A Special Fairy Card

I'm very excited for Bonnie who now has digital papers carried at Lavinia World Store. The newest Fantasy papers are also sold in the We Are 3 Etsy Store. I made this card using the new Fantasy papers and digital stamps from Lavinia. 

I used one of the adorable Baubles from Lavinia. She's printed with a background of one of the Fantasy papers, and I cut Fairy Trees from the same paper, as well as black.

The matting behind the bauble is from Monica's Creative Room...layers popped for dimension.

BINGO! SALSA Challenge

This is special for me - star easel card that I finally am happy with! LOL!

The hard part is getting those two top star points correct.  The angle seems hard for me to get right.  I pretty much hope that once I've glued them together, they'll work. 

The flowers are from my stash - the sentiment from We Are 3 (Itty Bitty - Sweet set).

Halloween with Miss Kate Cuttables

Happy Halloween, Everybody! The current challenge at the Eclips Users Group is inking - so I thougt. I really need to read these challenges better! LOL! I did make this card in response - digitally inking around the layers of the card. I chose the adorable Halloween Owl from Miss Kate Cuttables.

The pumpkins and witch hats are also from Miss Kate Cuttables, Print 2 Cut, and popped.

Susan's Scrap Club meets Creative Confetti

Those that know me well know that I depend on my electronic cutter.  Yesterday I loaded up its memory too much and CRASH!  I have not been able to reinstall the software since!  Fortunately, I listened to the wise ladies in the Eclips Users Group who recommended when you update the software, KEEP the old software installed.  Yeah!  It saved me!  A number of features missing....but I will at least be able to keep doing what I do most while I wait for someone smarter than me to figure out what's wrong. 

The Creative Confetti Challenge at Power Poppy this week calls for a baby card.  I hope this works - a baby layout!  I have a new niece - since I only have grandsons to scrapbook for, I decided to take this opportunity to scrapbook for a girl!  For this layout, I used Positive Vibes from Digi Crea, along with Baby Deer and Mom and a tiny Lovely Forest Deer - all from Star Jam Lines.

Unfortunately, my computer does not like the color turquoise - so on my computer, this looks like a baby blue layout.  I hope you see the beautiful turquoise, pink, and green that I really used.  When I look at this on my phone, it's gorgeous!  Here, gotta admit - not so much.  I don't generally collage embellishments - so this was a little tough for me....but I'm very happy with the results.  I thank Susan for this sketch inspiration.

It's a Girl and Stick It Down Challenge

How about this sweet baby layout?

It's inspired by this month's single-page sketch at Stick It Down!  I turned the sketch on it's side.  The journaling was computer generated.

Unfortunately, I can't post pics of the new arrival...but I can guarantee she is CUTE!  The photos will be one of Dad holding new baby, and one of Mom holding new baby.

I keep being drawn to the beautiful turquoise papers in this collection (Positive Vibes - Digi Crea) - have to remind myself to add a little pink here and there.  

Also not sure if it's my cameras, computer screen, or my eyes....but I sure have a hell of a time posting these photos with true colors.  This layout is a beautiful soft turquoise, yet my photos always seem to come out baby blue...if anybody has any helpful hints, I'd appreciate them!  I've tried all different rooms and lighting and outside with natural light...two different cameras...and they all come out the same.  :(

We Are 3 Floral Watercolor

I went the simple route on this card and used just a big Camille's Cactus against the mosaic from Floral Watercolor. I love the cactus against the bright colorful mosaic - it's so Southwest! Super fun, and as quick as can be! I'm also used a sentiment from the Number Birthday set. There are many more fun designs at the We Are 3 page...so be sure to check them out. 

                                      

Interlocking Fancy Fold Card Challenge

Our local papercrafting group, SALSA, is having a bingo challenge for members - this "square" is to create an interlocking gatefold card. This adorable bunny is Honey Bunny. He was so much fun to color digitally! For papers, I used Floral Watercolor and Watercolor Strokes.

I created the interlocking parts on my Eclips...a modified doily from Monica's Creative Room.

                

Creative Confetti: Make a Wish Challenge

It's another week at Power Poppy, and this week's Creative Confetti Challenge is Make a Wish. They want us to use a flower we wish was growing in our gardens. This wasn't difficult for me because I wish I HAD flowers growing in my garden. That's not entirely true - I do have some beautiful Mexican Birds of Paradise and some Bottlebrush - but other than that....my potted garden flowers are all silk....and terrible faded, unfortunately, as my desire to stay out of stores these days makes it difficult to refresh them. Although I'm not a gardener (even my fake flowers look awful!) - I do love flowers....all kinds! So for this challenge I chose the Black-Eyed Susan - and in this case, blue Black-Eyed Susans?  Yes, I realize there are now blue Black-Eyed Susans, but when I color, I take full advantage of coloring flowers any color I feel like that day. :D These Black-Eyed Susans from Power Poppy were so much fun to color.

The doily was a freebie from Monica's Creative Room.  The sentiment is from We Are 3's Number Birthday set.  The beautiful mint doily is cut from Watercolor Strokes by We Are 3.  Because of the intricate cutting, you can't actually see the strokes - but the color is gorgeous!

                    

Decorate Inside and Out Challenge

As soon as I saw the Floral Doily, I couldn't wait to play. It is a beautiful collection! I added a sentiment from the Hope set. The card was made using Watercolor Strokes.

Be sure to check out all the new goodies in the We Are 3 Etsy shop.  There's another gorgeous new collection - Floral Watercolor.  I also dressed up the inside a bit for a local challenge - Decorate Inside and Out.

                  

Look What's New at We Are 3

Check out the fab newbies in the We Are 3 shop! For today's card, I used Watercolor Strokes, Floral Watercolor, and Floral Doily - all new! I added a sentiment from the Hope set.

                           

Shower Gift with Xpressions Creative

WOW, I was so excited when I found the "Party My Crib" SVG from Xpressions Creative - I looked at a lot of SVGs trying to decide if I should just design my own or go for something not truly creative. This SVG, though, is fun and offers a lot of opportunity to embellish. So, this turned out to be a fun, but inexpensive, baby shower gift. The plaque was under $3 - and I was able to use scraps for all the vinyl. (The SVG was $1.25 - it will get lots of use!)

The Outlawz Monday Greetings Challenge

The week at The Outlawz, the Monday Greetings Challenge is themed Masculine. My hubby today told me he expected an anniversary card - so I combined the Monday Greetings with a local SALSA challenge to make his card. Secretly, I hate making cards for my hubby - I just never have good ideas.

I chose handmade paper my sister sent me.  This is a "nested" gatefold card, as shown below.

Creative Confetti "All Boxed Up" Challenge

This week the theme at Creative Confetti is "All Boxed Up." Tell me that's not a fun challenge!

I found these deer images from Star Jam Lines - of course, I just HAD to use them for a new scrapbook for my new niece.  They are colored digitally.  Inspired by the Creative Confetti Challenge at Power Poppy, I placed both images in boxes - somewhat "out of the box" - and cut the entire image including the background box.  The papers are from Digi Crea.  Here is a close up of the colored images.

Power Poppy has done a fabulous job with this challenge (as always), so be sure to check out the rest of the entries.

Paper Ala Mode Pets are People, Too with The Outlawz

By now you should know that the Paper Ala Mode Challenge runs every two weeks on Saturdays. We Are 3 is the sponsor - and the prize is always some digital fun from We Are 3...not to mention a badge to display proudly on your blog. The current challenge beginning today is Pets are People, Too. I could resist coloring Puppy Dog from We Are 3 - so precious!

I think the dog turned out pretty darn cute.  I printed a sentiment from the Dog Love set.  I planned to finally use the cardboard inserts for embossing that allow you to emboss around a sentiment that I purchased years and years ago.  That was a total fail!  So instead I did the usual - cut the sentiment in a rectangle and mat.  Disappointing.  :(

                                                      

The Outlawz Progressive Freebie and Wednesday Sketch Challenges

Well, it's another month and a new progressive freebie - this month our image is Pony Plait from Hatty Clare. Tell me this isn't a fun image!

This has been one of my favorite images to color for the Progressive Freebie Challenge.  The design is inspired by both The Outlawz Wednesday Sketch and a shadow-box card class I took from Susan Bossiere.  Pony Plait is colored digitally - the flowers are pre-colored from Digi-Crea.

Have a Merry Christmas

Well, triple-digit temps are here! But I'm thinking snow. Now my background might now speak snow - but I like an album to be consistent in papers, so my holiday theme is brought out only in my embellies. The layout is made with We Are 3 digital papers - Dragonflies in Flight, and the embellishments were in my stash.  I do have lots of iridescent sequins to represent snow - but they did not photograph well at all.

Creative Confetti - Share Your Fave

On a simple white card base, I cut and embossed a small square, then added Power Poppy's Hollyberries and Poinsettia on top, added some beads...DONE! I'm entering this in the Power Poppy Creative Confetti Challenge (favorite Power Poppy image).

Paper Ala Mode Encouragement Challenge

Good Morning! The new Paper Ala Mode Challenge at The Outlawz was chosen by our dear sponsor, Bonnie, and she's chosen Encouragement for our theme. My card is decked out with Seaside Anchor from We Are 3. I embellished it with pearls. The papers are from We Are 3 - Strawberry Jam - one of my favorite collections. The sentiment is from the Hope set.

Now go be inspired at Paper Ala Mode by the rest of the team's fabulous takes on this challenge.  Remember, you have two weeks to complete our challenges for a chance to win a prize from We Are 3.