SOS142 - Sentiments Only

This week's challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Sentiments Only, and we'd like you to limit your images to words -- no other stamped images can be used.
here is my card - I used my new favorite technique - sunburst made with patterned papers and a lovely sentiment I got from somebody a long time ago

papers are from a retired SU pack and the dimensional flower is made from several flat flowers.
I'm entering it into:
Crazy 4 Challenges - Be Sentimental

Sweet Pea Stamps design team call

Sweet Pea Stamps are having a design team call, so since I just looove their stamps I decided to give it a try. Here is a card I made:

I used one of older Ching Chou Kuik's mermaids - I don't know the name, but if you do I would be grateful if you let me know.
Image is colored with Spectrum Noir markers and embellished with Stickles.
If you would like to see more of my Sweet Pea Stamps creations check out these blog posts:
Northern Nightfall
Dark Lilies
Katie

I'm entering it into these challenges:
Make My Monday - grown up card
Make Something Monday - use stamping
As You Like It - favorite 3D texture and why - I love feather and flowers (make people want to touch and explore the card)

SOS140 - Heavy Metal Rainbow

This week's challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to use metal...
well, why use just one brad if you can use a hundred or so :)

..and believe it or not, you don't even notice anything missing in my brad stash :)

Challenges:
Card Mania - use a sentiment
Less is More - metal
Crafting for all seasons - sentiment as a focus

SOS139 - Embellish me

This week at Shopping Our Stash we want everyone to make their own embellishments.

for my project I made my own rolled flowers. For the big one I used 2 die cut pieces of  SU spiral flower die and the small ones are made from a large scalloped circle. All pieces were distressed, glimmer misted and  scrunched before rolled into roses.
I re-purposed a Crystal Light container and filled it with single serve cappuccino packets. Paper and sentiment are from SU, sparkly velvet ribbon from a dollar store :)
Challenges:
The craft place - make or alter a box
The ABC Challenge - F is for flowers
Brown Sugar - punches or die cut
Scrapbook Stamp Society - make your own flowers

SOS138 - Shiny Dark Lilies

It's Tuesday, and time for a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash. This week our theme is Oh, Shiny, and we ask you to use something shiny on your card.
For my card I used a Sweet Pea image (again) from Ching-Chou Kuik called Dark Lilies

The image was colored with Spectrum Noir markers. I used stickles on the lilies, in her hair and on the flowers too
and here is a detail:

Challenges:
ABC Challenge - E is for Embellish (flowers, ribbon, butterfly)
Crafts Galore Encore challenge - bling
Card Makin Mamas - make it sparkle
Southern Girls - Bling, Bling, Bling

SOS137 - Love Me Tender

This week's challenge at Shopping Our Stash is called Love Me Tender and we ask you to make something with the theme of Love or Valentine's Day.

For my card I used Ching Chou kuik's Poppy, from the Mist from Sweet Pea Stamp and colored the image with alcohol markers. Paper and card stock is from Stampin Up.

One Sweet Challenge - Love
Sweet Pea Stampers - Valentine/ Love
A Creative Romance - Show some Love
Sister Act - anything goes

if you are looking for my Tuesday post for Shopping Our Stash challenge - please visit my other blog :

Alica's Too

SOS135 - Winter Blues

Good Morning! It's time for another challenge at Shopping Our Stash, and this week our theme is Winter Blues. We ask you to make a card or other project with the main color of blue. It doesn't need to be all blue, and you can include any other colors you like, but when we look at your card, we should be able to say, "Oh, blue!"

 For my card I used one of my neglected Sweet Pea Stamps and colored her in with alcohol markers (I probably used all shades of blue I have ) :)

Challenges:
613 Avenue Create - anything goes + winter blues
Just Us Girls - color challenges (blues + brown)
Card & Scrap - use bling
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - square and feminine

SOS130: Non-traditional Christmas Tree

This week at Shopping Our Stash we have a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge for you:

I used the middle column - ribbon, bling & wood and created this non traditional Christmas card (no, I didn't mail mine out yet) :)

The embossing folder is from Darice and I used various leftover rhinestones from my stash. The wood butterfly was a much brighter pink, just toned it down with SU Chalk marker. My color inspiration came from Dynamic Duos challenge - they want us to use bright pink  & green.
I'm also entering it into these challenges:
Unstampabelles - Christmas with no stamping
Robyn's Fetish - must have a bow

House of Cards - December Blog Hop

Welcome to the House of Cards Term One Blog Hop!  If you've arrived here from Vicki's blog then you are in the right place.  If not, pop on over to the House of Cards challenge blog because you don't want to miss anything along the way!  We've got some fabulous sponsors that are providing prizes, so make sure to leave comments at each stop for a chance to win!

This month we're doing things a little different.  Our challenge will run from December 1st until December 15th and ANY CARD STYLE is welcome and we have a beautiful photo inspiration for you to work with!

I was inspired by silvery blue color scheme of the picture and created this card:

The image is a digi from one of our sponsors - Sami Stamps and it's called Rose Beauty.

Thanks for stopping by!  Please join in the fun of our hop and make your way over to Anita's blog!