Celebrate Spring

 

 

 

 

 

It's the first official day of Spring here in Toronto but you can't hear the birds chirping yet. It's so cold and windy...We had freezing rain all day yesterday. What is Mother Nature up to? I do hope this wil clear but it seems that rain is coming our way.

 

 

 

 

 

Papers are from My Minds Eye and I didn't even know I had those until yesterday..Talk about hoarding eh??? I colored the "Spring Baskets" image from Delightful Inspirations with my trusty prismacolors, added some butterflies, doodled the lines and finish it off with a sentiment from Avocado Arts "Springtime Celebrations". I used the sketch #10 from I{heart} sketches.

 

 

 

Challenges:

Delightful Inspirations From The Heart Stamps - Feb Free Stamp of The Month
I{heart}stamps #10 - Sketch
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Spring/Easter
Anything goes Challenge - Seeing Double
Bearly Mine Challenge - Anything goes
Everybody-Art-Challenge - Spring
Timeless Tuesdays - Bring On Spring
Shopping Our Stash - Spring or Easter
Tuesday Alchemy - Anything goes
Cards Und More Challenge - Spring

 

Good Luck/ Green Challenge at The Stamping Chef

 

 

This week at The Stamping Chef, the challenge is Good Luck/Green. I decided to ink up Ally O'Malley with my prismacolors. I used up some scrap papers, die cut and cuttlebugged the white cardstock and finish it off with some Shamrock stickies. This is not what I had in mind but with a sick 3 year old, this had to make do.

You can enter this challenge here and visit The Stamping Sous Chef's inspiration to get you started.

Challenges:

Melonheadz Challenge - Going Green
My Grafico - Anything goes
Paper Playtime - Anything goes
Tammys Scraping Corner - Add a Shamrock
The Pink Elephant - Use Green
There She Goes Challenge - Shades of Green
613 Create - Go Green
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
GingerLoft Challenge - Go Green
Glitter N Sprakle Challenge - Use some Green



 

My First DT Post for The Stamping Chef

 

 

 

 

Woohoo!!! The day has finally arrived for me for my first DT post at The Stamping Chef. I still cannot believe my eyes when Tamara, the artist and owner of The Stamping Chef told me to join her team. Enough chit chat and let's get down to business shall we?

 

Today is another release day over at The Stamping Chef where Rocking Retro and Lucy Loo will be unveiled. I have used Rocking Retro and I have colored her with my trusty prismacolored pencils. I went with a simple design since my 3 year old is sick with strep. Thank goodness I colored her last week and it only took me less than 15 minutes to get her together.

 

Papers are from Basic Grey - Sugar Rush and ribbon is from my stash. If you look closely, you will see that I have added some stickles to the shoes, lips and heart glasses. To finish it off, I added some adhesived pearls.

 

 Come check what the other DT members have in store for you here.

 

 

 

Challenges:

 

Victorine Stamps Challenges - Anything goes

Bunny Zoe's Craft - Girly

 My Grafico Challenge - Anything goes

Pan Pastel Challenge - Girly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gorgeously Green Blog Hop

Welcome to the Gorgeously Green Blog Hop!  All the projects have at least 2 shades of green.

 

 

 

If you leave a comment on everyone’s post, you could win this blog candy consisting of paper from DCWV and Basic Grey, Rub-ons, ribbon, borders, printable alphas, adhesive, and more! 

 

You don’t have to become a follower of Afternoon Scrapper, but it sure would be nice if you did. If you're coming from Nancy, then you're on the right track.

 

 

 

I went with a quick and easy card that you can do with your kids. It was done in less than 10 minutes. I had all the supplies ready. I used my trusty 1" Fiskars punch using some of my scraps, added some ribbon from stash and to finish it all with some St Patrick's Day stickers. I added some green stickles on the clover.

 

 

Up next is Sarah.

 

In case you need it, here is today’s line up:

 
Melanie http://afternoonscrapper.blogspot.com/

Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com

Liz Mullen- http://scrapiliciouslife.blogspot.com

Teresa- http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/

ClaireR -http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/

Suzanne- www.zannieberry.blogspot.com

Nancy - http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/

Jennyfer - http://scrapalajen.blogspot.com     (That's ME!!!!)

Sarah W www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com

Daphne~ http://craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com

Miradna - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/

Theresa - http://scrappinginheels.blogspot.com

Haidee-http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/

 Sarah - http://itswhatkeepsmesane.blogspot.com

Melissa - http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com

Sandy - http://creationsbysandyb.blogspot.com

Challenges:

 

 Simon Says Stamp - Bit O' Green
Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything goes with ribbon
Simply Create Challenge - St Patrick's Day
All That Stickles - Green Linky Party
Celebrate The Occasion - Luck of the Irish
Craftin Desert Diva - Anything goes
Paper Playtime - Anything goes





 

 

Sweet as Sugar

 

 

 

 

 

It's the final day for the birthday bash over at Designed to Color and I wanted to include this sweet card for their Tic Tac Toe challenge where I chose Purple, Ribbon and Bling. I designed this card with the sketch below from Delightful Inspirations.  

 

 

The image is Miffy from The Stamping Chef, a brand new company owned by the artist Tamara from The Netherlands. My papers are from DCWV - The Sweet Stack and the rest are scraps. I colored Miffy with my prismacolors and matted her with a light purple cardstock. I also added some adhesived star bling ribbon and a flower to finish everything off.

 

 

 

Challenges:

 

Designed To Color - Tic Tac Toe

Delightful Inspirations From The Heart Stamps - Sketch

Craft Us Crazy - Anything goes

Paper Playtime - Anything goes

My Grafico -Anything goes

Created with Love - Anything goes

ABC Challenge - Anything goes

 

 

 

Happy Birthday DTC!!!

 

Designed To Color is having a birthday bash until tomorrow and they have been celebrating on their blog and on Facebook. You sure don't want to miss this as they are giving away awesopme prizes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I chose to color the Birthday Penguin - Gift with my prismacolors and used the BG10 marker to do the surrounding. I matted the image onto aqua cardstock, used some washi tape, added some ribbon and finished off with two buttons. I used the sketch from Delightful Inspirations and for the DTC Challenge, I chose the Cake - Yellow - Presents row for my card.

I am entering this card also in the Catch The Bug Challenge which is Anything goes Saturday and Simon Says Stamp...Anything Goes. I am also entering this into the Anything Goes over at CDAC.

 

 

 



 

 

Spread the Love: A Clear & Simple Stamps Campaign

Hey there, Clear & Simple Stamps launched the "Spread The Love" campaign a week back where we were supposed to reveal our blog crush and tell the reason why you were inspired by that person. Well, my secret crush is Mary J because I love her simple CAS style! I have always wondered how she can do that as her cards reflects the simplicity, her gorgeous coloring and how her added subtle details make her cards POP!!! I doubt I will one day be able to follow her steps.

 

 

 

 

I have used the following color combo and here's my take:

 

 

Challenges:

 

Clear & Simple Stamps Campaign - Spread the love color