Craftastic Card Challenge #5

Kristin from Leading A Craftastic Life is hosting 4 different challenges this month for a super sweet RAK. You have until Aug. 15 to complete her challenges. This is my take on her card sketch. A step by step tutorial to create this cool flower can be found on the Midnight Madness blog. Kristin also has a very nice layout sketch that I hope to complete as well.

Card Stock: Designer Paper Tea Party, Whisper White, Passion Pink
Stamp Set: Flight of the Butterfly and Season of Joy
Ink: Old Olive, Passion Pink
Other: Eyelet Border Punch, Green Rhinestone Brad, Designer Brad Filigree, Dimensionals and Chiffon

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This is my first time to play a Midnight Madness challenge. Priscilla has such an amazing DT. I love all the cards and the projects that they create. You must go and check them out!

This is my take on Heidi's beautiful sketch. I just love this designer paper from Stampin' Up!. You are able to create to coolest cards and scrap pages with it.

Card Stock: Designer Paper Tea Party, Whisper White, Almost Amethyst, Garden Green
Stamp Set: Flight of the Butterfly
Ink: Summer Sun
Other: Eyelet Border Punch, Scallop Square Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Trio Flower Punch, Dimensionals

Gifted!

At Christmas time, I always create a gifting tree. It is such a joy to watch a child's face light up when allowed to pick a gift from my tree. This cute ornament is perfect for my tree filled with candy, a gift card, a small stamps or even some flowers for the bigger kids!
I used a 5x5 Bashful Blue card stock, stamped it with VersaMark and embossed it with Iridescent Ice. The snowflake stamp is from the hostess level 2 called Christmas Punch. I used the Eyelet Border punch to created my handle and the lace along the flap. The snowflake is part of the Sizzlits 4 pack dies called Snowflakes Set #2 and attached with a beautiful light blue Rhinestone Brad.

Diva Coffee Break #138 and a chance to win a Big Shot!

The challenge this week is a Big Shot challenge. The Big Shot die that I used for my card is called Birds and Branches. My Shutter Card is cut from Elegant Eggplant card stock and and layered with a Designer Series Paper called Razzleberry Lemonade. The Wishing you a quick and complete recovery stamp was from the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set. I inked some Whisper White to my birds to give them dimension.To give the look that my bird is in flight, I cut a thin strip of acetate and attached one end to the back of my card stock and the other to the bird.
Thanks for looking!

Now for a chance to win a Big Shot!
Priscilla is celebrating 30,00 hits

FROM "STAMPIN UP"!!!!

1.A BRAND NEW BIG SHOT DIE-CUT MACHINE

grand prize to one winner!
2.A BRAND NEW DOCTORS DIE-CUT BAG

added to the grand prize when we hit 300 comments!
3.TWO TEXTURED IMPRESSIONS EMBOSSING FOLDERS

will be added as a bonus prize only if the "Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge Logo" is posted on the winners blog's side bar. Note: you are not required to play in the challenges…this is a non Midnight Madness GIVE AWAY, but she does appreciate the support for her sketch challenges :)

It is as easy as 1-2-3
1. Follow her blog :)

2. Leave a link on your blog to her giveaway. Don't have a blog, that's ok, just tell her how you will spread the word! Oh and add the "Midnight Madness"side bar logo for the added BONUS give away prize:)
3. Leave a comment on her post so she can check out your direct link! :) (1 post per person please)

You have till Aug 14th to get in on this celebration!!

Tulip...A Pink and Black Challenge

I created this card for a pink and black challenge.

Here is my recipe.

1. 1. What you need to make this card is Stampin' Up! Basic Black 5 1/2" x 81/2" folded in half, Whisper White 5 1/8" x 4 1/8" and Pink Passion 4 5/8 x 3 7/8 card stock, Basic Black and Whisper White inks, Sizzix Tulipe Die, Texturz Plates Backgrounds 1, 3/16 Corner Rounder, Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and pearls from the Pretties Kit.
2. First embossed the white and pink card stock with a Texturz Plate with the Big Shot and then take the Basic Black ink and rub on top of the Pink Passion to bring out the embossed image.
3. Now place the Sizzix Tulipe Die and run it through the Big Shot.
4. Round the corners of the embossed cardstocks.
5. Glue white card stock to black and than tack pink down with Stampin' Dimensionals.
6. On a separate cardstock stamp butterflies white on black and black on white, cut them out and add them to card with Stampin' Dimensionals.
7. Finish card with adding three pearls to the top from the Pretties Set.

This is a close up of my embossed paper and my butterfly. It gives you an idea on how I layered my butterflies. I also cut a 4 x 5 of Whisper White for the inside of my card and used some of the Tulips pieces to boarder the corners!

Christmas in July Crop!

Please join Ann this weekend for some Christmas fun at
Pages in Time.

Time: July 18, 2009 at 8am to July 19, 2009 at 1am
Location: Pages In Time main forum
Event Type: online, mini, crop
Organized By: Ann Arbogast
There will be 4 challenges and 2 games. A present to be RAK'd for each. No point system, winners will be chosen by a random number generator. You will have until Sun. July 19th midnight EST. to complete the challenges.
I can't wait, it's going to be a blast!

This is what I won from last months crop! I love my new crafting goodies!

Thank you Rayette!

Blog Candy Alert! Big Shot Die Pack

Stampin’ Up! just released the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog and it’s loaded with new products that every stamper must have. As part of the summer celebration Stampin Addicts is holding a blog contest during the month of July giving away a Big Shot die pack made up of 5 new exclusive Stampin’ Up! dies.

• Stampin’ Up! Two Tags (Bigz Dies)

• Stampin’ Up! Perfect Details (Textured Plates)

• Stampin’ Up! Final Press (Embossing Folders)

• Stampin’ Up! Thanks (Embosslits)

• Stampin’ Up! Fancy Favor (Bigz XL Dies)

stampinaddicts.com has tons of ideas using the Stampin’ Up! Big Shot and is giving away a Big Shot Die Pack as part as Stampin' Up! summer celebration. To enter, all you have to do is write about it. This is my entry . . . . now give me my dies!

Good Luck!