Life's a Beach challenge

May 30th: Life's a Beach!

For this week's challenge you MUST create a card or project that has a beach theme, something that you'd see at the beach or just uses colors you relate to being at the beach. PLEASE REMEMBER: You MUST use the images that you received from Shriley's 2 Girls AND place the Gift Certificate Badge with a clickable link back to Shirley's 2 Girls webshop on your personal blogs for this week's challenge.

SPONSOR: Shirley's 2 Girls

WEBSITE: http:shirleys2girls.com

 the images i used are from Shriley's 2 Girls and TAC.

I used Sugar Dust on the mer-cat and mermaids tails.  

I'm a looser and have no nifty markers so I used my colored pencils again.

My hand is really bothering me now so I cant type much.  Thanks for stopping by.

Pearls and Swirls!

For this week's challenge you will create a card or a project filled with pearls and swirls!

SPONSOR: Simon Says Stamp

PRIZE: $25 Gift Certificate

WEBSITE: http://simonsaysstamp.comKatt (Guest Designer)


I made 3 graduation cards... embossed the heck outta them!  
Still avoiding coloring but how long can I do it???  hmmmm...
Here are my cards :

btw... in reference to the lovely as a tree challenge...
only ONE FREAKIN' comment???   SERIOUSLY?? 
Man o' man!  I thought my tissue box ROCKED!
Tough audience...

Lovely As A Tree

Today is "Love a Tree Day."    So at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge, this week's challenge is to create a card or project that has a tree on it.


.SPONSOR: Meljen's Designs

PRIZE: Four digis of Winner's Choice

WEBSITE: http://meljensdesigns.com

YAY!  this challenge is ALL ME!  I love trees and my style is definitely botanical  :)  Too bad I CANT COLOR my images...really I cant!  it is a physical limitaion due to an injury I sustained Friday, May 7th.  The story is at the end of this post if you want to hang around long enough to read it.

I created a TISSUE BOX COVER!  I wish I heat embossed my images and the coloring I attempted on the focal-point tree is a bit scribbly (dang hand!) but I'm pretty happy with the outcome.  It got a little smooshed before I took these pictures  ("sigh....")

By the size of my rump you'd think different, but surprisingly I DON'T BOUNCE!

please take a second or two to say a silent prayer that if accidents come in threes that they DON'T increase in intensity, injury and absurdity...

Remember i mentioned my fall?  you know my last post??  OMG...go back and READ it;  I'll wait...

so two days later (5/7/10) I'm on the treadmill.  I was gettin' my "Boom Boom Pow" on BIG time!  I was rocking at a good 6mph pace when up walks our 22yr old cat....

Pandy,  "meow."
Me, "no, go."
Pandy, (getting closer)  "meow?"
Me, "GO!"
Pandy (stepping up on the plastic shield @ the front of the tread)  "MEEEEE-OOOOW!"
Me, " GO, SHOO!  GO, PANDY!"
Pandy (stepping in what seems like slow motion onto the tread)  " Meeee.........." shooting off between my legs.....
Me, (STUMBLE, CRASH, OUCH)

THE CAT is ok.  I went to the emergency room with an avulsion fracture on a finger in my right hand.  Typing all this had taken me forever.

So as I sit watching Pandy steel my last buffalo jack n' bleu cheese stick, I'm torn with weather i should take it away from her.  It cant be healthy for her but then again the thought of her spending an intensely "burning" moment in the litter box does give me a not-so-Christian-like sense of  retribution.

SKETCH!

So this week's Stamptacular Sunday Challenge in a sketch.
Here it is:

SPONSOR: Stamp and Create  (they have some seriously adorable stuff!!)

PRIZE: $20.00 Gift Certificate   (what???  NO FAIR!  I want to win!!!!)

WEBSITE: http://stampandcreate.com


So, I wasn't really "feeling" this sketch... know what I mean?  
I am still knee deep in boxes and clutter without a place and to top it off I FELL.  YESSSSSS, like an eighty year old woman with bad hips and her calcium depleting by the second!   So now I'm sore, bruises all over, it hurts to sit and I thought my cat was dying from something he ate or drank... have I mentioned I'm completely stressed out lately???


OK....  DEEP BREATHS.....


I did it!  At first I was not happy with it, but the next day I woke up with a fresh perspective and I rather like it.  The picture does NOT do it justice (but that's the case with most of the projects I do.)  
Keep in mind I was not in the mood to color and quite frankly I'm BORED with my stamps (please don't tell them!)  I chose a clear stamp I never used and an old SU set, "Essence of Love" for the background.

Temporarily out of service....

Well, here I sit in our new-old house, boxes at my feet filled with stamping and scrapping supplies.  My creative space is bigger and, YES, better, but yet to be unpacked and organized.

So it will be officially two weeks off when you see my next challenge posted...

BUT  when I do get it together...LOOK OUT!  I'm gonna BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF with the most stamptastic creations and I'm not holding back!  Noooooooooo!  I'm gonna use my patterned paper and buttons and flowers and rhinestones and ribbons and etc etc...  This stamp ninja is comin' at ya with all her secret weapons.."Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

PENGUINS!!

Did you know that April 25th is "World Penguin Day?" Well...what are we waiting for? Let's celebrate! Create a card or project that reminds us of a penguin. You can do this by using an image of a penguin or simply by creating a card or project that is made with the colors black and white.  Be creative!SPONSOR: our very own, Paula at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge


(pretend there is a picture of a cute "cupcake"  clear-stamp set here from Paula)
AND

SPONSOR: Creations by Penny

Prize: Winner's choice of 8 images
WEBSITE: http://creationsbypenny.blogspot.com


I have ONE penguin stamp to my name!  ONE!  But I REALLY wanted to use it rather than go with a black and white theme.  There is paper piecing involved... can you find it??

I HATE MUSIC GENERATORS ON BLOGS

I had 20-something blogs to review submissions and TWO of them had music generators!  It took me FOREVER to find them and shut them up!!!!! 


HATE THEM.

SPOTS AND DOTS!

Create a card or project using at least two pattern papers that have spots and/or dots! The rest is up to you!
SPONSOR: Meljen's Designs

PRIZE: FOUR digi-images of Winner's Choice


BONE HEAD ALERT:  I read the challenge wrong!!!  I am a complete DORK!   Instead of using patterned papers, I used images to create spots and dots.  I also stamped spots and dots to create a background (anyone that knows my style knows I RARELY use pattern papers.  You know why?  Cuzz if you use them then they will be all gone!  Can't eat your cake and HAVE it too..)


Good news;  I used a digi-image by this week's sponsor and is it (along with ALL of her sweet designs) ever C-U-T-E!   Check her adorable creations at WEBSITE: http://www.etsy.com/shop/meljensdesigns
Unfortunately  I don't have a single copic!  This image would look fabulous if I used copic markers ... *sigh*...   I used my trusty water color pencils and a blender pen.  




NOW GO to Stamptacular Sunday Challenge to view all the fabulous stamped projects my fellow DT members created (and THEY FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIONS)!


Here's my card:

"FIRST challenge!" or "CHALLENGE #1" !

BLESSED EASTER EVERYONE!

Time for my first official DT contribution for Stamptacular Sunday Challenge.....yay!
This first challenge is titled:
SUGAR AND SPICE AND EVERYTHING NICE!
Create a card or project that is just for girls! how you do this is totally up to you! The possibilities are endless!


Let me tell you what a true challenge this was for me!  I wanted to create something truly STAMPTACULAR but project after project wound up in the can.  It was terrible!  I had a stampers-block that a pound o' prunes and a hunk of Exlax chocolates couldn't move!  


What did I do?  I went back to my roots!
Broke into storage and found an OLD stamp set from my beginners days (Pocket Fun from Stampin' Up!) and kept it simple.  It isnt as awe inspiring as I had hoped but it's semi cute and it's my first easel card.  
OK, now I will shut up and show the card (don't forget to check out the beautiful creations my fellow DT members created.)