A Fairy Fun Birthday!

Hello, Happy Tuesday! It is time for another fantastic challenge over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations. We have another fun theme this week Die-cuts. Do you remember the days before Spellbinders was a papercrafter's household name? There is rarely a card or scrapbook page made that doesn't have a die-cut of some sort on it so we want to see what die-cuts you are using on your projects this week! It can be something brand new or an old favorite we want to see them all. So what are you waiting for come play with us.

I used a brand new (bought it Saturday)swirl die from MFT, a heart strip from Memory Box (bought it a week ago), a round lace die that I got last Spring at a stamping convention, a favorite Memory Box border die and of course my nesties for the circles. Guess I can't live without them!

Be sure to check out what all the ladies created to inspire you, they are fabulous!

Here are some other wonderful challenges that fit my card

2 Sisters Challenge #74-Use Metal
Card Makin' Mamas Challenge-Happy New Year, I used new crafting stuff on my card(dies, ribbon and stamp)
Come and Get It Challenge-January Sketch Challenge
Celebrate The Occasion Challenge #46-Any occasion with polka dots
Challenge Up You Life Challenge #59-Bingo-Flowers, ribbons, swirls
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge-Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Challenge-Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenge-The Colour Blue
Deep Ocean Challenge #17-Sparkle
Fairy Tale Challenge #32-Something New
Lili's Little Fairies Challenge #2-Favorite LOTV Stamp
Little Darlings Challenge #15-Favorite Color, mine is blue
My Time To Craft Challenge #171-Favorite Embellishment-FLOWERS are mine(and ribbon)
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #168-Anything Goes with Blue
Simon Says Stamp Challenge-Simon Says...Spots and/or Stripes
Stamps R Us Challenge-Just Kidding Around
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #147-Texture Please!
Sweet Stampin' Challenge-All That Glitters
The Corrosive Challenge #140-Ring in the New Year
The Crazy Challenge-Tic-Tac-Toe, flourish, image, word
The Stamping Boutique Challenge #24-Die Cuts
Try It On Tuesday Challenge-Do You Believe in Fairies?
Simply Create Too Challenge #4-Layers, Layers, and More Layers

These are all wonderful challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them.

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary

Ready for the Season!

Hello, Happy Tuesday! I can not believe how warm it still is here in southern New England. We should be all bundled up by now with a bit of snow on the ground, instead we are in sweatshirts and some of my plants outside have buds on them because they are so messed up with this weather. The weathermen claim it will all change in a few days and be more seasonable.

It is also time for another fantastic challenge over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.
This week theme theme is presents. You can interpret it different ways like all the creative and talented ladies did to inspire you this week, you can include a present as part of your image or create a present. I can't wait to see what you come up with. I decided to use this cute snowman from LOTV with his presents in hand and all ready to celebrate.
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I love to create snowflakes using all different sizes, shapes and materials. When I realized this year I could color my snowflakes with Copics, felt and plastic especially, so they matched perfectly with my cards I started going nuts I love all the color and sparkle together. These snowflakes have 5 layers of different sizes and styles of flakes stacked to make one. The plastic snowflakes I used this time are also iridescent so I only gave it one coat of coloring so it would look marbled and the iridescence would still show through.I hope you now want to pull out some snowflakes and start making some one of a kind flakes of your own!

Here are some other fabulous challenges that fit my card

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #139-snowmen, candy canes and hearts for Christmas cupcake inspiration
2 Sisters Challenge #68-Punches and/or Dies
Bearly Mine Challenge #25-Non-Traditional Christmas colors
By The Cute And Girly December Challenge-Let It Snow
Card Cupids New Challenge Sunday-Winter Theme
Card Makin' Mamas Challenge #34-Sentiments
Cooking It Up With Kate Challenge #86-Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Challenge-Snowflakes
Crazy 4 Challenges C4C116-Favorite Christmas Movie-Jack Frost
Creative Card Crew Challenge-Tis The Season
Fun With Shapes and More Challenge #97-Cold as ice
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #123-Non-Traditional Christmas Colors
Ladybug Crafts Ink Challenge #49-Snowflakes and Sparkle
One Stop Craft Challenge Week 160-Let It Snow
Papertake Weekly Challenge-Anything Goes
Simon Says Challenge-Anything Goes
Rainbow Lady's Challenge #181-Christmas Carols, Let It Snow
Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge-Winter Fun for kids
Stamps & Fun=Creativity Challenge #76-Pearls
Stamps R Us Challenge-Emboss It
Sweet Stampin' Challenge-It is snowin'
The Craft Garden December Challenge-Recipe, turquoise, ribbon, snowflakes, purple
The Paper Shelter Challenge #42-Anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge-Let It Snow
Totally Papercrafts Challenge #95-Let It Snow
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #77-Celebrate the Season
Shelly's Thrilling Thursday Challenge-On The First Day Of Christmas Challenge-There is No Business Like Snow Business!
Come and Get It Challenge-Anything Christmas Challenge
Crafty Boots Challenge-Anything Goes
Crafty Ann's Challenge #55-Christmas Bingo, Glitter, Presents, Ribbon or Bow or both
Dream Valley Challenge #21-Sparkle
Crafty Calendar December Challenge-Cold and Frosty
OLLCB Challenge #94-Lots of Sparkle
Christmas Cards All Year Round Dec. Challenge-Anything Goes

These are all wonderful challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them!

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary

Dreaming of A White Christmas

Hello and Happy Tuesday! This is the end of a wonderful long weekend and now a back to school day for me. We are having summer like weather the last few days and got a lot done around the house, spent time craft shopping with my sister, and spent most of today with my hubby taking a day trip up into NH. A perfect long weekend only to realize that back to reality. I guess I need some way to pay for all my crafting goodys!

I had started this card last week and put it aside because I couldn't decide what DP I wanted to use. I bought some really snowflake paper on Sat. and thought I would use that but decided I loved the Bearly Mine more for with her. I really like blue so making a monochromatic card was easy once I picked it up again. I am pretty happy with the end result, I am glad I didn't finish it last week. I probably wouldn't have liked it as much.

Here are some fabulous challenges that fit my card

Anything Goes Challenge #51-Die Cuts/ Punches or both
Bee Crafty Downloads Challenge #55-Bling
By The Cute and Girly 2nd B'Day Challenge-Anything Goes
Crafty Ann's Challenge #51-Inspired by a Christmas Song
Dream Valley Challenge #17-Monochrome
Hanna and Friends Challenge #114-Bingo- Glimmer, buttons(the pearl snowflake on the top of the large snowflake is a button), pins
Fashionista Friday Challenge #93-Where my GIRLS at???
Just Some Lines Challenge-Reminds me of a song, White Christmas
LOTV Challenge #115-Let it Snow
One Stop Craft Challenge #152-Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge #20-Die Cuts and/or Punches
Pink Ink Sketch Challenge #7-Erica's Wonderful Sketch
Fairy Fun Fridays Challenge #63-Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
Papertake Weekly Challenge-Get in shape(3 different shapes square, circle, rectangle)
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #155-Anything Goes as long as it Sparkles
Simon Says Stamp Challenge-Simon Says... Sparkle and Bling
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #76-Anything Goes
Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #110-Anything goes
The Crazy Challenge Sept./Oct. Christmas Challenge-No red or green
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge-Lets Do Christmas
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #58-Monochromatic
Bah! Humbug! Challenge #40-Glitz and Glitter
Bizzy Becs Store Blog Oct. Challenge-Girls and Pearls

These are all fabulous challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them!

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary C

Summer Friends

Happy Summer! I hope everyone is enjoying the summer like I am so far. The weather here in New England has been beautiful so far. We are just having our first days of 90 something degrees here this week. It definitely puts me in a happy mood.

I decided that I would make this card using this adorable image from LOTV. I have had it colored for a while but didn't feel creative enough to make something with it. There were butterflies out in my garden last week and it made me think of the image so I created this fun card. I am giving it to a little boy from school when I write to him to see how he is enjoying his summer. I made it open from the side because he was always asking me why my cards open the wrong way (Hallmark has him brainwashed).

Here are some challenges that fit my card

Aud Sentiments Challenge #32-At least 2 word sentiment
Bearly Mine Challenges #14-Anything Goes
Card Makin' Mamas Challenge #24-Summertime
By The Cute and Girly July Challenge-Things with Wings
Crafts and Me Challenge #42-Favorite stamp or image
Crazy 4 Challenges #95-Summer Theme
Cupcake Craft Challenge #150-Fabvorite challenge #64, 4 legged and furry
Digi Doodles Shop's Best Challenge #66-Butterflies
Dutch Dare Card Challenge #120-Summer Fun
 LOTV Challenge #104-Wonderful Sketch by Donalda
One Stop Craft Challenge #139-Summertime
Paper Playtime Challenge #50-Summer
Stamp something Challenge-Bugs or Butterflies Somethings
Stampin' For The Weekend Challenge #12-Wings and Things
Stempeltraume Challenge #90-Summer
Sweet Stampin' Challenge-Cute and Cuddly
The Crafty Pad Designs Challenge #129-Lots of Texture
The Crazy Challenge #75-Summertime
Totally Gorjuss Challenge #88-Summertime
Fuzzy Wuzzy July Challenge-Get Punchy, corners, butterflies and circles were punched!
Dream Valley Challenge #11-Summer Theme
Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge #30-Critters
Make It Monday #45-Anything Goes
2 Sisters Challenge #47-Summertime Fun

These are all wonderful challenges so be sure to stop by and leave them some love or better yet play along with them!

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary

Simple Pleasures

Good Morning! I have a list of things around the house that I was going to do. I went down to start mowing through the craft room and found this image I colored a couple of weeks ago when I got together with my stamping friends. I decided I would work around the mess and make a card with the image instead of cleaning. It definitely made for a happy day for me!

The pretty striped DP is one of the freebies from Bearly Mine Designs for February. The colors in it are so my favorites and love the color on color stripes. When I started to put the card together I couldn't find any floral DP in my stash that complimented the back round and matched the colors I used on the image so I made my own DP. I pulled out my Rubber Stamp Tapestry sets, my ink pads (they are so neglected since I started coloring with Copics) and some white shimmer paper and started stamping. I am really happy with the results, the colors match pretty close. I decided to add some sparkle so I dabbed the flower centers with a bit of Crystal Stickles. It was quicker to make it than looking through my stash of DP for some that worked.

Here are some wonderful challenge that fit my card

Bearly Mine Designs Challenge #4-This challenge is all about "Ribbon and Pearls". Two things I use almost always on my creations!

CES Challenges #24-This week the challenge is spots and stripes, two of my favorite things!

Charisma Cardz Challenge Week #7-Their challenge is "Spring Has Sprung". I am so hoping for the snow to melt and see signs of Spring soon like on every one's creations!

Creative Inspirations Challenge 100- This week the challenge is to use "Stripes" on your creation!

Let's Ink It Up Challenge #9-This month the challenge is all about "Romance/Valentines". This card reminds me of first love. We all had that first crush that you remember, right?

LOTV Challenge #84-This week their challenge is all about "Your Favorite Colours". These soft shades of blue, green and pink are definitely my favorites!

My time to Craft Challenge #129-This week the challenge is to use "Hats" on your creation.

Paper Pretties Challenge PWC142-This week the challenge is to use "Glitter" on your creation. I glittered my paper and the roses!

Sketch and Stash Challenge 55-This is the fabulous sketch that I used for my card and my new stash is the digital DP from Bearly Mine and the beautiful pearl button from Tim Holtz. I love the detail on it!

The Creative Cottage Challenge 33-This week the challenge is "Fabulous Florals" I love using flowers on my paper and as embellishments!

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #37-This week the challenge is 3D, I popped up the butterfly on my card.

Paper Romance Challenge #38-This week the challenge is to use Buttons, ribbon and lace on your creation. I used a lace punch for my lace and a pearl button and my favorite 2 colored ribbon!

Party Time Tuesday's Challenge #4-This is a new challenge blog for me and their fun challenge is "Anything Goes", one of my favorite themes!

Sweet Stamps Challenge #3-This is another new challenge for me. Their challenge is to use flowers on your creation this week. I love flowers on almost any creation!

Tip Top Tuesday Challenge #23-This week their challenge is to "Bling It On". I love lots of sparkle on my creations.

KB Cute Monday Challenge #4-This challenge is asking us to use "Glitter" on our creations. I love to make my cards sparkle!

The Pink Elephant Challenge #94-This week their challenge is to use "Buttons, Lace and Ribbon.

For my lace I used a lace punch.

Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge-This challenge would like to see some stripes on your creation. I love seeing stripes! Great new challenge blog for me!

These are some really wonderful challenges so be sure to stop by to see what they created and play along with them!

Thanks so much for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,

Mary