*Sentimental Sundays #163

Good morning!! 

Happy Sunday to all!!

Thank you for stopping by today!!

Today, is the start of a new challenge week at Sentimental Sundays. 

This weeks challenge is: 

You've been FRAMED

For our challenge today we are being by our very own Sandy, who is the artist/owner of Scribbles Designs.  She is one of our talented DT member and are honored to be working with her images this week.  I chose to work with Carrie Birthday Diva and Frame 8 for my creation. 

Shadow box and banners were cut with the Silhouette.

Look at Mrs. Carrie...and look at the those jeans!!!  LOL

I really enjoyed putting together and doing a little fussy cutting to!! :) 

Make to visit Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog tomorrow!!  (hint: my creation is a little indication of the next monthly challenge theme"  ?:)

So I hope that you will join us this week.

Make sure to stop by Sentimental Sundays and see the other amazing creations created for you this week.

I would like to enter this creation in the following challenges:

Card Caravan #46: Red, White and Blue
Digi Haven 
The Stamping Chef

Hugs, 

Calypso

Challenge #148: Shaped Cards

Happy Easter everyone. 

Hope you are spending it well and enjoying this time with your loved ones and friends. 

Today at Sentimental Sunday, we have a new theme for you to play along with.

This weeks theme is:

SHAPED CARDS

Isn't that a gorgeous image. We are being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps and I decided to play with Scene It-Easter  I blew this baby up too!! :)  I wanted it to be the subject matter of my card and I love the oval shaped doily.  

This is the inside of the card.  The sentiment is from, From the Heart, Elegant Easter Sentiments.

I did some fussy stitching around the card.  Colored with Copics.  The patterned paper is from Prima Marketing: Hello Pastel. 

So come on by, say hello and play along if you can.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

RCS #30

The Squirrel and the Fox #40

Crafty Calender Challenge: March

One Stop Craft  Challenge #222

Pumpkin Spice #13
BLB Challenge #43

Hugs,
Calypso 

IBSIC #50

Hi everyone-

Today at IBSIC, we have another great color/pictorial challenge for you.

I have been loving the weather lately and it really is beginning to feel like Spring around here. 

So when I saw this weeks challenge, I knew exactly what i wanted to do.

Here is my sample card for this weeks challenge:

When I saw this in the Cameo library, I knew that it go perfectly for this weeks challenge.

Everything was cut out with the Cameo, including the eggs, which are also cut files for the Easter stamp set.

I love the texture of the weaved basket. 

This is the inside of the card.

And the very back.

All these stamps are from the Easter stamp set, from Inspired by Stamping.

1 randomly selected winner this week will receive a $15 gift card to the Inspired by Stamping Store! To be eligible to win, please follow the rules below…

Come join us and play along in our new WHW Tutorial Challenge! One lucky winner will receive a $25 gift card to the Inspired by Stamping Store. Click Here for details!

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter Challenge #103

Inkspirational Challenge #11

Celebrate the Occasion #103

Hugs,

Calypso

Sweet sweet Strawberries

Hello and good morning friends!!

Today, I have a really cute creation to share with you!!

Have you seen, the images that are arriving at All That Scraps?!

OMG....if you haven't...you need to swing by there and check it out!!

They are all incredibly adorable and I know you will find something to love.

I fell in love with Strawberry Beatrice! 

She is just so cute and so sweet, with here strawberry hat!!

So with it all the summer fruit and flowers, I had an idea that had to be executed. 

Here is what I came up with.

Is this not the cutest thing?

I had this weaved basket sitting on my desk since Easter, when I thought I was going to make an Easter basket for another challenge...but that never happened. 

So in any case...I had to put it to use and here it is!!  All spruced up and filled with Strawberry 3D boxes, which were cut out using my Silhouette!!  I love my machine!!

Super cute and super sweet huh??

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

My Sheri Crafts Challenge #98

ABC #79

C.R.A.F.T #163

Simon Says Stamps: Let's Get Fruity

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge #8

Hugs,

Calypso

CropStop #80: Hexagon

Good morning bloggers!

Well I have been on a roll coasters for the last few months and in a few weeks I will share why.

In the meantime, I want to share with you today’s challenge theme over at CropStop.

This weeks theme is:

HEXAGON

Now this shape is no longer just for the bees! It has migrated it’s way into mean beautiful cards and layouts.

Here is my card sample:

I used my Silhouette to cut out the hexagon shaped box and the background on the card.  I had a really hard time placing those small pieces into place.  I had to you a small tweezers and lots of patience!!!

Here is a close up of the card by itself.
ETA:
 The "thank you" sentiment is from Lil Inkers Designs, Rainbow and Clouds Sentiments, but they no longer carry it in their store. 

And the 3D Hexagon shaped box.

It’s a perfect match if you ask me.

So there you have it…HEXAGON!

As long as we can see the shape you can enter to win a Gift Certificate to the CropStop store.

Thanks for stopping by today and I will see you back here Friday and Sunday!!

Hugs,

Calypso

CropStop #79: LOVE

 Good morning CropStop-ers!!!

How was your 4th of July??

Mine was pretty mellow, which is what i need to be doing right now anyways, so it was good!

Today's challenge at CropStop is:

LOVE

You can interpret this anyway you want to! 

Hearts, couples, anniversary....The sky is the limit!!!

Here is my card for this weeks challenge:

Here's a close up of my Rock Candy covered heart!! Yummy

So I hope that you will join us....Can't wait to see what you put together. 

 I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Papercraft Star

Dynamic Duos #9

Retro Sketches #18

Hugs, 

Calypso

National Scrapbook Day

Please click HERE for Scribbles by Sandy Blog Hop post.


Today, May 5, 2012, is National Scrapbook Day. National Scrapbook Day was started in 1994 by Creative Memories and is celebrated on the first Saturday every May. Since 1994 paper crafters everywhere celebrate their passion for scrapbooking and other paper projects on this day. Who knows, maybe this will be a national holiday some day!

In honor of National Scrapbook Day, we challenge you to a SCRAPLIFT challenge!!

The CropStop Creative Team challenges you to scraplift one of our posted projects. 

 Choose your project, from any of the Creative Team, create your own version of it, and link it using the link tool. The winner will be chosen by random draw on May 20th and posted in the blog on Monday, May 21, 2012. 

 Prize is a $20 Gift Certificate to the CropStop Store.

 

Here is my featured card on the CropStop Challenge blog:

Can't wait to see your CASE'd version of any of the posted cards on the blog this week.

Follow these simple guidelines to qualify:

1. Enter a newly created project that scraplifts one of the pictured projects on the CropStop Blog.

2. Label your project with your name and link it using the link tool at the bottom of this post.

3. Give the name of the person/project that you have scraplifted in your blog post.

Challenge deadline is Saturday, May 19, 2012 at midnight, U.S. East Coast Time.

Thanks for playing along with us and we hope you get a chance to play along!!

Hugs,
Calypso 

CropStop Challenge #56 Sketch/DT

Good morning everyone-

Happy Thursday to you!!!

First of all, I would like to mention that I have been invited to join the wonderful ladies at CropStop Challenge Blog!!! YEAH!!! I was super shocked and delighted at the same time!!!

In speaking with Vicki, who is SUPER sweet and awesome by the way...I made a little mention of CHA and before you knew it, Haylie Jo registered me...I signed up for workshops, booked my hotel and off I went to CHA Anaheim!!!

THANK YOU HAYLIE JO!!!!!  THANK YOU VICKI!!!!!

I had an amazing time...it was a bit tiring, because I overloaded my schedule and had to see everything and meet everyone all three days that I was there!!

So.... I want to tell you about this weeks challenge at Crop Stop.  I was SUPER DUPER EXCITED when I saw this sketch from PageMaps!!

And if you haven't seen or heard about  the NEW Becky Fleck Page Maps™ dies by Spellbinders, you need to check them out HERE.

This weeks sketch coordinates perfectly with these new dies!! How fun right?!?!?

Well here is this weeks sketch...and for a little added bonus, you MUST incorporate a number somewhere on your layout!!

Here is my take on the sketch:

And here is a close up picture of the crackle paint and the glittered cupid! 

I love the way this came out!!! 

The scalloped border was cut with my Spellbinders Scalloped Square die. 

I slightly cut down the center of the paper and did the out of the box technique, so that I could get the scallops straight and evenly spaced!!  Pretty clever eh?!?  Sorry, I met a lot of people from Canada and they all said "eh" at the end of every sentence, it was pretty funny!!!

Well I am hoping to post pictures later this week....Still waiting to get some back from a few of the girls I met out there from Nebraska...Hi girls!!!  They were so much fun to hang out with!! I had a really good time and met many new and incredible people, for which I hope to stay in touch with!!

That is it from me today...

I really hope that you will stop by and give this weeks sketch a go, who knows you might be the lucky winner of $15 dollar Gift Certificate to the CropStop Store!!!

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Scrapbook Sisters #69

Flutter By Wednesday #188

Little Red Wagon #118

Penny's Paper-Crafty #72

The Play Date Cafe (FAB 4)

Stampin Royalty #109

Catered Crop

Bling It On

Truly Scrumptious #73

Stamps R US

Cupcake Craft Challenge:

(Corrugated paper from Starbucks Sleeve)

Paper Sundaes #105

Sentimental Sundays Challenge #84 Snow, Blue and/or Glitter

Morning everyone-

Happy Sunday to all of you!!! 

Today is the second challenge of the over at Sentimental Sundays..

This weeks challenge is:

snow, blue and/or glitter

You can use choose to you all three, two or just one of those three things, but just make sure to use at least one, plus your sentiment. 

This weeks challenge is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.

They generously provide the team with our choice of digital image. 

I chose to play with "Christmas SB Skatng"

and here is a close up of the image itself:

So I distressed the edges and applied "Snow" around the base and the center base and sprinkled super fine glitter onto, before it dried out.   The image was colored with Copics and the snowflake background was cut out using my new Silhouette Cameo-Which I am in LOVE with!! 

So there you have it...I hope that you will join us this week or at least pay us a visit and say hello. 

And the winner of last weeks blog hop candy is: Using my iPhone app!!! Love it!!

You have til Wednesday to claim your prize, so please email me at:

calypsocandycrafts at yahoo dot com

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Catch The Bug

Paper Sundaes

Crazy 4 Challenges

Sweet Stamps

DYSU

Sketch N Stash

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day. 

Hugs,