Black & White Only! Seriously?

Yup, that's right, the Wild Flower Wednesday Challenge this week is to make black and white card. I really didn't think that I was going to make this one. It just wasn't coming together in my mind.

Then I started playing....

I used an image from The Wild Flower Patch - it was a freebie a while ago. I made it completely black (though I REALLY wanted to go brown).

The papers are digital papers that a friend of mine had directed me toward.

The sketch is from this week's Paper Sundaes' Challenge.

Sentimental Sunday's challenge is to use inspirational words. I searched and searched and came up with this quote that I think works!

Okay, I like the card, I really do, but I SO BADLY want to put a bright red apple in that tree!

Wow, my third 3D Project in one weekend!!

Okay everyone, here is my final 3D Project for Phindy's Challenge Blog!! I didn't know that I had it in me but I kind of got on a roll!! This is another template from The Wild Flower Patch - isn't it cute? This project fit into quite a few challenges, here we go:

1.) Pollycraft Monday - no cards, glitter and lace - definately not a card, green glitter circles and paper lace trim at the bottom.

2.) Paper Cutz - Circles, stars, or squares - I added the glitter circles and the sentiment is in a circle.

3.) Phindy's Challenge Blog - 3D project - I'd say this is 3D!

4.) Allsorts - embossing - I went a little crazy embossing the cardstock (#5)

5.) Pile It On - Something Interesting with Cardstock - well, first I embossed it, ALL OVER, then I added the glitter circles, THEN I cut it and folded it into this cute little treat box!

6.) Paper Sundaes - Birthday - easy peasy - It's a birthay box!

7.) Crafty Sentiments - Birthday - see #6!

Another 3D Project

I have another project to share with you today. I liked the box that I made for my mother so much that I made a note card holder to go with it. I was thinking that it would be really cute to fill it with matching cards, however, her birthday is tomorrow so this just isn't going to happen. I will go through my stash and fill it with random cards later tonight.

This is the "it's a keeper" template from the Wild Flower Patch. I used a Phindy image (the same one from the box) and with the exception of the cardstock, the rest of the papers are scraps!

The project is for (in addition to my mom's birthday) Phindy's Challenge Blog - 3D!

A Birthday Present??

Hello! I'm pretty excited about this project.....I think it's going to be part of my mother's Birthday Present!! It's sneaking up fast - Monday is only 3 days away!!

Anyway, this project is for Phindy's Challenge Blog. This week's challenge is to make a 3D Project, it can be a card with 3D elements or a whole project. I decided to use a template that I got from the Wild Flower Patch - Uptown Takeout. I haven't used it before so I was excited about that. I'm also excited that, with the exception of 1 piece of cardstock, I used all scraps - again! If you saw my scrap bin, you wouldn't believe I've been using it!!

So, back to the project. I thought this would be perfect for my mother who likes to "tinker in her yard". It would be neat to put seed packets and roll up a pair of garden gloves or one of those mini flower kits, but I'll probably end up filling it with candy! While I was making this, I was thinking of other Phindy Images that you could use to make different "birthday boxes": "Sudsy Suzy" would be great with bath beads in the box, "Jacks" would be perfect with Jacks in it, "Hopscotch" would work perfectly with some sidewalk chalk.....okay, you get the idea, there are lots of options!

Well, I guess I've chatted enough about this project, can you tell I liked it? Hope you do too!

2 cards and a whole bunch of challenges!

Hello and happy (almost) weekend!

Tonight I have 2 cards to share, one that I've been working on and one that I just started tonight and already finished! WOW!!

My first card tonight is for 5 different challenges:

1.) Spoon Full of Sugar - Floral Delights

2.) Phindy's Group on PCP - Floss Flowers - there is a great tutorial done by my friend Shirley in the discussions and Anne has created a challenge for all Phindy's Group Members to join! There's even a prize!!

3.) Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch

4.) Phindy's Place Challenge Blog - "One for the Girls" - this image was a freebie on Phindy's Group on PCP but now it is also available on her challenge blog, go on over and check it out!

5.) Cute Card Thursday - Anything But Square - Okay, this was easy for me since I generally don't make square cards but hey, a rectangle is not a square!

For my second card tonight, I only have 2 challenges, I know, can you believe it?

1.) Mojo Monday - Sketch

2.) Wild Flower Wednesday Challenge - circles, stripes and stitches - this turned out to be a little bit tricky for me because I forgot the stitches until the last minute! OOPS! I did manage to get them in there though!

A different project and a few challenges!

Hello! Here is a box instead of a card! Something a little different all thanks to The Wild Flower Patch challenge this week - Box It Up!. I got the template for this for FREE right on their challenge blog! Check it out!! The image is also from the Wild Flower Patch (one that I won!)....

I found out about the Allsorts Challenge Blog from my friend Mary, I would have liked to have used the same image that she did for this challenge but that seemed like being a copy cat and as much as she likes cats, I wasn't sure she'd like that, soooooooooooo.....instead I just used the colors for their Strawberries and Cream Challenge this week!

Cupcake Craft's challenge is called "Dazzle Us!" this week. Pollycraft Monday's Challenge is "Ribbon and Bling". These were pretty similar so I covered both of those basically the same way. I had seen a tutorial someplace about using one of those plastic circles that people cover with yarn (okay, really bad description) to use as a template for circle stitching, etc. Well, when I was at JoAnn's today, I happened to see one and picked it up. That's how I made my round glitter dots. My other bling is actually a pair of earrings that I used as the center for 2 of the flowers. I stole this idea from my mother, my brother needed a birthday present for a girl when he was in 7th grade or so, she was one of those girls who had EVERYTHING, well, my mom got her a few flowers and put a pair of earrings through the leaf of one of the flowers, it was pretty cool and a big hit (and not too expensive either). I thought this would be a cute idea for a girl's birthday present, put a little gift inside and with the earrings added it makes a pretty cool present. You just have to make sure the box doesn't get thrown away with the earrings still in it!

Wow, I guess I got rambling a little bit! Hope you like this fun little project!!

My Cards for the Weekend!

Hello! It's been a crazy weekend at my house so I haven't gotten a chance to sit down much less post the 2 cards that I did sneak in! There are a few different challenges for each card too!

The first card is for:

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 113 Sketch By Caz

Spoonfull of Sugar - Challenge 104 "Cute and Girly"

The second card is for:

Mo's Digital Card Challenge - Challenge #32 "What's Love Got To Do With It?"

Friday Sketchers' - Sketch #103

Paper Cutz - Challenge #42 - use buttons plus ribbon, lace, or hemp

My Second Post in One Day!!

I got this pretty image last week for Free from the Wild Flower Patch group on PCP!! How exciting is that? I used the image to make this card which fits into 3 different challenges:

1.) Spoon Full Of Sugar - Challenge #100 - Birthday!

2.) Wild Flower Wednesday - Paper Piecing

3.) Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Only One Post For The Whole Weekend

Okay, I have decided to do just one post for the whole weekend! I had way too much going on but managed to make 3 cards so I'm pretty pleased with myself!!

This first card is for three different challenges....

1.) Wild Flower Wednesday - #9 - Sketch Challenge

2.) Dare You To Digi Stamp - #35 - Metal

3.) Paper Cutz - #36 - use 3 patterned papers

The second card is for two different challenges...

1.) Digital Tuesday #53 - Color Combo Challenge (blue, white, and one other color)

2.) Sunday Sketch and Stamp - Sketch #25

The third card is also for two different challenges...

1.) Meljen's Designs - #2 - Girly Colors - I decided to step out of the box a bit here and make that adorable giraffe a girl!

2.) Friday Sketchers - Sketch #97

Wow, a second post in one night!!

I guess I'm just in a crafty mood tonight because I have a second card done and ready to post!!

This card is for three different challenges:

1.) Wild Flower Wednesday - A Birthday Wish

2.) Spoon Full of Sugar #85 - One for the Boys!

3.) Papertake Weekly - Sketch # 38

I usually have some trouble doing "boy-ish" cards so I try to do more of them, that makes no sense I know!! Anyway, I thought this image from The Wild Flower Patch would work well for a "guys" birthday card! I used some masculine-ish papers and here's what I came up with!!

Hope you like it...

A few more cards!

Well, I've been one busy bee lately....

I have two cards to post for a bunch of challenges, so exciting!

First up I have a card for the Motivet Week 9 Challenge. Once again I used the free kitty digi, it's so cute! I hope you like the card...

My second card is for 3 combined challenges...The sketch is from Papertake Weekly Sketch #36. It was a pretty simple sketch but when I combined it with the other sketches it became a little bit trickier!! I used an image from The Wild Flower Patch and I followed their color challenge (black, red, & white). Finally, I tackled my newest challenge, Digital Tuesday's challenge was paper piercing. It took me two attempts but I am quite pleased how it came out on the black paper!!!

I hope you like this card too...