Etsy Inspired #128 - The Hidden Alphabet



Whew...it's been a busy week for me getting ready for standardized testing in our school district. I wanted to pop in today to share the fun challenge at Etsy Inspired this week!

Our featured shop is - "The Hidden Alphabet"

This shop takes ordinary objects and architectural elements are turn them into original, photographic art that resemble letters of the alphabet.

I was inspired by the framed work above and the colors in this piece.

Here's the Mini Card that I made:

I wanted to let the words be the main focal point. I put the words in a chipboard frame. It reads "The Best of Friends - Always Together". I added a butterfly and flower to girly it up a bit.

Here's how you can play along with Etsy Inspired:

♥ Find an item that you like from The Hidden Alphabet.

♥ Create some cuteness!

♥ Link your creation up to EIC by Friday, March 4th.

Shop Prize: an 8x10 personalized LOVE print from The Hidden Alphabet

Sponsor Prize: Vintage & flower tags from Paper & Roses. They have gorgeous items in their shop.

And be sure to check out the Talented EIC design team for more crafty fun!

Ashley

Carol

De

Jackie

Joy

Kerry

Ruby

Savannah

Sherry

Virginia

Ann - Guest Designer

*Link up to EIC Here

Shabby Chic

It's Papercraft Star time!
We have another fun sketch for you all to try this week.

Here it is:

I wanted to go Shabby Chic this week with my card. I think the paper that I used really helped me achieve this look.  

For more shabby details I added these flowers. Love them. I then stamped the sentiment using the "Coffee? Tea?" stamp from My Favorite Things.

This month Copic Markers is sponsoring all of our weekly challenge prizes as well as our randomly selected Grand Prize. The Copic prize includes, 2 packages of Sketch Markers, and 2 packages that each include a Sketch, Ciao and Glitter Pen.



Our Grand Prize this month is a set of 12 Ciao Makers. That's a total of 5 fabulous prizes you can win during the month of February! Wow!

And if you haven't heard...PCS has a FUN Message Board that you must check out!

Join us for the "Question of the Day", and lots of chatter about the latest and greatest in the scrapbooking & crafting world. To join in on the fun click HERE!


Card Supplies:
Cardstock (Bazzill - French Vanilla); Patterned Paper (My Mind's Eye - 29th Street Market - Classic Everyday French Linens); Flowers (Recollections); Die Cut (K & Company); Sentiment (Coffee? Tea? - My Favorite Things Stamp); Ribbon (Celebrate it)

Chickie Fun at Sketches In Thyme!

 

Isn't Little Chickie just the cutest?

I had to use her on my card today for the Sketches in Thyme challenge!

Here's the Mojo Monday sketch used for the challenge:

Sadly, our card design team term has ended at SIT. Big hugs and thanks to Kim and the rest of the card team. I loved working with all of you.

I would love to see you all enter this last card challenge if you have time this week. There are great prizes up for grabs. To link up click HERE!

And another BIG THANKS to Emily. I won the "Sweet Thoughts of Spring" Ippity stamps on her blog. The cute chickie is from that set. Can't wait to use more of these. They are adorable.



See ya tomorrow for the PCS challenge. :)

Card details:

Cardstock (Stampin Up!); Patterned Paper (Echo Park - Sweet Summertime); Stamp (Ippity - Sweet Thoughts of Spring); Ink (Stampin Up! - Tempting Turquoise); Sentiment (K & Company); Trim (American Crafts).

Etsy Inspired #127 - Claylicious

Yay! It's the weekend and time to play along with the Etsy Inspired Challenge.

Our featured shop this week is Claylicous! This shop is full of the cutest handmade ceramics that are both functional and decorative. 

I was inspired by the adorable Monster Plate & Cup Set pictured above. 

My students love to get little crafty gifts. 

I made Pocket Cards for several of them this week.

  

Love these little Crate Paper monsters.

Love the sentiment too. :)

Here's how you can play along with Etsy Inspired:

♥ Find an item that you like from Claylicious.

♥ Create some cuteness!

♥ Link your creation up to EIC by Friday, Feb. 25th.

Super prizes this week:

Shop Prize: Handmade ceramic owl desk buddy

See it HERE. Claylicious is also offering 10% off. Use the code "Inspired" at checkout. 

Sponsor Prize: $10 Gift Voucher from Your Next Stamp

Your Next Stamp offers a unique variety of fun and whimsical rubber stamps for every occasion! Be sure to check them out on Facebook HERE. :)

And be sure to check out the Talented EIC design team for more crafty fun!

Ashley

Carol

De

Emily

Jackie

Joy

Kerry

Ruby

Savannah

Sherry

Virginia

Ann - Guest Designer

*Link up to EIC Here

Card Supplies:

Cardstock (Stampin Up!); Patterned Paper (Imaginisce); Monster & Die-cuts (Crate Paper - Orbit Collection); Pop Dots (Glue Dots)

Sock Monkey Friendship!



It's time for some Sketchy Fun at Papercraft Star. 

I hope to see you all link up this week.

Here's the sketch from Liz Chidester:

I made a fun Sock Monkey Mini Card using the sketch. I made the tag out of patterned paper and placed it in the center. 

For extra added fun I punched a hole and added colorful ribbon. The word "Sweet" is from the SRM Stickers that I won from Virginia's giveaway. I then stamped the word "Friendship" from the "Coffee? Tea?" stamp from My Favorite Things.  

This month Copic Markers is sponsoring all four of our weekly challenge prizes as well as our randomly selected Grand Prize. Our exciting gifts from Copic include, 2 packages of Sketch Markers, and 2 packages that each include a Sketch, Ciao and Glitter Pen. 

Our Grand Prize this month is a set of 12 Ciao Makers. That's a total of 5 fabulous prizes you can win during the month of February! Wow!

I also wanted to invite you all to check this out...

Papercraft Star has a fun-filled Message Board. Join us for the Question of the Day, and lots of fun chatter about the latest and greatest in the scrapbooking & crafting world. To join in on the fun click HERE!

Card Supplies:
White Cardstock (Stampin Up!); Patterned Paper (from stash); Chipboard Monkey & Cloud (My Mind's Eye - Alphabet Soup); Friendship sentiment (My Favorite Things Stamps); Sweet Sticker (SRM Stickers); Ribbon (Martha Stewart); Ink (StazOn) 

Colorful Little Squares!

 

Don'tcha just love Kraft? 

If you use it with colorful paper & embellies it really makes your design "Pop". 

 For extra added touches I...

...used paper with colorful squares.

...topped them with square shaped bling.

...and finished it off with some colorful trim.

I sooo love Spring! The hot air balloon on the card reminds me of sunny days outdoors! I'm linking this up to the Really Reasonable Ribbon's "Spring" challenge.

I've also been wanting to play with The Kraft Journal for a while. I'm linking this up to their "It's Hip to be Square" challenge. (such a fun title for a challenge) :)

Card Supplies:
Kraft Cardstock (Stampin Up!); Patterned Paper & Hot Air Balloon Sticker (Echo Park - Sweet Summertime); Ribbon Trim (American Crafts); Blue Gemstone Stickers (Martha Stewart Crafts); Pop Dots (Glue Dots)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Just popping in to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day! 

I made this card last year using My Mind's Eye - "Love Me Do" collection. 

If I could send chocolate in the mail I would send all of my bloggy friends & fellow DT members something sweet & delish! 

"Happy V Day" to the Papercraft Star and Etsy Inspired Team. They are all a great (and talented) bunch of ladies to work with. 

Also, sending special hugs to Kate, Audrey, and Julie.

They always take time to leave me plenty of sweet comments. And Kate and I found out that our kiddos struggle with the same disability and have a lot in common. It's so nice to meet such great friends through crafting. 

I hope everyone enjoys your day. Getting ready to take Rachel to a local Cupcakery for some sweets. Yum!

Etsy Inspired #126 - Glow Girl



Time for some Saturday fun at Etsy Inspired. This week our featured shop is Glow Girl. (Love their name.....so kewl) :)

This shop is full of STYLISH & ECO-CONSCIOUS coupon organizers, tote bags, and reusable sandwhich bags.

Here's my inspiration

Love this Neon Bubble Coupon Holder

See the close up shot above of the little girl? She brings back fond memories for me. I used to rock the cute little "Afro Puffs" just like this when I was a little girl. Love the Puffs! :) :)

The paper and her polka dot dress remind

me of the bubble design in the inspiration piece.


These cards came with the Echo Park kit that I used.

I added some glitter letters to add some sparkle.



Here's how you can play along with Etsy Inspired:

♥ Find an item that you like from Glow Girl.

♥ Create some cuteness!

♥ Link your creation up to EIC by Friday, Feb. 18th.

Once again we will have 2 winners this week. The shop winner will receive a MEGA or regular sized coupon organizer from Glow Girl. Nice!

The sponsor winner will receive 5 digis of your choice from The Stamping Boutique.

And be sure to check out the talented EIC design team for more crafty fun!

Ashley

Carol

De

Emily

Jackie

Joy

Kerry

Ruby

Savannah

Sherry

Virginia

Ann - Guest Designer

*Link up to EIC Here

Card Supplies: 

Patterned Paper (Echo Park - Sweet Summertime); Chipboard Girl Sticker (Me & My Big Ideas); Chipboard border (My Mind's Eye - Fine & Dandy); Glitter Alpha Stickers (Pink Paislee - Sweetness)

Happy Coffee Days!

I'm glad that everyone had fun with my "Slug Bug" layout yesterday. Love that game! Today is a card day!

I'm sooo trying to stay away from coffee these days. It's kinda hard when I get to play with the cute "Coffee? Tea?" stamp set from My Favorite Things Stamps. 

This card is for the sketch challenge we have going on over at Papercraft Star. I hope you will join us for some fun this week.

Here's the sketch from Liz Chidester:

I had fun using the sketch. I even incorporated stickers behind the stamped image, on the sentiment, and on the scallop border. I also used some cute "Play Date" paper from Stampin Up! 



I hope you all enter the challenge. We have great prizes up for grabs! Copic Markers is our Grand Prize sponsor this month. 

Also, if you want to see the complete line of CUTE My Favorite Things Stamps click HERE

Our challenge closes Saturday at noon (EST). Voting continues through Monday by midnight !! We are looking forward to seeing your take on our sketch this week!

Card Supplies:
Patterned Paper (Stampin Up! - Play Date Designer Series Paper); Stickers (Echo Park - Sweet Summertime); Button Paperclip (KI Memories); Markers (Michael's Craft Store)

Slug Bug! - No Tag Backs!

When my girls and I are out driving we love to play the "Slug Bug" game. My fave car in the world is the Volkswagen Bug! I'm dreaming of buying a "Yellow" one some day! 

I made a fun layout and used the Sketchy Thursday's sketch. I'm also entering this in the "Fave Game" challenge going on over at These Are a Few of My Favorite Things  and also linking to Paper Issues. :) :)

I used a paper kit from Echo Park called Sweet Summertime.

The butterfly is so colorful. It's from K & Company.

I love the color of this Peace Sign. It fits in so well with the Slug Bug theme!

Had to add some flowers. They look so cute on a VW Bug.

And in case you don't know...this is how you play the "Slug Bug" game.

It's great for road trips.

This is a game in which people look for VW Beatles. Whoever sees one first gets to pick someone in the car to punch. Rules vary from car to car but the most common are:

-1 punch for a beatle
-2 punches for a VW bus ("double slugbug")
-If someone punches you and it turns out there was no beatle, you can tag back (give them a return punch).
-Once a car has been tagged on, it can't be reused until the car you're riding is has been turned off and turned back on.

You can modify these rules any way that you'd like. Just have fun with it! :)

Layout Supplies:
Patterned Paper (Echo Park - Sweet Summertime Kit); Butterfly & Flowers (K & Company - Girl Scout Felt Stickers); Peace Sign (LaPetites - 3D Stickers); Foam Alpha Letters (The Paper Studio)

Designing In Orange!

I'm so lovin' the color Orange lately. I had to use it this week for my DT project over at the "Tuesday Takes" card challenge at Sketches in Thyme.

For this challenge you are to use this FUN sketch from Mojo Monday.

I used up my stash on this one. I did use kraft cardstock as my base. The ribbon is from Martha Stewart Crafts. Still searching to find out who makes all of the other fun stuff that I used. Will let ya know if I find out. :) 

Now hop on over to Sketches in Thyme and link up your card. There is a great prize up for grabs. 

I'll be back later today to show ya a fun layout that I just finished. (I'm trying to do a layout a week from now on. Pray for me.) :)

Canvas Love Note!

My mojo is in high gear sooo... I found time to play along in two of my fave challenges before the weekend ends.

Here is a close up shot. Love these canvas hearts from Canvas Corp. 

I also used my square scallop punch on my paper and topped it with a heart button from Pink Paislee.  I'm loving twine lately. Had to add that too!

I'm entering my Canvas Love Note Card into the

Moxie Fab World - Tuesday Trigger challenge.

And the Embellish Challenge is back in full swing. 

Of course I had to enter there too! :)

Happy Super Bowl Sunday & Enjoy Your Weekend!

Card Supplies:
Kraft Cardstock (Bazzill); Canvas Heart (Canvas Corp.); Patterned Paper (Fancy Pants Designs- Dancing Girl); Pattern Paper on Scallop Square (Stampin Up! - Play Date Designer Series Paper); Heart Button (Pink Paislee - Sweetness Collection); Buttons (Basic Grey); Twine (Stampin Up!)

Etsy Inpired #125 - Daisy Petal Designs

We are having ice and snow in the southern Texas area. Not the normal weather for us at all. I'm praying that our warmer weather returns soon. 

At least I got to craft all day and have some fun making a new card for the Etsy Inspired Challenge.

This week we are putting the spotlight on Daisy Petal Designs. This shop is full of beautiful hair accessories and jewelry.

Here's what I made. My fave color is YELLOW, so I was inspired by everything in this beautiful bright color. I added a splash of yellow in my card!

I love the way fellow EIC DT member, Virginia Lu uses stickers on her cards. I had the perfect circle & heart stickers from Stampin Up and added them to the center of the flowers. Here's a close up shot of them.

Here are more of my faves in yellow from Daisy Petal Designs. 

 

Here's how you can play along with Etsy Inspired:

♥ Find an item that you like from Daisy Petal Designs.
♥ Create some cuteness!
♥ Link your creation up to EIC by Friday, Feb. 11th.

Once again we will have 2 winners this week. The shop winner will receive A pair of Vintage Glamour Earrings. Also if you shop at their Etsy shop this week you will receive 10% off. Just use the coupon code "inspired" at checkout. 

And the sponsor winner will receive any stamp set of your choice from Shannon's Sentiments.

 
And be sure to check out the talented EIC design team for more crafty fun!
Ashley
Carol
De
Emily
Jackie
Joy
Kerry
Ruby
Savannah
Sherry
Virginia 
Ann - Guest Designer
*Link up to EIC Here

Card Supplies
Cardstock (Stampin Up!); Patterned Paper (Stampin Up - Play Date Designer Series Paper); Stickers (Stampin Up! - Simply Scrappin-Love Birds); Flower (Martha Stewart); Ribbon (Celebrate It!)