Merry Christmas!!!

Hi everyone!

Today, it's going to be a quick post, just to with you all a Very Merry Christmas!

Hugs,
Maria

CWLC Christmas Blog-Hop

Time for our annual Christmas Blog Hop.

Our sponsors are

This winner will receive a stamp appropriate of the season.

 

This winner will receive 2 images of winner's choice

AND


This winner will receive a digi stamp appropriate for the season.

To win, you must enter the challenge and leave comments on every blog.

Some of our team members might be offering blog candy,

so be sure to become a follower of each team member too.

You are probably got here from Linda's Blog, if not you can check out the order of the blog below. I was given an opportunity to work with a wonderful stamp from Broken Box.  I am using Bundle-Up in my work. Ain't it cute! :)

The recipe for the card is simple - I colored the image with prismacolor pencils, papers are from MME collection, snowflake buttons from Celebrate It and a wooden pine tree embellishment.

Now, hop over to Marsha's Blog to see her wonderful creation. 

In case you get lost here is the order of the HOP....

Chris

Dawn

Caroline

Holly

Linda

Maria

Marsha

Pam

Rachel

Roberta

Now you have till Saturday,

December 21, 2013,

9 PM EST, to hop and enter to win. 

We will be on Christmas break from 

December 21, 2013

to January 5, 2014.

BUT we will be back next week with our winners. 

___________

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Maria

CWLC #70 - Anything goes

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and I'm going to share with you a card I created for Created With Love Challenges. This week our challenge is Anything Goes and we are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.

I created this card with my lovely homeland in mind. You may have heard about all of the protests going on in Ukraine right now. I used an angel on my card, because I want it to guard all of the people that are currently protesting in Kiev. I wish they will have a peaceful and Merry Christmas.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Maria

Christmas Splendor at Creative Knockouts

Hi everyone,

Today, I would like to share with you a card I created for a great challenge at Creative Knockouts challenge. This week our challenge is Christmas Splendor. We are sponsored by Crafty Sentiments this time around and they have the cutest images. I used their Cold Christmas image. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Maria

CWLC #69 - Christmas

Hi everyone,

I can't believe the weekend passed by so quickly. I had a very nice and busy Thanksgiving weekend. A lot of things happened over the weekend, but I still did not do everything I planned. Probably planned too much. )))

Today at Created With Love Challenges we have a new challenge - Christmas. WOW! It's December already, so we are getting closer and closer to one of the favorite Holidays for my kids - Christmas. They are especially excited about getting presents from St. Nicolas. He is supposed to visit our house at the end of the week, but I think this time around He will work using Ukrainian calendar, sometime on the 19th.

This time around we are sponsored by Delicious Doodles and I have chosen their Jolly Holly Post Box image. Perfect box for the letters to St. Nicolas that my kids wrote over the weekend.

Hope you are having a great day!

Hugs,

Maria 

CWLC #68 - Sympathy or Miss You!

Happy Monday, everyone!

This week at Creative with Love Challenges we have a very nice challenge - Sympathy or Miss You! There are people in everyone's life that we have not seen for a while or that might need a word of encouragement. This week we are sponsored by Broken Box Designs. I chose their image called Feeding Butterflies. I think that when you are having fun with butterflies there is always someone that comes to your mind that you have not seen for a while. I know, I would think of someone.

Hope you are having a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Maria

Snowflakes at Creative Knockouts

Hi everyone,

Soon, the winter will be here and we'll get some snow on the ground. I like snow, as long as I do not have to go anywhere. This week at Creative Knockouts we have a wonderful challenge for you - Snowflakes. We are sponsored by Sweet and Sassy stamps. Their stamps are wonderful. I used their Chickadee & Berries stamp. 

Love this little birdie, hope you do too!

Hugs,

Maria

CWLC #67 - Anything Goes

Hi everyone,

I can't believe it's Monday already. Weekend passed by so quickly. Hope yours was nice and not affected by any storms or tornadoes.

This week at Created With Love Challenges we have a wonderful challenge - Anything Goes. This time around we are sponsored by SK Digis. They have a lot of lovely images to choose from.  For my creation I chose a cute one - Christmas Wreath. I loved coloring it and making my little banner.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Maria

CWLC #66 - Thank you!

Happy Monday, everyone!

Today, I would like to share with you a card that I made for the challenge that started this morning at Created With Love Challenges. The theme for this week is - Thank You! What a nice theme, and the sponsor for this challenge is Paper Pretties. I chose their image - Roses.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Maria

Naughty or Nice, Creative Knockouts.

Hi everyone,

I am a bit late with my post. This week at Created Knockouts we have a wonderful challenge - Punch it. All you have to do is use some dies or punch to create your card and join us for this challenge. This week we are sponsored by Doctor Digi. I chose the cute image Naughty or Nice.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Maria

CWLC #65 - Christmas Red and Green

Hi everyone!

It got so cold outside. Brrrr... On Saturday, me and my family had a lot of fun at the farm. We went apple picking. It was the last weekend of the year that we could go to our favorite orchard to gather some apples. However, it got cold now. We are getting close to the winter.

With that in mind, I would like to share with you a card I made for the Red and Green Christmas challenge over at Created With Love Challenges. Our sponsor is Digi Darla, and I used the image Christmas Bells.

Hope you are having a nice day, in your corner of the world!

Hugs,

Maria

CWLC #64 - Anything Goes

Hi everyone,

I am a bit late, since I was not feeling well last night. Overtiring weekend!!! ((( Not enough sleep, long drive with a car full of kids and parents (yayks!). This morning a lot of issues at work. 

Monday is beautiful, I must say!!!

Now getting back to business. This week at Created With Love Challenges we have a great challenge that everyone enjoys - Anything Goes! For this challenge we are sponsored by Stamp and Doodle. I used this cute image to create a Christmas card.

Hope your day is going better than mine!

Hugs,

Maria

I'm adding my card to the following challenges
ABC Christmas - Under the tree
AUD Sentiments - Christmas Sentiments

Created With Love Halloween Blog-Hop

 Welcome to Created with Love Challenges 63

We are doing a Halloween Blog Hop this week!! 

We have 3 wonderful sponsors to help us celebrate!

Bugaboo Stamps

They are offering a 7 Digi Prize Pack to 1 luck winner!

Paper Pretties

 They are offering 6 images to 1 luck winner!

Limited Runs

They are offering 3 image to 1 luck winner!!

If you hopped in from Linda then you are in the right place.

Here is what I have created this week for the Halloween Hop. Using the great image from Bugaboo I created this treat bag. I wasn't sure what to create this time around, but having a holiday in mind I thought that my little one would need some kind of a bag to carry with her, when she goes to collect candy. So, the treat bag was born! My daughter approved, and it's more than I can ask for.

Also.........some of our fab Design Team members are offering up 

Blog Hop Candy on their blogs, so be sure to Hop to all them and become a
 follower and leave a comment! !!

As you hop to each blog be sure to become a follower and leave a comment 

on their blogs in order to be in the drawing for their Blog Hop Candy!

Now be sure to HOP on over to Rachel and see what fabulous creation and inspiration they have come up with this week!

We can not wait to see what you have come up with for this week
at Created With Love Challenges!!

Here is the master Hop list!

Denise (Guest Designer)

Chris

Dawn

Linda

Maria

Rachel

Roberta

Once you have HOPPED to all the blogs above be sure to link up your Halloween creation to be in the drawing  to win 1 of the 3 prizes mentioned above from the wonderful sponsors! Some of the ladies will be offering Blog Candy....so be sure to become a follower of each team member. 

CWLC #62 - Sewing Real or Faux

Hi everyone,

This week at Created With Love Challenges we have another interesting challenge - Sewing Real or Faux. This week we are sponsored by the SK Digis. For my card I chose this cute moose, which reminds me of my fried from Canada. We know that Canadians love their mooses )))

For my card I used faux sewing and I created this box card. Loved the idea!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Maria

CWLC #61 - Any Holiday

Hi everyone,

I had a very tiring weekend. My grandmother is in the hospital, actually they moved her to the hospice and we are just waiting for that day when she will leave us. She is very strong and clings to life, but it's hard for her now. Me and kids visited her. She was happy, but could not talk or really kiss my little ones. Sad, but such is life.

Now getting back to business. This week at Created With Love Challenges we have a very nice one - Any Holiday. So, if you have created a card for any of the Holidays happening either now or in the future, please link your card and join us for the fun. I have created a card using image from Saturated Canary.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Maria

CWLC #59 - Halloween

Yes, it's Fall outside and soon we'll be celebrating Halloween. The new challenge at Created With Love Challenges is just that - Halloween. We are sponsored by Digi Darla and I used their cute image for my card.

Here is darling image closer. I had so much fun coloring it.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Hugs,

Maria

Favorite things at Creative Knockouts and the Blog-Hop winner

 Hi everyone!

Before I proceed with showing you the new card, I have remembered that I did not drew the winners for the candy from two weeks ago when we ran our Creative Knockouts debut Blog-Hop.

24 people commented on that post, and I had two prizes to give. The first one was $25 gift certificate from Stamp and Create store, and the winner is:

Suman Pandit

and the second one - $10 dollars from Unity Stamps

ike

Write me a quick e-mail at mariatreats@gmail.com so I can send you the information about these prizes.

Now, onto today's challenge at Creative Knockouts. This week we have a very nice an easy challenge - Favorite things and we are sponsored by Robyn Fetish.

I used my favorite things - pink color, MME paper, twine, ribbon, feathers. 

Just everything on the card is my favorite!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Maria

CWLC #59 - Fall colors / Хатка - жолудь

Hi everyone,

Today I would like to share with you a little note card I created for our challenge at Created With Love Challenges. This week the theme is Fall Colors. Yes, it's already fall outside and even thou the leaves have not started changing colors just yet, the nights are turning cold and temperature is dropping. Soon, the winter will be here. But, back to the Fall.
Our sponsor is Gingerloft and I used their Acorn House image. I think it's so cute, for little working ants.

I used Prismacolor Pencils to color the image and butterfly die cut from Cheery Lynn and the spellbinders circle. I think that two leaf buttons fit here perfectly. I did not use any sentiment, because, I decided that you can make it whatever you like - a note to the teacher, a Thank You note or just a note on a new house )))) House is a house, no matter how small.

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Maria

CWLC #58 - Anything Goes

Hi everyone,

Hope you are having a good day! I am tired and it's a bit rainy here in the greater NYC Metro area. Autumn is here!
Today, I would like to show you a money holder I made for the Created With Love Anything Goes Challenge. We are sponsored this week by Delicious Doodles. Here is my card

and here is the inside

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Maria

CWLC #57 Tic-Tac-Toe

Hi everyone,

Today at Created With Love Challenges we have a Tic Tac Toe challenge. You must use three elements, picked Horizontally, vertically or diagonally. 

Here is my card for this challenge. I used an image from Whimsy Stamps Raggedy with pigtails.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Maria

I'm entering my card into following challenges:

Craft Your Passion - Glitter
Sparkle N Sprinkle - Anything Goes with glitter
Challenge 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Card Making Mamas - For the Kids

В ліфті з сусідом, правда трохи з запізненням

Вітання,

В блозі Штампи з Любов’ю недавно було цікаве завдання під назвою "В ліфті з сусідом". Я записалась на перший поверх, правда через низку причин не встигла виставити листівку вчасно, тобто до 4-го вересня. Краще пізно ніж ніколи, хіба ні?

Я ліфтила чудову листівочку від Олі з Тернополя, oli4ka.

Ось це оригінал:

Було цікаво.

Дякую, що завітали!

Маруся

Creative Knockouts Blog Hop

Good day or night everyone!

This week is going crazy. I have a deliverable that I have to complete tomorrow at work, kids have not started school yet and no camp is available to help out with babysitting, I am trying to work from home and juggle four kids. They all want something at all times, either mom's attention or food. So, today I was just running between the laptop and the kitchen. Exhausting!!!

Вітання!
Цей тиждень видавсь надзвичайно важким. У мене дуже багато роботи і один проект треба здати завтра, в дітей ще не почалась шкода і нема кому з ними посидіти, отже цю функцію виконуємо ми з чоловіком на пару. Сьогодні була моя черга і я пробувала працювати і бігати між чотирьма живчиками, які вимагали або щось їсти або маминої уваги. Виснажливо! Не можу дочекатись аби вже подарувати їх школі. )))

Well... Let's get to the pleasant things. As you probably know by now, I have joined a wonderful team of Dare Dutch Challenges last week as their DT member. I joined just in time to promote a new blog called Creative Knockouts. We will be having our challenges at the new blog and to celebrate we have a blog hop! 

Ви напевне пригадуєте, що минулого тижня я приєдналась до команди дизайнерів в Dare Dutch Challenges. Скажу вам, що вчасно, бо ми переходимо на новий блог завданнь під назвою Creative Knockouts. Так. Від тепер всі завдання будуть на новому блозі.
Цього тижня ми для вас створили хлопчачі та чоловічі листівки.

You probably hopped here from Amy's Blog, isn't her card adorable.  If you didn't, please start at DDCC Blog  and complete the blog hop...ending at our new challenge blog-Creative Knockouts- which is where things will be happening from here on out!

Our challenge this week is Masucline cards and I have one to share with you.

I used an image from Saturated Canary and some MME papers. I created something simple for my daughter's friend. 

Я використала малюнок від Saturated Canary і папір ММЕ. 

I even have some blog candy available for two lucky persons!  Please make sure you are a follower of my blog and the new Creative Knockouts blog (and not just for the blog candy please).  Once you are, please leave me a comment below and I will have random.org choose a winner for me next Thursday.  I have a $25 gift certificate from Stamp and Create  and a $20 from Unity Stamps store. Just for you!!! 

Якщо ви б бажали отримати подарунок за участь в нашому блого-хопі, то у мене є два, які я планую роздати. Перший, це сертифікат на 25 долларів від магазину Stamp and Create, і наступний на 20 долларів від Unity Stamps. Якщо бажаєте, приєднуйтесь. Все дуже просто - стати постійним читачем нового блогу. Ну, і обов’язково відвідайте інших дизайнерів. 

So now , to carry on the hop and see all the fabulous creations as well as be in the right spot to enter your creation, please hop over to  Carmen's blog.  Here is the master list in case you get lost:

DDCC

Kelly

Linda

Vicky

Celine

Chantal

Lisa

Helen

Caz

Amy

Maria 

Carmen 

Lilia

Creative Knockouts

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Maria

I'm entering my card into following challenges:
Handmade Harbour - Smile
Whimsy Stamps - Masculine
Addicted to Stamps - Anything Goes
Ruby's Rainbow - Masculine

CWLC #56 - Snowflakes

Hi everyone,

Hope you enjoyed your weekend. We have a little prolonged weekend here in good old US of A. Today we celebrate Labor Day, so we get a chance to rest a little from the hard every day labor. )))

I'd like to share with you a card I made for the Created With Love Challenges, new challenge - Snowflakes. We are sponsored by Bugaboo stamps. I love their stamps. They are SOOOOOO cute. Here is my card:

I colored it using Prismacolor pencils, used the paper for MME and made a Christmas tree from the doily. Next, I punched out a couple of snowflakes, and  here we go. )))

Thanks for stopping by! 

Hugs,

Maria

New DT at - Dutch Dare Card Challenges (DDCC) - Birthday Wishes

Hi everyone,

I have a very exciting news to share with you. I have been invited to join a wonderful DT team at Dutch Dare Card Challenges. I am very excited about that new opportunity. The first challenge that I have joined is their Birthday Wishes challenge. The sponsor for this one is Saturated Canary. I love their images, and I used the one I have in stash - Ava. She is so cute!!!

I colored the image using Prismacolor Pencils. 

The requirement from my client, my daughter that is, was to use as little pink as possible. Somehow, she and her friends dislike pink. Even thou they are very girly, they do not wish to be associated with barbie-like girls who love pink. Teens now a days...

Anyways, I hope you like my card and will join DDCC challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Maria

CWLC #56 - Anything goes

Hi everyone,

Yes, it's Monday again, and we have a new challenge over at Created With Love Challenges - Anything goes. We are sponsored by Digi Darla this week. They have some great prizes for you.

I created this card using Blowing Paper Mill image. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Maria

School is starting soon

Hi everyone,

I can't believe it. The summer is almost over. Soon, it will be time to go back to school.

This year, my youngest daughter is starting 1st Grade and my older daughter starts middle school. Big changes in my house )))

To celebrate this time of year for them, I created this card, using Some Odd Girl Stamp and following their sketch. I so much enjoyed coloring this one and putting it together.

I used scraps of paper I had from MME collection, washi tape, a button from Purple Pumpkin and the image itself - Bookish Tia. Ain't she wonderful?! I think so!!!

I'm entering this card into following challenges:
Some Odd Girl - Sketch
Melonheadz Friends - Back to school
Creative Inspiration Paints - Back to school
OSAT - Back to school
Paint Your World - Дама сдавала в багаж
Зроби Сама - Листівки до школи

CWLC# 54 - Something Sweet / Солоденька

Hi everyone,

It's Monday again and I have a card to show you. I have been very busy this weekend, not just cleaning up the house but also making some cards. OK! I'll show them to you. One at a time. ))))

Today, we have a very nice challenge over at Created With Love Challenges. The theme is - Something Sweet. I bet you that everyone of you does love something sweet, even if it's just a sweet strawberry, maybe even dipped in chocolate. AHA! I knew it. We are sponsored by Limited Runs this time around and I created a card using their cute image - Button Cupcake. I kind of liked the idea to put buttons on a cupcake. Cute! So, here is my card:

I decided to do an easel card. I colored the image using Prismacolor pencils.

Hope you have a good start of the week!

Hugs,

Maria

I'm entering my card into following challenges:
Challenge 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Glitter Sparkle Challenge - Not a square 

Stamps, stamps, stamps... / Штампи тут, штампи там ...

Вітання мої любі,

Сьогодні в Арт Клубі UA стартувало нове експрес завдання - Штампи тут, штампи там... У нас чудовий спонсор, Скрап Студія З Любов’ю і вона подарує переможцю гарний штамп. В роботі, а саме в дизайні листівки, яку ми робили на це завдання треба було використати два або більше штампи. У мене народилась ось така листівочка:

Я недавно купила набір штампві від МС - Сакура. Якось вони мені так сподобались, що я захотіла їх використати на цій листівці. Папір від ММЕ, який я затонувала чорнилами дістрес. Напис використала від Скрап Студії З Любов’ю. Дуже люблю саме цей напис.

Дякую, що завітали!

З нетерпінням чекаємо на ваші ідеї і листівочки в Арт Клубі UA.

Maria

Маруся

CWLC #53 - Back to school

Hi everyone,

First of all I would like to thank you for leaving wonderful comments on my previous post and playing along our Blog-Hop with Created With Love Challenges for the last two weeks. We have some winners, so you can find that information here.
This week we have a new challenge for you. Yes. The Fall is just around the corner. I can't believe it. And I still have not filled out all of the paperwork for my little one to start First Grade. Job has been taking all of my time, which is bad. Getting back to the challenge. This week, the theme of the challenge is - Back to School. So, find that apple for your favorite teacher, create a little card to say thank you or maybe a book mark for that student, and join our challenge at Created With Love Challenges.
I will share with you a card I made, using an image from our sponsor - Cedar Chest Ariela with Heart. I colored the image using Prismacolor pencils and added some little details that remind me of that time of year.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Maria

CWLC Anniversary Blog Hop

Anniversary Blog Hop!!

It's our First Anniversary

And we are having a Blog Hop.  Wow where did the year go!!
Thank you to everyone of you for making this first year so great!
we have really enjoyed every single entry!!

This will be a 2 week hop and challenge.

To be considered for the random.org winner,

you must:
 *enter the challenge,

*be a follower,

*leave a comment on all the design team members blogs.

And it is a very popular Theme this week...

Anything Goes

Our sponsors are

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical rubber and digital images inspired by her kids and family. Meljen's Designs has a new challenge every Thursday, and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the adorable line of Meljen's Designs stamps at our store HERE to browse all of Melissa's lovely designs! You can also see Melissa's exclusive rubber stamps at her corner of Whimsy Stamps, too!  Don't forget to join Meljen's Designs on Facebook HERE to take advantage of special sales and promotions that are just for her facebook fans!

Prize is $10 Gift Certificate! 

AND

GINGERLOFT

prize is 3 images of winners choice!

AND




V's Sweet Ideas

V's Sweet Ideas is owned by Vanessa Vergara. V's Sweet Ideas was created to offer handmade cards for all occasions and now has expanded to offer crafting supplies. V's Sweet Ideas carries a variety of known brands such as My Minds Eye, Maya Roads and May Arts Ribbon to meet the needs of all types of crafters!

 

We are happy to offer the winner a $10 gift certificate to our online store!

Here is the order of our hop.

Chris

Dawn

Chris B

Kate

Linda

Maria

Rachel

Some of the design team have offered up some
BLOG CANDY.
So be sure to leave a comment and become a follower on our Design Teams blogs when hopping
to win any candy they are offering.

Now you have until
Saturday, August 10, 2013     9 PM EST,
to hop and enter the challenge. 

Here is my card for the Blog Hop. I used the image from Gingerloft. Hope you like it.

Thanks,

Maria