New Home gift set

It's time for another Anything Goes challenge at One Stitch at a Time, the Challenge / Designer blog for the fabulous StitchyBear Digital Stamps. This week, my DT-mate Vicky chose the image for me & herself (wait until you see her lovely card!), and as soon as I saw New Home - On the Move by Hope Jacare Doodles I knew I want to make a "We've Moved" card set:

The box is a an altered Laughing Cow Cheese Wedges package.
Here's another view, with the box open:

Challenges:

1. Brown Sugar: Anything goes
2. Delicious Doodles: No designer papers
3. LEJ Designs #39: Anything Goes
4. Loves Rubber Stamps: Anything Goes
5. Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes
6. Paper Shelter Challenge #98: Altered item
7. Sweet Pea Stampers: Use a digital stamp
8. Twisted Tuesday: Anything Goes

Hope you'll join the Anything Goes challenge at One Stitch at a Time this week (and be sure to check out my teamies' fabulous projects). For entries using a StitchyBear Store product (be sure to add a # after your name when entering), you'll be eligible for our main prize. You're welcome to enter the challenge using different products, but instead you'll be entered into the draw to win a £3 coupon to StitchyBear Digital Stamps. Can't wait to see what you create! 


Update: This placed in the Top 3 for the Brown Sugar Anything Goes Challenge, and I was the random prize winner for Loves Rubber Stamps #38.

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Mo's Wonderful Time of the Year

How has it already been another year ... I guess time goes fast when you're crafting! I've had a great December full of traveling and visiting family, and now I'm looking forward to a new year full of ... well, all those things that come up when you're an adult!

I thought that the current challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil would be a nice way to both reflect on 2012 and welcome in 2013: We're to pick our favorite Mo's Digital Pencil project of 2012. I was sort of surprised to see that I only made four projects in 2012 (You can see all of my projects using Mo's images here), but I just had to choose Silky Puppy Love:

Silky Puppy Love, February 20, 2012

As you can tell, I had too much fun making that card!

Last year I used Mo's Fan's Cricket to make a Chinese New Year card, so figured I should do the same for 2013. Didn't get this in the mail in time for Western New Year's, so maybe I can send it to someone for the Chinese New Year! 

I printed everything (including the sentiment by TLC Creations, which I inverted) onto shiny Recollections papers (gold, charcoal, white). I was inspired by the lovely sketch from The Sketch File. I used the font Silentina Movie for the Charlie Chaplin quote ("Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles."), some beautiful Graphic 45 paper, and added a bit of white leaf ribbon. 

The Sketch File

Inspiration/Challenges:

1. ATCs & Cards With Attitude: Celebrations
2. Brown Sugar: Happy New Year
3. Fat Pages With Attitude: Celebrations
4. Kenny K's Krafty Krew: It's Party Time (NY celebration card)
5. Little Claire's: Happy New Year
6. Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge #238: New Year Inspired
7. Polka Doodles: Happy New Year
8. Pixie Dust Studio: Any Celebration will do
9. Sunny Challenges: New Year's
10. The Sketch File: Sketch

Update: This was awarded a Top 3 spot at Brown Sugar. Thank you!

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