Challenge Entry: Thank You ATC

Here's a card of thanks.  I played with an ATC this time and used it to decorate my card.  It's my first time to try it out, and it turned out okay. :)

Here it goes.

Entering my card to these challenges.
1. 365 Cards - Day 263 - ATC on a Card
2. 2 Sisters Challenge - Let it Sparkle - I have bling on my card.  Plus the brad I used for the flowers are also glitter-y. ;)
3. Kaboodle Doodles - Thanksgiving
4. Sentimental Sundays - Thanksgiving/Thank You
5. Incy Wincy - Challenege #121 - Colour Challenge

6. The Pixie Cottage Challenge - Challenge #96 - Family Thankfulness

It's me,

Challenge Entry: Let It Snow

I tried a new technique today, as called for by a few of the challenges this week.  It's called "Spotlighting".  It's when you try to highlight a specific area of a stamp.  And this is my take. :)

Spotlighting technique on spotlight. :)

Let me know how I did. Thanks for dropping by!

Submitting my card creation to these challenges.
1. 365 Cards - Day 259 - Try a Technique
2. Crafty Sentiments - Spotlighting Technique
3. Craft Your Passion - Challenge #84 - Let It Snow
4. Incy Wincy Designs - Challenge #120 - Tic Tac Toe - I chose Red-Any Christmas Sentiment-Ribbons

It's me,

Challenge Entry: Christmas Joy

After tonight, the Halloween holiday comes to an end.  And it's just about the right time to start prepping for the upcoming jollier holiday - Christmas! What else! :)

So, for today, I have a Christmas-themed card for you. :)

Close up on the embellishments and details of my card.

Cardstock: American Crafts
DP: Cosmo Cricket Dear Mr Claus Paper Pack
Stamp: Imaginisce
Sentiment: Chipboard Letters from PaperMarket
Embellishment: Jesse James Beads - Dress it Up (something I have in my stash for over 2 years now!)
Punches: EK Success

I am entering my Christmas card to these challenges.
1. Totally Paper Crafts - Challenge #90 - Glitter It!

The chipboard letters I used comes with glitter. Quite coordinating with my Christmas theme

2. Card Positioning Systems - Sketch #242

3. Lollipop Crafts - Challenge #55 Anything Goes
4. Incy Wincy Designs - Challenge #118 - Dots and Stripes
5. Forever Friends - Bling Bling

It's me,

Challenge Entry: Think Pink

In support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, here's my Think Pink card.

Zoom in on the beautiful punched out Monarch Butterfly.  I got it off Martha Stewart's online shop. Pretty, pretty!

Cardstock: American Crafts
Designer Paper: Echo Park, American Crafts
Ribbon: American Crafts
Vellum: Grant Archival
Punches: EK Success, Martha Stewart
Rhinestones: Zva Creative
Stamped Sentiment: Martha Stewart
Ink: Memento, StazOn

Challenges participated in by my card creation
1. Incy Wincy Designs - Challenge #114 - Think Pink
2. The Crazy Challenge - CC #87 - Think Pink
3. CAS-ual Friday - CFC 22 


Create a Clean And Simple project using a ribbon tab or loop.  Big loops, tiny loops...get creative but the loops on a bow don't count.

4. The Sweet Stop - SSS128 - October 1

5. Link Up For Pink Linking Party

Thanks for looking! :)

Challenge Entry: A Corner Bookmark for Di

Here's a little something I made for my online friend Di.  We've been playing Words With Friends on the iPhone for almost 2 years, and eventually became friends.  Chatting all the time while on the game and emailing each other photos every once in a while.

After being reunited with my passion for paper crafts, I started posting my projects on my Facebook page, and one of my projects caught Di's attention - the corner bookmark.

So, I thought of making for her a special one to mail to her US address.

Here's how my little present for her turned out. I put a little sentiment which is quite fitting for the kind of long distance friendship we have going on. :)

Here's the project recipe.

Cardstock and patterned paper from American Crafts.  Punchers from EK Success.  Sentiment stamp from American Crafts - Sentiments set.  The D chipboard alphabet sticker is from My Mind's Eye - Lush set.

I didn't get to snap a shot of Di's bookmark while actually being a bookmark.  So here is how it's supposed to work.

It sits at the right top corner of the page of the book. 

So instead of  "dog earring" the page, you use your coner bookmark to mark the page.  So neat, right? :)

By the way, I am entering my humble project into these challenges for this week

1. Incy Wincy Designs Anything But a Card
2. Craft Us Crazy Challenge 15 - Anything Goes
3. Paper Crafting Journey - Challenge 17 - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking! For more of my "anything but a card" projects, see my gallery.

Challenge Entry: A Lilac Wedding Invitation

Another wedding inspired card.  This time with a lilac color theme.

Card base is white cardstock from American Crafts.  Patterned papers from Martha Stewart Crafts.  Stamped wedding cake image from Inkadinkado - Sending Wishes set.  Punchers from EK Success and Martha Stewart Crafts.  Memento Lilac Posies ink.

This card enters into the following challenges -

Card Recipe at Incy Wincy Designs (#106 - A Recipe)

The recipe: 3 embellishments, 2 papers and 1 image on your project

Card Sketch at Sunday Sketch and Stamp Challenge blog (#68 - Sarah's Sketch)