May Sketch at Sugar Creek Hollow

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

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?

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)

Penny Farthings

It is another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow and our challenge this week is MONOCHROMATIC.  I hope you will pop over and check the wonderful cards that the rest of the Design Team have created and if you check the details on their blogs, you will be so inspired.

I went about making this card in a strange manner.  I was searching for a Sugar Creek Hollow image to use and saw the B Tag and remembered that I had the charm.  Next I thought I better find something vintage to go with these two pieces and I found the little ad and it was that blue colour so that is what decided the colour I would use for the card.   I did grab the colour and changed the background of the B tag to a blue although it isn't showing well in the photo. 

The next task was to make the base of my flower.  I had some white fabrics and needed to change them to blue.  All the tutorials I found said to use re-inker or alcohol inks as dye but I don't have any so instead I painted the fabric after I cut the shapes.  I didn't think they were stiff enough so I painted some fabric stiffener on each piece.

The background paper is digital paper from Raspberry Roads and I used an embossing folder on the card stock in the middle.  The loopy cutouts attached to the tag are done with a Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page set.  A couple of pearls and some ribbon to attach the charm and here is my monochromatic card.

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

Truly Scrumptious - Vintage
Claudia & Company - Monochromatic
Lexis Creations - Monochromatic
Simon Says Stamp & Show - Distressing

Image:  B Tag (Sugar Creek Hollow)
Card Stock:  Cream (Staples), Blues (Color Mates)
Paper:  Family Ties (Raspberry Road)
Tools & Embellishments:  Ribbon (Michaels), Charm (My Stash), Tulle, Buckram & Linen Fabrics (Fabricland), Mini Rose (Prima), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Double Loops Punch Around the Page Set (Martha Stewart), Victoria Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Mother's Day Bouquet Cartridge (Cricut), Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger), Aquamarine Ink (Color Box), Vintage Ad (Blackbirdsf.org)

Oh Goody - Worms

It's time for a new challenge at Phindy's Friday Challenges and this week it is all about colour - Purple and Teal.

Phindy is creating a whole collection of digital stamps called Wee Babbies that are just the cutest and sweetest images you have ever seen so pop over to her store and pick up a few.  Make sure you come back because she releases one or two each week.

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

Fab 'n' Funky - All Spotty & Dotty
Freshly Brewed - Cute and Sweet
The House That Stamps Built - Child's Birthday or other Happy Day Card with Embossing
Simon Says Stamps - Card for a Child
Creative Craft Challenges - Embossing

Image:  Hunter (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment:  Create with TLC
Card Stock:  Teal Green (Color Mates), Purples (Recollections)
Papers:  Sweet Tweet Designs
Coloring Medium:  Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine), Chalk (Mungyo)
Tools & Embellishments:  Buttons (Dress It Up), Spots & Dots Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug)

Bunnies and Chicks

This week the challenge at Delightful Challenges is to create an EASTER card or other paper crafted project. With Easter a week and a half away, you still have time to play in this challenge and create something to give to your family or friends.

Our generous sponsor this week is The Charm Barn and they will be giving the random winner a $15 gift certificate to their store.

This image is called Peeking Snuffles and Snuffles is meant to be a chocolate bunny.  I can't eat chocolate because it doesn't like me but if I sneak a little bit, I always go for a milk chocolate so my Snuffles is a milk chocolate bunny. 

We have our grandchildren (4 1/2 and 2) for a week starting on Sunday so I have already purchased a bunch of wrapped chocolate eggs to hide around the house so they can have an Easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday.  The trick is going to be keeping them from eating all of them or I will be handing sick grandchildren over to their parents.

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

Die Cut Dreams - Easter
Stamps 'R' Us - Easter
Creative Inspirations - Easter
Sparkles Forum - Easter
Bee Crafty - Easter (must use a digi)

Image: Peeking Snuffles (Digial Delights by Louby Loo)
Card Stock: Yellow (Recollections)
Papers: Purple Floral (Provo Craft), Easter Chicks (Sandylion Sticker Designs)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolor) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Buttons (My Stash), Labels One Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Floss (My Stash)

Bright Magic

I can't go more than a couple of weeks without playing in the challenges at Sassy Cheryl's or I experience serious withdrawal systems.  This week it is all about bold & bright.  I have had this Sassy image for ages and knew this was the perfect time to colour him and create a card but since time was short, it had to be pretty simple. This is going to be used as a birthday card.

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

Sassy Cheryl's - Bold & Bright
Crafty Ann's - Raise A Smile

Image:  April's Fool (Sassy Cheryl's)
Sentiment:  Create with TLC
Card Stock:  Recollections
Papers:  Stripe (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Squares (Provo Craft), Swirl (My Stash)
Colouring Medium:  Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments:  Chalk (Mungyo), Ribbon (Michaels), Card Candy (Craftwork Cards)

Calla Lillies

It is another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow and our challenge this week is called VINTAGE EASTER. 

When I found the vintage Easter postcard featuring the bouquet of Calla Lillies, I knew I wanted to use it with the Easter sentiment from Sugar Creek Hollow. Then I found the flowers in the bridal section at Michaels and I got a bit carried away but after the winter that didn't want to end, this makes me happy.

I have chalked the Easter sentiment and added a few purple Stickles and some pearls to it.  I cut the filagree cross using my Cricut and added some pearls. The butterflies were punched with Martha Stewart punches, spritzed with some pearl glimmer mist and some pearls added.  I added double organza bow and three pearl sprays to the bouquet (OK, so I got carried away with pearls too).   Then everything was mounted on the lemon paper with a piece of lace from my stash.

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

Craft Us Crazy - Easter/Spring
Meljens Designs - Easter
Pixie Dust Studio - Lace it Up
ABC Challenge - R is for Ribbon
Flutterby Wednesdays - Open (must have butterfly, fairy or angel)
Freshly Brewed - Flowers
Simon Says Stamp - Spring Colors/Easter
Digital Tuesdays - Easter (must include digital element - sentiment)
Everybody Art - Easter
Scrap Creations - Pick 3 Recipe (I chose Ribbons, Pearls, Flowers)

Image:  Easter Wishes (Sugar Creek Hollow)
Card Stock:  White (Staples), Metallic Lavender (DCWV), Yellow (Recollections)
Paper:  (Lemon Meringue (Basic Grey)
Colouring Medium:  Chalk (Mungyo)
Tools & Embellishments:  Calla Lillies Postcard (Vintage Holiday Crafts), Pearl Sprays (Excelsior Wholesale), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Purple Stickles (Ranger), Butterfly Punches (Martha Stewart), Lace (My Stash), Cross (Penny Duncan), Cricut, Calla Lillies (Michaels), Ribbon (Arton Bead Supply), Pearl Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels)

Eggstra Special

Easter is only a couple of weeks away so the challenge this week at Phindy's Friday challenges is to make an Easter card or a Spring card if you don't celebrate Easter.  This card is for one of my grandchildren who are both Eggstra special to me.

While you don't have to use a Phindy image to enter, you should really check out the images in her store because they are fabulous and I am sure you would love to create with them. The new Wee Babbies collection is growing each week and they are absolutely the cutest. If you do use a Phindy image, you will get two entries in the challenge and Phindy is very generous with a prize for a random winner and a prize for a top pick card, chosen by the Design Team.  At the end of each month the Design Team chooses a Guest Designer from the weekly top pick cards for that month and that person gets to select an image to work with for the Guest Designer spot.

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

AI Factory - Easter
Craft Us Crazy - Easter/Spring
Meljens Designs - Easter
Outlawz POM  - Spring Cleaning (Use your stash)
Creative Craft World - Easter
Fresh Brewed Designs - Flowers
Crazy Challenge - Flowers
The Pink Elephant - Easter
Stamps R Us - Easter

Image: Eggstatic (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment: My Creation
Card Stock: Yellow & Dark Purple (Recollections), White (Staples)
Papers: Yellow Floral and Stripe (Wild Rose Studio), Polka Dot (Making Memories)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments:  Yellow Stickles (Ranger), Circle Punches (EK Paper Shapers), Petite Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), George & Basic Shapes Cartridge (Cricut), Frond Punch (Martha Stewart), Flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts), Braid Trim (Gift from one of my SCH Team Mates)

Ahoy Matey

The challenge this week at Delightful Challenges is all about Sun, Sea and Sand.  I would certainly love to have some of that right now because it is only just starting to warm up here but we are expecting rain and my trip to Cuba is a distant memory.

Today the new release images are available at the Digital Delights by Louby Loo store and they are all about pirates.  I have created a little scene with Presley the Pirate but I feel it isn't finished so I must issue a disclaimer because I haven't done justice to this adorable image.  My hip is acting up again so sitting for long periods isn't happening right now and I could not spend more time with Presley.  Since this is the third time in six months that I have been having issues, the doctor is booking an MRI but it could take another six months for that to happen, so stay tuned.  In the meantime I will take pain killers, try to exercise and carry on.

The sponsor of this week's challenge is Simon Says Stamp and they are generously offering a $20 gift certificate to their store as the prize for the random winner.

The Design Team will be choosing their top three picks with the top pick getting the opportunity to be a Guest Designer.

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

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
I Did It Creations - Anything Goes

Images: Presley the Pirate, Ship, Ahoy Matey Sentiment (Digital Delights by Louby Loo)
Card Stock: Kraft (Recollections)
Papers: Pale Blue (My Srash), Turquoise & Orange with Yellow Dots (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Sandpaper (Home Depot)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Craft Box), Gold Metallic, Clear Star and Purple Star Gel Pens (Sakura), Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger), Wave Scissors (Fiskars), Sun Stencil (My Stash)

April Sketch for Sugar Creek Hollow

It is another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow and this week we have our monthly sketch for you.

I used a combination of papers from the Cappella collection by Basic Grey along with some embossed card stock to create the panels. The sheet music that I found online is framed by a piece made with the Martha Stewart deco fan Punch Around the Page set. Then I added some lovely satin ribbon and pearls to finish it off. I think this is pretty clean but elegant.

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

House of Gilli  - Ribbons and Pearls
Gingerloft - Die Cuts and/or Punches

Image:  Sing & Make Music (Sugar Creek Hollow)

Card Stock:  Cream (Wassau), Taupe (Bazzill)
Papers:  Basic Grey
Colouring Medium:  Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments:  Victoria Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Ribbon (Fabricland), Old Paper Distress Ink (Ranger), Deco Fan Punch Around the Page Set (Martha Stewart), Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Corner Rounder Punch (Marvy Uchida)

Kitchen Menu

The challenge this week at Phindy's Friday Challenges is called HUMOUR.   Mrs. Comfy always strikes me as a no nonsense kind of gal so I thought this sentiment is something she would say to whoever she is cooking for.  She also cooks like I do - with an adult beverage close at hand.  She is a gal after my own heart :)

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

Fresh Brewed Designs   - Food
KB Challenges - Food & Beverages

Image:  Mrs. Comfy Cooks (Phindy's Place
Sentiment:  Computer generated from an online quote
Card Stock:  White (Staples), Black (Recollections)
Papers:  Stripe & Polka Dot (My Stash), Red (Lasting Impressions), Red Gingham (Bev Rochester)
Colouring Medium:  Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments:  Card Candy (Craftwork Cards)

Get Well Duck

The challenge this week at Delightful Challenges is to USE FLOWERS and I would say I have done that - in spades.

Our sponsor this week is our own Digital Delights with a $10 gift certificate to the store as the prize.

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

Claudia and Company - Use 3 colors from list (I used rose, pale green, yellow)
Tuesday Throwdown - Florals
Nettie G's Dandy Digital Gems - Roses
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes (with digi)

Images: Rainy Day Dilly Duck, Circular Get Well Sentiment (Digital Delights by Louby Loo)
Card Stock: Green (Bazzill), Deep Pink (My Stash)
Papers: Stripe (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Pink (My Stash), Green Spotted (Memories Forever)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolor) with OMS (Taltine)Tools & Embellishments: Petite Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts), Card Candy (Craftwork Cards),

SCH Blog Hop Winner

I hope all of you enjoyed the Sugar Creek Hollow first-anniversary blog hop and had fun hopping around and checking out the wonderful cards created by the ladies on the Sugar Creek Hollow Design Team.  Thanks for all your wonderful comments on my work.  I have chosen a random winner from the eligible comments.

The winner of the giveaway on my blog is TRACEY-GARDENOFGRACE.

Congratulations and please email me to claim your prize.

A Home Holds Hearts

It is another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow and this week we want to see SENSATIONAL STITCHING on your card or other paper crafting project.  You can do real stitching by machine or by hand or you can do faux stitching.  I have chosen to do my stitching by hand primarily because I worry about wrecking my sewing machine.  One of these days I will take a leap of faith and give it a try with my machine and I'll probably find out that it is fine.  I know it will save me a ton of time and open up the design possibilities.

Along with our challenge this week, we are having the last activity in our month-long first anniversary celebration and Tracy, the owner of Sugar Creek Hollow would like you to help her to name this image before it goes into the store.  The details about this contest can be found here.

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

Paper Play Challenges - Distressing
Meljens Designs - Punches
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - In Stitches
Anything Goes Challenge - Make Your Own Embellishments

Image:  Door (Sugar Creek Hollow)
Sentiment:  My Creation
Card Stock:  Green (Bazzill), Brown & Yellow (Recollections)
Papers:  Basic Grey
Colouring Medium:  Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments:  Flower Punch (EK Paper Shapers), Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Peeled Paint & Walnut Distress Ink (Ranger), Seed Beads (My Stash), Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Cindy Loo Cartridge (Cricut), Embroidery Floss (My Stash)

Daddy Delivers

The challenge this week at Phindy's Friday Challenges is All About Animals.  This image from Phindy's Place is called Daddy Delivers and I imagine that Mommy is going to be the recipient of the flowers - lucky her:)

Phindy has some wonderful images in her store, including a new series called Wee Babbies, so hop over and pick one or two up and then make a card for this challenge.  When you get to the store, click on Random Surprises in the list on the left.  This week there is a Buy 3 Get 1 Free sale.

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

Crafts and Me Challenges - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
The Crafty Pad - Use a Digi
2 Sisters - Furry Friends
Card Makin' Mamas - Animals

Image:  Daddy Delivers (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock:  Recollections
Papers:  Pink Gingham (Bev Rochester), Brown & Pink Floral (Sandylion Sticker Designs)
Colouring Medium:  Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments:  Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Chalk (Mungyo), Large Ivory Flower (Recollections), Pink Rose (Wild Orchid Crafts)

Pastels & Ribbons

This week our challenge to you at Delightful Challenges is to use pastels and ribbons.  I thought I would get a head start on my Easter cards and I knew this adorable image would be perfect for my 4 1/2 year-old Granddaughter and would lend itself very nicely to the challenge theme.  To make sure I kept the card pastel, I changed the colour of the sentiment.

The sponsor of this challenge is Really Reasonable Ribbon who are providing a $10 gift certificate to their store.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

A Spoonfull of Sugar - Ribbons, Pearls/Rhinestones & Flowers
Creative Inspirations Paint - Easter
Scrap-Creations - Spring Has Sprung
Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge - Spring Has Sprung
Stamp with Fun - Spring
Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central - Pastels
Stamps r Us - Spring

Images: Easter Egg Girl, Happy Easter Sentiment
Card Stock: Blue (Recollections), White (Staples), Green (Bazzill)
Papers: Striped (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Mottled Pink (My Stash)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolor) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Ribbon (Michaels), Butterfly Punch & Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Roses (Wild Orchid Crafts)

Sugar Creek Hollow Blog Hop & New Release

This is a really big day at Sugar Creek Hollow (and this is a really long post).  There are new stamps in the store, we are having a blog hop and we have a new challenge for you.

Let's start with the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge.  It is an easy one for you - ANYTHING GOES - and you have to love that. This week each of the Sugar Creek Hollow designers has used one of the new stamps so you really must check out their work and when you see their cards I know you will want to head over to the store to pick up one or two of the new images.

Here's my card featuring the Happy Anniversary Cake - a sentiment that has been kicked up a few notches, wouldn't you say? Sorry about the photo but the light would not cooperate so the faded black paper at the top looks a bit more faded.

Today, in addition to announcing our weekly challenge, we are having a blog hop at Sugar Creek Hollow as part of our first anniversary celebrations. All the designers have a giveaway for a winner chosen randomly from the people who leave comments on their blogs. There will be a grand prize winner chosen from the people who leave a comment on the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge blog.

The blog hop will run in conjunction with the challenge from 8:00 am EST on Saturday, March 19th to 12 midnight EST on Friday, March 25th. Comments left after the deadline will not be included in any of the draws. Winners will be announced on each blog and the challenge blog on March 26th.

To be eligible for my giveaway you must become a follower and then leave me a comment telling me which stamp in the Sugar Creek Hollow Shoppe is your favorite. In addition, if you'd like you can tell me what types of stamps you might want to see added to the Sugar Creek Hollow line of stamps. Don’t forget to leave a contact email in case you are the winner on my blog.

Here is what one random winner from the comments on my blog will receive:

1 package of 3/8" Glue Dots singles
1 package of pink pearl stickers
1 roll of ribbon
2 bundles of Wild Orchid flowers
8 unmounted flower rubber stamps from Stamp It Crazy
1 unmounted coordinating sentiment rubber stamp from Stamp It Crazy
Hopefully you have arrived here from Sharon's blog but if you are lost, here is the order of the blog hop:

Tracy
Heide
Sharon
Cec (That's Me)
Darlene
Dawn
Donna
Marsha
Mary
Nancy
Renee
Sugar Creek Hollow
We look forward to hearing your comments and to seeing your creation entered into our challenge. Your next stop is Darlene's blog.

Oh and if this isn't enough, Tracy, the wonderful and generous owner of Sugar Creek Hollow has a freebie for you to pick up for one week only when you go to the challenge blog during the blog hop.

Have Fun!

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

Charisma Cardz - Die Cuts
Do You Stack Up - Add a Bow
Digi Doodle Shops Best - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Brads, Gems or Pearls

Image:  Anniversary Cake (Sugar Creek Hollow)
Card Stock:  Recollections
Papers:  Pink Paislee
Tools & Embellishments:  Chalk (Mungyo), Ribbon (Fabricland), Gems (Michaels), Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Labels 10x Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Bring on the Sun

We finally had one partial day of sun yesterday for the first time in over two weeks and now it is gone again. I want the sun to come out and stay out so the snow can melt once and for all. The temperatures are supposed to rise over the next couple of days so let's hope it doesn't rain so we can get outside and enjoy the weather.

This week our challenge at Phindy's Friday Challenges is to make a card that is all about Hot Stuff/Warm Colors/Sunshine.  When I was deciding which image I would use, I saw this little guy and he sure reminded me of summer,warm colours and SUNSHINE.

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

Digi Doodle Shops Best - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz - Use Die Cuts
Art Impressions Stamps - Punches or Stamps

Image:  Deep Sea Diver (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock:  Bazzill
Papers:  Yellow (Provo Craft), Stripe & Orange Polka Dot (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Yellow Gingham & Yellow with Dots (My Stash)
Colouring Medium:  Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments:  Chalk (Mungyo), Card Candy (Craftwork Cards), Ribbon (Michaels), Small & Medium Sun Punches (Marvy Uchida), Large Sun (Hand Cut), Clear Gel Pen (Sakura)

Happy St. Patrick's Day

This week our challenge to you at Delightful Challenges is to think GREEN, which wasn't hard for me because today is St. Patrick's Day.  While I married into a Ukrainian family and my Father was Polish, my Mother's background was English and Irish so I figure I am good to celebrate today and I am wearing green.  I will not be drinking green beer though :)

Our sponsor this week is Crafty Emma's Store and she will be providing a $10 gift certificate to her store as a prize.

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

Cardmakin' Mamas - Something Green
Delicious Doodles - Use Green
Fairy Knoll - St. Patrick's Day
If the Shoe Fits, Scrap It - St. Patrick's Day
Tellen's Place - St. Patrick's Day
Allsorts Challenge - The Luck o' the Irish
Creative Card Crew  - Green
Fab 'n' Funky - Green or Happy St. Patrick's Day
The Sisterhood of Crafters - St. Patrick's Day
Outlawz Color Challenge - 3 Shades of Green, include glitter

Image: St. Patrick's Day Larry, Happy St. Patrick's Day Sentiment (Digital Delights by Louby Loo)
Card Stock: Dark Green (Provo Craft), Light Olive Green (Bazzill)
Papers: Digital (Queen Bee Scraps)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolor) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Card Candy (Craftwork Cards), Green Stickles (Ranger), Clear Star Gel Pen (Sakura), Cricut, MTC Software, Spots & Dots Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Four Leaf Clovers .svg file (Create with TLC)

Simply Pink

As you can see I finally got to play with a Sassy Cheryl image again.  I was going into severe withdrawal.  The challenge this week at Sassy Cheryl's is to use pink and white.  I had this image already printed and thought it would fit the bill but knew I need to go fairly simple with my design.

I bet you are wondering why my lambs aren't lovely white woolly creatures but are gray.  We buy a whole lamb each year right from the farm and to be truthful they are dirty brown so I opted for something in between.

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

Sassy Cheryl's - Pink & White
Aly's Sunday Challenge - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Paint - Animals
Gingerloft Challenge - Use Flowers
Cupcake Inspirations - Photo Inspiration

Image:  Bear Pulling Toy Lambs (Sassy Cheryl's)
Card Stock:  White (Staples)
Paper:  GCD Studios, Pink Vellum (My Stash)
Colouring Medium:  Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments:  Pearl Sticker (Recollections), Chalk (Mungyo), Flower Punches (EK Paper Shapers)

Vintage Postcard

It is Saturday again and that means a new challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow.  This week we want you to try your hand at handmade flowers.  They can be punched, crochet, fabric or whatever your creative mind can come up with.

I made my flower by cutting 3 each of 3 sizes of a 9 point flower shape.  After inking both sides, I cut a slit between each point and then spritzed it with water.  Then I used an embossing tool to create a cup shape and curl the petals.  Once dry, each layer was then glued inside each other to create the flower.  Finally I painted it with a pearlized paint although it is a bit difficult to see that in this photo.

This week we have our first Guest Designer, Laney from the Cards of the Week joining us so make sure you check her card out and give her some love.  While you are at it, take a look at the fantastic cards our Design Team have created and be prepared to be inspired.

I just want to remind you that March is the Sugar Creek Hollow first anniversary.  We have blog candy for you to win (the draw will be held March 31st) and next week we have a blog hop with prizes to win at each stop on the way, followed by an image naming contest. 

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

Crafty Purple Frog - Anything with Wings
Paper Crafting Journey - Things with Wings
A Spoonfull of Sugar - Vintage/Shabby
Daring Cardmakers - Home Baked

Image:  Vintage Postcard (Sugar Creek Hollow)
Card Stock:  Cream (Wassau), Green & Teal (Bazzill)
Paper:  My Mind's Eye
Colouring Medium:  Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments:  Clear Star Gel Pen (Sakura), Lace (My Husband's Late Aunt's Stash), Lace Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Beads (My Stash - leftover from one of my daughter's competition suits for synchronized swimming), Old Paper & Weathered Wood) Distress Ink (Ranger), 9 Point Flower Shaplie & Leaves Cut Files (Penny Duncan), Cricut

Thinking of You

The challenge this week at Phindy's Friday Challenge Blog is to create a Get Well or Thinking of You card.  If I had a cat this would be me looking out the window today at the wet snow/rain we are getting now.  OK, I am also older than this cutie so I guess this can't be me after all.

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

Digi Doodles Shop's Best - Pearls
Do You Stack Up - Layers
Samuel Taylors - Butterflies
ABC Challenge - P is for Pearls
Creative Card Crew - No Flowers
Freshly Brewed - 3 or More Patterned Papers
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Image:  Rainy Day (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment:  Create with TLC
Card Stock: Recollections
Papers:  Forever Friends
Colouring Medium:  Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments:  Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Butterfly Punch (Marvy Uchida)

Wee Babbies

There is a new collection at Phindy's Place called Wee Babbies and all of us on the Design Team are making sample cards to show each time a new stamp is released.  Here is my card for this adorable stamp called Saddle Up and Ride, which is being released today.  If you make sure you are a follower of Phindy's Blog or her group on Paper Craft Planet, you will get notification each time a new stamp in the collection is released.  These new images are absolutely adorable and there are a great mix of girls and boys with themes that will remind you of your own kids.

I went to Calgary last week to visit relatives and took this card along to welcome the newest little cousin who was born in November.  My 4 year-old Granddaughter went with me and picked out gifts for the baby when we arrived.  We purchased two items that she said she had when she was a baby so she knew the new baby would love them. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

The Cuttlebug Spot - Use a Charm (Oval Nestabilities was cut with Cuttlebug)
Digital Tuesday  - Welcome Little One
Everybody Art  - Baby
Cupcake Craft Challenges - Pink Polka Dots

Image:  Saddle Up & Ride (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock:  Recollections
Papers:  Pinstripe (Recollections), Large Dot (Lasting Impressions), Small Dot (Memories Forever)
Colouring Medium:  Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments:  Chalk (Mungyo), Ribbon (Kate's Paperie), Charm (Arton Bead Supply), Buttons (My Stash). Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Seed Beads (My Stash), Petite Classic Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug

Butterflies Galore

I am back from my trip out west to check on my Mother-in-Law.  She celebrated her 89th birthday and while her short-term memory is deteriorating, she is hanging in there physically.  I took my four year-old Granddaughter with me and she was fabulous.  She loved the planes and the hotel, didn't play shy with any of the relatives she was meeting for the first time, which made them very happy and she remembered her manners, which impressed a lot of waitresses and got her a pile of little toys. 

We had at least one "I miss my Mommy" session each day but if I distracted her quickly enough, she was fine.  The ice machine on our floor at the hotel was a great distraction :)  Grandma is still exhausted but I am so glad I did it for both her and her Great Grandma and the memories they will have.

Now on to the challenge this week at Delightful Challenges.  We want you to add butterflies to your paper crafting project.

Our sponsor this week is Cutting Cafe and they are offering three digis of your choice.

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

Flourishes - Stitching
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
KB Cute Monday - Use Pink
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes with a Digi
Alys Sunday Challenge - Anything Goes

Image: Lili Skunk (Digital Delights by Louby Loo)
Card Stock: Cream (Wassau), Pink (Recollections)
Papers: Cream Floral (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Pink (My Stash)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolor) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Large Butterfly Punch (Martha Stewart), Tiny Butterfly Punch (Marvy Uchida), Chalk (Mungyo), Ribbon (Michaels), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Embroidery Floss (My Stash)

Oriental Butterfly

It is another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow and of course we have a challenge for you but today is also the launch of the month-long celebration of our first anniversary.

Let's start with the challenge. It is a sketch challenge and our hostesses have created a really clean sketch this month so I decided to go with a simple design for my take on the sketch. It almost looks like I have become a little bipolar in my crafting for Sugar Creek Hollow - last week it was over the top bling and this week it is clean and simple.

I can't wait to see what all of you do with this sketch.  It should be fun to see how many of you go with clean and simple and how many jazz it up.  By the way, this month we have a Guest Designer joining us and she starts today so make sure you make Darlene feel welcome.

Now on to the anniversary fun stuff.  As I mentioned on March 1st, we have blog candy for you starting today.  To be in the running to win the blog candy, just go to the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge blog and become a follower, if aren't already one.  Then you need to leave a comment with a contact email in case you win, grab a copy of the blog candy photo and post it on your sidebar with a link back to the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge blog.  Don't forget any of the steps or you won't be eligible to win.  Look at all these wonderful crafting supplies.  I wish I could win.

Make sure you mark your calendar so you are sure to come back each week this month to see what challenges we have planned and to participate in the fun activities, such as the Blog Hop on March 19th and the Image Naming Contest on March 26th.

Image:  Butterfly Tile (Sugar Creek Hollow)
Card Stock:  Recollections
Papers:  Far East Collection (DCWV)
Colouring Medium:  Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments:  Chalk (Mungyo), Purple Stickles (Ranger), Metal Orienal Disk (Gift from SCH Teammate), Ribbon (Michaels), Loopy Scalloped Square SVG File cut with MTC Software and Cricut (Bird's Cards)

Oh Baby

The challenge this week at Phindy's Friday Challenge Blog is called Oh Baby and we want you to make a card with a baby or small child image.  It could be to celebrate the arrival of a new baby or a first birthday. 

As this posts, I am still in Alberta and today we are celebrating a birthday but it is my Mother-in-Law's 89th birthday, which is pretty far removed from being a one year-old.

Image:  Hugs from Here (Phindy's Place)
Sentiment:  Create with TLC
Card Stock:  Recollections
Papers:  Daisy D's
Colouring Medium:  Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments:  Chalk (Mungyo), Petite Scalloped Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Button (Dress it Up), Cord (Dollarama), Star Texture Plate (Fiskars)

Waiting for Spring

There is a new challenge today at Delightful Challenges and it is all about spring.  It is also new release day for Digital Delight by Louby Loo so I have used this little cutie and her doll who are just hanging around waiting for spring.  It seems that spring is as far away as a long car ride this year :)

The sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp with a $20 gift certificate to the store as the prize.

Images: Daisy, Daisy Accessories Set (Digital Delights by Louby Loo)
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Card Stock: Yellow & Green (Recollections)
Papers: Green Mottled (My Stash), Tulip (My Stash)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolor) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Sentiment (Computer Generated), Chalk (Mungyo), Pearl Stickers (Recollections), Petite Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Wooden Tulip (Michaels)

Sugar Creek Hollow First Anniversary

March is a big month at Sugar Creek Hollow as we are celebrating our first anniversary. Throughout the month we have some special activities planned for you.

March 5 - Tracy, our wonderful owner has put together a lovely package of blog candy that could be yours so just head to the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge blog on March 5th and follow the instructions. The winner will be chosen on March 31st.

March 12 - the first Guest Designer chosen from our Cards of the Week will join us.

March 19 - we are having a blog hop with prizes to be won on each designer’s blog as well as a grand prize on the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge blog.

March 26 - we are having a contest to name a new image.

More details on all the activities will follow but make sure you mark your calendar so you don’t miss out on any of the fun.