Bloggers Challenge- Tic-Tac-Toe

Looking for Dude Time Doodles- BoniBleaux Scavenger Hunt/Blog Hop?  HERE you go!

 This week our Bloggers Challenge 'Mom' LISA challenged us to a game of Tic-Tac-Toe.

                  I used Embossing, Pattern Paper and Ribbon/Seam Binding. 

 The background technique and embossing is Technique Junkies Faux Washi paper from the latest newsletter.  The image is from Priscillastyles and is for a Progressive Digi Challenge at the Crafters Digital Art Center.  I colored the image with Copics and added highlights with a Sakura Gelly roll pen.  (If you know me, you know I LOVE pink......).......

  The patterned paper I used is Basic Grey Euphoria.  The Seam Binding was dyed using Rose Red SU reinker. I also tried something new- I made the clamshell knot with some Mizuhiki cord I purchased and have never touched...... It was not as hard as I thought it would be.

Come play along with Bloggers Challenge- it is Just For Fun and we all enjoy visiting each other's blogs and seeing different interpretations of the challenge!  Stop by Challenge 'Mom' Lisa's BLOG and say hello!




Challenges:
Bloggers Challenge- Sketch
Card Making Mama's- Pink
Glitter Geeks- All around the world- Asian theme for mine!
Just Add Ink- Use something from your stash
365 Cards- Buried Deep- in my stash- Mizuhiki cord and Pink Alcohol ink
CCEE-Gold

Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly

Operation Write Home-Spring Blog Hop

Welcome to my blog and I am thrilled to take part in another Operation Write Home Blog Hop!

  The Hop starts at the Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps Blog Home Page HERE

I have three spring cards to share with you PLUS a little sweet candy........!  Please stop back Monday night 3/7at 8PM CST to see if you are the winner of my candy!

 I am alot Irish, so the first Spring card I want to share is an Irish card:

 This is a digi by Glitterbabe and is for the sketch challenge at CDAC. The Patterned Papers and Sentiment are by Create with TLC. The beautiful Gold card stock is white on the inside for writing your favorite Irish greeting!

 Next, Spring is such a great time to welcome a baby- perfect time to be able to get out and take walks and enjoy the outdoors.  

  I used a digi from McMahon Five Designs and did paper piecing and paper piercing. 

And finally, a Miss You card for a soldier to send home to his loved ones- the owl is a punch from Stamping Up. The background is brown and the inside is embellished with the vanilla card stock and the heart from the owl punch too.  So fun- my friend CASE'd this card and we made cards together last night- so fun- I am going to have to break down and get this punch.......!

  I love challenges- and the Operation Write Home Blog has a Sketch Challenge each Sunday and a mid week throwdown each Wednesday.  Please stop back and check out the challenges- it will get your MoJo going and you will brighten up someone's day making a card for a soldier!

Now, for the sweet Blog Candy- I have a set of border stamps to one person that makes a comment on this post- I will draw the winner on Monday evening at 8PM CST using random.org.

  Almost as good as sewing on a card- many borders in two sizes.  I do ship to anywhere in the world. Just leave a comment and please consider stopping back by Operation Write Home in the future!

  Now, for more fun, Hop on over to LONI'S Blog for more OWH Spring inspiration!!!

Thanks for stopping by! Shelly

Creative Belli Challenge 112-Animals

  Today I combined the Belli Challenge- Animals- with the CDAC digi embellishment challenge hosted by Daisy Doodles.  The image is provided and I am to use three embellishments.

 I used the Copic Spica pen and highlighted all of the Cuttlebug swirls and the tail of the bunny. I used 4 different fibers for the ribbon and I used a Nestability behind the main image. IRL the background is much softer and shimmery looking.  The sentiment is an older one- from Eureka or Biblical Impressions (I think).....

The Premise of the Belli challenge is to use your old and forgotten embellishments. I recently found 5 cards of fibers I have had for years-back in the day when I was sewing crazy patch purses....... The background is a Technique Junkies Scraped Oil Pastels, and I made it before my wrist surgery (which was 8/08).......
  For some great inspiration, check out the rest of the Belli designers
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Chris Dickinson
Ceal Pritchett
Holly Brown
Anne Harmon
Robin Kirkpatrick
Jessica Stockmeyer
Joan Ervin
Maria Matter
Darsie Bruno
Joy Hadden
Robin Parker
Chris Olsen
Mary Marsh
Karen Wallace

Also, if you upload a card to any galleries online  to Splitcoast , PCP, Stamp TV or another online gallery be sure to add CBC112 in the keywords section.


Thanks for stopping by!  Shelly

Creative Belli PLUS Design Diva's Blog Hop "Oldies but Goodies"

  It is time for another Creative Belli Challenge again- For the next two weeks, we would love for you to create using FELT or FABRIC.
  I combined my card with a Digital image that is an "Oldie" meaning it is more than 6 months old (and I hate to admit...never used until today) for the Design Diva's Blog Hop.

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 I used a digital image that was the first freebie when the Crafters Digital Arts Center (CDAC) started....... it is by Priscilla styles (Priscilla is the founder of CDAC).
  I got a little carried away with the needle and thread and felt...made a whole garden!  I added seed beads as accents. I colored the butterfly with Copics and added Creative Inspirations Blue Ice paint to add shimmer. I cut out a second butterfly and painted it just the same, and added a couple of dimensionals to prop it up for a 3-D look.  The background sky is sponged with Blue Bliss and a scalloped circle punch. I used green ribbons and fibers for the plant stems.

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 The Design Diva's are a group of stampers on Facebook and we have a monthly Blog Hop using images that are greater than 6 months old. Our Title Acronym stands for: Divine, Inspirational, Virtuous, Artistic (or annointed) sistahs! Our group originated at SCS back over 2 yrs ago and has recently branched out to the new FB group. (I just joined- so am a newbie to the group....)

 The Blog Hop starts with Brenda Turner and I am stop 16 of 26!  The stop before me is Melissa Cash (isn't that the cutest picture of squirrels just below the Design Divas post for today?)  and the NEXT stop is Cathy Edgar (Oh my- check out her magnificent coloring on her blog).....!
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For the Belli Challenge, we'd love to see you make a card with something with felt and then link back to the Belli Challenge in your post and provide a DIRECT LINK to your new posting using Mr. Linky at the Creative Belli Challenge blog. EASY PEASY!!!


Check out these Design Team Members for some inspiration-links are on my sidebar, or go to the Belli Blog for direct links.

Anne Harmon

Beth Norman

Ceal Pritchett

Chris Dickinson - Creator

Chris Olsen

Holly Brown - Creator

Jessica Stockmeyer

Joan Ervin

Joy Hadden

Karen Wallace

Maria Matter

Mary Marsh

Robin Kirkpatrick - Guest Designer Coordinator

Tamara Morton

Robin Parker and Darsie Bruno two of our team members will not be making projects for a few weeks, but will be back soon.


Challenges for my card in addition to the Mojo Sketch:
Bunny Zoe's Craft- Flowers Everywhere
Incy Wincy-Sponged ink for sky, Copics, Creative Inspirations Paint

One Stitch at a Time-Make it pretty- do you like my garden?
Mami Doodles-Flowers
Crafts and Me- anything with wings
Creative Cottage-Lots of flowers
Fab n'Funky-Make your own Embellishment
Forgotten Scraps-Flowers
Simon Says Stamp-Make your own embellishments

Thanks for stopping by! Shelly

CDAC Celebration

   My BLOG CANDY post is HERE- THRU 2/8

 I wanted to make sure everyone knows about the Crafters Digital Art Center (CDAC) celebration for  5000 members!  There are tons of things going on...including a Scavenger Hunt and there are lots of prizes...... like these:

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I wish you luck and I hope you drop me a line if you do go over there and sign up- please drop by some of my favorite sites and follow the groups:

Bonibleaux Designs and the home of  Dude Time Doodles Challenges

McMahon Five Designs

Designed 2 Delight



Thanks for stopping by! Shelly

D2D-Mice Day and homemade embellishment challenge

I finally have time to sit and stamp AND have POWER (We keep loosing power on/off).   Yeah! 
I am making a last minute (hours) card for the weekly D2D (Designed@Delight) weekly digi challenge.  I printed out 5 of this image to have some fun, and low and behold the NEW Technique Junkies newsletter is on-line…..OK- change of plans!  I must get my fix!  LOL

This is done using a new technique called Soft and Sparkly –yep it is!

Sorry- this is fuzzy- best sparkley picture I could get- and just a note- the cardstock is by Paper Temptress - heavenly with the Copics- and it is sparkly to start with! The sparkle comes right through the Copic color! The image was colored with Copics C2, Rvoo, Rv32, RV34, G1, G24. Punches by SU, Flower Soft from Firecracker Designs by Pamela.
The buttons (in the shape of cheese) were made for the Crafters Digital Art Center Embellishment Challenge-just started today (and is hosted by D2D this week).

Other challenges:
Technostamper Lunch time sketch -Sketch 132
Charisma-Something with a Tail
For Fun-Summer Colors
Digital Tuesday-Dazzle Me
Sentimental Sundays-Playful Card
Cowgirl-Anything goes
Double Delights-D2D image and buttons
StampsRus-Digital image
Creative Corner- Touchy feely

Thanks for stopping by!
If you have a minute or two, stop by the Creative Inspiration Paint Blog- Jungle Fever today and all DT samples in one place!  You'll love them!

CHA tomorrow- Oh yeah!!!
Shelly

Wacky Wednesday and Free Digi at Firecracker Designs by Pamela

Each Wednesday Pamela at Firecracker Designs offers one stamp set for 50% off. This week, the set is right up my alley- it is an ATC set.

The ATC 2009 set is only $4.49 today only- until 11:59PM tonight. No coupon or code is needed- it is this price in the store.

I used the Turtle set available at FCD-stamped it on Glossy White CS, colored with SU markers and clear embossed it and the leaves. I stamped the background image with Teal and sponged on Bashful Blue.  I added some accents- the background is the background whimsy from the Technique Junkies.

Always sign the back of your work when you make and trade ATC’s- I like to document what I used-because I have a bad memory!  If I look back later, I can see what inks I used, etc…..
Pamela also has a FREE Digital image available until the weekend- Grab it HERE.
I made this card with the freebie:

I colored with Copics and wanted to add glitz- but this is going to Iraq- so no glitter is allowed.  So, I added glitz with Silver Metallic sewing thread and did some stitching around the edges of the card.
Challenges:
For the turtle card:
Stampin Sisters in Christ-use an animal
One Stop Craft- make your own DP
Caardvarks-Embossing/stamps
R/W/B card:
Operation Write Home-Sketch
Aly’s- sewing
Caardvarks-Embossing- I use the good old fashion wet embossing with EP

One more thing- over at the Crafters Digital Art Center-a forum for Digi papercrafters, Pamela has a Sketch Challenge posted in the FCD Group with a chance to win a digital image- we’d love to have you join us!
Thanks for stopping by today
Shelly

New Digital Papercrafting Forum

I just want to drop a quick note- if you are a Papercrafter that is enjoying Digital images, Priscilla has initiated a new forum for Digi Crafters (similar to Paper Craft Planet)- more HERE on her Midnight Madness Blog post today.  You will find different Digi Stores as well as paper crafters you know or recognize names. 

Here is the link to come join the forum- please consider joining the Firecracker Designs by Pamela group and stop by and say hello!

-There is a badge available on the new site for your Blog-just like the one to the right on my blog- look on the main page on the right side for the blog code to add.

There is a challenge for June- the kick off month- with lots of freebie images!  Post a card to the forum for a chance to WIN some Digital images!

I hope to see you there!
Shelly