EIC49-You Are My Sunshine!

My card and tag recipe!
paper: kraft, soft suede, bermuda bay, crushed curry
ink: chocolate chip
stamps: Unity July KOTM
accessories: may arts ribbon, swiss dots CB folder, ticket corner punch for tag, and horizontal slot punch

This week's Etsy shop is mellisakate. There is certainly a wide variety of cards and prints to get your creative juices flowing! I drew inspiration from the above print because it made me think of my favorite stamps from the Unity July KOTM! I sing that song to my boys and it just makes me smile!

Remember to use keyword EIC49 when uploading to online galleries. Please link you card in a post HERE. Also please check out the other DT members creations. You can find their links on my sidebar. Next Friday a random winner will be chosen to choose a card from this shop! AiFactory is sponsoring this week's challenge so you will also have a chance to win a blog header and design worth $22! Good luck! Can't wait to see what you come up with! :)

Lots of exciting things happening here tomorrow!

Hello! I hope you all stop by my blog tomorrow! I will have a new Etsy challenge for you along with my debut blog hop for Artful INKables (new sets are AWESOME), and a blog hop for The Digi Shack (you won't want to miss the new images)!

There will be prizes involved for both blog hops and also the Etsy challenge!

See you all tomorrow!

Emily

Digi Diva challenge

Hello! Today's The Digi Shack challenge is to make a diva card! I had to use this fabulous shoe image that will be available on Saturday. I paper pieced it with DSP from SU. I added some bling and a patent leather ribbon. The sentiment I typed on my computer and punched with oval and scallop oval punches.

Check out the other DT member's blogs for more fabulous cards using the new release images. You will be able to buy all of the shoe, perfume bottle and chandelier images in a package for $6.99. Make sure you stop buy Saturday for The Digi Shack blog hop. TONS of new releases just in time for the holidays!

Have a great day!

Emily

CAS with bling!

Hello! Today I made this card for the CAS challenge over on SCS. We were to add some bling to our card! This is a smaller card. The measurements are 8.5 x 2.5 folded in half. The base is kraft, and the center panel is melon mambo. I tied some ribbon by colorbok at the top and used a rub on by SU in the center. I added one rhinestone to the middle of the flower. I stitched around the center panel with my friend's sewing machine as she laughed at me! (I am NOT good with a sewing machine!)

I hope you all have a marvelous Monday! Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

EIC48-The fabulous Jessica Rose!

Today's Etsy store is Volume 25 by Jessica Rose. She is an amazing artist who happens to design for UNITY! I had to use one of my Unity stamps created by her, for this challenge. I had to have this one when I first saw it. Those turtles are just tooooo cute! I stamped my image on kraft and colored with my prisma pencils. I matted it with chocolate chip and old olive. The DP is from Basic Grey's Sultry collection. Tied a big Old Olive bow at the top and there you have it!

If you participate in this challenge, please use keyword EIC48 when uploading to online galleries. Post a link to your card or project HERE by next Friday. The winner will get an 8x10 print from Jessica's shop! Check out the rest of the design team's projects on my side bar!

ALSO-No one won the Paper Makeup gift certificate last week so you still have a chance to win that too! All you have to do is refer a friend that is new to the challenge. When your friend posts their creation link, just have them tell Ashley that you referred them. YOU will then be entered in a drawing to win the $25 gift certificate! Each friend you refer gets you one entry into the drawing! Now, go get your friends EtsyInspired!

edit: Sorry guys! I had scheduled this to post and just realized it didn't post last night!

Emily

Hip Hop Hangovers are SWEEEEEET!

Happy Hip Hop Hangover! Here is another card I made for the guest designer challenge...to use 1 stamp, 2 DP's and 3 embellies. I don't think my previous card will count because I thought it meant 3 TYPES of embellies but it is supposed to be 3 embellies all together.
My three embellies are ribbon, button and the metal sentiment. My 2 DP's are the green and blue paper from Me & My Big Ideas, and my one stamp is from the July KOTM. I colored the lollipops with prisma pencils and blended with OMS. I added some crystal effects to the lollipops to make them look real. I paper pleated the strip of blue DP, since that was the what to use challenge on SCS yesterday.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend!

Emily

Inspired by Unity!

Here is a card I made for this months Unity guest designer contest. I used Unity's July KOTM. The DP is from Prima's Rock On Love collection. The prima flowers are also from that collection. I added some bling to my scallops and the main image. If you would like to participate in this contest you can find out more information HERE.

Hope you are having a wonderful Wednesday!
Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

Tuesday Morning meets The Digi Shack!

This week The Digi Shack is "shacking up" with Tuesday Morning Sketches. So...this means we would love for you to use a digi shack image with Tuesday Mornings sketch. The hot air balloon image in my card, is a new release. Isn't it cute? I colored it with prisma pencils and blended with OMS. The sentiment is from SU. The paper is baja breeze, soft suede and DP by love, Elsie.

Hope you get a chance to try this fabulous sketch out! You will get a chance to win two fabulous prizes by entering in both challenges. Make sure you link your card on both sites!

Emily

Manic Monday Freebie Fun day over at TDS!

Hello! Today is freebie day over at The Digi Shack! I just got home from a long weekend at work, so I am gonna crash! I will try to have a card later, because I LOVE today's freebie image. You are gonna love it to! If you are new to digi images, just right click on the image and "save as". If you want to edit the size of the image, I would copy your saved image and then paste it in a word document. You can then shrink and enlarge it with out compromising the integrity of the image! Pretty simple! If I can do it, anyone can! LOL!
Laser printers work the best for digi images. You don't have to worry about the ink drying or smudging. If you do not have a laser printer, let the image dry or heat set the image. Some people's printer inks stay wet long enough for them to heat emboss, too. If you ever have any questions about the images, please feel free to email me and I will try to help!

Hope you all have a Marvelous Monday!

Emily

EIC47-BOGO party!

This week's Etsy shop is Julie's Jewels. There are so many beautiful pieces of jewelry for your inspiration this week. I was inspired by these pink and green earrings. I have always loved pink and green together, although I NEVER wear pink!!! I hate the way pink looks with red hair! LOL!

Card recipe: Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery, DP Sultry by Basic Grey, stamp from Unity's June KOTM, ribbon Certainly Celery twill (retired).


Today the Etsy challenge has a twist...the BOGO Challenge – Bring One (friend), Get One (entry)! All EIC players that “bring a friend” that is new to the challenge will be entered in a drawing to receive a $25 Gift Certificate sponsored by Paper Makeup Stamps!!!! Bring one friend, get one entry; bring two friends, get two entries, and so on!!!! The more friends you “bring” the greater your chances are to win! Additionally, the EIC player and her friend(s) will be eligible for the weekly shop give away, as well!!! You could win TWO great prizes!!!

Here’s how to participate… invite a friend (or friends) that are new to the challenge to play along with you. Have your friend(s) go to Ashley’s Heart Hugs blog, read about the shop for the week, go to the shop, be inspired and CREATE! They should than go back to Ashley’s blog and post their project from the post for EIC 47 post. In the post they should include “referred by” and your name. What YOU need to do as the referrer is post your card from Ashley’s blog, and ensure you include your BOGOs names. You’ll get one entry for the grand prize for each new person referred! The more people you invite to play, the greater your chance is to win!

On Friday 7 August, Noon PST, Random.Brady will choose the week’s challenge winner as usual. For those that referred new players, their names will be put in a “hat” and one lucky winner will be drawn to win a $25 Gift Certificate sponsored by Paper Makeup stamps! Some of you may know Katie and her shop and if you do, you KNOW it will be a GRAND prize! If you don’t go check it out and you’ll see!