Friday, March 16, 2012

Welcome to Crafting By Designs Blog Hop!



I hope you all are having fun hopping along and seeing all the wonderful little pieces of art created for Crafting by Designs (CBD) blog hop. If you have come from Rene’s blog, Life in the Craft Lane, you are in the right spot. Do you think you are lost? If you have the sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach, then head over to Doris’s blog, Mom’s Been Scrappin’. That’s the very first blog in the hopping lane. You can also visit CBD’s site to see the line up.

We have a package of goodies that one blog hopper could win. What do you have to do? You need to leave a comment with an email address on each blog that you hop too. The winner will be announced on Tuesday after Random.org lets us know who won. Easy peasy. I know that the blog hop participants like followers too.

Along with this CBD Blog Hop, we have a fun challenge for you to enter. The challenge theme is “Wings and/or Blooms.” You are invited to join in with this challenge at the CBD's site. We want to see anything you want to create, but you must have wings or blooms, or both, on your project.

My project is a card using a new {ippity} stamp set “Be Brave, Branch Out.” This time around I colored with my Prismacolor pencils, and not my Copics. I really like the way everything melded together. I usually pick my DP first, and that would dictate my colors, but I colored first and then looked for paper. Turquoise and oranges/reds are becoming one of my favorite color combos.


Supplies used: Color: Prismacolor pencils, Spicas, opaque white pen. Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black; DI in Black Soot, Mustard Seed, Spice Marmalade. DP: Crate Paper Farmhouse Collection. CS: SU in Basic Black and Kraft. Dies: Exotic Butterflies Small from Cheery Lynn Designs; Madera Corner from Memory Box; Blossom Four from Spellbinders.

Challenges I am entering:
Crafty Sentiments – Things with Wings
Winged things, Things that Fly, Things in the Air
Craft Room Challenge – Vintage Shabby
Little Darlings Challenges – Colors of Spring

Your next stop on this “Wings and Blooms” blog hop is Tammy Martinez’s blog, Whimsically Me. Thanks so much for stopping by. I look forward to all your comments. Have fun!
Aletha

33 comments:

  1. I love your variety of die cuts and colors and layers-such a beautiful take on the challenge.

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  2. All I can say is WOW! WOW! WOW! This is an amazing card!!!! I really enjoy all the different styles of birdhouses and this one is a beauty. Great detail and colors. Thanks for the inspiration this morning.

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  3. Aletha, this is gorgeous! Love all the details and the stamp is wonderful, as usual with ippity!

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  4. Another gorgeous Aletha creation! In a word: spectacular!!! (and inspiring).
    Hope you are having a wonderful day!!
    Hugs,
    Gloria

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  5. Hello Aletha, what a stunning card. It's just so beautiful.

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  6. Aletha I can't believe your piece is colored with Prisma pencils - the colors are so vibrant!! Absolutely beautiful project :) Hugs, Doris

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  7. AJ this is beautiful, I loveall the sparkles they make it POP. Hugs Elaine

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  8. Beautiful card, Aletha! I love this stamp set, and your colors are great!

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  9. Your card is so stunning and striking. love the image and dp.

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  10. This is amazing! what a gorgeous card, wow!!

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  11. Gorgeous!! Will certainly take part!!

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  12. This is lovely!!! The colouring is so nice.

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  13. LOvely colouring Aletha!!! THanks for sharing this beautiful work.

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  14. Aletha my gosh your talent just know no end!!! Stunning as I knew it would be, :D
    Hugs,
    Beth

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  15. Aletha - you are my Ippity Goddess! Your card is absolutely gorgeous!
    Hugs,
    Sharon

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  16. beautiful card - the colors you used are just amazing

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  17. What a beautiful, delicate card, so pretty and feminine! Just lovely!
    Rene

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  18. Absolutely beautiful Aletha! Fabulous colors and coloring!

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  19. love your artwork. funny that you did your colouring first then found paper to match. that's what i did this time and that is so unlike my usual method too.
    great inspiration. thanks for sharing.

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  20. Absolutely Amazing!! I have always adored your wonderful gift of coloring and just how fabulous ALL your projects looks.

    Today is another of those wonderful days...!

    Happy Spring....and Hugs too,
    Lisa

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  21. Elegant bird cage. Love seeing the inside sentiments; we rarely get to see those on cards.

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  22. Beautiful creation and lovely shabby colours.
    Thank you for sharing with us at Craft-Room Vintage Challenge, good luck;-))m

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  23. Very pretty terrific colours, thank you for sharing with us at Craft-Room Challenge XOXO Zoe

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  24. Wow, wow, wow. This card is absolutely stunning! I love everything about it. Amazing job!

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  25. Amazing card. I love the colors and the images. Thanks for sharing

    mghowell8@msn.com

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  26. Such a gorgeous creation with beautiful colours - they look great together. I love the birdcage. Thanks for joining in with our Shabby/Vintage challenge over at the Craft-Room, and good luck.

    Maria x

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  27. Aletha, this is truly a masterpiece. I could stare at it all day. Happy to be hopping along.
    :O)
    Jessica
    strgazrblueyes22477{yahoo}

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  28. Stunning! I never lack for words. Wow! You can really tell the amount of work you put in. Wow! My best compliment to you is I'm now following your blog. Thanks for sharing.Francis Ames, AmesCrafts

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  29. Gorgeous! What an utterly beautiful card!

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  30. My goodness,this is exquisite! Gorgeous card!,thanks for joining the LCI anything goes challenge. Remember to leave a comment on the LCI post today for a chance of winning one of the day's new release digis! hope to see you there,Julie.x

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