Challenge Card Frog in a Tea Cup

Made this card today.  I was surfing blogs and came across a few challenges I wanted to join.
Frog image and the letters from the Frog Alphabet are from Wild Frog Creations Rubber Stamps.
I did take a few liberties.  First I colored and enlarged the frog image, then stamped and reduced the alphabet letters.  Wild Frog's angel policy does allow this.  I can't remember where I got the vellum with the teacups on it . . . sigh.

I screwed up tying the bow again. I am seriously bow challenged, lol.

I am entering this card in the following challenges: (Click the links to go to the websites)

Create For Fun's Sketch Challenge Week 2
Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenges #5 Anything with an Animal - Sponsered by Wiff of Joy
Gingersnap Creations GC85 Chesnut Theme Challenge - Hot Beverages

Iris Folded Valentines

These two Valentines are almost identical.  I really liked doing this one so I did a second using just a different color for the folding and a different color ink. 

Stamp is from Azadi with the center cut out of the heart and the iris folding is inside the heart.  Hope it shows up in the scan.  I should have used 2 different colors on the red so it would show up better.

Kewpie Doll Card

After work today I tried to get busy cleaning the craft room.  Here's what I did instead, lol.  I'll clean the craft mess tomorrow.

The Kewpie Doll stamp is from Wild Frog Creations.  First photo was a bit light and second photo a bit dark and neither shows the true colors good enough so I'll post both.  I prefer scanning cards, but the lace around the image would have flattened.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

The Cheerful Stamp Pads Challenge #8 Life in Times Past with a prize from Unity Stamps

Scrapbook Sisters Challenge #17 Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursdays Challenge #146 Out with the Old

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC99) Flowers

Papertake Weekly Challenges Anything Goes with Lace

Valentines

I'm finally back online after almost 3 weeks off for Christmas vacation.  I've spent the last 3 days catching up on reading from my blog lists.  Didn't make a lot of comments but enjoyed catching up.  Meanwhile, I've been making Valentines.  I enjoy them so much more than Christmas cards for some reason.  So far I've done 12, lol.  Thought I'd start by posting my 2 least favorites.  These ones are for little kiddos.  On the cute side.

First one uses the "Layer Up" technique from Technique Junkies.  The flowers in the basket and the hair bows are layered up.  Stamps are from Azadi.

2nd card also has stamps from Azadi:

Little kids will like these two. Tomorrow I'll post the card for the teenages, I like them much better.

Vintage Christmas

Here is my entry for the GC-80 Color Challenge - Vintage Hues over at Gingersnap Creations Blog

I am also entering this in Vicki's Challenge #6 -Twas the Night Before . . . over at the Cheerful Stamppad

All stamps are from a Vintage Christmas sheet from Wild Frog Creations.  Once again, this is an oversized card.  I seem to be making a lot of bigger cards recently.  This one would be good for a masculine card I think.

North Pole & Company

This post has been editied, scroll down a bit to see the Snow Woman card that I added it this morning after deciding she needed dressed.  This card is an oversized 8 1/2" X 5 1/2".

I always seem to be a day late on challenges and then miss them completely.  So this card will be late for only one challenge and only because it's still the 4th here, but it's the 5th overseas . . . sigh.  Without further ado, here is my SnowWoman:

Too bad all the sparkle, glitter and foils don't show up in the scan.  Snow Woman is made using the Fashion Doll stamp from Wild Frog Creations.   Snow at the bottom is actually sparkly white super thin layers of sea shell with glitter.  Snow on background is spattered white paint.  Snowflakes are foil punched, confetti and charms.  Snow woman's hair is also snowflakes. Stick on the sign is a wooden skewer.

Sketch used is from Cardabilities Design Team Reveal - Sketch # 16 :

Here is the card after I decided to dress the Snow Woman.  I like it better, but it did hide an element of the sketch.  Before I send this card out, I will tone down the color of the snowflakes that make up her hair.  I meant this card to be semi monotone with lots of spark and glitter.  Somehow, it looks good in person, but I think the scan just turned out blah.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

1.Cardabilities Design Tean Reveal - Sketch # 16

2.Sunday Stampers Week 131 Sign of The Times

3.GingersnapCreations GC81 Chesnut Theme Challenge - Snowpeople

4.2 Sisters Challenge 16 - Sparkly Christmas

5.Daring Cardmakers Turquoise Challenge sponsored by Flourish with a Bling



Kimono Challenge Winner

The kimono challenge ended yesterday and I only had two entries (besides my own) so only two names went into the hat, but both ladies are winners.  Phyllis Johnson is the winner of the unmounted grab bag of stamps.  Here is her kimono:

Phyllis, please send me your mailing address and I'll get the grab bag right out to you! Sherry Edwards was the other entrant and here is her card:

Sherry, please send me your mailing address so that I may also send you a surprise for entering!
My email is shelley@wildfrogcreations.com

I will be hosting more challenges in the future, but will wait until after the holidays.

Winter Solstice Card

Sometimes simple can be nice.  I get so involved in time consuming techniques or folds or just fancy layers and embellisments that it is refreshing to do something simple.  I have been overwhelmed by life recently, so I chose an innocent image and a simple card for winter solstice.

I received a blog award.

To accept this award, I must do the following:
1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded me this award
2. Share 8 things about yourself
3. Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards.


I received this blog award from  Monica at:  http://monica-fc.blogspot.com/  Thanks Monica!
 
My 8 things:
1. I am a neat freak.
2. My stamping/craft room is always a mess, but it's also hidden from view of anyone but me and I take a day almost monthly to completely clean and reorganize it, lol. This messy room drives me insane, but I can't seem to create without also creating chaos.
3. I am always either on time or 10 minutes early, people who are habitually late drive me insane. I hate waiting for people.
4. I love to travel. But only to warm places, preferably with a beach. If staying more than I few days I buy my own broom, make my own bed and heaven help the maid who steals my broom. 
5. I love animals and have 3 dogs.  I am allergic to cats.  Love them, but they make me sneeze.
6. I collect the odd, wierd, unusual, unique items which I store in a display case in my craft room.
7. I strongly dislike shopping. I abhore shopping. Even for clothes.
8. I own far too many shoes. Really.
 
Here are the 8 blogs I chose to pass this award on to that are new  or semi-new blogs to me:
http://www.suestamping.com/
http://rubyinga.blogspot.com/
http://roseblossomlegacies.blogspot.com/
http://halleshobbies.blogspot.com/
http://kateblue.blogspot.com/ 
http://sherrysimpleblog.blogspot.com/
ttp://lostincardland.blogspot.com/
http://papercraftpleasures.blogspot.com/
 
I truly have enjoyed visiting the above blogs and hope you will visit them too.

Crystal's Birthday Candy

Hop on over to Crystal's Blog and help her celebrate her birthday!  Here's a pic of what is included in the celebrations: