TOPS

Top 3 today"!! Woo hoo!

Fancy a Chance?

Fussy & Fancy is having a DT call!!

All you gotta do is make a special post on your blog with three of your favorite creations and link it to the Inlinks on the

Fussy & Fancy Challenge blog!

Term starts Jan 1 until June 30, 2011

That's it!

I am on the DT & I tell ya, they are a great bunch of girlz to work with!

What are you waiting for ...............go...............NOW! 

Spotlight, winnas & a Name Search

First things first. At Crafty Cardmakers today marks the start of a new spotlight challenge. DRY EMBOSSING! You know you want to try it ! You've probly done it on a card you made today, so head on over and plop it into the spotlight challenge.

Heck if you have some stitching on it, you can also plop the same card into the stitching that started last Monday! Go find the links and get those cards in there!

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Today is the day for the winnas to be announced at the Steel Magnolia's blog .

Go see if you have won!!?

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Finally, Kenny K is releasing a new line of images called "Krash Kittens" & he is looking for names for all 12 of them. I could NEVER think of 12 clever, hot & spicy, chicketa names, so I am only picking a few.

There will 12 winners for the 12 names that they like the best.

To enter, head on over to Bearly Mine Crafts & read all the deets!!

(while your there, check out the DT- they rock! )

This is what they are looking for :

We'll be looking for cool and playful names that go with the series fast women/biker chick/racing/cowgirl themes, like what we did with Gothik Angelz.

D. Giddy-Up Gretchen

F. Ride 'Em Harlee

G. Sherifina

K. Saddle Up Suzi

Good luck to all!!

Totally Tilda DT- Icy Christmas

At Totally Tilda for the next two weeks we want to see:

TILDA IN AN ICY CHRISTMAS CREATION!

That means blues, silvers & whites !

Get your Tilda thinking caps on  & head on over to the Totally Tilda Challenge to see what's up for grabs!!

I bought this cool fabricy silver paper at Dollarama a while back & thought it would be perfect for an ICY Christmas card. I used my nestie to die cut the shapes around Tilda & trimmed around her feet.I used a snowflake die to cut you guessed it....................snowflakes outta the same silver paper!

I also embossed my blue paper with the swirls embossing folder then sanded it for a distressed look.

 I added liquid applique to Tilda's hat and sleeves, then sprinkled it with glitter & let it dry naturally.

Sentiment is from  SU!

Head on over to the Totally Tilda Challenge & get your ICY Christmas card entered!

We'd love to see you there!

Challenges for my card:

Pollycraft Monday- it's chill time

ABC Christmas- W for Winter Wonderland

The Stampman- Christmas

Daring Cardmakers- birthstone- Topaz

RRR Ramblings challenge- blue, white, silver Christmas

Sir Stampalot- Christmas Traditions

Award

Well, turns out my Blogs' got 'TUDE baby!!!

I was given this award from Lynn of Stamp Around the Block (who also runs a digis store- Sentiments 4 You & soon to launch challenge- Do It With Digi's).

Thanks so much Lynn for appreciating me, my work & my blog, enough to get this award!

(PS-the award may look different cuz the whole Digi's With Attitude! blog got a complete makever along with new badges!! Aren't they great! )

NOW- not only can I display my 'tude award with honor, it also comes with a special $5.00 gift cert. from the Digi's With Attitude! store. I just have to follow a few simple steps and I am on my way to shopping my little heart out!!

FIRST- I must give this award to 5 people: this time I have chosen some regular commenters.

DORA

STACIE

DEBS
MARGREET
VINTAGE MILLY

THEN- I must tell you 3 things about myself:

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

1. I am a pretty kind & generous person, until you cross me, then I am your worst nigtmare.

2. Because of #1, I have only a handful of close friends who are worth my time & energy. Quality not quantity is how the saying goes!

3.  I have found a home away from home in blogland.........thank you!

Now to redeem your award gift cert. Just follow THIS LINK & follow the steps TO GET YOUR COUPON.

Fairy Fun Friday-DT- Make Your Own Flowers

This is my 3rd post for today.

For my Fussy & Fancy DT click HERE

For my Digi's with Attitude! GDT click HERE

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PHOTO FIRST:

I'd like to introduce you to my 3 kids. Hannah 9 yrs, Reade 3 yrs & Merik 7 months all dressed for Halloween!

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Now......for the task at hand!

For the next two weeks at Prairie Fairy Fun Friday we want you to:

MAKE YOUR OWN FLOWERS

There are plenty of tutorial for this out there. Like this one. Or this one. Or numerous other ones on Splitcoaststampers !

I used the image from Prairie Fairy Designs, called Sugar Fairy.

I used the Fan Fold tutorial from Splitcoaststampers. 

I added brads to the center of my flowers & to the bigger flower I added a crocheted flower from CTMH. I sponged it with a little bit of orange & yellow color.

All of the paper is S.E.I. Moonrise collection. I love the bling that it provides.

Sketch is Card Patterns.

In the picture below I tried to get a good shot of the crystal effects I added to the coffee/tea within the cup.

We hope to see you at Fairy Fun Friday this week for our challenge. If you can't participate, at least come give the DT a little bit of love.....we've been making flowers 'out the ying-yang'!!

Challenges for my card:

Wee Memories - anything goes

A Spoon Full of Sugar- relish to embellish

Digital Tuesdays- I've been framed

Stamp Insanity- punch drunk love

GDT card for Digi's With Attitude!

This is post #2 for today. For Fairy Fun Friday DT card, stay tuned.
For Fussy & Fancy DT card, scroll down.

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I was so super honored when Cindy-Lynn of Digi's With Attitude! asked me to be a GDT for her challenge. Her digi's of 'Grumpy Gretchens' are unique & one of a kind, kinda like me, maybe that's why I like them!! haha

The 'Grumpy Gretchen' line has been expanded this month & we get to work with the new releases.

To see these new releases, hop on over to the Digi's With Attitude! store.

ALSO- there will be 3 new Gretchens released every week this month!! You don't wanna miss them!

Let's get started shall we. At the Digi's With Attitude! challenge this week we want to see:

A WESTERN THEME.

Get out those horses, cowboy boots, cowboy hats & start line dancin' over to this challenge for a chance to win some My Grafico papers as well as a $10.00 gift cert to the Digi's With Attitude! Store.

The lace trim I got at our local fabric shop that is closing down. I asked the person I was with if I should buy it......(bags & bags of it- different colors, styles, designs) & she said "if you plan on putting curtains on your cards. Lots of curtains." We both laughed after I told her to 'shut up'.

So I bought it (well a couple bags anyways) and thought it would add a little feminity to my rough & tumble, sexy, saucy  'Grumpy Gretchen Cowgirl'.

Oxymoron much?

By the way, the sentiment is from the Digi's With Attitude! store as well.

The flowers are WOC.

Now let's see your interpretation of Western!!

Remember it does not have to be a Digi's With Attitude! image, but we would love if you used them!

Challengs for my card:

Incy Wincy- anything goes

Lexi's Creations- anything goes

Aly's Sunday Challenge- distressed

Paper Players- anything goes

Fussy & Fancy DT- Another Sketch from Mindy

This is the first post of 3 today, so keep a lookout for my Digis' With Attitude! GDT & Fairy Fun Friday Creations!

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At Fussy & Fancy for the next two weeks we want you to :

GET SKETCHY.....

Mindy's sketch is designed for you to add elements as you wish.

Just make sure to keep the main design in mind!  

And with a prize $15.00 from Simon Says Stamp........you want to be sure not to miss out!!

Now, you  can't go wrong with good ol' Edwin!

Just when I thought I was done with Halloween cards, I come up with this doozey to match a few last minute Halloween challenges!

I didn't know if I would get the chance to use this wonderful Spidey Web ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbons, but low & behold I did! And I love how it looks!

I colored Edwin with watercolor pencils, blending stumps & baby oil & used chalks to make a purple background behind him.

In case you were curious, here are the pumpkins behind Edwins card.

& here they are all lit up!

Challenges for my card:

Just Magnolia- Anything goes
Stamp with fun- all things that can fly

A Spoon Full of Sugar- relish to embellish

Tilda's Shakin'..............

Before I show you my card for today, I just want to remind you of a new challenge blog that is premiering in January.

Do It With Digi's !!

You HAVE TO head over there & check out the blog design created by the Prairie Fairy- Roberta! (PS- she also custom designed my blog too)

And the blinkies!! TDF gorgeous. Check it.....

If you are a follower you will be entered into the blog candy that will be up for grabs in December!!

Go check it out for chance to be part of the latest craze!!!

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Do u ever just see a challenge & KNOW you HAVE to get a card in there?!

That's how I felt about ALL the challenges I made this card for!

Once I had the idea, all the challenges combined, drove me to create a Shakin' Tilda card!

You guessed it, a shaker card!

I haven't done one of these for quite some time, I thought I forgot how, in fact thought I lost the dble sided tape needed to make it............phew, then I found it!

I had the images colored a while ago & was waiting for the prime opportunity to work with them!

The first thing that intrigued me was the idea of a white card (with the exception of the image)....I have thought of trying this before, but never quite knew where to begin & with the help of DT inspirations I was able to pull something together.

My second intrigue came from the shaker card idea!! So cool!

This pictures shows the glitter shaken around.

I think I added too much glitter.

Ah............live & learn!

And you can't beat all the Christmas Challenges around lately !

I am also posting this card at my 'alter-ego-sister-site' Steel Magnolias (where there is candy up for grabs BTW) so all the challenges for my card can be found between the two sites.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Challenges for my card:

CLP - sketch for month of November

CYDA- all white

Christmas Cards Challenge- candy canes on card

OSAAT- any celebration

Pollycraft Mondays- it's chill time

ABC Challenge- G for glitter

Creative Cottage- embossing

Creative Inspirations- shaker card

Simon Says Stamp- are you all white?

NEWS & CANDY

Aud Sentiments has a new sponsor this month.

Here's a link to Annabelle Stamps so you can check it our for yourself!

Also I have been asked to be a GDT at the Digi's With Attitude! Challenge blog for November. Keep your eyes peeled for my GDT cards every Friday this month!

And I must not forget to mention that my card was chosen for card fo the month for October over at the Digi's With Attitude! Challenge!! Woo hoo! 

Herre is my card that won!

Stamping Vacation DT- Pick 3 Challenge for month of November

First of all, I just have to give a shout out to an amazing blogger I found the other day whilst doing my usual daily snoop. Her name is Karita (from Finland). Her work is amazing & as I scrolled thru her blog, I fell more & more in love with her.....ok, maybe not her, but at least her work. Pls pop over & take a look for yourself. I am inspired.

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This is my second post for today so scroll down for my Crafty Cardmakers DT card if you are interested.

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This is my Pick 3 DT card for the Stamping Vacation Blog.

This Pick 3 Challenge runs for the whole month, so you may want to have a go at it.

The name of the game is to pick 3 items from the following list and make a creation with them .

Pick any 3 items you want and make a card, layout, tag, altered item or ATC and pop it into the Pick 3 Challenge at Stamping Vacation for a chance at some great prizes!

For the month of November we have MARK'S FINEST PAPERS as our sponsor. They will be giving away 4 of the December Sneak Peek stamp sets and there will be a $25.00 gift certificate to their store as well! The winner will be raondomly chosen on December 1st! We will be showcasing their stamps throughout the month.

Here's the  PICK 3 list:

words of a holiday song

orange ribbon

any button

 tag

green paper

anything with a feather

an image that starts with a "t"

 popdot

corner punch

 

I have chosen an image from  CardMad Fairy Creations called Spring Tree.

I embossed the green paper with leaves & added stickers to spell the work AUTUMN.

I then decoupaged some of the leaves from a second printed tree image.

Yup I used pop dots to give it that 3D look.

My pick 3.................well Pick 4 actually is: green paper, tree image, buttons & pop dots.

I sure hope you can hop over to the Stamping Vacation blog to check out all the different challenges, listed on the left hand side of the blog.

We also have something NEW starting on November 15-here's a hint "Tag your it!". Stay tuned!

Lastly- When the Stamping Vacation Challenge Blog reaches 300 followers, a $20.00 gift cert. will be given out to a random winner chosen from the followers list.  

Challenges for my card:

Bunny Zoes Challenge- Autumn & love

2  Sisters- no DP

Gingerloft- buttons

Fab'n'Funky- CAS

Cupcake Inspirations- see pic below

Crafty Cardmakers DT- Stitching - Real or Faux? Its up to you!

First of all, I just have to give a shout out to an amazing blogger I found the other day whilst doing my usual daily snoop. Her name is Karita (from Finland). Her work is amazing & as I scrolled thru her blog, I fell more & more in love with her.....ok, maybe not her, but at least her work. Pls pop over & take a look for yourself. I am inspired.

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This is one of two posts for today. Pls come back later to see more inspiration!

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Onto my creation for today.

At Crafty Cardmakers for the next two weeks we want to see your:

STITCHING -real or faux

This is my inspiration to you: A hAnglar stAnglar!

I don't make enough boy cards. So I decided to start making more & I even used some stitching on it. My hubby's sewing machine (yes I said hubby's- it's seriously his, but I have taken it over) does all these different sewing designs (& letters & such) so I added a fancy little 'X' design along both sides, with a straight sewn line down the other 2 sides.
 Image is a hAnglar-stAnglar & I love them because they have little faux stitching marks all over their clothes (click image for larger/closer view).
 I also am in love with this image, as it reminds me of my son who taught himself how to ride his bike (he's 3). He's still my little monkey, thus the monkey clip on top.
I used my long lost chalks to create a faux sky & faux road by using a Q-tip to spread the chalk around. I also freehand faux stitched around the sentiment.

All papers are BG. I used my nestie to die cut the shape around my little man & I used my SU tag punch X2 to fit my sticker sentiment.

More shapes on the inside as you can see here.

Sketch is Midnight Madness - fancy one.

DON"T FORGET- At Crafty Cardmakers we also have our spotlight challenge still on for another week. The spotlight is DIGI-PLUS--where you need to do more than just print & color your image. You need to merge your images, make your own paper, make jewelry with your images and so forth....so why not combine this stitching challenge with our spotlight challenge and get your hands in both of the pots!!!

Other Challenges for my card:

Lovely hAnglar Only- punched out

Cards for men- anything goes

Crafty Sentiments- make a male project

Simon Says- Punch em

A Spoon Full of Sugar- let's get punchy

Paper Sundaes- for the boys

The Crafty Pad- stitching real or faux