Pilin' On the Color Inspiration

This week at Pile It On, we're challenging you to use this beautiful color combo that I found on Design Seeds.

Pile It On #16

Our sponsor is Dilly Beans Stamps,  so I used her Daisy Girl Framed digi stamp to make this floral easel card:

Here's the message section, on the back:

I'm entering this card into the following fabulous challenges:

1. Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge: April Showers Bring Spring Flowers (lots of flowers)
2. Crafty Ribbons #43: Green and Pink
3. Digi Galore: One for the Girls
4. Digistamps 4 Joy #65: Easel Shaped Card + Bling
5. Dilly Beans: Flowers + image (10 challenges only)
6. Scrappy Frogs April Challenge: Think Spring
7. Scribbles Designs Challenge: Shaped or easel card
8. Shelly's Images: April Showers Bring May Flowers...must have a flower
9. Stempelsonnen Challenge: Easel Card
10. Wags 'n Whiskers: May Flowers

Thank you for visiting,

Time for a new challenge at OSAAT!

It's time for a new "Use a Digi" challenge at One Stitch at a Time, the DT/Challenge blog for StitchyBear's Digi Outlet. Wow, can you believe I've been on the OSAAT team for over two years‽ From my first project to this one, I've had tons of creative fun. Also, there have been some changes to the StitchyBear sites, including a groovy new site design and an updated Design Team page.

This week I got to choose the image for myself as well as my teamies Vicky & Jennie, so we're using Leaving the Nest by Reece's Scrap Pieces: 

The sentiment stamp is from a CTMH set. The wooden clock face & bird are from Prima; I colored the bird with a blue glaze pen (Sakura). The metal clock face behind the star is from the Paper Studio.

I'm entering this card into the following fabulous challenges:

1. ABC Challenges: Use 1-2-3 of something
• 1 ribbon
• 2 blue embellishments (gem star, and wooden bird colored with glaze pen)
• 3 clock faces
2. Cards in Envy: Things with Wings (this has several layers, but it's still relatively light and definitely under the required thickness)
3. Crafty Bloggers Network: Anything Goes 
4. Pattie's Creations: Make It Sparkle + Image (There's lots of sparkle on this...the image also has gold and glitter ink on it)
5. Sparkle N Sprinkle: Use a Digital Image
6. Stamp n Doodle: Anything Goes
7. There She Goes: Just Because

Hope you'll join the Use a Digi 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's Digi Outlet. Can't wait to see what you create!

Thank you for visiting,

Okay, so he's a little heavy...

With Earth Day coming up on Monday, April 22, and I couldn't resist using Worldly Turtle by QKR Stampede that I won recently from Top Tip Tuesday. And I especially couldn't resist using the title of the classic song "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" as the sentiment. Poor guy looks like he's struggling a bit, but don't we all from time to time!

The yellow, plastic netting on the top left-hand corner is from a bag of potatoes. Fingerlings, if I remember correctly (but I've had it in my stash for quite some time).

I paper-pieced the globe with Graphic 45 papers. I added embossed polka-dots to the green portions with an embossing folder, and inked it with Pear Tart to bring out the texture. The turtle is colored with Copics.

For the banner-border, I covered white cardstock with Washi Tape and cut them with a banner die from a•muse studio.

The die-cut flower was inspired by the Maryland State Flower, the Black-eyed Susan, since the Diamond-backed Terrapin is our State Reptile. I used a Spellbinders die for the flower pieces, and covered the middle circle with Onyx Liquid Pearls. The leaf was cut from a Sprite can with a Sizzix die.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Anything Goes Challenge #90: Heavy Metal  
Three Scrappy Gals: Earth/Nature/Recycling (netting, aluminum can)
Use Your Stuff: Song Title or Lyrics ("He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" song & lyric) + Stash (netting, paper scraps)


Here's the song, as recorded by The Hollies:

Thank you for visiting and Love Your Mother!

In the Garden with Sunshine Mail

It's time for a new Sunshine Mail Foundation Challenge (April 15 - May 1). Our theme is "In My Garden" and the only real rule is that you send in at least one card (Donation guidelines here).

I'd also like to invite you to join our April Card Drive; Just enter either of our April challenges and send in at least one signed card (just write a nice little message inside and sign it with your first name) to be entered to win a bunch of awesome prizes! All the info is here.
 
Our sponsor for this challenge is Oak Pond Creations (OPC), and they are having a Birthday Bash on the OPC Challenge Blog throughout the month of April.

I used Snail by Oak Pond Creations and digital papers from Mel Stampz to make this:

The buttons are just white plastic, but I heat-embossed them with green embossing powder. I strung them onto some baker's twine to resemble tomatoes growing. The sentiment stamp is heat-embossed as well. I put Glossy Accents on the eyes to make them "pop" even more!

Inspiration/Challenges:
Digistamps 4 Joy #64: Anything Goes
Glitter n Sparkle: Stitching real or not
OPC's Birthday Bash Challenge: Anything goes with an Oak Pond Creations image
Paper Creator's Crafts #7: All About Spots
Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge #253: Buttons
That Craft Place: For a Child
Whimsical Designs: Embossing

Thank you for visiting & hope you'll join us for the Sunshine Mail Foundation Challenge,

More Flowery Wishes with Sunshine Mail

There's still time to enter the Flowers Challenge at the Sunshine Mail Foundation (deadline April 15). The only real rule is that you send in at least one card (Donation guidelines here).

I'd also like to invite you to join our April Card Drive; Just enter either of our April challenges and send in at least one signed card (just write a nice little message inside and sign it with your first name) to be entered to win a bunch of awesome prizes! All the info is here.

I used Flowers by our sponsor, Hope Jacare Doodles, and digital papers by Mel Stampz to make this dotty card:

And the inside (notice how I've signed it, for Sunshine Mail):

Inspiration/Challenges:
Crafting By Design: Spring Flowers
Crafting for all Seasons #49: Floral Delight
Cupcake Inspirations #205: Photo Inspiration/Polka Dots

MilkCoffee Challenge: Welcome Spring
Seems a Little Sketchy: Sketch #36

Thank you for visiting & hope you'll join us for the Sunshine Mail Foundation Challenge,