Blog Skip at Crafting By Designs!

Hi everyone!
Welcome to the first hop over our new home for Crafting By Designs. The theme is

Spring 

If you have hopped over from Doris T., then you are in the right place. If you just happened to stop by and would like to join our hop from the beginning, please go to Crafting By Designs and follow along for a fun filled hop.

My favorite season is Winter! Why????

You haven't guessed yet; because we celebrate Christmas, and I absolutely love the celebrations!

Here is my inspiration piece:

The image is from Bugaboo Stamps, this one is so much fun.

Your next stop is Rene.

Here is the line up, please hop along to our Design Team's blogs and see some great projects from their favorite seasons.

Crafting By Designs - Start

Beth Pollock

Chrissie Tobas

Cindy Leek

Doris T.

Julia Vazquez - Your HERE

Rene vanWyk

Tammy Smith

Remember that the regular challenges at Crafting By Designs will start on December 5,  make sure you visit the blog on that day and join all the fun.

Thanks!

Love
Julia

Challenge 13 at Delicious Doodles

It is time for a new challenge at Delicious Doodles and the theme is

Goth vs Pretty

Here is my inspiration piece:

Using Sexy Goth Girl

 For more inspiration hop over to Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog! You have to see what Team A created for this challenge. We can't wait to see your wonderful creations!!!

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

• Make it Monday 117: Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays #87: Anything Goes
• Use Your Stuff: Perfect Patterned Paper
• Card Mania Challenges: Swirls and Pearls

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

New Home for Crafting By Designs!

 

 

Crafting By Designs has a new home!!!!
If you've just found us, we're a small group of crafters who have had a NING network group for a while and have decided to change our format and invite more of our crafty friends to join us. 
Every Wednesday one of our super talented Design Team Members will present a new challenge.
You can also visit our brand new Flickr group, join us on Facebook and Pinterest.
We're kicking off our new site tomorrow, November 30th, with a blog hop and hope you'll join us!
Love,
Julia

New Challenge at The Stamping Boutique and Crafting By Designs!

It's time for a new challenge at The Stamping Boutique: 

Inspired by Music!!!

It can be ANY type of music... whatever inspires YOU!!
The image is from The Stamping Boutique and is called Christmas Reindeer, isn't it fun.

I was inspired by the song Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer  I just remember putting up the Christmas tree and my kids singing this song.

The sketch used is from the challenge over at Crafting By Designs, called A Year in Cards.

Here is my inspiration piece for the challenge:

I created this sketch as part of the challenge for Crafting By Designs:

I can't wait to see what everyone creates!
I would like to enter this project in the following challenges:

• Make it Monday 117: Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays #86: Anything Goes
• Cards and Scraps: Make Something with Christmas
• Crafty Ann's Challenge: Birds and/or Animals 
• Simply Create Challenges: Linky Party #10
• Pause Dream Enjoy: Anything Goes
• Send a Smile 4 Kids: Anything Goes for Kids
• Paper Creators Crafts: All About Christmas
• Hiding in my Craft Room: Christmas
• Stampin' Sisters in Christ: Make a Christmas Card
• The Corrosive Challenge: Anything Goes
• Wags 'n Wiskers: Christmas
• Whimsy Stamps: Traditional Christmas Colors
• Crafty Creations Challenge: Christmas is Coming

Thanks!

Love,

Julia 

New Challenge at My Time To Craft!

It's time for a wonderful new challenge at My Time To Craft:

Domestic Pets!

For the rules please visit the blog here.

The images is from The Stamping Boutique called Puppy Surprise.

Here is my inspiration piece for the challenge:

I can't wait to see what everyone creates!
I would like to enter this project in the following challenges:

• Make it Monday 117: Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays #86: Anything Goes
• Cards and Scraps: Make Something with Christmas
• Crafty Ann's Challenge: Birds and/or Animals 
• Simply Create Challenges: Linky Party #10
• Sweet'n Sassy Stamps: Gifts
• Pause Dream Enjoy: Anything Goes
• Send a Smile 4 Kids: Anything Goes for Kids
• Paper Creators Crafts: All About Christmas
• Hiding in my Craft Room: Christmas
• Stampin' Sisters in Christ: Make a Christmas Card
• The Corrosive Challenge: Anything Goes
• Wags 'n Wiskers: Christmas
• Whimsy Stamps: Traditional Christmas Colors
• Crafty Creations Challenge: Christmas is Coming

Thanks!

Love,

Julia 

Recycle - Repurpose at Crafting By Designs

Hi everyone!

I hope you all had a fab Thanksgiving Day with your families and loved ones.

We have a new Challenge at Crafting By Designs.

The theme of this challenge of  Recycle/Repurpose is:

Gifts

My project today is a simple one and it will be a gift for a special friend.

I used a plastic food container, just a little bit of soap and it is ready for crafting. 

Here is my inspiration project:

More Details:

Follow this LINK for the challenge!

Hope you like it! I had lots of fun creating it.

I can't wait to see what everyone creates!

Thanks

Love,

Julia

New Challenge at The Stamping Boutique!

It's time for a new challenge at The Stamping Boutique: 

Giving Thanks!!!

The image is from The Stamping Boutique and is called Turkey, isn't it fun.

Here is my inspiration piece for the challenge: 

I can't wait to see what everyone creates!
I would like to enter this project in the following challenges:

• Make it Monday 116: Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays #85: Anything Goes
• Crazy 4 Challenges: Create a Tag
• Artistic Inspired: Anything Goes
• Lawnscaping Challenges: Tags
• Lollipop Crafts Challenge: We Are Thankful
• Love To Create Challenge: Give Thanks
• Through The Craft Room Door: Anything Goes

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

Challenge 11 at Delicious Doodles

It is time for a new challenge at Delicious Doodles and the theme is

Use Fabric/Material

This one is easy, just include fabric, it can be an embellie or as part of the background of your project! The possibilities are endless.

Here is my inspiration piece:

Image: Merry Hismass

For more inspiration hop over to Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog! You have to see what Team A created for this challenge. We can't wait to see your wonderful creations!!!

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

• Make it Monday 115: Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays #85: Anything Goes

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

Creating Backgrounds!

Hello everyone!

I am hosting this weeks challenge at Crafting By Designs. The theme of this challenge is

Creating Backgrounds

so feel free to use your imagination and have fun creating your background. 

Here is my inspiration project:

Here are some pictures of this process:

You need a lighter and darker shade of a color, I used Color Box Pigments.

The stamp is from Unity: Gingham Christmas Greetings.

The cute penguin is from Little Yellow Bicycle.

Hope you like it! I had lots of fun creating it.

I can't wait to see what everyone creates!

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

• Make it Monday 115: Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays #85: Anything Goes

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

Christmas!

Hello everyone!

I am hosting Taken from Pinterest Challenge at Crafting By Designs.
The theme for this challenge is 

Christmas!

Feel free to create whatever you like, just be inspired by the photo provided.

Isn't it fun to visit Pinterest and look at all the ideas and beautiful scenes and just be inspired.

Well here is a LINK to my inspiration photo, you can find more information HERE!

Here is my project:

The image is from The Stamping Boutique.

Hope you like it! I had lots of fun creating it.

I can't wait to see what everyone creates!

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

• Make it Monday 115: Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays #84: Anything Goes
• Tammy's Scrapin Corner: Anything Goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything Goes
• Dream Valley Challenges: Anything Goes
• One Stop Craft Challenge: Anything Goes
• LEJ Designs: Seasons Greetings
• Through The Craft Room  Door: Anything Goes
• Tuesday Alchemy: Anything Goes
• Bunny Zoe's Crafts: Winter
• The Crafty Bloggers Network: Christmas Anything Goes

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

New Challenge at The Stamping Boutique!

It's time for a new challenge at The Stamping Boutique: 

Food!!!

The image is from The Stamping Boutique and is called Banana Split, isn't it fun.

Here is my inspiration piece for the challenge: 

I used a Martha Stewart border punch and some candy embellies and twine as the final touch.

I can't wait to see what everyone creates!

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

• Make it Monday 115: Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays #84: Anything Goes
• Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges: Food & Beverage
• Love to Create: Fancy Borders
• The Pink Elephant: Punches/Dies

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

New Challenge at Cards by Lady Anne!

There is a new challenge at Cards By Lady Anne Challenge Blog, the theme is a favorite:

Anything Goes!

This challenge will last till December 10.
You have lots of time to enter and the best part, there are no limits in the amount of entries, so get ready to post all your wonderful creations HERE!
Here is my inspiration piece:

Our sponsor is Sassy Studio Designs:

I can't wait to see what everyone creates!

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

• Make it Monday 115: Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays #84: Anything Goes
• House of Gilli: Celebrations
• Songbirds Challenge: Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend
• Tammy's Scrapin Corner: Anything Goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything Goes
• Dream Valley Challenges: Anything Goes
• One Stop Craft Challenge: Anything Goes

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

November MIxed Media at Crafting By Designs

Hi everyone!
It's time for a new Mixed Media project at Crafting By Designs.
The challenge for Novembers Mixed Media is to use Inchies in your project.
So, what exactly is an inchie? It’s a 1 x 1 inch piece of artwork. As long as it’s an inch squared, you can use any media you like to make it, paper, fabric, wood, metal…the list goes on! 
Heavy watercolor paper works perfectly for making inchies, but if you like to recycle you could use a cereal packet or other similar packaging, or even a postcard.
You can make up a set of inchies to keep for yourself, or you can start to trade them in swaps the same as you would for ATC's.
Inchies are fun and completely addictive.
For my inspiration piece I made an ATC.

The stamp set is from UNITY Stamp Co..

Stamped the image with Versa Mark and heat embossed it with white powder. Then colored the paper using watercolors and TH Distress Ink (Vintage Photo). The complete piece is covered with glitter.

The base of my ATC is a piece of cardstock covered with pages from a book and Mod Podge.

Hope you like it! I had lots of fun creating it.

I can't wait to see what everyone creates!

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

• Make it Monday 115: Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays #84: Anything Goes
• Paper Playtime:  Autumn Colors
• Digi Designs Challenge: Show Us Those Fall Colors

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

Challenge 9 at Delicious Doodles

It is time for a new challenge at Delicious Doodles and the theme is

Dry Embossing

This one is easy, just include embossing in your project!

Here is my inspiration piece:

Image: Christmas Holly Border

The sentiment is from a Unity Stamp set.
For more inspiration hop over to Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog! You have to see what Team A created for this challenge. We can't wait to see your wonderful creations!!!
I would like to enter this project in the following challenges:

• Make it Monday 113: Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays #83: Anything Goes
• ABC Christmas Challenge: Vibrant Colors
• Lady Anne's Challenges: Anything Goes: Must Use a Stamp
• The Outlawz, Sketch Challenge - October 31:

Thanks!

Love,

Julia