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

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


I can't tell you how excited I was to find we were being sponsored by Digi Doodle Shop, I found them a few months ago and fell in love with their images, you have probably seen some of my cards using their images. For today's card I am using the set "Vintage Lamp" which has a wonderful variety of images and also a sentiment from their  "Thank You Sentiments" which has several different words and labels to mix and match and is free! Can't beat that. I used Papertrey Ink's vintage cream and a piece of chocolate brown by Gina K Design to start my base for the design papers from the K&Co Blossomwood pack. I dry embossed a piece of this using Cuttlebug's Textile folder. The lamp was colored with a Stampin' Up markers and distress inks and a stardust pen to give it it's sparkle. I am not sure of the vendor on my chipboard table but the doily scarf is stamped from a Gina K set Nana's Needlework. I also glued a piece of the paper to the chipboard bracket, distressing and then sponging. Here is a look at the inside, I used my designer dies by Clear Dollar Stamps to cut out the sentiment.

I hope you will stop by Digi Doodle Shop and take a look around, I am sure you will love their images as much as I do. I am also entering my card in their challenge this week as it just happens they are also asking for embossing. You will find it here .



The Design Team has used a number of the fabulous images from Digi Doodle Shop and have
created some wonderful inspiration for you. Be sure and stop over at SCH and take a look at the gorgeous cards by my team mates and thanks so much for your visit.

Snow Drifts and a Tea Bird......

Happy Thursday, hope you are doing well out there.... I have a card today that I am entering for the first time, in the Make it Monday challenge at Papertrey Ink. This week, you will see a video by Dawn McVey showing how to make a background using die cut borders. The only border die that I own by PTI is the "In the Meadow" set which you can find on this page here . It is two different size snow drifts. I cut two of each of the larger one in the teal and brown and then one of each color in the smaller size, by taking a small bit of the straight edge on the teal off, I was able to layer these. I used Tim Holtz frames and florals embossing folder to give a little texture to the pieces, then layering all three of these on a piece of white card stock. My cute little image is "Tea Bird" by Phindy's Digital Stamps and can be found here . Phindy's Blog challenge #87 this week is a color quartet....

My card base and the twill ribbon are Stampin' Up certainly celery which along with chocolate chip and bermuda bay and a couple of flesh copics were used to color my image. The button is also one of Papertrey Ink contributions. I love the dies at PTI and if you have never tried these, please do....you will love them. I have a few of the other style dies that they sale and they all cut like butter... I am going shopping at the new release on the 15th and hope to have more to show you soon. Hope you will stop by both of these and check out the great things happening at their sites.

Now to a more personal note,
For those of you that read my blog you will remember that I started a gratitude journal which I showed you in my post last Saturday for Sugar Creek Hollow and for today I am thankful for the good news we received at the hospital today. Rick went in to have the light run down his esophagus to check for problems, he has been have a lot of heartburn and acid reflux, they did find a high heital hernia, but the doc seems to think that it can be controlled with his medication and then just keep an eye out for future problems, His blood work came back very good. Hope to be by soon to see you...thanks for stopping by here.

Wee Stamps "Let it Snow"

Are you ready for another great sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday ?  You have to love this one...so great to work with and really spotlights your image.

 We are so lucky to be using these wonderful images from Wee Stamps our sponsor for this week's challenge, here is a bit about them.

"The owner and illustrator behind Wee Stamps - Sylvia Zet – creates unique designs of charming and whimsical characters, which are loved for their adorable little faces expressing innocence and trustful hearts. Wee illustrations feature cute kids and fluffy animals are available as digital downloads at www.weestamps.com and also as deeply etched red rubber stamps at Whimsy Stamps."

My image this week is "Let it Snow" and if you are lucky enough to be our Grand Prize winner, you will have your choice of 3 of Sylvia's beautiful digital images.

All of the girls at SSW have been super busy this week creating some wonderful cards featuring these gorgeous stamps and I hope you will stop by to take a look and then off you go to create something for our challenge, we would love to see your card.

Have a blessed day and a happy one....

Card Details:
Paper: Papertrey white, Rubber Cottage navy speckle, Bo Bunny dp
Ink: Stampin' Up markers, American Crafts glitter pen
Martha Stewart snowflake punch, Queen & Co gems

A Fave Color Palette and Sketch!

It is a beautiful Tuesday here in the mountains of Virginia and I hope it is in your part of the world. I am sharing a card that I created using two of my favorite things....a color palette that I love and a sketch.

How fun are these? Using the colors Juniper, Mint and Vanilla and the fabulous inspiration board at The Play Date Cafe and this great sketch at sfytt at I heart 2 stamp you can't lose. Be sure and check these sites out if you are not familiar with them. The challenge at The Play Date Cafe ends tonight but you have all month to work with the sketch.

I used mostly Stampin' Up products for this card along with dies from Papertrey Ink. If you haven't tried their dies yet, you will love them. Crisp clean cuts and such a wonderful variety of designs.
My stamps come from two sets by SU "Thoughts and Prayers" and "Feathered Hope" which this last one is long retired....it was my very first stamp purchase.
I used a Cuttlebug Textile embossing folder to give some texture to the ivory background after sponging certainly celery and baja breeze ink on it.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit and giving my card a look. Hope your day is happy!!

Doodle Pantry's Quirky Mouse

Happy Monday my friends, I am just stopping by for a quick post and a reminder about the challenge now going on over at Doodle Pantry . DPDC19 started on the 1st and continues through until the 24th of January where the theme is always "Anything Goes" with a Doodle Pantry image, you will finds lots of wonderful images in the store as well as a few freebies if you do not already own any of Laurie's designs. Just for playing along this month, you will receive this great new set "Workout Birdie"

Just in time for all of those new year resolutions. There will be 2 winners chosen from all of the entries to receive a $15 gift certificate to the store. As a reminder, we also have this set as a Free with Purchase: "Love Snakes"

I kept my card very CAS and it features one of the newly released sets "Quirky Mouse".....stop by the store and check out the great new sets just out this month and hope you have time to play along.

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

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


I created two projects for this week, I used coffee filters that I soaked all day in some left over coffee and after squeezing out the extra, smoothed out and left to dry. Rick's words when seeing the bowl "I will have to see that mess on a card"! I die cut several circle shapes from one of the two filters and then stamped randomly with a Hero Arts text stamp using Versafine Vintage Sepia ink. I used part of a rumpled torn piece as my background over pieces of design paper from a vintage kit by Deja Views. My card base is chocolate brown Gina K card stock which is so heavy and lovely to use. I used a frame from the same kit to layer on a piece cut with a Spellbinders Labels 4. I had stamped a flourish image from Stampin' Up "Elements of Style". The circle shapes were also stamped with the text and then scrunched and layered to create my flowers which I attached with Stampin' Up brads. For my inside I used some of the same design paper stamped with more of the flourish and a Thanks sentiment. I really like how the texture of the paper gave the image a washed vintage look.

For my next project, I wanted to create a Gratitude journal. Seems as if I have been a bit of a bear lately and thought if I counted the small things to be grateful for each day, maybe it would help me and my attitude. Don't get me wrong, I am so blessed and grateful for my life, home and family, but sometimes care giving just kind of overwhelms me. I just need a kick in the pants, maybe.....lol.
But surely writing in this book should help, I love the look of it. It is just a 100 page notebook that I picked up long ago at Michael's in the dollar bin and the background flourishes were already there. I added layered Labels 4 dies stamping the ivory one with images by Stampin' Up in their set "Happy Harmony" (how appropriate). The chipboard pieces I antiqued with distress inks....see my monogram P! The flower is more of my text stamped coffee filter.

For the inside I used all of the stamps from this set, stamping randomly throughout the book. I am going to love writing in this, maybe my first entry should be " I am grateful for such a pretty book to write in". Here is a look at the front and back inside covers.

Our new Design Team is in place and everyone has worked hard to create some inspiration for you. I am so happy to have the new ladies starting today and look forward to the months ahead. Welcome!!!If you want details on how they re-purposed the various items, click on their names to go directly to their blogs.

Now off you go to Sugar Creek Hollow and have fun looking around. We can't wait to see what you come up with. Thanks for stopping by....hugs and wishes for a great day!

12 is the number!

I have another card for a couple of challenges to show you.....I am loving that I have finally created something. I love The Stamping Boutique and as they are one of the sponsors for one of my design teams I have fallen in love with the images, couldn't help myself and I also subscribe to their newsletter. For this week's challenge we are to use 12 of something:
Here is what they posted:

1. simply use the number 12 on your project in some way or other

2. use twelve elements on your project...no LESS and no MORE than twelve(DP, embellishments, CS, image, sentiment...all those things will count toward your twelve)

3. use twelve on 1 thing (twelve different DP's...lol..that would be fun to try ;-)....12 of the same embellishments, etc)

For my card, I have used their image "poppies" twelve times....twice in my focal image and then 10 times ( I counted ) re sized and layered around each other for my back ground. Very simple, but loving the way it turned out. 

Here is the inside-

 

Through The Stamping Boutique, I also found they are starting a new challenge blog at The Crafters Cafe where the theme is New Beginnings. I always think of Spring and flowers as a new beginning, so that was my inspiration.

My coloring was done with Tim Holtz distress inks Spiced Marmalade and Peeled Paint as well as Memento Summer Sky and a little sparkle from a stardust pen. I used the Spellbinders curvy rectangle die to cut out my main images.

Thanks for taking a look at my card and if you are in the mood to get some play time in, please check out these blog sites, you won't be sorry.
Thanks for the visit and please leave me a comment if you have time.
hugs...

I am entering a Challenge!! Yeah!



Can you even believe it??? I have a card made for a challenge and not just one but three challenges!
Seems like forever since I just looked up a great challenge and went to create something just for it....

Shelly's Images is sponsoring Stella's Sketch challenge at Bugaboo Stamps  until January 15th and that is the terrific sketch at the top of my post. It was a lot of fun to use as a starting point. I used Shelly's images "pine" and "Christmas cardinal". I re sized the pine and then rotated the image for the second block. I love these images and look forward to using them again soon. I added a little bit of stickles to create my snow on the fence and pine cones.

Challenge 78 at Papercraft Star is Winter and I love to play in their challenges! Be sure to check out this great site!

Stamps R Us is asking us to use what we got for Christmas or Anything Goes and since these are new stamps for me I think it will count or at least as anything goes! I always love seeing what my friend Kathy at the Lucky Stamper has to show us each time. Thanks Kathy for the nudge to play.

I used Papertrey Ink white card stock and dp's from Teresa Collins Christmas Home, even though I love these any time of year , and Stampin' Ups cherry cobbler.
My border punch is by Martha Stewart....thanks for stopping by for a visit! I appreciate you.

Have a great rest of your week and be sure and give these sites a visit.

Saturated Canary at Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Happy Wednesday and welcome to this week's sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday where we have as our sponsor again this week Krista and Saturated Canary and the chance to win two of her beautiful images from her shop. We always have so much fun using her unique stamps and I know you will love looking around her store.

Arlana's sketch for this week is wonderful:

Congrats to last week's winner and top 3...we all appreciate your playing with us each week and seeing your wonderful work.

My card uses Krista's image "rainyday" and I added some new papers from Glitz that I just received. This pulled my color palette for her using prismacolor pencils and oms. I also used an old embossing folder and a border punch from Martha Stewart. Don't you just love that flower from Recollections? I do!

Hope you will take the time to join us this week and now for a little inspiration, be sure and stop by SSW to see what my teammates have posted for this week.

Have a great rest of your week and see you soon.

Happy 2012!! New Release for Doodle Pantry

How are you doing this first day of the new year?? Did you have a fun night last evening or did you do as Rick and  I did and go to bed early? We are off to join some friends today, so no late party for us.

It is the 1st and that means the new release at Doodle Pantry , hope you got a chance to buy some of Laurie's goodies during our sale the past couple of days, but if not you still have time as it goes until Monday night with an adorable free set with purchase....be sure to not miss this month's challenge DPDC19 which starts today at 11am and ends on Jan 24th at 9pm. Just for joining in and using a Doodle Pantry image, you will get this months free set, "Workout Birdie" and if you need to purchase one, there is "Love Snakes" as a free with purchase set...lots of specials and lots of great new images for the start of the year!

I couldn't wait to use this set from Laurie for today's card...simply titled "Wolf", I layered 3 of the images resizing them to create my pack and then printed one more to color. I love the sentiment from Lord Byron that she included in the sentiments and wanted to keep it very simple. I intend to give this to our friend that I have blogged about that recently lost his wife to cancer, just to let him know we love and are still praying for him.



Now, off you go to take a look at all of the new sets being released today, I have another card to show you soon that is so cute! Have a wonderful day and thanks for taking the time to stop by for a visit.

Card Details:
Paper: Stampin' Up grays and black
Other:Cuttlebug embossing folder, American Crafts ribbon, SU hodgepodge hardware, Prismas and oms