The Greeting Farm - Black & White

As my love affair continues with The Greeting Farm I couldn't resist making a card last night to enter into this weeks challenge.  SUPER DUPER FUUN to make and color. Love Anya !

Challenges Entering:

The Greeting Farm - Splash of Color (Dec. 19)
7 Kids Challenge - Challenge 89 Anything Goes (Jan. 1)

Your Next Stamp - Holiday Hop!

Hello and welcome to a special Your Next Stamp Holiday Hop! We are sharing projects made with YNS Holiday Stamps and Dies to wish our fabulous YNS customers a very happy holiday season! You are sure to find lots of inspiration and some great gift ideas along the way! The hop begins on Laura's Blog, and if you've been hopping along, then you should have arrived from Maureen's blog.

You have from today until Saturday, December 21st at midnight (EST) to hop with us! If you leave a comment on all of the blogs along the hop, you could win a $25 YNS Gift Certificate!!! Karen will announce the winners on the YNS Blog on Sunday, December 22nd.

For my project today I used the super adorable Fhiona and Her Friend stamp:

I wanted to do an extra special project so I turned to some of my favorite template packs from Heidi Grace, the takeout box. Super fun project.  The christmas papers are from Me & My Big Ideas.

This Treat Box is on its way to a good home with my daughter's awesome teacher at school.Here is my project...see how cute little Fhiona is!:

Materials used:

Fhiona and Her Friend from Your Next Stamp 

Copics

Spellbinders Circle die & Circle Scallop die

MFT Stitched Circle die

Merry Christmas die from Memory Box

Me & My Big Ideas Holiday paper

Heidi Grace takeout box

Poinsetta and solid red card stock from my mum (Thanks mum!)

Karen is having the biggest Your Next Stamp sale of the year with up to 30% off your order! She needs to blow out some inventory to make room for new stamps and dies!

Make sure you take advantage of these amazing deals! Now it's time to hop on over to Jen's blog, but don't forget to leave a comment before you go! As always, happy hopping and shopping, and have a wonderful holiday season!

Hop order:

Laura

Kerri

Peggy

Maureen

Laura-YNS Guest--your are here

Jen

Wendy

Julie

Thanh

Karen

Word Art Wednesday - Challenge December 18

Happy Wednesday everyone! One week until Christmas and today's verse over at Word Art Wednesday couldn't be more fitting - Isaiah 9:6.

My card for today is for the Word Art Wednesday Challenge.  I hope you will play along with us - it is very simple "anything goes"... just create an uplifting and positive card and post it at Word Art Wednesday challenges.  You can use this week's verse below, but it is not required.  

Karen M. (Papercraft Memories) created the beautiful graphic for today's verse:  

Such a beautiful verse and one of my favorite names for Jesus - "Prince of Peace".  I decided to go the clean and simple route for this card and let the scripture shine.  The fancy die is from Spellbinders Nestabilities Decorative Label 1. 

Thanks for peeking at my blog today, please check out Word Art Wednesday for my team mates cards, you are sure to be inspired! 

{Loves Rubber Stamps} Holiday Blitz Challenge!!

Good Morning crafty friends~ today starts a special HOLIDAY BLITZ challenge at Loves Rubber Stamps Challenges where we will be giving away TONS of prizes with multiple winners!  The Holiday Blitz is your favorite.... ANYTHING GOES...theme AND it will last from now until December 30th so you have planty of time to get your entries in!  We will have prize packages to give away from the following companies:

KENNY K STAMPS - 2 PRIZE PACKAGES

QKR STAMPEDE

AURORA WINGS

MILK 'N COFFEE STAMPS

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS DESIGNS

EUREKA STAMPS

C.C. DESIGNS

and... Loves Rubberstamps is giving away a $50.00 Gift Voucher!

You will DEFINITELY want to play along with us :) Remember you have until December 30th to get your entries in :)

Christmas is around the corner and I had so much fun coloring this Christmas pine tree from Make it Crafty. I used the wonderful tutorial by Zoe from Make It Crafty.  

Besides the Christmas tree from Make It Crafty, I decided to use a new stamp at Loves Rubber Stamps CC Designs "Pockets Brigitta".

Materials used:

CC Designs "Pockets Brigitta"
Make It Crafty "Pine Trees"

My Favorite Thing Dienamics Blueprint 6
My Favorite Things Dienamics Blueprints 6

Best Glue Ever

Best Cleaner Ever

Copics

Echo Park "Here and Now" Paper Pack

Challenges entering:

By the way, we have a DESIGN TEAM CALL that just posted for our next session - January 1st - April 30th!  You can read all the details and see how to apply IN THIS POST.  We do not require previous design team experience to be eligible. I love being on this Design Team - it is like a family - and I recommend you apply! Deadline to apply is December 15th.

Take a peek at my other team member's cards....you are sure to be inspired!

From the Heart Stamps - Sketch 47

Good Morning crafty friends!  Hope you all have a wonderful day and play along with us at From the Heart Stamps Challenges.  Today is Sketch 47 which is a really fun sketch.  I used Tropical Christmas which comes with lots of different options!  Click the link above to see it "in person".  

Here is my card:

Materials used:

Digital Stamp - Tropical Christmas 

Copics for coloring

Merry Christmas Memory Box die

Flower Memory Box die (I colored and cut to get it to look like a hibiscus)

Spellbinders nestabilities circles

Bo Bunny "Woodland Winter" paper

My Favorite Things Blueprint 8 for the big square

Thank you for stopping by! 

{Loves Rubber Stamps} Sensational Sunday Blog Hop - CC Designs

Hi everyone and welcome to the Loves Rubber Stamps Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! 

So for today, the Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration. Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, each stop will have a full list of links. One of the Design Team posts is the hop's Sensational Sunday Sweet Spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to be in a monthly drawing for a $20 Loves Rubberstamps Gift Voucher!  We will draw the winner of the Voucher the 1stSunday of each month! Remember, you have until 8:00 pm CST Saturday to leave your comments!

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

DanginaL

Athina

Shanna 

Marcy

Joni 

Nina

Laura (you are here, last stop!)

Today I wanted to go with a Sewing Theme....and I decided to finish up a card I had started...oh about...4 months ago! I had already done the sewing part so I had to add the character and sentiment.  

I ended up using 3 different sets to mix and match:  The main character is from CC Designs - Sugarplums "Cherry Emma".  She was sitting which was a nice change up for me! The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn - "Sew Lovely" and the little button and thread spool are from Some Odd Girl - "In Stitches Tia".  You can get all of these at Loves Rubber Stamps!

It was a good thing I had already done the sewing on the card, because the ole' sewing machine is now tucked away and covered over by Card Making Supplies! At least there is a clear spot on my bed to sleep....:-

Materials used

CC Designs - Sugarplums "Cherry Emma"

Lawn Fawn - "Sew Lovely"

Some Odd Girl - "In Stitches Tia"

Best Cleaner Ever

Best Glue Ever

Copics

Stash blue button and yellow ribbon

I love the sweet feel of the card, and hope you do too!  Thanks for joining us in our Loves Rubber Stamps Sensational Sunday Blog Hop!  And thank you for leaving comments.....I so enjoy reading all them.  

Challenges entering:

7 Kids Challenge Blog - Anything Goes Challenge 88 (Dec. 16)

Crafty Calender Girls - Cold and Frosty (Jan. 3)

Oozak - Challenge 27 Anything Goes Lets Celebrate (Dec. 16)

{Your Next Stamp} Fun Friday Challenge - Week 2

Good Morning crafty friends! Today continues my month as Guest Designer over at Your Next Stamp.  I am super excited to use their adorable stamps!

December first marked the start of the month long Your Next Stamp Fun Friday Challenge #7.  I chose the photo as inspiration.  I used Flu Bug Fhiona and all the paper and cardstock is from Michaels.

This photo brought to mind for me - winter and cold.  Which brought to mind - getting the sniffles.  So my card today is for anyone who needs a little pick me up.  Hope you all have a great day.