Painting eggs

     This week we want to see your Easter projects at Papercraft Star.  I decided to make a tag (Jan has inspired me) for my project and since it's my turn to showcase an image from our sponsor, The House Across the Bay, I've used the following digital sheet for my focal image.

 

     You can find this sheet right here in the THATB etsy store.

     I've used Spellbinders dies and some purple and green plaid papers with solids in those shades for matting.

     We'd love to have you share your Easter creations with us this week.  Come join in the fun and maybe you'll make our Top Three and win some great digis like these.  There are tons of fun sheets to pick from.

     Don't forget to check out what the rest of the DT came up with this week.

     Happy Wednesday!

Supplies

• Papers:  Recollections, Bazzill
• Tools:  Nestabilities, Crop-a-dile, MFT Die-namics Fancy Flourish die
• Miscellaneous:  Kraft Outlet Natural Twill Tape and hang tag String, Recollections flower and pearls, Purple and Diamond Stickles, Marth Stewart seam binding

Butterfly, butterfly, fly away

      It's butterflies galore for this week's challenge at Papercraft Star.  Rilly recently added these gorgeous Flowers and Music images to The House Across the Bay shop and I thought they would make the perfect backdrop for my little flutterbys.  Those little beauties came from another digi sheet called Nature Book Plates.  I printed them out, cut them out, sprayed them with Glimmer Mist so they would sparkle, and then covered them with Glossy Accent.  IRL they look like porcelain!
     The card itself is a faux book card that measures 4.5" x 5.5".  I hadn't made one in a while and it gave me the chance to use almost all the images from the first digi sheet.  I printed them out, distressed the edges and inked them too.  For the cover I created a little envelope pocket for one of the music sheets to fit into.

      The inside cover is another musical sheet as well and so is the background of the faux page section.  It's hard to see, but all the images are layered on top of a mat that's been edges with gold ink.  I used the same ink on the faux pages to give them a gilded look.

      Another one of the beautiful flower images covers the back of the card.  The next pic is a close up for the front cover.  I was trying to capture the porcelainized look of the butterflies but it didn't show up all that well. :-(

     Everybody loves butterflies and I bet you've got a stamp, die, Cricut cartridge, or embellishment somewhere in your stash that would make a perfect butterfly entry for our challenge.  Link 'em up and let us see.
     Happy Wednesday!


Supplies

• Papers:  Recollections
• Digital Image:  The House Across the Bay "Flowers and Music (221)" and "Nature Bookplates (153)"
• Ink:  Frayed Burlap Distress ink, Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist
• Tools:  Martha Stewart score board
• Miscellaneous:Glossy Accents, Prima Flowers, Martha Stewart ribbon

A Victorian Valentine

     I don't know about you, but I love ALL things from the British Isles and Ireland.  I can't explain it although I guess it could be some of my Scottish and Irish genes calling me home.  LOL  The history, architecture, and landscapes just fascinate me, so this weeks "Victorian" theme at Papercraft Star was a fun one for me.  It even spurred me on to dig out some MORE of those underused supplies and play.  This little project is going to a very sweet friend of mine for Valentine's Day.
     I've created a tag using a piece of chipboard as a sturdy base.  My first layer is a piece of white that was edged with Tattered Rose Distress ink.  Next comes a layer of Buff Ivory which I stamped using my Ornate Texture stamp with the Tattered Rose ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I then added Old Paper and finally Tea Dye over the embossing.  The edges were distressed with scissors.
    The next layer is a postcard image from the Postcard Grunge digital sheet from The House Across the Bay.  On top of that I layered one of the Jane Austen Fashion Show images from another THATB digital sheet.   It was inked with Tea Dye and distressed with scissors also.   There's a little lace under the edge of her and I added an Adage Ticket and Hinge clasp plus a couple of buttons tied with Kraft Outlet Hang Tag String.
     I punched a hole in the tag with my Crop-a-dile and made my own reinforcements.  There's some pink seam binding tied through the hole.  The final element is my attempt at a technique I recently saw here.  Her's came out much better (I didn't have the TH metal pieces), but it's still a cool effect.  The metal flower has Tattered Rose and Antique Gold embossing powder melted on it for a faux enameled look.
    I know blah, blah, blah I was chatty with this post wasn't I.  :-)  Sorry about that.  We'd love to have you join the challenge this week and make sure you check out our guest designer Hilda's wonderful projects for this week.
     I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Blogger Network--distressing
Creative Stamp Friends--old fashioned or antique
Incy Wincy Designs--anything but a card
MyGrafico--tickets anywhere for someone special
Paper Playtime--tag plus sentiment
The Crazy Challenge--vintage
Craft Your Days Away--distressing
Sugar Creek Hollow--go girly
Crop Stop--distressed, vintage, shabby chic
Delightful Challenges--distressed/vintage

     Happy Wednesday!


Supplies

• Papers:  Kraft Outlet Chipboard and Buff Ivory Cover Weight cardstock, Recollections
• Digital Images:  The House Across the Bay Jane Austen Fashion Show (043) and  Postcard Grunge (070)
• Stamp:  Ornate Texture
• Ink:  Tattered Rose, Tea Dye, Old Paper, and Aged Mahogany Distress inks; Versamark
• Tools:  Crop-a-dile, 1/2" circle punch unknown brand, heat gun
• Miscellaneous:  metal flower, seam binding, buttons, and lace from my stash, Kraft Outlet hang Tag string, Tim Holtz Hinge Clasp and Adage Ticket, Zing Clear embossing powder, Tattered Rose Distress embossing powder, Ranger Antique Gold embossing powder

A little Donna Karan?????

     Did you ever start a card with a plan and the end result was nothing like what you envisioned?  LOL  This card is case in point.  The basic sketch design is the same, but the punchwork and the frame are not how they started out.  Papercraft Star's challenge this week is to use a "Frame" on your project.  Originally I cut a circle chipboard piece about half the width of this one and wrapped it in white satin ribbon.  That white just wouldn't work for me and I didn't have any other color that wasn't just going to overtake the card.  I tried using some Glimmer Mist, but that idea bombed.  So I cut a larger circle and covered it in Rock Candy Crackle paint to frame the cute little girl who's sewing.  That image is called "Sewing Girl Tags (163)" and is a digital download from our sponsor, The House Across the Bay.  I think that plain old piece of chipboard made a pretty cool frame.  :-)  Oh and the punchwork...came out of nowhere!  LOL

     For a chance at winning some great digital downloads of your own to craft with, make a project with a frame and get it linked up at PCS before 6:00 a.m. EST on Monday.

     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Make It Monday--anything goes

Crafty Emma--vintage

Polka Doodles--vintage/retro

Shopping Our Stash--use a border punch

Mark's Finest Papers--use a border punch

     Happy Wednesday!

Supplies

• Papers:  Crate Paper Farmhouse, Recollections
• Digital Image:  The House Across the Bay "Sewing Girl Tags (163)"
• Stamp:  Stampendous "Notes For a Friend"
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  Nestabilities Standard Circles Large (S4-114), Martha Stewart Frond punch and Daisy Edge border punch, sewing machine
• Miscellaneous:  Recollections flowers and pearls, rhinestones from my stash, Crafters Square hemp cord, Rock Candy Distress Crackle paint

May I offer you some tea?

     I was telling my friend Samara that I think I have done myself in with all the holiday yummies.  I think the up and down sugar buzzes have zapped my crafting energy.  Good thing I made this ahead of time.  LOL

     Our challenge this week at Papercraft Star is "Tea or Coffee".  I won some digis a while back from Cardmadfairy and I picked out this beautiful geisha.  She's colored with Copics.  I printed her fan out on vellum and colored it with Copics also.  She has a piece of torn mulberry paper under her.  The cool oriental writing is one of three images I used from the Oriental Backgrounds (112) digital sheet from our sponsor, The House Across the Bay.  I didn't have anything to hang the tag from in my light box so I hung it on my Christmas tree so you could see the tassle I added at the bottom.  You have to look closely cause it didn't photograph well with the lighting.

     The back of the tag has a large mat of more of the oriental writing from the digital sheet.  I added two pockets for tea bags and printed the third image to decorate the top pocket.

     Here's a close up shot of the little geisha so you can see her fan better.  Hope you can play along this week. :-)

     Only a few more days for you to get in on my blog candy giveaway.   Just click on the link in the sidebar top right.

Cooking It Up with Katie--anything goes

My Mum's Craft Shop--anything goes

Scrapbook Sisters--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp--anything goes
Bearly Mine--anything goes

Craft Room Challenge--anything goes

Top Tip Tuesdays--anything goes

House of Gilli--red and gold

Make It Monday--anything goes

Ooh-la-la Challenge--anything but a card

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days--tags

Chocolate, Coffee, and Cards--tag it

Jellypark Challenges--anything but a card

Stampin' for the Weekend--anything goes

     Happy Wednesday!

Supplies 

• Papers:  Basic Grey Curio, Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card, Kodak photo paper, Kraft Outlet Vellum and Mulberry paper
• Images:  The House Across the Bay "Oriental Backgrounds (112)"
• Stamp:  Cardmadfairy "Geisha"
• Ink:  Copics
• Tools:  Nestabilities Labels Eight (S5-019), Crop-a-dile
• Miscellaneous:  DMC embroidery thread, waxed linen thread

Ho Ho Moolah!

     Ho! Ho! Ho!  Only a few more days until we officially celebrate Christmas.  As the birthday of Christ, we can happily celebrate Christmas EVERY day of the year.  :-)  He was the greatest gift of all after all. 

     With the thought of gift giving in mind, our challenge this week at Papercraft Star is to create a tag or gift holder.  I used a wonderful tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers to create this fun and festive gift card holder.

     The Santa image is from the Christmas Squares (055) digital image sheet from The House Across the Bay.  I printed the image out, cut it out with a circle punch and covered it with a thick coat of Glossy Acents.  While that was still wet I sprinkled a small amount of glitter on the image.  Once the GA was dry, I added a second coat.  The photo paper wanted to curl up and when I bent it the Glossy Accents cracked.  It added a great little extra to the vintage feel of the card.  I added some netting circles folded into quarters on the back of the image piece.  The card stays closed with an old fashion envelope closure on the back.

     Here's what the inside looks like. 

     I didn't have the little envelope that comes with the gift card like they used in the tutorial so I just made my own.  Super simple card and a fun way to give some Christmas moolah.  :-)

     We'd love to have you join the challenge this week so pop over to the Papercraft Star blog, check out all the designer inspiration, and get your own tag or gift holder project linked up.

     Happy Wednesday! 

Supplies

• Papers:  K 7 Company, Bazzill, Recollections, Kodak Photo paper
• Digital image:  The House Across the Bay "Christmas Squares (055)"
• Stamp:  Inkadinkado "Ornate Christmas"
• Ink:  Versafine Vintage Sepia, Sakura gold gelly Roll pen
• Tools:  Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Circles Large (S4-124), EK Success 3/4" circle punch, Marcy Uchida 1 1/2" circle punch
• Miscellaneous:  green netting, Glossy Accents, fine glitter, Kraft Outlet Hang Tag string, Offray ribbon, The Paper Studio pearls

The Whole Shebang

     It's Wednesday again and that means it's time for a new challenge at Papercraft Star.  This weeks challenge is to use a Christmas tree on your project.  Well when I saw this great Santa image at THATB I knew he was it.  He not only has a tree, but presents, and I think even some decorations!  Thus "The Whole Shebang"!  LOL

     The base of the card is kraft and I just added some DP, grosgrain ribbon, a wood button tied with some hemp cord, and another of those fish tail shape sentiments I've been lovin' to use lately.

     Everybody's making Christmas cards, so find your stamp or image with a tree and play along.  You could win some great digital sheets from our sponsor, The House Across the Bay, like this one, Victorian Santas (187). 

     Happy Wednesday!

Supplies

Papers:  Cloud 9 Designs, Recollections, Kodak Photo paper
Image:  The House Across the Bay "Victorian Santas (187)"
Miscellaneous:  button from Michaels, Crafters Square hemp cord, Celebrate It ribbon

Winter Friends

      This week we have a fun sketch challenge at Papercraft Star.  Our former team mate, Kim Duran, drew this great sketch for us.
     My card has a base of Brown Kraft cardstock and I used some Lily Bee Design Christmas paper for the top panel.  The bottom panel is a piece of Red Pepper Classic Columns paper that I won from The Paper Temptress.  It's hard to see in the photo but it has an embossed column pattern on it.  The image was colored with distress inks.  Here's a close up of it so you can see the glitter and flocking I used on it better.

     I actually finished the inside of this card with some more of the same papers plus I used one of the freebie images from The House Across the Bay that we give away each week at Papercraft Star.  It was a black and white line drawing and I used more distress ink to color it.

     We'd love to see what you can create with our sketch this week.  A first and second place prize is available from our sponsor, THATB.  You have until 6:00 a.m. EST on Monday to get linked up.

     I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The Spotted Chick--use kraft paper
Inky Impressions--peppermint twist

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations--Christmas

The Ribbon Carousel--kraft, red, brown plus spooled items(thread, hemp cord)

Sassy Cheryl's--winter

Craft Your Passion--tis the season

Heart Song Inspirations--banner and/or buttons

Hooked on Craft--winter wonderland

Stamp with Fun--stitching, real or faux

The Outlawz Greetings Challenge--anything goes +sentiment

Addicted to Stamps--Christmas card

Fashionable Stamping Challenges--I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

Stamptacular Sundays--anything Christmas

2 Sisters--holiday

Craft Your Days Away--buttons or bows

Crafty Catz--snowmen

Phindy's Place--a sprinkling of snow

Totally Papercrafts--Christmas

     Last day of November!  Christmas here we come!

     Blessings!

Supplies

• Paper:  Kraft Outlet Brown Kraft, Paper Temptress Red Pepper Classic Columns, Strathmore 90 lb watercolor paper
• Stamp:  Giordano Studio Stamps "Friends"
• Ink:  Distress inks, Brilliance Galaxy Gold Dew Drop, Marvy Uchida white gel pen
• Tools:  Nestabilities Standard Circles Large (S4-114) and Classic Scalloped Circles Large (S4-124), sewing machine
• Miscellaneous:  Michaels buttons, Crafters Square hemp cord, Studio 18 Flocking, glitter from my stash

Arigato

     Our Papercraft Star challenge this week is "Thank You". 
     For my card I stamped the base mat of the card with a Ornate Background stamp and embossed it with gold embossing powder.  The fan is made from vellum and I used a little digi image from Beccy's Place for the flowers on it.  They're colored with Prismacolor pencils.  For my focal point I used this cute little Asian lady image from Stretch 'n Bubbles.  I paper pieced her using a Floral Fabric Domino THATB digital image.  Her face and the umbrella are colored with Copics.  The floral panel behind her is also a digital image from the Oriental backgrounds digital file.
     We have a special guest with us this week, Ros Crawford.  Make sure you check out her guest project!  :-)
     You can link up your "Thank You" projects by 6:00 a.m. EST on Monday.
     I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp--Thanksgiving/Thanks
Party Time Tuesdays--thanks, giving thanks, being thankful
Paper Sundaes--digital images
Sentimental Sundays--Thanksgiving, thank you + sentiment
Aud Sentiments--thank you or Thanksgiving

     Happy Wednesday!


Supplies

• Papers:  Recollections, Kraft Outlet Translucent Vellum, Kodak Photo Paper, Copic X-Press It Blending card
• Digital Image:  The House Across the Bay "Oriental Backgrounds (112)" and "Floral Fabric Dominoes (119)"
• Stamp:  Stretch 'n Bubbles "Tooling", Beccy's Place "Blossom Branch", Stampabilities "Ornate Background"
• Ink:  Copics, Prismacolor pencils, Brilliance Galaxy Gold Dew Drop, Versamark
• Misellaneous:  Ranger Gold embossing powder, Recollectiions pearls, fiber from my stash

Papercraft Star Challenge #68

     We have another wonderful sketch from our team mate Kim Duran this week at Papercraft Star.  For my card I used a black card base matted with some 7 Gypsies designer paper.  A second matted piece is in the center of the card as well as a banner sentiment.  I printed the banner out on my computer and then stamped the sentiment.  All three circle images are from the "Fabric Circles 065" digital sheet from our sponsor, The House Across the Bay.

     We'd love to see what you can do with Kim's great sketch.  Play along for your chance at some THATB goodies.  You have until 6:00 a.m. EST Monday.
     Happy Wednesday!


Supplies

• Papers:  7 Gypsies Venice, Kraft Outlet Buff Ivory cardstock, Recollections, Kodak Photo paper
• Digital Image:  The House Across the Bay "Fabric Circles 065"
• Stamp:  Stampendous "Orchid Greetings"
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic N9 for pearls
• Tools:  Martha Stewart Layered Arches edge punch
• Miscellaneous:  The Paper Studio pearls, Offray ribbon

Papercraft Star Challenge #67

     Not much extra on this card.  I just wanted to show off the fun background for Mr. Zombie for our Halloween challenge this week at Papercraft Star.  That creepy scene is from one of the Halloween downloads from our sponsor, The House Across the Bay.

     I popped Mr. Zombie and his batty friends up on foam for some 3D effect and I just couldn't resisit adding that corny sentiment.  LOL  In case you find it a little hard to read with all that goo dripping from it, it says "Bats in your belfrey?"  :-)  I know, I know.
     Make sure you check out the fun project from my sweet friend Ira Huberts who is guest designing for Papercraft Star this challenge.  She LOVES Halloween and has the most creative imagination.  :-)
     I had fun making this simple little scene.  We'd love to see what you come up with.  Prizes from our sponsor for our first and second place winners.  So come play along.  Link up before 6:oo a.m. EST Monday to play.
     Have a great week!

Supplies 

• Papers:  Bazzill, Recollections, Kodak Photo Paper, Copic X-Press It Blending card
• Digital Image:  The House Across the Bay "Halloween Spooky (026)"
• Stamp:  Make It Crafty "Halloween Zombie"
• ink:  Black Soot Distress ink
• Copics:  E07, E08, E31, E33, E35, E37, E41, E97, Y21, Y26, YG93, YG95, YG97, YG99
• Miscellaneous:  QuicKutz label die
• Miscellaneous:  Glossy Accents

Papercraft Star Challenge #66

     Hope you've gotten some fall weather where you live to enjoy like we have here.  Our leaves really haven't started turning yet, but it's getting close.  Our Papercraft Star photo inspiration this week should definitely put you in the mood for fall.  You can check it out in my sidebar.
     For my card I've created a tall one.  Don't see many of those here do ya?  LOL  I used a base of dark brown Bazzill and then used a beautiful script digital image from our sponsor, The House Across the Bay.

     I rarely break out my alcohol inks, but I did for this card.  I cut the leaves out of some Inkssentials Glossy paper with a Nestie and then colored them with the ink in pretty autumn shades.  A little lace and some seam binding combined with copper brads finish the card.
     Make sure you pop over to the blog and check out all the DT cards.  We also have a special guest designer this week, my incredibly talented friend Dana Christiansen.  This lady has some way mad Copic skills!
     We would love to see your creations linked up for our challenge this week.  Just create something inspired by the photo and include a leaf.  The Inlinks closes at 6:00 a.m. EST on Monday.  Lots of great digital downloads at THATB for our winners to choose from.  :-)
     Happy Wednesday!


Supplies

• Papers:  Bazzill, Kodak Photo paper, Ranger Glossy paper
• Digital Image:  The House Across the Bay "Scroll Work Squares (149)"
• Ink:  Rust, Oregano, Gold, and Butterscotch Ranger Alcohol inks
• Tools:  Spellbinders Fall Decorative Corn and Leaf (S3-058), Cuttlebug, Bow Easy
• Miscellaneous:  Martha Stewart seam binding, lace from my stash, Spare Parts brads

Papercraft Star Challenge #65

     Color inspirations scare me to death!  LOL  Well, not really, but they certainly make me put my thinking cap on.  I even surprised myself by incorporating three of the colors in my project. WOOHOO! :-)
     For my card I used a Flourish Grunge Square image from our sponsor, The House Across the Bay.

     It provided the background for my image and the blue.  My image is a new one from Mo's Digital Pencil called "Teen Fairy Pia".  She colored with Copics in purple and red.  Three colors!  I guess if you want to count her skin as coral, I got all four.  :-)
     Some of you (like our Kim) have crazy mad skills with color inspirations so we'd love to see what you can dream up. Just get your project linked up by 6:00 a.m. EST on Monday.  You just might win some cool digi sheets from our Papercraft Star sponsor, THATB.
     Happy Wednesday!

 

 

Supplies 

• Papers:  Georgia Pacific, Kodak Photo paper, Bazzill, Gina K Designs Pure Luxury
• Digital Image:  The House Across the Bay "Flourish Grunge Square (149)
• Stamp:  Mo's Digital Pencil "Teen Fairy Pia"
• Copics: 

            skin E000, E00, E02E11, R20, B02
            hair E21, E25, E27
            clothing R35, R37, R39, V12, V15, V17
            present R37, R39, Y28
            wings B000

• Tools:  Nestabilities Standard Circles Large (S4-114) and Classic Scalloped Circles Large (S4-124), Martha Stewart Frond punch
• Miscellaneous: Recollections pearls and mini roses, Crystal Stickles, Brilliance Platinum Planet Dew Drop, Offray ribbon

Papercraft Star Challenge #64

     Our Papercraft Star challenge this week is lace.  As you can see, I chose to go the "paper" lace route.  For my card I used some beautiful Basic Grey papers paired with a sweet little chef in a "lacey" apron from Mo's Digital Pencil.  I used a doily "lace" punch and "Lacey" Nestie circles.  I guess you could even say the butterfly is kinda lacey.  I bet if we ask her, my little chef's name is even Lacey!  LOL  The sentiment was printed on a background image from the Blank Background (045) digital sheet from our sponsor, The House Across the Bay.

     I used a larger portion of the same image to add a poem to the inside of my card.

Here's what the poem says:

My Recipe For Love

Take two cups of kindness,

add one cup of trust.

A half of cup of caring,

and a dash of pixie dust.

Take a spoon of kisses,

add it from above.

Stir it slow and gently,

that's my recipe for love.

Sift some understanding,

add a pinch of tenderness.

Blend a dash of romance,

stir it with caress.

Combine them all together,

add a turtle dove.

Makes two life time servings,

that's my recipe for love.

~ Alice Donatelli

     Isn't that sweet!

     The theme of lace leaves the field WIDE open for projects so won't you come play along with the challenge this week.  You could win a top spot, maybe some great digis from our amazing sponsor, and definitely have some fun.  Just pop those creations in our Inlinkz by 6:00 a.m. EST on Monday morning for your chance.  Don't forget to check out the PCS blog post for today and see all the other DT projects and what our guest designer and former PCS member, Liz Kordek, made to inspire you for this challenge.
     I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp--anything goes
Inky Impressions--punches or dies
Moving Along with the Times--recipe-3 designer papers, 2 different embellishments, 1 image
Art Impression Stamps Challenge--for the girls
The Outlawz Copic Challenge--anything goes
Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges--border punches
Stampin for the Weekend--what a cutie
Designed 2 Delight--die cut diva
Basic Grey Challenge--pink and brown
Ooh La La Creations--punches and dies
Die Cut Dreams--brown, cream, and pink
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations--it's a girl thing
Everybody-Art-Challenge--pink and brown

     Happy Wednesday!

Supplies 

• Papers:  Basic Grey Capella, Bazill, Recollections, Copic X-Press It Blending card
• Digital Image:  The House Across the Bay "Blank Backgrounds (045)"
• Stamp:  Mo's Digital Pencil "What's Cookin"
• Copics:  C0, C2, E000, E00, E02, E11, E27, E31, E41, E42, NI, R000, R00, R30, W1, W3
• Tools:  Martha Stewart Doily Lace edge, Frond, Branch, and Monarch Butterfly punches, Nestabilities Labels Nine (S4-310), Lacey Circles (S4-293), and Standard Circles Large (S4-114)
• Miscellaneous: Recollections pearls, Creative Inspirations Paint in Peach, Recollections and Prima flowers

Papercraft Star Challenge #63

     Our very own Kim Duran has provided us with this weeks fabulous sketch challenge at Papercraft Star.  Isn't it gorgeous!

     To create my card I used some beautiful Basic Grey papers to compliment my lovely Jane Austen fashion plate.  She's only one of 30 images that come in this digi download from our sponsor, The House Across the Bay.

     Kim's design made it so easy to layer and embellish.  Hope you like it.

     You can play along with this weeks challenge by adding your interpretation of Kim's sketch to our inlinkz by Monday morning at 6:00 a.m EST.  If you like my victorian lady, you just might win your own download of her and her friends or maybe something else will catch your eye.  :-)

     I'd like to enter her in the following challenges:

Gingerloft Challenges—vintage or distressed

Scrappy Frogs—vintage
Basic Grey Challenges—pink and brown
Sugar Creek Hollow--fancy borders
Colour Create--pink, brown, cream/white

     Happy Wednesday!

Supplies

• Papers:  Basic Grey Curio, Bazzill, Recollections, Kodak Photo Paper
• Image:  The House Across the Bay "Jane Austen Fashion Show (043)"
• Ink:  Frayed Burlap Distress ink
• Tools:  Martha Stewart Vintage Floral edge punch, Nestabilities Classic Ovals Large (S4-110) and Classic Scalloped Ovals Large (S4-111)
• Miscellaneous:  seam binding, stick pin and beads from my stash, Recollections pearls

Papercraft Star Challenge #62

     It's another "Anything Goes" challenge at Papercraft Star this week.  Last time we had one we had almost 200 entries.  We'd love to see what you have to share with us this go around.
     This sounds totally crazy, but I had the hardest time with this challenge.  Anything goes is easy right?  Well, I just could NOT get settled on a design for anything.  Thankfully my friend Sarah made a beautiful Christmas tag easel card that gave me the inspiration for my project this week.
     I used one of the larger Nesties that matches the inside panel I used for including a message to cut the top of the tag for the card front.  I used one of the sheets from my Bo Bunny Gabrielle 6 x 6 pad for the front and inside mats.  They're both distressed and the card base is edged with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress inks.  There's another snippet of the BB paper under the image.  Isn't that image beautiful!  It's from the Fine Art Bookmarks (158) download from our amazing sponsor, The House Across the Bay.

     I added some thin ribbon, pearls, seambinding with a stick pin, and some gold microbeads to accent the card front.
     Considering how hard it was for me to come up with my project, not to mention that I was down to the wire getting it posted for the blog, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
     Make sure you check out all the other DT creations.  They're quite the smorgasboard!  We also have our first Guest Designer with us this week, Becky Garrison.
     You know the rules.  :-)  Just get your project linked up by 6:00 a.m. Monday morning for your chance to win some great digital downloads from THATB.
     I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Truly Scrumptious--decorate the inside of your card
Anything Goes Challenge--Vintage/Shabby Chic
Going Grey With Scrap Creations--unique fold(something different from your usual)
Shopping Our Stash--Vintage/Distressed/or Shabby Chic
Tuesday Throwdown--pearls
Paper Creations Ink--Vintage or distressed
The Pink Elephant--vintage
Paper Sundaes--finish the inside of your card

     Happy Wednesday!


Supplies

• Papers:  Bo Bunny Gabrielle, Recollections, Kodak Photo paper
• Image:  The House Across the Bay "Fine Art Bookmarks (158)"
• Ink:  Antique linen and Vintage Photo Distress inks
• Tools:  Nestabilities Labels Sixteen (S4-301), Crop-a-dile, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher
• Miscellaneous:  Martha Stewart gold microbeads, Offray ribbon, seam binding from my stash, Making Memories head pin and beads from my stash, We R Memory Keepers eyelet, Recollections pearls