CropStop Challenge #66-Make Your Own Paper Lace

Happy Thursday y'all! Hope your week is going well. Just one more day and it's Friday...YIPPEE!

Today starts a new CropStop Challenge and the theme this week is:

MAKE YOUR OWN PAPER LACE

Before I get to my card, I wanted to remind you about our MONTHLY Challenge going on right now. You can view all the details on the CropStop Blog HERE. You have the entire month of April to create and link your project using the sketch for the opportunity to win Becky's Potpourri Die Set from Spellbinders. Just follow the rules and link your project by the challenge deadline.

Okay, now on to the nitty gritty.....I used this adorable La-La Land Crafts image called Marci with Bunny for my card and colored her with Copics.

Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E11,
Hair: E49, E29, E25, E13
Headband: R81, R83, R85, Y11, Y15, Y21, G46, G02
Dress/Shoes: R81, R83, R85
Bunny: E33, E31, R20

I used the Martha Stewart Embroidered Floral Edge Punch to make the outside border. The dps from MME Fiddlesticks 6x6 pad have lace stamped throughout them. I distressed the edges of my paper with Walnut Stain Distress Ink, and added pink lace ribbon over the center panel.

Then I made the frame around my sentiment using Spellbinders Lace Doily Motifs. The sentiment is from CTMH. I cut a green corner vine using Memory Box Madera Corner and layered various flowers on top. The pearls are from CTMH. And, of course, my go-to adhesive is Scor-tape.....I use it for everything!

Don't forget to link up your "paper lace" creations for a chance at a gift certificate to the CropStop Store! Have a great week and see you back here soon!

Hugs,
Rosie :)

Inspiration Monday--Frame It!

Happy Monday morning to you all! Hope you had a great weekend! In Oklahoma, we were under a tornado watch all Saturday night into Sunday morning, so needless to say I didn't get much sleep. Then my little guy woke up Sunday with severe stomach pains followed later by fever so we ended up at the Urgent Care. Doc was worried it was appendicitis, but after a few tests he said he thought it was a stomach virus. Poor little guy was on the couch the rest of the day not feeling well. No school for him today and probably not much sleep for me! :(

I somehow managed to get my card done for this week's La-La Land Crafts Challenge which is:

FRAME IT!

I decided to create a scene using two images: Marci with Cat and Baking Marci. Marci with Cat reminds me of my SIL Brooke because she has blonde hair and loves animals. And of course, Baking Marci, is ME!! I love to bake and cook, so most of the time you'll find me in my kitchen!

Here's Marci with Cat:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20, chalk
Hair: YR20, Y15, Y21, colorless blender
Dress: G02, G95, G07, stickles
Shoes: G02, G05, G07, C3, C5, C7, stickles
Cat: C3, C5, C7, R20

Next, is Baking Marci:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20, chalk
Hair: E49, E29, E25, E33
Yellow Shirt: Y01, Y15, Y21, Y24, stickles
Apron: R81, R83, R85, R35, RV09, Viva Pearl Pen
Oven Mitts: E31, E55,
Pie: E31, E51, R35, R39, C5

For my FRAME IT card I used some beautiful dps from MME Howdy Doody 6x6 pad. The frame was cut using Heartfelt Creations Decorative Window Scene, which I got from the CropStop Store. The green ivy in the top corner was made using Memory Box Madera Corner. The mocha pearls in the corners and the sentiment are from CTMH.

The bottom, left corner die was made using the Whimsy Stamps Corner die Set, and was a gift from my beautiful and amazing friend Chris! She's a wonderful crafter and friend. We met on-line and you would think we've known each other for years. She's been so encouraging and supportive. I love that gal!

You can see in the side view that I actually traced around the inside of the frame and cut a hole through my card so that Baking Marci is on the inside. I cut two frames and glued one down onto the paper and then placed pop dots on the second frame and placed it on top to give it more dimension. I also placed pop-dots behind Marci with Cat to raise her level with the frame.

Now don't forget you can play along with us at La-La Land Crafts by uploading your creations to our Customer Gallery. My fellow DT sisters will have more inspiration for you on Friday on the LLLC Blog.

Have a great week and see ya back here on Thursday for a great CropStop Challenge!

Hugs,
Rosie :)

CropStop Challenge #65-Buttons & Bows

Good Morning my peeps! It's Thursday and time for another CropStop Challenge!

The challenge this week is:

BUTTONS & BOWS

I recently purchased several Saturated Canary digital images and decided to finally print some off. They really are a blast to color!! I love their bright eyes and luscious hair.....so amazing and versatile! This one is called Nevaeh....isn't she gorgeous?! :)

Copics & Chalk:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, chalk
Hair: E49, E29, E25, E33, E13
Dress: R81, R83, R85, Viva Ice White Pearl Pen
Stockings: R81, R83, R85
Sash/Shoes: C3, C5, C7, Stardust Stickles

The beautiful dps are from the GLITZ Pretty in Pink 6x6 pad....LOVE them! They are so beautiful! I think I need to stock up on them.....soooo preeeeetttty! :)

I got the gorgeous pink ribbon from my friend Cebelica...she's so sweet! The flower buttons and pearls are from Close To My Heart.

CropStop Supplies used:

Glitz Pretty in Pink 6x6 Paper Pad

Scor-tape 1/2" wide

Walnut Stain Distress Ink

These are not in the store right now, but I'm sure Haylie-Jo will be getting them soon. :)

X-Press It Blending Card

Viva Ice White Pearl Pen

Stardust Stickles

E8-013 SB Classic Decorative Inserts Five

The white heart doily came from Walmart. I snagged them during Valentine's day. For additional dimension, I raised Nevaeh on pop-dots.

You can play along with us by linking up your "Button & Bows" creations to our CropStop challenge so you can be in the running for a gift certificate to the CropStop Store.

Also, don't forget we have an additional "Month Long" Challenge for April......the Spellbinder/Becky Fleck Challenge! For the entire month of April, we challenge you to create a project based on Becky Fleck's newly released Potpourri Die Set from Spellbinders and her coordinating Pagemap Sketch. You can view the rules for this challenge HERE.

Have a great week! I'll be having some blog candy soon, so stay tuned! Please leave me a comment so I know you stopped by. :)

Hugs,
Rosie

Inspiration Monday--Unusual Hair Color!

Happy Monday Morning to you! I hope you had a great Easter weekend! We spent some great quality time with family and friends and also spent the weekend spoiling our little boy. Just seeing his face light up with his Easter gifts was enough to melt this momma's heart! :)

This week's La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Monday challenge is a really FUN one!

We challenge you to color an image with an:

UNUSUAL HAIR COLOR
(no browns, blacks, blondes, etc)

I thought this adorable HUNNY BUNNY MARCI was perfect for this challenge! She is soooooo much fun to color up!! I even used Sue's "Dot Tutorial" located HERE on the umbrella. :)

Copics & chalk:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, chalk
Lips: R22
Hair/Skirt: B29, B24, B21, colorless blender
Hair Barrette/Heart Necklace/Gloves/Socks: R22, R24, R27, C3
Hat/Shirt: C7, C5, C3
Smiley Face: Y15, YR23
Umbrella: Y11, Y15, YR21, YR23, YR24

Supplies Used:
DP: Echo Park Little Boys 12x12 Pack
Cheery Lynn Polynesian Sails Oval
Flowers/Leaves: WOC, Recollections
Pearls: CTMH, Recollections
Tim Holtz Adage Tickets

CHALLENGES ENTERED:
Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge Blog-Think Spring

Don't forget you can play along with our LLLC Challenges by uploading your creations to the LLLC Gallery! At the end of the month Irina will do a random drawing for a gift certificate to the LLLC Store.

Have a great week and see ya back here on Thursday!

Hugs!
Rosie :)

CropStop Challenge #66-Clean & Simple (CAS)

First, I apologize for this post just now going live! For some reason I thought it was all scheduled to post this morning, but it didn't. When I got home from work to check, it was still showing up as a draft. I think I'm losing my mind!

Our Challenge is week at the CropStop Challenge Blog is:

CLEAN AND SIMPLE (CAS)

Our challenge for you is to try and do a ONE layer card or a Clean and Simple card/project. For some of us this is almost impossible (ahem.....that would be ME), for others this is a piece of cake. Show off your projects and let us see that LESS is MORE!

Remember also for the entire month of April, we have a separate challenge to create a project based on Becky Fleck's newly released Potpourri Die Set from Spellbinders and her coordinating Pagemap Sketch. Now you can now play along with us more times at the CropStop Challenge Blog!

Here's my card for the CAS challenge. I had a hard time with this one because although I like symmetry on my cards, CAS is a difficult concept for me! I wanted to add flowers and butterflies and some layers, but I did my best. :)

CropStop Supplies Used:

Couture Creations Houndstooth Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Labels One

Walnut Stain Distress Ink

Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly Punch (medium)

Scor-Pal
Scor-tape
Heartfelt Creations Classic Message (not in store right now)

After I embossed the front of my card with the Couture Creations Houndstooth Embossing Folder, I used Spellbinders Labels One to cut out the hole in my card. The sentiment and music dp on the inside of the card came from the Prima Madeline 6x6 paper pad.

The blue trim came from American Crafts. The sentiment stamped at the bottom of the card is from Heartfelt Creations Classic Message. The butterflies are cut from my MS Monarch Butterfly Medium Punch .

Challenges Entered:
Flutter By Wednesday- OPEN (just use butterfly, fairy or angel)

I hope you get a chance to play long with us! Don't forget we have two challenges running right now....Challenge #66 CAS and our April Becky Fleck Challenge (which runs all month long)!! Get busy creating so you can win some awesome prizes!!

Hugs,
Rosie :)

Inspiration Monday-Recycle/Alter Something

Happy Monday y'all! It's time for another Inspiration Monday and the theme this week is:

***Recycle/Alter Something***

For my project, I altered this Ghirardelli Chocolate box (from Valentine's Day).
I didn't use the top of the box (to the left), but instead used the bottom of the box and decided to make a diorama.

Since Easter is right around the corner, I used this super CA-UTE Marci with Bunny. Isn't she ADORABLE?!? She was one of the new stamps released at CHA in January and boy has she become popular!!

Copics & Chalk

Skin: E000, E00, E02, E11, chalk
Hair: E49, E37, E33
Headband: R81, R83, R85, Y11, YR23, YG03, YG45, stickles
Dress: Paper-pieced
Band on dress/Shoes: R81, R83, R85, Stickles
Bunny: E55, R20, chalk

The cardstock came from core'dinations. I used some of my new Memory Box Dies on this project, Arboscello Tree and Puffy Clouds....LOVE THEM. I don't see them in the CropStop Store at the moment, but you can see other Memory Box Dies HERE. These dies are so easy to use and they cut like butter....seriously, it only took me one pass on my Cuttlebug!

I cut the grass border with my Martha Stewart border punch. It has bunnies and grass on the punch, but I cut the bunnies out. Then I glued yellow and white polka-dot ribbon around the box. It was the perfect size and I didn't have to worry about measuring and cutting paper. :)

I hope you enjoyed my Easter Diorama! Don't forget you can play along with our challenge by uploading your creations to the LLLC Customer Gallery. At the end of the month, Irina will do a random draw for a gift certificate to the LLLC Store.

Have a great week and see ya back here soon!

Love ya,
Rosie :)

Inspiration Monday--WILD CHILD!

Happy Monday y'all! I'm a little late getting this up today. This past week was Isaiah's Spring Break so we decided to do a family trip to San Antonio, TX to go to Sea World. It was AWESOME! On Friday morning, it wasn't busy at all so we got to get on several of the rides back to back!! It was really a nice vacation and the first time to go on vacay with my hubby's brother and family. Isaiah was in heaven spending all that time with his cousins! He LOVED every minute of it!

The only bad part of the trip was driving back on Sunday. The traffic was horrible and what should have been a 7 hour road trip turned into 10 hours due to accidents and construction! We didn't get home until midnight so we stayed home and relaxed today! :)

Our La-La Land Crafts Inspiration this week is:

Wild Child

When I read the challenge, the first thing that popped in my mind was the song.....WILD THANG.....you make my heart sing!! So that's what I went with when I made this bookmark. :)

I decided to use the AWESOME Lil' Rocker Luka! I colored him with Copics and Chalk and added animal print to his guitar.....LOVE how it turned out!

Copics & Chalk:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, Chalk
Hair: E57, E35, E13
Hat: C7, C5, C3, YG03, Stardust Stickles
Shirt/Shoes: C7, C5, C3
Pants: B91, B93, B95, C3
Guitar: Copic Mulitliner .5, E31, YG03, C3, C5

The amazing animal print paper came from The Paper Studio Sophisticated Safari paper pack. I love the different animal prints and colors of this paper pack! There were 4 different designs in green. All I did was tear the different pieces, ink the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink, and glue them down.

Then I took black braiding cord and wrapped it around. The black rick-rack came from Walmart. I hand wrote the sentiment, cut it out, inked the edges in Black Soot and put pop-dots behind them. I also raised Luka on pop-dots.

Well folks, that's it for me today! I'm headed to bed! Hopefully Isaiah falls asleep soon because we both have an early morning ahead of us tomorrow. Have a great week and see ya back here soon. Don't forget you can play along with us by uploading your creations to the LLLC Customer Gallery!

Hugs,
Rosie

Inspiration Monday-Easter Card/Project

Happy Monday morning y'all! I hope you had a great weekend! I actually got to have a date night with the hubby and it was really nice! He surprised me by calling one of our friend's to watch Isaiah so we could go out! It was lots of fun and something we need to do more often. :)

Did you see that the Easter Digi's are in the LLLC Store....just in time for you to get started on those Easter projects! :)

So to help inspire you, this week's LLLC Inspiration Monday Challenge is:

Make an Easter Card/Project

For my Easter Tag, I used this adorable little cutie called Luka with Flowers. He's so versatile for so many occasions! I just LOVE him! I colored him with Copics and Chalk.

Copics & Chalk
Skin: E000, E00, E11, chalk
Hair: E49, E29, E33
Shirt: R35, B05
Pants: E53, E31, chalk
Shoes: R24, black chalk
Flowers: Y15, R81, R85, R29, R24, R22, G24, YG17, G28
Vase: C3, black chalk

The kraft cardstock is from Recollections. The beautiful dp came from My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart 6x6 pad....another new LOVE of mine! I stamped the Easter sentiment (from Stampin Up-Eggcoutrements) onto the paper with VersaMark and then rubbed red chalk over it. The XO ribbon is from Martha Stewart and the pink fibers are from AIC Fiber Accents.

I hope you enjoyed my tag! Don't forget you can see more inspiration on the LLLC blog today and on Friday. You can also play along with us by uploading your creations to the LLLC Customer Gallery. We'll do a drawing at the end of the month and you could win a gift certificate to the LLLC Store.

Have a great week my friends! My little man is on Spring Break this week so we get to sleep in a and just spent quality time together....I can't wait!

Hugs,

Rosie :)

The Greeting Farm BUDDIES!

I'm back with my second post for the day!! I'm not sure this has happened in my entire time blogging, LOL! If you are looking for my La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Monday post....see below. :)

Today, I've got something that was just for fun! If you haven't been with me from the beginning of my blog, then you're not aware of my addiction to The Greeting Farm images! They are the reason I started my blog. I wanted to try to win free images by participating in their challenges, and let me tell ya It was LOVE at first sight!

My card today is for TGF Farm Fresh Challenge Spy Day #23. For this challenge you have to case a card made by Grace. I used this super CA-UTE and adorable image from a set called Oliver & Amelia BUDDIES. This, of course, is Oliver and his little puppy.....LOVE him! We don't have any pets, but my little boy Isaiah wants a dog really bad. However, when we told him he had to pick up the poop, he kind of changed his mind! Whew....safe for now, haha! I colored him with Copics & Chalk.

Copics & Chalk:
Skin: E000, E02, E11, chalk
Hair: E49, E37, E33
Hat/Shirt: B91, B93, B95, C5, C3, YR02, YR04, YR07, black chalk
Shorts: C3, C5, C7, black chalk
Shoes: B91, B93, B95
Puppy: E55, E53, chalk
Dog Collar: C3, C5, C7, YR02 YR04, YR07

The banner and sentiment sticker came from Echo Park "A Walk in the Park". The turquoise dp came from Echo Park "Little Girl". I actually made the polka dot paper in the background using an embossing folder called 5th Ave Glam Grunge Dots. I embossed it on watercolor paper and then used my finger to rub different colored ink on top of the dots. Each dot got a coating of Stardust Stickles.

The butterfly was made with my Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly punch. The fence came from Hobby Lobby. The white lace is from The Paper Studio.

That's it for me today! If you get a chance, check out TGF Farm Fresh Challenge Blog. They have some great challenges going on right now!

Have a great week!
Rosie :)

Inspiration Monday-Fantabulous GREEN!

Good Monday morning to ya! Did you remember to "Spring Forward"? We did, but man did it hurt! I felt like I lost an entire day instead of just an hour! Did any of you feel that way yesterday too?

Well, Monday came too quickly and of course, that means another La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Monday. The challenge this week is:

FANTABULOUS GREEN

For my card today I used one of the new CHA releases called Luka with Flowers. I've been wanting to ink him up for a while and just couldn't wait until Mother's Day so here he is!

Copics & Chalk
Skin: E000, E00, E11, chalk
Hair: E49, E37, E33, E13
Shirt: B91, B93, B95
Flowers: R81, R83, R85, Y15, R24, R27, R29, G24, YG17, YG97
Vase: N2, Stickles
Pants: E55, E11, E53

Shoes: B91, B93, B95, N0, N2

The sentiment and dp came from the same sheet called "Lucky Day" from Deja Views. It's got shiny green foil throughout the dp....so pretty! I rubbed Walnut Distress ink around all the papers and added Stardust Stickles to the edges of the papers for extra bling. :)

I used a Marvy Pansy Punch to make my clovers. I just cut the flower edges into more of a clover shape and then added Stardust Stickles on top. The sentiment and Luka with Flowers are raised on pop-dots.

That's it for me my friends! Don't forget you can play along with us by linking up to the LLLC Customer Gallery. At the end of the month, Irina will do a random drawing for a gift certificate to the LLLC Store.

Have a great week and see ya back here soon!
Hugs,
Rosie :)

CropStop celebrates National Craft Month!

March is National Craft Month! To honor this creative celebration of the art of crafting, CropStop brings you a special challenge for the remainder of the month of March.

Recently, CT member Lisa, posted a "shaped card" tutorial in the CropStop Forum and Message Board. It is also located HERE in the CropStop Challenge Blog.

The CropStop Creative Team challenges YOU to USE Lisa's "shaped card" tutorial and create a project of your own.

Follow these simple rules to participate in this challenge.

1. Use the LINK TOOL at the bottom of the CROPSTOP Post to link your entry. Limit 3 entries, please.

2. Your project must be newly created for this challenge. No back posting to prior projects, please.

3. Your project must be any shape EXCEPT square or rectangular. We want you to be creative!

4. All projects must be linked to the CROPSTOP Post by the deadline of March 31, 2012 at 11:59 P.M. ET in the U.S.

$25 GIFT CERTIFICATE PRIZE TO THE CROPSTOP STORE WILL BE DETERMINED BY RANDOM DRAW ON APRIL 2ND. THE WINNER WILL HAVE ONE WEEK TO CLAIM THEIR PRIZE BY CONTACTING CROPSTOP AT THE E-MAIL ADDRESS LOCATED UNDER THE CONTACT TAB IN THE BLOG SIDEBAR.

Here is some inspiration from the Cropstop Creative Team

Rosemary's Flowering Water Can Card

Michelle's Fish Bowl Card

Katie's Roundabout Card

Carina's Grand Label Card

Dalis's Pink/Black Undie Card

Nancy's Scalloped Circle Card

Michelle's Heart Card

Vicki's Mannequin Card

Nancy's Snowflake Card

Vicki's Daffodil Card

Below, is a little information on the origin of National Craft Month

CHA National Craft Month Logo

Per the Craft and Hobby Association, it was created in 1994, and designed to help people learn more about and/or rediscover the art of crafting. Over the years, it has grown into an international celebration of creativity in every aspect of crafting.

BE SURE TO LINK YOUR ENTRY BY MIDNIGHT, EST-U.S., MARCH 31, 2012.
SEE THE CHALLENGE RULES AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS POST TO BE SURE YOU QUALIFY FOR THE $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE PRIZE.

Hope to see you participating in our CropStop Challenge!!
Have a great weekend!

Hugs,
Rosie