Digital Tuesday Challenge: 'Bling it Up!'

Hello and welcome to another Digital Tuesday Challenge. This week's challenge is 'Bling it Up!'. Simply make a card or project that has some 'bling on it' and be sure to include at least one digital element. We have a new sponsor to our challenge, but they are not new to me since I'm on their very first design team. Our sponsor this week is Paper Fashions!

Paper Fashions gave the design team some 'Button Cards' to play with. I decided to make a Friendship card using the 'Button Card' as my base. I added a stamped image (the spool) and another stamped sentiment on the bottom of the card. The stamped images are from the TPC Studio set 'Sewing' sold at JoAnn's Fabrics and Crafts. I stamped the spool image on Kraft paper, cut it out, wrapped pink floss around it, then popped it up on dimensionals. My 'bling' is the heart pin & beads, and all the pretty buttons. If you'd like to play along with us this week, simply click on the Digital Tuesday Challenge Blinkie in my sidebar and it will take you directly to the Challenge Site with further instructions.

Have a great day! Amy

God Bless America!

It seems really dead in 'Blog Land', I think everyone is busy celebrating the holiday! Good for you! I have to actually work on the 4th of July, but I had Saturday and Sunday off, plus I get an extra paid 'third' day off this week, and I get time and half tomorrow, so I'm not complaining!

In honor of the holiday, I decided to use the Paper Fashions set 'July 4th set' to make my card. This set comes with many fun patriotic images and sentiments. I used a sketch from Mojo Monday, and the some star lace paper I found on clearance at JoAnn's Fabrics and Crafts. The main image is colored with Copic Markers and popped up on dimensionals. The stars were also purchased at JoAnn's. One is a felt piece, and the other is a button.

Have a fun and safe holiday! Enjoy the fireworks tonight!

Have a great day! Amy

Hotspot Challenge 6: 'Time for a Vacation!'

I don't know about you, but I'm ready for a vacation. I've been working non-stop full time for over a year, I haven't even taken a sick day, so I'm exhausted. Plus I've just completed a killer work week; my schedule was so difficult. It was one of those 'close the store at 9:30 p.m., go home and go to sleep for 6 or 7 hours if your lucky, then get back up early in the morning and open the store' work weeks. Those are hard! Well, I can't take a vacation just yet, I requested a vacation for the first week of August. My daughter, son, and son-in-law are all coming home for a 2 week visit. We don't plan on going anywhere far. Just hanging out at home, having friends over we haven't seen for awhile, visiting friends, and maybe we'll go to a water park or pool or something. I really don't care. I'll just be so happy to rest, relax, and have my kids home again.

So, I tell you all that because when The Hotspot Challenge came up with the theme "Time for a Vacation!', I could certainly not agree more! I was more than thrilled to do this challenge. The challenge is to use the top three vacation spots in the United States as your inspiration. There are some photos of them on the top of my post. They are: Florida, California, and Las Vegas! Well to make my card, I picked Florida! I love the beach, so I used McMahon Five Designs 'The Beach Scene'. My papers are from DCWV 'The Summer Stack', and the sentiment is a DCWV Chipboard Accent. The felt flowers are from JoAnn's Fabrics and Crafts. The main image is colored with Copic Markers and is popped up on dimensionals.

This month if you play the challenge, you get a free digi of a really cute palm tree just for linking your card to the Challenge Blog. And, as usual, one lucky randomly chosen winner will receive $25.00 worth of FREE digis from the McMahon Five Designs Store.

Have a great day! Amy