We Are Family

Happy Saturday! I hope your weekend is off to a good start.  I'm sharing a card today that was created for the reunion of the design team at Sugar Creek Hollow.  Their regular DT has the weekend off and we're filling in - back showcasing beautiful vintage theme cards. The Sugar Creek Hollow design team was my first DT position and I learned a lot from my fellow teammates.  It is such a pleasure to be back today.

The theme of the challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow is "We Are Family". The best place to find an abundance of family theme digi stamps is A Day For Daisies and that's where I picked up this beautiful stamp.  Called "Look What I Brought You", it just brings back such memories when the kids were young. Mothers never forget the hundreds of dandelions brought to us from our children as a gesture of love.  It's such a wonderful family memory and why I selected it for this challenge.

The image was brought to life with Copic markers, papers are My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks collection, and the doily die is from Cheery Lynn Designs.

Now take a minute and visit Sugar Creek Hollow for more inspiration on vintage style. The returning DT have created such special cards and the challenge is a terrrific one this week.  Maybe you'll want to play along too!

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Vintage Children

Welcome to a sensational Saturday with Sugar Creek Hollow!  This week our challenge is Vintage Children and it's so much fun.  Just create a card in vintage or shabby chic style using vintage children images, enter our challenge and you could win a guest design spot at Sugar Creek Hollow.

My card uses these vintage children images from Sweet Stamps.  I've had these a while, having picked them up at a local stamp show about a year ago.  I've used two separate stamps here - Georgie Porgie and Meg Running.  You can find them at the Sweet Stamps online shop here.  The images were colored with Copics and the papers used on my card are Authentique "Blissful" collection.

Now stop on over at the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge blog and see the rest of the Vintage Children cards we're showing off today.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

My Mum's Craft Shop - challenge #24 - "Boys and Girls"

Deep Ocean Challenge - challenge #8 - "Lace"

Top Tip Tuesday - challenge #51 - "1 for the Kids"

Kaboodle Doodles - challenge #85 - "Layers"

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Beautiful Borders at SCH

It's time for another sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow.  Our challenge this week is to create a vintage or shabby chic style card using fancy borders.  So get out your die cuts, punches and other goodies that help you produce beautiful edges on your projects.

We will be choosing a random winner who will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display on her blog. In addition, the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge to display on her blog and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

My card features the borders created with the Spellbinders Lattice Rectangles dies.  I used two of the different sizes.  I also used the Deckled Rectangles die just behind the main stamped panel. The stamped image is from the set Studio Sketches at Stampin Up.  A bit of ribbon laced through the border and a few vintage decorative brads and a punched flower are the finishing touches to this card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Sunflowers at Sugar Creek Hollow

Happy Saturday folks! It's a sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow and we have a great challenge for you this week.  Create a vintage or shabby chic card using Sunflowers images and theme.  I love sunflowers for their warm colors and the signal of late summer and early fall that they send.  So I can't wait to see what you all come up with.

The Sugar Creek Hollow design team has some amazing cards to show off the Sunflower theme this week, so please take a look at the Sugar Creek Hollow blog to see their beautiful work - it will surely be an inspiration to you.

We will randomly select a winner of the Sunflower challenge who will receive a $15 gift certificate to The Funkie Junkie's Boutique on Etsy.  The owner, Linda Coughlin, is an expert of creating cards in the vintage/shabby chic style and has some wonderful things in her Etsy Shop.  Linda is also joining us as a guest designer today.  Her work can be seen here at the Funkie Junkie blog.

This lovely sunflowers are a Hero Arts stamp that I've had for a while.  They were colored with Copics and Stickles added to the centers.  The papers are all from Creative Imaginations. I used the Italian Flourish doily die from Cheery Lynn Designs just behind the image.
I hope this has been an inspiration for you to create your vintage card with sunflowers.  Thanks so much for stopping by today!

From Trash to Vintage Treasure

Happy Saturday everyone!  It's another new challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow that will become a regular monthly theme and I'm excited to introduce it to you today.  Every first Saturday of the month, our challenge at SCH will be "Trash to Vintage Treasure". But there's a bit of twist on this...   

We want you to to recycle, reuse or repurpose something other than scraps of designer paper in your stash.  This monthly challenge is intended to stretch our imaginations and creativity and be focused on the GREEN, environmental good.  The Sugar Creek Hollow design team has some terrific examples for what this challenge is about so head to the SCH blog and take a look there for some inspiration.

So are you wondering what in the world did I recycle on my card today?  Where here it is - a jewelry catalog that was in the recycle bin.  As I was scrummaging through garbage pails and recycle bins, this catalog caught my eye in a totally different way. I thought what interesting, elegant and colorful backgrounds these photographs would be.  So I repurposed one of the catalog pages for the background of my card today.

Here is a closeup - you can see the background is a photo of several bracelets. I love the pop of color here and there from the bracelet in the center.  I added my sentiment, a sheer organza ribbon and some rhinestone flourishes and that's all this card needed to stand out.  And all it took was looking at that catalog in a whole new way.  I can't wait to see what you create from recycled or repurposed goods. Give it a try!

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Sugar Creek Hollow - Masculine Cards

It's a beautiful Saturday morning here and another Sugar Creek Hollow challenge.  This week we're looking for masculine themed cards.

Create a card in vintage or shabby chic style with a masculine theme and enter the challenge this week!

 I used Stampin Up! Artifacts stamp set - an older one that I love for masculine cards.  I created the sentiment that is the focal point of my card on my computer.  I thought it was good sentiment for a retirement card.  Lot's of dry embossing on this for the rich textures I was trying to achieve.  Tell me what you think.

Be sure to hop over to Sugar Creek Hollow and see the design team's card inspirations this week - they are terrific.

I'd like to enter this card in the male theme card challenge this week at Crazy 4 Challenges C4C102.

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Buttons and Bows at SCH

Today begins a new challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow and this week we're looking for cards or paper projects with buttons and bows. We have a terrific sponsor this week with a great prize package for a lucky winner.

The Stamping Boutique is our sponsor and Tracey Malnofski, the owner, is providing a prize package of 3 digi stamps and 1 digi paper pack as the weekly challenge prize. There is a wonderful selection of beautiful stamps at The Stamping Boutique - take a peek at the store. 

To be eligible for the terrific prize, just enter a card created in a vintage or shabby chic style with buttons and bows on it.  We'll select a winner at random of all the entries for the prize.  The design team will also select a favorite and that person will be eligible to be a guest designer with our team.

On my card this week, I've used the "Apron" digi from The Stamping Boutique and paper pieced it with digital papers from Shabby Miss Jenn Designs "Seaside Picnic" digi kit. I added a bow and some buttons and that was it. An interesting card that was so fun and easy to create.

I hope you'll join us in the challenge this week. In the meantime, stop on over to Sugar Creek Hollow and see the other fun images we're highlighting from The Stamping Boutique on the design team inspiration cards.

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Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow! I know it's August and has been so hot in so many areas but now it's time to cool things down and think Christmas this week. 

Our challenge is to create a Vintage Christmas card. We want you to put away your cute images and find a vintage Christmas image in your craft room or online. For this challenge you also need to get out your most vintage papers and embellishments and have fun distressing - just generally making your card look old and vintage!

You can see on my vintage Christmas card I did a lot of distressing with inks and by scruffing up the edges of my card stock.  I used a really old Christmas stamp from Stampin Up! (Old Fashioned Christmas) and added a touch of color with Prismacolor pencils - just enough color to make it look faded from age. The doily die cut is Spellbinders Parisian Motifs - I love this die.  A little vintage lace and the card is complete.

Now take a look at the Sugar Creek Hollow design team vintage creations - you'll be inspired.

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Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow

Happy Saturday! Today is the start to another sensational challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow.  This week we're challenging you to create your own designer paper using stamps or other unique treatments.  No purchased scrapbook or designer papers - just what you can create on your own.  And of course, create a card in a vintage or shabby chic style.

My card was created with background paper that I created by stamping on kraft-color cardstock using Papertrey Ink's "Damask Designs" stamps.  I also created the paper with the swirls using PTI's "Fancy Flourishes" stamps.

The main image panel features a Hero Arts image called "Bird Collage" also stamped in black ink on kraft cardstock that was tattered and then distressed with tea dye and old paper distress inks.  A few pearls, a fabulous stripe ribbon and it's complete. 

Won't you join us this week in the "create your own designer paper" challenge?  You'll have fun giving it a try.  Stop on by the Sugar Creek Hollow blog and see the design team creations for a little inspiration - you'll be glad you did!

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Vintage Tags at Sugar Creek Hollow

It's Saturday and that means time for a new challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow.  We had such lovely entries in last week's challenge - it's always a pleasure to see what our followers and participants create - we get such inspiration from everyone that plays along. 

This week at Sugar Creek Hollow we're challenging you to create a vintage or shabby chic TAG and share your talents with us at the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge blog.

For my vintage tag, I used many different antique images that I've collected from the internet over the years (so sorry on not having exact sources for this one).  I really just created a collage of these images on a tag I created with Vintage Linen cardstock from Papertrey Ink.  I wanted the focal point to be the birthday greeting so I also used this vintage birthday card image on the tag.

I also used Webster Pages digital paper images that I printed and cutout in this vintage collage.

And finally some doilies distressed with "Old Paper" distress inks from Tim Holtz add another element of vintage charm.  For the top of the tag bow, I gathered and then tied together several loops of hemp twine and adherred it with a little glue dot.  I think the bow adds a terrific shabby and natural look to the tag.  A few adhesive pearls placed strategically and we're set. 

I hope you've picked up a couple ideas here today on how to create a vintage looking tag. I do hope you'll join in the tag challenge this week at Sugar Creek Hollow. In the meantime and for more vintage ideas, visit the Sugar Creek Hollow site to gaze at the creations provided by the design team. I think you'll find their work inspiring as well.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow

Welcome to another sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. We have a terrific challenge for you this week and can't wait to see what you create with this week's theme.

Create a vintage, shabby chic or primitive style card or paper project that features "Winged Things".  That includes many possibilities like angels, butterflies, fairies, birds or any winged insect.  Should be fun for you and I do hope you'll join us this week in this challenge.

I choose this wonderful fairy image from A Day For Daisies to fit the theme this week. She was colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended with gamsol. I think the pencils provide a softer look suited for this image. I sparkled up her wings and the flowers with glitter.  The background paper is from Webster Pages and I loved that it had the butterflies on it so it too is keeping with this week's "Winged Things" theme.

Now head on over to the Sugar Creek Hollow blog and see the wonderful inspiration from the design team creations on this week's challenge. I'd also like to welcome Chris Veneruso as our guest designer who was selected from the June card of the week winners. You'll see her creativity at work at the blog too.

Thanks for stopping by today!