CropStop #73: Pearls

Good morning!!

Oh what a week…What a week.

Well today is that time of the week again over at CropStop.

This weeks challenge is:

PEARLS

We all have them, we all LOVE them, we all use them!!!

Here is my project for this week:

I love how this came out!!  Not only the image, the coloring but the card to its entirety.

I used my distress inks to color this image and my pearls are in the center of the flowers.

Love this La Blanche stamp and I think I will be adding a few more to my collection.

So there you have it…PEARLS.

Easy right?  

Good, now there should be no reason why I shouldn’t see your creation in this weeks line up.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafts and Me Challenge

Ruby’s Rainbow #29

PTT #70

Crafty CardMakers Challenge #69

Incy Wincy Designs: Vintage

4 Crafty Chicks #92

Hugs,
Calypso 

Happy Birthday Love

Hi everyone-

Today, I wanted to share a card that I made using Stamping Bella’s  Ramona Loves Cake stamp.

I wanted to make a Bohemian muted colored birthday card, but I think that all went out the window when I colored the cherry and strawberry red!! LOL!!!  I think that the red just became the center of attention on the card!  

Here is my card:

All products used on this card can found at All That Scraps, links are below.

Make sure to visit, because there is just so much in the store right now…Just wait til CHA this Summer!!!

Wow…I can hardly wait!!!

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

PSC #34

Celebrate the Occasion #64

SFYTT May

Hugs,
Calypso

SweetStamps # 67: Sketch

Good morning sweeties-

Hope you all had a very enjoyable and relaxing holiday weekend.

We hung out at the house all weekend and cleaned out the garage, finally took everything to where it needed to go.

Now out two year old can run laps in there with his bike!!   

Well today is a new week at SweetStamps, that means time for a new challenge.

This weeks challenge is:

And here is my take:

Close up:

The flowers were colored with Tim Holtz Distress Inks.

I really love the love the look and the feel that the distress inks give an image.

I love my Copics, but I really love my distress inks too!!!  I have all 44 colors and will be adding the Distress markers to the collection as well….They should be arriving this week and I can’t wait!!!  YEAH!!!

Anyways…the paper is SEI: Morning Meadow and it is really old!!! LOL

I’ve been doing some MAJOR cleaning and reorganizing in my craft room and have found lots of neglected  treasures, that I will be putting to great use!!

So there you have it.

I hope that you will take a leap into this weeks sketch challenge.

Can’t wait to see what you create.

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Join our weekly challenge

You can use any stamp on your challenge entry, but if you use a SweetStamps image, you will get two entries into the giveaway! To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLink at the end of the post. Please do not link to your main blog, we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments. Also, please link back to the SweetStamps blog.

Remember, you can only enter the challenge one time, use a SweetStamps image to get an extra in the challenge. Please limit the amount of challenges to 10 (including SweetStamps). You must link back to SweetStamps to your blog post. 

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Next week's challenge #68 is:

For DAD

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Phindy’s Place Challenge #107

Cute Card Thursday #218

MMM #51

Hugs,
Calypso

CropStop #72: Doily

Good morning!!

Is it starting to feel like Summer to you yet?

We've been having amazing weather here and I hope it continues cause I have BIG plans this weekend!!  LOL

Today at CropStop, we have a new challenge for you to play with. 

This weeks theme is:

DOILY.

You can use and image of a doily or use a doily!

I love the look that a doily can give a project. It’s a little touch of elegance.

Here is my card sample:

I have many, many birthdays coming up in the next weeks and I figured I would get a quick jump on production!  I really love how this came out!!!  I think this has to be my favorite color combination too...Pink and Brown.  So delicious!!  LOL

So there you have it.
Break out those doilies and put them to use this week.
Hope you'll have the chance to join us.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
HotShot Crafts #8

OLLCB # 105
MilkCoffee 
PTT #69
Paper Sundaes





Hugs,
Calypso 

Anything Goes w/ SweetStamps

Hello my sweet, sweet bloggers-

Hope you had an excellent weekend.  Sure does go by fast, eh?!?!

Well this weeks challenge at SweetStamps is:

ANYTHING GOES

Yes, you heard me….ANYTHING GOES.

So I knew that I had to step out of my card making zone for this challenge and I really hope you like it.

Here it is:

I have been wanting to try this for such a long time and I am so glad that I had the chance to, because I love the way it turned out!!  Yes, I will be doing this again.

It's a candle...Fresh Linen scented too, LOL!!

I stamped SweetStamps with Memento  Rich Cocoa, colored with my Copics and then trimmed.  Once trimmed, I placed the colored image on the candle.  I then place an overlapping piece of parchment paper of the image and candle and heat with heat gun.
Do NOT hold the heat gun in one place, keep moving it in a circular motion, until you see the tissue under the parchment paper turn shiny.

I decorated the bottom with pearls and bling, to give it style.

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Join our weekly challenge

You can use any stamp on your challenge entry, but if you use a SweetStamps image, you will get two entries into the giveaway! To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLink at the end of the post. Please do not link to your main blog, we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments. Also, please link back to the SweetStamps blog.

Remember, you can only enter the challenge one time, use a SweetStamps image to get an extra in the challenge.  Please limit the amount of challenges to 10 (including SweetStamps). You must link back to SweetStamps to your blog post. 

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Next week's challenge #67 is:
SKETCH CARD

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Delicious Doodles #19

Simon Says: Clean and Simple

Stamps & Fun=  Creativity #100






Hugs,
Calypso