Happy Saturday morning you crafty peeps!  It’s another EtsyInspired Saturday!  Can I tell you how much I LOVE this challenge?!  Ashley is the most awesome person you’d ever want to know and the DT, past and present, are some of the most talented gals you’ll ever meet! I’m honored to be a part of it all!  And you guys, our followers and players… the most awesome out there!!

So… enough sappy stuff, on to the show… this week’s shop is EmenGee Designs! EmenGee Designs has THE cutest coin purses accessories!  Things like headbands, earrings, hair pins, necklaces, sleep masks and more!  Make sure you check out their sold items for even MORE inspiration!  If you play along this week, you could WIN the ADORABLE bumble bee mini clasp coin purse pictured above!!!

In addition to our amazing shop, we are sponsored by Robyn’s Fetish Digital Stamps this week!  Robyn’s Fetish Digital Stamps offer’s images in a wide variety of styles and themes for all occasions.  Robyn’s Fetish Digital Stamps is a division of I Did It Creations. They are generously giving away THREE digital stamps of a winner’s choice!

For my CAS card this week, I used an image from Robyn’s Fetish Digital Stamps called “It’s a Dragon Fly Day” to create my card using the Everything But the Kitchen Sink Sketch #19.  I am using an Nenah classic offwhite cardstock base.  The DP is from my Caffinated Cropper Kit Pocket Full of Sunshine Kit.  The Washi tape is from Happy Tape.  The image is colored with CTMH watercolor pencils and enchanced with Spica’s and Stickles.  The sentiment is from Practicing Creativity You’re Dandy set.

You know what you have to do to play along… hit up the EtsyInpsired blog for all the details.  And check out the DT below for more inspiration! Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

TWO MORE CHALLENGES UNTIL THE BIG 100! Check out the graphic on the right for details! See you back her on August 7th for big fun and BIGGER prizes!

Ashley
Emily B.
Emily N.
Heather Rolin (July Guest DT!)
Jackie (Family Emergency)
Joy
Kerry
Savannah
Stephanie
Virginia

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This week’s shop is Mermaid’s Tears – makers of beautiful handcrafted sea glass jewelry!  Sea glass alone is beautiful, but after Bett has finished working with these magical pieces from the sea, they are stunning!  Here’s a short excerpt from the shop’s intro:

“The legend of Mermaid’s Tears says that the tears (or sea glass) were created by mermaids who sobbed for the tears of sailor’s lost at sea. As their tears hit the water, they turned to these magical pieces of frosted glass. Lovingly nurtured by the ocean; tossed and churned; pounded by surf and rumbled across pebbles to create an amazing piece of beautiful history.”

One winner will receive a $25 credit to spend in the store!

I went with a fun beach theme for my card. And on Ashley’s suggestion, I also am entering this in the Moxie Fab Fun & Cute Challenge!  Thanks for the idea Ash!

Deets: Summer for Fun by The {Stamps} of Life, ribbon, string, clouds (cut from DP) and blue cardstock from the Caffinated Cropper Pocket Full of Sunshine kit.  The beach ball is colored with Copics and the surf board is paper pieced with Washi tape from Happy Tape.

And as if that wasn’t enough, our sponsor this week is Denami Design!  Super cute rubber stamps, accessories, tutorials, ideas, tips, publications and more!  Denami Design is sponsoring a $30 credit to spend in their store to one winner!

Make sure you hop on over to the EtsyInspired blog for all the details to play along and make sure you stop by the other DT blogs for more amazing inspiration!

Ashley
Emily B.
Emily N.
Heather Rolin (July Guest DT!)
Jackie
Joy
Kerry
Savannah
Stephanie
Virginia

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E.A.D. is hosting an argyle color challenge over on their blog.  Love hurts (sometimes!), but shopping at E.A.D. does NOT!  Fun vinyl, stickerz and more at affordable prices, and now available at Paper Maniac too!

So the challenge was to use the colors in the argyle pattern provided – black, grey, pink and white.  I decided to take the challenge literally and created my own argyle pattern in Photoshop and used some E.A.D. vinyl I got in a Torendi kit to make this retro chic square card.  I added some bling in the eyes of the skull and I sponged chipboard hearts.  Hope you like!

You have until July 31st to play along! Everyone who does gets a 25% off coupon!  AND the winner gets a $20 Gift Certificate! YEA!

Check out the E.A.D. blog for some exciting news!  The Paper Maniac is now selling E.A.D. Designs Stickerz and Rub-Ons!  Woot, woot!  Stop by the blog and leave the girls some love and then hop over to Paper Maniac to purchase some goodies now!

E.A.D. also has a DT Call and a Color Challenge going on right now!  Check it out!  I will have my card up soon for the challenge so come back and check it out too!

This week’s shop is vintage chic – Octavia & Brown, handpicked vintage for the home!  This shop carries some amazing vintage items for your home, from bowls to glasses to signs and lettering, vintage pieces abound!  Geddes love for vintage at affordable prices are so apparent by the amazing pieces she carries, you can’t help to be inspired by times gone by!   So jump on over to  Octavia & Brown find a piece or pieces to be inspired by and create!  Geddes is offering up this fantastic set of depression glass plates for the prize this week!

I was inspired by all the unique vintage bar ware pieces to create this cute party invite. My card uses Unity’s stamp set Cocktail Party and Sketch 97 over at Clean & Simple Stamping.

This week we are being sponsored by Charleston Scrapbooking!  Laurie has generously donated a prize pack with a Cosmo Cricket paper pack, dew drops, chipboard album and more!  Make sure you drop by Charleston Scrapbooking on the web for all your srap booking and paper crafting needs!  OH, and check out these “Mud Puddle” beach scene products… how KEWL!

Make sure you check out the EtsyInspired blog for all the details on how to play!  And visit the DT below for even more inspiration!

P.S.  Mark your calendars for 7 August too!  It’s our 100th Challenge and we’ll have BIG things going on!

Ashley
Emily B.
Emily N.
Heather Rolin (July Guest DT!)
Jackie
Joy
Kerry
Savannah
Stephanie
Virginia

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So Courtney issued a sketch challenge over on her blog with the release of her new set “My Beach House“.  You have until July 15th to play along and could win $50 to spend in the store!

I used the first sketch here and created this card using one of Courtney’s sets, “Look Up“.  This set is so fun and versatile!  I love that I got to use it today!

The ribbons on the sides isone of my favs and I have no idea who makes it! It was from my stash and I used the last bit of it… I used the SU scallop punch and some cloud paper from my Caffinated Cropper kit.  Stamps are Practicing Creativity’s Look Up. Red and blue is one of my fav color combos right now. I hope I pulled it off well on this card!

I am so glad I got to play the EBTKS challenge this time!  This challenge was an “Around the House Challenge” to use aluminum foil!  Our EIC sponsor this week is Pink Cat Studio and I saw these two cute owls and had to buy a digi to try out.  I embossed my aluminum foil with my Cuttlebug wood grain folder and silver embossed the MFT sentiment.

Hello EtsyInspired peeps! It’s Saturday which means it’s time for another fabu EtsyInspired challenge!  This week we have some new DT members and a brand new Guest DT, so make sure you give them all some love to welcome them!

And on to the show! This week’s shop is Kimmie Prout… maker of of polymer clay embellishments!  This shop has tons of uber cute  clay embellies PERFECT for your card making and scrapping needs!  Fun shapes, bright colors, buttons, embellies and more! I would love to have one of everything and more!

Be sure to hop on over to Kimmie Prout, find an item or grouping that inspires you, and create!  Kimmie Prout is offering up a $15 gift certificate with FREE shipping to one lucky winner!!! How generous is THAT?!

And as if that wasn’t enough, we have a rockin’ sponsor this week! Pink Cat Studio!  Who doesn’t love Pink Cat’s whimsical and adorable rubber and digital stamps?!  I went browsing tonight and there were SOOO many adorable images I wanted  to add to my stash!  And a few classics I already own!  Pink Cat Studio is all about offering fun and whimsical stamps to inspire your creativity. They have a huge selection of super cute digi and rubber stamps to choose from and they add more each week. Pink Cat is generously offering to one winner FIVE free digi images?!  INSTANT gratification! Sweet!

My card is inspired by the set of embellies pictured above with the banners and the clouds.  I am using elements from two of the Caffinated Cropper kits, Birds of a Feather and Pocket Full of Sunshine.  The stamps are from Stephanie Barnard – The {Stamps} of Life.  Buttons are Basic Grey purchased from Limelight.  Black cord is from Torendi kit.  Popped up clouds are Cricut die cuts.

Make sure you check out the DT’s creations for inpsiration and then head on over to Kimmie Prout.  Find an item or items that inspire you and create!  Link it up to the EtsyInspired blog and get in on your chance to win one of two amazing prizes!  You have until 9 July, Noon PST to play along.  Check out the EIC blog for all the details!
Ashley
Emily B.
Emily N.
Heather Rolin (July Guest DT!)
Jackie
Joy
Kerry
Savannah
Stephanie
Virginia

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I am so excited to play along in the Torendi Creativity Challenge! I love me those Torendi girls and I aspire to be as creativity as they are by subscribing to the kit of the month. Let me tell you, it NEVER disappoints!  Each month the kits are chock full of fun, trendy, hot items to create with. The only thing missing is your personal touch!

So I was inspired by this picture and used the black mesh texture:

This picture for colors:

And this picture for content:

To create THIS:

My card uses card stock, ribbon, button, black cord and a Bam Pop frame from my Torendi kits of the month.  Other items use are real chop sticks and cover, chinese coins and colored staples.

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It’s been so long since I have participated in one of Mandy’s challenges so I’m super excited I finally got to! You can check out the sketch challenge here. The twist was to use string. I used my Caffinated Cropper kit, Pocket Full of Sunshine.  This kit is chock full of goodies galore!  I had so much fun scrutinizing its contents for this challenge!  All items used on the card come from the kit except for the white Nenah classic card stock.  Let me tell you the Feltworks felt pieces in aqua and cheddar are luscious and luxurious!  I am in LOVE with it!  Anyway, hope you enjoy my card!  And make sure you check out Limelight Papercrafts store for all kinds of goodies and sales!