Craft Your Passion Sketch Challenge

Today is the launch of the first challenge at the new Craft Your Passion challenge blog!   Today's challenge is a sketch challenge. I am excited to serve as a member of the design team for the Craft Your Passion blog.    Here's the card I made for today's challenge:

This image called "Choupinou" is from CocoDingo Digital Stamps.  I don't know French, but I think Choupinou means "boy."  For this card, I used The Guy Stack paper pad from DCWV, and More Mustard and Bravo Burgundy paper from Stampin Up. These masculine papers work well with the choupinou image.  To complete the masculine-feel of this card, I added argyle texture, corduroy and metal brads, and a "hey dude" sentiment from The Greeting Farm.    

Join us for this sketch challenge and future challenges at the Craft Your Passion challenge blog!

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/

Prairie Fairy DT Submission

I made this card as a submission for a DT call at Prairie Fairy.  If you are interested in applying for this DT or obtaining this free fairy image, you can go to the Prairie Fairy blog here.  For this card, I used The Cafe Mediterranean paper stack from DCWV.  The background shape was cut with the Cricut Storybook  cartridge.  I made the flower with the new Sizzix Tim Holtz tattered flower die, then added a large gem from Jolee's Boutique.  I colored the fairy with Copic markers, added glitter to her wings, cut her out, then mounted her on the ornate shape.

Nutty Squirrel

I made this card with a new Squirrel image from Digi Kitty.  You can get this image free this week by going to the Digi Kitty Blog here.  I used K & Co's Greenhouse paper for the background, which works perfectly with the trees and acorns.  I used a Sizzix Sizzlet die to cut out the other two acorns.  The sentiment is from The Greeting Farm.

Late For My Date

I made this card for two challenges: Farm Fresh Friday Sketch Challenge at The Greeting Farm and Twisted Thursday Challenge at Shirley's 2 Girls.  For this card, I used The Greeting Farm's Cheeky Glamour stamp and a sentiment from Shirley's 2 Girls.  When I bought this Cheeky Glamour stamp, I wasn't sure if I really liked it, but it sure has grown on me.  The awesome clock is from a new clock set by Jolee's Boutique and the patterned paper is from Graphic 45, all of which were purchased at Archivers.     

Fur Ever Friends

I made this card for The Greeting Farm's Wild Card Wednesday Challenge.  We were to make card with a cat or dog on it.  That's my kind of challenge!  For this card I used Reeta and her kitty and added the dog from Dorothy Anya, each are from The Greeting Farm.  The "fur-ever friends" sentiment is from Sweet n Sassy.  Don't they look like the best of friends? 

Birthday Pup

I made this card fort today's challenge at Sweet n Sassy.  The challenge was to make a birthday card to celebrate the company owner's birthday.  I chose to use this sweet little pup and paired him with a birthday cupcake.  Both images are from Sweet n Sassy.  The patterned papers are from Bo Bunny and the sentiment is from Stampin Up.  As most of you know, I enjoy making cards that feature cats or dogs.  Well, I prefer cats, as I am a cat person :), but since I sell my cards at the shelter, I also make dog cards for the "dog-lovers."  Anyway, I think this pup is pretty cute (for a dog, that is.) Lol!!!

Craft Your Passion Blog Design Team Announcement

It is with much excitement that I announce that I have been chosen to serve on a new design team: the Craft Your Passion Design Team.  This new challenge blog (here) will be posting weekly challenges, blog hops, and other fun activities.  The challenge blog was started by Loretta of Lauretta's Digital Stamps (here) and Corrine of Cocodingo Digital Stamps (here.)   Here's my first card created with a bunny image by Cocodingo Digital Stamps.

There are 8 of us on this new design team.  It is a diverse group of individuals from the USA, Canada, UK, Spain, and Phillipines.  The stamp designers Loretta and Corrine are each from Quebec, Canada.  Here are the links to my fellow DT members:

Nadyne: http://lescartesdenady.blogspot.com/

JoyLeen: http://joydianne.blogspot.com/

Stef: http://glitterbabegreetings.blogspot.com/

Tineke: http://tkosik-miskosikas.blogspot.com/

Guylaine: http://scrapbookdeguylaine.blogspot.com/

Karyn: http://www.thedapperscrapper.com/

Tana: http://kreativekaleidoscope.blogspot.com/

Here are the other related blogs:

Craft Your Passion Challenge Blog: http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/

Lauretta's Digital Stamps: http://laurettasdigitalstamps.blogspot.com/

Cocodingo Digital Stamps: http://cocodingo.blogspot.com/

Join us each week for a new challenge.  You will express your creativity, have fun, and meet some great people!