Monday, February 27, 2012

Squigglefly Challenge

Happy Monday! Are you ready for another Squigglefly Challenge today? Today's challenge is SFC0812 Spring is in the air....what does spring mean to you? flowers blooming, children playing, love in the air, gardening? It can mean all sorts of things. For me, it's a time to get out of the house before the heat of summer hits us. The addition to the challenge is that you must use a ribbon somewhere in your card. I chose this delightful puppy called "Balance Ball" from Squigglefly. I made this card using stunning papers from Paper Temptress.
The front of the card uses a wonderful thick column paper called Red Pepper Thick Column. The brown textured paper is a ruche called Cocoa Crepe. The crepe is used both as a border and as a die cut under the image. The image has been printed and colored on some great copic friendly paper called Neenah Solar White.

Inside the card, I added a fun sentiment from Squigglefly called "Chinese Character Hello" by artist Fawn Palmer. The paper is also from Paper Temptress a thick textured black paper called Black Felt Grandee and the image is on Neenah Solar White. To fufill the ribbon obligation, I added the beautiful red grossgrain ribbon here on the inside of the card.

I hope this card has inspired you to play in this week's Squigglefly Challenge. You just need to create a spring theme card and include some ribbon on it. Drop by the Challenge blog to see some wonderful samples from the Holley Hobbyists and then upload your own card to play! Be sure to use a Squigglefly stamp to qualify to win a prize.



As for blog candy today, there's a great prize from Paper Temptress. The store will give a $20 gift certificate to one winner. When you leave a comment today, drop by the Paper Temptress store and check out the wonderful papers and let me know which one is your favorite in your comment. Winner will be announced at the end of the month (i.e. most likely late wed or thursday morning). Huge thanks to Paper Temptress and Squigglefly!!



Cheers, Holley

50 comments:

Audrey R said...

Hi Holley - These are cute cards. Audrey R in Austin

Bhawana said...

its such a cute card.... This kind of red is my favourite red color. loving it.

stamping sue said...

what a fun puppy having fun with his ball.
there is so much to choose from on Paper Temptress website...all the papers like the spring collection and all the ribbons!
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

riliska said...

wow! what a cute dog!!! The inside decoration is great really!!

lora said...

Holley what a great job did you do. Gorgeous card with beautiful image.

Hlora said...

Just one a word - cute!!!!!!

Fairy Lora said...

he-he!! This cute Doggy is really funny) Your creative working inside touched my heart)) Just I would put the gems in the centres of flowers on the top)

Larisa said...

Holley, very beautiful card! Your creative talent is endless! Love all your cards!!!

Tkat said...

something styling about red! love your cards :)
love the new papers at paper temptress -- but blue is always one of the first colours i run out of -- and i love the shade of blue of Periwinkle Treasures. :)

Anonymous said...

Holley this image is so cute! I love the flowers you have used! The Paper Temptress has has a great variety! I like Ruche, the same as you have used for your border.
Love Pearl x

CheckerBeads said...

super cute! love your work!

Anne

jessica said...

adorable card Holley!! love the image and inside sentiment!
Checked out the site and love all their papers.....really loving the cappuccino/grape double sided caardstock!
TFS
jessica
chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
eschfamily@yahoo.com

Holly Young said...

What a cute card Holley! I love how you colored it. Your flowers are lovely too and I love that you did up the inside so nice! Thanks for the fun challenge!

Shawna said...

Cute puppies never go out of style, and this image is just adorable! Love your card.

KC said...

beautiful card! that puppy is so SO cute! and at the Paper Temptress I think I like the Ruche collection.they are my kind of colors!

Glennis F said...

Love the bright red Holley. I looked at the website - what a lot of choices! I would be interested in the neenah, as we can't get that here

Unknown said...

The iredescent in Plasma blue is my favorite. Love your card, the image is adorable!!

Chark said...

Love the hello card! so great! And your dog is so well colored--you're great at that! Neenah is a great paper I hear, but haven't yet tried it.

edandliz said...

Such a sweet pup.

I love all of Paper temptress papers. I buy the Neenah, and have fallen in love with the mica.

Rhonda Miller said...

What a great card. I love the dog.

THERESA said...

This is ghorjuss, absolutely love her stamps, just so versatile!!
Ok, cannot by any means choose, have never used any of them, but they all look fantabulous, our paper here is not of this good quality, where i stay the choices is even fewer and postage a killer, lol, cannot believe it is nearly end of Feb, wow, this month just flew by.........:))
lotsa luv

judyjstamper said...

Cute card Holley! I like just about all papers - textures and metallics being at the top of the list.

Babe O'Mara said...

Cute card. I like the Dropdead Gorgeous Collection. Looks like beautiful linen.

Babe
youiesmom@att.net

Nikki said...

such a cute Image the little dog on the ball is coloured wonderfully hugs Nikki
Love you did the inside too

alethea said...

What a cute card!!!!! Love the papers!!! HUgsxx

Kathy Bradley said...

Holley,
Your card is so very cute, your coloring of the adorable puppy is perfect and your DP is awesome.

Suzanne said...

I love all of your cards!

Tammy said...

Super card Holley and I love, love the inside!

Teresa said...

Cute card Holley and great choice of colors for this card! My favorite is the Brown Bag cardstock...I'm always looking for a great Kraft paper and the Brown Bag looks perfect!

Luanne said...

Lovely card! love the card color and cute image. great for a birthday celebrant, carnival, party :)

My favorite product/s from Paper Tempress are the eggplant brown bag, olive brown bag.

Snoopy said...

Adorable doggy card, Holley and that Cupig is the bomb! I'm so excited about today's blog candy. I love her iridescent card stock. I'm always so excited when I get a swap card that was made with it. Good luck to everyone!

Hugs,
Snoopy :D

I hope I win! I hope I win! I hope I win!

Is said...

Hi Holley, I love the borders and the coloring. I study chinese and it was funny to see a chinese sentiment!
I've stopped by paper Tremtress website and my favorite is the Mica/Metallics Text Package.
Hugs from Spain

Jan L (WowStampers) said...

Hi Holley,
Love your little puppy! He makes me smile.

Anonymous said...

Janet Mccay I made a card for your Monday challenge,but i cant seem to load it for some reason or leave you a message on your blog,sorry,also i cant get on to the page where i choose my favorite paper which is the Autumn Hay,but never mind i can show you the card here,oh and youasked what spring means to us,well i love to hear the birds singing.and the 1st shoots of bulbs coming,have a nice day :) (From Facebook cards/tags group)

Charlene Mitchell said...

I love the bright red and yellow on your image Holley! This is great inspiration as I just bought this one too! Love the inside too!

Brown Bag cs looks very cool on Paper Temptress!

Lexi said...

I love the card, Holley! What a cute dog! I visited Paper Temptress and I like TRUE's FAVORITES the most.

Thanks!

cardsbyann said...

Great card again Holley! Wow, they do have some yummy papers over there at Paper Temptress! I'm really drawn to the Candido Incandescent cardstock! I would love to play with this shimmery, elegant looking paper and that color seems really versatile. I imagine it in one of my fancy Victorian collage cards with lace and ribbons and roses! Yum!
-Heather M
http://cardsbyann.wordpress.com/

Svetlana said...

Cute cards!
I like paper in craft color as we don't have it in right color :(

cathy said...

Hard to choose when there are so many great options. I have long been a fan of the Eclipse black and also love the mica papers. The Pop Tones look fun as well.

Shelley said...

Holley, thank you for being you! I have so enjoyed looking at all the creating you have done this month (and over the past year, everything so beautifully colored and just adorable. I don't take time to comment often due to the arthritis in myhands, lol, but I DO pay attention. Very close attention. Wouldn't want to miss one piece of art.

Phyl said...

Paper Temptress has some wonderful papers. She named her company so accurately. LOL
Phyllis J.
phylinvegas@earthlink.net

Penny said...

I love this card, my brother does Karate, so I'm always on the lookout for anything Japanese or Chinese. Love Penny Scrap-aholic@blogspot.com

Vickie Kertz said...

I love the mica metallic papers from paper temptress. I just love the sheen. Adorable card holly. Thanks for sharing.

Trish said...

Hi Holley,
I really love this doggie image- he's having lots of fun. TFS
It's my first time at the Paper Temptress site- what an incredible variety of card/paper. Difficult to make a choice of just 1 favourite, but I did like the ruched collection. The texture of these looks fab.
Hugs,
Trish x

Unknown said...

Two more fab cards Holley. Love the cute little puppy and your second card is just stunning. I like the look of the Antique Parchment - but there is so much to choose from it's difficult to pick just one.
hugs
Dawn xx

ShersL84bed said...

Fantastic cards. I'm in love with the dog card though.

Smiles Sher

cebelica said...

Another great card! The puppy image is adorable and I just love those Chinese symbols. Fab work! Hugs! xx

Scrappin Sista said...

Love the colors of this card!! Nice work!!
Alice B.

Sue in CT said...

Very cute card! I love all the paper but Ruche is my favorite.

luvmycards.blogspot.com said...

Cute digi image-haven't seen this one before! Like the color combination of red and browns together!
Carolyn