Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Happy New Year!!!!!



Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!  May it be filled with love, happiness & good health!!!!!
Hugs & Love,
 

Sunday, December 29, 2013

613 Avenue Create Challenge #52~Use Black & Your Favorite Color

Supplies:  Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set; Cupcake Word Block Digital Stamp; Basic Black, Real Red  
& Whisper White Card Stock; Real Red Ink; Big Shot; Honeycomb Embossing Folder;
 Modern Label, Word Window & Banner Punches; SU! Rhinestones; Brights Glimmer Brads; 
Flower Embellishments; Ribbon; Dazzling & Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details; Dimensionals

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Good Morning & Happy Sunday Stamping Friends!!!

It's challenge time @ 613 Avenue Create & our sponsor is Bugaboo Digi Stamps!!  The optional twist for you all this week is to use black along with your favorite color.  As you can see from my creation; red is my FAVE color so this card was especially fun to make!!!  To see what the rest of the Design Team created, please check out our blog & while you're there read up on our rules so you can play along with us!  ALSO; don't forget about our 500 Followers giveaway....there's lots of prizes to give away so be sure & check it out!!!!!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Alphabet Challenge~W for Whatever You Wish
Crafting From The Heart~Anything Goes
Crafting Musketeers~Layer It Up
Crafts 4 Eternity~Something New-Flowers, Ribbon & Digital Stamp
Cute Card Thursday~Anything Goes
Dig Makeover~Anything Goes
Digitally *Sweet*~Anything Goes 
Loves Rubberstamps~Anything Goes
Stampin' for the Weekend~Anything Goes
The Stamping Chef~Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by & have a great rest of the day!!!
Until Next Time,
Hugs & Love,

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Merry Christmas To All My Friends



Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!  Enjoy this time with your family/friends & loved ones!!!!!
Hugs & Love,
 

Sunday, December 15, 2013

613 Avenue Create Challenge #49~Optional Twist-CAS

Supplies:  Christmas Words Digital Stamp; Brushed Silver Card Stock; White Specialty Paper; Cherry
Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon; Cherry Cobbler Ink; Prismacolor Pencils; Dazzling Details; SU!
Pearls; Mini Glue Dots

Good Morning & Happy Sunday Stamping Friends!!!!!

I'm back with another creation for 613 Avenue Create & our optional twist for you this week is to make a CAS style card.  I used the JOY Christmas words digital stamp because I knew it would make this challenge super easy & I was right!!!  To see what the rest of the Design Team created, please check out our blog & while you're there; read up on our rules so you can play along with us!  I can't wait to see what you come up with!  Have fun & happy stamping everyone!!!!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Brown Sugar~Christmas
Card Makin' Mamas~Merry Christmas 
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards~Happy Holidays
Craftitude~Anything Goes/Christmas Sparkle
Crafty Sentiments Designs~Christmas
Cute Card Thursday~Christmas Catch Up 
Di's Digi Designs~Non Traditional Christmas Colors
Digi Haven~Merry Christmas
Happy Campers~Christmas
Inky Chicks~Christmas
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT~Keep It Clean & Simple
Loves Rubberstamps~Anything Goes Christmas
Ruby's Rainbow~Christmas
Scrapper's Delights~Christmas Time
The Sisterhood of Crafters~Christmas Sparkle 
Songbird~Merry Christmas Everybody
Stampin' for the Weekend~Use Some Red
SweetStamps~Simple Christmas
Totally PaperCrafts~Non Traditional Christmas Colors

Thanks so much for stopping by & have a great rest of the day!!!
Until Next Time,
Hugs & Love,

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Crafting When We Can Challenge #59~Calendars/Countdown

Supplies:  Snow Family Digital Image; Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set; Garden Green Card Stock; White
Specialty Paper; Champagne Glimmer Paper; Big Shot; Festive Flurry Framelits; Cherry Cobbler 
Seam Binding Ribbon; Modern Label & Word Window Punches; Stitched Felt Winter Wishes;
SU! Pearls; Prismacolor Pencils; SU! Paper Piercing Tool; Essentials Paper Piercing Pack;
Paper Piercing Mat; Designer Paper; Dazzling & Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details;
  Dimensionals

Good Morning & Happy Sunday Stamping Friends!!!!!

I'm here with my Design Team creation for Crafting When We Can & we want to see your calendars/countdowns for Christmas!!!  This challenge will be a month long to give us time with our families (most of my Design Teams are on break) so you'll have plenty of time to show us your work!  I decided to be clever & use some designer paper from my stash that highlights the words "On the first day of Christmas" and designed my card around that feature.  To see what the rest of the Design Team created, please check out our blog & while you're there; read up on our rules so you can play along with us!  I can't wait to see your wonderful works of art....have fun & happy stamping everyone!!!!!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks~Color Combo
A Creative Romance~Sparkle at Christmas
Bearly-Mine~Christmas Sentiment
Card Makin' Mamas~Christmas & New Year
C.R.A.F.T.~Christmas
Delicious Doodles~Christmas/New Year
Digi Haven~Merry Christmas
Divas by Design~Feeling Festive
Fab 'n' Funky~A Touch of Frost
Inky Impressions~Winter or Snow
LEJ Designs~Christmas is Coming
Loves Rubberstamps~Anything Goes
My Craft Spot~Sparkle & Shine
Paper Crafting Journey~It's Christmas Time
Paper Pretties~It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
The Pink Elephant~Winter
Sweet Pea Stampers~It's Cold Outside
Sweet Stamps~Red & Green
Word Play Saturday~Snowman

Thanks so much for stopping by & have a great rest of the day!
Until Next Time,
Hugs & Love,

Thursday, December 5, 2013

BLOCK PARTY 500 FOLLOWERS GIVEAWAY FOR 613 AVENUE CREATE!!!!!

   


Good Morning Crafty Friends!!!!!

We are so close to 500 followers! 
 We would love to meet that milestone by JANUARY 12, 2014
CUZ
We're having a BLOCK PARTY to celebrate our 1 Year Blogaversary!
  Of course, we don't want to stop at 500, so KEEP adding your links. 

 We have lined up some fabulous prizes for our BLOCK PARTY and more prizes are being added daily.  If you would like a chance to win here is a partial list of possible prizes: WRMK - Envelope Punch Board;  Prima Mixed Media Dolls(We will be giving away two of these); A Ribbon Bundle from Really Reasonable Ribbons and the list goes on.   Eligibility is simple:
 
1.  Become a follower of our blog.
2.  Become a Facebook Fan.
3.  Add your blog to the linkup here.

Click HERE to go to our Facebook Page and Like Us!


Here is one of the Martha Stewart Office Gift Packages.
(we are giving away three of these and one Mega MS Office Gift Package)
 

Martha Stewart Office – Green Prize Pack
1 - 8.5 x 1 1 spiral notebook
1 - 5 x 8.5 spiral notebook
1 - 3.5 x 8.5 spiral notebook
1 - 3.5 x 5.5 spiral notebook
1 – planner insert
1 – 3.5 x 7 magnetic notepad
1 – 3pk sticky notes
2 – note tabs
2 – white weather proof labels
2 – kraft labels
1 –  sticky notes
Good Luck!  Thanks for helping us reach our goal.  The Drawing will be held on January 12th and the winners announced on January 13th.  Winners will have 5 days to claim their prizes, if they do not, a consolation drawing will be held. 

Thanks so much for stopping by & have a great rest of the day!!!
Until Next Time,
Hugs & Love,

Sunday, December 1, 2013

613 Avenue Create Challenge #48~Gift Packaging

Supplies:  North Pole Sign Digital Image; Real Red, Whisper White & Early Espresso
Card Stock; Real Red Ink; SU! DSP; SU! Rhinestones; SU! Pearls; Chocolate Chip
Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon; Stitched Felt Winter Wishes; Prismacolor
Pencils; Paper Bag; Red Line Tape; Sticky Back Velcro Closures

Good Morning & Happy Sunday Stamping Friends!!!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family/friends!  Mine was very nice & I'm now in Christmas decorating mode!!!!!

Today I'm sharing my design for 613 Avenue Create & our optional challenge for you this week is to make/create gift packaging or you can play along with our anything goes theme....very easy!!!  I decorated a paper bag for my gift package & this lil' cutie will be under my tree very soon!  To see what the rest of the Design Team made, please check out our blog & while you're there; read up on our rules so you can play along with us!  I'm looking forward to seeing what you all come up with...have fun & happy stamping!!!!!

I'm entering this creation in the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks~Christmas 
Clear It Out~Anything Goes-Stash-Snowflake
Crafting By Designs~Christmas or Winter
Crafty Hands~Sparkle & Bling 
Crafty Ribbons~Anything Goes w/Ribbon
Crimbo Crackers~Anything but a Card
Jellypark~Christmas
QKR Stampede~It's Starting to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Shopping Our Stash~Holiday or Winter-everything except image is from my stash
Stampin' for the Weekend~Feeling Festive
Sweet Stamps~The Holidays
Totally Papercrafts~Ho, Ho Holidays 

Thanks so much for stopping by & have a great rest of the day!!!
Until Next Time,
Hugs & Love,      

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Crafting When We Can Challenge #58~Winter

Supplies:  Polar Pals Stamp Set; Winter 10 Digital Image; Whisper White, Slate Gray, Tempting
Turquoise & Brushed Silver Card Stock; Basic Gray Ink; SU! DSP; Big Shot; Festive Flurry
Framelits; Label Bracket & 1 3/8" Circle Punches; Silver Ribbon; SU! Rhinestones &
Pearls; Dazzling Details;  Prismacolor Pencils; Dimensionals

Good Morning & Happy Sunday Stamping Friends!!!!

Today I'm sharing my card for Crafting When We Can & our challenge to you for the next 2 weeks is to show/share your Winter theme cards with us.  I mixed a bit of old supplies with some new goodies to make my creation--fun, fun!  I'm also really enjoying coloring my digital images with prismacolor pencils!  It's so very easy to blend the colors....if only I could use alcohol markers like this LOL!!!  To see what the rest of the Design Team created, please check out our blog & while you're there; read up on our rules so you can play along with us!!!  I'm looking forward to seeing your gorgeous works of art....have fun & happy stamping everyone!!!!!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
ABC Christmas Challenge~Winter Wishes
Aud Sentiments~Any Semtiment 
Charisma Cardz~Christmas
Crafts 4 Eternity~Glitter & Sparkle 
CraftyHands~Sparkle & Bling
Fairy Tale~Photo Inspiration 
Happy Campers~Glitter It
Paper Crafting Journey~Bling It Up! 
Stampin' for the Weekend~Feeling Festive

Thanks so much for stopping by & have a great rest of the day!!!!!
Until Next Time,
Hugs & Love, 

Sunday, November 17, 2013

613 Avenue Create~World Peace Day

Supplies:  Joanie the Flower Child Digital Stamp; Basic Black Card Stock; White Specialty Paper; SU!
DSP; 2 1/2" Circle, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle, Elegant Butterfly & Bitty Butterfly Punches; White Gel 
Pen; SU! Rhinestones; Flower Embellishments; Black Grosgrain Ribbon; Black Prismacolor
 Pencil; Dimensionals

Good Morning & Happy Sunday Stamping Friends!!!

I'm posting my creation for 613 Avenue Create & as always we're an Anything Goes challenge blog with an optional twist.  Our twist this week is for you to celebrate World Peace Day with us!  We want to see your works of art using the peace symbol or the word peace.  I used the word peace on my card for today & in case you're wondering.....no I didn't forget to color my image LOL!!!  Loves Rubberstamps is having a black & white or sepia color challenge this week & I decided to give it a whirl!  I was really happy with my card until I chose to color Joanies' hair....now I know why I rarely use my black coloring pencil---I do not like how her hair came out & wish I had just left it alone but at least the rest of the card is cute!!!  To see what the rest of the Design Team created, please check out our blog & while you're there; read up on our rules so you can play along with us!  I'm looking forward to seeing what you all come up with....have fun & happy stamping everyone!!!!!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
By LORi Designs~Ribbon & Bows 
Crafty Boots~Remembrance
Crafty Creations~Dies & Punches
Crafty Ribbons~Anything Goes w/Ribbon
Creative Craft Challenges2~Recipe..1 Image, 2 Papers-Scallop under the image is designer paper, 3 Flowers
Digitally Sweet~Ribbon or Lace (or both)
DL.ART~Encouragement
Emerald Faeries~Ribbon/Lace & Bling
Flutterby Wednesday~Open..Anything Goes w/a Butterfly or Fairy
Paper Playtime~Sparkle
Penny's Paper-Crafty~Add a Sentiment


Thanks so much for stopping by & have a great rest of the day!!!
Until Next Time,
Hugs & Love,

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Crafting When We Can Challenge #57~Neapolitan (Red, White & Brown)

Supplies:  Yippee-Skippee Stamp Set; Demented Beauty Digital Image; Whisper White, Early Espresso,
Vellum & Kiwi Kiss Card Stock; Early Espresso Ink; SU! DSP; Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon
1 3/4" Circle, Modern Label, Decorative Label, Build a Bird, 1 3/8" Circle, Elegant & Bitty
Butterfly Punches; SU! Pearls; SU! Rhinestones; Prismacolor Pencils; Dimensionals

Good Morning & Happy Sunday Stamping Friends!!!!

I'm posting my Design Team creation today for Crafting When We Can & our theme for the next 2 weeks is Neapolitan~use red, white & brown as the main colors in your works of art.  I actually had a hard time visualizing how my card would look but once I colored the image & played around with the layout a bit...OK a lot LOL; I can honestly say that I'm happy with my work & hope you are too!  Please check out our blog to see what the rest of the Design Team created & while you're there; you can read up on our rules so you can play along with usI can't wait to see your gorgeous cards peeps....have fun & happy stamping!!!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge~Gems, Gems, Gems 
Aud Sentiments~Feminine
Brown Sugar~Anything Goes 
By LORi Designs~Ribbon & Bows
Charisma Cardz~Anything Goes
Daring Cardmakers~The Other Occasions
Divas By Design~Use Your Digis
Loves Rubberstamps~Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss~Remember

Thanks so much for stopping by & have a great rest of the day!!!
Until Next Time,
Hugs & Love,

Friday, November 8, 2013

Simply Create Too Challenge #50~Giving Thanks

Supplies:  Yippee-Skippee Stamp Set; Soft Suede, Very Vanilla & Midnight Muse Card Stock;
Soft Suede Ink; SU! DSP; Big Shot; Autumn Accents Die; Honeycomb & Woodgrain 
Embossing Folders; Elegant Butterfly, Decorative Label & Extra Large Oval 
Punches; Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon; SU! Pearls; Dimensionals

Good Morning & Happy Friday Stamping Friends!!!

It's time for another challenge over @ Simply Create Too & our theme for the next 2 weeks is Giving Thanks.  Your creations can be for Thanksgiving or just a regular thank you card just as long as you're giving thanks....we want to see them!!!  I took this opportunity to make a Fall themed thank you card using some of my favorite things like butterflies & texture along with a bit of bling...can't make any type of card without some sort of bling right?!!!  To see what the rest of the Design Team created, please check out our blog & while you're there; read up on our rules so you can play along with us!  You'll have until Thursday, November 21, 2013 @ Midnight CST to link your creations.  I can't wait to see what you all come up with....have fun & happy stamping everyone!!!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
By Lori Designs~Ribbon & Bows 
Crafty Creations~Autumn Colours
Cuttin' & Stampin'~Giving Thanks 
Flutterby Wednesday~Brown Along With a Butterfly or Fairy 
Inky Impressions~Dies and/or Punches
Paper Pretties~Falling For You 
Sentimental Sundays~Falling Into Autumn
Shopping Our Stash~Thanks-Everything used is from my stash

Thanks so much for stopping by & have a great rest of the day!!!
Until Next Time,
Hugs & Love,