Friendship's Garden- Color Challenge

Hi, Cardies!  This week at Friendship's Garden we have color challenge to help keep those mojo juices running.  We would like for you to create a birthday card using the colors in the Pinterest inspiration photo!  Just Remember "NO STAMPING" except for your Sentiment.  You can use digis, but they must be pre-colored! Here is your inspiration

I'm Doing Fine On Cloud 9 - "It's A Love Thing"

WELCOME TO THE FRIENDSHIP'S GARDEN CHALLENGE 9 BLOG HOP!

SPONSORED BY DESIGNS ON CLOUD 9

Thanks, Michelle, for  the wonderful images given to the DT for the hop!!

THE HOP ENDS ON 2/19/11

Hello, Cardies, so glad you hopped in!  TO ENTER A PROJECT IN THE COLOR CHALLENGE, SCROLL UP,  BUT, after you have posted your project, come back here and join the hop!  Start the challenge at Friendship's Garden Challenge  and follow the links.  If you are coming from Ciska's Blog, then you are on track and closing in on the finish!  Leave a comment here and then go on to Carolyn's Blog and leave a comment there!  Remember each comment is another chance to win!  

My Blog Give Aways

All New Followers (Who Join during the HOP) - Gift Certificate for digi from

Robert Jackson or Guylou's Inimitability

Random Drawing from Comments   $10.00 Oozak Gift Certificate

And, if all of this is not enough to get your mojo going, remember, at Friendship's Garden we are still running our regular challenge.  That means you have an additional opportunity to win a GC from Tattered Angels.

In case you got lost along the way, here is the order of the hop!

Friendship's Garden Challenge Blog (If you did not start here go back and Please read the rules at FGCB)

Sharon

Sam

Jamie

Erin                                                                                       

Dena

Erin

Ciska

Chana  - You are here!

Carolyn

Becky

HUGS AND KISSES - DT CARD

Hello, Cardies,!  Over at Friendship's Garden, our challenge this week is a sketch!  I am the world's worst at sticking to the absolute true sketch design, but I try to get close.  I think you can see the sketch.  Although it is hard to see, the Focal Panel is actually sitting in a frame.  It's a pretty cool effect in real life!

Supplies:  Neenah Classic Linen Cover - Solar White; Memory Box Dies - Serfina Heart (I ued the negative); Embossing Folder: Couture Creations Pinstripe; Butterfly: Offray - Stylish Accents; Ribbon -Dollar Tree; Sentiment: Inkadinkadoo - Hearts and Love Clearstamp set.  Miscellaneous: Pearls-Want@Scrap; chalk,

Thanks for taking a look!  head over to FG and enter the Sketch Challenge, just remember, no stamping (except your sentiment) is allowed.  Digis may be used but they must be pre-colored.  I love this challenge site.  You really get to use all your wonderful dies, charms, embossing folders and other design elements that usually only compliment a stamped image.  It is a great way to learn how to use paper in more challenging and decorative ways.   IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE COLOR CHALLENGE CLICK HERE!

A NEW LEAF!

Hello, CARDIES!  This is our FEATURED PROJECT 

 Leave a comment telling me about your new leaf for 2012.

  I will read each comment and choose 2 winners.

  Hint:  I love witty people!!!

BE THE FIRST ONE TO TELL ME THE NAME OF THE DIE USED ON THIS CARD AND THE MFG AND YOU WILL WIN THE DIE!!  CONGRATULATIONS TO AJSCRAPBOOKING!

Remember there are prizes hidden throughout the site...so you might want to check out some of my previous posts.  Somewhere out there is a chance to win a set of Spellbinder's Dies of your choice (GRAND DIES are not included..sorry.)

Hey!  Have You Checked Out The Clean and Simple (CAS) Challenge at Outlawz?  Maybe you should?

Friendship's Garden  also has a CAS Challenge this week!  An entry there might be beneficial!

Monday, I am Hosting the Greetings Challenge at The Outlawz.  Who knows what I might do IF I SEE THE NAME  OF A CARDIE Inside That Challenge...Hmmm!

I Will Always Love You!

Hi, over at Friendship's Garden Challenge blog, we have a great challenge this week.  Design a CAS card that highlights a sentiment!   My card highlights one of my favorite songs.  I thought the movie was dumb, but the song was fantastic.  Of course is was a rework from Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, but Whitney took it to a new level.  I would love to see some of your creations in our challenge.  If you hop over to Friendship Garden and/or if you decide to enter the challenge, come back here and leave a comment on this project and you will be eligible to win two Robert Jackson Digital Images!  There will be more than one winner!  REMEMBER Friendship's Garden is a Non Stamping Site!

Artist's Trading Cards

This is my DT Card for The Book Month Challenge at Outlawz.  It is inspired by Maya Anegelou's "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings!  It is also my entry at Unstampabelles.  It is nice to see more sites that don't require stamping. So glad I found these ladies!  When you enter their challenges, just remember they are on Australian time!

 I really enjoy making these little cards!  I hope to create some ATCs using some of my old metal stencils, I think I might be able to produce a pretty cool image.  I purchased a set of Artist Cards, and I used one of  those for my bird cage ATC.  I put the cards away and could not find them today, but I realized I had a ton of medium weight chipboard so I used that for the next two ATCs.  For those of you not familiar with Artists Trading Cards, they are an off shoot of Artists Cards which many famous artist use to make and sell for extroadinary amounts of money.  Artist Trading Cards are not intended to be sold.  The only rule is that the card must be 2 1/2" x 3 1/2".  You can paint them, etch, stencil, whatever you desire.  Hope you enjoy looking!  C-YA!

These ATCs were created for the Creative Freebies Challenge at The Outlawz.  The digis were created by my Teammies, Sandi Huggett (Angel) and Anne E. Fenton (Cupcakes).  This week Anne and Sandi were very generous and gave us four wonderful Digis for our creations.  I was only able to complete projects using these two.  If you are just starting to use digital images/stamps, the CFC Challenge at The Outlawz might be a good place for you to start.  Twice a month, you will receive two-four free digis and it is only necessary to use one in a project in order to get the next set of free images.
While you are at The Outlawz, check out the other seven great weekly challenges: CAS, Greetings, Sketch, Copics, Twisted Thursday, Color, Paper Ala Mode.

Supplies:  Art Parts, 7 gypsies ATC Tray Kit, Prima Lace, Ribbon, Pearls and Copics.

Christmas 1836

I created this card for my Guest Designer Challenge at Friendship's Garden!  In January, I will start my term as a member of the Design Team!  Drop in and participate in our current challenge!  Its Anything Goes (Winter or Holiday Theme)!!  I'll be on the lookout for your creations!!

Remember, Friendship's Garden is a "Paper Crafting Challenge " so the only stamping allowed is your sentiment.  Pre-colored digis are allowed!  This would be the perfect place to display your paper piecing skills. 

Supplies: Neenah Baronial Ivory, Mauve and August Green Cardstock, B; Prima Lace, Sizzix Texure Plate, DCW designer paper pad,

Friendship's Garden - Challenge 5

Check out this inspirational challenge at Friendship's Garden.  Remember, there is no stamping at this site.  Great way to challenge yourself in the fine art of mixing and matching design papers.  I am always impressed by those ladies who can put 20 pieces of dp on one card and end up with a simply breathtaking design  Obviously, I'm not at the breathtaking stage..not yet!  This dp was the closet I could come to the colors.  I also entered this card in the Outlawz CAS challenge.  But since I'm a DT member, I was only playing for fun!