Use It Tuesday Challenge #16 - CHOCOLATE

Hi, everyone!

Boy, oh boy... do I have a yummy challenge for you from Use It Tuesday!

CHOCOLATE!
 

Think of all the possibilities!

Chocolate coloured paper?

Chocolate designer paper?

Chocolate ribbon?

Chocolate accessories?

Chocolate treats?

What do you fancy for this fun challenge?

***REMEMBER: All of our challenges call for you to use your hoarded supplies! A challenge requirement is to tell us in your post what you used!***

For more information and inspiration, please hop over to Use It Tuesday.

NOW... for my CHOCOLATE project:

Here's the story...

I really wanted to use my precious (and little) stash of Chocolate Chip cardstock. I even have some Chocolate Chip Satin ribbon from years ago. I tried to make something like a monochromatic card with them. Epic fail since it just didn't look "right" and I went through a whole sheet of Chocolate Chip cardstock. :(  I decided to take a break from it for a couple of days and that's when it found me. A package of Ghirardelli Chocolate Squares staring right at me in the candy section at Target. Yup, yup. I just had to buy it for this challenge. I made a treat holder with one of the squares. Please don't ask what happened to the rest of the bag. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Hahaha!

 

 I'll be making these for Halloween!

Here are a few of the things I used that have not seen the light of day in years:

- Batty For You (SU! 2007)
- Haunting Halloween (SU! 2007)... I used the stars from this set to create a background and cut them into strips as a layer on the card.
- Hoarded scraps of halloween paper and misc purple & green cardstock
- one of my favorite SU ribbons... black gingham

Okay, now it's YOUR turn to crank out something chocolatey.

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

USE IT TUESDAY

Use It Tuesday #15 - Un-inked!

Hi, everyone!

I'm back with another challenge from Use It Tuesday!

It's a fun and super easy one. 

You just have to pull out an un-inked stamp to ink up. 

I know you have some in your stash. :)

 

***REMEMBER: All of our challenges call for you to use your hoarded supplies! A challenge requirement is to tell us in your post what you used!***

As always, one lucky participant will be randomly chosen to be a featured guest designer in an upcoming challenge! This week, we have Nicki joining us after winning Challenge #14. To see her project along with those from the Use It Tuesday Design Team, and more info on the challenge, please visit Use It Tuesday!

Now here's what I came up with for the "Un-inked Challenge".

 

This adorable onesie was originally made years ago for a friend's baby shower.

The directions for it was available over on Lauren Meader's blog.

She now has a file for the onesie for purchase HERE. 

 I had bought the Baby Button Bits stamp set from Papertrey Ink a couple of years ago.

I inked up the pea shaped stamp but the rest of it has gone un-inked! 

 

I couldn't decide which SU ink color to stamp with to go with the Barely Banana onesie. I even called a couple of my dear friends, Michelle and Jana, for their advice.

In the end, I rummaged around a bit and found two packs of brand new SU! ink pads!! They are new colors that I had bought and never opened. YIKES! The Pear Pizzazz was perfect for what I had in mind. SO glad I found these packs. :)

 

Also unopened and unused is my bag of Papertrey Ink Vintage Buttons.

These particular colors are not on their website for sale.

However, other fabulous sets of buttons are available HERE.

 

See the lavendar threads that I put on the button?

Unopened bag of embroidery floss from Michaels!

Yup, yup... more hoarded goodies! LOL!

 

Okie dokie! That's it for now.

Don't forget to hop over to Use It Tuesday for inspiration and information!

Use It Tuesday #14 - Back To School!

Hi, everyone!

It's time for another Use It Tuesday Challenge!

Just out of curiosity, who has children already back in school?
My boys do not go back until next Monday.
It feels like we are later than usual in starting up!

Well, the theme for this week's challenge is
BACK TO SCHOOL

***REMEMBER: All of our challenges call for you to use your hoarded supplies! A challenge requirement is to tell us in your post what you used!***

Please link your creation using Inlinkz by Friday, September 2nd.
No blog? No problem!
Just use keyword USE014 when uploading to an online gallery and leave us a direct link so we can find your creation. 

For more info, just hop on over to Use It Tuesday!

Please make sure to mention you are playing along with a Use It Tuesday challenge (a link is great too!) so we know you are participating.

As always, one lucky participant will be randomly chosen to be a featured guest designer in an upcoming challenge!

My card this week is super simple but really neat because my oldest son helped me with it! He stamped and I cut/punched the images out. He helped put the images on using pop-up dots. We had a lot of fun working on this together. 

Ken picked out this oldie but goodie stamp set from Stampin' Up called "Crayon Kids." He remembered that I had used it for his thank you cards for his 5th birthday... he had helped me stamp those too! This stamp set has not seen the light of day since! He's 8 years old now. LOL! 

The "Back to School" with the apple image is from Michael's. It's a dollar stamp set from Studio G. I had bought it a couple of years ago on a whim... never opened! 

The hoarded item is my satin ribbon. Ken insisted it was "the perfect" ribbon for this card. I love my satin ribbons... this one is almost gone. I think it's the Bashful Blue satin ribbon from SU. 

Oh! I almost forgot to mention that I had hoarded the designer paper that you see... not for the stripes but for the airplanes that are on the other side. Ken wanted to used the striped side for this card. :)

Hop on over to the Use It Tuesday Blog and see what we came up with!

I can not wait to see what you put together!

Use It Tuesday Challenge #13: Indian Summer!

Hi, everyone!

It's time for another Use It Tuesday Challenge!

What do you think of when you hear the words "Indian Summer?"

I think of unusually hot autumn days and rich fall colors, which is funny to me since the word "summer" is used. 

So... your challenge is to come up with something that reminds you of an Indian summer. Need some inspiration? No worries! The Use It Tuesday Design Team and guest designers have come up with beautiful samples of  "Indian Summer". Hop on over to the Use It Tuesday Blog and see what we came up with!

Now... be sure to tell us in your post what you used and use up those hoarded items!

Here's what I came up with for this fun challenge...

 

The stamp set is an oldie but goodie from Stampin' Up! called "Bud Basics." 

I used Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, and Summer Sun for the ink colors.

The funny thing is that I have been hoarding two of these colors since I don't have the reinkers... afraid of using the pad too often and worried that they will start to dry up. LOL! Talk about hoarding!

The designer paper is also from SU! I have been hoarding these scraps of paper because I just love this dp... I think the color is called "Close to Cocoa." Here's the best part of this card... the layout is hoarded too! Now you're probably wondering what that means. I keep notebooks of sketches of layouts that I really like. I was going through an old box of stashed SU! stuff when I found an old sketch notebook of card layouts from workshops that I was going to... roughly 6 years ago. That's a long time to hold off on using a layout that inspired me enough to put into my sketch notebook. LOL! I believe this layout was from a workshop or a card swap that was hosted by my friend, Lisa So. Isn't it cute? I think she even used the same stamp set for the card!

Okay... now it's your turn!

Please link your creation using Inlinkz by Friday, August 19th, HERE.

No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE013 when uploading to an online gallery and leave us a direct link so we can find your creation.
Please make sure to mention you are playing along with a Use It Tuesday challenge (a link is great too!) so we know you are participating.

As always, one lucky participant will be randomly chosen to be a featured guest designer in an upcoming challenge!

We can't wait to see what you create! 

Now go Use It!!

Use It Tuesday Challenge #12: Two-fer Tuesday! :)

Hi, everyone!
We have double the fun lined up for you this week for our challenge...

BUT before I can continue on with this week's challenge, I need to announce the winner of my second clear stamp set of the PANDA. 

True Random Number Generator

 Min: 1

Max: 12 

 

 Result: 7 

Who is our lucky Number 7?

It's Sunshine Honeybee ~ Melissa! 

CONGRATULATIONS!

I'll send you an email for your mailing addy!

***REMEMBER: We need to hear what hoarded supplies you used your post! Spill it, sisters! Let us cheer you on!!***

 

Here is my project for this week using a few hoarded items:

 

 

 

 

So here are my hoarded items:

  

The layout was inspired by this week's sketch challenge from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #127.

 

OKAY! 

So you are ready to get your hoarded goodies out and start with at least two for this challenge, right? 

Please link your creation using Inlinkz by Friday August 5th . No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE012 when uploading to an online gallery and leave us a direct link so we can find your creation. (Linking tips are at the bottom of the post!)

Please make sure to mention you are playing along with a Use It Tuesday challenge (a link is great too!) so we know you are participating.

As always, one lucky participant will be randomly chosen to be a featured guest designer in an upcoming challenge!
 

You can do it!  

Just head on over to Use It Tuesday for the rest of the deets.

CHA Release and Copics & $25 credit to LLLC Giveaway!

Hi, everyone!
Have you heard? La-La Land Crafts has a gorgeous booth at CHA!
If you are at CHA, please be sure to stop by #1617!

Today, I have three NEW collections to share with you. Pre-orders for all of these stamps will be taken once La-La Land Crafts returns from CHA on July 23rd.

Oh!! I have something else to share from La-La Land!
A GIVEAWAY!
We're giving away another set of 12 copic markers along with a $25 credit to the La-La Land Crafts online boutique!

Here is the list of the Copic colors:

Y21, YR24, R81, E35, E57, YG17, YG25, B02, B05, B66, V95, V99

There are several ways to enter the Drawing and you will get one entry for each option!

For more information, please hop over to La-La Land Crafts Blog.

Now, I am excited to introduce the three new collections from La-La Land Crafts!

The Fairytale Collection (shipping end of July)

Faerie Marci

 

  

 Sir Luka

 

Princess Marci

 

 

Prince Luka

 

Genie Marci

 

Mermaid Marci

The Halloween 2011 Collection (shipping mid-August):

Cowgirl Marci

 

Cowboy Luka

   

Buccaneer Marci

  

Skeleton Luka

The Christmas 2011 Collection (shipping mid-August)

 

Sunny Christmas Marci

  

Sunny Christmas Luka

  
Marci with Snowman 

  
Luka on Sled 

Good luck to all who enter!

Use It Tuesday Challenge #11 - You are an Animal!

 Use It Tuesday Challenge #11

We challenge you to use ANIMALS on your project!

Please make a project that has an animal, animal print...or whatever you think is associated with animals!

***REMEMBER: All of our challenges call for you to use your hoarded supplies! 

A challenge requirement is to tell us in your post what you used!***

 I was looking through my single rubber stamp "collection" when I spied this adorable panda. Actually, I found TWO of them. LOL! SO... I have decided to ink one up for this challenge and give the other one away to one lucky person who leaves me a comment by July 22nd. 

 

Here's my card for this challenge!

 

Stamps: "Panda" Snag 'em Stamps (Imaginisce) & "By Ones & By Twos" (SU)

Paper: Xpress It Blending Cardstock 

 Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Tea Dye (Ranger)

Designer Paper: "Bloom & Grow" series (My Mind's Eye)

Unused products: the rubber stamps 

Sketch Challenge: Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #125

Please link your creation at USE IT TUESDAY using Inlinkz by Friday July 22nd. 

No blog? No problem! 

Just use keyword USE011 when uploading to an online gallery and leave us a direct link so we can find your creation. 

For more info, please go to Use It Tuesday.

Now it's time to visit the rest of the Design Team.

These talented ladies have some super cute animals to share with you!

Jane

Papillon

Heather

Nancy

Dinah

Haven

Sonya

La-La Land Sports Collection Release Blog Hop!

Hello!

If you hopped here from La-La Land Crafts, then you are on the right track!
If not, you might want to start at the very beginning so that you don't miss a thing!
Over on the La-La Land Crafts blog, you will get to see all three new Marci stamps and three new Luka stamps!

I haven't had the opportunity to mention to my crafty friends that I am back over at La-La Land Crafts as the Design Team Coordinator. I am really excited about being able to work with Irina again. :)

With that said, I am proud to introduce to you:

Baseball Luka

My inspiration for coloring Luka is my oldest son's D'back uniform. :)

Cardstock: X-Press It, Bashful Blue (SU), Riding Hood Red (SU)

Designer Paper: "Blast Off!", "Galaxy", "Stripe" (Bo Bunny)

Dies: Lacey Ovals (Nestabilities), Large Oval (Nestabilities), Simply Scallops (MFT)

Copics
Hair: N0, N6, N8, N10
Skin: E11, E00, E0000, E93
Shading: BV00, N4, R89
Clothing: R59, N2, N4, N6, N8, E39, E47

Inside of the card:

Your next stop is with sweet and talented KIM!

Remember, you will want to leave a comment on every blog you visit along the way to be eligible to win a $25 Gift Certificate to the La-La Land Crafts Store!

In case you get lost along the way or need a detour:

La-La Land Crafts Blog
Jane (you are here)
Kim Dellow 
Sandie Dunne 
Jeanette Comerford 
Ching Tan 
Cindy Haffner 
Michele Roos 
Pops Morfitt 
Trisha Mcmullen 
Rosie Shaner 
Becca Fabozzi 
Arlene Cuevas 
Karen Maldonado 
Leanne Poe 

Happy hopping!

Use It Tuesday! Exciting News to share and Challenge #9

Hi everyone! 

I have two exciting things to share with you today. 

The first news, I have been holding onto this for awhile.

I am SO happy to be able to post it!

The funny part is that it was announced on the Use It Tuesday blog last week. There was a bit of email woes to sort through but I think I am good to go now! :)

Drum roll please....

I am now a designer for the Use It Tuesday challenge blog! 

The design team is fab! 

Sami is awesome and of course, there's the one and only Siobhan whom I adore. 

Jane
Papillon
Heather
Nancy
Dinah
Haven
Sonya

The second thing I want to share is my card for the new Use It Tuesday Challenge #9!

We challenge you to USE YOUR DIES, PUNCHES, or CUT-OUTS

that has NEVER BEEN USED BEFORE! 

A photo of my unused Lacey Ovals Nesties, which I found after scrounging around for some scrapbook paper. Yes... imagine that! Finding a long lost item under a pile of scrapbook paper. Has that ever happened to you before? Perhaps it's time for me to get a paper organizing system. LOL!

My card for the challenge:

I am in love with this adorable Pure Innocence Ladybug (MFT)!

I paper pieced her outfit and added diamond Stickles to her wings.

She is coloured in Copics. 

Hair: E33

Skin: E11, E00, E0000, E93

Shading: BV00, N04, N0

USE IT TUESDAY

Please link your creation using inlinkz over at USE IT TUESDAY by Friday June 24th. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE009 when uploading to an online gallery and leave us a direct link so we can find your creation.

Please make sure to mention you are playing along with a Use It Tuesday challenge (a link is great too!) so we know you are participating.

As always, one lucky participant will be randomly chosen to be a featured guest designer in an upcoming challenge!

I can't wait to see what you use and how you USE IT! 

Need more inspiration?
Check out what the rest of the fabulous DT has created with their unused dies, punches, or cut-outs!

Papillon

Heather

Dinah

Haven

Sonya

*NEW* Clown Owl and Mice Digis from Pink Cat Studio!

Pink Cat Studio has NEW fun & whimsical clown digis that are perfect for making cards to celebrate birthdays, say 'hi' or just to make your friends laugh. I love them! Well, most of you know I collect owls so this one was a fun one for me. These digis are SO much fun to color and I really had a blast picking out the paper for the image I chose for the release.

If you make a purhcase in the digi store today you will receive the "Clown Mice Balloon Ride" digi stamp for free! It will be emailed to you within 12 hours of your purchase.

These new digi stamps can also be purchased as full color files for use in your scrapbooks and craft projects!

 

I immediately fell in love with this super cute Clown Owls in Car digi:

 

 

 

Ink: Ink Jet Printer, Copics, TH Distress Marmalade and Tea Stain

Paper: X-Press It Blending Card, SEI Sunny Day (Garden Gloves), Coredinations (Dandelion)

Nestabilities: Fleur De Lis Squares, Classic Square Large

Accessories: SU ribbon, Dimensionals, Copics Opaque White, Distress tool

Copics: FY1, FYR1, FYG2, FBG2, FV2, Y19, YG07, RV04, E25, E27, T10, N3, 0

The layout was inspired by Mojo Monday 193

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful day!!