Viva la Verve & Colour Me {Congrats}

I was inspired to play along with the fun sketch at Viva la Verve and mix it up with the pretty colours over at Colour Me.

 

{Supplies Used}

Stamps: Verve-Peaceful Medallions, Woodgrain Background by Stampin' Up

Inks: Pistachio Pudding, Blushing Bride & Rose Red

Papers: Pistachio Pudding, Whisper White

Extras: Doily, Dies from MFT

The Challenge #30 {A Colour Challenge}

Hello and welcome to another fun week at The Challenge! This week we are excited to bring you a Colour Challenge! Feel free to match the colours as closely as you can! You do not need to use Stampin' Up Colours. All product is welcome and we encourage you to combine this challenge with others. The main idea is to be inspired and to have fun!

I decided to create a Nautical card using some Verve and Stampin' Up stamps! Stamped the sentiment from Verve into a pretty circle design part of the Strong Anchor stamp set! I stamped the background image on the circle in Gray ink with the Stampin' Up set and stamped the ship in black ink. To finish off the card, I added some twine to the bottom. I have changed up my background of my card photos. I love the new look and I hope you do too. It is fun to play!

The design team have created some inspiration to get you in the crafting mood! Come and join us! Our weekly winner will be our next Guest Designer! So come and join the fun! We are thrilled to have Lea Lawson on our team this month as a Featured Designer and the lovely Linda Snodgrass as our Guest Designer this week! Nance Salkeld is off this week.

Kim Heggins	Anita Madden	Kimberly Wiener
Lee Ann Barrett	Lea Lawson  (Featured Designer)	Nance Salkeld
Lori Tecler	Linda Snodgrass (Guest Designer)	Michele Ferguson

The Challenge Winners

Thank you for joining us last week at The Challenge! The team and I have have chosen the winners! 

Our main winner for the last challenge is:

 Lynne in NI 

Congrats, Lynne! I could not resist this adorable card and those sweet images!

Congratulations, Lynne! I hope you will join us as a Guest Designer for The Challenge! Please email our Guest Designer Coordinator, Kimberly Wiener at  oloughlin.ka @ gmail.com (no spaces) for more information!

Please join us in one hour, we will be back with a brand new challenge for you!

SugarPea Designs Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to my blog! Today I am sharing a card I made for the current Sugar Sketch over at SugarPea Designs. The sketch is a simple one with great possibilities! I love this adorable image from the SugarPea Stamp set called Sniffles & Snuffles. Come and play along with us!

I kept my design simple using some Lawn Fawn designer paper and a Spellbinder Scalloped Square die. I coloured the image with Copic markers.

  Create a new card or project using the SugarSketch provided.

• SugarPea Design stamps are NOT required to play along or to win but would be appreciated 
• You may rotate/flip the sketch & replace shapes – so long as the original sketch layout is recognizable 
• Upload to your blog or other Online Gallery using Keyword: SPDSS21 so that we may check out your beautiful work
• Add your name and link to your project in the InLinkz shown below.
• One randomly selected winner will receive a $10 Gift Certificate to the SugarPea Designs Online Shoppe.  However, if the winning entry features a SugarPea Designs stamp we will increase the prize to $15

Viva la Verve & Virginia's Layers/Dimension Challenge

I wanted to play along with the Viva la Verve Sketch this weekend! All weekend I have been trying but alas I was unwell and unable to craft! After sleeping a lot this weekend, I finally got the chance to craft tonight. I wanted to play with Virginia Lu's challenge-to use layers/dimension. I created a floral card using some retired Stampin' Up and a sentiment from Verve- Poppy Birthday. 

I love colouring with my Copics and tried to keep everything fairly simple. The papers are from Lawn Fawn. I picked them up at Paper Issues. I love that online store!

The Challenge #29 {A Sketch}

Welcome to The Challenge! 

Thank you to everyone who played along with our One Year Anniversary Challenge! I was blown away by everyone's submissions! SO much talent out there!

Before we get to this week's challenge, I am thrilled to announce the One Year Anniversary winner of the gift certificate from SugarPea Designs! 

The random winner is: #29-Broni ! 

Congratulations, Broni. Please email me by clicking on the envelope icon in my banner and I will get your prize to you!

This is the first week of the month and so we have a SKETCH for you to try! We also have a new Featured Designer for April! Please welcome, Lea Lawson! I absolutely ADORE Lea's work and I know you will too!

Lea Lawson
My name is Lea Lawson, and I reside in {frigid} Fargo, North Dakota. I have been married to my husband for 12 years, and we have two adorable dogs. I am an engagement & wedding photographer, who also happens to be an avid paper crafter. I have "formally" been part of the paper crafting industry since 2002, and have been blessed to work as a creative team member for multiple manufacturers & stores over the years. My crafting primarily revolves around cards, but I also love to create gift packaging with my products and I dabble in digital scrapbooking.

Welcome, Lea! Our sketch this week is nice and simple! Have fun with it and make it your own!

For my card I played around with the new Vintage Roses set from Altenew. I LOVE roses, especially two-three step stamps...I used Night of Navy, Bermuda Bay and Coastal Cabana to create the roses.

The design team have created some inspiration to get you in the crafting mood! Come and join us! Our weekly winner will be our next Guest Designer! So come and join the fun!

Lea Lawson 

(April Featured Designer)

Anita Madden

Kim Heggins

Kimberly Wiener

Lee Ann Barrett

Lori Tecler

Michele Ferguson

Nance Salkeld

The Challenge Winners

Thank you for joining us last week at The Challenge! The team and I have have chosen the winners! 

Please NOTE: We will be announcing our randomly chosen winner of the SugarPea gift certificate in one hour with our new challenge!

Our main winner for the last challenge is:

LINDA

What a gorgeous card, Linda created! I LOVE the colours, the design and the sweet polka dots!

Congratulations, Linda! I hope you will join us as a Guest Designer for The Challenge! Please email our Guest Designer Coordinator, Kimberly Wiener at  oloughlin.ka @ gmail.com (no spaces) for more information!

Please join us in one hour, we will be back with a brand new challenge for you and we will be announcing the winner of the SugarPea Designs Gift Certificate!

Light it Up for Autism Awareness {Beautiful Just the Way You Are}

Today I am participating in the Light it Up Blue for Autism Awareness blog hop. My friends, Tenia and Veronica have organized this hop to shed some light on Autism. Being an educator, this hits near to my heart and I knew I wanted to be a part of this wonderful celebration. 

World Autism day was yesterday...and I wore blue to celebrate. Today I am linking up a brand new card that I made with some Altenew Stamps called Vintage Roses and a sentiment from Verve called Beautiful.

I went for a clean and simple (CAS) design and used some Verve sequins to highlight my roses. 

There is a FANTASTIC line up of sponsors who have generously donated prizes and time to make this hop all about friendship, support, and fabulous prizes! To link up, be sure to visit the blog of either Veronica or Tenia. Come and show your support.

I used the sketch at Splitcoast Stampers for my inspiration and flipped it upside down.