Guest Designer Karin

Here's a wonderful card created by Karin von Ejik using a prize from me that she just received.  I just love her use of this beautiful Butterfly die cut. Great design Karin!

Karin has a great blog with stunning cards shared everyday, so be sure to check out her amazing work, HERE.

Aurora Daisy Kiss

Here's a stunning image from The East Wind. Her name is Aurora Daisy Kiss.  I created this card for the February contest over on Your Scrapbook Place Challenge Blog. Their current contest is anything goes and it is being sponsored by The East Wind.  Please drop by over there and share your wonderful creations for a chance to win a prize.

The gorgeous papers in this card come from Paper Temptress.  The base of the card is a beautiful dark blue called Blue Basis.  The white cardstock that the image was printed on is Neenah Solar white classic crest. The gorgeous die cut on top is using a gorgeous screenprint from Hambly Studio. This paper is called Script Tease.

Have you seen the Hambly Studio Overlays or Screenprints?  Which one is your favorite?
(Click here)

Tough choice for me, love the spiderweb, the Bohemian and the Old Lace  (lol, I can never really pick it's why I just buy the 6x6" mini packs so I get a little bit of everything that's just the right size for a card front)

Have you seen the winner list?  It's being updated daily now, CHECK HERE!
Also, if you didn't comment on Feb 1st, be sure and go back to that day to comment, prizes are still be drawn from Feb 1st and grand prizes will get drawn from there.

She's too cute

Here's a sweet and simple card using the most adorable little girl from Lizzy Love (Oddball Art Stamps).  You know I just love this little girl and her skull shirt not to mention those over the knee socks!  AWESOME!

They are having a contest over on their Facebook Page, it's anything goes, so check them out. I also have to say, do you love those ultra tiny little buttons?  how cute are those?!?

Have a great weekend everyone.

Love is Blind

Here's some gorgeous shimmery papers from Paper Temptress that I combined with this darling image from Sandra Caldwell to create a love filled card, SWAK!  This adorable digi stamp is called 159 Love is Blind.  We are currently having a contest over at the Sandra Caldwell stamp fans Facebook page, part 1 of our progressive challenge which is to include an image with a heart and some sparkle.  Well, this paper just sparkles!

The papers here are all from Paper Temptress. The image was printed out on Neenah Solar White Classic Crest.  Then I layer the image onto some light pink cardstock, Bubblegum Poptones .  The SWALK die cut was cut out in Neenah, and the red lips were added using cardstock with Mica infusions called Vermillion Sparkle.  The base of the card is a stunning Mica/Metallic with a golden shimmer called Citrine Mica/Metallic.  I smeared some chalk ink on top of the Mica/metallic to give it some extra pink for the theme.

Frame it!

Happy Monday everyone!  Here's a fun card that I made for the new contest starting at the Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge blog.  The challenge this week is anything goes + Frame it.  As you can see, I added a frame and then included a fun sentiment inside.  Isn't this sentiment just perfect for Sherri Baldy's images?  You would think this sentiment came from her, but it is actually a rubber stamp made by Unity Stamps, it just goes perfectly with all Sherri's bestie images though, I had to use it.

 

I am also using a huge Marianne die cut frame in the background behind my image.  This fun image is IMG614.  Drop by the SSS Challenge blog and join in this week's challenge for a chance to win some awesome images from Sherri Baldy.  ALSO, there's another fun Anything Goes contest over at Your Scrapbook Place Challenge blog with Sherri Baldy as the sponsor, so quick go make a card with one of her images and you can join TWO fun challenges.

 

Cheers, Holley

Always believe in yourself.

 Here's a gorgeous Sweet Pea stamp image from artist Gabriella Szabo called Yuletide Blessings.  I chose to use this image for the Artist of the month card to show you how stunning her art is as well as how versatile it can be. I don't think you would have ever guessed that this image was originally supposed to be a Christmas theme stamp.  How cool is that?  Be sure and check out the image on the Sweet Pea stamps site, so you can see how the image looks in Christmas colors.

 

Here's a close up of this stunning image

 

Check out all of Gabriella's stunning images at Sweet Pea, she has the most beautiful fairy images.

 

Cheers, Holley

 

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah, K&Co); Image (Sweet Pea Stamps); Die Cuts (Marianne, Sizzix, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Nellie Snellen); Colors (copic markers); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Adhesives (pop dots, glue all); Sentiment (Cosmo Crickett);

Captian Thunderpants

Here's a hilarious image from Dr Digis stamps.  I made this fun card for the Outlawz Monday Greetings Challenge.  The theme was embossing.  Your card needs to have embossing on it, as well as a sentiment (any kind, a stamp, handwritten, embellishment, your choice).   My funny sentiment today is "They used to call me Captain Thunderpants, now I am called Captain Underpants!" 

This fun stamp can be found here, he's called Captain Thunderpants.  If you would like to share a creation with us this week, please drop by Outlawz!  The Monday greeting challenge starts today.  There's a new contest everday this week, so there's lots of fun challenges that you can join in.There's wonderful prizes given out every week and a monthly prize as well, so join in the fun. 

Project Materials: Cardstock (Neenah, DCWV, California paper); Image (Dr Digi); sentiment (Computer generated); Embossing (Tim Holtz Sizzix); Die Cuts (Spellbinders Nestabilities; Marianne); Color (Copic markers); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Adhesives (pop dots, glue all);

Outlawz Greeting Challenge

Happy Monday everyone!  Here's a fun card for this week's challenge over at Outlawz Monday Greeting.  Our Sponsor this week is none other than Lizzy Love (Oddball Art Stamp Co.).  You all know how much I adore her stamps! I am using a fun set that comes with the sentiment and the image shown, it's called Unicorn Girl on Valentine's Day - Carly's Crush.  The theme for the challenge is Red, White and blue.

 

Please drop by and check out the other creations for this week's challenges and then share your red, white and blue creation plus don't forget to include a sentiment for the Outlawz Monday Greeting.

Cheers, Holley

project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah, DCWV); Images (Oddball Art-Lizzy Love); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Die Cuts (Spellbinders Nestabilities; Marianne); Flowers (Prima); Brads (Basic Grey); Buttons (); Bling (); Color (Copic markers); Adhesives (pop dots, glue all, glue dots);

SLS Lines Challenge

Happy Wed everyone!  Here's an awesome image from artist Sal Scheibe today.  We are starting up a new challenge over on the SLS Challenge Blog. The theme this month is Anything Goes with a twist of Fantasy.  This fun stamp is called Art Nouveau Girl. 

 

We'd love to see what you create using an SLS Lines image this month to join in our challenge!  Drop by and see what the DT made to inspire you.

 

Cheers, Holley

 

 

Project Materials:  Cardstock (MAMBI, Neenah, AC); Images (SLS Lines); Die Cuts (Spellbinders, Marianne); Lace (Istanbul, Turkiye); Bling (Michaels); Adhesives (pop dots, glue all, glue dots, ribbon glue); Ink (Colorbox Chalk);

If I only had a brain

Here's one of the most adorable Scarecrow stamps!  He's from Sweet Pea Stamps artist Sandra Caldwell and is called Scarecrow Dude.  How cute!  I am grouping him here with awesome papers from Paper Temptress to create this fun card today.

Here's a close up of the image, printed on Neenah Solar White Classic Crest Paper and colored with Copic Markers.  He's currently available as a digi stamp.

 

The other cardstock I am using for this card which matches perfectly for the fun is a base cardstock of Tuscan Sun Brawny.  I overlaid that card front with a wonderful clear overlay from Hambly Studio.  You can get these great packs in 6x6" assortments which are perfect for cardmaking and come with a large mixture of papers.  You can also get this transparency individually as a 12" square sheet, it's called Brown Hanging Heleconias.  For the borders on top and the "straw" die cuts, I am using a beautiful sheer mica type cardstock called Amber.  The complementary color on the border is called Copper Mica/Mettallic.

 

You know I had to add a little brain joke with this scarecrow card!

 

Come back tomorrow for another Wizard of Oz card!!

Make us Laugh

So the people over at Ike's Art are having a challenge called Make Us Laugh, I took this sexy image and added this funny saying from Riley &Co.  "1 day of coal. 364 days of fun. (I'll take my chances)"  HA!!  That's awesome.  I just love the look on this lady's face. That's totally something I can imagine her saying too.

Now, that's a little Sassiness that I love.  I also love the Halloween/goth type images that you see over at Ike's art too.  So many great stamps (also if you love birds, dogs,....there's lots like that as well).

So, hmm, question for the day? are you getting ready for any special events that you are crafting for?  my sister in law is having a baby.  I have a couple birthdays in April/may.  I do love to make a few cards for Easter time, but I am definitely running behind on that!  How about  you?  weddings? already making Christmas cards? what's your current topics?

Have you seen the winner list?  it's been updated!  Drop by and check it out!! There's a link on the right hand side of the blog.  There's now TWENTY NINE winners that I haven't heard from so GO CHECK THE LIST!! then email me!

Time to start the celebration!!

Can you believe it?  February is here!  Not just Feb, Feb 2015! That now makes it 5 years.  5 years ago I was so sick that I couldn't do so many basic things in life and was in total denial about my health even though deep down I knew my only chance to get better would be surgery. So I am very much one of the lucky ones who not only qualified for surgery, but also one whose surgery resulted in completely stopping my seizures so far. 

 

I celebrate each year I am given now, and most especially by giving back to all my crafty friends, both new and old as they were my best supporters, my wonderful friends, my lovely prayer team, and what often kept me going!!  I am so thankful for that.

This fun card is made for you all my friends.  There's a wonderful ANYTHING GOES contest over at Your Scrapbook Place, it starts today!  So join in over there.

OK, down to the nitty gritty details!  For those of you who are new, I will have blog candy all month long, I usually announce winners about a week or so after (i.e. around the 7th or 8th the main winner list will get started, then updated everyday).  I don't mail out the prizes until the end of the month as I anticipate that many winners will have multiple prizes.  So, it's a good idea to play everyday!! And at the end of the month I have a lot of big prizes that will go out (die cut sets, larger stamp sets, big gift certificates....) so lots of winners will get additional prizes. 

ALL countries are welcome to play however, please understand if you are overseas that I have to limit what I can send to either flat items like rubber or stamp sets or digital stamps.  I am happy to share worldwide but postage is crazy, lol!!  So digi prizes are a great way to celebrate!

Everyday I often ask some fun question or like to send you to a website and have you check things out...there can often be a method to my madness, sometimes I am curious to learn about you or see what you like, who knows?  I might have a special prize just for you!  One year I had a lady tell me she loved giraffes.  Well guess what I had...so, if you answer the questions, you are more apt to get a prize that you LOVE as opposed to something more random.

THIS posting is the MAIN prize listing and will have winners picked off of it all month long, so be sure to add your comment here, even if it's late in the month. I will always be coming back to this posting to pick winners for some extra items.

Now, lets make a PRIZE announcement! WOOHOO, what a way to start huh?  we had two pre-game prizes, one was for people who shared on my Facebook, we had almost 100 people do so, the winners are:  Leadonna Quick Kimmel, Linda Lechnir Chidster

Second was the people who left a Birthday message on my blog Thursday for Sweet Pea stamps Owner Lynette:  VIRGINIA MONTANGA

OK, here we go....leave your comments, once a day!

Did you miss the blog candy photos?  here they are CLICK HERE

Guest Artist Karin

Here's an awesome card from one of the winners of the Holley's Blog contest back in Feb.  She won one of the Grand Prize, two dies from Marianne Crafts.  The set of Skis on the left hand side of her card and the adorable house on the right hand side of her card (the house also has cuts of the snow and such).  She shared this gorgeous card on her blog this week (and with me the day before).

 

 

drop by her blog as she makes the most beautiful cards -- http://KarinsArtScrap.blogspot.nl

All White

Here's a fun challenge this week over at Scrapbook Stamp Society's Challenge blog, the card should be made in all white with just the image colored.  I made this square card using Sherri Baldy's image049 and square card.  Then I decorated it with lots of fun diecuts including an embossed background.

Be sure and drop by the Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge blog to see what the other design team member's created and then create your own card using this style for your chance to win a prize from SSS!

Project materials:  Cardstock (Neenah);  Image (Addicted to Stamps--Scrapbook Stamp Society);  Embossing Folder (Sizzix); Die Cuts (Spellbinders Nestabilities, Marianne Designs, Memory Box);  Color (Copic Markers); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue All, Glue dots);

Bee

Here's a wonderful image from artist Kim Gwin of Scrapbook Stamp Society.  This week their challenge blog is having a contest and you just need to include there buttons on your card.  What are my three buttons, those two flowers and that tiny bee.  Those cute buttons come from the Jesse James company.  This great image is called Bee.

Be sure and drop by the SSS Challenge blog to check out all the wonderful images from the design team artists and the create your card this week using some buttons on your card.

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah); Image (Scrapbook Stamp Society--Addicted to Stamps);  Buttons (Jesse James); Bling (Michaels); Die Cuts (Marianne Die Cuts, Lifestyles);  Twine (Doodlebug);  Color (Copic markers);  Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue All, Glue dots);

To the moon & back

Here's a fun stamp and saying that both come from Unity Stamps.  Being an engineer who worked at NASA, I just had to get both of these fun images.  Yep, I would love someone all the way to the moon and back!!

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah); Stamps (Unity Stamp Company); Ink (Memento, Colorbox Chalk); Die Cuts (Marianne);  Color (Copic Markers);  Buttons (Jesse James); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue All, Glue dots);

Light tomorrow with today

Here's a beautiful card I did for this week's challenge at the SSS Blog.  The challenge is Anything Goes, so you can make any card you like this week.  I am using an adorable image from artist Sherri Baldy img 725.   I then added a whole bunch of beautiful yellows and some lime green embellishments.

Be sure and drop by the SSS Challenge blog and join in the fun this week. The prize is a wonderful gift certificate from the store, $30!!  Woo Hoo!!  So worth making a card this week.  Drop by and see all the cards and then make your own.

Angel

 Here's a stunning image from Sweet Pea stamps artist Conie Fong called Angel of Christmas Stars, but as you can see, I have colored her up in a totally non-Christmas way.  This stamp can be used in many color combinations and is perfect for all sorts of beautiful cards year round.  Instead of coloring her flowers red like poinsettias, I simply made them pink to match the beautiful dress that I colored her in.  Isn't she perfect?

Here's a close up of this gorgeous image

Conie Fong's images are available in rubber stamps or as digital stamps at the Sweet Pea store.  Be sure to check out all of her amazing designs.  Hope this beautiful angel has inspired you today.

Project materials:  Cardstock:  (DCWV, Neenah, Bazzill);  Stamp (Sweet Pea Stamps); Ink (Memento, Colorbox Chalk); Die Cut (Marianne Design; Spellbinders Nestabilities); Adhesives (Glue All, Glue Dots, Pop dots);  Bling (Glitter); Buttons (Imaginations);  Color (Copic markers); 

Dare to Live Your Dream

Here's a gorgeous mermaid from Sweet Pea Stamps artist Joanne Schempp.  She's called Fluff Dry.  What a beautiful digital image.  I printed her up and cut her out using one of the newest Spellbinders that both embossed and cuts.    I chose rich red Copic Markers to color her up and used a great saying from Cosmo Crickett to go with her "Dare to Live Your Dream."  She looks like she is ready!

Those wonderful corners are from Marianne Designs.   Here's a closeup of this gorgeous stamp from Sweet Pea Stamps:

Be sure and check out all of Joanne Schempp's amazing images, she has a bunch of beautiful mermaid images as well as other amazing lady images, both in rubber stamp as well as digital stamp format.

Project materials:  Cardstock (Making Memories, Neenah, AC);  Digi-Stamp(Sweet Pea Stamps); Ink (Colorbox Chalk);  Saying (Cosmo Crickett);  Diecuts (Spellbinders Nestabilities; Marianne Designs);  Flowers (Prima); Buttons (Grandma's Button Bag); Color (Copic Markers); Adhesives (pop dots, glue all, glue dots);  Bling (Michaels);

Thank You Holly!

Hello everyone!  Today is an EXTRA special day at Squigglefly, it's a Holly-DAY.  No, not Holley-Day (that's me), but Holly-Day for the wonderful leader Holly that we have at Squigglefly.  She works tirelessly at the company and all of us at Squigglefly love her to death!  She's made our work for Squigglefly be such a great time.

The Squigglefly Challenge this week is to make Thank You Cards.  Today we, the design team members are all making Holly Thank You cards, here's mine:

This gorgeous image is from artist Fawn Palmer and it's called Just Flying By.  It also includes three additional sentiments to complete your thoughts.  I hope that you will check out all the wonderful Thank You cards that have been created by both the Holley Hobbyists and Rhonda's Rowdy Rascals this week for Holly.  Then you can join in our contest this week by creating your own Thank You card for that person in your life who needs a little pat on the back. 

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill Swiss, Neenah, DCWV Metallic);  Image (Squigglefly); Ink (Memento); Flowers (Prima); Diecuts (Nellie Snellen, Marianne Design);  Color (Copic markers); Thanks (Unknown); Brads (Basic Grey, Making Memories); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue All, Glue dots);