Time to Pick a Winner!!!

Who knew there would be so many different ways to use two (4x6) pieces of pattern paper?  I knew my blogging friends would step up to the challenge and boy did they ever!!  Wonderful job ladies.  I am in constant awe of your creativity and talents.  Now for the hard part to pick a winner.  The winner will receive this newly released {ippity} mini stamp set (released today actually) and a few other goodies from me.

Here's the entries:

Danie's Card

Karen's Card

Rebekka's Card

Lynn's Card

Kelly's Card

Tammy's Card

Christy's Card

 Heather's Card

 Julie's Card

TUIC May Challenge

For May's Challenge Tangled Up In Creativity's Kelly is hosting:  create a project with purple and at least one flower (check out her blog, here).  I'm also in former TUIC member Molly (Miss Molly Creations), SCS swap.  For Molly's swap we had to create a card with flowers and embossing.  Thanks for looking!

Paper:  Recollections cardstock and pattern paper

Ink: Pallette - Purple

Stamps: {ippity}

Misc:  Cuttlebug Swirls embossing folder, Tim Holtz Flower die, Studio 18 gem

*I wrote this blog post while participating on the Glue Dots design team.

TUIC April Challenge #2

Heather (Stamping Mommy) is hosting the second of our blog group's April Challenges.  Her challenge to use the saying "April showers bring May flowers" as your inspiration.  The paper is scrap from my stash, the flowers were made from taking a stem of silk flowers apart and gluing dew drops in the center.  The image is from The Greeting Farm (I got it in an image swap).  I colored her hair and skin with Copic markers and the rest of her was colored with Bic permanent markers and Faber-Castill India Ink markers. TFL!

TUIC April Challenge #1

Jenn (Jax Bean Stalks) is hosting (one of) the blog group's April challenges.  Her challenge to use the newspaper on your card.  I chose to make flowers.  I used Sizzix Flower Die #3, the centers were make from an EK Success punch with a pearl or rhinestone brad to hold them together.  The image is from a cracker box.  I don't know which I like more the box the crackers come in or the taste of the crackers.  I can only get them at the Korean grocery store, the entire box is written in Korean so I can't even give you the name of them.  They are sesame seed crackers with sugar sprinkled on top, yes the perfect sweet/salty mix.  TFL!

TUIC March Challenge

Fellow Tangled Up In Creativity Blog Group member, Dawn, is hosting this month's challenge.  We had to create a card inspired by the saying, "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb."  Ribbon also had to be used on the card.  Here is my entry.  The lion image is by Inkadinkado and I made the charm.  The charm was made by stamping the lamb image with Stazon ink onto a piece of #6 recycled plastic (carryout container) and then when heated with the heat gun (shrinks like polyshrink).    

Here's a close up of the charm:

I've also been working on a swap:

Each member of the swap group was sent an image and had to come up with a card.  The image Michelle sent was 3 Easter eggs in a row with a hatching chick in the middle.  I colored and cut it apart.  This layout was inspired by one I had seen in a magazine.  It was fun.  

Thanks for looking!

*I wrote this blog post while participating on the Glue Dots design team.

Dani's TUIC Challenge

The first challenge for the Tangled Up In Creativity Blog Group (TUIC) is hosted by Dani May (D-Dazzled Designs).  She posses one of the most caring hearts.  This year she has dedicated a lot of her time to different charities, and has even created a challenge blog devoted to charities, A Cause for Cards.  Please visit and join us in helping her with her selfless work. 

Back to the challenge, in honor of Australia Day we had to:

a) incorporate the Colours Green and Yellow into your card

b)  make a card only utilising Cardstock - no papers, no ribbon, no bling etc

(only stamping and more cardstock, you can of course emboss, distress and cut cardstock)

You cannot imagine how hard this was for me.  I put bling on everything if it sits still long enough (hubby gets worried when he comes home and rhinestones are stuck to the boys).  Thanks for looking.

Here's a close-up of the image

Paper:  Bazzill Cardstock

Image:  Raisin Boat Stamps (Baby Face Set)

Ink:  Palette Ink (Haystack, Black) Memento (London Fog), Copic Marker for face

Misc:  Cuttlebug Swirls embossing folder

*I wrote this blog post while participating on the Glue Dots design team.

TUIC Final Challenge

Thankful . . . for Prime Rib!

Jen is hosting our Blog Group (Tangled Up In Creativity)'s last challenge for 2010.  Check out her creativity, here.  She truly decided to go out with a BANG with this one.  

Here's her challenge:

1. Your card has to have a turkey somewhere on the card.

2. Your card has to have either sewing or faux sewing somewhere on the card.

3. Your card has to have ribbon somewhere on the card.

 

And this is my creation.  I made the turkey's feathers with scrap fall ribbon I had.  I stitched "Thankful" with embroidery floss.  I had fun with this.  Thanks for looking!