My Little Cook

First thing first. I'd like to announce the winner to Julie Odil's Blogversary blog candy I had going on last week right here! I used a linky tool to select the winner through Random.org. I wasn't sure it was going to work since it was the first time I'd used it. I have NO IDEA how to turn it off but I'm going with the blogs that are linked up as of today which is lucky 13! Yikes! lol
Ssoooo... the winner is.....

There's something to be said for being first in line! Ha!

#1 - Karal

Karal, please email me at stampnscrapjunkie@gmail.com with your snail mail and I will get this blog candy out to you by Saturday of this week, at the latest.

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This week at Inspiration Destination, we have two wonderful sponsors. One of the sponsors is Robyn's Fetish with three digi images for one lucky winner!
This is my DT project using an RF image.

Click on the images for a closer look!

Card Recipe:
Image: My Little Cook from Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More
Image colored with Copic markers
Sentiment is a Friday freebie from A Piece of Heart
 Cuttlebug Polka Dots (By the way, this form of embossing is actually called 'debossing'. You know, the back of the embossng folder view... and... I. Meant. To. Do. That!)
All supplies are from my stash
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I'd like to enter my card into these challenges:
Through the Craft Room Door: TTCRD Challenge - Week of March 24th
Top Tip Tuesday: Buttons or Bows (2E/3E)
Digi Sketch Challenge: Anything Goes
Through the Purple Haze: #83 - Anything Goes
The Paper Nest Dolls: Challenge 03 - Anything Goes
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I hope you'll pop on over to IDCB and check out my teammates makes!
Thanks for stopping by!

Classy

If you're looking for the blog hop and blog candy, click here.

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I think this came out so classy! This is my DT project for this week's challenge at My Time to Craft Challenge No. 284 - Silhouette.

Card Recipe:

Freebie Image from Create with TLC

All other supplies are from my stash

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I'd like to enter my card into these challenges:

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: Challenge 138 - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: Challenge 127 - Use a Two-Word Sentiment

TIME OUT Challenges: Challenge 127 - Clean and Simple (I struggle with this definition but I think my card falls into that category. If not, I'm sorry!)

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Be sure to pop on over to MTTC and check out my teammates projects!

Thanks for stopping by!

Blogversary!!

I know what you are thinking. Blogversary? What is that? Does it hurt? No! It's fun and there's prizes involved! My dear imaginary friend, Julie Odil, invited me to a Blogversary Blog Hop she's having to celebrate her THIRD anniversary with her blog, thus, blogversary! 
If you're coming here from Gwen's place, your right on track!

As I wrote, there are lots of prizes to be had! Check this out!

You'll be inspired by each stop of the hop. The theme, "Lucky to Call You Friend", will be evident in the projects of Julie and her friends, including me! Many of the talented ladies have blog candy to give away on their blogs, so watch for that, and follow the individual rules on their blogs for how to win it. 

Here's my little "Lucky to Call You Friend" project:

 Click on the images for a closer look!

 

 
By the way... I'm thinking of a male friend! Ha!

Card Recipe:

Image: Morning Goddess True Sexy (Holy cow! I just saw RSD used my colored image to advertise this in his shop! Go check it out... and then come right back!!) from Rick St. Dennis

Image colored with Copic markers, silver gel pen and Stickles Glitter Glue in Star Dust

Background is acetate and I had a time photographing it! That's why the color in the first image looks a little wonky.

Sentiment is from a set from Doodle Pantry, LLC and mounted with foam tape

Beads are from Michael's awesome $1 bins

Card stock is from my stash

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While I'm at it, I'm gonna have to enter this awesome project into a couple of challenges. How can I keep this piece of art to myself, I ask you!?! lol

I'd like to enter my card into these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps: Challenge 136 - Anything Goes

Scrapper's Delights Challenge Blog: Challenge 43 - Always Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday: Challenge 175 - Anything Goes

Sassy Studio Designs: DTBST #273 - Anything Goes

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Now, as I wrote above, this is a blog hop. You know what that means! Get to hopping! lol You're next stop is at Polly's blog!

Julie

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Brenda

Paula

Kary

Ruth

Miwa

Karen

Chris

Regina

Kathy

Donna K

Gwen

Ema (YOU ARE HERE!)

Polly

Lucy

Beth

Corrie

Maria

Karen
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Before you run off, check out some blog candy I've got going on! Yes! You can win a prize from visiting my place, today only! lol Check this out!

Quick low down of what's included:

Two Stampin' Up stamp sets, retired, new, unmounted

Two spools of ribbon (These will not come on spools. I've removed them to make it easier to ship.)

Small package of rhinestones

Two packs of 4-pc doilies

Chalkboard tags

Large Tags

Two boxes of acrylic flowers

Package of straws in black and Kraft

Here are some closeups:

 Click on the images for a closer look!

 

To be included in the draw, please be a follower of my blog and leave a comment here. Link your blog up using the linky below. This is my first time to use one of these linky tools so if it doesn't work, that's why I want you to leave a comment! I'll be using Random.org to find me a lucky winner! Thanks for stopping by!

THIS LINK UP IS CLOSED AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO TURN IT OFF BUT THE FINAL ENTRY IS LUCKY NUMBER 13 AND YOU CAN READ ABOUT THE WINNER HERE.

Hello Friend!

Gerda Steiner Designs is our second sponsor at Inspiration Destination this week. She's offering THREE digital images to ONE lucky winner! Here's my project using one of her super cute images!

 Click on the images for a closer look!

 

Card Recipe:

Image: Cute Elephant with Balloon Bird from Gerda Steiner Designs

Image colored with Copic markers and Glossy Accents

Embossing folders: Cuttlebug Polka Dots

Card stock and twine are from my stash

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I'd like to enter my card into these challenges:

The Outlawz Challenges: Progressive Freebie Challenge - March 1st, 2015

Digi Choosday: Anything But a Square Card (A2 size)

Scrap Creations: Pastels

Top Tip Tuesday: Buttons or Bows

Through the Craft Room Door: March 17 through March 23

Hope to see you over at IDCB! 

Thanks for stopping by my place today!

I am Not Irish

But kiss me anyway! This image had this sentiment written all over it! Who could resist a gal with a beer, gold coins and green and gold knee highs!?! lol I'm thinking maybe a Green Bay Packer fan would be all over this!! Ha!
Before this is lost in the translation, let me invite you to join my Design Team and me at Inspiration Destination! We're into week 25 of anything goes and you gotta love anything goes! Our wonderful sponsors this week are Bugaboo Stamps and Gerda Steiner Designs. I'm here to share my project using a fun image from Bugaboo.

 Click on the images for a closer look!

 
The brown Liquid Applique came out kinda dull and I really felt she needed a rich, red hair! lol I dabbed it with R14 only to realize that was not a good shade of red so I substituted E79. I realized afterwards that maybe the R14 was running dry or maybe I should have used a deeper red. Either way, this looks so much better than how it originally looked. I thought it almost looked blonde and I wasn't having that! ;) lol You know... cause she really IS Irish! Ha!

Card Recipe:

Image: Margaret Calendar Month - March from Bugaboo Stamps

Image colored with Copic markers, Liquid Applique in white and brown, gold gel pen and Glossy Accents

Sentiment is from Create with TLC

All other supplies are from my stash

I'd like to join in on the fun with these challenges:

Digi Designs Challenge Blog: Lots of Green

Great Impressions: March Challenge - Go Green

Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog: Challenge 54 - Go Green

Eureka Stamps: Challenge #132 - The Color Green

Get Creative Challenges: Challenge #10 - Must Have Green
The Pink Elephant: TPE290 - "Pink Me" (Use the color Green)

Hope you can pop on over to IDCB and checkout what the team have to share with you this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Bright, Bold Colors

Come join us this week at My Time to Craft Challenge 283 - For a Special Lady. I thought this was perfect for a sentiment I swear I saw at Create with TLC. I remembered it reading something like 'National Women's Day' or something like that. Well, if I saved it... it was at that bottomless pit I like to call my 'safe place'. So I had to go with a different sentiment but I think this sentiment gets the message across so much better! The image reminds me of a niece and I colored the image with her coloring. She's also a gal not afraid of color! lol
 I purchased this image when Delicious Doodles announced they were closing their doors. I think it had something to do with VAT but not sure. At the time, there was a blurb about where else to get the images but I didn't write it down because.... I lie to myself all the time! "Don't write that down! You'll remember it later!" Hmph!

Then I asked myself, why hadn't I at least written the artist's name down? I'd at least be able to Google it. Google is helpful like that, you know. But I saw a card completed with an image I also purchased from there and followed the image. It lead me to Sweet Peas and after a little digging... I found the artist's name but I didn't find this image there. So then I was able to Google. And now I can tell you that Teresa (Teri) Sherman is at Instant Card Making Downloads. But I didn't see this wicked awesome image there, either.

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Don't you agree this is a most fitting sentiment? lol

Card Recipe:

Image: Sunshine Gal by Teresa (Teri) Sherman

Image colored with Copic markers, Glossy Accents and Liquid Pearls in Opal and Yellow

Sentiment from Create with TLC

Pattern paper and all card stock are from my stash

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

Crafting for All Seasons Challenge Blog: Challenge 97 - Girly Girls

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: Challenge 250 - Focus on Image

The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog: Challenge 194 - Girly

Word Art Wednesday: Challenge 174 - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers: #134 - For a Special Woman

So, I'd like to take this opportunity and invite you over to MTTC and join in on the challenge. At the very least, swing on by and visit the blog so you can see the awesome projects my teammates have created!

As always, thanks so much for stopping by my place today! :)

Cloudy Skies

This is my second project for Inspiration Destination this week. As always, the theme is anything goes! We've two sponsors this week. I've already written one post dedicated to one sponsor and I'm here to tell you about our second sponsor, Inky Impressions. Did you know they also have digital? I didn't! I found out only a couple of weeks ago and I was THRILLED to say the least! *U* Made me one happy camper!

Click on the images for a closer look!

Card Recipe:

Image: Umbrella Lili from Inky Impressions

Image is colored with Copic markers, Glossy Accents and silver gel pen

Sentiment is from Create with TLC

Pattern paper is from Stampin' Up. It's actually red with a creamy white. I used a Copic yellow marker to color the white to match the image. Ha! Clever, I am! lol Yoda, am not! Ha!

I created the gray clouds behind Lili with Pebbles Chalks and a cloud template I found online from Bev Rochester of All the Things I Love. I'll be honest. I didn't watch the video. I kinda just winged it but I did use her template. :)

Pearl beads are from Michael's wicked awesome $1 bins!

Plain card stock, buttons and embroidery floss are from my stash

I'd like to enter my card into these challenges:

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge Blog: Use a Sentiment (2E/3E)

Through the Purple Haze: Challenge 81 - Anything Goes

Lawnscaping Challenges: Challenge 101 - Dots and Stripes

I hope you can find time to pop on over to IDCB and check out my teammates' makes and maybe even play along with us!

Thanks for stopping by!

BBQ King

Maybe it's too early to start thinking about BBQing... unless you live in Texas! lol We saw someone grilling during our last snowstorm... which was just a couple of weeks ago! So I guess anytime is good for grilling.
Before I go off on that, let me invite you to join us at this week's anything goes challenge at Inspiration Destination! We've two awesome sponsors. Let me tell you about one of them here and I'll tell you about the other sponsor on the next post. I don't like doing the two cards on one post. I've tried it for a couple of weeks and it's just NOT working for me.
So here's my first project using a Dr. Digi image that had me going on and on about BBQing. Reminds me of a nephew who loves to BBQ and tends to burn meat! Ha!

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Isn't this just a fun, fun image!

Card Recipe:

Image: BBQ Bill from Dr. Digi

Image colored with Copic markers, silver gel pen and Glossy Accents.
I also decoupaged the eyes, top part of grill and wheels in front and skewered meat.

Sentiment is from StampArt by Kathryne

Grass printed paper is from Michael's Recollections

Embossing folder is clouds from Hobby Lobby The Paper Studio

Corner punch is from EK Success

Plain card stock, twine and buttons are from my stash

I'd like to enter my card into these challenges:

Cardz 4 Guys Challenge Blog: Challenge #61 - Hobbies / Pastimes
Digi Sketch Challenge: Humor Me!
Dragonfly Dreams Challenge: Challenge 15 - Add Some Embellishments
Stamping Sensations: March Challenge - One for the Guys
Challenge Up Your Life: Challenge 10 - Masculine

So I hope you will take time to join us for our challenge at IDCB! Dr. Digi is a sponsor as I've written but we've also got Inky Impressions! Woot! Woot! lol

Thanks for stopping by my place today!

One Sick Chick

That's what I am... of working! Ha! I often asked my mother, "Why was I born beautiful instead of rich?" Ha! I cannot remember her replies now. How sad! She's only been gone since October of last year. Well, it's the heavy meds I took for the leukemia. It completely fried my brain before I was ready to lose it so either way you look at it... I'm one sick chick! lol I started to make this into a get well card but the day I was looking for the sentiment, I was thinking to myself "I'm so sick of working!" So here I am now.
Before I go any further, I want to invite you to join us at Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog. This week we have TWO sponsors! The Stamping Boutique offer two digis to a lucky winner, three if winner uses a TSB image and My Whimsical Little World offering two digis.

Click on the images for a closer look!

Card Recipe:

Image: Sick Chick from The Stamping Boutique

Image colored with Copic markers

Sentiment is a freebie from Ginger's House

All other supplies are from my stash

I'd like to enter my card into these challenges:

Clear It Out Challenge Blog: Theme - Anything Goes / Stash - Anything Goes

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog: Challenge 141 - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door: Challenge March 3rd through March 9th

I hope you''ll find some time to pop on over to IDCB and check out what the team has created this week! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Swing with Me!

Come on now! You know you want to! lol

This week, at Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog, we have My Whimsical Little World as one of the sponsors. Paola released some cute little gnomes doing all sorts of things and this one is... well... swinging! lol I used two of the images and flipped one of them. I was trying to make it look like one is further back in the distance and one was closer. Do you think I accomplished this?

Let me explain something to you. I'm, once again, rearranging my home. Ninety percent of my crafting supplies are still in the old location and very few things are in the new location. I had a time finding anything to complete this project as I wanted. I had bigger plans for it but I like how it came out with my limited resources. 

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Card Recipe:

Image: Gnome a Swinging from My Whimsical Little World

Image is colored with Copic markers

Sentiment: Gab - Just Hanging Around from Just Some Lines

All other supplies are from my stash

I'd like to enter my card into these challenges please:

Artistic Inspirations Challenge Blog: Challenge 126 - Anything Goes with a Twist of Green

Craft Your Passion Challenge: Challenge 251 - Always Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge: Add a Sentiment Challenge

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Thanks for stopping by my place. I hope you can swing on by IDCB and check out what my teammates have created as well!