Teddy Love

Hello!

I hope you take a second and stop by the Dies R Us store because there are SO MANY GOODIES! 

Today, I am sharing a card made for a special day on Friday - Valentine's Day!

These conversation hearts by Cherry Lynn are fantastic! They give a pop to any love themed card. I started off chalking them to create the more pastel tones, but decided to ink them instead.

A heart seems to be a pretty basic shape, but this heart by Elizabeth Crafts gives a fun new twist on the shape. 

This teddy bear from Cheery Lynn Designs is the cutest! It cuts as one color, but I cut it out a second time in red to piece the hearts on to the bear. Then I just stuck him on a black piece of cardstock and fussy cut around the image so he'd have definition in the heart, and facial features.

Dies R Us Products Used:

Entwined Hearts - Elizabeth Crafts

Sweetheart Candy - Cheery Lynn Designs 

Be Mine Teddy Bear - Cheery Lynn Designs 

Rose Bud - Memento Inks

Angel Pink - Memento Inks

Lady Bug - Memento Inks

Fine Line Glue Applicator 

Thanks so much for checking out my card today! I hope you have a great day!

I hope that I was able to inspire you to use your dies, create a project, and come play along with us at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog for your chance to win a gift voucher to the Dies R Us Store.  A new challenge begins on the 1st and 15th of every month.  Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Pinterest too.

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Hello all, Samantha here!

I hope you take a second and stop by the Dies R Us store because there are SO MANY GOODIES! 

Today, I am sharing a card I made with some Hearts! It become an unintentional Valentine's themed card!

 I used the Love Sentiments by Elizabeth Crafts for the XOXO at the bottom of the card. Her dies are amazing! They cut beautifully and are all joined together.

Impression Obsessions Heart Flourish die was my go to for this background. It's elongated design worked perfectly with the design I had in mind! 

The stickers are from Pink Fresh Studios!

Dies R Us Products Used:

Love Sentiments - Elizabeth Crafts

Impression Obsession - Heart Flourish

Fine Line Glue Applicator 

Thanks so much for checking out my cards today! I hope you have a great day!

I hope that I was able to inspire you to use your dies, create a project, and come play along with us at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog for your chance to win a gift voucher to the Dies R Us Store.  A new challenge begins on the 1st and 15th of every month.  Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Pinterest too.

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STORE
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
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Star Stampz ~ Lots of Red/Pink

Hello there crafty friends!!

It's time for another bi- weekly over at Star Stampz! 

This challenge is titled:

 Lots of Red/Pink

For this challenge I used the image: Be My Valentine

Thanks for joining me today!

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #58 ~ Sweethearts

HELLO FRIENDS!

So there's a great challenge going on over at Crafty Gals Corner! We have a challenge that begins every  WEDNESDAY! More often then not there are MULTIPLE SPONSORS PER WEEK! So there's plenty of chances to win! 

This week's challenge is Love is in the Air!

Our sponsor this week is: Sweethearts

MoonFlower Digi's

Prize: 

I used the image Apple Queen to create the following project:

Copic Colors Used - In order from darkest to lightest:

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20 (blush)

Hair: W9, W7, W5
Dress: (red) C5, R59, R29, R24 (white) C3, C1, C0
Eyes: B02

Thanks for stopping by today! Go ahead and head on over to Crafty Gals Corner, and join in on our challenge! You have until Tuesday at 12:00pm to enter!

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #57: Love is in the Air

HELLO FRIENDS!

So there's a great challenge going on over at Crafty Gals Corner! We have a challenge that begins every  WEDNESDAY! More often then not there are MULTIPLE SPONSORS PER WEEK! So there's plenty of chances to win! 

This week's challenge is Love is in the Air!

Our sponsors this week are:

The Paper Temptress

Prize: $25 Gift Certificate

Nikki Burnette

Prize: 3 Digital Images

Jiggery Makery

Prize: 3 Digital Images

I used a wonderful image from Jiggery Makery called Georgia! I also used ALL Paper Temptress Papers in this project. I can't say enough wonderful things about this paper/cardstock! IT IS AMAZING!

Paper Temptress Papers used were:

Spirit Red Feltweave

Retro Silve Lustre - The picture doesn't do it ANY justice. It's just beautiful

Black Licorice

Heavenly White 80#  - The Image is colored on this AMAZING cardstock

Copic Colors Used - In order from darkest to lightest:

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20 (blush)

Hair: W9, W7, W5
Shoes, Hair- Wrap, & Heart: C5, R59, R29, R27
Box: E49, E47, E44, E43
Leaf: YG03

Thanks for stopping by today! Go ahead and head on over to Crafty Gals Corner, and join in on our challenge! You have until Tuesday at 12:00pm to enter!

Sassy Studio Designs FB Progressive Challenge ~ February

Hello there!

It's the 1st of the month, which means that over at Sassy Studio Designs Facebook Group we are having our progressive monthly challenge!

This month your challenge is to create a project featuring Valentine's Honey - WHICH YOU CAN GET FOR FREE. 

Valentine's Honey

You can get this image FOR FREE if you play along in our challenge. Please visit the Facebook Group to read all challenge rules.

Here is what I created for this month's progressive challenge!

Copic Colors Used - In order from lightest to darkest:

Skin -  E04, E11, E21, E00, E000 

Hair - E59, E57, E55, E53

Eyes - B02, B00

Make Up - RV99, EV93

Bikini & Hearts - R59, R29, R27, R24

Thanks for stopping by today!

Ching-Chou Kuik Monthly Challenge ~ Romance

Hello There!!

It's the first of the month which means, it's time for new monthly challenge over at the Ching Chou Kuik FB Page!

This month's challenge is Romance!

This image is called Time Flies and you can find this image and MANY other fabulous images of at the Ching Chou Kuik Etsy shop. 

Here is what I created with this image:

This was a fun card to make. I like how all the hears on the side came out. 

Copic Colors - Listed from Darkest to Lightest

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E,11, E04

Hair: E33, E43, E441, R24, R22

Dress & Roses: C9, R59, R29, R27, R24

Eyes: YG17, YG11, E25, YR23

Ribbon: E15, Y17, Y15, Y11

Leaves: C9, C7, C5

Here's some information you might like to know about the challenge:

Rules:
- 2 submissions limit per person
- Create a paper crafts using CHING CHOU KUIK DIGITAL IMAGE of your choice. 

Winners and Prizes:
1. One "Artist's Choice" award, to be chosen by Ching-Chou Kuik. 
5 free digital Stamps of winner’s choice from Ching-Chou Kuik’s Etsy Store and a blog badge

2. Top 3 winners to be selected by Ching-Chou Kuik.
3 free digital Stamps of winner’s choice from Ching-Chou Kuik’s Etsy Store and a blog badge.

Please come back to the group on 1 March 2016 to see who the lucky winners of the this challenge!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful week!

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #55: Something New - for you!

HELLO FRIENDS!

So there's a great challenge going on over at Crafty Gals Corner! We have a challenge that begins every  WEDNESDAY! More often then not there are MULTIPLE SPONSORS PER WEEK! So there's plenty of chances to win! 

This week's challenge is Something New - For You!

Our sponsors this week are:

Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet

Prize: $10 Gift Certificate 

Lacy Sunshine

Prize: 3 Digital Images

Heather Valentin  is  creative ,  award winning,  modern-day  fantasy and  whimsical  artist who has displayed a dynamic and vibrant energy while painting professionally for over 18 years.

She  began to express herself creatively through movement at a very young age. 

For many years she studied dance, being drawn to forms that allowed creative self expression, all the while feeling this constant urge to create with her hands. The canvas is now her dance floor where color, beauty and drama are expressed through her every pencil sketch and  brush stroke. Her  subjects vary from fairies, fantasy, mermaids, vampires, dragons, wildlife, abstract and more. She is one who is inspired in a single moment. Her  dreams, moods and the the unfolding beauty of the world around her is what charts her dance for the day. She is most alive when sketching and painting, creating timeless pieces that reflect her heart and soul. Drawing breathes life into her soul- it enables her to reach out and touch lives. This gives her a place in the world one character and painting at a time.

Heather's  artist portfolio  has  expanded to include such  clients  as   Pepsi, Outback Steakhouse, Nabisco, Zephryhils  and can now be found  at Laguna Art, Third Stone Art Gallery and Sausalito Art Galleries, along with commercial and private collections across 

the globe. 

Ching-Chou Kuik

Prize:1 Digital Image

Ching-Chou Kuik was born in 1979 at Pantai Remis, Perak, Malaysia . She lived in Malaysia, and moved to Taiwan at age of 19, to pursuit her fine art education at National Taiwan Normal University.
In 2003, she graduated with a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts (painting). 
While in Taipei, Ching-Chou enjoyed being an art teacher for young children from age three to twelve. The originality of the youngsters' pieces inspires her and brings enthusiasm and creativity to her works.
Ching-Chou moved to Seattle with her husband in 2005, and a mother to a boy.
Ching-Chou became a full-time artist and share her art with others since Mar 2006.

I had the privilege of working with 2 of these wonderful sponsors!

The first project I made is using "White S'mores Delight" by Lacy Sunshine. In our little DT group we had a Secret Santa exchange in December, and my secret Santa gave me all this wonderful paper! So my new is the paper!

Copic Colors Used - In order from darkest to lightest:

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000
Hair: W9, W7, W5
Eyes: B18, B12
Glass: C2, C1, C0
Gingerbread: E39, E37, E35
Cream & Marshmallow: E53, E51, E50
Bow & Dress: C5, R59, R27
Belt & Boots: C9, C7, C5
Pine Needles: G29, G28, G24

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This second project I used is a SVG file from Floppy Latte Designs - Which can be found at Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet.

The new for this is: The cut, the idea (I turned it into a shaker gift box), and the Dylusion spray color (Cherry Pie).

Thanks for stopping by today! Go ahead and head on over to Crafty Gals Corner, and join in on our challenge! You have until Tuesday at 12:00pm to enter!

Sassy Studio Designs Flashback Friday ~ Copper Cristi

TGIF Sassy Fans!

Every Friday the team will provide you with inspiration on a particular image. These are images are ones that may have been forgotten about, or need a little extra lovin!

YOU CAN GET THIS IMAGE FOR FREE! All you have to do is join the SSD Facebook Fan Page and it will be available for you to download for 24 hours ONLY!

This weeks image is: Copper Crisiti

Here's what I came up with:

I've never made this style of card before, but it is pretty, simple, and different! This is going to be a Valentine's Day card even though ti doesn't have the typical colors. :)

Copic Colors Used - In order from lightest to darkest:

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000

Hair: R39, R37, R35, R00

Cop Costume: C5, B39, B37, B34, B31

Boots: C9, C5

Eyes: G19, YG03

Lips: R59, R29

Stick: E29, E25

 Check out the awesome inspiration on this image from my Sassy Sisters & Sassy Brother here!