Going to the ball

Isn't she beautiful?  I just love Saturated Canary images.  Just gorgeous.  I hope I did her justice.  I started to do this for an upcoming DT challenge but I just couldn't get it right for that so I did a "have it my stash card".  I thought this would go nice for a birthday or just to say hello.  Saturated Canary is having a challenge this week entitled "Dotty".  I picked out some paper to meet that one.  Also, I think her hair may count for that as well.  In their challenge this week for each entry received, Saturated Canary will donate $1 to Susan G Kolmen for the Cure in honor of a fellow crafter named Jen who is going through a battle with cancer.  

I colored her with Whisper Strokes, Stampin' Up and Copic markers.  I have barely started my Copic collection so I still need to use others.  I added some Stickles by Ranger and Glossy Accents to make her sparkle and shine.  The pearls in her hair are Kaiser Craft.  All the design papers are online papers.  They come from Papercraft Inspirations, Free Vintage Digitals and A and T Digital.  The other papers are from Core 'dinations and my stash.  The ribbon I used comes from Offray.  I have a big drawer full of ribbon but this particular one I have had for a while just waiting for that right card.  I'm not sure if this is the one I was waiting for but I figure it's better to use it up than it is to have it in a drawer looking pretty.

Finally, the roses are from a candy that I won from Julie.  I don't know the company though.  There were so many wonderful things in the box she sent.  I don't know who was more excited - me or my niece Cortlynn.  She opened the box with me.  She loves to craft too and has her own blog that she shares with her sister Cara.  You should stop by and give them some love.  They adore getting comments.  Their blog is called Sassy Sisters.  That name totally suits them.

I am entering into the following challenges:

Saturated Canary #25 - Dotty

Scrapalicious - Anything goes

Cupcake Craft #207 - Flowers

Tammy's Scrapin' Corner #25 - Lots of layers

Bearly Mine #50 - Anything that glitters

Use it Tuesday #38 - Use that ribbon

Penny's Paper-Crafty #91 - Sparkle and shine

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything goes

Little Miss Muffet #42 - Pink, pink, pink

Natalie and Amy - Anything goes

Thanks so much for visiting today.  Have a great day!

Another Great Giveaway

WOW!  My Crafting Channel is giving away $150 gift certificate to JO-ANN.  Hurry and enter before your time runs out.  

Hugs to all,

Robin

Fabulous Candy Offer

CHECK THIS OUT 

Have you seen this fabulous candy offer.  It's over at The Craft Barn.  Lots of wonderful goodies including die cuts (I see Tim Holtz's phone there), inks (including Dylusions), glitter, a Crafty Secrets CD, embossing folders, goodies to alter, embellishments, a "stamp and die" set, gilding flakes and more...

What are you waiting for?  Head on over to The Craft Barn and take a look for yourself.  

Good Luck!

Hugs,

Robin

School's back in session. YEA!!!!!!

I'm so excited.  This is the second best time of the year.  The only thing that can beat it is Christmas.  So what time of year is so great? 

BACK TO SCHOOL

The kids are in school again.  I thought I wasn't going to make it through the summer.  I have my nieces all day every day and they are quite a handful.  Always bored even though they have more toys than any child I have ever seen along with a backyard full of equipment and a pool.  They have kept me quite busy all summer.  I decided to celebrate my first day off sleeping and my second making this card to commemorate the occasion.

This lovely image and the school paper come from The Paper Shelter.  They have so many cute little kids.  I colored her with Whisper Strokes, Stampin' Up and Copic markers.  I know that is a weird combo but I am trying to go to alcohol markers and off of watercolors.  They just work so nicely.  I added some Stickles by Ranger on her purse and her glasses.  I also added Glossy Accents to give the glasses the glass look.  The sketch is from Hanna and Friends.  

The remaining papers come from Bazzill, The Paper Co., and my stash.  I used a word stamp inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink for the background paper. I got the stamp at Achiever's but can't remember who the stamp comes from.  The sentiment is something I did on Word and used a little Tim Holtz there as well.    The die cut is Spellbinders and the floral comes from Petaloo.  Finally, the ribbon is Darice.  

I am entering into the following challenges:

Hanna and Friends #152 - Sketch

The Paper Shelter #78 - Anything goes

One Stitch at a Time #127 - Back to school

Robyn's Fetish #121 - Use a digi

The Crafty Pad #184 - Back to school with primary colors

Craft Your Passion #124 - Use three of something

Marker Pop #5 - Back to school

Simon Says Stamp and Show - No rules

Inky Impressions - Back to school

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Back to school

Thank you for visiting me today.  I hope you enjoyed your stay.

Crafting When We Can Challenge #25 Rainbows

Hi everyone!  Welcome to another fabulous challenge at 

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN 

This fortnight our challenge to you is RAINBOWS.  I love rainbows.  They are so beautiful.  Such beauty can only be from God.  No one else can create such gorgeous pictures.  

Our sponsor today is

Di's Digi Downloads

Please stop by the Crafting When We Can blog and check out all the fabulous creations from our Design Team.  

For this card I used an image from Saturated Canary.  It was a gift.  My sister recently surprised me with a gift certificate.  I colored her with Whisper Strokes, Stampin' Up and Copic markers.  The sketch I used comes from Divas by Design.  

 

I love to use sketches.  The design paper is from Mel Stamps Paper.  The others come from Core 'dination, The Paper Co., Bazzill, and some generic from my stash.  The rainbow ribbon is  Offray.  The flowers are Prima Flowers and I used some Stickles by Ranger on them to sparkle them up.  The die cut is Stampin' Up and the flourish is Sizzix.  I added some jewels to the flourish from my stash.  I'm not sure where I got them.  Lastly I used some pearls from Kaiser Craft.

I am entering into the following challenges:

Divas by Design #48 - Sketch

Sassy Studio Designs - Pop it up

The Ribbon Reel #34 - Use photo colors, flowers & ribbon

Inky Impressions - Pearls and/or bling

Crop Stop #84 - Flowers, dots and bling (dotted the ice cream)

Craft Punked #33 - Flower power

Just Some Lines - Layer it up

Jackson's Digital #18 - Anything goes

Digistamps 4 Joy #48 - Portrait of a woman

Thanks so much for visiting!

Sherrie's Birthday

Sherrie's having a birthday!

My sister-in-law is having a birthday today!  She and my brother have been kind enough to let my daughter and I live with them while I await word on my social security benefits.  I have not been able to work due to a back problem for quite some time.  I've been living with them for just over a year now.  

Her kids told me her favorite colors are pink and green, so I thought I would make those the colors for the card.  Sherrie does not like chocolate so I made sure to make her a yellow cake.  

This gorgeous image comes from Sassy Studio Designs.  I colored her with Whisper Strokes, Stampin' Up and Copic Markers.  The ribbon was some I won at Really Reasonable Ribbon.  The designer paper is from Create with TLC. The other papers are The Paper Co. and Bazzill.  

These are the challenges I am entering:

Corrosive #155 - They say it's your birthday

The Paper Girls #13 - Birthday's 

Digi Stamps 4 Joy #48 - Portrait of a woman

4 Crafty Chicks - Circles, circles and more circles

My Heart Pieces Digital Stamps - Use your fave color (green)

Paper Crafting Journey - Happy Birthday/Celebrations

Papelitos Stamps #7 - Celebrations

Frosted Designs - Circles

Wags 'n Whiskers #86 - Favorite color combo (green & yellow)

Sassy Cheryl's #128 - Favorite color combo (green & yellow)

Thanks so much for visiting!

Cara's Flowers

Hi my name is Cara and I am almost 8 years old. I hope all of you get a chance to win the competition.

This image comes from Anji's Antics  I colored with Whisper Strokes markers and some Stickles by Ranger.  The paper is from Bazzill and Core 'dinations.  

I am entering the following challenges:

Simon Says - Anything goes (for kids only)

Deep Ocean #31 - Anything goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Crafts and Me - Use a digi

Creative Inspiration #175 - Anything goes

Paper Crafting - Anything goes

ATC's and Cards with Attitude #19 - Anything goes

Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude #19 - Anything goes

Simply Create #19 - Anything goes

2 Sisters - Anything goes

Thanks for visiting!

Emily we will miss you

I am part of the Young Women's program at my church.  One of the beautiful young women in our group graduated from high school and is on her way to Brigham Young University.  We are all so proud of her.  She is truly a bright, shining star in our lives.  I'm sure she will do fabulous and I can't wait to see her on her first visit home to tell us all about it.  

I was trying to find the right image for this card and searched my vast stock then came across this lovely butterfly.  I thought of Emily flying away as my own daughter did four years ago.  I thought this would be perfect.  It comes from Create with TLC.  I love that blog.  She's always giving away free images and sentiments.  The sentiment on the inside comes from them too.  I colored with Whisper Strokes markers, Glossy Accents and some Stickles from Ranger.  

I went around looking for a sketch and found this lovely one over at Scrapper's Delights.  

This sketch went just perfect with the image I chose.  The papers I used are Bazzill, Core 'dinations and my Stash 'O Scraps.  The die cut used is Spellbinders and the punch comes from Martha Stewart. I added a flower from Prima Flowers and the butterfly is Bo Bunny. The sentiment on the front I did on Word and punched it out with a punch from EK Success.  Finally, I used a ribbon that I won over at Really Reasonable Ribbons.

I am entering into the following challenges:

Scrapper's Delights - Sketch

Dream Valley #38 - Dies cuts and punches

Really Reasonable Ribbons #53 - Bling and ribbon

Whoopsi Daisy - Die cuts and/or punches

Lexi's Creations #71 - Sparkle and shine

The Pink Elephant #160 - Ribbon

Crafty Ribbons #4  - Flowers 

Crafty Ribbons #6 - Punches

CCEE Stampers #1231 - Use some red

The Ribbon Girl - Bingo (ribbon, flower, charm & ribbon, pearl, image)

Thanks so much for visiting.  I hope you have enjoyed your visit.

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN #24

Welcome to another challenge at 

Crafting When We Can!

This fortnight we have a CASE IT challenge.  You must pick a DT creation and use it for your inspiration.  

We are being sponsored by The Stamping Boutique.

I had a bit of a difficult time doing this as I have never tried to do a scene before.  This image of course comes from The Stamping Boutique.  I colored with Whisper Strokes and Stampin' Up markers.  The book pages and wall are done with Tim Holtz distress ink. The picture on the wall is from Steady On.  I cut out the books and girl then reprinted the picture on the brown and paper pieced them together and popped some of the images up with some foam tape.  I sparkled up a bit with Stickles and Glossy Accents.  The papers are Bazzill and The Paper Co. The ribbons are Really Reasonable Ribbon, heart brads from Reflections and finally the cute little bear is from Inky Impressions.  

Please head over to the Crafting When We Can blog and see the amazing talent of all my DT sisters!

I am entering into the following challenges:

Really Reasonable Ribbon #53 - Bling and ribbon

City Crafter #120 - Solid as a rock

4 Crafty Chicks #101 - Distressing

Crafty Ribbons - Paper piecing

Raise the Bar #109 - Back to school

Thanks for visiting! Hope to see you again soon!