new COLOR CHALLENGE at Design Dollies, and a Nutshells challenge!

monday came and went in a BLUR - getting passport applications ready, scrambling to resolve issues with customers, getting a ton of new quotes sent out... it's no wonder i TOTALLY forgot to post on my own blog about the new Design Dollies color challenge! at least i remembered to post it on the actual blog, right?

anyway... i picked a toughie for this week:


SO not a favourite of mine to work with, and i struggled to find an idea that could take my project to completion. in the end, i went for the ol' Tim Holtz goodness and some buttons and baubles, plus a bunch of glimmer mist and shimmerz... here's the result (it's not as messy as it sounds, right?!):

i just love that umbrella man!

so you have until next SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 at MIDNIGHT EST to upload an entry HERE, for a chance to win this:



today we have another new elements challenge at Design Dollies, but it will post a little later today, as our Adina-dollie has some rather, um, important BIDNISS to attend to. ;)

SO! i was totally drawn to the new challenge over at Nutshells - to do a shaped card using any of the Nutshells stamps, or stuff they sell in their shop. i don't yet own any of their cuties (but maybe i'll win the one up for grabs!), so i played with this Tilda instead:

and i am rather pleased at the way she came out! i didn't want to do the traditional card shaped with a nestie or my circle cutter, so i did a free-form floral thingy. whatcha think? lots of doodlin' going on in this one, too. it works for some other challenges as well:
Quixotic challenge - stitching (real or faux)
Paper Cutz challenge - stamped image (easy!)
There She Goes - "in stitches" - real or faux


there are others, but i have to get back to the telephone for now, so i'll be back to update a little later. hope your tuesday is fabulous, folks!