Surprise

I have a cutie from CC Designs to share with you today :)
This one is from Roberto's Rascals and is called Surprise.  She is SO adorable isn't she?!
And there are 2 others, that are equally cute in the set too.
There are some great sentiments with it also but I decided to try out the new Jumbo Alphabet die with her.  It is such a bold but cute font and I think it works really well with her.

I found this sketch at Sketch Saturday and it was so fun to work with.

Ingredients :

Stamps : Surprise
Card : x-press it, black. sahara, Sweetpea (kaisercraft)
Ink : memento black, antique linen distress
Other : Jumbo alphabet die, Squares die, Smoochie dots, Copics

Copics used :

R 000, 00, 20, 24, 30

W 00, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9

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

Sketch Saturday - sketch
7 Kids College Fund - anything goes
Ribbon Girl - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - lets do the polka

Thanks for dropping by today :)
Kathy

Roberto′s Rascals Surprise! Clear Stamp

Jumbo Alphabet Die Set

C.C. Designs Cutter Squares #1 Die

C.C. Designs Smoochie Enamel Dots

Music challenge

It is my turn to host a challenge at Mystical Scrapbooks and I'm challenging you to add some Music to your page.

I have used a song title and some music notes on mine but there are many other ways to add music - patterned paper, stamps or embossing, for example.  But wait - it's not quite that simple! :)  As we are focusing on journalling this month I have a second part to my challenge and that is to journal in white.  I always journal in black, but I wasn't happy with how that looked on this page so I tried writing with a white gel pen on grey strips of card and I really liked it.  I'll have to remember to try white more often :)

I used the Cocoa Vanilla Free Spirit - Shabby Chic paper, Bazzill Basic white and Core'dinations Gibraltar and In the pink.

For the titles I used Grey Fabric Thickers and Basic Grey Pink Monograms.

The music notes are Twiddleybitz Chipboard Cuts that I have painted with black acrylic paint.
The arrow is from the Cocoa Vanilla Free Spirit - Die cut ephemera set.

I also used the Make a Card #4 die from CC Designs for the little rectangles around the "woofs".

I hope you'll play along with my challenge, I'd love to see your musical pages.
Oh and I do apologise if this song is stuck in your head now ha ha :)

Thanks for dropping by today

Kathy

Celebrate

Today is RELEASE DAY for all of our new APRIL products!! As you have seen from our Preview Days, all of these products are perfect for those upcoming birthday celebrations...WOOT WOOT...time to PAAAAARTY! 

For the month of April, we have 7 adorable character stamps, 1 sentiment stamp set, 3 awesome die sets, and a new paper pad....so exciting as always!!

 

Well there are just SO many wonderful stamps to choose from in this release but I decided to work with these cute little guys from the Celebrate set :)  The sentiment is from the set too.

I also used the balloons and strings/streamers from the new Make a Card #14 die set.  I decided to cut them from the same coloured base card which made for a more dimensional and interesting background without taking the attention away from the adorable mice guys :)  I also used the circle die and scalloped circle die.

Your next stop on the hop is Laura! Every release we will have a New Release Blog Hop to showcase our talented Design Team! Check out these fabulous creations!

C.C. Designs Blog

Christine

Colleen

Jo

Kathy

Laura

Lizzy

Martha

Rosemary

Simone

Stacie

Tamara

And we can’t have a Blog Hop without a PRIZE!! Here's how to enter:

 Leave a comment on each DT Member’s Blog, and then head back here to the C.C. Designs Blog to let us know you completed the hop. One random winner will receive a prize for completing the blog hop!! 

**This Blog Hop will end on Sunday, APRIL 10th at NOON, 12pm EST! Winners will be announced the following week!

Thanks for dropping by today and happy hopping.

Kathy :)

C.C. Designs Swiss Pixie Birthday Princess Clear Stamp	Pinkies Cupcakes & Balloons Clear Stamps	Doodle Dragon Over The Hill Rubber Stamp	Roberto's Rascals Celebrate Rubber Stamp
Roberto's Rascals Surprise! Rubber Stamp	Roberto's Rascals Cake Nancy Rubber Stamp	Roberto's Rascals My Cupcake Twila Rubber Stamp	C.C. Designs Birthday Wishes Sentiments Clear Stamp
C.C. Designs Cutters Make A Card #14 Die	C.C. Designs Cutters Make A Banner #15 Die	C.C. Designs Cutter Jumbo Alphabet Die	C.C. Designs Paper Pad 6"X6" Rainbow

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Cupcakes and Balloons

It's new release time again at CC Designs and this is a little peek at some of the new goodies.

This cutie is from a set called Cupcakes and Balloons and you get 2 adorable girls in the set.

The "Celebrate" is from the Celebrate set (fancy that :)  It actually has 3 very cute animal images (I'm using one of them for my card tomorrow) and 3 sentiments, but I just thought it worked perfectly with Cupcakes.

The stars are from the fantastic new Make a card #14 Birthday Die.  This die is a "must-have", there are just so many useful and fun elements in it.

And the papers are from the new Rainbow paper pad and I used some Smoochie and Princess enamel dots too :)

Copics used :

RV 0000

R 27, 29, 30, 81, 83, 85

E 000, 00, 21, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 53

BV 02, 04, 13

YR 14

W 00, 1

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

Word Art Wednesday : anything goes
Simon Says Stamp : anything goes
In the pink - dies or punches

We are having a blog hop tomorrow to celebrate the new release, so I hope you'll drop by again and join in the fun :)

Kathy

Thanks Nancy

I have a card for CC Designs to share with you today and I've used lots of new goodies :)

I've actually used Nancy Gardens before (but she's so adorable I just had to colour her again)!

There is a new die called the Make a Card #13 Spring Die and it has these really cute mushrooms in it that I really wanted to try colouring. I thought they would go perfectly with her (and I was right) and the grass and cloud die are all from this set too.  I think I'll be using this die a lot! :)

Ingredients :
Stamps : Nancy Gardens
Card : xpress it,  slate, Little Yellow Bicycle
Ink : memento black
Other : white gel pen, stickles, hemp twine, MAC #13 die, Shapers #1 die, MAC #9 die, copics

Copics used :

R 20, 24, 27, 29,30, 39

Y 11, 13, 15

B 93, 95, 97

BG 0000, 000

C 1, 3

W 1, 3, 5, 7

E 000, 00, 11, 21, 50

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

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Favourite stamp company - CC Designs :)
7 Kids College Fund - anything goes
Ribbon Girl - Any image
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge - bottom row
 


Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Nancy Gardens

C.C. Designs Cutters Shapers #1 dies

C.C. Designs Cutters Make a Card #13 Spring die

C.C. Designs Cutter Make A Card #9 Autumn Die

Bee Henry

I have a card to share for CC Designs today :)
I've used a cute little guy called Bee Henry and the Bee-cause set together.  Aren't they adorable?!

I also used a new stencil called Honeycomb on the grey matt.  Firstly I used some white ink and when it had dried a bit added 2 different yellow inks over the top.  Doing this has given the honeycomb a bit more dimension I think. Then I added some splats with black acrylic paint and stamped the fabulous sentiment.

Ingredients :

Stamps : Bee Henry, Bee-cause
Card : x-press it, black, grey, slate, Bundle of Joy - a new edition (EP)
Ink : memento black, versafine, white craft
Other : Make a card #10 Christmas die, Honeycomb stencil, Autumn dots, little man dots, copics

Copics used :

Y 11, 13, 15, 28

BG 0000, 10, 72

R 30

E 000, 00, 21, 50, 53, 55

W1

C 1, 3, 5, 7

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

7 Kids Challenge - Anything goes
ABC Challenge - D is for delicious
Simon Says Stamp - Food or drink

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Roberto′s Rascals Bee Henry clear stamp	Meoples Bee-cause clear stamp set	Honeycomb Stencil	Autumn Enamel Dots	Little man enamel dots
C.C. Designs Cutter Make A Card #10 Christmas Die

Granda

Hi :)  I have another scrapbook page for Mystical Scrapbooks to share today.

I decided to scrap a photo of my daughter with her Granda and tried to do a bit of a mash-up of all the challenges from the Harmony Day Cyber Crop.

For Gypsy's Challenge to use a pattern from another culture, I drew the border at the bottom of the photo.  It is meant to resemble a Celtic Knot type of pattern, it is a very simple one, but it turned out quite effective anyway I think.
My Dad was Irish and so I thought that would be appropriate.
His Grandkids called him Granda, because that's what he called his Grandfather in Ireland and he wanted to continue the tradition.
So I had Granda as the title and it "kind of" fits Donna's challenge to use a non-english word.  It isn't the word most Australians use for Grandfather anyway and is from another culture, it is mainly an Irish thing I believe, although I guess technically it's still an English word.
And finally my challenge to use orange.  There is a bit of it on the page and my daughter is wearing orange again :)

So I haven't checked with Donna to see if she thinks I've used her challenge correctly and there's not heaps of orange, but I do believe I've used elements of all 3 challenges here :)

The paper is from the Free Spirit collection by Cocoa Vanilla and is called Eclectic.  One side of it is this beautiful typed sentiment and on the other are journal cards and other goodies which is where the "this was -" piece was from.  The heart, you and me, star, banner and those were the days, are all from the Free Spirit - Die Cut Ephemera pack.  I also used one of the Free Spirit Little Hearts.

The title was made using the Pink Paislee Hey Kid - Elements Stickers.

There are still a few days left to take part in one of the challenges, I hope you'll join us :)

Kathy