"It's All About LOVE" with Mary Lou

Hello everyone!!  

You have a couple more days to join in the fun at SWC~~It's all about Love challenge.

Have you seen Crissy's new releases for February??

My oh My..... they are SUPER SWEET and..... they can be found HERE!!  

I have used Crissy's Floral Heart ~~~ needed an anniversary card :)

For the heart on the front I used the cracked glass and embossing techniques.

Below: on the inside of card I used the heart again --much smaller and embossed with hallographic embossing powder.

To view the details of this card~~please see my blog :)

Again....You have until February 28th to enter~~so a couple more days!!!

Link up your creation to Sarah's Blog post HERE

There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's digi images will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted.


Hope you all had a Wonderful Valentine's Day!!!!
Hugz~~Mary Lou

It's All About Love -- Crissy's Turn!

I am pleased to show off the picture I painted for my nephew's new baby!  She was just born last week and is so tiny!  I hope they keep this in her room to remind her that God's loving arms are always around her. 

In keeping with this month's Love theme, I used Lion Hugs, a digi image I created for Squigglefly.  I printed it on Canson 140 lb water colour paper, and water-coloured it using mostly Distress Inks, and a couple of Tombow pens. 

  I relate to being the wee little lamb in God's big strong arms.  I find that to be a comforting thought.

I printed the Bible verse onto water colour paper too and used a Spellbinders Fancy Tag die to cut it out. 

If you want to play along, please read the following instructions: 

There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's digi images will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted. Go to Sarah's post HERE to find the Inlinkz option where you can show us your challenge project!

There are still a few more posts before the end of the month, so be sure to check back for more inspiration coming from my DT gals! 

And check out the side bar for links to where you can find my images, in either rubber or digital formats.  And if you're interested, my personal blog is HERE. 

Thank you for your visit today! 

God bless you!!

"It's All About Love"...Melanie's Turn

Good morning friends! Today, it's my turn to share a card here at Sundays With Crissy. Our challenge this month has been All About Love. For my card, I chose to use Crissy's beautiful carousel horse digi "Dance of Love" available at Whimsy Stamps. For full details on techniques, products and Copic colours used on my card, please feel free to visit my blog, Paper Blessings. :)

There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's digi images will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted.

We would love to have you join in our "All About Love"challenge! You can read all the details on Sarah's post from February 1st. You can also link up your project on her post....just look for the little blue Inlinkz frog at the bottom of her post. (The full list of rules for entering the challenges at Sundays With Crissy may be found in the sidebar.)

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

Blessings,

Melanie

Stamps: Whimsy Stamps "Dance of Love" by Crissy Armstrong
Ink: Copics, additional shading with Conte Crayons
Paper: Neenah, Bazzill, My Mind's Eye (Olivia)
Embellishments: Machine Stitching, pearls
Tools: Spellbinders, ScorPal

It's all about Love with Pop's

Good morning everyone this is my first post here as a member of Crissy's Crew i am so happy to be here...

Today it is my turn to share a card for the latest challenge the theme of which is Love...

I have used a Wags N Whiskers Digital image, this one is called "Steal a Kiss" and i have coloured with markers and used chalks for cheeks and shading, my papers are Lost and Found, i have added a selection of flowers, some vintage seam binding and some small ivory heart shaped pearls....

If you'd like to play along and join in the challenge, you will need to upload your creation(s) to Sarah's blog post HERE.


There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's digi images will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted.

It's All About Love with Elaine!

This is my first post here as a member of Crissy's Crew, and I'm thrilled to be joining the team!

Today it's my turn to share a card for the latest challenge, the theme of which is LOVE!

I've used some of Crissy's latest digital images from Whimsy Stamps:  Sweet Sarah, Can I Kiss You, and Love Seat.  You can purchase them separately or as a set.

I flipped the boy and merged the images. Aren't they a sweet pair?  Coloured with Copics.  Papers are My Mind's Eye Mabel.  I kept the layout very simple, to keep the focus on the image.

You can check out full details including the list of Copics used over on my blog - Quixotic Cards.

If you'd like to play along and join in the challenge, you will need to upload your creation(s) to Sarah's blog post HERE.

There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's digi images will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted.

It's All About Love-Lisa's Turn

Sweet Sarah and Can I Kiss You

These are part of Crissy's new release this month! The Valentine sentiment is by Ann (Raindrop Echo Designs ). Our Challenge theme for February is "Love". If you'd like to join us you have the entire month do create a love theme project. When you are ready to enter just link your project up on Crissy's post here.

There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's digi images will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted.

You have til February 28th at noon to play! And you will be entered into the draw for the digi prize no matter what image you use!!

Supply List
Sweet Sarah and Can I Kiss You by Crissy Armstrong at Whimsy Stamps
Valentine sentiment by Raindrop Echo Designs

Papers
Neenah Smooth white card stock
White Shimmer Paper-Paper Temptress
White card stock-Georgia Pacific

Copic Markers
W1, w3, w5, w7, 0
Flowers-r37, r39

Misc. Supplies
Spellbinder/Nestability Dies- Lg Scalloped and Plain Hearts, Lg Classic Circle
dimensional adhesive
Adhesive pearls
Sheer white dotted ribbon
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder-Damask
Cuttlebug or Big Shot
3 white buttons
Sakura black glaze pen
Silver and diamond brad-Spare Parts
Scotch ATG gun and adhesive

It's LOVE with Zoe!

Hi Everyone,

When I saw Crissy's new image this month - Floral Heart available from Whimsy -I was instantly reminded of some of the stamps I used to play with and knew exactly what I wanted to do!

I wanted to play with EMBOSSING POWDER!! Yup! Using a DIGI STAMP!! :)

Floral Heart is THE perfect image to play around with when trying this concept. The idea is to print your digi with an inkjet printer onto velum. I learned of this technique months ago from someone on CDAC. I am sorry I don't recall her name.

I had my settings set to glossy photo paper and on high quality print so it would drop a lot of ink. I had the heat gun preheated, my catching tray right beside the printer and the lid off the embossing powder ready to sprinkle! I probably didn't need to be so ready but it doesn't hurt! heehee

As you can see the card is nice, clean and simple. I did use some of my gadgets and added the dry embossed background and used a scalloped square die for a little bit of decoration. :)

I stamped the grid pattern using a cheap Kaiser stamp I think.

I stuck the vellum heart after it was embossed to some white cardboard and cut it out so it would really pop.

Here is a close up!

Of course the theme of this card is 'LOVE' which ties in perfectly for this months challenge at Sundays with Crissy. Every few days one of us brings you some new inspiration to help get your mojo going! To enter the LOVE challenge you need to go to THIS POST.

I would LOVE for you to try this technique. It really is fun! Of course you could do this with any image but I am allowed to be a little biased aren't I? teehee


Thanks so much for stopping by. If you would like to check out more of my work feel free to drop on over to my CRAFT BLOG here.

Big Squeezes!

Zoe xxoo

It is all about Love.... Chris' turn

Hi All!!  With Valentine's Day Right around the corner...what better challenge can there be than Love.  Crissy has some of the most adorable images for the occasion too!!!

  For my first creation, I used the newly released digis Can I Kiss You , Sweet Sarah , and Love Bench which are available at Whimsy Stamps. For more details, on this creation, you can visit my blog here.

For my second creation, I used the adorable Steal a Kiss digi from Wags N Whiskers also illustrated by Crissy!!  For more details on this creation, you can visit my blog here.

Would you like to join the fun and win something too? First you need to upload your creation to Sarah's blog post HERE. 


There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's digi images will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted.

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great day! 

Love Is...

Hey everyone are you in the mood for love?? I hope so because Valentine's Day is just around the corner. We have begun a new challenge this month and the theme is LOVE, what could be more perfect than that!! For my card I am using a couple of Crissy's new adorable digital images called Can I Kiss You and Sweet Sarah.

I think it may be a bit hard to see in the photo, but he is holding a bouquet of red roses for her, what a sweetie!! Would you like to join the fun and win something too? First you need to upload your creation to Sarah's blog HERE. There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's digi images will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted. Please stop by my blog for more details on the card. Have a great weekend everyone!!

It's All About Love-With Michele

Hello Everyone,
Today it's my turn to show you all what I've come up with for It's all about "Love" Challenge, And I have chosen to use Crissy's New images Sweet Sarah, Can I Kiss You, and Love Seat. They can be purchased together or each by themselves. I colored the image using my Copic markers: E000, E00, E11, E13, R20 E35, E25, E31, E33, E34, R81, R83, R85, B95, B91,R24, R27, R29, W4, W6
Here's a close up
Here's the full picture, For more details on my card go to my blog HERE.
To enter the challenge, go to Sarah's first post HERE. Look for the blue Linky button at the bottom of her post.
There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's digi images will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted.
Have A wonderful rest of the week:-)

Hugs, Michele

Some Big Announcements!!

Well it's time to spill the beans about some new appointments at Sundays With Crissy!! I apologize right at the start for the length of the post but there's been a lot going on with our design team!!

First of all, we want to say goodbye to Debbie Eastman!! Debbie has been at SWC since the blog began and we want to thank her for her time here and the wonderful inspiration she shared with us through her beautiful cards and projects. Blessings to you Debbie, we'll see you in blogland!! ☺☺☺

Secondly, we all want to officially welcome Michele Spera & Mary Lou Schroeder on as FULL TIME members of our design team!! What started out as short guest design spots here at SWC became fast permanent spots when we realized just how sweet and talented these ladies really were!! So WELCOME Michele & Mary Lou, we feel so blessed that you said "YES!"

Thirdly, we have 3 NEW design team members we want you to meet. They are no strangers to many of you out there in the card making and scrapbooking community!! Without further ado, please meet...

Chris Olsen

Hi! My name is Chris Olsen and I live in Bloomingburg, NY, with my wonderful husband, Scott, and two beautiful girls, Nicki and Meghan. I love everything crafty and began stamping about 3 ½ years ago. I especially enjoy coloring and creating cards or 3D gifts for others. I use stamping as a hobby or way to escape. It has been a blessing to
meet so many creative people in the blogging world and learn from them as well.

I just love Crissy’s drawings and I feel deeply honored and blessed to have the opportunity to work with her images and this incredibly talented design team.

Paula Morfitt a.k.a. Pops


I am Pops. I am 34 and married to my best friend! We have 3 very special children! Crafting is my little escape...

And last, but certainly not least...

Elaine Hughes

Heya, I'm Elaine, and I'm from the UK where I live with my partner and our dog!
I've been stamping and papercrafting for several years now, but have dabbled in various crafty pursuits since childhood. My favourite aspect of stamping is the colouring process, and I love to work with Copics. Crissy's images are among my favourites to work with, so I'm thrilled to be a part of Crissy's Crew!

A very warm welcome to you ladies!!! We look forward to getting to know each of you better!! You all bring such great talent to our team and we feel so blessed to have you!!

Other things to watch for on the Sundays With Crissy Blog...

On the second of every month we are going to have a digital spotlight showcasing all of Crissy's new digital images for Whimsy Stamps! Since it is the second today I thought I would show you Crissy's new images for February!! If you click on any of the images you will go directly to the ordering information on the Whimsy Stamps website.

"Can I Kiss You?"


"Sweet Sarah"

"Love Seat"

"Young Love Set"

"Candy Hearts Full Set "

"Floral Heart "

"Morning Glory Heart"

On the 18th of every month we will also be sharing with you all of Crissy's newest rubber releases for Whimsy!! That way you can see all of Crissy designs in one, well two, posts!!

Also, remember to check the blog frequently as our talented DT members share their posts throughout the month!!

Thanks for taking the time to read this post!! Visit our new member's blogs by clicking on their pictures. You won't be disappointed you did--these ladies are AWESOME!!

☺Stay tuned tomorrow for Michele's post!! ☺

Many Blessings,

Sarah

Challenge #14--It's All About Love--Sarah's Turn

Hello everyone!! Happy February!! Now I bet you were expecting Crissy today! I have now taken over her spot as blog coordinator so I will be posting today and on the first of every month from now on. Don't worry though, Crissy is still hard at work creating her beautiful images and she will be popping in now and again to share her beautiful cards & colouring tips!! Stay tuned tomorrow for some exciting new announcements too!!!

Now on to this month's challenge!! It's all about LOVE!! For my card, I used Crissy's digi image "Baby Elephant" from Squigglefly!! For you diehard rubber fans you can also find this image at Whimsy Stamps in deeply etched rubber under the name "Jellybean"!! I coloured the image using Copic markers (C00, C1, C2, C4, C6, RV000, RV10, R20). I coloured the image twice for the front and cut out the second image and popped him up to give my card a little more dimension.

The inside...

And a close-up of the artwork...

For more details on my card go to sallycicadadesigns.blogspot.com

☺☺☺

Now it's your turn!! Let's see what "LOVELY" ideas you all can come up with!! You will see how to upload you cards at the bottom of this post.

There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's digi images will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted.

Here are the winners of Crissy's Artist Choice Award, for last month's challenge using ribbons, in no particular order. These are cards that caught my eye for one reason or another, that I felt were the most impressive from the bunch! Ladies, don't forget to pick up you blog award badge on the sidebar for shining this month!!

Vanja #7

Mary C. #72


Lori #7

Janette #45

Diane #116

Debra #13


Ciska #52


Chris # 108


And now announcing the winner for the blog candy from Challenge 13! They will get to choose five free digi images from Crissy's collections:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

65

Timestamp: 2011-01-31 18:31:25 UTC

Congratulations Shana!! You were #65!! Please contact Crissy at cmga.63@gmail.com to collect your five free digi images!! ☺

☺HOW TO UPLOAD☺
Just click on the blue froggy face below and follow the instructions from there. Please remember, no more than three entries! You have til February 28th at noon to play! And you will be entered into the draw for the digi prize no matter what image you use!!

Be sure to come back all throughout the month to feast on the eye candy our DT has in store for you!

Many Blessings,