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Crazy 4 Challenges ~ Gift and Gift Card Holder!!!!

Good Morning!

Today's C4C challenge is to make a gift card holder.  I went a step further and made a gift to go along with my gift card holder.  

The six pack holder is by Art Blanche and can be found HERE!  The pretty pink paper is some I picked up at my LSS and is by Melissa Frances.  I punched the top and bottom using my MS scallop doily punch.  The bottles used to hold Prima flowers and now they hold bath bubbles, bath crystals, body wash, white chocolate mint candy and chocolate covered peanuts.  I will give you a closer look at the jars in a minute!  The image is from The Greeting Farm and is called Me Time Anya.  Rachel is currently out but I am sure she is reordering so if you are interested in this set, just contact her HERE!  

Here is a  closer look at the image ~

 

I made the little window using Whisper White CS and adding THIS DP in the background.  The candles are included in the set and I made the shelf from dark brown Bazzill CS.  The "rug" is a large oval punched from Whisper White CS and then I added snow white Flower Soft.  Anya's "towel" was paper pieced using the same pink DP but I added white flock to make it look fluffy.  I also added white flock to her robe.

Here is a closer look at the gift card holder ~

I made the box from a template I made using one I bought at target for $.99.   I will try to figure out how to upload it and pass it on if anyone is interested.  I embossed the bottom of the box, before I taped it together, using my Victoria embossing folder.  The ribbon is from May Arts, rhinestones are from Zva and the darling pin is from Making Memories.  The little flower is from some old trim I had laying around.

Here is the image I put on the back of the carrier ~

 

Some quick details I added on this are white flock on the slippers to make them fuzzy, Stardust Stickles on the bubble and I paper pieced her little headband with the same DP.

Here is a picture of one of the jars ~

I printed the ingredients on the same DP and then punched them all out using my SU! large oval punch and then matted using a white scalloped oval that I cut using my Nesties.  I tied these on using black and white May Arts ribbon. 

Sorry this is such a quick post and definitely lacking in details but I still have so much to do to get ready to go to The Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg.  Joey's entire football team and their families are going so it will DEFINITELY be a great time! 

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!  Now, check out what the CRAZIES did with this challenge!

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne
• Jessica Diedrich
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lori Boyd
• Mercy Kerin
• Robin Willis
• Vicki Garrett

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend!

Lynda

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ Let's get Punchy!!!!

Good Morning!

If you are looking for the Verve blog hop, either scroll down 1 post or click HERE!!!

Today's C4C challenge is to use our punches!  Use at least 1 punch or more on your card or project!  Since Kraftin' Kimmie is our sponsor this month, I used one of her DARLING stamps on my card today!  Meet Piper ~ 

 

The layout of this card is based on Mercy's Tuesday sketch HERE!  The base of this card is Riding Hood Red with a mat of Vintage Cream (PTI), Chocolate Chip and then one of the patterns in THIS Imaginisce  paper collection.  The mat below the image piece is first Cool Caribbean CS and then another pattern of DP from the same Polar Expressions collection which I might add, I punched using my SU! scallop border punch.  I have no idea where I got the polka dot ribbon but it was PERFECT for this card!!!  I love when things work out that way!  I printed Piper on Vintage Cream CS and then colored using a combination of Copics and Prismacolor Pencils.  Piper is matted with Chocolate Chip CS and the sentiment is from Verve's Celebration of Thanks set and was stamped on Vintage Cream CS using Chocolate Chip ink and then punched using my MS tag punch.  

Don't forget to check out the Crazies creations ~

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne
• Jessica Diedrich
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lori Boyd
• Mercy Kerin
• Robin Willis
• Vicki Garrett

My husband took the kids to NJ for Thanksgiving with his parents and I stayed here to take care of the animals so we are going to celebrate our Thanksgiving together today!!!  It really sucks now because they have been tainted by my MIL's fab cooking!!!  Oh well, they KNOW my cooking sucks so at least they had 1 good meal this holiday season!! LOLOLOL!!!  

Hope your day is awesome!

~Lynda

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ A Sketch!!!!

Hello!

It's Saturday and you know what that means!?!?!?  So, since you know will you tell me??? LOLOL!!!  It's C4C day!!!  This weeks challenge is a sketch.  I know, I just used this stamp the other day but I LOVE it and the sketch was just perfect for it!!!

 

The base of this card is PTI Vintage Cream.  The red, cocoa and blue papers are ALL from THIS collection from Imaginisce.  I love those papers!  The darling My Favorite Things stamp is called Flurry of Love and and was stamped on the same PTI Vintage Cream CS using Black Momento Ink.  I colored using a combination of Copics and Prisma Color pencils.  I also paper pieced her hat, scarf, boots, gloves and coat.  I added Snow White Flower Soft to her hat, gloves and boots.  The "snow" is Clear Martha Stewart glitter.  The little pearl buttons are from Memory Box and can be found HERE.  The image was matted using dark brown Bazill CS.

Did you see the awesome Ivory Crocheted ribbon??  Oh my gosh, I just bought it the other day and couldn't wait to use it!!!  It is by May Arts and can be found HERE!  I then added a SU! brown button as well as the CUTEST little heart charm which I bought HERE!  The heart was tied on the button and Heidi Swapp acetate snowflake using SU! linen thread.  The sentiment is included with the MFT's stamp and was stamped on Vintage Cream CS using Chocolate Chip ink and then cut out to look like a banner.   Here is a closer look at the charm and ribbon ~

Thanks for stopping by!  I really appreciate it!  Be sure to check out what the CRAZY girls have done with this sketch!

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne
• Jessica Diedrich
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lori Boyd
• Mercy Kerin
• Robin Willis
• Vicki Garrett

Have a great day!

~Lynda

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ Using Acetate!!!!

Good Morning!

I will be back later with my Serendipity Stamps card.  Today's C4C challenge is to use acetate.  I know, let's all give a collective sigh......I actually am happy with my card today.  I have NEVER been able to make a card using acetate but have tried and then would just end up all frustrated!   All acetate has ever done for me is to hate it more and more every time I use it!  Be sure to check out the C4C blog as Frances has included lots of awesome ideas about how to use acetate.

For the acetate card base I used a piece that I had bought from SU!  I forget the collection it was in but I just cut it to the size I wanted and then score it!  I stamped the cupcake image, again SU!, using Basic Black ink, on Whisper White CS and then colored using my Real Red, Wild Wasabi and Pink Pirouette ink pads and a blender pen.  Of course I added clear Martha Stewart glitter for the frosting and added Crystal Effects to the cherries to give them a 3-D look.  I matted the image with Basic Black CS and then on the inside added first a mat of Real Red and then a scalloped Whisper White piece.  The sentiment was stamped on another rectangle scallop piece and adhered on the inside.

You can get LOTS of inspiration from the C4C girls here ~

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne
• Jessica Diedrich
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lori Boyd
• Mercy Kerin
• Robin Willis
• Vicki Garrett

I hope you have a great weekend and don't forget that my Verve project will be posted tomorrow!  I have some baking to do to get ready for it!!!

~Lynda

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ An Easel Card Challenge!!!!

Hello!

Today's challenge at C4C is to make an Easel card!  These are SO fun and SO easy, you have to try it!  Our sponsor this month is Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps who so graciously is giving a prize!!!  You can check out the details, HERE, on the C4C blog!   For my card today, I used one of Kimmie's new stamps called Bernadette.

Before I show you my card, if you didn't read my post from yesterday asking for Christmas cards for a 5 year old boy who is in his last stages of cancer, please check it out HERE and if you can help, it would be greatly appreciated!

The cardstock I used on this card is Whisper White and Pink Pirouette.  The decorative snowflake paper is from Imaginisce and can be found HERE!  The glitter paper is by K&Co.  I cut the glitter paper with my Creative Memories wavy cutter.  I cut out Bernadette and popped her up on dimensionals.  I colored using my Copics and added white flock to the ear muffs and hand muff.  The sentiment is from Verve's new set called Christmas in the Air and was stamped directly on the DP using Basic Black ink.  I added small snowflakes that I punched from the glitter paper and pink rhinestones to the centers of each snowflake.

Here is  a closer look at the image piece ~

 

Be sure to check out what the girls did with this challenge!

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne
• Jessica Diedrich
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lori Boyd
• Mercy Kerin
• Robin Willis
• Vicki Garrett

I hope you have a great weekend and thank you for stopping by!

~Lynda

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ Halloween Projects!!!!

Good Morning!

Today's challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges is to make a Halloween card or project!  Well, mine WAS to be a Halloween project but it didn't turn out quite like I wanted and I would been embarrassed to post so......I don't have anything to show you!   I did not have time yesterday to make anything else BUT you can see some awesome projects HERE on the C4C blog!!!

Have a great weekend and I will definitely be back tomorrow with a card or two!! 

~Lynda

Verve BELIEVE Blog Hop AND Crazy for Challenges Cards....

Good Morning!

Today is a special day with lots to share!  First off, you can now buy all (or a few!! LOL!!) of  Verve's NEW release!  All you have to do is  head on over to the store and load up your cart!!! LOL!!!   Julee makes buying easy!!! 

If you are here for my Crazy 4 Challenges card, it will be below my Verve blog hop card below.  My C4C card just happens to be using one of the new Verve sets in case you needed a little nudge as to WHICH sets to buy!!! LOL!!!  So lets move on to the HOP!!!!

Welcome to the Verve BELIEVE Blog Hop.  If you've just happened across my blog, and you would like to join in on the fun, you'll want to start back at the beginning HERE and hop your way along.  Today we're hopping for the Cure, sharing projects from a new set Verve just released called Believe.  This set was designed in honor of breast cancer awareness and Verve is donating $10 from the sale of EVERY Believe set to the Susan G Komen For the Cure Foundation.  We believe that we can make a difference.  We believe that each day should be celebrated, each moment cherished and that every little thing we can do in the fight to find a cure matters.

 

For this card, I used Pink Pirouette for the base and then added a Whisper White mat and then Old Olive mat.  Before I stamped the flowers and stems, I first tore the Whisper White CS to leave about a 3/4" gap.  I then stamped the beautiful stems on the Whisper White CS using Old Olive ink.  I didn't stamp the flowers directly on the CS but instead stamped them on a scrap piece using Sahara Sand ink and then cut them out.  I colored using a blender pen and Pink Pirouette ink pad.  You can't see it in my crummy picture (I need a new light to photograph my cards, if you have any recommendations, PLEASE let me know!!! LOL!!), that I added clear Copic Spica glitter on all of the flowers and then layered them using dimensionals.  The sentiment was stamped using Sahara Sand.  I then mounted my white pieces on Sahara Sand CS and then punched some holes to add misc. pink ribbon.  I also added the pink little butterflies.

Thanks for hopping by!  Next up on the hop is my fellow Virginian ~ Teresa!!!  Oh, and we've got a special gift hidden along our hop for one lucky commenter, so if you see something you really love, give a little shout out and you just might win a $30 gift certificate to Verve!!!

Now, here is my card for C4C!!!  Our challenge this week was to make a card with 3 geometrical shapes.  What a great challenge huh?!?  You know we love when you play along so go to the C4C blog for all the details!!!!

 

The base of this card is Basic Black and is 5 1/4" square.  All of the decorative papers are from DCWV's La Creme Collection.  I stamped the ornaments from Verve's Holly Jolly set directly on the off white DP using Basic Black ink and then stamped them again on other DP from the collection and cut them out.  For the ornament on the left, I added black flock using my Quickie glue pen.  For the small ornament, I added some of the same Memory Box rhinestones as I used for the "strings".   For the top ornament, I just stamped the ornament on another DP pattern and cut it out.  The hangers were stamped using Encore Silver Metallic ink.  After doing the ornaments, I used a scrap piece of CS to draw the box around the ornaments using a black marker.  The Merry Christmas sentiment is from from Verve's O Christmas Tree set and was stamped using Basic Black ink.  This piece was then matted using Basic Black CS.

Here is a closer look ~

 

Be sure to check out what the girls did with this challenge!! 

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne
• Jessica Diedrich
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lori Boyd
• Mercy Kerin
• Robin Willis
• Vicki Garrett

I hope you have an awesome weekend!

~Lynda

 

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ A Sketch!!!!

Hi!

Hope you have big plans for this weekend ~ I don't!!! LOL!!!  It has been raining here for DAYS and it looks like it will continue through the weekend.  Oh well, I guess I could clean for a change!!! LOL!!! 

Today's C4C challenge is a sketch!  It is a great sketch too!!!  Here is my card ~

 

The base of this card is Soft Suede with a mat of decorative red paper that is included in the new Christmas collection from SU! (can't remember the name).  The next mat is Whisper White and another pattern from the same SU! collection.  The medallion is from Spellbinders and when I went in to Cut at Home's website, I couldn't find it.  I know it was on backorder but usually they keep it on the site so anyway, I used Soft Suede CS.  The ribbon is Soft Sky and some white May Arts polka dot ribbon.  The image is Elzybells and was stamped on Whisper White using Soft Suede ink.  I pieced her coat and colored using my Prismacolor pencils and Soft Suede and Soft Sky ink pads & blender pen.  I used my Red Copic Spica glitter pen for the boots and my Quickie glue pen to add Coconut glitter for the snow.  I also used my Quickie glue pen to add white flock on her coat edges.  I cut this out using my circle Nesties and mounted it on a piece of red decorative paper (from the SU! collection) and then Whisper White.  The little note sentiment is also from Elzybells and was stamped using Soft Suede and then I added red tiny rhinestones using my Quickie glue pen.

Be sure to check out what the girls did with this challenge!  If you want to play along, be sure to include the keyword C4C7 on SCS or you can leave a link to your creation on the C4C blog HERE!

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne
• Jessica Diedrich
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lori Boyd
• Mercy Kerin
• Robin Willis
• Vicki Garrett

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend!

~Lynda

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ Giving Thanks!!!!

Good Morning!

I am so glad it is the weekend!  I love sleeping in...that is if 7 is considered sleeping in!!! LOL!!  This weeks Crazy 4 Challenges challenge is to make a card with either a Thanksgiving theme or a Thank You card.  My card today has a Fall theme.  

 

The base of this card is Vanilla and is 5" square.  The next mat is Mustard and was cut and pierced at the base using THIS Spellbinders Pierceabilities die.   The next layer is first Vanilla and then decorative paper by Graphic 45.  The next layers were cut using Labels Five Nesties from Vanilla and Mustard CS.  I stamped the beautiful Serendipity Stamps image, Covered Bridge, first on Mustard using Black Momento ink and then again on Vanilla CS.  I cut the image on the Vanilla CS out using my oval Nesties and then colored using my Copics.  I added Periwinkle glitter on the water and Coconut Pixee Stix glitter on the other parts of the image.  Here is a closer look at the image.

 

The final step was to add some Kaiser Craft pearls.  I LOVE this image!  I hope you aren't tired of it!!  I will do my best to use something different tomorrow!! LOL!!! 

FYI ~ Lindsey just received Kraftin Kimmie stamps in her store!  You can check them out HERE!

Now, be sure to check out the C4C Girls creations ~

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne
• Jessica Diedrich
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lori Boyd
• Mercy Kerin
• Robin Willis
• Vicki Garrett

Have a GREAT weekend and thank you SO much for stopping by!

~Lynda

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ Wishing You a very Happy Birthday!!!!

Good Morning!

Today is another C4C challenge!!  Our hostess with the mostess this month is Vicki!  Her challenge to us today is to include stitching on our card!  The stitching can be faux, real, whatever! 

I decided to make a check or money holder for today's challenge ~

 

The base of this card is dark brown bazzill and was folded according to my instructions HERE.  I added the mosaic embossed panels on the top and bottom front of the wallet.  The top panels were not my idea, I totally CASED this idea from my AMAZING Serendipity Stamps teammate, Yvonne.  Her beautiful wallet is HERE!  I embossed a piece of Soft Suede CS and then smashed it on my Versamark to cover the entire piece and then heat embossed using clear embossing powder.  I stitched around both panels using my Janome sewing machine.  The ribbon is from May Arts and was glued down using Elmer's glue.  Before gluing down the ribbon, I added 2 pewter buckles.  The flap is held down using a velcro dot.  The medallion is from Spellbinders Fleur de lis die using dark brown Bazzill CS.  I then added an Imaginisce decorative brad in the center.

 

I'm not sure if I like the inside sentiment piece but Joey's got a game today and I don't have time to change it right now!! LOL!!!  The sentiment is from Verve's Wishing You stamp set and was stamped on Whisper White using Chocolate Chip ink.  I cut the Wishing You sentiment out using my Labels Four dies.  I added some blue rhinestones to tie it in with the front flap blue rhinestone.  I matted it with the same Mosaic embossed CS.  I sewed around the edges although I must say, I didn't do a really great job on!! LOL!!!

Be sure to check out what the girls did with this challenge!  Thanks for stopping by!

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne
• Jessica Diedrich
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lori Boyd
• Mercy Kerin
• Robin Willis
• Vicki Garrett

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic weekend!

~Lynda