Saturday, September 28, 2013

Autumn Blessings

Diane's Daydream Designs has the just the perfect fall images. 
I love this old wooden basket for collecting leaves - and those leaves
are falling like crazy where I live right now.
So take a look around at Daydream Designs - you'll love the fabulous images!
The Creative Details:
Image: Daydream Designs (bushel and a peck)
Copics: sand, mustard, sepia, toner grey, leaf green, willow, crimson. lipstick orange
Embellishments: buttons, ribbon, twine, liquid pearls, clothespin
The Challenges:
2 Sisters - anything goes
Card Mania - use a button
Color Me Creative - fall colors
Crafts 4 Eternity - anything goes
Creative Corner - great outdoors
Di's Digis - coloring
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - color inspiration and twine
Dream Valley - autumn colors
House of Gilli - fall
Kaboodle Doodles - orange
Loves Rubber Stamps - fall colors
LunaGirl Moonbeams - autumn
Paper Makeup Stamps - anything goes
Scrap Creations - fall
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Simply Create Too - autumn
Sister Act - anything goes
The House that Stamps Built - fall
Word Art Wednesdays - autumn blessings

Stay Warm Harted, 
Elizabeth

Friday, September 27, 2013

Pie anyone?

This week at the Creative Fingers Challenges our theme is all
about food. And, what  a better sponsor this week than the
The Creative Details
Image: Stamping Chef
Sentiment: Lockhart
Colors: Copic in migonette, leaf green, tender pink, begonia, sand
Embellishments: lace, ribbon, sticklers, flower, pearls, gems
Tools: Die Cut

The Challenges:
Artistic Inspiration - bright colors
A.R.T. Challenge - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Craft-Dee BowZ - bow
Crafts 4 Eternity - anything goes
Crafting by designs - anything goes
Digi Haven - 2 colors
Heck of a Challenge - in the kitchen
LEJ Designs - lots of layers
One Stitch at a Time - anything goes
Paper Make-up - anything goes
Party Time Tuesday - anything goes
Sister Act - anything goes
Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes
Whoopsi daisy - ribbons and bows

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Monday, September 23, 2013

Birthday Balloon

Everyone loves pink but this time at the Squigglefly Challenge
 we are asking you to combine it with another color.
  I added green to the pink on this card with the cute image looking up at her balloon.
She is a darling image from Judith Hart at Squigglefly store!

The Creative Details
Image: Judith Hart at Squigglelfly
Sentiment: Squigglefly
Colors: Copics in pinkish vanilla, tender pink, willow and sand
 Embellishments: gems, glitter, ribbon

The Challenges:
Addicted to Stamps - 1 image, 2 flowers, 3 gems
A Gem of a Challenge - pink and gems
Cards Galore - color (pink, green, yellow)
Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes
Corrosive Challenge - use a girl or woman
Crafts 4 Eternity - cute kids
Creative Inspiration Paint  anything goes
Creative Craft Challenges - use a ribbon
Divas By Design - anything goes
Fairies Challenge - birthdays
Happy Camper - flowers
QKR - balloons
Inky Chicks - pretty in pink
Paper Makeup - anything goes
Penny's Paper Crafty - 2 or more patterned papers
Send a Smile 4 Kids - anything goes
Squirrel and the Fox - birthday
Seize the Birthday - anything birthday
Stamp and Create - birthday
Tammy's Scrappin Corner - birthday
3 Girl Jam - celebration and ribbon
The Crafter's Cafe - flowers
4 Crafty Chicks - balloons
Whoopsi Daisy - ribbon and bows

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Cleaning Up for Fall...

Pile it On has another Challenge for you...
Use either "cool" or "warm" colors
Since it was fall I opted for warm colors for my super cute image
from PAPER NEST DOLLS - yes they are the sponsor this week.
The Creative Details:
Colors: Copics in leaf green, tender pink, mustard, brick red, sand 
Embellishments: stickles (on corn), leaves, flower, gems, sticker
Tools: die cut

The Challenges:
All that Stickles - fall harvest
Artistic Inspiration - anything goes or frame it
Corrosive Challenge - use a girl or woman
Creative Moments - frame it
Crafts 4 Eternity - cute kids
Crafty Sentiments - fall colors
Divas By Design - anything goes
Dream Valley - Autumn
Eureka Stamps - color photo
Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes
Lexi's Creations - autumn colors
Oldie But a Goodie - die cut (old item - autumn sticker)
Party Time Tuesday - color challenge
Papertake weekly - sparkle
Perfect Sentiment - fall and a sentiment
Pinspirational - fall photo
Send a Smile 4 kids - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - from the store (copics)
Wordplay Saturday - seasons

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Friday, September 20, 2013

Shine a little...

The theme this week at the Creative Fingers Challenge is 
"Shine"
We know that you will have lots of ideas with this challenge.
And, our fabulous sponsor is Lacy Sunshine!!
The Creative Details:
Image: Lacy Sunshine
Copics in tahitian blue, orange, leaf green, napoli yellow, flesh
 Embellishments: gems, stickles
Tools: Die cut, punch

Challenges:
Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes
C is for Challenge - sparkle
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - anything goes
Corrosive Challenge - use a girl or woman
Creative Moments - frame it
Cut it Up - going in circles
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - color
Delicious doodles - gems
Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes
Papertake weekly - sparkle
Sister act - anything goes
The Crafters Cafe - flowers
Through the Craftroom door - anything goes
Wags n' Whiskers - sparkle

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Follow me..

Diane's Daydream Designs
just released a delightful set of darling sheep. 
The hardest part was trying to pick which of the cute sheep to use.
Ok, maybe I had to pick two - they were too cute!
Check out the Daydream Designs blog (here) because it is loaded
 with the most adorable freebies - my freebie is an adorable owl!
The Creative Details
Embellishments: buttons, gems, glitter
Tools: border punch, grass punch

The Challenges
Craft Your Passion - fall colors
Created With Love - anything goes
Eureka Stamps - color photo
Just Inspirational - die cuts or shapes
Love to Scrap - borders
My Craft Spot - fav. technique (off the paper)
The Pink Elephant - digital images
Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes
Twist of Faith - buttons
Wordart Wednesday - positive message

Stay Warm Harted,
 Elizabeth

Monday, September 16, 2013

Time to Trick or Treat

Just fell in love with these cute critters depicting Halloween!
I wonder if that cute dinosaur will make it to my 
house on Halloween!
The Creative Details:
Image: House Mouse
Colors: Copics in apricot. leaf green, willow, cool grey, pink vanilla
Embellishments:gems,  flowers. acorns, stickles
Tools: die (Spellbinders)

The Challenges:
Addicted to Stamps - 1 image, 2 flowers, 3 acorns
Artistic Inspiration - anything goes or frame it
Card Makin Mamas - for the kids
Creative Inspiration Paint - autumn colors
Craft Your Passion - fall colors
Created With Love - anything goes
Craftin desert Divas - fall
Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes
Graph'It - Halloween colors
Great Impressions - fall colors
Lexis Creations - autumn colors
4 Krafty Girls - anything goes
One Stitich at a Time - fall
Paper Crafting Journey - flowers
Polly Craft - harvest colors
Tammy's Scrapin Corner - anything goes

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Happy Fall Thoughts...

Happy Fall Thoughts. 
Just could not resist this darling nostalgic image.
Its from Squigglefly (Cheryl Alger).   
They have some perfect fall images.
The Creative Details:
Image: Squigglefly (Cheryl Alger)
Colors: Copics, in salmon, apricot, sand, pale green, sepia
Embellishments: ribbon, gems
Tools: border punch

The Challenges:
A Creative Romance - dies or punches
Aud Sentiments - autumn
Bearly Mine - fall colors
Card Makin Mama's - for the kids
Color Me Creative - anything goes
Crafting By Designs - anything goes
Di's Digis - fall colors
Jellypark - children
Jo's Scrap Shack - fall colors
LEJ Designs - fall colors
Loves Rubber Stamps - sentiment on front
My Time to Craft - autumn colors
Penny's Paper Crafty - anything goes
Stempelsonnen - orange, green, brown
Send a Smile for Kids - cute Halloween
Speedy and Friends - G (green and girl)
WordArt Wednesday - anything goes with positive message

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Friday, September 13, 2013

The bird sings...

It is time for another Creative Fingers Challenge
This time our theme is to use a sentiment
We have a very fabulous sponsor this week too.
Beccy's Place
The Creative Details:
Sentiment: Beccy's Place
Colors: Copics in buttercup, napoli yellow, coral sea
Embellishments: ribbon, gems, flower stickles, pearl
Tool: border punch

The Challenges:
Catch the Bug - anything goes
Creative Romance - punches or dies
Chocolate. Coffee and Cards - anything goes
Crazy  4 Challenges - flower and pearls
Crafting by Designs - anything goes
Digitally Sweet - anything goes
Emma's Cards - birds
Just Inspirational - flowers
Loves rubber Stamps - sentiment
Mema's Crafts - ribbon, lace, or flowers
Penny's paper Crafty - anything goes
Paper Crafting Journey - flowers
Parade Your Crafts - anything goes
Sisterhood of Crafters - use a digi
The Crazy Challenge - bingo (pearls, punch, flower)
Sister Act - anything goes
Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes
Totally Gorjuss - anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown - anything goes
613 Avenue Create - anything goes
Vintage Stamping/Flonz - anything from the garden
Wordart - anything goes

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Dance

I love this image from Diane's Daydream Designs.
The set is so fabulous - it comes with different images of dancers and really 
fabulous sentiments. I fell in love with it an instant!
Check it out today here
The Creative Details
Embellishments: pearls, glitter, ribbon, flowers
Tools: Spellbinders die cut
The Challenges:
Card and Scrap - use dies
Card Mania - fav color combination (pink and brown)
Craft Your Passion - glitter and gloss
Crafty Sentiments - anything goes
Creative Craft Challenge - photo inspirations
Craft-Dee Bowz - bow
Digi Darla - anything goes
Left of Center - girly
Just Inspirational - flower
Oozak - dies and punches
Mema's Craft - ribbon, lace or flowers
Papertake Weekly - childs play
Sister Act - anything goes
The Crazy Challenge - bingo (pearls, punches, flowers)
Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes
Totally Gorjuss - anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown - anything goes
Wags n' Whiskers - ribbons and bows
Wordplay Saturday - childhood

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Monday, September 9, 2013

Miss Talking to You...

This week at the Squigglefly Challenge our theme is
"Talk to Me" - Use a sentiment!
And, I have the perfect image from Squigglelfy this week to work with 
for this fun theme. Be sure to check out all our new images --
 they are super fun this month.
The Creative Details:
Image: Cheryl Alger at Squigglefly 
Colors: Copics in strong red, lipstick red, black, leaf green
Embellishments: gems glittler, flowers
Tools: Cricut, border punch

The Challenges:
Creative Corner - child's play
Catch the Bug - anything goes
Digitally Sweet - anything goes
Jelly Park - all about kids
Quick Quotes - anything goes
My Creative Moments - word play - childhood
One Stitch at a Time - use a digi
Tuesday Throwdown - best friends
Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes
613 Avenue create - anything goes
Make it Monday - anything goes
4 Crafty Girlz - anything goes
Sister Act - anything goes

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Hello School...

Time for a fun challenge here at the Pile it On Challenge!
Tic Tac Toe (see below)
Our fabulous sponsor this week is Simply Betty - she has
the most fun images and I love this school girl one.



The Creative Details:
Image: Simply Betty
Colors: Copics in lipstick red, napoli yellow, black, flesh, leaf green
Embellishments: gems, ribbon, globe sticker
Tools: punch

The Challenges:
Barely Mine - anything goes
By Lori Designs - back to school
Catch the Bug - anything goes
Crafting By Designs - back to school
Jelly Park - all about kids
Love to Scrap - anything goes
Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes
Milk Coffee - school
Parade Your Crafts - anything goes
Penny's Paper Crafty - spooled items
Oozak - punches or dies
Our Creative Corner - forgotten things (globe)
RRR - back to school and ribbon
Ribbon Carousel - back to school
2 Sisters - back to school
4 Crafty Girls - anything goes

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Friday, September 6, 2013

Feather girl...

It's time for another challenge at Creative Fingers
and an easy one too - "Anything Goes"
We have a fabulous sponsor also, Delicious Doodles!!
Join us for our challenge.
The Creative Details:
Image: Delicious Doodles
Colors: Copics in apricot, buttercup, napoli yellow, crimson, flesh
Embellishments: buttons, metal pieces
Tools: die cuts, dotted embossing pad

The Challenges Entered
Artistic Inspiration - buttons
Addicted to Stamps - anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes
CMC Copic Challenge - funky colors
Natalie and Amy - embossing
Oozak - anything - punches/dies
Our Creative Corner - forgotten things (metal pieces)
Paper Playtime - 3 papers
Paper Crafting Journey - anything goes
Red Carpet Studio - anything goes
Simply Steampunk - layers
Stamping for the Weekend - summer colors
Tammy's Scrapin Corner - end of summer
4 Crafty Girlz - anything goes

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Welcome Fall..

And we are most definitely welcoming Fall here at
The images could not be any more colorful and perfect for your fall projects 
I took the beautiful wreath image and cut it out 3 times and
layered it to raise the dimensions.
Creative Details
Image: Daydream Designs
Embellishments: ribbon, gems, stickles in gold and copper
Tools: punch, die cut

The Challenges:
Allsorts - sentiment
Aud Sentiments - any sentiment
Craftroom Challenge - trees or  leaves
Great Impressions - fall colors
Just for Fun - autumn colors
Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes
My Sheri - fall
Paper Pretties - paper piercing
Penny's Paper Crafty - spooled items
Perfect Sentiment - ribbon, twine or binding
Robyn's Fetish - leaves
Squirrel and the Fox - spring or autumn

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Nature's Animals

Welcome to the September challenge at
This month we have a fabulous sponsor with truly fabulous images:
The Creative Details:
Embellishments: button, gems

The Challenges:
Artistic Inspiration - buttons
A Gem of a Challenge - use 2 backing papers
Addicted to Stamps - anything goes
C is for Challenge - lots of layers
Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes
Country View - layers
Just Inspirational - animals
Paper Creator - anything goes
Paper Playtime - 3 different papers
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Red Carpet Studio - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - animal
Sister Act - anything goes
The Cupboard Trilogy - male
Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes
Whimsy Inspiration - male

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Sunday, September 1, 2013

I Give a Hoot!

I love owls - and just can't get enough of them.
And, at Daydream Designs there are the cutest owls ever.
I love this new release (Falling for You Owls)
featuring the owls and cute sayings with the chalkboard look.
I am thrilled to be featuring these designs as part of the Daydream Designs Team -
 so check back soon for more wonderful new images from Diane's Daydream Designs



The Creative Details
Image: Daydream Design (Falling for You Owls)
Embellishments: Buttons, twine, glitter, leaves

The Challenges:
Addicted to Stamps - anything goes
Aud Sentiments - any sentiment
Card a Day - autumn
Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes
Corrosive Challenge - fall
Cute Card Thursday - things with wings
Eclectic Ellapu - its sentimental
Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
Great Impressions - fall colors
Inky Impressions - animals
Hiding in My Craftroom - freestyle
Jellypark - things that fly
Just Inspirational - animals
Male Room - great outdoors
Paper Creator - anything goes
Pumpkin Spice - anything goes
Red Carpet Studio - anything goes
Robyn's Fetish - add some leaves
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Squirrel and the Fox - spring or autumn
Sister Act = anything goes
Speedy and Friends - frame it

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth