Club Anya and CPS sketches, plus CCT

YES, i got to make a couple of cards today, and i am SO thrilled that they weren't just the usual DT assignments! i'd been meaning to play along LAST week at CPS but didn't quite make the deadline, what with the branch opening and working some overtime, so i jumped on it this week and it turned into a productive weekend (with lots of sleep!).

first, here's my card featuring KOALA, from Some Odd Girl... i've had this little dude for a LONG time and it's the first time i was brave enough to colour him (i am NO GOOD when it comes to colouring FUR! but i like his shiny little nose!):

(the sentiment is cute, right? RIGHT?!)

i WANTED to add him to the collection of cards for Some Odd Girl's Digi Day challenge (which was to make a valentine WITHOUT using red or pink as dominant colours), but was late to the party, because The Son had a second interview this afternoon and i was out WAY longer than i'd anticipated. he did, however, land himself a shiny new job, and i couldn't be more pleased!

anywho, here's the CPS sketch (#200) i used:

simple, but totally up my alley!
i'm also playin' along with Cute Card Thursday for this one - their theme is "Out with the Old" - not only have i been sitting on this image, but the BasicGrey ORIGINS paper has been begging for some attention. :)

and i've wanted to play along at Club Anya for ages, but had forgotten my login on The Greeting Farm's Galleria - somehow it came to me today, and i LOVED the sketch, so i couldn't wait to bust out the Prismas and colour this lovely little lady up:


based on this sketch (with a little bit of tweaking, because i'm not big on cards without sentiments):

(i lullz a little, 'cuz it says "sketcy" and that's just kinda cute!)

totally LOVE the round cards, and i bought a bunch more at Michael's from their dollar section, so i just had to jump on the challenge! plus it's been cold and snowy here (again), so i thought this was a rather appropriate card for the occasion. time to light some candles!

tomorrow, we introduce the new Design Dollies to you, and launch the 2011 challenges, complete with a new format! it's gonna be GREAT, folks! stop by and see what we're up to, and play along with our FIRST Color Challenge of the year! :)

Makin' it COLOURFUL with warm or cool colours! PRIZES to be won!

the Colour Addicts have kicked off!

it's been a long time coming, and today marks our very first challenge for Make it Colourful, the lovely Zoe's newest endeavour. there has been a lot of time, love and labour put into this project, and we Colour Addicts are THRILLED that today has finally arrived! for our very first challenge, we're giving you a CHOICE...

we want to see you create something

using a WARM or COOL colour palette!

you can create anything you'd like - cards, ATCs, altered art, collage, scrapbook pages, journal pages, you name it! all you have to do is COLOUR something, and you're in the running for some FABBY prizes from Make it Crafty!

while i love lots of cool colours, warm colours seem to have a magnetic pull for me, so i opted for that combo... yummy reds and oranges and warm, sunny yellows - certainly nice to think about during a very COLD winter here in South Jersey!

here's my card, using the oh-so-sweet Fluttering Sapphire (minus the wings - i didn't like the green on my card, so i snipped her!):

here she is up close:

(i think i had something a little more EARTHY in mind when i coloured her, but these papers and flower embellies just leapt from my stash when it came time to put my card together)

and some fun Unity goodness:

you KNOW you wanna see what the rest of the Colour Addicts have done with this first assignment, so CLICKIE CLICKIE to check 'em out! seriously, this is an AMAZING team - so talented, unbelievably creative, and we've got a great vibe goin' on! we hope you'll play along, whether you're using a Make it Crafty digi/rubber stamp or not. everyone is welcome!

so spread the word, folks! we are here to COLOUR YOUR WORLD!

OH, and check out my deets HERE if you're curious about what makes an Orange Girl like me tick! :D

we're HOPPIN' at Charisma today!

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY, CHARISMA!

woot! in honour of the CHARISMA blog being TWO YEARS OLD, we are a-hopping, and there are LOADS of prizes to be won!

if you've arrived here via the fantabulatiously crafty and lovely CAROL, then you're probably on the right path! if you're just wandering here as one of my wonderful followers (yay!), then you'll want to hop on over to visit our awesome hostess, Carlyann, to kick things off.

along this CHARISMA hop, you'll collect words from each blog that will form a phrase, and you'll email your answer to charismachallenges@live.co.uk - one lucky winner will receive a fabulous prize from The Stamp Shoppe!

but there's MORE! not only are there tons of extra prizes being given away for this week's challenge (because we have AMAZING sponsors, and they are SO good to us!), but you might find some surprises at our Charisma Gals' blogs along the way. :) that's all i'm sayin' for now!

what's our CHARISMA challenge this week, Alex?

why, it's BIRTHDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS, natch! appropriate, no?
and there's a bonus! if you use the number 2 on your CHARISMA project, you'll get a second entry for the draws! how sweet is THAT?!

here's my card, featuring an image from one of our nifty little sponsors, Robyn's Fetish:

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one lucky winner will get this ADORABLE stamp set from The Stamp Shoppe:



then we have stuff from...

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3 digital stamps of your choice

5 Digis of your choice

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4 Digis of your choice



$10 voucher


a. 5 digital stamps of the winner's choice or

b. 4 digital stamps and 1 digital paper set of the winner's choice

win THIS:

3-3DIGIS
2- 2DIGIS
1- 1DIGI

YES, seriously. the CHARISMA challenge this week is a good one!
so you wanna hop with us? you wanna play along with this week's HUGE and fantastic CHARISMA challenge? i know you do....

well hopefully you've found the special word here, at The Chronicles of Orange, and you can now continue along the CHARISMA hop to visit my lovely teammate, Vee (who OOZES Charisma, indeedily!)... have fun hopping!

and go get your craft on, and play along by next WEDNESDAY for your chance to win some of those fabby prizes from our sponsors - they certainly have CHARISMA, too!

new SOME ODD GIRL! and Skipping Stones' awesome sketch

first of all, there's a BRAND NEW RELEASE at Some Odd Girl! check it out HERE, and be ready to fill up that shopping basket 'cuz it's ABSOLUTELY adorable! :) and for those of you who have hoped a special someone's return, check out the FREEBIE, available for the entire month of january! she was a limited release to a specific group, so now she's there for ANYONE to grab and play! :)

so it's been a while since i participated in any challenges, hasn't it? i've kept QUITE busyish with my DT/staffer responsibilities and guest bloggy stuff and the new job, but TONIGHT i had a card to make for my co-worker... her birthday is friday but we're throwing her a little 'do tomorrow, so i saw the sketch at Skipping Stones (hi, Jingle!) and thought it would work great with what i had in mind...

here's my card:


and a little dimension/glitz:


and here's the sketch:

(which i rotated 45 to the right to make it work with the little deery lou - JUST what i needed!)

i had intended to get in on the sketch challenge LAST WEEK for SSD, but it just never panned out. i was SO pleased when i saw the new sketch because the card started making itself in my head as soon as i visited their blog today!

and i busted out some of my new BLING (on which i had to sock up on Sunday, because my stash had run DRY!), to play along with the Paper Sundaes' "Something New" challenge

and that's gonna do it for me for tonight... i'll be back around soon - there's still so much going on with my job and the fam recovering from the holidays, and now the new year is about to kick off for so many blogs, including Design Dollies, Some Odd Girl, Make it Colourful and Charisma! OH, and there's a new issue of the Scrapbook News and Review mag coming out soon, so be on the lookout!

SEI December recap

LOOK!
(click the pic!)

i love this! and i simply cannot get enough of SEI's fabby products. i NEED to get a photo printer with some proper paper so i can do some serious scrappin'. Dad said i should just buy whatever i/we need as his Christmas gift to us (he gave me a secondary credit card on one of his accounts, should i ever get stuck)... i had mentioned our need for some new cookin' stuff (pots and pans, a griddle, that kind of thing), but now i'm having second thoughts. :) some of you mentioned that Canon has some great printers - any other suggestions?

anyway, SEI has a great sale going on, and some GORGEOUS new products (get 'em before Valentine's Day, folks!), and i just wanted to take this opportunity to show 'em a little love, like they've shown me. :)