HIMCR Challenge # 151: Freestyle

Hello dear friends!

Time for another challenge at Hiding in My Craftroom!! This weeks challenge is Freestyle! That means anything goes. Let your inner crafter be wild this week and sky is the limit!

The sponsor this week is: 

 

The giveaway this week is THREE digital images!

Since I always seem to fall behind on holiday cards, I decided to make my freestyle a Halloween Card! This image is called Dracula - Damsel from Scrapper's Delights. 

 The papers are all from my stash. The sentiment and image are from Scrapper's Delights. I decided to add the little purple gems to give it a little something extra. The little ghost is cut from Vellum from the Cottage Cutz Ghosts & Bat die cut. The image was colored in with Spectrum Noirs.

I can't wait to see what you all come up with this week!

If you need some inspiration for this challenge head on over to Hiding in My Craftroom to check out what the other team members came up with as well! Now it's your turn! Join in the fun and don't forget to link your project to HIMCR #151 -Freestyle.

HIMCR Challenge #150: Let's Hear it for the Boy

Hello Crafting Friends!

It's Saturday! Time for another challenge over at  Hiding in My Craftroom! This week's challenge is
"Let's Hear it for the Boy". This can be any project for any male, small or big!

The sponsor this week is 2 Cute Ink!

 

The giveaway is two Digital Images

I decided to make my card a Father's Day card, and used the image from 2 Cute Ink called Sherlock Mouse. 

Here it is:

All the papers that I used are from DCWV Guy Stack. The magnifying glass was cut from the Everyday Paper Doll Cricut Cartridge. To spruce it up a little bit I added acetate so it looked like a lens, even though it's hard to see on the picture. The sentiments are all computer generated.

If you need some inspiration for this challenge head on over to Hiding in My Craftroom to check out what the other team members came up with as well! Now it's your turn! Join in the fun and don't forget to link your project to HIMCR #150: Let's Hear it for the Boy.

HIMCR Challenge #149: Embossing

Hello my crafting friends!

It's Saturday! That means it is time for another challenge over at Hiding in my Craftroom! This weeks challenge is embossing. You can use ANY type of embossing! This means, wet, dry, powdered, a folder, bone folder, scor pal, ANYTHING! If you do not have any of these, try our challenge with pre-embossed paper!

The sponsor this week is:



The giveaway is EMBOSSING FOLDERS!

Here's the card that I came up with:

The papers are all from my stash and the die is called "Tattered Lace by Stephanie Weightman High Heel Shoe Die". I am quickly becoming addicted to these dies because they are just so elegant and fancy! 

  If you need some inspiration for this challenge head on over to Hiding in My Craftroom to check out what the other team members came up with as well! Now it's your turn! Join in the fun and don't forget to link your project to HIMCR #149 - Embossing.

Hope you all like!

Happy Mother's Day!

Hello crafting friends!

I just wanted to take a minute and say Happy Mother's Day to all those wonderful mother's out there. I'd like to wish MY mom a fantastic Mother's Day!
 

Here is the card that I made for my mom for Mother's Day! I hope you liked it!

Enjoy!

HIMCR Challenge #148: Super Scraps Saturday!

Hello crafty friends!!

Today is Saturday which means it's time for another challenge at Hiding in my Craftroom! This weeks challenge is just to use scraps! 

Today is a special day because it's Laurie's Birthday (Our wonderful team leader!). Therefore she is sponsoring this weeks challenge with her favorite things! 

 

This week there will be four giveaways!

Cricut Cartridge: Choice of Space or Robot Party

Blending set of 3 Copics

Gypsy Silicone Case

Embossing Folder

 

She has also decided to do a "Comment Only" give away!

The prize for that is either a Space Party or Robot Party cartridge! Winner's Choice! 

 

Here is the card that I made using all scraps! Whew I'm glad I got to clean that little stash out! This is a card that I made for my little brother who is graduating high school next month! 

The layout idea is one that I saw from http://www.handmadespark.com! The rest of it is what I decided to add to the card. :)

If you need some inspiration for this challenge head on over to Hiding in My Craftroom to check out what the other team members came up with as well! Now it's your turn! Join in the fun and don't forget to link your project to HIMCR #148 - SSS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

50th Wedding Anniversary Party Invitations

 Hello my Crafting Friends!!

Today I am sharing a project that has taken me about a week and a half to complete! One of my very good friend's grandparents are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary in July. Their children and grandchildren (my friend) are throwing them, what seems like is going to be, a wonderful Anniversary Party! My friend approached me and asked if I would do the invites, RSVP cards, and Thank you cards for this very special occasion. Of course I said YES! The theme they were going with is a vintage/lace/rustic feel. I think I accomplished that with the design that I came up with! :) I must admit that after doing the other set of Rustic Wedding Invitations, this came a little easier to me. Please enjoy, and as always, I love getting feedback!

 This is what the return address on the actual invitation envelope looks like.

I added the flourishes because I thought it gave it that little something extra.

 This is what the front of the Invitation looks like. The font is a new one that I downloaded and I think it fits this theme PERFECTLY!

 Once you pulled the invitation out of the envelope, this is what you would see! Inside contains the RSVP card and the actual invitation which I wrapped up in a nice Belly Band.

 Once you take the belly band off, you can see the pieces individually.  The following pictures are just close ups of the individual pieces.

 For the invitations, I decided to print the invite on vellum (which is not as simple as I thought it would have been!). I then added the gold rose and embossed it to stick with the "gold" theme for a 50th Anniversary. It seemed to plain at first, so I jazzed it up with the ribbon and twine and thought that it made it look exactly like they wanted. Rustic and vintage!

 This is what the RSVP card and envelope looks like. I stuck with the same theme and decided to emboss a gold rose on these as well!

This is a close up of the belly band. As you can see I stuck with the same theme, and used the same lace from the invitations. I also thought that it would be a nice touch to add a heart with their initials in gold.

I had to make 50 of these bad boys!! Whew!

They also asked me to make Thank You cards that matched the same theme. So here's what I came up with for those.:

No matter how hard I tried I could not get the embossing to show up in the picture! The heart has the words "Thank you" embossed in gold. I thought these came up simple and sweet and still matched the rest of the set.

Enjoy!

HIMCR Challenge 05 NSD - Thank You

Alright everyone! I hope you had fun with us today! Please join in the challenges at Hiding in My Craftroom, for National Scrapbooking Day. There have been lots of challenges, which means there will be lots of prizes! :)

The final challenge is to create a Thank You card or Thank You Gift. 

The sponsor for this challenge is:

 

The prize is a $12 gift certificate!

Here is what I came up with using their image, called "Blossoms for a Cause"! This is really a neat image because you can relate it to any cause. My husband is medically retired from the USMC, so I decided to make the cause a "Support Our Troops Ribbon", but you could do it for virtually any cause!

 

The papers are all from my stash. I used a scoring board to make the lines on the left side of the card. The image was cut with the Picot Circles from Spellbinders. The flowers, and brads are from my stash as well.

If you need some inspiration for this challenge head on over to Hiding in My Craftroom to check out what the other team members came up with as well! Now it's your turn! Join in the fun and don't forget to link your project to HIMCR05NSD - Thank You.

I hope you enjoyed all of the challenges and I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

HIMCR Challenge 04 NSD - Use a Critter

Whew! Are you getting excited yet?! Here is another challenge!

This challenge is to create any type of project using a critter. This can be any critter, furry, creepy, crawly, or one that flies, it can be cute, pretty, or otherwise! :)

This sponsor for this challenge is:

 

The giveaway is 3 Sweet N Sassy digital images!

This is the card that I made using their sweet little image, called Melody of Love!

 

 The papers are all from my stash. The image was, of course, colored with my Spectrum Noirs! I thought this would be a perfect image to make an Anniversary Card! I added the little gold accents to give it that slight sparkle! :)

If you need some inspiration for this challenge head on over to Hiding in My Craftroom to check out what the other team members came up with as well! Now it's your turn! Join in the fun and don't forget to link your project to HIMCR04NSD - Use a Critter.

Stay tuned for the last challenge of the day!

HIMCR Challenge 03 NSD - Holiday Catch Up

Here we go! Time for another challenge!

This challenge is to make a project, card, tag, or any other project for any holiday!

The sponsor for this challenge is Hiding in my Craftroom!

 

Giveaway is TBA!

Since I feel like I am always running behind on my Christmas Cards, I thought what better way to get a jump start on them than with this challenge? So here is my first Christmas Card for 2014!

 

I tried to make it as easy and simple as possible (because I have to make so many!).  I used green and red paper from my stash and then used the Snowflakes Cuttlebug embossing folder to get the snowflake design. Simple, easy, colorful! 

If you need some inspiration for this challenge head on over to Hiding in My Craftroom to check out what the other team members came up with as well! Now it's your turn! Join in the fun and don't forget to link your project to HIMCR03NSD - Holiday Catch Up.

HIMCR Challenge 02 NSD - Color Challenge

As promised, here is another challenge!

This challenge is to use Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant, and Melon Mambo. These are Stamping Up! colors but you can use any brand that matches the colors!

 

The sponsor for this challenge is:

 

The giveaway is 5 Scrapbook Stamp Society digitals!

Here is the card that I came up with using their image:

 

I did not have the Stamping Up! colors, so I used my stash of paper to match the colors as close as I could. This was a fun card to make, and who does not love a little ballerina?!

If you need some inspiration for this challenge head on over to Hiding in My Craftroom to check out what the other team members came up with as well! Now it's your turn! Join in the fun and don't forget to link your project to HIMCR02NSD- Old Elegant Mambo.

Stay tuned! Another challenge will be revealed in the next hour!

National Scrabooking Day!

Happy National Scrapbooking Day all my Crafting Friends!!

We have some fun things for you to join in today over at Hiding in My Craftroom!

 

 The first challenge of the day is to make a Scrapbook Page! It just has to be a page and can either be digital, hybrid, or paper.

The sponsor for this challenge is:

The giveaway is a $100 in DCWV goodies!

And there will be 3 winners!!!

Unfroutantely, I did not particpate in this challenge, so I do not have a project to share with you. I had so many things I wanted to scrap and I couldn't pick one! However, ff you need some inspiration for this challenge head on over to Hiding in My Craftroom to check out what the other team members came up with! Now it's your turn! Join in the fun and don't forget to link your project to Hiding in My Craftroom, HIMCR01NSD.

Stay tuned for another challenge ever hour between now and 1:00pm Pacific Time!