Humble Pie Challenge and Freebie

I've seen them all over blogland and have finally taken the plunge and created an Easel Card. It was incredibly easy to do too. Have you made one yet? If not then head on over to the Humble Pie Challenge Blog for some inspiration. Then grab your stamping supplies and get to it!! Just think, if you take the plunge this week you could win some free stamps in the process. Here's what you can win this week: One lucky winner will receive the beautiful Whiff of Joy "Charlotte on Carpet" stamp, now available at The Town Scrapper! Another lucky winner will receive "Sitting Ellie", exclusive to The Town Scrapper! And "ANGEL MAGGIE" is back by popular demand! EVERY participant for this challenge will receive the Angel Maggie digi via email - if we haven't sent her to you already, please be sure to leave a comment with your email address on the HP blog. Remember, you MUST play along to get this digi, and your project must be created NEW for our challenge!

Stamps: Humble Pie - Sitting Ellie, Sentiment also from Humble Pie

Paper: Bashful Blue, Regal Rose, White, My Minds Eye DP

Accessories: Copics, White Gel Pen, Dimensionals, Misc. Ribbon, SU Satin Ribbon, SU Scallop Punch, Gemstones, SU Lattice Die

Pixie Dust Studio- Think Birthday!!

Are you ready for another fun challenge? This week the Pixie Dust Pixies want you to think Birthday. I don't know about you but I tend to send out more birthday cards than anything yet never seem to make them ahead of time. So why not pull out those birthday sets and fun, bright colors and create. Don't forget to head on over to the Pixie Dust Studio Challenge Blog for some inspiration and Mr. Linky. He's there patiently waiting for your link.




Stamps: Pixie Dust Studio - Flower Cart, SU Birthday Bliss
Paper: Regal Rose, White, Bazzill, My Minds Eye DP scraps
Accessories: Copics, Curly Label Punch, SU Satin Ribbon, Nestabilities, Pink Buttons, Silver Cord, Dimensionals

Fred She Said Showcase

I hope you've been following Fred She Said blog for the DT project showcases. There have been some great ones so far. Since it was my turn I decided to make a fun little project using the Polka Dotty Flowers set. I love the idea of making handmade embellishments especially when I can make an unlimited amount of them for a fraction of the cost. The Polka Dotty Flowers set contains 14 different printable sheets, with 3 flower designs on each sheet. They come in a variety of colors so you can easily find one that is best suited for your project. Please see below for a step by step guide of how I used a printable sheet to create my own flower embellishments.

I started with the Raspberry colored printable sheet as seen below:


Then I cut them out leaving an 1/8 inch white edge around each flower. I also cut out the pre-colored leaves included on the printable sheet.

I sponged around the edges with a coordinating color ink and added glitter for a more finished look:

Then I added pink buttons tied with silver cord:

And placed them in a clear window rectangle tin decorated with a tag from the All Occassion Tag printable set from The Cutting Cafe.



Here are a couple of cards I made using the handmade flowers:

And finally here's a group photo of a fun little gift idea for a fellow cardmaker:

And to think that it all started with one printable sheet of paper. It may seem like a lengthy process but really didn't take very long. I tend to do my cutting in front of the television so time goes by quickly. Of course you could add different finishing touches such as brads or pearls in place of the buttons and can leave out the sponging and/or glitter. You can also choose how many layers you want to make the flowers and can choose polka dots, non-polka dots or a mixture of the two.

Thanks for dropping by and I do hope this post has given you a little inspiration. Remember you can check out the Fred She Said blog to view the remaining printable sheets as well as many others.

For Mom

Time for another Digital Tuesday Challenge. This week the theme is "for mum" and the sponsor is the fabulous Dustin Pike. He has some of the best digi's around and is very generous with his freebies too. Head on over to the Digital Tuesday Challenge Blog for some inspiration and for Mr. Linky. Free digi's are at stake so you don't want to miss out on the chance to win, do you? The card below uses a fabulous freebie from Some Odd Girl. Its called Heart Kaylee and is free until the end of the month so you better hurry up and grab it. Feel free to stop and look around too.



Stamps: Some Odd Girl - Heart Kaylee
Paper: Regal Rose, Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, White, Sassafras Lass -i {heart} papers
Accessories: Copics, American Crafts Ribbon, Prima Flowers, Sizzix Big Shot Die, Pink Button, Silver Cord

Nicest Thoughts

Good Morning!! I thought I'd share a fun little card today. For some reason I'm into making smaller cards. Maybe because they come together quickly or maybe because I'm getting tired of the standard size and shape. All I know is that I don't think you could go wrong with this cute little image from Fred She Said. It's called Rosey with a flower and I think its adorable. The sentiment is from The Cutting Cafe. It's included in the Because Nice Matters set. It's also this week's Fred She Said Challenge card. The challenge was to make a card with 3 hearts. The hearts I added although subtle are there. Head on over to the Fred She Said Challenge Blog for the rules of the challenge and some inspiration. I sure hope you can play along this week.




Stamps: Fred She Said - Rosey with a Flower, The Cutting Cafe - Nice Does Matter
Paper: Bashful Blue, Rose Red, White, Groovy Guava, My Minds Eye DP
Accessories: Copics, Nestabilities, American Crafts Ribbon

Game on

We the Bakers have cooked up another weekly challenge. Thanks to all of you that participated last week. Your cards were awesome. This week's challenge is to use only 1 type of embellishment. You can use as many of the same thing as you wish but just 1 type of embellishment. This includes ribbon. I have to admit that I was a little worried about this one. I went with my favorite Maggie image (Flower Maggie) from Humble Pie stamps and The Town Scrapper. I dug deep into my designer scrap pile and went with the flow. Check out the Humble Pie Blog for some fabulous inspiration and I hope you join in this week.



Stamps: Humble Pie - Flower Maggie
Paper: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, White, My Minds Eye, Bo Bunny
Accessories: Copics, White Gel Pen, Dimensionals, Star Embossing Folder, SU Star Punches