WnW93 ~ Christmas

Welcome back Friends & Followers!  Now that Thanksgiving is over in the US (hopoe yours was a good one!) minds immediately shift to C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S!  So that is our challenge for you this fortnight - to make a Christmas card or project.  Here's mine using the adorable Sweet Danni & Bella digi image and some pretty patterned papers in a stack by the Paper Studio:

(Please click on the photo for clearer resolution).  Isn't she a sweetie?  Wouldn't you love to get a sweet kitten or pup for Christmas?  If you are thinking of adding to your family, there are lots of pets in shelters looking for loving homes... and if you cannot adopt you can always donate free kibble by clicking daily at Freekibble.com or The Animal Rescue Site (did some of my holiday shopping there too - each purchase donates bowls of food by the site's numerous sponsors as well!).
          Hope you will play along with our Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge!  You have two weeks to link your creation and one lucky participant will win a FREE Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps!  You don't even need to use WnW digis, any digi will do, however, if you use WnW images on your card youw ill be entered into a second drawing for a free WnW digi image - can't beat that!  So join us!
     Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Happy Birthday Lacey!!

Today is a happy day - members of the Wags 'n Whiskers & Stamp and Create Design Teams are celebrating the birthday of our owner/designer Lacey Stephens.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY LACEY!  Here is a card I made in your honor Wags 'n Whiskers' adorable Ellie & Squeak digi image :

Ellie & Squeake are colored with Spectrum Noir markers (which I won as a WCMD prize from Crafter's Companion - thanks you Crafter's Companion!!) and the presents are colored with Copics.  Since Ellie is holding a present I decided to pair the image with some patterned paper by the Paper Studio that has presents all over it.  
     I hope your birthday is a very happy one Lacey, and I am honored to be a part of one of your DTs!!
~ Crafty Math Chick

WnW92 ~ Thankful

Welcome back Friends & Followers!  Time for another Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge - this fortnight we would like you to make a thank you/thankful card or project.  I don't know about you, but I never seem to have enough thank you cards in my stash!  For my sample I decided to use the adorable Snuzzle Love image (do you have 'Jungle Love' going through your head now?  LOL!) and a color that is very unusual for me - purple!  

This cute little lady is colored in with Copic markers and paired with some pretty purple patterned paper (say that ten times fast!) by Colorblok that I found in Tuesday Morning (they have some seriously good craft deals every now and then, if your timing is good, you can get lucky).  Paired the image with some thin purple ribbon I picked up at the Offray Ribbon Outlet in Hagerstown, MD when we lived relatively nearby and some lilac twine.  The sentiment is stamped in Eggplant Envy with a sentiment from the retired 'Warmest Regards' set by Stampin Up!  
     This card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:

• Digi Makeover Challenge - Give Thanks w/digi image,
• Your Next Stamp Challenge 23 - Thank You, 
• The Paper Girls Challenge 19 - Thank You, 
• The Pink Elephant Challenge 173 - color with your favorite medium (mine is Copic markers),
• Party Time Tuesday Challenge 93 - Thank you, 
• Repeat Impressions Designer's Choice Challenge - Anything that Gives Thanks, and
• The colors from the Play Date Cafe Challenge 157: 

          Hope you will play along with our Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge!  You have two weeks to link your creation and one lucky participant will win a FREE Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps!  You don't even need to use WnW digis, any digi will do, however, if you use WnW images on your card youw ill be entered into a second drawing for a free WnW digi image - can't beat that!  So join us!
     Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!

~ Crafty Math Chick

WnW91 ~ Fall Colors

Welcome back Friends & Followers!  Time for a new Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge!  This week we are challenging you to make a card using FALL COLORS!  I decided to use the cute little cheerleader Let's Go Team! image and color her in with a popular school color duo - maroon and gold with rust, orange and green accents:

I colored her in using Copic markers and added some goldenrod Stickles for a little sparkle.  I stamped "Go!  Fight!  Win'!" using one of those Studio G's alphabets from Michaels' dollar bin that had a varsity look to them and punched them out using a 1/4" square punch.  The gold waves are actually long stickers by the paper Studio that I cut down to fit and match the gold sparkle from her pom poms & skirt, and since she is a cheerleader, I added a few sparkly pom poms at the bottom of the card as well (no, I have no idea how it is going to fit into the envelope this way, LOL).  My thoughts behind this card was 'Go! Fight! Win! - Beat Cancer!' and to use it for one of the HYCCT challenges over at Splitcoast stampers for the patients at the Anderson Cancer Center, surely there is someone there who was a cheerleader when they were younger, or who maybe has a daughter who is one now, I hope it will bring a smile to their face.
     Hope you will play along with our Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge!  You have two weeks to link your creation and one lucky participant will win a FREE Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps!  You don't even need to use WnW digis, any digi will do, however, if you use WnW images on your card youw ill be entered into a second drawing for a free WnW digi image - can't beat that!  So join us!
     Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!
~ Crafty Math Chick

Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge 90 - Halloween Colors

Welcome Back Friends & Followers!  This week we have a new Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge for you - Use Halloween colors: orange, black, green & white.  I selected Toby's Tasty Treat, colored him in with Copic markers and added some black and white striped paper by the Paper Studio to create this card:

The sentiment is computer generated in a Comic Sans font.  I also added little tiny green rhinestones to Toby's hat and the sentiment - can you see them?
     Hope you will play along with our Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge!  You have two weeks to link your creation and one lucky participant will win a FREE Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps!  You don't even need to use WnW digis, any digi will do, however, if you use WnW images on your card youw ill be entered into a second drawing for a free WnW digi image - can't beat that!  So join us!

~Crafty Math Chick

PS - This card was also created for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge hosted by Lori McAree - to create a card with elements that begin with 'H.Y.C.C.T.' - mine are Happy Birthday, Y- YR family Copic markers that I used to color Toby in, Circle, Cupcake, Tiger.  This is a really wonderful event that is a card drive for cancer treatment patients, so feel free to click on the link and see how you can get involved too!  (And there are TONS of prizes for the participants as well, in case you need a little extra encouragement)  ;) And for the following additional challenges as well:

• Art Impressions Challenge 84 - Child's Birthday (this little tiger would be good for a child, right?)
• Crafty Ribbons Challenge 30 - Child's Birthday
• Card Mania Challenge 5 - Happy Birthday, and 
• Cards for Men Challenge 21 - a masculine card in orange & black (even if it is for a little boy that's still masculine, right?).

WnW89 - Sketch Challenge

Welcome back for my second post of the day!  (If you are looking for my TSG Treat Holder post, please scroll down).  It is time for a new Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge, and for Challenge 89 we have a sketch challenge for you created by my fellow teammie Lyndsey:

Our furbaby was 2-3 years old when we adopted him and his teeth were not in the best shape.  I did what I could to try to get them in better shape but apparently it was not enough.  So, he had his first professional dental cleaning this week, and his teeth are SO white now!  His vet was really incredible!  She saw how nervous I was and gave me a tour of the facilities and described the procedure step-by-step - she even called me the same day of his preliminary blood work to tell me everything was fine - you don't meet many folks who take that kind of time these days, so I wanted to bake her a batch of brownies to thank her for taking such good care of my baby and attach a card.  I used Wags 'n Whiskers adorable Puppy Love image to create this card:

(please click on the photo for clearer resolution).  The larger pup reminds me of Ty so I colored him with this beautiful, unique coloring and left the little companion white.  I borrowed the "Thankful for You" sentiment from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps' 'Fall time Cocoa' set and added some paw print bling from the paper Studio.  I think that paw print border punch by EK Success is my favorite.
     Hope you will play along with us!  You have two weeks to link your creation and one lucky participant will win a FREE Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps!  You don't even need to use WnW digis, any digi will do, however, if you use WnW images on your card youw ill be entered into a second drawing for a free WnW digi image - can't beat that!  So join us!
     Thanks for stopping by - hope you will visit later today for my third blog post of the day.  Cheers!!
~ Crafty Math Chick

WnW88 ~ Circles

Hello again friends & followers!  Time for another Wags 'n Whiskers Challange!  This week's challenge is Circles!  I am still in the process of unpacking after my second move of the summer and don't have access to most of my crafty supplies, but I found this adorable print out of Ansley's Surprise (LOVE this image!!) and thought it would make a nice tag for the holiday season (I work on cards all year long but NEVER have enough tags!)  So I punched her out and a few other circles since my circle punches are one of the few things that were easy to find, colored her in with my Bic Mark Its and arranged them concentrically:

(Sorry the picture is a little out of focus - my camera battery died and I cannot find my charger ANYWHERE!  ARGH!  Have I mentioned how much I can't stand moving all the time?!!).  The twine was actually wrapped around something I received in the mail in the past few months - waste not want not!
     Hope you will play along with our challenge - you have two weeks to link up and one lucky participant will win a Wags 'n Whiskers rubber stamp of your choice - AND, if you use WnW images, you are entered into a second drawing to win a free WnW digi as well.  So play along and maybe you can win some of these cute images for yourself!  Have a great weekend stamping friends!
~Crafty Math Chick

WnW86 ~ Favorite Color Combination

Hello friends & followers!  So happy you could visit my blog today.  Today's card was created for Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge 86 - to make a card using your favorite color combination.  My favorite color combo is sky blue and chocolate brown, so I used the adorable Ansley's Surprise digi image and created this card:

I don't know what it is about this color combination that is so soothing and so heart-warming at the same time, but it just makes me happy, I love it!!  Little Ansley and her surprise puppy were colored in with Bic Mark-Its (I soooo miss my Copics!!) and I was psyched to find an already embossed piece of bashful blue cardstock in my scraps stash (which is all I am able to use to craft with until we are moved in and unpacked) along with some snowflake patterned paper by the Paper Studio that I picked up from Hobby Lobby.  The silver pine accents, blue button and cord are left over from Christmas Card kit from a club to which I belong (revisit on Aug. 31st to see the contents of the kit and what all of the participants made with it!!).  It felt SO nice to make a 'fancier' card than I have been used to since I had to pack up my crafty supplies.
     This card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:

• Totally Stampalicious Challenge - Use your favorite Color Combination,
• Great Impressions Challenge - Use an Animal, and
• Critter Sketch Challenge 128 - Use a Digi Image.  

     Hope you will play along with us!  Wags 'n Whiskers' digi images are not required (though we love to see them and you are put in a 2nd drawing for a free WnW digi image if you use one) and one lucky participant wins a Wags 'n Whiskers stamp - how cool is that?!!  You could pick up a Ansley's Surprise of your own!
     Have a great weekend everyone!
~ Crafty Math Chick

WnW85 - Birthday!

Hello friends & followers!  Welcome to my Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge post.  It feels so good to be back creating for Wags 'n Whiskers again.  Today's theme was 'Birthday' and I used Ellie and Squeak to celebrate:

 I will be SO happy when we are moved into our new place and I am able to unpack ALL of my craft supplies.  The Bic Mark Its are good in a pinch, but I miss the variety of my Copic marker collection, and I think they blend a bit better too.  The paper is something I purchased at Hobby Lobby on sale, since all my boxes of patterned paper is buried and non-accessible at the moment, but I liked the candles and balloons, festive no?  This card also fulfills the requirements of Partytime Tuesdays' Anything Goes Birthday Challenge and Delightful Challenge - Birthdays.
     I hope you will play along with our challenge - any digi will do - you don't even need to use a WnW digi, though as an extra incentive a second winner will be chosen to receive a free digi image of their choosing from the entries sporting WnW images.  Good luck!
~Crafty Math Chick

Wags 'n Whiskers Recipe

Hello again!  I am back with my card created for today's new Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge 79 - A Recipe: 1 image, 2 ribbons, 3 patterned papers.  For some reason, this was difficult for me, but I finally came up with this card using Ellie & Squeak:

LOL, little Squeak can't wait to get his tiny paws on that present!  I colored the duo in with Copic markers and used patterned papers from The Paper Studio's 'Birthday Extravaganza' stack (I love the papers in this stack!) - like how the background DP is all presents like the one Ellie has in his trunk?  
     Hope you will play along with us!  You have two weeks to link your creation and you could win a Wags 'n Whiskers stamp of your choice!  Although WnW images are not required, if you DO use one, you are put into a SECOND drawing for a WnW Digi - how sweet is that?!!  Can't wait to see what you create!  
     I have also entered this card in the following additional challenges:

• One Stop Craft Challenge 181 - Celebrations, and
• Card Crafter's Circle Challenge 22 - Rainbow Bright (since I used a rainbow of bright colors in this card).

Have a great day!  :)
~Crafty Math Chick

Stressing the Distressing

Hello friends & followers!  Hope you have been well.  Today I have a card for the New Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge - Distressing.  Well, to me distressing has always involved newsprint and either a masculine image or a coffee themed image (for some reason coffee and newspapers go together for me, like on a Sunday morning) and I had neither by WnW so I decided to try something new and crinkled up a piece of vellum (more difficult than newspaper) and inked it with white ink instead of my traditional brown hues.  I also distressed the edges of Wags 'n Whiskers' pretty 'Say a Prayer' Angel and tore some pieces of pre-glittered white DCWV cardstock to give her clouds to float on and added some Diamond Stickles to her wings for some additional sparkle.  Maybe I should have cut her out and put her on the cloud?  I embossed and sponged the sentiment from MFT 'Essential Sentiments' set inside of a ribbon tag Nestabilities die (can you even see that it is embossed and sponged?).  So, what do you think?  (Please click on the photo itself for clearer resolution)

     This card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:

• Whimsy Stamps Challenge 36 - Distressing,
• Crafts and Me Challenge 81 - Embossing  (the die cut ribbon tag is embossed),
• Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge 166 - Bingo (I went with pink-ribbon-die cut in the middle row),
• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge 11 - Bingo (I went with the first column of distress-pearls-no patterned paper),
• Fab 'n Funky Challenge 118 - No Patterned Paper,
• Inky Impressions Challenge - Anything Goes, 
• Pretty Little Ribbon Shop Challenge - To Die For (use die cuts), and
• Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog - Use Pastel Colors only.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog to see my creations - hope you will play along with our Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge too - you could win a WnW stamp of your choice!  Happy Friday!
~Crafty Math Chick

Determined Little Starlings...

...yep, they came back... twice... here is the third rebuild (didn't photograph the fourth one):

...we now have the grill in the open position as we can't seem to keep the holes plugged up and them out.  Hopefully they will take the hint that they need to find a new location for the Starling Dream Home.  I actually felt bad for them, hopping around with beakfuls of twigs and straw looking at me like "...um... what's going on...?   What have you done with our home that we have worked so hard to build?"  Poor little things, this is just not a good location, but I digress...
     This week's Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge is an easy one - so I hope EVERYONE will play along - Anything Goes!  I decided to use the adorable 'With Love digi' to create this Miss you card:

The ribbon on the mailbox reminded of a the yellow ribbons military families leave on their houses and trees until their loved ones come home from deployment, well at least they did before it became a security concern anyway.  This card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:

• The Play Date Cafe Challenge: (there is a little green in the grass I colored in)

• Pixie Dust Studio Challenge 122: Ribbons, and 
• Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge 103 - Paper Lace.

     Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog, see my creations, and read my ramblings!  Have a great Friday!
~Crafty Math Chick

Spring Bunnies

Hello friends & followers!  Today I have a card for the latest Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge - Say It With Flowers using their adorable "Some Bunny Loves You' digi, the Week 200 Sketch from Sketch Saturday, and some pretty papers from DCWV's Spring Fling stack:

 (Aren't these bunnies the sweetest?!!)  This actually was quite a challenge for me as I do not normally make many floral cards with lots of blossoms on them, so for me - this is a lot!  I tried to color them in using Copic markers to match the teenie blossoms on the background DP - can you see them?  This card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:

• CMC Copic Challenge Group - Anything Goes w/Copic markers,
• Paper and Such Online Challenge - Spring or Easter, 
• Our Craft Lounge Challenge 111 - Inspiration Photo Challenge (of a wicked cute baby bunny and flowers - check it out!)
• Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - Bunnies,
• Cutie Pie Challenge 14 - Think Pink w/Rabbits (for every 50 cards linked a donation will be made to 'Just Giving for Breast Cancer' - so link up people!),
• Crafty Purple Frog Challenge 37 - Anything Goes, 
• Partytime Tuesday Challenge 61 - Anything Goes,
• Ribbon Carousel Challenge 46 - Anything Goes w/ribbon or twine, 
• Outlawz Copic Challenge March 30 - Anything Goes w/Copic Markers, 
• Inky Impressions Challenge 52 - Flower Power, and
• Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge 56 - Spring w/digi image.  

Thanks so much for stopping by to see my card!  I hope you will be able to play along with Wags 'n Whiskers 'Say It With Flowers' challenge - you have 2 weeks, WnW images are not required, but if you do use one you are entered into a second drawing for a free WnW digi, isn't that great?!!  Happy Friday!
~Crafty Math Chick

Kiss Me - I Lost the Sentiment Stamp

     Hello friends & followers!  Sorry I have not had the opportunity to post my blogaversary candy yet - it is coming - I need Ty to finish his medication and get back to a normal schedule then catch up on a little needed sleep, then I hope to wow you with some crafty candy.  ;)
     Today's card is my DT sample for Wags 'n Whiskers' Challenge to 'Use Green' (I hope you will get to play along!  WnW images are not needed, though we certainly love to see them, and you could win a WnW stamp!  You have 2 weeks to play along!).  I selected Wags 'n Whiskers' adorable 'Steal a Kiss' digi image with the thought of adding a 'Kiss Me - I'm Irish' sentiment - which I specifically purchased from the $1 bin at A.C. Moore just for this purpose.  So... it comes time to post my challenge sample and of course, this sentiment stamp could not be found - ARGH!  (You know I am going to find it today or next week, right?).  Anyway, here is my card, I used the Midnight Madness March Monthly Madness Sketch (MMSC136), I really liked the symmetric nature and the balance of it:

I used Copic markers to color the children in with pale skin and red hair and gave them blue & green clothing to match the Old Olive (meant to use Garden Green, oops!) and Not Quite Navy cardstock (would you believe this is my first time ever using this color?  Looks good together, no?) and these pretty blue teal pearls I found at A.C. Moore... you know... when I was busy looking for that sentiment that didn't get used?  Sigh...
     This card also fulfills the following additional challenges as well:

• Fab 'n Funky Challenge 112 - Luck of the Irish,
• Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge 99 - People,
• Digistamps4Joy Challenge 38 - a predominantly green card,
• One Stitch at a Time Challenge 104 - Use a digi,
• Stamp 'n Doodle Challenge - Happy St. Patrick's Day,
• Pile It On Challenge 11 - Shades of Green, and 
• Play Date Cafe Color Challenge 123:  (check out this pretty inspiration picture to accompany the challenge)

     Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to check back for my blog candy!  It will be posted as soon as I am able.
~Crafty Math Chick

My First Tent Card!

Hello everyone!  I am so excited to show you my first ever tent card today!  I was inspired to make it by last week's Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Digi Challenge to make a tent card using a digi and thought it was going to be really complicated but it wasn't and it was fun!  Here is the tutorial on how to make tent cards from Splitcoaststampers.com.  I used 'Hey Chickie' by Wags 'n Whiskers for their 'Spring Break' Challenge and created this card:

The papers are from DCWV's Flower Showers mat stack.  This card also fulfills the following additional challenges:

• Cute Card Thursday Challenge 206 - Signs of Spring (baby chicks are signs of spring right?),
• Do You Stack Up Challenge 61 - Things with Wings (baby chick - check!),
• Repeat Impressions' DCC229 - Spring with Pastel Colors, 
• Paperplay Challenges Week 9 - Something Old, Something New (had this cardstock in my stash for a while, the cute digi is new),
• Delightful Challenges - Spring Colors, and
• Pile It On Challenge 9 - Fun Folds (not the most exotic fun fold, but I had fun making this tent card and there are a few more folds than a traditional card, right?)

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope you will be able to play along with our 'Spring Break' challenge as well - you could win a cute Wags 'n Whiskers image.  WnW stamps are not required, but if you do use them you are put into an extra drawing for a WnW digi - isn't that terrific?!!  Have a great day!
~Crafty Math Chick

Big News!

Hello friends & followers!  I have some exciting news - I was asked to join the Wags 'n Whiskers Design team! WOO HOO!  I was SUPER excited by the invitation, because WnW makes some REALLY adorable dog, cat,  kid & fairy images -> Check out their digi images HERE! (but they also sell several of their images in rubber form here).  Today's challenge is 'Masculine Birthday' and I used WnW's 'Puppy Love' digi and some cool plaid paper to create this card:

I had so much fun coloring this cute little puppy up like Ty, and I used the paw prints border punch by EK Success, some cool jute twine ribbon, and borrowed the Day 11 Sketch from Card Positioning System's 5th Anniversary:

This card will be perfect for Ty to give his Daddy for his birthday (yes, our dog gives cards).  This card also fulfills the requirements of Shinhan Markers' Touch Twin Challenge 11 - Animals colored w/Touch Twin markers (it is okay to temporarily use other company's markers for the time being), and the Paperplay Challenge Week 5 - Critters.


Thanks so much for stopping by to see my creation and share in my good news!  Hope you will have a chance to play along in Wags 'n Whiskers challenge, their challenges run for two weeks and WnW images are not required (though we do love to see them of course!)  Have a great Friday!  I hope to do lots of stamping over the weekend, how about you?
~Crafty Math Chick

Black & White Flashback

Hello Friends & Followers!  I am still recuperating, but while I do I thought I would entertain you with my entry in Amy Tsuruta's Flashback Friday Challenge 20.0 - where you repost a pic of your first card of that challenge time to reflect and remember where you have been and how far you have come creatively speaking.  The 20.0 challenge is your first black & white card.  I went back to November 4, 2010 for this card created with an adorable digi called 'Ansley's Surprise' by Wags 'n Whiskers (if you haven't heard of them - check them out!  They have some of the most adorable images of children and critters - some pretty fairies too!!):

I remember it was SO hard to resist coloring in this image because I love coloring so much, LOL!  Thanks for the trip down memory lane Amy - I hope you will all get a chance to play in Amy's monthly Flashback Friday challenges as well - no new cards are needed, you just repost something you already made - can't get too much easier than that right?!!  No vendor requirements either, so you can use your favorite stamp companies' images!  Hope you will play along.  Happy, healthy Tuesday!
~Crafty Math Chick