PaperTake Weekly--Sketch #51 Challenge

Woot Woot!!! It's another week for a great challenge over at PTW. This week we are doing a sketch challenge...It's a simple but good one....and we are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. They offer a wide range of products....so hop on over and see what kind of Christmas goodies you can get......ENJOY!!!!!!

here's the sketch...how fun is this...the possibilities are so endless....

and this is what I came up with....it's a 2"fer...lol....it's that time of year and I love to make home made boxes and things to stuff presents in for my family and friends...I'm thinking this set will go to my nephew who's 13...maybe not though....anywho, I used the sketch on the card and sort of on the milk carton....the stamps are Darcie's (#pol 12 set) except for the tag those are from Studio G....and the template for the milk carton came from here....remember I posted a box I made the other day for Stamp It Crazy (just scroll down and you can see it)? Well I found the link and you can go and make one yourself....but for the milk carton I used the same directions for the big box and just added an extra score mark.....and then kind of folded in the sides a bit to form a carton.....and this my friend was found by making a mistake when I was following the directions....I really like how big this is...the other cartons are abit smaller in size and you can't pack as much stuff inside them.....

here's the card....I just love this snowman pirate.....I just kept this real simple since a teenager is going to get it....they normally are all about the gift and not the packaging...lol....I colored in the images with Prisma Pencils.....

the carton...I just folded down the tab at the top (which is actually one of the score marks on the instructions) and added a clip to keep it together....

here's a side view.....I truly love how this turned out....and I'm sure you'll be seeing more of these this holiday season...hope you don't get to sick of them.....

Well, I want to thank you for stopping in today...make sure you stop and see what the rest of the team has created...they always amaze me week after week with their creativity.....Hugs from Charm City....

DudeTime Doodles Dec Blog Hop

We did it! We have hit the official one month mark for DudeTime Doodles and Bonibleaux Designs has pulled out all the stops for the New Release Blog Hop this month!

[Bonibleaux Designs Aaron Aeronautic] made by Miss Boni herself... A great tutorial to create this very cool display can be found HERE. You will see all of the new release digis worked up for your viewing pleasure and be able to purchase any of the new images today in the store! We're doing something different with the Blog Hop this week and that is that one of the Design Team Members will be secretly chosen as the "MYSTERY HOSTESS" of the blog hop and one lucky commenter will receive a GRAND PRIZE Free full set of New Release BDD digital images $30 value This Blog Hop does not have a starting and ending point so no matter where you HOP on you are in the right place. Just keep going. Don't forget to leave some love everywhere you land, including here! Once you have gone full circle you have completed the Hop. If you've come here from Ginny's blog then you are on the right track..... ENJOY!!!!!!! you all know how much of a STEELER'S fan I am...well I thought this would make for a great card to send one of my opponents that loves another team....lol....let's go STEELER'S--Let's GO!!!! lol....I walk around at work sometimes and sing this....let me tell ya, I live in Raven's country...and being a STEELER'S fan, I take alot of wrath...and I mean ALOT!!!! So anyway I can add that dagger in just a little deeper I will...lol...all in fun, you know that, right!!! Here in our house, DH--DD and I are all fans of different teams...and we each have our own footballs that sit on top of the entertainment center...and who ever is in the lead for the season that week, their football gets to be out front....needless to say that DD's has been out front for the past few weeks...and she's loving it....she's a Raven's fan mind you....so I thought this card would make it to her book bag one morning before she goes off to school...lol....ok, enough...sorry for my ramblings......

here I used Hank Holla from the new collection being released today...you can find him and the football at Bonibleaux Designs...it's under the dollar section (football) on the left hand side....I just kept this a very simple card... I think it get's the point across....and when she shows her friends at school, I know they will all laugh...they are all Raven's fans too....

*********************** Well that's all I have...your next stop is the darling Tammy's Blog...Have a sunny day and thanks so much for stopping by today.....Hugs from Charm City...

Stamp It Crazy Christmas

Well hello blogland---did everyone get enough turkey, pies and company these past few days? We had such a wonderful time with our family...but I have to say, this is our busiest week out of the whole year for us with work and it was abit hard....I ended up making dinner for us....so we had a great time...how about you? All go well?

This week we are back with a great challenge for you from the Crazy Ladies over at SIC.....the theme this week is Christmas...and ANYTHING GOES....Come on over and play along and show us what you've got...."ANY-THANG".....ENJOY!!!!!

here I made a Christmas box using this darling digi image from the SIC Store. Isn't she simply darling? I made this box using directions I had found on a site somewhere....I know I saved the link, I just can't remember where I had saved it to...but I will find it and share it with you....I have another project using these same instructions, but it turned out differently...2 looks from one great tutorial....lol......I thought this would be a cute little box to stuff a present in for someone.....the star is a cookie cutter from Melissa Francis....MS border and leaf punches..Tim Holtz flower...snowflake and bird from dollar store....stamps from Inkadinkado....

it's a pretty tall box...I like that it's abit larger than the normal sizes out there....

just a closer view of the birdie--snowflake and poinsettia made from the die cut flowers.....

and the little cookie cutter....this has been in my stash for a few years...I just loved them when they came out and I still really love them...she has many in different shapes...and needless to say I have a bunch just collection dust....lol....

Well that's all I have for today...Make sure you stop over at the store and grab yourselves some of those stamps....I love the ones under the not normal section in the digi's....they are so fun to work with....then stroll over to check out what the rest of the team did this week......Have a great Sunday...Hugs from Charm City

DudeTime Doodles Color Inspiration Challenge

Today marks the first official Inspiration Board Challenge for Dude Time Doodles. The 20th of every month will be an Inspiration Board Challenge and here is your Inspiration:

You will have two weeks to use the colors, layout, picture inspiration, whatever GRABS you from this board and create a Masterpiece. Be sure to use the InLinkz below to submit your creation and we will choose our Top Three winners and Top Blog winner and announce it right here on December 3rd. TAKE A LOOK AT THE EYE CANDY provided by The Dude Time Doodles Design Team .....ENJOY!!!!!

And this is what I came up with using Sushi 1 and Sushi 2 from the store.....I absolutely just loved the face on Sushi2 and just thought he was up to no good....doesn't he give you that impression? LOL!!!! It look's like a card I could give my nephews ...they do little things like that...lol...pattern paper from Bo Bunny ...distress inks...crabbie from Starving Artist and background image from Digital Delights.......

Well bloggers, that's all I have for today....it's going to be a busy one for us here....Thanks for stopping by and have a Sunny Day!!!! Hugs from Charm City.....

PaperTake Weekly Autumn Skies Color Challenge

It's another week for a new challenge from PTW....our challenge this week is Autumn Skies Color Challenge.....use reds,greens,golds --browns....you get the drift...show us your best Autumn project and link to your blog on the PTW challenge blog and get a chance to win those darling pearl brads below..........We are being sponsored by Whiff of joy. Stop over and check out the store. They have some great items to add to your stash or add to Christmas presents....ENJOY!!!!

Now aren't these way cool...I love the softness they give off and I think these would be great on Christmas cards......

Just a closer shot....

This card has taken so many different turns that I ended up with 2 cards this week.....on this one I used Mr Straw from Digital Delights. Leaf swirly stamp from Inkadinkado--Tim Holtz metal flowers/leaves--Around the Block greeting--distress inks and MS border punch....no rhyme or reason for the watch face (on top of a metal huge brad) and metal leaves...I just liked them...lol....

here's the second card....Tim Holtz mini stamps--Inkadinkado greeting stamp--Autumn Leaves tag stamp--K&Company feather--Prima swirls--Making Memories paper....

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Well I hope that you stop by and check out what the rest of the team has done this week.....then stop over at PTW and play along......thanks for stopping by today and have a sunny day...Hugs from Charm City...

CDAC BDD--Special Release Christmas Images

On CDAC Group Bonibleaux Designs Digis be the first to catch the new releases, fun games, prizes and fun for all!! [you have to be a member so sign up and join in the fun] Here's a little peak at what is waiting for you over at Bonibleaux Designs Digis Group. The new images will be in the store during the New Release party....WOOT WOOT!!! Wait until you see these images from Bonibleaux Designs......they are soo KEWL you will want to make sure you have them in your digi collection.... ENJOY!!!!!!

this is where Santa (Santa Beach) spends his time in the off season....at the beach...look how relaxed he is...all cozy with a fruity drink....barefoot and with his belly hanging out....lol...kind of looks like my DH......but then he realizes he has to get back to work and off he goes..... The palm tree is from Digi Doodle Shop....quote on the front and inside is a rubber stamp from Repeat Impressions.....paper is Cosmo Cricket....

and this is the inside with poor Daddy just wanting Santa out of his house...lol....don't you just love the look on Rodney's face....tree and fireplace are part of the release....the mirrors are part of the stairs image that is just released to....

here's the full view of the inside of the card...the tag pulls out and a gift card can be added.....

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Well that's all I have...so hop on over and play along in the BDD Group......Hugs from Charm City.....

Stamp It Crazy--Snow

WOOT WOOT!!! It's Sunday and that means it's Craaaaazy Time....lol....This week at Stamp It Crazy we are making "SNOW"...know you all know how much I love snow....so this was a perfect challenge for me...It's a free for all with the exception you must use glitter........ENJOY!!!!!!

we were given this image to use for this week......and this quote is just so fitting for it to.....I kept this real simple and let the image speak for itself....Basic Gray paper--Sizzix embossing--MS border punches--distress inks and stickles....

just a closer view of the embossing.... and here's the inside......the rest of the quote....like I mentioned, a real simple card....and I like it....lol...... ********************** Make sure you stop by and check out the rest of the teams creations.....and then pop over to the store...Barb has some really great stamps, digi and rubber.........thanks for stopping in today...Hugs from Charm City....

DUDETIME DOODLES--Guest Spot Challenge-- WE HAVE A WINNER

Today is the day over at Dudetime Doodles to challenge yourself for a GUEST SPOT on the incredible, the fun, the amazing Dude Time Doodles Design Team for the month of December. What do you have to do? 1. Use the freebie image (that you can go grab at DTD) in a humorous creation of astounding creativity and ingenuity (hehehe no pressure) 2. Submit a photo of your creation via InLinkz at DTD 3. And on November 17th we will announce our Guest Designer for December. 4. Spread the word - you only have one week - this will be a monthly event so be sure to come back on the 10th of each month and do it again! What do you get as a Guest Designer for working with this hunk of hippie love you ask? Well let me tell you.... 1. Inclusion with the hippest, coolest Design Team Heroines in town. 2. A personal invite to the "secret club" where all the creators mix and mingle 3. Use of Bonibleaux Designs Digis for the duration of your stay 4. Participation in all monthly challenges and special events 5. To add your ideas, thoughts and humor to the inspiration board for future image releases 6. Advertising for you blog and your artwork via Dude Time Doodles networks such as CDAC, FaceBook and Blogger We cannot wait to see your creations!!

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The WINNER from my blog hop candy, "Tom Tom Turkey Digi", that DudeTime Doodles has given away goes to none other than............... ursula Uphof and this is what she said... What fantastic cards. Just love what you have done. Ursula if you could contact me I will forward your info to miss Boni.... Thanks everyone for joining in on our hop.....make sure you pop over to DTD to see if your name is on the winner's list tooo........we look forward to you joining in on the dude challenges every week....we have some other great plans coming your way this month as well, so keep a look out for those.....we have our first challenge up and running now..... I would also like to say thank you to everyone sending well wishes and prayers to my co-workers family..... it truly is a trying time for them right now.....and as always thanks for visiting and for your wonderful comments you always leave...they really make my days........Hugs from a little Chilly Charm City....

Papertake Weekly--Sketch 50

This week at PTW we have a sketch...super great sketch...and we are being sponsored by Wiff of Joy. So make sure you stop over there and check out the store....she has some lovely things...... here's the sketch for this week from our very own Dawny....you can flip,rotate, twist, well hell, anything you would like just as long as you can see the sketch still....but most importantly--have fun..no wait, have a blast....I did....ENJOY!!!!!! and here's how I used it.....I got out my trusty snowman that I just adore....it's a clear rubber stamp from Inkadinkado.....I stamped onto the background, embossed with a Sizzix folder and sponged distress inks then added stickles to Mr. Snowman and the background edges....I also used clear acrylic snowflakes from Heide Swapp and added a red paper clip and white brad to hold them together, then perched a bird button on top of them....

here's just a closer view of the snowflakes and I popped up Mr. Snowman onto some foam board...well that's all I have for today..stop by and see what the rest of the team has created at PTW........Hope you have a sunny day and many thanks for stopping in....Hugs from Charm City.....

Stamp It Crazy #13--Sketch Challenge

It's Sunday....and that means it's a new week for our next challenge over at StampIt Crazy....it's a sketch challenge and you must use red, green ribbon and buttons....I had alot of fun doing this challenge on a small canvas......ENJOY!!!!!!

here's the sketch...isn't this fun...you truly can do so much with it....twist it, flip, rotate...whatever you choose, just make sure you can still see the sketch......have fun with it.....

and here's what I came up with......we had this darling Santa face to use....one lucky person will win this.....he's such a doll to use for Christmas cards.....lil reindeer man ( I think Jesse James buttons) is a button that I just cut the shank off of the back so it could lay flat and wrapped some lights (EK Success) around his antlers...the sheet music was a download from the net somewhere...I can't remember where I got it from....sorry about that....

just a closer view of lil reindeer man....isn't he just dawling!!!.....well that's all I have for today.....make sure you stop over at SIC and see what the rest of the team had created....they always have some great eye candy.....Have a sunny kind of day.....hugs from Charm City....

Macabre Monday HDH063 - Freaker's Free-for-All

Happy Saturday everyone...well it's a little gloomy here....yesterday we lost a co-worker to an accident....she was standing in the back of her pick-up truck, fell and hit her head on the curb just outside of the bed..she had hit her head so hard that they could not revive her while waiting for the ambulance.......she ended up being brain dead when she got to the hospital and shortly thereafter past away...shortly just before that, we were chatting about life together....just about the weekend and the weather and all.....and then not even 5 minutes after I had left work, this happened....this is just another sign to live life to the fullest...and make sure you tell everyone around you how much you care and love them....to be the best possible person you can be.....it's a sad day here, but I am looking for the sun to be shining today as that's how our friend was....very bubbly, happy and always had a smile on her face.....May God be with her family in this time of need....please say a prayer for them.....

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....this week over at Haunted House Designs it's a free-for-all....just dark and creepy.... I don't know if you would consider this dark and creepy, but this is what I ended up with.....ENJOY!!!!!!!

Poor Santa is down to his bones and has one last place to deliver presents to and realizes where it is....lol.....this turned out to be a gift box of some sort......no one in particular to give this to either....I have been dying to use this image from Stamp it Crazy....sorry though, I don't think I gave Santa justice......I also used the row homes from Starving Artist--stickles----grass, fence and trees cut from my Expression----- and MS branch punch layered the trees for added texture.....

here's a side view....it's a pretty deep box.... about 2" deep...I used black stripes with Tim Burton in mind......but I'm thinking it needs a trim around the top and bottom to kind of finish it off..... just a view on it's side together.......well that's all I have for today....I'm having dinner and cake (home made apple pie instead...lol) for my Father-In-Law today....he's up here from the beach for a few days and yesterday was his 72nd birthday.....so we wanted to celebrate with him.....I hope everyone has a sunny day....Hugs from Charm City.....

DudeTime Doodles Challenge #1--Sketch

WOOT WOOT!!! This is the first challenge over at a new blog from DudeTime Doodles....if you just happened to hear about this blog, the challenges are on the 5th and 20th of the month (along with other's popped in there also)and the theme is geared towards guys...man....boy...all about the boys....lol....as I've said before, I have a hard time myself making these types of cards. We all need them in our stash for the men in our lives, including the little men...so why not come on over and join in with the challenges and hang out....I can foresee alot of inspiration coming from this blog, the images, and the team....not to mention all of you...We just had a blog hop and were giving away free images and other goodies....if you scroll down and read my post below, there's a link to the next one in the loop and check out their wonderful creations...maybe you can still find the images...ENJOY!!!!!

here's the sketch for this week....do whatever you would like with it just as long as your project/card is for a GUY....and Miss Boni is even allowing you to use any images you prefer...but you know we would just love for you to use one of her images and show us what you can do....we are also being sponsored by Glitterbabe Greetings and she is offering 4 digi's of your choice....how cool is that for a prize package for one random winner....take a gander over and see what else is in store for you....you have 2 weeks to complete your project and upload to DTD Challenge Blog and the winner will be announced on November 12th there...GOOD LUCK!!!!

On this card I used an image called youth football....now how darling is this...this is a card from DD to DH...we are football fans here in our home...totally --and all 3 of us like different teams...so this year poor Daddy just lost his quarterback (Dallas Cowboys) due to injury.....and now he is all down and out....so that leaves DD (Baltimore Ravens fan) and Me (Steelers fan) tied for first place.....and we are battling it out between us too....but I thought this image was so fitting for DD to give her Daddy a sympathy card.....lol....what do you think?

here's a closer view....I used flower soft on the football to give it some dimension......

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Well that's all I have for today...Stop by and check out what the rest of the team has created.,....they have alot of inspiration over there......Hugs from Charm City

PaperTake Weekly--It's a Guy Theme

WOOT WOOT!!! How very cool is this...I know just how hard it is to make a guy card as the next person. So what a better way than to challenge yourself to make your special guy one....make it funny, adorable, simple or a really--really special card (you get my drift...lol).....just make him one and show him how much you love him.....a just because card....

This week at PTW we are being sponsored by Wiff Of Joy. Do make sure you hop over there and check out what's in store......there are alot of goodies......ENJOY!!!!!

and here's my guy card....this is another image from Imagenation--Just Inklined Designs--Maude Merry Christmas....she is a freebie right now, but I don't know for how much longer...I absolutely think she looks just like me....except her belly is smaller....lol...you can see her belly button...I just love how she's perched up on the banister waiting for Santa to come. All sexy looking, smelling purdy and wearing Santa's favorite hat....lol.....I also used these stairs that I got from Bonibleaux Designs. They aren't released yet, so this is kind of like a sneak peek. You will be able to purchase them the middle part of this month....so in the mean time, stop over and grab some of the other images....there are so many....all other images are from Starving Artist and pattern paper from Basic Grey....

and here she is all ready to give Santa an early Christmas present....lol...now tell me, what hot blooded man wouldn't jump on that....I need to add bubbles to the tub where there is an opening though...I couldn't find any that I liked so I left it blank for now....I also used the bed that I've used before from Starving Artists, but I turned it upside down and trimmed off a couple of pieces and made this into a bath tub....Have you ever turned rubber stamps upside down to see if you can see other images inside them....you know kind of like 2fer's....I do this all the time...that's how I had seen this as a tub....then I seen others had the same idea with this stamp on blogs....try it with your stamps....and you can even try it with digi stamps to....Just open a program that is installed on your computer that allows you to flip--mirror or even rotate an image and play.....you never know what you will see in the shadows.....lol....

just a side view.....

Well that's all I have for today...I want to thank everyone for your sweet comments and for taking time to visit each time.....Have a Sunny Day...Hugs from Charm City

Paper Cubed Challenge--Votive Decoration

WOW...Where on earth did October go? So it's now the first of the month and that means we have another challenge from P3. Our challenge this month is to make some type of votive (candle) wrapper/ decoration. It can be any theme.......ENJOY!!!!!!

Here's what I came up with after I seen the sweet Miss Debbie's project....you have to go and check out her project....it's simply darling.........let me tell you, I went round and round with so many different things I wanted to make. But in the end, I ended up with this very simple votive holder with just the flip of your wrists....lol....all you have to do is cut cardstock and pattern paper to the size desired, and bring one end around to the other end and softly pinch the middle top on opposite end to the two ends.......here I just used a 3" circle punch to cut my windows and layered my paper together...I took a piece of transparency and used Krylon frosted glass spray (found at Michaels in the paint section) and lightly sprayed the transparency for my window....I also added a piece of white cardstock to the inside to give the light alittle more glow as opposed to a darker background.......Mr Turkey is from a new place that a Dudette had shared with us called Imagenation....

just showing the top view so you can get the jest of it....very simple and easy to make....I hope that you will all join us this month....Why not make that special little votive holder for you holiday decorations......So stop by and check out what the rest of the team has created....they always blow me away every month....Hugs from Charm City.....