~SEW MANY CHALLENGES #14...."EASEL IT"

This week over at Sew Many Challenges, we're to make an Easel Card.You can find a video tutorial on our challenge blog post. Check out Sew Many Cards for some awesome new images!! I hope to see ya join us this week over at Sew Many Challenges.

Soft Pencil is our sponsor this week and Elizabeth is generously offering a $15 voucher to her store for the winner!! WOW!! You have until midnight EST, May 20th, to get your project entered!


So, I finally got my challenge card done!! Ummm maybe a week late...BUT I combined it with this weeks challenge, so I'm all good again lol I'm slowly catching up with myself and with my planner. Sooner or later I WILL learn how to juggle crafting and everything else I have to do!!
So I've made a Christmas Easel card! I'm usually my own worst critic, but I do have to admit that I like how this one turned out. Hopefully you will too!!
Now on to my project!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

Sew Many Cards -- December 2009 Value Pack

DCWV 2009 Holiday Collection -- The Christmas Stack

GinaK -- Pure Luxury Cardstock

Copics

InkEssentials -- Glossy Accents

Ribbon -- Designer Collection (gold w/ Green)

Bow -- Stash (bunches from my sisters store)

Glitz Stickles -- Champagne

Flair Designs -- Christmas Vellum Quotes

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:

Catch the Bug Challenge -- Flower Power

Susie & Vikki's Christmas Club -- Christmas Stitching (on digital image & gold ribbon across bottom)

Totally Gorjuss -- Round and Round

Dare U 2 DigiStamp -- Anything Goes

Prairie Fairy Fridays -- Flowers

Stamp Something -- Celebrate Something (Christmas, Jesus' birthday)

AiFactory -- Celebration & Sparkle

Pixie Dust Studio -- Cut It Out

Shelly's Images -- Anything Goes

CAS-tastic Challenges -- Cards with Circles

La-La Land Crafts -- Anything Goes

The Wild Flower Patch -- Ribbon, Sparkles, Dimension

Papertake Weekly -- Shiny, Sparkly & Special
Creative Craft World -- Easel Card
The Creative Cottage -- Fancy Fold
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge -- As You Like It
Bee Crafty -- Something New (DCWV Paper Stack, Christmas vellum)

~SEW MANY CHALLENGES..WK#6..LETS HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS~

Ok so I finally got my challenge project finished for Sew Many Challenges. Our challenge for this week, is to make a male project using a Male theme. It could be for a man or a little boy. The bear I used came from the Sew Many Cards store. Our sponsor this week is KLM DESIGNS. The winner of this weeks challenge will win a 3 images of their choices from KLM DESIGNS! How awesome is that!!We hope you can join us this week!!
My project is an additional gift for Angela's son. It goes with the name sign I posted last week. I had Angela send me a few pics of her son, daughter and husband. I wanted one of Angela but she wouldn't come off of one lol So I decided to go with this picture.

~SUPPLIES USED~

Sew Many Cards -- Bear with Kite

Cut Card Stock -- Cryogen White-Curious Iridescent #89

Michael's -- Wood Frame

Folk Art Acrylic Paint -- Metallic Blue Sapphire #656

Ribbon -- Yellow Ric Rac from stash

Acrylic photo cover -- cut from stash pieces

Chipboard Letters from stash -- colored with Copic R29

Grey Fiber thread for Kite String

Copics Used...... I'm also entering this is the following challenges....

Double Dutch -- Boys Only

Ooh-La-La Creations -- Anything Goes

Delightful Sketches -- Theme of kids

Hand Full of Stamps -- Let it Shine -- what you think of when you hear the word shine...Flying kites on a shiny day with a great breeze

PaperPlay Challenges -- Just Because

Pixie Dust Studio -- 3D Creation

All Sorts -- Just For Men

Die Cut Dreams Challenge -- No Flowers Allowed

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays -- Open Challenge

The Crazy Challenge -- Show Me Anything

Simple Doodles -- Paper Piecing & a Digi Stamp

Frosted Designs -- Favorite Technique(Paper Piecing is mine)

Creative Inspirations -- Anything male

ABC Challenge -- Paper Piecing

~SEW MANY CHALLENGES WK#6...FREEBIE FRIDAY AND BLOG HOP WINNER~

Lot's of news to tell you about from Sew Many Challenges and Sew Many Cards!!!! So be sure to read through so you don't miss out on any of the fun and goodies!!!!

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My random comment winner from the March New Release Blog Hop is ....

MARY C

Please contact me at Jeri@SewManyChallenges.com to claim your Baseball Bear Digital image set!!! Congrats!!

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This weeks challenge at Sew Many Challenges is ... LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS!!!

That's right. Make a project with a male theme. It can be for a young boy or an adult male!! Our generous sponsor this week, KLM Designs is offering 3 Digital images of the winners choice from the KLM Designs store!!! How awesome is that!!

I'll be back later in the weekend with my project. I'm getting over a sinus infection that ran down into my wisdom tooth, but wanted to post all the details so everyone will hurry over!!

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Don't forget our DT CALL that we have going on right now!! For all the details, email me at Jeri@SewManyChallenges.com

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Also don't forget about the great Copic Giveaway happening at Sew Many Cards. You can find the image with link in my right sidebar!

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FREEBIE FRIDAY

Click the link above or the picture below to take you to the sweet image that Sew Many Cards is offering this week! Get it before it's gone!

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SEW MANY CHALLENGES SPONSORS

A special thank you to our weekly sponsor this week...KLM Designs and our monthly sponsors, Soft Pencil and Simon Says Stamp!

KLM Digi Stamps (KLM Designs) was started by a Mother & Daughter team. Kathryn (owner of KLM Digi Stamps) and Sue (Company’s artist) started designing digital stamps for their own creations. After much response & excitement to their designs they formed KLM Digi Stamps.

KLM carry’s a large selection of designs from clowns, which are the company’s signature design to digital sentiments. All images are delivered ZIP format. Each image file contains JPEG and PNG format files. Images can be resized, reversed and altered to your likings.

"Hello everyone! my name is Elizabeth Pujalka and I´m the illustrator and designer behind Softpencil - Digital Stamps, home of Michu and his lovely friends, where you can find cute illustrations for your crafting needs.
My illustrations are a homage to the Nature and their creatures, where a sweet child, a simple flower or a fragile animal become protagonists.I invite you to know my whimsical world plenty of gorgeous characters and to enjoy creating with them!"

~SEW MANY CARDS MARCH NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP~

Hey there!!! I'm so glad you're able to join us for the Sew Many Cards New Release Blog Hop!!

Our sponsor this month is Simon Says Stamp and

We can't thank Soft Pencil and Simon Says Stamp enough for sponsoring us this month!!!

You should've arrived from CHERI's blog!

If not, please go to the Sew Many Challenges blog to start the hop.

We would hate for you to miss any of the great new images!!!

Please be sure to leave a comment at all of our design teams blogs at your chance of winning the images that you'll see us showcasing and a chance at winning a Gift Certificate from Simon Says Stamp!!

We've also got a great blog hop challenge going on at Sew Many Challenges with a chance at winning a $25 Gift Certificate to Soft Pencil!!!

Your next stop on the hop will be JEANETTE!

My new release image this week is the baseball bear!! It comes with soooooooooo many different images. Today I'm showcasing the Baseball bear image and the bats/ball image. I made this for Angela's son, Stryder. Hope it brings a smile to his face!!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

Sew Many Cards -- Bear Baseball Image Pack

Gina K -- Pure Luxury Cardstock

Copic Markers

Coaster Font

Expression and SCAL

Board Slat I had in my alter pile

InkEssentials Glossy Accents

I'm also entering this project in the following challenges:

Lexi's Creations -- Anything Goes

Quixotic Challenges -- One for the Boys

Creatalicious Challenges -- Create a lil something

Pollycraft Monday Challenge -- Double Up

Quirky Crafts Challenge -- Something Cute