Worry Ends.......

Hello and happy Friday stamping friends!  Today I am popping in to share a little card with you that I have made for this weeks Shining The Light Challenge #244 over at Our Daily Bread Designs. This weeks challenge is: "Anything Goes With ODBD". Well, as you all know I love me some ODBD and so this one was a no brainer for me and I decided to play along. I got my inspiration from Pinterest, no surprise there, I am sort of addicted to Pinterest. The inspiration you can find there for just about anything is endless. So, with further ado, here is my card

Worry ends.........

Recipe:

Paper: Water color paper, Prima Butterfly Collection, textured buttercream, Ripe Avocado

Stamps: ODBD God Quotes

Inks: VersaFine Onyx Black

Accessories: ODBD Custom dies Vintage Labels, Zinnia and Leaves, Fancy Fritillary, rhinestone trim in pink, pearl sprigs, WOC flowers, homemade shimmer spray in gold, lace (gift from a friend)

Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

This is it for my entry for this weeks challenge. I hope that I was able to inspire you. To find out all of the rules and requirements for this weeks  ODBDSLC244 check out the ODBD Blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I pray that each and every one of you has a blessed and safe weekend!

Hugs,

CCC#35......Just For You.......

Hello and happy Tuesday stamping my crafty friends! Today I am coming to you with a card that I have made for the Creative Colors Challenge. For those that do not know, there is a different color palette every two weeks and you are to make well decorated cards. So for this weeks challenge we were to use all six colors from the inspiration picture plus have three or more layers on our card and this is what I have come up with.

Just For You Teacher

Recipe:

Paper:  PTI  Vintage Cream, SU Certainly Celery, Berry Slush, DP Melissa Frances Kitschy Kitchen

Image: Robyn's Fetish  Basket of Apples 

Inks: Versa Fine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tea Dye, Vintage Photo

Accessories: Spellbinders Lattice Rectangles, Cheery Lynn Designs small Fanciful Flourish, Cottage Kutz School Day die, pink Jute Twine, cotton crochet lace, tulle and pearl pick, WOC + Prima flowers

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

That's is the card I came up with and here is the inspiration picture

Use ALL 6 colors Plus add 3 or more layers

Our sponsor this time around is 

I hope I got you inspired to play along in this challenge. To see what the rest of the Design Team has come up with , please visit

Archana (is taking a break)   * Chanya   *   Claudia   *   Maria   * Martha

For all of the details for this challenge, please make sure you'll check out  the Creative Colors Challenge Blog.

I will be adding this card also in the following challenge:

Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog  - # 263 Lots of layers


Thanks so much for stopping by and have a crafty day!

Hugs,

A Mother is......

Happy Friday stamping friends! I hope you all had a great week and are as ready for the weekend as I am. Today I am coming to you with a sweet little card that I have made for the challenge that is going on over at the Die-Versions Blog. The challenge is to make a Mother's Day card, so I did and I think I will give this one to a very special lady at our church. She is 101 years old and as sweet as sweet can be. So, here is my card

A Mother is........

Recipe:

Paper: White, SU Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette, DP Craft & You Design My Wedding

Stamps: ODBD Mom

Inks: Memento New Sprout, Angel Pink

Accessories: Die-Versions Rings of Hearts die, ODBD Custom Die Vintage Label, tulle trim, Venise heart lace, seam binding, flat back pearl trim, WOC flowers and leaves, rhinestone embellishment, ZVA rhinestone flourish, pearl pick

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

That is my card and I have to say I am absolutely loving this sweet soft paper and how well everything just comes together.

This is it for me for today, I wanted to make sure that  I enter this challenge before it closes.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed and save weekend!

Hugs,

Hello and welcome to Creative Colors Challenge # 28!

Hello stamping friends!  Welcome to a new Creative Colors Challenge, this is # 28 and a super fun one.  First off I want to announce real quick that I had to pick another winner for the prize I put up for the Blog Hop of the last challenge. Sarah, did not contact me and it is only fair now that I pick another winner, so the new winner for my Blog is

                                              Conniecrafter

Connie, my friend, please contact me at sjbutterflydreams@gmail.com so I can get the prize out to you.

Alright, lets get on with the new challenge. This one was totally up my alley, you all know how much I love shabby colors and lace, and that is exactly what it is all about this time around. Have a look at my creation


Beautiful Day

Recipe:

Paper: PTi White, SU Certainly Celery, Bazzill textured pink, DP First Edition Bella Rose

Stamps: ODBD Sentiment Collection 2

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black

Accessories: Spellbinders Lattice Rectangles, Flourish Trim, Picot Edge Circles, WOC flowers, ZVA Creative pearl flourish, tulle and pearl pick, rhinestones, May Arts lace and pearl trim in white, cotton lace in pink

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

That is what I came up with and here is the fabulous inspiration picture

Pink + Green + Pattern Paper + Laces 

Our sponsor is May Arts, so of the most beautiful ribbons out there!

I hope I was ale to inspire you all and that you will find some time to play along. To see what my teammates have come up with, please check out


Archana   *   Claudia   *   Kim   *   Martha   *   Neha   *   Tanvi   *   Tereese



Thanks so much for stopping by. We are all looking forward to see your entries, so make sure you'll check out all the details at the Creative Colors Challenge Blog.

I am entering this card in the following challenge:

Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge - #223 inspiration challenge


Have a crafty and happy day!

Hugs,

Welcome to #24 of Creative Colors Challenge

Hello and happy Tuesday friends!  Today I am coming to you with a sweet little card that I've made for the Creative Colors Challenge # 24. The colors this time around are right up my alley and it was super fun coloring this image up. Have a look at what I have come up with

Thank You

Recipe:

Paper: PTI White, SU Certainly Celery, Bazzill green, DP Prima Lyric, peach colored vellum

Image: Aurora Wings Rose Corner 2

Inks: VersaFine Onyx Black, SU Mellow Moss, Copics, Wink of Stella pen

Accessories: peach colored lace, seam binding, jewelry piece, handmade resin butterfly with rhinestone accents, Spellbinders Labels 14, Labels 5, Decorative Labels 22

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

What do you think? I just love the way it came out, have a look at the inspiration picture

    Use the four colors from the color blocks on the bottom of the picture PLUS us an envelope on your card

Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is Aurora Wings

and this is the fabulous image I've used

I hope I was able to inspire you. To see what the rest of the girls have come up with, make sure you check out

Archana   *   Claudia   *   Kim   *   Martha   *   Neha   *   Tanvi   *   Tereese

these girls never cease to amaze me!

Well, this is it for me for today. I hope that you will find some time to play along. To see all of the details for this challenge make sure you'll check out the Creative Colors Challenge Blog.

I am adding this card in the following challenges:

Aurora Wings challenge #9   Anything Goes

Doodle Pantry #52   Any digi goes

Thanks so much for stopping by, I truly appreciate it!

Have a happy crafty day!

Hugs,

Welcome to Creative Colors Challenge #23

Hello and welcome to a new Creative Colors Challenge! Before I go into all the details of what I have come up with I would like to wish all of my fellow US friends a happy Veterans Day!  Thank you to all that are serving in the military now and have served in the past, including my husband who served the in the US Air Force for 26 years!  It is because of your bravery that we get to enjoy our freedom, so thank you to all!

Alright, let me get to the challenge now and what I have come up with.

Recipe:

Paper:  PTI Vintage Cream, Ripe Avocado, DP BoBunny Country Garden Collection.

Image: SamiStamps   Bird on Branch

Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Copics

Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 4, Labels 3, Decorative Labels 34, WOC hip rose buds, Crafty City flowers, Recollections flowers, Prima burlap leaves, pearl pick, lace, homemade shimmer spray, eyelash trim, sentiment stamp by ODBD from the Sentiment Collection 2

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

And here is the inspiration photo

Colors to use  Yellow   *   Green   *   Brown   * PLUS more than 2 layers

And our wonderful sponsor for this weeks challenge is

Well, isn't this a fun color combo? I hope I was able to inspire you with my card, but please also check out what the rest of the Design Team has come up with by visiting

Archana   *   Claudia   *   Kim   *   Martha   *   Neha   *   Tanvi   * Tereese

For all of the details to this wonderful challenge make sure you'll check out the Creative Colors Challenge Blog.

Well, this is it for me for today!  Thanks so much for stopping by, it means a lot to me!

Have a happy crafty day!

Hugs,

Creative Colors Challenge # 22

Hello and welcome to a new Creative Colors Challenge. This time around we have some pretty cool colors to choose from. For my card I was debating what to do, but since this is a challenge I did challenge myself and chose colors that I usually have a little bit of a harder time with.


Patience

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Ripe Avocado, DP Glitz Vintage Blue

Image:  Doodle Pantry  Old Watch

Inks: Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Tea Dye (distressing around the image and sentiment)

Accessories: Spellbinders Fancy Frames Tags One, Labels 22, Decorative Labels 34, ODBD Fancy Foliage, tulle and pearl pick, lace in cream, light green, lavender, flat back pearls, WOC rose buds, sweetheart blossoms (CraftyCity) purple paper roses (stash)

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"


And here is the inspiration picture from which we were to choose the following

 3 colors from the spools shown PLUS laces

Oh, and what would our challenge be without an awesome sponsor

I hope that you all find some time to play along, it is always so much fun to see what you come up with. If you need a little more inspiration, check out and see what

Claudia   *   Kim   *   Martha   *   Neha   *   Tanvi   *   Tereese

have come up with!  Remember, you will have two weeks to play along and all of the details are listed on the Creative Colors Challenge Blog.

Well, this is it for me for today, thanks for stopping by!

Happy crafting friends!

Hugs,

Autum.......CCC#21

Happy Tuesday friends and welcome to a new Creative Colors Challenge!  For today's challenge it is all about Fall from the beautiful images that the team has chosen to the colors. Have a look and see what I have come up with

A u t u m n 

Recipe:

Paper:   PTI , Dark Chocolate, DP Fairy Flora by Prima

Image: Bugaboo Stamps Sign Autumn

Inks: Copics, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Tea Dye, Vintage Photo

Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 25, Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry doily, Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, lace in ivory

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

Now that you have seen my creation here is where the inspiration came from

Orange   *   Brown   *   Ocean Green   *Plus use die cuts

Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is 

Well, this is it for me for today!  I hope I was able to inspire you, but before I sign off, please make sure that you'll check out and see what the rest of the team has come up with. We are welcoming two new faces to the team,  so check out and see what

Neha   *   Kim   *   Archana   *   Claudia   *   Martha   *   Tanvi   * Tereese

have come up with. Make sure you'll check out the Creative Color Challenge Blog for all of the details and we hope you'll play along!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and have a happy crafty day!

Hugs,

Believe....Hope......have Faith CCC#20

Well, hello there!  Today I am coming to you with a new Creative Colors Challenge, it is CCC#20 and the colors are right up my alley, you all know how much I love shabby colors! :D

With Breast Cancer Awareness month right upon us, the team has decided that we would make our cards with Breast Cancer related images and I chose a super sweet one called

Flowers for a cause  and was super fun to work with. Here is what I have come up with


Believe....Hope....Faith

Recipe:

Paper: PTI White, Bazzill texture pink, DP First Edition Floral Pavilion

Image: Sami Stamps Flowers for a cause (scroll down on the page, it is the 4th image)

Inks: Versa Fine Onyx Black, Copics, 

Accessories: Spellbinders Decorative Labels 8, ODBD Pennants, WOC flowers and leaves, seam binding, white Venise lace, pink jute twine, tulle and pearl pick

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

And here is the inspiration photo

The colors we were to use are 

Pink - Green - Blue PLUS use Pink Bow or Banner

Our sponsor for this challenge is Sami Stamps

As you can see I've added the banner and the pink bow and viola the card had all of the requirements. LOL! 

To see what the other ladies have come up with make sure you'll check out

Archana   *   Claudia   *   Martha   *   Tanvi   *   Tereese

and their amazing cards!

Well, this is it for me for today...thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a fun and creative day!

Hugs,

Welcome to CCC#18.......looks a lot like Fall!

Happy Tuesday friends! Today I get to share a new Creative Colors Challenge with you all. I did not think I was able to get this one done as we had a water leak and a huge mess, but things are getting better and the wall in one of the bathrooms are drying nicely. Now I just have three big holes in the walls in the bathroom and in my dining room ceiling. Anyhow, here is my card I made for today's challenge where we were to use "Orange, Yellow, White and add Twine"

Thanks So Much

Recipe:

Paper: PTI White, Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse, DP BoBunny Country Garden Collection

Image: Basket of Love   from Rick1949

Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa, Tim Holtz Distresing Ink Tea Dye

Accessories: Spellbinders Standard Circles Large, Persian Motifs, Teardrop Circles,  Jute Twine, Prima leaf and flower, Wink of Stella pen, white cotton lace, 

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

And here is the inspiration picture

I hope that you all get to play along. To see what the rest of the Design Team has come up with, please check out

Archana    *   Claudia   *   Tanvi   *   Tereese

To get all of the details to this challenge please visit the Creative Colors Challenge Blog.

Well, this is it for me for today!  I hope I was able to give you some inspiration and I am looking forward to see what you will come up with!

Have a happy and crafty day!

Hugs,

Come and join us for CCC#16

Hello and welcome to a new Creative Colors Challenge!  Thanks to all that took the the time to play along in the last challenge, it is always fun to see your entries.  This time around we have some fun new colors to work with and here is what I came up with

Believe in the impossible

Recipe:

Paper: PTI White, Perfect Plum, DP First Edition Floral Pavilion, Kaisercraft True Romance

Image:   SamiStamps   Curious Things Sentiment Collection

Inks: Memento Angel Pink

Accessories: Spellbinders Floral Ovals, ODBD Fancy Foliage, Vintage flourish Pattern, resin birds, white 4mm flat back pearl trim, white Venise lace, seam binding, tulle pearl pick, WOC and other paper flowers, Wink of Stella in clear (used on birds) Poppy Stamps Vintage Bird Cage, flat back pearls, Snow Tex

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

And here is the inspiration photo

                                  Pink + Purple + White PLUS use TWO PATTERN PAPERS

Our sponsor this week is Sami Stamps

To see what my Design Team sisters have come up with check out

Archana     *    Claudia   *   Jennifer   *   Tereese    *   Tanvi  

have come up with!   To see all the details for this fun challenge make sure you'll stop by the Creative Colors Blog

Well, this is it for me for today! Thanks so much for stopping by, it means a lot to me!

Before I sign off, here is a challenge I am adding my card to:

Sami Stamps #-15  Add Polka Dots

Have a super creative day!

Hugs,

Hello there and welcome to CCC#15!

Happy Tuesday my friends! It is time for a new Creative Colors Challenge and today we have some beautiful colors to work with. For today's card I have tried very hard, not to add any extra flowers....yeah, that was kind of hard for me, but I did not want to take away of the beauty of these gorgeous roses in my image. Take a look and see for yourself

Recipe:

Paper:  PTI White, DP DCWV The French Country Stack

Image: Bugaboo  Rose Bud Tag

Inks:  Palette Moulin Rouge, Copics

Accessories: Venise lace in white, tulle, pearl spray, white crinkled seam binding, crystal heart button, half pearl, flat back pearl trim, butterfly jewelry piece, Want2Scrap pearl flourish

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

This weeks color palette  

White    *   Red   *   Pistachio green   *  Plus Add Buttons

To see what my fellow teammates have come up with please visit

Archana   *    Claudia   *   Jennifer   *   Rose   *  Tanvi

To find out who won the last challenge make sure you'll stop by the CCC Blog.

This is it for me for today, got some catching up to do, my girls are back in school and a little bit of my routine returns. :D

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope that you will find some time to play along.

Hugs,

Creative Colors Challenge #10

Hello and happy Tuesday!  Today I am coming to you with a card that I have made for the Creative Colors Challenge. For my card I have had to think a minute, but after choosing my papers everything sort of fell in place. The images for this challenge were provided by Doodle Pantry. Have a look and see for yourself

Recipe: 

Paper: Recollections corrugated card base, PTI Vintage Cream, SU Dusty Durango, DP Prima Fairy Flora

Image: Doodle Pantry  Heart of God

Inks: Memento Toffee Crunch, S.e.i. pink

Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 14, Timeless Rectangles, Memory Box Elegant Scrollwork, rhinestone jewelry heart, laces, homemade golden shimmer spray, Prima flowers, Wild Orchid Crafts flowers (from Craftycity)

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

And here is the inspiration photo. The colors are

                      Fuchsia Pink    *     Orange    *    Kraft

                  

                                                      and rhinestones

 This weeks sponsor

For more inspiration, please also check out and see what the rest of my teammates

Archana    *     Claudia    *   Linda   *    Rose   *   Tanvi   *   Tereese


 have come up with.

To see all of the info about what the prizes are for this weeks challenge and the guidelines, please check out the Creative Colors Challenge Blog.

Thanks so very much for stopping by today! I hope I was able to inspire you and I hope you'll find the time to play along.

Have a fabulous and super creative day!

Hugs,