Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog- Anything Goes

 

Hello Crafty Friends

We are one month closer to Christmas and one more card done.  I love Christmas, so Christmas cards are so much fun to create, I created a simple card this month.

 The card panel is a foil-it from Taylored Expressions with a matching stencil.  I created the image with Gold foil and then stenciled with Spearmint, Cherry Pop and Cilantro.

To finish the card I added some small gold pearls to the little dots in the image.

Clean and simple, yet striking.

Please leave me a comment and then join the challenge at Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog.

Mix It Up Challenge Blog- Challenge- Paper Piecing

Hello Crafty Friends,

Have you ever paper pieced an image before?  I loved creating those paper dolls from the Cricut cartrudge many years back, which I still have, to create cute little people.  Not quite the same thing, but so much fun. If you do, that is the challenge at Mix It Up Challenge Blog this month; Paper Piecing,

 I used the birthday stamp from Simon Says stamps to paper piece the balloons for a cute birthday card.

Here is the card I created:

 

I stamped the image 3 times, 2 times on the card front and one time on a scrap piece of the same blue cardstock.  I then stamped the image several times on different colors of cardstock.  I then cut out each balloon and party popper with the color I wanted.  I glued all the pieces to the individual stamped image.  I then popped this image up on the card front.

To finish the card, I layered the card front on another piece of blue cardstock.  I also stamped the sentiment from Taylored Expressions in black ink at the top. 

I hope you try paper piecing if you have never tried it.  Please leave me a comment and then join the challenge at Mix It Up Challenge Blog.

Love to Craft Challenge Blog- Anything Goes

 

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It is a new month which means a new challenge at Love to Craft Challenge Blog, where the challenge is always Anything Goes.  I love to look through everyone's creations each month, so keep crafting,

I love this time of the year and making cute cards makes it even more fun.

I created this cute card of a snowman from Polkadoodles- Hello Frosty Snowman Too Cute.

I used Copics to color the  image:

Snow: C2, C0, 0

Scarf: BG47, BG13, BG11

Hearts: R37, R34, R43, R33, RV93, RV91, R24, R14

Nose and Beak: YR68, YR65, YR61

Sticks: E23, E21

Bird: BG07, BG02, BG01

I created the card base with pattern paper from Echo Park's Hello Winter line and cut out some snowflakes with my Cricut,

I finished the card by stamping the sentiment from the Winter Chalet line from Photoplay. 

Please leave me a comment and then join the challenge at Love to Craft Challenge Blog.

Crafty Gals Corner- Challenge #260- Anything Goes - Make it Spooky

 

Hello Crafty Friends,

It is new challenge time at Crafty Gals Corner.  The challenge this month is Anything goes, with the twist, of make it spooky/ I chose to use the following image from The Paper Shelter

This is the card I created with the image "Adorable Halloween Witch".

I used Copics to color the image.

Hair: G24, YG03, YG11

Hat and Shoes: C9, C7, C5 

Skin: BV23, BV31

Broom: Y26, Y23, E29, E25, E23

Pumpkins: YR27, YR68, YR15

Dress: RV99, RV95

Cupcake: E29, E35. E23

Candy: YR68, YR16, G24, YG11, E25, E23, Y19, Y15, R35

The card base was created using some scraps and a sticker from an Echo Park Halloween Paper pack.

I hope you found inspiration.  Please leave me a comment and if you are ready to create a spooky project of your own, join us at Crafty Gals Corner and share your project.

 

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #259- Anything Goes with a Twist- Add ribbon

 

 Hello Crafty Friends,

What a whirlwind start to September here in Southern California.  We are having a heat wave, there are fires all over the area and school is in full swing.  The season seems to be starting out on a quick pace, but I hope it slows down because this season is my favorite.

Time is going by so fast that my friends and I have not celebrated our August friends birthdays yet and it is already the middle of September.  

The card I created for this new challenge at Crafty Gals Corner, will be used as a birthday card for one of my friends.

 

 

A note from Rachelle Anne Miller:

I am an artist & designer living in the beautiful Adelaide Hills in South Australia with my husband and three amazing children! I love to create and am especially drawn to all things cute. I've worked on children's books, greeting cards, craft supplies, children's room décor, tech accessories, and more. I love to bring out joy and imagination in my art and create something a little different to inspire and make you smile.

I used this adorable "Happy Birthday Character Creator Set" from RAM stamps.

 

I first colored the images with my Copics. (First set of numbers is for the girl in pink and the second set of numbers are for the girl in yellow)

Hair: E29, E08, E13 and E29, E25, E35

Skin: E43, E53, E50 and E13, E11, E21 

Dress: R85, R83, RV11, RV10 and Y38, Y19, Y15, BG34, BG11

Hats: R27, R35

The card base is created using the Paper pack from Echo Park called It's Your Birthday.  The sentiment is foiled and is from Taylored Expressions.

Thank you for stopping by.  Please leave me a comment and then join the challenge over at Crafty Gals Corner.

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog- Anything Goes

 

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a card I created using some products from Pink Fresh Studios.

The envelope is a die, which I cut out and then stenciled the outline detail with red ink.

I then stamped the gifts and greenery stamps with black ink and stenciled them with the stencil set.  I then die cut them out and created this arrangement with the images.

I stamped and die cut the sentiment and popped it up on the envelope.

I finished the card by adding the envelope to a piece of pine needle paper from my stash.

I also created a "green" one too.

 

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave me a comment and then join the challenge at Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog.
 

 

Mix It Up Challenge Blog- Smooshing

 

Hello Crafty Friends,

September is here and I am holding on to the fun things about summer.  Today I have a card to share with you using our optional challenge- smooshing. 

I created the background by adding some Taylored Exprssions Snow Cone and Cotton Candy ink to a laminated piece of paper. 

I then took water and sprayed a little over the ink.

 

Then I took my cardstock and picked up the ink to create the sky.

 

Here is a look at the finished card.

 I used the Lawn Fawn-Whoosh Kites set to create the card.

I also used the grass border die from Lawn Fawn.

I colored the mice and kite with my Copics.

Mice: T5, T3, T1, T0, E00, E000, E93

Kite: RV34, RV32, RV21

I had fun making this card.  I hope you like it too.  Please leave me a card and let me know.

Then create a card of your own and then share it with us over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog.