Sparkle and Shimmer - Flutter By Wednesday #124

Hello to you! Can you believe it's already Wednesday? Time is just flying by...I mean October is here on Friday!! Whew...October means cooler weather and boy has it hit Kansas. I haven't had the AC on for almost a week. LOVE having the windows open and fresh air. Plus leaving a window open and it getting cold, snuggling in the blankets - LOVE that!!

So today you are visiting to me see a Flutter By card, right? Well it's a fun challenge and I hope you will play along...SHIMMER AND SHINE! Let's create a card with lots of bling, sparkle and shimmer on it! Remember you must include a BUTTERFLY, FAIRY or ANGEL on it.


How is that for some sparkle, folks? I used Stickles on the clouds, wings and halo. I added a few blingy rhinestones to the side of the card as well. Let me tell you this baby is one beautiful shimmer & shiny card!

The image is a fabulous digi from Christy at Tiddly Inks...LOVE her stuff! I have so many images I've purchased but have not used. They are so cute how can I not?!
I even made this an actual card and finished the inside too!

I was able to make this card for a number of challenges:

Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #93 - sketch

Crazy 4 Challenges - Bling

Paper Sundaes - Things with wings

Digital Tuesday - Digi & thank you card

So what do you think? I'm think it's a little cutie patootie!! Please stop by the Flutter By Blog to link your creation for the challenge. Also, take a moment to stop by my DT sista's blogs...you won't be disappointed!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Somebunny Special

Welcome to another Softpencil Thursday! Today I'm using the digital image FLOWERS FOR YOU and the challenge was to use RIBBON and BOWS as well. Well that's EASY - I seem to use ribbon and bows A LOT and the image is one of my favorites!!

I know - how ca-ute is that!! Perfect spring card, if I do say so! I colored the image using pencils and OMS. I wanted to give the flowers some dimension so I printed a second image and cut the flowers out after coloring them and adding a little glitter using my Stardust Clear Gelly pen.

The sentiment is from the I Love Easter stamp set from TAC and goes PERFECTLY with the image! This is one of my favorite cards - it makes me so happy!! Now to figure out which somebunny special is going to receive it :)

I'm entering this card in the following challenges as well:

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C29 (Spring card)

Digital Tuesday - Challenge #51 Spring card & Digital Image

Friday Sketchers - Sketch #94

You can head on over to the Softpencil Blog to see all the latest happenings and to find out how to purchase your FLOWERS FOR YOU image! I hope you also stop by the other DT blogs (links on sidebar) to see what they've created this week!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderful Thursday and will join me tomorrow for another CSAYL challenge!

Christmas Challenge #43 - Out of the box

Yippee it's Friday - this means the weekend is almost here AND it's time for another Christmas creation! Today the challenge at CSAYL is OUT OF THE BOX - create a card that is NOT a square or rectangle. I decided to make a circle card - I don't know why I've been fighting trying this...it was much easier than I could imagine!

I used my circle cutter from Creative Memories. You could really use anything depending on the size you wanted. I have a Coluzzle that would have probably worked as well. Anyway, I just folded my 8.5x11 sheet of green cardstock in half, lined up my circle template, making sure that I left an area for the fold, and cut. Easy peasy! I'd like to know what people do to have scallop circle cards though - my Spellbinder dies aren't as big as I'd like my card to be.

By using my Creative Memories circle cutter I then could cut papers that fit easily (I just used a different color blade with the same template). For my image I used an angel from a retired set by The Angel Company called Fall & Winter Whimsy. The sentiment is from the Label Lingo set (also from TAC) which is available as a Level D set. I colored the image with pencils and OMS on ivory cardstock. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE how it turned out!

I wanted to add some umph to the card and saw that the challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges (C4C27) was Paper Piercing. It worked PERFECTLY with my card. I used a Bazzill stitch template to make the swirl patterns. I also pierced around the image. SO WHATCHA THINK?

I hope you will give this challenge a try! If you do, just visit the CSAYL blog and link your creation using Mr. Linky. The DT members vote on the creations and the top winner(s) are then asked to be a guest DT. So whatcha waiting for..COME ON AND PLAY!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog! I hope you have a fantastic weekend! I'll be back on Sunday night for a special blog hop - with an EASTER theme. Hope you'll stop by!!

An AWESOME Announcement

***PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MY CSAYL CREATION FOR TODAY - I HAVE TWO POSTS TODAY***

Happy Friday to you!! I'm so excited to finally be able to announce that I'm a new member of Softpencil's Design Team! Not familiar with Softpencil? Well then you'll want to check them out HERE - it's a digital stamp company with CA-UTE images! What does this DT position mean for me? Starting in March, I'll be posting at least ONE Softpencil creation a week - on Thursday's. I'm so excited to be a part of this team - Elizabeth is so nice and her images are so cute and fun to use!! I decided to go ahead and post a card today using the image LITTLE COW

The sentiment is from The Angel Company's AN'UDDER BIRTHDAY set. I colored the image using my colored pencils and OMS. I added a little Crystal Stickles to the butterfly.

I also used the Crazy 4 Challenges sketch (C4C25) for my card. So whatcha think?

Don't forget to check out my Christmas card below...it was a fun color challenge this week!

Love Theme for Flutter By Wednesday

Good Morning! Welcome to another Flutter By Wednesday! With Valentine's Day right around the corner we decided to have a LOVE theme for our challenge this week. Your creations should have a LOVE theme and include a fairy, butterfly or angel. I hope you find some time to join in. We've had a tremendous turnout for our weekly challenges and I have to tell you the creations are AMAZING! I love seeing all the different styles, images and cool creations that YOU have to offer! So THANK YOU for joining us - and if you haven't WHY NOT?!?! I hope you'll decide to join us this week. After you've created your card, just go to the Flutter By Wednesday blog and leave a direct link to your creation using Mr. Linky.

For my card I used my SCRAPS again from the weekend challenge that Danni had for a few of us. I LOVE how this turned out - it's so CA-UTE!

Yes, that's Fluffles - the cutest cat ever! Now your thinking "Michelle, Fluffles isn't a butterfly, fairy or angel" at which point I'd say - oh you are so right...but look at the flower center...

It's a butterfly rhinestone :) ha, ha - gotcha ya! With this card I can also enter it in the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges - #C4C23, Valentine Theme

PMS - #15, Pink & Bling

Cute Card Thursday - #98, Spots & Dots

Diecut Dreams - #34, Have a Heart

The sketch is from Sweet Sketch Sunday #54, which has already passed but I really liked the sketch. So can you believe I entered that many challenges with one card - it's a record for me!! Woohoo - I'm getting better :)

Well I hope you've enjoyed my card today! I so appreciate you taking the time to visit my blog and leave me comments. Believe me I know how busy life can be so THANK YOU! Please stop by the other DT's blogs when you get some time and see their beautiful creations as well - I'm telling you between the DT and the participants there is a TON of inspiration to be had here!!

Thanks for stopping by!!