Stampavie Challenge

Here's my entry for the current Stampavie challenge. This one was a color challenge. I didn't fall apart this time, though, because the color combo was light blue or turquoise and brown. Ahhh! Aqua Mist and Dark Chocolate happen to be on my list of favorite color combinations. I have to say, they look simply divine paired with Rustic White or Rustic Cream.

I also adore this Sarah Kay image. They can be a little intimidating to color (at least for me). I find that it helps a great deal to emboss the image before coloring. The embossing helps act as a color barrier. Plus, in my opinion, the embossed image has a little extra "oomph".

Seriously, how precious is that little girl?

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- Rustic White, Aqua Mist, Dark Chocolate

Stamps: Stampavie (Sarah Kay)- Rose's Garden; Papertrey Ink- Polka Dot Basics, Fancy Flourishes, Scattered Showers (sentiment)

Inks: Versafine- Onyx Black; Versamark; Papertrey Ink- Vintage Cream

Spellbinders: Nestabilities- Classic & Scalloped Rectangles, Long Scalloped Rectangles

Markers: Copic

Flowers: Prima

Pearls: Kaisercraft

Gotta go to work now; hope to see ya later!

Viva La Verve! May Week 4

At last! I've completed another month's worth of challenges for Viva La Verve! Whew! Amber really knows how to tax my little pea brain. The {twist} for this week was to do a masculine card. Aack! That in itself is a challenge for me; I just seriously struggle with that type of card (I think maybe it's just not as much fun for me as a girly card).



Well, so I actually like the way this one turned out, "man" card, or no.
Ingredients:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- Rustic White, Dark Chocolate, Spring Rain, Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado
Stamps: Verve- Beautiful You; Papertrey Ink- Background Basics Retro, Pond Life
Inks: Versafine- Onyx Black, Versamark; Papertrey Ink- Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate
Buttons: Papertrey Ink- Vintage buttons in Spring Moss
That's it for me today; hopefully tomorrow I'll be back with more.
Nighty night!

Stamps and Smiles Challenge 16

I figured I better hurry and get this one posted, since there will be a new challenge tomorrow at Stamps and Smiles. I know I've said it before, but their sketches are always so fun.

I wanted some big bright polka dots on this one, but I didn't happen to have any DP that suited my needs. I used the outline polka dots from Papertrey Ink's Polka Dot Basics, and colored them with a Copic marker.

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White, Lemon Tart, Pure Poppy

Stamps: Stamps and Smiles- Hello Spring; Papertrey Ink- Polka Dot Basics

Ink: Memento- Tuxedo Black

Spellbinders: Nestabilities- Classic Square

Markers: Copic

Ribbon: $1 Spot at Target

Rhinestones: Offray

So there it is, just a simple, happy little card.

Enjoy the day; I'm off to work now!

Papertrey Ink May Blog Hop!

Yea!!!
I love these blog hops, and it's time!
It's time for Papertrey Ink's May blog hop. This month the theme is "yellow".I had to miss last month's, and I'll be honest here. I missed it because I was too chicken to make a project using one of Lauren's templates. However, Lauren {personally} LOL! assured me they are easy to do, so I'm trying one this time, it's the "Let's Do Lunch" template. I still think I'm template challenged, but for my first attempt at one, I kinda like it.
Don't pay any attention to some of the wonky edges. With any luck, it will look better the next time I do it.
I wanted this to have kind of a dreamy, French country feel to it.



All stamp sets are from Papertrey Ink. They are- Polka Dot Basics, Beautiful Blooms, Little Lady, Fancy Flourishes, Background Basics: Text Style.
I background stamped the polka dots in Spring Rain ink on Rustic Cream cardstock.
I have to pause for a moment here and tell you about the Rustic Cream and Rustic white cardstocks. I bought them, not sure if I would like them, 'cause "rustic" really isn't my thing.
I LOVE these cardstocks!!! They are fabulous, and give some textural interest to your cardstock. I love the way the Spring Rain ink turned out on this. If you don't have any of these, trust me, you HAVE to get some.


Here's a little close-up of the decorative area on the box. I stamped one of the flourishes from the Fancy Flourishes set. To get this color, I inked it in Pure Poppy, and then wiped most of it off, leaving just a little trace, and then inked it in Spring Rain. I cut out the flourish, and mounted it on the box with foam squares. The flowers from Beautiful Blooms were stamped in Summer Sunrise, the center of the flower was masked, and then the flowers were stamped again with the Background Basics: Text Style stamp- one in Lemon Tart, and one in Spring Rain. The Lemon Tart ended up being a little TOO subtle to show up in the photo. Those flowers were cut out and mounted on the flourish cutout with foam squares. Musn't forget to mention the happy little ladybug. She's stamped in True Black and Pure Poppy, and then cut out and mounted on the flower petal with foam squares. The leaves are a Martha Stewart punch done in Spring Moss cardstock.
Last, but certainly not least (thanks to my new Bow Easy) is a precious little bow in Spring Rain.

So, let me know what you think; I truly enjoy reading all comments, and thank you for bearing with such a long post.

Viva La Verve! May Week 3

Here's my entry for the Viva La Verve! Week 3 challenge for this month.

The {twist} this time was to use your favorite color combo, your favorite embellishment, and you favorite Verve stamp set.

My favorite color combo is pink and green. I have lots of favorite color combos that wow me, but there's just something about pink and green with some white...

My favorite embellishment is pearls (saw that one coming, didn't you?)

I have two favorite Verve stamps, so I managed to use both of them; the butterflies from Beautiful Kindness, and the background stamp from Grateful Elegance.

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White, Hibiscus

DP: American Crafts

Stamps: Verve- Beautiful Kindness, Grateful Elegance

Inks: Memento- Tuxedo Black; Papertrey Ink- Hibiscus

Border Punch: Martha Stewart

Pearls: Kaisercraft

Stickles: Diamond

I hope you like it. Gotta run now, and catch up on some laundry. I'll be back later for the Papertrey Ink BLOG HOP! Woo hoo!

Mojo Monday and Timeless Tuesday Challenges

By now, any of you that read my posts on a fairly regular basis, know that I'm ALWAYS behind, so I think I'm going to stop mentioning it. I get to things when I can get to them; I'm sure most of you know what that's like.


So.... for Mojo Monday, we have a sketch challenge. I happen to be a big fan of circles on cards, so bring on the circle sketches! For Timeless Tuesday, the challenge was to do a square card. I've made mine a six inch square card. It's a booger making an envelope for one that size, but it sure does give you a lot of room to work.


So let me know what you think (I really do love to read the comments I receive).

Ingredients:
Cardstock: Bazzill- Avalanche; Papertrey Ink- Hibiscus, Spring Rain, Raspberry Fizz
DP: Papertrey Ink- Bitty Dots
Stamps: Flourishes Stamps- Sweet Violets; Verve- Wishful Elegance; Papertrey Ink- Fancy Flourishes
Inks: Versafine- Onyx Black; Papertrey Ink- Pure Poppy
Markers: Copic
Spellbinders: Nestabilities- Classic Circle, Classic Square, Long Scalloped Rectangle
Buttons: Papertrey Ink

I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend; hopefully I'll be back to share more cards with you soon!

Verve May Release Sketch Challenge

Whew, I've just a couple of hours before the deadline for this card. I just received the email update on it today, so I had to make a card really quick (quick for me, that is).


At least this one is a nice, simple sketch. I decided to make this one a Father's Day card for my dad; I hope he likes it.


Ingredients:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- Rustic Cream, Dark Chocolate
Stamps: Verve- Beautiful You, Grateful Elegance; Papertrey Ink- Pond Life
Inks: Papertrey Ink- Chamomile, Chai, Dark Chocolate
Spellbinder: Nestabilities- Classic Rectangle
Button: Papertrey Ink
That's all for now. Don't forget tonight is the release party for Verve over at Splitcoast Stampers!

OCC Color Challenge

Yikes, another color challenge! I typically do not do well with these, since they force me to think outside my comfort zone with color combinations. I do them anyway, though, I need the practice.


This card is for the weekly Our Creative Corner Challenge. The colors to use were Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, and a neutral. I used the sketch from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Sweet Stop challenge, but I didn't pay attention to the particulars of that challenge (to make a masculine card), so, drat it all, I can't use this for that challenge after all. Ha!




I thought this little guy was SO stinkin' cute!
I've got so many new things to play with, and no time to play with them; that's so frustrating.
Ingredients:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White
DP: SEI
Stamps: The Greeting Farm- Cup of Stuff; Papertrey Ink- Polka Dot Basics
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Markers: Copic
Nesties: Classic Rectangle Small & Large, Labels Four, Flourish Accents
Flowers: Prima
I hope everyone has a wonderful night; I hope to see you tomorrow!

Blog Candy Alert!

Hey, Glitterbabe has candy! Her birthday is the 27th of this month, and she's celebrating by offering us some goodies. Don't ya just love stampers? They GIVE gifts on their birthdays- LOL!
Go check out the candy, and wish Stef a happy birthday while you're there.

Viva La Verve! May Week 2

Well, better late than never. I'm really thankful that we have the entire month to complete the Viva La Verve! challenges; otherwise, I might never get them done.

I really haven't decided what kind of card this is going to be just yet, hence no sentiment.

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White, Kraft, Spring Rain, Spring Moss

DP: Whimsy Spring digi papers (could not find designer info)

Stamps: Verve: Because of You

Inks: Versafine- Onyx Black; Brilliance- Moonlight White; Papertrey Ink- Spring Rain, Spring Moss

Nesties: Classic and Scalloped Squares

Punches- Martha Stewart, Marvy, EK Success

Pearls: K & Company (colored with Copic marker)

Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #68

Well, La Princessa wasn't able to go back to "school" after all today. She still had a slight fever this morning. She should be right as rain by in the morning, I'm hoping.

So here's a card for the Taylored Expressions weekly challenge, which is a sketch challenge. I just thought this little fishy was so cute. Do 'ya think the Dew Drops look like bubbles, or was I trying too hard? Ha! (either way, I love Dew Drops; I can't believe I waited so long to try them).

Well, let's keep this short and sweet; I'm in the mood for a nice relaxing bubble bath, soak away the day and all that.

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White; Bazzil- Ocean

DP: Basic Grey

Stamps: The Greeting Farm- Down by the Pond

Ink: Versafine- Onxy Black

Markers: Copic, Spica

Nesties: Classic & Scalloped Circles

Border Punch: Fiskars

Flowers: Prima

Brad: Bazzill

Dew Drops: The Robin's Nest

Night everybody; hope to see you tomorrow!

Timeless Tuesday

Hey everybody! I cannot believe the weather here today! The high was 64F. It's the middle of May! We went to the farmer's market today before going to Whole Foods (I love that store), and i was wearing long sleeves. That just blows my mind, especially since we were in the low 80's just a couple of days ago.

Anywho, today's card is for the Timeless Tuesday challenge (to create a birthday card). Seems like I'm staying 5 days behind.

I stamped the image four times, colored and cut them out, and popped up the bottom three with foam squares. I made my own DP with a couple of stamps and Versamark; it's pretty subtle, but hopefully you will be able to see it in the photo.

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White, Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise

Stamps: Flourishes Stamps- Summer Blossoms, Ornamental Elements; Papertrey Ink- Polka Dot Basics

Inks: Versafine- Onyx Black; Versamark

Nesties: Petite Oval Large, Scalloped Long Rectangle

Markers: Copic

Pearls: K & Company

Well, I hope everyone had a great weekend; hopefully La Princessa will be able to go back to "school" tomorrow, which means I will be going back to work.

See ya later!

Stamps and Smiles Sketch Challenge

This card is for the Stamps and Smiles challenge (The Fresh Batch). I do enjoy their sketches; they seem to take pity on people like me, and provide simple, fun sketches.

I made this one for La Princessa (a.k.a. Lily) to try to make her feel better. Poor baby; nothing in the world makes you feel quite so completely powerless as a sick child.

The glittery background is a piece of packaging from a Stamps and Smiles stamp set, and I gave it a quite a healthy dose of glitter, too. The "feel better" lollies have their own healthy dose of dimensional glaze; trying to keep it fun and playful; I hope my sweet princess likes it.


Ingredients:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White
DP: SEI; Stamps & Smiles stamp packaging
Stamps: Stamps & Smiles- Cuppy Land
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Markers: Copic
Border Punch: Fiskars
Glitter: Martha Stewart
Dimensional Glaze: Ranger Glossy Accents
Ribbon: unknown
That's it for me today; got some clean up to do, and another card to finish up, THEN I get to check to see how far behind I am. LOL!
Have a great night!

Mojo Monday

Well, more like Mojo Saturday! I wasn't sure I was even going to get this one done; I struggled with the Mojo Monday sketch, and La Princessa is sick (a nasty case of strep).
But here it is; it looked better in my head. Ha!
Ingredients:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White; Bazzill- Lily White, Sea Water, Arctic
Stamps: Verve- Because of You, Grateful Elegance, Beautiful You
Inks: Papertrey Ink- Spring Rain, Fresh Snow
Border Punch: Martha Stewart
Dew Drops: The Robin's Nest

High Hopes & Wacky Wednesday

More combo challenges today.

This will be brief; I'm home with a sick baby (that's asleep on the sofa right now, and will be going to the doctor in a couple of hours).


This card is for the High Hopes weekly challenge, to make a guy card, and for the Wacky Wednesday challenge at Rubberneck Stamps, to use some stitching.

Ingredients:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- Kraft
DP: Digi papers- Page Frocks (blue); unknown (brown)
Stamp: Dustin Pike digi image- Monster Truck; Studio g- alphabet
Inks: Memento- Rich Cocoa
Markers: Copic
Buttons: Papertrey Ink
I hope everyone has a great day (let me know if any of you attended the Papertrey Ink release party last night).

Viva La Verve! May Week 1

It's a good thing we have until the end of May to do the weekly challenges for Viva La Verve; I'd be missing deadlines otherwise.

So, like the title says this is for the May week 1 challenge (sketch with a twist). The twist was a challenge to be inspired by something in your home (anything). Okay, so this is serious, and I'm not just trying to get more stamps out of it (but if it works....), my wonderful husband is my inspiration. I know I don't tell him often enough how grateful I am for him, but I hope he knows it. He's truly a wonderful man, and he IS my inspiration on a daily basis.

When I saw this sentiment in the Because of You set, I immediately thought of him. It's almost a custom stamp, like Julee somehow knows how I feel about my husband.

Anywho, enough of that; I don't want to lay it on TOO thick.

Just a clean and simple card, hopefully masculine enough that my sweetie won't be weirded out by it. Red and black are two of his favorite colors.

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- Kraft, Pure Poppy, True Black

Stamps: Verve- Because of You; Papertrey Ink- Life

Ink: Versafine- Onyx Black; Brilliance- Moonlight White

Brad: Foof-a-la

Have a great evening; I've got to try to watch the Lost season finale before the Papertrey Ink release party starts!

Mwah!

Our Creative Corner Challenge

This is for the weekly Our Creative Corner sketch challenge, always fun to do. They have great sketches. It gave me the perfect excuse to use one of the new Nesties my wonderful, fabulous, loving husband got me for Mother's Day. (compliments=goodies) LOL!

Don't you love the artistic angle of the card? Ha, I'm not sure what happened there. Do you think a photo box would help? Hee hee; I love giving my honey a hard time about that.
Ingredients:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White; Bazzill- French Vanilla
DP: K & Company
Stamps: Papertrey Ink- With Sympathy
Ink: Papertrey Ink- Dark Chocolate; Memento- Desert Sand
Nesties: Classic Circle, Blossom
Brads: Bazzill
I hope everyone has a great night; tomorrow is "hump day". Woo hoo!

Birthday Blog Candy!

Debbie from Passion for Crafts is celebrating her birthday by offering a gift for a very lucky winner! Look at all these goodies!

I'm drooling, bet you are too! Wipe your chin, and head to Debbie's blog to enter.

Stampavie Challenge #3

Today's card is for the current Stampavie challenge to use circles on your project. I've got circles on the stamped image, around the stamped image, on the DP, (you COULD call the bling and the brads circles), think that'll work?
The stamp I'm using just came to me today, along with many, many others. Thank you, sweetheart! I couldn't wait to use it, and I'm very pleased that it arrived in time for me to use it on this challenge.




I wish the photo was better, but since I took it at around 9:30 PM (and I still don't have a photo box), this is what I get. I love this image; it's just too precious. Imagine how good it would look if I could actually color correctly with the Copics...
Ingredients:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- Aqua Mist, Lemon Tart
DP: Digi Paper- Melany Violette (Simply Clean Digi Scraps)
Stamps: Stampavie (Rachelle Ann Miller)- Giving Shelter; Hero Arts- Sending Happy Thoughts
Inks: Versafine- Onyx Black (image was embossed with clear embossing powder); Papertrey Ink- Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides
Markers: Copic, Spica glitter pens
Nesties: Classic Circle
Rick rack: Making Memories (I think)
Flowers: American Crafts
Brads: Bazzill
Rhinestones: Offray
Glitter: Martha Stewart
Dimensional glaze: Ranger Glossy Accents
Okay, I'm pooped now; I might just go to bed- didn't sleep well AT ALL last night because {gasp} I had caffeine yesterday. Might as well have been speed or whatever, 'cause that's about how it affected me.
Happy stampin'!

Blog Candy Alert!

It's Christi's birthday (yesterday), and to celebrate, she is offering up a set of There She Goes stamps. So go wish her a happy belated birthday.

Flourishes Release Challenge and Taylored Expressions Challenge

So many challenges, so little time!

Happy Mother's Day everybody! I hope all your families treated you like the goddess you are, at least for today.

I've doubled up the challenges on a card again today. First is the Flourishes Stamps release challenge. Since their next release "has a little bit for "him" and a little bit more for "her", the challenge is to make his & her cards! Yikes! My apologies to the Flourishes ladies, but I knew there was no way I was going to be able to translate the floral, swirly or lacy Flourishes stamps I have into a "man" card, so I had to use other stamps

I used Taylor's sketch from Taylored Expressions (such sweet little cuppie images, I'm biding my time, and then I'm going to pounce on some). My apologies to Taylor, I don't yet have any of her stamps. (so many stamps, so little $$; but the kids yell if I spend the grocery money on stamps.)
Disclaimer: The previous statement was a JOKE, please don't call Child Protective Services on me, I do feed my children).

So what trashes out your creative space faster than making a card?
Making two cards at once! I have seriously GOT to clean up in here.
I scratched the digi itch again with these; the DP on both are digi papers. (Great, I've found something else to obsess about).
Ingredients:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White, Dark Chocolate
DP: Shelly Chua (scrapdish.com) {pink paper}; Jan (Touch of Class) {green paper}
Stamps: Papertrey Ink- Scattered Showers
Ink: Memento- Tuxedo Black, Desert Sand; Papertrey Ink- Hibiscus
Border Punches: Martha Stewart
Nesties: Classic and Scalloped Rectangles
Flower: Prima
Brad: Bo Bunny
Pearls: Kaisercraft
Buttons: Papertrey Ink
Ribbon: Offray
This was actually kind of fun (after I quit spazzing about how in the world I was going to pull it off).
Gotta go clean up now; see ya tomorrow!

Mojo Monday 85 and Timeless Tuesday

I've combined challenges with this card today, using the sketch from Mojo Monday, and the theme from Timeless Tuesday (to use beads, and yes, flatback pearls count- tee hee). This was quite the challenging sketch, but I finally got it done. As for the Timeless Tuesday challenge, they just don't know how much I like to use pearls. I almost felt guilty for not trying something different, but I got over it.

I did try something I've never done before with this card. All the DP is digi paper! I really wasn't too sure about it at first, but then I saw it come out of the printer and fell in love. It's gorgeous, even with my piece of poo printer.
Ingredients:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White, Dark Chocolate
DP: Digichick- Sugar Plum
Stamps: Verve- Beautiful You, Plain Jane Medallion
Ink: Memento- Rich Cocoa
Border Punch: Emaginations
Paper Ribbon: K & Company
Ribbon: Offray
Pearls: Kaisercraft
I wish all the moms a Happy Mother's Day, just in case I don't get to talk at 'ya again before then. I kinda already know what I'm getting from my DH for Mother's Day, and I'm telling you, his enabling mojo is in full swing. Bless his sweet ginormous heart, he said he was trying to "help me catch up" since I haven't bought anything in a while (that would be almost a month, so I guess it has been a while). It's going to take me a week to catalog and put everything away, and I'll be doing the little happy giddy dance the whole time. Sigh, I do love that man. He's very good to me.
Have a super weekend, and play as much as you can!

Lookee what I got today!

I received my Stampavie challenge candy today! I cannot express how blown away I was when I saw the packaging it was in. I was expecting the goodies to be in a bag in a box, but this? Wow! There is so much detail, and it's practically oozing that it was made with love. It almost made me cry to receive such a beautiful thing. You've got to click on the pic so you can see all the luscious pearls that were used on this. (How did they know that pearls are my favorite?)

I didn't want to untie the bow, but it was the only way to get the goodies out!

I do hope the fine people at Stampavie know how much I will cherish this gift.

Stamps and Smiles Release Challenge 4

Woo hoo! I've finished all four challenges for the Stamps and Smiles release. The release party is tomorrow (I think at 9:00 PM Eastern time). I'm gonna try to make it to the party, how 'bout you?

I love this image. Little Willow just looks so content curled up there sipping her hot chocolate. I know, I know, most of us wouldn't get within 50 feet of a turtleneck sweater now, but this is my last hurrah to the nights of curling up on the sofa with a blankie and a big steaming mug of whatever.

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White, Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides, Plum Pudding, Dark Chocolate

Stamps: Whiff of Joy- Willow with Hot Chocolate; Verve- Grateful Elegance (background)

Inks: Versafine- Onyx Black; Versamark (background)

Nesties: Classic Circle, Doodle Parts

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug- Stylized Flowers

Markers: Copic

Crochet Lace trim: Wrights

Button: Papertrey Ink

Note: stamped image is embossed with clear embossing powder

Okie dokie, that's probably it for me on the posts tonight. I've got more work to do, but I doubt I'll get anything finished.

Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite (unless you're into that sort of thing). Ha!

Stamps and Smiles Release Challenge 3 and High Hopes Challenge!

No, I'm not going to get caught up. That's just the way it is this week, and I have to try to deal with that.


This card is for the 3rd release sketch challenge from Stamps and Smiles, and it is also for the weekly High Hopes challenge (this time, to use some heat embossing). I've heat embossed my stamped image here. These Anya stamps emboss so nicely.




Ingredients:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White, Spring Rain
DP: Papertrey Ink- Bitty Dots
Stamp: The Greeting Farm- Princess Anya
Ink: Versafine- Onyx Black
Markers: Copic
Flourishes: Spellbinders- Doodle Parts
Flowers: Prima
Glitter: Martha Stewart
Thanks for looking, and have a great night!!!

Stamps and Smiles Release Challenge Sketch 2, and Rubbernecker Stamps Wacky Wednesay Challenge

I've combined challenges today (I'm so far behind, I'm going to have to work like a mad woman to get caught up with all the challenges I normally do, as well as some "new additions").

This card is for the Stamps and Smiles release challenge (new release is Friday, May 8), and for Rubbernecker Stamps Wacky Wednesday challenge (to use your favorite technique). My favorite technique (in case some of you could not tell) is to color with Copic markers. I wish I was better at it, but I'm learning as I go. My second favorite is using liquid applique, too bad I can't use that one on more projects. I just love how that stuff puffs up.


Ingredients:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White
DP: Wild Asparagus
Stamps: Stamp Oasis (from Rubbernecker Stamps)- Cupcake Mice; There She Goes- Cupcake Mix & Match
Ink: Versafine- Onyx Black
Markers: Copic
Liquid Applique- White
Coluzzle- oval
Nesties: Classic & Scalloped Heart
White paint pen

I hope everyone has a fantastic evening!

Stamps and Smiles Release Challenge Sketch 1

Friday, May 8th, Stamps and Smiles will be releasing some new stamps. From the sneak peeks, they look absolutely adorable. This card is for the 1st sketch for the release challenges.

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White

DP: Basic Grey, Chatterbox

Stamps: Our Craft Lounge- Tree-mendous Love; Papertrey Ink- Mixed Messages

Ink: Versafine- Onyx Black

Markers: Copic

Nesties: Classic Circle

Ribbon: Offray

Button: Papertrey Ink

Have fun; I'll be back with another shortly (trying to play catch-up, remember?)

Our Creative Corner Challenge- Mother's Day and Verve Project Parade

Today's card is for the weekly challenge at Our Creative Corner (to make something for the special "mom" in your life), and for the Verve Project Parade (also to make something for the special "girl" in your life. Since I've already made (and mailed) my mom's Mother's Day card, this one is for my MIL (who's just as precious).

I love the way this one turned out; I hope you do, too.

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White, Spring Rain, Pure Poppy

Stamps: Verve- Grateful Elegance, Because of You

Markers: Copic

Nesties: Labels Three

Pearl (colored with a Copic): K & Company

Ribbon: Bo Bunny

Gotta run; playing taxi driver for my DS again. (I should charge cab fare).

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Sketch Challenge 2

Today's card is for the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps sketch challenge at The Sweet Stop.
I tried a couple of different (for me) techniques on this card. The main image was "watercolored" with Papertrey Ink inkpads and a waterbrush. The dotted panel was made by running the piece of cardstock through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder, and then coating the entire surface with Modge Podge. After the Modge Podge dried, I sanded off the surface of the dots, and then liberally swiped my inkpad over the entire surface. I wiped away the excess ink, with the Modge Podge acting as a little bit of "resist" so that most of the color stayed on the dots.
Just a little something different.


Ingredients:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White, Lavender Moon, Spring Moss, Spring Rain
Stamps: Flourishes Stamps- Sweet Pea, Timeless Quotes
Inks: Papertrey Ink- Plum Pudding, Spring Rain, Ripe Avocado; Palette- Toile Pink
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug- Swiss Dots, With Love
Nesties: Classic Circle, Long Classic Rectangle
Ribbon: KI Memories (I think)
I hope you all enjoy and have a glorious evening. I've got to whip out a quick dinner, and then go to a work meeting (would be really great if these things were scheduled DURING work, but that's the way it is).
See you soon, I hope!

Stamps and Smiles Challenge

Today's card is for the Stamps and Smiles Challenge; always a fun sketch challenge from them. I wanted something fun and colorful for this adorable little digi image from Dustin Pike. His website is Doodle Dragon Studio, and I have a feeling we're going to be seeing a lot of the talented Mr. Pike in days to come.

So, this is pretty much a CAS card; I wanted the image to be the spotlight here.

I didn't have any DP that I felt looked right with the image, so I got out the Copics and made my own. The plaid paper was made simply by using cardstock strip masks. I attached them to the base with repositionable adhesive, and colored in between the strips with a Copic marker. For the dotted DP, I colored my stamp and then sprayed the stamp with alcohol blending solution (and made sure to clean the stamp REALLY well when I was done). I think I'm going to give this one to my DD. She really likes dragons, and her favorite color is blue.

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- White, Pure Poppy

Stamps: Digi Stamp from Dustin Pike- Dragon go 'round; Papertrey Ink- Polka Dot Basics

Markers: Copic

Buttons, Embroidery Floss

Hope everyone had a great weekend; it's back to work for me tomorrow {sigh}.

Timeless Tuesday Challenge

Today's card is for the Timeless Tuesday challenge. It's a sketch challenge this week, and a fun sketch at that. I was aiming for something kind of vintage and old fashioned, hopefully this conveys that. I used quite a bit of vellum on this card. I love vellum; I don't think I use it often enough.


I masked and stamped the lilac image to get a larger cluster for my focal. There's an embossed vellum frame around that, and a little vellum butterfly perched on the frame. The four squares were stamped with two ink colors at the same time on vellum, and then embossed with clear embossing powder before being cut apart and mounted on the DP squares. There's a complete vellum overlay on the DP base of the card; you can barely see the DP underneath, but it was quite effective in softening the colors of the DP. The sentiment also has a vellum overlay on it (put vellum on everything else, couldn't leave that part out, now could I?)
Ingredients:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink- Lavender Moon, White
DP: My Mind's Eye
Vellum: unknown source
Stamps: Flourishes Stamps- Lilac Set, Ornamental Elements, Thinking of You
Inks: Memento- Tuxedo Black; Papertrey Ink- Dark Chocolate, Plum Pudding
Markers: Copic
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug- Swiss Dots
Nesties: Classic & Scalloped Circle, Labels Four
Pearls: K & Company
Butterfly Punch: Emaginations
Ribbon: unknown
Hope you all have a glorious weekend. I've got to take some photos, and hopefully post another project soon.