Totally Papercrafts - Hey Cutie!

Happy Friday! We have an easy challenge for you this week at Totally Papercrafts - "Hey Cutie!" (i.e., use a cute image). We are sponsored this week by the oh so cute 

For my card I chose this cute little pup from the St. Bernard Buddy set.

I am all about cleaning out my craft room these days, so my papers and embellishments were just miscellaneous things from my stash. (The sentiment is one I had already printed off from DigiStamp Boutique.)

Head on over the Totally Papercrafts to see the other cute cards featuring images from our sponsor. Join us for a chance to win a gift certificate to the Doodle Pantry store!

Lisa

A Sweet Couple

Between snow and freezing temps will I ever leave my house?! Oh well, at least I have these two sweeties to warm my heart (while I rely on my space heater to warm my craft room!). Here's a couple that would be at home on any Valentines Day card - Edwin and Hetty from the Edwin and Hetty Set in the DigiStamp Boutique shop.

Supplies: Edwin and Hetty Set (DSB), heart dp (Martha Stewart matt stack), 

border punch (EK Success), red cs (Hobby Lobby), Copics, 

puffy heart sticker (Hobby Lobby) and Copic markers.

Valentines Day is fast approaching, so if you haven't started on your Valentines Day crafting, be sure to head on over to the DSB shop to check out all of the cute Valentines images!
Lisa

Valentine's Day Cuties

Just a quick post with a few Valentines Day cards featuring some older Valentines images from the DigiStamp Boutique shop. First up is Valentine Tia. I just love her sunny smile. :)

And this adorable Valentine mouse girl is part of the Valentine Mouse set.

It's never to start on those Valentine's Day cards!
~ Lisa

Be Mine - Love Birds

This week's theme at SP and Company card is Be Mine. Yes, Christmas is almost here but it's not to early to look ahead to Valentines' Day. For my card, I chose this sweet Love Birds image:

Head on over to our blog and check out the other Valentines inspired cards from my SP and Company teammates. Join in the challenge for your chance at this week's prize!
Lisa

All You Need is Love

Every time I say I'm not going to make any more Valentines related projects, another heart/love/Valentine challenge pops up that I just have to say "yes" to! :)  The latest is Meljen's All You Need is Love challenge. I used this adorable Meljen image - Bulldog's Bear. Aw!

I'm also entering him in the "Love" challenge on the Paper Crafting Journey challenge blog.
Lisa

Whimsie Doodle Sketch Challenge

The current Whimsie Doodles challenge is one of my favorites - a sketch challenge! I used this adorable image (Mailed My Heart) from the freebies page. (I can't believe this cutie was free!) To make her fit the sketch, I cut out just part of the image and mounted her on top of a circle cut from printed cardstock.

Supplies: Mailed My Heart (Whimsie Doodles), blue polka dot dp and sentiment (DigiStamp Boutique), polka dot and heart dp (Paper Studios-HL), Valentine sentiment dp (Martha Stewart), heart brads (Recollections-Michaels), organza ribbon (Bags and Bows), red cs (Hobby Lobby), scallop edge punch (Fiskars), white CS (PTI), circle cutter (Creative Memories) and Copic markers.

I'll be back soon with some more Valentines related projects. :)
Lisa

TSG

This week's challenge at There She Goes stamps couldn't be more perfect! This week's challenge was to make a card or other papercraft project based on this fun inspiration photo:

My 18 year old issued a challenge of her own. She needed a Valentine card for her boyfriend using the TSG set, Puppy Love (my fave!). And, oh by the way, would it be possible to drop the card off to her at college tomorrow? Along with the 6 candy boxes I was already working on? Um yeah, sure, kiddo. Nothing like a little pressure to kick you into creative mode!

The inspiration photo was perfect for a masculine card - the grey and metal elements were easy to incorporate into my card and gave it a "guy card" feel.
Lisa

Be Mine, Valentine!

Happy Friday! Have you started making Valentines yet? If not, here's a good incentive to get going! This week's Totally Papercrafts challenge is "Valentines or Love".  We are sponsored by Squigglefly, who kindly provided us with some adorable Valentines/Love related images. For my card, I chose this adorable image entitled "Oh Please Be Mine!".

This image is so detailed with lots of shading, so it was easy to get this painted look with less Copic markers than you would expect. I kept my card simple to put the emphasis on these two sweeties.

Come join us this week and make a Valentine or love related card or other paper project! You could win your choice of digis (like this one!) from Squigglefly! And, of course, don't forget to stop by Totally Papercrafts to see the other ladies' great samples!
Lisa

Tied up with a Bow

Whew! This Kenny K image is sweet - but smokin'!

Supplies: "Bow" digital stamp (Kenny K), cream seam binding (Ribbon Carousel), 

Copic markers, light pink rhinestones (J and C Creations), heart punches (CM and Paper Shaper), 

paper piercer (Making Memories), and assorted paper from my scrap stash.

I am submitting my card into the following challenges:
Delightful Inspiration -sketch
Bearly Mine Challenges - Hearts Galore
J and C Creations - Something Old and Something New (old=pink rhinestones, new=Kenny K image)
Colour Q Challenges - pink/primrose/raspberry/espresso/vanilla
Paper Crafting Journey - For a Girl
Charisma Cardz - Pink and Brown
Cute Card Thursday - A Different Corner
Milk Coffee Challenge - Valentines

Pink and brown is my favorite color combo, so I had a ton of fun making this card! Hope you find time to do something fun and crafty this weekend, too!
Lisa

Romantic Tango

I've been a fan of Mayzy Green for a while and was excited to see her new online shop. I've been searching for some more "adult" Valentine images and thought this one fit the bill nicely:

Supplies: Romantic Tango (Mayzy Art), red and white dp (Paper Studio), 
Copics, rhinestones (Michaels), Steel Grey Metallic cs (Paper and More), and 

Cherry Red and Black premium weight cs (Paper and More).

Here's a closeup of the paper I used from Paper and More. Isn't it gorgeous? I especially love the sparkliness of the Steel Grey Metallic paper.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:
Mayzy Art - Romance
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Hiding In My Craft Room - Valentines Day

That's my last Valentine card for now, but scroll down to see more Valentines Day card ideas.
Lisa

Megan - So In Love

I'm having a blast making Valentines lately! I am loving the new cuties coming out of DigiStamp Boutique. Here's a card I  made with one of the new releases, Megan So In Love, along with the Simply Valentine Greetings.

Supplies: Megan So In Love (DSB), Simply Valentine Greetings (DSB),

ribbon (Bags and Bows), heart embossing folder (Paper Studio), pink cs (DCWV),

heart dp (Paper Studio), Copics, puffy heart sticker (Hobby Lobby) and

scallop border punch (Fiskars)

I am entering my card into the following challenges:
Hiding In My Craft Room - Valentine's Day!
The Stamping Chef - Love Challenge
Penny's Challenges - One for the Girls
Inkspirational Challenges - Anything Goes!

I'll be back soon with more Valentines.
Lisa

Welcome to the New Year!

The new year of challenges, that is! This year we're doing things a little differently at Totally Papercrafts. We've split up the design team into two teams (Teams A and B - how clever of us!) to give our members a little more time between challenges. And we've sponsored two sponsors for almost every challenge this year. Yay! That means two chances every week for participants to win a cool prize from one of our wonderful sponsors! :)

It's my turn to host this week. I chose a ribbon theme in honor of our sponsor, Ribbon Carousel. Just use ribbon somewhere on your project to play along with our challenge! (Do you like my ribbon? It's actually vintage seam binding that I bought from The Ribbon Carousel.) Our other sponsor this week is the fab DigiStamp Boutique and I chose one of DSB's adorable teddies from the Louie Love Set.

Supplies: Louie Love Set (DSB), ivory vintage seam binding (Ribbon Carousel), red swirl dp (K&Co), pink heart dp (Bo Bunny), pewter heart brads (Oriental Trading), Copics, kraft cs, charcoal pencil and blender.

I experimented with a new shading technique that I saw on the There She Goes blog: Shading with Pastel Chalk Pencils. I definitely need to practice it some more, but I like how much depth it added to my image.
Lisa

Next Holiday Please!

Well, another Christmas and New Years'  have come and gone. Hope your holidays were happy ones! Now that the presents have been unwrapped, the stockings have been "unhung", etc, I wanted to get started on cards for the next holiday - Valentines Day! Fortunately, Sally-Ann has some great new Valentines images in the DigiStamp Boutique store. My youngest daughter *loves* all things owl, so I chose this cute little guy from the Simply Valentines A4 - Cute collection. I don't have a lot of Valentines papers, so I decided to use one of the Heartfelt Papers along with a great little stripey print from the Wintertime Coffee papers set.

Brown and pink is one of my favorite color combinations and this image is just perfect for it! Other supplies include ribbon (Michaels), fake "Dew Drops" (Michaels), Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen, kraft cs, pop-dots, brown CS (PTI) and Ranger's Glossy Accents. I admit that since I bought those Glossy Accents, I've been having fun finding excuses to use it. It's such a quick and easy way to add texture to your card! I put some Glossy Accents on the hearts - you can see it a little better in this closeup:

I love the sentiment that comes with this little owl. So sweet and it made putting the card together that much quicker and easier!

I'll see you later this week with another DSB card. DigiStamp Boutique is sponsoring the Totally Papercrafts challenge this Friday! :)
Lisa

Another Totally Papercrafts Challenge

Happy Friday! Welcome to another fun Totally Papercrafts challenge! This week's challenge is simple - just include ribbon and/or bow(s) on your card. Our sponsor this week is Stamp and Create. Play along with the challenge for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the Stamp and Create store.

This was my Valentines Day card for my oldest daughter, Jess. It's not the most traditional of Valentines images, but she *loves* giraffes so I just had to include one on her card. :)  This PWCO stamp (no longer in business) started out as just a plain giraffe. I added a heart punched out of cardstock, shaded it with a Copic marker and placed it where it would be if he was holding in his mouth.. Then I stamped a second giraffe head, cut it out and layered it on top of the heart. (If you look closely, you can see that part of the image stands out from the rest.)

I'm entering this little cutie in this week's Hearts challenge on the Catered Crop blog as well as the Ribbons and/or Lace challenge on the Let's Ink It Up blog.

Head on over to the Totally Papercrafts challenge blog to check out all the ways that the DT included ribbon and/or bows in their cards.

Happy Friday!!!!
Lisa

Owl You Need is Love

Hi! Welcome to another fun Totally Papercrafts challenge! Sue designed this fabulous sketch for us to use in this week's challenge:

Here's my interpretation of the sketch:

I discovered 2 Cute Ink stamps on the i{heart}2stamp blog and was thrilled when I found this cute little owl in the 2CuteInk digistamp shop: Owl You Need is Love . My youngest daughter just LOVES owls so this will be her Valentines Day card. I can't wait for her to see it! I think she'll love it.

I am also entering my card into the following challenges:
By the Cute and Girly - Love is in the Air
Digi Doodle Shop - Love is in the Air
I Brake for Challenge - Love
Tuesday Throwdown - Use Hearts

Be sure to visit the Totally Papercrafts blog to check out all the wonderful DT cards and then play along with us! You could win a fab prize ($25 gift certificate) from Simon Says Stamp.
Lisa

SFYTT

Whew! I finished my card in time to participate in this month's SFYTT (Sketch for You to Try) and the Inspiration Photo challenge on the Dancing in Pajamas blog. I have to admit, I really struggled with this sketch.

I adapted the color scheme (red/white/kraft/dark brown) and hearts from the TCP Inspiration Photo:

Colour Q's current color challenge is a very similar one, so I'm entering my card into their challenge as well. (Thanks for the tip, Noelle!)

Here's my card after several re-designs:

Here's a closeup of cute little Angel Yappy:

I popped him up with pop dots, added some glitter to his wings and pink to his nose. I popped up the heart accents with just some foam tape, so they are not as puffed out as Yappy, giving him center stage. :)

And speaking of dogs, I got great news today - my foster dog, Tinkerbelle, got adopted over the weekend. Yay!

Lisa

A Spike in Productivity...

A third post for today. Whew! If you're looking for my Totally Papercrafts card, please scroll down to my first post of the day. :) Thanks!

My image is the adorable Louie from DigiStamp Boutique and my card was inspired by this beautiful sample from my fellow DSB dt member, Jenny. For my layout, I used this week's sketch Sketch Saturday. Another great sketch from this challenge blog! I'm also entering this into My Mums' Craft Shop - favorite color combo and Pile It On Challenge's Furry Friends challenge.

Have a great weekend!
Lisa

The Sweetest Thing

We had a snow day today so I got to spend lots of time in my craft room - yay! I finally got a chance to participate in the current sketch challenge at The Sweetest Thing blog.

I used the adorable Valentine Willow from the current DSB offer of the month. Other supplies include dp from The Paper Studio (HL), Scarlet cs (TAC), Fiskars scallop border punch, Creative Memories cutting system, Copics, glossy accents (on balloon) and rhinestones (Michaels).

I'll be back tomorrow with two posts - the newest challenge from Totally Papercrafts as well as my entry into the "Friends" Tiddly Inks blog hop. See you then!
Lisa

Valentines

Here are some Valentines based on sketches from the recent Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge. This one uses a retired set, "Just A Note", from the Angel Company.


These cute little mice are from Greeting Farm stamps.

I wasn't going to buy the Fiskars Threading Water punch because I really wanted a plain scallop one. However, I really needed a scallop edge punch for this challenge and this one was available and in my price range. I'm really happy now that I bought it.

More Valentines Cuties

Another card made with "Kissieface" from Stamping Bella:


This was my submission to the February Homepage Contest on the Bellaholics list. I just love any excuse to make a pink card. :-)

Speaking of romantic love, here's a cute song I heard tonight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA_LDKz3Tc0

It's called "Myspace Girl" by "The Afters". It's sweet. :-)