Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Hide and Seek

This week we are asking you to make a card or project that you can't see the sentiment at first. For my card I use one of my LOTV stamps. I colored it with my copics. My papers are Bo Bunny's A Gift Of Love Line. The colors are stunning for Christmas and this is definately the paper for my Christmas cards. I stamped my sentiment from of my Papertrey Christmas stamp sets. I attached it to elastic and secured it with a brad under my sentiment. I attached my mounted image overtop with a pop dots so it would be higher than the sentiment. I attached some ribbon to the tag so you can pull it out. I added some ribbon and a bow with a couple of Martha Stewart punches. I added some glitter to her fur.

We have two sponsors this week. Our first is Robyn's Fetish. They are offering FIVE images of your choice.

Our very own Dee is offering up this amazing gift for one winner. Isn't it a great prize. So get into those creative spaces and let's see what you can create with a hidden sentiment. Hope everyone has a Safe and Fun Halloween.

Hugs xx
Carolyn

Lily Of The Valley Challenge - A Sketch

Today I finally got some time to play with my baby Lily Of The Valleys. I love these little darlings. This is the Baby Girl stamp that I bought. I enjoyed coloring them so much. I decided to color them with my Derwent pencil crayons and mineral spirits. I haven't pulled them out for a little while, and it was fun to get into them again, but I sure missed my copics and the brightness that they give. I used some old paper that I had won at a crop and it doesn't have any name on it, sorry. I added some Prima flowers and Magnolia rosebuds. I twirled the leftover metal from the flowers into little swirls and added them on. I put a pink rhinestone on the wheels and one on her bow and she was all done. I hope you like it, I sure enjoyed making it. I'm entering it into the Lily Of The Valley challenge which is this fabulous sketch.



Why not pull out those darling LOTV stamps and try your hand at it. Hope everyone has had a great week.

Hugs xx
Carolyn

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Distress

This week we are looking for distressed cards. I struggle with this technique all the time. I never really know what to do and what exactly is considered distressed. So how I handled it was I scraped all my papers around the edges with sandpaper. Unfortunately it doesn't show too much. For my card I used my new paper pack called Oliver by Basic Grey. I love the boyish colors in this line of papers. My image is from the fabulous stamp company Lily Of The Valley. He's called "Gone Fishing". I think he's darling. I colored him with my copics. I added some twine, and threw a little fish charm from my sash on the twine.

This week our sponsor is My Favorite Things. They are offering a fantastic

$25.00 Gift Certificate.

We have another fabulous sponsor. They are Meljen's Designs. Their prize is a choice of

Four Free Digital Designs.
So let's see what you can come up with by Saturday Midnight.

Hugs xx
Carolyn

Stamptaculuar Sunday Challenge - Buttons and Bows

Isn't this going to be a fun challenge. Who doesn't love buttons and bows. We would love to see what you can create with them. Our design team came up with some great cards and projects. Make sure you get a chance to visit them all and see their beautiful work. The links to their blogs are on the side of mine.

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For my card this week I used another of my amazing Lily Of The Valley stamps. This little guy is called Baby Blanket. I'm going to start doing more cards that I can send off here. I always seem to need baby cards, and lately all boy ones. So I created this little guy, which I'm sure will be gone soon, as they all seem to be having boys. I used my nestibilities to cut him out and used the fabulous paper line from Bella Blvd. called Skipping Stones. I added the most amazing ribbon from Nicole Heady's Paper Trey and put a button in the middle with a soother charm that I got from Stamping Bella. The buttons were just random ones I had burried in the stash. I added embroidery thread to the buttons, yellow on the blue buttons and blue on the yellow buttons. Of course he was colored with my copics.

I hope everyone has been having a safe summer, with lots of hot weather like we've been experiencing in Canada. This is the most I've used my air conditioning ever, and the most use I've ever gotten out of my pool. Usually by now the nights are so cool that the days can't heat it up enough. I couldn't have had a better summer.

Hugs xx
Carolyn

Lili Of The Valley #58 - A Sketch By Bev

Over at Lili Of The Valley this week, Challenge #58 is a sketch by Bev. Here is Bev's fabulous sketch.
I just couldn't wait to color up the most beautiful stamp I've seen in a long time. I colored up my little darling called "Christmas Candle". I'm so glad that I jumped on these images immediately because this one and many others are completely sold out. But don't fret, more stock is coming in. I colored my baby girl with my copics and added liquid glass on the fur around her face and the pom poms on her scarf. I added glitter to the top of the liquid glass and let it dry. What a great affect you can achieve. I added Martha Stewart snow to the ground to really give it some dimension. I mounted my image on white glitter paper. I created my snowflakes with a combination of Nestibilities snowflake dies and my Martha Stewart die. I added a Doodle Bug Glitter brad in the middle. My bow was created out of some sheer ribbon that I picked up somewhere and in the middle I punched out 2 greeneries with my Martha Stewart punch. I added flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, and added clear glitter stickles to the petals on the flowers. The 3 red baubbles are from Stamping Bella.

My papers were from an amazing paper pack I bought from S.E.I. at Michaels called Winter's Song. I can't wait to get more cards done with some of the other designs papers in the pack.

Well off for a swim, it's getting hot here and the hot flashes don't add much to that. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Hugs xx
Carolyn

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - A Sketch

Well here's an easy peasy one for you this week. We have a sketch for you. Here's the sketch. You can flip it or turn it or whatever else you can creatively think to do with it.

For my card I used my new Lily Of The Valley stamp called Mirror Mirror. Isn't she darling. I have a picture of my oldest when she was a baby with a white mop head on her head and a straw hat on top sitting and looking in the mirror at herself. I will try and dig it up and add it to my post. However this stamp sure reminded me of her so that is why it is now in my collection. I colored her with my copics and added some glitter on her bows, pearls and on the mirror. I cut it out with my Nesibilities and added a couple of rhinestones. I could not find something that would fit with my card as the thin strip that comes down, so I just omitted it out. Sssshhhh. Don't tell the boss. LOL. My paper is American Crafts line called I Do. Isn't it beautiful? My sentiment is just typed from the computer onto cardstock and cut out with the same Nestie as below it. Our prize this week is from the amazing company called:


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Hugs xx
Carolyn