FROSTED DESIGNS "LOVE IS IN THE AIR" BLOG HOP!!!

ALOHA!!!!  SO HAPPY you have joined us for this FAB blog hop!!!  LOVE IS IN THE AIR!!!  WOWZA!  So many fantastic creations!  If these gals don't get your mojo workin', I don't know what will!!!

If you just came from visiting the talented Ann, then you are on the right trail!  If not, you can get started at the beginning by clicking HERE.  It will take you to the home page of Frosted Designs where all the fun begins!

OK, lets get to it! I created this easel Valentine's card.  It's done with an adorable Magnolia stamp I just purchased called "Tilda Sending Love Letter".  I was so excited to use it, and of course you know how we love to frilly up Tilda!!!  The fancier the better!  I colored her with my Copics and used a lot of embellies, cheesecloth, lace and other various goodies from my stash.  The patterned paper is from a set called "Granny's Kitchen" by cei.  The border and around the corner hearts were done with a punch by Martha Stewart, and the plain papers are by Recollections. I computer generated the Hugs & Kisses ticket and made the pin with the beads and bow.  The sentiment frame was cut with my Cuttlebug and the sentiment stamped and heat embossed.  I think that's all the details.  If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!

 

If you are looking for the "secret" words for the phrase to win the hop prize, my words are "With Love This".  Remember, to win you must join in the challenge and collect all the words that make the phrase.  Submit the phrase to danica4us@yahoo.com

Now it's ONWARD for more beautiful inspiration!  Your next hop is over to see the lovely creation that LYDIA has for you.  I'm so glad you came by and we all thank you for your wonderful support of Frosted Designs.  I am so happy to be a DT with all these SUPER gals!  Aloha!

I want to add a big MAHALO to all of you for your very kind comments!  It is so nice to have you visit and glad to know you are enjoying the hop!  HUGS!

CHALLENGE 6 at CHOCOLATE, COFFEE & CARDS CHALLENGES

Happy Friday!  TGIF!!  At Chocolate, Coffee & Card Challenges we are at it again!  And this time we have a super challenge!  We have a great color scheme for you of brown, orange and teal ~ isn't it a great combo!?!

Our wonderful sponsor this week is the awesome Bugaboo!  I used their adorable digi called Bugaboo Cowboy - Fence 2.  He is way too cute!  I tried something new on this card that I have never done before, I used stitching!  It was a lot of fun and I was pleased with the result.  The image is colored with Copics, I stamped the sentiment, then added the embellies that are buttons.

Be sure to check out the great inspiration of our wonderful DT. 

Now it's your turn to join us and show us what you can do with this great color scheme! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MINDI!!! XOXOX

Today is my daughter's birthday!  I can't believe how time flies.  Seems like only a very short time ago she was just a little girl.  But now she is a lovely grown up young woman.  She is a cat lover like me ;-) and has been wanting me to do a card for her with a cat.  Well, I finally did.  This is the adorable Fluffles the cat and the image is called "Full Fluffles" by Stampendous.  I love this image, it always makes me smile!  I colored it with my Copics and mounted it on a background cut with my Cuttlebug and raised it with pop dots.  Then I added the bow, charm and pearls.

I'm happy to say she loved it!  I LOVE YOU MIN!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

BEE MINE

Are you spreading the love for Valentine's Day?  I finally got mine finished and in the mail (a bit late I fear. . . ).  I sure had a lot of fun doing them.  This is one that I did using an SVG file from MyScrapChick.com.  It was a great freebie!  Those of you who use SVG files can sign up for their news letter and receive a free cut file every Friday.  They have a fantastic selection.  This one sure is a little cutiie!

I covered his wings with fine clear glitter, used red wire for his antennas and pasted little hearts on the ends.  I also put glitter on the red hearts he is holding.  I put a bit of cheesecloth behind him before I put him on the card.  The ticket was computer generated and the sentiment stamped on.  Then I added the bee and hive that are tiny buttons.

Entered in the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin' ~ The One I Love
Come and Get It Challenges ~ Love Is In The Air
Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes 
The Pink Elephant ~ Pink
Little Red Wagon ~ Valentine's Day or Love
The Cuttlebug Spot ~ Hearts and a Stamp

STELLA ICU

Happy Thursday all.  We've just about gone through another week.  How time flies!  I'm starting off the day with this adorable image of Stella by Bugaboo Stamps.  She is one of my absolute favs!  She has a joke for everything.  My favorite Uncle is in the hospital and he needs a laugh.  I know he will enjoy this.  The image is colored with my Copics, double mounted and raised with pop dots.  I added a bit of ribbon to set it all off and also some cute tiny buttons.  Simple and uncluttered, back to my usual style, lol!  Enjoy your day!

 

 

LAVENDER VALENTINE

Valentine's Day is on its way, and I am busy getting my done.  I have 23 people that I send cards to for every holiday, (and each one's birthday!) so I have to keep busy all the time ~ and I love it!  Here is one of the Valentine's I did.  For some reason I am on a binge creating fancy and lacy cards, lol.  Not  my normal style, but I am sure having fun doing something different.  I guess it's true what they say, "Variety is the spice of life!"  Well, "whatevers" as they say in Hawaii!  I love using the cheesecloth!  I never would have thought of that myself.  When I saw it I thought it was so clever!

FROSTED DESIGNS CARD SKETCH TUESDAY, SKETCH #11

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Hope your week is going well.  Today is a good day for our next Sketch Along Tuesday at Frosted Designs.  Look at this lovely sketch we have for this challenge , done for us by our talented Jenny Evans.  Thanx Jenny for this great layout!  I see LOTS of great possibilities here!

I chose to do a card that is monochromatic with cream and gold.  The background paper was already embossed when bought (nice!).  I added the gold gilded paper down the side, laid some lace over the top, then put on three lovely silk and pearl embellies.  I gold heat embossed the butterfly, it's underlying background and the sentiment, and added the rhinestones.  

Pretty simple, but is works!

Now it's your turn to join in and show us what you can create with this great sketch!  Hop on over to Frosted Designs and post your project, we'd love to see what you are up to!

ALSO, Frosted Designs is having another GREAT Blog Hope on Feb. 10th!  Save the date to share in some great fun, super prizes and lots of fab inspiration by our DT members!

CHALLENGE 5 at CHOCOLATE, COFFEE & CARDS CHALLENGES

First off I have to shout out a HUGE MAHALO (thanx!!) to all of you who played along with us for our last challenge!!!  What a FAB response!  We had over 100 great followers make fantastic creations!  AWESOME & THANX!

Now it's time for our next card challenge at Chocolate, Coffee & Card Challenges!  As always it runs for two weeks, so come join us.  This time we are doing a theme of "Thinking of You or Miss You" and have TWO great sponsors, MilkCoffee and DearieDolls.  The image I used is called Teddy Bear In The Chair by MilkCoffee and is sooooo cute!  Be sure to come see the lovely creations our wonderful DT have done with the great digis provided by our gracious sponsors.

On my card I stamped the sentiment with individual letters and raised them with pop dots, colored the image with Copic's and raised it with pop dots also, used a border punch, some string and a few small rhinestones. 

We'd love to have you play along with us at Chocolate, Coffee & Card Challenges.  Put on your creative hat and join in on the fun and maybe win a great prize!  And again, mahalo nui loa for your support!

INITIAL "D" BIRTHDAY CARD

Happy Friday all, I hope it's a good one leading into the weekend.  I also hope you get the time to do some weekend crafting.  I'm busy working on Valentine cards, lots of fun!  But I also have some birthday cards to get done.  This one is for my favorite cousin.  Flowers with lots of sparkle and bling! Feminine and girly, just like her, a real lady!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL!!!

FROSTED DESIGNS CARD SKETCH TUESDAY, SKETCH #10

It's Tuesday and time for another great card sketch at Frosted Designs!  This time our lovely sketch is by Jenny Evans, and our generous sponsor is 

Lily of the Valley.

  I must admit I struggled with this one.  I made three different cards until I was satisfied.  I couldn't get the colored papers I used to look right!  So, I went to white on white and it came together.  Whew, I guess my mojo just 

wasn't working, lol!

We'd love to have you join us for our Card Sketch Tuesday at Frosted Designs.  Get your mojo working and give this great sketch a try!

FUN TIME WITH SNOOPY

Happy Saturday everyone!  I was in the mood for making a FUN card today, and I thought Snoopy was a perfect way to spread some smiles!  I colored him with Copic's and used new scallop circles from a set I just got.  I ordered a bunch of goodies on sale from O My Crafts.  It's so fun to use new things for the first time, so today was a treat!  I will be sending this to my BFF in Hawaii who adores Snoopy!  She knows who she is!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

CHALLENGE 4 CHOCOLATE, COFFEE & CARDS CHALLENGES

Another wonderful challenge is starting today over at Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenges!  This time our theme is to use glitter, oh yeah!  Lots of sparkle!  Our sponsor is Sassy Studios and I absolutely love these two digis that we were given to use!  So feminine and pretty, they are from the I'm Every Woman Collection.  I loved working with them and I know I will use them a lot!

This first image is called "Bubble Bath" and is so cute.  There is glitter on the background paper polka dots and I put glitter on the soap bubbles.  Also the ribbon has a glittery sparkle to it.  I colored it with my Copic's.

The second image is "Pedi Party".  So fun to color, with my Copic's.  I added glitter to the edges of the flowers and on the soap bubbles.  I also added some rhinestones to glam it up.  I wanted it to be feminine and full of sparkle!

We are waiting for you to join us and share your glittery creation!  Stop by and join us for another fun challenge at Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenges!

FOR 2 GREAT FRIENDS

The husband of my BFF has been having some serious health issues and she has been very busy taking care of him.  They both needed some love and hugs sent their way, so I did a card for each of them.  Hers is girly and fancy, his more "man" like.  Both of them were fun to do and I sure hope they bring a smile to their faces.

The top card is entered in the following challenges:
The Pink Elephant
Let's Craft and Create
Stampalot Challenges
Little Red Wagon
The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog

FROSTED DESIGNS CARD SKETCH TUESDAY, SKETCH #9

Welcome to another great Card Sketch Tuesday at Frosted Designs!  I am loving this sketch done for us by Diana Gonzalez.  What a great layout!  I had bought some new paper a while ago and have been saving it for a special project.  When I saw this sketch I immediately went for that special paper.  It's a bit Paris vintage and has a Deco look. This is what I came up with:

I used distressed ink on the newspaper flowers, added glimmer mist on the feathers (wish that showed up better), Martha Stewart fine glitter on the frame and border trim, then added the fleur de lis and brads.

Come by and join in the fun challenge at Frosted Designs.  Our generous sponsor this week is It's Always Fabulous who are offering our prize for our winner.  Have fun and try this awesome sketch!  Then post your great creation, we are waiting for you!

Happy New Year!

CHALLENGE 3 CHOCOLATE, COFFEE & CARDS CHALLENGES

I'm so excited about this challenge for Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenges!
Look at this wonderful sketch that is our theme for the next two weeks!

Then on top of the super sketch, we had FAB digis to work with from the super Digi Doodles.  The one I chose is called "All Dressed Up", and she is TOO ADORABLE!  What little girl doesn't love to dress up in Mommy's heels and a hat!  I wanted to make it very feminine, so I used pearls, flowers, rhinestones and a bow.  The blue circle was cut with my Cuttlebug, the flower borders were done with a Fiskar's border punch, and the image is colored with my Copic's.

Hop on over to Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenges and show us 

your card project!!!  We're waiting to see what you do with our great sketch!

WEDDING CARD - YES IT REALLY IS!

A friend of mine has a son who is getting married.  She wanted me to make a really different kind of card for him.  He is a boat Captain and his wife to be is 2nd Mate and cooks in the galley.  They take folks on charters in the Caribbean.  She picked up several packs of stick on embellies at Micheal's and wanted them put on a card.  Well, it was quite a challenge trying to get most of it on along with the name of their boat, their names and congrats on the wedding!  It ended up being quite a lot of stuff!  It is a cute card, but not at all in my usual style!  But, we have to please those that want the card.

I decided to make a tri fold card because I figured it would give more places to put all the embellies.  I cut the oval with my Cuttlebug and computer generated all the script writing.  The rest of it is all stick on except for the picture which is of where they sail.

HOLIDAY HAVOC 2011 BLOG HOP WINNER!

Aloha everyone!  I want to thank all of you who visited me on your way along the hop and left such lovely messages.  Every one was VERY appreciated! 
I have the winner of my blog candy; drum roll please! 
Taaaaaaaaaaa Daaaaaaaaaa, 

SCRAPPERJULIA!

Please email me at tropicluv@aol.com and give me your address so I can get them in the mail to you!  Congrats Julia, and I hope you enjoy the goodies!

SIMPLE GIFT CARD

Well, it's hard to believe that Christmas is only two days away!  I have so many last minute things to do, and this gift tag was one of them.  I kept it very simple, as there are too many other things to do!  I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas.  Mahlo nui loa to all of my wonderful followers and blog buddies who are so supportive of my fun paper crafting!  I value every one of you and am grateful for every visit and response on my blog.  You lift my spirits and inspire me every day!  MERRY, MERRY!

FROSTED DESIGNS CARD SKETCH TUESDAY, SKETCH #8

It's time for another Card Sketch Tuesday at Frosted Designs!  And what a FAB group of cards our designers have done for you this week!  Be sure to stop by and be inspired!  We can't wait to see your lovely creations of this week's sketch.  And here it is!  It was done by our talented Diane Gonzalez.

For my take on this card sketch I decided to do an easel Christmas card.  The stamp is a cute penguin by Stampendous.  I colored it with my Copic's, added some glitter on the star, and some Liquid Applique on his hat for fur.  Then some embellishments of rhinestones, a present, ribbon and candy canes.  The background paper was embossed with a folder in my Cuttlebug, and the sentiment is a stamp by "Studio g".

So happy you stopped by!  I hope you join us for our Card Sketch Tuesday at Frosted Designs!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

HOLIDAY HAVOC 2011 BLOG HOP

Aloha and welcome to Craft Your Passion Challenges 

"Holiday Havoc 2011" Blog Hop!!

If you have hopped over from Emma's lovely blog,
then you are in the right place!  If you just happened to stop by and would like to join our hop from the beginning, please go to Craft Your Passion Challenges and follow along for a chance to win some AMAZING blog candy along the way and PRIZES at the end.

All Craft Your Passion DT members are going to be playing along in the hop with some very special guest designers.

 Each designer along the way is featuring a project that showcases a digital image from at least one of our amazing Blog Hop Sponsors.

What’s more exciting is you can participate too by creating a project and linking it up over at Craft Your Passion Challenges for a chance to win one of several prizes.

But, there’s a twist. Be sure to visit all the stops and leave a comment (we will be checking). Once you have finished the hop, we would like you to create a HOLIDAY project using at least one digital stamp and enter it with our Linky tool.

While you are hopping, be sure to check out the blog candy the designer's have to offer you. You don't want to miss out on any of it! 

This is the card I've done with an adorable digi from Bugaboo Stamps called "Merry Christmoose".  The paper is from a Christmas stack called "Merrymint" by AC Patterned Paper.  All the layered rectangles are raised with pop dots.  I colored Mr. Christmoose with my Copics and put some Liquid Applique on his beard and hat.  Then I added the ribbon, sprig of holly and some Stickles on the snowflakes.

I am offering some sweet goodies for blog candy.  Some cute stamps, a mini album, tags and ribbon.  Good luck!

Next stop on the hop is the amazing Gemma!  Hop on over to see what she has in store for you today.

Remember, once you have hopped to all the stops and left your comments (we will be checking), it's your turn to show us your "Holiday Havoc" project.

Make sure to include a digital stamp somewhere on your project, and link up your project over at Craft Your Passion Challenges by Midnight CST December 23 to be eligible for the prizes. Winners will be announced on our Monday, December 26th Challenge post.

MERRY CHRISTMOOSE EVERYONE!

TAG IT! CHALLENGE 2 at CHOCOLATE, COFFEE & CARDS CHALLENGES

It's FRIDAY, and you know what that means?  Another great challenge at Chocolate, Coffee & Card Challenges!  What a FANTASTIC response we had for our 1st challenge!  Thanx SO much to all of you for joining us!  You made our first challenge and our blog a big success!  Come back OFTEN!

This week we would like you to design a card and "Tag It"!  In other words, include a "tag" on your card.  Our choice of images this week for the DT was provided by the wonderful Crafty Sentiments.  They are also offering our weekly prize!  

Look at this adorable digi I chose!  Just too, too sweet!  It's called "Snowman Couple".

I used lots of glitter paper, Cut the large snowflake with my Cricut, punched the border and small snowflakes with Martha Stewart punches, crystal pieces and ribbon  from my stash.   I added a touch of Liquid Applique for the snow drift at the bottom.  The snow couple was colored with my Copic's.  The little tag has the initials of me and my sweetie inside the heart, ahhhhh, isn't that cute!  It will be his Christmas card this year.

Pop on over to Chocolate, Coffee & Card Challenges to see all the great creations the team has done this week and join in on the fun!  Aloha~

VACATON IN THE SNOW!

My sweetie and I are up in northern Arizona in the White Moutains at a place called Bison Ranch and it is really snowing!  We are loving it!  We are snuggling in front of the fireplace with hot chocolate and watching the flakes swirling outside, and it is beautiful!  Earlier today we took a walk in the snow and it was so awesome.  We are supposed to have 16 to 24 inches by Wednesday, wooooo hooooo!  For an island gal this is really quite exciting!  Here are a few pics!

FROSTED DESIGNS CARD SKETCH TUESDAY, SKETCH #7

Where does the time go, I can't believe we are ready for another Card Sketch Tuesday at Frosted Designs!  This week our talented Diana Gonzalez has done this lovely sketch for us:

 Sassy Studio Designs is our generous Sponsor this week, and the digis they gave us to work with are FAB!  My choice is called "Cocoa".  I wanted to make it into a  Christmas theme as the holidays are nearly here!  And to me a cup of cocoa in front of a fireplace all snuggly and warm is what this image made me think of.  

 I used my Cuttlebug to cut the scalloped edge circles, colored the image with my Copic's and cut her out and raised her up with pop dots on the blue inner circle.  The sentiment was done on my computer.  Then I added a lot of "glitz" from my Christmas stash, and the rhinestones.

Be sure to come and join us at Frosted Designs for another inspiring challenge.  Our designers have made some beautiful creations for you.  Also, drop by Sassy Studio Designs and check out their great digis!

 

CELEBRATE!!!!

Today is the first day for a BRAND NEW BLOG!!!  Welcome to Chocolate, Coffee and Challenges!  Talk about a perfect combo, I can think of none better!  And I am so excited to be one of their first Design Team Members!  Challenges will run every two weeks starting on Fridays.  Today we are kicking off our first challenge with the theme of CELEBRATE!  Anything you would celebrate, a wedding, birthday, holiday, new baby...  You get the idea!

Our first sponsor is the awesome Bugaboo Digi Stamps.  What a wonderful selection of digis they have!  There is something for everyone.  For me, it's Stella!  I love her!  I used one of her titled  "Eat More Cake".

I colored her with my Copic's and used paper from a stack by DCWV called

"Latte".  Lovely, rich colors of chocolate and purple.  The side punched border was done with a punch by Martha Stewart.  Then I added a little ribbon and a few brads to set it all off.

Be sure to come and join us in celebrating our first challenge.  There will be lots of amazing inspiration from the very talented Design Team, and of course the chance to win some super prizes!  Drop by and see what the gals have for you!
See you there!