Kitty Bee Designs - #100 Challenge Celebration!

Hello! I hope you've been having a wonderful week! It's been really hot here, and I'm not going to complain at all because our summer is so short! So we've actually been inside a lot during the hottest parts of the day. Thursday, the girls and I went to our local scrapbook store for a card make 'n take, which was fun, and I got to visit with a couple of my besties- also fun! And then we did some shopping ;) After supper we had family movie night and watched ET. My two younger girls had never watched it and I hadn't seen it in a long time. They loved it!

So, today I'm popping in to share a cute Kitty Bee Designs card using the Happy Birthday digital stamp to celebrate the 100th Challenge Celebration Post for the Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge Blog!! They are celebrating 4 years of challenges - so amazing! 

I printed this cutie out on kraft cardstock and coloured her in with Jane Davenport Magic Wand coloured pencils. Then, I used a square Kaisercraft stitched die to cut her out. I am absolutely loving these stitched dies!! 

I added a couple cute paw prints with my new Antique Linen Distress Oxide (I'm going to love this ink!) and a birthday sentiment from a Your Next Stamp set.

I layered some Kaisercraft Wildflower paper (love!) on a kraft base along with a scalloped Spellbinders Nestabilities diecut and used some SpiegelMom Scraps string and sequins along with a pretty 28 Lilac Lane button. A touch of Glossy Accents and Stickles finishes it off, and now she's ready to help somebody special celebrate their birthday!

In honor of our 100th challenge celebration, we’d like to invite you, our amazing fans and friends, to join in for a special round of amazing giveaways!! There’s a ton of ways to win one of NINE different sponsored prizes... NINE of them!!!

Here's a list of the fabulous sponsors we have:

1. All Dressed Up 
2. Bugaboo 
3. Crafty Sentiments Designs
4. Ppinkydolls
5. Scrap N’Dipity 
6. The East Wind
7. The Paper Shelter 
8. Sasayaki Glitter
9. Kitty Bee Designs 

Be sure to head over to the Aloha Friday Challenge blog for details on how to enter to win - open between July 28th to August 9th, with the winner being posted there on Sunday, August 13, 2017.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and thanks to Kitty Bee Designs for hosting such a wonderful giveaway - and to our super sponsors for their support!

Linked to:

DL Art - Thankful Thursday July Linky Challenge

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - July Linkup

SSS Wednesday Challenge - AG

Craftaholics R Us - #29 AG

Kitty Bee Designs - Cute As A Button Kitty!

Hi there! I'm back today to share a card with you using the super sweet Kitty Bee Designs Sewing Kit digital stamp that I'm featuring on the Kitty Bee Designs blog. I had so much fun making this card. Sewing always reminds me of my Nanny - who taught me to sew - and brings back many happy memories. So, of course I was so excited to create a cute card using this little sewing kitty!

I printed the image out on white cardstock, coloured it in with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers, and used this awesome Cool Tag Four Die Set from Your Next Stamp to create a tag base. I love the stitching detail on this tag! I just had to grab a 'cute as a button' stamp from Pretty Cute Stamps as a sentiment on the front.

The bright colours in the BoBunny Believe 6x6 paper pad (one of my fav's) was perfect as a background for my card! I popped up the tag to give some dimension and added half pearls from 28 Lilac Lane and SpiegelMom Scraps sequins.

Inside I used a Thank You sentiment from Your Next Stamp and the Sew Much from Pretty Cute Stamps and layered a coordinating piece of patterned paper along the bottom. I just recently picked up some 110 lb white cardstock for cardbases - and can I tell you how much I love it!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I've had a lot going on this week - so if you haven't had a chance to check out all the fun things I've been sharing, be sure to check out all the posts this week so far! From Christmas to Canada Day - it's been a lot of crafty goodness ;)

Linked to:

SSS Monday Challenge - You've Got The Edge (stitching around the edge of the tag)

DL Art - Thankful Thursday July Linky Challenge

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - July Linkup

Your Next Stamp - June Guest Designer!

Hi there friends! I did say I had some exciting news to share with you today, and here it is! I'm so so excited to be Guest Designing with Your Next Stamp this month!! They have the CUTEST stamps and dies and they also carry papers, inks and embellishments! I can't wait to share all the wonderful creations I've made with you all month long. Today, being the first, there's a fun INTRO on the Your Next Stamp blog which introduces any of the Guest Designers for the month - and I'm so honoured to be a part of it.

For my card today I used the Waddles Rainbow Fun stamp set. It is so adorable :) I stamped this cutie and the rainbow on watercolour paper and coloured him in with some Twinkling H2O's and Shimmerz Inklingz watercolours and then used some Distress Ink for the background. The Swoosh sentiment just goes perfectly!

I popped up Waddles sliding down the rainbow as well as one of the clouds included in the stamp set to add some dimension and also added a cute little wood veneer heart. My Spellbinders Nestabilities dies worked great to cut out my little scene and add a border with some pretty spring paper.

I added a loopy bow with a pretty button from Buttons Galore and some sparkly SpiegelMom Scraps sequins to embellish, along with some layers of paper punched with an AC border punch.

Inside, I used this awesome sentiment from the set, more sequins and this cute penguin image! 

Here's a look at everything you can find on the Waddles Rainbow Fun stamp set:

You'll definitely want to put the Your Next Stamp blog on your list to check out - every month they have new releases, sales, colour and sketch challenges (where you can use whatever stamp you have), giveaways and tons of inspiration! There are so many chances to win with them each month, it's amazing! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I'll see you back soon :)

Linked to:
Die Cuttin' Divas - AG
FFC #190 - AG

Word Art Wednesday - AG

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - AG

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Circles (sequins!)
Craftaholics R Us - Spring Flowers/Colors

Kitty Bee Designs Challenge #94 - Anything Goes w/optional twist - For Mom

Hi Friends! I hope you've been having a lovely week so far! I've had lots of fun creating projects lately and here's one more for you!  It's time for the midweek inspiration for Challenge #94 over at the Kitty Bee Designs Challenge Blog - Aloha Friday!

Challenge #94

Anything Goes with Optional Twist: For Mom

Super big thanks to our sponsor for this challenge

 MMedel Illustrations and My Besties!

MMedel Illustrations - https://www.etsy.com/shop/MMedelIllustrations

and

My Besties - http://www.mybestiesshop.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html

For this challenge I'm working with two adorable digi stamps from My Besties. The first one is the 4Besties Zen Art Dolls image, and I created a cute little card using this week's sketch from Mojo Monday. I coloured in this sweet little girl and her puppy with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers, which are alcohol based and layered them on some patterned papers from a 6x6 paper pad.

I used some pretty sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps all around my card front and fussy cut out the flower images too.

I love how happy she looks, and the bright colours and layers make me happy too!

For my second project I used  Vintage Style Besties to create this pretty tag with a watercolour background using Distress Inks. I sponged on the inks and then spritzed them with Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Mist to blend the inks and give the tag a glittery shimmer.

I used my alcohol markers again to colour in this cutie and a white Dylusions Paint pen for highlights. The Hello Sunshine sentiment is taken from a Recollections watercolour resist paper pad, so a bit of Distress Inks again created a fun effect.

I made a loopy ribbon bow and added a button and some sequins from 28 Lilac Lane along with a couple wooden embellishments.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge to see all the inspiration from the other awesome Design Team members - and enter your own project HERE for a chance to win!! Have a wonderful weekend!

Linked to:
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Going Dotty (sequin dots!)

FFC #187 - AG

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper - May Challenge

Craftaholics R Us - Spring Colors/flowers

PDE Linky Party - AG
Word Art Wednesday - AG
Always Fun Challenges - #5 For Female/Mom
Pile It On - Animals

Mojo Monday #496

Distress Crayon Watercolour in a Decorated Frame!

Happy New Year Friends!

I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and New Years! I took a little bloggy break to enjoy some family time and a few jammie days! I'm back today to share a gift I made for my sister. I love giving at least one homemade gift to her, and I was really pleased with how this turned out.

I started out by using a page from the Prima Watercolor Coloring Book. I knew this book was something I had to have as soon as I saw it last year! You can use whatever watercolouring medium you like on the pages, and for this page I chose to use my Distress Watercolor Crayons. Love them!!

Around the silver frame I added a couple clusters of embellishments - diecuts, paper ephemera, gold stars and sequins and pearls from a 28 Lilac Lane embellishment kit. I used Distress Inks to add some colour around the edge of this cute bird diecut. Inside the cute frame I added a mini card from the Pink Paislee Take Me Away 6x6 paper pad.

At the top I used feathers that I diecut with my Cricut and shaded with Distress Inks along with an arrow and more stars from a Project Life kit and popped up a layer to add dimension.

Well, my sister loved it - and sent me a photo of it on a gallery wall in her bedroom! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you're staying warm and cozy this week - and getting some crafty time ;)

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PDE Linky Party - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - AG #264/265

DL Art - January Linky Challenge

Little Scrap Pieces - Show It Off Saturday

Hello Fall Pocket Pages!

Hi friends! I'm back to share a Fall layout today! Since in Canada we have Thanksgiving in October - it seems like once Halloween is over my mind is on Christmas. I am trying to really focus on enjoying the right now since soon enough there will be snow on the ground and chilly weather! I created a two page pocket page layout using some Fall themed Project Life journaling cards, some Pretty Cute Stamps (on sale until Nov 10/16!!), along with other stamps, stickers and sequins from my stash. I love using pocket pages when I have lots of photos to scrap. I get to add all my pics along with pretty papers, stamps and stickers!

Here's my first page:

It was such an amazing day for us to visit one of our favourite parks!

I used the Harvest Happiness clear stamp set from Pretty Cute Stamps to add sentiments along with the leaves and sunflower. right on my journaling cards.

Here's a look at my second page:

This pumpkin sticker is printed on canvas and gives such a cool texture to the page! I added some of the pretty woodgrain washi tape and a sequin from the 28 Lilac Lane collection.

My girls love looking through the Project Life album - and it makes me so happy to see them talking about these memories!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you're able to enjoy some lovely Fall weather wherever you are, and have a wonderful, crafty week!

Linked to:

Sunny Day Crafting - AG

PDE Linky Party - Anything Goes
DL Art - Nov Linky Challenge

Little Scrap Pieces - Show It Off Saturday

Word Art Wednesday - AG

Kitty Bee Designs Challenge #82 - Orange and Black!

Hi friends! I'm back today to share the project I made for the Kitty Bee Designs Challenge this week using an Orange and Black theme! Since Halloween is coming up really soon, that wasn't hard at all!

Our sponsor this week is the wonderful digital stamp company, Aurora Wings. Please check them out and show them some love for being such a wonderful sponsor! You can find their beautiful images on their website Aurora Wings and their Etsy shop.

For my card I'm using this adorable Candy Corn Fairy digital stamp, which I coloured with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour markers. I used some Halloween papers from my stash, along with Distress Ink for edging and some Izink orange ink for fun splatters! I love how these creepy spiders are in the background, but the sweet fairy makes this card not too scary ;)

I popped her up on foam dots and used some orange and clear Stickles to giver her some shimmery fun - because of course a fairy needs shimmer! These pretty sequins and the button I added are from the 28 Lilac Lane collection.

Inside, I used the rest of that doily from the front of the card and added some sentiment stamps from the Bewitched stamp set by Pretty Cute Stamps.

You can see the video I created to show you how I made this card here!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the Orange and Black challenge at the Kitty Bee Designs Challenge blog and enter your own project for a chance to win!

Linked to:
Little Scrap Pieces - Saturday Linky Party
PDE Linky Party - AG
Sunny Day Crafting - AG
Craftaholics R Us - #4 Halloween Cards for Girls
Emerald Creek Dares - Falling Into Celebration

A+ Teacher Card!

Hi there crafty friends!! I'm sharing a teacher card today using a Stamping Bella teacher stamp I've had in my stash for quite some time now - but still love! I actually made this for my daughter's teacher at the end of the year in June, but I think it could totally be used for a September new teacher card!

I stuck with a pretty basic design on a 5.5"x 5.5" top folding card base, using some BoBunny papers along with the blue and white polka dot paper. I love the primary colour scheme!

I used some Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers, which are alcohol based to colour in my image before mounting it on some red patterned paper. The shiny blue pearls from 28 Lilac Lane add just the right shimmer and matched perfectly. I was so excited to see that Selena from my local Canadian scrapbook store, Scrapendipity, had them in her store and online! If you're shopping in the US, you can find them at the Buttons Galore and More website.

Inside, I used some cute sentiments that came with the set!

There's something fun about a top folding card!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I'd love to hear whether you give teacher cards other times of the year and not just holidays or end of the year! Have a wonderful, happy and crafty week!

Linked to:
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday August Challenge - Stamping
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Stamp It!

Autumn Blessings Card!

Hey Crafty Friends! It's certainly feeling like fall around here, and I think the saying applies "if you can't beat them - join them", applies here! I thought I'd share a fall card I made using some Recollections and BoBunny cardstocks and a couple diecut fall leaves layered over some bakers twine along with sequins and a pretty button from the 28 Lilac Lane Collections! 

Our Thanksgiving here in Canada is a lot earlier than the US, so it never hurts to start early to have a few extra Thanksgiving cards on hand. I love this pretty sentiment from the Thankful stamp set from Pink and Main - that script is just so lovely! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have you started making fall - or dare I say Christmas - cards yet?! I must confess, I'm thinking about it already ;) Wishing you a very happy, and very crafty week!

Linked to:
Pink & Main Challenge Blog - #13 Autumn Theme
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Stamp It

Birthday Splash!

Hey there friends!! I hope you enjoyed a wonderful weekend. We had sunshine and rain- but we managed to get out a bit, and even slept in the tent in our backyard Saturday night. The kids loved it, but I don't know if I'd say tenting is my favourite thing, lol.

Today I'm sharing this adorable Mermaid Kisses Digital Stamp set from the Pretty Cute Stamps store that I used to create this card. I opened the mermaid digital stamp in PicMonkey, a free online photo editing program and layered on the present and sentiment before colouring in the background with alcohol based markers.  You could also print out your images and layer them as you wish. Check out the TUTORIAL I created here to show you how easy this is!

I added Stickles and sequins from 28 Lilac Lane and then edged my oval with Versamark and silver embossing powder to add lots of shiny sparkly fun!

Inside, I used the sentiment from the Merman Digital Stamp set. 

Here's a look at the digital stamp sets I used: 

Mermaid Kisses Digital Stamp set

Merman Digital Stamp set

Thank you so so much for joining me today! Don't forget this month's challenge is still going on at the Pretty Cute Stamps blog - By The Sea! You still have time to enter for a chance to win a gift certificate. Have an awesome, crafty week! 

Linked to:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge- AG