CW Card Creations

Masculine Valentine

2012-02-11T08:00:00.004-05:00

The challenge this week at Sugar Creek Hollow is to make a MASCULINE VALENTINE in a vintage, shabby chic or primitive style.

One random winner will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display. In addition, the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Our Design Team has created gorgeous cards for your inspiration and if you would like the details, just click on their name to be taken directly to their blog.

I really struggled with this one because everything that popped into my head was flowery or girly and many of the vintages images I found online were geared towards women or children. After two days (yes, 2) I finally had this idea so I hope you like it. I hope my husband likes it too because it is going to be given to him.

Image: Cupid (The Graphics Fairy)
Sentiment: My Design
Card Stock: Red (Bazzill)
Papers: Background Heart Paper (Aramisdream), Heart Paper Piecing (Combination of Aramis Dreams & Cuddlebeez)
Tools & Embellishments: Antique Linen & Fired Brick Distress Ink (Ranger), Heart Brads (Making Memories), Blue Rust Pearl-Ex (Jacquard), Fibre (EK Success), Button (Dollar Giant), Corrugated Cardboard (My Recycle Bin), Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon)

Round & Round in Circles

2012-02-10T06:00:00.005-05:00

The challenge this week at Phindy's Friday Challenge Blog is ROUND & ROUND so we want to see lots of circles.

This was a great challenge for me because I got to use up some scraps and you all know how many bits and pieces we manage to accumulate so it is always great when we can reduce the pile.

You don't have to use a Phindy image in your project but if you do, please follow the instructions on the sidebar and enter your card twice. If you don't have any Phindy images, run right over to the store and pick a few up.

We will choose one random winner who will receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store. The Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week. The creator will also receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store and will be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

This is a scheduled post because I am just finishing up a week's vacation in Aruba. I hope when I return I can tell you all about the great sunshine we had. I know we will have a good time because are visiting neighbours who have a house there and they are lovely people. She is a very good cook so I hope I don't come home with added pounds.

Image: Trekking (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Digital Delights by Louby Loo
Card Stock: Recollections
Papers: Background & Striped (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Blue Dotted & Orange Dotted (My Stash)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Mungyo), Organza Ribbon (Michaels), Petite Scalloped Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Vacation at the Beach

2012-02-04T08:00:00.001-05:00

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week we have a fun challenge for. We want you to make a vintage, shabby chic or primitive card that depicts a VACATION AT THE BEACH.

When we designed this challenge we assumed that everyone in North America, the UK and parts of Europe would be in the throes of winter and would be looking forward to something warm. Well it is cold and snowy in many places but there sure is some odd warm weather happening in others. Nevertheless, we think many of you would enjoy a vacation at the beach right about now. I know I would so I am leaving for a week in Aruba tomorrow. Our neighbours have a house there and invited us down. We are earning this trip though because we are looking after their house (including the birds and plants) for the whole winter.

One random winner will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display. In addition, the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Our Design Team has created wonderful cards with a beach theme and it is so much fun seeing how different they are. If you want the details on their cards, just click on their name and you will be taken directly to their blog.

My card features a gorgeous image from Isabella's Sketchbook along with a verse I found online and turned into some word art.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Die Cuttin Divas - Anything Goes (must use die)
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Creative Stamp Friends - Old-Fashioned or Antique
Stamp and Create - Anything Goes

Image: Reflection (Isabella's Sketchbook)
Sentiment: Online Verse (can't remember source) - my design
Card Stock: Cream (Staples), Tan (Recollections)
Papers: Large Dot & Blue Speckled (Provo Craft), Brown (My Stash)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Sand Dollars (Cut with Cricut), Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger), Fabric for Bow & Centre Panel (Fabricland), Wave Scissors (Fiskars), Fish Charm (Arton Bead Supply), Die (cut with Cricut)

Love Cycle

2012-02-03T06:00:00.001-05:00

Our challenge to you this week at Phindy's Friday Challenge Blog is to create a card using the photo below as your inspiration. While it does lend itself to a valentine card, you can make something entirely different if that is how the photo inspires you.

You don't have to use a Phindy image in your project but if you do, please follow the instructions on the challenge blog sidebar and enter your card twice. If you don't have any Phindy images, run right over to the store and pick a few up. There are lots of great images and if you want to make a valentine card, there are many newly released images that would be perfect.

We will choose one random winner who will receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store. The Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week. The creator will also receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store and will be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

The Design Team has made some wonderful cards for your inspiration this week so check out their blogs for the details. This week we are joined by a Guest Designer, Katja, so make sure you visit her too.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Cooking it up with Katie - Hearts, Emboss, Punch
Creative Belli - Hearts/Valentines
Little Red Wagon - Valentine's Day or Love
Stamp n Doodle - Love, Romance and/or Valentine's Day
The Stamping Boutique - Valentines
Top Tip Tuesday - Valentines
Tuesday Throwdown - Use Hearts
Digi Makover - Valentines
Stamps R Us - Valentine/Love

Image: Love Cycle (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock: White Staples), Red (Wassau)
Papers: Hearts & Red (My Stash), Polka Dots (Recollections)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Buttons (Fabricland), Ribbon (Kate's Paperie), Rose (Wild Orchid), Heart Punch (EK Paper Shapers), Heart Texture Plate (Fiskars)

Sassy Cheryl's 100th Challenge

2012-02-01T12:20:00.001-05:00

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog has reached a milestone - 100 challenges - and I decided to join the party. I couldn't imagine a better image to use than Sassy Sally because she's already in the party mood. The challenge there is Punches & Shimmer. I know you can easily see the punches and trust me when I tell you there is also shimmer but no matter how hard I tried, I could not get it to come up in the photo so I have added some sparkle brushes to show where some of it is. The pompom on the top of her head and all the confetti has been coloured with a Copper Gel Pen, the dots on her skirt have been coloured with an Iridescent Gel Pen and I added a Clear Gel Pen over the paper streamers. In real life there are lots of shimmery spots.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Fab 'n' Funky - Use a Digi
My Mum's Craft Shop - Fab and Funky
Whimsical Wednesdays - Something Old (Candle Paper has been in my stash for at least 3 years)
Crafty Sentiments - Punches and/or Dies
Sassy Cheryl's - Punch and something shimmery
There's Magic in the Air - Photo Inspiration

Image: Let's Party Sassy Sally (Sassy Cheryl's)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Yellow (Recollections), Red (Wassau)
Papers: Candle & Yellow Scratched (Provo Craft), Stripe (Sandylion Sticker Designs)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Circle Punches & Squared Off Flower (EK Paper Shapers), Gems (Dollarama), Clear Star, Copper Star & Clear gel pens (Sakura)

Believe

2012-01-28T08:00:00.001-05:00

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow.. This week we have a color challenge for you. We want you to make vintage, shabby chic or primitive cards featuring CREAM, BLUE & BROWN.

One random winner will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display. In addition, the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Our Design Team has created wonderful cards with this color scheme to inspire you. If you want the details on their cards, just click on their name and you will be taken directly to their blog.

I have had this gorgeous piece of Anna Griffin paper in my stash for about 3 years and I thought was a perfect time to use it although I have no idea why I didn't use it before. I also decided this was a great opportunity to use my new square Fleur-de-Lis Spelllbinders Nestabilities and do some layering. I love the clean elegant look of this card.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Creative Belli - Fancy Frames
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT - Bows
Sassy Cheryl's - Light Blue & Brown
The Stamping Boutique - Die Cuts
Tuesday Throwdown - So Charming
Crazy Challenge - Vintage
Truly Madly Crafty - Anything Goes
Unstampabelles - Anything Goes (no stamps)

Sentiment: My design - computer generated
Card Stock: Cream (Staples), Brown (Recollections)
Paper: Anna Griffin
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Craft-T Products), Square Fleur-de-Lis & Labels 4 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Pearl Stickers (Dollarama), Ribbon (Fabricland), Heart Charm (UK store - can't remember name)

Child's Birthday

2012-01-27T06:00:00.000-05:00

Welcome to Friday and a new challenge at Phindy's Friday Challenge Blog. This week we want you to make a BIRTHDAY CARD FOR A CHILD. Most of us need birthday cards on hand especially if we have children or grandchildren so here is an opportunity to add to your pile.

You don't have to use a Phindy image in your project but if you do, please follow the instructions on the sidebar and enter your card twice. If you don't have any Phindy images, run right over to the store and pick a few up. There are a wide variety of images that would be suitable for a child's birthday at various ages from toddlers to teens. Just check out the Wee Babbies, Cute Kids and the Dads and Teens sections.

We will choose one random winner who will receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store. The Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week. The creator will also receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store and will be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

The Design Team have made some wonderful cards for your inspiration this week and Ann has even made two for you.

I made a pretty simple card this week but kicked it up a notch with some vibrant colours.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything Goes
Dutch Dare Card Challenges - Buttons Galore
Birthday Sundaes - Birthday Card with Sentiment on Front

Image: Cheery Chat (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Card Stock: Recollections
Paper: My Scrap Stash
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Mungyo), Spots & Dots Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Buttons (Dollar Giant)

Go Girly at Sugar Creek Hollow

2012-01-21T08:00:00.003-05:00

Welcome to Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week our challenge to you is to GO GIRLY and make feminine vintage, shabby chic or primitive cards.

This week one random winner will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display. In addition, the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

You will definitely want to check out the wonderful girly vintage cards made by the rest of our incredible Design Team and our Guest Designer.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Cooking it up with Katie - Pink, Pearls & Flowers
Gingersnap Creations - Favourite Paper - I designed it myself so it has to be my favourite:)

Images: The Graphics Fairy
Card Stock: White (Staples)
Paper: My Design
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Mungyo), Pearl & Gem Borders (Dollarame), Rose (Wild Orchid Crafts), Crinkle Ribbon (Gift), Rose Ribbon (Fabricland), Lace (My Stash), Eyelet Lace Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Doily (Wilton), Pearl Strands (Michaels)

Shaped Cards for Phindy's Place

2012-01-20T06:00:00.024-05:00

It is time for another challenge at Phindy's Friday Challenge Blog and this week it is SHAPED CARDS. We want you to make any shape you can dream up but no straight-edged squares or rectangles please.

You don't have to use a Phindy image in your project but if you do, please follow the instructions on the sidebar and enter your card twice. If you don't have any Phindy images, I encourage you to go over to her store and pick a few up.

We will choose one random winner who will receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store. The Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week. The creator will also receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store and will be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Shelly's Images - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
Scrap Creations - Die Cuts
The Stamping Boutique - Die Cuts

Image: Cherry on Top (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Recollections
Paper: Cream Floral (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Purple Floral (DCWV)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Flower Punch (EK Paper Shapers), Chalk (Mungyo), Open Scallop Die (Nellie Snellen), Leaf .svg File cut with Cricut

Skating

2012-01-15T10:47:00.000-05:00

This week the challenge at Sassy Cheryl's is to use the sketch provided and make a card featuring snow. I bought this new stamp from Sassy Cheryl's shop over the Christmas holidays with a Secret Santa gift and thought it would be perfect. I also thought the timing was great since my husband is taking our five year-old Granddaughter ice skating this afternoon. She started to learn last winter and has been itching to get back at it. She is a stubborn little one and wants to practice so she can master it. She has also decided she should put her own ponytails in and worked at it for about 10 minutes the other day. There was no way she would let Grandma help her. She finally got one ponytail in but it had a bump so she pulled the elastic out and declared she was having "plain hair" that day.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

The Secret Crafter - Anything Goes with Blue
Fussy and Fancy - Let it Snow
Simply Create Too. - Layers, Layers & More Layers
Digi Doodle Shops Best - Embossing
Crafting For All Seasons - Snowmen/Snowflakes
Creative Belli - Snowflakes
Scrapbook Sisters - Snow
Sassy Cheryl's - Let it Snow with a Sketch

Image: Double Skating Snowmen (Sassy Cheryl's)
Card Stock: White (Staples)
Papers: Purple (Provo Craft), Blue (We R Memory Keepers), Tie Dyed Snowflake (My Stash)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Mungyo), Clear Star Gel Pen (Sakura), Open Scallop Die (Nellie Snellen), Snowflakes Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Corner Rounder Punch (Marvy Uchida), Snowflake Edge Punch for Individual Snowflakes (Martha Stewart)

Sewing Basket

2012-01-14T08:00:00.004-05:00

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week we have a great challenge - EMBOSSING. You can create your vintage, shabby chic or primitive card with dry or heat embossing.

Join us in saying hello to Digi Doodle Shop, a lovely new sponsor who will be providing one random winner with a $10 gift certificate from their store. The random winner will also receive a winner's badge from Sugar Creek Hollow to display on her blog. In addition the Design Team will select one project as Card of the Week and the creator of that card will receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

The Design Team has used a number of the fabulous images from Digi Doodle Shop and have created some wonderful inspiration for you.

I used this wonderful Sewing Basket image and was so intent on colouring this beauty that I forgot all about the challenge theme so my embossing is a bit lame. I love the combination of the paper and the image though because they remind me of a Grandmother or at least what I think an old fashioned Grandmother would have. I don't know if my Grandmother sewed because she died when my Mother was only 3 weeks old. I never did hear anything about my Grandmother on my Father's side. He only ever mentioned a Sister who was an actress in Poland. I think my Grandchildren are lucky because I am very much in their lives and I am trying to create good memories with them.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Digi Doodle Shops Best - Embossing
Crafty Creations - Something New (Stamp)
Freshly Brewed - Something New (Stamp)
Gingersnap Creations - Ribbon
The Cat's Pajamas - Embossing
Cupcake Craft - Something New (Stamp)

Image: Sewing Basket (Digi Doodle Shop)
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Card Stock: Cream (Staples), Green (Recollections)
Paper: October Afternoon
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Scalloped Dies (Nellie Snellen), Swiss Dots Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Organza Ribbon (Arton Bead Supply), Pearl Flourishes (Recollections)

Tic Tac Toe at Phindy's Place

2012-01-13T06:00:00.001-05:00

Wow, this Friday sure rolled around fast didn't it? That means it is time for another fun challenge at Phindy's Friday Challenge Blog and this week we are going to play TIC TAC TOE.

We want you to make a card using three elements from one row in the graphic below. Your row may run horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

We will choose one random winner who will receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store. One entry will be selected as Card of the Week and the creator will also receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store as well as being in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

You do not have to use a Phindy's image to play but if you do, don't forget to follow the instructions on the sidebar and enter it twice. If you don't have any Phindy's image, pop over to her store and pick up a few. You can see her newest image on the sidebar.

Our designers have had some fun playing Tic Tac Toe and created some great inspiration for you. Now pick a row and let's see what you can create.

For my card I have used the vertical row on the left - embossing, buttons and a die cut. This card is to welcome a new baby girl and has a personal (and confidential) message inside.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Anything Goes Challenge - Anything Goes
The Cat's Pajamas - Embossing
Crafty Boots - New Beginnings
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges - New Beginnings
Heart Song Inspirations - Border Punches or Torn Paper
Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes
Art Impressions Stamps - Pink, Pink & More Pink
Do You Stack Up - Pink
Little Miss Muffet - Something New

Image: Something New (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock: White (Staples), Pink (Recollections)
Paper: Pink with Circles (My Stash), Gingham (Recollections)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Lace Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Spots Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Buttons (My Stash), Floss (My Stash), Chalk (Mungyo)

Save Some Trees

2012-01-07T06:00:00.002-05:00

Happy New Year and welcome to our first challenge of 2012 at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week we want you to save some trees and RE-PURPOSE PAPER TOWELS, TOILET PAPER OR COFFEE FILTERS. Instead of buying some designer paper for your project, go to your kitchen or bathroom and grab one of the above items and let's see how you can transform it and incorporate it into your vintage, shabby chic or primitive card or other paper-crafted project.

This week one random winner will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display. In addition, the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Our new Design Team is in place and everyone has worked hard to create some inspiration for you. If you want details on how they re-purposed the various items, click on their names to go directly to their blogs.

I made the fluffy flower out of a basket style coffee filter and some ink from Tsukineko. I used a tutorial that I found here. I worked on a butterfly made out of a paper towel and unfortunately it didn't look very pretty when I finished it so it landed in the circular file marked "G". Is it just me or does this card look like manic vintage?

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Inky Impressions - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Goes

Image: Graphics Fairy
Card Stock: White (Staples), Purple Metallic (DCWV)
Papers: Patterned Papers (Wild Rose Studios), Green Vellum (Curry Art Supply Store)
Tools & Embellishments: Frond Punch, Eyelet Lace Edge Punch & Topiary Edge Punch (Martha Stewart), Organza Ribbon (Arton Bead Supply), Pearl Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels), Lavendar Brialliance Dew Drop Ink (Tsukineko), Brad (Making Memories), Labels 10 (Spellbinders), Pearl Stickers (Recollections)

Colour Challenge at Phindy's Place

2012-01-06T06:00:00.007-05:00

Happy New Year to all my blogland friends. I hope you had a lovely holiday. I know I did but was disappointed not to accomplish much in the line of crafting. We did spend time with family and friends, which is important and we also started to look for a new car for me, which is also important.

Welcome to the first challenge of 2012 at Phindy's Place. We have decided not to do our first Friday of the month challenge on a regular basis this year but will pop it into the schedule from time to time.

This week we have a color challenge for you and want you to use Brown, Teal, White and Celery or Moss as shown in the following graphic.

You don't have to use a Phindy image in your project but if you do, please follow the instructions on the sidebar and enter your card twice. If you don't have any Phindy images, I encourage you to go over to her store and pick a few up.

We will choose one random winner who will receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store. The Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week. The creator will also receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store and will be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

I have used Phindy's Baking Bedlam image and thought she had a bit of a vintage feel to her so I decided to go that direction with my card, especially when I found this gorgeous paper in my stash.

I am going to enter my card in the following challenges:

Inky Impressions - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Stamp N Doodle - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Goes

TIP: If you want lots of colours of chalk and don't want to spend a fortune then head for your local art supply store and purchase soft pastels. I got a box of 64 soft pastels for the same price as a box of 9 craft chalks would have cost me at a chain craft supply store. Use a Q-Tip or cotton ball to apply.

Image: Baking Bedlam (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock: Recollections
Paper: 29th Street Market
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Mungyo), Fleur de Lis Edge Punch (EK Success), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Budding Vine Embossing Folder (Craft Concepts)

Thank You

2011-12-17T08:00:00.001-05:00

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow and the last one for 2011 as our designers are going to take a well-earned break until the New Year. Our challenge to you this week is to make vintage, shabby chic or primitive THANK YOU CARDS.

You have until Friday, December 23rd to submit up to 3 entries, which will not only put you in the running for our weekly prizes but for our Christmas Blog Candy.

This week one random winner will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display. In addition, the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot. The winner of the blog candy will be selected on Christmas Eve.

I want to say Thank You to all of you have looked at my cards, made lovely comments and let me do the same for you over this past year. My card for you features a quote that I found online and some paper from Laura Ashley that I found when I was in England a couple of months ago.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Anything Goes & Ribbon
Shelly's Images - Anything Goes

Sentiment: The Quote Garden
Card Stock: Cream (Wassau), Pink (Bazzill)
Papers: Laura Ashley
Tools & Embellishments: Tattered Rose Distress Ink (Ranger), Butterfly Punch (Martha Stewart), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Pearl Spray (Excelsior Wholesale), Fluer de Lis Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Ribbon (Michaels)

Christmas Scraps

2011-12-16T06:00:00.002-05:00

Our challenge to you this week at Phindy's Place is to make a card using up your SCRAPS. We want you to use those little pieces of paper leftover from other projects - hopefully nothing larger than 3 square inches.

You don't have to use a Phindy image but if you do, follow the instructions on the sidebar and enter your card twice. There are two winners each week - one random and one chosen by the Design Team. If you don't have any Phindy images, then pop right over to her store and pick up one or two of the fabulous digis that you will find there.

This challenge at Phindy's Place will be the last one for 2011 and will run until January 6th so you have lots of time to enter. The Design Team is going to enjoy this break but we have a bunch of wonderful challenges lined up for you in the New Year so check back on January 6th to see what we have planned.

I have two boxes that I put my bits and pieces in (one for card stock and one for designer paper) and for the longest time, I ignored them because it was so hard to find anything. One day a couple months ago, I had an ah-ha moment and sorted it all out, organizing each box into colour families and then put each into a zip lock plastic bag. Now, when I open the box, I just find the bag holding the colour I am looking for and I can quickly determine if there is something useful in the bag. Now, if only the rest of my craft room was as organized but maybe that is a project for the holidays.

I made this card intending to send it out but didn't need it because I had made more than enough so I can say I have the first card for 2012 made - what a head start.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Party Time Tuesdays - Red & Green Christmas
Crafty Boots - Christmas
Creative Stamp Friends - Christmas
Hooked on Crafts - Christmas
Pollycraft - Christmas Fun
Dream Valley Challenges - Christmas
4 Crafty Chicks - Christmas
AI Factory - Christmas
Paper Play - Christmas

Image: Deck The Halls (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock: Red (Wassau), Gold Metallic (DCWV)
Papers: My Bits and Pieces Box
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools and Embellishments: Chalk (Mungyo), Scalloped Die (Nellie Snellen), Large Snowflake Punch (Martha Stewart), Small Snowflakes Punched from Edge Punch (Martha Stewart). Gems, Dollarama)

Show Me Thursday

2011-12-15T11:56:00.000-05:00

I have never participated in Show Me Thursday at Sassy Cheryl's blog but I am going to show you my desk today. Now, those of you who chat at Sassy Cheryl's PCP group know that I have been making a little red velvet skirt for my 5 year-old Granddaughter and she chose the fabric.

DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT let a 5 year-old choose fabric because if the fabric is velvet you must be prepared to curse, cry and vacuum a lot. The only up side of this is that after Christmas, the little red bits are my daughter's problem but chances are good that I will hear about it.

Here is a photo of the little red bits under my task lamp (hence the yellow glow).

And here is a view with the skirt.

In order to try to minimize the mess, this skirt has two sets of seam binding on the hem and I have zigzagged all the edges I couldn't cover with seam binding. This is not my best job but my Granddaughter will love it and grow out of it in no time so I am not going to stress about that part.

Now all I have to do is get this into a box with the pink tights and the red and pink sweater I bought her in England when I was there in September. Oh yes and I have to hope that it fits because if it doesn't, I am not making another one in velvet.

Since she is asking Santa for Barbie dolls for Christmas, I have decided that my sewing machine is actually broken so that I don't have to make itty bitty Barbie clothes. I suspect that I would have to put a long straw in the scotch bottle if forced to sew those.

My next project is to make cookies but I won't be showing you those because they have to go right in the freezer so I am not tempted to eat them. Cookies are lovely morsels but they are 20 seconds in the mouth and 20 years on the hips :)

Vintage Christmas Tags for Sugar Creek Hollow

2011-12-10T08:00:00.002-05:00

We have arrived at another Saturday and that means a wonderful new challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow. Since we are fast approaching Christmas we decided to challenge you to make VINTAGE CHRISTMAS TAGS. Your vintage tag can be part of a card or a stand-alone beauty.

We want to remind you that we are a vintage, shabby chic or primitive challenge blog and when you enter one of our challenges, your creation must fit one of those styles as well as following the weekly theme.

This week one random winner will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display. In addition, the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Don’t forget, we also have Christmas Blog Candy for one lucky winner to be chosen from our challenge entries between now and Christmas Eve.

Our designers have created some gorgeous tags for your inspiration. If you would like the details just click on their name to be taken directly to their blog.

I decided to add my tag to a card and use some really non-traditional colours - rust, brown and lime green. I also dug deep into my unused stash and found some page pebbles. They were perfectly clear and colourless when I bought them 4 years ago but have changed colour, which turned out to be just fine for this card.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sassy Studio Designs - Non-Traditional Christmas Colors
ABC Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes (must be Christmas)
Creative Belli - Winter & Christmas
I Brake for Challenges - Vintage
Little Red Wagon - Vintage Christmas
Simon Says Stamp - Photo Inspiration
Creative Card Crew - 'Tis the Season
Crafty Sentiments - Snowflakes
My Time to Craft - Vintage Christmas

Image: The Graphics Fairy
Date Sentiment: Sprouting Seeds
Card Stock: White (Staples), Copper & Silver Metallic (DCWV)
Papers: Snowflake & Green with Dots (Summertime Designs), Red Damask (Miss Cutie Pie)
Tools & Embellishments: Burgandy Ribbon (Bouclair), Green Ribbon (Fabricland), Lace (My Stash), Lace Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Create A Flake Two Shapabilities (Spellbinders), Pearl Stickers (Dollarama), Page Pebble (My Stash)

Sweet Singing Angel

2011-12-09T05:00:00.004-05:00

The challenge this week at Phindy's Place is to create a CLEAN AND SIMPLE card. This is the time of year that schools and churches put on their annual Christmas pageants and there is always an adorable little girl or two dressed up like an angel to sing the Christmas carols. I thought this sweet little angel should shine on her own and used as few embellishments as possible for my card. Few embellishments is always hard for me but I really must remember to do this more often because I discovered that even a couple of buttons on a card bump the cost of the postage up considerably. The post office is not particularly kind to us crafters, especially at this time of year - scrooge :)

You don't have to use a Phindy image this week but if you do, follow the instructions under the challenge rules on the sidebar to enter your card twice. If you don't have a Phindy image, there are many fabulous ones over at the Phindy's Place store, so why not pop over and pick up one or two.

One random winner will win a $5 gift certificate to the Phindy's Place Store. In addition the Design Team will select one entry as Card of the Week. The creator will also receive a $5 gift certificate and will be in the running for our monthly Guest Designer spot.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Winged Things
Meljens Designs - Use Green
Paper Crafting Journey - Christmas
ABC Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes (must be Christmas)
Divas By Design - Anything Goes
Flutterby Wednesdays - Open (with a butterfly, fairy or angel)
Penny's Paper-Crafty - Merry Christmas
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Image: Sweet Carol (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Computer Generated on Circle Blank (Digital Delights by Louby Loo)
Card Stock: Wassau
Papers: Sandylion Sticker Designs
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Mungyo), Buttons (Dress it Up), Border Punch (Martha Stewart)

Birth of a King

2011-12-05T14:56:00.000-05:00

The last few days have been so stressful. Last Thursday my computer started acting up and I had viruses and spyware - despite my care about not opening things. So this weekend, my wonderful husband spent 6 hours reformatting my computer and reloading programs. Talk about a major pain. There are still a few things to do but at least I can work with it now. I really do not understand why people need to be so malicious just to prove how smart they think they are. They could put all those smarts to some good use and we would love them and not hate them.

Anyway, I managed to quickly get a card done this morning for the challenge at Sassy Cheryl's but I apologize for the photo. It is so dreary here today and I really didn't have time to move lights. The theme is WINTER so I dug out this adorable snow family image and made a Christmas card. Now I better concentrate on getting the cards in the mail so no more crafting for a couple of days.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges.

Whoopsi Daisy - Snowflakes
Gingerloft - Christmas and Winter
Quirk Crafts - Snow
2 Sisters - Punches and/or Dies
Sassy Cheryl's - Winter

Image: Birth of a King (Sassy Cheryl)
Card Stock: White (Staples), Blue (Recollections), Blue & Silver Metallic (DCWV)
Paper: Sandylion Sticker Designs
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors)with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Mungyo), Snowflake Punch (Martha Stewart), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Labels Four Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Non-Traditional Christmas Card for Sugar Creek Hollow

2011-12-03T08:00:00.004-05:00

Welcome to Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow and a new challenge. Before I get to the challenge, let me tell you about some changes to the Sugar Creek Hollow Design Team.

First, we are losing a couple of our wonderful designers because of family commitments. Marsha has been with Sugar Creek Hollow since the very beginning and her wonderful vintage designs will be missed. While Heide hasn't been with us as long, she has inspired us all each week with some gorgeous designs. Renee is going to stay with the team but will be scaling back her participation. Starting in the New Year she will become our Feature Artist and will show us all how Recycling and Repurposing are done the vintage way when those challenges come up. These ladies have made valuable contributions to the Sugar Creek Hollow team and have become lovely online crafting friends.

Next, we have three new designers coming on board and they are joining us with their vintage beauties for the challenge this week so you can get a preview of what they will be showing you starting in January.

Give a big welcome to:

Linda Payne from Payne Holler Cards

Peggy Marsh from The Wired Angel

Daniele Haddon from The Musings of a Chocoholic

Now on to our challenge. With Christmas close at hand, our challenge to you this week is to make CHRISTMAS CARDS IN NON-TRADITIONAL COLORS. Don't forget that we are a vintage, shabby chic or primitive challenge and want you to create in those styles.

We have a lovely new sponsor this week. Please welcome Delicious Doodles who will be providing one random winner with 4 digis of her choice. The random winner will also receive a Sugar Creek Hollow winner's badge to display. The Design Team will also choose a Card of the Week and the creator will also receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Don’t forget, we also have Christmas Blog Candy for one lucky winner to be chosen from our challenge entries between now and Christmas Eve.

To inspire you all of our current and our new designers have created some fabulous Christmas cards in non-traditional colors using a couple of the images from Delicious Doodles.

Now a bit about my card. I saw some gorgeous pink poinsettias at the garden centre last week so that was the jumping off point for my card. The pink piece in the middle of the card looks like a die cut but is actually a Martha Stewart punch around the page set and I just punched the corner and two sides on a couple of scrap pieces of card stock. It has been sprayed with Pearl Glimmer Mist but that didn't show up in the photo. The big poinsettia is a combination of card stock and vellum.

Image: Christmas Candles (Delicious Doodles)
Card Stock: Pink (Recollections), Vellum (Curry's Art Store)
Paper: Sandylion Sticker Designs
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Craf-T Products), Pearl Stickers (Dollarama), Organza Ribbon (Arton Bead Supply), Brown Satin Ribbon (Fabricland), Topiary Punch Around the Page Set (Martha Stewart), Yellow Stickles (Ranger), Pearl Glimmer Mist (tattered Angels), Budding Vine Embossing Folder (Craft Concepts), Cuttlebug

A Full Sack

2011-12-02T06:00:00.003-05:00

Wow, the time is flying and yet another month has rolled around and since this is the first Friday of the month that means the challenge over at Phindy's Place is ANYTHING GOES USING A PHINDY IMAGE. You can make any kind of card or paper-crafted project but you must use a Phindy's Place image. If you don't have one, pop over to the store and pick up some of the fabulous images you will find there. You have a couple of chances to win so I hope you will join us.

This Santa looks like he is on a mission with that full sack. I wonder if he got my letter telling him I have been a good girl and I want a pile of craft supplies.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

AI Factory - Something Red
Color Create - Red, White & Green
Crimbo Crackers - Santa
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Christmas Card (no animals)
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
City Crafter - Santa Claus Is Coming
Everybody Art Challenge - Santa Claus

Image: Ho Ho Ho (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Card Stock: Wassau
Papers: My Stash
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Card Candy (Craftwork Cards), Chalk (Mungyo), Poinsettia Die (Marianne Creatables), Labels Ten Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Golden Star Gel Pen (Sakura)

Father Christmas

2011-11-28T09:20:00.000-05:00

The title of this post should really be Father Christmas - Take 2. I made this card a few days ago and once I saw it finished, I didn't like it so I remade it. I know I am my own worst critic but this time I was right.

I have 2 more Christmas cards to make in order to match my list and then I can get them off in the mail. While I have enjoyed making them, I really want to do something else. Now we will see how many I have to add the extra postage to.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

2 Sisters - Holiday
Craft Your Days Away - Buttons or Bows
Fairy Tale - Christmas
The Poodles Parlour - Christmas
Simply Create Too - All About Christmas
Totally Papercrafts - Christmas
Sassy Cheryl's - Anything Goes

Image: Father Christmas (Sassy Cheryl's)
Sentiment: Computer Generated using Circle Blank (Digital Delights by Louby Loo)
Card Stock: Recollections
Paper: My Stash
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Classic Oval Nestabilities (Spellbimders), Corner Rounder Punch (Marvy Uchida), Buttons (Dress it Up), Chalk (Mungyo)

Fancy Fold for Sugar Creek Hollow

2011-11-26T08:00:00.010-05:00

Good morning and welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week our challenge to you is FANCY FOLDS. So think outside the box or past the single fold and let us see vintage, shabby chic or primitive cards with fun and fancy folds.

This week one random winner will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display. In addition, the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Don’t forget, we also have Christmas Blog Candy for one lucky winner to be chosen from our challenge entries between now and Christmas Eve.

The ladies on the Design Team are joined by a Guest Designer today. Please welcome Brenda Brown, who was chosen from the October Cards of the Week. All the designers have created some cards with very fun folds for your inspiration. To get details just click on their name and you will be taken directly to their blog.

I found this fun fold when I was surfing around and thought it was interesting enough and easy enough to make this week. It is an upright Z fold and I found the pattern here. Just one comment, my card only stands if it is clipped together (see the little circle), otherwise it wants to fall down. I am not sure if it the fact that I used card stock for the back section and that gave it too much weight but I don't mind, I still like the look of this card.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. - Unusual Christmas
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Crafts and Me - Shabby Chic/Vintage
Little Red Wagon - Christmas
Papercraft Star - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sisters - Christmas
Truly Scrumptious - Christmas Project with Pearls or Vintage
Everybody Art Challenge - Christmas Card
Top Tip Tuesday - More Than One Fold
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Anything Christmas with Pearls

Image: Far Far Hill
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Card Stock: Green (Bazzill), Dark Cream & Light Brown (Recollections)
Papers: Floral (Basic Grey), Cream Patterned (My Stash)
Tools & Embellishments: Fleur de Lis Rectangle Nestabilities & Fancy Tags (Spellbinders), Circle Punch (EK Paper Shapers), Script Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Gold Star Gel Pen (Sakura), Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger), Flower (Prima), Pearl Button (My Stash)

A Sprinkling of Snow

2011-11-25T06:00:00.000-05:00

The challenge at Phindy's Place this week is called A SPRINKLING OF SNOW. If you don't have snow where you are consider yourself fortunate because there are some areas about one hour north of where I live that already have 6 inches of the white stuff (at least it was white when it landed).

I love this little winter cutie and decided it would make a great Christmas card. I counted all the cards that I made and I thought I was doing really well but discovered that I am at least 6 cards shy of my goal so I guess I have to put my nose to the grindstone or remove someone from my list since I only have 1 week to meet my goal.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Snowflakes
Charisma Cardz - Snowflakes
Shopping Our Stash - Christmas or Winter Related
Stamp 'n Doodle - Snow
Kaboodle Doodles - Baby It's Cold Outside

Image: It's All Downhill From Here (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock: White (Staples), Metallic Blue (DCWV)
Paper: My Stash
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Snowflake Edge Punch (Martha Stewart), Petite Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Stardust Stickles (Ranger), Christmas Tree .svg File cut with my Cricut (Online - sorry can't find source), Chalk (Craft-T Products)

Santa Bell Ringer

2011-11-20T14:29:00.000-05:00

Here is another Christmas card that I have made on my mission to get them all done by the end of this month. I love this funky Santa ringing his bells to let everyone know that they better get out of his way because he has lots to do before Christmas arrives in just 35 days.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

One Stitch at a Time - Anything Goes
Wags 'n Whiskers - Christmas Themed
Winter Wonderland Challenge - Any Cute Christmas Image
Shelly's Images - Anything Goes
Cooking it up with Katie - Christmas, Die Cut & Tag
Sassy Cheryl's - Stump the Boss (Anything Goes)

Image: Santa Bell Ringer (Sassy Cheryl's)
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Card Stock: Mustard Brown (Bazzill)
Papers: Red Spotted (Lasting Impressions), Tree and Medallion Papers (Sandylion Sticker Designs)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Card Candy (Craftwork Cards), Crinkle Ribbon (Gift), Tag Punch (Martha Stewart), Open Scalloped Die (Nellie Snellen), Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger), Chalk (Mungyo), Golden Star Gel Pen (Sakura)

Sweet Holiday Wishes

2011-11-19T08:00:00.003-05:00

It is Saturday and we have a really fun challenge for you at Sugar Creek Hollow this week. We want to see a vintage, shabby chic or primitive card or other paper-crafted project that features a RECIPE CARD. The recipe card can be shown either on the front or inside your project and the recipe itself should be a family favourite that has been passed down over the years.

If your recipe isn't easily read from the photo of your project, then we would ask that you detail it in your post. It would also be great if you could show a photo of the finished recipe. Your recipe can be of any type and we would love to hear the story behind it. Soon your family's favourite could become someone else's family favourite so thanks for sharing.

This week one random winner will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display. In addition, the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Don't forget, we also have Christmas Blog Candy for one lucky winner to be chosen from our challenge entries between now and Christmas Eve.

Our designers have shared some wonderful recipes so click on their name to be taken directly to their blog where you will find many more details about their recipe and their project.

I have created a card with a recipe inside.

The recipe is a cookie recipe that I just make at Christmas called Ginger Sparklers although they could be made any time of the year. These ginger cookies are easy to make and freeze well. My husband has been known to eat them right out of the freezer while they are really crisp but if you let them thaw they are slightly chewy. The recipe was given to me almost 30 years ago by my Sister-in-Law but I understand that it might have originally been printed in a Robin Hood Flour recipe pamphlet.

I know this is a really long post but here is the recipe:

I am going to enter this card in the following challenge:

Cupcake Craftroom- Sweet Christmas
Frosted Designs - Die Cuts

Image: Mom's Helper (Isabella's Sketchbook)
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Card Stock: All (Wassau)
Paper: Brown (Sweet Tweet), Gingerbread Boy (Online but forgot where - oops)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Card Candy (Craftwork Cards), Edge Punch (Martha Stewart), Ribbon (Arton Beads), Button (Dress it Up), Pearl Stickers (Dollarama), Chalk (Mungyo), Circle & Star Die (Nellie Snellen)

Holly Fairy

2011-11-18T06:00:00.000-05:00

The challenge this week at Phindy's Place is CHRISTMAS and the timing is perfect since Christmas is only a little more than 5 weeks away - sorry but I had to say it - so the deadline for sending cards is looming fast. Of course the deadlines for shopping, decorating and baking are too - oh my!

You don't have to use a Phindy's image but there are so many wonderful images that would be appropriate for your Christmas cards in her store, that you should rush right over and pick up a few. Besides, if you do use a Phindy image, you can follow the instructions under the challenge rules to enter twice for more chances to win one of the two prizes available.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz - Lace & Pearls
Crimbo Crackers - Make it Sparkle (must be Christmas)
Shelly's Images - Anything Goes
Ruby's Rainbow. - Anything with Wings
Truly Scrumptious - Christmas with Pearls or Vintage

Image: Flower Top Fairy Holly (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock: Green (Bazzill), Red (Recollections)
Paper: Provo Craft
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Lace (My Stash), Ribbon (Bouclair), Chalk (Mungyo), Gold Stickles (Ranger), Petite Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Helpful Elves

2011-11-14T11:16:00.000-05:00

I just picked up some new images from Sassy Cheryl's so I thought I better put at least one to good use and make something for their current challenge. Since I am on a mission to get my Christmas cards all made before the end of November, that is what I made and of course it is very flat so it can be mailed without requiring me to float a loan for postage. I have said this before and I will say it again, I really do prefer a bit more embellishment so these cards seem almost naked.

I don't usually wish Christmas was tomorrow but I have asked my husband to make me a photo booth for Christmas and given the horrible photo I got for this card, then Christmas can't happen too soon. Sorry about the quality.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sassy Cheryl's - Embossing
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges - Anything Goes with a Digi
Kenny K Krafty Girlz - Emboss Away
Paper Sundaes - Use a Digi
Pile It On - Traditional Christmas
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Christmas Traditions
Cardmadfairy's - Digi and Texture
Crafty Catz - Use a Digi
Wags 'n Whiskers - Christmas

Image: Christmas Elves (Sassy Cheryl's)
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Card Stock: Green (Wassau), Red (Lasting Impressions)
Paper: Sandylion Sticker Designs
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Craft-T Products), Card Candy (Craftwork Cards), Ornament Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug)

Primitive Christmas

2011-11-12T08:00:00.002-05:00

It is Saturday and that means a new challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow. We have an easy one this week because it's all about STRIPES AND SPOTS. We want to see both on your beautiful vintage, shabby chic or primitive card or other paper-crafted project.

We will be choosing one random winner who will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display. The Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

As if two prizes aren't enough, don't forget that we have Christmas Blog Candy for one lucky winner to be chosen from our challenge entries between now and Christmas Eve. Just follow the challenge theme and the rules on the sidebar to submit up to 3 entries each week.

Our Design Team have created some fabulous projects this week that will be sure to inspire you. Joining them is our Guest Designer, AUDHILD, who was chosen from the September Cards of the Week. To get details of any of their projects just click on their name and you will be taken directly to their blog.

I took a stab at making a primitive card this week and I hope you like the result. The image and the papers were freebies that I discovered online and the wonderful birch strip is one of my finds at a florist wholesale shop in England. The burlap came from my sewing cabinet but don't ask me why I had it. I love the non-traditional colours - Christmas can be orange and brown - although when it comes to my tree decorations and other decor, they are as traditional as can be with lots of red and gold.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Meljens Designs - Orange and/or Brown
Paper Pretties - Buttons
Digital Tuesday - Anything Goes (must include a digi)
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Christmas Goes

Image: Beccy's Place
Card Stock: Kraft (Recollections)
Papers: Cuddlebeez
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Birch Tape (Excelsior Wholesale), Burlap, Button & Cord (My Stash), Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)

Thankful

2011-11-11T06:00:00.001-05:00

This week the challenge at Phindy's Place is called THANKFUL and we want you to do Thank You or Thanksgiving cards.

You don't have to use a Phindy image for this challenge but there are many in her store that are suitable for both types of cards so pop over and pick a couple up. If you do use a Phindy image this week just follow the instructions in the Challenge rules to enter it twice.

Because I live in Canada and we celebrated Thanksgiving a month ago, I decided to make a Thank You card. I also decided to make one that could be used for a man or woman and used this peaceful scene as my image.

I don't know what happened when I took my photo but I kept getting an orange glow around the edges so I had to revert to a black mat. A light box with proper lights and a little tripod are on the top of my ever-growing Christmas list.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges.

Aud Sentiments - Thank You or Thanksgiving
Creative Card Crew - Thankful
Digital Tuesday - Anything Goes (must include a digi)

Image: Birds Go By with Cat (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Recollections
Paper: Provo Craft
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Craf-T Products & Mungyo), Brad (Making Memories), Forest Branches Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Circle Punch (EK Paper Shapers), Copper Ink (Martha Stewart), Skeleton Leaf (Papermania)

November Trash to Treasure for Sugar Creek Hollow

2011-11-05T08:00:00.002-04:00

Welcome to Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. We hope you weren't caught in that early snow storm that found its way to the northeast United States last weekend. If you did, we hope you were able to get some crafting even if the power was out. Crafting by candlelight sounds so relaxing, doesn't it?

This week our challenge to you is to turn something from your garbage or recycling bin into a vintage, shabby chic or primitive card or other paper-crafted project. We want you to turn TRASH TO VINTAGE TREASURE. You can include items from your paper scraps but your project must start with something you are re-purposing. Please include a photo of that item in your post so we can say "You went from that to that - wow!"

We will choose one random winner who will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display. The Design Team will select one project as Card of the Week and the creator of that project will receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

By entering this challenge you not only have a chance to win our regular prizes but your name will go into the draw for the Christmas Blog Candy every time you enter so let's see your wonderful creations.

Our designer have dug deep into their recycling bins and have transformed some interesting items into wonderful treasures that are sure to inspire you so do check out their blogs to get all the details.

I confiscated this box from my neighbour's recycling bin and jazzed it up. Then I decided I better make some coordinating note cards to go inside. This will be a Christmas gift for my Sister-in-Law. When I started the inside of the box & the lid had some rips in it so I needed to line it. Well let me tell you, that was a pain in the posterior because I couldn't get the measurements to work out and I wasted so many pieces of paper. In the end, I really like how it turned out.

Here are a couple more views of the box and the decorated top:

I am going to enter this in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Die Cuts
Bearly Mine - Anything but a Card
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (and a bit of bling, if you like)
Bunny Zoes Crafts - Lace

Card Stock: Metallic Gold (DCWV)
Paper: Tuscan Summer (Sincerely Yours from Computer Scrapbooking.com))
Monogram: Computer Generated
Tools & Embellishments: Flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts), Leaves (My Stash), Butterfly Punch (Martha Stewart), Lace (My Stash), Pearl Floruishes (Prima), Ribbon (Fabricland), Pearl Button (My Stash), Petite Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Open Flower Die (Nellie Snellen), Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)

Sugar Creek Hollow has Christmas Blog Candy

2011-11-04T12:00:00.000-04:00

The holiday season is upon us and we all know that Christmas is a time for gift giving. Thanks to Tracy, the generous owner of Sugar Creek Hollow, we are pleased to offer a gift for one lucky person this Christmas - a Cricut® Personal Die Cutting Machine along with a George & Basic Shapes Cartridge. The random winner will be selected on Christmas Eve from the entries for all the weekly challenges posted from November 5th to December 17th.

The rules are easy:

You must enter a card into at least one of the Sugar Creek Hollow challenges posted between November 5th and December 17th to be eligible for the draw. The more entries you make following the challenge theme and rules as listed on the sidebar, the more chances you get to win. Since you can enter 3 cards each week that is a possible 21 chances to win.
You must post the photo above on your sidebar and link it to this post on the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge blog. The linked photo is to remain on your blog until December 24th.
You do not have to be a follower but we would love it if you become one because we have great challenges each week with wonderful inspiration from our designers and we would not want you to miss anything.

So come to visit each Saturday to see what challenge we have for you and then enter your wonderful creations so you can be included in the draw for this fabulous Christmas Candy.

The Night Before Christmas

2011-11-04T06:00:00.009-04:00

It is the first Friday of the month so that means the challenge at Phindy's Place is ANYTHING GOES WITH A PHINDY IMAGE.

Since you must use one of your Phindy images (no Phindy's image! - head straight to Phindy's store and pick up a few) you only need to enter it once this week to be in the running for Card of the Week or to be our random winner.

I love this image of all the little ones fast asleep and probably dreaming about what Santa will bring them. Now if they would just stay in bed until it is at least light out :)

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes (must be Christmas)
Freshly Brewed - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Christmas Fun
The Pixie Cottage - Sketch and/or Christmas Card
Stampavie & More - Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday - Cute & Cuddly (must include a digi)

Image: Babes in dreamland (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Elegant Word Art by Bethany
Card Stock: Wassau
Papers: Green Dot & Stripe (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Red with White Dot (Molly & Max)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Gold Star Gel Pen (Sakura), Poinsettia (Wild Orchid Crafts)

Vellum for Sugar Creek Hollow

2011-10-29T08:00:00.000-04:00

It is another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow and this week our challenge to you is to create a card or other paper crafted project featuring VELLUM. We would love to see how you use vellum in your project but remember that we are a vintage, shabby chic or primitive challenge blog so your entry must be in one of those styles.

This week you could be a random winner and receive a digi of our choice along with a badge to display on your blog or the Design Team might choose your entry as Card of the Week and if they do, you will receive a badge and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Our designers have used vellum in a number of ways on their cards so you can see how versatile it can be and be inspired.

This week we are welcoming Peggy Marsh (a.k.a. The Wired Angel) as Guest Designer and she has created a beauty for you. Peggy was selected from the August Cards of the Week winners.

I started with gold card stock and then created a gorgeous white vellum poinsettia for my card. It is teamed with a fabulous vintage Santa image, some pretty damask paper and a smart satin bow. It is topped of with a fancy ticket sentiment. I know I have broken my own rule about my Christmas cards being flat this year but flat was getting boring so this one will be a hand it out card. I will go back to flat tomorrow :)

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes
Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes but must be Christmas
Digi Doodle Shops Best - Anything Goes
Meljens Designs -Christmas
ABC Christmas Challenge - V for Vintage Christmas
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Image: About.com
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Card Stock: Gold (Recollections)
Papers: White Damask (Recollections), White & Green Vellum (Curry's Art Store)
Tools & Embellishments: Ribbon (Michaels), Pearl Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels), Gold Ink (Martha Stewart), Deco Fan Punch Around the Page Set & Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Micro Glass Beads (Recollections)

Gingerbread Hugs

2011-10-28T08:05:00.000-04:00

The challenge this week at Phindy's Place is PAPER PIECING. I am still on a mission to make all my Christmas cards before the end of November and I think this one featuring a little cutie with paper pieced overalls should fit the bill quite nicely. I guess I better get all the completed cards out and take a count so I know how many more I have to do.

I am not sure I should have started this post at lunch time when I am hungry. That gingerbread cookie looks good enough to eat. Pretty soon it will be time for everyone to start their holiday baking. I didn't do any last year and you know we really didn't miss it that much. I do admit though to having the occasional craving for a cookie so perhaps this year I will make one batch of something simple. It definitely won't be our favourite because that would be an invitation to eat too many, too quickly.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Paper Piercing (around the outer scalloped circle)
Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Shops Best - Anything Goes
Meljens Designs - Christmas
Southern Girls - Stripes & Polka Dots
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Image: Gingerbread Delight (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Digital Delights by Louby Loo
Card Stock: Wassau
Papers: Red Dot (Recollections), Stripe (Frances Meyer)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Stardust Stickles (Ranger), Snowflake Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Card Candy (Craftwork Cards), Double Scallop Die (Nellie Snellen), Petite Scallop Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Chalk (Mungyo)

Apartment Building

2011-10-24T10:21:00.000-04:00

I wanted to make a card for fun this week so I decided to play in Sassy Cheryl's challenge. The challenges are all about pink this month and this one adds a sketch.

Now, I must admit that I am not a fan of sketches because I never seem to be able to do them justice. I know, I'm weird but I actually find them harder to work with when they should make it easy. After I finished the card I realized that this will be a great sketch for Christmas cards since they call for clean and simple or you have to float a loan for the postage (remember my story about last year).

Sassy Cheryl draws such fun images and I thought I could use this one for all sorts of occasions. It reminds me of an apartment building for birds. What a great place to hang out.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sassy Cheryl's - Pink with Sketch
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - Spots & Stripes
Clearly I Stamp - Pink

Image: Double Decker Birdhouse (Sassy Cheryl's)
Card Stock: Recollections
Papers: Sandylion Sticker Designs
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Sheer Ribbon (Michaels), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Butterfly Punch (Martha Stewart), Flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts), Chalk (Craf-T Products)

Colours of Fall

2011-10-22T08:00:00.001-04:00

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. The colours of fall are in full splendour right now but with the cold weather knocking at our door, they won't last too much longer so our challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow this week is to preserve them by making a vintage, shabby chic or primitive card with the COLOURS OF FALL.

This week we have a lovely new sponsor, Paper Cupcakes, who will provide our random winner with 3 digis of her choice from the Paper Cupcakes store. The random winner will also receive a Sugar Creek Hollow badge to display on her blog.

The Design Team will choose a Card of the Week and that creator will receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

The Design Team has created their inspiration for you this week using Paper Cupcakes images so be sure to check out their blogs to get all the details.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Art Impressions Stamps - Lace
C.R.A.F.T. - Autumn
Crafty Ribbons - Ribbons and Lace
Moving Along with the Times - Vintage
Shelly's Images - Anything Goes
My Time to Craft - Punches and Dies

Image: Sunflower Topiary (Paper Cupcakes)
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Card Stock: Rust (Recollections), White (Staples)
Paper: Sincerely Yours from Computer Scrapbooking.com
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Petite Oval and Labels Ten Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Cut Scalloped Die (Nellie Snellen), Lace (My Stash), Ribbon (Fabricland), Pearl Stickers (Dollar Giant), Chalk (Mungyo), Flowers (Prima), Flower Centre (cut from a silk flower), Flourish (cut with Cricut), Budding Vines Embossing Folder (Craft Concepts)

Blue Christmas

2011-10-21T06:00:00.002-04:00

Christmas is not a time to be blue but a time to be happy, however, the challenge at Phindy's Place this week is called Blue Christmas. We want to see you make Christmas cards with blue as the predominant colour.

You don't have to use a Phindy image but there are so many fabulous images in her store that will lend themselves to a blue Christmas card so pop over and pick up a few. If you do use a Phindy image, make sure you follow the instructions and enter your lovely creations twice.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbons - Ribbons and Lace
Shelly's Images - Anything Goes
ABC Christmas - "U" is for Unused Stash (Gold Card Stock for Snowflakes were bits in my scrap box)

Image: Cozy Cottage (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Computer Generated on blank ticket from a friend
Card Stock: Blue (Bazzill), Pale Gold (DCWV)
Papers: Cuddlebeez
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Hexagon Die (Nellie Snellen), Lace (My Stash), Ribbon (Fabricland), Snowflake Punch (Martha Stewart), Stardust Stickles (Ranger), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Chalk (Mungyo)

Vintage Tea

2011-10-15T08:00:00.002-04:00

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week the challenge is called VINTAGE TEA. We want you to create a vintage, shabby chic or primitive card or other paper-crafted project featuring vintage tea pots and cups.

We will choose a random winner who will receive a digi of our choice and the Design Team will select a Card of the Week. Both winners will receive a badge to display on their blogs.

Our designers have created some inspiration for you and if you click on their names you will be taken to their blogs where you can find all the details about their wonderful creations.

I am not thrilled with my mojo this week because it is behaving like a brat and only providing a little bit of inspiration resulting in cards I am not 100% happy with. I have started some new cards for next week and my mojo better behave.

I am going to enter this in the following challenges:

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Think Pink
Whimsy Inspires - Die Cuts and/or Punches
Anything Goes Challenge - Die Cuts, Punches or Both
Tuesday Throwdown - Think Pink
Sassy Cheryl's - Think Pink with a Die Cut

Images: Bird's Cards
Sentiment Inside: Bird's Cards
Card Stock: Recollections
Paper: Raspberry Road
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Lace (My Stash), Chalk (Mungyo), Pearl Stickers (Dollarama), Roses (Wild Orchid Crafts), Leaves (Excelsior Wholesale), Heart Pin (Maya Road), Scalloped Circle Die (Nellie Snellen), Flourishes (Cut with Cricut), Charm (Arton Beads)

Halloween Clown

2011-10-14T06:00:00.001-04:00

This is my second Halloween card this week and I have gone from the goulish to the super cute. The challenge at Phindy's Place this week is HALLOWEEN and I love the costume on this little cutie.

You don't have to use a Phindy image but if you want to there are lots of other cute Halloween images in Phindy's store and you get two entries in the challenge. Phindy generously awards two prizes each week - one to a random winner and one to the Design Team's top pick - so that is even more reason to create with a Phindy image.

I am working with only partial mojo this week and am disappointed in the outcome of this card although I must admit it looks better in real life. Since this little person looks cute as a clown, I decided against using any black on my card but the buttons and ribbon are such a vibrant orange that they almost look red in this photo. I think I have to get my husband to work on making me a light tent and with some proper lights maybe my photos will come out with better colour.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Hanna & Friends - Autumn/Halloween
Shelly's Images - Show Us Your Layers
Crafts and Me - Orange
Diva By Design - Buttons
The House That Stamps Built - Halloween
Everybody Art Challenge - Halloween

Image: Clowning Around (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment Tags: (Plumrose Lane - not available for sale until October 15)
Card Stock: Recollections
Papers: Orange Dot (My Stash), Purple (Cuddlebeez Scraps), Spider (Free Digital Scrapbooking.com)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Buttons (Dress it Up), Ribbon (My Stash), Swiss Dots Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Rusty Hinge Distressing Ink (Ranger),

Halloween with Plumrose Lane at Sugar Creek Hollow

2011-10-08T08:00:00.002-04:00

It is another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow and we are having a special HALLOWEEN WITH A TWIST challenge this week so make sure you read the challenge post carefully.

We are welcoming Plumrose Lane as a new sponsor this week and for this challenge our sponsor is providing all of you with a wonderful freebie that you must use to make your vintage, shabby chic or primitive challenge entry. You will love this because the freebie is a collage sheet of fabulous Halloween images along with an instant card and envelope

To get your freebie, just go to the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge blog, click on the link and download the freebie (in a .zip file format). Please note that the freebie will only be available for the length of the challenge and after that will be available at the Plumrose Lane Etsy shop.

And as if providing this freebie isn't generous enough, Plumrose Lane is also giving one random winner a $10 gift certificate toward the purchase of any item from the Plumrose Lane Etsy shop. The random winner will also receive a Sugar Creek Hollow winner's badge to display. In addition, the Design Team will choose a Card of the Week and that creator will receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

I cut some images directly from the collage sheet after I printed it out but because I wanted to resize others I used Photoshop to copy them to a new canvas where I erased the straggly bits that came with them and then saved them as a new picture. For example I did this with the frame and then added the Happy Halloween text. I made the tag by pouncing various distress inks and chalk on some card stock after I cut the shape. I wanted some crinkly ribbon but didn't have the right colour so I took some white organza ribbon, ran it through some Milled Lavender distress ink and then once it was dry, I hit it with my heat gun a few time. CAUTION: Do not get to close with the heat gun or the ribbon will burn very easily.

I am going to enter my card in the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbons - BOO-tiful Halloween Projects--Pretty Spooky
Delightful Challenges - Make it Dimensional
Meljens Designs - Halloween
Fresh Brewed Designs - Pumpkins
The Paper Shelter - Halloween
Tuesday Throwdown - Halloween

Images: Plumrose Lane Etsy Shop (available for sale beginning Oct. 15)
Card Stock: Recollections
Paper: Cuddlebeez Scraps
Tools & Embellishments: Pearl Stickers (Dollarama), Ribbon (Arton Beads), Rusty Hinge, Milled Lavender & Peeled Paint Distress Ink (Ranger), Chalk (Mungyo), Circle Punch (EK Paper Shapers), Deckle Scissors (Fiskars)

Get Moving

2011-10-07T06:00:00.007-04:00

This is the first Friday of the month so that means another ANYTHING GOES WITH A PHINDY IMAGE challenge at Phindy's Place. You can make any kind of card or other paper-crafted project you like as long as you feature one of Phindy's wonderful images. There are lots in the store, so if you don't have one go on over and pick one (or more) up.

Since you must use a Phindy image, you only need to link your project once this week but you have a couple of chances to win. We will choose a random winner and the Design Team will select a Card of the Week. Both winners will receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store and the DT pick will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Unlike my husband and daughter, I am not a fan of exercise but I do walk every day so when I saw this image, I knew I had to make my card with it this week. This doesn't really look like me and I am always forgetting to take my music with me but I do use the time to make mental card designs. There aren't too many people walking past where I walk, which is a good thing because I often talk to myself, especially when I get what I think will be a great idea. I am sure if anyone heard me saying "Maybe ribbon would look good there" or "I know, I should use pink pearls on that card", they would think I was bonkers :)

I am going to enter this in the following challenges:

Crafts and Me - Use a Digi
Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
Sweet Stamps - Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers - Anything Goes

Image: Fitness Day One (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: White (Staples), Blue (Recollections)
Paper: We R Memory Keepers
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Corner Rounder Punch (Marvy Uchida), Chalk (Craf T Products), Card Candy (Craftwork Cards)

Sugar Creek Hollow October Trash to Treasure

2011-10-01T08:00:00.003-04:00

Today is another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow and it is also the first of the month so that means it is time for another TRASH TO VINTAGE TREASURE challenge. Your vintage card or other paper-crafted project must start with or include one or more items that you would normally throw away. This does not mean paper scraps in your stash but you can use them in addition to your recycled or re-purposed item. Please make sure you add a photo to your blog post of the throw-away item(s) you have used so we can see how your creativity began.

I have created an ornament for my Christmas tree and it started life as a CD for a scanner that bit the dust a few years ago. I am not sure why we kept the driver CD but I am happy now that we did so I could put it to use. Here is a close-up view of the image on the ornament.

I have a large tree that I decorate with lots of red and gold elements - balls, sparkly picks, poinsettias, etc. I made giant red bows to which I attached three long strands of beads so this ornament should fit in perfectly. If it looks as good as I think it will, I might have to make a few more since I want the tree to look loaded.

We will be choosing a random winner who will receive a digi of our choice and the Design Team will select a Card of the Week.

Our designers have been digging through their recycling bins and transformed some great items into wonderful treasures for your inspiration. To get more details and see what they used, just click on their name when you are visiting the challenge blog and you will be taken directly to their blog.

I am going to enter this in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes
Just For Fun - Anything but a Card
Paper Crafting Journey - Die Cuts and/or Punches
Inky Impressions - Punches or Dies
Die Cuttin Divas - Vintage or Shabby Chic

Image: Christmas Bells (Isabella's Sketchbook)
Paper: Miss Cutie Pie
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Narrow Ribbon (Michaels), Ribbon (Costco), Die (Nellie Snellen), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Roses (Wild Orchid Crafts), Braid (My Stash), Beads (My Stash), Antique Linen & Fired Brick Distress Ink (Ranger),

Nuts About Fall

2011-09-30T06:00:00.003-04:00

Well, I am back from England and I had a lovely time. We didn't go as many places this time as we usually do when we visit but did manage to spend a fabulous day at Portsmouth touring old warships, took a run to Bakewell to get my special scotch and went to London for a tour of Buckingham Palace and tea at Fortnum and Mason.. I also managed to get some craft shopping in and now just have to figure out how to keep my husband calm when he sees the bills. It isn't as much the cost of the items but the fact that 1 British pound costs $1.62 Canadian. That exchange rate is a killer.

On the day in London I met up with Anne Ray, who is Phindy's DT Leader and a friend of my hostess. You would almost think the four of us had known each other for years because we got along so nicely and had such a lovely day. Anne is a super lady and I am so glad that we got to meet.

I am exhausted with the time change and the 7 hour flight but should get back to normal by tomorrow - I hope. I also have to work on losing the 5 pounds that I gained.

Our challenge to you this week at Phindy's Place is to make a card or other paper-crafted project with a AUTUMN/FALL theme. I have created a card in the colours of fall and used a great Phindy image that screams fall.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafting For All Seasons - Fall Colours
Freshly Brewed - Fall or Autumn
4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes
Outlawz POM - Anything Goes
Paper Makeup Stamps - Digi Makeover - Size Matters
Anything Goes - Anything Goes
Sassy Cheryl's - Fall

Image: Thankful (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Card Stock: Cream (Wassau), Brown (Recollections)
Paper: Sandylion Sticker Designs
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger), Card Candy (Craftwork Cards), Cord (My Stash), Houndstooth & Swiss Dots Embossing Folders (Cuttlebug), Acorn Template (Karen Hughes)

Vintage Children

2011-09-24T08:00:00.002-04:00

It is Saturday again and that means another challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week we want to see VINTAGE CHILDREN. That means we want you to make a vintage, shabby chic or primitive card or other paper-crafted project featuring vintage images or stamps of children.

I have chosen to use a digital stamp this week that came from Whoopsie Daisy. All the images are hand drawn in a very vintage style.

Image: Girl at Wishing Well from Sheet 29 (Whoopsie Daisy)
Card Stock: Bazzill
Paper: Raspberry Road
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Craft-T), Flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts), Leaves (Gift), Punched Scallop Circle Die (Nellie Snellen), Ribbon (Fabricland), Stick Pin (My Design), Victoria Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Eyelet Lace Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Doily (Wilton)

Opposite Colours

2011-09-23T06:00:00.003-04:00

This week our challenge to you at Phindy's Place is to use COLOURS THAT ARE OPPOSITE ON THE COLOUR WHEEL. When I searched for Colour Wheel, I found a number of graphics and all of them showed red across from green so that is what I decided to work with. It is perfect for this little cutie on his first day at school.

This is another scheduled post as I am still in England. My husband came home after one week but since I am retired I decided to stay on for another week. If everything went according to plan, yesterday my friend and I went to Buckingham Palace and then out to tea. We were going to meet up with one of her friends and Anne Ray, who is Phindy's Design Team Leader. I will provide details when I return.

Image: Ready to Go (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Kindergarten (Create with TLC), Blackboard (My Design)
Card Stock: Red & Green (Wassau)
Papers: Red with Green Dots (My Design), Ginghams (Recollections)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Ink (Color Box). Ribbon (Michaels), Apple Button (Fabricland), Labels 4 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Corner Rounder Punch (Marvy Uchida)

Fancy Borders

2011-09-17T08:00:00.003-04:00

It is another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow and we want you to create a vintage, shabby chic or primitive card or other paper-crafted project with FANCY BORDERS. The borders can be around the image, on the edge of the image or on the edge of a panel.

Image: Far Far Hill
Card Stock: Buff & Tan (Recollections), Blue (Bazzill)
Paper: Far Far Hill
Tools & Embellishments: Lace (My Stash), Shell Border cut with Cricut, Ribbon (Kate's Paperie), Corner Rounder Punch (Marvy Uchida), Button (My Stash), Crinoline & Tulle (Fabricland), Seafoam Paint (Folk Arts), Fancy Tags (Spellbinders), Frayed Burlap Distress Ink (Ranger)

Here Comes Christmas

2011-09-16T06:00:00.002-04:00

I have another Christmas card made and a good thing too because it is creeping up and faster than I want. It is also a good thing that I made this card because that is the challenge this week at Phindy's Place - CHRISTMAS IS CREEPING UP ON US. I love these Christmas challenges at this time of year because it forces me to get moving and not procrastinate.

This is a scheduled post as my husband and I are in England visiting with our dear friends. I hope when I get back I will be able to tell you that we have had great weather but historically it has been cool and rainy.

Image: Cozy Cottage (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Circular Blank (Digital Delights by Louby Loo) with my computer generated sentiment added
Card Stock: White (Staples), Blue (Recollections), Silver (DCWV)
Paper: My Stash
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Circle Punches (EK Paper Shapers), Large Snowflake Punch & Snowflake Punch Around the Page Set (Martha Stewart), Snowflake Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Stardust Stickles (Ranger), Chalk (Craft-T), Gems (Michaels), White Ink (Martha Stewart)

Sunny Sunflowers

2011-09-10T08:00:00.001-04:00

As you drive around at this time of year you can't help but seeing lots of sunflowers growing in fields and gardens. It is always amazing that they can grow so tall with such big heads and not topple over. This week our Sensational Saturday challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow is to create a vintage, shabby chic or primitive card or other paper-crafted project featuring SUNFLOWERS in the main image.

This week we are fortunate to have a lovely sponsor with us.

You too can create cards and paper crafts like the Funkie Junkie.

Linda Coughlin, a.k.a The Funkie Junkie, loves using unusual frilly and funky items in her crafting. She has searched out or handmade the many delightful embellishments offered for sale in her Etsy boutique. Hand touched and personal attention to each and every order are hallmarks of her boutique. Linda warmly invites you to stop by for a browse.

We will be choosing a random winner who will receive a $15 gift certificate for The Funkie Junkie's Etsy boutique and a winner's badge from Sugar Creek Hollow to display on her blog. In addition, the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week (or shall we say Project of the Week) and the creator will receive a badge to display on her blog and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Linda is also joining us as a Guest Designer and she and the Design Team have made some fabulous Sunflower cards. To get details on their projects, just click on each Designer's name and you will be taken directly to their blog.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Colours of Fall
Little Red Wagon - Die Cuts
The Paper Shelter - Embossing
Anything Goes - Vintage/Shabby Chic
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes (must include ribbon)

Image: Sunflower (Tiffany Doodles)
Card Stock: Gold & Brown (Recollections), Light Teal (Bazzill)
Paper: Basic Grey
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Ribbon (Fabricland), Pearl Stickers (Dollar Giant), Victoria Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Corner Rounder Punch (Marvy Uchida), Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger), Bee Button (Dress it Up), Fleur de Liz Rectangle cut with Cricut, Brown Seed Beads (Michaels)

Show Us Stripes

2011-09-09T06:00:00.025-04:00

This week our challenge to you at Phindy's Place is to create a card or other paper-crafted project and SHOW US STRIPES SOMEWHERE.

You don't have to use a Phindy image but I encourage you to do so because can enter your project twice if you do. Besides, Phindy has the most fabulous array of images in her store and they are so versatile.

I loved this paper with its floral stripes and decided it would be more fun than just straight lines. The letters were cut with my Cricut and I added some tiny pearls to make them look like they were each hanging by the corner. I have a couple of friends that could use a little cheering up so I will be getting this in the mail to one of them today.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Squigglefly - Blue/Green
Crazy Challenge - Spots and Stripes
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Image: Rainy Day Friend (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Cut with Cricut
Card Stock: Recollections
Paper: Sandylion Sticker Designs
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Circle Punch (EK Paper Shapers), Card Candy (Craftwork Cards)

Trash to Vintage Treasure

2011-09-03T08:00:00.009-04:00

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow and the first monthly TRASH TO VINTAGE TREASURE challenge. We want you to make a project incorporating paper that turns throw-away items into a vintage treasure.

For this challenge, off-cuts or scraps in your craft room do not qualify - you can use them as part of the project but they are not to be considered the throw-away items. Instead we want you to take everyday items that you would normally throw in the garbage or in your recycling bin and turn them into something fabulous. This is the time to do your part for the environment and show us how green you can be. By the way, please include photos of your throw-away items before they are transformed in your blog post so we can see what your treasure looked like when it was still trash.

Please remember that we are a vintage challenge blog so your final product must be of a vintage style.

We will be choosing a random winner who will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display on her blog. In addition, the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week (or shall we say Project of the Week) and the creator will receive a badge to display on her blog and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Our designers have created some wonderful projects for your inspiration. To get details and see what their throw-away items are, just click on their names and you will be taken directly to their blogs.

For trash items I headed to my recycle bin before it went to the curb for pick-up. I have used cardboard from the shipping box my husbands new shoes came in to make a panel behind the vintage car. I peeled the top layer off, cleaned it up and then distressed it with some Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

I used a cake mix box to make the gears, which I cut with my Cricut and then painted.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes
Cards for Men - "G" is for Going Green (as in recycling)

Image: Vintage Car (Graphics Fairy)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Cream (Wassau)
Papers: Plaid (Raspberry Road), Burgandy (My Stash)
Tools & Embellishments: Road Map (Ontario Road Maps), Road Sign (The King's Highway), Deco Fan Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Starburst Die (Nellie Snellen), Walnut Stain Distress Ink (Ranger)

September Anything Goes with a Phindy Image

2011-09-02T06:00:00.001-04:00

August is over and fall is around the corner with school starting in most places - Tuesday where I live. I know that means summer is at an end but I thought I would make one last summery card.

It is the first Friday in September and that means that the challenge at Phindy's Place is ANYTHING GOES WITH A PHINDY IMAGE. Since you must use a Phindy image on your project, you only need to enter it once.

Phindy generously offers two prizes - a random winner will receive a $5 gift certificate to her store and the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will also receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store and will be in the running for a Guest designer spot.

I am going to enter this cutie in the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes
Kelley Kids Challenges - Hot Summer & Bright Colors
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Truly Scrumptious - Rocked Up Pink
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Image: Summer Bare (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Recollections
Papers: Sandylion Sticker Designs
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Craft T), Dew Drops & Braid (Gifts)

A Sassy Bear

2011-08-29T08:11:00.002-04:00

This week the challenge at Sassy Cheryl's is to use Lavender, Green and White and I decided to play along because I love this colour combination.

This card was made for Sassy Cheryl to send to a special young man who was paralyzed in a diving accident recently. My thoughts and prayers go to him and his family as he progresses through a lengthy period of rehabilitation so I thought this little bear might bring some cheer.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sassy Cheryl's - Lavender, Green & White
Jellypark Challenges - Die Cuts and/or Punches
Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes
Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

Image: This was a freebie for the PCP group but there are many wonderful stamps available at Sassy Cheryl's
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Card Stock: Lavender & Purple (Recollections), Green (Bazzill)
Paper: Cuttlebeez
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Button (Dress it Up), Floss (My Stash), Ribbon (Michaels), Petite Scalloped Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Loopy Border Punch (Martha Stewart)

Making it Masculine

2011-08-27T08:00:00.009-04:00

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week our challenge to you is to MAKE IT MASCULINE.

Cards for the men in your life are always needed so now is the time to make a vintage, shabby chic or primitive creation that you can be sure they will appreciate.

We will be choosing a random winner and that person will receive a winner's badge to display on her blog and a digi of our choice. In addition, the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Our designers have created some great masculine cards for your inspiration. For details on each card just click on the designer's name and you will be taken to their blog.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Delightful Challenges - Must use digital paper
Top Tip Tuesday - Tipper Week and Masculine Card

(Tip: Cut the posts off a brad with a pair of side cutters and attach to card with a glue dot so there is no lump underneath and the paper or card stock it is affixed to will lie flat.)

Image: Horse Racing (Collectors Prints)
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Card Stock: Blue (Recollections), Rust (My Stash)
Papers: Leather Look (Curry's Art Store), Check (Cuddlebeez Digital), Plaid (Raspberry Road Digital)
Tools & Embellishments: Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger), Brad (Dollarama)

Home Made Embellishments

2011-08-26T06:00:00.000-04:00

Our challenge to you this week at Phindy's Place is HOME MADE EMBELLISHMENTS. I've often made my own flowers so I wanted to do something them a little differently this time. I have had my eye on these rosettes and decided to give them a try. When I got started, I realized just how easy it was so I expect I will be making more.

Phindy generously offers a couple of prizes - a $5 gift certificate to her store to a random winner and the winner of Card of the Week as chosen by the Design Team will also receive a $5 gift certificate along with a chance to be a Guest Designer. You don't have to use a Phindy image to enter but if you do, you can enter twice so I hope you will pop over to her store and pick a stamp or two that you can create with.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Flower Power
Creative Card Crew - Hand Made Flowers

Image: Quiet Garden (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Purples (Recollections), White (Staples)
Paper: Polka Dot (Making Memories), Flower (DCWV)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Mungyo), Petite Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Plastic Flower Bead (Michaels)

Buttons & Bows at Sugar Creek Hollow

2011-08-20T08:00:00.005-04:00

Welcome back for another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week our challenge to you is to create your vintage, shabby chic or primitive card featuring BUTTONS & BOWS. You must use both on your project and you must create in a vintage style.

This week we are pleased to welcome a new sponsor - The Stamping Boutique. Check out the store for some absolutely fabulous images.

The Stamping Boutique will be generously providing our random winner with 3 Digi's & 1 Digi Paper Pack. What a fabulous prize! We will also give the random winner a badge to display on her blog.

The Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Each member of the design team has used an image from our sponsor to create their inspiration for you. To check out the details, just click on their name and you will be taken right to their blog. Then dig out those bits of ribbon and that bag of old buttons that you have in your stash and let's see what wonderful creations you can come up with.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

365 cards - Vintage plus Pink
Crafty Sentiments - No Sentiment
Try it on Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Image: Apron (The Stamping Boutique)
Card Stock: Pink & Purple (Recollections)
Paper: Sandylion Sticker Designs
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Organza Ribbon (Michaels), Satin Ribbon (My Stash), Buttons (My Stash), Gems (Michaels), Corner Die (Nellie Snellen), Scroll Lace Edge Punch (Martha Stewart), Textile Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Tattered Rose and Milled Lavender Distress Ink (Ranger)

A New Something

2011-08-19T06:00:00.003-04:00

This week the challenge at Phindy's Place is to create a card or other paper-crafted project celebrating A NEW SOMETHING. You could celebrate a new job, a new house or a new friend to name a few. I decided to celebrate a new baby with my card.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Art Impressions Stamps - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Sassy Studio Designs - Use More Than 1 Die
Stamp Insanity - Anything Goes
Truly Scrumptious Challenges - Lace it Up
Anything Goes Challenge - Happy Birthday/Celebration

Image: Something New (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Card Stock: Cream (Wassau), Brown & Pink (Recollections)
Paper: Sandylion Sticker Designs
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Mungyo), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Lace (My Stash), Rose (Wild Orchid Crafts), Eyelet Lace Edge Punch (Martha Stewart), Fancy Tags Die, Labels 10 Nestabilities and Petite Oval Nestabilities Die (Spellbinders), Victoria Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug)

Vintage Christmas at Sugar Creek Hollow

2011-08-13T08:00:00.001-04:00

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. We know it is August and it has been so hot in so many areas but it is time to cool things down and think Christmas. This week our challenge to you is to make a VINTAGE CHRISTMAS CARD.

We want you to put away your cute images and find a vintage Christmas image in your craft room or online. For this challenge you also need to get out your most vintage papers and embellishments. There are lots of freebies available online so use your favorite search engine and you will find lots of options. If you are in the need of some retail therapy, there are also a number of wonderful vintage products in the craft stores now.

Vintage doesn't necessarily mean overly embellished especially since you want to be able to afford the postage to mail your creation but you do want to make it look old so this is the time to think inks, distressing, lace, antique buttons, etc. - oh my what endless possibilities.

We will be choosing a random winner and that person will receive a winner's badge to display on her blog and a digi of our choice. In addition, the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Our designers pulled out all the stops to create vintage Christmas cards for your inspiration. For details on each card just click on the designer's name and you will be taken to their blog.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

AI Factory - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments - Merry Christmas on front
Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky - Christmas

Image: Free Trinkets and Treasures
Card Stock: Green (Bazzill), Red (My Stash)
Papers: Red/White Dot and Red Damask (Summertime Designs), Green with White Spots (Lasting Impressions), Green and Green Mottled (My Stash), Red Circles (Basic Grey)
Tools & Embellishments: Victorian Scissors (Fiskars), Ribbons (Fabricland), Charm (Arton Bead Supply), Corner Rounder Punch (Marvy Uchida), Small Circle Punch (EK Paper Shapers)

Vintage for Phindy's Place

2011-08-12T06:00:00.003-04:00

Our challenge to you this week at Phindy's Place is to create a card or other paper-crafted project with a VINTAGE LOOK. Since I love creating in a vintage style, this challenge is right up my alley.

I have used one of Phindy's new basic stamps from the Two Seven Oh collection called Spools to create my vintage look. The pattern cover front and back came from an online site that sells vintage patterns and the background is not paper but fabric from my stash. The sentiment is one of Paulette's from Create with TLC.

Image: Spools (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Cream (Wassau)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Fabric (My Stash), Vogue Pattern Covers (Sew Retro Vintage Patterns at Main Street Mall Online) Chalk (Mungyo), Circle Die (Nellie Snellen), Ribbon (White Rose), Round Buttons (Dress it Up), Scissors Button (Fabricland), Corner Rounder Punch (Marvy Uchida)

Naturally Neutral

2011-08-06T08:00:00.006-04:00

Welcome to Saturday and another sensational one at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week our challenge is all about NEUTRALS. We want you to create a vintage, primitive or shabby chic card or other paper-crafted project in neutral colors, preferably off-white, kraft or gray. You may use a bit of color in your vintage style image but nowhere else on your creation.

This should be a very easy challenge because there are so many gorgeous neutral papers and embellishments available online and in the craft stores now and the best part is that so many of them are of a vintage style.

We will give one random winner a digi of our choice and a badge to display. In addition the Design Team will choose a Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Our designers have created some wonderful inspiration for you and if you would like to see the details, just click on their name and you will be taken directly to their blog.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sassy Studio Designs - Use a sentiment on the front
Anything Goes Challenge - Flowers
Digital Tuesday - Doilies (must use digital image)

Image: Floral Tag (Isabella's Sketchbook)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Kraft (Recollections), Cream (Wassau)
Paper: Far Far Hill
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Ribbon (Fabricland), Pearl Brad (Gartner), Large and Medium Flower (Recollections), Rose (Wild Orchid Crafts). Petite Scalloped Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Chalk (Mungyo), Doily (Wilton)

August Phabulous Phindy Phriday

2011-08-05T06:00:00.002-04:00

It is the first Friday of the month and that means another Phabulous Phindy Phriday at Phindy's Friday Challenges so our challenge is ANYTHING GOES WITH A PHINDY IMAGE. You can make a card or any other paper crafted project in any style you wish but your project must feature an image from Phindy's Place. Since only Phindy images are permitted this week, you just have to enter your creation once.

I know the temps are still really high throughout much of Canada and the US so that is all the more reason to stay cool indoors and craft. I just went one step cooler and made a Christmas card. I think the tally is now 6 down, 40 something to go. Boy, I sure better get a move on it because Christmas is going to roll around a lot faster than I want it to.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

AI Factory - Anything Goes
Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments - Christmas
Paper Play - Christmas in August
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Christmas Card

Image: Deck the Halls (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock: Buff & Burgundy (Recollections), Green (My Stash)
Paper: Sandylion Sticker Designs
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gatrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Mungyo), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Winter Wonderland Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Open Scalloped Circle Die (Nellie Snellen), Mini Scallop Scissors (Fiskars), Liquid Applique (Marvy Uchida)

Make Your Designer Paper

2011-07-30T08:00:00.001-04:00

This is a scheduled post as I am in Calgary for a family reunion.

Our challenge to you this week at Sugar Creek Hollow is to MAKE YOUR OWN DESIGNER PAPER. We want you to use your stamps or digital stamps and create your own background paper. Then we want you to turn that into a vintage, shabby chic or primitive card or other paper crafted project. We are a vintage challenge blog so please ensure that your images and embellishments are of a vintage style and that you follow the challenge theme.

I must admit that I took a little liberty when I created my background paper. I don't have any rubber stamps so I created a transparent picture using a number of vintage stamp brushes for Photoshop and then I printed the picture on some vintage digital paper from Far Far Hill. I originally printed it on a plain background but it had no life. If I had more time I would have tried creating the patterned background as well.

Image: Suitcase Stack (Isabella's Sketchbook)
Card Stock: Cream (Wassau)
Papers: Simulated Leather (Curry's Art Store), Cream Vintage Paper (Far Far Hill)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gatrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Old Suitcase Keys (My Stash), Burlap (My Stash), Map (online - don't remember source), Rusty Hinge and Walnut Stain Distress Ink (Ranger), Snaps (Making Memories)

Bearing Gifts

2011-07-29T06:00:00.001-04:00

This is a scheduled post as we are in Calgary visiting family for a family reunion.

Our challenge this week at Phindy's Place is to create a card or other paper crafted project featuring DIE CUTS.

I encourage you to pop over to Phindy's store and check out all the wonderful images, including her new $2.70 collection of basic but very versatile digis. Any of these would look wonderful with die cuts and if you enter a project featuring a Phindy image, don't forget you can enter a second time this week.

I have used one of Phindy's new images called Garden Gnome and made my die cuts with both my Cricut and Spellbinders. Add a lot of distressing to some lovely papers, a big butterfly along with some pearls and you have a card. Sounds simple, so why do I take so long to make each card - hmmmm?

Image: Garden Gnome (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Red (Wassau), Gold (Recollections)
Papers: Floral/Dot (October Afternoon)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gatrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Butterfly Punch (Martha Stewart), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Chalk (Mungyo), Cricut, Labels 10 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Circle Punch (EK Paper Shapers)

Let's Play Tag

2011-07-23T08:00:00.013-04:00

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. I hope you are enjoying your summer so far and are managing in the oppressive heat happening in many parts of the United States and Canada. For those of you in other areas that are not so hot, can I come for a visit to get some relief? Thursday, we had a humidex of 48C or 106F. Thank heaven for central air conditioning and for an air conditioned car.

This week our challenge to you is TAGS. You can create a single tag or put a tag on your card or other paper crafted creation. Don't forget we are a vintage, shabby chic or primitive challenge blog and would ask that your project be in one of those styles.

This week a random winner will receive a digi or our choice and a badge to display on her blog. The Design Team will also choose one project as Card of the Week and that creator will also receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Our designers have created some lovely tags for your inspiration and if you want to check out the details, just click on their names and you will be taken directly to their blogs.

I did some playing in Photoshop to create the pram in the background. I found a photo of the pram (sorry, I can't remember where) and then I chopped it out of the background, which was more work than I expected because I had all sorts of stray bits to erase. I changed the colour and I found some grunge brushes online and made it look scratched and sort of like a vintage stamp. It was fun to do but when you don't have a clue as to what you are doing, it can be time-consuming. Finally I printed it directly onto the floral paper.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Paper Play Challenges - Ribbon, Lace, Buttons
ABC Challenge - "Y" is for Yesterday
A Spoonfull of Sugar - Create a Tag
Bearly Mine - Tag, You're It
Ooh La La Creations - Tag It

Image: Baby (The Graphics Fairy)
Card Stock: Pale Pink and Dark Pink (Recollections)
Papers: Pale Pink Floral (Coreen Silke from Computer Scrapbooking.com), Bright Pink Floral/Pink (Basic Grey), Vellum (Curry's Art Store)
Tools & Embellishments: Lace (My Stash), Butterfly Punch (Martha Stewart), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Narrow White Ribbon (My Stash),Pink Crinkly Ribbon (Gift), Button (My Stash), Flower Dies and Circle Die (Nellie Snellen), Corners (Cut with Cricut)

Seeing Double

2011-07-22T06:00:00.003-04:00

This week our challenge to you at Phindy's Place is to DOUBLE UP. We want to see two of something or you can show us a number of pairs. So you can use two flowers, 2 images and/or 2 ribbons, etc. Please note that three of something does not count - it must be exactly two. On my card I have 2 die cuts, 2 designer papers, 2 flowers and 2 tags. I digitally paper pieced the chair and then added some shading with my Prismacolors. I also added a little Prismacolor markings to the cream flower so that it would coordinate with my burgundy flower.

Phindy has begun to release a new line of basic stamps that can be used for a variety of occasions and they are just $2.70 each so check out the store. Don't forget to click on Random Surprise on the left sidebar to see if she has a treat for everyone. And when you do enter a card in the challenge using your newly purchased Phindy image, don't forget you are entitled to a second entry this week so follow the instructions in the Challenge Rules.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Creations - Seeing Double
Freshly Brewed Challenges - Animal or Animal Print
Die Cut Dreams - Animals (4-legged)

Image: Not So Hot (Phindy's Place)
Sentiments: Computer Generated
Card Stock: Cream (Wassau), Dark Blue (Provo Craft)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gatrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Mungyo), Cream Flower (Recollections), Burgundy Flower (My Creation), Cream Pearl Sticker (Recollections), Tag Punch (Martha Stewart)

Guest Designer at Little Miss Muffet

2011-07-21T04:00:00.005-04:00

A couple of weeks ago I won a challenge over at Little Miss Muffet Challenges and was pleased to accept an invitation to be a Guest Designer. This week the challenge is SUMMER, which is so timely and appropriate for all of us who are melting in the heat and humidity.

I am using this image from the Little Miss Muffet store called Treehouse Headquarters. I can just picture every child with a vivid imagination spending their summer up there - what a fun place to be but I hope it has air conditioning. Since this is a card for a child I decided to go with bright primary colours and keep the layout pretty simple, which is difficult for me when the flowers, pearls and lace are calling out to me from my craft cupboard but it showcases the great image. I encourage you to pop over to the Little Miss Muffet store and check out all the other fun stamps available for purchase.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Creative Stamp Friends - Summer
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges - Anything Goes
Paper Playtime - Summer
Pollycraft - Summer Fun
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Digi Stamp
Dream Valley Challenges - Summer Theme

Image: Treehouse Headquarters (Little Miss Muffet)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Red & Green (Wassau), Blue (Recollections)
Papers: Stripe (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Yellow Dot & Red Gingham (My Scraps)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Buttons (My Stash), Sun Punch (Marvy Uchida), Chalk (Mungyo)

Phindy's Place DT Call

2011-07-20T11:24:00.000-04:00

We are looking for creative designers to work with Phindy's Place digital images, for a six month term, from 1 September 2011 to 28 February 2012. You will be expected to create a card or project each week to be published on the Challenge Blog (currently Friday) as well as to your own blog and occasionally there may be further requirements such as a blog hop. You are also expected to comment on a proportion of the entries to the Challenge Blog. Membership of the Papercraft Planet Group is encouraged and you need to upload your weekly cards to the PCP gallery so that they can be uploaded to the slide shows for the group.

The ideal team member need not have experience of being on a Design Team, however their commitment and enthusiasm are important. It is important to have a regularly updated blog, to comment regularly on entries to the challenge and it is important to meet deadlines.

What is in it for you? - -

You will get a generous allowance of digis from the Phindy's Place shop to work with each month, more than enough for each month's challenges
You will receive an additional discount on designs from the Phindy's Place shop
You will get the fun of working with brilliant designs, sometimes before their release to the public and be part of a close-knit and friendly team

Successful applicants will receive more specific details of the benefits!

If you would like to apply, please email Anne at raypack@btinternet.com with the following information:

Your blog address
Links to any online galleries of your work
Photos of 3 cards/projects that you feel are typical of your work
Details of any Design Team/ Guest Design Team experience
A little info about yourself and why you would like to be part of the team

DT Call closes15 August.

Christmas Wings

2011-07-16T08:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week we want to see cards with WING THINGS. Your vintage, shabby chic or primitive card could feature fairies, angels, birds, butterflies or other insects.

We will be choosing one random winner who will receive a digi of her choice and a badge to display on her blog. The Design Team will also choose a Card of the Week. The creator of that card will receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Our designers have created inspiration for you with a variety of things with wings on them. To get the details, click on their name and you will be taken directly to their blog.

This week we are pleased to introduce you to CHRIS VENERUSO who was chosen as the Guest Designer from the June Cards of the Week.

My card isn't as embellished in a vintage style as normal but if you recall, there is method in my madness. If I did what I really wanted to, it would cost a fortune to mail and considering what happened last year with my Christmas cards when the postage went through the roof, I am on a mission to deny Canada Post any more money than is necessary. Besides we had no mail service for a few weeks while the workers were on strike and then locked out so I figure they owe me rather than the other way around.

This sweet little fairy is all dressed up for Christmas and even has her Christmas wings on - shaped just like holly leaves :)

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Craft Us Crazy - Christmas in July and/or Distressed/Vintage
Paper Play Challenges - Things with Wings
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Image: Christmas Fairy Holly (Mo's Digital Pencil)
Card Stock: Buff (Recollections), Red (Bazzill)
Paper: Memory Box
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Gotrick)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Mungyo), Lace (Fabricland), Card Candy (Craftwork Cards), Petite Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Poinsettia Creatables (Marianne Designs), Gold Ink (Martha Stewart), Gold Seed Beads (My Stash)

Pretty Pastels

2011-07-15T06:00:00.001-04:00

Summer has really landed where I live and it is hot, hot, hot - with lots of humidity thrown in - so it is now very uncomfortable. I think I want to live in a more moderate climate where the weather stays roughly at 72 all year, where there is no snow, little rain and no humidity. I wonder where that is and if I can convince my husband to move - hmmm.

The challenge this week at Phindy's Place should cool things off a bit. We want you to create a card in PRETTY PASTELS so get out those softly coloured papers and embellishments and let's see what you come up with.

You don't have to use a Phindy image but we do hope you will. If you do, make sure you enter it twice. There are lots of fabulous images at Phindy's store that would look wonderful in pastels.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Divas by Design - Pastels
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
KB Cute Monday - Something Cute

Image: Hush A Bye (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock: White (Staples)
Papers: Stripe (sandylion Sticker Design), Floral (My Stash)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Pearl Stickers (Dollarama), Die Cut (Nellie Snellen), Chalk (Color Box), Ribbon (My Stash), Flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts)

Paper Piercing

2011-07-09T08:00:00.008-04:00

Welcome to Sugar Creek Hollow and another Sensational Saturday. This week our challenge for you is to create a vintage, shabby chic or primitive card using the technique of PAPER PIERCING. You don't need any special tools to prick holes in your paper because a sewing needle will do the trick. If you want to use a pattern rather than just pricking holes in a line or circle and don't have any, there are quite a number of freebies out there (just Google "Free Paper Piercing Templates"). There are also lots of tutorials available.

This week we have a wonderful sponsor, PHINDY'S PLACE, who will provide our random winner with a $10 gift certificate to her store. The random winner will also receive a badge to display on her blog.

I had fun with this card on all sorts of levels. First, I am on the Phindy's Place Design Team so I love working with her images and this is one that I didn't have. I thought it would make a gorgeous sympathy card, which are often hard to make. Secondly, I went on a little road trip last week with a couple of gal pals and since I was driving they were held captive while I stopped at a craft store and picked up this new die. Lastly, I found a tutorial online that showed how to use digital images and fonts as pricking templates so I found a great font and then created the border pattern - easy peasy.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Digi Doodle Shops Best - Butterflies
Truly Scrumptious - Things with Wings

Image: Birds Go By (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Card Stock: Buff & Kraft (Recollections)
Paper: Victoria & Albert
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Doily (Wilton), Open Scalloped Die (Nellie), Chalk (Mungyo), Skeleton Leaf (Graphic Products), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Victoria Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Scalloped Cutting Blade (Fiskars), Butterfly (Gift from SCH Team Mate)

Christmas Pageant

2011-07-08T06:00:00.002-04:00

When I was a child, I looked forward to being in the annual Christmas pageants at church and at school. I always got picked to be an angel and got to sing, usually Away in the Manger. When I saw this adorable image at Phindy's Place it reminded me so much of me except that my hair was below my waist and wish as I might, I have never had curls.

The challenge this week at Phindy's Place is to use BUTTONS so I created another Christmas card and used these teeny buttons. The colours are a little more brick red than you usually see at Christmas but I loved the papers and decided non-traditional was just fine.

This week you can use any image again but if you do use a Phindy image (and we hope you will), don't forget to enter your card twice.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Divas by Design - Die Cuts and Punches
Flutterby Wednesdays - Open (must include butterfly, fairy or angel)
Lil Red Wagon - Christmas in July
The Paper Shelter - Lots of Dots
The Paper Variety - Christmas in July
Truly Scrumptious - Things with Wings
Your Next Stamp Challenges - Button Up
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Clear it Out Tuesday - Wings

Image: Sweet Carol (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock: White (Staples)
Papers: Snowflake & Dots (Summertime Designs), Silent Night Sheet Music (Online)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Buttons (Dress it Up), Star Dust Stickles (Ranger), Chalk (Mungyo), Labels 10 Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Celebrating Canada

2011-07-02T08:00:00.001-04:00

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week we have a PATRIOTIC challenge for you. We want you to celebrate your country and its history and make your vintage, shabby chic or primitive card using the colors of your country as represented by its flag.

This week we will reward a random winner with a badge to display on her blog and a digi of our choice. The Design Team will choose a Card of the Week and the creator of that card will receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Most of the ladies on the Sugar Creek Hollow Design Team are from the United States so their patriotic cards have a red, white and blue theme. I am a proud Canadian and have used a classic Canadian icon and done my card in red and white as those are the colors of the Canadian flag. We are really looking forward to getting a colorful history lesson of the countries of our challenge participants.

As it happens yesterday was Canada Day and Canadians celebrated the 144th birthday of the country. It was fun to watch the festivities from Ottawa, our nation's capitol, especially since the newly married Royal couple are here. And now Monday, is the birthday of the United States so I wish all my American friends a Happy July 4th.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Digi Doodle Shops Best - Anything Goes
Cooking It Up With Katie - Colours of your flag
Lil Red Wagon - Patriotic
Stampin Royalty - Go Patriotic

Image: Mountie (online - do not remember source), National Anthem (Government of Canada web site)
Card Stock: Red (Wassau)
Papers: Maple Leaf (My Design), Stripe (My Stash)
Tools & Embellishments: Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger), Yo-yo Flowers (Hand Made), Button (My Stash), Houndstooth Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Double Loop Corner Punch (Martha Stewart)

Phabulous Phindy Phriday

2011-07-01T06:00:00.001-04:00

Today is the first monthly Phabulous Phindy Phriday, which is the name of the challenge we will have on the first Friday of every month at Phindy's Place. You must use a Phindy image but it is Anything Goes from there. You can create a card, a scrapbook layout, an altered item or anything your creative mind can dream up and use whatever colours, embellishments, techniques or sketch you want as long it revolves around your Phindy image. Phindy has lots of phabulous images in the store to work with and if you check on the left sidebar, she often has random surprises that are great deals.

I have gone a little vintage this week and created a card with Mr. Brown Goes Shopping. He is gazing intently at an old truck he really wants to buy. I distressed everything and inked the edges with Walnut Stain distress ink, added some gears cut with my Cricut machine, some woven fabric as a ribbon and a couple of little brads - a real card for a guy.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Craft Your Days Away - Vintage

Image: Mr. Brown Goes Shopping (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock: Tan & Kraft (Recollections ), Brown (Bazzill)
Papers: Diamond & Leather (Provo Craft), Definition (Computer Generated)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Walnut Stain Distress Ink (Ranger), Brads (Making Memories), Mesh (Making Memories), Woven Fabric (Fabricland), Cricut, Antique Gold Paint (Creative Inspirations Paint)

Let's Play Tic Tac Toe

2011-06-25T08:00:00.008-04:00

It is Saturday and it is another sensational one at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week we want you to create your vintage, shabby chic or primitive inspired card or paper crafted project and play TIC TAC TOE.

Using the game board shown below, choose any row horizontally, vertically or diagonally and add the three items in that row to your project. Just remember that all three items you use must come from the same row and all must be on your project.

We have another wonderful sponsor this week. A Day for Daisies will be providing our random winner with a $12 gift card to their store, which is filled with beautiful digital stamps.

The random winner will also receive a Sugar Creek Hollow badge to display on her blog. The Design Team will choose a Card of the Week and the creator will not only receive a Sugar Creek Hollow badge but will also be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

As always, the Design Team has created some inspiration for you and this time we have all used a wonderful image from A Day for Daisies. If you would like more details on each of the cards, just click on the designer's name and you will be taken right to their blog.

I have used the middle vertical row on my card. The big flower is simply made using a couple of punches. For fun I digitally paper pieced the apron.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Southern Girls - Anything Goes
Ruby's Rainbow - Flowers

Image: 40's Woman (A Day for Daisies)
Card Stock: Kraft & Gold (Recollections)
Paper: Farmhouse (October Afternoon)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Martha Stewart Punch Daisy Around the Page Set, Flower Punches (EK Paper Shapers), Buttons (My Stash), Baker's Twine (Gift from Mary at Mo Joe Designs), Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)

Bedtime Story

2011-06-24T06:00:00.001-04:00

The challenge this week at Phindy's Place is all about CIRCLES. I've put lots of different round things on this card and really only the ribbon is the only non-round item.

I asked my Granddaughter if she would read to me (she is 4 3/4 and just learning) and she agreed but before she could start, my 2 year-old Grandson went running to get a book. He loves books and the minute he heard "read", he thought that meant him. Apparently he even wants to take his books to bed with him so he has tossed the stuffed toys out of his crib. Now if we could just get him to be a little more gentle with his books.

Don't forget that next week will be our first monthly Phabulous Phindy Phriday - an anything goes challenge but you must use a Phindy image.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Everybody Art Challenge - Anything Goes
Creative Inspriations Paint - Bright Colors
Little Miss Muffet - Reds, Oranges & Yellows
Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Digi Day

Image: Bedtime Story (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Yellow (Recollections), Orange (Bazzill)
Paper: Recollections
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Petite Scalloped Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Spots & Dots Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Martha Stewart Double Loop Border Punch, Ribbon (Michaels), Buttons (My Stash), Chalk (Mungyo), Circle Punches (EK Paper Shapers)

A Sassy Christmas Card

2011-06-20T15:31:00.001-04:00

As I have mentioned, I am on a mission to make as many Christmas cards as I can before December. Since I got really carried away with embellishments last year and they ended up forcing the cost of postage through the roof, my cards this year are going to be more clean and simple. That should make my husband a lot happier since he was the one who paid for all that extra postage and had to stand there and put the stamps on each envelope.

This week the challenge at Sassy Cheryl's is to make a tent card so I used this opportunity to use one of her images I had bought some time ago.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sassy Cheryl's - Tent Cards
Christmas Cards All Year Long - Anything Goes
Lexi's Creations - No Sentiment
Bah Humbug - Scarves & Mittens

Image: Santa and Snowman (Sassy Cheryl)
Card Stock: Green (Wassau)
Papers: Stripe & Spotted (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Red (Lasting Impressions)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Card Candy (Craftwork Cards)

French Postcard

2011-06-18T08:00:00.002-04:00

Wow, it's Saturday already and we have a sensational color challenge for you this week at Sugar Creek Hollow. We want you to use PURPLE, KRAFT & BLACK when you create your vintage, shabby chic or primitive inspired card or other paper-crafted project. Don't forget - all three colors must appear on your project. Black is black but purple and kraft come in a variety of shades so it will be fun to see how creative you can be.

Our random winner will receive a badge to display and a digi of our choice. The Design Team will choose a Card of the Week and that creator will receive a badge to display but will also be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

The Design Team had fun creating with these colors and have lots of inspiration for you. If you want more details about their cards, just click on their name and you will be taken directly to their blog.

I have used an image from one of my favourite digi stamp shops, Isabella's Sketchbook. I was on Isabella's Design Team before she had to shut her challenge blog down for personal reasons so it is so exciting to see that she is drawing and when she releases something new, I can't wait to buy it. Many of her wonderful images are vintage inspired and I love them. This card also has some lovely gifts from a couple of my lovely Sugar Creek Hollow Design Team members. They are not only talented, they are so generous.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sew Many Cards - Punch It
Simply Create - Wings
Totally Papercrafts - Die Cuts or Punches
Stampin B's - Use a Border Punch
My Mum's Craft Shop - Seeing Spots

Image: French Postcard (Isabella's Sketchbook)
Card Stock: Purple (Bazzill), Black & Kraft (Recollections)
Paper: My Mind's Eye
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Pearl Flourish & Individual Pearls (Gift from a SCH Team Mate), Tissue Flower (Gift from Tracy, SCH Owner), Ribbon (Mokuba), Deco Fan Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Corner Rounder Punch (Marvy Uchida), Milled Lavender Distress Ink (Ranger), Lavender Stickles (Ranger)

Black & White for Christmas

2011-06-17T06:00:00.001-04:00

This time of year I look for any excuse to make a Christmas card so I don't have to scramble in December. OK, OK so if the truth be known, I still have to scramble but the plan sounds good in theory.

This week the challenge at Phindy's Place is to make a card in Black and White with just a bit of colour. I chose to put the colour on the image since the Christmas ornaments were perfect for that. You could colour your image in shades of black and put a little pop of colour in somewhere else on the card.

We have an exciting change coming up on the Phindy's Place Challenge Blog:

Starting in July we are having Phabulous Phindy Phriday on the first Friday of each month. This will be an Anything Goes Challenge with a twist - you can make absolutely anything, combine it with as many other challenges as you like, as long as you use a Phindy's Place image and have made a NEW project for the challenge - no backlinking please!

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Anything Goes
My Mums Craft Shop - Seeing Spots
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Cheerful Stamp Pad - Things with Wings
Hooked on Crafts - Anything Goes

Image: Peace & Cheer (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: My Design
Card Stock: White (Staples), Black (Recollections)
Papers: Polka Dot (Recollections), Damask (GCD), Stripe (My Design)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Gold Star, Clear Star & Purple Star Pens (Sakura), Black Gems (Michaels), Circle Punches (EK Paper Shapers), Label 1 Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Doilies for Sugar Creek Hollow

2011-06-11T08:00:00.002-04:00

The week has flown by and it is another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week our challenge to you is to use DOILIES on your card or other paper-crafted project. Your doilies can be paper doilies, die cuts or doily images. Don't forget that your project must be made in a vintage, shabby chic or primitive style as that is the focus of our challenge blog.

This week we have a wonderful sponsor, Glitterbabe's Digis, who will provide the random winner with a $10 gift card to her store. The random winner will also receive a Sugar Creek Hollow winner's badge to display on her blog.

The Design Team will also choose one card as Card of the Week and the creator of that card will receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Each designer has used an image from Glitterbabe's Digis and created some wonderful inspiration for you. If you want more details on their cards, just click on their name and you will be taken directly to their blog. I have used the Baby Bonnet and you can find it here.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

AI Factory - Use Something New (Image, Ribbon, Flower Centre)
Shelly's Images - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - 3-2-1 Challenge

Image: Baby Bonnet (Glitterbabe's Digis)
Card Stock: Pink (Recollections)
Papers: Stripe (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Floral (American Traditional Designs)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Scallop Scissors (Fiskars), Circle Punch (EK Paper Shapers), Petite Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Tattered Rose Distress Ink (Ranger), Ribbon & Button & Lace Flower Centre (Gift), Flower (Recollections), Charm (My Stash), Gold Floss (My Stash)

Water Baby

2011-06-10T06:00:00.002-04:00

This week our challenge at Phindy's Place is to create a card or other paper-crafted project using the theme of WATER. After the overly embellished card I did last week with all the flowers and the big bow, I decided to go really clean and simple this week.

You don't have to use a Phindy image but as you can see by the Design Team cards, Phindy has lots of images that fit this theme and there are only a few represented on the challenge blog. I would encourage you to pop over to Phindy's store and pick one of the great images to use in your project. If you do enter with a Phindy's image, don't forget that you can enter it twice.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Truly Scrumptious - Summer Sparkle
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
House of Gilli - Buttons

Image: Seaside Baby (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock: Orange (Recollections), White (Staples)
Papers: Stripe (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Others (My Stash)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Floss (My Stash), Star Punch (Marvy Uchida), Buttons (Dress it Up)

Paper Flowers, Vintage Lace & Bling

2011-06-04T06:00:00.003-04:00

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week our challenge is all about embellishments - HAND MADE PAPER FLOWERS, VINTAGE LACE & BLING.

We want you to use all of these embellishments on your card or other paper-crafted creation. If you don't have truly vintage lace, just use something that has the appearance of being old. Don't forget that our challenges are for your vintage, shabby chic or primitive inspired projects. So rummage through your craft stash and challenge yourself to try your hand at one of these styles using the theme for this week. We can't wait for you to show us what you come up with.

We will be choosing a random winner, who will receive a winner's badge to display and a digi of our choice. The Design Team will also select a Card of the Week and the creator of that card will receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

As they always do, our Design Team has created some gorgeous cards for your inspiration. So check out the challenge blog and if you want to get the details, just click on their name and you will be taken right to their blog.

I am not sure if the lace on my card is truly vintage but I do know that it is old and special. My dear Mother passed away 18 1/2 years ago and when I cleaned out her house I found a bag with lace in it and this piece is from the bag. I have no idea of where it came from or how old it is but I figure even 18 1/2 years makes it old.

The little medallion is special too because it came from the stash of my husband's elderly Aunt who passed away a couple of years ago. The book page that I made the hearts from is actually a scan from Vol. 1 of an eight volume set called Character Sketches, which was published in 1892. I didn't have the courage to take the page out of the book so I scanned it and then made it look as old as it really is.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

AI Factory - Distressing
Crafty Purple Frog - Things of Beauty
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Metal Embellishment
Stamp Insanity - Anything Goes
Paper Creation Ink - Ribbon or Lace
ABC-challenge - 3 Types of Embellishments (Flower, Bling, Metal)
Bearly Mine - Die Cuts & Lace

Image: Fall Fashions Ad (The Graphics Fairy)
Card Stock: Tan & Burgandy (Recollections), Teal (My Stash)
Papers: Teal Rose (K and Company), Book page (Scan from Character Sketches pub. 1892)
Tools & Embellishments: Lace (My Mother's Stash), Medallion (My DH's Aunt's Stash), Metal Brad (Dollarama), Pearl-Ex, Gum Arabic, Bling (Gift from SCH Design Team Member), Heart Shapes (.svg files designed by me), Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge (Cricut), Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger), Fancy Tags Die (Spellbinders)

June Sketch at Phindy's Place

2011-06-03T06:00:00.002-04:00

This week we have a SKETCH to challenge you with at Phindy's Place.

This image is one I plan to use again and again. It is called "I've Got You Covered" and it would be great for a friend, for Mother's Day or even a Sympathy card with the right sentiment. I hope you will pop over to Phindy's store and pick up a few of her fabulous images. Her newest collection is called Plump Uns and is a loving look at all of us mature ladies.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

A Spoonfull of Sugar - Flower Power
Anita Be Stampin - Go Crazy with Layers
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Florals
My Mum's Craft Shop - Things with Wings
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Wings

Image: I've Got You Covered (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Pink and Blue (Recollections), Green (My Stash)
Papers: Mottled Pink (Provo Craft), Floral (Sandylion Sticker Designs)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts), Petite Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Chalk (Mungyo), Weathered Wood Distress Ink (Ranger), Frond Punch (Martha Stewart), Button (My Stash), Crinkled Ribbon (Gift from Tracy, Owner of Sugar Creek Hollow), Scalloped Square .svg File (Bird's Cards), Cricut

Ruffled Flower Card

2011-05-28T08:00:00.009-04:00

Welcome to Sugar Creek Hollow and another Sensational Saturday. This week we are challenging you to make SHAPED CARDS. Now everyone will tell you a square or a rectangle is a shape and they are correct but we want you to stretch your creativity and to try making cards in lots of other shapes. We want to remind you that we are a vintage, shabby chic or primitive inspired challenge blog so lets see your shaped cards in one of those styles. And one other reminder - our challenges go live on Saturday morning at 8:00 am EST so please do not link to a post prior to that day and time.

This week we have a wonderful sponsor, "priscillastyles" Store. The random winner will receive $10 worth of digis of their choice from "priscillastyles" Store and a Sugar Creek Hollow winner's badge to display on her blog.

The Design Team will also choose a Card of the Week and that creator will receive a badge to display on her blog and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

The Design Team has created some wonderful cards for your inspiration using images from "priscillastyles" Store. I have used the floral bicycle, which can be found in the store here.

For my shape, I used a flower image from the Mother's Bouquet cartridge from Cricut and created a card from it using Design Studio.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

AI Factory - Pretty in Pick
Digi Doodle Shops Best - Anything Goes
Outlawz - POM - Anything Goes
Paper Play - Blossoms and Blooms
Sassy Studio Designs - Pearls & Lace
Southern Girls - Lace & Pearls

Image: Floral Bicycle ("priscillastyles" Store)
Card Stock: Pinks (Recollections)
Paper: Thursday Break (Coreen Silke for Raspberry Road)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Tattered Rose Distress Ink (Ranger), Pearl Stickers (Recollection), Pearl Strand (Michaels), Flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts), Petite Scalloped Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Lace (My Stash), Branch Punch (Martha Stewart)

Summer Living is Easy

2011-05-27T06:55:00.000-04:00

The challenge this week at Phindy's Place is called SUMMER LIVING and I think this little cutie says just that. Take a look at all the great images in Phindy's store that have a summer theme, pick one of two up and let's see what you can create.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges - Anything Goes
Crafting for all Seasons - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Shops Best - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Stripes
Cheerful Stamp Pad - Color My World
Lexis Creations - Spots and/or Stripes

Image: Catch Anything (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock: Recollections
Papers: Stripe (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Orange and Gold with Squares (Provo Craft)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Mungyo), Card Candy (Craftwork Cards), Charm (Arton Bead Supply), Cord (Dollarama), Eyelets (Making Memories)

Tag Card

2011-05-25T23:59:00.002-04:00

The challenge this week at Delightful Challenges is to USE A TAG ON YOUR CARD. This is my last card as a designer for Delightful Challenges as I am stepping down from the design team. I want to thank Wendy Hall for the wonderful opportunity and her lovely friendship. Thanks also to the rest of the team for their friendship and I plan to continue lurking around their blogs to see what they are up to and I hope they will visit here once in a while.

The sponsor this week is our own Digital Delights by Louby Loo with a $10 gift certificate to the store.

I had fun making this card and tried something different. The tag is hand cut from a piece of plain blue card stock. Then I sponged a couple of distress inks randomly over it and spritzed it with water. The result was this cool mottled look, which really came alive when I embossed it.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers - Embossing
Paper Sundaes - Pop It Up
Crafting for all Seasons - Anything Goes

Image: Toadstool Bug from Lil Bug Set (Digital Delights by Louby Loo)
Card Stock: Blue & Orange (Recollections)
Papers: Orange with Yellow Dot (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Leaf (Recollections)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolor) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Orange Ribbon (Fabricland), Blue Ribbon (Mokuba), Eyelet (Making Memories), Weathered Wood & Peeled Paint Distress Ink (Ranger), Forest Branches Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug)

Krafty Golfer

2011-05-23T15:16:00.003-04:00

The challenge this week at Sassy Cheryl's is to colour your image on kraft card stock. I have wanted to try this for a long time but was afraid the ink would smear. I was wrong, the ink does not smear but I need to spend more time playing with the colours. I use Prismacolors and they turned out much darker than they normally do when I colour on white card stock. I had fun with it though so I will practice and hope for a better result the next time.

This will make a great birthday card for my Son-in-Law so I have included a birthday verse inside. He may be a bit annoyed with the theme though because ever since he started his BBQ business, he is so busy in the summer that he has only golfed once a year if that.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sassy Cheryl's - Get Krafty
Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight Challenge - Challenge Yourself
Kaboodle Doodles - Distress, Rip, Tear, Crumple
Stamps R Us - Use a Digi
I Did It Creations - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Use a Digi

Image: Sassy Boy Golfer (Sassy Cheryl)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Kraft & Red (Recollections), Cream (Wassau)
Papers: My Scrap Stash
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors and Koh-i-Noor) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Button (Dress it Up), Ribbon (Offray), Deckle Scissors (Fiskars), Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)

Vintage Chef

2011-05-21T08:00:00.005-04:00

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week our challenge to you is to create a MASCULINE card or other paper crafted project. Father's Day is only a month away so that could be the theme of your vintage, shabby chic or primitive inspired item. Of course, there are lots of other reasons to make something masculine because birthday cards are always in demand and this time of year graduation cards may also be required. So pull out your retro images, papers and embellishments and let's see what you come up with.

This week our random winner will receive a badge to display on her blog and a digi of our choice. The Design Team will also choose a Card (or project) of the Week and the creator will receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

All of the designers have created some wonderful masculine projects for your inspiration. To get more details, just click on their name to be taken directly to their blog.

Last week the Design Team reviewed all the April Cards of the Week and chose Heide D. to join us as a Guest Designer this week so please give her a warm welcome.

I found this fun image online and thought it would make a great Father's Day card, especially for my Son-in-Law who owns a BBQ food manufacturing business and restaurant. He makes smoked ribs, pulled pork, smoked brisket and sauces and rubs. He is always developing new recipes and whenever he cooks for us, we eat very, very well.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Brads
Pixie Dust Studio - Vintage
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Boys/Men
Creative Craft Challenges - Distressed/Vintage

Image: Create with TLC
Sentiment: My Design
Card Stock: Cream (Wassau), Red (Recollections)
Papers: Gingham (Flour Sack Paper Kit from Raspberry Road), BBQ (Create with TLC)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Scallop Blade (Fiskars Trimmer), Brads (Dollar Store), Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger), Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Star Border (cut with Cricut), Corrugated Cardboard (My Stash)

Christmas in May

2011-05-20T06:00:00.000-04:00

The challenge this week at Phindy's Place is one of my favourites - CHRISTMAS IN MAY. I love it because it gives me a great reason to get started on my Christmas cards well in advance. I am sure you will feel the same way.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Anything Goes
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes
A Spoonfull of Sugar - Anything Goes

Image: Spread the Cheer (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Red & Green (Wassau), Gold (Recollections)
Papers: Plaid (My Stash), Polka Dot (Molly & Max)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Ribbon (Michaels), Chalk (Mungyo), Gems (Michaels), Yellow Stickles (Ranger), Poinsettia Creatables (Marianne Designs)

It's Time to Grill

2011-05-18T23:59:00.006-04:00

This week the challenge at Delightful Challenges is to do some MASKING. It is also new release day at Digital Delights by Louby Loo and the new release is all about summer grilling. There are a couple of character images along with a cooking set, BBQ accessories, some great sentiments and even a dog just waiting for something to be dropped on the ground.

I had never done any masking but once I saw a tutorial using GIMP, I figured out how to do it in Photoshop and it was quite easy.

This week our sponsor is Crafty Emma's Store and the prize for the random winner is a £10 gift certificate to her online store.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Cards for Men - Card for Guy & Someone Special
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Scrappy Frogs - Anything Goes
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays - Use Old Supplies (The papers came from a box of old bits and pieces)
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Boys/Men
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes

Images: Grilling George, BBQ Accessories, BBQ Dog, BBQ Cooking Set, Grillin & Chillin Sentiment Set (Digital Delights by Louby Loo)
Card Stock: Cream (Wassau), Red & Black (Recollections)
Papers: My Stash
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolor and Koh-I-Noor) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Craf-T-Products), Yellow & Orange Stickles (Ranger), Ribbon (Michaels), Card Candy (Craftwork Cards)

Pretty Pansies

2011-05-14T08:00:00.004-04:00

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week the challenge is a 3-2-1 RECIPE:

3 Designer or Patterned Papers

2 Die Cuts

1 Charm

This week we have a wonderful sponsor, Shelly's Images, who is going to provide the random winner with 3 digis of her choice. Check out her store for lots of great images.

The Design Team have all been provided with one of Shelly's images to create with and I was given this boot full of pansies. It is finally spring and I see lots of pansies in the gardens on my walk. I love flowers and these are so pretty.

Image: Pansy Boot (Shelly's Images)
Sentiment: Quote by George Chapman
Card Stock: Recollections
Papers: Cuddlebeez Scraps
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Button (Dollar Store), Crochet Flower (My Design), Charm (Arton Bead Supply), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Chalk (Mungyo), Scalloped Rectangle & Rectangle Shaplie (Penny Duncan), Cricut

One Image, Two Cards

2011-05-13T13:50:00.000-04:00

This week the challenge at Phindy's Place is to take one image and create two cards with it. This is a perfect opportunity to get extra use out of a stamp and the results can be be so different so I hope you will try it.

I had this post all ready to go yesterday when Blogger decided to go AWOL and when it finally showed up a while ago, it didn't bother giving me back the posts I prepared yesterday. Their status page said they had temporarily taken the posts down and were in the process of restoring them but mine are gone so it wasn't temporary. Not funny guys - I spent two hours creating all the posts.

I usually try to enter my cards in other challenges but since lots of challenge blog posts are gone, I am not going to this week.

Card 1

I tried something a little different with this one and paper pieced her dress and the wee bows on her shoes digitally. Phindy doesn't always close lines so once I figured out that I need to put a temporary bridge in before I filled it with the patterned paper, it was easy and lots of fun.

Image: Budding Beauty (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock: Recollections
Paper: Sungarden Kit by Colleen Silke (Raspberry Road)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Labels 4 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Flower Punch (EK Paper Shapers), Ribbon (Michaels), Card Candy (Craftwork Cards), Chalk (Mungyo), Ink (Color Box)

Card 2

Image: Budding Beauty (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock: Recollections
Paper: GCD Studio Designs
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Labels 10 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Doily (Wilton), Cotton Candy & Stardust Stickles (Ranger), Chalk (Mungyo), Flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts), Pearl Sprays (Excelsior Wholesale), Lace (My Stash), Pearl Stickers (Recollection), Butterfly Punch and Border Punch (Martha Stewart)

Treat Bag

2011-05-11T23:59:00.006-04:00

The challenge this week at Delightful Challenges is to use flowers. I probably should not admit this but I had this bag all done and then rechecked the challenge only to discover that I was to use flowers so their placement is not quite what I would have done if I had read the challenge properly to begin with. Let's just chalk it up to a senior moment. I also intended to fill the bag with cookies, which is why I chose the image but at the last moment, I decided I needed to have homemade cookies in the house like a hole in the head so I filled it with the mini Smarties boxes that my husband had stashed in the cupboard. Fortunately, I can't eat chocolate so it is no hardship for me to give them up but he may have something to say about it.

Our sponsor this week is The Cutting Cafe and the bag I made is from a template you will find in her store. It comes with a variety of cutting options and I just used the .pdf version and hand cut my bag. The prize for the random winner is any 3 sets from their store.

I am going to enter this project in the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion - Checks, Plaids or Gingham
Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes
Cupcake Craft Challenges - Gingham & Roses
Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - Buttons & Bows
Stamp 'n' Doodle - Thank You
Tuesday Throwdown - Die Cuts
Papertake Weekly - Punches or Die Cuts

Images: Baking Bear Set, Ticket Sentiment Set (Digital Delights by Louby Loo)
Special Techniques: Bag Template (The Cutting Cafe)
Card Stock: Kraft & Blue (Recollections)
Papers: Gingham (Recollections)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Ribbon (Michaels), Flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts), Petite Scalloped Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Tiny Buttons (Dress it Up), Other Button (Dollar Store)

May Sketch at Sugar Creek Hollow

2011-05-07T08:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. We have a sketch to challenge you with this week and a few changes.

The changes are simple - we are going back to our roots and we want you to show us vintage, shabby chic or primitive inspired cards or other paper crafted projects following the challenge theme for each week. If these aren't your styles, then this is the challenge blog for you because you will be able to get wonderful inspiration and stretch your creative repertoire. That is what a challenge means - trying something outside your comfort zone.

We are really excited to announce that some of our challenges are going to be sponsored but even though the Sugar Creek Hollow store is closed, Tracy will still offer a digi of her choice to the random winner when there is no sponsor. She will also offer a freebie once in a while so you need to check the challenge blog often.

We have reduced the size of the Design Team but will round it out with Guest Designers. We will continue to choose a top pick each week and then select a Guest Designer each month from that group. From time to time we will feature an invited Guest Designer.

My card this week isn't quite as vintage as I would have wanted but I do like it. I wish my Mother was still alive because I would have sent it to her for Mother's Day and I know she would have been pleased to receive it. Of course, since her favourite colour was blue, I know she would have liked it more if I had used that colour :) Did I ever tell you about her blue glass collection? There were 800 pieces in all but perhaps that will be a story for another time.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Craft Us Crazy - Mother's Day and/or Flowers
Crafty Sentiments - Flowers
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
For Fun Challenges - Mother's Day or Lots of Flowers
Digital Tuesday - Ribbon and Lace
Get Hippity with Ippity - Flowers
Bling It On - Inspiration Photo
Dream Valley Challenges - Flowers
Raise the Bar - Flower Power

Image: Fresh Florals (Vintage Digitized by Create with TLC)
Card Stock: Cream (Staples)
Papers: Basic Grey
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolor) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Swiss Dots and Victoria Embossing Folders (Cuttlebug), Pearl Stickers (Jolee), Chalk (Mungyo), Flower (Wild Orchid Crafts), Dark Green Leaves (Excelsior Wholesale), Light Green Leaves (Gift from an SCH team mate), Lace woven with ribbon (Gift from another SCH team mate), Old Paper Distress Ink (Ranger)

Don't Cross Me

2011-05-06T06:00:00.002-04:00

The challenge this week at Phindy's Place is EMBOSSING. You can do dry embossing as I have or heat embossing - the choice is yours. There are two prizes to be won - a random winner and a Card of the Week as chosen by the Design Team. I hope you will create something with embossing and show it to us.

This wee babbie looked like a little toughie to me so I thought this sentiment from Paulette at Create with TLC would be perfect for the image.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Flourishes - For a child 13 & younger
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe Crafts - One for the Boys
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Stamps R Us - Masculine
Sparkles Forum - Anything Goes

Image: Bubble Gum (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Recollections
Papers: Gingham (Recollections), Stripe (Sandylion Sticker Designs)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Circle Punches (EK Paper Shapers), Buttons (Dollar Store), Swiss Dots Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug)

Super Mom

2011-05-04T23:59:00.001-04:00

The challenge this week at Delightful Challenges is to make a card for Mother's Day. When I saw this image, I thought about every Mother and how we are all Super Moms.

The sponsor of the challenge this week is Simon Says Stamp who are providing a $20 gift certificate to their store as the prize for the random winner.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Creative Stamp Friends - Mother's Day
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Pollycraft - Anything Goes
Crafty Hos' Challenge - Celebrate Strong Influential Women (WWII was won with the help of Riveting Rosies)
Creative Inspirations - Use a Digi
I Did It Creations - Mother's Day
2 Sisters - For a Mom
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesday's - Mother's Day

Images: Riveting Rosie, Ticket Sentiment Set (Digital Delights by Louby Loo)
Card Stock: Kraft & Pink (Recollections)
Papers: Floral Stripe (Provo Craft), Text Paper (My Design using word art from Create with TLC), Orange & Pink (DCWV)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolor) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Ribbon (Michaels), Card Candy (Craftwork Cards), Chalk (Mungyo)

Great Outdoors

2011-05-01T15:30:00.000-04:00

I know I have been missing all week but those wonderful, sweet little snotty grandchildren of ours gave both my husband and me horrendous colds and I had absolutely no energy to craft. I wish I could say that I am totally back to normal but the cold is hanging on. I have improved enough to start crafting again.

The challenge this week at Sassy Cheryl's is called the Great Outdoors and Krafty Karen has a 100 Followers challenge where she wants you to create a card inspired by something you made previously. So, I decided to kill two birds with one stone and go with a Sassy Cheryl card.

This is the new card that I made:

This card that I made last fall is the one that I used for my inspiration:

I switched up the seasons, used the same image, roughly followed the original layout and did the distressing so now I have two cards I really like.

I am going to enter this new card in the following challenges:

Sassy Cheryl's - The Great Outdoors
Krafty Karens - Be Inspired by Your Most Favourite Creation
Digi Doddle Shop's Best - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks - Distressing
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Art Impressions Stamps - Use An Animal
Moving Along with the Times - Anything Goes
Outlawz Challenges POM - Anything Goes

Image: Butterfly Bunny (Sassy Cheryl)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Green (Recollections), Purple & Green Metallic (DCWV)
Papers: Floral (Wild Rose Studio), Gingham (American Traditional Designs), Butterfly (My Stash)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Mungyo), Butterfly Punch (Martha Stewart), Pearl Stickers (Recollections)

Tea for Mother

2011-04-23T08:00:00.010-04:00

Wow, it's already Saturday and we have another sensational challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow. This time it is all about CIRCLES. If you want to use it, we have a sketch for you to go with it, but the sketch is optional. Come on over and show us your card with circles. If you use a Sugar Creek Hollow image you will get two entries.

I am actually glad it is Saturday because that means only two more days before my daughter and son-in-law return from their vacation and reclaim their children. Now, don't get me wrong, I love my grandchildren dearly but 9 days of looking after a 2 year-old and a 4 1/2 year-old is really tiring at my age. We have only had a couple of meltdowns from the older one who actually acts more like a 14 year-old sometimes but we survived them. As for the little one, he is like a little sponge right now and his vocabulary is increasing in leaps and bounds but if I read about Thomas the Tank Engine one more time, I might scream.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes
Crafty Purple Frog - Texture & Ribbon
Some Odd Girl - All About Moms
Stampin' B's - Mother's Day
Truly Scrumptious - Vintage

Image: Just "Pour" You (Sugar Creek Hollow)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Cream (Wassau), Green (Recollections)
Paper: October Afternoon
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Sheer Ribbon (Michaels), Antique Linen & Old Paper Distress Ink (Ranger), Silver Stickles (Ranger), Pearl & Rhinestone Flourishes (Gift from an SCH Design Team Mate), Chalk (Mungyo), Circle Punches (EK Paper Shapers), Pearl Buttons (Gartner), Petite Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Victoria Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Fleur de Lis Circle (My Design)

Phindy's Place First Anniversary Blog Hop

2011-04-22T06:00:00.001-04:00

Wow, this year has flown by and the first anniversary of Phindy's Friday Challenges is already here. To celebrate, we are having a little blog hop combined with our weekly challenge.

First, the challenge this week is Paper Piecing and this is my card. The usual prizes are up for grabs so we hope you will create a fine card and enter it in the challenge. You don't have to use a Phindy image but there are so many fine reasons to use one that I urge you to run right over to the store and pick a few up. You won't be disappointed and if you do use a Phindy image, you get an extra entry.

Second, as I mentioned we are having a blog hop and you will need to pick up a word at each stop on the blog hop to create a sentence. The members of the Design Team are not showing their fine paper pieced cards on the challenge blog so you need to go to their fine blogs to get some inspiration and pick up the word they have there. When you've got the full sentence, please post it in the comments on the challenge blog, which will be hidden until the hop is over.

Here is the order for the Blog Hop and in case you get lost, you start and finish at the Challenge Blog:

Phindy's Place Challenge Blog
Anne Ray
Ann English
Anne-Marije Poppen
Cec Wintonyk (you are here)
Christine Adamson
Dorcas Perkins
Kathy Curry
Linda Payne
Lynda Nielsen
Mona Eidhammer
Phindy's Place Challenge Blog

There is an extra prize available for the blog hop and you could win a fine $10 Voucher to use at Phindy's Place. You aren't required to leave comments at each blog, but we'd love it if you would leave some love for the DT! The hop will run until April 29, 2011 at midnight (GMT).

This week, you have THREE chances to win: the blog hop, the random winner of the challenge and the pick of the week. So what are you waiting for?

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Everybody Art Challenge - Pearls
Scrap-Creations - Digital
Top Tip Tuesday - Open Challenge
DDH Challenges - Paper Piecing

Image: Flower Wagon (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Recollections
Papers: Butterfly and Plaid (Wild Rose Studio), Purple (My Stash), Purple Gingham (Bev Rochester)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine) and Chalk (Craft T)
Tools & Embellishments: Frond Punch, Daisy Border Punch and Butterfly Punches (Martha Stewart), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts), Pearl Pin (Dollar Store),

To Piece or Pierce?

2011-04-20T23:59:00.002-04:00

This week the challenge at Delightful Challenges is Paper Piecing or Paper Piercing.

I usually don't pierce my paper unless I am doing embroidery on paper but I borrowed a great template from a friend and made some fancy corners on the mat for the image. I like the effect but I think I would like it better if I had turned the paper over but there is always next time. I wonder how long it will take my friend to miss the template.

Our sponsor for this week's challenge is our own Digital Delights by Louby Loo with a $10 store gift certificate for the random winner.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Scrap-Creations - Digital
Papertake Weekly - Spots & Stripes
Tuesday Throwdown - Polka Dots
Craft Your Passion - Use Dots

Image: Briley (Digital Delights by Louby Loo)
Card Stock: White (Staples), Lime Green (Recollections)
Papers: Stripe & Large Dot (Provo Craft), Pink mottled (My Stash)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Lime Green & White Ribbon (Michaels), Mini Flower Brads (Making Memories), Paper Piercing Template (Ecstasy Crafts)