Well, I am in sunny Cancun at the moment, enjoying a few weeks of sun, surf and tacos. Just before we left I discovered that I was lucky number 8 in the Our Daily Bread Designs HEART challenge! I am looking forward to finding out what that means.
I will be back making cards in a few weeks. I did take some copic coloring with me though. I hope to color a stack of images in preparation for when I return. It gives me something to do after hours when we are relaxing in our room.
Bye for now.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Happy Birthday - Mojo Monday
What a blustery day we had yesterday - windy, rainy and cold! A perfect day to stay in and enjoy crafting. So I made a card for the Mojo Monday challenge Week 178.
This gal with her RED purse and work outfit definately has Mojo and she is wishing someone a fabulous happy birthday.
This is another of those great digi images, "Purse Girl", that I purchased from Squigglefly. I used Spellbinders Small Circles and Lacey Circles. The words are stamped on a punch from Stampin Up. I can't tell who made the stamp because the wood has no company name.
Hope your day is a sunny day even if it is raining outside.
Nancy
This gal with her RED purse and work outfit definately has Mojo and she is wishing someone a fabulous happy birthday.
This is another of those great digi images, "Purse Girl", that I purchased from Squigglefly. I used Spellbinders Small Circles and Lacey Circles. The words are stamped on a punch from Stampin Up. I can't tell who made the stamp because the wood has no company name.
Hope your day is a sunny day even if it is raining outside.
Nancy
Monday, February 14, 2011
Psalm 47:2 - ODB Challenge #48
Here's a great challenge from Our Daily Bread Designs. The card has to follow the HEART ingredients:
I had a great time figuring out how to incorporate all the elements. I also wanted to use my new little Luxury Stack of metallic and pearlized papers. The CS is Stampin Up and the flower, Prima. I daubed some of the Distress ink over the raised embossing to bring out the image a bit more.
Have a great day!
H= Hemp (my hemp is tying the button)
E= Embossing (I embossed the background, 2 layers with Cuttle Bug folder)
A=Any Our Daily Bread Images or Sentiments (Scripture Collection #3 and Brocade Boarders)
R= Ribbon or lace (lace)
T= Tearing or distressing (Used Distress ink and distressed the blue CS under the brocade boarder)
I had a great time figuring out how to incorporate all the elements. I also wanted to use my new little Luxury Stack of metallic and pearlized papers. The CS is Stampin Up and the flower, Prima. I daubed some of the Distress ink over the raised embossing to bring out the image a bit more.
Have a great day!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Peeping Tilda
Today's card is for the Just Magnolia Wednesday sketch challenge #93.
Our little Tilda is peeping out of a small scalloped die cut from Spellbinders.This pearlized paper comes from The Luxury Stack. The paper is just the right size for making cards. I added a few pearls from Stampin Up and a couple of Prima flowers. You might notice the larger flower is made from designer paper using the Sizzix 3-D Flower die.
For this challenge, I wanted to use lighter colors - I am already thinking Spring! I am not used to making so many layers of paper on a card. I think this is why I am enjoying the challenges so much. It makes me work outside of my comfort zone a bit.
If you don't already participate in challenges, give it a try. I believe you will learn something new and have fun!
Happy Stamping!
Our little Tilda is peeping out of a small scalloped die cut from Spellbinders.This pearlized paper comes from The Luxury Stack. The paper is just the right size for making cards. I added a few pearls from Stampin Up and a couple of Prima flowers. You might notice the larger flower is made from designer paper using the Sizzix 3-D Flower die.
For this challenge, I wanted to use lighter colors - I am already thinking Spring! I am not used to making so many layers of paper on a card. I think this is why I am enjoying the challenges so much. It makes me work outside of my comfort zone a bit.
If you don't already participate in challenges, give it a try. I believe you will learn something new and have fun!
Happy Stamping!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Be Mine Kiki LaRue
Hi everyone,
I just got this new Kiki LaRue from C.C. Designs and I could not wait to try her on a card. I am entering this card into the All That Scarps Wednesday challenge for last week.
This is the first time I have ever added a pin to a card! I got the blue bead at a Beadworld in Victoria, BC. The main card stock is from SU. I wish I could remember the name of the designer paper. Now that I am blogging about my cards I need to write down the company when I buy paper at the SB store.
I used B21, B24 and B26 for the dress and E50, E53 and E57 for the hair. The skin tone is E00, E11 and E13. I have been experimenting with skin and hair color lately and I like this skin tone for a nicely tanned gal.
There is more to come this weekend, Happy Stamping!
I just got this new Kiki LaRue from C.C. Designs and I could not wait to try her on a card. I am entering this card into the All That Scarps Wednesday challenge for last week.
I used B21, B24 and B26 for the dress and E50, E53 and E57 for the hair. The skin tone is E00, E11 and E13. I have been experimenting with skin and hair color lately and I like this skin tone for a nicely tanned gal.
There is more to come this weekend, Happy Stamping!
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Shadow Box Card
I really appreciate Split Coast Stampers site and regularly look through their tutorials for something new for me to try. When I saw the tutorial on shadow boxes I new I had to make my DH Valentine using this method.
I recently purchased a Copic air brush set and wanted to try it with this card. This was my first try!!! I wanted to edge the heart opening with a frame of airbrush with copic R29 and it seems to have worked.
I used Spellbinders heart die to cut the opening shape and the heart scallop to cut the heart in the middle. I used a little Prima flower for Edwin to give his sweetheart.
The sentiment inside is stamped with Versa Mark and then I used SU Pearl Ex to highlight with a shimmering cream color. The outside sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and a Fancy Tags from Spellbinders.
Here is a bottom view...
I have entered this card into the Magnolia Down Under Challenge # 82, and All That Scraps anything goes challenge.
Happy Stamping!
Friday, February 4, 2011
Monochromatic again
I have continued to work with the monochromatic theme and tried another card with a Tilda image and flowers made from the Sizzix 3-D flower die.
The paper is from Stampin Up Brights collection and I used Teeny Tiny Wishes for the sentiment. My Copic marker colors were YR04 and YR07 for the dress.
The paper is from Stampin Up Brights collection and I used Teeny Tiny Wishes for the sentiment. My Copic marker colors were YR04 and YR07 for the dress.
Making Flowers
I was hunting around the net to find tutorials on making flowers. I am always looking for flowers to put on my cards but my local SB store only has so much room for such things and it doesn't always have the color I am looking for. I found a couple of good sites where I can purchase really cute flowers but then I have to wait about two weeks before anything is delivered. There must be a way I can satisfy my need now..... of course, I am part of the instant gratification generation.
Anyway, one I found is Learn to Stamp and Scrap with Lynn Larson. I really like how the finished flower looks but I did not want to go to all the trouble of smooshing the paper so much that it will separate. My answer to this problem is to use thinner paper. I just happened to have some Japanese paper and thought I would give it a try.
I used my Spellbinders small scalloped circles - the two smallest - and cut two of each for the flower. I layered them and punched a hole through the middle and then inserted a brad. I did this to keep all the layers together while I crumpled and smashed the paper to give it texture and shape. I am very pleased with the result. Take a look....
And here is my flower on a card....
The image is a digital design by Squigglefly.
Have a GREAT day!!
Anyway, one I found is Learn to Stamp and Scrap with Lynn Larson. I really like how the finished flower looks but I did not want to go to all the trouble of smooshing the paper so much that it will separate. My answer to this problem is to use thinner paper. I just happened to have some Japanese paper and thought I would give it a try.
I used my Spellbinders small scalloped circles - the two smallest - and cut two of each for the flower. I layered them and punched a hole through the middle and then inserted a brad. I did this to keep all the layers together while I crumpled and smashed the paper to give it texture and shape. I am very pleased with the result. Take a look....
And here is my flower on a card....
Have a GREAT day!!
Bible Verse Challenge
Split Coast Stampers Divine Design challenge is to create a card a month to help memorize Scripture. I created my first card in January and then made a box so that I could give some of the cards as a gift with the box. The box was noticed by Our Daily Bread and was featured on their blog. Well, I got excited about the cards a made a few all at once........
I used the same two sheets of designer paper for most of the cards and kept the color theme throughout. I tried to make each card unique. The verses are from Our Daily Bread Scriture Collection 3. I used Spellbinders for the die cuts and Martha Stewart edge punch. Flowers and pearls are from Prima.
Have a Blessed day!