Oh What a Challenge!

Oh, boy what a challenge our fearless leader from the 

Crafting Circle put on us this month. 

You know you see all these white on white card (which I

really love) but I struggle with sometimes.

Well so being the person our leader MsWipz is she

has placed a challenge on us to use

BLACK on BLACK!!!!  Or she gave us some lea way

to do any tone on tone color if you got too freaked

out from black on black, LOL.

Me being me I had to follow the first challenge that she placed

on us, black on black.

Here is what I came up with.

Can we say, WOW!

I was so pleased, thrilled, overjoyed and shock at how well this turned out.

I Just made a black card base and then randomly stamped an image

from the Beautiful World stamp of approval collection, after I was

done stamping I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

In order to carry out the black theme, I stamped my sentiment in white on

a stitched die from Gina Marie. 

I got so excited on how this one came out I thought I would try it

with another color.

For this one I stamped on royal blue with a background stamp

from The Ton, this stamp is called Peony Garden.

You have to go and check out their stamps, they have some amazing

background stamps and they are a full 6 x 6 so it will cover your entire card.

I stamped my sentiment this time on a piece of pearl vellum.

Well this is really a fun challenge so head on over to the 

Crafting Circle and join in the Crafty Awesomeness Challenge. 

Ink Smooching

Hi, I have a quick card to share with you today.

Over at Stamp Nation, they are having a challenge,

"Just add Water" so it is any project that you have

used water to make.

                  I love working with watercolor and inks and all the good stuff.

  So here is what I came up with. 

Luckily I do not need a sympathy card right now, but I like

to have some on hand.

For this card, I use Distress Oxides in Wilted Violet, Faded Jeans, and Broken China.  I just smooched some ink on a piece of acetate

and then sprayed it with water, then smooched it onto

a piece of watercolor paper.   I like using the acetate because

you can see what is going on with your colors and then

press or move to get the look you like.

I then mounted in on cardstock to piece up a couple of the

colors.  I used my MISTI to stamp using a couple

Unity Stamps.  The watercolor paper is very rough so by

using the MISTI I was able to stamp it a few times.  I used 

Catherine Pooler Black Jack ink which is a dark gray.

Thanks for stopping to take a peek, hope you are

having a fabulous day.

Challenges entered

Crafty Sentiments Design - anything goes - ends 10/2

Digi ChoosDay - anything goes - ends 10/10

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes - ends 10/17

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes - ends 10/2

Happy Holidays

Hi, if you have visited my blog some lately you will

know I love coloring on kraft paper.

So this week when I saw that PowerPoppy's challenge was to use kraft paper

I was all in.  What better combination is there besides

kraft paper and PowerPopoy images, it is a win-win.

So here is what I came up with using PowerPoppy's 

Hollyberries digital image. 

I colored it using my Polychromo pencils and Copics for the berries.

I was surprised to find that Copics color well on kraft paper.

I mounted the image on a piece of deep red and then popped

the whole panel onto my kraft card base and that was it.  A pretty

quick Christmas card.

Thanks so much for stopping by and head on over to PowerPoppy and

join in the fun or at least poke around at all the great images at

PowerPoppy HERE.

Challenges entered:

A Snowflakes Promise - anything goes - ends 10/8

Creates and Makes - anything goes - ends 9/25

Digi ChoosDay - anything goes - ends 10/4

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes - ends 10/4

A Start on my Christmas Cards

Well it is that time of year to start trying to figure out what

I will do for my Christmas cards.  I usually try and pick one

style and then make that is bulk (I send out about 40 cards) and

then always have some odds and ends that I have made.

So when it was time to do my Bugaboo image for this month's

challenge at the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge I decided to go

with a Christmas image, Winter Circle 

In fact, I made 2 cards using this image.

For this one, I went with more traditional Christmas colors.

The second one using the same image I went with Wintery colors.

I really like this image and it is fairly easy and quick to color.

On both cards I used a scallop die to cut the matting, I wanted it to be

a little bigger mat than usual. 

And that's it, fast cards.  This might just turn out to be my

mass produced card.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure and check out the 

Bugaboo Crafty Challenge at the Crafting Circle.

The challenge runs from the 15th of the month till the 14th of the next month. 

Just for You

I am sharing a card with you I made a couple months ago

but never posted it. 

I was a fun simple card to make and I even made it

without following a sketch ha ha ha.

I used stamps that came in the Stamp of Approval box that was leased in June.

The collection was called Naturally Inspired and I love the stamps that same in there.

The cross hatch stamp made a fun simple background.  The feathers I stamped

in 3 different colors using Catherine Pooler Inks and then fussy cut them out.

I used a Fiskars punch to cut along the right edge of the card then wrapped some

bakers twine around it and popped the top layer.

This card was simple and fun to make, maybe I will try and do it in

a Christmas theme.  Will keep you posted.

Thanks for stopping to take a peek, have a great day.

Challenges entered:  

Crafty Freinds Challenge - dies cuts/punches - ends 9/22

DisDigiDesigns - Ribbon, Lace Twine - ends 9/22

Go OWL Out

Hi, time for the new Crafty Awesomeness Challenge over at

the Crafting Circle. 

This month our sponsor is Rick St Dennis whose images are

a bit different than most out there.

This month I chose these owls because I knew I had the

perfect sentiment stamps to go with it.

LOL, funny huh?  I colored the lil owls using my Copic markers then cut

them out with a Gina Marie cross stitched die.  The sentiement is from

a stamp set I bought many years ago that is Pink by Design stamps.

The web site still comes up but don't think they do business anymore since

nothing has been posted since 2013.  Such a shame because there were so

many pun stamps.

Don't these two owls already look like the went "owl out".

I actually made this following a sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday but didn't get to enter it since the challenge ended on the 29th. I made the triangle piece using

my Cricut Explore and Design Space.

The ribbon banner I cut using another Gina Marie die and then stamped the

sentiment on it.  The corner is a die from

My Little Paper World. 

So come on over and join in the 

Crafty Awesomeness Challenge.

Kraft and White Challenge

Hi, the card I have to share with you today is for the color

challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays.

The challenge is to use 

What a great combination, lately I have really enjoyed working

with kraft cardstock.  You can get some really neat effects coloring on it,

but for this one there is no coloring.

A very simple card but I think has a big impact.

I embossed the background with a Cuttlebug folder, then the kraft panel I cut out using a Gina Marie cross stitched die.  I stamped the flower using a Unity stamp and heat embossed it in white.  The sentiment is from the last Stamp of Approval box that was also heat embossed in white.  I added a few sequins to give it 

just a touch of sparkle.

Well that is it, head on over to CAS-ual Fridays and join in the fun

and see what you can come up with.

Challenges entered:

CAS-ual Fridays - kraft & white - ends 9/5

Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes - ends 9/10

Pammies Inky Pinkie - anything goes - ends 9/3

A Desert Scene

Hi, I am so excited to share this card with you.  I am thrilled

with how it turned out, more on that a bit later (I can't take credit for it).

This week over at StampTV the challenge is to make a card

with a scene on it.  As soon as I read that I knew whose blog I would

go to for help.  

So here is my card.

I could never have done this with out following Theresa Momber's 

great tutorials at Crafting the Web.

Here is the one I followed to create this card 

Desert Sun Card using the Old West 2 GinaK stamp set, in fact

Theresa Momber is the illustrator of this set as she is with many of

GinaK's stamps.  I know, I know I followed her design to a T but I had to do it like that the first time, till I get a bit more comfortable to change things up

on my own.  Normally that is how I learn and do new techniques, follow it the first time as close as I can and then branch out with my own twist later.  I 

actually do the exact same thing when I make a new recipe, follow it the

first time then change it up later. 

I do not have any GinaK inks so I used my Distress Inks.  After I completed my scene I embossed lines on the card base using my Martha Stewart score

board, then mounted the panel. 

Please go over and visit Theresa's blog and check out her tutorials,

you won't be disappointed. 

CRAFTING THE WEB

I had so much fun creating this card I think I will go do another one.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sunflowers in a Jar

Hi, this card was made following the sketch this week at

Tuesday Morning Sketches, I love to play along here when I can.

Here is the sketch.

I flipped it sideways so I could fit my sunflower image that came

in this months Unity Kit of the Month.

I stamped the image onto kraft card stock and colored it using my
Polychromo pencils.  The sentiment is an Altenew stamp.
I loved the place paper and thought it would pull all my colors together,
it is from a DCWV stack a few years back called Autumn Amber.

Thanks for stopping to take a peek at my blog.

Challenges entered:

Tuesday Morning Sketches - sketch - ends 8/20

Power Poppy - hues to use - no ending

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes - ends 8/22

Tuesday Throwdown - anything goes - ends 8/22

Bugaboo Tulip Blocks

Hello, it is time again for the BugaBoo Crafty Challenge over

at the Crafting Circle.  The challenges starts on the 15th

of each month and runs for a month so you have

plenty time to join in.

You need to use a Bugaboo image for this challenge but that

should not be a problem as all the images are adorable, plus

there is always a Friday Freebie. 

This month I chose to work with a 4 square 

Tulip Block.

I printed the image on Strathmore Bristol paper and colored it using my

Zig Clean Color pens and water.  I cut the center of the green panel using

a Gina Marie in and out dies.   The die is pretty cool as it cuts out a piece that has

a dotted border and then leaves behind and "window" with a dotted border. 

And that is my card, so you have have plenty time to come on over and

join in at the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge 

Challenges entered:

DigiChooseDay - anything goes - ends 8/29

LemonShortbread - anything goes - ends 8/27

Stamp Art Papel - anything goes - ends 8/22