base is top fold teal from MFT.  I'm loving the weight of this card stock ... definitely, have to get more.

I want to wish you all the best of luck in the challenge this month and I'm looking forward to visiting to see what you come up with in this theme





I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may please:
Polkadoodle - ATG
CAS this Sketch #311
The Male Room  - No Papers
Lemon Shortbread - ATG
QKR Stampede - ATG
Creative Fingers - ATG
Color Crazy - ATG
Sparkles - Include an Animal



Happy Crafting

Dawn

BD Parade

It's another challenge at Crafts Galore Encore It's always Anything Goes the sponsor for the month is

Hello everyone, for my card, I am using the image 'Celebration Critters'. I used markers, colored pencils, a gold metallic gel pen on the cymbals (too bad you can't see that shine), and 'wink of stella'  on the balloon.  The mini dot front panel and side flags are from Simple Stories.  All on a magenta cs top fold base.
I hope you have fun playing along with us on this challenge and I wish you the best of luck.

I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may please:
QKR Stampede - ATG
Color Crazy - ATG
Fab and Funky - Feel the Music
Simon Says - ATG
Seize the Birthday - Make me Laugh.



Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting

Dawn

Be You

Can you believe it's March already???
The month of rainbows,  leprechauns and clovers.

The challenge this month at Patti's Creations 
is ...  babies babies babies.

For my card, I am using 'newborn love' .

On the image itself I used color pencils and then fussy cut around the image.
I then grabbed a scrap of watercolor paper and added watercolor in the rainbow.  I mounted the image over the rainbow and then mounted that onto a silver cs front.
This was added onto a top fold lavender cs base.

Trying to keep it at CAS - no other embellishments were added


Thank you for stopping by and I wish you all the best in the challenge.

I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may:
Creative Fingers - ATG
Cards for Gals -  Pretty Baby
The House that Stamps Built - ATG
Little Red Wagon - Love it.
Aurora Wings - Over the Rainbow




Happy Crafting

Dawn