Sparkle & Shine with W&W and Simon Says

Welcome to another challenge at Sparkle and Shine Challenge blog.  

Be sure to follow them and become a member of their community.  

Winnie and Walter is the sponsor of challenge # 14.

Here is this months Challenge  # 14.  Green with some sequins.

I took inspiration from this color challenge and decided to play along and support a couple other blogs.  Support our industry by playing along and showcasing products and their blog sites.  There leadership is appreciated and social media helps these sites gain popularity within our industry.

Here is my card that I am sharing.

Join me and become a member at these websites.

Simon Says Stamp Blog . 

Simon Says has a Wednesday blog challenge and this week its "No Design Paper".  Join in the fun.

Simon Says also has a Monday Challenge Blog, which i will enter my card for support to this website.

Join me and become a member of these website communities and enjoy our industry.

Be creative.

Ava

Unity Stamp Company Sept-Oct 2015

Welcome to another Unity Stamp Co. challenge .

Here are the details of the Unity Stamp Co. challenge

1. Our ONE and only Unity Challenge will post Each Month (on the third Tuesday) and go for ONE full month ending the Monday night before the next challenge.

2. You can choose to follow the sketch loosely for your CARD PROJECT - Scrapbook Page - Art Journal OR Mixed Media Project.

AND/OR

3. You can choose to follow the INSPIRATION COLOR PHOTO for your CARD PROJECT - Scrapbook Page - Art Journal OR Mixed Media Project.

4. Link up your creation up to the linky below.  Please link directly to your blog post and not to your general blog.  If you do not have a blog, no worries, you may link up using your favorite photo gallery (i.e. flickr, Photobucket, My Unity Place, SplitcoastStampers).  Unity is unable to upload photos for you, so please sign up for one of these free online album options.

ONE SINGLE RULE!!!

UNITY STAMPS must be used!!!

Here are my 2 entries for this months challenge. Play along and have fun with Unity.

 

BoBunny August sketch challenge

BoBunny has monthly sketch challenges and I am happy to share my take on the August Challenge.

Here is the link to all the entries on the BoBunny blog for August.

Be sure to visit often at the BoBunny blog and become a follower of all things good by BoBunny.

Here are some photo's of my layout getting inspiration from the August sketch.

Supplies

Trinkets, Barefoot and Bliss Trinkets

C'est La Vie Couturiere paper collection

Paradise Flowers collection

Unity Stamp Company

Unity Stamp company has a new monthly date that their challenge is going to be released on a go-forward basis.  Check out all the details here on this blog post.

Every 3rd Tuesday of the month will be the roll-over into a new challenge, so mark your calendars.

August challenge

Here is the sketch for the card.  

I have used this inspirational sketch as a jumping off point for the cover of my mixed media album cover.

Be sure to join the Unity community of designers and have fun with the team on Facebook as well.

I am loving the look of this cover, and of course this stamp set from Unity-Trust your soul.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Ava

Supplies

Unity Stamp Co.

Faber-Castell Gelatos

Clearsnap

Magenta

Join me in support of Canadian small businesses.  

To-day I am sharing my project which features Magenta stamps.

The stamp set I am showcasing is called Flora and Fauna CS-054.

Magenta has a challenge going on the month of August which is called "Anything Goes"

My mixed media page has lots of texture and color.  I used a Faber-Castell Kit which had gelatos and texture swatches for a build a Joural.

Check out Magenta Stamps and become a member of their community.

This stamp set allow you to customize a scene from a woodland with floral embellishments.

Thanks for visting today.

Ava

 

Supplies:

Magenta Stamps

Faber Castell

Clearsnap

Scott Publications - Just Christmas Cards & Decorations

Hello and Welcome to my blog today.  Summer always calls me outside so I always take a break from being creative by enjoying the outdoors and soaking in the beauty of nature to help inspire me once the season changes to fall.

If you are out shopping, please support our hardcopy magazine publishing companies buy purchasing a creative magazine that supports our industry.  

To-day, I wish to give a shout out to Scott Publications Just Cards magazines.  Here I have been published on a few pages,   16, 32,46,53,73,78, 79, 108 and 109.

Check out the cover, do ya see that Sweet 'n Sassy Blue gift card featuring a deer?  

Yes, that is a Sweet 'n Sassy stamp.

 

You will find that gift card on page 79 of the magazine.  Just Cards had a call for "All that Glitters!"

Links

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Scott Publications

Clearsnap Ink

Summer Vacation

Summertime is my favorite season of the year.  Adventure and spontaneous events and outings make for wonderful memories.  Enjoy your summer !!!

Paper Smooches and DCWV

Hello and welcome to my blog.  To-day I would like to share a card that I made featuring Paper Smooches stamps and

DCWV Vintage Collector Stack.

The June 7th  Paper Smooches week's challenge is  

 ANYTHING GOES !

Here is a picture of my card which features Paper Smooches stamp set titled "Hullabaloo".    This card is very festive and any occasion could be a celebration with this card.

The papers I showcased  from DCWV is from the

Vintage Collector Stack.

Here is the Diecuts with a View  (DCWV)  sketch that gave me the inspiration for this card.

The DCWV layout sketch showcases the potential of many layers of goodness on your page.

Here is my presentation of the sketch...

Be sure to visit both Paper Smooches and DCWV and become part of their community.  Both are leader's within the paper arts industry and you are sure to have fun becoming part of their following.



Thanks for visiting and make time to create something today.

Ava

CHA Canada

 

The Craft and Hobby Association  (CHA) is an organization that supports professional creative owners, manufacturer's and designers.  Be sure you become a member of this organization and enjoy the benefits associated with membership.

CHA Canada

Take Ten Magazine

The beautiful weather has now graced our area of the globe and shinning faces can be seen every where.  Hope your summer is starting early with all the gardening eye candy appearing as each day warms up.

To complement the summer gardening, I received a Take Ten magazine in the mail.  This means I was published with a bit of my artwork.  Please support hard copy magazines as they are beautiful to behold.

Stampington and Company has a wonderful quality collection of magazines that are distributed widely, so next time you are out check out their quality magazines.