Fairy's and Flowers

Today Digistamps4Joy is sponsoring Fairies Challenges and their theme for this challenge is flowers! How fabulous is that? Since the challenge blog is called Fairies Challenges I decided to combine Fairies and flowers. I used Digistamps4Joy’s Spring Fairy because not only is she a beautiful fairy, but she also has lots of flowers :D

I made my twisted easel card with cs from Bassil. The dp is Citron “Measure” Peony Paper by My Minds Eye. I embossed the peach cs with my Sizzix embossing folder (I have no idea what the name is because I got it second hand)and then distressed the image with my fine sanding block. I coloured Spring Fairy with Crayola pencil crayons and oms, my glitter gold and white gel pens and then fussy cut her out. 

I used my Medera Corner die by Memory Box to attach my flowers to my card. On the easel part I also used my Savannah Border die by Memory Box to extend the Medera die. The leaves were cut with my Marvy Oak leaf punch.

The sentiment, by Desert Diva, was cut out with my Nestibilities Floral Ovals and distressed with my SU Pastels. The little blue rhinestones and the butterflies are from my stash. The peach flowers are by Forever in time and the white flowers are Winter White by Prima. 

Thanks for looking. Hope to see you all at Fairies Challenges :D

Hugs ~ Charlene

Challenges Entered:

Freebie Friday at Digistamps4Joy

Hi all, it's Freebie Friday at Digistamps4Joy once again...where does the time go. Seems like just yesterday we were posting for the June Freebie. You are all just going to love this new image that Margy has for you. It's from her own series in the shop and is just gorgeous. Anyone who needs to make a baby card or baby shower card is really going to love this one!


Unfortunately I was not able to make a card to show you all how wonderful she looks as I am in Calgary, Alberta working at the Calgary Stampede and I just did not have enough room in the car to bring my crafting supplies :(  But my teammates have made up a wonderful assortment of eye candy to get your inspirational juices going. So I hope that you'll all pop by the store and pick up your freebie and take a quick trip to the Digistamps4Joy Challenge Blog to be inspired. For those of you that have never gotten a freebie from us, you do have to sign up at the store but don't worry....that's free also.

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.

It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere

Hey All….did you know that it’s 5 o’clock somewhere?

And it’s also time for a new challenge at Pattie’s Creations. And the image that I chose to play with for the new challenge is “Bear Floating With Lemonade”. So what made me think of this image and song you ask? Well the theme for the challenge this time is “Summertime Fun”. So what’s more fun than time spent relaxing in the pool or on the lake…just takin it easy? O.k…for me, being old, that’s fun lol.

And doesn’t she look like she’s having a great time just floating around? Anyways, this time the challenge is going to run for 3 weeks instead of 2 so you will have until Thursday July 11^th to make up a project and join in the fun. Although you don’t have to use one of Pattie’s Images, we just love to see it when you do. And don’t forget, it is a rule at Pattie’s Creations that you must use digital or stamped image. For all the rules and what the prizes are, head on over to Pattie’s Creations, we can’t wait to see what you come up with.

Supplies:

CS: Bazzil

DP: Scraps from my stash

Nestibilities: Eyelet circle for sentiment, Decorative Labels

Yellow Ribbon is from my local dollar store

Coloured with: Crayola pencil crayons and oms

Image: Bear Floating Lemonade

The little sandal is also from my stash

Challenges Entered:

Shelly's Images and Wish Upon a Star

Whoo Hooo....got some fabulous news today. Shelly's Images has started their new TTT challenge and the theme is Stars, Stripes and Sparkle and they are featuring Shelly's fabulous image "Wish Upon a Star". And guess what...they are featuring my card that I made using "Wish Upon a Star and Beach Sign"!!! How totally awesome is that? I was so excited when I read the news. Here is my card that they are featuring today

You can find all the information on it in my posting here. Thanks again to Shelly and her wonderful DT for having me as a GD for this challenge. I hope that all of you head on over to Shelly's Images Challenge Blog and join in on the fun. You don't have to use a Shelly's Images image to join in, but when you see all of her incredible images why wouldn't you want to?

Thanks for visiting with me today,

Hugs ~ Charlene

For Dad

It’s time for the half way challenge reminder at Digistamps4Joy and this time the challenge is For the Men in Our Lives. We’d like you to make a project for the man in your life, be it your father, husband, son or any male friend. You pick the occasion and we’d love to see what you come up with for it.

 Seeing as how it was Father’s Day just recently, I decided to make a Father’s Day card for my hubby from my daughter (o.k…she decided for me lol) I used the image called Kudu Bull. Kudu’s are found in Eastern and Southern Africa. This image was drawn by our own Margy, owner of Digistamps4Joy and I have been waiting for the perfect occasion to use it.   

The fold is called an Upright Z Fold card and you can find the tutorial for it here. I always like my cards to have a opening big enough to put a good sized sentiment in, so I attached a 5.5 inch card to the back. I coloured it using my Crayola pencil crayons and oms. The distressing around the image and sentiment on the front was done with Close to Chocolate by SU. The image and inside sentiment were cut out using my Scalloped Oval Nestibilities.  I made the “flower” by following a tutorial that I found on my teammate Desire’s blog, Doing Life (thanks Desire)…you might want to head over there as she has a lot of wonderful tutorials to try.

The sentiment on the inside is one that I got off of Splitcoast Stampers.

Now it’s your turn to show us what you can do. Head on over to Digistamps4Joy Challenge Blog and check out what the rest of my teammates on have made to inspire you. The challenge is until June 25^th, and while you don’t have to use a Digistamps4Joy image, if you do you have a chance at winning the DT’s Choice prize which is a $10 gift voucher to spend in the store! While you’re there check out the rest of the rules and prizes to be won.

 Thanks for looking ~ Charlene

Supplies:

Image: Digistamps4Joy Kudu Bull

CS: Bazzil

DP’s: Green Polka Dots – Making Memories Noel, Brown Plaid – Haley’s Collection Scribble Scrabble Summer Daze & Chocolate Mousse (double sided paper)

Nestibilities: Scalloped Ovals, Decorative Labels One

Cuttlebug: Vintage Dies

Colours: Crayola Pencil Crayons and oms

Gold Brads and Bronze Flat backed Pearls from my stash.

Challenges Entered:

Beach Time Friends

A few years back my sisters, sister-in-law and I, along with my mom and aunt, would go every year to the ocean for a girls weekend away. Along with days spent lazing on the patio with cocktails and lots of chatting going on, were many hours spent walking along the beach. My second oldest sister always seemed to be the one who would discover any star fish in the area first. So it just seemed to be "fate" when I saw one of the newer images in Shelly's Images shop was of a young girl and a star fish just before my sister's birthday.  And how wonderful that the theme for Shelly's TTT Challenge right now is Beach Theme (summer) so that I can show off the card that I made. The ladies of the DT have used Shelly's Image "Beach Sign" for their creations and so have I. I paired the Beach Sign with Shelly's Image "Wish Upon a Star" to make a shaker card for my sister for her birthday.

Now usually Shelly's Beach Sign has a full scene around it, but I talked to Shelly and she was o.k. with me fussy cutting the scene part out so that I had just the sign as I wanted to pair it with her other image. I made a center step card and added some Sand Flower Soft to have sand that will actually shake in the card. I coloured the images with my Crayola pencil crayons and oms and attached the sign with pop dots. The seashells and butterfly's were stickers that I had in my stash and the sentiment is a freebie from Scribbles by Sandy and the dp is by Creative Creations.

I found the sentiment inside on Splitcoast Stampers.

Thanks for coming and looking ~

                                             Charlene

Challenges Entered: 

Shelly's TTT Challenge: Beach Theme (Summer)
Craft Lovin Challenge Blog: Challenge #2 - Anything Goes
Emerald Fairies Challenge Blog: Challenge #44 - Dies and Punches
Hiding In My Craft Room: Challenge # 102- Die Cuts
Craft Lovin Challenge Blog: Challenge #2 - Anything Goes
The Hobby House: Challenge #1 - Anything Goes
Alota Rubber Stamps: Challenge #8 - Summer Feeling
Bastel-Traum: Water Challenge
Creatalicious Challenges: Challenge #52 - All About Summer
Lady Anne's Challenges: Challenge #3 (June)- The Great Outdoors
 

For My Mom

It’s that time of the month again…no not that time ladies lol…it’s time for the newest Freebie at Digistamps4Joy!!! Can I hear a Whooo Hooo? Or how about a YES!!!! And do we have a gorgeous little creation for you this month. The image this time is courtesy of the owner of Digistamp4Joy, Margy, and it’s called Cherry Bonzai. It’s free only for the next 2 days, so you had better hurry over to the Digistamps4Joy store and pick it up before it gets put into the store for sale. You must create an account, but don’t worry, it’s free to do.

So now that I have the information part done it’s time to show you the image.

The fold is called an Upright Diamond Fold card and you can find the tutorial here. The cs is from SU and the dp is by S.E.I. I used my Nestibilities Decorative Labels One for framing the image and my Standard Circles Small for the image. I coloured it with my Crayola pencil crayons and oms. On the inside I used my Nestibilities Beaded Oval for the sentiment and decorated the corner with my Madera Corner by Memory Box and some small jewel flowers I had in my stash. I used my SU Pastels to distress around the image with green and the sentiment inside with pink. The sentiment inside was a freebie that I found on Splitcoast Stampers.

Thanks so much for popping in...now go and get your freebie before it's gone! 

Hugs ~ Charlene

Challenges Entered:

Alphabet Challenge: I is for Image - Use an image as your focal point

Digi Haven: Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge: Challenge #10 - Anything Goes
Lady Anne's Challenges: Stamp Challenge #9