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Hey!! How's it going today???

July 1 already and boy the time is clicking by, isn't it!!

It's time for the next monthly challenge over at Craft-Dee BowZ.

The sponsor this month is

Kinda Cute by Patricia

I am using a darling pigeon image that I thought looked like a dove. 

So I colored it more like a dove 

Here is a closer view if this cool pigeon

It's hard to see the gray tones, but I used  gray on the edges of the wings and the neck area

The Bow - 

I used a single loop bow. Thought a fancier bow wouldn't look right.

Don't forget, the best bow maker tool is available here. Just look at the left sidebar to order yours.

Here is a closer look at that bow.

Just a simple bow for this card.

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Digital - Kinda Cute by Patricia - Pigeon Paper/Card Stock: White CS, Gray Blue CS, Holographic Paper, DP Ink: None Dies Used: Recollections - lower case letters, Elizabeth Craft Designs - Leafy Branch Accessories: Hug Snug Seam Binding Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam, Spectrum Noir, Sizzix Embossing Folder - Rays, Flat-Backed Bead

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

• A Bit More Time to Craft  #71 - Anything Goes (#38)
• A Perfect Time To Craft  #7 - Always Anything Goes (#25)
• Card Mania #106 - Anything Goes (#44)
• Classic Design Team Open Challenge  Always Anything Goes (#26)
• Crafts Galore Encore  July - Always Anything Goes (#10)
• Crafty Girls Creations Challenge  #49 - Always Anything Goes(#28)
• Create and Inspire  #75 - Anything Goes (#98)
• Creative Craft Cottage Challenges  #108 - Anything Goes (#152)
• Love to Craft  #24 - Anything Goes (#29)
• Morgan's ArtWorld   June - Anything Goes (#75)
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge  Always Anything Goes  (#87)

I hope you have enjoyed my project today

I hope you will submit a project in the Craft-Dee BowZ challenge this month.

The theme is always – Anything Goes with a handmade bow.

Thanks for stopping by and I will see you soon.

With Brave Wings She Flies

Welcome back.

Whew, This is a busy week here at Art and Soul,

 I have 3 cards for you this week. 

Yesterday was card #1, this is card #2 and the third card will will post tomorrow.

A long time ago (no this isn't a fairytale - LOL) I bought a large puzzle piece and I used it as a card of sorts but I made a copy of that puzzle piece shape. Well I pulled that puzzle piece out and its been sitting on my table for a good while and last nite I finally came up with a card idea,
This puzzle piece is approximately 6.5" X 6.5"

Here is a peek of that puzzle piece. 

I traced this onto my white CS to make that fun shape.

You know that Fred She Said is the sponsor of the Craft-Dee BowZ challenge this month.... and I saw a darling bird on their site and fell in love with it. So I bought it last nite. Next I decided the bird and the puzzle piece would be a great match. So.....................................

........................Here is the card

I  used a gold leafing pen to add a gold tone outline on the puzzle shape.

Here is a close-up of that cute bird, the Nuthatch

and here is a closer view of my bow

It's a triple loop bow.

Its easy to make with the Craft-Dee BowZ tool.

Need one - order yours here

LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THE SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:   Digi - Fred She Said - Nuthatch Paper/Card Stock:  White CS  Green CS Ink:  Memento - Danube Blue Memento - Bamboo Leaves Dies Used:  Spellbinders Ovals sm Dees Distinctively - Pine Sprigs.  Sizzix  Tim Holtz Alterations -Tattered Pinecones  Accessories:  Ribbon Craft-Dee BowZ  tool dimensional foam Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers - Various colors Puz Tim Holtz Mini Stencil  Collection - Set 7 Sponge  Krylon - Gold Leaf Pen

I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

• A Bit More Time to Craft  - Always Anything Goes (#41)
• A Perfect Time To Craft  - Always Anything Goes (#23)
• Classic Design Team Open Challenge  - Always Anything Goes (#27)
• Connie Can Crop  #54 - Anything Goes (#11)
• Crafts Galore Encore  January - Anything Goes (#34)
• Crafty Awesomeness January - Anything Goes (#?)
• Dies R Us Challenge  #64 - Anything Goes (#31)
• Not Just Cards  - Always Anything Goes (#114)
• Paper Creator's Crafts  #55 - Anything Goes (#13)
• Sweet Stampers #2 - Anything Goes (#149)
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge  Always Anything Goes (#66)

Thanks for stopping in today, I will be back tomorrow with that 3rd card for you.

Use Your Wings

Hi Everyone
I am back today with a card I made for my monthly stamp club meeting. Last month I handed out a blank card with a funky fold and we all were to use the blank card and come back with a design.

Here is the card I made.

The card will stand on its own and has no front/inside like a regular card. 

I used yellow CS and washi tape. On the left side I added a punched leaves and branch.

I thought I'd add some homemade photo corners. Added a few leaf sprigs to the left corners. I stamped the bird in black ink and colored the flower in a Spun Sugar pink using a Distressed Marker. I also used Pan Pastel Dairylide Yellow to add a halo around the bird.

I also added some glitter dots to all that white around the bird.

LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THE I SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Impression Obsession  - Bird - E13046 Paper/Card Stock: Yellow CS, White CS Ink: India Ink - Black Accessories:Washi Tape, MS Punch - Leaves and Branch, Frond, Pan Pastels, Elizabeth Crafts - Glitter Dots, Sentiments - Tim Holtz idea-ology - Small Talk

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiment Designs  - Anything Goes (#53)

Lemon Shortbread  Always Anything Goes  (#32)

Retarte - #74 - Anything Goes (#43)

Through The Craft Room Door Always Anything Goes (#66)

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes (#118)

Craft Your Passion  - Always Anything Goes (#133)

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything Goes (#74)

Not Just Cards - (April) Always Anything Goes (#49)

Time for a Tweet

Welcome back to my blog!!

Today it's time to see whats going on over at Crafty Creations Challenges. The challenge theme is "No Blue" or "A card to cheer someone up".


Here is the card I decided on and I hope it cheers you up!!

The sponsor at Crafty Creations Challenges for this challenge is  Robyn's Fetish. I used

 an image called"A Little Birdie Told Me" They have a few other bird images available, so it was hard for me to choose, but I liked this one the best since he is sitting on a tree stump, surrounded by some flowers. I popped the flowers and the bird up with dimensional foam, added a fence and some cattails and a couple of clouds to finish this card off. And what's a card without a bow.

The latest challenge over at Crafty Creations Challenges will last for 2 weeks so you have some time to get your submission in. We'd all like to see your take on the theme,

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Digital - Robyn's Fetish - A Little Birdie Told Me Paper/Card Stock: White, Brown, Green, Yellow & DP Ink/Markers/Pencils: Colored Pencils Dies Used: Impression Obsession - Fence, Spellbinders - Cattails Accessories: Feather, Ribbon, Draft-Dee BowZ  bow maker, dimensional foam, Gamsol

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

Colouring in Scrapland -  (October) Anything Goes (#38)

Crafting from the Heart -  Always Anything Goes (#97)

Craft Your Passion -  Always Anything Goes (#100)

Love to Scrap -  Ribbon or Lace, Oh My(#75)

Use Your Stuff - Use Ribbon (#9)

Thanks for stopping in today, I hope to see you again soon

Just For You

Hi Everyone,

How are you doing today?? Hope you are having a wonderful day.

Today is my post day for Craft-Dee BowZ. This month the theme for the designers is masculine. Those seem to be difficult cards to come up with for some reason. LOL

The card I made uses a stamp that I have had for eons and will probably love it til I die. The stamp is from Great Impressions and it's still available.

Isn't that birdie too cute!!

My bow is just a single loop bow, and to make it somewhat different,after the bow was finished,  I just pulled on one of the loops and that made the bow lopsided, which is exactly the look I wanted. Let me show you a closer view.

The ribbon I used is a very nice heavier cloth ribbon, like a herringbone ribbon, and is better suited for a single loop bow, perfect for this theme and card. 

Craft-Dee BowZ has the best bow making tool around!! If you don't own one you may want to check out the videos to see how easy it is to make a bow using the tool and then order one for your very own. You won't regret it!!

Before I forget, I hope you stop back Thursday for the Craft-Dee BowZ bi-monthly blog hop. Stop and comment on all the designers blogs along the way and that will put you in the running for a prize give away of a Craft-Dee BowZ tool of your own.The prize will be awarded on Saturday.

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps: Great Impressions - Bird; Hot Off the Press - Tickets Paper/Card Stock: DP, Burgandy/Brown CS, White CS Ink: Memories - Black, Bamboo Leaves, Espresso Truffle, Peanut Brittle, Dandelion Dies Used: Spellbinders - Labels Ten Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, Buttons, twine

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create - #82 Anything Goes w/optional FRIENDSHIP DAY
• Come and Get It - It's All About Dies
• Fairytale Stampers - must use stamp / digi stamp - #42 Ribbons/Lace/Bands
• Penny Black and More – M, no digis, 3E – Anything Goes
• Robyn`s Fetish -  #223 Square or Rectangle Cards - Your Choice
• Scribble and Scrap -  #24 Anything Goes  (see blog)
• Stamping Sensations -  August Challenge Anything Goes
• The Paper Players - #207 Cute as a Button
• The Ribbon Girls - W, must use ribbon – Anything But a Square

I hope to see you sometime throughout the hop.

Just Celebrate

Hi Everyone,
Well it was the third Saturday of the month this past Saturday, time for my regular card class,The Card Shop class at Simply Said Rubber Stamps.

Here is the first card I presented:

The bird just reminded me of spring. Couldn't pass that up after the winter we've had. Have you used Wink of Stella yet? Well we used it on some of those circles in the bird, love that embellishment, just adds the right touch of shimmer. Also used some pearls from Fabscraps those are yummy.

Embossed the right half of the front of the card, added some gold leafing, layered a gold panel and some designer paper and tucked in a few greenery sprigs and wella!! a darling celebration card.

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Woodware - Bubble Bird Paper/Card Stock: Cream CS, Green CS, Yellow CS Gold CS, DP Ink: black Dye ink Punches: MS Leaves and Branches Accessories: Gold Leafing, dimensional foam, Fabscraps Pearls, Wink of Stella - clear

I am submitting my card in the following challenge:

• Allsorts - W, #255 Birds and Feathers (#36)
• Crafty Calendar -   Things with Wings (#198)
• My Time to Craft - #244 – Up Up and away (#12)
• So Artful Challenge -   Signs of Spring (Shades of Green plus other colors of choice) 
• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards -  No. 63 - (W1 of 2) - Spring (#70)
• Craftitude - No. 63 - (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes or Spring/Easter (#99)
• Crafty Catz -  No.227 - Use anything starting with letter B (#140)
• Crafty Hands Challenge Blog -  No. 12 - (W2 of 2) - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles -  No.16 -  Springtime (#37)
• Sister Act Card Challenge - No. 53 - Anything Goes (#127)

Thanks bunches for visiting me today. Wednesday I will be back with card #2 from my April card class, hope you can stop back then. Have a  great week.

Life is a Song

Hi Everyone,
Happy Hump Day!! LOL   Last night was club night and I thought you'd like to see the card I made for club. The theme was musical and I decided to use a stamp set from Unity that definitely had this theme covered.

I used blue cs for the bird, so I guess you can say he's the blue bird of happiness. LOL I stamped the wing again, fussy cut it out, added glitter to the lines and popped it up.I also glittered the curly tail.  I used my Craft-Dee BowZ tool to make a fluffy bow for the card.

Here is a close up of the bow. I added some flowers to the center of my bow.

 I must have spring fever since I made some more little flowers and added them to this card. My last post has some of my handmade flowers on it also.

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Unity Stamp Co - Music of My Heart Paper/Card Stock: White CS, Yellow CS, Blue Handmade Paper, DP, Ink: Black dye ink, Memento Danube Blue Dies Used: Spellbinders Ovals sm, Foliage Accessories: Seam Binding (ribbon), Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam, Embossing Folder, MS Glitter - Navy

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

• Crafting from the Heart - #9 Anything Goes / Use Dies (#62)
• Kaboodle Doodles - #214 Anything but a Square (#41)
• Love to Create - #106 Anything Goes (#128)
• Make it Monday - #182 Always Anything Goes (#101)
• My Craft Creations -  Always Anything Goes (#57)
• The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - #5 Anything Goes (#55)
• Glitter n Sparkle - #75 Anything Goes (#108)
• That Craft Place -  Anything Goes. (#267)

CHF07 - Animals

Hi Everyone,
Thanks for stopping in today because it's time for the next Cornish Heritage Farms challenge.The theme is animals and I decided to use a digital bird image I have in my digital stash. I really love birds. I also really like trees and where do you see birds, but in trees.

As I looked at the bird I envisioned it sitting in a nest on a tree limb, so I drew the tree with an overhanging limb.

To make the tree I penciled in the sketch of the tree on the cardstock. Next, I cut the cardstock and embossed it and added a cream colored ink to bring out the embossed wood design. Next I used a die to cut the leaves. The nest, I made from a small branch punch and used about 25 pieces.

This beautiful bird is a great digital image of a robin.  Check out all the digital images, there are so many to choose from and you don't have to wait for the postman.The sentiment is in the Ornamental Beauty set

Want to play along????

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you! AND - if you do, you could win a $10 Gift Certificate and a Winner's Badge to put on your Blog!

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.) 

Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF06. We can't wait to see what you create! 

Don't forget to check out the Cornish Heritage Farms Design Team's card on their blogs. 

*  Anne  *  Barb  *  Barbara (You are HERE) *  Cindy  *

*  Dawn  *  Debbie  *  Deneen *  Dianne  * Frances  *  

* Holly* *  Jacqueline  *  Kris  *  Kristine  *  Lisa  *  

* Michele  *  Petra  *  Steph  *  

Thanks so much for stopping by today. See you soon!!