Hey Everyone!
Ready for a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown?
This week we want to see your vacation themed creations!
Our awesome sponsor is The Stamping Boutique and they have provided some super cute images for the DT to use.  But I decided to use one of the images I already had in my collection.

I'm in a shaker card kind of mood.  I just love filling in those clear spaces with these fun little beads and shaking them around!  My original plan was to use some dew drop type beads in the middle, but after layering about 15 circle frames and still not having enough room to shake those beads around, I nixed that plan and went with the tiny beads instead :)  They're more fun anyhow :)

The image I've colored up is Uncommon Friendship.  I've used my colored pencils on everything, and added touches of stickles to all the little sea friends, and the mermaids tail.

Overall, the card was left really simple, but it did take me a little bit to put together because of all the layers for the frame.  And I added a fun sentiment to go with the image :)

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
    613 Avenue Create #80-Anything Goes/Shaped Cards
    Crafty Cardmakers #119-Under the Sea
    The Crazy Challenge #175-Summer Vacation
    Fab n Funky #223-Feels Like Summer
    Let's Craft and Create #94-Shaped Cards
    Simon Says Stamp-Let's Be Clear

Hope you will join us this week!  Thanks for stopping by! <3

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Happy Tuesday!
Today starts a new challenge week at Tuesday Throwdown!  This weeks challenge is "Hip to be Square" so we want to see lots and lots of squares on your cards!  Not too difficult, right?
Here is my card:

Our fabulous sponsor this week is The Stamping Boutique (who is currently having a sale!!  Woot!)  So many wonderful images from them :)
I have used Tulip Fairy.  It's an image I won quite awhile ago and I thought it would work perfect for this challenge.
She's colored in with my colored pencils and I added a little glitter to her wings and some of the details around the image.
I cut some patterned paper into squares and alternated them behind the image.  Then I punched out a heart border on the top and bottom of those squares.
The sentiment is from Ginger's House.  The final touch was making some square buttons to embellish the card with.

This card is entered in the following challenges:
    Sketch Saturday #221
    The Crazy Challenge #127-Anything Goes
    Frosted Designs-Twine or Ribbon
    The Corrosive Challenge #156-Cute as a Button

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to swing over to Tuesday Throwdown, check out the Design Teams amazing work and join in our challenge!!!

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Happy Monday to everyone and thanks for stopping by my blog!
Today's creation is one I have been working on for a few days...it's not a super difficult creation but I kept walking away from it or getting distracted over the weekend so it took a bit longer to complete than what it really should have...oh well!  lol :)
I tried my hand at stitching...not machine stitching but hand stitching...probably not as pretty as it would have been using my sewing machine, but I still like the effect it has on this project.

Isn't that just so adorable!!!  When I won the challenge over at Crafter's Cafe, I was able to choose 3 images from The Stamping Boutique.  Well all 3 were fairies because they were just so cute!  But when I saw this one, I knew I just had to have it!
The image and frame around it are cut from my Cricut Lacy Labels cartridge.  I colored the image with my pencils...nothing fancy :)  I cut out some small circles and made little calla lilies, then placed them around one of my pink roses.
Then it was on to the inside!

The invite part isn't anything fancy.  It's the same frame shape as the image on the front.  I cut a couple slits in the top and made a bow with the black and pink ribbon that I used on the front.  I just love it!
I will have to keep playing with the stitching thing, maybe with my machine next time :)
And I think I am going to go back and add some glitter to the front of this creation...I was so excited to share it with you that I kind of skipped that step :)
This creation is entered in the following challenges:
    Card Patterns #152-Sketch
    Paper Pretties Monday Challenge-Use Flowers
    My Time to Craft #172-A is for Adorable
    Ribbon Carousel #39-Anything Goes
    Charisma Cardz #5-Things with Wings
    Paper Crafting Journey #2-Fairies/Angels
    A Gem of a Challenge #39-Fairies
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