Created with Love and Lacy Sunshine

Hello everyone!

I hope you had a great weekend and are ready for our new fortnightly challenge over at

Creative with Love.

The theme would like to see you work with this time is

Friends

What a great one for all kinds of new projects!

Cards, of course, would be super.  But also think of scrapbook layouts...they could be really fantastic with the pics of your little ones and their best buddies.  Or pull out those 'vintage' photos of you in the day with your bff.  Just have some fun!

Our fantabulous sponsor this challenge is one of my absolute favorite stamp companies:

Lacy Sunshine

I love everything that Heather does and 

always have so much fun playing with the images she creates.

They just make me smile!!

The image I used for this card is:
Lil' Peanut's Teddy Bear
She is one of the Sticky Wings characters.
One word for her: adorable.

I'm sorry to say that this is going to be my last card that I share over at Created with Love Challenges for a couple of months or so.
As many of you know, I have a torn rotator cuff in my left shoulder.  It's becoming more difficult to craft at this point so it's time to take a rest and wait for my surgery.  My operation is scheduled for February 24th and I'll be in a sling for 6 weeks following that.  Who knows what kind of crafting I can do one-handed though?  I might just be able to come back sooner....I'm sure gonna' try!!

Now it's time for you to get to work on your new "Friends" themed project.  All of us on the CWLC Design Team look forward to seeing what you share with us in the challenge.

Good luck to all who enter!!

You can find this card in the following challenges:
Lacy Sunshine -- Lots of layers
Dream Valley Challenges -- Tag, you're it!

Stamping Sensations -- Wings, fantasy and fiction

Created with Love and Stitchy Bear

 Hello everyone and welcome to our new challenge at

Created with Love Challenges.

We are now moving to fortnightly challenges.

Please see our blog for the new schedule.

Our theme for this challenge is:

Babies

And our sponsor is:

Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet

Now for the copy and paste part of this post:

For the time being my posts are going to have to be pretty sparse.

My left arm is in a sling and typing is not only slow going but still quite painful.  I hope to have some answers to the cause of the problem this week.  Please forgive me for not commenting on your blogs; but know that I am stopping by to take looks at all of the incredible creations my lovely friends are sharing.

If you have any questions about the techniques or supplies that I've used on any cards, please leave me a comment.  Or you can email me.  The email information is in the left hand column just below my profile.

You can find this card in the following challenges:
Scribble and Scrap -- Anything goes, Challenge #11
The Squirrel and the Fox -- Use embellishments
ABC Challenges -- E is for embellish
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge -- February challenge
Crafty Boots -- Bingo: pink, stamp and die cut

The Crafter's Cafe -- Use ribbon or lace

We would love to see your new baby project in our challenge.

Remember, you now have 2 weeks to join us at

Created with Love Challenges.

Good luck to all who enter!!

Created with Love #74

Hello and welcome to our new challenge at

Created with Love.

Our theme this week is always a huge crowd pleaser:

Anything Goes

Our sponsor is

I was happy to receive the gorgeous Grape Bunch image to use for my card this week.  Thank you to the fine folks at Sparkle 'n Sprinkle!

The sentiment stamp is from an old Clear Dollar Stamps set.  It began life as one long stamp and I carefully cut it into 2 parts.  Doing this really increases the versatility of a stamp.  Just don't do it after too much coffee. LOL.

My original plan was to mask the image and stamp around it.

That plan changed when I stamped directly on top of the image before I masked it.  Oops.  Instead of starting over, I just went with it and wound up loving the effect.  Don't you just love happy accidents?

I printed the image twice so I was able to fussy cut the top leaf and do a bit of dimensional paper piecing.  Just a few minutes of cutting makes such an impact!

You can see in the photo above that the image mat was added to dimensional tape for even more interest.

That fantastic background paper was a gift from one of my Hubby's friends....Thanks Troy!  It's from the Romance 6x6 stack by Paper House Productions.  A link to that and all of the other items used to make this card can be found below.

You can find this card in the following challenges:

Through the Purple Haze -- A digi and a die

Passion for ProMarkers -- Anything goes

All of us on the Created with Love Design Team look forward to seeing your new creations.  Good luck to all who enter!

Paper House Romance 6x6 pad	Papertrey Ink Cardstock	Bazzill Basics	ProMarkers	Sizzix Big Shot	Sizzix Scalloped Squares
Memento Desert Sand Ink Pad	Ranger Ink Blending Tool	Tim Holtz Forrest Moss	Fiskars Stamping Blocks	Tim Holtz French Market Stamps	Tim Holtz Playful Journey Stamps
Tonic Studios Paper Snips	Swingline Guillotine Trimmer	Scotch ATG	Ranger Inkssentials Craft Sheet	Scotch Double Sided Tape, 36 Yards

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Created With Love Challenge #73

Happy Monday to everyone and Happy Martin Luther King Day to all of my fellow Americans!

Today begins a new challenge at

Created with Love Challenges.

Our theme this week is
Winged Things
and our sponsor is

Fred, She Said.

When the lovely folks at Fred, She Said allowed all of the Design Team to select our own images, I was really torn because there are so many fantastic options.  That was until I saw this hummingbird and columbine image.  I fell in love!  I do have to admit that I was a bit intimidated by it though.  My Mom is completely crazy for hummingbirds and I wanted to do this justice.

The sentiment stamp and small hummingbird silhouette are both from the Papertrey Ink's Birds of a Feather set.  Hubby found a box of tags while digging through some of our things stored under the stairs recently so I grabbed them and added one to this card.  The large white rose, ribbons, and heart charm are all from my stash.  All other items used to make this card will be listed below.

Stick pins are definitely one of my favorite embellishments to add to my cards.  I always have so much fun playing with different combinations of beads but usually spend way too much time making my final decision on which ones to use.

You can find this card in the following challenges:
Addicted-to-Stamps -- Flowers
Crafting When We Can -- Recipe: 1 image, 2 ribbons, 3 main colors
Hobby Cutz -- Lots of layers
Quirky Crafts - Birds, bugs, and butterflies
Creative Knockouts -- Tag, you're it




Now's the time for you to go take a look at all of the other
Design Team inspiration pieces at
Created With Love.
You're going to love what you see!
All of us on the DT would love to see your new creations with featuring Winged Things for this challenge.

In addition to the items listed above, here are the ingredients of this card:

Spellbinders Nestabilities Lacey Circles	Sizzix Big Shot	Lavender Seam Binding	Tim Holtz Forrest Moss	Memento Tuxedo Black	Memento Desert Sand Ink Pad
ProMarkers	Bazzill Basics	Small Purple Mulberry Paper Roses	Small Lilac Mulberry Paper Roses	Silk Leaves	Spellbinders Dies, Foliage
Silver Head Pins	E6000 Jewelry Glue	Bugle Beads	Clear Rondelle Beads	Jesse James Purple Beads	Pearl Beads

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