Love to Create Bingo Challenge

Happy Monday, Today I am sharing my cards for this week's  new challenge over on my challenge blog

Love to Create Challenges

This week the team and I are sharing some inspiration with

images from two of our fabulous sponsor Meljen's Designs and Whoopsi Daisy both
are offering free images of winners choice as prizes this week.

Our challenge theme this week is  a fun one 

We have a Bingo Card for you to follow

I created two cards this week using two adorable images from each of our sponsors.

My first card shares this sweet image from Whoopsi Daisy using one of the images from Sheet 370

Today you will notice I am on a yellow kick (not a color I normal go to), but I picked up these

beautiful papers at Michael's last week and what a bargain 12 cents each for 12 x 12 sheets!!  I just love the yellow/grey/white check pattern and then found the yellow dotted paper that matched perfectly!!

I took to paper piecing her dress with the dotted paper, eek what a tedious job that was with all the ruffles, so I cheated a bit and did only the top layer and colored in the second layer. Added some Diamond Dust glitter on the ruffles around her neck, sleeve cuffs and bottom of both layers. Additional products used: paper doily, two different MS leaf punch, Wild Orchid Crafts roses, white lace, Corner edge punch and a sentiment from Create with TLC. For the bingo card I followed the first row down - Lace - Flowers - Doily 

For my next card I am sharing one of Meljen's newer releases called Big Sweater Kid.

This image is just too sweet and I fell in love with it the moment I seen it!! I paired him up with some of the yellow dotted papers from above and a sheet from Basic Grey Lime Rickey collection and a piece of scrap green dots. For my design I followed the sketch over on the Sketch Saturday blog .

Additional items used, buttons, twine, Viva Decor Pearl pen, rubber stamp sentiment, tag label die. For the Bingo card I followed the middle row down - stitching-sentiment-die cut.

Hope I have inspired you to come join us at Love to Create Challenge, for a chance to win some fabulous prizes from our two wonderful sponsors!  

Non- Traditional Holiday Colors with Love to Create Challenges

Hi everyone, Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had a fantatic Thanksgiving and a wonderful relaxing weekend!!
 Mine was fabulous with having all the kids here for Thanksgiving dinner and then I actually went out and hit some of the Black Friday sales with my two oldest daughters at midnight!!

Today begins a new challenge over on my challenge blog

Love to Create Challenges

This week we are sharing an always fun challenge

Non- Traditional Holiday Colors

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Meljen's Designs

 

I played with this sweet digital image Cozy Little Chickadees

Coloring using my Copic markers, then adding a touch of paper piecing with their sweet warm scarves and finished up adding some bling with Stickles, Star Dust for the snowy branches, Orange Peel for the dots. Sentiment is a stamp that I found among my Holiday stuff. I used some shiny orange cardstock and Shimmery Copper wire ribbon  I have had for ages now.

Hope I have inspired you to come join us at Love to Create Challenge, for a chance to win some fabulous prizes from both of our sponsors!!

Thanks for visiting!!

 

Challenges I will enter

Christmas Card Challenge #52 - paper piecing, Christmas

DreamValley #42 - non-traditional colors

Glitter nSparkle #8- ribbon or lace

A Gem of a Challenge - paper piecing

Color Me Creative Challenge - non-tradional colors  

 

Crafty Hugs’ Jacki

Things with Wings for Love to Create Challenge

Good Morning, Happy Monday!!!

 

New Challenge over on the Love to Create Challenge blog!!!

 

Come play along  with our "Things with Wings"  We have Meljen's Designs as our sponsor offering a fabulous prize

 

I used one of Meljen's Design adorable images, Little Wizzard Owl!

My shaped base is a Shape- EZ template from Whimsy Stamps,

 papers are digital papers.

I distressed all edges with Powder Puff ink, paper doily is inked with SU Elegant Eggplant, then colored my image with Copic. Flowers and lace from my supplies, two Cheery Lynn dies for the flourishes.

 

 

Crafty Hugs’ Jacki

New Meljen's Designs digital release at Whimsy Stamps

Hi again, have one more cutie to share with you today

New Meljen digital stamps are in the Whimsy store this morning and I have a card to share using one of the new digital stamps just released

This little guy is called

Little Possum

Card ingredients

Basic Grey Sweet Threads. card stock PTI, Prima flowers, MS butterfly punch

Zva pearls, sentiment is from Annette at Netty's Cards

Be sure to stop in at the Whimsy Store to see all the new Meljen's Designs that are now available

Have a sweet day ......

Hot! Hot! Wannabe Red

New Meljen's Designs Digis in the Whimsy Stamps Store

Oh wait until you see these newly released digital images by Meljen's Design. It's all about the

Girls and we are talking cute, cute, cute.

I couldn't resist  coloring up this adorable image, how cute is this?

Nothing like those bright red toes with flip flops for the coming warmer weather.

I am so ready for a little pampering of the feet after keeping them all bundle up these past few months (truth be told , I still had the flip flops on these past few months but only inside).

It is definitely time for a little pampering and a nice pedi!

How cute would this card be for Mother's Day with a gift certificate for a pedicure- mmm! might be an idea for my girls for their Mother's day gift.

I started with some PTI Poppy Red and True Black card stock, my last piece of this great Basic Grey paper and this week's sketch at ICS sketch #107.

Card recipe-Lipstick Red and black 110, C9 Copic, Diamond Glaze, Antique Sliver glitter by MS, Sakura clear gelly pen and a few gems that I had in my stash. SB circle punches, Mays Art ribbon. Corner punch and a sentiment stamp.

You can see all the new digital images over in the Whimsy Stamps store - it's all about the girls this week and I know you are going to love these new images.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day

Hugs'

Challenges my card will be entered in

Inspirational Card Sketches - sketch #107

Paper Take Weekly - it a mom thing or just be girly

Woodware USA - Black, white and one other color

Crafts and Me - anything goes

Simon Says - Mother's Day or Girlie

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #94 and Meljen's Designs

Good Morning and A Very Happy Wednesday to you,

It's a new sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday, to add some fun this week, we have a little twist to our sketch challenge.

It's Bunny week, so along with using this week's fabulous sketch we want to see bunnies too.

How fun is this.

Our wonderful sponsor this week is he fabulous Meljen's Designs

Meljen's Designs offers great whimsical images for all ages, you can find them at

Meljen's Design and Whimsy Stamps

Here is my card using Meljen's Fluffy Bunny

Remember It's a  Bunny type of Week along with our wonderful sketch that Arlana created for you.

Be sure to stop over to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge blog, the design team have some super sweet eye candy they are sharing all using Meljen's Designs Bunnies,

Challenges my card will be entered into

Clear it Out - buttons

KB challenge - babies

My partner in Crafting Crime- 3 or more buttons

Squigglefly- buttons

Really Reasonable Ribbon - one for the boys with ribbon

Totally Paper Crafts- buttons

Thanks for visiting, I hope you will join us this week for our fun challenge with our sketch and Bunnies

Hugs'

My card Recipe

Image - Meljen's Designs Fluffy Bunny

Sketch - Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Papers - SU design, PTI - card stock

Copics

Buttons- Basic Grey

Ribbon - from stash

Going Grey with Scrap -Creations it's all about Birthdays

Good Morning - Happy Tuesday

Calling for snow again here today, which is absolutely crazy as it was in the low 60's and gorgeous on Saturday!!!

Hopefully this will be the last of it for this year, we have had enough ^^)

Tuesday's bring a new challenge from Going Grey with Scrap-Creations and this week's challenge is all about those

 BIRTHDAYS

For my card I used a new release from Meljen's Designs Collection from Whimsy Stamps.  If you are looking for some cute birthday images then definitely head over to Whimsy Stamps as Melissa owner and creator of Meljen's Designs just release some new birthday images and they all are just adorable.

We had a fantastic turn out for last week's challenge and I hope you all will join us again this week and share your birthday projects with us.

Be sure to swing over to the blog as the gals have some amazing cards they are sharing - great inspiration to get your mojo going

 card recipe

Image - Meljen's Designs Birthday Cake Mouse

Medium - Copic

DP - Basic Grey Urban Prairie

Stickles - fruit punch

PTI Ribbon - Hibisicus Burst

Flowers- Prima

Brads - Doodlebug glitter

Glittered Candy Dots - Pebbles

Meljen's Design New Release at Whimsy Stamps

                     

Happy Thursday Everyone,   Here to share some, New Digital images from Meljen's Designs at Whimsy Stamps.

I know you are going to love this new line of birthday cuteness, you can see all of the new collection in Whimsy Stamps Sore

                 

Today I am sharing two of the new release images with you. My first card features this adorable little guy  "Meljen's Birthday Cup Mouse"

I used some fun papers from Imaginisce - Splash Dance Bubble Bash and Water flowers, I use my favorite Copic for coloring up the image, and of course had to have the sparkle going on with Stickles and Sakura Gelly Sparkle pens, ribbon, twine and button from stash, Hero art sentiment on PTI Hawaiia Shore paper.

My second card features Meljen's new "Topsy Turvy Birthday Cake", which I colored with Copics and then added lots of sparkle with Stickles Orange and Stardust, Sakura Gel pen for the candle flames. Wanting to keep the clean look, I added a Happy Birthday sentiment inside the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, Have a GREAT Thursday Everyone!!!

It's a new sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Happy Wednesday, I hope you are staying indoors today if you are in the path of the mid east storm and if you not within the parameters of this crazy storm then I hope you are having a beautiful sun filled day!!

It's that time again, the middle of the week and the day that the design team for Sweet Sketch Wednesday shares a new sketch that Arlana has cooked up for us to play along with.

We have another one of our favorite sponsors this week offering up a Fabulous prize to one lucky winner

Yes the ever so talented Melissa Jenkins with Meljen's Designs is our wonderful sponsor for this week's challenge.

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and is steadily growing! Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

http://www.meljensdesigns.com/

http://meljensdesigns.blogspot.com/

http://whimsystamps.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=13_18

One lucky winner will receive 4 Meljen's digital images of their choice!!!

Here is the wonderful sketch our lovely Arlana has for us this week

Once again another favorite and fun sketch to create your card with.

I used this adorable image of Honey Bears this week.

My card uses We R Memory Makers design paper, SB Lacy circle die

Prima flower, Basic Grey fabric brad and sentiment tickets. Colored with Copic and a little bit of Stickles for the heart and bees.

Please stop by the blog to see all the wonderful cards my design team sisters are sharing, please make sure you read the rules to be eligible for the prize and leave some sweet comments for the gals too.

Thanks for visiting,

I hope to see you join us this week, it always great to start with a sketch to help get those creative juices flowing and Arlana's sketches are always fun to use.

 Warm Sweet Hugs'

V-Day boxers and Lacy Panties , oh my!

Hi this is second post for today, please scroll down for my Digital Delights new images post!

Happy Thursday,

Whimsy Stamps is sharing a new release of Meljen's Designs images today, and Melissa has some super cute images for this release..

You can see all the new images over in the Whimsy Stamp Store so please stop over and check out all the cuteness!!!

I am sharing two cards using two of Melissa's new release images. I can't even begin to tell you the fun I had while creating my two cards..

All I can say is they are utterly fun to play with.

For my first card I decided to play with V-Day Boxers

Aren't these just too sweet, all the little dots and heart are shimmering in brilliant pink glitters, using my Copic I just gave a slight outline around the shorts and waist band.

Here is the inside using one of Anne's Raindrop Echo sentiments

from her Love Sentiment collection.

My next card, I used another one of Melissa's cute images Lacy Panties

 Colored with Copic and Stardust Stickles around the lace

I made this card into an easel card keeping it clean and simple

with stitching, MS small heart border punch and SU open scallop punch

PTI Chocolate polka dot ribbon

You can find both of these new images plus more over at Whimsy Stamps store

Challenges my cards qualify within

 Lexi's Creations - say it with love  - either card will work

Paper Playtime - use the word love - either card will work

Tuesday Throw down - Valentines - either card will work

Thanks for visiting, hope you will stop by Whimsy Stamps and see all the beautiful images available

Crafty Hugs xxxx

Meljen's Designs at Whimsy Stamps

Happy Monday

I have a couple of cards to share today with you, both of these images by Meljen's Designs can be found at Whimsy Stamps.

My first card uses Melissa's Cozy Winter Mailbox, which I thought was just adorable and would make a sweet card just to let that special friend know you are thinking of them.

I used the last scraps of this cute Creative Imaginations papers matting on PTI Spring Rain and Chocolate Brown, keeping it clean and simple by adding just  a touch of stitching on the middle panel, sentiment and a bow using PTI Pure Poppy stitched ribbon and of course Crystal Stickles.

This fits into the challenge at I did it Creations challenge - Brrrrr it's turning blue - use blue in your card, Sentimental Sundays challenge - winter and sentiment, Challenge Up Your Life - clean and simple

Now this next card is one that I want to keep next to my computer to remind me that this not so fun winter cold will soon be leaving. Yes, I am so ready for the warmer temps and sunny sky with all the colors returning with the blooming of my Spring flowers.

Meet Johnny Bird Boots, isn't he just the cutest little guy to remind you that Spring will return soon I hope! LOL!

I found these gorgeous papers at my local craft store by American Craft "City Park", the heart one is embossed, sorry I covered it up mostly, but it is just so sweet, pairing it up with PTI Hawaiian Shores and Harvest Gold.

MS border punch, Prima flowers, Dress it up star button, twine, sentiment from Hero Arts clear stamp set, inked in SU ink.

This card fits in with this week's challenge #18 at Beary Sweet Challenge  friendship or love, Fairytale challenge - flowers, Stamp Scrap and Doodles challenge  - anything goes, Craft Your Day Away - anything goes, 2Sisters challenge - flowers

Please stop by on Thursday as I will be sharing some new release images from Whimsy Stamps that you will not want to miss.

Thanks for visiting, wishing you a crafty week.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday and Meljen's Design

Today over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge blog, we have a wonderful sketch to jump start your creativity for this week's challenge. Arlana always comes up with some wonderful sketch that allow you to dress it up or keep it clean and simple. This sketch was a pleasure to work with as you will see I have three cards to share.

Our fabulous sponsor for this week's prize is Melissa with Meljen's Designs

I love to color and create with Melissa's cute and whimsical designs, they are always so inspiring and I truly enjoy designing my cards with her images.

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and is steadily growing! Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Design Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the Whimsy Stamp Store to browse and  enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

This little  Billy cowboy is just adorable and is fun to color, I made him into a little boy's birthday card, with 6 grandsons I know this will come in handy for some one's birthday.

This card uses Holiday Bird which was a freebie last week on Melissa's blog, I really like how it came out with the paper piecing for such a sweet holiday card.

I love this image and have had it for quite some time and thought it was time I finally colored these adorable teddies up. This was a freebie on Meljen's PCP group for 100 members so that tells you how long it has waited for me to play with it. I love this image, look how sweet this turned out. I like to have some cards like this on hand for those times that you just want to lift someone up by telling them that you truly love them. Of course I did this up in those pretty purple and greens,  so I could give it to one of my daughters, as single moms both with two boys each sometimes they need to know that I love and respect them so much.

Please stop over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday's blog and see all the gorgeous cards the design team is sharing, please take a minute and leave them so love.

Please keep Arlana, Nancy and Judi in your thoughts and prayers this week, they will be needing your extra love.

Thanks for visiting, you support keeps me motivated and inspired.

Always- You make me Happy

Happy Monday,

 Hopefully everyone had a great weekend and is ready  for this new week. Looks like this month is going to fly by before we know it, I can't believe we are starting to see the middle of the month so soon.  They say time flys when you are having fun. LOL!

Well to start off this week The Critter Sketch Challenge blog has a new sketch for us to play along with, and it was design by our own April. This is a great sketch and  I think you are going to find it's a fun one to get your mojo moving for the week.

Meljen is our wonderful sponsor for the month of October, I just love creating with her cute and whimsical images.

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and is steadily grownng! Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Design Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images.

Here is my take on April's great sketch using one of Meljen's adorable images Night Time Bear

I am playing along this week as I couldn't resist April's fun sketch. (I switched weeks with Marsha).

My sentiment inside reads "You make me Happy"

Be sure visit the design teams blogs for more inspiration, they all are sharing some wonderful cards with you. This is the first challenge for the new design team group 2 to share their take on our sketch

Jacquie

Michele

Lorie

Tanya

Kelly

                           Marsha - switched week

Hope you join us this week,

Jacki

Challenges card is appropriate to enter

Digital Tuesday - digital stamp, ribbon, button or bling

Craftalicious - anything goes

Mark's Finest Papers-Stripes

Card Recipe

Image- Meljen's Designs

DP- Bo Bunny Snowy Serenade Stripe and Concord Dots

Card stock - PTI Spring Rain

Sentiments - SU and Gina K

Sakura gel pens- Yellow, Orange, Gold

Copic- B32,Vo9,E41,E31,33,35 02

Sweet Sketch Wednesday with Meljens Designs

Hi friends and a Happy Middle of the week,

These long holiday weekends always throw me off  the following week, just doesn't seem like it should be Wednesday to me. But I am happy it is 1) it's time for a new challenge sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and 2) means the weekend is that much closer. :)

We have another FABULOUS sketch this week, not sure how Arlana does this but each week the sketches just keep getting more fun to play with. This week's is one  more to add to my favorites.

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Meljen's Designs, and one lucky person will be the winner of 4 digis of their choice from the many adorable images Meljen's Designs has in their store. Now that is one great prize!!

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and is steadily grownng! Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Design Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images.

Here is my card with this week's sketch and the cute and irresistible Skiing Mouse from Meljen's Designs.

My design paper is from a year ago and is by Blue Sky Design - Snowball Fight, I paired it with SU Perfect Plum and Tempting Turquoise, I colored this little guy with Copic and used a Sakura Gelly Clear pen for his ski poles, the ice cube was out lined with BG10 then covered with Crystal Effects and then  I sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds on top while wet to get the wet shimmery effect, the ribbon and snowflake buttons are from my craft bin, paired with MS snowflake punch.

here is a close up pic of the ice cube

Please stop over to Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog to see all of the gorgeous cards the design team created using these adorable whimsical images by Meljen's Designs. They are sure to get you motivated to get crafty and with this fabulous sketch Arlana has given us, you are sure to be creative.

Thanks for visiting, I appreciate your support and love reading your comments.

Have a sweet and crafty Wednesday.

Hugz

Jackie.