Townscrapper Friday Challenge

Good morning everyone!  Its Friday and time for another exciting challenge over at The Townscrapper.  This week we have a sketch for you to play along with provided by our very talented Scrapette Ann.  Be sure to checkout the DTs beautiful creations for inspiration and for projects featuring newly released Victoria Case images, exlclusive to The Townscrapper.

For today's card, I've used the new Sophie Rock Star image.  She's adorable and totally reminds me of my girls singing along their favourite songs with Sing It on the Wii or with the Karaoke machine.  I found this new Imaginisce paper ~ Live Loud-Turn It Up-Rhythm Remix ~ and thought it was perfect for the image.  Felt floral ribbon is from my stash and I wish I could remember where I got it from.  I added some Bella Baby Blue Crackle Dots I've had for ages to the flower centres, the frame the main image and the corners of the card for 'da' bling.  Image was coloured with Copics (E000, E01, E11, E25, E31, E33, E37, E50, R20, B000, B91, B93, B95, B99, W1, W3, W5, W7, YR02,  YR04, YR09, YR82, & Blender + Stickles).



I'm also entering the card into a few challenges:

• Pixie Cottage - Lots of Flowers
• Creative Card Crew - April Showers Bring May Flowers 
• Charisma Cardz - Girly Cards with Flowers

Come back on Monday for a peek at The Townscrapper's wonderful Monday Spotlight.  May is shaping up to be a month full of yummy surprises and exciting events. If you're interested in the image, please contact Phebe at 519-882-0623 or via email at info@TownScrapper.com.  She ships worldwide.



Have a great weekend.  Hugs,
Maria 

Sundays With Crissy

** Edited to Add:  I made the Top 5 at Fussy and Fancy.  Thank you so much Ladies! **

Woohoo, the uber-amazing and fantastically talented illustrator Crissy Armstrong has a brand new bi-weekly challenge blog called Sundays with Crissy.  A new challenge is posted every second Sunday so check it out and get inky.

She is also looking for some crafters to become part of her DT.  The DT Call runs until midnight EST tomorrow, April 30.  Details for the DT Call are here.

Here's my submission, using this adorable Teddy Bear-ing Gifts digi image, illustrated by none other than Crissy.  You have to checkout her line-up of digis at Squigglefly and Whimsy.  Her illustrations have been made not only into digis but stamps as well.  Checkout Crissy's blog for more details but I warn you, get comfy cause you won't be going anywhere for a while.  AND you know as I've already mentioned in previous posts that you'll be drooling over both her wonderful art and stunning colouring.


I like to experiment with my Copics and tried a few new techniques ~ well new to me ~ with this card.  To add texture to the teddy, I used the 'nasty rag' technique and I also tried colouring 'transparent' balloons.  My daughters gave their stamp of approval on these new techniques and have asked for a demonstration, with their own digis of course ~ lol.  Copic colours used: Blender, B0000, B41, B52, B91, BV0000, BV000, BV01, BV11, BV13, E21, E25, E34, E41, E42, E43, E53, E55, E59, R20, RV00, RV09, RV13, RV14, RV21, YR15, YR20 & V17.

Flowers and all rhinestone embellies are from my stash.  The gorgeous cupcake charm is from The Townscrapper and I'll have to go shopping again soon as Phebe has a wonderful selection of charms.  The pearl brads in the centres of the flowers are from The Hobby House.  The fabulous star pin, mesh ribbon and floral spacers are from Bunny-Zoe Crafts.

I'm also entering the card into a few challenges:

• Sundays with Crissy - Dots
• Stamp Something - Charmed
• Pixie Cottage - Lots of Flowers
• Creative Card Crew - April Showers Bring May Flowers 
• Creative Belli - Birthday Card 
• Charisma Cardz - Girly Cards with Flowers 
• Daring Cardmakers - Die Cut Crazy 
• Fuzzy and Fancy - Birthday with a Treat

It looks like the sun is coming out this morning and hopefully it will be a warm day.  Hope you have a great day.

Hugs,
Maria

Kick Up Your Heels with A Spoon Full of Sugar

Its Happy Tuesday and time for another calorie-free fun edition of A Spoon Full of Sugar.  Our fun 3D challenge this week is sponsored by Bunny-Zoe Crafts.  So be sure to take a peek at the DT's wonderful creations for some inspiration, kick you your heels and join in the fun by getting crafty.

My creation is a Purse Gift Bag featuring Magnolia's Charleston Tilda.  I love this Tilda and couldn't wait to get my hands on this stamp.  I won this from the wonderful Jodi along with the rest of the Kit and I'm still dancing with happiness over my luck.

This bag is for my mom's birthday and I had a great time making it for her.

Image was stamped on Neenah Super Smooth cs with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  This is the first time I've used the Super Smooth and I definitely prefer it over the Neenah Smooth cs for blending with Copics.  My absolute favourite cs for Copic blending is still Beckett Expressions but I've run out ~ gasp ~ and this Super Smooth Neenah is a pretty good second choice.

Here's a close side view look at the bag.  Gift Bag Tutorial found here.

I've used MME ~ Abbey Road "Lucky Me" Open Toed Paper ~, SU ribbon, Prima Pearls, flowers from stash, pearl brads from The Hobby House, Stickles for Tilda's wings and pop up dots.  Copic used: E000, E01, E11, E25, E35, E50, E57, B02, BG000, BG01, BG05, BG45, G14, YR04 & YR09.

Have a great crafting day.

Hugs,
Maria

Townscrapper Blog Hop Week 2 + Winner

Wooohooo - It's time for PART TWO of The TownScrapper's BLOG HOP!

Be sure to visit the Scrapettes' blogs for a peek at their stupendous creations and don't forget to leave a comment on each for a chance to win a Hopper prize PLUS be in the running for the amazing GRAND PRIZE.  All those who commented on every BLOG HOP post in the first week of the HOP are already entered into the Grand Prize draw.

Want a third chance for a prize?  Well we're repeating the GIRLIE CHALLENGE this week so here's your opportunity to create something girlie for another chance to win.  Wow that's 3 chances to win this week.  Here's my DT Girlie card I made for the first week of the HOP.

You have until midnight EST this THURSDAY, April 29th to leave your comments and/or link your projects on The TownScrapper Blog.   Please remember that your projects must be created NEW for this challenge and you MUST link back to us in order to be eligible for the prizes. Week Two and GRAND PRIZE winners will be announced next Monday, May 3rd.

Here's a peek at the GRAND PRIZE:




If you'd like to buy these gorgeous new Victoria Case stamps, please contact Phebe by phone at 519-882-0623 or via email at info@TownScrapper.com.  She ships worldwide.

Here's the list of Scrapettes for this week's HOP and don't forget to comment on EVERY stop along the way for a chance to win!

The TownScrapper

Katie

Kim S

Kylie

Lisa
Phebe
Shelly
Tricia

Zoe

I know you have been patiently waiting to find out who won my Hockey Lola blog candy and drumroll please.........its Anne H from Norway...........  Congratulations Anne!  Please contact me at cossa-rossi@hotmail.com with your address so I can put your goodies in the mail.

 Happy Hopping and Happy Monday crafting friends!

For the Girls ~ Townscrapper Blog Hop

Candy Now Closed

Good morning friends and fellow crafters and welcome to Week 1 of The Townscrapper's BLOG HOP.  The Scrapettes are going to showcase some of the new and exclusive Victoria Case images.  Long post today so be sure to read to the end.

Here's my card using Lola the Hockey Star.  I was so excited when Phebe asked the illustrious Victoria Case to design this image.  My girls love playing hockey and this image is perfect as more and more girls are playing hockey these days.  It is a versatile image too because it can be used as congrats, thank you cards for coaches and also for scrapbooking those sports memories.  Scrapbooking material with a hockey theme is geared mostly for boys so this image SCORES big ~ couldn't resist ~ with me for my girls who are my hockey stars.


I'm entering my card into a few challenges as well:

1. Stamp Something - Something Layered
2. Cute Card Thursday - Touchy Feely
3. Quixotic Paperie - Heavy Metal
4. Crafty Angels - Favorite Things

Image was coloured with Copics and the papers plus rockin' charm (my favourite type of embellie) is from The Townscrapper.  Phebe has such a great selection of awesome charms that add that extra perfect touch to all your papercrafting projects.  Go Team Go sentiment is 1 of 3 that coordinates perfectly with Victoria Case's hockey images AND yes there's also a boy hockey image available: Evan the Hockey Star. 

Now back to the HOP: You will notice a recurring theme during the HOP because we've decided to combine the BLOG HOP with our weekly challenge so you can double your chances to win some Victoria Case images.  We'd love for you to create something with a GIRLIE Theme.  You have until midnight EST on Saturday, April 24, to link your creations on The Townscrapper Blog.  Of course one random lucky challenge participant will win a Victoria Case image of their choice along with two  HOP winners for Week 1 of our HOP.  Week 1 challenge and BLOG HOP winners will be announced on Monday, April 26.

Your next and final stop is our uber talented Scrapette Melanie but just in case you've missed someone along the way, below is the list of hoppers to visit for this first BLOG HOP week and be sure to leave a comment on each blog because two lucky random commenters will win one Victoria Case rubber stamp of their choice.  Plus Plus Plus: There will be one grand prize winner at the end of the 2-week HOP but we're going to keep you in suspense and show you the grand prize next week ~ hehehe.

THE TOWNSCRAPPER 

ANN

JANET

KELLY

KRISTA

LEAH

MARIA (me)

MELANIE

And if you've read to the end of this post, I have a little surprise too ~ I have a  prize this week for one lucky commenter on my post.  I'm giving away one Lola the Hockey Star stamp with Go Team Go sentiment plus a few embellies.  One comment per person only please and you have until midnight EST on Saturday, April 24 to leave a comment.  Winner for my prize will be announced on Monday, April 26 and I will ship worldwide.

All the newly released images are in stock and available for purchase from Phebe.  Phebe can be reached by phone at 519-882-0623 or via email at info@townscrapper.com.  If you can't make it to the store in Petrolia, Ontario (Canada), remember that Phebe also ships worldwide. 

Happy Hopping and good luck SCORING some sweet Victoria Case images!

Sneaky Peeky and Upcoming Blog Hop

Happy Saturday and am I ever glad its the weekend.  Hope to find some time to unwind from a very busy week.  I had hoped to go to ScrapFest this weekend in Kitchener where The Townscrapper has a booth set-up but the dramatic rise and fall in climate temps (crazy snow and hail in SW Ontario this morning - ugh) has brought on coughs and colds so I'm on mommy alert and its gonna be a housebound weekend.

Here's a little sneak peek of what's coming on Monday for the Big Blog Hop over at The Townscrapper.  This is a little snippet of my upcoming card. 

Wishing a great weekend and hope to see you back on Monday.  The Scrapettes have some creative treats in store on Monday so be sure to checkout all their inspirational goodness.

Hugs,
Maria

Let's Play

Here's my card for this week's A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge where we're sponsored by Wags 'n Whisker Rubber Stamps.

Wags News: The1st + 2nd release of Wags 'n Whiskers stamps are available in Digi format as well as rubber.  Now you can enjoy the fun 'almost instant' gratification of digital stamping.  In addition to having no shipping fees and receiving your digital images within one day, you can also resize, flip, and alter digital images!! There are so many possibilities!!

This week's challenge is to follow the lovely Nikki's sketch and one lucky participant will win 2 Wags 'n Whiskers stamps of their choice.  For today's card, I've used the cheery Let's Go Team image from Wags 'n Whiskers newest release "Let's Go Play" Collection.  She's perfect and so versatile for so many celebrations and fun events.  Take a peek at the DT's wonderful creations HERE.

Here's a close-up of the image and all her cheery sweetness.  Image stamped with Memento ink on Beckett Expression cs - absolute fave paper for Copics - and coloured with Copics.  Papers are my yummy MME ~ Abbey Road Collection ~ and the star embellishment and ribbon are from my stash.  I also used Spellbinder dies to frame the image and a MS punch.  Pom poms are K&Co flowers I've had for ages.

Have a great day.

Cheers,

Maria

Fundraiser Challenge - Each Card Equals $6

Updated to Add:  Our uber talented Scrapette Kim S. is matching $1 for each card so our donation will be $6 per card - woohoo!

Hello everyone and woohoo it's Friday!  This has been a very long week and I'm looking forward to the weekend.  I'm so excited about today's Townscrapper Challenge.  It is a Puzzle Theme to celebrate Autism Awareness Month and we hope we have an amazing turnout of participants to support a a special cause.   The DT has done an outstanding job with their creations so be sure to checkout their work HERE.  I've used Evan, an exclusive Victoria Case image for The Townscrapper and he is such a cutie to colour.

Hope you will be inspired to participate in this week's challenge because ME, Leah, Zoe, Katie, Ann and Kim S. are going to donate $1 for every one of the DT cards plus another $1 for each of the participant's cards to the Kennedy Krieger Institute.  This means that for every card made for this challenge, there will be a $6 donation to the Institute.  Hobby + Fundraise - woohoo ~ what a great idea from our very own Leah Extraordinaire who got us hooked on the idea.  So get inky and spread the word about our Drive for Autism.  The more people who play, the more the more support for the Institute and their programs.  Plus, Plus, Plus, we still have a prize for one very lucky random participant who will win the new Lola and Zeke rubber stamps (awesome cute images!), exclusively designed for The Townscrapper by Victoria Case.

Here's a close-up:


Puzzle template was created and kindly provided by Zoe.  She's happy to share it so go ahead and use it for the challenge  ~ just right click and save it.  Bonus is you can resize it to fit your image too!

Well it looks like this week has been all about boys in my posts.  I've never made so many boyish cards in all the time I've been crafting and its been a nice change.  But next week I'll be back to my girlie cards - lol.

That's it for today.  Hope you have a wonderful weekend and that you get a chance to play along with our fundraising challenge and we would so appreciate you spreading the word about our Drive for Autism.

Big Hugs,
Maria

WhatEVER Dude & A Spoon Full of Sugar

Today at A Spoon Full of Sugar the Challenge theme is BOYS. Here's my DT card using Zeke, an exclusive Victoria Case stamp for The Townscrapper. I really find it challenging to make 'boy' cards but this image is making it easier for me - I just love it as evidenced by the fact I've used it two days in a row - hehe. You know, I don't even own a lot of DP appropriate for male themed cards. Even hubby was surprised there wasn't a flower in sight - lol. So when I saw this MME paper, I knew I had to scoop it up but alas I didn't scoop enough - sigh. Buttons and clip are from my stash and I've used pretty much the same Copic colours as I used for yesterday's posted card just cause I loooove the combo.



Layout was inspired from my talented bud Krista HERE. I'm entering the card into the following challenges:

1. Our Creative Corner - Buttons
2. Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Here's a close-up of Zeke: The hair looks better than yesterday's. I think I'll look at hair colouring the same as a hair day ~ sometimes its a good day and sometimes its an icky let's wear a cap kind of day - hehehe - lol.


Don't forget to checkout the wonderful DT creations at A Spoon Full of Sugar. Have a great day and thanks for taking a peek.

Big Hugs,
Maria

Showcase Monday and a Winner

Here's my DT card for Showcase Monday at The Townscrapper. I chose to make a 'boy' card today, which is more of a challenge for me than my usual 'girlie' card. But Zeke, 'the dude' made it easier for me. He's a new Victoria Case design, exclusive to The Townscrapper and you'll be seeing a bit more of him in the next little while as the DT introduce him. He's a tween with an 'attiDude' and 'whatever' seems to be his favourite word - lol.



I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

1. Create4Fun Challenge ~ Sketch
2. Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ Open Theme
3. Simple Doodles - Add some layers
   

Thank you to all those who left a comment over the Easter weekend. The winner of the Magnolia stamp, 'love sealing wax' is Debbie at Crafting Fairy. Congrats Debbie and please email me your address so I can mail out your candy.

Here's a close-up of Zeke: Don't look too closely cause I'm not happy with the hair so will need to keep working on that part of it.


Copics:
Skin: E000, E01, E21 & R20
Hair: E31, E33, E35, E37 & E50
Shirt: YG91, YG95, YG97 & YG99
Jeans: B93, B95, B97 & B99
Sneakers: E31G91 & C1
Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink (love these) & Blender Pen

Hugs,
Maria

Happy Easter and a Birthday Card

Short post to say hello and wish everyone a wonderful Easter! I made today's card for my sweet adorable niece who just turned 1 - woohoo! We had loads of fun celebrating her birthday with cake and presents and lots of noisy cousins in tow wanting to help blow out her 1 candle.



I'm entering the card into a few challenges:

1. Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
2. Simple Doodles - Add some layers
3. Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
4. Stamp Something - Pink Somethings
5. Little Red Wagon - Spring
   

I love these MME Papers and have been waiting for just the right card to use them on. Magnolia image ~ Baby Tingla ~ was stamped out with Memento ink and coloured with Copics. Flowers, buttons, ribbon, pearls and stickers are from my stash. Here's a close-up:


Don't forget to enter my Magnolia blog candy HERE and leave a comment on that post. You have until midnight so hurry hurry.

Hugs,
Maria

April Fool's Day Meets Vintage

Edited to add some Magnolia Candy ~ Please scroll down to the end of the post for details.

Happy April Fool's Day! It's the start of a new month full of adventure and warm weather - yipee! Finally the sun is out and the kids are happy to be playing outside skipping rope and riding their bikes.

I'm a day late posting my card. I created it for yesterday's tutorial on The Townscrapper Blog, showcasing the cracked glass technique. But I wasn't 100% happy with the card I posted so I added a few more embellies, including my new yummilicious flowers by Flora Doodles. The ribbon is my all-time favourite lace but am soooo kicking myself for not having bought lots more of it while in Florida - sigh.



I'm loving creating vintage ever since my oh so talented friend Zoe challenged me a month or so ago to make one. But I still can't tear my dp ~ just the thought of tearing pretty paper makes me cringe but I'm determined to try this soon. BTW, head on over to Zoe's blog, Make-It Crafty, to see her beautiful Mermaid card plus to participate in Karen Doodles' Easter Hop. KD is celebrating 1000 blog followers with a fun hop and those who collect/add up all the eggs are in the running for some cool prizes.

Here's a close-up of my cracked glass image ~ uhm a bit over-cracked though but I remember now that I can reheat it smooth and bend it after I pop it in the freezer for a bit ~ lol. The Bear-Y Sweet Sophie stamp is an exclusive Victoria Case Design for The Townscrapper.



I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Inspiration Colour/Picture #3
   
2. Creative Card Crew - Vintage/Aged
3. Simple Doodles - Add Some Layers
4. Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
   

Got too busy to do something special for my blogoversary last month so I've decided to pop in a blog candy every so often as a little surprise. So today's candy is the Magnolia image, Love Sealing Wax. No special rules or things for you to do except leave a comment on this post to let me know you've visited. You have until Easter Sunday (April 4) at midnight EST and I will post the random winner on Monday, April 5. Please only one comment per person.


Not sure if I will be posting again before Monday so I'll take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very Happy Easter.

Hugs,
Maria