"Hello Chickie"

Good Morning all my crafty friends!

Today I have another "Little Darlings" stamping project to share!

If you following me over on Instagram, you're probably sick of seeing these from me by now! lol  No worries though, because the next project is going to be different!  I really love these stamps, but honestly, her hair gives me a lot of anxiety!  I love coloring hair, but for some reason, I have a hard time with hers! 

For this card, the two stamp sets I used were "Lisbeth & Chicks" and "Eggstra Special Sentiments." All other products are listed below, along with a photo of the copic colors I used to color her up!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

See you all again soon!

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challeng #226

Hello all!

Today I'm inspired by the sketch challenge that's going on over at the MFT Challenge blog...boy do they have a good sketch this week!  When I saw the sketch, I was like, "yep! blueprints!" lol!!  I wonder if I'm the only crazy person out there that thinks of this stuff!  

Here's the sketch.....

I took some elements from the sketch this week and built upon it to make something slightly different, with a little touch of spring! The weather has still been hit or miss lately here, but I'm well over due for bright flowers and an airy feel! I also wanted to use vellum...in some way, but I wasn't sure just how I was going to do that when I started.  I also had just white cardstock on my desk and decided that I was only using that and the vellum as my paper products.....I wasn't going to use patterned paper or any other solid papers.  All the colors that you see in my project today are MFT ink colors put on the white cardstock. 

There was one really big difference I noticed for the first time using die inks on the Recollections 120lb white card stock...which is what I use for my card bases....the cardstock has some kind of a slick, slippy surface.  Almost like its waxy.  When you put die ink on top of that, it doesn't want to absorb that great into the cardstock...which is reason why the bold stripes look streaky.  The solid colored circle, flowers and leaves look fine because I used regular lighter weight white cardstock for those!  I'll have to keep that in mind the next time I try this! It made a big difference and I almost wanted to start over, but kept plugging along! lol

Here are the supplies I used for this project....

That's all for today! I have you've enjoyed my project and I appreciate you stopping by!

Have a beautiful weekend! 

The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh Challenge

Yep!! Back again! lol

I have been playing with all my TGF stamps this week and couldn't resist sharing this one with ya'll too!  I just love the old fashioned, home town, lets get outside feel from her lol!!!!  I was fortunate to grab this one on the last farmers market!  I was well worth staying up until 2am to get her and all the other ones i snagged!!! :P

And all the products I used, along with copic colors are as follows......

Because I just love embellishing, this one is going in the TGF Farm Fresh Friday challenge this week!  It's called "Pick 3" ... which is pick 3 embellishments! Done! lol 

See you all soon for another creation!

The Greeting Farm "So Hip"

Good morning all!

Today the week finally winds down and the weekend officially begins at 2pm today for me! lol This week, I've realized that the crafty whirl has come back around and hit me because they just keep on coming!  Today's project features The Greeting Farm's new April "So Hip" from the SSSC! I fell in love with her the second I opened my package and then it hit me! I knew what paper I was going to use and it all fell into place!

Here she is!! All bold and daring!!....don't you just love her?!

And now for the supplies I used....I made sure that I used 3 embellishments: stickles, twine and silver gems, because I'm using this project for the TGF Friday challenge over on their blog! And this week, the challenge was to pick 3 embellishments! Easy Peasy when you're an over embellisher like me! lol

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Be sure to swing by my other post going up shortly for another TGF project!

MFT Sketch Challenge

Hello everyone! 

Today I have a project for the MFT Sketch Challenge going on over on their challenge blog right now!  Here's a look at the sketch...

For this challenge, I thought "spring" and wanted to use this stamp I've had in my stash for a while now.  I also recently got my hands on 2 new Blueprints dies and wanted to use one of those as well!  Here's a close up of the supplies I used....

And finally!!!  The finished project!!!  I have to say that I love the spring time colors and the bright and cheerful patterns of these papers and colors! they work together beautifully!!

Well, that's all for me today!

If you'd like to play along with this challenge, you still have time! 

Please be sure to visit MFT's Challenge Blog HERE.

Have a crafty day!

Lawnscaping Challenge: 100th Challenge!

Yep! You've seen that right!!  The Lawnscaping Challenge Blog is celebrating their 100th challenge this week and I'm honored to be guest designing this month to be included in this huge milestone! So, lets get to the fun stuff....here's the challenge:

It's a birthday theme!!  Whoot whoot!!

I wanted to tackle this challenge with a mission, and that mission was to create a shaker card that would work perfectly for upcoming kids birthday parties! So after digging thru my stash, I pulled out several stamp sets and Lawn Fawn 6x6 papers and went to work!

For this piece, I used a total of 7 different Lawn Fawn Stamps/Dies! Yep! That many!!

Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables Dies for the Woodgrain border, Forest Border Die for the background trees on a hill....and now for the stamps...Hello Sunshine for the clouds, Year Four for the balloons and party hat, Winter Penguin for the "Happy" sentiment, So Much To Say for the "Birthday" sentiment and finally Joy to the Woods for the log and that adorable chipmunk!!

Be sure to join us over on the Lawnscaping Challenge Blog this week to upload your project for your chance to win a stamp set of your choice from Lawn Fawn!  To view all the details and link up your creation, visit their post HERE.

Until next time, have a colorful day!  

Lawnscaping Challenge: Clean and Simple

Hey y'all! Today I'm crazy excited to announce I'll be guest designing for the Lawnscaping Challenge Blog for the month of February!  With that being said...here is your first challenge for the month! 

Clean and Simple! .....and let me just say, if you're a follower of my work, I am nothing but an over embellisher!  I took this challenge and ran with it! I had to add just a few touches of "me," but overall, I call this a success!

For this piece, I used the Winter Sparrows, Lucky Stars and Joy to the Woods stamp sets. With a small amount of distress inking, little bits of copic coloring and white gel pen and rhinestone accents, I'm officially in love with clean and simple!

This challenge is sponsored by the amazing Ellen Hutson, LLC...so come on over and link up your project for your chance to win!

Challenge #100 is coming up in 2 weeks!

 Follow the Lawnscaping Blog to keep up to date when new challenges are posted and lots and lots more inspiration!