Life Is a Beach

Traditionally, I send out New Year's cards the whole month of January. So today's project is another New Year card using a digi image from Digi Stamps 4 Joy. They happen to be the guest sponsor for the Outlaw Monday Greetings challenge this week.

This week's theme is to use two or more "inchies" on your project (inchies are 1 inch squares added to the project - they can be part of the background, the image or used as embellishments). DS4J is offering a prize of $10 worth of digital stamps from their store for one lucky winner.

I decided to create another card using a two-part, tongue-in-cheek humor (my favorite kind of card). So while the front of my card uses a well-known quote, the inside of my card...

...continues the quote with a qualifier. Come on, wouldn't you love to own a home on beach front property? LOL Of course, to bring it back to the reason for my card, I added New Year greetings as well. My embellishments are an assortment of die-cuts, stickers and jewels.

Do you send out Christmas cards? Or do you wait until January to start the year off with news of the past year and hopes for the coming year? Whatever you make, try to use Inchies on your project for your chance to win that gift certificate to the Digi Stamps 4 Joy Store. Good luck, crafters, and have fun!

Challenges I am Entering:

Classy Cards n Such - Bright Colors

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Daring Cardmakers - Inspiration Photo

Anything Goes at the Outlawz Greetings challenge

I love the Anything Goes challenges at the Outlawz Greetings. They're on the last Monday of each month. This week the sponsor is Lacy Sunshine, and I got to play with this cutie called "Rory - Eggstra Delivery." I know, it's an Easter-themed image, but I don't care. I paced jeweled flowers over the colored eggs in her bag so I could use her on a birthday card. As far as the bunny ears and carrot, well, there are all types of people...  LOL
I made a Z-fold card-I love this type of card, as it makes a very pretty presentation, and is very easy to create. Using left over papers, and embellies, I am keeping my promise of recycling and reinventing what I already have. Only the image is new, which you can get HERE.
Come play with us at the Outlawz Greetings challenges. Plenty of inspiration and a chance to win when you join the challenge!!

Other Challenges I am Entering:

Through the Purple Haze - Anything Goes

Monday Morning Challenge - Pretty Flowers 

Love to Scrap Challenge blog - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Cardmania - Flowers

Monday Mood Board #9- Inspiration came from the colors of thew slices of fruit as well as the blue clothes

Use Fabric Today at the Outlawz Geetings Challenge

Today brings a new challenge from the Outlawz Greetings, one with a little (or a lot of) fabric on our projects. That's right, my crafty peeps, the challenge is to drag out any type of fabric to use on your card, tag, ATC, canvas, anything your little crafting heart desires to create. Of course, the Numero Uno requirement is to make sure there's a sentiment on the front of your project. That is, of course, why we are called the GREETINGS challenge group. LOL
I am not a sewing person. The only fabric I have on hand is fleece, because I make those cute blankets with the tied edges for children's hospitals. And believe me, fleece did not play well with my card!
So I rummaged through drawers and closets and finally found a piece of fabric I could use. (I really wanted some nice burlap so I could pull on the edges and get all fringe-y with my card) What I found was a tattoo sleeve leftover from a Halloween past, as in a few years past. It's (or rather was) made of stretchy nylon material, so I cut cardboard and cardstock and adhered my fabric to its "frame," then placed it on a card base of cardstock and white-dotted vellum.
Did I mention that the sponsor this week at the Outlawz Greetings challenge is the fabulous Dee Dee's Digis? I got to play with "In Season.", which includes outline, layering and colored images of trees in all four seasons and several sentiments! I used the colored version of Spring tree and one of the sentiments for my card. I framed each on red cardstock before placing them on my fabric-colored card. A small white paper doily sprinkled with pink shimmery flowers decorate my little "canvas. I also added some fibers  and glittered the tiny flowers on the just-blossoming tree.

Other Challenges I am Entering:

Creative Knockouts - Texture
Creative Moments - Anything Goes - Spring or Easter
Try It on Tuesdays - New Beginnings (buds on trees)
Naughty or Nice challenges - In Bloom (I chose to use a "budding" tree)
Recycle, Re-purpose & Re-invent - Anything Goes/must re-cycle (recycled my Halloween accessory into a project background)
Open-Minded challenges - Recycle something (Halloween tattoo sleeve)
A Gem of a Challenge - Spring is in the Air
Dragonfly Dreams challenges- Let's See Spring
Krafty Hands blog - Nature's Work
My Creative Moments - Colorful Creations
Moo Mania challenges - Feelings of Spring
Our Creative Corner - Color Your World
The Crazy Challenge blog - Springtime
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/Diamonds (optional)

Stanley Scarecrow Has Stamina

Now that the weather has finally turned chilly, I'm really looking forward to the upcoming holidays of Halloween and Thanksgiving.  So I was in the mood to make an autumn card.  I used a Squigglefly digi image called "Stanley Scarecrow" by artist Fawn Palmer. 

I colored the image with Copics and set him off with a little green at his feet.  My card base was made using leftover cardstock which had a negative cut of a pumpkin, in which I framed my card's message.

I used a shiny yellow button for the sun, and added some jeweled flourishes, butterflies, a bow and some freehand doodles to embellish my card.  Even the adhesive stitches at the top were found in my leftover stash container.  

As for my message, who has the most stamina in the Fall?  A scarecrow, of course!  All day and night in the fields with no complaints!! LOL

I'm entering my card in the Outlawz Monday Greeting Card Challenge this week,  The requirement is to use a pumpkin!!  If you haven't discovered the crafting social network yet, you should check it out for inspiration, resources and challenges!!

Outlawz Friday Challenge

The Outlawz has a great challenge this week in their Friday's Alcohol Markers group:
"create an ‘Anything Goes’ project AND add a Christmas twist!"
I made a Christmas card using Squigglefly's digi image "Unconventional Christmas Tree" by artist Mark Hicks.  I printed the digi three times, coloring them all with my trusty Copics.  I fussy-cut the bottom two rows from one image and the bottom row from the other, adhering them onto the full image, for a little dimension.

I added a few punched stars so that Santa seems to be juggling them.  I added a few buttons and some Stickling to the patterned paper for embellishment.  It's not too "lumpy" because I'm starting my collection of Christmas cards for the Troops.  Just finished a few mailings of Halloween cards!

The Outlawz Group has different daily challenges every week, so there's a little something for every crafter!  Check them out and come play!