Friday, February 26, 2016

A Day for Daisies - Challenge #142 - Dimensional Flowers

Our new challenge at ADFD is to to add dimensional flowers.  I went to my stash and upcycled these flowers from a card a friend gave me for my birthday a couple of years ago.  The bight pink added a pop of color and pulled in the colors I used when I created the bg paper with an old SU stamp.  All of the sugarplums and stars are glittered for fun.

This card using Lolly Pop Dreams, is for my granddaughter who is moving into a new house this weekend.  I think she's a little nervous about a new bedroom, so I'm hopeful this peacefully sleeping sweetie will help settle her nerves!

Come and join us for the newest ADFD challenge.

Challenges Entered:
Inky Chicks #63- Ribbon/Lace
Stamp Ink Paper#36/- Card Maker's Choice
Card Concept #49/ - Floral Radiance
Creative Inspirations #345/ - AG + sketch
Cute Card Thursday #414/ - Florals
Addicted to Stamps & More #186/ - Make Your Mark
Tuesday Throwdown #282/ - Create your own Background
Dream Valley Challenge #125/ - Sparkle/Bling and Embellish


Saturday, February 20, 2016

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #400

Robyn's Fetish is sponsoring this week's Sketch Saturday challenge.  I'm using Spring Cart.  I colored in a little wood-look on the wheelbarrow to give it some extra dimension.  The picture doesn't show it, but I used Wink of Stella to give some shimmer to the flowers.  I hope you'll join us for this week's Sketch Saturday challenge.


Challenges Entered:
Pencil Case #13/ - More Than One
Addicted to Stamps and More #181 - AG
Craft Rocket #9/ - Feminine/Mother's Day
Card Concepts #49/ - Floral Radiance
Chocolate Coffee and Cards #103/ - AG
Aud Sentiments #149 /- Cute + sentiment    


Friday, February 19, 2016

ADFD - Showcase Week: It's A Child's World

You simply must stop by the ADFD Blog to see Tammy's images from one of her 2011 classic collections, It's A Child's World.  This one is called, Magical Wood.  You'll know the nursery rhyme and story just from looking at many of the drawings.  Every image is just precious!  You still have a week to enter our "A Touch of Wood" challenge.  Hope to see you in the ADFD gallery!

Challenges Entered:
Through the Craft Room Door /- AG
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #124/ - Make It Cute
Pencil Case #13/ - More Than One
Addicted to Stamps and More #181/ - AG

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Creative Knockouts #129 - In Stitches

This week's Creative Knockouts challenge is sponsored by The Paper Shelter.  I am using their image,  called Hope.  I used a darker color for the background so the dove would pop.  The shading of her face and eyes came out just lovely - wish I could say the same for the turquoise streaks in her hair.  Such is how it goes when playing around with coloring! You can relate, right?!?

Mojo Monday's sketch was my design basis  and I added some flowers from W Plus 9's Fresh Cut Florals and a "peace" die cut to complete my card.
I hope you will play along with our In Stitches challenge this week.





Challenges Entered:
Mojo Monday/ - #435
Crafting From the Heart #99/ - AG
Fantastic Tuesday #124 - AG/make it cute
Tuesday Throwdown # 281/ - Layer It Up
Crafty Friends #25/ - Girly
Addicted to Stamps and More #181/ - AG
The Paper Shelter #236 /- Make It Digital



Friday, February 12, 2016

A Day for Daisies Challenge #141 - Add A Touch of Wood

Welcome to our newest ADFD challenge and another chance to see the latest stick horse images Tammy has for you in the February release.  My card features Stick Horse Ride for Two .  I may be dating myself, but I have fond memories of time in the saddle of a rocking horse!  This card is for my granddaughter who is soon to be a big sister.  The photo doesn't pick up the glitter on the boots of each of these sweeties!

This fortnight's challenge is to Add a Touch of Wood to your creation.  There are so many ways to interpret this challenge!  I pulled out my wood-grained embossing folder as a background and dug out some wooden accents I bought on sale several years ago in my stash and popped a flower onto the card.  My ADFD teamies have their own ideas about adding wood, so check out the blog to see what they have created for you and play along with us.  You just might be the lucky challenge winner!!

Challenges Entered:
Creative Inspirations #344/ - Hugs and Kisses
Crafty Girls Creations #14/ - AG
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #264 - Favorite color (pink)
In the Pink #87/ - With Love

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #398

A Day for Daisies is the Sketch Saturday sponsor and Kathy designed  this week's sketch.  It was perfect for my ADFD image, Mailing Love.  My thoughts have turned to Valentine's Day and this one will be perfect for a holiday card or just a little love note for the future.  This image is wonderful to color and it could be yours - play along with us this week and you could win the challenge!


Challenges Entered:
Cards In Envy/ - From the Heart
Crafting From the Heart #97 - AG
Through the Craftroom Door/ - AG
Inky Chicks #62 - Love Letters or Hearts
As you Like It/ - One Layer or Multi Layer (I love layers!!)
Pattie's Creations Design Challenge #113/ - Love Is In the Air

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Creative Knockouts #127 - Love Is In the Air

My card for this week's Creative Knockouts challenge uses an image from All Dressed Up's Love to Shop collection of girls.  She's one I have had in my collection for a while and unfortunately, I can't find her in the ADU Etsy shop right now, but there are enough girls that you could use the same idea for a card design.  I have used ADU girls before and paired them with a sentiment.  I used the Sugar Cuts Notched Journal Card Die for the heart background and some patterned papers from a Valentine Crate Paper 6x6 stack.  Take a peek at the DT inspiration here and then play along with us this week!

Challenges Entered:
Cards in Envy/ - From the Heart
Crafting From the Heart #97/ - AG
Through the Craftroom Door/ - AG
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #122/ - AG/sweethearts
Inky Chicks #62 - Love Letters or Hearts
The Card Concept #48/ - Sweethearts
Crafting By Designs February - AG
All Dressed Up #48/ - AG