You Are My Sunshine

I felt in a crafty mood today and after visiting my BFF Jennifer I felt inspired to take on the challenges that she took part of.  

I don't usually work with sketches, it's one of my weaknesses for sure.  When I started thinking of the PKS sketch for this week I came up with an idea.  I also incorporated My Creative Time's color challenge into it as well.  

Hope you like it!

I used my PKS Super Simple Eyes and Noses set for Hello Kitty's face.  HK is from the Hello Kitty Greetings cart.  Have you guys seen this cart is now a fortune on ebay? I'm so glad I got it before it became rare, and I bought it when Michael's had their clearance on carts going on for $10. I should have bought them all :) 

I had a mini shopping spree when PKS had their 30% sale recently.  I picked up this CUTE set that was retired.  It was an additional 11% off so I couldn't resist.  I arranged the twine to follow the sketch and I tried to make it look like the rain drops were falling from the sky.

Recipe:

Carts: Hello Kitty Greetings

Stamps: PKS Super Simple Eyes and Noses, Rag Doll and Teddy Bear Assortment.

My Creative Time: Banner Die and Sentiment

Paper: SU!

Twine: Twinery

Challenges:

PKS: Sketch Challenge

My Creative Time: Color/Photo Inspiration Challenge

Thanks for stopping by!

Face Off! and Blog Hop

If you came here from Stacey's blog, you are on the right track.  If you would like to start from the beginning you can go to the Krafty Girls page here.

Your next stop will be Karen but keep on reading for some blog CANDY :)

I have been MIA for a little while, things have gotten so busy at work, but we are nearing the end of the year and I will have way more time to craft again soon! I also recently broke my foot, and that has made everything so much more difficult, including getting into my craft room :(

I was so excited about this challenge because I got a chance to incorporate some PKS faces!  The challenge this time around at Krafty Girls is to make a project that incorporates a face.

We are celebrating Nurse's Day so I decided to make our school nurse a card and use my all time favorite face for it from the Princess Assortment.

I love this card!  The Crocs are so fun :) The cuts for the nurse are from Once Upon a Princess, the nurse gear is all from Everyday Paper Dolls.  The ice was hand made. I applied glossy accents to a sheet of blue paper and cut little squares out of it once it had dried.  The "ice" was put in a plastic bag and tied with twine to create the ice pack.  The sentiment was handwritten using my Ranger Perfect Medium Pen.  I love these pens! 

Onto my candy:  

This cartridge is a lot of fun! You have three ways to win it!

1 entry: Leave a comment here letting me know you are a follower. 

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3 entries: Share this giveaway in any way on your blog. Please leave a link in the comments.

This giveaway will end on May 14th.  The winner will be chosen using Random.org.  The winner will be announced on May 15th. 

Your next stop is the talented Karen!

Krafty Girls Challenge #3- Handmade Flowers

Hello everyone! Our challenge over at Krafty Girls is to incorporate a flower that you made with any type of crafty project.  Make sure to visit the DT and enter your project.  Our challenges are bi-weekly so you have time to play along with us:)

I am so happy with how this card turned out!  Our art teacher is getting married and I got to make her wedding card.  I remembered this cut from Simply Charmed right away.  I didn't like the flowers that were in her bouquet so I used my favorite roses ever from the Art Philosophy cart.

The card base was made with the shadows from both cuts.

 You can see the dimension better at this view.  The bride and groom are popped up.

 These are the most beautiful roses I've ever seen on a cartridge!! They were white and I inked them with Spun Sugar to give them a subtle pink color to match the real brides color and then sprayed them with Perfect Pearls/water mixture to give them some shine.  I dry embossed the dress with this swirl pattern and added some tiny pearls in the center of the flower patterns.

 I LOVE Peachy Keen faces!! These adorable faces are from the Princess and Boy Mates Assortments. I added some glossy accents to her lips and eyes.  The cheeks were colored using SU! chalks.

We can't wait to see your projects using handmade flowers:) Make sure to stop by Krafty Girls for some awesome inspiration and join in the fun!

I am linking up with Peachy Keen Challenge: Anything Goes
Allsorts: Say it with flowers

Krafty Girls Challenge #2

This is my 100th post, and it's so cool that it's for a Krafty Girls challenge!

Welcome to the second challenge over at Krafty Girls.  The challenge this time around is Feelin' Lucky-Make a St. Patrick's Day themed project.  Make sure to visit the DT here for more inspiration and to enter your project!

I had to go with Simply Charmed for this one!  All the cuts are from this one cartridge and they are so cute.

The sentiment is from MCT.  I had to mask part of the sentiment so that I could stamp half of it on top and half of it on the bottom to make it fit on the pot of gold.  The sentiment was then heat embossed.

The cute face is from the Boy Mates set from Peachy Keen.

I added pop dots to lift up some of the cuts.

I am linking up with:

Creative Cutter Room: Shaped Cards

DL Art: Anything Goes
Little Scrap Pieces: Use Green
Made Especially For You: Stitching
Party Time Tuesdays: Anything Goes

I also wanted to announce the winner of the cartridge from the blog hop giveaway:

#25 Rachel

Please email me at encarnacion dot maribel at gmail dot com within one week with your address :)

I'm looking forward to seeing all of your creations!

Always and Forever

I LOVE Valentine's Day.  It's my second favorite holiday, only next to Christmas.

This happens to be my husband's Valentine.  He already saw it, I couldn't help showing it to him! 

This is supposed to be us.  I should be wearing glasses too, but she looks so cute already.  I hope you can tell that they are salt and pepper shakers.

The S&P shakers are on the From My Kitchen cart.  The circles and base are from the Art Philosophy cart.  I took the outer shape and welded it to make the card base.

These adorable faces are from PKS.  I hope you can see the shine from the Glossy Accents.  They make a big difference on the eyes and lips.

I added lots of pop dots and layers to give them lots of dimension. 

Carts: From My Kitchen, Art Philosophy, Billionaire (glasses and bow tie)

Punch: SU! Owl Punch (for the heart)

Sentiment: My Creative Time

Faces: Boy Mates 1 1/8th set and Princes Faces 1 1/8th set.

Papers: All SU!

Challenges:

My Craft Spot: Anything Goes

More Than Favors: Love Theme

Die Cuttin' Divas: Anything Goes

Whimsical Wednesday: Use something old (I'm using my From My Kitchen cart)

Sentimental Sundays: Feel the Love

Cardz Tv: Tickled Pink

My Sherri Crafts: Use two or more hearts

D.L. Art's Linky Party:Anything Goes

Little Scrap Pieces: Use Pink

Thank you for visiting!

You Make Me Smile!

I saw that Peachy Keen was having a linking party and it's anything goes!! I love anything goes challenges.

Here is my card:

I have been wanting to use this image for a long while.  It's from Simply Charmed.

This sentiment is from My Creative Time.  It went perfectly with this face!

The face is from PKS Wide Eyed Kids Assortment. How cute is this face??

Recipe: 

Simply Charmed: Rainbow

Elegant Edges: Book layer welded together to make this card base.

Sentiment:  MCT-Turn That Frown Upside Down Set

Face: PKS-Wide Eyed Kids Assortment

I am linking up to: PKS linking party

Little Scrap Pieces: Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays: Ribbon

Thank you for visiting!

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #38

For my New Year's Giveaway Click HERE.

We are back! It was nice to have a little break, but I have seriously missed posting on Sundays for our Birthday Sundaes challenges.  I am happy to be back :)

This week's challenge is the ever so popular anything goes birthday card. You also have the option to use something new on your card.

***Here is a Birthday Sundaes Special Offer:
A special offer for Birthday Sundaes fans - use the discount code Birthday10 at the Whimsie Doodles online store and receive 10% off your next order! Code expires 30 days from today.

One (1) winner will receive a $10 Gift Certificate to the Whimsie Doodles Online Store!


Make sure to enter your card and visit the Birthday Sundaes team here.


If I could, I probably would use Hello Kitty on every single one of my cards.  She is just so cute! I hadn't used her in a long while, so it was time for her to make a comeback.

On my card I used some new liquid pearls in the Bisque color.  It looks like an off white color in the bottle but it looks a little yellow with this combination of papers.  It complimented the papers perfectly! 

Tons of pop dots used here. You can see the dimension a bit better in this picture.

I really like decorating the inside of my cards.  I used a Pink By Design sentiment and the HK face from  Peachy Keen. 

Recipe:

Cartridges: Hello Kitty Greetings, Elegant Edges

Liquid Pearls: Bisque

Sentiments: Pink By Design

Hello Kitty Face Stamp: Peachy Keen Stamps

Papers: SU! DCVW

Thank you for visiting and I look forward to seeing your card! 

Snow Globe

I have been wanting to use the snow globe from Doodle Charms for a while but I don't have this cartridge.  I went into my Gypsy and designed this snow globe from three circles, two rectangles and a trapezoid.  It took a while, but I think it ended up looking a lot like the real cut :)

I have a drawing of a snow globe in my classroom that inspired this card.  It is so cute, I wish I could find a real snow globe like it to add to my collection.

Here is a picture of my card.

I am loving the way that it turned out!  I added some glossy accents all around the globe to make it look like glass.  I also spritzed the snow with Perfect Pearls for a shimmery look.  Wish it would show up in pictures!  For extra sparkle, I added a rhinestone to her bow. 

Recipe:

Face: Peachy Keen Critter Faces- Small Assortment

Snow Globe: Gypsy Wanderings- I welded all the shapes together to make this card base. 

Tree: Winter Woodland

Penguin: Simply Charmed

Twine: Twinery

I am linking up to:

Peachy Keen: Designer's Choice

Whimsical Designs: Winter Themed with Sparkle

More Than Favors: Christmas

My Sherri Crafts: Let It Snow

Little Mermaid

I had a chance to craft tonight and I played along with the challenge at My Creative Time.  The Throwback Thursday challenge is to use a kid friendly cart to make a card with a kid theme.  I used three of my favorite child friendly carts for this one.  Once Upon a Princess, Twinkle Toes, and Create a Critter.  I have been wanting to make the mermaid on the Princess cart for a long time and this was the perfect opportunity to use her.  

The base of my card was made from Twinkle Toes.  I used the heart shape and welded it to make the base.

I saw this seahorse in Create a Critter and thought it would make a perfect friend to this little mermaid. I used the eye from a PKS face for her eye.

The craft cardstock was embossed using the Perfect Polka-dots embossing folder and I heat embossed the sentiment.  This cute sentiment came from the "My Favorite Sayings" set from MCT. 

I also added a tiny pearl necklace using liquid pearls.  That was really tricky to do because the beads had to be really small.  

Her cute face is from the Princess Face Assortment from PKS.  I added lots of dimension and some inking around the scalloped heart.  I did this with a Q-tip and a regular ink pad.  I tried to do this with a sponge at first, but I couldn't get into the small areas.  It was easy to get to them with the Q-tip.

Recipe:

Carts: Once Upon a Princess, Twinkle Toes, Create a Critter

Sentiment: My Creative Time- My Favorite Sayings

Faces: Peachy Keen Stamps- Princess Assortment

Paper: Recollections, Stampin' Up

I am linking up to:

My Creative Time: Throwback Thursday

Frosted Designs: Embossing

Little Scrap Pieces: Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting!

My Creative Time Design Team Call!!!

OMG!!! Emma from My Creative Time is holding a DT call! I saw it and I ran off to make my card:0)

I have been waiting for this for a VERY long time.  I absolutely love Emma's work and her stamp sets are my favorite! One of my major goals in crafting has been to be on her DT one day.  Please wish me luck and consider applying too:)

Here is my card:

I think this may be my all time favorite card!

This is a housewarming card for my BFF.  I wish you could see this in person!

I welded the card base from the Just Because Cards cart.  Who knew this cute house was hiding in there??

This sentiment is from Emma's "This and That" set.  You can purchase your own set here.  I thought this sentiment was perfect for this card! 

This is suppose to be my BFF and her husband.  These PKS faces were just perfect!  She is holding her little dog too!

Thank you for visiting!

Recipe:

Card Base: House-Just Because Cards

Girl and boy: Everyday Paperdolls

Dachshund: Four Legged Friends

Sentiment: My Creative Time- "This and That"

Faces: Peachy Keen Stamps- Wide Eyed Kids Assortment and Boy Mates Assortment

Card stock: Recollections and DCVW Playtime Stack

Birthday Sundaes Challenge# 31

Good morning! This week's Birthday Sundaes challenge is to make a tall birthday card.

Our sponsor is Sweet n Sassy Stamps.  We were given a few digis to choose from and I choose this cute rocket.  It also included this sentiment!  If you win you will be able to pick three digis of your choice.  Make sure you play along with us and visit the DT for more inspiration here!

I was excited to make this card because I have never made a tall card before.  This was also my first attempt at paper piercing.  To make the rocket all solid colored, I printed it out on three different sheets of cardstock.  I cut out the pieces of the rocket and pieced them together on the light blue print out.  I really liked the end result.

After taking some pictures I thought it looked a bit unfinished.  I am always really hesitant to add something on after I have adhered everything, but I decided to give it a try.  I liked both looks but I wish I would have added the doodling when it wasn't adhered and had a stable surface to work on.  Trying to add doodling to something that is being held up by two little pieces of foam is really tricky.   My husband said it looked really good, so I'm thinking the risk was worth it:)

Here is my first tall card-

The measurements for this card are 9 1/2 inches by 4 1/2 inches.

This is what it looked like after the doodling.

Here is a side view.  I added a little astronaut to the rocket.  His face came from the PKS Boy Mates Assortment.  Pop dots were used to add some dimension to the rocket, stars, and sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by!

Guest Designer: My Sheri Crafts

For my 100th follower cartridge giveaway click HERE.

Thanks to my Disney card, I was selected as the guest designer over at My Sheri Crafts!!  The challenge this week is to make a project that incorporates sewing (real or faux).

Thank you Sheri for this opportunity!

My card has a little fashionista on it, she is creating a fabulous new outfit to wear!

I've always wanted to learn how to sew.  I will live vicariously through my crafts :)

This sentiment from My Creative Time was perfect for this card.

I added stitching all around, even on the sewing machine! I really love adding stitching to a card.  It adds so much to it!

Make sure you join in on the fun and enter your creation here: My Sheri Crafts.

I am also linking up to Whimsical Wednesday: Just Because Challenge

Carts Used: Nifty Fifties (Sewing Machine), Lacy Labels (Card Base), Recess (Girl at Desk), Once Upon a Princess (hair)

Stamps Used: My Creative Time (Sentiment), PKS (Face)

At Home Manicure!

Today was one of the best days ever!  I don't know if you guys know about the Limeades for Learning campaign going on with Sonic.  During this time of the year Sonic has a portion of their sales go to funding classroom grants on this website called Donors Choose.  A few of us were shocked today when Sonic dropped by our school and presented us with some huge honorary checks and we were told that our grants were being funded by this campaign!!  If you have never heard of Donors Choose, I recommend you visit.  It's a place where you can help teachers across the country by giving a donation to their classroom.  You can even see classroom pictures of how your donation impacted children.

So as you can imagine, I got home in a super happy mood and had to make a card!

Here is my card:

This is suppose to be me, except I can't do my nails. I tried... and I failed. I was at a hair salon last Friday waiting for a couple hours for my hair lady, and I was sitting by the manicurist.  Getting your nails done looks so relaxing!

Can you see her nails? My husband is super good with details and he said she should have her nails already done! I added glossy accents to the nail polish and her nails.

This turned out to be a fun card! Finished it up with stitching, twine bows, and embossing. 

The sentiment that inspired the whole card is from My Creative Time's set called Gift Card Sentiments.  It's an awesome set!! 

Recipe: 

Recess: Girl at desk

Slumber Party: Nail polish

Twinkle Toes: Card base

My Creative Time: Sentiment

Twinery: Twine

PKS: Princess Face Assortment

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

My Craft Spot- Sew Much Fun

Cricut 360- Relax

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #24 Inspiration Photo

Hello everyone! First of all, I hope all of you in the path of Hurricane Irene are safe and sound.  My thoughts are with you and your families.

Today for our Birthday Sundaes challenge we have an inspiration photo for you right here:

Urban Comfort

I'm pretty new to the photo inspiration idea and I have to say that I am loving it!  What I find really fun is that you can take any element that gets your creative juices flowing and use it to create.  From this photo I was inspired by the pretty colors and the cupcakes.  

So here is my card:

I LOVE penguins and when I thought of this card and the colors, I knew I had to use this cute penguin!

Here is a side view.

How cute is this Peachy Keen face?  I added glossy accents to her lashes and to the cherry on her cupcake.

I added a bunch of pop dots to give her and the cupcake dimension.

I am loving this scalloped oval shape from Elegant Edges. 

Recipe: 

Elegant Edges: Scalloped Oval welded to make card base

Cricut Classic Font: Oval

Simply Charmed: Penguin

Slumber Party: Cupcake

SU!: Modern Label Punch, Crumb Cake card stock

Peachy Keen Stamps: Critter Faces- Large Set

Pink By Design: Sentiment

Twinery: Strawberry Sorbet Twine

Recollections: Yellow, pink, and white card stock

DCWV: Playtime stack- polka dot paper

Have a great weekend!

Hello Kitty PKS Face

The Let's Face it Friday challenge at PKS is to use a face on an animal.  I received my Hello Kitty PKS faces a few weeks ago and had to use them! I am trying to limit myself on my HK projects or ALL my cards would have her on them :)

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
PKS Let's Face it Friday: Animals with a PKS face
The Paper Variety: Use Twine


Here is my card:

Hello Kitty is crafty incase you didn't know :)  As you can see she loves her Cricut! This sentiment from My Creative Time went perfectly with my idea.  It says "Who needs sleep when you can craft?"  

The Cricut is from the Cricut Everyday cart and the bed came from Everyday Paper Dolls. The card base shape is a frame from the Cindy Loo cart.  I hid the inside features and stretched the height to make this shape.  I then welded it with my Gypsy. 

If you own the Hello Kitty carts you must get this PKS assortment!  It saved me so much time and it looks perfect!  All you have to do is color the nose.

 I couldn't find the right HK image for this card so I got creative.  The head is an existing image on the cart and I found her paws on one of the images and cut them out.  This was tricky because they needed the black shadow so I had to cut those freehand.  Very tricky when these paws are so small! 

 I heat embossed the sentiment and dry embossed the black background. I added faux stitching, some twine on the side and pop dots.

Recipe:

Peachy Keen Stamps: Hello Kitty face

My Creative Time: Sentiment

Hello Kitty Greetings: Hello Kitty

Everyday Paper Dolls: Bed

Cricut Everyday: Cricut

Cindy Loo: Card Base

Twine: Twinery

Recollections: All card stock

My Favorite Things

Robin of My Pink Stamper is holding a challenge where you can make a project incorporating something that is your favorite.  This may be your favorite style, technique, cart, colors...anything that is your favorite.  So I put together everything I loved about crafting and made my card.

I am entering this card into You Had Me At Craft's Link Party.

Sooo what do you get when you mix craft card stock, SU! supplies, a Gypsy, faux stitching, twine, cute sentiments, a PKS face and embossing?? 

This cutie right here:

I added glossy accents to the eyes and lips.  The cheeks are created using chalks and a white gel pen.

My biggest obsession is my Gypsy.  This sentiment explains exactly how I feel! I really don't know what I would do without my Gypsy! 

This is now my all time favorite card! I hope you guys enjoy it!

I loved this card so much that I even made a video!

Recipe: 

Plantin SchoolBook: Heart- cut at 5.20" in height welded together for the base.  I also cut a separate layer at the same measurement for the front of the card so that it covers the fold of the card.  The pink layer was cut at 4.72" in height. 

Cricut Everyday: Gypsy at 1.82"

Twinery: Pink Sorbet twine

Provo Craft: Cuttle Bug Polka Dot folder

PKS: Face from the Princess 1 1/8ths set

My Creative Time: Sentiment- My Favorite Sayings

SU!: Chalks, Crumb Cake card stock, black embossing powder, embossing buddy

Recollections: Light pink paper