Pollycraft Challenge #54 Love and Marriage

FLUFFY LOVES LOVEBOT!......Can I just think on a normal level!? NO! This challenge over at Pollycraft was to do a card thinking along the lines of love and marriage. Well Monsters and Robots need love too! Mind you...this would not be a card for your most elegant, serious friends. This is more for your friends or family that sway a little more to the wild, and crazy fun side of the spectrum of personalities! We love them all anyway....don't we! This is for the couple who's marriage is going to be chock full of fun and laughs! I ended up using a lot of my paper scraps for this one! Love that!!....my scrap bin is really getting full! I used "Lovebot" and "Fluffy" from Pollycraft digi stamps and more. Check out the blog at http://pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ to see the challenges. From there you can navigate around to see all the design inspiration and purchase some of the awesome images for yourself. You're going to love browsing here!

Okay,....so I found some gray, and a dark bluish gray cardstock that I used for this. The cuttlebug embossing hearts folder was used on the gray panels, and I glittlered the raised hearts with Dazzling Diamonds from S.U. In my stash I found the pink flowers, lace, green cardstock, tiny pearls, white organdy ribbon, and a heart charm.

The Deets.....I printed these two cuties 3 times so I could layer this up. I colored them with copic markers. Stickles were used on the balloon and "Mrs. Fluffy's" accessories and gloves, and little antaenna. She has pieces of lace behind the top and second layer of her head with a few pearls to adorn the veil. Her sleeves are also those tiny pearls. Fluffy has kind of a scruffy coat today since he's a little nervous....but he's sporting a shiny black bow tie and a boutineer with a little bit of pink stickles in the center to match Lovebot's accessories. His eyes and teeth have crystal laquer on them to give him a shiny glowy look! I popped his teeth out to give him a little more dimension too. Yes.....they are the perfect match......and they're going to live "Happily ever after" which was generated on Photoshop. Thanks for taking a look!

Deedee's Challenge (card of Friendship & send it)

Hi everybody! Hope your weekend is going well! I am really getting in on this challenge at the last minute! The challenge is from Deedee's Digis. It is to make a card of friendship and send it. I will probably hand-deliver this to my sister for her birthday this week. The name of this image is "Shells from the Sea". I got it last week when I entered Deedee's challenge and I've been anxious to use it. I decided to make a "Tent Topper" card. I got this cool orange organza wire edged ribbon last year from Garden Ridge and finally got an opportunity to use it. I needed a nice wide ribbon for this. My card base is from S.U."Rich Razzleberry",and I used 2 DPs from S.U. Sweet Pea paper pack. Love that pad of paper! I used a Fiskars border punch on the bottom of the designer paper and added a few gems from my stash.

I printed the digi 3 times and cut it apart and layered it. I sandwiched torn sandpaper (I had to dig it out of my shed) in between the layers. I added dazzling diamond glitter in some of the sand areas to make it look like the sun was shimmering on it.

The star fish and the shell on the right were colored with copics. I put a tiny bit of white glitter on the star fish and I brushed on some crystal laquer to the shell on the right. I wanted the shell in the back to have some texture so I colored it with colored pencils and then brushed on some "Scribbles" irridescent white mist mixed with a little Pearl Ex. which made it thick enough to give it a decent amount of texture. It's hard to see the color because of the reflection of the light on the irridescent paint.

I printed a small version of this digi on the inside of the card with reduced opacity. It's on the same DP as what was used on the front bottom. This is the sentiment that came with this digi set. I love it! It's perfect to go with these sweet shells. I used the border punch again on each side of the sentiment. And now I am excited about getting Deedee's cute little set called "God's Way". The sentiment is awesome and it has the most adorable looking little piggy with such a sweet face to go with it. You can check out all of the awesome talent over at Deedee's here at http://craftingwithdeedeesdigis.blogspot.com/ I know you'll find yourself smiling as you look! Thanks for stopping by my blog! Talk to you later.

Magical Monday at Paper Cupcakes "Strawberries and Cream"

Hi! I was checking out the Paper Cupcakes blog and.....Wow! What a cute Party Cake image Nina May was offering as a freebie. It goes right along with the Strawberries and Cream challenge! The prize for the random drawn winner is the most adorable Watermelon embellies with ribbon and trim to go with it. I just had to get in on this! Love those embellies! This is the "Party Cake" I received as a freebie. Cute, Cute, Cute!! I printed it several times and layered it and blinged it up..... put the cake on a lacy tablecloth..... and put it on an Easel card! Close up below.

Paper is all S.U. as is the sentiment. Lace is from Joann's. Ribbon is from PTI. I dotted "very vanilla" cardstock with polka dots. Gems are from my good old stash. I frosted the cake with Copics, Stickles and I used iridescent white mist fabric writer by "Scribbles" for the icing on top of the 2 large layers. I cut out and layered the flowers on top and added some very thin wire that I spiraled around a toothpick and glued it into the top with crystal glaze between the flowers. It's the tiniest cake I've ever decorated at a whopping 2 1/2 inches tall from plate to the tippy top! I'm sure I'll be decorating this little cake many different ways on future projects.

Thanks for this adorable image Nina! Here's Nina's blog address if you'd love to take a look-see at all the wonderful talent... http://theresmagicintheair.blogspot.com/

CDAC Sketch Challenge #2 "Shelly's Images"

This card is for the Sketch challenge #2 over at CDAC. This cute little birds with the banner image was a freebie from Shelly Parker at "Shelly's Images". She has lots of cute images available here at www.shellysimages.com if you'd like to go over and browse. The birds in this image were copied and resized several times so I could have a bunch of birds flying around and sitting on the banner. The birds were colored on PS Elements. The banner was sponged around the edges and the Happy Birthday was colored with glitter pens. The papers are all S.U. The gems are from stash. Flowers were made and shaped from S.U. punch. Ribbon is from stash. Fiskars border punch and S.U. scallopped border punch were used. All the birds and the banner were cut out and attached with dimensionals. I just couldn't resist putting a little bling on their wings!

This is the Sketch we were to use for this challenge along with Shelly's Image. Thanks to Shelly for the adorable image and thanks to Scrappy for this sketch!

CDAC Color Challenge #2

I made this card for the color challenge over at CDAC. This challenge is hosted by Jeanette Walters from "Robyns Fetish Digital Stamps". This cute image is called "Katie Kitty". The challenge was to make a "Pretty in Pink" project. The papers used here are all "S.U." Cuttlebug embossing folder for cream color. Ribbon and bling are all from my stash. The sentiment is from Designer Digitals. The colors behind the sentiment are Rob and Bob. The images were colored on Photoshop Elements.

The Cockatiel was drawn by myself. And the flower is from my stash also.

Here is a png image of the Cockatiel if you would like to use it.

Thanks for looking!

CDAC Holiday Challenge

Hi bloggers! Here's a card I made for the Holiday/Special Occasion Challenge over at CDAC. It's being hosted by "Sew Many Cards". Angela Doescher has given us this cute little elephant freebie to use in the challenge. He is called "Eris Christmas Lights". Poor little guy. My take on this is that he's having a tough time putting lights on the tree. So my story with this card is that he's got this empty tree that he has to decorate .... all the ornaments are sitting out in a box ready to go, but poor Eris is just getting so frustrated with the tangled lights, as he looks on at this huge task he has to do before Christmas Eve. You can find tons of adorable images like this one here http://shop.somanycards.com/ This is a first for me.... Eris was colored on Photoshop Elements. I took some of the black out of his eyes and made them blue. I printed him out on glossy photopaper. I put a little stickles on his star to bling it up. Along with his tangled lights he's holding a couple ornaments (charms) that I tied to his trunk with SU silver cord. The bling around the circle and the rectangle frame are called "Dot Sparklers" by Stampendous. I got them at Michaels. They're very blingy and yet they are very flat (easier to mail). The ribbon is from PTI. "Joy" is a rubber stamp from S.U.

Close up of Eris....The charms say "Wish" and "Magic"

Another "First".....I needed an empty tree to go with my story for Eris. So I drew this one and the box of "waiting" ornaments. This was also colored on Photoshop. I cut it out and adhered it to my DP with dimensionals. I took the picture outside and the angle of the sun really gives my tree a great shadow! I do have some shading around the tree and box, but it's not that pronounced! My papers are Bazzil cardstock and S.U. Pink Pirouette. I used Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background, and put a little color on the sentiment heart with copics.

Here is my jpeg. If you want to use it, be my guest. I'm not sure if I've done this correctly. I guess you can click on the pic., then right click to save it on your computer.? I'm going to try it myself to see if it works. If it doesn't ... I'll ask somebody who knows. IT WORKS! IT WORKS! I DID IT!!

Michelle Perkett Sketch/color challenge#38

Hi ladies! I guess I'll start with the close-up since that's the order these came up in. This is for Michelle Perkett's Sketch/ color challenge. I've used this adorable image from Michelle called "Abby and Walter's Birthday Wishes". There's a link to Michelle's on my sidebar so you can visit her blog to see all the beautiful inspiration and artwork from Michelle and the fabulous DT. Okay...the whole picture! I cut Abby and Walter apart and resized them and the balloons for placement on the card. Walter is attached with dimensionals as he looks on at Abby's yummy cupcake. I used a big sequin behind the candle and blinged it up a bit with yellow stickles. She's having a "Bright Shiny Birthday"! I doodled two of the balloons with little flowers and polkadots just to change it up a bit. They are attached to SU gold cord which is glued behind Abby and tied to Walter's tail. The ballons themselves are attached with dimensionals. The coloring was done with copics and gel pens.

This is the sketch for the challenge. You could either do just the sketch "or" the colors (Turquoise, cream, sand,chocolate) or combine both. My entry is a combination of both.

DP...PTI.Chocolate Remix, S.U. Sweetpea Designer Series., and DCWV Retro Stack.

cardstock...S.U.

Two little gems...stash.

Deedee's Happy Monday Sketch Challenge

This is a card I made for Deedee's "Happy Monday Sketch Challenge" The "sweet" image I used is called "Little Miracles". Deedee's images are all so awesome that I have a really hard time choosing which ones to use. You can go over to her blog to see her wonderful work. Just click on the Deedee's Digis badge on my sidebar.

DP is from Papertrey Ink.....Cardstock is Stampin' Up.......Cuttlebug embossing folder was used on the green panel and I hit the high spots with Palette Clean Canvas. The large flower is handmade with S.U. scalloped circle punch w/half inch circle punch for the center. The sparkle is Dazzling Diamond glitter from S.U. The bling and charms are from my stash. The sentiment is from Designer Digitals. Image was colored with Copics and gel pens.

Deedee's Flamingo

This is a card I made for the Embellishment Challenge over at CDAC. I used this cute little Flamingo that was a freebie from Deedee's Digis. Please see the link to her adorable artwork on my sidebar. I have named 2 of my Flamingos. "Flossie" is strutting her stuff with a sequin and bling hat. She has a jump ring neclace and ankle bracelet with a bead on each. Her toe ring is a pearl. "Gertie" is puttin' on a show with her purple fiber had with a large sequin that was cut and folded into quarters. She has a long chain necklace with a diamond on it . Her bling ring (which she's showing off to Flossie) and her "Wing Bling" and her toe ring all match in a lovely aqua blue. She also has an ankle bracelet made from a square jump ring with a bead on it. All the blingy things are from my stash of blingy stuff.
The DP is from Paper Trey Ink and the cardstock is from Stampin' Up. The flower is handmade with wet cardstock and DP. I found the sentiment in my collection of fun designs from "Designer Digitals". This is a little on the silly side, but I had a lot of laughs dressing up these two "Girls"! Oh.......I should mention that the two Flamingos in the background are just shaking their heads and giggling when they see Flossie and Gertie. They know how different these two girls are.....but they love Flossie and Gertie anyway!
Thanks for the fun challenge and the Flamingo digi Deedee!

Magical Birthday

I made this card for "other/theme" challenge at CDAC. The images are all from Michelle Perkett Studios. They are a combination of Goldilocks, Flower Cupcake, and one of the fairy's from "Juniper and Cecelia". The paper is from DCWV glitter stack. The flowers from Joann's and the bling and ribbon is from my stash. I created the sentiment on Photoshop for this. See the close-up below for detail on the fairy.

This little fairy is mounted on a coil of very thin wire so she appears to be floating above the cupcake. She is blowing fairy dust on the cupcake in wishes for a "Magical Birthday". At least that's how it is in my head! I hope it appears that way! Check out Michelle's adorable and whimsical images on PCP and CDAC. There's a link on the sidebar which will take you right to her beautiful artwork.

Father's Day Cards with Deedee's Digis

This is the card I would like to enter in Deedee's Sketch Challenge this week. I used her cute set called "Under the Stars" for this. I colored this with Copics. Papers are from S.U. Since I'm a letter carrier, I've been wanting to use this stamp template from Splitcoast Stampers. It's a pdf file. I printed it, then scanned it to Adobe Elements and resized it to my liking for this. Check out Deedee's Digis at http://deedeesdigis.blogspot.com/ to see her adorable images and get some fantastic inspiration.

The inside was generated on Photoshop and papers added to match the front of the card.

I just had to keep using my new Stamp Template and more than one set of Deedee's all on one card, so I continued on. This card and the one below are using Deedee's sets called "Bloom where you're Planted"(frog and planter) and "Little Miracles" (dragonfly) and "Under the Stars" (the sweet bear and the Relax and enjoy sentiment). The Winners Cup and the Sweet little Bee are both freebies that she was so generous to offer. These images were colored with Copics. The round sentiments are old acrylics in my stash of stamps (sorry I can't remember who made these) cause I relocated them to CD folders. The papers are from DCWV and S.U. Oh of course I had to have some bling on the wings of my little bugs and the sand had to sparkle too!

Inside was generated with Photoshop and matching papers added.

And another Stamp template Deedee card! Same images were used as in blue card above. This time I colored them with watercolor pencil. The papers are from S.U. and Basic Grey. The little stars in the corner are made with a corner punch I just got from EK success. Fun Stuff! The ribbon is from Michaels and the screw brads are from my stash. The round sentiment is from my acrylic stamp stash also. I layered it on 3 stars that I punched out and rotated each layer a little.

Inside of card was done with Photoshop, and matching paper added. You can find the Stamp Template on Splitcoast Stampers in the resources section along with a tutorial about it .

Deedee's Challenge #3 Red-White- & Blue

This is a card I made for Deedee's challenge (Red White and Blue). This is a two pocket card. The coffee cup is from Deedee's digitals http://craftingwithdeedeesdigis.blogspot.com/. The name of the digi set is "Cuppa Love"(Very cute!) The cup was printed twice and colored with water color pencils/gamsol, then layered and shaped to give it a 3D effect. The coffee was done with copic E57 and colorless blender. I used crystal laquer on the coffee to make it look more like liquid (The photo doesn't show this very well). The roses on the cup are actually colored red, (the glitter kind of took the red down a couple tones). The papers used are from SU and DCWV summer stack.

This shows the two things that are in the pockets on the card front. The tag was cut and layered with the same papers from the front of the card. The flower and sentiment on the tag is a rub on from SU. I added glitter to the middle of the flower, and colored the petals with chalk and added red with a #R29 Copic marker. This can be used as a book mark for someone who loves to read. I found an image of the Starbucks card on one of their websites and printed it on Glossy Photo Paper. Too bad it can't be used....but it's the size of a regular gift card. When I give this card away I'll purchase the "Real Thing", or maybe Tim Horton's.

I carried the papers on to the inside of the card. The sentiment is also from Deedee's "Cuppa Love" digi set. There are several other sentiments to choose from in this set. Love the choices!

Deedee's Digis Challenge #2 Use Scripture of Praise

I made this card for challenge #2 over at http://deedeesdigis.blogspot.com/ This is a joy fold card. The Birdies are from Deedee's Happy Bird-Day digi set. They have been colored with copics. Their eyes have crystal laquer on them and they have a little bit of stickles on their wings. This is a closed view of the card.

This is the opened card. This paper is from S.U. I couldn't resist putting these birds on the inside of the card. The other papers used are S.U. "Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry". The brown is from my stash of scraps.

This is the card partially open. When it's closed the upper left corner tucks under the white flower at the top which is attached to the card with a dimensional. The ribbon is from P.T.I. Gems are from stash, and musical notes are rub-ons I've had forever from QVC. The Scripture is a verse I chose and printed on Photoshop. The paper it's printed on was also created on photoshop. I don't know if you can tell from the photo, but the paper has lyres of different sizes on it in a very faint grey. Thanks for taking a peek!

Squigglefly Shy Bear Graduate

Okay...Here's the horizontal version of my G card. The image is "Shy Bear" from Squigglefly at http://www.squigglefly.com/ . I think this is good for a 5 year old boy. "He's not too Fluffy and Girly Girl". I printed him out 3 times and layered him to look like he's hiding behind the star. He's colored with copics and wc pencils/gamsol. His eyes and nose have Crystal Laquer on them to make them shine! I added Burke's name and the year to the "diploma". The sentiment is self done on Photoshop, but the circle is from Birds Cards (see Sat. post for address).

The purple paper is from stash (embossed with CB and sanded lightly). Printed paper is from DCWV glitter stack I added blingy gems to it. The shiny yellow star is called "Pearl Paper" that I got from a scrap convention a few years ago. Don't know manufacturer. I ran it through the CB swiss dot along with the white torn paper in the corner of the card. I ran a small purple ink cube along the dots on the white paper. Hope you like it!

Thank you for all of the nice comments! I feel honored that you take the time, considering all of the gorgeous creativity I've seen from all of you !

A couple images from Bird's Cards

I made this card for my nephew's upcoming Graduation. Glad I'm a little ahead of the game! I made a template for the card on PS. The G is part of the card front. I printed out some grad words in PS and printed it on the Kraft paper. The blue/green paper and the white base of the card is from P.T.I. There is a strip of the P.T.I. paper inside the card also.

The Grad cap and the circle are freebies from www.http.//birdscards.com . She has lots of freebies that are very useful! The sentiment inside the circle was generated on PS. The coloring of the cap was done with copics and wc pencils/gamsol. Below is how the card shape was made if you'd like to know.

This (above) was printed (borderless) on 8.5X11 in. paper. It makes two (A2) size cards. When the paper is cut in half, you'll have one vertical and one horizontal card with the G on the edge of the card front. Cut out the right side of the G and the center of the G. Leave the left side attached. Use the white part of the G as a template for cutting out your contrasting paper or you could just color the inside of the G as you wish.

This is the print I made on PS. to print onto the kraft paper for my card. I think you can click and save it as a jpeg in a folder on your computer if you wish to use it. You may even be able to do the same thing with the card template. (Not sure)? Any way hope you like it.

Crafting with Deedee's Digis challenge #1

This card was made for Deedee's Digis 1st challenge. (Use white as an accent color.) I decided to do a flower pot card. (Tutorial at SCS) I used the floral part of one of Deedee's images called "Cup of Joy". The sentiment on the front of the card was done on Photoshop. The card base is from S.U. cardstock "Pumpkin Pie" and sponged with brown. The bottom of the pot is covered with Basic Grey "Sublime" paper. This first image is what the card looks like when it's closed.

This is a pic. of the card partially opened. The flowers are adhered to the inside card with dimensionals so when the card is closed (or pushed down) they will over-lap the top of the pot. The sentiment on the inside is also from "Cup of Joy". This cute set comes with 4 sentiments to choose from....also the flowers are in a cup "very cute"! The frame around the sentiment was done with Photoshop.

This is the card all the way out. The flowers were colored with Copics and the centers were dotted with a Sharpie marker with Stickles on top. The ribbon and brads are from my stash. Check out Deedee's Digis at http://deedeesdigis.blogspot.com/ . Her store is VERY newly opened. I think you'll like what you see there.

Beautiful Blogger Award!!

I just received this "Beautiful Blogger Award" from Barbara over at Barbara's world of Whimcees! Thank you Barbara! I wish you lived next door to me...so we could visit and craft and talk! I have just recently discovered her blog and have viewed it with AWE at her many talents! Her creativity is a sight to behold! The award is on my sidebar to the right. If you would like a "treat for your eyes"... just click on the award to get to her blog. I promise you'll love what you see! Plan to spend some time looking....there's so much beautiful talent!

Mo's Challenge #30

I made this card for Mo's challenge #30. "Include rain or suggest water" in the project. The image is from Mo's digital pencil http://digitalpenciltoo.com and is called "Windowseat". Papers are all from S.U. designer paper and Choc.Chip cardstock. Ribbon is from P.T.I. Brads flowers and acetate are from stash.

This is a close up of the detail. I put drops of crystal laquer on the back side of the acetate to look like rain before I attached it to the window frame. The sky was sponged, and the little girl was colored with copics and water color pencils. The curtains and bedding were paper-pieced from S.U. DP. She looks so cozy as she cuddles up in her windowseat on a dark rainy day.

Shirleys 2 Girls Challenge #55

This is the card I made for Shirleys 2 Girls challenge #55. The challenge was to use the word "Welcome" in the project. The image is called "Pamper" from http://shirleys2girls.com/. Oh she looks like she's enjoying this so much! This was colored with wc pencils and Copics. She has stickles on her jewelry and Crystal Laquer in the water and the wine glass, and bubbles.
The background blingy paper is from DCWV The Glitter Stack. The rest of the papers are pink and peachy colors from my stash. The flowers were punched.. wet.. crunched.. and put together with stash brads. Leaves were cut by hand ..wet and crunched. The little flowers and gems are from the old stash. The sentiment was done on Photoshop.