ME4Y Weekly challenge- 3 colors

This weeks challenge is about making a card using 3 colors.

Black and white can be used as accent colors. I love using

DIGI's especially when I can get them free. So while surfing 

around on the net, I found the adorable little gal and chose

her for my challenge.

My colors are Yellow, Pink and Purple. I just love this little gal

and her blowing bubbles.I used my Copic markers to color 

her in and  Imade my frame border using Pink and Yellow

and just happened to have these little purple buttons in my stash and had

to use them. The brighter scalloped strip I cut using my new Martha Stewart

line punch.

Here's a better close up of this precious little gal.

Don't ya just wanna pinch her cheeks.

The sentiment is from my stash as well, from a baby

packet that I got along time ago. Here's a final look

at my finished card

Hope you will join us for this weeks 3 color challenge and

thanks for stopping by. You can see all of the Design Teams

cards at www.espciallymadeforyou.blogspot.com

ME4Y Sketch Challenge

ME4Y Sketch challenge

Today its all about summer and a sketch. Our sponsor this week provided 

us with wonderful sketches, so with out any further ado, here is my card.

and here is the sketch

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Creative Dive -My Birthday Giveaway

 A better look at what you could win.

Plus: I am going to throw in there a

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Joann's. 

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(Please note: This girl is not me in the photo. LOL But this could be you if you win.)

Your choice!

Here are some simple requirements to follow:

Winner will be chosen by Random. Org

Last day to enter is July 11 by 11:59 PST

Winner will be announced July 13.

1. Become a follower (if not already, and let me know you are)

2. Leave a comment and also include your email address to contact you if you win.

Extra Chances:

1. Grab my button (just right click and save picture and post on your sidebar.) + 1 Extra Entry

2. Become a Follower of my FB Page and leave a comment that you did. + 1 Entry

3. Post about my giveaway on your blog or sidebar and leave a comment you did. +1 Entry

4. Follow me on Pinterest and leave a comment you did. +1 Entry

Thank you for entering into my giveaway and good luck.

4th of July with Bling

It's hard to believe that it's July already but here we are. This weeks challenge 

was to make a 4th of July card using lots of BLING. That caught my eye

right away. I love, love, LOVE BLING. My digi is from .http://www.bugaboostamps.com/.
I love this little gal. I was able to match my paper colors with my Copic markers
that I used to color here with.

I was actually able to go online and find this Pledge of Alligence

banner to use on my card.  I was so excited at how great it turned out.

At the bottom I ran a piece of blue ribbon with glitter along the edges

to add my glitzie stars for more bling.

For added bling I placed red and blue sticker bling, and 

the 4th of July tab is from Joleen's'

This card really does say Happy 4th of July America.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join us

at Made Especially For You's weekly challenge.

Don't forget to join us on the 13th for our "Fun In The Sun Blog Hop"

over at http://especiallymade.blogspot.com

http://perfectsentimentschallenge.blogspot.com/

Creative Dive -My Birthday Giveaway

 A better look at what you could win.

Plus: I am going to throw in there a

 $10 Gift Card to either 

                                                 Michaels          

•          

  or              

Joann's. 

•      

(Please note: This girl is not me in the photo. LOL But this could be you if you win.)

Your choice!

Here are some simple requirements to follow:

Winner will be chosen by Random. Org

Last day to enter is July 11 by 11:59 PST

Winner will be announced July 13.

1. Become a follower (if not already, and let me know you are)

2. Leave a comment and also include your email address to contact you if you win.

Extra Chances:

1. Grab my button (just right click and save picture and post on your sidebar.) + 1 Extra Entry

2. Become a Follower of my FB Page and leave a comment that you did. + 1 Entry

3. Post about my giveaway on your blog or sidebar and leave a comment you did. +1 Entry

4. Follow me on Pinterest and leave a comment you did. +1 Entry

Thank you for entering into my giveaway and good luck.

Welcome to today's Craft and Chat. Today I am  using 3

Martha Stewart punches shown here.

The square one is new and doesn't come within a set, but I loved how it

made my card look.

I started with a 5" X 5" black square.

Then I cut the square into a circle.

The circle is 4 3/4" in diameter. From there I 

folded the circle in half to find the center then layed it

back on my measuring grid.

Here you can see that I have drawn 6 lines for an even spacing.

This is where the fun comes in. Using my corner punch on  a

circle can be tricky. Since your not using the wings on your corner punch

you have to slide your paper in OVER the top of the wings. So, at each

line that I drew I centered it on the punch and cut. As you can see I got my spacing

off just alittle but nothing that can't be hidden. :) So this is what the finished 

circle looks like. Now here's what I did next.

To make my doily I cut the left over circle off. Love this effect.

It takes alittle time but I think it is worth it. This corner punch is from my

set of Lacy punches. Now for the center which is a totally different design

I punched out the center with the square punch. I just love it.

I used my border punch for make my lace strip

You can really do allot with this punch and then I

took the flower punch and punched it twice, once with yellow 

and once with white.

You'll see that floral piece in just a minute. I found this really spring fun paper and placed

my lattice lace punch along the side.

So here is the finished card. I off set the lace flower so you could see the

yellow since they are both the same size. Placed my thank you on top. To finish

it off, I had a spare swirl that I layed down before placing my new lacy doily.

And topped it off with a beautiful butterfly. With this technique you will never have to 

buy a doily again.

Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to join us over at Made Especially For You for

our weekly challenge. http://especiallymade.blogspot.com/p/weekly-challenge.html

Challenge 223 - Patriotic!

To me Patriotic has always revolved around the fireworks

and family. So for my card this week I made a card

 to represent just that.

I loved this DIGI and thought about how my boys were when we would celebrate the 4th

with a picnic on the beach and fireworks to end the day.

The banner is from Joleen's and I used my glitter glue to make the first works really

stand out.

I found this Let Freedom Ring sentiment on a free site, added the stars for more bling.

Here's one more look at my card.

I am also entering this card at 

http://perfectsentimentschallenge.blogspot.com/

Challenge card with Embossing.

I love the look of Embossing but it is really hard to keep it

clean especially when you do it on Black. I love the look

of this card. I think it is my favorite of all.

I think Black and White are just the most elegant two 

colors when put together. 

I used a simple flower pattern and embossed it with white.. I then cut it 

out using my Sizzix Scalloped cutter and backed it with my Sizzix

Scalloped cutter with cut outs. The look is so pretty.

I tried 3 different times to get a clean, stamped sentiment and just

could never get it. So, this looks like I splattered it with paint. It was 

also cut out with the same Sizzix cutters, only in smaller sizes.

To finish it off I ran a black and white scalloped edge 

strip down the side and used some silk flowers with

pearl sprays to make it pop.

One last look at my finished card.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you'll come back again.

Made Especially For You challenge: Create a card using three eylets

Your challenge this week is to create a card using

3 eyelets. Easy right. Well, I didn't have eyelets so

I used the next best thing, Brads. Tell me what you

think of my card.

I believe this digi is from Bugaboo. I just love her but I don't

remember her name. I'm going to have to start righting their names

down beside them when I down load them. Anyway, she is so 

cute. Since it is Spring and the apple blossoms are out I made her sittiing 

on an apple branch.

I am very happy with my coloring. I am new to using Copics  but just

keep working with them and I learn alittle more each time.

I had these apple blossom stems and little flowers left over

from another project. I really liked them with this card.

Like I said before I used brads instead of eyelets since I didn't have any

but I still like them with this card. And here is one last look at my card for this week.

Don't forget to join us at Made Especially For You with your creative use of 3 eyelets.