Craftygirl Creations

Tiddly Inks Challenge

2012-01-25T23:37:00.002-05:00

After a longer break from challenges I decided to join in on a couple this week. I needed to make a card for my cousin and if I was making a card anyways why not try to win something :)

So I found this Tiddly Inks challenge and despite the colors required being a bit challenging for me I think I did ok with this card. The image is Tiddly Inks one and I colored it using Copics.

In addition to the Tiddly Inks challenge I used a sketch that was given by Scrapbook Sisters for a challenge this week. So I have two challenges in one.
Thanks for looking.

Tag Challenge

2011-12-11T14:03:00.002-05:00

I thought that I was done with Christmas crafts for this season but yesterday I decided to make some tags for gifts this year. i have made tags before but never actually used them for gifts. This year will be the first time so I am excited. My friend Bonnie pointed out this Mo challenge so I am entering my tag into it. I used the free Mo's image that was offered a while back. I colored it with my Copics. I think it turned out nice.

Thanks for looking

Another Christmas Card

2011-11-14T22:08:00.003-05:00

Well, since Christmas is just around the corner thats no surprise :) But I don't really care what time of year it is, I just love Christmas and I can make Christmas cards all year long.

Here is a card that I made today. And below is the list of challenges that I am going to enter it into:

Heart Song Inspirations has a "gold or glitter" challenge - my bear has glitter on its hat :)

Daisy Doodles has a "anything goes with a digi" challenge - my bear is a digi image

Bunny Zoe's has a "anything Christmas with pearls" challenge

Sketch Challenge

2011-11-12T09:50:00.002-05:00

Another Christmas card from me. Here is the list of challenges that I am entering the card into:

Deconstracting jen has a sketch which I used for this card

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge has a "cute" challenge. I think my card is cute :)

Crafty Cats Weekly has a "use digi image" challenge. Lately all my images are digis so it fits

Cuddly Buddly has a "double trouble" challenge - my image does have two characters so it fits :)

I'm back

2011-11-12T09:38:00.004-05:00

After moving half way across the world I am back to my favorite past time :) I might not be able to post cards every day, like I did before but I sure will try to make as many of them as possible. Especially now since Christmas is around the corner and I don't have any cards ready.

Anyways, here are my first Christmas card for the season along with a list of challenges that I am going to enter it into.

CASE Study has a case card challenge.

Crimbo Crackers has a "sparkle" challenge - well I think this card has enough of it :)

Delightful Challenges has a "snowflake" challenge

Moving Time

2011-09-28T09:45:00.003-04:00

Just wanted to let you know that I didn't just dissapear from my blog. I am in the process of moving and will not be crafting till mid November. All my crafting supplies are packed away and will be shipped later this week. Once I settle in Calgary I will have to jump right into cardmaking as Christmas will be just around the corner.

Hope that you will stop by my blog when I post my new creations in November.

Birthday Card

2011-09-18T06:56:00.004-04:00

This is a card for my friend's daughter 18th birthday. I had the hardest time making this card caus I had no idea what I wanted it to look, nor what would Magda (the birthday girl) like. I was struggling and struggling with it till I made the card I shared a moment ago. I really liked the colors and I decided that I wanted to use them for the birthday card. I searched through my images and found this Bella stamp and I used a sketch from one of the challenges that I found on the feline blog. I put everything together, added a bunch of bling and I think I am happy with the result. I hope Magda will be too :)

Here is a list of challenges that I am entering this card inot:

- Digi Designs has "anything goes" challenge - this is my second entry for this challenge

- Clearly iStamp has "glitter" challenge - I have glitter all over this card :)

- D2D Saturday challenge is "girly and glitter" - I think I meet those criteria :)

- Inkspirations has a sketch which I used for this card, I might have not followed it exactly but I think it is close enough to qualify

- Pattie's Creations has "girly things" challenge

D2D Image Challenge and More

2011-09-18T06:39:00.002-04:00

I think this new D2D image is just adorable. I couldn't wait to make a card and use it :) But even thought I couldn't wait I had no idea of how I want the card to look. Than my friend Bonnie came to the rescue :) She shared a card and I absolutely loved the sketch and I decided right away that it was perfect for me to use with my new image. I quickly picked the colors and thse rest is history :)

As alway I am entering this card in a bunch of challenges. Here is the list:

- D2D image challenge

- Frosted Designs has "use punches" challenge - I used an edge punch with this project

- Digi Designs has "anything goes" challenge

- Card Making Mamas has "use punches" challenge - I used an edge punch :)

D2D Challenge and more

2011-09-14T11:47:00.002-04:00

I made this card for D2D Saturday challenge which theme is "back to school". I used D2D image which was last week's freebie. I love this little girl :) I stack to Fall colors with this card as I am a host of this month's card motivation challenge for ScrapFriendly group and this week's theme is Fall colors. It is a simple card but with all the layers and all I think it turned out nice. I like simple :)

Here is a lst of the challenges that I am entering this card into, in addition to D2D

- D2D Saturday challenge

- Papercraft Star has "anything goes" challenge

- Divas by Design has "back to school" challenge

- Digistamps4Joy has "Fall colors" challenge

-Synday Sketch and Stamp has sketch challenge

Card for my Sister

2011-09-13T13:44:00.003-04:00

My sister's birthday is comming up in few weeks and I wanted to make a special card for her. I found this technique/card fold and I decided to try it right away. I stack to Fall colors as many challenges, including the one that I am hosting right now at ScrapFriendly group, calls for sticking to Fall theme. I really like the way this card turned out and I am sure my sister will like it as well :)

Here is the list of challenges that I am entering this card into:

- Craftyourpassion has a "use the F word" challenge - I have flowers so thats my F word there

- Crafty Boots has "anything goes" challenge

- Critter sketch blog has "photo inspiration" challenge - orange is my inspiration

- Diecut Dreams has "flower power" challenge, we are to use at least 5 flowers, I have more than that :)

- Lexi's Creations has "Autumn" challenge, we are to use something that we associate with fall, for me its the colors, orange is so Fall :)

- Outlines Rubber Stamp Company has "Feeling like Fall" challenge, we are to use colors or image that we assosiat with Fall, again for me is the color orange

- Birthday Sundays has the "criss-cross card" challenge

Digi My World Blog Candy Again

2011-09-12T14:11:00.002-04:00

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D2D free stamp challenge

2011-09-12T02:21:00.003-04:00

Here is my entry for this week's D2D challenge. They have this cute Fall image and so here is my Fall card. I colored the image with my Promarkers, I colored the background of the image with chalk. I embossed the background with my fiskars texture plate. And the leaves are a ribbon that I had for a while and finally got to use.

Hope you will like my card.

Today's Card

2011-09-09T13:12:00.003-04:00

I made this card today for my friend who just gave birth to twin girls. I had another card prepared but it was for a boy and a girl. For some reason I thought that she was having a boy and a girl, but it turend out that she was just thinking that. Misunderstanding for sure :) The girls arrived yesterday and so I had to redo my card. I colored the images with my Promarkers. I embossed the background with my fiskars texture plates and I made the flowers with my quilling tool. I might have gone a bit overboard with the bling but what can I say I love bling :)

Here is the list of challenges that I am entering the card into:

- Delightful Challenges has "bling it" challenge - well I think I have bling ovrload LOL

- DYSU has a "texture" challenge - I embossed my background

- Paper Play Challenges has "use 2 or more stamped images" - my images are digi stamps but I couldn't find anywhere that digi's were against the rules so I am entering it

More Challenges

2011-09-08T13:57:00.002-04:00

This time I think it will be my record of challenges for one card :) I made a list of things that I have to include on one card and after a whole day here is what I come up with. It took me a while cause, well my moja has been a bit slow lately, but also it was the first time I was trying to blend two colors with my Promarkers. I am not totally happy with the result but I think I did ok for the first time.

Here is a list of challenges that I am entering this card inot:

- The Paper Shelter has "embossing challenge" I did dry emboss the middle layer of this card with my fiskars texture plate

- My Mum's Craft Shop has "layer it up challenge" well I have tons of layers here :)

- Kelley Kid's has "girly girl challenge" - can this card get any more girly LOL

- Flutter By Wednesday has a "use a fairy, butterfly or an angel challenge" - I have a fairy

- Cooking it Up has "purple sentimental bow challenge" - my card is purple alright :) it has a sentiment and a bow

- Creative Card Crew has "anything goes challenge" and I am entering it for the second time

Another Baptism Card

2011-09-07T12:46:00.002-04:00

Yeah I have been making a lot of them lately :) So many babies so little time LOL No, the truth is that my sister decided to take one of the other cards that I made for her friend, so I had to make another to fill in the void in my stash.
When making this card I embossed the background with my fiskars texture plates, the image is from PM and I colored it with my Promarkers. I also made the flowers with my quilling tool and added the gem for the center. Those same gems are in the corner of the card to give it a little shine.

As always here is the list of challenges that I am entering this card into:

- Bearly-Mine has flower challenge

- Creative Card Crew has anything goes challenge

- Ladybug Crafts has anything goes as well

- Papertake Weekly also has anything goes (can you sense that this is my favorite one LOL)

Digi My World Blog Candy

2011-09-06T01:33:00.002-04:00

Digi My World has another BLOG CANDY challenge going on. And guess what - I won the last one YEY!!! I recieved 3 wonderful images and Annie was super sweet and helpful when she contacted me about my prize. Thank you Annie, I am loving my images :)

If you want to get a chance to win some of the awesome DMW art head over to their blog and follow the rules. They are really simple and you have nothing to loose

D2D free stamp challenge

2011-09-05T04:34:00.003-04:00

Here is the card I made this weekend with the new freebie from D2D. I used my promarkers to color the image. I embossed the background with my fiskars texture plate with the spiderwebb design. The sentiment is also from the D2D freebie set

Digi My World Challenge

2011-09-01T15:23:00.002-04:00

This is the first challenge for Digi My World blog. Their images are really cute. I wish I had more, but for now I am relying on freebies. Hopefully soon, once I get things in order here I will be able to get some more to my collection. For this "back to school" card I used the letter B freebie. Well part of it to be exact. I did not use the letter just the image. I colored it with Promarkers as well as the flower and the apples.

Blog Candy

2011-08-30T15:13:00.001-04:00

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First Promarker Card

2011-08-30T14:48:00.002-04:00

I am so excited to finally have a set of awesome markers to color my images with YEY! The set was expensive but now that I got to play with it a bit it definitely was worth the price. The only thing that is driving me nuts now is that the set doesn't have the darker blue color. And since I can't afford to buy more markers I will just have to make do with what I have. Oh well, I will manage I think :)

So I am slowly starting on my Christmas card production lol. Yesterday I made one and today is another one. There were few before so I will know for sure that I won't have to rush with them when December comes. That is good as I hate to rush.

The image is PM and the snowflakes are punched out. I also added glitter to the wings of the angel and to the sentiment to make it "better" :) I love glitter, did I say that already

Here is the list of challenges that I am entering my card into:

- Creative Card Crew has "anything goes" challenge (my favorite :))))

- Heart Song has "anything goes" challenge (-//-)

- Hookedoncrafts has "things with wings" challenge (my little angel has wings :))

Christmas Challenge

2011-08-29T14:08:00.002-04:00

Another challenge card for me today. I made it yesterday but had to wait for everything to dry to move it around and take a nice picture.

It is a Christmas card (duh LOL) it is monochromatic as it was a requirement in one of the challenges. I made the snowflakes with my quilling tool. It was a pain to make those. I made total of 4 and I think it took about 2 hours to have everything put together and glued. I really like the results thought so I think it was worth taking the time. I had this sheet of Christmas paper for a while and finally found a good use for it. I added the glitter all over the snowflakes (printed on the papter) to give the card a nice sparkle.
Here is a list of challenges that I am entering the card into:

- Phindy's Place has a "make your own embelishment" challenge, my snowflakes are hand made :)

- Crafts 4 eternity has Christmas challenge "anything Christmas" is ok

- Christmas Stamping has monochromatic challenge

White on White Challenge

2011-08-29T03:05:00.002-04:00

This year is the year of the baby (or so it looks LOL) I recently found out that another good friend of mine decided to have her son's babtism this Fall. I wanted to be prepared so I made this card last week. I used my one and only fancy border punch (which btw I only used once before, it got a bit dusty), flower ribbon and I embossed the background papers with fiskars texture plates.

I am entering this card in two challenges.

- Sew Many Cards has a border punch challenge

- Crafty Ann's has all white with a colored image

D2D Satruday Challenge

2011-08-28T15:02:00.002-04:00

Here is my card for the D2D Saturday challenge. The theme of the challenge is "Christmas Card for a child" I made this simple card using the Sugar Bowl sketch and cute little penguin image. I am also entering this card into Poodles Parlour challenge which this week is "anything goes"

D2D free stamp challenge

2011-08-28T14:45:00.003-04:00

This weekend I got to work on the D2D challenges, both the free image one and the Saturday one.

First is the free image challenge. I got this cute Maisie Belle stamp and created this "good luck" card. School is just around the corner and cute Maisie was the perfect image for this card. In addition to D2S I am entering this card in the following challenges:

- Cute Card Thursday - has a sketch challenge (hence the look of my card :))

- Totally Paper Crafts - has "back to school" challenge

- Stamp Something - also has a "back to school" challenge

Challenges

2011-08-26T04:15:00.004-04:00

Here is my card for today. It is a card for my cousin for her son's baptism. She doesn't have the date set yet but I wanted to be prepared :)

I used fiskars texture plates to emboss the paper. I made the little roses with my quilling tool. They need a lot of improvement but I think they were good enough to use. Plus the white on white covers some of the imperfections. That was the first time I was making those so I guess I did ok :) Oh and the image is form Precious Moments collection. I am so into those right now :) They are just so darn cute

Of course I am going to enter this card in few challenges and here is the list of them :

- Digistamps4joy has "hand made flowers" challenge

- the Sisterhoodof Crafts has "use flowers on your project" challenge

- Sweet Stamps has "white on white" challenge

- Creative Card Crew has "hand made flowers" challenge

Sketch Challenge and more

2011-08-23T01:52:00.002-04:00

Yesterday my friend Bonnie welcomed her 4th grandbaby to the world. Congrats Grandma Bonnie!!! Little Emmett's arrival made me think of babies so I decided to make a "Congratulations" card. I followed CPS sketch and as usuall I will enter it in few challenges. Here is the liest

CPS - has a sketch

Paper Playtime - has "anything goes" challenge

Paper Pretties - has "blue, brown and choice" challenge, my card is blue and brown and has additional colors on the image so I hope that is ok to fit the rules

Stamp R Us - also has "anything goes" challenge

Challenges

2011-08-20T14:26:00.003-04:00

Here is a card that I made today. I am so excited to have this Tidly Inks image. I love their digi stamps but I haven't bought one yet. This one I got as a reward for sending a card for Ryan. I don't really think I needed one but I sure appreciate it. Needless to say that I couldn't wait to use it. I colored it with crayons and gell pens. I added foam dots to make the second layer pop a bit. It does look nice in real life :) I should learn to take more than one picture of my cards. I will remember that for next time.

I am entering this card in those challenges

- D2D saturday challenge - its a "anything goes" challenge

- Digi's With Attitude also has "anything goes" challenge

- Jellypark has "use favorite embellishment" challene - those flowers are definitely a favorite of mine. You can see them quite often in my projects

- Poodles Parlour also has "anything goes" challenge

D2D Challenge

2011-08-20T14:22:00.003-04:00

Here is my card for this week's D2D challenge. It is a very simple card but I think it turned out nice. I like simple :)

More Challenges

2011-08-19T14:20:00.003-04:00

Another rainy day and that means another day spend in my craft corner. Well not the whole day but enought to make this card. It did take me a while cause the flowers are made using quilling technique and without a frinder (or whatever that tool is called) it is a loooooooong process. I am so glad that I am a patient person, otherwise I would have never made it with those. So the flowers are quilled, the image is colored with crayons and markers and the butterflies are punches and I added glitter to them to make them sparkly. There is no sentiment as one of the challenges that I want to enter this card in is a "no sentiment" challenge. Here is the list of challenges I am entering my card into today:

- Fab and Funky has "a stitch at a time" challenge where we are to use real or foe stitching. I have foe stitching around the edge of the circle mat.

- Kelly Kid's has a pink and brown challenge, hence my card colors :)

- Craft us Crazy has anything goes challenge

- Art Impressions also has anything goes challenge

- Crafty Sentiments has "no sentiment" challenge

New Challenges

2011-08-17T14:43:00.002-04:00

Here is a card that I made for my ScrapFriendly group. I am the guest host for the month of August. This motivation was to use "3 of something" on the card. I used 3 flowers on mine. The flowers are made using the quilling technique. The background is embossed with fiskars texture plaste. The sentiment "Moc Życzeń" is in Polish and it means "Lots of good wishes" and it it used for birthdays and namedays (we have those in Poland as well).

In addition to sharing it with my group I decided to enter it in few challenges (surprise surprise LOL). Here is the list of the challenges that I am entering my card into:

- A Spoon Full of Sugar has a "happy birthday" challenge. I hope my Polish sentiment will be ok here

- Anything Goes Challenges also has a "happy birthday" themed challenge. Again I hope Polish sentiment will be ok .

- Creative Card Crew has a "hand made flowers" challenge. My sure are hand made with the quilling techniqe. I made those for the first time and I must say that I really like the look

- Try it on Tuesday has "anything goes" challenge, my favorite kind LOL

More Challenges

2011-08-16T14:40:00.003-04:00

Here is another card that I made recently. I am going to enter it in those challenges:

- Craft Garden has a "bold, bright and loud" challenge. I think my card can fit those criteria.

- Birthday Sundays has a "brad" challenge. You are to use at least 3 brads on your project and a "happy birthday" saying is a must. I have more than 3 brads and a happy birthday sentiment so I fit the criteria :)

- Creative Inspirations has a "pink and orange" challenge, this was the original challenge that inspired me to make this card so its all orange and pink

- Glitter Faries has a "pretty in pink" challenge, and my card is pink :)

- Gingerloft has a "glitter" challenge, I don't have a ton of glitter on this card, but I added some to the hat, necklece and shoes of my girl image. Also there is a bit of sparkle in the centers of flowers as I used silver, shiny stickles to make them. I hope that will meet the requirements of this challenge

RAK card for Ryan

2011-08-16T14:23:00.003-04:00

My friend Bonnie forwarded this link to my ScrapFriendly group. I decided to send a card in. Ryan seems like a wonderful person, so if a card can help his recovery or put a smile on his face for a short moment than I will send him a card.

Here is the card that I made for him. When I heard about him, right away I thought of this quote. The whole saying is "Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, its about learning to dance in the rain". I absolutely love this quote and it seems like there is a storm in Ryan's life rirght now. I embossed the middle layer with fiskars texture plate, and added few quilled rain drops to make it a little more interesting. I really hope that he will like this card.

I am also entering this card in couple of challenges:

- Studio313 has a color combo challenge. We are to use some combination of the colors they provided. I chose to use green and blue to mee the requirements

- Stamalot Challenges has a "whatever you fancy" challenge, so I think my card meets that requirement :)

D2D Challenge

2011-08-14T13:49:00.003-04:00

Another D2D challenge this week for me. In this one we are to use pink and black. I really love that color combo so I decided to join in on the fun. Also I went a little outside of my comfort zone and used a "human" image. I have the hardest time coloring people and this weekend I decided to challenge myself. I colored few "people" and I am quite happy with the results. I used one of the images in this card. The fairy seemed perfect. But I do think that I might have went a little overboard with the butterflies, but hey its a fairy so she needs her butterflies ;)

Frosted Designs Challenge

2011-08-12T14:33:00.002-04:00

This week Frosted Designs has an animal challenge. You are to include an animal on your project. So I decided to make this birthday card for my friends son who will have a birthday in the near future :) I colored the monkey with crayons and added blue stickles to the dots on the card to make it sparkle. It doesn't look to sparkly on the picture but in person it gives a nice touch (or so I think)

D2D Challenge

2011-08-12T14:29:00.002-04:00

Another great freebie from D2D this week. This adorable pumpkin makes me feel so happy as Fall is my favorite season. I colored the pumpking and leaves with crayons. Only the steam of the pumpkin is colored with markers.
Have a Happy Fall everyone :)

More Challenges

2011-08-12T14:11:00.004-04:00

Here is another card I made the other day. I have a friend who is pregnant, well I have a couple friends who are expecting but I have managed to make only one card so far. I am going to enter it in few challenges as well. The baby fairy is a digi stamp which I colored using markers and I added clear stickles to the wings to make it sparkle. I LOVE sparkles :)

Here is a list of challenges that I am going to enter my card in:

Kelley Kid's Challenges - has bring on the babies challenge, the fairy is a baby so I guess it fits :)

Papertake Weekly - has "grow your own" challenge where you are to make your own flowers, well mine are store bought as white, I added the pink ink to match my card and I created the center using silver stickles.

Incy Wincy Designs - has "something old and something new" challenge, my something old are all the papers as are the flowers, the base of them at least as the look of them is new. Something new is the image which I printed off the internet and colored

Art Impressions Stamps - has "favorite technique" challenge, my absolute favorite is stamping so here is my card

Combined Challenges

2011-08-12T01:58:00.003-04:00

This great website allowes you to see all the challenges at a glance and that makes it so much easier for me than hopping from site to site. Plus sometimes I make a card and than I can at see right away if I can enter it in any of the challenges.

So using this new method I decided to enter this card in few challenges. I know its a bit early for Christmas, but oh well :) I made the Christmas Tree using tea bag folding technique. Here is a link to the video of how to make it. So the challenges I am entering this card into are

Fab'n'Funky - it is suppose to be a Christmas card

AiFactory - has anything goes challenge for the month of August

Craftuscrazy - also has anything goes challenge

ColourCreate - has a color challenge, we are to use blue (glitter in the title), green (christmas tree), white (some ornaments), brown (steam of the tree) and red (the background) - i sure hope that meets the requirements

CYDA Challenge

2011-08-11T01:46:00.002-04:00

CYDA has a birthday challenge this week. Here is my card that I am entering into the challenge. The pinwheels are made using tea bag folding technique. I decorated it with silver stickles. I embossed the background with fiskars texture plate and I stamped the sentiment using my clear stamps set.

D2D Challenge

2011-08-09T14:54:00.002-04:00

I decided to get back to D2D challenge this month. I really like the cute mouse image and I made this card. All the papers (except the base) are shades of green although its hard to see it with my crappy picture. Sorry about that. For some reason the greens worked for me this time. I am not a fan of that colors so yey for me LOL

frosteddesigns challenge

2011-08-06T14:41:00.002-04:00

Here is my entry for the Frosted Designes Coloring challenge. I love that rose can image but cannot remember where I got it from. It was a freebie that I found online and did not save the name of the artist. I am very sorry about that.

I used markers to color the roses and the leaves/steams and crayons to color the watering can. The flowers on the side I made using my new quilling tool. I watched video online and had to try it. It was quite easy to make and I really like the result. I used fiskars texture plate to add some dimension to the background of the card.
Thanks for looking

D2D Challenge

2011-06-15T14:03:00.002-04:00

Here is a card that I made for D2D weekly challenge. The little girl image is cute but I did have a hard time deciding what to use it for. I kept looking at it and looking and the "Enjoy the Summer" idea came to me. So here it is :)

Scrapfriendly June Challenge

2011-06-15T14:00:00.002-04:00

Here are two pages that I made for the June challenge at ScrapFriendly. This challenge came just in time for me as I am working on a scrapbook for a friend of mine and I need a lot of inspiration :)

Thanks for looking

Combined Challenges

2011-06-09T14:05:00.002-04:00

Here is a "Thank You" card that I made today. I decided to skip the sentiment cause I just couldn't get it to fit anywhere in a way that I would like it. But I am going to use it as a "Thank You' card so I am calling it such :)
I am entering this card in a bunch of challenges:

- Stampchallenges - has a digi stamp something, and my digi stamp is the flower bouquet which I colored with crayons and markers

- Papertake - has anything goes challenge, so I guess my card fits those criteria ;)

- Incywincydesign - has a bing and I decided to use brads/pearls, gems/stickles the gems are in fact brads and I used stickles to add a little shine to the flowers

- Scrapfriendly - has a June challenge in which we have groups and earn points through the month and the challenge called for something old (papers) something new (digi stamp) something scalloped (the edge of the circle) and something "you" (well here I don't have it but I guess since it's a Thank You card it can be implied ;))

Thanks for looking :)

D2D Challenge

2011-06-07T14:56:00.003-04:00

I found some time today to work with the new D2D image. The image was not exactly the kind that I would normally use but I the card did turned out nice (so I say LOL) I colored the image with markers and crayons and than added stickles around the image and the sentiment to give it a little shine. I probably could have skipped the one around the sentiment but it is done so oh well :)

Thanks for looking

Combined Challenges

2011-06-04T15:40:00.002-04:00

I am back from my travels and I jumped right into challenges :) What can I say I am addicted LOL.

So here is a card that I am entering into two challenges. One is Pollycraft "Be My Teddy Bear" challenge and the other one is Papertake sketch challenge. I colored the image with crayons and added some sparkle with clear stickles

Combined Challenges

2011-05-25T01:56:00.003-04:00

Again I decided to combine challenges :) My card stash is growing faster than I anticipated LOL but its good. Most of the celebrations in my family start in the second part of the year and since I am planning on moving than it will be perfect to have some cards on hand.

So this card is for Pollycraft Monday Challenge as well as Creative Inspiration Challenge.

Pollycraft has an embellishment bingo challenge. I love those :) My bingo was to use a tag, sparkle and flowers.

Creative inspiration has a "No cooking cupcake recipe". You have to use a cupcake image, flowers and pearls.
So I made this tag shaped card that fits both challenges.

D2D White Challenge

2011-05-22T14:23:00.002-04:00

This week I decided to play along two D2D challenges. This one is the Saturday Design Team challenge and you are suppose to make mostly white card with one additional color. You may also color the image the way you want, but the card should be mostly white. I decided to make a wedding card since white works perfectly for that. My parents are going to a wedding this Summer and since I have become the family's card source I decided to prepare myself ahead LOL I am very proud of my creation I must say. It took me a long time to make this card but it was definitely worth the it :)

D2D Challenge

2011-05-20T15:11:00.002-04:00

My new D2D image has arrived this morning and when I saw it it totally looked like "thinking of you" card :) Isn't that bear just the cutest. I colored it with crayons and only the blue sky background is done with chalk.

Flower Challenge

2011-05-19T14:15:00.003-04:00

Papertake Weekly has a flower challenge. You are suppose to use flowers on your card. I decided that the time has come to make my Mother's Day card. Yes I still have to make one as in Poland Mother's Day is on May 26th. I made an easle card and I think it turned out very nice :) The sentiment says "we love you mom" as both my sister and I are going to give it to her together.

Card for Joe

2011-05-18T13:51:00.002-04:00

My friend Bonnie asked us at ScrapFriendly to honor her husband's 60th birthday with a card shower. Her goal is for him to get 60 cards. If you want to join in on the fun just let me know :) Here is the card that I made for him. It was suppose to be a tri-fold card but for some reason I folded it wrong cause once put together it wouldn't stay straight. I ended up tying it with a ribbon and making a tag for the inside and I think it turned out nice. Hope he will like it.

ScrapFriendly Friday Challenge

2011-05-15T14:32:00.002-04:00

Another Friday = Another Card Challenge YEY!

This week at ScrapFriendly we were suppose to use a color combo of yellow, orange, light and dark brown to make our cards. I found this cute dad image and the color combo fit just perfect for this Fathers Day card. The card base is light yellow (kind of hard to see), the other colors are obvious I think :) I made this card thinking about my dad but when my sister saw it she said she wants it for her boyfriend so I gave it to her. I will have to make another one for my dad. Guess I will wait for another challenge before I make it :)

More Challenges

2011-05-15T14:11:00.003-04:00

StampTV has this cool challenge this week. You are suppose to make your own background paper using stamps. It is not my favorite way to use stamps but I guess every now and than you have to go out of your comfort zone :) When I started making the background paper (using a set of stamps that I have in my stash) I remembered another challenge by Creative Inspirations which calls for using bling on ones card. So I made my background shine lol. I used silver stickles all over my card and I must say that I really like the way it turned out. The picture doesn't really give the bling its justice cause the card really does shine.

Oh and I used one of the Stamp TV stamp sets, "Labeled with Love", to make the greeting pop. I guess that doubles my chances in the challenge :)

D2D and Pollycraft Challenges

2011-05-14T15:17:00.007-04:00

The second week of D2D challenge has begun :) I got my image couple of days ago YEY! The little boy is so cute. I don't like to use images with people too much as I always have the hardest time coloring faces, especially since I don't have copics, but this time I must say that my peach color crayon worked just fine.

And since Pollycraft is hosting a "Boyz to Men" challenge aka male theme card, the little boy came really handy :)

More Challenges

2011-05-09T14:02:00.003-04:00

My another try at combining challenges. I used Dustin Pikes image and StampTV's sketch. Keep your fingers crossed ;)

The background is embossed with "scales" fiskars texture plate (I thought it will be like the dragosn's skin :)) and the dragon is colored with crayons. After taking this picture I decided that my card needed something and I realized that I missed the little embelishment in the bottom corner of the red cardstock. So I added them. Hope it meets all the requirements.

Designed2delight Challenge

2011-05-09T13:56:00.002-04:00

Design2Delight blog is hosting a Free Stamp of the Month Challenge and this time I decided to participate. They have such cute images, and getting them for free makes them even more desirable for me :)

So here is my challenge card. I embossed the background on the greenish cardstock with the fiskars embossing plate, I added some stickles to the flowers to make them stick out a bit more and also the little pearls give a nice finishing touch to the card - I think.

Mini Album

2011-05-07T11:56:00.002-04:00

My sister is going for a kidney biopsy on Monday and she is having the hardest time with the whole thing. She is nervous about the procedure but the worst for her is to leave her baby girl for 5 days. She knows Agusia will be well taken care of but this will be the first time that she won't see her for such a long time. So to make her feel a little better I made a mini album for her, of her and the baby. I didn't know how to give it to her, not sure why, so I simply tucked it into her bag when she was leaving the my house today. I just got a text from her that she found it and almost cried when she saw it. She said that she will take it with her to the hospital. I know it is only a little thing but if it makes her feel better even for a little while it was sure worth it to make it :)

Combined Challenges

2011-05-02T02:22:00.006-04:00

This time I decided to combine challenges. I have been making a lot of cards lately and my stash is growing but I am running out of people that I can give my cards to. So I have to change things a bit here :) So this time I decided to make one card for two challenges. One challenge is again the window card challenge from ScrapFriendly and the other one is from Birthday Sundaes.So I made a window birthday card :) The whole front of the card is stamped with a large stamp by artist Melanie Muenchinger. I cut out the middle of the frame and stamped the greeting inside. I used the red cardstock for the base of the card and that is what is showing through. I colored the stamp with color pencils and gel pens and filled in the background with green chalk.

And a quick update, I must have read something wrong cause it looks like its too late to enter my card in the Birthday Sundaes challenge. Oh well, I still meet ScrapFriendly deadline :)

ScrapFriendly Friday Challenge

2011-04-30T13:58:00.002-04:00

Yesterday was Friday and as every other Friday we had a new card challenge at ScrapFriendly :) This week we were suppose to make a window card. I have never made one before so it was a new experience for me. I am not sure if I did it right, but the card has a hole in it so I guess its ok :P

I used the fiskars texture plate to emboss the background of the card. The flowers are a digi image, but I didn't write down where I got it from so unfortunately I cannot give the deserved credit to the artist who made it. The butterflies are punched out.

Fun and Games Challenge

2011-04-28T15:03:00.003-04:00

Yep, another one for today. This one is called Fun and Games challenge and its from Pollycraft. So when I read this challenge I thought right away about the newest freebie from Dustin Pike. The question was how will I use it. Well, my baby niece is going to be turning 1 in July and I was thinking that maybe I could make some cute invitations for the party that we are going to make. So for this challenge I made it :) I used more boyish colors so I am not sure if I will make more of them using the same colors but since this one is a prototype I think it works. I embossed the background with the fiskars texture plate (and my bone folder as my stylus is broken) and stamped the letters on a white cardstock and than cut them out and glue separately to the base of the card.

The Green Challenge

2011-04-28T14:48:00.002-04:00

Yes I couldn't stay away from cards for long lol. This Green Challenge is from For Fun Challenges blog. You are suppose to be "green" with your card. Not use the color green but to be environmental friendly however we interpret that. So my interpretation on it was to use all recycled materials on my card. The white background is from the Easter cards that my parents received this Easter, the blue card base is a leftover piece from another card that I was making. The ribbon came with a chocolate box that we had in the house. Only the image is new and ist a freebie from MelonHeadz blog.

Hope the card meets all the criteria :)

Something different

2011-04-28T05:20:00.002-04:00

than a card challenge. I am loving all the great challenges that I have entered recently, but I realized that I have fallen behind with making pages for the scrapbook that I am making for my friend. I still have a bunch of pages to finish so I have to get in gear here lol. This morning I did YEY! and I made this two pager. It is very simple but I think it turned out cute ;) The title says "bath time" in Polish.

Of course making this layout doesn't mean I am done with challenges lol, I think I am addicted. I have already found two more that I want to participate in. Hopefully I will squeeze in some more pages in between cards :)

Dustin Pike's Challenge

2011-04-26T05:26:00.002-04:00

I have been really enjoying Dustin's freebies and finally decided to do some challenges. Here is my entry for his Party in Colors challenge. For some reason it took me forever to pick the colors for this card, but I think I did ok. I stack to the green dragon theme :) The edges are cut out with scissors with a funky blades (I am not sure how you call those). I use to have a bunch of them and never used them for some reason. Now I have only one and who knows I might be using it more often cause I kind of like the way the edge looks :) Now it makes me think how many more things I have hidden away LOL

Stamp TV challenge card

2011-04-25T09:22:00.002-04:00

I really like Stamp TV challenges so I entered another one :) In this week's Color Spotlight Challenge we were to use three colors: white, pink and yellow. I made a birthday card using those colors. I used white for the card base, yellow for the mat and pink accents. Oh also the little pearls are white but the picture doesn't show it too well.

Friday Card Challenge

2011-04-23T14:26:00.004-04:00

My online group ScrapFriendly had another Firday card challenge. This time Aga (one of our moderators and a very good friend of mine) created a bingo chart which we are to use this week to create cards. We are to create "bingo" which means using things listed in horizontal, vertical or diagonal lines. I managed to make two cards today (in between eating, eating and more eating - stupid holidays and its delicious foods).

Usually the experience of making cards is very relaxing to me but today I got a bit frustrated when my stylus broke grrr. I didn't even know that it can do that. I have the normal fiskars stylus cause I use texture plates a lot (I don't own any of the fancy scrapbooking machines so I stick to the basics :)) The metal head on my stylus got somehow messed up and now it scratches the paper. How on earth did a managed to ruin a metal tool. Well I guess I have more talents than I thought LOL.

Easter Challenge

2011-04-22T08:31:00.004-04:00

Another card and another challenge. I really got into it can you tall LOL. This one I found Bee Crafty blog. You are suppose to use a digi image and make an Easter card with it. So here is my take on the challenge. I found the digi image on Beccy's Place blog. I colored it with crayons and stamped the "happy easter" greeting around the edges of the card. If you are interested in joining in on the challenge you have till May 1st to enter your cards.

The Bargello Technique

2011-04-21T01:43:00.002-04:00

I just waned to say a big Thank You to all the ladies that left a comment on my latest card. It is so nice to know that people do look and like my work. So to reply to your question about the Bargello Technique. I just learned about it last week from my scrapping group ScrapFriendly. We have weekly card challenges there and last Friday we were give the Bargallo Technique to try. I really really like it as you can see that I created my fair share of cards with it already :)

Anyways, I wasn't taking pictures of my work, but I am sharing the link for the technique that the group shared with us. Its from Splitcoast Stampers and I hope it will answer all your questions. Once again thanks for looking at my blog

Monochromatic Challenge

2011-04-20T14:19:00.003-04:00

The OWH blog has a Monochromatic Challenge this week. I decided to join in on the fun. I used the Bargello technique for the background (can you tell that I like it a lot LOL) and and kept the whole card in shades of green. I am not sure if the picture shows it clearly but thats what I did :) I really had fun making this challenge, and I really do like the card. Sometimes when I follow certain guidelines I end up not being too happy with the result, but this time I am totally satisfied with my work. Hope you like it too.

Flower Challenge

2011-04-19T13:44:00.002-04:00

I was so happy when I picked up my mail today. I got an envelope full of goodies from my ScrapFriendly buddy Trish. Trish is hosting this months flower challenge and she send me materials to make the flowers for this week (and I think the next as well as there were extra stuff in the envie, but I am not sure) The first flower is made out of cupcake holders and the second one (white) from tissue paper. I really like both. I like them so much that I decided to use them right away. I found a cool challenge on Hero Arts website and wanted to join in. Silly me didn't read the rules all the way through, so I followed the sketch but I forgot to use one of Hero Arts stamps on the card. Oh well, at least I really like the card I made, and I bet my friend who I am going to send it to will as well :)

Stamp TV challenge card

2011-04-18T13:59:00.003-04:00

For the first time ever I decided to enter my card in a challenge (well outside of my scrapbooking group). I chose StampTV challenge as I really like their website. It is a color challenge and you can check it out here. I used the Bargello Technique for my card as I really really like the way it looks. I kept the card simple so the pattern will be more visible. This time I used only two colors to make the pattern cause the challenge called for only three colors to use in a challenge and my third color was the base.

Cards

2011-04-18T07:08:00.003-04:00

Here are some cards that I made a while back. All images on them are digital stamps which I colored with color pencils. I only downloaded the images so I am not sure what site they came from and that means I can't share them here but from now on I will try to keep the URL's for the images so that if anybody wants them I can direct them to the site.

The flowers on the anniversary card are hand made by me :) It was a technique that I got from Trish my ScrapFriendly buddy. Its very simple as all you do is puch/cut out hearts and than layer them together on a cut out circle to form a flower. If you like flowers I think you should try it. And I am happy to answer answer any questions about it. Not that I am an expert by any means, but I think I got this one figured out LOL

Scrapping Again

2011-04-17T14:22:00.003-04:00

Finally after almost one year break I got to scrap again :)) A friend of mine asked me to make a scrapbook for her of her son who is going to turn 1 in June. The funny thing about that is that she has never seen a scrapbook in her life. My cousin kept telling her about the scrapbook I made for my sister and she decided she has to have one too. She will not see any of the pages that I am making for her till I am done with the album. I have till June to have it be a present for Kuba's (the baby boy) birthday. I sure hope she will like it.
I made this two page layout this past weekend since I had a lot of free time on hand. I didn't take a side by side picture (have no idea why I did that before putting it in the page protectors grr) but I think you can see how the two pages go together. The title is in Polish and it says "Daddy's boy"

Sketch Challenge

2011-04-17T02:25:00.002-04:00

Here is a card that I made for the a Friday challenge for the ScrapFriendly group. I used a sketch that was given to us by Shawna. I can't find the sketch itself but the card is pretty clear. I made it for my cousin who is expecting her baby boy in July.

We have so many July babies in my family its crazy. And the funnies thing is that my cousins due date is July 17th wheres my baby niece was born on the 19h. Wouldn't it be so cool if she would have her baby on the 19h? I am so very excited about baby Borys joining us so soon :)

Bargello Technique

2011-04-16T17:17:00.003-04:00

The ScrapFriendly group hosts weekly card challenges. Every Friday we get a sketch or a technique that we are to use to make a card. This week we were asked to use the Bargello Technique. The moment I saw it I knew exactly what I wanted to use it for. My nieces 1st birthday is coming up, well in July but thats not important :) and I wanted to make a special card for her. Not that she is going to care but I know my sister will like it a lot. I found the perfect digi stamp from Dustin Pike to go with it and there you have it.