{Crafts Galore Encore}{Christina Hor Memories Crafter}

Hello, sweet crafting friends!

It is time for the May Crafts Galore Encore Challenge!

The Rules to the Challenge are easy! 

Just create your projects (using any crafting medium) according to this month's theme, and link your blog posts directly to the linky on the CGE Challenge site!

This month's challenge theme is  

"Anything Goes"

Our Sponsor this month is Di's Digital Stamps.

My images are freebies from
Christina Hor's Digi Arts for Healing at Memories Crafter!

The first card is for a sweet friend who has been diligently caring for her Mom the past several years, who sadly suffers from Alzheimer's Disease. This year it was time to find a professional home for her Mom, and my friend has begun making doctor appointments for herself, only to learn she has breast cancer. So this sweet card is going her way - she loves children and has such infinite patience with them. It seems only fitting that Christina's "Arts for Healing" should be used.

Colored with Copics on Express-It Paper.  Computer-Generated Sentiment.
This is one of the very few A2 size cards I've made over the years.

My next card is for a blogging friend who lives and breathes Kindness and Generosity.
I met her through Sparkle N Sprinkle's Bingo Games and Blog Hops.
This year she has learned her husband is in early stages of Alzheimer's Disease.
Instead of being upset that they cannot do the things they had planned on, she is busy developing plans to help maintain her husband's dignity, while striving to help manage his health.
She is one of the most beautiful women I've ever met.

The image is flipped and the little girl is sporting pink hair:

Colored with Copics on Express-It Paper.  Computer-Generated Sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Now it's your turn to play at

Crafts Galore Encore Challenges

YUMMY!
First Green Beans from our spring garden.
We will be thigh high with them in the coming weeks!

Products Used:

• Spellbinders Fleur de Elegance (ornate oval) (second card)
• Spellbinders Grand Big Scallops and Grand Ovals (second card)
• Spellbinders Labels Ten (oval),  (second card)
• Spellbinders Floral Ovals (first card)
• Sue Wilson Dandelion Clockworks (for the sun)
• Images: Christina Hor's Digi Arts of Healing -  "Sending Hugs" and "Fenced Tree"
• Dotted Embossing Folder
• Crystal Effects on the Balloons
• Sparkle N Sprinkle White Nuvo Drops (on first card), Bubblegum Glitter (on little girl's dress)
• Really Reasonable Ribbon (two sided ribbon)

Playing in the following Challenges Please:

1. Crafting a Beautiful Mess #2 Anything Goes 5/26 (last Friday M)
2. Crafty Girls Creations #18 Anything Goes 5/5 (sep post)
3. Creative Fingers Challenge #108 - Anything Goes 5/12 (shown on chal 110)
4. Dragonfly Dreams -(May) Summertime 6/5
5. Ellibelle's Creative Moments Let's Color Saturday Linky Party #8 (image is colored with Copic Markers) 5/5
6. Glitter n Sparkle #186 Shaped Card 5/8
7. Little Miss Muffet Challenges #136 Anything Goes 5/3 (sep post)
8. My Time to Craft #320 Get Well Soon - my 1st card - 5/5
9. PDE Linky Party #121 Anything Goes 5/5

hugs,

Think Green! {Scrapy Land} {Christina Hor}

Green Greetings to all my Sweet Crafty Friends!

Welcome to Scrapy Land Challenge #38
and
a special introduction to a VERY special digital talent AND free gift-for-you from
Christina Hor's Digi Arts for Healing!

Today, I'm wishing you all things beautifully green...

(psst! that means full of Abundant Life - your own personal internal SPRING!) 

May everything within your sights, sounds and smells remind you of the preciousness, loveliness and incredible-ness of YOU!

Theme: Think Green! (St. Patrick's Day) + Using Die Cut brands sold by Scrapy Land. 

Up for grabs is a $15 gift card to the Scrapy Land Store, and several badge opportunities, as well. 

We love being inspired by your pretty cards submitted to our challenges.

You have until April 3 to submit your pretties!

My cards use the following Scrapy Land Products:

• QuicKutz Nesting Lace Ovals
• Die-namites Birdhouse Branch DN-1144
• Spellbinders Scallop Squares Classic, Scallop Grand Squares, 
• Spellbinders Labels 5, Foliage shapes, 
• Spellbinders Decocrative Imperial Gold Labels 4, Elegant Labels 4 (5x7) 
• Dee's Distinctively Dies mini circles

My first card uses:

Sketchy Colors #267 - Use Sketch

Instead of a single layer, I used the scallop squares. Brushable Glue was applied to the outside of the golden squares so SNS Starfire glitter could be applied before adhering the green scallops. The glitter provides a sparkly contrast that looks great in person! Even the oval frame has been brushed with glue and more glitter on it, too.

Here's a close up of Christina's darling digitals.  The little girl is one digital image, and the fenced tree scene is a separate digital. These are a freebies!  They are available on her blog Memories Crafter.

Christina Hor's Digi Arts of Healing
Don't you love the sweet Die-namites die cut bird house and bird?
It is part of a larger border. Cuts BEAUTIFULLY!

This card is 5x7

I really love the Spellbinders Card Creator dies for 5x7 cards.
The pale green die cut is one of the Imperial Gold dies.

Hanging my head in shame -
all this printed paper (DCWV) is over 10 years old!

The card interiors have the same sentiment:

Now it's your turn!

We always look forward to seeing your beautiful projects at:

Scrapy Land Challenge #38

Scrapy Land Products Used:

• QuicKutz Nesting Lace Ovals
• Die-namites Birdhouse Branch DN-1144
• Spellbinders Scallop Squares Classic, Scallop Grand Squares, Labels 5, Foliage shapes, Decocrative Imperial Gold Labels 4, Elegant Labels 4 (5x7) 
• Dee's Distinctively Dies mini circles

Other Products Used:

• Christina Hor's Digi Arts of Healing -  "Sending Hugs" and "Fenced Tree"
• Sparkle N Sprinkle Starfire Glitter G1017, Brushable Glue, stitched pleated ribbon, lace
• Copic Markers, dyed tulle, several dye-based inks
• DCWV virginal papers - very old - like TEN YEARS PLUS! LOL (hanging head in shame). They were purchased at Joanns before we had papercrafting stores in the area.

Challenges I'd like to play in please:

1. Clear It Out Challenge - (Mar 8-22) Anything Goes using paper over a year old 3/22 (All the patterned paper is at least 10 years old, and the gold paper is over a year old) Thanks for this challenge!
2. Shopping Our Stash #243 "Use mostly Green/St. Patrick's Day" 3/22
3. Sketchy Colors #267 - Use Sketch shown above - 3/19
4. Open Minded Challenges - (March/April #3) Luck - St. Patrick's Day 4/12 (winners post 4/20)
5. The Sisterhood of Crafters - (Mar 9) Use Your Dies and/or Punches! 3/20 (winners announced Tues Mar 22)
6. Dragonfly Journeys  #48 Go Green! 3/20
7. Glitter N Sparkle - #179 Use Some Green 3/20
8. Crafty Cardmakers Challenges - #159 "Go Green!" 3/19
9. A Bit More Time to Craft - #16 Anything Goes 4/1 (sep post)

Stamping hugs,