A little, shy, fun guy - The Great Outdoors at Crafter's Cafe Challenge

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge this week is The Great Outdoors. We're sponsored by Karleigh Sue Digi's, and I used their adorable Toadstool Elf to create this scene:

The shy elf was colored with with Sharpies, fussy-cut, and backed with a shiny white paper edged with deckle scissors. It's popped up with foam tape. I made the sentiment myself, printed it on a shiny white paper, and threaded it through a die-cut fence.

The little wooden mushroom was painted with yellow Liquid Pearls and heat-embossed with a glitter powder. The inside message section was cut with a die, and embellished by hand with a blue marker.

Inspiration/Challenges:

Crafting Musketeers #28: Sketch
Dragonfly Journeys #18: Men/Boys
Fairy Tale #123: Boys + Men
Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers: Ugly Paper (Although this snow-covered mushroom, glittered, woodgrain-patterned paper is definitely unique, I certainly haven't used it like I thought I would!)

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Pilin' on the Season

The theme this week at Pile It On is Summer OR Winter. We're sponsored by Kitty Bee Designs, and I used their sweet Bumblebee digi stamp. We're enjoying the last of our summer days, and have plenty of bees of different varieties making the most out of the warm days.

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Inspiration/Challenges:
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #97: Frame It
CHPPC: Patterned Paper (2nd entry)
Craft Your Passion: Always Anything Goes
Little Red Wagon #301: Shake It Up
Mojo Monday: Sketch #409 (2nd entry)
Paper Creator's Crafts #41: Dies or Punches
Paper Shelter Challenge #213: Punches or Dies
WordArt Wednesdays: Anything Goes

Update: This was a Featured Project for Little Red Wagon #301!

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Photo Card

My Mom just visited, so I decided to make her a card which I slipped into her bag when she left.

The design was inspired by Mojo Monday Sketch #409.

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Flowers through the Window - Guest Desginer at Crafting by Designs

Back in June, I was super-inspired by my neighborhood and a sketch at Crafting by Designs, and was so pleased to have it chosen as a Spotlight project for that challenge as well as to be asked to be Guest Designer.

The theme this week at Crafting by Designs is Windows.

I used this beautiful digi stamp from Make It Crafty to create a Shaker Card filled with flower-shaped sequins.

My mom is visiting, and we've had tons of crafting fun. This card was made during a crafting retreat this weekend with friends at a hotel, and I didn't bring my Copics so I just used Mom's Sharpies. I'm pleased with the result and the company was fantastic! I also colored the white lace & wood embellishments with Sharpies. I added different colors of Flowersoft with Glossy Accents.

Challenges/Inspiration:
Crafting by Designs: Window
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards: A Flower In Your IMAGE
Morgan's Art World: Use 3 of Something (3 wood embellishments) + digi stamp
Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers: S is for....Shaker

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Pilin' on the Beaded Sequins

The theme this week at Pile It On is Sequins and/or Beads. We're sponsored by Paper Sweeties, a fun stamp & embellishment company. To help celebrate their third year in business, I made a birthday card featuring some of their lovely seam binding.

The teapot stack die is from Memory Box, and I created the background for it by embossing a thick, textured white paper, fussy-cutting it, and coloring it with Copic markers. The die cut itself is a shiny off-white cardstock.The doily/burlap-patterned paper is from Recollections, and I slightly distressed the edges to give it a more fabric-like feel. The sentiment are plastic embellishments that I heat-embossed with a glittery white powder. Each green, flower-shaped sequin has a pink or baby blue seed bead in the middle.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Craft-Dee BowZ: Handmade Bow
CHPPC: Patterned Paper
Creatalicious Challenge #77: More than one fold
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #96: Make It Feminine
Mod Squad Challenge: Die Cut (2nd entry)
Paper Sweeties Challenge #34: Color Inspiration + Birthday
Shabby Tea Room #256: Summer Picnic Photo Inspiration
Stamps & Fun = Creativity: Vintage


Update: This was chosen as a Top 3 for Fan-Tastic Tuesday #96!

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