FUN IN THE SUN!

Decided it was time to get out the Copics and practice coloring again.

Luckily I won a free digi from Desert Island Crafts Challenge

the sponser was Dilly Beans and I chose

MERMAID!

FYI- Look at the sun.

I made it with 1 circle punch and 2 punch of the SU! 5 petal punch.

Layered it - and - Viola! a 'cool' sun!

Actually, my fun is in the house, not outside in the sun.

The sun in the Midwest has not been much fun -

even though the temps are on the down slide -

the humidity takes over so it is still uncomfortable to have -

Fun in the Sun!

To learn more about the creative side of this card,

check out the following inspiring challenges...

Little Red Wagon - Life's a Beach

Pile It On - It's a Shore Thing

Love to Create Challenge - colors inspired by picture

Make My Monday - color wheel challenge

Tuesday Throwdown - Hot colors

Creative Card Crew - swirls (embossing) and Pearls (necklace)

Deep Ocean Challenge - A Sea of Love

Sketch Frenzy Friday - Sketch (I turned it)

Simply Create Too - Summer Vacation

Totally Paper Crafts - Here Comes Summer

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Fun in the Sun, optional sparkle and Shine

(You'll have to click to enlarge and look real close to see the 'shine')

Everybody Art Challenge - Summer

By the Cute and Girly - A day at...the beach

Craft Challenge - Splash Water

SAM

Nutty Coconuts!

Not quite sure what I would use this card for but it is a cute image/sentiment

with a sense of humor which is what I like best about it!

The image is a surprise digi from the Hot Spot Challenge so

I decided to use it on several challenges with a summer/beach theme.

365 Cards, Day 144   -  So Random, well, this card really fits that challenge!

Charisma Cardz - challenged to make a bright, colorful summer card

City Crafter - "It's a Shore Thing!"

Crafty Calendar - under the sea or a water theme

Do It with Digis - summer fun

Fussy and Fancy - summer theme
The Hot Spot - Time for Vacation

Lexi's Creations - At the beach

Off the Wall Craftiness - Beach theme, any colors

Polly Craft Challenge - summer fun

Designed 2 Delight Designers Challenge - Let's go to the Beach

Clean and Simple - sketch

Please note:  No embellishments were harmed in the making of this card...

G'Day!

SAM

A Happy Summery Birthday!

A very summery Birthday card made easy with bright sparkly pattern paper! The flower is a circle scallop punch and fan folded.. The blue layer is made from 2 scallop punches and the green is from one. Then I stickled the edges which ended up making the flower stiff, which means it will keep it's form better!

I am entering this in the following inspirational challenges:

Oldie but a Goodie - anything goes (everything in this card is old LOL!)

Hand Stamped Sentiments - button it up,

the flower are covered with clear sparkly buttons

Try It On Tuesday Taggers - Flower Power

Papertake Weekly - anything goes with option of buttons

Everbody Art Challenge - use shapes, I used layers of circles!

ABC Challenge- Y is for yesterday, and all of my

supplies are from many moons ago...uhm, so am I!

Scrappy Frogs Challenge - summer flowers

Birthday Sundaes - anything goes with a birthday sentiment

365 Cards, Day 128 - ad inspired,

I picked out the stripes and blue/green flower

Deep Ocean Challenge - Flowers!!!

Party Time Tuesday - Square Card

Do You Stack Up - Square Card

Tuesday Morning Sketches - sketch I used

Polly Craft Challenge - Celebrations

Incy Wincy Designs - sugar/sweets

(I put a small cupcake, I'm on a diet! choke, choke cough!)

Freshly Brewed Designs - Birthday or Party theme cards

Penny's Challenges - Happy Birthday

Your Next Stamp - Button Up

Moving Along with the Times - Here Comes Summer

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - gardening theme

Getting Cricky - Summer time fun

Creative Craft Challenge - Pretty Blossoms

Unstampabelles - Celebration

Thanks for stopping by!

SAM

Fresh Cut Flowers...

This time of year I love to walk around my flower beds and cut fresh flowers to bring inside. Now Faith's D2D image this week brings the same happy feeling to my ho-made card...

The scallop black frame around the image was an creative accident!

I wanted to mat the image but the scallop nestie I used just looked toooooo big. So being the cheapo I am, I decided to die cut a simple square out of the middle of the scallop die cut. Well, it caught my attention and when I placed it around the image with the pink background showing through, well, it just didn't look so big and made a perfect frame!

Love it when that happens!

Now for some inspirational challenges...

Digital Tuesday - favorite ice cream combo. I've been on a strictly vanilla ice cream kick with added ingredients. With the fresh strawberries in our garden (well, were in our garden) it has been vanilla with loads of fresh cut-up strawberries!

Craft Your Days Away - Chose a monochrome color theme

Crazy 4 Challenges - add twine, floss or string

Designed 2 Delight Card Ideas - use color combo of orange/pink. sigh ;) I love pink but not so much orange so my combo is very heavy on pink and a few orange flowers.

Designed 2 Delight - the Fresh Cut digi by Faith (I obtained this digi free by participating in the progressive challenge she has every month!)

Lexi's Creations - no sentiment.

Penny's Challenges - Best Friends - represented by the 2 hearts in the bouquet

Truly Scrumptious - the sketch I used. Love this sketch!

Everybody Art Challenge - is an anything goes challenge this week.

Thanks for stopping by!  SAM

Oh Mary, Mary...

how does your garden grow?

Well, from Faith's new freebie digi for this week

it's lookin' pretty good!

Must be a butterfly garden with lots of butterfly bushes and butterfly weed.

And that cute little toad looks almost like the guys hopping around my flower beds

 - except -

they're a ugly brownish, gray color and

I've never seen a smile on their faces!



Challenge inspirations for this charming card are...

Inspirational Card Sketches - 

Just Add Ink - add some color, I used a combination of Prisma Markers and Copics
One Crazy Stamper - colors of the rainbow
Top Tip Tuesday - open
Moxie Fab World - Tuesday Trigger, Rainbow Bright
Anything Goes Challenge - Here comes summer
Bee Crafty - Summer is here!
Designed 2 Delight - Mary, Mary free digi (be sure to check Faith's blog for deets)
Stampin' B's Challenge - Use a border punch
Designers Challenge Designed 2 Delight - Going buggy

Thanks for stopping by!  SAM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GARDEN...

Lovely Spring Fence digi from Faith at Designed 2 Delight!

This will be brief, camera issues.

I'm thinking new batteries...

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

A Spoonful of Sugar - Here comes summer!

Bee-Crafty - Summer is Here!

By the Cute and Girly - June in the Garden

Corrosive Challenge - summer colors

Craft Your Passion - Anything goes

Designed 2 Delight - Spring fence digi

Digital Tuesday - Garden outdoors

Do You Stack Up - Birthday theme

Paper Pretties Blog - summer theme

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Partytime Tuesdays - summer birthday

Pile It On - summer Heaven

Scrappy Frogs Challenge - Happy Birthday

Truly Scrumptious - Summer Sparkle

Tuesday Morning Sketches

Crafty Calendar Challenge - things with wings

Creative Card Crew - things with wings

Thanks for stopping by and take time to smell the roses!

SAM