Happy Birthday Challenge Going Grey with Scrap-Creations

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday! This is vacation week for me I am loving it. I am hoping to make lots of cards and I really need to clean and reorganize my craft area. Being creative is a messy process for me and I tend to leave a trail behind me. I am in trouble when there are piles everywhere and that is where I am now.

I am really loving using digital paper on my creations. I fell in love with this star paper from Bearly Mine Designs and knew it was perfect for a birthday card. Knowing that I loved this DP I bought the MFT star Die-namics to go with it. I also couldn't resist glittering the stars for some sparkle on the card. This cute digi is one of Mo Mannings that I love!

Being Tuesday it is also time for another fabulous challenge over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations. This week we have a fun theme that everyone can play along with, BIRTHDAYS! How easy is this theme so come play with us this week. The ladies have made some gorgeous birthday cards to inspire your own birthday creations.

Peggy Regan

Kristen Catalano

Jacki Randolph

Kim Howard

Marie Bridgeman

These are some other fantastic challenges that fit my card

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge #89-This is the fantastic sketch I used for my card. So many possibilities with this sketch!

Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge #53-This week the challenge is to use Nestabilities. I used 6 different Nesties on this card.

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 140-This week their challenge is "Birthday Wishes". I have lots to make cards for at this time of year.

AIFactory Challenge AIF #068-This week their challenge is "In The Kitchen" or all about food. My food is a birthday cake!

Aud Sentiments Challenge #22-This week their challenge is all about "Trendy Sayings". What a fun idea for a challenge!

Card Makin' Mamas Challenge #15-This challenge is all about "Happy Birthdays". This is a fun new challenge blog that I found and I am so glad I did!

Crazy For Challenges C4C75-The challenge this week is all about "Sparkle/Glitter/Bling" I glittered all the stars on my card!

For Fun Challenge-This challenge is all about "Birthdays", I love making birthday cards.

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge-Sweet Treats is their challenge this week. I love cupcakes as a special treat!

The Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge #6-This month their challenge is "Birthday Wishes" with a furry animal included. Great theme this month!

Gingerloft Challenge GL12-This challenge is all about "Our Furry Friends". I love all animals so I love to put them on most of my cards in case you can't tell!

If The Shoe Fits...Scrap It Challenge #67-This week the challenge is Birthdays! This is favorite challenge of mine!

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #81-The challenge this week is all about using "Punches and Dies", I used 6 different dies and one punch on this B'Day card!

One Stop Craft Challenge Week #119-This week their challenge is "Birthdays". This is a time when great minds think alike with this theme!

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge 141-This week their challenge is "Create A card For A Child", I created a child's B'Day card.

Scrap It With A Song Challenge Week 43-This week I picked the second playlist "Everyday Love". My everyday love is chocolate cake, I could eat it everyday! (I don't though thank goodness) Great choice for the song.

Simply Create Challenge #37-This challenge is "Bold and Bright". I think this is a really fun theme to chase away Winter and bring on the Fun!

Stamp Something Challenge-This week their challenge is a "Funky Something". What a fun theme to really make you think FUNKY?

Stempeltraume Challenge #71-This week the challenge is to use a "New Stamp". I have this new Digi Stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil.

The Beary Scrap Design Team Challenge #20-This challenge is called "Winter Blues". It can be winter, the color blue or chasing away the blues. I chose the color blue and chocolate definitely chases away the "Blues" most of the time!

The Res-Q Challenge RESQ71-This week the challenge is "Don't Be S.A.D." make something that makes you happy! I love the color blue, things that sparkle, animals of all kinds and chocolate cake. These all make me happy especially when I am creating!

Totally PaperCrafts Challenge #54-This week the challenge is "Do it with Digis". I used a Mo Manning digi that I fell in love with!

Sarah Hurley Challenge #30-This challenge this week is all about "Food and Drink". I love a good chocolate cupcake, don't you?

Friday Fun at Fairy Knoll Challenge #38-This week their challenge is "Birthday or Thank You".
I chose to do birthday this time around. Fun new challenge blog for me!

Stampin' With The Dragon Challenge-This week their challenge is all about "Birthdays, Birthdays, Birthdays". A great challenge to play along with!

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

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

Happy Creating,
Mary

Back To School, Going Grey With Scrap- Creations Challenge

Happy Tuesday! It is time for another challenge at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations. Congratulations to all the winners of the Kenny K digis last week, have fun playing with them!
This week the challenge for Going Grey is Back To School! It won't be long before all the kids and myself go back to school. I picked these two images from Moe's Digital Pencil. When I am driving to school on the first day this is what all the bus stops look like, the kids holding their stuff patiently waiting for the bus. By the third day their stuff is all over the ground and they are running around!

For this theme I found it really hard to use Basic Grey paper for this challenge. Primary colors aren't my choice of colors most of the time but school screams for them. This was the closest I could come and still be happy with what I created. I painted and then sealed with a gloss the chipboard letters. The apple in the corner is a brad that I have been saving for a school card. Don't you like when a challenge pushes you out of your comfort zone and that's what it is all about, KWIM?

The ladies have made some fantastic "school" creations to inspire you. Be sure to let them know how much you like their cards.

Peggy Regan

Kristen Catalano Scrap Creations

Lorie Ames

Jacki Randolph

Crystal Irwin

Here are some other great challenges that fit my card

Sketch Saturday Challenge Week #115-This is a great sketch this week that I used!

Ooh La La Challenge #60-This challenge is "Spots and Dots" this week.

Drunken Stampers Challenge #28-Masking is their challenge this week. I masked the kids so I could use my cloudmaker for the sky!

Our Creative Corner Challenge-This week the challenge is "It's Embossible". I embossed the back blue panel with circles!

Creative Belli Challenge #97-This week the challenge is to use paint. I painted my chipboard letters primary colors. I haven't painted anything in so long, fun challenge!

Paper Playtime Challenge #11-This challenge is "School Days". This is my first time playing this fun challenge blog!

Fab "N" Funky Challenge 34-This challenge is "Spotty, Dotty, and Stretchy Stripes" great challenge!

Little Red Wagon Challenge-Circles, Circles, Circles is the great challenge for this week!

Shirley's 2 Girls, S2G Challenge #68-This Twisted Thursday Challenge is a school theme with the twist of something red on the card!

Fairy Fun Friday Challenge Week 31-"Frame It In A Circle" is the challenge this week. Great theme for a challenge!

Dutch Dare Card Challenge DDCC #83-This is an easy and fun challenge this week "Anything Goes"!

Stampin' For The Weekend Challenge #44-Back to School is their challenge this week!

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

Happy Creating,

Mary

Looking For Clues

Well I am back to school after a quiet and restful week of vacation. I am just now putting the finishing touches on a lot of cards I started last week but never quite finished until now. This is one of the harder ones for me. The card was for Mo's Digital Challenge. The challenge is "Clean and Simple, no layers, no embellishments except ribbon and just a white or beige colored card, YIKES! I live to use lots of layers and frills everywhere on my cards so this really was a challenge for me.


I chose this image from Mo's Digis that I have and just started coloring to see where it would lead to and if I could make something when I was done. Luckily the saying came to mind right away because when my son was little he loved playing in the dirt and would always yell to us to come look at what he found, which was so exciting to him. It is a great memory and with him owning a landscape company he is still playing in the dirt! This image reminds me of him. I did use a glitter pen on the magnifying glass and belt ring. I also put a bit of Crystal Effects on the lens of the magnifying glass. Anyway this is the finished card, I like the way it came out though I don't think I'll give up the layers and flowers and punched embellishments but this was a fun challenge that definitely pushed me way out my comfort zone.

Supplies

Stamps- Mo's Digital Pencil Digi
Paper- Papertrey White CS
Ink- Copics, SU Bashful Blue and saying done on the printer
Accessories- Cloudmaker, Michaels Ribbon, Silver and Gold Sepia Glitter Pen, Crystal Effects

Thanks for stopping by to take a look at my creation. It definitely isn't typical for me and might be the last simple card you'll see here for a while, though it was fun to make.

Happy Creating,
Mary