Flower Angel and a sense of Spring

Hello Everyone and welcome! Today at the Outlawz We have our weekly Saturday Paper Al a Mode Challenge Kicking off. It is an Anything Goes Challenge this week. Our Design Team has some gorgeous inspiration for you. I hope that you get time to stop by and check it out. I would LOVE to see your projects there and get a chance to know all of you better. Here is the my Design Team Card for inspiration.

our sponsor for this weeks Challenge is:

Eureka Stamps

I started out by painting her dress with Pearlescent water color paint. I used a shimmery white. Then I used the Shimmery Blue to do the high lights and stitched areas. I also used the blue on her wings. I used Markers to color in the flowers and leaves. In the bottom corner I adhered some of the Bitty Blossoms I made from a Spellbinder Die set. I rubbed a little light blue Powder Puff Chalk across the edges of the two white roses. She was cut using a Stitched Rectangle Die from Gina Marie Designs and matted to a light blue cardstock cut with the largest of the Dies. I adhered her to a navy blue A2 size card and added some Jems for detail.

I can't wait to see what all of you create! Its Anything Goes so let your imaginations run wild!! HUgz

My Granddaughter and I :)

Hello Everyone and Welcome! We are kicking off another Festive Friday's Challenge at the Outlawz.ning.com this week. We have four fun and Festive Holiday's we chose as our Theme's for this weeks Challenge You can chose one or more of these theme's for inspiration on your project. The Holiday Theme's are International Dance Day, National Oatmeal Cookie Day, International Baby Day, National Firefighters Day. I hope you get a chance to stop by and see the Design Team's inspirational projects.

Our Sponsor is:

Hello Everyone, Today I am going to do something different. I am doing a Project for International Baby Day. I am going to share a set of scrapbook pages I made for my Granddaughter, Layla's, scrapbook. I am trying to make a scrapbook for each of the grandkids showing memories of their first year. It's been a struggle because I have seven Grandchildren now. These pages are special to me because they showcase the very first time she slept over night at my house. All of my grandchildren call me Nana. I love that they call me this. It is what we called my Paternal Grandmother. I have lots to show you so we better get this party started!

The Theme is Layla and I and "Sugar and spice and everything nice."

 I used cardstock for the background from Nana's Kitchen Stack by DCWV. I used a second piece from the same book and cut two strips 3" wide. I used one piece on the top of the first page and the other across the bottom of the second page. I matted all of the pictures on a some cardstock I had in my stash

I used the Baby Steps Cricut cartridge to make the babies and the crib. The large Grandma sayings are on vellum and tacked down over card stock from Nana's Kitchen Stack.

I found little buttons that were different baby items and used them in several spots throughout the two pages. I found a cute little set of letters and numbers that matched perfectly. Sometimes you just get lucky! :)







I found the 3D sticker and Thought it fit so well with the theme of the pages so I had to add it in.

I sure hope you enjoyed the scrapbook pages. I know that some people add a lot more to their pages but I don't like the clutter. It draws away from the pictures and just looks like a mess to me. I guess I'm kinda Clean and Simple...Have a Great Day!!

Just saying Hello....

Good Morning Everyone! I'm so excited to tell you about a new Facebook Challenge Group that has started up. It's a Progressive Challenge and the Digi's are provided FREE. A new challenge starts each Tuesday. It's called Cre8tive Hands Fans. There are Prizes, Freebies and loads of fun! I hope that you will check it out and take part in the challenges.

Our sponsor for the challenge is:

• I started by color the image with Prisma Color Pencils.
• I used a Stitched Rectangle Die set from Gina Marie Designs to cut out the image and the brown cardstock It is adhered to.
• I used the same brown cardstock to create the sentiment banner. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed with WOW white embossing powder.
• The flower was from my stash and added to the corner for detail.
• I adhered everything to a piece of vintage handwritten card stock on an A2 size card.

I plan on using this card for Mother's Day. 

Hello My Friend

Hello Everyone and Welcome! We are kicking off another Paper Al A Mode Challenge at the Outlawz.ning.com this week. Our Theme for this weeks Challenge is to us more than one form of media on your project. I hope you get a chance to stop by and see the Design Team's inspirational projects.

Our sponsor for the Challenge this week is:

Isn't she gorgeous!?! The images at A Day For Daisies are so sweet and fun to work with. I started by painting her skin with water color. I used a pearlescent water paint to paint the dress. The camera didn't show it very well but the dress has a gorgeous shimmer to it. I used distress inks to paint the hair and the birds. I also used markers on the hair. The Sentiment is from a Stampendous called Happy Messages. I added the pearly enamel dots for a little detail. I hope the card has inspired you in some way. I can't wait to see what you create! Have a blessed week!!

Eli Elephant

Hello Everyone and Welcome, Today I'm a GDT for Stamprints Digi Stamps Stop by their store and check out what's new. They are adding new Digi's every week and have some exciting stuff coming up this month.

• I used Prisma Colored Pencils to color her and the Balloons.
•  I used a Stitched Rectangle Die Set from Gina Marie Designs to cut the image and the red cardstock behind her.
• I used a black and white thread and wrapped it around the image for some detail and color.
• I couldn't resist adding the cupcake button between her two front feet.
• I adhered her to a red Polk-a-dot background and used an A2 size card to finish off the card.

National Earth Day

Hello Everyone and Welcome! We are kicking off another Festive Friday's Challenge at the Outlawz.ning.com this week. We have four fun and Festive Holiday's we chose as our Theme's for this weeks Challenge You can chose one or more of these theme's for inspiration on your project. The Holiday Theme's are National Earth Day, National Hug a Plummer Day, National Penguin Day, National Secretary's Day. I hope you get a chance to stop by and see the Design Team's inspirational projects. I can't wait to see what you create.

Our Sponsor for this Challenge is:

This is a My Besties image and her name is Gardenia. I thought she was perfect for Earth Day. I water colored the image. I added Star Dust Stickles to her eyes and the ribbon on her boot.  I bought a new Die Set. Its the Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms Die Set. After I cut the flowers out I rolled them and added a hint of pink to the edges of the petals. I'm so happy with this Die Set. I bought it from Gina Marie Design Dies and I think it was only $11 (I've added a link to the product for your convenience). The roses are just darling and will save me a heap of money because I no longer have to buy them already made. YAY!! Hopefully, I've inspired you to create your own project and enter it in the Outlawz Festive Fridays Challenge.

Hip Hip Hoo Ray!

Good Morning Everyone! We have a Cre8tive Hands Friends Blog Challenge that runs bi-weekly. It is an Anything Goes Challenge. The Blog has Prizes for top pick and...The DT has created some awesome Projects that is sure to inspire you and get you in the mood to creating!

Cre8tive Hands Fans is a Facebook Membership group. We have a Progressive Challenge with in the group with lots of Prizes and Free Digi's Posted at random throughout the month. The Progressive Challenge runs for two weeks and the images are Provided to you for you project free. I hope that you have time to Join us in the fun! You will find us by clicking on the link above.

Our sponsor for the challenge is Cre8tive Hands We have a large selection of Digi's at rock bottom prices. They will be providing the winner with an awesome gift of FREE Digi's!!

• Isn't this yummy!?! I used Tim Holtz Festive Berries to water color the malt portion of the image.
• I used Pearlescent Water Color Paint to paint the Whipped Cream on the top and the stripes on the straw.
• The Cherry was colored in using a Tim Holtz Candied Apple Distress Marker.
• I colored the eyes with Tom Holtz Faded Blue Jeans Distress Marker.
• Then I used a white Gel Pen to add white dots around the image where needed.
• She deserved a pretty bow and some Jems so I found some in my stash of goodies and the Hip Hip Hoo Ray! were from somethings I was using when my Granddaughter comes over.
• I used a Scalloped Oval Die from Gina Marie Designs to cut the image out and adhered everything to a red A2 size card.

DT CALL

Creative hands has an open DT call

We are looking for crafty people who love to inspire others with their projects. We have a Bi-weekly Blog Challenge along with a Bi-weekly Facebook Progressive Challenge.

Your responsibilities as a DT Member

1. Design 3-4 projects a month and have them done three days before the live posting date.

2. Post on your blog and advertise whenever possible about our Blog Challenges and Facebook Challenge.

3. Comment on your assigned number and inform us if there is a problem and you are unable to comment on a post.

4. Be part of the Team.

5. Take part in Blog Hops when they are scheduled.

What you get from us

1. Free Digi's to use on your projects.

2. Access to the Digi's in the shop and the freedom to do extra projects with them whenever you want.

3. Your designs will get a lot of exposure on our Blog, others Blogs, others Facebook accounts and our Facebook group.

4. The chance to work with a New and growing Group of awesome people.

What you need to do

1. Send your name, Blog address, email address to Jbirds2002@gmail.com

2. Send 2 projects along with your information.

3. Include the other DT's your are involved with.

Good Luck!!

Jules

Happy Mother's Day

Hello Everyone and Welcome, Today starts a new Challenge at Addicted To Stamps and More. This weeks Challenge is a Photo Challenge. Our Design Team has put together some amazing projects for you as inspiration. I hope you check them out and leave them a little love. You are sure to be inspired by this talented group. I can't wait to see what you create. Good Luck!

Here is our Photo for this Challenge:

Our sposonr This week is:

The Prize for this Challenge is a $15 Gift Certificate

I used an A2 size card for my project. I adhered my background piece to the card front and added a light green ribbon tied in a bow. The Sentiment is from a Art-C Celebrate Everyday Set. I used a stitched circle die to cut out my sentiment and used foam to adhere it to the card front for some dimension. The Jems were added for sparkle and detail and the heart is covered with Star Dust Stickles.

I hope you like my Project this week. I enjoy reading all of your comments. I look forward to seeing your projects in the Challenge! Have a blessed day. HUGZ

DT CALL

Creative hands has an open DT call

We are looking for crafty people who love to inspire others with their projects. We have a Bi-weekly Blog Challenge along with a Bi-weekly Facebook Progressive Challenge.

Your responsibilities as a DT Member

1. Design 3-4 projects a month and have them done three days before the live posting date.

2. Post on your blog and advertise whenever possible about our Blog Challenges and Facebook Challenge.

3. Comment on your assigned number and inform us if there is a problem and you are unable to comment on a post.

4. Be part of the Team.

5. Take part in Blog Hops when they are scheduled.

What you get from us

1. Free Digi's to use on your projects.

2. Access to the Digi's in the shop and the freedom to do extra projects with them whenever you want.

3. Your designs will get a lot of exposure on our Blog, others Blogs, others Facebook accounts and our Facebook group.

4. The chance to work with a New and growing Group of awesome people.

What you need to do

1. Send your name, Blog address, email address to Jbirds2002@gmail.com

2. Send 2 projects along with your information.

3. Include the other DT's your are involved with.

Good Luck!!

Jules

Follow your Heart

 Hello Everyone and Welcome, Today I'm a GDT for Stamprints Digi Stamps Stop by their store and check out what's new. They are adding new Digi's every week and have some exciting stuff coming up this month.

This is such a pretty image and I had a blast coloring it in with my Prisma Colored Pencils. I outlined everything with a light blue marker for some added color. I used a Stitched Circle Die to cut the image and adhered it to my cardstock after I attached the bow. I used an A2 size card for this project.




I will be entering these Challenges:
aliciabel challenge blog
word art wednesday
lemon shortbread challenge

DT CALL

Creative hands has an open DT call

We are looking for crafty people who love to inspire others with their projects. We have a Bi-weekly Blog Challenge along with a Bi-weekly Facebook Progressive Challenge.

Your responsibilities as a DT Member

1. Design 3-4 projects a month and have them done three days before the live posting date.

2. Post on your blog and advertise whenever possible about our Blog Challenges and Facebook Challenge.

3. Comment on your assigned number and inform us if there is a problem and you are unable to comment on a post.

4. Be part of the Team.

5. Take part in Blog Hops when they are scheduled.

What you get from us

1. Free Digi's to use on your projects.

2. Access to the Digi's in the shop and the freedom to do extra projects with them whenever you want.

3. Your designs will get a lot of exposure on our Blog, others Blogs, others Facebook accounts and our Facebook group.

4. The chance to work with a New and growing Group of awesome people.

What you need to do

1. Send your name, Blog address, email address to Jbirds2002@gmail.com

2. Send 2 projects along with your information.

3. Include the other DT's your are involved with.

Good Luck!!

Jules

I'm back....sort of....

Hello Everyone, It has been crazy stressful and busy. Most of you know that I have been taking care of my dad as he reaches the end of his time in our world. He is a fighter and amazingly stubborn. I have watched him go in an out of consciousness for a week now. We have had time to talk about the past, the present and the future. It has been exhausting yet fufilling all at the same time. We have talked about him having an out of body experience and what his parents told him yesterday (they died years ago). He is back in the hospital and I'm sure he won't make it home this time. I am grateful for the time I had with him.

I can not express my gratitude enough. All of you have been so supportive and patient with me while we are oging through this. Some have even sent cards to my dad. He loves those cards and shows them to everyone that stops by. Even if they saw them before. Your thoughts and prayers have given me the strength I needed to get through every day. I will be doing everything I can to catch up on my comments and card obligations in the next couple of weeks. Please forgive me if I happen to miss a comment here and there. I have so many emotions running through me as I process everything that has happened, is happening and will happen. This has taught me to take everyday I get with a better attitude and sens of direction. God bless you! I'm so glad you have touched my life!

Jules

Dad and I a couple years ago.

National Kindergarten Day

 Hello Everyone and Welcome! We are kicking off another Festive Friday's Challenge at the Outlawz.ning.com this week. We have four fun and Festive Holiday's we chose as our Theme's for this weeks Challenge You can chose one or more of these theme's for inspiration on your project. The Holiday Theme's are Dolphin Day, Bicycle Day, Chinese Day and Kindergarten Day.I hope you get a chance to stop by and see the Design Team's inspirational projects. I can't wait to see what you make!

• I Chose National Kindergarten Day for my card. I had the background paper in my stash.
•  I adhered it to an A2 size card. 
• The School bus is from a Stampabilities Set I picked up at Hobby Lobby. 
• I water colored the image and added Diamond Stickles to the lights for some sparkle.
• I used a stitched circle die set to cut the image and adhered it to a piece of green cardstock cut one size larger. 
• The apple is from a sticker set I have in my stash.

My Granddaughter will start Kindergarten in the fall. I think she will enjoy this card on her first day of school. I enjoy reading your comments and questions so feel free to leave them in the box below. I hope you have a safe and blessed weekend. Hugz

Congratulation's

Hello Everyone and Welcome, Today I'm a GDT
for Stamprints Digi Stamps Stop by their store and check out what's new. They are adding new Digi's every week and have some exciting stuff coming up this month.

• I started this card by printing the images and I created a mask for the nest. 
• I then stamped a tree branch under the nest. 
• I used water paints to color the image and used opalescent water color paint to paint the eggs.
•  I stamped the sentiment on to white cardstock and used a Rectangle Die from Gina Marie Design Dies to cut it out.
•  I adhered both of these to light blue cardstock and then adhered it to my background paper cut to 4" x 5 1/4". 
• I adhered everything to the front of a bright green A2 size card.
•  I added some sequins and the string wrapped and tied into a bow fpr detail.

I hope you enjoyed the card today! If you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them in the box below. I love hearing from you! Have a blessed day!!

Love Flows from Heart to Heart

Good Morning Everyone! I'm so excited to tell you about a new Facebook Challenge Group that has started up. It's a Progressive Challenge and the Digi's are provided FREE. A new challenge starts every other Tuesday. This is the image we will be releasing on April 12th. It's called Cre8tive Hands Fans. There are Prizes, Freebies and loads of fun! I hope that you will check it out and take part in the challenges.

Good Morning Everyone, I'm so excited to tell you about a new Digi Challenge Blog, Creative Hands Friends. I've been asked to be part of the DT. The Challenges will run for two weeks so you have plenty of time to design your cards and enter them into the challenge. You have to use a Digi to be part of the challenge. It's that easy. Isn't that great! I can't wait see your projects in our Challenges! Good Luck!!

The Sponsor for these Challenges is:

Cre8tivehands123

• I started out by coloring the image with Prisma Colored Pencils.
• I used the Stitched Circle Die set from Gina Marie Designs. I used the Die one size larger to cut out the purple circle, too.
• I cut my background paper to A2 size and put it in an embossing folder of daisies. I used the reverse side so that it would be a subtle touch.
• The ribbon was added and tied into a bow.
• I used foam tape to adhere the circles onto the card front for some dimension.
• The sentiment is from Stampendous. It is called Sisters.
• I added the heart shaped Jem for a little touch of sparkle.

I hope to see your creations with out Facebook group and on the blog. If you use the Cre8tive Hands images in the blog challenges you get better prizes....Yay! Have a blessed Day!

Imagination Rules the World

Welcome to the Creative Hands Blog Hop along with 

Create with TLC 

From April 9 - 15 2016

 Cre8tive Hands Fans is a Facebook Membership group. We have a Progressive Challenge with in the group with lots of Prizes and Free Digi's Posted at random throughout the month. The Progressive Challenge runs for two weeks and the images are Provided to you for you project free. I hope that you have time to Join us in the fun! You will find us by clicking on the link above.

We have a Cre8tive Hands Friends Blog Challenge that runs bi-weekly. It is an Anything Goes Challenge. The Blog has Prizes for top pick and...The DT has created some awesome Projects that is sure to inspire you and get you in the mood to creating! 

Our sponsor for all of these Fantastic Challenges is Cre8tive Hands and Create with TLC. The Cre8tive Hands shop has a huge selection of Digi's All Priced for the SPRING NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP. Everything has been marked down to $1.00!!! You find them by clicking on the link above. Make sure to stop and grab your Digi's before the sale ends on April 15th.

Here Is the New Release image I used for my project today

• I started by coloring the image with Prisma Colored Pencils.
• The image, Green cardstock, and the frames were cut out using the Stitched Rectangle Die Set from Gina Marie Designs.
• I used a fun mossy colored background and adhered the image to a 5" x 7" Card.
• I used Stickles on the butterflies, Heart, windows and to frame the Sentiment.
• My final touch was to add the twine around the card. I pierced the seam of the card so the thread is visible from the inside, also.

Here is The Hop Schedule

Michelle - http://cre8tive-hands.blogspot.co.uk/

Dottie -  Somethingcraftybydottie.blogspot.com

Ardilla -  tarjetasdeardilla.blogspot.com

Vicky -  vickyflordorada.blogspot.com

Agnes -  http://flowerdiscosscraphut.blogspot.com/

Julie -  Jules2Jems.blogspot.com -

Fiki - http://badkittyscraftroom.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/cre8tive-hands-friends-blog-hop.html?m=1

Karen L Guest DT - http://karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com/ 

Sharla Guest DT -  http://sharla-thisthingcalledlife.blogspot.com

Desire Special guest from TLC - http://desiref.blogspot.com/

Lisa Special guest from TLC -  http://decossesdynamitedoodlesblogspot.com/ 

Karen -  http://busyinspirations.blogspot.com/

 THE GIVEAWAY AND PRIZES

In order to be considered for the GIVEAWAY AND PRIZES you will need to leave a comment at each stop. Every stop will have a WINNER randomly picked from the comments left on the blog! The winner will receive the image and sentiment used at the sight. The GRAND PRIZE WINNER will receive all of the NEW RELEASE images and sentiments. WOW! You have so many chances to win!! Happy Hopping!!

DT CALL

Creative hands has an open DT call

We are looking for crafty people who love to inspire others with their projects. We have a Bi-weekly Blog Challenge along with a Bi-weekly Facebook Progressive Challenge.

Your responsibilities as a DT Member

1. Design four projects a month and have them done three days before the live posting date.
2. Post on your blog and advertise whenever possible about our Blog Challenges and Facebook Challenge.
3. Comment on your assigned number and inform us if there is a problem and you are unable to comment on a post.
4. Be part of the Team.
5. Take part in Blog Hops when they are scheduled.

What you get from us

1. Free Digi's to use on your projects.
2. Access to the Digi's in the shop and the freedom to do extra projects with them whenever you want.
3. Your designs will get a lot of exposure on our Blog, others Blogs, others Facebook accounts and our Facebook group.
4. The chance to work with a New and growing Group of awesome people.

What you need to do

1. Send your name, Blog address, email address to Jbirds2002@gmail.com
2. Send 2 projects along with your information.
3. Include the other DT's your are involved with.

Good Luck!!

Jules

Aim for the Heart

Hello Everyone and welcome! Today at the Outlawz We have our weekly Saturday Paper Al a Mode Challenge Kicking off. It is a CASE someone's card from the Gallery this week. Our Design Team Has some gorgeous inspiration for you this week. I hope that you get time to stop by and check it out. I would LOVE to see your projects there and get a chance to know all of you better. 

Our Sponsor for this Challenge is:

Star Stampz

The Prize: Three images!!

Here is the my Design Team Card for inspiration. 

I used the Aim for the Heart Digi from Starz Stampz to make my card this week.

• I used Prisma Colored Pencils to color the image.
• The Stitched Rectangle Die Set from Gina Marie Designs was used to cut out the image and the red cardstock behind her.
• I love the arrow background paper. It was adhered to a 6" x 6" white card.
• I added the strip of striped paper down the side for detail and then added my hearts with Jems on one side.
• The hearts were made using a punch. I used the pink hearts and folded them in half and adhering them to the center of the red ones.
• I used Stickles on the wings and Halo for some shimmer.

I hope you liked my project and have time to jump over to the Outlawz and Join us in the fun!! We have a different type of Challenge for each day of the week with lots of prizes. I appreciate all the comments that you leave so please feel free to visit the box below and let me know what you think. Have a Blessed week!! Hugz

Life is Better with you in it.

Hello Everyone and Welcome! We are kicking off another Festive Friday's Challenge at the Outlawz.ning.com this week. We have four fun and Festive Holiday's we chose as our Theme's for this weeks Challenge You can chose one or more of these theme's for inspiration on your project. The Holiday Theme's are National Pet Day, National Sibling Day, National Golfers Day and April Showers Day. I hope you get a chance to stop by and see the Design Team's inspirational projects.

My Card is for National Sibling Day. 

This is perfect for my sister.

• This is a Stamp Set from Unity Stamp Company She is called Adaline Girl. Isn't she Gorgeous!?!
• I water colored her and added some Jems randomly around the image.
• I adhered her to an A2 size card with a doily under her.
• The sentiment is part of the set and I used vellum and wrapped it around the image. It didn't really show up well. I think it would have been better if I would've used embossing powder.

I hope you get a chance to enter in the challenge. I can't wait to see what you make. Our sponsor this month is A2Z and they have a kit they are giving away. Yay! HUGZ

DT CALL

Creative hands has an open DT call

We are looking for crafty people who love to inspire others with their projects. We have a Bi-weekly Blog Challenge along with a Bi-weekly Facebook Progressive Challenge.

Your responsibilities as a DT Member

1. Design four projects a month and have them done three days before the live posting date.
2. Post on your blog and advertise whenever possible about our Blog Challenges and Facebook Challenge.
3. Comment on your assigned number and inform us if there is a problem and you are unable to comment on a post.
4. Be part of the Team.
5. Take part in Blog Hops when they are scheduled.

What you get from us

1. Free Digi's to use on your projects.
2. Access to the Digi's in the shop and the freedom to do extra projects with them whenever you want.
3. Your designs will get a lot of exposure on our Blog, others Blogs, others Facebook accounts and our Facebook group.
4. The chance to work with a New and growing Group of awesome people.

What you need to do

1. Send your name, Blog address, email address to Jbirds2002@gmail.com
2. Send 2 projects along with your information.
3. Include the other DT's your are involved with.

Good Luck!!

Jules