Stacey's Crafty Creations: September 2011

Thursday, September 29, 2011

...And Bingo Was His Namo

There was a farmer who had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o.

B* I* N* G* O B*I*N*G*O and Bingo was name-o

Did you guess the challenge at Dutch Dare this week?

In case I did not hint enough it is Bingo.

Paper Piecing	Charm	Chipboard
Ribbon	Flowers	Die Cuts
Punches	Distressing	Bling

You can pick any combination as long as it is 3 in a row. Up, down or diagonal. I chose to go with ribbon, flowers & die-cuts.

Supplies Used:

Misc. Cardstock- Sparkly Paper: DCWV

Designer Paper & Thinking Of You Tag: K&Co.

Jewel Circles and Pearls: Recollections

Image:Delicious Doodles

Pencils: Prismacolor Pencils

Diecuts:Spellbinders Teardrop Circles, & Floral Doily Motifs

Stickles

Challenges I would like to enter this card in:

Crafts and Me - Flowers

Bows 'n Berries - Glitter

Stamp Fairy - Sparkle

Sparkles Forum - Something That Sparkles

The Crazy Challenge - Any 3 Colours of your choice (Blue, Purple & Pink)

Fussy and Fancy - try new technique (Window & Cut outside Die cut)

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes

Scrapalicious - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Whimsical Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Anything Goes Challenge - Anything Goes

Critter Sketch - Anything Goes

Crazy Amigo Challenge - The Letter R (Ribbon)

Tuesday Throwdown - Thinking of You

My Craft Spot - Ribbon

Heart Song Inspirations - Ribbon and/or Tag

Paper Creations Ink - Buttons or Bows

Crafty Purple Frog - Lots of Layers

Inky Impressions - Punches or dies

Ooh La La Creations - Punches/Dies

Corrosive Challenges - Punches and/or Dies

There's Magic in the Air - Punches and Cuts (at least 3 die cuts) Circles, Tear Drop & Doily

Die Cuttin' Divas - must include a Die-cut - Shabby Chic Or Vintage

Kaboodle Doodles - Use a doily on your project (Doily Die Cut)

Catered Crop - Cream, Muted Greens, Flowers, leaves, Sentiment, Die Cuts, Ribbon

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Use your favourite colour or colours (Pink & Purple)

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Monochromatic

The challenge this week at Sentimental Sundays is Monochromatic

You can use any color as long as you use just one color, and stay within that family. I love the elegance of Black & White. Perfect for a 25th Wedding Anniversary. I made this for good friends of ours who will be celebrating their 25th in a week or so. He is the one who married Aaron & I so we have a special bond with them.

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Can there possibly be any more bling or sparkle? I'm the wrong person to answer that because I had to step away from the bling!! LOL! I'm sure I could have put some more on there! I don't know where, but I can find a spot! I love all the shimmer in this card!

Sometimes when there is a Monochromatic

card especially Black & White it is hard to know

if the card is truly black & white or if it is digitally processed. This card looks like it could have been processed, because there is no color. So this is to

show it is truly black & white. Then this made me think of several years ago when we used film cameras.

I used to take pictures of the cat with those last few pictures so I could turn the film in. The first time I used black & white film, I thought how nice it would be to have black & white pictures of my cat. Do you know what color a black white cat comes out in black & white film? Yep, black & white! That was a blonde moment! Here's my sign!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock Bazzill

Designer Paper: DCWV Alphabet Stack

Ribbon: Offray

Silver Button: Jolee's Boutique

Doily: Martha Stewart

Love Letters: Gartner

25 Numbers: Making Memories

All Bling, Flourishes, Bling Circle, Flower Sticker, Small Buttons,: Recollections

Sentiments: Computer

Die Cut: Heart Circles By Spellbinders

Challenges I would Like to Enter this in:

Catered Crop - Sentiment, Ribbon, Button, Die Cuts

2 Sisters - Lets get Sentimental

Crafty Emma - Embellish me More

Bloggers Challenge - Buttons

Delicious Doodles - Cute as a Button

Bearly Mine - Button it up. (use one or more buttons)

Creative Craft Challenges - Buttons & Bling

*NEW* Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays - Always anything goes

Do You Stack Up? - Silver

Little Claire's - Black and White

Clearly Inspired - Glitter

Heart Song Inspirations - Glitter and/or Chipboard

Moving Along With The Times - Sparkle

Crafts and Me - Heart (Inside)

More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday - Anniversary

Simon Says Stamp - Song or film title inspired- Endless Love- Movie & Song

Truly Scrumptious - Decorate the inside

Crafty Sentiments - Spots & Stripes (Spots are inside)

Aly's Sunday Challenge - Bows

Corrosive Challenges - Punches and/or Dies (Inside)

Crafty Pad -Diamonds (use sparkly gems)

Dream Valley Challenges - Buttons

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Butterfly Kisses

The challenge this week at Dutch Dare is

One Color (Monochromatic)

So please join us this week!

I went over Dorcas last week to craft, and was a bit frustrated, because I arrived late in the afternoon, which is usually when our Mojo is just kicking in. We wasted no time, pulled out the chocolate & got to work. I had the sketch below and the color challenge

in mind and went to work. Since I am pretty literal, the sketch came out exact. Paper and all! That is not required, but I had it. Since this card is due this week and not last week, I missed both challenges. Oops! Did not think that one through! They are both great and they helped me kick in the mojo and feel accomplished. This card is for my Brother and Sister In-Law. I am still late, but only a week this time! (Actually, I made it on their Anniversary,
just have not sent it yet!)

These Butterflies by Martha Stewart are my new

favorites! Love them! They are so elegant. I often say

to my self (Yes I talk to myself, Don't judge me! LOL!) Martha has enough money, you don't need to keep buying her stuff." Then she comes out with gorgeousness like this and (other goodies that will be in my next post), and I quickly hand her some more of my money. She is a smart lady, that Martha!

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I finally acquired some of the Nesties on my very long list. Some of them were gifts from my husband for our

20th Anniversary and some of them were gifts from me. Just because...
Anyway is this the Fleur De Lis Motifs & I am excited I finally got to play with it! The 2nd layer is actually 2 layers of paper with the decoration alternating.

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