Cooling It

         It's the 1st of June and this is my DT project for our latest challenge at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies where our theme is always "Anything Goes as long as there's a Creature Featured."  

     Our sponsor for June is Lili of the Valley (LOTV) and they have such adorable images.  They were very generous in supplying images for the entire DT.  Their "critters" are all fabulous!  You should visit the 2 CCC blog to see all the different ones used by the team.  I used one called "Puss Relaxing."

Colors from the Tuesday Throwdown challenge.

Colored with ProMarkers

Cut with Dare 2B Artzy die

Square frame cut with D2BA die

Die cut pieces inlaid for a single layer

Sentiment printed & hand cut

Hand tied bow

3 metallic brads added

     Challenges:

AAA Cards

Creative Craft Cottages

Creative Crafters

House that Stamps Built

I {heart} ProMarkers

Passion for ProMarkers

Simon Says Stamp

     Today is a very busy day on my blog!  This is the first of three DT posts in which I'll be sharing 4 different cards.  Be sure to come by again in a few minutes for the Jan's Digi Stamps DT post and in three hours or so for my QKR Stampede DT post.  I hope to see you playing along in all of those challenges and remember, they are all monthly challenges for the summer.  :-D  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

B for Blizzard at Beccy's Place

     I'm a few days behind on playing in the month-long, 30 Days of Holiday at Beccy's Place.  This is the 6th year Beccy has done this and each day there is a new challenge.  Beccy's uses the alphabet letters as daily prompts, plus she throws in some unexpected themes to account for the extra 4 days without letters.  I managed to play on Day 1 but then I got some kind of flu bug and haven't been doing much other than curling up under the covers.

     In the middle of the night last night, I was awake and restless, though feverish, so I did some creating and am now hoping to be able to sit up long enough to get a couple of posts done for the "B" and "C" prompts.

     For "B", I used one of Beccy's fabulous sentiments and a few of her snowflakes to salute "Blizzards."  I also have a Bow, the color Blue (in 2 shades) and Brads.  :-D

     I used glitter on the snowflakes and cut the sentiment with a square die from QuicKutz.  This was a very fast and CAS card but it was the best I could manage at the time.

     Challenges:
Allsorts
Crafter's Castle
Crafty Catz
Crafty Friends
Crafty Hazelnut's
Jo's Scrap Shack
Outlawz PAM
Take It, Make It

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie