Just Another Day in Paradise

There's a new challenge at Craftaholics R Us starting today. Are you ready?

I hope you'll play along!

Craftaholics R Us

August 22 - 28

Theme: Paradise

Here's my card:

Here's a closeup of a piece of paradise:

Here's the inside of my card:

This is my 34th post for the Craftaholics R Us design team. How time flies, right? Janis, the "owner" of Craftaholics R Us plus a few other challenge blogs, is such a joy to work with. She has made my experience on the design team a true pleasure. I appreciate having had the experience! 

THANK YOU, Janis! 

I've decided it is now time for me to step down from the team. Therefore today's card will be my last one as a member of the Craftaholics R Us design team.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Supplies Used

Stamps: Bugawumps Just Another Day in Paradise and Our Daily Bread Happy Retirement stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Papers: Recollections Black, Kraft, and White CS and DP from my scrap file

Embellishment: Flip Flops Brad from an unknown vendor

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Happy Bee Day!

What do you think of when you think of the color yellow?

Sun/Sunshine
Bananas
Duckies
Lemons
School Buses
Corn
Sunflowers
Cheese
Butter
Smiley Faces/Emojis
Mustard
Legal Pads
Bumble Bees

Yes... all of those might come to mind because they are all yellow.

Why all this talk about things that are yellow? Because the new challenge theme at Craftaholics R Us is the color YELLOW.

I made a Bumble Bee card:

Stamp Set: Pink & Main Bee Happy 

My embellishments are from Eyelet Outlet:

Bumble Bee Brad

Mini Bee Brads

I hope you'll participate in the Yellow Challenge

at Craftaholics R Us!

August 8 - 14

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Supplies Used

Stamp Set: Pink & Main Bee Happy stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Paper: Recollections Black and 110# White and SU Summer Sun CS, Paper Studio Big Stripe Black/White DP and other DP from the Pebbles Garden Party Paper Pad

Embellishments: Eyelet Outlet Bumble Bee Brads and Mini Bee Brads and Stickles Glitter Glue

Yippee!

I love sentiments with a pun... so when I saw the Your Next Stamp Parrot-ise stamp set I knew I needed it. I am so glad I did because it is the perfect stamp set to use for the new challenge at Craftaholics R Us...

Birds

I hope you'll participate in the 

Craftaholics R Us Birds Challenge!

July 25 - 31

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Supplies Used

Stamp Set: Your Next Stamp Parrot-ise stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Papers: Recollections Black and 110# White and SU Poppy Parade CS and DP from the Authentique Micro Basics Paper Pad

Embellishments: Paper Studio Brads

Choose to Go Turquoise

I am not color blind. I'm not. But that being said, I've always struggled with what is truly turquoise (and what falls more toward teal). I fear I may have failed with this struggle... but humor me and say that the color on this card is turquoise, okay?

Why? Because there is a new challenge at Craftaholics R Us... and its theme is...

TURQUOISE

Gulp!

The stamp set I used is one of my newer ones. In fact, it's from a company that I wasn't even familiar with until very recently - The Ink Road. I love their stamps and purchased two sets almost as soon as I found the company. This darling set is the Inked Jenn set.

You'll be seeing what I've made with the other set I purchased from The Ink Road very soon on my blog. *hint *hint (Come back often!!!)

This is the inside of my card:

I hope you'll participate in the

Craftaholics R Us "Turquoise" Challenge!

July 11 - 17

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Supplies Used

Stamp Set: The Ink Road Inked Jenn stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Amazapen Gel Pens and Copic Markers

Papers: Recollections 110# Turquoise and 110# White CS and DP from the Craft Smith Working on Fitness Paper Pad

Embellishments: Eyelet Outlet Glitter Enamel Dots, Making Memories Ribbon and Paper Studio Vintage Camera Brad

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Dazzling Sunshine

There's a new challenge today at Craftaholics R US... it's all about

SUNSHINE!

I was really excited about that because it gave me cause to use a stamp set that had yet to see ink.... plus, who doesn't like sunshine, right?

I hope you'll participate in the

Sunshine Challenge

June 27 - July 4

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!


Supplies Used

Stamp/Die Set: Stampin' UP! Pocket of Sunshine stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Papers: Recollections White and SU Cucumber Crush and Summer Sun CS and DP from my scrap file

Stencil: Craftin' Desert Divas Bright Horizons (with SU Daffodil Delight Ink)

Embellishments: Your Next Stamp Gum Drops

Get Krafty

I don't use Kraft very often on my cards. I'm not sure why... because I do like it. I just tend to forget to use it.

Today, however, I had to remember... because the challenge theme this week at Craftaholics R Us is KRAFT!

I hope you'll participate!

June 13 - 19

Theme: Kraft

Here is my card:

I love the sentiment with this stamp set!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!


Supplies Used

Stamp Set: Technique Tuesday Hanna the Horse stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Papers: Recollections Black, Kraft, and White CS and DP from my scrap file

Embellishments (all from unknown vendors): Brads, Charms, and Ribbon

Sweet Birthday Wishes

What's not to like about dots, stripes, and gingham, right? The combination seems to scream fun. Add a sweet sentiment and an adorable image and it's party time.

And the party includes party hats and cupcakes... so it just doesn't get any better than that, right???

I made this card for the 

Gingham Challenge

at

Craftaholics R Us

I hope you'll participate in the challenge!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Supplies Used

Stamps: CC Designs My Cupcake Twila and Penny Black Sweet Wishes stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Papers: Recollections Black and White and SU Rose Red CS and DP from my scrap file

Embellishment: Gingham Ribbon from an unknown vendor

A Great Day for a Ride in the Wagon

This is going to be a GREAT week to participate in the Craftahholics R Us Challenge because it's...

Anything Goes!

It can't get any easier than that. Seriously. Anything you make will fit the theme.

May 16 - 22

Theme: Anything Goes

I hope you'll participate!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Supplies Used

Stamp Set: Unity Meant for Adventure stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Papers: Recollections Black, Kraft, and White CS and DP from my scrap file

Embellishments: Brads from unknown vendors

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Welcome Baby

There's a new challenge at Craftaholics R Us every week. Design team members only create every other week (we're in two groups) but participants have a new theme to work with every week.

This week is my "on" week. The theme is...

Baby

May 2 - 8

I hope you'll participate!

This is actually kind of fun. I don't own many baby stamps, but I do have a few baby dies - from when I served on the Frantic Stamper Design Team. I chose of of them to use as the focal part of my card, plus some really cute onesies type of designer paper.

Frantic Stamper Baby Square (#FRA-DIE-10190)

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Supplies Used

Stamp Set: Stampin UP Places You'll Go stamped with SU Real Red Ink

Die: Frantic Stamper Baby Square (FRA-DIE-10190)

Papers: Recollections 110# Ivory and SU Pixie Pink CS and DP from my scrap file

Embellishments: Heart Brads from unknown vendors

Puppies Make the Best Pals

Craftaholics R Us is having an ANYTHING GOES challenge so I used an adorable stamp that I received from a Facebook Friend to make this card. It is just way too cute... Nellie Snellen Lars and Lilly My Pal.

I hope you'll participate in the challenge this week!

April 18 - 24

Theme: Anything Goes

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Supplies Used

Stamp: Nellie Snellen Lars and Lilly My Pal stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Die: AMuse Studio Duo Cloud sponged with Ranger Tim Holtz Distressing Stormy Sky Ink

Papers: Recollections Black and White and SU Pear Pizzaz CS and DP from the DCWV Handy Dandy Paper Pad

Embellishments: SU Ribbon and a Bone-Shaped Brad from an unknown vendor

It's Party Time!

Who doesn't like birthdays? Certainly this adorable puppy looks happy to be celebrating a birthday, complete with presents, a party hat, balloon, and cake, too!

And you and I (and all cardmakers) are invited to the party - the Craftaholics R Us Birthday Challenge party, that is.

Craftaholics R Us Challenge
April 4 - 10

Theme: Birthday

I hope you'll participate!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!


Supplies Used

Stamps: Whipper Snapper Birthday Pup stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers and Stampin' UP! Happy Birthday stamped with Catherine Pooler Midnight Ink

Papers: Recollections Bue and White and SU Pumpkin Pie CS and DP from the Paper Studio Treat Yourself Paper Pad

Embellishments: CC Designs Enamel Dots, Eyelet Outlet Washi Tape, and Stickles Glitter Glue

Ready Set Go

Normally Barb, Kelly and I post our Ready Set Go cards on the third Wednesday of the month. However, this month we're breaking from tradition and posting them today.

What is Ready Set Go? It is a little challenge that the three of us do each month - I call it our "Extreme Challenge" because the idea is that it is a little more advanced, challenging, detailed, outside-the-box than the normal challenge. Each month one of us chooses the  theme. This month it was Barb's turn.

This is Barb's March Theme...

There are currently 674 color challenges on SCS. Please pick two random numbers between 1-674. Go tot he thread that lists the chart for your picked numbers. Choose one of the two color combos. I am giving you a choice of the two so you do not get "stuck" with a bad one. If you do not have the  Stampin' UP! color that is in the color combination, you can us some other color that's close.

My first inclination was to just choose two random numbers... then I decided to use a Random Integer  Generator to do it for me.

CC457

Real Red, Blushing Bride, Gumball Green 

CC661

Real Red, Cucumber Crush, Marina Mist 

Since I don't own Gumball Green, I'm going to go with CC661. The colors on my card are Cucumber Crush, Marina Mist, and Real Red (I also used some White; I sure hope that was okay). And - *gasp! - I didn't use any designer paper, only cardstock.

To give the centers of my flowers a more vibrant look, 

I paper-pieced them using Real Red CS.

Be sure to head over to Kelly's blog and Barb's blog to see what color combo they used and the cards they made with it.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!


Supplies Used

Stamps: Deep Red Stitched Flowers stamped with Brutus Monroe Raven Ink and colored with Copic Markers and SU Rose Wonder stamped with Catherine Pooler Rockin' Red Ink

Papers; Recollections 110# White and SU Cucumber Cush, Marina Mist, and Real Red CS

Embellishments: Your Next Stamp Gum Drops

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