Happy Birthday

Hello happy crafters! Are you tired of winter yet? I am way over it and counting the days until Spring!  My favorite seasons are Spring, when everything comes back to life and Fall with brisk cold mornings and vivid colors everywhere! I surely will take summer over winter any day of the week.

Today is another fun birthday challenge over at The Outlawz and this week we are doing hearts and ribbon! If you haven't visited us yet....you need to come see! There are 7 different challenges and a new one starts every single day! Come on over and join the fun!! We have a hugeeee party coming up!!! You don't want to miss it for the challenges are fun and prizes are awesome! I even wish I could play!! We might even have a live  "Name that song!" game! You won't know unless you come and check it out!!

Penny Black is the image I used for today's card. I bought it last year to do Valentine cards with and it didn't happen!! I think it is adorable and wanted to make sure I made something with it!! My sparkly hearts, gold flower center, Basic Gray Design paper,

Challenges:

• The Outlawz: Birthday Card with hearts and ribbon. 
•  Creative Inspirations: Love
• Creative Cowgirl: Love is in the air!
• I did it creations challenge Love is in the air!
• Lets Ink It Up: No digi and anything goes.
• Stamptacular Sunday: Whateva

Supplies:

• Copic Markers: 
• Girl hair: E25, E31, E 50
• Boys Hair: E35, E31, YR 20  They look the same color!
• Dress: V91, V93, V95
• Shirt: YG 91, YG 93 and YG 95
• Flower Center Prima Flower Centers Raja gold Sequin Here- SCACD 
• Design paper: Basic Grey, Green at heart 6 x 6 pad Here - SCACD
• Glitter Hearts: SCACD 

LOL can you see I purchase a lot of my crafting needs at SCACD!!  If you need something...Susana probably has it!

Happy Birthday and GO STEELERS!

Hello happy crafting friends!  GO STEELERS!! You can take the girl out of the city, but you cannot take the black and gold out of the girl!! We are going to the Super Bowl!! Yahooo!

Did you make it over to The Outlawz Challenges yet? Come on and see what you are missing! There is something for everyone... Birthday Card, Copic and Promarkers, color, sketch, scrapbook, CAS, and Prisma and other mediums.

This week for the Birthday Card challenge I choose RED being the primary color! You should see the awesome cards the design team created!  The members creations just knock me off of my feet! I love going to the gallery and seeing all of the gorgeous creations. The gallery is full of inspirations for you to try! So much talent in one place, I tell ya...it is awesome!

It has been over a year since I colored a Tilda image and I had to much fun with her! No matter how much I practice, I still have problems coloring pleats!  Hope you love her!

Challenges:

• Craft Your Passion: Use two design papers
• Crafty Card Makers: Floral
• Magical Mondays: Flowers 
• Woodware USA: Anything goes
• Cupcake Inspirations: Red and White Cupcake Photo
• I Did It Creations: Card for a child
• Lets Ink It Up: No digi and anything goes
• Magnolia Stamp Lovers: Magnolia and sentimental

 

 Supplies:

• Tilda Stamp
• Copic Colors:
• R39, R37, R35, R32
• E31, E25, E50
• C00, C01
• Paper: Scraps
• Magic Mesh
• Prima Flowers. 

Thank you for stopping by today and taking a peak!! 


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Teddy Stampers

Good morning friends! Today is another fabulous challenge at Teddy-Stampers and it's our favorite type of challenge "Any thing goes!"  This week we have wonderful images to work with from Ellephantastic, who is also sponsoring the challenge!! So come on and play with us for a chance to win 4 fantastic Ellephantastic digi stamps! I choose "Robert" to color and doesn't he look like a big ole' bear you could just cuddle up with? Since Valentine's Day is right around the corner, I choose to use it as my theme. Be sure to check out my friends on the Teddy Stampers DT for they have awesome cards to show you! This weeks prize will be

Challenges:

• Air Factory: Anything goes
• Digi Doodle Shop Best: Anything goes 
• Do You Stack Up: Anything goes
• Fresh Brewed Designs: Valentine
• I love ProMarkers: Keep it sweet and simple
• Penny's Challenges: Anything goes

  DT call at The Outlawz

Gosh, I have really been busy at The Outlawz, which is a new site I have created. We have 7 different challenges and since they are weekly...it enables us to give you a brand new challenge every day of the week! Come on over and join the fun!! We are also having a DT call in the following challenges:   Sketch, , Copic, Prisma and other mediums, and Scrapbooking.  In less than a week we had 170 members join! Come on and join the fun! 7 Challenges, Chat, Tutorials, Prizes, and the sweetest DT. We have 25 Designers and need 3 more, so come on join us!


Hugz and thank you for joining me today!

Life is a picnic! DT call

Good Afternoon everyone! What kind of weather are you having where you are? We have been down into the 20's a few times and only about 2 inches of snow this season. All in all it is not bad!  Gosh, I have really been busy at The Outlawz, which is a new site I have created. We have 7 different challenges and since they are weekly...it enables us to give you a brand new challenge every day of the week! Come on over and join the fun!! We are also having a DT call in the following challenges:  Birthday Card, Color, Sketch, , Copic, Prisma and other mediums,  CAS and Scrapbooking

Today card is done with a Boyd's Teddy Bear Rubber Stamp. I found a whole slew of them over on E-bay a long time ago! And, I love the sentiment "Life is a picnic!" isn't that the truth!

Challenges:

• Stamp Something: Rubber Stamp
• Digi Doodle Shop Best: Pink and green
• A Sassy Studio Design: A blast from the past
• Top Tip Tuesday: Anything goes
• The Crazy Challenge: Animals 
• Let's Ink It up:   No digi, anything goes. 

The Outlawz Opening Day

Hello everyone! Today, one of my dreams came true, because my new Crafting Community went live!! I created a place where a different challenge is offered every day of the week! A place where you can chat away with one another, enter 7 different challenges, win prizes, and a whole lot more.  I have the most awesome DT ever who has worked hard to make this all possible!! Our community started with 17 women who needed a home to be together and so the The Outlawz was created by me. My dear friends followed me and now we are bringing our corral to you. So come on and join The Outlawz Girlz!  The eight challenges we offer are:

Sunday: Clean and Simple
Monday: Birthday Cards
Tuesday: Color
Wednesday: Sketch
Thursday: Prisma and Other Mediums
Friday: Copic
Saturday: Scrapbooking

All new members will be entered into a random drawing on January 16 to win A  $20.00 gift certificate to Susana Custom Art and Card Design Store! How cool is that?  As you know, Susana's store (SCACD)  is one of my most favorite places to shop for my crafting needs! Check her store out...  she has everything from rubber stamps to bling!  

For the first challenge at The Outlawz and it is a Birthday Card Challenge. My favorite challenge blog ever was Party Time Tuesdays, where you made a birthday card every week. For personal obligations they had to close the doors. At The Outlawz we can do it again.  The Birthday Challenge is where you must have a birthday sentiment on the front of your card along with the challenge. This week it is "ANYTHING GOES" Yehaaw our favorite kind!! So come on and visit us down at the corral!

I created an easel card using a Victoria Case image, which was exclusively created for SCACD! Her name is Little Marti! Is she not a baby doll? VC is one of my all time artist and you can see her other creations here!

Challenges:  

• The Outlawz Birthday Challenge: Anything goes
• The Crafty Pad:  Birthday Card
• Ginger Loft Challenge: Celebration
• let's Ink It Up: No digi and anything goes
• Scrappy Frogs: Use a sentiment

So what are you waiting for you know you want to see what it's all about! See you at the corral!

Teddy Stampers Celebration & DT call

There's a party goin' on right here
A celebration to last
throughout the years
So bring your good times
and your laughter too
We're gonna celebrate your
party with you!

Who remembers Kool And The Gang 1980 song "Celebration"  One of my all times favorites! So glad you stopped in so I can tell you a very belated "Happy New Year!"  to the Teddy-Bear Stampers gang and everyone else, I have not had the pleasure of saying it to yet!


Today is the first challenge for the Teddy-Bear Stampers  and the recipe is you must have a teddy bear somewhere on your card and this week is Celebrations! Mine card will be for my granddaughter's birthday celebration and the Celebrating my first Challenge blog, see below!! Our sponsor is Whimsy's Stamps and this little sweetie is "Little Girl Bear Hugs!" created by Meigjen's Designs! You can purchase her here! I really heart this one!!


Give a big welcome to the new Teddy-Stampers New Design Team members! They have created as the rest of my team awesome cards for you to enjoy and inspire you!!


Challenges:

• Teddy-Bear Stampers: Teddy Bear and celebrations
• Charisma Cardz: Birthday Celebration
• Dutch Dare Card Challenge: New Beginnings. Well, I am celebrating my first Challenge site! See below!!
• Moving Along With the Times: Using Old with the new!
• Paper Crafting Journey: Use a digi
• Southern Girl Challenge: Anything goes
• Fab and Funky: Anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp: Something New
• Paper Take Weekly: Anything goes, optional lace
• Try it on Tuesday: new beginnings
  

                                                  DT Call  
I am trying to rope up some DT's for the new challenge groups at The Outlawz. I am looking for DT's  who love to do layout/scrapbooking, CAS, color or sketch.  You do not need to have previous or current DT experience and want to be a team player. The DT's support one another and we are having a blast at the corral!  If interested please send 3 examples of your cards, layouts or creations that you have created or your blog address,   your name, email address, website/blog address and the reason why you would like to join The Outlawz Girlz!! Please send info to sweater32@aol.com.


Five challenges in one place will be opening on Monday!!! We will be adding Scrapbooking and CAS challenges in the next week. Come on and join us in the corral at The Outlawz! Opening MONDAY! 

I want to thank everyone who has visited me and taken the time to write beautiful words of encouragement. Your the best and I dearly admire each and everyone of you. Your blogs are awesome and your friendships are genuine! Thank you!!

The Outlawz Girlz

Hello everyone! Gosh, I have missed all of you and wondering what you have been up to! I have been very busy creating a fun place for everyone to go to! This site is hassle free, fun, loving, a bunch of the gabbiest gabbers  and much more. We also have a page dedicated to other challenges and with a click you are able to go visit with them. Our brand new site is called  "The Outlawz" and will be live  Monday. We currently have five challenges for you to enter!! After you join the challenge group you can bookmark the site and go directly to the challenge without having to go onto the main site!! You will have to come check it out on Monday! It is free membership and you do not need to be approve to join! How easy is that!! I will be posting a card later today, but wanted to get this info to you!! Come back any day and especially on Monday! There will be a random drawing at the end of week with all new member for a fab prize! Come on and don't forget to come back here to get the link!!!