Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Good afternoon. Another week has flown by. It seems like the older I get the quicker time flies.  I got to do a little stamping and card making this weekend, and that's always a good thing.  My brother's birthday is coming up, and I wanted to do something for that.  And I have a wedding card to make, for my husband's nephew by marriage, but I'll save that for another post, since I have some time to get that done.

My brother has had a lot of medical problems, and I wanted to make something to remind him to count his blessings for what he has and can do, and not dwell on what he doesn't have (or can't do). I have a little stamp by Hero Arts that I think will do nicely. And so we will have a Pick 3 Challenge.

Here are the things to pick from:

• Animal
• Rivets
• Birthday
• Lace
• Patterned Paper
• Punch

Just pick 3 of the above items and share your creation via a link in the comment section. Here is my creation:

I stamped the sheep (Hero Arts) onto white cardstock and colored using Copic markers.  I used a nestability die to cut out the image.  Based on the colors I used to color the image, I chose my patterned paper for the background. 

I used the same nestability die in 2 larger sizes, once to make a mat for the image with the background paper, and a larger one on white cardstock for the final mat.

On the inside I stamped "Happy Birthday" and matted it with the same patterned paper that I used for the background. 

A very simple card that looks nice.

I hope you have a wonderful week, and I'll look forward to seeing your creations, and also seeing you back here next week for the wedding card. Until then, do something crafty!

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Good morning!  This is the last day of my mini vacation and Birthday Bash here in the Florida Keys.  The Birthday Bash is our annual celebration of all the May birthdays, anniversary, and Mother's Day, and we have 1 big party instead of 7 little ones.  Sometimes we go to a theme park, but this year we chose the Keys for a 4 day get-away.  I love the Keys, so it was a perfect choice. I have limited time, so I'll have to share the fun later.

I told you last week if we had enough comments posted I would give away blog candy.  That didn't happen, so you are stuck with another Pick 3 Challenge.  I combined this with a challenge I had to use colors that you don't usually use together, and I thought I came up with a pretty good color combination.

Here are your choices:
1.  Something summery
2.  Eyelets
3.  Fringe
4   Punch
5.  The color Yellow
6.  Glitter

Pick 3 and play along.

Here is what I made:

This is an ATC sized card using the Sun stamp and vine stamp from My Paper Moon.  The sentiment is from The Angel Company.

The challenge to me was to use 2 colors that don't usually go together.  The burgundy and bright yellow were a natural choice, once I decided what I was going to make.

I stamped the sun onto yellow cardstock.  I stamped it twice, cut out just the face of the 2nd one, and applied crystal lacquer.  Let dry thoroughly, so you don't get smudges or fingerprints in it. 

While that was drying I used the vine stamp around the edges.  I colored it in with markers, making the berries a dark red (almost burgundy).

I colored in the sun's rays, then applied glitter glue and allowed to dry.  While that was drying, I punched a piece of white cardstock, then stamped the sentiment inside with yellow staz-on ink.  I used a burgundy marker to make faux stitches around it, then applied it to the bottom portion of the ATC. 

I used a pop dot to attach the sun's face.  Then I matted the whole thing onto burgundy cardstock.

I hope you have enjoyed today's pick 3 challenge.  If you decide to do the challenge, please leave a comment, and you can even leave a link to your beautiful creation.  I get inspiration from looking at other's work, so please share with me.

Also, today is the last day of the virtual stamp convention at Rubber Stamp Chat, so if you haven't checked it out, now would be a good time to do so.  Lots of vendors and sales.

Have a great week!

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Good morning!  I hope you had a great weekend. I pulled a muscle some time ago, and I keep reinjuring the same muscle before it has had time to heal, and it gave me a great deal of pain and trouble this weekend.  I have to get it better before next weekend, because we are doing our annual Family Birthday Bash (5 Birthdays, 1 Anniversary, Mother's Day, and our Anniversary).  This year we are taking everyone to the Florida Keys, since my kids and grandkids haven't been before. We are only taking a long weekend (Friday through Monday), but we'll have fun. The guys can spend one day deep sea fishing while the girls can go to Theater of the Sea for the dolphin shows, and the rest of the time we will just get some much needed R & R.

This week we will have a Pick 3 Challenge. I like those because they give you a lot of leeway. These are the things you get to choose from:

1. Lace
2. The color green
3. An animal
4. Fun Flock
5. Punch
6. Birthday

You know the drill...pick 3 of the 6 and make a card using those 3, then post a link to the comment section.  And here is my creation:

Since we have a lot of birthdays this month, I made this card for my youngest granddaughter.  She will be 7, and the colors are bright and vibrant, and something she'll love.

Anyway, for the challenge I chose a bird (animal), the color green, a scalloped border punch, and the celebrate sentiment for her birthday.  The colors are very bright (they don't show well in the scan).  I stamped the bird and colored him first, I colored the hat with bright colors, then added glitter glue for some bling. Then I punched him out with a nestability punch.  I wanted him "out of the box", so I followed the directions on Split Coast Stampers to accomplish this. 

Then I layered the cut out image on a green layer, then a red layer. I stamped "celebrate" onto yellow cardstock with green ink, then punched it out with a Fiskars scallop border punch.  I used a ruler to make faux stitches across the top. I adhered everything to the patterned background.  Inside it says "a little birdy told me it's your birthday."  Emilie will love it.

I hope you have a great week.  Even though I will be in the keys resting and relaxing, I will still have a blog entry for you next week, so see you then. Maybe if we have enough people who take the challenge and post a link (10 or more), I will give out blog candy and/or stamps.  So tell your  friends to get busy and post a link. ;-)

One last thing before I leave...over at Rubber Stamp Chat they are having a virtual stamp convention from Thursday, May 6th - Monday, May 10th.  Even though I will be gone, I will be participating in the convention, so mark your calendars and head on over to Rubber Stamp Chat on Thursday, May 6th.

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Good Monday morning!  How was your weekend?  Weekends are always too short for my liking.  We need a weekend in the middle of the week.  Don't you agree?

Today is my daughter's birthday.  I hope she has a happy one.  She loves giraffes, and so I thought the card I made for today's challenge would be an appropriate one. I think she'll like it. The giraffe stamp is from My Paper Moon. For the next couple of days, if you enter the code MADNESS at checkout, you will get 17% off your order.

Today we will have a Pick3 challenge.  Here are the selections:

• Animal
• Anniversary
• Brads
• Brown
• Ribbon
• Lace

Choose 3 and make your card.  Then leave a link here in the comment section and share it with us. I chose animal (giraffe), brown and brads.  Here is the card:

If you click on the card above, you will get a larger image.

I used a lot of left overs making this card, which is a good thing.  I had small bits of some cuttlebug embossed folders, some glossy cardstock with alcohol ink spots, and some glimmer mist cardstock.  They all came together very nicely with the giraffe that I stamped on the piece of oval cardstock.  I used browns and  yellows to age the oval, which also helped color the giraffe.  I used a scalloped nestability die to punch some brown cardstock, which I put behind the giraffe layer. The edge is punched with a Fiskars scalloped punch, then the brown cardstock is layered behind, and I used a brown marker to make the dots. I finished it off with 3 antique brown brads. There is a shimmer to the glimmer mist cardstock that is barely visible, but beautiful nonetheless.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today, and I hope you will post a link to your challenge. If you are reading this somewhere besides the blog, you might be missing out on valuable coupons.

Have a great week. Do something crafty.

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Good morning. Did you have a good weekend?  I had a wonderful time this weekend.  On Saturday my daughter and granddaughters picked me up and we had a girls day out.  Everybody needs one of those every so often.  We dropped of my eyeglass prescription, then went to lunch, the flea market, the pet store, Jo-Ann's, and shopping.  A full day!  But I had so much fun, and can't wait to do it again.

Today we are going to have a Pick 3 Challenge.  Those are always fun.  Here are your things to choose from. Just pick 3 of them and make your card.  Pretty easy, huh?

• 
  
  Metal
• 
  
  Butterflies
• 
  
  Alcohol Ink
• 
  
  The color green
• 
  
  Ribbon
• 
  
  Textured cardstock

I chose metal, alcohol ink, ribbon, and textured cardstock. Here is my card:

The metal is the part that "Dream" is stamped on.  I colored it with alcohol inks.  When I stamped the Dream stamp, it removed some of the color, which I thought was great.  It's a pretty simple, easy card, and doesn't need much explanation.  Both the white and blue cardstock are textured.

I hope you have a great week.  Take some time for yourself.  And as always, if you want to share your creation with us, please leave a link in the comment section. We'd like to admire your work.  To do that, you have to come here if you aren't reading this at the website.

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Good morning and welcome to another Over The Moon Monday.  I hope the weather has been good where you are.  It's been cold here in Florida (not that I'm complaining...it's better than being too hot), but Sunday was a lovely day.  A true spring day, with birds singing.  I sat outside and read part of the day and really enjoyed it.  Maybe spring is finally on it's way. 

I haven't had a Pick 3 Challenge lately, and Ithink it's time to have another one, how about you?  So without further ado, let's get started.

If you haven't participated in a Pick 3 Challenge before, this is how it works:  I will pick 6 things.  You have to make a card or project using 3 of the 6 things I have chosen.  Then post a link to your work here at the website, in the comments section. It's pretty easy.

Here are the list of 6 things to choose from:

1. 
   
   Birds
2. 
   
   Jewels
3. 
   
   Blue
4. 
   
   Faux Stitching
5. 
   
   Dry Embossing
6. 
   
   Birthday

For the challenge I made the following thank you card.  This is not a standard A2 card, but is about 3-1/2 x 3-1/2.

I love this little bird stamp from My Paper Moon. 

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  I cut the 6 panels using a Provo Craft die.  I embossed 2 with the Cuttlebug Dotted Swiss Embossing Folder.  To hightlight the dots, I ran a darker blue dye inkpad over the raised area. 
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  Two of the panels I cprayed with a gold mist spray. These were all cut from a left over piece of cardstock.
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  I stamped the birds onto a piece of beige cardstock, then colored with Copic markers. 
• 
  
  To make the foam of the seashore, I used a white Gelly Roll pen. I added a little glitter with a glitter pen to the sea, making it look like the sun glinting off the waves. 
• 
  
  I cut this out using a nestability die, then mounted onto beige cardstock that was cut a little largerl\
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  I stamped the "thank you" (The Angel Company) onto beige cardstock that I colored with Copic markers and cut out with the Provo Craft die.  I mounted this onto  a larger piece of cardstock (again fromt he scrap cardstock I used before) that was also cut with a Provo Craft die.
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  I stamped a faux zig zag stitch onto blue cardstock and mounted the thank you on it, then adhered to the card.

To mail the card, I am using a standard A2 envelope, since postage would be more for a square envelope, and I'm trying to be thrifty.  Here is the envelope I made:

Let's see what you have made.  Leave a link in the comment section to your creation.

While I had that little sandpiper stamp out, I made another card. I cut a larger piece of cardstock with the nestability die for this one, and I used the faux flower soft (I don't know the name, but I think it's called fluff or something) for where the wave is breaking on the shore.  It's made from styrofoam, and I made a bunch. I put it in little baggies and colored it with reinkers. I've never used the real Flower Soft, but this is an economical substitute, and I love the way it looks.

The background swirl stamps are from The Angel Company.

I hope you have a wonderful week, and that you get to do something crafty.  See you again next time.

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Good morning and welcome to the first Over The Moon Monday of the new year. Did you make any resolutions? How are you coming along with them? I have to admit, I'm not doing real great with mine, but I'm trying.

As you know, I am a big fan of the Pick 3 Challenges. I just think they help to jump-start your creativity. At least they do mine. So, with that being said, let's get started.

Pick 3 of the following 6 things to incorporate into your card. You can choose more than 3, but you have to use at least 3:

• Valentine's Day image
• Brads
• the color red
• glitter
• ribbon
• buttons

I chose too use 2 images that will be coming out in the next few weeks at My Paper Moon, so you are getting a sneak peak. I also chose the color red, and the ribbon. Here is my card:

It was rather easy to make, and allowed me to use up some scraps of paper that had been hanging around. I adhered those onto white cardstock to use as the background, then stamped the cupid image onto white cardstock. I used a nestability die to cut it out, then colored it with copic markers. I cut out red cardstock with the larger nestability die for a background. I put the polka dot ribbon between the 2 layers and adhered it. Then I adhered that to the background. I then stamped "Be Mine" onto red cardstock. I punched a scalloped edge with a Fiskars scallop edge punch onto one side of the red cardstock. I used a black marker to do faux stitching on the bottom edge, then adhered it to the card. On the inside I stamped "Happy Valentine's Day" (of course).

I hope you share your creation with us. Just leave a comment with a link to your creation so we call can see. Also, let me know what you think about the new images.

Until next week, take care and do something crafty.

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Good morning! I hope you had a great weekend. I am so wishing for cooler weather. I am tired of the heat...by this time of the year I am so over it. I'm thinking it's kind of the same as some of our northern friends being over the winter, only in reverse.

Did you do anything fun this weekend?

Now, on to the weekly challenge....another Pick 3 Challenge. In case you haven't participated before, here is how it works. I will give you 6 items to choose from. You need to pick 3 and use them on your card. Then, you can post a link to your creation in the comments section so we can all enjoy it.

Here are the items to choose from:

• a rectangle shape
• a buckle
• anything with stripes
• frame of any kind
• buttons
• chipboard

That gives you a pretty wide variety of items to choose from. The three I chose were the rectangle shape, stripes, and a frame.

The card is pretty self explanatory. The striped paper is a patterned scrapbook paper from the Dollar Tree. The rectangle shape and the frame are red cardstock that have been punched with a nestability scalloped rectangle die. The image is Jimmy Pin Drop from My Paper Moon. The whole thing is layered on a red card.

I made this card for my great-nephew, who is enduring Marine boot camp. I thought the guy with the big ear was perfect, since I hadn't heard from him yet and I'm "all ears" waiting on a letter.

Come on, share your creation with us....and have a great week!

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Good morning, and welcome to another Over The Moon Monday. I hope you had a good weekend.

I love the Pick 3 Challenges. I think they give you a lot of lattitude, yet still have some confines. And the possibilities are endless. So, today we will have another Pick 3 Challenge. Are you up for it?

Okay, let's go. Today's options are:

• The color purple
• Gemstones (crystals)
• Ribbon
• Border Punch
• Pearl Ex
• Leaves

I have chosen the color purple, ribbon, and a border punch for my 3 choices. Below is the card I made:

The coloring is off because I used pop dots to raise the cat sitting in the window. It doesn't really look like I singed the paper in real life

I used a Copic Marker to color the ribbon the same color as the night time sky. I used a white gel pen to make the centers of the stars, and I used a Martha Stewart border punch to punch the bottom of the patterned paper. I used tiny pearls to make a collar for the cat, just to give it a little pizzaz.

I hope you take the time to do something crafty this week.

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Good afternoon! Wow, what a weekend. My dear hubby was ill and I didn't get a chance to stamp all weekend! I think I'm having serious withdrawals. He never gets sick nor complains of being sick, and when he got me up at 3 a.m. Saturday morning to go to Wal-Mart to get him something for the pain, I knew he was really ill. It started with a sore throat, and he stayed home from work on Friday (another thing he NEVER does). He told me later he almost had me take him to the emergency room, that's how severe his throat hurt. He's allergic to doctors, so I can only imagine how sick he really is. He's home again today, but I went to work.

Anyway, on to our weekly challenge. Today is another Pick 3 Challenge. In case you are new, this is how it works. I will list 6 items and it's your job to choose 3 and make a card or project using those 3 items. Todays items are:

• something night time
• swirls
• buttons
• the color yellow
• corner punch
• jewels

I chose something nighttime, the color yellow, and jewels. I stamped the nighttime window stamp from My Paper Moon onto white cardstock. Using copic markers, I colored the moon and sky. I used a glitter pen to color the stars. I stamped the same image again, and cut out the cat, which I adhered with pop dots.

While I was at it, I used tiny jewels to make a collar for the cat. I put crystal glitter glue on the moon, which added a little pizzaz. I matted the image onto yellow cardstock, which I then matted onto light blue cardstock. I stamped and cut out the sentiment (from Sparkle and Sprinkle), colored the star and outlined the banner. I used pop dots to adhere it to the blue mat. I then matted this onto black cardstock.

On the white cardstock, I stamped a swirl stamp from The Angel Company (retired), and mounted the whole thing onto a black card.

It's your turn. Stamp something using 3 of the above items and share your creation with a link in the comment section. I can't wait to see what you come up with.

Hope you have a crafty week!

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Happy Monday! I'm glad to see you join me for another Over The Moon Monday Pick 3 Challenge.

But first, I want to tell you about my couple of days with my granddaughters. We had a blast. We went swimming, shopping, had lunch out both days, and saw G-Force, which is a delightful movie. They had a really good time, and they are all set for going back to school, since we got both school supplies and school clothes. Their dad was laid off from his job recently, so I was happy to be able to help out.

Also, I am thinking of renaming the blog. I would like you to submit names and maybe we can have a contest to pick out the new name...post your suggestions to the comment section.

Now on to the challenge.

It has been soooo hot lately, and I wanted to stamp something that was cool. I have these stamps that I got some years ago at a convention, and I have the sheet that goes with them, but there isn't a name on it anywhere (and I didn't think to write it down at the time), so I have no idea who makes these stamps. But they were perfect for my purpose.

For this weeks challenge, pick 3 of the following:

• acetate
• lace
• beads
• circle punch
• the color orange
• brads

Here is my creation, using acetate, the color orange, and beads.

Now, let me tell you how I made it. First I stamped the citrus stamp on white cardstock for the background. I randomly stamped it with yellow ink, orange ink, and lime green ink. Then I colored in the images with their respective color markers, leaving some of the white show (like in real citrus).

I stamped the margarita onto white cardstock, and colored it with markers, cutting off the top part of the image (where it's supposed to be the clear glass). Then I stamped the whole margarita onto acetate, using black staz-on ink. Be careful in this step because it will have a tendency to slide. I let that dry, then glued the colored margarita onto the back side of the acetate. Now it looks like I have a real margarita in a glass.

I applied glue to the top edge of the margarita glass and adhered clear glass micro beads and let dry. This looks so much like the salt on the rim of a margarita.

Next I stamped a section piece of citrus and colored it to look like a lime. I used pop dots to adhere the lime and the margarita to the front of the card, giving it a dimensional look. I matted it onto yellow cardstock and lime green cardstock, and stamped "Cheers" on the inside.

Now, let's see what you came up with...post a link in the comment section to your creation so we can all admire it and get inspiration.

Have a great week!

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Good morning! Welcome to another Over The Moon Monday here at the blog.

I was a little disappointed that I didn't have any suggestions for having a fun time with my granddaughters, but we will manage to have a fun time anyway. I plan on taking them to the beach (even though I hate the sand), one day, and to see G-Force and school shopping at the mall another day. That way both are happy. :-) It's sometimes hard because of the age difference (one is 6 and the other 12), but I think we will all 3 have a good time.

It's another Pick 3 Challenge day, so here are the choices:

• flower
• scalloped edge
• the color pink
• a person stamp (man, woman, child, etc.)
• newsprint or a page from an old book
• something lacy

Here is my creation. I used some cardstock by Basic Grey, and although you can't tell it, I sponged brown ink on the left side of the card also. The cardstock already contained the writing.

I love the Rachel stamp, and use it quite often. Today I stamped her on a page from an old book I had previously altered. I used Tattered Rose Distress Ink on the page before I stamped the image, so it would have some color. I colored her in with alcohol ink markers. I stamped a flourish from Cherry Pie Art Stamps and took a tiny hole punch and punched some holes in the flourish so the cardstock underneath would show through. I then stamped "dream", a stamp from My Paper Moon. I also tore the edges and applied brown ink, then matted it on a scrap of cardstock that had previously been run though the cuttlebug with an embossing folder and distressed. (If you visit Cherry Pie, tell Marina I sent you).

I mounted the whole thing onto the distressed Basic Grey paper and adhered a golden rose at the corner. It turned out really nice. I like the way the printed paper comes through the stamped images.

I hope you take some time this week to play. I will be playing with my granddaughters for at least a couple of days, and I'm sure we'll have fun.

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Good morning and welcome to another Over The Moon Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I'm trying to figure out when to take a few days off so I can spend time with my granddaughters before they head back to school. I'd like to do something fun and special with them, but something that doesn't cost a lot of money, so if you have any suggestions, please leave a comment, and I'll let them choose a winner next week. And I'll send the winner a little something, so please leave a way to get in touch with you, or check back next Monday to see if you've won.

Today I thought we'd do another Pick 3 Challenge, since we haven't done one in a while. Just choose 3 of the following 6 items, then when you are done with your creation, please post a link in the comments section and share with us. Here we go....

• Button
• Flower
• The color Yellow
• Cuttlebug embossing folder
• alcohol inks
• Ribbon

I actually used all of the above on this card, although the ribbon is actually a ribbon stamp (from The Angel Company).

I used the alcohol inks on a glossy cardstock, then stamped the images. On a separate piece of cardstock, I ran it through the cuttlebug and then smooshed a brown ink onto the raised part. I layered the glossy cardstock onto the embossed cardstock, then layered that on to the top left corner of the background cardstock. I stamped a ribbon stamp with brown ink onto a brown cardstock and cut it out. I put those onto the background cardstock in the lower right corner at a 45 degree angle. I put a silk flower in the corner and used a button that I had colored yellow as the center of the flower.

Don't forget to give me any suggestions for a fun time with my granddaughters, and have a great week!

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Hello and welcome to another Over the Moon Monday Pick 3 Challenge.The month of May was a very busy birthday month for me, but I only have 1 birthday to make a card for in June. It's for my brother, so it had to be a masculine card. Or at least not a "girly" card.
As always, you must pick 3 of the following 6 choices to incorporate in your project. Please share a link to your project in the comments section, so we can all admire your creativity.

Here are the 6 choices:
1. Butterfly stamp
2. Pearls
3. Paper Piercer
4. Ticket Corner Punch
5. Brown Paper
6. Charm

Here is the birthday card I created. My 3 choices were the butterfly stamp, the pearls and the brown paper. I think the brown works well to make this into a masculine card. But because it is so dark, you also can barely see that I also used a paper piercer to make holes in the top corners of the dark brown mat. I used different colors of brown ink on yellow cardstock to give it an antiqued look, and a brown chalk ink pad to make the crackles. The butterfly stamp is from Hero Arts, the birthday stamp is from The Angel Company, and the crackle stamp is unknown.

All in all I'm very happy with the results, and I'm sure my brother will appreciate the card.

Now, leave a comment, and share a link to your creation.

Happy stamping!

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Welcome to another Over The Moon Monday. I hope you had a terrific Mother's Day. I spent mine lounging around, reading, napping, and generally enjoying myself. My daughter brought me flowers and a Dooney and Bourke change purse like one I had admired. Dear hubby cooked some fresh fish he had caught the day before for me and it was overall, a lovely day. The fish were yummy.

I love the Pick 3 challenges, so let's do another one today. Your job is to choose 3 of the following and make a card to share with us via a link in the comment section. Let's get started:

1. Tags
2. Rickrack
3. Patterned Paper
4. Faux stitching
5. Staples
6. Photo corners

For my card, I chose rickrack, patterned paper and faux stitching.

I stamped the "Rise & Shine" stamp from My Paper Moon onto glossy cardstock and watercolored it. I trimmed it to fit onto one of the nestability label tags. I layered this onto a larger nestability label tag. I did the faux stitching around the edges of the larger tag.

I cut some patterned paper and adhered it to the bottom of the card. I used green rickrack to cover the seam. Then I stamped Get Well Soon onto the card and it was complete.

Let's see what you come up with...share it via a link in the comment section.

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Another good morning to you. I hope you had a fantastic weekend. I spent Saturday at the local community park celebrating Earth Day with my family. Most of my family was serving barbecue at the event, but my youngest granddaughter and I had a wonderful time checking out the exhibits and watching the shows. We saw Native Americans and heard their music, and we watched a show of trained cockatoos, and there were lots of exhibits. We even brought home a tree to plant. A long, exhausting day, but lots of fun.

I love the Pick 3 Challenges because it gives you a lot of leeway with your creativity. So, today we will do another one. You need to pick 3 from the following list for your project:

• Eyelets
• The color orange
• Dry Embossing
• Glitter
• Ribbon
• A border punch

I chose the color orange, dry embossing (with a cuttlebug embossing folder), and ribbon. I had some previously made background paper that was gold and orange and very shimmery, which I embossed with a cuttlebug embossing folder. I wanted the details to stand out, so I applied black inkpad to the raised images. I went for the grunge look, which I think I achieved.

Then I stamped the sentiment (by The Angel Company) on white cardstock, and cut it out with a nestability labels 1 die. I used the next largest die to cut out a gold background to layer it onto. It looks black in the scan, but it's really gold. Black would have worked, though. I added some sheer ribon underneath the sentiment on the bottom of the card, and I was done. In real life there is a shimmer to the card that is really pretty.

I hope you have gotten some inspiration and will share your creation with us by posting a link in the comment section.

Inky hugs,

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Good morning! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. We had Easter dinner with my daughter and her family, and really enjoyed it.

It's time for another Monday challenge. I had so much fun with the Pick 3 challenge from last week, that I decided to do it again. You will have 6 items to choose from, and you must choose 3 items for your project. I hope you share your creation with a link so we can see what you came up with.

Choose 3 of these items for your project:

• alcohol inks


• ribbon


• the color red


• brads


• embossing


• glitter

For my card, I chose alcohol inks, ribbon and the color red. The elephant background was made using mushroom and slate alcohol inks. Then I stamped the elephant (trunkcycle) and colored him with gray markers. I used a white gel pen for his tusks and eyes, and a gold pen for his crown. I colored the tricycle with a red marker. I used nestability dies to cut out the elephant, the scalloped border, and 2 other layers, then adhered them to a red dotted swiss background.

I stamped the Thinking of You stamp onto red paper and matted it onto white cardstock. I adhered a white ribbon to the dotted swiss background and the sentiment onto that.

I hope you have enjoyed today's challenge and that you will share your creation with us.

Have a great week and get crafty.

Over The Moon Monday - Pick 3 Challenge

Good morning and welcome to another Over The Moon Monday. I hope you had a restful weekend, and now you are ready for a challenge.

Today's challenge is a little different. I will give you 6 items, and you will pick 3 from that list to incorporate in your project. So, let's give this a try...

You must pick 3 from this list:
-Flower
-Chipboard
-acrylic paint
-cuttlebug embossing folder
-ribbon
-glitter

I chose to use the flower, acrylic paint, and the cuttlebug embossing folder. Here is what I came up with:

I painted the background paper with acrylic paints and let it dry. Then I ran it through the cuttlebug embossing folder. I stamped "follow your dreams" on pink paper and rounded the corners on one side. I adhered it to the embossed background. Then I attached a flower with a pink brad. I mounted the whole thing on dark brown cardstock.

I hope you have liked my creation and you will share your creation with us. Just leave a link to your creation in the comment section.

Have a great week!