Cartridges everywhere - and some challenges...

I am in love with some of the latest releases from ProvoCraft. Rock Princess!! Winter Frolic!! Mini Monsters!! Happy Haunting!!! It is just too much for me. So I have decided, that instead of coveting the new cartridges, it is high time for me to use the cartridges that I have, some of which I have never cut anything from - eek!! Don't tell my husband - Paisley is a cartridge I got for my birthday in April, and have never ever used. That ends today!! Here is my card.






I made an easel card, which I had never made before, and always thought must be really hard. Was I wrong. It is easy. I followed the directions on Splitcoast Stamper. I think I will be making more of these. It was fun! I cut the owl at 3 inches from Paisley, and the flower that is holding up the easel part of the card is the "button" feature for the owl on the Paisley cartridge, cut at 1 inch. The sentiment is from Stampin Up, as is the border punch I used to cut the scallop on the base of the card. The paper is mostly from my scrap bins. I am so excited at how cute he is!

The challenges I am submitting this card to are:

Cricut Cardz Challenge - color challenge, black, blue, orange, yellow and white ONLY.
Crafty Creations - winged things
Charisma Cardz Challenges - easel card
CPS - sketch #180
Corrosive Challenges - faux technique - I used faux stitching
Pear Tree Designs - best wishes sentiment
One Stitch at a Time - use a punch - I used a scallop border punch

I think that is the most challenges I have ever submitted one card for. I had originally planned just to make this card for the color challenge at Cricut Cardz, but while challenge hopping I found so many more, and the card evolved from there. This is so fun!

Hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with something new. No idea what, but I'll think of something :)

A la prochaine...

A little rain...

It has been pouring in Nova Scotia for the past few days. I can't complain, we have had a lovely summer so far, but the past couple of days have reminded me what a real NS summer is. I found a couple of new challenges on line this week on the Daily Dare. The challenge on Other Lovelies had to be about the weather. The rain seemed, somehow appropriate. Here is what I came up with:



This cute little girl and sentiment are both from MFT's Pure Innocence line. Love her :) She is colored with my Prismacolored pencils, using baby oil - still a new technique for me. The paper is primarily Stampin Up, though some is from my scrap box. I am pleased with how she turned out.

Challenges I am submitting this for:

OWH Stars and Stamps - sketch challenge from Sunday.

Paper Cutz color challenge using red, blue, white, yellow and black.

I will be back tomorrow with another card for yet another challenge. I am so amazed at the crafting I have been geting done :)

A la prochaine...