Hug a Person ...

If you're angry at a loved one, hug that person. And mean it. You may not want to hug — which is all the more reason to do so. It's hard to stay angry when someone shows they love you, and that's precisely what happens when we hug each other. ~Walter Anderson, The Confidence Course, 1997

Good morning!

Today is June 1^st and the start of a new Progressive Freebie Challenge at The Outlawz Challenges.

Each month we send you a free digital image to use in the Freebie/Progressive challenge. Once your creation is completed, upload it into the freebie challenge and you will automatically receive the next month free digi. We will have one image per month so you have plenty of time to create a project using the image.

If you would like to participate, please register with your name and email address to: outlawzprogressivechallenge@gmx.com

Our sponsor this month is We are 3 Digital Shop with this cute image “Color me Garden Flower Delight”

For this image I decided to try my hand at digital coloring. To be honest, not sure what I think of it. Seemed to me that I could have hand colored the image in less time, but I also concede that digital coloring in not an art I am practiced in.

Supplies

• Image printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White card stock
• Card stock from Stampin Up! and American Crafts
• Rhinestone ribbon from The Dollar Tree
• Cross stitched dies from Gina Marie Designs

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

(Hugs) Cara

Be Carefree ...

Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, For I would ride with you upon the wind, Run on the top of the dishevelled tide, And dance upon the mountains like a flame. ~William Butler Yeats, "The Land of Heart's Desire," 1894

Good morning!

I’m here to share my card for the new color challenge which starts today at The OutlawzChallenges! 

Our sponsor this month is Fabrika Fantasy

Our challenge from Laurian this week is to use these 5 colors and add wings for a twist!

My card layout is based on Sketch Saturday #311 and I am using the pre-colored image “Water Fairy”

Supplies

• Pre-colored Image printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White Cardstock and overlaid on top of digi paper from Touched by a Butterfly
• Bubblegum Silk from Fun Stampers Journey
• Card stock from The Paper Studio (base)
• Classic Bracket Edge die from Spellbinder
• Design Paper Lasting Impressions “Smooth Sailing” and Close to My Heart
• Four Feathers stamp & die from Stampin Up!
• Handwritten Love die from Sizzix
• Other: Adhesive, dimensional foam
• Sentiment from The Paper Studio
• Stash: Glitter paper, Rhinestone

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

(Hugs) Cara

Shake - Shake - Shake ...

You need a village, if only for the pleasure of leaving it. A village means that you are not alone, knowing that in the people, the trees, the earth, there is something that belongs to you, waiting for you when you are not there. ~Casare Pavese

Greetings and Salutations my Crafty Peeps!

This month, I am again playing along with the Progressive Freebie Challenge at DigiStamps4Joy Facebook Group

This month our image is this adorable image “Shop front”

I decided this would be a great image for a shaker card. I will say though that I should have used a thicker foam tape as the sequins and glitter don’t move as easily as I would like. But that’s okay, as I finally created a card that does not “leak” – Yay me!

Supplies

• Image “Shop front” printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White card stock and colored with Staedlter watercolor crayons
• Die: Fall Botanicals from Spellbinders
• Embellishments: Sequins from Close to My Heart, Glitter glue from Studio G
• Other: Sequins in shaker from craft medley, glitter unknown

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Oh CatMouse Tree!

Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them. ~Jim Davis

Good morning!

Today we start a new Anything Goes Challenge at Through the Craft Room Door!

Our sponsor this week Ike’s Art with a prize of a $15.00 voucher

Here's my card for the challenge!

Only 239 days to Christmas so always a good time to get some Christmas cards done!

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

Image printed on Stampin Up Whisper White card stock and colored with Crayola water colors

"Holiday Words" die from Sizzix

Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!

DP unknown

Studio G Glitter Glue

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Unicorns Rock!

The unicorn is noble, He knows his gentle birth, He knows that God has chosen him Above all beasts of earth. ~Volkslied (German folk song)

Good morning!

I’m here to share my card for the new color challenge which starts today at The Outlawz Challenges! 

Our sponsor this month is Fabrika Fantasy

My card layout is based on MFTguestDT0413 and I am using the pre-colored version of Fairytale Unicorn.

Supplies

Pre-colored Image printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White Cardstock and overlaid on top of digi paper from Touched by a Butterfly

Card stock from The Paper Studio (base) & Stampin Up!

CC Designs “Dottie Trim” border die

Close to My Heart “For Every Occasion” (Sentiment)

Design paper from Lasting Impression (Dandelion Green & Grass Hopper)

Glitter cardstock from Recollections

Other: Adhesive, dimensional foam

Stampin Up! Ink

Stash: Bling border

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

(Hugs) Cara