May Guest Designer for Brutus Monroe - Feathered Sentiments

I'm back with another card as a Guest Designer for May!  So head on over to the Brutus Monroe Blog to check out my post! 

And check out the video on my channel down below if you'd like to see how I made it!

May Guest Designer for Brutus Monroe

 Hey there!  Head over to the Brutus Monroe Blog to see the project I made as a May Guest Designer!  

And here's the video if you'd like to see how I made it :)

Scrapping for Less February 2019 Flavor of the Month Card Kit Guest Design

Whip It Up Recipe

5 Cute Image Stamps

4 Adorable Well Coordinated Pattern Papers

3 Embellishments per Mini Collection

2 Dies that are just right

1 Perfectly Coordinated Kit

Mix all together and you will create the most gorgeous and fantastic cards to share with your friends and family that are baking fans!

So hop on through and see what the design team has “whipped up” to inspire you!

All the ingredients for this great recipe can be found over on our Flavor of the Month page!

I am so super excited to be Guest Designing for Scrapping for Less this month!  Scrapping for Less has such a great selection of products, and their kits make it super easy dive in and get creative. 

My Cupcake Cutie card using the ingredients from Collection One:

 My Baked with Love card using ingredients from Collection Two:

My Let's Bake a Pie card using the ingredients from Collection Three:

My Cookies and Milk card using ingredients from Collection Four:

and finally my Banana Split Card:

I also have a video over on my YouTube channel if you'd like to see exactly how I made each card:

Be sure to head to the Scrapping for Less Blog for a chance to win a prize!  Now go get hopping and check out what the other designers have created using the February Flavor of the Month Kit!  From here head over to Teresa's blog!

OCL Artist of the Month Week #4

After a long and fun weekend with my family, it's now back to reality for a few more days.  At least I get to start the week with a fun, yet final Our Craft Lounge post as their Artist of the Month.  You can read my final post on the OCL blog.

I used Tweet Winter Wishes for my final card as a 'Thank You' to the sweet ladies over at OCL for having me as the Artist of the Month for November.

I used lots of yummy Sugar Sparkly Fluff all around for snow on this CAS card.

Stamps:  Tweet Winter Wishes

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black 

Paper:  CDS Cottonball White, Bo Bunny Blitzen

Accessories:  Copics, airbrush, Sugar Sparkly Fluff, blue striped ribbon from CDS

Thanks for stopping in today.  Be sure to keep checking back with the OCL blog.  They will be showing off some new releases soon!

OCL Featured Artist Week 2

We are into the second week of me being the Artist of the Month for Our Craft Lounge.  I'm still as giddy about it as day one, hehe.  

For my project this week, I made some gift tags using the Jolly Ornaments set.  As soon as I laid eyes on this set, I knew what I wanted to do with it.  Gift tags were the perfect option, although my mind has been reeling with all of the different things I can do with it.  I used some new Authentique-Wonder paper with a couple of my Nestabilities.

These six tags were such a breeze to make, and of course they were fun too!  Now I really feel like I'm getting things squared away for Christmas having a few more tags ready to go :)

Stamps:  Jolly Ornaments

Ink:  SU Crumb Cake, CDS Hot Cocoa

Paper:  buttercream, Authentique-Wonder

Copics:  R46 & YG95 with the airbrush

Accessories:  Tags & Labels 4 Nestabilities, dimensionals, red organdy ribbon, sponge, slit punch

It's an honor to be featured over at the OCL blog, and I have a couple more projects to show you over the month.

I'm so excited!

A couple of months ago, I got an email from Kendra over at Our Craft Lounge.  She was asking if I'd be willing to be the November Artist of the Month for OCL.  My reaction was. . .(squeal) YES!  I'm so excited to have such a great honor :D  Over the next few weeks, I get to show you a few things that I've worked on, and you can see them over at the Our Craft Lounge Blog.

My first card of the month uses a great set called Tweet Winter.  I love snowmen, and this little guy comes with some little birdie friends.  I stuck with my usual CAS style.

Stamps:  Tweet Winter

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, CDS Hot Cocoa

Paper:  EP Seasons Greetings, buttercream

Copics:  E81, E87, BG10, YR14, R59, BG96, & airbrush

Accessories:  circle punch, sponge, Circle Nestabilities, twine

Every Monday I'll have something new to show, so be sure to head to the OCL Blog :D

Raise the Bar & Card Patterns

That's right!  I get to be the Guest Bar-tender over at Raise the Bar for today!  I was so excited to see my little card up there last week, that I jumped on this week's challenge.  This week's challenge is called Now Boarding.  We were to create a card inspired by another country.  I bought this set called Konnichiwa from My Cute Stamps last week, in their efforts to raise money for Japan.  The images are darling, and I just couldn't say no to helping.

My sketch comes from Card Patterns.  I loved the sketch and just had to give it a try :D

Stamps:  Konnichiwa

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, CDS Hot Cocoa

Paper:  March TE KI Kit, watercolor

Accessories:  markers & aqua brush, Labels 11 Nestabilities, dimensionals, March TE KI Kit, scalloped edge punch, Copics & airbrush

Head on over to Raise to Bar. . .you could be next week's Guest Bar-tender!

No Pinks or Reds

Talk about a challenge!  I was humbled last week when my card was picked over at Raise the Bar, and that meant that this week I would be one of three Guest Bar-tenders over at that fun challenge blog.  Our challenge was to make a Valentine's card without pink or red.  Did you hear that?!  NO PINK OR RED!  I felt stumped, so figured what better way to get it done than to just get to work.  This is actually my second attempt, as my first one actually looked like Easter, haha.

I pulled my Monster Mash set from Clear Dollar Stamps, and this is what I came up with.  Those little monsters make me smile, and my husband actually calls our kids 'little monsters' so they seemed fitting.  I also had these challenges in mind too:

Spoonful of Sugar #138 -- let's see some love

Creative Card Crew -- for a loved one

Stamps:  Monster Mash

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:  TE KI Kit, watercolor

Accessories:  Tombows & waterbrush, chipboard heart, Copic markers BV08 & BG09 with air brush, sticker letters, Circle Nestabilities, dimensionals, purple pen, black embossing powder, white gel pen

I'm a Guest Designer!

I was so excited when Robin over at the Creative Belli Challenge asked if I would be this week's Guest Designer! I couldn't believe it! So naturally I told her I would love to. The challenge this week was to make an altered item. I love altering journals, because I tend to use the heck out of them. From sketch books to tiny books to stick in my purse, I have these everywhere.

I altered a sketch book that I had found at one of the local craft stores for only a buck. I couldn't pass that up, so I grabbed a few, hehe. I used a previous Stamp of the Month from Clear Dollar Stamps called Yummy Cupcake from May's release.

Stamps: Yummy Cupcake

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Crushed Curry

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Nook & Pantry BG, unknown brown

Accessories: notebook, Lime Juice ribbon from CDS, Square & Square Scallop Nestabilities, dimensionals, Copics, sponge

I'm still giddy that I was asked, and I truly thank the ladies at the Creative Belli Challenge for their inspiration that they provide every week. Now go check out their work and try your hand at the challenge. You never know when you'll be asked to be the Guest Designer ;D