Papercraft Business Challenge #9 - August! Optional-Summer

Hello, crafters! Today begins a new challenge over at the Papercraft Business Challenge Blog - #9! This time it's Anything Goes with an optional SUMMER theme. And we have a new prize for the winner of the August challenge! Here it is:

Jillibean Soup - Sunshine Stamp

What a great stamp set that is! You'll want to try for this one! ;) Now for my project:

I got this amazing kit from a website store, Crafty City, the Balkon Royal:

To me, sitting on a balcony just screams summer! So I thought I'd take this awesome kit and see what I could do with it! So here it is:

FRONT

ANGLED VIEW

BACK

GARDEN CLOSE-UP

COLLAGE

Wow! What a project it turned out to be! Not because it was hard, but because it took more time to decorate it than I thought. But once I got started with it, there was no stopping me! I really had to "control" myself so as to not overcrowd it. *wink*

For the outside of the balcony, I wanted to create something that looked like it was starting to loose it's "stucco" coating, revealing what used to be a brick siding. Although it was already white, I further whitened it by painting white acrylic paint on it. I then made some homemade paste and "spackled" it onto the siding, AFTER I had used a stencil to put on the brick part of the balcony. I did the same thing on the inside. 

And then I thought I'd go to my fave craft store, and buy some "garden fairy" elements, such as the bird on the bird bath, the bird bath, and the pot of greenery. The bench on the balcony is actually from a miniature doll house furniture accessory. I found some flowers on sale at the store, and used that with it's ivy to wrap around the balcony. I put in some moss in the garden areas and set in the bird bath with a stone sign on the ground that says "Welcome". The fence is from the craft section of the store.

The flooring of the balcony has scrapbook paper on it and the steps that look like wood planks so I used that to make it look like more realistic.

I hope you enjoyed my little process! Thank you for stopping by! Be sure to join in on the fun!

Blessings, Jeanie Ellis - Scrapbookingmamaw

Outlawz Color Challenge July 31, 2018!

Hello, fellow crafters! Today begins a new Color Challenge over at The Outlawz Challenge Blog! And our Sponsor for the Month of July is Mari's Digi Stamps! 

Prize: 3 images

So for this week we have the inspiration of a monochromatic "strip of color". Please use at least 3 of the colors within the strip. Other than that, anything goes. Here is the color chart:

The colors are so beautiful! So I went into the Mari's Digis Store, and found an awesome digital...Dance. I thought she was so cute! I just had to have her! Her is my card:

All the colors are within the color chart....I didn't think it would be easy at first, but once I got started with her, it all came together.

I hope that you will join us for this week's challenge! And thanks for stopping by!

Blessings, Jeanie Ellis - Scrapbookingmamaw

Koala T Crafts July Progressive Challenge

Hello, fellow crafters! Today I want to share with you my project using the Progressive Freebie image from Koala T Crafts Facebook Challenge! He is so cute....but wait! I did a twist on my frog...check it out! And hope to see you there!

Outlawz Color Challenge - July 24th - Tic Tac Toe!

Hello, ladies and gents! All you crafty people! It's time once again for another week of Color Challenges over at The Outlawz! For the month of July, our sponsor is the amazing

And with that, comes our new inspiration for the week....A Tic Tac Toe Board! Here it is:

 For my project I chose the middle horizontal row. The Beach Chair, the Flip Flops, and the Color with texture on my project.

I am not a "beachy" person, but I was able to get it done, and it was what I wanted. How about that?? I used black shimmer paper from Paper Temptress. It's so gorgeous in person! I used my Silhouette to cut out all my images and sentiment, plus texture paste, glitter, and microbeads for the part of the Color with Texture. 

I hope that you will join us for the challenge this week! Lots of great inspiration by the Design Team! And thank you so much for stopping by!

Blessings, Jeanie Ellis - Scrapbookingmamaw

Crafter's Castle Challenge Blog with SheepSki Designs!

Today the Crafter's Castle Challenge Blog Design Team shares their 2nd project using SheepSki Designs Digital Images! Please visit her Etsy shop to see all the wonderful digital images she has. https://www.etsy.com/shop/SheepSkiDesigns

Crafter’s Castle Blog
DT Blog Links

Janie Rinta

Bev Code

Jeanie Ellis

Priya Satish

Tasha RJ

Check out my video and a tutorial HERE!



Thank you for stopping by!

Blessings, Jeanie Ellis - Scrapbookingmamaw

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #170 - Christmas in July

Hello, fellow crafters! And those who absolutely love making Christmas cards and crafts! Today I want to share with you my card for the Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #170...but first

Our sponsors this week are:

Scrap N Dipity

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

Rick St. Dennis

Prize ~ 2 Digital images

Bugaboo Stamps

Prize ~$12 Gift Certificate

I had the joy of using an image from Bugaboo Stamps called Christmas Girl Presents. I love this image! She's all ready for Christmas! (I usually am last minute gift finding!!) Here she is:

To me, Christmas means....besides the most important meaning of the birth of Jesus Christ...lots of sparkle and glimmer! And believe me, she's got it! I used my color markers on her, plus a lot of stickles! The Merry Christmas sentiment is done with Deco Foil (a new found "love" of mine!).

I hope that you can join us! We would love to see what you create!

Blessings, Jeanie Ellis - Scrapbookingmamaw

Outlawz Color Challenge - July 17, 2018 - Add a Butterfly

Hello, everyone! It's time once again for another Color Challenge over at The Outlawz Challenges! 
For this week, we have a Photo Inspiration from fellow DT member, Jacqui, with the challenge to use all 5 colors and Add a Butterfly! Here is the inspiration:

Some challenging colors, but oh so natural! Now here is my card, using an image from

Ching-Chou Kuik

I have started a coloring class by Kit and Clowder, and this image was the one given for this specific class. If you need more learning techniques, this is the place to go! This image had a lot of detail into her, but she was so much fun to color! 

Our Sponsor this month...with a prize of 3 images...is MariDigis!  I hope you will join us! There's a new challenge each day of the week...so pick one...or two...or all!! And have fun!

Hey, thanks so much for stopping by!

Blessings, Jeanie Ellis - Scrapbookingmamaw

TTCRD New Challenge for July 10, 2018!

Hello, fellow crafters! Yes, I'm a day late in posting, but I'm here now! Yesterday began a new challenge over at Through the Craft Room Door blog! And for this week, we have the amazing sponsorship of:

Lacy Sunshine 3 Images

Heather valentin is a lady who breathed art her entire life. She was drawing as soon as she could hold a crayons . Guided by her farther. She found her truest joy in drawing and painting, in a BA in arts. Heather made her way in th world by creating original drawings and installations for various global companies / corporations for advertisement and display purposes .

Heather true love has always been creating her original copyrighted characters and sharing them with her appreciative public. Her beloved characters are recognizable worldwide her signature eyes, and drawing style mostly featuring mismatched clothing and characters from days gone by. Making people smile with her art is heather's greatest joy.

For my card, I used this image called Jocelyn's Peacock Carousel! What a cutie! This was one fun image to work on! Here is my card:

While I can't tell you how I did this, I can tell you that the full supply list will be in the Upcoming September/October 2018 magazine! I also can tell you that I did use my Prismacolors to color her up. 

I hope that you will join us for this challenge! And check out my fellow teammates' blogs, too! Great inspiration from all!

Thank you for stopping by!

Blessings, Jeanie Ellis - Scrapbookingmamaw

Outlawz Color Challenge July 10, 2018

Hello, fellow crafters! It's me, Scrapbookingmamaw, and it's time once again for our Weekly Color Challenge over at The Outlawz! And for this month, we have the amazing sponsor, Mari Digis Stamps!

  

So for this week's photo inspiration, we have a beautiful board picked by DT Sharon! Here it is:

Isn't it a stunning photo? What about this photo is it that inspires you? For me, it was the flowers and the diversity of colors.

My image is Flowers Dress by Julia Spiri. I love this image! 

So show us what inspires you! We love seeing your work! 

Thank you for stopping by!

Blessings, Jeanie Ellis - Scrapbookingmamaw

Crafter's Castle July Challenge sponsored by SheepSki Designs!

Hello, fellow crafters! Today I want to share with you a new month of challenges over at Crafter's Castle Challenge Blog! This month we are sponsored by SheepSki Designs who makes beautiful digital images! 

I hope that you will join us by visiting us over at the Challenge Blog and visiting each of the Design Team's videos and blogs!


Here are links to each of the Design Team's Blog Links
Janie Rinta 

Bev Code 

Jeanie Ellis (YOU ARE HERE)

https://scrapbookingmamaw.blogspot.com/2018/07/crafters-castle-july-challenge.html 

Priya Satish

Tasha RJ

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings, Jeanie Ellis - Scrapbookingmamaw

Crafty Gals Corner Challenges - Red, White, and Blue!

Hello and welcome once again to another new challenge over at Crafty Gals Corner, Challenge #169! And for this Challenge it's a Red, White, and Blue theme in honor of Independence Day. BUT, if you're not from the USA, then any red, white and blue theme will work! Here are our amazing sponsors:

 

Sparkle N Sprinkle

Prize ~ $15 Gift Certificate

Star Stampz

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles
Prize ~ 1 of 5 sets offered by the sponsor

Now on to what I did:

Patriotic Girlfriends by Sparkle N Sprinkle

Isn't this an awesome image? While I could have colored this myself, they had a pre-colored image that was just beautiful! I don't think I could have done any better. So all I had to do was put it together and embellish it. How cool is that!

I am so glad you stopped by! And I do hope you enter our Challenge! 

Blessings, Jeanie Ellis -Scrapbookingmamaw

Baby Shower Cards!

Hello, crafters! Today I want to share with you a card I made. This is for a baby shower my daughter will be attending, and she wanted me to make her a card. So I thought, I'd give it a go and do something a little different for me. Here it is:

I have to tell you, this card was so fun to make. 

I cut her out with my Silhouette Portrait, to include paper ruffles. But as I was putting the card together, I thought that being girly, she need lace on that little bottom. ;) So I cut out the lace and then assembled all the pieces together. 

I hope you enjoyed this card! And thanks for stopping by! If you would, please subscribe to my blog! I would totally love that!

Blessings, Jeanie Ellis - Scrapbookingmamaw

The Outlawz Color Challenge - July 3rd, 2018

Hello, fellow crafters! It's me, Scrapbookingmamaw, and it's time once again for our Weekly Color Challenge over at The Outlawz! And for this month, we have the amazing sponsor, Mari Digis Stamps!

  

So for this challenge, we have a great July 4th Inspirational Photo with a Twist: ADD A BOW! Here it is:

What a fun board! So here is what I did for this week's challenge:

What a cute digital she is! She's called I Love Embroidering. So with the red, white, and blue colors, I decided to color her clothing in those colors, and make her hair a pretty redhead. And of course, top it off with a blue bow, right?? After I colored her in with my Prismacolors, I put her on top of an oval red glitter paper, then on top of a white background with a red base. I added a red gingham bow (from an awesome friend of mine!), and a few embellishments. 

With her sewing, and it being a celebration of Independence Day, she really reminded me of Betsy Ross making the flag. 

I hope that you will find this card inspirational enough that you will want to join in on our challenges! And have a lot of fun with it, too! Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings, Jeanie Ellis - Scrapbookingmamaw

 

Whisker Graphics Thinking of You Pocket Card!

Hello, everyone! This is Scrapbookingmamaw here to share with you a Pocket Tag I made as DT with Whisker Graphics!

I've done a step by step tutorial. Check it out here!

And thank you for stopping by!

Blessings, Jeanie Ellis - Scrapbookingmamaw