"Witch Of The Night"

Good Morning To All! It's the first Monday of the new month, you know what that means... Paper Creations Ink has a new challenge up, we would love you to join us!!! This is Challenge #10 the theme is "Black And/Or Orange On Your Creation" and it is being sponsored by Stamp Insanity! We thought it would be a good way to kick off the upcoming Halloween festivities! Whether you just love Halloween Images or need to create some very special goodies for the little monsters in your life! For me... I just love Halloween Images! Michael is the one that has gotten me hooked on Halloween, gotta love 'em! Okay... enough chit chat, on with the show...

Material List

Stamp ~ Stamp Insanity - Kassandra (Devil Dolls Digi Set)

Designer Paper ~ Martha Stewart Crafts - Elegant Witch Mat Pad

Card Stock ~ Wausau Papers 60#(?) & Stampin' Up (Basic Black, Brushed Silver, & Marvelous Magenta)

Stampin' Up Crystal Effects

Nestibilities by Spellbinders ~ Deckled Rectangle Large

Sponge Technique ~ Stampin' Up Ink (Basic Black & Marvelous Magenta)

Ribbon ~ Halloween by Michael's Stores Inc.

Half Pearls ~ Recollections by Michael's Stores Inc.

Star Rhinestones ~ Darice / Copic Special Black Marker #110

Stickles by Ranger ~ Star Dust (My Favorite)

Prisma Colored Pencil Numbers

1063, 1065, 1067, 949, 1054, 1056, 1058, 935, 942, 943, 1034, 941, 947, 931, 995, 1009, 927, & 1093

I will be entering this creation into twelve different challenges...

• Stamp Insanity Challenge #76 ~ Photo au Mojo
• The Corrosive Challenge #134 ~ Purple Passion
• CES Challenges #56 ~ Pretty Girls
• One Stop Craft Challenge #151 ~ Just For Men
• My Sheri Crafts Challenge #70 ~ Think Pink
• Designed2Delight Challenge ~ Colored Pencils
• Tando Creative Challenges #3 ~ Spooktastic Designs
• Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings Challenge #33 ~ Halloween Theme
• The Emerald Faerie Gardens Challenge #10 ~ Punches / Dies
• Creatalicious Challenge #26 ~ Anything Goes
• One Stitch At A Time Challenge #82 ~ Use A Digi
• I Did It Creations Challenge #75 ~ Halloween Creations

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave me a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!

Have a wonderful week!

Happy Creating!

Sara

"The Beauty of Summer"

Good Evening Everyone! It's Monday... Yay! Did I sound convincing? LOL! Today has been a good day, don't get me wrong... it is just the fact that it is Monday! LOL! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! We got a lot done, so it was good for us; but really, really short! LOL!

Today I have some awesome NEWS for you! The Latte Lounge just started our NEW June Month Long Challenge! Our new challenge layout, has been lots of fun so we will be keeping it for awhile! If you don't know what I am talking about, then you need to come on over and find out for yourself! (Hee-Hee) Remember you MUST be a member of The Latte Lounge to take part in this challenge!

Okay... I will give you the details of WEEK 1, the theme this month is "Nature and The Great Outdoors"! So for WEEK 1, we are asking everyone to create any type of Paper Creation that has to do with Nature or The Great Outdoors! In a minute or three, you will see what my inspiration is! The wonderful image that I used is by The Stamping Boutique called "Watering Girl"! I also used some Digital Paper by JLJ Designs... the marbled yellow-orange paper is from the Back To Nature Paper Pack Collection!

Material List

Stamp ~ The Stamping Boutique - Watering Girl (Image)

Designer Paper ~ JLJ Designs - Back To Nature Digital Paper Pack (Marbled Yellow-Orange) & Daisy Paper - Out Of My Stash

Card Stock ~ Cryogen 89# (Image) & Stampin' Up (Basic Black, Garden Green, & Summer Sun)

Nestibilities by Spellbinders ~ Labels Four

Daisy Punch Outs ~ Celebrate It Spring Party

Edging Sponging Technique ~ Stampin' Up Ink (Garden Green)

Faux Stitching ~ Micron Black Pen

Ribbon ~ Heidi Grace Designs (Green) & White Rick Rack (Out Of My Stash)

Inkssentials Opaque White Pen

Rhinestones ~ Clusters by Mark Richards (Cut Apart)

Punch ~ Martha Stewart (Fronds)

Stickles by Ranger ~ Star Dust

Copic Sketch Markers

E00, E11, R20, Y32, Y35, Y38, C00, C1, C2, C3, C5, C7, C8, & B0000

I will be entering this creation into six different challenges...

• Card Cupids Challenge ~ More Than 3 Layers ~ Deadline Date & Time: Sunday, June 12, 2011 at 11pm CST
• The Corrosive Blog Challenge ~ Summer Colors ~ Deadline Date: Saturday, June 11, 2011
• Crafty Hos' Challenge ~ Summer Colors ~ Deadline Date & Time: Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 10pm CST
• Creative Cowgirls Challenge ~ Summertime Fun ~ Deadline Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011
• Catch The Bug Challenge ~ Anything Goes ~ Deadline Date & Time: Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 5am CST
• The Stamping Boutique Monthly Challenge ~ Use Any TSB Image ~ Deadline Date & Time: Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 11pm CST

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions or

 comments feel free to leave me a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!

Have a wonderful week!

Happy Creating!

Sara

"Colorful Fun"

Good Afternoon To All! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! My weekend was definitely jam packed, with some future planning/setting up of a NEW endeavour that Michael and I are working on and creating for some projects that I have due! So be on the look out for more details on our future endeavour and for all the wonderful projects that I have been working on!

Today I am sharing a creation that I made for The Latte Lounge's Kids Challenge! Yep... The DT decided that since I don't have any children that I should be the "BIG KID" and play along! LOL! It was so much fun creating this card with this adorable image from Designed 2 Delight! The name of this image is "Painting Eggs". Designed 2 Delight is sponsoring this challenge! So be sure to head on over to The Latte Lounge and check it out! Your kids will want to play along for the chance at the wonderful prizes that they are offering! Reminder you MUST be a member of The Latte Lounge, in order to take part in the challenge!

Material List

Stamp ~ Designed 2 Delight - Painting Eggs (Image)

Designer Paper ~ Heidi Grace Designs

Card Stock ~ Cryogen 89# (Image) & Stampin' Up (Barely Banana, Bliss Blue, Chocolate Chip, Perfect Plum, & Pretty In Pink)

Creative Memories Corner Rounder

Sponge Technique ~ Stampin' Up Ink - Barely Blue / Cloud Stencil

Purple Flowers ~ Stylish Accents by Offray

Stampin' Up Crystal Effects

Stickles by Ranger - Star Dust (My Favorite)

Copic Sketch Markers

B0000, B91, B93, B95, Ell, E13, E17, E21, R20, R21, R81, R83, R85, BV00, BV11, BV31, YG11, YG13, YG17, Y21, Y23, Y28, & Y32

I will be submitting this creation into a five different challenges...

• Aly's Sunday Sketch #39 ~ Bunnies Challenge ~ Deadline April 16, 2011 at 12pm EST.
• The Corrosive Challenge Blog #110 ~ Pastel Colors ~ Deadline April 9, 2011.
• Creative Cowgirls Challenge Blog #9 ~ Spring/Easter ~ Deadline April 9, 2011.
•  I Did It Creations #29 ~ Anything Goes ~ Deadline April 9, 2011 at 5pm CST.
• Sparkles Forum Challenge #8 ~ Springtime ~ Deadline April 9, 2011.  

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave me a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!

Have a wonderful day!

Happy Creating!

Sara