TPE Challenge #210

Happy Monday everyone!
Well today is our big day - the move to South Carolina!
We are really excited for this new venture...
There's always more to see, people to meet, places to go in life, right?

In the meantime, I sat down for TPE's newest challenge:

MASCULINE

Here is my card using CC Drummer from TGF:

Oh drummer...He's such a fun one to color up with his awesomeness!
I live vicariously through him.;)
Here's a closer look at his glittered drum set:

I colored the drums in with copics, then realized that it needed bling.
If you use a lighter stickle, you can still see the shading behind the glitter - yay!

Come on over and rock on with us!
Click here to get to TPE's blog to see more amazing inspiration,
we can't wait to see your Masculine themed cards.

Have a beautiful Monday everyone, thank you for coming by!
xoxoxox

TPE Challenge #144

Happy beautiful Monday everyone!

The sun is shining, the kids are back to school, and it is time for a new challenge at TPE!

First off, I wanted to congratulate my friend/co-owner of The Pink Elephant Sheri Gilson

for being the newest Dirty Dozen girl over at SCS! YAY SHERI! :)

And now on to our challenge, inspired by this wonderful photo:

So fresh and spring-y! I love the variety of flowers and happy color palette.

Here is my sample using Glimmer from TGF:

I needed someone who was ready to take on warm weather with a smile! 

I used a variety of odds and ends from my stash, inspired by the scallop and colors from the picture.

Sentiment is from Claudia and Company's former line of rubber stamps, 

isn't it brilliant to have them vertical? I just love how they fit anywhere!

Come on over and see what Ella's girls have done here on TPE's blog.
They've created such a sweet lineup of inspiration today,

and this is also where you will link up your work.

Have a beautiful Monday everyone, we are looking forward to an *89 degree day! YAY!

xoxoxox

TPE #130 and FFC Monday Fun day Challenge

Oh sweet Monday, I can't believe you are here already! 

But alas, I take comfort in 2 of my favorite challenges today:

TPE's challenge of HEARTS

and

FFC's Monday Fun Day recipe of:

Polka Dots

Pink

2 ribbons

How sweet are those challenges?
 I combined them with a new Miss Anya:

I think she represented quite well, didn't she? :)

Miss Anya Garland is the newest release from TGF, she's so pretty!

Keeping my pledge to use scraps, I pulled together some fun vintage papers.

The sweet heart banner is from TGF's clear set called Bantastic. 

Come and see what both fabulous design teams did for these challenges,
visit TPE's blog and FFC's blog - amazing samples and inspiration!

Link up your work too so we can see your work!
Thank you so much for coming by today,

I truly appreciate your visit! :)

xoxoxox

TPE Challenge #127

Happy wonderful Monday everyone!
 I hope your bellies are happy and that you're ready to get crafty.

This week The Pink Elephant has Simply Betty Stamps as our sponsor.

Thanks so much Betty! :)

One random winner will receive 3 of her images!

We have a sweet (literally) photo inspiration:

Aren't they the cuuuutest cupcakes?
I just love their knit caps and baby faces. :)
For my card I used Kiss The Cook:

He is quite the charmer, isn't he? ;)

I found a sheet of Recollection paper that had the perfect colors in it.

It's such a great palette of light blue, sage green, and brown.

In my stash I also found this cute spatula charm - I was so excited,
I love when unexpected crafty mojo happens. heehee!

You can see the other adorable cards made with SBS images here on the TPE blog.

This is also where you'll link up your card using any image, 

inspired by that yummy set of cupcakes. 

Thank you so much for coming by everyone, 

have a wonderful Monday!

xoxoxox

TPE Challenge #118

Happy wonderful Monday everyone!
Today starts a new challenge over at TPE - and I cannot wait to share it with you all!
This week we want you to CASE one of the Designer's cards. Isn't that fun? You can copy the layout, the colors, the company that she used, just have at it!

Here is my card using an original sketch and my new Boho Anya that I won from The Greeting Farm:

She's soooo sweet! I just love her free-flowing vibe (we fondly call it "granola" - lol!). I found this sheet of Recollection paper in my stash, and since it had a very earthy design, I though it would be perfect with her. I also used a white puffy pen for her dress, the lace looks more like pom pom dots. :)

You can see the other wonderful cards that are up to be CASE-d here on the TPE blog. Choose any one that you like (the designers did an amazing lineup) and link up your work so that we can come and visit you!
Have a wonderful day everyone, thank you so much for coming by. xoxoxox

Paper Piecing fun!

Hello everyone and a very happy Tuesday to you all!
I wanted to share a fun technique that is being featured on The Pink Elephant's blog, both as a tutorial and as a challenge!
Paper Piecing is a great alternative to coloring, especially when you want an image to have patterns as part of the design. For today's tutorial, I am using an image from The Greeting Farm named Fleur Anya. {This week's TPE Paper Piecing challenge happens to be sponsored by this wonderful company too!}

First, choose an image that has a nice area to paper piece. You want to avoid little edges and lines, as it can be quite tedious to cut around. Stamp (or print) your image:

Next step, color in the areas that will not be pieced over. This is where you have a bit more leeway if you color outside of your lines, as the designer papers will cover any mistakes!

Now take that same image and stamp or print it on a patterned piece of paper, it is a bit hard to see but it is on that black and white paper to the left:

Trim around the edges as best as you can, then adhere it directly on to the image...voila! Now Anya has a pretty printed dress:

I made a handful of these cards for an SCS swap that I was in:

And here is the final result:

Now it's your turn to show us some fun paper piecing creations! Be sure to link up your work using ANY image {here} on this post for your chance to win a 4x6 set from The Greeting Farm. Thank you so much for coming by today, have a great day! xoxoxo

TPE Challenge #114

Happy wonderful TPE challenge Monday!
I hope this post finds all the East Coasters safe and sound after Irene's visit.

Are you ready for a FABULOUS challenge this week?

We want to see you PAPER PIECE an image,

and you just have to join in on the fun
because we are being sponsored 

by one of my all time favorite companies:

THE GREETING FARM

Eek! Yes! The winner of this week's challenge wins a 4x6 set of his/her choice!

Here is my card using a digital image called Winter Fairy:

I love paper piecing!

Now her dress is all matchy matchy with the papers. heehee! :)

This is a fun technique, especially when you want to jazz up an image with pattern,

here is a closeup of the fairy:

Now come on over and join in on the fun! For more inspiration you can see the adorable paper piecing samples by Ella's girls here on TPE's blog. Have a great day everyone, thank you so much for coming by! xoxoxo

TPE Challenge #113

 Happy beautiful Monday everyone! 

It's time for another great challenge over at The Pink Elephant. 

Ready for an awesome inspiration picture?

Here ya go:

Eeek! I want my entire home in these colors! DH would lock himself out of the house on purpose. :P
Here is my card I made using a BLD image called Baby Love:

I took inspiration from all the fun patterns and colors of the linen set, then found all these great sample papers in my stash that I bought from Claudia & Company. You can interpret it any way you want to, and you can use ANY image or papers to play along...just be sure to link up so that we can see your adorable work! Ella's girls did an amazing job here on the TPE blog, be sure to see their cute samples and enter in on the fun!
Have a beautiful Monday everyone, I will be back tomorrow to show you some awesome finds from my yard sale ventures on Saturday! xoxox

TPE Challenge #112

Happy beautiful Monday everyone!
I hope your weekend went well
and that you're ready to join in on some new challenges?

This week at The Pink Elephant, we challenge you to:

STITCH!

Faux or real, let's see some sewing on your card!

This week we are sponsored by the awesome Tiddly Inks.

Here is my card using Poppy:

Romantic/Gothic? heehee!
I thought she'd work well with a black and white scheme, accented with poppy reds.

{This has been my current palette as I re-do my craft room.}
I played with the tension on my Genome and settled for this stitching,

now that I look at it, it kind of reminds me of Coraline. ;)

Come on over and see the adorable samples made by Ella's girls. 

You can see them here on the TPE blog, this is also where you'll link up your work.

Have a wonderful day everyone, make something great happen today!

TPE Challenge #96

Happy wonderful Monday everyone!
You have TWO weeks to play along TPE's latest challenge:

A SKETCH by yours truly :)

I know, basic right? But you can add your special touch to it! 

This bi-weekly challenge is being sponsored by one of my fave companies:

You will love Melyssa's designs, I had the privilege of being on her DT

for a year and craved more each time a new release came out. ;)

The lucky winner receives 2 free digital images from her store.

Here is my card using the Got Bunny set:

He's such a cutie!
I had this American Crafts dp stashed away for a special occasion,

 what a perfect match to that bunny.
You can see more adorable samples here on TPE's blog site,

Ella's girls did an amazing job with all of the images and this layout!

Have a great day everyone, I know I still have a winner to announce 

on the pie contest {here} - I will have your name in lights tomorrow!

See you then~

♥ & Aloha,

Hello sweet bunnies!

Happy beautiful Monday everyone!
I hope your weekend went well? We had a day full of sunshine yesterday, so hubby fired up the grill while the kids enjoyed the backyard. I love the promise of Spring!
And speaking of, have you entered in on the fun over at TPE yet? Our challenge is Springtime, you have one more week to enter for your chance to win a gc from Claudia & Company. (I love that store!)
My second card made for this challenge uses an adorable digi from Claudia & Co.'s digital line created by LORi Boyd. This image is actually a part of the Ezra image I used last week:

 Ahhh, the beauty of digis! Here is my card in its entirety:

That American Crafts DP is so much fun! I think I'll color up a bunch of eggs like these this Easter. heehee! Okay, so now you go and head over to TPE's blog and enter in on the Springtime challenge. Have a wonderful day everyone, thank you so much for coming by! :)

♥ & Aloha,

TPE Challenge - who's ready for Spring?!?!

Happy beautiful Monday everyone!

I am so excited for The Pink Elephant's new challenge:

*SPRING*

For this challenge we are being sponsored by Claudia & Co. 

Woohoo! Just when Claudia thought she was going to get rid of me...lol! :)

Here is a card I made with a NEW release from C&Co.'s digital line by LORi Boyd...

meet EZRA:

Isn't he a dapper fella?
{btw, love the name - anyone watch Pretty Little Liars? heehee!}
 Ezra comes with an adorable Easter basket but I thought I'd give him a bouquet

to present to a lucky female Puddle Jumper. ;)
You can see the other sweet samples by Ella's Girls
HERE on The Pink Elephant's blog.
 You have two weeks to enter in on the fun!

Here are some other fun challenges for Ezra:
Just Us Girls: layout
Fairy Tale Challenge: Child image
Simply Create: Power of Flowers
Stamp Something: Something digi {image}

Have a wonderful start of this week everyone!
Thank you so much for coming by. :)

♥ & Aloha,