JANUARY 2020 CHALLENGE - A Place To Start - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist CAS

Happy New Year, Crafters!

My, oh my!  I am starting the New Year off with a CAS Challenge.

CAS and I do not get on well together.  I chose these cute little kitty cats because they are so adorable and the image is fairly simple.

This month's challenge is being sponsored by the wonderful people over at Bugaboo Stamps

I chose this cute little image called

Cat Love

I added stickles to their whiskers and ears.  I think I put too much and it ran together, but the card is still so pretty IRL.  The sparkle really elevates the design.
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The Resident Designers at A Place To Start have created great designs using our wonderful Bugaboo images.  

Why don't you stop by and check us out!

Hugz!

For The Rest Of My Life

Hello, Crafty Peeps,

This week at 613 Avenue Create, we have a wonderful sketch by our very own Kathi Silvia.

I love Kathi's sketches, because they allow you to creatively use your papers and embellishments, but they always seem to provide ample opportunity to allow focal (image or grouping) to shine.  I struggle with sketches that have so much going on that the eye cannot find a place to rest.   We hope you will join us.  The winner will receive 7 free digital images from Bugaboo Stamps

I just love this image from Bugaboo.  The sentiment that comes with the image defines marriage as finding someone you can annoy for the rest of your life.  After 43 years of marriage,  I would define marriage as finding someone you can annoy and getting away with it! (LOL)

 I received this 3 piece Itty Bitty Stamp from Unity Stamps in the mail on Friday. Boy was it timely!  

This was a fun, quick project!  I had to make it quick because I am still up to my ears in Tax Returns.  The good thing is that I will earn enough to cover my crafting purchases for the rest of the year.  When I look at it that way, Monday won't seem so bad at all.  I'll just keep thinking Tim Holtz, Spellbinders, Memory Box, Crafty Steals, ......etc., etc., etc.

Thanks for stopping by,
Hugz,
Chana

Express Your Faith, Hopes, Dreams

Hi, Crafty Peeps!  This week the Outlawz Greetings Team challenges members to create a card that expresses their Faith, Hopes, or Dreams.  I chose to use Bugaboo's Faith Block!

I decided I wanted to make each flower a different color.  Hope is red because to me Hope is Faith untested.  Once Faith has been tested, it blooms and softens, tempered by knowledge and maturity; therefore, I see it in soft shades of pink. G-d's Love is unfathomable to me.  Like the Peace of G-d, His love surpasses all human understanding. It encompasses all shades, tone, hues..all colors.  I chose Lavender, because to me it is Regal.
The First Passover Seder is Monday night and for eight days those of us who practice the Jewish faith, will celebrate the exodus from Egypt and the many miracles that were manifested through Faith, Hope and Love!  To my Jewish friends, Chag Samaech!

Thanks for stopping by!
Hugz,
Chana

A Touch Of Green

Double Dutch Fold Card -Outlawz Greetings Challenge

These little cards are fun and easy to make, but they can be made quite dramatic with fancier focal elements. I was not going for fancy, obviously.  I know I will make more. It is a perfect component for a stationery set.

I hope you will stop by the Outlawz and join in our challenge!

On another subject, 613 Avenue Create is having a DT Call.  If you are interested in joining our team, enter a project here and add DT behind your name!

All Heart!

THE OUTLAWZ GREETINGS CHALLENGE

Image "Jar of Hearts" by Bugaboo Stamps

This week at The Outlawz, The Greetings Challenge Team is inviting you to "Show Us Your Hearts". We would love to see your creations we know they will be awesome.  When I saw this jar of hearts image, I figured it would be fun to just color it.  Yesterday I had a coloring session with my grandson, Josh.  A great time was had by all!

I love my Big Shot!  I think it just makes such crisp, sharp embossed  designs!  I put both folders on the  BS at the same time because I wanted my heart to be de-bossed.  The Alignment worked out perfectly and helped with with the final placement of my focal image.  I am so addicted to my BS that I bought a second one in case anything happened to the first one.  I know they won't stop making them, but my second one also had the cool platform that they don't make anymore.  I am so careful with my original platform  I don't like the new ones.  Maybe I should start a petition! :D)

Hope everyone is off to a wonderful start, this week!  Thanks for dropping by!

Hugz

Chana

It All Works Out In The End

ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS - ANYTHING GOES

I saw a tutorial for this card and I thought it was so cute!  This week at Artistic Inspirations it's Anything Goes and our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps!  I paired my Bugaboo stamp with Unity Stamp Company and Gina K sentiments.  I am working on creating shabby/vintage projects and this layout seemed to lend itself to this genre.   My husband said, "This looks old.  Is it supposed to look old?"  I was smiling.  I guess my shabby/vintage is improving.  Now if I can just remember to to put the adhesive on the right side so that my newsprint is right side up!!!  (LOL)

Everything on this project is older than six months...except the little key embellishment it is only two months old.

My Posting is a little late because this is my first prolonged time out of bed for the past five days!  I hope you will jump over to the challenge and play along!

Sentiment by Unity Stamp Company

 Sentiment by Gina K Stamps

Sentiment: Capture Life by Unity Stamp Co.





Thanks for Stopping by!

My Project is being entered into the following Challenges
Freshly Brewed Design Challenge- Anything Goes
Live and Love Crafts' Inspiration Challenge - Something Old
One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes
Hugz,
Chana

613 AVENUE CREATE - INAUGURAL CHALLENGE

CHALLENGE #1 -ANYTHING GOES

613 Avenue Create

(http://avenue613.blogspot.com)

Kathi, The Design Team, and I are just so excited about the launch of our new Challenge Blog.  We would love to have you join us for our inaugural challenge and we invite you to become followers.  

Here is my inspiration card.  This is my first Criss Cross Card! 

 Digital Image:  Tea Time - Tea Cup

by Bugaboo Stamps

 Interior  Image and Sentiment by Gina K Stamps

Brad: Teresa Collins' Spring Fling
Flower: Handmade

Hope to see all of you in the challenge!  Click here to go there now!

Give That Girl A Michelin Star!!- Outlawz-Sarcasm Month

CHEF JJ

It is the dream of every chef to earn a Michelin star for his restaurant!  Well JJ has figured out how to fast track that process!   This wonderful image is by Bugaboo and I thought it would be perfect for my first ever Mini Album!  Over at The Outlawz, our Monday Greetings Challenge pays hommage to National Sarcasm Month.  Our challenge to you is: Use a Sarcastic Sentiment.  My sentiment may be more irony than sarcasm, but it does have a funny bite to it!

This mini album was made using regular #10 business envelopes
The image is by Bugaboo Stamps

Section One
Although the album appears small, there are lots of pockets for tags (this album is a recipe holder) photos, labels and embellishments.  I used four envelopes for this album, but you can use as many envelopes as you need!

Section 2
Double-sided paper works best, and it is a good idea to use all the papers from one paper stack.  Also it is helpful to have two stacks. I have paper left over from my stacks, but they will be used to when I decorate these interior pages.

Section Three
I used the MS Half Daisy punch to decorate the pocket cover (right) and the photo flap (L) 

 Section 4

If you have scraps with coordinating colors, this is a great way to use those scraps!  Even though I had not punched the thumb slot in the back cover when this photo was taken, the back cover is also a recipe holder.  These are so much fun to make and decorate.  I can wait to finish this one!

4 Envelopes

Isn't it amazing what one can do with four little envelopes.  These will make wonderful  Gifts!

Album Spine

The back of your project will look like an accordion.  I plan to post a tutorial for this.

I hope you will try this fun project.  Stop by The Outlawz and checkout the wonderful project created by my teammates!
Hugz,
Chana

I plan to enter this project in the following challenges:
Make It Monday
Eclecticellapu

The Pink Cigar Box

Hello Cardies!
I have two projects to share with you today! The first is a cigar box that I altered to give as a gift to my Sister. My sister is 92 and lives in Las Vegas. I wanted her to have a box she could use to store the cards I send her.
I love to order cigar boxes. Some of them are so pretty they really don't need much done to the outside. For this box, I decided to leave the outside alone. I only added the flower and sentiment on top. The construction on this isn't everything I wanted it to be, but I was rushing to get birthday cards to her.  Hope you like!

For some reason my pearls photographed beige, but they are actually
white.  I was surprise at how well this tured out!

This one of the Birthday Cards.  This was for my sister's BIL who turned 87 Sunday!

TRUST ME!!!

IMAGE BY BUGABOO STAMPS

You could win this adorable image and six more to boot!  This week's Anything Goes Challenge at  Jackson's Digital Expressions is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps and some luck entry will win 7 Bugaboo Digital Images.

You will also have a chance to win Free Robert Jackson Digis.  There are nine up for grabs!  Maybe more.  And we are giving away a Sizzix Big Shot!

I bet this is how I look to my patients.   Usually, as soon as they enter the lobby, they will shout at the top of their lungs "NO SHOTS!"  These kids really crack me up!!

Hope to see you at Jackson's Digital Expressions!  

Hugz,

Chana

Pretty In Purple

Image - LIFE by Bugaboo Stamps

Hello, Cardies!  This week over at Jackson's Digital Expressions, our July Release Month Party Continues.  We have some wonderful designer showcasing our images and we have had some fantastic new sponsors  come on board.  The sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo Stamps.  I love myself some Stella, but this block image caught my eye and I wanted to see what I could do with it.  I am trying to avail myself of every opportunity to work with my Copics.  Isn't that Daily Junque Button (by Pink Paislee) crazy?

If you haven't entered our month long challenge at Jackson's Digital Expression, you should.  At the end of the month, we are going to award some lucky player a Sizzix Big Shot and you never know with us, we might just throw in a die or two!


Thanks for stopping by.  I will look for you in the challenge!
Hugz,
Chana

Tammy's Scrapin' Corner - Show Me Your Distress Challenge

DT CARD - OUTLAWZ GREETINGS CHALLENGE

Hello, Cardies!  This week at The Outlawz, our Greetings challenge was "Strawberry Pickens" and our cards had to include Strawberries as an element.   I've spent sometime researching various ways to use Distress Inks, and I used a few of them on this card.  The background image was sprayed on with a mist made with a Distress Reinker and Pearl Ex.  The flower was colored with a combination of Distress Ink, Acrylic Paint, and Homemade Glimmer Mist.  The tag is also colored with Distress Ink, Versa Ink, and Clear Embossing powder.  There is a little drip at the bottom edge of my background, but that is just a CHARACTOR FLAW! (LOL)

Tammy's Scrapin' Corner has a great challenge this week, " Show us Your Distress"  I plan to enter this card there and also at Make It Monday.  If you have not checked out Tammy and Marc's blog, you really owe it to yourself to do so.  They have a great team of designers and wonderful sponsors.  This week the sponsor is BugaBoo Stamps.