It's STRAWBERRY PICKING Time over at All Dressed Up Stamps!

I just LOVE strawberries-we used to take the kids to the strawberry fields and let them pick, and EAT, all they wanted to before taking our load home to process.  This cutie NEW IMAGE is called STRAWBERRY SEASON  from All Dressed Up Stamps.  Making my mouth water just looking at her.

I made this card on a Mini Slim blank-was new to me but excellent for those narrower images.  Using of course red gingham paper for the background, trimmed the edge with red rickrack, a buggy themed paper as an accent-the card was created.  I used dimensional dots to lift her from the background.  Somehow I got a swish of green copic marker under her ear-OH NO...just turned it into a strawberry earring and the recipient will never know! On the inside, I continued with yellow gingham paper and stamped in brown the sunflower-sign-and message from my stash.

Hope you like and hope you enjoy this DT creation of mine for ADU!

Come back soon, Carolyn

 

Sherri Baldy's Summer New Release Party!! Come play with us and win prizes!

This little cutie is from one of Sherri's new SETS called "Life's A Beach". There are several SETS with a similar theme with lots of accessory digital stamps to round out your creation. 
I used this wavy printed paper with some button brad accents.  A little White Chunky Frantage on the waves and you have some Surf!
 

On the inside, while I could've used one of the adorable sentiments, I chose to a complimentary sentiment/color combination.
We hope you will check out our New Release-there are so many Summertime digital Images and SETS -they can be found at Sherri's Store under the category New July 2018 section..Come over and play with us!

Great summertime images at Paper Nest Dolls new Release!

 Over at Paper Nest Dolls we are celebrating Summer and Christine Young's Newest Releases for June!  This image is called Avery with Summer Drink -one thing that you find with her images is that they are so versatile!  For instance, the b&w image you receive has a dress and headband that are blank.  I decided to make stripes and polkadots an option for this fun coloring and here we are!  I love working in her images hairdo's --the waves always come out so luxurious!
So I found in my paper stashes (hoard) some very colorful, Spring/Summer papers to use.  The good thing about these double-sided papers is that one of the sentiments I used in the inside, comes from the back!  So on the front, I split the card in half and used some paper lace to tie them together, trimmed with some beautiful satin ribbon.  The final touch "for the beach look" was adding some beige Flower Soft glued at the bottom to replicate Sand.  These type of "in the moment" cards are great for SO many occasions!  I'm sure you can think of lots of ways!  Please check out all her other images and new releases-Come join the fun!

IMG780 A Red Hot Summer Image from Sherri Baldy's Store!

Morning Ladies!  Posting a Summer Digi IMG780 for your pleasure~

I colored her in HOT Summer Reds and Yellow Copic colors

Angled the background papers, edged the card in Chestnut Roan, added some

yellow dimensional acrylic flowers and a stamped scrolled banner

 

Thanks for taking a look at an adorable image from Sherri!  She can be found in the ETSY store https://www.etsy.com/listing/130832617/instant-download-digital-digi-stamps-big?ref=shop_home_active_63 

It's Batter Up! at Come and Get It Challenge- Theme is use 2 different Embellishments!

 Well I'm sure we've all spent time at the ball diamonds this summer with our kids so I find that this set of 4 boys playing at the summer sports is perfect for the Challenge at Come and Get It!  The Twist on this Challenge is to use 2 different embellishments--Mine are Baker's Twine and a Bat/glove charm. Our Sponsor for this Challenge is Pickled Potpouri and my image is called the Boys of Summer. 
I was so happy that I'd saved this baseball stitched paper for just the right card!  Makes a great background for this type of card.  This is on a 4.75" sq. card so I matted the design paper with red cardstock as well as the copic colored image.  You can see the r&w twine and then the waxed cord bow holding the charm.
On the inside I used a brightly colored paper with baseball caps.  This is unusual for me, but I left no sentiment on the inside.  That way I could use it as a Birthday card, or even a Thinking of You card.
Be sure and join us in our Challenge and have a chance to get a prize from our Sponsor!

ATG over at All Dressed Up--I used a "Summer Fayre" Image

Welcome back to a brand new challenge. We had some fabulous entries last month, so check back on the 29th our winner and top three as chosen by our DT!

As always the theme for our Blog Challenge is -

Anything Goes 

but you must use a All Dressed Up Image.

Not got any? There are some gorgeous freebies -} here. 

But please respect the rules! 

 Or you can buy any of Wendy's fab images from the All Dressed Up store -} here. 

Now what could be easier than that?  

We will randomly pick a winner to receive 3 images of your choice, and our DT will chose their top 3 creations. 


 I've used the Wonderful ADU image called "Summer Fayre"-perfect for this time of the year.  Love the whole concept of this-sitting out among the trees with banners flying and some goodies ready out on the table.  Colored her soft and feminine and was lucky enough to find a great paper match!  Used a KKS sentiment stamp on the outside and inside of the card.  On the inside was a simple strip of the distressed orange paper with a cupcake stamp!

We do hope you will find the time to play along - You have until the evening of the 14th August to enter your creations.   And don't forget there will be more amazing examples from the DT using this month's new releases back here on the 22nd.

And don't forget the challenge on our Facebook Page starting on the 1st of each month running throughout the complete month with a theme. This month the theme is Girlz Rule - why not play along for the chance to win even more gorgeous All Dressed Up images?

Also, visit our Etsy Store to see all of Wendy's fabulous images. 

We can't wait to see what you all make!
See you again soon

Entering this card in the following challenge:

Southern Girls challenge-Add some stamping

New Release Time at ALL DRESSED UP ! Wonderful Images

It is again time to see what new beauties Wendy at All Dressed Up has created for us, and you won't be disappointed.  These images are getting us ready for Summery days and Holidays!

They are now available in the Etsy Store   here 

 

Where you'll find all of the New Releases.

 

The one I got to use is called Sea View and is so exquisite!  It reminds me of Villa over in Europe with the quaint village homes on the Seaside.  I even colored in the moss along the stones.  I added a vintage Postcard paper after matting the image on a buttercream yellow crackled paper and adding black "photo" corners.  Yep, I think of this as being in a vacation photo album of all the adventurous travels.  On the inside, using the post card paper again, I also added a great sentiment from KKS- they have so many appropriate ones! 

And don't forget we have two challenges running right now :

Our Blog Challenge

ending on the eve of the 14th 

and our Facebook Challenge 

ending on the last day on the month.

  Visit us again on the 15th for the new Challenge launch and don't forget - if you want to see some more fabulous makes from our Super-talented Design Team using these new releases, Part 2 will be right there on the 22nd.

 

Anything Goes at All Dressed Up~ Using a Summertime Image For me!

Welcome back to a brand new challenge. We had some fabulous entries last month, so keep checking back for our winner and top three!

As always the theme for our Blog Challenge is -

Anything Goes 

but you must use a All Dressed Up Image.

Not got any? There are some gorgeous freebies -} here. 

But please respect the rules! 

 Or you can buy any of Wendy's fab images from the All Dressed Up store -} here. 

Now what could be easier than that? 
We will randomly pick a winner to receive 3 images of your choice, and our DT will chose their top 3 creations. 
The image that I'm using is called Dreams of Summer and features an adorable little girl with so many butterflies around her!  I used some hot colors that made me think of Summertime and attached a butterfly die cut and epoxy dots.  On the inside, I used a complimentary orange dotted paper, a stamp from KKS and a paper flower with a felt "button" in the center.  

And don't forget the challenge on our Facebook Page starting on the 1st of each month running throughout the complete month with a theme. Why not play along for the chance to win even more gorgeous All Dressed Up images. 

And don't forget to visit our Etsy Store to see all of Wendy's fabulous images. 

We can't wait to see what you all make so come join in on the Challenge!

Melonheadz Sponsors Crafting When We Can ...For My DT ANNOUNCEMENT!

 I've found a great site called Crafting When We Can (CWWC) with great sponsors, fun teamies and bi-monthly challenges.  With this challenge, I'm announcing that I'm now on their Design Team and am excited to join!

The Challenge for the next 2 weeks is sponsored by Melonheadz and I chose to use "Liz's Gone Fishing" and in the "bundle" you get such variety!  And with them being PNG's, you have the freedom to move them and overlap the images.  For instance, this card has 5 of the images shown.  For additional accents, I used a patterned paper to indicate sand, a colored chipboard sun, some paper flowers and die cut grass, and some cloud paper from my stash.  On the inside, I used a paper that I thought reminded me of shimmering water and a friend sentiment from my stash as well.
I hope you will join me in supporting this group and join in the challenge we have going on-the theme is to use a Digital Image and there is a Winner and Top 3 Awards!  Hope to see you there!

It's Summer Fun Time over at Scrapbooker PhD-Hope to see you there!

 At Scrapbooker PhD this month, we're being sponsored by Pink and Main~ Please check them out and see all the goodies they have.  The Theme is "Summer Fun" and we were allowed to use some of our own fun images!  One of my favorite artists is Cheryl Alger and this is one of her digitals!  I just love the feet just sticking out there in the water~  I used some neat wavy water paper and used some summer ribbon with sentiments I had in my stash.  Look closely, the "button" I used is actually a brad that I stuck through the ribbon!
I hope you'll join us in this monthly challenge and enter YOUR summer creation!  We'd sure love to see you there!

Fitztown is sponsoring Seems a Little Sketchy -I'm showing ladybugs!

I always get a smile on my face in the spring/summer when I pull back some leaves and find those garden soldiers, the Lady Bugs! They fight so many bad bugs that bother my plants-I give them a little cheer, like Go Bug Go!  Ok, so that may be strange but I truly hate the bean beetle (Looks like a ladybug but orange with black dots) that has invaded their numbers and killed many of the LBs off AND they bite!
This week at Seems a Little Sketchy, we are using images from FITZTOWN and they are very pretty-please go check their site out!  The prize will be 3 images from them!!  Colored with copics, double matted, mini buttons down the side, ladybug ribbon,and a pewter daisy charm hanging from red/black baker's twine.  These were all the goodies that I added to this simple design sketch for my embellishments on this Birthday card.

Use Summer Coloring-Orange or Blue on Squigglefly this week!

This week the Squigglefly challenge is to create card using Orange or Blue (or both) as your primary color.   It can blue for the summer skies or the water to play in or orange for the sunshine.  Show at least one of these colors on your card or even both.  Your card does not have to be summer in theme, but either blue or orange should be the primary color of your card  We'd love for you to use a Squigglefly image, to be prize eligible it's required, but everyone is welcome to play along.
I'm using one of Sandra Caldwell's images from her Americana series called Liberty Gal and it's sure appropriate for this time of year!  The card blank I'm using is the Double Hinge Fold from The Paper Cut in Wild Cherry.  It's a great way to start the card off and so easy to use as your
base!
Come on over and play-you'll have lots of fun!

Summer Birdies are the perfect Group from Doodle Pantry! Tweet-Tweet!

 This is an exciting release for May from Doodle Pantry called "Summer Birdies" and the images and papers in this set are terrific!  I offset cut the front of the card so that it highlighted the "head Bird".  What I enjoyed the most was all the paper piecing that I did on all the birds! In 2 dimensional pictures, it's hard to see the details but, I popped out the front brim on the blue cap, the beak, the front wing, the rope and the pink starfish-I just couldn't stop myself!  This set comes with some great sentiments so I added one at the bottom!
When you open it, there are the Birdie Friends and they each have accents also that have been popped up off the papers.  I love this water like paper that comes in the set and also the front "tile" paper.  There's lot of places to add your own greeting on the inside.  For sure will put a smile on anyone's face this summer!

I'm entering this in Sentimental Sundays -Things with Wings.  Doodle Pantry is sponsoring this challenge this week.

Summertime thoughts in May-QKR Sponsors Seems a Little Sketchy!

While we've had some mornings recently in the 40's, I KNOW Summertime will eventually get here...and when I think of Summer I think of picnics, bugs and Watermelon.  What a perfect image QKR Stampede  has given us to use-Sharing a Slice.  The crew at Seems a Little Sketchy loves their options and you will too!  The winner of our 2 week challenge will get 5 digital images from the fun site-don't miss your chance!
I've used a background mat of mini white polkadots on black and then placed 3 panels of the traditional red gingham print.  It was a perfect time to use this ribbon out of my stash-complete with ANTS on it!
Hope to see you making an entry using our latest challenge sketch ~good luck to you and come back often!

Something with Shape(s) is the newest challenge from Squigglefly

This week the Holley Hobbiest Team at Squigglefly has given us to a SHAPE  Challenge!  Use at least three different shapes somewhere on your card somehow; For example, enclose your image in an oval, your sentiment in a decorative rectangle, and have a star shaped embellishment....get the idea?

 So for this I attempted to work with an Outer Stair Step Card, using the great pre-cut and scored card from The Paper Cut.  This pumpkin colored form is from their Earth Variety pack which has some wonderful Fall Colors.  It made a great base for the fun, playful digital images called Bee Hive  and Bee Set by Pammie Lehto.  She is one of the many talented artists at Squigglefly.  I used lots of mats, patterned paper as well as homemade paper, and  some bling.  This all compresses down to an A2 sized card .  The shapes I used were rectangle, oval (those chubby bees) and the step card shape!  Hope those all count!! 
So go have some fun with this and perhaps you could win a Squigglefly image from the shop-They have Tonzzzzzzz of great images to choose from!

Sassy Cheryl Alger's Latest Challenge-HERE COMES SUMMER!

I would imagine that there will be many kids during the summer, when they are out of school, with all the time in the world on their hands, that will just lay back in a field of grass and just stare up at the clouds in the sky and be glad for some lazy days ahead.  So when I saw that the challenge at Sassy Cheryls Challenge blog  was Here Comes Summer, I thought of this great image that I had of Cheryl's called A Penny for Your Thoughts.  

I used some great cloud paper stitched to a blue mat, colored the digital image with copics, fancy cut the image and then used some card stock stickers and border from a summer set.  Think this is a great "Thinking of You" card heading off to a dear friend.

Be sure to check out all of her weekly challenges-she has great themes and you could win the prize of 2 digital images for your library!  See you there!