Card Design: Gerda Steiner Designs Progressive Challenge...July

Hello there!  I'm afraid I'm not feeling the greatest again.  Man, this has been a lot tougher of a year so far with many of my health conditions flaring up in one way or another.  My body needs to start listening to my head because I just don't have time for this nonsense.  Or I suppose my head needs to start listening to my body but I'm afraid that one is a lot tougher to pull off!

Anyway, the one thing I have managed to pull off is getting my entry into the Gerda Steiner Designs Progressive Challenge.  Check out the cute mermaid that we got to work with this month...

Tee hee. I just love that hair and her clamshell swimming top! Everyone who played along in last month's challenge received Mermaid for free. If you decide to hop on and play along in the Gerda Steiner Designs Progressive Challenge, then you can purchase this digital by clicking HERE (or on the watermark above to head to its location in the store). This way you'll receive next month's digital stamp for free.

Here are my card and details...

General Info: 

• This card has been created 100% digitally and then layered in a Mock Up (courtesy of Frisk Shop).  I will print it out and assemble it a later date.

FRONT

Digital Image Details: 

• Mermaid:  You can find this image in the store.  Details above.
• This image was coloured digitally. Credits include:
•  Scales (brush): Brusheezy
•  Water was paper pieced using a digi paper from the Natural Textures portion of my A Taste of Summer Kit.

Digital Embellishments:

• Starfish and fish are from the Elements portion of my A Taste of Summer Kit.

INSIDE

Digital Sentiment Details:

• This sentiment was created by Kristy from Imagine That! Digistamp.

OVERALL
Digital Embellishments: 

• I have used basic shapes in Photoshop Elements to create matting in behind the sentiment and images.
• I have applied shadow layer styles to give certain elements some depth.  These styles were designed by Sheila Reid, Pixel Scrapper.

Challenges I am entering: 

• Gerda Steiner Designs Progressive Challenge

Other challenges I hope to enter... 

***Please note that if the word verification appears, ignore it and simply click the 'publish' button***  

• http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes
• http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ -- Wonderful Wednesdays: Always Anything Goes
• http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ (UL) -- Always Anything Goes
• http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ -- (3E) -- Always Anything Goes

Well guys, that is it for this one.  

Until next time,

Scribbles Designs July 29th Freebie: Crab

Hey everyone!  I'm a bit under the weather this week; so unfortunately, I do not have a project to share with you today.  However, I still wanted to let you know that a new Freebie Friday Image is available, over at the Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog. We're sticking with the summer theme as this week there is a cute Crab available for download. You can find the Crab from July 29th's post HERE. Alternatively, you can find it in the store HERE.

I also want to let you know that the Freebie Friday post is going on summer break for the month of August but will be back again in September.

Have a great weekend!

Until next time,

I'm Sponsoring...Show Us Your Pussies Cat Lover's Challenge Blog

Oh dear! I have another sponsorship that I should have told you about at the beginning of July. My good friend Ike has opened a new challenge blog and I am fortunate enough to have been asked to sponsor this month's challenge over at the Show Us Your Pussies Cat Lover's Challenge Blog.   

The current challenge started on July 5th and will run until midnight on August 1st (EET).  The theme for this month is Flowers. You can make any project you like (i.e., cards, mixed media, scrapbook pages, etc.) but it must have a CAT as the main feature and include some FLOWERS. There is no restriction to the number of times you can enter and you can use any image company that you like.

The prize for the winner is the following Floral Cats Kit that I created especially for this challenge...
 

 

To help provide some incentive, I'm offering up one of the paper pieced floral cat silhouettes as a freebie...

 

This paper pieced floral cat silhouette is 1396 x 1920 pixels in png format and published at 300 dpi.  Credits include: Lohrelei (Pixabay), and Trine Secher. To grab it, click the download button to be taken to a download location.  In the zip folder you will find a copy of the image, its preview sheet, the credit information and my terms of use which are standard to all my folders.

You can find out all the details you need to enter the challenge over at Show Us Your Pussies Cat Lover's Challenge Blog.  To head to the challenge, click HERE.  I hope to see some of you there! 

Until next time,

Scribbles Designs July 22nd ***LIMITED TIME*** Freebie: To The Beach

Hey everyone!  It is time for another Freebie Friday over at the Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog. We're returning to the vault again for this week's offering. The weather right now is a scorcher in Ontario where I live and it is the perfect time to be heading to the beach. As such, I've dipped into the store vault to find a great image & sentiment combo perfect for any summer related card or scrapbook layout! Please note that since this image/sentiment comes directly out of the store, it will ONLY BE AVAILABLE for 1 WEEK as a freebie. So, be sure to go over and grab it NOW while you can before it is slipped back into the vault.

Here is a preview of what the image looks like:

For those of you who are new to my blog or the Scribble Designs blog, if you are interested, this image/sentiment is also available as a digi paper in the Scribble Doodle Designs set called Sizzlin' Summer, along with five other patterned papers featuring other summer themed images from Sandy. There are three different ways you can buy it. You can get it, in the Patterned Paper portion of that kit for just $2.99 or for $1.00 more you can get all six patterned papers and all six textured ones, as seen in the preview image below.

#DP 001 Sizzlin' Summer Paper Set

If you'd like to get a great deal and pick up the patterned papers along with the six Scribble Designs images used to make the papers, then you can purchase the Sizzlin' Summer Mini Mish Mash 1 set for just $10.00--buying it this way saves you $4.00!

#DP 004 Sizzlin' Summer Mash Up 1

To purchase any of the paper sets or the Mini Mish Mash collection mentioned above, simply click HERE to be taken to their location in the Scribbles Designs store and don't forget to head HERE in order to pick up this week's free image over on the challenge blog!

Remember, mark your calendars every Friday to head on over to the Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog to grab the latest freebie up for grabs. It is a great way to add to your SD digi stamp collection.  Remember, when you use an SD image on a project that you enter into our monthly challenges, you get extra entries! That is a great incentive to use one of Sandy's images.

Have a great weekend all! 

Until next time,

Blog Hop: Vintage Vacation with TLC Creations

Hello everyone!  It is officially summertime in North America and other parts of the northern hemisphere.  As such, it is often a time of vacation and travelling for many.  Now, if you're stuck at home this summer then this bloghop is for you--travelling without all the hassle and you get some great freebies to add to your TLC collection as well!

Many of us on the Create with TLC Design Team will be hosting a spot during the blog hop. All of us will share a creation that we have made using at least one if not more of Paulette's elements and just YOUR luck, the image that we all use will be available for free download on each blog hop stop along the way!

You should have arrived here from the talented Karen's blog.  If you are just starting, you can find a full list of all the hop stops at the bottom of this post.

For my card, I got to use the Bon Voyage Waving Goodbye image you see below; so, be sure to head on over to Paulette's BLOG and leave her some love if you grab it!

To save image, left click to bring it up in the lightbox in its full size and then right click and scroll down to 'save image as'.

Time to check out the card I created...

General Information:

• I tried a new technique for this card--the spotlight technique.  I looked up a couple different tutorials to figure out what to do but it was pretty straightforward.  
• Keeping with the vintage theme, I decided to give the whole card an older feel.
• This card has been created 100% digitally and then layered in a Mock Up (courtesy of Frisk Shop).

FRONT

Digital Image Details: 

• Bon Voyage Waving Goodbye:  As mentioned previously, the image used on the front is the freebie that Paulette is allowing me to offer up on my blog.  You can grab it above. 

Digital Embellishments: 

• The circle frame was created from a template picked up from Marisa Lerin, Pixel Scrapper. 

INSIDE

Digital Sentiment Details: 

• One I created.

OVERALL 
Digital Embellishments: 

• The shadows to give each element some depth were created with a layer style, from Sheila Reid, also with Pixel Scrapper.
• The pearls and heart pendant embellies on the front along with the embellies on the inside are from the 20's Chic kit courtesy of Jeanine Baechtold a designer with {Computer}Scrapbook.com, available as a freebie.

 
Digital Paper Products: 

• The paper I used is also from the 20's Chic kit mentioned above.

Challenges I am hoping to enter...

***Please note that if the word verification appears, ignore it and simply click the 'publish' button**

• http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ (5E)-- Anything Goes
• http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ (3E)-- Anything Goes
• http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes
• Avenue 613 -- Anything Goes with optional twist
• http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ -- Wonderful Wednesdays:  Anything Goes
• http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Anything Goes 
• http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ (3E) -- Always Anything Goes

Next stop on the route is Lisa Lynn. Click HERE to head there now! 

If you missed any of the stops along the way, here is the complete list.  You are definitely going to want to check out what all my fellow team members have in store for you! 

Deanne     

Desire     

Hetty       

Karen       

Lisa D. <-------- That's ME     

Lisa Lynn   

Lynne       

Rhonda Sue  

Edwina 

Faith  

Jen

Patti

Shelly
 
Be sure to say thanks to Paulette over at:
TlcCreations  

Well that is it for this one.  I hope to see you again soon!

Until next time,

Free Sunflower Digi Paper available at Scribbles Designs

Hello my friends!  I'm just popping in to let you know that the latest freebie is available over on the Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog for all of our Freebie Fridayer fans!

A couple of days ago, my girlfriend was telling me that she has replanted a number of sunflowers in her backyard and that conversation inspired today's offering. Back in March of 2014, Sandy offered up a fabulous sunflower image as a freebie. You can find both the original image AND the paper you see below in the preview, by clicking HERE. The original image can also be found in the store HERE. 

Here is a preview of the paper...

Another creation under the Scribble Doodle Designs label! This free paper is six inches by six inches (1800 pixels x 1800 pixels)--the perfect size for card making!  It is in jpg format and published at 300 dpi. Credits include: The CoffeeShop Blog; and of course, Scribbles Designs. As mentioned above, you can download it over on the challenge blog as today's Freebie Friday offering.

Don't forget to mark you calendars every Friday to head on over to the Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog to grab the latest freebie up for grabs.  You can find the original image and the digi paper from July 8th's post HERE.  It is a great way to add to your SD digi stamp collection and to your Scribble Doodles Designs collection.  Don't forget, that when you use an SD image on a project that you enter into our monthly challenges, you get extra entries!  That is a great incentive to use one of Sandy's images.

 Don't forget...

The A Taste of Summer blog hop has been extended until July 15th. Only four people

have linked up so your odds of winning are pretty incredible right now. 

Click HERE to find the original post and read all about it.

Have a wonderful weekend and take care until we meet again!

A Taste of Summer Blog Hop EXTENDED!

Hey folks!  I'm popping in to let you know that the deadline to win the prizes offered up in the A Taste of Summer Blog Hop has been extended.  You now have until July 15th, at 11:55 p.m. EDT, to get your comments added and your name linked up if you want a chance to win the full kit and the 1 year subscription to the Through the Craft Room Door on-line crafting magazine.

Don't know what I'm talking about?  Click HERE to find the original post and read all about it.

Good luck to you all!

I'm Sponsoring...The Monday Greeting Card Challenge over at the Outlawz Challenge Blog

Oh my, I've just been sooooo busy, I haven't had a chance to tell you about my latest sponsorship, this one is once again over at the Outlawz Challenge Blog.   

While you do have to sign in over at Outlawz, it is free to be a member and there is a different challenge every day of the week to keep you busy.  Every Monday it is the Greeting Cards Challenge.  That is the one that I am sponsoring this week.  The rules of the challenge are that your project must have a greeting/sentiment on the outside and you must follow the theme--this week it is Music.  The weekly winner is announced at the beginning of the following week and the prizes are awarded monthly.

One lucky winner will receive a custom prize bundle.

To help provide some incentive, I am offering up one of the papers from my Familiar Refrain kit as a freebie...  

This digital paper is in 3600 x 3600 pixels, in jpg format and published at 300 ppi. To grab it, click the download button to be taken to a download location.  In the zip folder you will find a copy of the paper, its preview sheet, the credit information and my terms of use which are standard to all my folders. 

You can find out all the details you need to enter the challenge over at the Outlawz Challenge Blog.  To head there now, click HERE but don't forget you need sign in to play.  I hope to see some of you there! 

 Don't forget...

The A Taste of Summer blog hop is going on right now. Only two people have linked up so your odds of winning are pretty incredible right now. Join us for your chance to win...

 Each section from the kit--one section offered at each blog hop stop!

One person will walk away with a copy of the full kit...

 

PLUS

One lucky individual will win a

 1 year subscription to the TTCRD Magazine!

Click HERE to find out all the details you need in order to qualify.  You can also get a free summer themed word art creation as well.

Well that is it for tonight folks.  I've got one more sponsorship I need to tell you about and hopefully I'll have it posted within the next day or two.

Until next time,