Hello Sweet Friend

 

It's time for a new challenge at Festive Friday where every challenge is an inspiration list based on a selected holiday/festivity from the traditional to the unusual. Challenge projects must include at least three items from the festivity inspiration list. Your project does not have to go with the challenge theme. You can just use 3 or more items from the inspo list for your creation.

Today's festivities are inspired by World Bee Day, which takes place on May 20th.

The challenge runs from May 13th - May 23rd.

I like to create a card for our challenge that goes with the theme. For this one, I purchased and printed the gorgeous image from Power Poppy's Sweet Simple Things Digital Stamp Set from Power Poppy on Neenah Solar White 80# paper and colored it with Copics. I framed it with Pinkfresh's Stitched Scalloped Rectangles, popped it up with fun foam and mounted it on a kraft card base. The sentiment is done with Glimmer Hot Foil System and a Glimmer Plate from Spellbinders Mini Everyday Sentiments.

  

I used flowers, bees, yellow, black and hive from the inspo list.

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the  Festive Friday Challenge Design team.

Ann Schach

Beth McCullough

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Melanie Hungerford

Helen Jennings

Stephanie Lanzalotto

Melva Peters

Jaydee

Diane Evans 

Joanne James

I'm also playing at:

The Four Seasons MAY Spring Challenge

NBUS #38

Apple Day

It's time for a new challenge at Festive Friday where every challenge is an inspiration list based on a selected holiday/festivity from the traditional to the unusual. Challenge projects must include at least three items from the festivity inspiration list.

Today's festivities are in celebration of National Apple Day, which takes place on October 21st. The challenge runs from October 1st - October 11th.

I like to create a card for our challenge that goes with the celebration theme. To create my card, I used this gorgeous digi image from Power Poppy that screams of apple season. There are no visible apples in the scene, but I assure you, that is an apple pie. I can smell it! I colored the image with Copics, die cut it with Spellbinders Hemstitch Circle Dies, and mounted it on a card base cut from Ranger Wood Grain Card Stock. The "autumn" sentiment is a die cut from Winnie & Walter - no longer available.

I used apples (I swear they are in the pie), red, green circles and baking from the inspo list. 

Come play with us! Remember that your project does not have to go with the challenge theme. You can just use 3 or more items from the inspo list for your creation!

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the  Festive Friday Challenge Design team. 

Ann Schach

Beth McCullough

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Melanie Hungerford

Helen Jennings

Melva Peters

Jaydee

Diane Evans 

Joanne James

I' also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #579 - Anything Goes

Try It On Tuesday - Autumn Blessings

Have A Sweet Birthday

It's time for a new challenge at Addicted To CAS. Our Code Word for ATCAS Challenge #186 is BERRY. It's my turn as our hostess.

I am so in love with THIS card created by Michele Ferguson of I Card Everyone. I've CASed it before, I've CASed it here, and I am sure I will CASe it again! To create my card, I used the strawberries image from Power Poppy's Cherries and Berries Digital Stamp Set, colored it with Copics, die cut it with Pinkfresh Studio Braided Tag dies and added a piece of deep red ribbon that matched the strawberries beautifully. The sentiment is from the Pinkfresh Studio design in the Stamping Village Collaboration Happy Birthday Stamp Set.  I popped up the die cut and mounted it on Neenah Solar White 110# card stock. 

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog, take a look at the wonderful creations that the Design Team has created for your inspiration, and make something to share in the gallery. Challenge winner will be offered a Guest Designer spot for a future challenge. Happy crafting!

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you:

I'm also playing at:

Seize The Birthday #192 - All About Summer!

Strawberries are the quintessential summer fruit!

AAA Cards #166 - Birthday

Krafty Chicks Challenge #510 - Stamp Act

Use any stamp you have on your project.

Watercooler Wednesday #274 - AG With A Feminine Twist

Addicted To Stamps and More #392 - Make Your Mark

Darnell's Never-Before-Used-Schtuff #15

Berries Digi Stamp and Stamping Village Collaboration Birthday Set

Sweet

Addicted To CAS Challenge #143 is up and running with code word: BERRIES. ATCAS Design Team Member, Bobby Hagen of Bits and Pieces is challenge host.

The incredibly talented AsaJ is Guest Designer. Her work is Fabulous - crisp, simple, wonderful. I am always inspired by her creativity. Please stop by Asa's Blog to say hello. You are sure to be inspired as you visit!

Don't forget, as always, Happy Little Stampers is our Sponsor,

and Kylie is generously awarding the winner  a $20.00 gift certificate to the s!

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you:

As for my card, I used and image from the Cherries And Berries Digital Stamp Set from Power Poppy, printed it on Neenah Solar White 80# card stock, and colored it with Copics. The sentiment is from Hero Arts Little One stamp set.

Please head over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog and see what AsaJ and the Design Team have come up with to inspire you. Join us in the gallery to share your creation, and for a chance to win!

I'm also playing at:

Daring Cardmakers - What's Cooking?

Choose to use an item from your kitchen to help you make your project or feature an image of food. Extra brownie points if you manage to do both!

Addicted To Stamps And More #305

Simple Joys

Time Out Challenge #71 is now live, with the theme of:
 CHRISTMAS with the optional Technique Twist of using glitter and/or shimmer.

Our generous sponsored is Uniko Studios. Uniko is offering a prize for the winner and also a random draw from amongst those entries who include the twist. 

We are very pleased that Valentyna of Flourishtina will be joining us as Guest Designer for this challenge, and she will also be back next week for our reminder post.  Valentyna is a wonderfully talented papercraft artist. Please head on over to her blog for some wonderful inspiration.

Here is my take:

This beautiful image and sentiment is from a gorgeous set of Christmas stamps by Marcella Hawley of Power Poppy. Marcella is a lovely person, and an incredible artist. You really are in for a treat when you visit her store and her blog. 

I water colored Marcella's wonderful image with my Zigs, then added lots of clear Wink Of Stella to give it sparkle and shine. I could not, for the life of me, capture that sparkle and shine on camera. I even tried a closeup photo from a different angle. No twinkle to be seen.  Please take my word for it! LOL. Any and all suggestions on a technique that works for this are welcome! 

To finish, I distressed the edged of the water colored panel, and mounted it on SU Brushed Silver card stock (retired).

The Time Out Design Team members have created some awesome pieces for your inspiration.  Please head over to the Time Out Challenge Blog, take a look and leave the DT some love. Then take some Time Out to play with us!