New 12 Months of Christmas Link Up - Anything Goes/Into the Woods We Go ...

 

There's a new challenge today on The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up Challenge Blog and this month it's anything Christmas goes with the optional theme of 'Into the Woods We Go'.

For all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the team, head over to the challenge blog here.

If you add two cards to this month's link up then here's a preview of the digital paper you will receive:

Lisa created a mini kit around this paper design and I couldn't resist using one of the papers to make my DT card.

It really didn't need very much adding to it - just a stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up and some gems.  To finish I layered it with another of the solid colour papers from the kit and some white card.  Very simple but very effective.

12 Months of Christmas Challenge Reminder - Say It With a Sentiment

 

We've reached the mid way point in our current challenge on the 12 Months of Christmas Link Up Challenge and this month we'd like you to 'say it with a sentiment'.

That means we'd like you to use a sentiment or word art as the focus of your card.  For all the details about the challenge and to see lots more inspiration from the Design Team, head over to the post from the start of the challenge here and the mid-challenge post here.

Lisa designed a special digital paper pack for this challenge:

Everyone who links up a minimum of two cards during the challenge will receive one of the digital papers from the pack.  If you'd like a say in which design that will be, head over to the challenge blog here.

As well as designing the digital paper pack, Lisa is also our main sponsor for this challenge.  Have a look at the amazing things she designs here on her blog.

Here's another view of my card for the challenge:

You will see that I used one of the digital papers from this month's pack and I also used a matching sentiment designed by Lisa.  If you're interested in buying these, please leave Lisa a comment on the post here.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - anything Christmas goes

Crimbo Crackers - anything Christmas goes

New Through the Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

It's time for another challenge on the Through the Craft Room Door Challenge and it's anything goes as always.

All the details and inspiration are here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsor this week is the wonderful:

I used elements from the Beauty of Butterflies kit - everything is from the kit exept the sentiment which is a stamp from Crafty Roo.

New Path of Positvity Challenge - Optional Theme: Shades of Blue

Our first challenge of the new year has just started on the Path of Positivity Challenge and this year the optional themes for our challenges are all going to be based around colour.

So for this challenge it's:

Remember you can link up any card which is positive, inspirational or encouraging but if you'd like the chance to win an additional prize then you also need to follow our optional theme.

While it isn't mandatory, we'd also love to find out how this month's colour makes you feel, if you'd like to share that with us. What kinds of feelings does the colour BLUE personally evoke in you? You can write a sentence or two in the body of your post, write a sentence at the bottom of your post next to the link up for this challenge, or simply leave a comment on this post if you'd like

We have two wonderful sponsors for this month's challenge:

and

I'll have a card to share using Scribbles Designs later in the month but my first card uses elements from a digital kit from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles called "Naturally Cool" which is the prize for the person chosen as the "most inspirational" in the challenge.  Here are the elements from the kit:

For my card I've used one of the designs from the "Solids" paper set and one of the designs from "Set Two" of the papers.  I layered one of the frames on to the patterned paper (using Word) and then enlarged the butterfly brad and put that in the middle of the frame.

I then printed out the papers and layered them with black paper to give some contrast.

The sentiment I've used is from the "Beauty" set also from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - take a look here to see all her fabulous digital papers, elements and sentiments.

So how does blue make me feel?  I think it's a very calming colour and an easy one to layer together with different shades.   I love making men's cards and blue based Christmas/winter cards so it's a colour I use a lot.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Dream Valley Challenge - 'anything goes'
Crafting With An Attitude - 'anything goes'

Word Art Wednesday - 'anything goes'

New 12 Months of Christmas Link Up - Star Struck

The beginning of the month means another new link up on the 12 Months of Christmas Challenge Blog.  Your card can be Anything Christmas Goes or you can follow this month's optional theme which is 'star struck'.

All the details about the challenge are here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsor this month is the wonderful:

For anyone who doesn't know, the lady behind Decosse's Dynamite Doodles is our very own Lisa!  She has an amazing range of kits, papers and sentiments.

For my card I've used one of the sentiments from 'Happy Holidays Set 1' which you can find here and also one of the digi papers from the set which Lisa has designed for this link up:

The die I used on my card is from Sweet Dixie and I've layered everything up with navy and lighter blue card.

Path of Positivity Challenge Reminder - Faith, Hope, Love

It's time for some more inspiration for our current challenge on the Path of Positivity Challenge Blog and our theme this month is 'faith, hope, love'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsors for this challenge are the wonderful:

and

For my mid-challenge inspiration I've used used digital elements created by the very talented Lisa from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles.

The sentiment on my card is from her 'Heartland' Mini Set available here in the Scribbles Designs store:

I've also used papers from 'Flower Power Patterned Papers' pack available here:

and the 'Flower Power Textured Papers' pack also available here:

I die cut the sentiment and then added some white paper and pearls to finish the card.

From our 'faith, hope, love' theme I've chosen the 'love' option but there's also an element of faith and hope in a wedding card too.

New Through the Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

It's time for another challenge on the Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Blog and, as always, it's an 'anything goes theme'.  You can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

This week we are sponsored by the wonderful Lisa from:

The Design Team were able to choose elements from Lisa's 'Flower Power' kit:

The kit is available here from the Scribbles Designs store.

I've used a design from the Patterned Papers set, two designs from the Textured Papers set and one of the frames.

The sentiment I've used is from another of Lisa's sets the 'Cotton Candy Collection' which is available here.

I've layered the papers with white paper, used some circle dies and a flower punch and then some black gems to finish the card.

Décosse's Dynamite Doodles - A Taste of Summer Blog Hop

 Lisa D. from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles is this month's

Featured Artist in the Through The Craftroom Door Magazine.

She created a brand new digital kit to mark the occasion and asked several

of her crafting buddies to help out by creating samples for the July/August edition!

We've all come together to celebrate this event by bringing you a blog hop

featuring projects made with items from Lisa's brand new digital kit called...

 A TASTE OF SUMMER

If you are arriving here from Pippa's blog, you are right on track!

If you are just starting, you can find a full list of all the hop stops at the bottom of this post.

To kick off the event, Lisa is providing a free summer themed word art creation that you can find on her blog.  Comment at EACH stop along the hop for your chance to win the full digital kit as shown in the preview above. One lucky person will also have the chance to win a 1 year subscription to the TTCRD Magazine! Please be sure to head to Lisa's blog to read the full details

 on how to qualify for both of these prizes!

For a chance at winning the General Elements section of this kit...

 

Simply leave a comment on this post and be a follower of my blog!

You have until 11:59 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 8th, to submit your

comments for a chance to win one of the above mentioned prizes.

For my stop along the hop, I am excited to share the project I created for the magazine.

Check it out:

I used two of the paper designs, tearing the beige paper to make it looks like sand.  I cut out three of the ice cream designs and two of the buttons and used a computer generated sentiment.

Next stop on the blog hop route is Donna's blog.  Click HERE to head there now!

If you miss any of the stops along the way, here is the complete list. You are definitely going to want to check out what my fellow hoppers have in store for you:

LISA

 

SUSAN 

MARJI

 

PIPPA

HELEN

   

DONNA

KATRINA

SUZE

 

JULIE

PAT