Fresh Brewed Flowers

**EDITED TO ADD: This post was scheduled for 6am this morning

but for some reason did not post!

OK... time to come clean.. it was my fault... 

I set the time for PM...

oops!

Hello and good morning!
I have been so excited about sharing this card!
I learned a new technique for handmade flowers! They're called Kusudama Flowers and it's a form of origami (paper folding) and they are so awesome!


And my little camo chick! Ain't he CUTE? You can pick him up at the Fresh Brewed Store HERE


And how perfect that the challenge this week at Fresh Brewed Designs is 

FLOWERS

The timing couldn't have been more perfect!!

And the best part... this flowers challenge is our MONTH LONG challenge at Fresh Brewed... that means there is a PRIZE!!!!

WOO HOO!!

You can enter up to 5 times and will be eligible to win Fresh Brewed Rubbah!!

You have GOT to head over to the Fresh Brewed Challenge Blog and see all the wonderful flowers our DT created this week!

Happy Easter From Dilek Design Studio

Look at this beautiful image from Dilek Design Studio!
You can grab it at the MyGrafico Shop
HERE
Our weekly challenge at MyGrafico is to create an Easter Card.

Here’s mine:

The challenges at MyGrafico run for an entire month and every week we feature one of the many designers from the MyGrafico shop! There are lots of chances to win your favorite sets from the shop, and lots of prizes up for grabs!
There were 187 entries in March! That means 7 prizes will be awarded!!
Here’s how it works:
There will be 4 monthly winners , each Monthly Winner will receive a set of choice from the MyGrafico.com store & a chance to be a Guest Designer for one project.
(For every additional 25 entries over 100 , we will draw an additional winner.)
The Design team will also pick their monthly favorite ... Favorite of the Month Winner & their entry will be featured on a designer spotlight where they & their blogs will be highlighted. Their names and blog links will be added to our Favorite of the Month page forever!! & win an additional prize of choice worth $5 usd or less from the MyGrafico.com store and a spot on our DT for a month!
The challenge theme is ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES so I can’t think of ANY reasons you shouldn’t jump in and join us!
here are some other challenges that suit this week’s project:
Bee Crafty – Easter & Use a digi
Catch The Bug – Anything Goes
Little Claire's - Any Celebration with Spring Theme/Colours
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - Use a Digi and Easter
Digi's With Attitude! – Anything Goes
Fairy Fun Fridays - - Spring Themed
Floweret - Easter
Paper Cutz – Easter
Craft Us Crazy – Easter/Spring
A Spoonful Of Sugar – Easter
Sweet Stamps - Easter

Have you ever HEARD an image?

Have you ever seen an image that just SPEAKS to you?

One that takes your breath away and brings tears to your eyes?

If you have, you know how I felt when I saw this image:

As soon as I saw "Forgiven", I just knew that image had been drawn for me!


Typically, I would not call myself a "religious" person, and I have my own kind of relationship with God. I don't technically participate in any "organized" religions and it's been awhile since I've been to Church. I was baptized Roman Catholic and have gone thru all the "Sacraments": First Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, etc. and I attended Catholic schools my whole life... but I also think that many Churches have fallen prey to greed and fear-mongering, which does not appeal to me in any way.


But this image, and it's message, prompted a quick and intense reaction in me. Heather has released an entire new set of Religious/Easter images that are sure to touch you to the soul! 

They placed the crown on his head to mock him. Called him a king and gave him his crown. A crown our king wore to save us from our sins, to show us how much he loved us. They did not gently place this crown on his head. It was  covered in many sharp thorns and they just shoved it on his head ripping his skin, flesh, he bled. It was a symbol of what he went through for us and how much he loved us. 

As soon as I received it in my inbox, I got to work!


I made the sunburst background with Inkscape, created the cross in SCAL and that's it! I "painted" the nails with Mod Podge" just to give them a little gloss.


The message, to me, is very clean and simple. Can you hear it?


I would like to share this card with the Crazy 4 Challenges sketch challenge this week.
I adopted a very clean and simple variation of their sketch!

Kids Challenge: Glitter and Bling

First of all, I need to congratulate
LerLer for winning the
FIRST EVER KIDS CHALLENGE at the Latte Lounge!
Here is his awesome project!
And he’s only 2 1/2 years old!!

He is the proud owner of a $10 Gift Certificate

from Stitchy Bear Stamps!

Thank you once again to our generous sponsors!!

AND NOW!! The NEW Kids Challenge!!

We KNOW how much kids love sparkle and shine!
So our newest challenge should be right up their alley!
GLITTER AND BLING!
We want to see it S-P-A-R-K-L-E!!
You can use any image or product that you like!
Just enter your project HERE
This time, our Kid’s Challenge is being sponsored by

Designed 2 Delight!
Our winner will receive their choice of one of these two images:

 
Our Team at The Stamping Boutique and at The Latte Lounge has been very busy making samples for you.
Here are their projects:
From our “Big Kid Sara” Thanks for playing along, Sara… you’re the BEST!! (-:
From Peanut, the Glitterbabe’s Apprentice

This is Mia’s card! I love her papers and her coloring is terrific!

AJ tied that bow all by himself and he LOVES bling!


Aren’t they TERRIFIC??!!??
We can’t wait to see YOURS!!!
Enter the Kids Glitter and Bling Challenge today!!
It will end Saturday, April 16th, so you have 2 weeks!

Goth 'Tween with Attitude!

Look who’s back!

Yep, Digi’s with Attitude is roaring back 

onto the Challenge Blog scene!

And guess who is back on the Design Team!

ME!!

We are so excited to announce that today is the beginning of our first challenge since our short break! 

And our Brand New Design Team has been announced!

You’ll HAVE to stop over to the Digi’s With Attitude! Challenge Blog 

to see all the creations our new Team has made to inspire you!

It’s a great challenge, too!

We're celebrating our return with everyone's favorite:

ANYTHING GOES 

And the prize for this magnificent occasion?

A $10 Gift Certificate from Digi’s With Attitude! 

Here is a picture of my project:

I used one of my favorite ‘Tweens with Attitude called “Goth Tween”

You can snag her at the shop HERE 

I colored her digitally with Paint.NET  then tried something a little different. When I printed on white paper, the color lost a lot of its depth, so I printed her on pink card stock... I'm happy with the end result... the colors really seem to stand out much better than on the white paper... maybe it's just time for an ink refill?

The swirly background (black) is an SVG from SVGCuts.com that I cut on my Cricut. I cut it again to make a window out of the purple paper, then embossed the inside of the purple with "Diamonds" from Sizzix.

The black fibers and silver goth looking ribbon are goodies my friend Jennifer sent me last Halloween! So, thank you, Jen! They were a perfect fit for this little lady!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

The Latte Lounge: Window Card

The Crazy Challenge, Sweet Teens
The Paper Variety, 1-2-3 Recipe: My recipe: 1 image, 2 colors (black and purple) and 3 ribbons
Pink Paper Paradise, Make It Monday Showcase. While this is not a challenge, I am super proud of how this card turned out and wanted to share it! I hope it will inspire someone to do something a little different!
Paper Playtime, Digi Monday, Anything Goes: This week one of the sponsors for this challenge is Digi's With Attitude!
Creatalicious: Two Tone/colors: my two colors are black and purple.
Polka Doodles, No printed backing paper