All You Need Is Love

Time for a new challenge at Just Us Girls. It's Color Week this week, and Sue is our host. 

I am knee deep into Valentines right now, so I decided to go that route with my card. I arranged strips of varying sizes in reds, pinks and grays on a piece of white cardstock, trimmed it down, then die cut it with a scalloped edge die. I cut a heart in the center, created a shaker, and finished it off with a sentiment that is perfect for my Beatle-lovin' Valentine...

It's a new month, and we have a new Guest Designer, Denise Morgans. Please head on over to the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog to see what Denise and the rest of the Design Team have made to spark your creativity. Come play with us!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Simon Says Stamp LOVE Shadow Wafer Die Spellbinders Nestabilities - Classic Hearts My Favorite Things Blueprints 27 Die-Namics Waffle Flower Slimline Strips Die
Cardstock	110 lb. & 80 lb. Neenah Solar Crest Various SU colored cardstock Echo Park Love Notes 6x6 Paper Pad
Ink	Versamark
Embellishments	Sequins (unknown origin)
Other	Waffle Fower 1/16"  Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue 3M foam tape

I'm also playing at:

The Color Hues Challenge #80

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #239 

Middle Horzintal Row

Cards 4 Galz - Red and/or Pink Hearts Galore

TGIF #457

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

Have a Heart

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge 

Anything Goes

Too Glam To Give A Damn

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. Challenge #237 challenges us to be FASHIONABLE. Think clothing, design, color trends - even food fashion. Let your imagination run free!

We are generously sponsored by AALL & Create.

Challenge Winner will receive a $20.00 store credit and an invitation to Guest Design with the Time Out Design Team for a future challenge.

We welcome Arlene Rose of Sunday Stamper Papercrafts and Winner of Time Out #234 as our Guest Designer for this challenge. Arlene is a very talented crafter with a style that is often CAS. She has awesome coloring skills. Please visit her blog for some great inspiration. She would welcome your comments on her creations!

I stepped waaaaaay out of my comfort zone on this one when I decided to go with a mixed media creation to showcase AALL & Create's Fashionable Miss Dee. She just cracks me up and was the perfect image for our challenge. I used powdered inks, stencils, Lunar Paste and white ink to create my gel print background. I die cut and foam mounted the background on 110lb cardstock. I stamped, colored and popped up Miss Dee and the sentiment, and my card was complete.

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	AALL & Create Miss Dee Waffle Flower A2 Layers Dies Pretty Pink Posh Wonky Stitched Rectangles
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 90lb. Neenah Cardstock
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black VersaFine Onyx Black VersaMark Brushos & Ken Oliver Color Burst inks Inkon3 Atelier Shark Tooth White ~ Artist Grade Fusion Ink
Embellishments	Recollections Gold Pearl Stickers Ranger Ink Simon Hurley Silver Lining
Other	Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool WOW Heat Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue Scor-Pal Score Tape-1" Waffle Flower 1/16" Foam Strips WOW Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool A Colorful Life Designs Groovy Flowers Stencil AALL & Create Stencil Bursts #13 UNIMEIX Ink Blending Brush Gel Press 5x7 Gel Printing Plate

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #661 - All Occasions

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Make Your Mark

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

The Dream Factory - Miami Vice and/or Freaky Friday

Masculine and/or Feminine

You Are Resplendent

There are a few current challenges that made me feel green, so I pulled out this awesome Hero Arts Dragonfly Die, Put my CAS cap on, and made this card with a little smooshing, stenciling, Die cutting and heat embossing. I love the way it turned out. 

I'm playing at:

Color Hues #59 - Green & Gold

Colorful Options March 2023 - Green

Double D - Everything Is Coming Up Green

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Things With Wings

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	CZ Design Simple Sentiments #2, Pink & Main Sentiment Strip Dies
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock
Ink	VersaFine Onyx Black Ink, Lost Shadow Distress Oxide Ink
Embellishments
Other	AALL & Create Stencil #13 Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue SSS 3D Foam Squares Waffle Flower Foam Strips

Love Potion Shaker

It's that time...

I bought this Love Potion Shaker Die set last year at this time and never used it. That happens a lot. I was determined to give it some love this time around. I love the way it came out.

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Concord & 9th Heart Smile The Stamp Market Love Potion Shaker Dies Pinkfresh Studio Stitched Scallop Rectangles
Cardstock	110 lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80 lb. Neehah Solar Crest Cosmo Cricket Vellumptuous Specialty DP White glitter cardstock (brand unknown) SU Real Red cardstock DCWV Red foiled cardstock K&Company
Ink	VersaFine Onyx Black
Embellishments	Pretty Pink Posh Sequins
Other	Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue Scor-Pal Score Tape-1" 3M foam tape Self-Adhesive white foam sheets

I'm playing at:

Just us Girls #666 - Sparkle

Tic Tac Toe #196

First Column - Heart, Red, Stitching

NBUS #47

Love Potion Dies

SSS Monday Challenge - Frame It

Bake Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

I bought The Greetery's Bake It Merry stamps & dies last year, but did not pull them out until yesterday. I bought it with a particular dear friend in mind. She is a Christmas cookie baker extraordinaire. I had to have it to make a card for her. December 17th is cookie baking day at her house, so I popped this baby in the mail today so it gets there beforehand. I LOVE this set of stamps and dies. I paired with with a Cuttlebug EF that has been in my stash forever... I think the circles and trees look like stamped tree cookies. The sentiment is stamped, heat embossed and die cut with a sentiment strip die from Pink & Main. So fun.

I'm playing at:

NBUS #45

The Greetery Bake It Merry stamps & dies

Christmast Kickstart #69

SSS Monday Challenge - Holiday Cheer

Krafty Chicks #641 - Christmas

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Christmas or Winter

Happy Birthday To You

I made this card for a dear friend who I have known since I was a college freshman. (a few years ago - LOL). She and I were housemates way back then. Fuchsia plants were always hanging from our porch and they always make me think of her, so I wanted to use them on her card. 

I have had this Hero Arts color layering Fuchsia stamp and die sets for a very long time, and finally dug them out. I thought they would look gorgeous set on top of this Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder Doily by Tim Holtz. I used vellum for the embossing which gave it such a realistic look. The sentiment is from Altenew's Fresh Freesia stamp set. I added a few silver metallic pearls from PinkFresh Studio, and my card was complete.

I am playing at:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #627 - Stamp Act

Seize The Birthday #246 - Anything Goes

NBUS Challenge #42

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stamp It

Use actual clear, cling, wood stamps, no digi images allowed.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stamp It

Thank You So Much

Time Out #220 begins today. This time we are challenged to make our own background.

The challenge runs from Thursday, August 11th to Wednesday, August 24th. We are generously sponsored by STAMPlorations. The prize is a $25.00 gift vouchers for the STAMPlorations digital store (good for 6 months).

We are so pleased to have Desert Diva, Hannelie Bester with us as Guest Designer.

To create my background, I smooshed Distress Oxide inks onto my Glass Media Mat and spritzed it with water. I took a piece of Tim Holtz Watercolor paper and pressed it into the ink a few times, moving it into a different position as I went along. Once I liked it, I just let it dry, then die cut with a Lawn Fawn  scalloped rectangle die. I hot foiled the sentiment using PinkFresh Studio Thank You So Much hot foil plate and Spellbinders Moondust Glimmer Foil. I adhered it to the background panel, popped that panel up with fun foam, and my card was complete. It was very hard to photograph this card and show the effect of the foiled sentiment. It looks much better IRL.

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Hannelie and the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing at:

Color Hues Challenge #46 - Blue & Purple

SSS Monday Challenge - Spritz & Splatter

Allsorts #688/9 - AG + option to create your own background

Happy Birthday Dog

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 International Dog Day which takes place on August 26th. International Dog Day is a special day to celebrate all dogs around the world. Read more HERE.

The challenge runs from August 5th - August 15th.

I like to create a card for our challenge that goes with the theme. For my dog-themed card, I used Funky Fossil Designs Pawsome Heart stencil to create an embossed background of paw prints. I framed the square with a scalloped square die from Spellbinders. I stamped and fussy cut one of the dog images and the party hat from Catherine Pooler's Peeking Pets stamp set. I colored the hat and adhered but to the embossed square. I gave my dog sunglasses which are die cut from Sugar Pea Designs SugarCut Basic Bookmark Dies. I used SSS Holographic card stock for the lenses for a very cool affect. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches Birthday Sampler stamp set.

I used dog, paw print, twine and texture 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 - that's me!

Melva Peters

Jaydee

Diane Evans 

Joanne James

I'm also playing at:

AAA Birthday #40 - Anything Birthday Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Birthday

The Ocean Will Set Your Soul Free

CYHTP July 23 - August 10 - Beach

A new challenge starts today at Can You Handle The Pressure? where the theme is always Anything Goes with an Embossing Folder and an optional twist. Heat embossing is welcome, but not required. An Embossing Folder must be used. For this challenge, the twist is "Beach".

Although my scene is not a "beach" scene per se, when I go to the beach, I go to the ocean. So here we are! I have the good fortune of having the ability to go to the beach pretty much whenever I want, and I do this frequently. There's no place I'd rather be.

To create my card,  I used a Kraft card base. I debossed using Ink on 3 Fleurette's ~ Atelier Ink - Shark Tooth White ink, Catherine Pooler Ocean Buddies stamps and dies colored with Copics. The sentiment is from Picket Fence Studio's Swim In The Sea stamp set.

Please head over to the Can You Handle The Pressure Challenge Blog to check out the Design Team inspiration projects. You are sure to be impressed! Then dive into your embossing folder collection and join us with or without the twist! Just be sure to use an embossing folder on your creation!

I'm also playing at:

Allsorts Challenge #686 - Summer

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Vacation