Rose and Roxy

Hi and Welcome To  another  Outlawz.ning.com  Monday Greetings Challenge. I am proud to be a Guest Designer for the month of May. This week the theme is "Anything Goes." Our Sponsor for the challenge is Cre8tive Hands and Crafty Sentiments. I bought a Die Set from Gina Marie Design Dies awhile back and haven't had time to play with it. I decided since this was an Any Goes Challenge I would give it a try. It is her Window Die Set and its Lovely. It comes with two planters, two shutters and four different things to use as Hinges, or whatever you come up with. Here is the card.

Cre8tive Hands

and

Crafty Sentiments

I started out by cutting out the window opening. I ran the white cardstock through a brick wall embossing folder. Then I used TH Distress Ink to pain the Bricks. I used Walnut, Rusty Hinge and Pumice. Once that was dry I adhered the window frame to the brick. I used Ellen Hutson Spring Flower Die Sets to make the Lily's of the Valley's and Tulip's. Before I glued them on I used a piece of foam tape across the bottom of the window frame so it popped out. Then I laid the flowers across the foam Tape. The flower box is glued on top of the flowers.

Now it was time to color the image. I used Prisma Colored Pencils and adhered it to my A2 Card front. I taped two pieces of foam together and glued it down so the wall had dimension and depth from the image. I should've used a bigger card base so I could've put shutters on, but I didn't relize it until I was almost done. I guess I will have to make another one. I was looking at it and the one shutters could be used as a trellis I think??? Something for me to try... :) Stay tuned for future projects with this Die set.

Happy Birthday Big Boy

Hi and Welcome To  another  Outlawz.ning.com  Monday Greetings Challenge. I am proud to be a Guest Designer for the month of May. This week the theme is "Use Circles In your Design" and your card has to have a greeting on it. Our Sponsor for the challenge is Alicia Bel Digi's. Isn't that perfect. I love the images from both of  Artist! I had a lot of fun with this one.  I made a birthday Card for a man. I rarely do this because the men in  my life don't seem to appreciate what I put into it and if you buy one they always say "you should've saved the money." Anyway, I hope you get a kick out of the card!

Alicia Bel

I used the Digi called Christina in Tights. I colored her in with Prisma Colored Pencils and then cut her out with the Scalloped Oval Die Set from Gina Marie Design. Then I stamped the sentiment onto three circles that I cut out using the Stitched Circle Die Set also from Gina.
I Made a black card base 5" x 6" and then adhered a piece of white cardstock cut to 5 1/2" x 4 1/2". On top of that I adhered a piece of red cardstock cut to 4 1/4" x 5". I centered the image and adhered it to the card front. I included a camera and three red Jems to dress up the card a little bit. The final touch is Stickles in the twinkle of her eyes.
The cards Playful and fun and that's what I was looking for. I hope you enjoyed it! Have a blessed week!

Thank goodness for Straw Hats!

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 Straw Hat Day, National Dance Like a Chicken Day,  National Police Officer Day, National May Flower Day. Aren't these a hoot!?! 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 this week is A2Z

The image is from Cute As A Button. She is called "Good Soil". You can find the shop and this item by clicking the links above.I Painted her using water colors and then I used the a masking technique to make the clouds. I printed two images of her and painted the Sunflower on the second image. After fussy citting it out I used foam tape and adhered her to the hat so it gave the card some dimension. I used the Stitched Rectangle Die Set from Gina Marie Design to cute the image before I adhered her to the brown cardstock. The ribbon came from my stash. I kept the card pretty clean because I really wanted to showcase the image and It will be easier to mail this way.

"Living on The Edge"

Hi and Welcome To  another  Outlawz.ning.com  Monday Greetings Challenge. I am proud to be a Guest Designer for the month of May. This week the theme is "Living on the Edge" (using a Fancy Edge on the card) and your card has to have a greeting on it. Our Sponsor for the challenge is Bugaboo and Rick St. Dennis. Isn't that perfect. I love the images from both of these Artists! I have an image from Rick St. Dennis that fits our Theme perfectly this week. If she doesn't look like she is "Living Life on the Edge" I don't know what is.
 

Our Sponsors for this Challenge are:   

Bugaboo 

And

Rick St. Dennis

I used TH Distress inks to paint the image. I cut the image using a Oval Die Set from Gina Marie Designs. The Image is adhered to a purple cardstock cut at 6 x 6. I adhered a strip of bobby pin patterned cardstock to the right side of the card and used a scalloped scissors to cut the edge. There is a black ribbon with pieces cut out of designer paper to add detail. They fit so well with the image its crazy! I added two bobby pins to the top of the card with some pearls for dimension.Then I added a black ribbon with a pearl in the center.The Image is so much fun!!

Friendship....

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!!








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. 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.

The Sponsor for these Challenges is:

Cre8tivehands123

I painted the image with water colors and then used the largest of the Stitched Circle Die from a Gina Marie Design Set to cut the image out. I added her to a piece of blue cardstock that I ran through my Big Kick in an embossing folder. The Sentiment Friendship is a sticker from my stash and the Hello is on a piece cut with a Stitched Label Die. I added some Jems to the image for sparkle and adhered it to a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card. I used my white Gel Pen to add detail to the butterflies wings.

My second image is from the same artist Cre8tive Hands Friends


I painted the bird to resemble a Robin. I used my Stitched Rectangle Die set to cut the image and matted it on brown cardstock. The background is a cardstock from my stash. I added the ribbon a button and some sequins for detail.

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

A Day At The Salon

Hi Everyone!! How Are You today? I have recently joined the Cute As A Button DT. I'm Here with a project for the May 1st Facebook Challenge. She is just adorable! I hope you have enough time to check out the Challenge and play along! I can't wait to see what you make!

I just love this image! It reminds me of when I was a little girl and I would sit and wait until my Mom and Grandma would get done at the hair salon every week. I finished the images with Prisma Colored Pencils and then used Gina Marie Design Stitched Rectangle Die set to cut it out. It was matted on a blue cardstock and the adhered to 6 x 5 1/5 Card base. I used a Martha Stewart paper punch to create the edge on the hair pin patterned paper. The purple ribbon is from my stash. I used glossy accents on the water in the foot tub to make it look more real and Stickles on the scarf and corners of her glasses.

This was a lot of fun to make. I love the images at Cute As A Button. The shapes of their faces and the way their eyes look so innocent is irresistible. I hope you have enjoyed the project and have found some inspiration to create your own. Good Luck in the Challenge!! Hugz

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

Be You Be True Love What You Do

Hi Everyone!! How Are You today? I have recently joined the Cute As A Button DT. I'm Here with a the April Freebie. She is just adorable! I hope you have enough time to check it out she is available in the Cute As A Button Facebook Group. When you finish coloring her and dressing up your project make sure to enter it in the free Digi Contest with in the group.

I love these images. The eyes are so cute and they just have a sense of innocence to them. I used the largest Stitched Rectangle Die of the set from Gina Marie Designs to cut the image out. I painted the image with water colors and added stickles to the hearts on her pigtails and the buttons on her vest. I used a rub on sentiment and added a button to add detail. The string is wrapped three times and then tied in a not at the bottom. The background cardstock is 4" x 5 1/4". I adhered it to a Yellow 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card.

So there's the card. I hope you enjoyed it and head over to start your own. As always I love to hear what you think, so feel free to leave a comment in the boxes below. Have a blessed week.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:
word art wednesday
lemon shortbread challenge
lil patch of crafty friends
The Stamping Boutique April FB 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 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

Hello...Thinking of you....

Hello everyone! Did you have a great weekend with Family and Friends? I'm always puzzled by peoples behavior when the whole Family gets together. I sit and watch everyone great each other with happy faces and enthusiasm. It all seems great until everyone gets comfortable. If you watch closely you will see one or two lean in and whisper something into another person's ear. Before you know it the large family group has broken off into their little clicks. You can here the whispering around the room from the one or two that continue on. The ones that are watching wonder who they are picking on now. It's always the same people in the family to start the conflicts. They stay behind the scene's and most don't even realize that they are being played with. It never fails the conflict and arguing ahs started and the instigator is standing by quite as a mouse and as innocent as can be. I love getting together with my Family but the instigator can't fool me......
This the instigator stayed home and it was a great Easter indeed!

That brings me to my card. I thought of the friends I wish to see. The ones that didn't make it to the Holiday Dinner. The ones that are usually the victim in the Holiday scheme. Here is my card.

• I used a clear stamp from Tiddly Inks. I used Archival Ink.
• I water color painted the image.
• I used two of the Stitched Rectangle Dies from Gina Mari Designs.
• I adhered the background paper to an A2 size card and cut the striped paper in the shape of a banner.
• I used inkadinkadoo sentiment stamps and added a couple of Jems for sparkle.
• The flower Jem was added for some detail and the card is done

I hope you like the card. I think she is so cute! Please leave any comments or questions you might have in the box below. I love reading them and I'm here to help and inspire you!

A friend and I have started a new Facebook Progressive Challenge Group called Cre8tive Hands Fans. We provide a Digi to you free of charge every two weeks and you make your project and post it in our group. At the end of two weeks we do a random draw for a winner. I sure hope that you have time to stop by and check us out! We are having a lot of fun!!