Love to Scrap Guest Designer

I'm very happy to say that I've been asked

to serve as Guest Designer this month at

Love To Scrap!

Today begins an all new fortnightly challenge and the theme is:

Anything Goes

Always a crowd pleaser, right?

The sponsor for this challenge is:

My Crafty Heart

The lucky winner will receive a £10 gift card.  That is huge!  There are so many fun embellishments, papers, flowers, supplies, etc, etc, etc in their shop.  Wow, the fun spending that will be!

I decided to use Lacy Sunshine's image Holly's Garland for my card.

She is absolutely adorable!

For some unknown reason, the ink from my printer smudged when I was coloring Holly's sweet little face.  You can see that in this photo right there over her eye:

Since I already had the eyes and hair colored I really wanted to save the image.  As I always say, "There are no mistakes in card making, only new opportunities for additional embellishments."  What to do?  Put a cute little headband on Holly, of course!  So, I tied a tiny bow, pierced a couple of holes just to the sides of her head, and threaded the ribbon through to the back of the paper where I taped it in place.  Problem solved.

Tada!  No more smudge...or at least not nearly so noticeable a smudge and that works for me.

The "fur" on Holly's dress was done with Liquid Applique.  If you're looking for some fun stuff to do snow or fur, this is it!  It goes on just like puffy paint.  After it's dried, you go over it with your heat gun and it gets all puffy and lumpy.  I love the effect and love even more how easy it is.  You can see a bit more of the dimension in these photos:

You can find this card in the following challenges:

Hobbycutz -- Inspired by a song (Deck the Halls)
Great Impressions -- Holiday card or tag
Lacy Sunshine -- Anything goes
Stamping Sensations -- Christmas
A Gem of a Challenge -- Christmas is coming
Crafty Calender Challenge -- All things Christmas

I'm sure all of the Design Team at Love to Scrap! look forward to seeing your new creations.  Good luck to all that have a chance to enter!

Hiding in My Craft Room Fall Colors Challenge

Thanks so much to everyone who entered last week's

Use a Critter! challenge at

Hiding in My Craft Room.

There was quite a menagerie of critters and, as always, some really fabulous creations.  We hope to see you all back this week for our

Fall Colors Challenge.

Our sponsor this week is

Template Dreams

The lucky winner will receive a $5 gift card.  They have so many fantastic kits....that would be an awesome prize to win!

This was my first time to use digi papers and I have to say that I really loved it.  Template Dreams was so generous and allowed all of the HIMCR Design Team to choose a kit to use for this challenge.  I selected Sweet Bella.  There are nearly 90 different papers, embellishments and frames in that one kit!  Like I said, this was my first time using digi paper but it won't be my last.

For my card this week, I used

Lacy Sunshine's Emily Windy Autumn Day.

I wanted her cheeks to look rosy but they look like she's a bit feverish in the photos.  The contrast isn't quite so stark in person!

You can see in this photo that I used a low profile mounting tape to adhere the image mat.

 Along with the Template Dreams digi papers, the other items used to make this care were:

My ProMarkers

Brads: Recollections

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics

Since the weather is quickly changing here in Indiana, it was easy to get into the mood to do this Fall Colors card.  

You can find this card in the following challenges:

Lacy Sunshine -- Anything goes
Digitally Sweet Challenges -- Trees/leaves
Wags and Whiskers -- Autumn colors
Inkspirational -- Photo inspiration

All of us on the Hiding in My Craft Room Design Team hope that you'll join us for this fun challenge....good luck to all who enter!