Happy Birthday!

It's time for a new challenge at Tilda's Town and this week it's a BIRTHDAY celebration!!!  I love birthday cards...you can go bright and brilliant or muted and elegant!  I chose bright and cheery for my creating, using Sakura Tilda. 

I just love her...and she's the first from the new collection I've had time to ink up!  Hopefully I'll have time soon to color up some more...I think this is one of my favorite collections EVER!  (And I don't ALWAYS say that....well, ok, maybe I do!  Ha!)

For more inspiration, please visit my teammates...it's time for Team A to highlight their stuff and their blogs are listed in my sidebar! 

And don't forget to visit Tilda's Town and join us for our birthday themed challenge! 

"Tilda's Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda's Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop atwww.tildastown.com and live the magic."

 Simon Says Stamp: open
Inky Chicks: open

Creative Inspirations!

Best thing about Wednesday?  It's time for a new challenge at Creative Inspirations!!!  This week our theme is a sweet one: Anything Goes with the Option of Ribbons! 

And our sponsor is the fantastic Meljens Designs! 

The winner will receive FOUR images of their choice!

For my little baby card I used Sleepy Moon Bear...such an adorable image!

Now hop on over and visit my teammies and their fabulous creations...their blogs are listed in my sidebar!

Happy Wednesday and I can't wait to see what you create for us at Creative Inspirations!!!

Oh oh oh!  I ALMOST forgot...since this is the last challenge of the month, we also have another prize...from our monthly sponsor J&C Creations! 

Good luck!

Simon Says Stamp: anything goes

MIM time!

It's Monday "down under" which means it's time for another open paper challenge at Make it Monday!

This week we have one of my favorite stores as a sponsor:

I love C.C. Designs...and not just because the owner lives an hour from me so all my goodies come quickly!  ;D

They have a wonderful selection of craft items AND the adorable C.C. Designs images.  Here's a little something about them:


"C.C. Designs was started in 2006 from my love of all things art. Since 2006 we have added additional Illustrators and dies. We think our images are cleverly cute and fun to use."

I agree!  AND they are generously offering our winner at

$15 Gift Certificate

Here is my creation (made for my friend Linda whose grandson is going into second grade)  using Swiss Pixies School Hansel:

 

 

 

He's just adorable!

Here is my POTW, a simply stunning card from Debra:

Alright guys, get crafting and join us this week at Make it Monday!  I can't wait to see all your creations!

Rene :D





 

Cupcake Time

It's time for another challenge at Cupcake Inspirations and this week we have a color one:

Reminds me of a tropical island! 

Our sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish and I have used the adorable Daisy Days for my card!

She's such a cutie!

I hope the photo inspires you to create!  Hope to see you at Cupcake Inspirations this week!

Happy Sunday!

Summer Fun!!!!

It's time for a new challenge over at Stamp and Create's Magnolia Challenge: A Magnolia for all Seasons!  And we are officially in SUMMER!!!!  So this week our theme is Summer Fun (outdoor summer activities)!

Here is my creation, using Edwin in Miami...

 

 

 I just love him!  He's so sweet!

 

So, you may be asking yourself: "What is a summer themed project?"  Easy peasy lemon squeezy (as the girls say):

 

 

Flowers, Butterflies, Sports, Vacation, Sunshine, Outdoors, Father's Day, Water/Beach, Birthdays. Colors are Bright and Vibrant.

 

In this case, an outdoor activity.

 

Now for the super cool part...you can win:

 

Whoo hoo!  Now, for more inspiration check out my teammates...this week it's Team B's turn and their blogs are listed on my sidebar (and boy, are their creations AMAZING!)!

Good luck and thank you for popping by! Happy Friday!!!!

 

Papertake Weekly: hot hot hot!
Midweek Magnolias: summer
Marvelous Magnolias: bright colors
Cute Card Thursday: summer

 

Creative Inspirations!

It's Wednesday!!!!  That means it's time for a new challenge at Creative Inspirations and this week it's all about the little ones!  Our challenge is to create a card for a new baby or a card for a child!  Aren't these the sweetest cards to create?!?  And we have our own Lisa to thank for this week's challenge theme...but you may know her as the Crafting Diva! 


And our prize this week is a chance to be a Guest Designer at Creative Inspirations for the month of July!!!!! 

Here is my creation:

Normally I do baby cards in pastels and "sweet" colors but this time I decided to go nuts with the brights!  You really can't tell but I used distress inks with the Rangers paper...still trying to decide if I like it. 

Thank you so much for popping by!  Be sure to visit my teammates and see their amazing projects for this great challenge!  Then get a craftin' and make us some baby cards!!!!  ;D

Happy Wednesday!

Magnolia Down Under: open
 

Summertime Fun!

Here is my latest Sassy Cheryl card...can you tell I'm a little obsessed with these images?  Lol!  I think they're so cute and, maybe more importantly, my girls do too!  They love to color along with me!

My latest project is a pen holder...just slide the pens in and viola!  Something cute to look at while you write!

Sassy Cheryl: summer fun

Papertake Weekly: hot hot hot!

Marker Pop: summer fun

 

MIM!

It's time for a new open paper challenge at Make it Monday and we have Bugaboo back!!!! 

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing!  From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week! 

 If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps   atTotally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT   for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug. 

Bugaboo Stamps are offering a very generous prize of winner's choice of 7 single digis!

 

 

A few weeks ago I made a journal for Grace...and since then I believe all I've heard is "When are you going to make mine mama?"  (Izzy always calls me Mama when she wants something, lol!) So here is Izzy's, using Crayon Girl!  (It's still pristine by the way...the binding hasn't even been cracked!  Ha!)

 

 

 

And now for my amazing POTW...talk about DETAILS!  This card is full of 'em!

 

From Debora...

 

 

LOVE it!!!!  Stop on over and leave her some well deserved love!

 

Thank you so much for stopping by! I can't wait to see your amazing creations this week!

Cupcake Time!

It's Sunday...time for another delicious challenge at Cupcake Inspirations!  This week we have our old friend Prairie Fairy back as a sponsor and my goodness their images are cute!!!

This week our theme is fishing!  The perfect excuse to pull up Fisherman Lewis!  I made a card almost exactly like this last year and just loved it...so I did it again!  Ha!

 

Isn't he cute?  (Although his hat isn't doing much to protect him from the sun!)

 

Thank you so much for popping by!  Don't forget to check out my teammates...their blogs are listed on my sidebar...and then head on over to Cupcake Inspirations for a great challenge!

 

Happy Sunday!

 

Totally Gorjuss: card for dad

Papertake Weekly: male

Use your stash!

It's time for a new challenge at Tilda's Town and this week it's one of my favorites: use your STASH!!!!  I love digging into my scraps and seeing what treasures I pull out! 

Here is my creation, using Loving Bridal Couple, Magnolia Swirl Doohickey and Spellbinders Label 28.  The pearls and papers were from my stash.  I LOVE this shimmery paper so I kept every last little bit!

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Please visit my teammates (team A) because their creations are out of this world!!!!  Their blogs are listed in my sidebar!

Now get digging into your stash and pull together something AMAZING for us at Tilda's Town for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate!

"Tilda's Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda's Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at www.tildastown.com and live the magic."

MarkerPop: loving you!
Inky Chicks: LOVE
BearlyMine: open
Marvelous Magnolias: stamp/doohickey
Cute Card Thursday: once upon a time!