Sentimental Sundays Challenge #91 - Lace & Pearls

Today's sponsor at Sentimental Sundays is Saturated Canary. This week's challenge is Lace, Pearls and a sentiment. Be sure to stop by Sentimental Sundays to see what the DT has come up with.

I colored the image w/Copics and used a Nestabilities dies to cut and emboss it. The papers are from my stash.  I used lacey hem tape and a Martha Stewart border punch. When I use patterned paper, I tend to use fewer embellishment so added just a few pieces of bling and the pearl accents. As I wanted her sweet sad face to be the star, I decided to stamp the sentiment directly on the patterned paper. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Dare To Be Sassy Thursday #113 - Traditional Christmas Colors

Sassy Studio Designs Dare To Be Sassy Thursday challenge is "Use Traditional Christmas Colors." Well that's an easy one isn't it? Stop over and see what the rest of the design team created.

I used this sketch from the Heart2Heart blog.

I started with a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" base card and the "Mommy Kissing Santa Clause" image. It was colored w/Copics. The papers are from a DCWV Christmas stack. I used a Sizzix die for the Christmas tree and decorated it with bling and Stickles. Pop-Dots were used under the image and a Fiskars large oval punch on the Close To My Heart sentiment.

Challenges entered:

Heart2Heart Challenges - Use sketch and Close To My Heart product

Sentimental Sundays #90 - Let's Get Sentimental

The challenge this week at Sentimental Sundays is "Let's Get Sentimental." Let the sentiment be the focus on your projects this week. Let me tell you that I almost always include a sentiment on the front of my cards but prefer somewhat "snarky" ones. Not the case this week. This week I used a stamp that I must have purchased a few weeks ago as I found it swimming in the bottom of my purse in a sea of other stuff that I didn't know was there!

The papers are from my stash. The designer paper is part of a DCWV pack. The Nestabilities cuts are from Labels 18 and inked w/Close To My Heart "Red Barn." The corner was punched with a Martha Stewart corner punch. The swirl bling is from Recollections from Michaels while the circle was embossed with the Cuttlebug "Swiss Dot" folder. Hope you enjoy and come back soon.

Challenges entered:

Die-ing For A Challenge - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks -Use Two of Something

The Corrosive Challenge #143 - Dimension

Challenge #143 at Corrosive Challenge is "Dimension." Our sponsor is Tiddly Inks. Stop over for all the details. For me, this challenge was a no brainer because "pop dots" and I are BFFs. I almost never create a card with out them.

A change for me is that the image was colored with pencils and OMS. I highlighted her necklace and hat band with Stickles. I used bronze glitter stock to cut the Sprockets and Sprights w/the Donna Salazer Nestabilities. Using paper from my stash, I machine stitched the background paper to the card base. In my quest to use by Cricut as much as possible, I cut the Eiffel Tower and "Paris" using the summer in Paris Cartridge. The finishing touches are the bling, Tim Holtz "Dream" ticket and paperclip. I added the jute as the final touch to this vintage card that has lots of dimension and texture. Thanks for stopping by.

Challenges entered

One Stitch At A Time - Use a digi or not
Crafter's Companion - Anything goes
The Stamping Boutique - Stitching

Cosmopolitan

Today at Papercraft Planet the freebie is "Cosmopolitan." The minute I saw it I thought of this sentiment stamp from Just Rite Stamps that has been lurking in my stash.

The image was colored w/Copics. The papers are from my stash. The frame is a Nestabilities die that was cut, embossed and inked w/Close To My Heart ink. It doesn't show but both glasses were covered with Glossy Accents. The  earrings are covered with Stickles. One corner was punched with a Martha Stewart corner punch. I added swirl bling and a a few other gems. To finish it off I added crochet cotton highlighted with gold accents. My idea was create a very avante garde card. Do you think I pulled it off?

Challenges entered:

Crafty Ann's - Bold & Bright
Simply Create Too - Add sunshine to your day
Allsorts Challenge -  Anything goes
Aud Sentiments - Use a sentiment with "Happy."
Shelly's Images - Anything goes
Creative Belli - Recipe
Inky Impressions - Use punches or dies
Digital Tuesday - Use your stash
Tuesday Throwdown - Use twine