Cupcake mouse freebie at D2D

Have you seen the new freebie at Delightful Inspiration Progressive Challenge this week? It's a teeny, cutie Cupcake Mouse which I love so much! I wasn't able to play for a couple of weeks because of so many commitments and I've been under the weather for a week now. I was able to make a card though just in time for this week's challenge. If you love whimsy and adorable images, check out the Designed2Delight digital stamps and play along each week to get the weekly freebies. I'm also entering my card for the Saturday's Designer's Challenge which is to use "Bling".
I tried the gold and yellow hues for my card this time and made a chocolate cupcake to complement.

The frame I used is a freebie from Digisparkle and the sentiment is from Tlc Creations. The papers are from the gorgeous collection of Pink Petticoat stripes and swirls sets.

I added a set of spoon and fork as blings for the gold ribbon.

Peacock Beauty at D2D

It's a true beauty icon for this week's freebie image " Peacock Beauty" and  a perfect sentiment at Delightful Inspiration Progressive Challenge. If you weren't able to play last week's challenge, you can still get this and other fab images at Designed2Delight digital stamps store.
For my card, I designed a simple yet elegant card. I decoupaged its lovely plumes and applied glitter. I punched one side using Martha Stewart Optic Dot edge puncher and placed a ribbon on the other side attached with a pearlized buckle.

Stand proud and be glad 'cause there's beauty in us all!

Strawberries freebie at D2D

I hope you're having a berry sweet day 'cause it's strawberries freebie this week at Delightful Inspiration Progressive Challenge! This image really look luscious and sweet! Love also the plant swirls and flowers along with the strawberries. Visit Designed2Delight digital stamps for new fun summer images for your collection.
When I think of strawberries, I see shiny red color, so I made a red Stepper card. I included also Sitting Kaela from the Ladybug Kaela set of Designed2Delight available for purchase. She looks really sweet and is one of my favorite D2D images. Here's my card:

To make the strawberries shiny, I brushed PVA glue over the image and when dried, it made the red color really bright. I added some die-cut swirls and printed different sizes of flowers from the strawberry image. The sentiment is a freebie from Tlc Creations printed on polka dot paper and framed using Beaded Circles from Spellbinders.

Have a sweet day!

OTHER CHALLENGES:
Make It Monday- Challenge #45
Lollipop Crafts - Special Summer Challenge Anything Goes

Flip-flops freebie at D2D

It's another summer image freebie called" flip-flops" at Delightful Inspiration Progressive Challenge this week. For more wonderful and cute images you can visit  Designed2Delight digital stamps.

It's summer and if you can't have that bikini, you can still be in fashion. Why not try these different styles of footwear and still be the babe at the beach. lol. Just dont' forget to have a pedicure.

All in the Ocean Challenge at MPS

With summer season in most parts of the world, the "All in the Ocean" Challenge this week at Michelle Perkett Studio would have one rushing to the beach and swim to the inviting splash of the sea. And when we think of ocean, I imagine the loveliest of its creatures we call "mermaids". There are lovely mermaid images available at MPS and I instantly fell in love with this one called Tutti Frutti. With all the intricate adornments on her hair and body, I can only imagine the careful selections of details Michelle Perkett has put into her designs. You can check out and purchase some of her creative works here.
For my card, I made an easel card with scallops using my Marianne Design Creatables stencil LR0112 to create the effect of Tutti Frutti inside a giant shell. Here's my finished card:

I glued some mini baby pink craft balls bought from a local craftstore on her hair and body and carefully applied just a bit of Pebeo crystal touch coloring paint on them to look like pearls. The other accessories were colored with Tria marker pens, Twinkling H20s and glitter.

I also added some transparent bubble stickers in different sizes and on the biggest one I inserted the word "Hi".

 

For my favorite part to embellish-the tail, I glued some very small hexagon metallic paper which I found at a bookstore. I think they were made from scraps, like the holes in doughnuts made into something else. My daughter, Athena, always wonder how I could find and use the very small of things for my craftworks. I bought this last year and I thought this would be perfect for the scales on the tail. If there is none available at your place, you can also use a very small circle puncher and metallic paper and have the same effect. See how it glows:

I have the perfect sentiment also to go with this, a freebie from Whenthescraphitsthefun:

 Have a great summer!

OTHER CHALLENGES:

Stampalot Challenge: Anything Goes Challenge

Stamp Something : July Digi Day Challenge

Bling It On : Anything Goes

Digi Doodle Shop Challenges: Anything Goes

Tropical Summer at D2d

Busy, busy week for me but I do hope I could post this in time for the Progressive Challenge at Delightful Inspiration.  It's a "Tropical Summer" image for this week's freebie. See more lovely images at Designed to Delight digital stamps store and join the challenges if you want to have a collection of their wonderful images.
The flower image is really familiar with me 'cause I used to play with this when I was about 8. We call this flower  in the Philippines (with the stamen),  "Gumamela". My neighbor friends and I even tasted the nectar and surprisingly it tastes sweet. The curious child in me. lol. Good thing it's not poisonous. Maybe that's why the bees like to hang around with this lovely bloom. Anyway here's my card:

Fresh Cut Freebie at D2D

It's been raining here in our place for about a week now. But so glad I'll have a bit of a bright aura through this card I made with Delightful Inspiration Progressive Challenge freebie called " Fresh Cut". If you weren't able to play last week, you can still get this lovely image along with other fun images at
Designed2Delight digital stamps store. I want to enter this also for this week's creative challenge which is a fun color combination of Orange + Pink + Neutrals only. Here's my card:

I decoupaged the flowers and hearts of the fresh cut image and framed it with a ruffled frame from Sans Designs. I did the same with the flowers and leaves of the frame.

 

The sentiment is a freebie also from Designed2Delight at their facebook page. I used a frame from Scrapalicious Times.

Mary, Mary freebie at D2D

The lovable Miss Mary is the freebie this week at Delightful Inspiration Progressive Challenge. If you weren't able to play last week, you can still get her at Designed2Delight digital stamps store. And if you want to have a collection of their cute stamps, join the fun at the Delightful Inspiration challenges.
For Mary, I made a Tent Card in various orange color hues. I haven't made a card with this color yet and I think I made a one cheerful card. Hope I could brighten someone's day with this one.

I drew some water sprinkles with colored pencil and added some glitter. The flowers were made using Marianne Design Creatables LR 0111 and put orange crystal gems at the centers. Mary's dress was paper-pieced with the same print as the background paper- Daisy bouquet set from Pink Petticoat.

 The lovely sentiment is a freebie from When the scrap hits the fun:

Hope you like it.

D2D Spring Fence Freebie & Pop-up Card

I am so pleased with how my project for Delightful Inspiration Progressive Challenge came out! I was able to make a pop-up card for this week's freebie-Spring Fence. This image completed my collection of lovely garden images of Designed2Delight digital stamps. 

For the card front, I used Marianne Design Die LR0111 and embossed a rounded square for the center. I slightly colored the embossed images with chalk. I then added a yellow satin ribbon and 3 yellow crystal gems. The sentiment is from Scrapalicious Times.

Inside, I printed Fluffly Cloud images on upper part and Fairy Dots on the lower portion as background. Both designer papers are from Pink Petticoat.

The sentiment is from Whenthescraphitsthefun. 

I printed the images-Caring Kaela and Spring Fence on a white board paper, colored them and cut separately. I then assembled the pop-up support and attached the images.

Bingo Challenge at MPS

Last week, I took advantage of the sale at Michelle Perkett Studio and bought some really lovely images! I love the details of her images and today I've used the 3 graces ballerinas for this week's Bingo Challenge. The challenge is to choose a line or all of the given items as "ingredients" for your card. Here are the ingredients:

For my card, I used glitter, flowers and 2 backing papers. I went a little overboard and also used scallops, ribbon, a string of faux pearls and a brad. Here is the colored 3 graces ballerinas:

I didn't do any paper-piecing this time, because I just love to color these girls. But I did decoupage the dress of the middle girl just to add layers of the laces underneath. I had fun applying colors on their petticoats and even put a little make-up on their faces. You can guess I'm not a very professional make-up artist. lol.

The backing papers I used were from Pink Petticoat's Ribbon Stripes set and Perfect Papers Collection. The ribbon frame around the ballerinas was a freebie from Lindsay's  Stamp Stuff and you can get it here.

The sentiment is a freebie from Elegant WordArt  and the frame I used is a downloaded clipart:

Here's a clearer view of the whole sentiment:

Other Challenges Entered:

Bugaboo Stamps-June Anything Goes Challenge

Fabnfunky Challenges- "What'eva' Challenge

Wee Memories - Challenge#59 Free For All

Incy Wincy Designs - Challenge 97 Tic Tac Toe