Embellies With A Twist: Things with Wings!

Hi everybody and welcome to Monday Challenge at The Crafter's Cafe!

We have created this special daily challenge to encourage you to reach outside your "box" and try something new!

Our Monday challenge is

Embellies With A Twist

We all love using embellishments on our creations, but for this challenge we will add a little twist, a little something to make it interesting.

The twist this week:

Things With Wings!

Your creation must include things with wings: butterflies, birds, dragonflies, fairies, angels...
We would LOVE to see all types of creations (ex. cards, scrap layouts, fat book pages, artist trading cards, tags, boxes, bags, 3D ~ Altered Art or any other crafting projects that have  some form of paper  on them).

This challenge will run until Sunday March 25, 2012 at 8: 00 PM, Atlantic Time Zone.

Here are my inspiration pieces for this challenge:

Images: Create with TLC

 We can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

New challenge at Paper Creations Ink!

Good Morning Everyone!

Welcome to Challenge #15 at Paper Creations Ink:

"Something Old / Something New"!

Since this is our last challenge for 2011, we decided to make it an easy one! You are probably wondering how "Something Old / Something New" could be easy... Well it is ALL in how you interpret it! We were thinking that you could make it what you wanted or needed, such as wedding, anniversary projects, or as a reflection on the passing year and a new outlook for the coming year, or maybe dig out those old tools, notes on older techniques and give them a try with something new! Just a quick reminder, you are only limited by your imagination! You can use any image for this challenge! We would LOVE to see all types of creations, whether it is a Card, Scrapbook Page, Fat Page, Tag, ATC (Artist Trading Card), Box, Bag, 3D ~ Altered Art, or Other Crafting Projects that has some form of paper on it!

I recently began using digi paper and am in love with it. For this project our sponsor provided two sets: Loveblooms and Winter sets.

If you look closely to the wings you’ll notice that they have some dimension, I printed three images and carefully cut out the wings and then attached those to the main image. Used some Glimmer Mist over the wings for the shimmer.

The image was distressed with Ranger DI and some of the details were colored using alcohol ink.

Image: Butterfly Solace

Our Sponsor for this challenge is Floppy Latte Designs. Jessica the owner/artist of Floppy Latte Designs has so graciously offered a $10.00 Gift Certificate for her online store.

Our MONTHLY sponsor is Crop Stop! We are so excited to share with you the wonderful prize that Crop Stop has offered to ONE lucky winner, a $30.00 gift certificate to their online store! How cool is that? In order to be eligible for this wonderful prize, you must enter BOTH December Challenges to win! (We wanted to extend a HUGE "THANK YOU" to Haylie-Jo owner of Crop Stop!)

Come join us and let us see your creations!

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Challenge 89: Things with Wings at Craft Your Passion
• Challenge #93: Anything Goes at One Stitch at a Time 
• Anything but a Christmas card at Sparkle Forum
• Challenge 111 - for someone special at Totally Gorjuss
• Anything Goes at Delightful Challenges
• Show Us What You Got! at Shelly's Image 
• Anything Goes at The Paper Variety 
• Flutter By Wednesday #183
• "Flourishes/Swirls"at The Emerald Fairie Garden
• Challenge #24 - Anything Goes! - Crissy's Turn!
• Silver Christmas and Baker’s Challenge at Digi Darla
• Week 28 - Anything Goes at Glitter Geeks

Thanks!

Love

Julia

Soul!

The past week has been kind of hectic. After the hurricane, I thought that a lot of time would pass before I sat down and made another card. Well, thanks to a wonderful group of people I have been able to create some cards, and it has been fun.

Today’s card is an inspiration card.
Love the sentiment, a stamp from the set Fall for You by Unity.
The image is from Anne’s Digital Art (Anne Fenton) and I feel in love with it as soon as I saw it.
Used three different die cuts to add some interest to the background, jewels for sparkle and a bow to finish everything.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Anything in August Progressive Challenge ( bows, sparkle and sentiment) at The Crafter's Cafe

Thanks!

Love
Julia

Butterflies!

Strange things happen…today I said to myself let’s make another card…went to my crafting desk…and…blank, NO IDEAS!!!

Nothing!!!
Played around with different stamps, looked at my papers, ribbons, buttons and…no inspiration.
Hum!
Then, it happened! Saw this beautiful butterfly in my garden and I felt inspired again.
Used Unity Stamps sets: Fall for You and Now & Always to create this card.
Paper pieced the butterflies and colored the bodies with Copic markers; added patterned paper, ribbon, some bling and a beautiful button to finish it up.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Paper Piecing CHALLENGE - July 17-31 at Unity Opportunity Challenge Blog
• Clear It Out Challenge: Anything Goes
• Pixie Dust Paperie July Challenge: Butterfly
• ATU #36 Summer Feeling at All Things Unity
• Challenge #50 Flutterbies! at Crafty Cardmakers
• Challenge 20-Patterened Paper at Amber’s Craft and Stuff

Thanks!

Love
Julia

3D Stamped Embellishments

3D Stamped Embellishments
My friend at Paper Craft Planet have a wonderful challenge: Creating 3D Stamped Embellishments
We had to create one of 3D embellishment and show how you would use it on a card, layout, or project.
Here is my card:

 Some details:

 Follow this link to see more projects.

Thanks!

Love
Julia