Challenge 62 at Lia Stampz! Good Luck or Congrats

There's a new challenge at Lia Stampz this fortnight! We want to see your good luck or congrats cards!

Here's my project:

I used the digi called Baby Girl.  Colored it with Copics.  The paper is from Echo Park Sweet Day Collection.  Doily, ribbon, silver baker's twine, sentiment stamp, glitter, and circle die are all Stampin Up!

Can't wait to see what you guys create!

Entering this in the following challenges:

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges: Favorite Color Combo (pink and white)

Charistma Cardz Challenges: CAS

Shabby Tea Room: Pretty in Pink (also include white or cream, pink, green, flowers, lace, and ribbon)

Love to Create: Photo/Color Inspiration (pink/cream/green/a tiny bud of dark purple)

The Robin's Nest GARDEN themed blog hop!

Aloha Robin's Nest fans! Its that time again... its time for a Robin's Nest blog hop! We're using awesome The Robin's Nest products and showing you our Garden themed projects!  

Here's mine:

I used a Tiddlyinks image for my card.  I colored it with Copics and sponged the sky background.  The awesome Robin's Nest projects I used are the Halloween Stripe card stock (the back had the gorgeous garden green color!), the Green Butterfly card stock for the grass, and the Spring Flowers Glitter Cardstock for the butterflies.  I also used some awesome dew drops!

Entering this card in the following challenges:

Clear It Out - Green

Stampin for the Weekend - Spring Colors

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Milk Coffee - Spring

4 Crafty Chicks - Spring

One Stitch at a Time - Anything Goes

HOW ABOUT SOME PRIZES????

Be sure to hop on over to the Chattering Robin's Blog and check out the design team creations using The Robin's Nest product - and be sure to become a follower of each blog for a chance to win prizes...now who doesn't love prizes??? I know I do!!!

Oh yeah, did I tell you the prize was $15 in product given away on each blog??? Get started at The Robin's Nest!!!

Thank You Card Using The Robin's Nest and Altered Pages

Aloha Robin's Nest fans!!! Just in case you missed my post last week at The Chattering Robins blog, here is my full video and photo!

Spring papers are 20% off in the store!!! 

Watch the video below as I show you how to put together a quick and easy card using The Robin's Nest (amazing) paper!

We are also sponsored this month by Altered Pages and I'll be using their images!

Robin's Nest products used:

Purple Ants Glitter Cardstock (used the back)

Purple Flowers Glitter Cardstock

Purple Dew Drops from Summer Dew Drops

Also used: Altered Pages Images

 Hope you enjoyed my Thank You card! 

Trash to Treasure

So I salvaged an old Cinderella storybook that was going to be thrown out by the library.  The cover came off and a lot of the pages were missing. :( This was vintage, circa 1980! I had to turn the art into some cards.  Unfortunately, I cannot sell these pieces due to copyright and license issues, but they make a nice addition to my personal stash and I'm sure people will appreciate the vintage images!

Just added a purple base layer, a crocheted flower, and ruffled ribbon.  All retired Stampin Up product.

Added a card stock base layer and a flower I had in my stash.

Added a card stock base layer, some washi tape, a button, and linen thread.

Added the cute Stampin Up cupcake builder punch.

Added a felt flower and a shell button.

Can't wait to salvage more vintage story books! I saved a heap from the library! 

Custom Card Monday! The Chicken Florist

So I'm going to start a new thing here on my blog... I feel like its been a little neglected ever since I opened my Etsy shop and YouTube channel! I have made TONS of cards without posting them to my blog. Shame on me! So, I devised a plan (insert evil laugh).  Every Monday I'm going to post a custom card that I've made for a customer, friend, or family member.  These always are a bit out of the ordinary and deserve a place in cyber space!

Here's my first one:

I had someone who wanted a birthday card for her sister.  She is a tropical flower florist and also a chicken in the Chinese zodiac.  Behold, the chicken florist! :)

Got the chicken from the Country Life cartridge. The tropical flowers are from various Cricut cartridges.  I know I used luau and accent essentials.  I also hand punched some flowers and added pearls.  Love the colors together.  I used Stampin Up's Coastal Cabana, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry, and Tangerine Tango. LOVE this color combo!  I also sponged a sky background.

Hope you enjoyed my first installment of Custom Card Mondays!

Entering this in the following challenges:

Pink Elephant - Fave Color Combo

Fantabulous Cricut - Birdie

Crafting for all Seasons - No DSP

Cute Card Thursday - Wild Life

Milk Coffee - At least 2 flowers

Emergency Crafters - Flowers

One Stitch at a Time - For a Woman

Love to Create - Bingo (flowers, yellow, sparkle)

The Robin's Nest Sneak Peek!

It's my day to post my project and video for The Robin's Nest via The Chattering Robin's blog!  Here is a sneak peek!

Go HERE to see the rest!

The Great American Road Trip 2014! Moving from Coast to Coast!

So... I've been traveling for awhile now. LOL. I know it may not seem like it because I've had my posts scheduled since the ending of January, but the Navy moved us once again and this time we went from the east coast to the pacific northwest! Wheeee! We DROVE it.  Crazy! I call it my Great American road trip! I've never seen these places before and I was super excited to see the sights and eat the eats! Here are some photos of where we stopped and what we did!

We started off in Connecticut with America's best pizza - The Clam Pie at Frank Pepes. 

We did the Cheesesteak Shuffle in Philadelphia.

I even ran up the Rocky Steps!!!!

I tried out some Iron Chef eats at Lola in Cleveland.

Had a cheese pie at Lou's in Chicago.

Checked out the shiny bean there too. :)

Went to see what the frozen Souix Falls looked like.

And traveled the Bad Lands.

Made it to Mount Rushmore.

And went dog sledding in Montana!

Had a sleigh ride.

And went snowmobiling in...

Yellowstone Park!

Well-traveled Sabotage! He enjoyed every single hotel room we stayed in!

And when we finally got here... I found lots of Hawaiian food! YES!!!!

Hope you enjoyed my pictures! You can see videos of me and my trip (like me running up The Rocky Steps) on Instagram.  I'm vampyra1 on there. :)

Now I can go back to blogging, Etsy-ing, and commenting on all your blogs! Whew!

Lia Stampz Challenge 61! Green

There's a new challenge at Lia Stampz this fortnight! We want to see your GREEN projects!

I used the digi called Birthday Croc.  Colored him with Copics.  The paper is from The Green Stack (how appropro!) Twine is from The Twinery. Green cardstock is from Stampin Up!

Can't wait to see what you guys create!

Scribbles Designs Toad-ally New Challenge!

Its March 15! Time for some new design team projects! We've got a new challenge over at Scribbles Designs!  This month, we want to see your Toad-ally Un-frog-ettable projects. Here's my project:

Used the Carl digi from Movember Boys! I've been dying to use this one. LOL. I inked Carl up with Copics.  The paper is from The Green Stack.  Ribbon, cardstocks, rhinestone, and ticket corner punch are all Stampin Up! 

You don't need a Scribbles image to play, but if you do use a Scribbles image, however, you can enter as many times as you wish.  Go here to play with us!

Wanna get this digi or any other of Scribble's designs? Check out the Scribbles Designs store! 

Can't wait to see what you guys create!

Easter Cards Using The Robin's Nest and Altered Pages

Aloha Robin's Nest fans!!! Just in case you missed my post at The Chattering Robins blog last week, here is my full video and photo!

Spring papers are 20% off in the Robin's Nest store!!! 

Watch the video below as I show you how to put together quick and easy cards using The Robin's Nest (amazing) paper!

We are also sponsored this month by Altered Pages and I'll be using their images!

Robin's Nest products used:

Kiwi Sorbet Glitter Paper

Spring Stripe Paper (Used the purple back)

Purple Dew Drops from Summer Dew Drops

Also used: Altered Pages Images

The Robin's Nest Sneak Peek!

It's my day to post my project and video for The Robin's Nest via The Chattering Robin's blog!  Here is a sneak peek!

Go HERE to see the rest!

Midway through Scribble's Frame It Challenge!

Its Feb 28! Which means we're halfway through our Scribbles Designs challenge!  This month, we want to see your "Frame It" projects. Here's my midway project:

The frame is called Frame 9.  I also used the "thank you" sentiment from Sandy's digi called Words.  If you only get one digi from Scribbles by Sandy, I would highly suggest Words! It's got a smattering of great sentiments for your cards... and they're all drawn up in Sandy's pretty calligraphy!  I inked up the frame with Copics.  Used a very simple layout.  Card stock, ribbon, and paper are all Stampin Up.

You don't need a Scribbles image to play, but if you do use a Scribbles image, however, you can enter as many times as you wish.  Go here to play with us!

Wanna get this digi or any other of Scribble's designs? Check out the Scribbles Designs store! 

Can't wait to see what you guys create!