Happy New Year! - Shopping Our Stash (Use the Last of Something)

Hello, Crafty Peeps!

2014

The Challenge this week at Shopping Our Stash is:  USE THE LAST OF SOMETHING.

  I thought it would be ironic to post a project that I made using the Last of Something to Make a Calendar for the coming New Year.   

 I played around with this cover a lot!  I was going to put 2014 on it, but decided I just liked seeing the wonderful images on this G45 paper.   I settled for just adding a little Glossy Accents and pearls.

I did not to use a base/stand, instead, I used a heavyweight chipboard that can stand alone.  

I forgot to wrap the ribbon around my binder rings.  I may do it later...maybe.

I wanted to keep the calendar pages consistent, so I chose to use the Journal Tags on each page with a few embellishments.

 I also managed to use the last of these Prima Flowers and some strips of Neenah Card Stock.

 Shabby Chic is not my strong point, so I was really just winging it.  

In the end, I really liked the calendar.

I found the tutorial for this calendar on YT  HERE

This is an Italian Language Channel, but Italian is not necessary to follow the Tutorial.

The Calendar size is 5"x7"

Shopping Our Stash - Tic Tac Toe

Hello, Crafty Peeps!

This week at Shopping Our Stash, we have a great Tic Tac Toe grid to help you use up some of your stash.  My wonderful hubby surprised me with a ton of dies and other crafting goodies, so I had to redo my studio.  I wanted to use up my green papers, so I created this quick card!  Hope you like it.

I used the Diagonal:  Die Cuts, Bling, and Tags

The large tag is removal and then goes into the tag pocket on the short flap.  

The Fleur de lis tag is from another project and was just used to show tag pocket.

Hugz,

Chana

Growing - You Make Me Smile

Hello, Crafty Peeps!

This week is Anything Goes Week at The Outlawz Greetings Challenge.  

One of our sponsors this month is I Brake For Stamps and I have used one of their images for this project.  IBS has over 3,000 digital images, including an exclusive line of Rick St. Dennis Images .

I chose this adorable image for it's versatility.  It will be easy to place a chair or step stool image beneath the image a build an entire scene.  The idea here was to address growth.  

I have been marveling, lately, at how quickly my grandchildren have grown.  My youngest GRAND will be one year old next month.  Seems only yesterday I received the call from my happy, groggy, and slightly disoriented son! 

I don't know why this photographs as green, it is actually the same shade as the dp on the front, but my flowers and leaves photographed weird, too!

The Back Story

Image:  I Brake For Stamps: Child Reaching

Cardstock: Neenah Classic Crest Baronial Ivory,  80# Smooth

Designer Papers: Graphic 45 - Lil Darlings,  My Mind's Eye - Meadow

Stash:  Prima Lace, Buttons, Prima Mini Clothes Pin, Ribbon, Heart Trinket

Challenges Entered:

Come and Get It Challenge - Anything Goes (twist) Use a Digital Stamp

The Outlawz - Alcohol Markers Challenge - Create A card for a Child -  Must sign in to play
Sunday Stamps - Color Challenge (Lime, Grey and Turquoise)

Make A Wish - Guylou's Inimitability

IMAGE BY GUYLOU'S INIMITABILITY

Good Morning, Cardies!  My teammate, Kim, over at Guylou's Inimitability challenged us to create a CAS card using Kraft Cardstock.  Although I know it is very popular in crafting, I don't own a lot of Kraft paper.  You would have gotten quite a giggle watching me destroy my studio looking for a pack of paper I just "knew" I purchased at Michaels during one of their sales.  It did not help that my DH was standing there with this little smirk on his face saying, "which sale, Hon?  The Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Weekend Sale?  Last week, This week?  I'm just trying to help jog your memory. Oh, I have an idea, why don't you look at your Credit Card Statement...that should help!"  I cannot believe that I have been crazy in love with this man for 43 years!  Must have been something I ate! :D)

Anyway, I deported DH from my studio, found my Kraft paper and then spent two days unable to come up with a design.  Guylou just gave the team a wonderful collection of new images (she is so generous) but nothing was coming out right.  Finally, I decided that I would just make a really simple, basic card that I could give to one of my staff who just had a birthday.  She likes anything with "fairies" and I thought this would be perfect!

Challenge Deadline:

You have until 10:00 pm on June 28th to link your project. Please make sure your project matches the requirements before you link it.

How to participate:

You can enter only ONE project per challenge, but if you use a Guylou's Inimitability digistamp, your project will count for two entries. If you don't have one of her digistamps and your budget is tight; please check her online store where several freebies are available.

Prize:

A winner will be selected randomly and will win:

 A $10.00 gift certificate from Guylou's online store

 and the winner will also be invited to be a Guest Designer on one of our upcoming challenges.

****You can win a free digis! Here's how: Enter a project in Guylou's Challenge and then come back here and leave a comment letting me know your entry #.  I will have a random drawing for up to three winners****\

Thanks for stopping by!  Hugz, Chana

TAG YOU'RE IT! - GUYLOU'S INIMITABILITY

Image "Alexandra" by Guylou's Inimitability

Hello, Cardies!  I am so late with this post, it was supposed to be up on Wednesday!  My great friend Roxann, over at Guylou's Inimitability, challenged us to create a tag large enough to feature an image.  Since I like "messing" with Roxann, I just scaled down my ballerina to fit my tag! (LOL)  I actually used two tags, one cream and one aqua!  By the time I finished adding embellishments though, you can just barely see the edge of the aqua tag peeking through!   Of course, all my followers know that this is a lot of stuff on a project for me.  I am a minimalist by nature, but I wanted to see if I could pile all this stuff on without going into CAS withdrawal. :D)

Challenge Deadline:

You have until 10:00pm on June 14th to link your project to the InLinkz at Guylou's Inimitability. Please make sure your project matches the requirements before you link it.

How to participate:

You can enter only ONE project per challenge, but if you use a Guylou's Inimitability digistamp, your project will count for two entries. If you don't have one of her digistamps and your budget is tight; please check her online store where several freebies are available.

Prize:

A winner will be selected randomly and will win:

1. A $10.00 gift certificate from Guylou's online store

2. and the winner will also be invited to be a Guest Designer on one of our upcoming challenges.

Hope To see your entry at Guylou's Inimitability!   

Hugz,

Chana


Submitted to the following Challenge(s):
City Crafter - Must Include a Ballerina
Bearly Mine - How Charming!   - Must use a charm
Cup Cake Craft Challenges - Tag You're It!

PUPPY LOVE - STAMP-N-DOODLE CHALLENGE

Digital Image Puppy Love by STAMP-N-DOODLE

This is my first post for my new design team over at STAMP-N-DOODLE

I thought this images was just too adorable! 

This is my first week with STAMP-N-DOODLE and there are three other new members: ANGELA, BETH,  and QADIRAH . It is kinda nice not being the only newbie on the block.  And, Beth and I are Teammates on another challenge blog, so it was nice to see a familiar face.

Our NEW CHALLENGE this week is to use LACE AND FLOWERS on your creation. 
You have until 11:59pm EST on Monday, Feb. 27 to enter our LACE AND FLOWERS Challenge. Of course, we would love to see you use a STAMP-N-DOODLE image on your creation, but you are not required to use one to join us. Come have some fun and a chance to win a digi from STAMP-N-DOODLE SHOP!

Just a reminder of our 25% off DIGI OF THE MONTH happening right now at STAMP-N-DOODLE SHOP. Our February image will be featured all month at SPECIAL SAVINGS, so go check it out:) If you haven't visited our SHOP yet, make sure you cruise on over to STAMP-N-DOODLE SHOP - Lynne has so many wonderful digi and rubber stamped images as well as her FABULOUS line of Crafts U Print items and NEW ITEMS being added all the time! Also, make sure you check out the work of our FABULOUS NEW Tutorial DT members at THE LEARNING CENTER part of the shop.

A Piece of Cake

Hello, Cardies!  I must apologize, I totally forgot to snip the little connectors on the flourish and once it was stuck to the paper, it was impossible to remove without damage, so!! 

The Beautiful "Cake" Digi  available at Guylou's Inimitability. 

You can win this digi by leaving a comment on this posting. 
Carla S and Sheila H are the winner's for "You Are So Not My Sweetheart" and will receive a gift certificate for "Pirate Bear" from Guylou's!  Thanks for stopping by, ladies!

Now on to this week's challenge at Guylou's Inimitability. This time our challenge is about being Girly Girly!Brenda is challenging us to use lace and pearls on our project.

Prizes:

A winner will selected randomly and will win:

1. A $10.00 gift certificate from Guylou's online store

2. and the winner will also be invited to be a Guest Designer on one of our upcoming challenges.

You can enter only one project per challenge, but if you use a Guylou's Inimitability digistamp, your project will count for two entries. If you don't have one of her digistamps and your budget is tight; please check her online store where several freebies are available.

You will have until March 1st, 10:00 pm (EST or click here to find out the corresponding time where you are) to enter your cards or project/s .. One entry per participant, please. Be sure to add the link to your entry and not your whole blog as this makes it much easier on the team to find your creations. Thanks for participating!

Make A Wish!

Hello, Cardies!  For the past few months, I have been so busy with Design Team Challenges that I haven't had time to make a card just for fun!  I had fun making this one and I plan to submit it to the Case Study Challenge Blog for their current challenge. 

If you are looking for the Color Challenge, Scroll down!

Deets:  Neenah Papers Classic Crest Baronial Ivory;  Authentique Free Bird Series - Comfort & Familiar; Memory Box Die "Quinn Flourish"; Prima Flowers, Prima Lace; misc. charms.  Stick pin:  Made by yours truly; Tim Holtz Photo Corners.

The Perfect Polka

I created this card for the Sketch Challenge over at the Outlawz.  This paper was so pretty and the polka dots are raised to give it even greater texture.  I just love the Memory Box Dies and it took a while to decide which one to use.  This is actually a buckle but I decided I could hide the slide bar with a row of half pearls and I think it works just fine!

Papers: Neenah Natural White CS; Springhill "Orchid" Vellum Cover; DCWV "Nana's Kids (Purple Polka Dot Paper) 61/2" x 41/4 Premium Stack; Brown Polk Dot Paper (From My Stash); Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots; Die cut:  Memory Box "Ringed Buckle"; Lace: Prima (purchased at The Frantic Stamper); Brad:  Basic Grey Stitched Brads; Ink: Momento Rich Cocoa; Sentiment: studio G

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,