Christmas?! In July?!

Merry Christmas!!  Over here in the Crafty Gals Corner, we have a bit of Christmas for you this week.  It is Christmas in July!!  I have to admit...I do not start thinking about my Christmas cards until it is almost December.  A habit I really should break, but you know what they say about habits.

Our sponsor for this week is Kenny K.  I got to use Xmas Greetings.  He has a wonderful shop full of digital stamps for all occasions and tastes.  Click on the badge below to be magically transported through time and space to his shop!  I colored her with Copics and went a little crazy on embellishments.  I saw a card done by Rhea Weigand that had ribbon woven in among all of the embellies and I wanted to give it a try.  I am pretty happy with how it turned out.  Thanks for the inspiration, Rhea!!

So you may be interested to know what you will win!  Well you can win three digital images from the shop.  So hop on over and take a look and make a list of your favorites!

I am entering this in the current Whimsy Stamps Inspiration challenge.  The theme is also Christmas in July.

I am entering this in the Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday challenge.  The theme is always Anything Goes.

I am going to join the Kenny K Krafty Krew for their Christmas in July challenge as well!  What wonderful timing!!

Deep Ocean also has a Christmas in July challenge.  I am popping this in there as well. =)

I am looking forward to seeing all of your Christmas projects.  Maybe that will get me inspired to start working on my Christmas cards before December. =P

Card measures 5" x 5"

Spellbinders Floral Ovals

Ribbon, lace, and buttons from my stash

Under the Sea

"Under da sea!  Under da sea!  Everything's better
down where it's wetter. 

 Take it from me!"

--Sebastian, Little Mermaid

The other Crafty Gals and I invite you to come under the sea with us to see if Sebastian really knew what he was talking about.  The theme of this week's challenge is Under the Sea and there are some fabulous projects to inspire you.

Our sponsor this week is Sweet Pea Stamps.  The shop carries both rubber and digital from a huge variety of artists.  The image I used is Seahorses from Teresa Sherman.  I just love that they are holding tails!!  I colored the image with Copics.  I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut most of the background pieces.  The shell and the seaweed were purchased from the Silhouette store, but I used a drawing of coral to create a cut for the coral pieces.  The clear bubbles are actually vase filler beads called Moon Drops that look just like the dew drops sold in the scrapbooking aisle.  However, you get a huge bag of them and, especially with a craft store coupon, it is a total bargain!  I got the clear ones because I can color them using my Copics to match a project.  I won't be running out of these for a while!!

Pop on over to the Sweet Pea Stamps website and take a look at all of the amazing sea themed stamps that are available.  Join us this week for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the shop.  Wish I could enter the challenge!!

Card measures 5.5" x 5.5"

Silhouette Store Seaweed

Silhouette Store Shell

LifeStyle Crafts Circle dies

Bright Fill Moon Drops

Recollections frosted pearls

Jolee's Boutique Shell stickers

Cousin Designs By Me Shell charm

Country Girl

Welcome to another fun challenge at the Li'l Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge blog.  As always, our challenge is Anything Goes.  I had the opportunity to work  with a lovely image from Karleigh Sue.

The image is Country Girl's Heart and you can find it in the Karleigh Sue shop on Etsy.  I colored it using Copics.  The plaid background paper and the paper behind the image are from Nitwit Collections.  I just love Mary Fran's fat quarter bundle digital paper.  They have the feel of quilt fabrics.  This collection is Winter Wishes and comes with a ton of wonderful elements as well as all of the gorgeous papers.  If you prefer real paper, you can find some of them in paper pads at Lily of the Valley.

We have three wonderful and generous sponsors for this challenge.  Click the badge and you will be magically transported to each sponsor's shop.

Bugaboo (Prize of 7 digital stamps)

A Day for Daisies (Prize of $12 gift certificate for the shop)

Karleigh Sue ($10 shop credit)

I can't wait to see what you come up with for this challenge!

Card measures 5.5" 4.25"

Spellbinders Teardrop Circles

The Paper Studio flowers

Nitwit Collections Winter Wishes digital paper

Hat pin made by me

ribbon from my stash

Hopping and Celebrating

Welcome to your next stop on the Crafty Gals Corner blog hop.  We are celebrating our new design team and I am excited to be one of the newbies.  I am looking forward to inspiring you each week.  You should have come here from Mari's blog.  If you didn't and you would like to start from the beginning, you can find the full list below.  Our challenge this week is A Ray of Sunshine.  You need to use yellow on your project.

I used Messy Bessy IMG 813 from My Besties for my project.  She is colored with Copics.  The background paper is from GracieEllie Design.  I printed the paper twice and cut out some of the flowers from the second one and popped them up.

We have three wonderful sponsors for the challenge this week (clicking the badge will take you to the shop):

Elisabeth Bell (prize of the two images used by the design team)

My Besties (prize of 3 of the 5 images used by the design team)

Graciellie Design (prize of the Summer Joy digital paper pack)

Your next stop on the hop is Samantha.  I know she has something wonderful for you to see!  If you get lost, the list is below for you.

Blog Hop Schedule:

Agnieszka

Amy

Erika
Jeanie
Johanna

 Judy

Lena

Lisa

Mari

Rae Ann <-------you are here
Samantha 
Crafty Gals Corner

I  hope you join us this week for our sunny challenge!  

Card Measures 5.5" x 5.5"

La La Land Crafts Heart Banner

Prima wood buttons
Vintage button from my stash

Queen & Co twine

Stampin' Up! ribbon
Rhinestones, green trim, and crocheted lace from my stash

Oh My Gosh!!

The other day I saw a project using a gorgeous stamp from MoonFlower Digital Stamps. I had never heard of the company so I popped over to the shop and totally fell in love with all of the images.  I found the company on Facebook and joined the group and liked the page so I could see all of the gorgeous inspiration.  Not long after, a design team call was posted.  I nervously threw my name in the hat.

I am so excited to announce that I was selected to join the MoonFlower Digital Stamps design team!  These gorgeous stamps will be so much fun to work with!  Check out the shop and I know you will fall in love like I did.

If you sign up for the newsletter, you will get a gorgeous freebie as well.  This month is Elf Maiden.  Here is a peek at what she looks like.

I can't wait to start working with these images!

Exciting News!!

I have some exciting news!  I applied for a design team position for the Crafty Gals Corner challenge blog a few weeks ago!  I was asked to join the team!  I am so excited and will start designing on July 1st.  We are going to have a celebration blog hop, so watch this space!!

Come join in the fun at the Crafty Gals Corner.  The challenges change weekly and there are some great challenge themes!

You still have a little bit of time before the Great Outdoors Challenge ends.  Pop on over and see what inspiration my new teamies have created for you!

Hello!

We have another wonderful anything goes challenge over at the Li'l Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog.  I decided to try something a little different for me.  Last time I did something different, it was over the top shabby chic, soooo....how about a little CAS for a change?!

This image is Texting Diva from Kenny K.  I thought she was perfect for a "keeping in touch" kind of card.  I cut an alphabet collage background using my Silhouette Cameo.  I wanted it to kind of blend into the background to keep it simple.  I always struggle with these cards.  I never feel like they are finished and always feel like something is missing.  As I write this...I still feel like something is missing!!  I guess CAS just doesn't come naturally to me!

We have three wonderful sponsors for this challenge. (Clicking the picture will take you to each shop.)

Drawn With Character (prize of three images)

Kenny K (prize of three images)

Lemon Shortbread Digi Stamps and Pages (prize of three images)

Be sure to leave them some love on the challenge blog or on their blogs.  Without them, we couldn't do what we do!!

I can't wait to see all of your lovely creations this week!

Card measures 4.25" x 5.5"

Silhouette Cameo Alphabet Collage by Loni Leah Designs

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder

Stampin' Up! Hello You Thinlits dies