Feeling Crummy Get Well Card

The theme this week at the Art Impressions Challenge is "Oh My Chickens", since I didn't have any of their Bird Brain series stamps I pulled out another old stamp from Whipper Snapper Designs.  It comes from their simple sets which contained the "Chicken Noodle Soup" stamp and the sentiment.  I colored it with my Copics added some Glossy Accents on the beak, eyes and comb.  The papers are from Paper Studio "Farm Fresh.  The red corner piece was run through with the Cuttlebug Honey Comb small border embossing folder and the brads were from my stash.  I used Antique Linen Distress Ink around the edges.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Art Impressions Challenge #118 "Oh My Chickens" Bird Brains
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Animal Antics
Creative Card Crew - Challenge #44 Things with Wings

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Let's Celebrate Our New Blog - "Creative Knockouts" Blog Hop

We have some exciting news at the Dutch Dare Card Challenge.  We are changing our name and look to "Creative Knockouts".  Why change you ask?  Well, Kelly more or less inherited the Dutch Dare and she would like to give it a fresh new look.  To celebrate we are having our first ever Blog Hop.  The design team has created some great cards using images from our fun sponsor this week Dr. Digi's House of Stamps.  We also have some blog candy available at some of the stops along the hop (see the bottom of this post).  So I hope you will get a chance to check out all the teams blogs and join us in this week's challenge.  If you have the time, we all would like a little love in the form of comments.  Let us know what you think of our new look!

On to our challenge this week.  The theme is Masculine, so get out those masculine images and add your "creative knockout" to the link for this week's challenge.  The rules are the same, so I hope you will be able to join us this week.

For my card I picked Dr. Digi's "Hole In One Hal".  I colored him with Copics, paper pieced his shorts and added some Glossy Accents to the visor.  The papers are from Echo Park's "This & That" collection.  The zigzag stripe was die cut using MFT's Chevron Stripes Die-namics and at the corners I added some black Liquid Pearls.  The sentiment was computer generated and the twine was from my stash.

If you are following the hop you would have come from Kelly's blog.  Next stop is Vicky, so I hope you are enjoying all the creations the Design Team has come up with this week.

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Kelly
Linda (that's me)
Vicky
Celine
Chantal 
Lisa
Helen
Caz
Amy

Maria
Carmen

Creative Knockouts

One last piece of business - blog candy.  To be eligible for the my blog candy you need to leave a comment.  The winner will be posted Sept. 13th.  Unfortunately, I can only send in the U.S.

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Card Using Whipper Snapper Designs "Stephaine"

Hello everyone,  today I have a card using Whipper Snapper Design's "Stephaine".  This is one of the first stamps I ever bought from them - and one of my favorites.  If you never been to the Whipper Snapper Designs site you should really check out the gallery.  They have some super cards made using their stamps.  The paper for this card is from Heidi Grace's "Sunshowers" 6x6 pack.  The epoxy hearts are from the same line, which I found at Joann's.  I used my Cuttlebug Swiss Dot folder for the embossing on the side of the card and I added some Glossy Accents to her high heels.  I also added some Stickles on her hair bands and tee-shirt for some bling.  This was an old Mojo Monday sketch from 2009.    After I finished the card I was thinking it should have had more layers.  I think it is missing something, but I'm not sure what.  

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Stampin' For The Weekend - Colors of Summer
Sister Act Card Challenge - Challenge #22
Challenges 4 Everybody - Challenge #28 Anything Goes

Here is my card for today.

Just a quick note...I hope you will be able to join us this Thursday for our first ever blog hop and challenge at Creative Knockouts (formally The Dutch Dare).  We have a great new look and some fun challenges planned, so I hope you will stop by and take a look.

PTI August Blog Hop Fast Food Color & Sketch Challenge

Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday.  Here we are expecting 90 degree weather, so it's a good day to stay inside and work on my cards!  Over at Nicole Heady's blog for Papertrey Ink today they are having their August Blog Hop.  The theme is a fast food color & sketch challenge.  There are six different sketches and color combos to select from.  To see all the photo and sketch inspirations click here for the link.  For my card I selected the Pastel Layered Cake photo & sketch.  

For the colors I used Stampin Up papers Pretty In Pink, Peach Parfait, Daffodil Delight, Bashful Blue and Marina Mist.  Each were die cut using PTI's Birthday Die.  It's a little hard to tell on the photo, but I then stamped each die cut with the coordinating stamp from the Wonderful Words Birthday Set using Stampin Up Illuminate Pigment Ink.  It gives the card stock a shimmery look to it.  The "happy sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Happy Sentiments.  I popped up the Daffodil Delight die cut with pop dots to add a little dimension to the card.

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Art Impressions "Birthday Gal" Front & Back Card

The other day my mom asked if I would make a card for her very good friend's birthday that is coming up in Sept.  The one requirement was that it had to be an Art Impression image.  That wasn't such a hard request, since I have quite a few of their stamps.  I just love their images - they are so much fun.  This card was created for the AI challenge #117 People Parade.  Basically, your card needs a person on it, so I pulled out one of my new Art Impressions stamp called "Birthday Gal".  It's one of their Front & Back stamp series that I received as an honorable mention for one of their challenges.  This was the first time I have done a card like this, so it took a little bit of time to get it together since I used multiple layers.  But I figured out some shortcuts, so the next one will go much faster.  First I colored the images with my Copics.  I fussy cut both the front and back and attached them together so she would fit in the window.  I did the same with the windows using AI's Front & Back "Curtain Window".  The curtains were paper pieced using Ki Metro Garden.  The sentiment was from Papertrey Ink's "Bigger Blooms" stamp set.  The white washed wooden panel on the front of the card was from My Minds Eye Dolled Up.  The banners were made using the Ribbon Banner die from Simon Says Stamp with some papers from my stash.  

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Art Impressions Challenge #117 People Parade
Challenges For Everybody Challenge #27 - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge #21

Here is my card...

Here is the inside...

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Dutch Dare Challenge #231 Animal Antics

This week's challenge at the Dutch Dare is Animal Antics.  I'm using the really cute image "Puppy Love" from Sweet N Sassy Stamps - our sponsor this week.  Cute animal images always make for fun cards, so I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone does this week.  For my card I colored the image with Copics and added some Antique Linen Distress Ink around the edges.  All the papers are from The Paper Studio called Spoiled Rotten, which I roughed up with a distressing tool.  The ribbon was from Hobby Lobby.

Here's my card...

I hope you have a chance to join us this week...

Whipper Snapper Designs "Kerry Oki" Card

The inspiration for today's card came from the Art Impression challenge blog.  They are looking for dogs or cats on cards this week.  So I pulled out a couple old stamps from Whipper Snapper Designs.  The image is called "Kerry Oki" and the sentiment is "I Woof You".   The image was colored with Copics.  I then colored a second image, fussy cut out the little puffs of fur and popped them on foam tape.  I don't really think you can see that from the photo.  I also added some Glossy Accents to the nose and Stickles to the bow.  The paper is from two different collections Recollections Bold Basics and My Mind's Eye Simply Delightful.  I added some Black Liquid Pearls to the corners of the card.  

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Art Impressions Challenge Blog - For The Dogs & Cats
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes August 13 - 20
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog - Challenge# 54 - Anything Goes

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