Aloha Friday Challenge #26 Fairytale/Fantasy Creatures

Hello!

Today starts a brand new Aloha Friday challenge at Kitty Bee Designs, we hope you'll join us for a very fun one:

CHALLENGE #26

Fairytale/Fantasy Creatures

Our sponsor for this challenge is the amazing:

Please stop by the blog to see the wonderfully whimsical projects the DT created.  You'll love how sweet and cute they are.  For my showcase I created 3 baby cards featuring Sleepy Moon Bear:

I kept the design fairly simple & tried to keep them all the same.  By doing this it made it easier to finish all three.  After coloring each image I used an MFT stitched circle die to cut out the image. Used a larger sized stitched circle die to cut out the striped paper.  Both matted to the base which was cut using a SB die that I embossed using a Swiss dot folder.  Added some twine and a baby button brad to the top.  The yellow paper had some nice subtle watermarks to it, but I wanted to add some nice subtle stars to tie in so I used a stubby star stamp from Stamps by Judith in Desert Sand ink.  The sentiment is from C.C. Designs.

This card has some of the same details as the one above except instead of using patterned paper I decided that the nice detail on the card was pattern enough.  I added the stars and the sentiments and changed the color of the twine.  Here is the last card in this group:

Loved that lined paper but could not resist adding a fun detail to match the sentiment so that's where the stars came in.  The dark brown really gives it a nice almost vintage look.  I'm pretty stoked because I now have three ready to use baby cards that could possibly be used for a baby shower, birth, birthday or any occasion related to babies.

Hope you'll join us for the next two weeks.  If you need an image you can choose from any of the ones in the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy store or hop on over to our sponsor's site to pick. Can't wait to see your projects!!

Reminder: Don't forget we're still taking applications for our DT.  Click HERE to see more details. You have until Friday, June 20th to apply.

Mahalo for stopping by, have a fantastic Aloha Friday!!

Faith Hope Family Friends...

Hey everyone!

It's been a while since I last posted, hope you are all doing well.  I will hopefully get around to catch up on your blogs.

For our sponsor spotlight at Lollipop Crafts we have the lovely Meljen's Designs.  Head on over to the Lollipop Crafts blog for all the details.  For my card I went very CAS, lovin' these kinds of cards.  I used the very sweet Faith Hope Butterflies.  For some reason I couldn't get away from the butterflies today.  (hehehe)

I printed these out on white cs and then on kraft cs.  Colored the ones on the white cs with Copics, fussy cut them out and glued them down to the kraft card.  I also used white cs to cut out the flowers and grass using the C.C. Cutter dies from ATS.  I created white "clouds" in the sky using white color box ink and a punched cloud.  Not as clean as I wanted it, but it works for my card.  I used the rainbow colors because it reminded me of how much color there is when the flowers are in bloom, means Spring is here.

Well I hope you all enjoyed my card for today.  Please head on over to the LC blog and see what the rest of the A-Team is showcasing.  Have a lovely day and Mahalo for stopping by!!

Hugs,
Leanne

Supplies not listed above:
White & kraft cs (Neenah)
Copics:

Lollipop Crafts #70 - CAS

Happy Monday everyone!
Hoping you all had a terrific weekend.  As you know I was busy, busy, busy this weekend.  Crafting that is.  Hoping to share some of those with you all soon.  But for now, I have a CAS aka Clean And Simple card to share with you in honor of our new challenge at Lollipop Crafts.  So it's pretty simple, create a clean and simple card.  I know I know, this might be one of thee hardest kinds of cards to make for some of you, but I think this would be a fun opportunity to step outside the box and see if you can.  I know how hard it can be, but with some fun papers and a cute image you too can accomplish one.

Oh, and did I forget to mention that there is a prize up for grabs this week?  Oops!  My bad!  Our lovely sponsor is none other than Meljen's Designs.  What are you in the running for?  How about 4 digis, of your choice, from the Meljen's shop?  Yep, so make sure to keep your card clean and simple to be considered for the prize.  Besides being in the running for the prize you can also be in the running to be in our top 3.  If you need some inspiration or not too sure what clean and simple might be hop on over to Lollipop Crafts and see what the rest of the T-Team is showcasing.

For my CAS card I took a page out of my blogging friend, Donna Mikasa's book.  She is the queen of CAS.  I just love how she takes an image and makes it the focal point on her cards.  Please make sure to visit her blog if you haven't already.  I decided to case this adorable card she created with the new Sister Stamps image, Daba.  I loved the white on white with Daba as the focal point.   Here is my card using another Sister Stamps image, Kiyomi.

I used the reverse wonky rectangle Spellbinders to cut the card and image, then using distress inks peeled paint & crushed olive I added some color to the inside of the image still making her the focal point.  The sentiment is from the newest AmyR collection called Be Happy Sentiments and I punched it out with a Stampin' Up circle punch.  I thought it was perfect for that spot in the corner.   I'm not too sure you can see unless you click on the picture, but the card base is actually embossed with daisies.  That's how the paper came when I bought it from Hanko Designs.  The ribbon is from my stash.  And there you have it, a clean and simple card.

Alrighty friends, hope you liked my clean and simple card.  I had a lot of fun making it and sharing it with you.  Now it's your turn!  Create your CAS card and directly link up on Lollipop challenge # 70.  Good luck, and most of all HAVE FUN!!

Mahalo for stopping by!  Have a fantastic Monday!
Hugs,
Leanne

Supplies not listed above:
White cs (Xpress-It & Recollections), Tuxedo black ink (Memento)
Copics: 100; E000, 00, 01, 11; G40, 43, 46; Y21, 26, 28

Lollipop Crafts #66 Spotlight

Hey everyone!! 
It's really good to be back and sharing another crafty creation with you.  Today is spotlight day for us at Lollipop Crafts.  This week our sponsor is the amazing Meljen's Designs.  Check out the Lollipop Crafts blog today for Team T's spotlight showcase using some cute Meljen's Designs images.

Here's a little tidbit on our sponsor:
Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and is steadily growing!   Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog.  For our challenge #66, make a Valentine's day card, Meljen's is offering up 4 digis from the store.  Can't wait to see some amazing Valentine's day cards linked up to our post by YOU!

I decided to play along with this week's challenge theme.  Make a Valentine's day card.  As you can tell my card is a different kind of Valentine's day card.  Not your traditional sort of valentine with reds, pinks, etc; but still represents that special day.  I used Turtle's Little Star because it's so darn cute and I love turtles!!  Melissa's version of turtles is so up my alley.  Super cute face and love the fun details.  This image called for some blues and greens and well an under water theme.  So I went super simple and used a really pretty dp from the Whimsy DCWV paper pad.
 

The paper had so many beautiful details I didn't want to add too much more, but had to throw in some hearts and those computer generated sentiments as this is a Valentine's day card.   It kind of looks like they are on a search for some very rare flowers that only grow in the ocean. ;)  Printed out the image and cut it out with a Spellbinder circle.  I printed it out 3 times.  Why?  So I could create an underwater scene with a paper stencil and Distress inks, color up the image and layer parts of the turtle & starfish to give them dimension. 

Alrighty, you still have time to link up your Valentine's day card to our blog and remember the winner gets a pick of 4 free digis to choose from the Meljen's Designs store and 3 of you will be featured in our top 3.  How cool is that?  Way!!  

Mahalo for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your week, it's Friday tomorrow!!

Challenge:
Meljen's - #96 Pastels

Hugs,
Leanne

Supplies not mentioned above:
White cs (Neenah Solar Crest & Recollections), white card base (Recollections)
Distress Ink in Tumbled glass (Ranger by Tim Holtz)
Small heart punch
Pop dots
Corner punch (Fiskars)
Copics:

Lollipop Crafts #60 Sponsor Spotlight

Hello everyone!  Hope you are all having a good week. 

This week's challenge over at Lollipop Crafts is to use the colors dark red, brown and cream on your project.  To see what my team created, please visit the Lollipop blog. 

Our sponsor this week is Meljen's Designs.  Here is a little "bit" about Meljen's Designs:

Meljen's is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins.  She illustrates whimsical images inspired by her kids & family.  The Meljen's Design store officially launched on April 1st and is steadily growing.  Meljen's has new images and new challenges every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer every month at the Meljen's Design Team blog.

Please visit the Meljen's store to see more of her wonderful and whimsical designs.

For my card I chose to use this adorable Holly Christmas Fairy digi.  I colored her with Copics and the papers are all cardstock, no dp on this one.  It's fairly CAS as I only embossed the cream card.  I did add a stool so that she would look like she's sitting on something instead of floating in the air. hahaha.  I distressed the edges with Antique Linen distress inks, it warmed up the card.  I added fun flock to her dress, and beanie.  The sentiment was handwritten by yours truly because the space would not fit this particular saying.  I thought it matched because she's holding a holly branch.  Although it looks like this is the full card, it's actually not.  I made it into an easel card.  Here is the rest of it.

Of course here I was able to use an AmyR sentiment for the stopper.  (Yay)  The bottom has some holly leaves and berries.  The leaves were punched with a MS punch and the berries were punched with a regular hole punch.  I left some space so that I could write a message below. 

Alrighty, that's all I have for you today, stop by tomorrow for my Fun Friday share.  Don't forget to link up your projects to the Lollipop Crafts post using the required colors: dark red, brown & cream for a chance to win 4 digis from Meljen's Designs.  Looking forward to your projects.

Mahalo for stopping by!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Leanne

Entering this in the Flutterby Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes

Copics:
Skin: E50, 51, 01, 11, R81
Reds: R89
Creams: YR21, 000
Browns: E55, 57, 59
White gel pen

Sweet Treats with Meljen's

Hello my friends!
Hope you are all having a great week.  Yesterday I woke up to rain!!!  I guess summer is heading out the door and Fall is just around the corner.  With October now here, that means Halloween is just around the corner.  Hopefully we'll get to enjoy this month because to me September went by so fast!!!  It might be a challenge, cause it seems like this year is just flying by so fast!!!

Speaking of challenges, welcome back for another Lollipop Crafts challenge.  This week's sponsor is

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins.  She illustrates whimsical digital images inspired by her kids and family.  The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and is steadily growing!  Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog.  Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

So what's the challenge?! Challenge #51 - HALLOWEEN!  We are giving you a head start on creating those wonderful Halloween projects.  Create anything with the Halloween theme.  It can be spooky, cutesy, ghoulish, tricks or treats, just make sure you have some type of Halloween element on your creation.  Get creative and join us.  The prize?  Well Meljen's Designs, is generously giving the winner a choice of 4 DIGI IMAGES!! That's 4 CUTE digis to add to your collection!!  Challenge runs until Saturday, October 8th and your creation must be linked up with InLinkz by 8:00 pm PST on the Monday post.  Rules on playing along with the challenges may also be found on the Lollipop Crafts site sidebar.

For my card I used the really adorable Cute Little Candy Corn image. 

Doesn't this image make you smile?  I love objects that have cute faces, makes me smile.  As you can see I kept it really simple.  I used circle Spellbinders to cut them out, another circle in orange and using kraft cardstock I cut out the lacy scallop.  For the background I thought I would go simple and match the colors of the candy corn.  So using strips of yellow, orange and white I glued them together then used a swirls Cuttlebug folder and dry-embossed it.  Mounted it on dark brown cardstock and added a sheer dark brown ribbon.  After coloring the cute candy corn up (I colored one using the original colors and the other in the Indian candy corn colors) I stickled the swirls and dots surrounding them.  Sorry that you can't really see all the sparkles, but believe me it's there.  (hehe)  And what's that I see?  Another AmyR sentiment?  Yep, not just one, but two from the same stamp set.  It was perfect for my card.  :)

Now that you've seen my share, be sure to head on over to the Lollipop Crafts blog to see the rest of the T-Team's Halloween inspirations featuring our sponsor Meljen's Designs.  We hope you can join in on the Halloween fun!!

Have a fantastic Thursday my friends!!  See you back here tomorrow for a just for fun share.  Mahalo for stopping by!

Hugs,
Lilo
When I remember I will try to list what was used ;)
Card recipe:
Stamps: Cute Candy Corn digi (Meljen's Designs), AmyR sentiments (CC Designs via All That Scraps)
Kraft cs (Recollections), white & dark brown cs (Neenah)
Circle & lacy scallop Spellbinders
Swirls embossing folder (Cuttlebug)
Dark brown sheer ribbon (Joann's)
Tuxedo black ink (Memento)
Copics: E01, 77, 71, 70, 0, Y17, 19, YR20, YR02, 04

Lollipop Crafts Challenge #47 - Double Team

Hello!!  This is my second post, please scroll down for my Farm Fresh Challenge MM post.  Thanks! :)

Handwritten by Lilo

Today begins the first day of my term as a Lollipop girl!  I am really excited to be a part of this new and fun team and can't wait to get started!

Today's Lollipop challenge: Double Team.  Use 2 stamps/images (sentiments count as 1); 2 patterned/designer papers; 2 of the same embellies (you can use more than 1 type in mulitiples of 2); & two ribbons.   Head on over to the Lollipop Crafts blog to see what Team T has to share for this challenge.

As school is just now starting for a lot of kids, I thought I would make a card with a back-to-school theme. I am using this cute back-to-school bear from Di's Digital downloads.   Isn't he the cutest bear ever?   Well I think so.   I kept the colors simple going B&W with a hint of red.  Here's my card:

Back-to-school bear - Di's Digital Downloads

I had so much fun making this card.  I distressed the inside of the square with distress inks and also did the same with the sentiment circle.  My two images are the back-to-school bear & the red apple (a.k.a. open apple stubby from Stamps by Judith) on the white bow. 

Red Apple - Stubby from Stamps by Judith

The dp/pp are the chalk board & school lined paper from October Afternoon.  The two embellies I used are the dark metallic brads on the top left corner and the bottom right corner.  The two ribbons are the white tulle and the red with white stitching.  Okie dokie, I think I got it all covered.   I rarely do anything on the inside of my cards, but thought I'd add something to the black cs.   That is the same open apple stamp and the left over school lined paper.  How cool is it that I can just write my message on the lines without worrying about it going wonky?  WAY!! hahaha!!

Alrighty, I think the only thing I haven't said was who our sponsor is this week.  

Our sponsor this week: Mel Jen's Designs

Well what did you think of my first post as a Lollipop girl?  Don't worry about hurting my feelings, I can take any and all comments like a big girl. :)   hehehe...  Mahalo for stopping by.  Have a terrific Monday!

Hugs,

Lilo