March Challenge

 
Happy March!  Please join us this month with the following challenge.

February Challenge Cards

I can't believe it is already the last Saturday of February!  I thought I had one more week...

Here are the February challenge cards.  I want to send a special "thank you" to Debbie and Regina for creating along with Michelle and me.  We really appreciate and love your work!

Let's see the challenge:

 

Up first - Debbie Naylor's card!  She made such a pretty card for this design challenge.  I love the stamped images - so pretty!  I also like that she framed the stamped insert and used some of those pretty pearls on the flowers.  I just think this card is so sweet and would be such a delight to receive!  To read more about this card and to check out Debbie's other fantastic creations, please visit her blog here:

Next is Regina's card.  I just love everything about this card.  I love the speckled back, the textured center and strip, the bling, the stitched edging, and the white wispy areas - not sure what that is, but I like it!  I also love how Regina has displayed her card here, on the ink pads.  Great card, Regina - love it!  To see more of Regina's beautiful creations, please visit her blog here:

Here is Michelle's card.  Isn't this adorable?  I love the textured clouds behind the onesies - I have to get that folder!  She cut out all of those onesies, after coloring them, and has them "hanging" on the line.  I just think this is such a cute, cute card.  I'm sure the recipient of this card is going to really love it!  So, so cute, Michelle!

 

Here is my card.  I just love these cute little cats.  I thought it was a great sketch for Valentine's Day, so that's what I made!  The pink and red colors were easy enough, but the saffron and celery threw me off a little.  But, when I saw this stamp, I knew I'd color the cats in saffron.  I thought it would be good to frame the image using celery since that leaf couldn't be the only celery on the card!  I wish I had used a textured embossing folder for the pink background instead of stamping in, but hindsight is always 20/20, right?  LOL

 

Thanks for looking!  Hope you all have a wonderful rest of the weekend.  See you next weekend with March's challenge.  Please join us! 

February Challenge

Happy February!  Please join us in our monthly challenge.  I'll be posting our cards on the last Saturday of the month.  Hope you'll join us.

A Day Late, But These Did Not Come Up Short!

Happy Sunday!  I'm sorry I slipped and forgot to post the challenge cards yesterday.  Somehow I keep thinking we have another Saturday before the end of the month.  I can't wrap my head around the fact that this week is the last week of January!  I was hoping 2013 would be a little slower than last year, but I guess it'll be moving just as fast!

Well, enough jibber jabber!  Let's get to the cards.  Here's the challenge:

First up is Michelle's card.  Isn't this pretty?  Michelle used the whole set and stamped used Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple and Summer Starfruit as her colors.  I love how she used the rhinestones in the middle of the one flower to really make it pop!  What a cute card this is :)  To view more of Michelle's wonderful creations, please visit her blog here.

Next up is my card.  I first decided on a former sketch challenge and landed on Sept. 2012's sketch.  Then, I decided to choose some colors.  I really like Marina Mist and Regal Rose together.  So, I used my markers to color in the stamp and then put it to paper.  I like the way it looks.  I did it on the small background stamp too.  I then decided to use my new designer builder brads, but wasn't sure which punch to use for the middle section.  I ended up using my owl punch to get the right size circle.  Owl well, it worked!  LOL

 

Here we have Debbie Naylor's card.  Isn't this a happy card?  I love it!  The colors are so bright and cheery.  Debbie used the new Sycamore Street DSP (which I love and can't wait to use!) and drew colors from it.  Debbie used a lot of new products on this card.  I love the textured Tangerine Tango section.  I also love the huge rhinestone in the middle of the flower.  To read more about all Debbie did on this amazing card, please check our her blog here:

And last, but not least, is Regina's beautiful card.  Regina did an amazing job in this challenge.  Her card is simple, yet elegant.  Regina used the First Edition Specialty DSP and new filter papers.  She stamped on the filters and layered it over the DSP strip.  Her flower is also stamped on the filter paper and punched out with a matching card stock punch behind it.  The little pearls on the flower finish off the flower beautifully.  I love this card!  To see more of Regina's beautiful creations, please check out her blog here:

Once again, thank you Debbie and Regina for joining Michelle and me in our monthly challenge.  We really enjoy seeing your beautiful creations.  Please join us next month for our February challenge!

Have a wonderful day and thanks for looking!

Happy New Year and a New Challenge!

Happy New Year, Everyone! 

Michelle and I welcome you to join us in our monthly challenges.  I will post the challenges on the first Saturday of the month and then post the cards on the last Saturday of the month.  Please feel free to email me a picture of your card or leave a comment with a link to your blog!  Happy stamping :)

Here is January's challenge:

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for looking!

December Challenge Cards

Hi - a quick post before I head out the door on Michelle's and my challenge cards!  Here was the challenge:

 Michelle made two cards for this challenge.  I did too, but gave the one card away and forgot to take a picture first (DOH!)  Michelle used a lot of things for this card.  She used a couple dies and the matching piercing tools!  I love the way the piercing really makes the image pop, don't you?  What a lovely card!

 Next is her second card.  I would never have thought to do this, but I love that she pierced the upper half section of this card.  And, she double pierced it - it's really subtle and beautiful!  I'm going to have to CASE this!

 Finally, here is my card.  I decided to really frame the snowman image by first die cutting and then piercing around the cut.  I don't think you can see it well, but I also pierced around the oval sentiment "Merry Christmas".  I love the way the paper piercing looks and this was a great challenge to get our feet wet using our new products!

From Michelle and me, we wish you a very happy holiday season.  Thanks so much for looking and we'll be back next month with the next challenge!

 

Happy New Year to all!!!!

December Simply Paper Design Challenge

We are closing out the year with a different kind of challenge.  Stampin' Up! came out with a wonderful new paper piercing pack and they also have some wonderful new paper piercing templates.  So, we felt the need to justify having bought them and decided to challenge ourselves with paper piercing!  We hope you'll join us in the fun!