LOTV's 9th Birthday

Lili of the Valley is celebrating their 9th birthday this week with a birthday card competion. The prize is 9 stamps of the winner's choice!! Plus the top 3 will be given the opportunity to be guest designers!! How awesome is that!! Here is my card using Rosie With Cake.

I started with a dark brown 5x5 card base. I added a piece of pink card stock cut just slightly smaller than the base. I embossed a piece of white card stock using a dot folder and added it to the bottom of the card.  I cut a strip of pink & brown striped patterned paper and backed it in dark brown. I punched the bottom of the dark brown card stock using an eyelet lace border punch and added a brown dotted ribbon across the middle before adding it just above the embossed card stock.  I colored the image using Spectrum Noir and American Crafts Chromatix pens. I stamped the sentiment on white card stock and then backed both the image and the sentiment in pink and then again in dark brown.  I added 3 white pearls to the top corner.  I tied a knot out of the ribbon and added it beside the image.  I added crystal stickles to the headband and flame on the image.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

LOTV Ideas To Inspire: Birthday Card Competition

Totally Gorjuss: Happy

Whoopsi Daisy: Add A Sentiment

Alota Rubber Stamps: Multiples of 3 (3 pearls)

Paper Playtime: Sentiment Stamps

Creative Card Crew: Birthdays

Hanna and Friends: Pink & Brown

Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes

Craft Us Crazy: Show Us Your Favorites (glitter, pink, ribbon, pearls) 

Card Ingredients

LOTV Rosie With Cake Rubber Stamp

Studio G Mother's Day Sentiment Rubber Stamp Set

White Card Stock

Nicole Crafts Pink Card Stock

DCWV Pink and Brown Stripe Patterned Paper

Bazzil Basics Dark Brown Card Stock

Queen & Co White Pearls

Crystal Stickles

American Crafts Brown Dotted Ribbon

Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace Border Punch

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder ~ Dots

Spectrum Noir Pens ~ TN8, EB1, GB10, PP1, PP3, IG2, FS3, IG1,GB8, FS2

American Crafts Chromatix Pens ~ Honeycomb 1, Honeycomb 2, Chestnut 1, Chestnut 2

Marvy LePlume II Pens ~ 83 Butterscotch

Romance

Good morning. This week at 2 Sisters the challenge is to create a card/project with the theme of ROMANCE.  The sponsor this week is Doodle Pantry. The DT is showcasing the image Love Birdies.  Here is my card for this week's challenge. Be sure to pop on over to 2 Sisters and check all the inspiration from the DT.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter: Celebrations

Penny's Paper Crafty: Anything Goes

The Crafter's Cafe: Love/Friendship

Paper Playtime: Sentiment Stamps

Creative Craft World: Anything Goes

Forever Friends: Animals/Butterflies/Birds

Doodle Pantry: Use A Doodle Pantry Image

Emerald Faeries: Love

Card Ingredients

Doodle Pantry Love Birds Digital Stamp Set

Studio G Mother's Day Sentiment Rubber Stamp Set

White Card Stock

Coredinations Chipped Saphire Distressed Card Stock

Bazzill Basics Spring Breeze Card Stock

Cloud 9 Designs Trvl Stripe Patterned Paper

Queen & Co Snowflake Pearls

American Crafts Brown Dotted Ribbon

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder ~ Dots

Spectrum Noir Pens ~ PP1, TB2, PP3, EB8, DG2, IG1, EB5, TN7, TB1, IG4, DG4, EB2, GB10

American Crafts Chromatix Pens ~ Chestnut 1

Marvy LePlume II Pens ~ 83 Butterscotch

Beary Big Hugs

I created this birthday card using Beary Big Hugs from Belles N Whistles. 

To create my card I began with a 5x5 purple palisades card base.  I cut a piece of spring breeze a 1/4 inch smaller than the base and backed it in white card stock.  I cut a piece of purple star vellum, backed it in purple palisades card stock and added a sage green ribbon. I added that to the bottom of the card and added a white paper doily.  I colored the image using Spectrum Noir and American Crafts Chromatix pens.  I backed the image in purple palisades and then again in white.  I added 4 mini purple rhinestones to the upper corner and 4 more to the opposite bottom corner. I layered white paper flower and a purple paper daisy. I fastened them together with a purple glitter brad and added them to the remaining bottom corner. 

To finish off the inside of my card I cut a piece of spring breeze a 1/4 inch smaller than the base and backed it in white.  I cut a smaller square out of purple star vellum, backed it in purple palisades and then again in white and added it to center.  I cut a piece of white card stock, backe it in purple pasisades and then again in white and added to one side of the card. I stamped the sentiment "happy birthday" onto white card stock and backed it in spring breeze and added it to the top of the vellum square.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Stampavie & More: Lots of Layers

Aud Sentiments: Show Us Your Inner Sentiment

The ABC Challenge: H is for Happy Birthday

Craft Us Crazy: Show Us Your Favorites (green, purple, rhinestones, ribbon, flowers)

Really Reasonable Ribbon Ramblings: Spring Colors

Forever Friends: Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy: Make It Girly

Stamptacular Sunday: Two's Company (2 stamps (image and sentiment), 2 colors, 2 embellishments (flowers and rhinestones)

Loves Rubber Stamps: Lots of Layers

Fab N Funky: Flower Power

My Craft Spot: Flowers

Little Red Wagon: Totally Teddies

Paper Playtime: Sentiment Stamps

Creative Card Crew: Birthdays

Dream Valley Challenge: Ribbon and Bling

Creative Craft World: Anything Goes

Card Ingredients

Belles N Whistles Beary Big Hugs Rubber Stamp

Hampton art Birthday Sentiment Rubber Stamp Set

White Card Stock

Bazzill Basics Purple Palisades Card Stock

Bazzill Basics Spring Breeze Card Stock

Purple Star Vellum Paper

White Paper Heart Doily

Sage Green Ribbon

Queen & Co Mini Purple Rhinestones

White Paper Flowers
Purple Paper Daisy

We R Memory Keepers Purple Glitter Rhinestones

Spectrum Noir Pens ~ LV1, PP1, FS6, DG2, FS2

American Crafts Chromatix Pens ~ Chestnut 1, Chestnut 2

Lucy's Flower--Valentine/Love

For Valentine's Day this year my wonderful hubby bought me 5 packages of Spectrum Noir pens.  I've been wanting them for a while now but just never felt ready to spend that much money on markers. If your a regular to my blog than you know that I almost always use Crayola and Prisma colored pencils as my coloring medium. So I got to play around with them for my card for this week's challenge at 2 Sisters and I have to say that I LOVE THEM!!! I can't wait to sit down and play with them again and of course I am definitely willing and ready to purchase some more of the sets. Anyway.... this week at 2 Sisters our theme is Valentines/Love.  We are sponsored one final time by The Digi Garden. I love Jacqui's images. They are so adorable and so much fun to play with. What an amazing artist she was.  Jacqui you will be missed. 

  The image I used is called Lucy's Flower. 

To create my card I started with a white card base and covered the front with a blue floral patterned paper.  To the bottom of the card I added a piece of evening surf card stock with a dark blue ribbon added across the center of it.  I added 3 blue Twinkle Goose Bumps to the center of the ribbon.  To the top of the card I cut a piece of vibrant blue card stock and added it to a piece of the evening surf card stock.  I punched the bottom of the evening surf using an eyelet lace border punch.  I colored the iamge and backed it in evening surf and then again in white and added it to one side of the vibrant blue card stock.  I stamped hearts beside the image and colored them in with markers.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Deconstructed Sketches: Sketch

Southern Girls Challenge: Bling It On

Creative Belli Blog: Valentines/Hearts

Inky Impressions: Ribbon/Twine

Crafty Creations: Love/Hearts

Charisma Cardz: Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly: Hearts/Flowers

Natalie & Amy's Challenge: Something Old (paper) and Something New (twinkle goose bumps)

Card Ingredients

The Digi Garden Lucy's Flower Digital Stamp

Studio G valentine Rubber Stamp Set

White Card Stock

Bazzill Basics Evening Surf Card Stock

Bazzill Basics Vibrant Blue Card Stock

Blue Floral Patterned Paper

Studio G Blue Twinkle Goose Bumps

American Crafts Dark Blue Ribbon

Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace Border Punch

Spectrum Noir Pens ~ FS2, FS6, TB2, TB1, TB9

Marvy LePlume II Pens ~ 60 (salvia blue), 68 (daffodil yellow)

American Crafts Chromatix Pens ~ Chestnut 1, Chestnut 2



Hearts

Here is my card for this week's challenge at 2 Sisters. 

 Our sponsor is . . . . .

Our theme is. . . . . .

HEARTS

Here is my card using Pussy Cat Luv from Robyn's Fetish. . . . . .

To create my card I started with a red card base and added a piece of striped patterned paper to the bottom.  I punched a strip of white card stock using a heart lace border punch and added a raspberry dotted ribbon to it.  I added that to the top of the striped paper. I colored the image using crayola and prisma colored pencils.  I backed it in red card stock and then again in white.  I added white flowers to the ribbon and added a red heart sticker to the center of the flower and another to the upper corner of the image.  I stamped the sentiment "a lifetime of love" onto white cardstock, backed it in red card stock and then again in white and added it to the bottom of the card.

I am entering this card into the following challenges. . . .

Seems A Little Sketchy: Sketch

Ooh La La Creations: Love Story

Paper Playtime: Border Punches

Creative Stamp Friends: With Hearts/Valentine's Day

Tammy's Scrapin Corner: Valentines

Daring Card Makers: Love Is In The Air

Crafty Catz: Love Is In The Air (feature a heart)

Totally Paper Crafts: Valentines/Love

Forever Friends: Animals/Butterflies/Birds

Crafts 4 Eternity: Be My Valentine

Cute Card Thursday: Love Struck

Simon Says Stamp: Have A Heart

Inky Impressions: Love

Fab N Funky: Valentines/Hearts

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Digital Tuesday: Hearts

Everybody Art: Hearts

Love

I created this Valentine using Frizzy Jynx from Saturated Canary.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

The Cuttlebug Spot: Love Is In The Air

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Digital Tuesday: Hearts

Simon Says Stamp: Have A Heart

Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge: Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday: Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Emerald Faeries Challenge Blog: Love

Hanna and Friends: Anything Goes

Fabulous Friday Challenge: Love and Heart

Card Makin Mamas: Love

Mayzy Art: Anything Goes

Digi Design Challenge: Valentines and/or Love

Corrosive Challenge: Hearts and Flowers

Dream Valley Challenges: Valentines

Kaboodle Doodles: Hearts

Ooh La La Creations: Love Story

Incy Wincy: Love Is In The Air

There She Goes Clear Stamps: Photo Inspiration

Card Ingredients

Saturated Canary Frizzy Jynx Digital Stamp

White Card Stock

The Paper Company Bark Card Stock

DCWV The Blossom Song Card Stock Stack ~ Pink Plaid

Nicole Crafts Pink Card Stock

DCWV The Blossom Song Card Stock Stack ~ Raspberry

White Doily Heart

Queen & Co White Pearls

Studio G White Paper Flowers

Studio G Raspberry Paper Flowers

Scallop Scissors

Fiskars Oval Template

Crayola Color Pencils

Prisma Color Pencils

Spectrum Noir Markers

Happy Valentines Day 2 Ewe

I created this Valentine's Day card using Valentine Ewe from Bugaboo Stamps.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Forever Friends: Ribbon or Lace

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

Stampavie and More: Love

Emerald Faeries and A&T Challenge Blog: Love

Delightful Challenges: Red and White

ABC Challenge: G is for Going Dotty

Winter Wonderland: Monochromatic

Delicious Doodles: Red

Sweet N Sassy Digi Challenge: Valentine's Day/Love

Card Makin Mamas: Love

Catch The Bug: Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin: Love Is All Around

A Gem of A Challenge: Gingham or Checks

Digi Designs Challenge: Valentines and/or Love

Tammy's Scrapin Corner: Valentines

Dream Valley Challenges: Valentines

Kaboodle Doodles: Hearts

Incy Wincy: Love Is In The Air

My Craft Spot: Valentines For Kids

Card Ingredients

Bugaboo Valentine Ewe Digital Stamp

White Card Stock

Nicole Crafts Red Card Stock

EK Success Heart Stickers

Red Gingham Ribbon

Martha Stewart Heart Lace Border Punch

Crayola Color Pencils

Prisma Color Pencils

Cherish The Little Things

I created this card using Beary Big Hugs from Belles N Whistles.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Sketch N Stash: Sketch

Charisma Cardz: Pink and Brown

Elisabeth Bells World: A Vintage Valentine

Elphine House: Going Vintage

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes with Word Art

A Gem of A Challenge: Gingham or Checks

Crafty Card Makers: Vintage Love

Mayzy Art: Anything Goes

Catch The Bug: Anything Goes

Card Ingredients

Belles N Whistles Beary Big Hugs Rubber Stamp

Studio G Valentine Rubber Stamp Set

White Card Stock

The Paper Company Chestnut Card Stock

Nicole Crafts Pink Card Stock

DCWV The Blossom Song CS Stack ~ Pink Plaid

Pebbles Ink Brown Chalk

Rose Pearls

Crayola Color Pencils

Prisma Color Pencils

Roses

Here is my card for this week's challenge at 2 Sisters Challenges.

Our theme this week is....

WHITE and RED and/or PINK

Our sponsors are.....

For my card I used Roses from Floppy Latte's Digital Designs. I started with a red card base and added an embossed piece of white card stock to it.  I colored the image using crayola and prisma colored pencils and cut it out in an oval.  I backed both the image and the sentiment on red card stock and cut around the image with scallop scissors. To finish the card I added 3 red pearls to the upper corner.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

ABC Challenge: G is for Going Dotty (embossing)

Delightful Challenges: Red and White

By The Cute And Girly: Roses are Red

Card Ingredients

Floppy Latte Roses Digital Stamp

Inkadinkado Garden Flower Rubber Stamp Set

White Card Stock

Nicole Crafts Red Card Stock

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder ~ Dots

Queen & Co Classy Red Pearls

Fiskars Oval Template

Scallop Scissors

Crayola Color Pencils

Prisma Color Pencils