Challenge #10 -Buttons and Bows -Patricia's Turn

Hello it's my turn to share my card with you here at Sunday's With Crissy Challenge Blog. Our challenge this month is "Buttons and Bows" I love these two embellishments and together I think they make a great duo!!



My card is the Digi Image Bobby's Halloween by the FABULOUS Crissy Armstrong available at Whimsy Stamps ready for download.My image was colored with Copic Markers, I added some ribbon with bows and a few buttons!



Don't forget you still have a few days to enter our Challenge to win. This month the generous people of Stitchy Bear Stamps are sponsoring us! They are offering up FIVE digital images of your choice from their store! And Crissy is going to throw in THREE of her digital images as well, making the prize a total of EIGHT digital images!



Please submit your creation HERE using InLinkz. You have until midnight on Sunday, October 31st so we look forward to seeing your submissions.

Blessings, Patricia

Challenge #10--Buttons & Bows--Sarah's Turn

Greetings all!! It's my turn to share my creation for this month's challenge!! Buttons and Bows is our theme this time and I have chosen to use one of Crissy's new beautiful carousel horses for my card. The image is called Autumn Harvest Ride!! I really enjoy colouring horses and my favourite season is Autumn so I foresee using this image many times over!!!

I used some Icicle Stickles to accent the tassels and creases of the pumpkins...

I am somewhat "Button-Challenged" (LOL). I really don't use them that much but I have managed to sneak a couple in to accent my flowers!!!

Now a word about this month's challenge...you have until midnight on October 31st to enter your own creation using buttons and bows so there's still time!!! Click here to enter your project--scroll down to the end of the post and click on the little blue froggie and follow the instructions!!

Now for a little info on this month's prize package...The kind and generous people of Stitchy Bear Stamps are our sponsors this month. They are giving away FIVE digital images of your choice from their store & Crissy is giving away THREE of her digital images as well.

THAT'S 8 FREE DIGI'S!!!!!

If you would like to be put into the draw for these images just use either one of Stitchy Bear's images or one of Crissy's digi images found at Squigglefly, Whimsy Stamps or Wags 'n Whiskers

A word from our sponsor:

Stitchy Bear Stamps was created when a good friend of mine Sue from Beary Dust Stamps and I (Stitchy) were selling our products in the same store. One day we got an unexpected email saying that the store was shutting down and when we went to the store, poof, it was gone...So, after the dust cleared and several emails later, Stitchy Bear Stamps was born. We gathered all the other creators from the original store and away we went. It has been quite a learning experience, but nonetheless, we are growing everyday with new fabulous creators. I have always believed when God closes one door another Bigger and Better one opens ;)...Thank you all who have read our little story, I do hope you enjoyed ;)

Please come nip by our store...meet our new creators and check out our fab new images and mega bargain packs!!

(Stitchy--aka Stitchy Stamps)

Thanks for dropping by today!!!
Blessings,
Sarah ☺

Challenge #10-Buttons and Bows (with Melanie)

Good morning friends, and happy Friday to you all! It's my turn to share a card with you today. Our current challenge is "Buttons and Bows"...have you been keeping up with the posts by my fellow Crissy's Crew members? Each lovely gal has a designated day to post each month...that way, we hope to keep the inspiration flowing throughout the entire month!

This month, our wonderful sponsor is Stitchy Bear Stamps and they have very generously offered five digital images as a prize...this is in combination with Crissy's prize of three of her digital images! Somebody is going to be a very happy digital stamper this month. :) Here's a little info about Stitchy Bear Stamps:

Stitchy Bear Stamps was created when a good friend of mine Sue from Beary Dust Stamps and I (Stitchy) were selling our products in the same store. One day we got an unexpected email saying that the store was shutting down and when we went to the store, poof it was gone...So, after the dust cleared and several emails later, Stitchy Bear Stamps was born. We gathered all the other creator's from the original store and away we went. It has been quite a learning experience but none the less we are growing everyday with new fabulous creators. I have always believed when God closes one door another Bigger and Better one opens ;)...
Thank you all who have read our little story, I do hope you enjoyed ;)

For my card this month, I chose to work with two of Crissy's newest digital images available from Whimsy Stamps. These two adorable little tykes are "Anna's Halloween" and " Bobby's Halloween". Crissy captures kids so beautifully...I just adore her artwork. These two remind me of my kids in their Halloween costumes when they were little. Nathan was a big orange dragon Pokemon (Charzard) when he was in grade one, and Ainsleigh was several different princesses over the years when she was younger. Since I wanted these images to reflect my own kids, I resized "Anna" to be much smaller than "Bobby"...Nathan is almost seven years older than Ainsleigh. The design paper is from Graphic 45 (I love this paper!). To fit in with our challenge, I added some black satin ribbon and tied two layered buttons to the middle of the bow with twine. The little "Trick or Treat" sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Anna and Bobby were printed on Neenah cardstock and coloured with Copic markers. Before printing them, I measured the Spellbinders die that I wanted to use and tweaked the size of the images until they would fit nicely inside the die. This ability to resize and flip your images to suit your specific project is one of the best things about digital stamps! While the image was still in the die, I used my Inkssentials Blending Tool to apply Distress Inks in Antique Linen and Bundled Sage. Finally, I added some Stardust Stickles to parts of the image.

Copics: Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20 Hair: E50, E31, E33, E37, E59 Orange Dragon: E50, YR00, YR02, YR07, E08, E59, Y21, Y23, Y26, E33, E37 Princess Dress: BG75, BG72, BG11, Bg10, BG000, BG0000, B60, C00, C1, C3, R30, R32, R37 Hair: E50, E30, E31, E33, E37, E59 Pumpkins: E50, YR31, YR07, YR16, Y17, E33, E37, E99

We'd love to have you join in with our Buttons and Bows challenge this month. You can link up your project on Crissy's post from October 1...you can find that HERE (just look for the little blue froggy at the end of her post).If you would like the chance to win the fantastic prize this month, then please make sure that your project features a digital stamp from either Crissy Armstrong (available at Whimsy Stamps, Squigglefly or Wags 'n Whiskers) or from our sponsor Stitchy Bear. You have until midnight October 30, 2010 to play along!


If you have not yet become a follower here at Sundays With Crissy, then make sure to sign up! That way, you can keep up to date with the posts by each member of Crissy's Crew...these ladies are so talented and I know that you will not want to miss a single project.

Have a wonderful day, and thanks so much for stopping by!

Blessings,

Melanie

Stamps: Whimsy Stamps (digital) "Anna's Halloween" and "Bobby's Halloween" by artist Crissy Armstrong, "Halloween Sentiments" from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
Paper:Neenah, Bazzill, Graphic 45
Ink: Copic markers, Distress Ink (Bundled Sage and Antique Linen)
Embellishments: Ribbon, buttons, twine, Stardust Stickles
Tools: Spellbinders Labels 8, Bow Easy

#10 ~ Buttons and Bows with Maria

Happy Tuesday everyone!  I'm so excited its my turn to bring you a creation for the Buttons and Bows challenge this month at Sundays with Crissy.  We have a wonderful prize package for you as we are generously being sponsored by Stitchy Bear Stamps.  The winner will choose 5 digis of  their choice from Stitchy Bear plus another 3 digis from Crissy.  That's a total of 8 digis ~ wow!!

I have used one of Crissy's newest illlustrations, Bobby's Hallowe'en, available at Whimsy Stamps.  I paired up this sweet image with this year's K&Co Halloween DPs.  Image was stamped on Beckett Expression paper and coloured with Copics.  Ribbon and buttons are from my stash and I've used a MS punch for some added spoooooky fun.  I cut out the sentiment from the K&Co DP and popped it up.

If you use a Stitchy Bear Image or one of Crissy's digital images from either Whimsy Stamps, Squigglefly, or Wags n' Whiskers, you will be eligible for the prize! You can use any image you like but only those who use an image from one of the above-mentioned companies will be entered into the draw for the prize package. 

Please submit your creation HERE using InLinkz.  You have until midnight on Sunday, October 31st so we look forward to seeing your submissions.

Hugs,

Maria

No. 10 ~ Buttons & Bows by Mary

Happy Sunday! Hope you are all having a wonderful Fall weekend. It's my turn to post for our BUTTONS & BOWS challenge.   Yay!

I've colored this sooooooooo adorable Snuzzle Love cutie illustrated by Crissy Armstrong for Wags 'n Whiskers ~ can you tell I just love her?! But I promise not to go on and on about how much she reminds me of my granddaughter!

Lots of buttons, and actually a few bows - if you look very closely, I added some real TEENY TINY bows to the bunny's outfit and the hair braid.  Yes, I do love bows!  And, since I'm a purple addict, this Cosmo Cricket paper was made just for me!!   I also can't tell you how excited  I was to find this gorgeous  piece of purple dotted ribbon in my stash ~ it matched the DP perfectly!!  Yes, I admit it ~  it really is the little things that make my day!    :)

I decided to do an easel card, which is always my favorite for special cards. One tip that I learned from my inspirational go-to card designer, Rachel Jakes, is to add a little DP to the inside of the easel fold. It's such a simple little addition, but seems to really add a lot to the whole card, IMO! Here's a quick photo to show you what I'm talking about . . .

And a photo of the bottom section of my easel card, with MORE buttons . . .

Our challenge this month is being sponsored by Stitchy Bear Stamps.  They are offering FIVE digital images of your choice from their store! And Crissy is going to throw in THREE of her digital images as well, making the prize a total of EIGHT digital images!

If you use either a Stitchy Bear Image or one of Crissy's digital images from either Whimsy Stamps, Sqigglefly, or Wags n' Whiskers, you will be eligible for the prize! If you don't use any of those designated images, that's fine, you can still play along. But you won't be entered into the draw if you choose to use alternate images!

Here is a word from our sponsor:

Stitchy Bear Stamps was created when a good friend of mine Sue from Beary Dust Stamps and I (Stitchy) were selling our products in the same store. One day we got an unexpected email saying that the store was shutting down and when we went to the store, poof it was gone...So, after the dust cleared and several emails later, Stitchy Bear Stamps was born. We gathered all the other creator's from the original store and away we went. It has been quite a learning experience but none the less we are growing everyday with new fabulous creators. I have always believed when God closes one door another Bigger and Better one opens ;)...

Thank you all who have read our little story, I do hope you enjoyed ;)

Please come nip by our store..meet our new creators, view our Fab new images and mega bargain packs!
stitchy aka stitchy stamps:

I hope you will join us for this FUN challenge and a chance to win this awesome prize package!  There's still plenty of time to play along ~ the deadline is midnight on October 31st!    You will find the InLinkz form to upload your entry right HERE on Crissy's originating post.  

Thanks for stopping in today!

#10 Buttons and Bows - Autumn Harvest ride

Today It's my (Debbie) turn to share my project for Challenge 10 with you,I went for the gorgeous new Autumn Harvest Ride carousel horse,this is such a dream to colour.



This month Stitchy Bear stamps are sponsoring 'Sundays with Crissy' and are generously offering FIVE digital stamps! Woohooo! You will be caught over there for hours trying to decide what you want to play with! And you'll want to check out what they have in store for Christmas!

Plus Crissy herself is throwing in another THREE digi stamps so if I can count my fingers correctly that is a total of EIGHT digi stamps!

We all love our buttons and bows so come along and join us for some fun and for a chance to win EIGHT digi stamps, make a project using one of Crissy's OR Stitchy Bear's stamps!

You can purchase any of Crissy's digi stamps from Whimsy Stamps, Sqigglefly, or Wags n' Whiskers.
The deadline to join us is midnight October 30th!
Click here to enter your project on Crissy's original post for October!

Hugs

#10 Buttons and Bows-Lisa Cook's turn

Today I get to share my project for Challenge #10 with you. I went for a Breast Cancer Awareness card since it's October! I had so much fun since pink is my favorite color! I love Crissy's butterfly images and this one worked beautifully for my project!

About my card
Image-Rose Butterfly, by Crissy Armstrong for Whimsy Digital Stamps
For all the nitty gritty details please visit my blog here.

This month the really kind and generous people of Stitchy Bear Stamps are sponsoring us! They are offering up FIVE digital images of your choice from their store! And I am going to throw in THREE of my digital images as well, making the prize a total of EIGHT digital images!

If you use either a Stitchy Bear Image or one of my digital images from either Whimsy Stamps, Sqigglefly, or Wags n' Whiskers, you will be eligible for the prize! If you don't use any of those designated images, that's fine, you can still play along. But you won't be entered into the draw if you choose to use alternate images!

Here is a word from our sponsor:

Stitchy Bear Stamps was created when a good friend of mine Sue from Beary Dust Stamps and I (Stitchy) were selling our products in the same store. One day we got an unexpected email saying that the store was shutting down and when we went to the store, poof it was gone...So, after the dust cleared and several emails later, Stitchy Bear Stamps was born. We gathered all the other creator's from the original store and away we went. It has been quite a learning experience but none the less we are growing everyday with new fabulous creators. I have always believed when God closes one door another Bigger and Better one opens ;)...

Thank you all who have read our little story, I do hope you enjoyed ;)

Please come nip by our store..meet our new creators and for a super halloween launch on Oc 4th :D Fab new images and mega bargain packs!

stitchy aka stitchy stamps

The deadline to join us is midnight October 30th!
Click here to enter your project on Crissy's original post for October!

Buttons & Bows - Ride em Cowboy

Hi Everyone,

It's my turn to share my bit of inspiration for you this month as you are working on your 'Buttons & Bows' projects for this month's challenge!

Crissy has been illustrating stamps for some time and I have always loved her carousel horses but they were only ever available in rubber and so I admired from afar.

But.... FINALLY!!! (do I sound excited?) Crissy has released her famous and incredible Carousel Horses as digi stamps!!! Available from Whimsy Stamps who also sell her rubber carousel horses.

So I was just a little bit excited and of course and had to colour one up. It took me FOUR hours to colour. Had to be perfect. :)

Ready? I am a little bit proud. hahaha

This is 'Ride 'em Cowboy'.

I did some experimenting with my copic colours this round. The horse body was coloured with E13, 17 & 19 and then the shading with N5, N7 & N9 and I also added white highlights at the end to try and get the 'horse shine'.

I googled saddles and began experimenting to create a 'leather' look. In the centre I used E33, R46 & e47 and the trimming was E30 & R02.

The tail and mane are E30, E33, E37 and E29

I wanted to keep the card clean. I decided to go for a cross between country & carnival. I found this fabulous carnival designer paper by kaisercraft. Perfect for this image!! If you look closely you will see the little candy store in the background. heehhee...

This month Stitchy Bear stamps are sponsoring 'Sundays with Crissy' and are generously offering FIVE digital stamps! Woohooo! You will be caught over there for hours trying to decide what you want to play with! And you'll want to check out what they have in store for Christmas!

Plus Crissy herself is throwing in another THREE digi stamps so if I can count my fingers correctly that is a total of EIGHT digi stamps!

We all love our buttons and bows so come along and join us for some fun and for a chance to win EIGHT digi stamps, make a project using one of Crissy's OR Stitchy Bear's stamps!

You can purchase any of Crissy's digi stamps from Whimsy Stamps, Sqigglefly, or Wags n' Whiskers.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you are having a fantabulous crafty weekend!

Hugs all and take care

Zoe xxooo

Autumn Harvest Ride

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great day!! It's time for another fun challenge with Sunday's With Crissy!! This month we are challenging you to create with Buttons and Bows. I know there are lots of you out there that love to embellish with these items so bring them out and join us for the fun!

This is the card I created for the challenge using a brand new image from Crissy's line atWhimsy stamps called Autumn Harvest Ride. I just had to use this image because it's perfect for the season and that it's SO pretty!


There are many many more beautiful carousel horses in Crissy's line at Whimsy Stamps for you to choose from. I think I may have to find the time to color them all, so much fun!
This month the really kind and generous people of Stitchy Bear Stamps are sponsoring us! They are offering up FIVE digital images of your choice from their store! And Crissy is going to throw in THREE of her digital images as well, making the prize a total of EIGHT digital images!

If you use either a Stitchy Bear Image or one of Crissy's digital images from either Whimsy Stamps, Sqigglefly, or Wags n' Whiskers, you will be eligible for the prize! If you don't use any of those designated images, that's fine, you can still play along. But you won't be entered into the draw if you choose to use alternate images!
Here is a word from our sponsor:

Stitchy Bear Stamps was created when a good friend of mine Sue from Beary Dust Stamps and I (Stitchy) were selling our products in the same store. One day we got an unexpected email saying that the store was shutting down and when we went to the store, poof it was gone...So, after the dust cleared and several emails later, Stitchy Bear Stamps was born. We gathered all the other creator's from the original store and away we went. It has been quite a learning experience but none the less we are growing everyday with new fabulous creators. I have always believed when God closes one door another Bigger and Better one opens ;)...

Thank you all who have read our little story, I do hope you enjoyed ;)

Please come nip by our store..meet our new creators and for a super halloween launch on Oct 4th :D Fab new images and mega bargain packs!
stitchy aka stitchy stamps:

I hope you will join us for the challenge this month. Should you join in the fun, please upload your creation HERE. You will have until Midnight on October 30th to participate!! Have a great day!!

#10 Buttons and Bows: Michele's day

Hi, It's Michele here for my turn at Sundays with Crissy:-) The challenge for this month is Buttons and Bows:-) and I used Crissy's brand new image Anna's Hallowe'en, which can be found at Whimsy Stamps here

This month the really kind and generous people of Stitchy Bear Stamps are sponsoring us! They are offering up FIVE digital images of your choice from their store! And Crissy is going to throw in THREE of her digital images as well, making the prize a total of EIGHT digital images!
If you use either a Stitchy Bear Image or one of Crissy's digital images from either Whimsy Stamps, Sqigglefly, or Wags n' Whiskers, you will be eligible for the prize! If you don't use any of those designated images, that's fine, you can still play along. But you won't be entered into the draw if you choose to use alternate images!
Here is a word from our sponsor:

Stitchy Bear Stamps was created when a good friend of mine Sue from Beary Dust Stamps and I (Stitchy) were selling our products in the same store. One day we got an unexpected email saying that the store was shutting down and when we went to the store, poof it was gone...So, after the dust cleared and several emails later, Stitchy Bear Stamps was born. We gathered all the other creator's from the original store and away we went. It has been quite a learning experience but none the less we are growing everyday with new fabulous creators. I have always believed when God closes one door another Bigger and Better one opens ;)...

Thank you all who have read our little story, I do hope you enjoyed ;)

Please come nip by our store..meet our new creators and for a super halloween launch on Oct 4th :D Fab new images and mega bargain packs!
stitchy aka stitchy stamps:

Ok on to my card, I used Copics for my image, sweet Anna, I tried to keep with the festive theme of Halloween for this cutie and stayed with just a little bit of embellishments to bring the attention to her in her Autumn colored out fit for her Trick or Treating fun. A few colored buttons and a beautiful piece of Maya Road ribbon I had saved for a special.

Now its your turn to play along with us if you'd like,You can find images of Crissys at whimsy stamps , Squigglefly, or wags n whiskers, You can link it up Here at Sundays with Crissy post. Please keep an eye out every few days to see more of the design teams creations, and remember you have till October 31st to enter a link to your challenge card (not your whole blog please)

Have a great day!

Hugs to everyone

XMicheleX

#10 Buttons and Bows

Hello! Welcome to another brand new challenge at Sundays With Crissy!  For the entire month of October, our challenge to you is "Buttons and Bows".  Interpret that any way you like!  I have inlinkz posted below where you can link up your challenge card.  Wow, thank you to all the players of challenge #9! We had a record number of entries!

My design team will be taking turns to post their own fabulous creations all month long.  So be sure to check back here every few days to see their posts and get inspired!

This month the really kind and generous people of Stitchy Bear Stamps are sponsoring us!  They are offering up FIVE digital images of your choice from their store!  And I am going to throw in THREE of my digital images as well, making the prize a total of EIGHT digital images!

If you use either a Stitchy Bear Image or one of my digital images from either Whimsy Stamps, Sqigglefly, or Wags n' Whiskers, you will be eligible for the prize!  If you don't use any of those designated images, that's fine, you can still play along.  But you won't be entered into the draw if you choose to use alternate images!

Here is a word from our sponsor:

Stitchy Bear Stamps was created when a good friend of mine Sue from Beary Dust Stamps and I (Stitchy) were selling our products in the same store.  One day we got an unexpected email saying that the store was shutting down and when we went to the store, poof it was gone...So, after the dust cleared and several emails later, Stitchy Bear Stamps was born.  We gathered all the other creator's from the original store and away we went.  It has been quite a learning experience but none the less we are growing everyday with new fabulous creators.  I have always believed when God closes one door another Bigger and Better one opens ;)...

Thank you all who have read our little story, I do hope you enjoyed ;)

Please come nip by our store..meet our new creators and for a super halloween launch on Oc 4th :D Fab new images and mega bargain packs!

stitchy aka stitchy stamps

I used "Trimming the Tree" from Whimsy Stamps on my card.  I coloured it with Copics, and sponged Distress inks around the edges of the main panel while it was still in the Spellbinders die. 

Contest winner and Artist Choice from challenge 9 posted under the card!

The winners of my Artist's Choice Award this month are:

15. Ellie

66. Lori

 79. Emma 

 99. Mary C 

 103. CarolH 

Ladies, please grab your trophy badge from the right side bar of this blog and proudly display it on your blog! Congratulations.  I thought your cards were show stoppers!

And the winner of Challenge #9's blog candy is...

  Here are your random numbers:

5

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And the fifth entrant who used one of my images in their creation is:

66. Lori


Be sure to e-mail me Lori, so I can get your snail mail addy and send you your prize! Congratulations!

And now, it's your turn!  The challenge runs all month. You have until October 31st at midnight to enter a link to your challenge card (not your whole blog please!). Remember, if you use one of my images from either Whimsy Stamps, Wags 'n Whiskers or Squigglefly, you get entered into the draw for the blog candy prize (links to these stores on the right side bar)!

And don't forget to check back here all month long to see what my uber talented DT has cooked up for you!