A Gem of a Challenge #152 - Do You Want to Build a Snowman? - Snow Hugs

It's time for another challenge at A Gem of A Challenge and our theme is "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"
I used the adorable Chloe and Snowman image called Snow Hugs and decided to use a bright and colorful contemporary color scheme with it.


Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra - Christmas
Little Claires - Christmas
Christmas Cards All year Round - Snowflakes
A Snowflakes Promise - Christmas or Winter
Holly Jolly Christmas - Snowflakes and Sparkle
Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Penguins or Polar Bears (on the background paper)
Crafty Catz - Golden Oldie (digi more than 12 months old)
Crafty Boots - Fair and Square
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Patterned Paper
Crafty Gals Corner - Lots of Layers
Stampavie and More - Bows
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes (5 entries only)

Card Recipe:
Image - Snow Hugs
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Printed
Paper - Happy Hootin' Holidays by The Paper Studio
Metal Sheets - Add a Little Dazzle
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Ribbon and Bow - Michaels
Bling - Goosebumps by Queen and Co
Snowflake Punch - Emagination Crafts

I added lots of glitter to Chloe to go with the glitter dots and metal punched snowflakes to add a real touch of bling to her :)
I hope you like her and that you will get a little chilly and join in with our challenge at A Gem of A Challenge and Good Luck!

Katie

Magnolia-Licious Challenge - Push, Pull Flip (cards with motion)

It's time for a new challenge at Magnolia-Licious and today we want you to create a card with motion so we are calling the theme "Push, Pull, Flip!"

I decided to create a Tent Card with a swinging Tilda!

Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Patterned Paper
Paper Creators - Punches/Dies (3 entries only)
Crafty Boots - Fair and Square
Melonheadz - Hand Colored Image (2 entries only)
Allsorts - Roses
Crafty Catz - Flowers
Crafts 4 Eternity - Summer
Fairytale - Summer Holiday
Jo's Scrap Shack - Lazy Days of Summer
Creative Moments - Fancy Folds
Cutie Pie - Cute and Girly
Stamp and Create - One for the Girls
Whoopsi Daisy - Make it Girly
Paradise of Magnolia - Anything Goes
Marvelous Magnolia - Anything Goes
Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Crafting by Design - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Cards Galore Encore - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Paradise of Stamps - Anything Goes (3 entries only)

Card Recipe:
Image - Tilda with Bath Cap and Magnolia Swing
Sentiment - Unknown
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Crazy Wordplay by Adorn It
Die Cut - Little B's
Roses and Kite - Michaels
Flipflops - Happy Trails by K and Co

You have 2 weeks to enter this challenge and you could be our winner if you enter and follow our theme.
So choose a Magnolia, Wee, or Wild Rose Studio image and have fun creating a project or card to join the challenge!

Katie

PIO #83 - Animals Dressed Up - QKR Stampede

It's time for a new challenge over at Pile It On! and this week is sure to get some fun entries as the theme is "Animals Dressing Up!"

We are sponsored by QKR Stampede and we got to work with some of their funny images!
I really went "Old School" with my card if you get the joke :)

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday - Back to School
Crafty Creations - Back to School
The Paper Shelter - Back to School
Simon Says Stamp - Back to School
Clear it Out - Back to School (stash office supplies - brads)
QKR Stampede - Die Cuts (4 entries only)
Lunagirl - Animals
Chocolate Coffee and Cards - Use a Sentiment
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Patterned Paper
Crafty Boots - Fair and Square
Papertake Weekly - To Die For
Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Simply Create Too - Anything Goes
Sister Act - Anything Goes

Card Recipe:
Image - School Days Dragon
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Fine and Dandy by Echo Park
Label Di - Spellbindeers
Sentiment - School Sentiment Set by Digital Delights
Heart - Colorbok
Brads - Unknown
Border Punch - Martha Stewart,br/> Ribbon - Really Reasonable Ribbon

I hope this inspired you to get creating with your dressed up animals and that you will share with us at Pile It On! and Good Luck!

Katie

Smokin' Hot! Digital Delights - Grilling Percy

As we are in the height of Summer here in Texas I thought I'd get "hot" with my card for Digital Delights today :)
Little Grilling Percy looks like he's been enjoying the warm weather and he's going to make someone very happy with a juicy burger! (I just hope it doesn't have any bacon on it!!)


Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Patterned Paper
Paper Creators - Punches/Dies (3 entries only)
Crafty Boots - Fair and Square
Melonheadz - Hand Colored Image (2 entries onlyz0
Digi Choosday - All About the Men
Papertake Weekly - To Die For
Crafting for All Seasons - You're Having a Laugh
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes (3 entries only)

Card Recipe:
Image - Grilling Percy
Sentiment - Grillin and Chillin Sentiments Set
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Playful Bundle by Authentique
Stickers - Happy Trails by K and Co
Oval Dies - Sizzix

Be sure to drop by the Digital Delights Blog to see all the other wonderful samples from the talented design team.

Katie

Magnolia-Licious Blog Hop - Fun in the Sun

Welcome to our "Fun in the Sun" blog hop at Magnolia-Licious
You should have come to me from the adorable CHRISSY, I'm sure you will have loved her creation!
If you didn't start there (or you got lost along the way), then head back to the Magnolia-Licious blog where you will find all the stops to hop along to.
My creation came from an idea I had before Summer started. I created a 100 things "Summer Bucket List" for our family so that we were never short of things to do and I wanted a fun way to display the things we had done. So I made a Summer Memories jar and added a note when we had done something from the list!
I hope you like it as much as I do

Project Recipe:
Jar, Chalkboard Tag, Clothespins, Flags and Flowers - Michaels
Medium - Copic Markers
Images - Flirt Tilda, Insta Tilda, Lazy Tilda, Sumemr Tilda with Flags, Lemon Tilda

Now it's time to HOP HOP HOP ALONG to the super talented BARB to see her wonderful creation!


For all blog hops you must include the following requirements in your comment to qualify for a prize.
1. Like us on our Magnolia-licious Facebook Fan Page
2. Leave a comment on each DT’s post during the hop.
3. At the end of your Hop return to the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog and leave a comment there as well for a chance to win a prize.

There are two ways to win during our challenge blog hop.
1. Comments are counted and a random winner is chosen.
2. Participants enter a project following the Hop theme and a random winner is chosen. This person will receive a handmade card from one of the Magnolia-licious Designers.


I Hope you enjoyed my little "Fun in the Sun" project and please visit all the stops on the HOP to see some marvelous Magnolia creations from the super talented Design Team at Magnolia-Licious

Katie

Challenges:
Cards Galore Encore - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Paradise of Stamps - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
The Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Card and Scrap - Anything Goes
Artistic Stampers - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin - Anything But Birthday
My Sheri Crafts - Anything But a Card
Altered Eclectics - Anything Altered
Creative Craft Cottages - One For the Girls
Crafting For All Seasons - Bright and Beautiful (3 entries only)
Glitter N Sparkle - Add Some Flowers
Penny Black - Summer Flowers
Creative Moments - Summer Fun (3 entries only)
DL Art - Summertime
Fussy and Fancy - Lazy Summer Days
Allsorts - Inspired by Summer
Amusing Challenges - Summer Fun

PIO #81 - Kitty Bee - Summer or Winter - Buzzing By!

It's time for a new challenge over at Pile It On! and we have a great one, "Summer or winter!". We know we have viewers from all over the world so whether you are hot or cold right now you can enter!
We have a great sponsor and that is Kitty Bee Designs and we got to work with their cute images, I chose to go with Summer for my theme.

Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Patterned Paper
Crafting For All Seasons - Bright and Beautiful (3 entries only)
Aurora Wings - Anything with Wings
Coloring in Scrapland - Things with Wings
Graph It - Florals
Cut it Up - Animals (and a die cut)
The Paper Shelter - Punches or Dies (3 entries only)
Oddball Stamps - Dies (and a digi)
Dies R Us - Summertime Fun (and a die)
Creative Moments - Summer Fun (3 entries only)
Country View Challenges - Summertime
Kreative Inkauf - Summertime
Bastel Traum - Summer
Bunny Zoe - Summer Breeze
DL Art - Summertime
Fussy and Fancy - Lazy Summer Days
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (5 entries only)
Clear It Out - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes (3 entries only)

Card Recipe:
Image - Bumblebee by Kitty bee Designs
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Printed
Paper -
Circle Die - Lifestyle Crafts

So there is my little card, cute as can be I think! I hope it inspired you to getting creating and to share with us at Pile It On!, you could be our winner!

Katie

Digital Delights - New Releases - Sunny Wishes with Harry Hedgehog

It's a new month and that means NEW RELEASES at Digital Designs and Wendy sure has a bunch of cute images you just NEED to have right now!

Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Patterned Paper
Incy Wincy - Frame It (5 entries only)
Digi Choosday - Embellish It
Crafting For All Seasons - Bright and Beautiful (3 entries only)
The Paper Shelter - Punches or Dies (3 entries only)
Oddball Stamps - Dies (and a digi)
Dies R Us - Summertime Fun (and a die)
Country View Challenges - Summertime
Kreative Inkauf - Summertime
Bastel Traum - Summer
Bunny Zoe - Summer Breeze
Melonheadz - Include a Sun
Deep Ocean - Summer Fun
Creative Moments - Summer Fun (3 entries only)
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (5 entries only)
Clear It Out - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
The Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes (3 entries only)

Card Recipe:
Image - Harry Hedgehog
Sentiment - Summer of Smiles Sentiment Set
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper and Sun - Summer Bliss by Echo Park
Circle Dies - Lifestyle Crafts
Ribbon - Unknown
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Kite - Michaels
Pearls - The Paper Studio
Bling - Goosebumps by Queen and Co

I printed and colored an additional flower to pop up for dimension and added a little Goosebump to it for some added sparkle
Be sure to drop by the Digital Delights Blog to see all the other wonderful samples from the talented design team.

Katie

"W"ednesday - If Friends Were Flowers

It's time for me to share a card at the Magnolia-Licious blog for our weekly "W"ednesday post. This is when our designers showcase some of the other stamps that Diana sells in the store and today I am using a stamp from the Wee Stamps line and I have chosen Wee Amy

Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Patterned Paper
Paper Creators - Punches/Dies (3 entries only)
Incy Wincy - Frame It (5 entries only)
Digi Choosday - Embellish It
Stamp and Create - One for the Girls
Whoopsi Daisy - Make it Girly
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (5 entries only)
Clear It Out - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
The Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Paradise of Stamps - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Creative Craft Cottages - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Cards Galore Encore - Anything Goes (3 entries only)

Card Recipe:
Image - Wee Amy
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Blooming For You by Craftin Desert Divas
Paper - Here is Happy by My Minds Eye
Circle Dies - Lifestyle Crafts
Scallop Die - Little B's
Kites and Flowers - Michaels

So there you have it, I hope you enjoyed taking a look at my card and be sure to drop by the Magnolia-Licious blog for more stamping inspiration from my fellow teammates!

For a chance to win the weekly “Leave a Comment” Surprise Package all you have to do is:
1.Leave a comment on any of the posts on the Magnolia-Licious Challenge blog.
2.Leave a comment on any of the Design Team blog posts for that week.
3.The more posts you comment on the better your chances to win.
4.Like us on Facebook at Magnolia-licious Facebook Fan Page.

"More Than One Score at Scor-Pal" Challenge - Birthday Celebrations

A new month means a new challenge at More Than One Score at Scor-Pal and this time we are looking for your "Birthday Celebrations" themed projects.
We have 3 birthdays in our house in August so that's why I picked it as the theme for this month while I'm hosting.

You make an "Anything But a Card", a card with a fancy fold, anything as long as it has more than a single score and that you let us know where you used your Scor-Pal in the project.

For my project I decided to make a simple gift box. But it's simplicity lends it to great decoration and also teaches you how easy it is to make boxes of differing sizes when only faced with 12" by 12" paper/
My box is 4 1/2" high, 6" wide and 3" deep.

Project Recipe:
Paper - K and Co
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Brass Sentiment - Recollections
Pearl Brads - The Eyelet Outlet
Ribbon - Really Reasonable Ribbon
Lace - Mon Ami Gabbi
Chalk Ink - Prima Chalk Edger in Brick Wall
Scoring Board - Scor-Pal
Adhesive - Scor-Tape

Start with a piece of cardstock 6" by 12" and score at 4 1/2" and 7 1/2" along the 12" side.

For the sides you need 2 pieces of cardstock measuring 5" by 5". Score at 1" and 4" on one side, make a quarter turn and score at 1/2"

Burnish and snip at the intersections as shown in the photo, this makes making a corners easier and much crisper.

Add Scor-Tape as shown in the photo

Add the sides to the matching lent of the larger piece of cardstock as shown

Create the sides as shown using your Scor-Tool to create the crisp corners by pushing it gently into the formed corners.

Attach the other sides of form the box

Decorate with patterned cardstock, chalk edges before adhering if using chalk ink

Cut strips to create the rosettes. I did 1 at 12" by 1 1/2" and 2 at 12" by 1". Use a border punch is you like to create a decorative edge, punch after initially cutting the strip before folding.

Score at 1/4" intervals all along the 12" strip and accordion fold to create the rosettes. Use a hot glue to create for strength.

Decorate the box as desired

There you go, a simple yet elegant little box to add a very special gift for a very special birthday!
I hope I have inspired you to get scoring, please drop by More Than One Score at Scor-Pal to see all the other wonderful creations from the team and to enter your creation, we'd love to see it!

Happy Scoring!
Katie


Challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Crafting by Design - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Love to Scrap - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Anything But a Card - Anything But a Card
Crafty Cardmakers - Anything But a Card (15 combined challenges max)
Not Just Cards - Not Just Cards

A Gem of a Challenge #150 - Animals - Horse Riding Chloe

It's time for another challenge at A Gem of A Challenge and our theme is "Animals"

I decided to use two images from the Horse Riding Chloe Set and layer then and add an amusing sentiment (well I think it's funny ;) ) to tie it all together. I also thought the papers led themselves to being a little Shabby Chic and so I added chalk ink to make them all blend in together.

Challenges:
Digi Choosday - Animals
Fantastic Tuesday - Feminine (and Square)
Creative Moments - Bingo! (Die/Punch, Image, Flowers)(3 entries only)
Mod Squad - Use a Die
DRS Designs - Create a Scene (merged 2 images for this)
4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Simon says Stamp - Anything Goes (5 entries only)
Love to Scrap - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Eureka Stamps - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Artistic Impressions - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes (2 entries only)

Card Recipe:
Image - Horse Riding Chloe Set
Sentiment - Printed
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Stella and Rose Mabel by My Minds Eye
Frame Die - Sizzix
Circle Die - Sizzix
Chalk Ink - Prima
Flowers - Recollections
Pearls - Inky Impressions

I must admit I do say it often but I really love how this turned out, the colors are so soft and gentle and I like how the pale blue/green tones work so well with the muted orange. I hope you liked it to and that you will come over to A Gem of A Challenge and play with us this week.

Katie