Thursday, July 28, 2011

Weekly Challenge | Dog Days of Summer (summer or summer heat) & pyramage

It's challenge time at Delightful Challenges and this week we want to see Dog Days of Summer (summer or summer heat) !! I'm in Texas where this spring we started off with weather that could rival a normal Texas August--in other words it was H O T!! We've had temperatures above 100° F for more days than I care to count and the end does not appear in site for a while! I had been trying last week to beat the heat by thinking about the holiday season...

Monday, July 25, 2011

leslierahye's crafty handmade holiday challenge | July

Can you believe that it is just FIVE short months to Christmas--yes, I said FIVE. I am amazed how fast time seems to move as an adult--I recall it being much S L O W E R as a child! It seemed like it would take FOREVER for my birthday to come, or for Halloween, or for the holidays; and now, they are here before we know it. Funny how that is.Last year, I chose to have a handmade holiday for my family--partially financially induced, but partially because...

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Pyramage at Digital Delights

Digital Delights product: Pickles the Penguin Star Pyramagecardstock: Bazzill BasicsAccessories: Foam Squares and glue Now isn't this cool! This is one of the two new pyramage designs available at Digital Delights by Louby Loo. Pyramage comes to you as a PDF file PRECOLORED with extras to make creating a card like this doable in under 30 minutes! The sheet comes like this [without the watermark]: You just cut out the elements and assemble the...

Christmas in July Blog Hop | Day 2 Matchbox Advent/Countdown Calendar

Welcome to Beyond Scrappin's Christmas in July Blog Hop--Day 2!! This is the culmination of a week-long celebration this week of gearing up for Christmas! I am so honored to be a part of this super hop! This is a two day hop and I will be posting 2 different projects for this hop--if you missed my first day's post, you can find it here! As I have made a number of cards this week already, I decided to focus on 3 dimensional projects! I hope you enjoy...

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Christmas in July Blog Hop | Day 1 Origami Christmas Folds!!

Welcome to Beyond Scrappin's Christmas in July Blog Hop!! This is the culmination of a week-long celebration this week of gearing up for Christmas! I am so honored to be a part of this super hop! This is a two day hop and I will be posting 2 different projects for this hop! As I have made a number of cards this week already, I decided to focus on 3 dimensional projects!  I hope you enjoy what I am sharing! Thank you for stopping by! If you...

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Festive Friday #14 | Origami Tree

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Weekly Challenge | Christmas in July

Seeing that it is HOT HOT HOT outside this week's challenge to cool us off we want to seeChristmas is July As I stated earlier this week I am all excited to start celebrating Christmas in July!!! I am getting geared up to make my gifts for this holiday season and am counting down the weeks to Christmas week! Come back later this week to see more Christmas projects from me but for now enjoy this 6×6 card using Digital Delights by Louby...

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

A Holiday Challenge Announcement and an AJ's Digi Shoppe Holiday Card!

As many of my friends know, I start thinking about the holidays in July and August. I have an annual tradition of getting prepared for my families holidays by working through The Holiday Grand Plan over at OrganizedHome.com. Each year I've included more and more handmade items in my gift giving list. Last year I was pleased to say that all gifts from me were handmade. This year I am challenging all of you to do likewise! We're going to have a challenge...

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Weekly Challenge | Fancy Folded Cards

This week on Delightful Challenges, we are making cards with FANCY FOLDS!!! Occasionally I like to make a non-traditional fold card...I have made this card numerous times before and know it simply as the Z-fold flip card. the way it works is you have a message on one side of your card that can be seen with the "frame" of the other side of the card...when you pull the sides of the frame out, the message flips around and the image on the other...

Friday, July 8, 2011

Festive Friday #13 | Blingy Snow Friends

It's time for the Festive Friday Blog Hop hosted by Terri Sproul again. This bi-monthly blog hop features Holiday cards from many talented card crafters as we get our Christmas cards ready early this year. If you reached this stop from Becky's blog BC Designs , then you are in the right spot! If you would like to start from the beginning, you can return to Terri's blog. For this card I used several of my favorite elements, stamps, markers, ink,...

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Weekly Challenge and New Release | Down on the Farm

This week at Digital Delights by Louby Loo Wendy has released the cutest Down on the Farm set!! I love Harry the Horse and Farm Girl Polly! The Down on the Farm Sentiments are super cute and I LOVE the plaids in the Digital Paper Set.  I printed the Hay and Harry on colored card stock and accented them with markers and white Prismacolor Pencils.Thank you for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my card. Just wanted to say HAY! Stamps: Farm Girl...

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

AJs Digi Shoppe Posting | Get Well Soon!

This week I started officially my new Design Team job at AJs Digi Shoppe making a bi monthly posting for Amanda's Digi Shoppe Blog! For this week I made this darling get well card! Hop on over to AJs Digi Shoppe Blog for the details and become a facebook fan!! You'll love her digital stamp...

Friday, July 1, 2011

Gill's for the Love of Pink Blog Hop!

If you are looking for the Digital Delights' It's a Celebration Blog Hop, look here.  First of all...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GILL! In celebration of Gill's 41st birthday, she is hosting this fun blog hop in honor of the LOVE of the color PINK!!! If you happened upon this blog while surfing around in blog land, you might want to start at the top of the hop to learn how to win some wonderful prizes! Gill's blog is here. If you arrived at the hop...