Weekly Challenge | Anything But A Card

It's time for a new release and a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is Anything But a Card! I chose to make a garden stake for my sunflowers with the precious Flower Power Sunflower! I hope you enjoy my project! Thank you for looking!

Digital Delights Stamps : Flower Power Sunflower

Card stock : Bazzill and Neena

Markers : Spectrum Noir, Faber Castell PITT

Accessories :  Tombow Aqua, diecuts foam tape

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This weeks theme :

Anything but a Card!

Challenge Rules below

Our Delightful Sponsor this week is

Prize 

$15 store gift card hare It

Now it's Your Turn!

You are not required to use a Digital Delights 

Image to join in the fun 

but if you do, you can enter THAT project TWICE.

To enter twice when using a Digital Delight image,

for your 1st entry use your card link.

For your 2nd entry use your blog address

 and add "2nd entry" after your name

Otherwise, only ONE entry person

**Please be sure to follow the challenge theme and rules or it will be removed.

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Weekly Challenge | Make it Pop!

It's time for a new release and a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is Make it Pop! You can add dimension with foam tape or some other substance or use layers. I have highlighted a few elements with my homemade flower fluff---if you've missed the tutorial it's linked in the list below the photo. I LOVE this months cupcake digi--Wendy has been making one for each month. They are precious. This one is all about fall and has sunflowers...well by now you KNOW about the thing I have for sunflowers! Have a FABULOUS Day!! I hope you enjoy my card! Thank you for looking!

Digital Delights Stamps : August Cupcake Set

Summer of Smiles Sentiment Set

Card stock : Bazzill and Neena

Markers : Spectrum Noir [GB1, GB2, GB4, GB5, GB10, OR1, OR2, GG1, LG1, LG2, LG3, CG4, IG5, EB1, EB2, EB7, EB8, EB10

Accessories :  Tombow Aqua & Scrapbook Adheasives, Homemade Flower Fluff

a ~St It Scrap

This weeks theme :

Make it Pop!

add layers or use dimension

Challenge Rules below

Our Delightful Sponsor this week is

www.thecharmbarn.com

Prize:  to be determined
 It hare It

Now it's Your Turn!

You are not required to use a Digital Delights 

Image to join in the fun 

but if you do, you can enter THAT project TWICE.

To enter twice when using a Digital Delight image,

for your 1st entry use your card link.

For your 2nd entry use your blog address

 and add "2nd entry" after your name

Otherwise, only ONE entry person

**Please be sure to follow the challenge theme and rules or it will be removed.

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Hot Time in the Summer Challenge at Cheery Lynn Blog

Happy Sunday everyone! I've had a crazy busy summer and am just now getting around to some fun tools that I've recently added to my collection that I found at the Scrapbook Convention this June. For months I've been watching several of my scrappy friends using these incredible super-thin dies from a company called Cheery Lynn Designs. I knew the convention would probably have them and I was THRILLED to find them!! The selection of dies is amazing, the price point perfect and the detail and design is awesome! 

I am a big fan of flowers as you already know and Cheery Lynn has a how line of "Build a Flower" dies that make creating your own flowers super easy.  I used the Sunflower die and the Embellishments 3 die to create all the flower on my card below. I die cut all the flowers out as above in a cream and dark tan color of card stock. I then colored with markers and misted with sprays to achieve the colors on the flowers. I used my McGill stylus set to create dimension on the petals. Little Amanda, "The Thinker" seems to be getting some shade from the sunflower in the pot for the "Hot Time in the Summer" and Sunflowers definitely say "Hot Time" to us here in Texas!

I hope you enjoy my card!  Below is a link and rules in case you want to play along!

Supplies Used

Sunflower DL-121

Embellishments 3

Memento Tuxedo Black

House Mouse Amanda as "The Thinker"

Spectrum Noir [PP2, OR1, GB3, TN3, TN5, EB2, GB4, CG4, CG3, BT1, GG1, CG2, EB1, EB8, BG2]

Maya Road Mist Pearl

Clearsnap Smooch Spritz Sun Kissed & Limolicious

Bazzill Basics

Neena Card Stock

Artist Glitter Glue

Sakura Crystal Lacquer

Scrapbook Adhesives Mystix runner

Foam Tape

Robin's Nest Dew Drops 

This week the challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs is

Hot Time In The Summer

Here are the rules:

• You MUST follow the theme and use at least one Cheery Lynn Designs die, of course, we would love to see more than one. 
• You MUST add a link to your blog post in the InLinkz at the end of this post; no back posting, only new projects are allowed
• You MUST link to this challenge in your blog post or on your gallery post
• You may only enter the challenge ONCE per week.

The winner will be chosen based on merit by Cheery Lynn Designs. They will receive $20 towards shopping at the Cheery Lynn website. The challenge will end on Saturday night at 18:00 Eastern time.

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Introducing the leslierahye blog button!!!



How cool is THIS!?!? My friend Manda of A. J.'s Arts and Designs is in her own right an amazing fine artist. She also has talents in digital imagry and recently demoed how she does her digital scrapbooking for her son who is not quite 2 years old. She has been very supportive of me as a crafter, artist and business woman. She and my friend Fab of PaperMood.com have continually commented that my zentangling is awesome and especially the more figurative ones. In particular I think we all agree that the sunflowers are a favorite. Personally the sunflower is more than just a pretty flower. To me they are me! Proflowers.com share this:

Much of the meaning of sunflowers stems from its namesake, the sun itself. Wild sunflowers are often photographed with their tall stalks and bright petals stretched towards the sun. This unique behavior, known as phototropism, is a motif that has appeared in many ancient myths and is viewed as a symbol of loyalty and constancy. Their physical resemblance to the sun has also influenced their meanings. The sunflower's petals have been likened to bright yellow rays of sunshine, which evoke feelings of warmth and happiness. In addition, the sunflower is often associated with adoration and longevity.

 The sunflower particularly represents the path that I'm taking with my creativity this year. I've had a seed planted within this fall, that has survived the cold of the winter and the drought of the fall and now has germinated and is beginning its growth to a spectacular bloom. Even when the bloom is done, the sunflower is then reinvented to serve other purposes--food for birds, humans--oil and even dye. The versatility of the sunflower speaks volumes to me. The traditional meanings of the sunflower echo in my  mind and my heart. It is truly my representative.

I'd like to first share a few images that I have taken of my own beautiful sunflowers that bloom in my yard every summer--this summer will be no different.

So, I give heartfelt thanks to Manda and Fab. I love my new button and hope you do too! It's from an original image that I zentangled. I then asked Manda to do some photoshop magic and bring me a beautifu new blog button! I love what she came up with. I hope you do too! You may get my button for your blog by copying the codes in this scroll box!Manda has a great tutorial on how to make this for you own blog.
Copy all and paste into your blogger design!

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