Live in the Present!

As we enter the new year most of us take stock of the recent past and sometimes make new year's resolutions.  My resolution is to "live in the present" as much as possible. 

I love this Just Right sentiment and it goes well with my resolution and this scenic card.

I started my scene by stamping Tilda - Key Largo and then masked her for the rest of the scene development.  I added Sutter stamps water G795, Art Impressions psalms, Coronado Island sailboat, and Stampscapes 302A Gulls.

Card Recipe:

Image: Tilda Key Largo, Stampscapes 302A Gulls, Sutter G795, Coronada Island sailboar, Art Impressions psalm trees, Just Right sentiment

Paper: Bazill Teal, GinaK Poolside, Black Glossy

Markers/Inks: Copics on Tilda, Adarondack Sandal, Ginger, Shell Pink, Stream, Stonewashed, Aqua, Sunshine Yellow, Printworks Ivey Green, Distress Tea Dye, White Gel Pen

Embellishments: Spellbinders Fancy Tags, Really Reasonable Ribbon, Starfish

Hop on over to the Creative Craft Challenge blog and check out all the great inspiration by the Design Team.  Our sponsor this week is of course, Crafty Ribbons.

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Artistic Impressions - Anything goes
• Creative Creations - Anything goes
• Lexi's Creations - Anything goes
• Dream Valley Challenges - Anything goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
• Magnolia Down Under - Anything goes

Have a Great day!

NancyD

Let's Go To The Beach!

I made another card for the beach challenge over at Craft a Scene.  This time I used a pre-colored background from Digital Delights and added a couple of Wendy's cute characters to be on the beach.

Card Recipe:

Images: Beach Scene Background Set, Floating Scrubbie Sue, Scrubbie Ted

Paper: Stampin Up Coral, Black glossy

Markers: Copics - E13, E15, E17, B24, B32, Y13, Y17, RV29

Embellishments: Spellbinders die, Prima pearls colored with Black Copic

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• 4 Crafty Chicks - School's out!
• Charisma Cardz - Anything goes
• Inky Impressions - Beach fun
• Nut Crafters - Make a scene

Have a great day!

NancyD

One Touch of Nature - Beaches

Craft a Scene challenges is having a beach theme.  We are to make a beach project with a bit of sand and water.  I am still playing around with water color techniques and I included images from our sponsor Rubbernecker and Kittie Kits.

I started out stamping my two main images with Stays On black because I didn't want them to run when I added water to the paper. Then I used the sand stamps from the Kittie Kit Cause a Scene to stamp in the sand area. I watered and brushed this part until I was happy with the coverage.  Then I applied blue directly from the marker and watered it around.  The sky was next.  After it all dried I added the grass stamps, birds and sentiment (from Stampscapes) and colored in the characters.  The white water was added with a Uni-Ball Signo gel pen.

Card Recipe

Images: Kittie Kits from Rubbernecker, Stampscapes Sentiment Set

Paper: Not Quite Navy, Early Espresso

Markers/Ink: Tombow markers and water

Embellishments: TPC gems

Challenges for this card:

• 2 Sisters - Anything goes
• So Artful - Ocean
• ATC's and Cards with Attitude - Anything goes
• Fat Pages & Cards with Attitude - Anything goes
• Emergency Crafters - Summer Sun
• Raise the Bar - Summer
• 4 Crafty Chicks - By the sea
• Charisma Cardz - Summer
• Dutch Dare - Summer fun

Have a Great Sunday!

NancyD

Summertime Fun Challenge

Today my card is for the Love To Create Summertime Fun. I used an image from Robyn's Fetish that is just perfect for this challenge. I also used the 4 Crafty Chicks sketch for my design.

I smoothed in the sand and sky with PanPastels. Love the applicators because the color just glides on smoothly.  I also used them for the bathing suite.  Then I colored in everything else with Copics.

Card Recipe

Images: Robyn's Fetish Seashells for Sale, Stampin Up Think Happy Thoughts sentiment stamp

Paper: Bazill Cream, GinaK Pool Side

Markers/Ink: Copics - C1, C3, YG23, Y13, Y08, YR02, E01, E02, E11, B32, E17, Panpastels for the sand, sky and bathing suite

Embellishments: Spellbinders Fancy Circles, SU pearls colored with B32

We have two sponsors this week - Robyn's Fetish and Digi Darla.  Hop over to the Love To Create challenge blog and check out all the great inspiration from the design team

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• 4 Crafty Chicks - Sketch
• Crafty Ann's Challenge - It's a girl thing
• Fun With Shapes - Die cuts
• Phindy's Place - Beach Babies
• Polka Doodles - Summer Scene
• Send a Smile for Kids - Birthday Fun   *** I won! ***
• So Artful Challenges - Ocean
• Sweet Stampin - Summer fun
• PanPastel - Summer Time
• Sentimental Sunday - Summer Time
• Robyn's Fetish - Anything goes

Have a wonderful Monday!

NancyD

Let's Party with Lucy

Just a quick post to show you a simple and easy card to make with a Digital Delights background scene and Laid Back Lucy.  Wendy has just released a number of cute summer time background scenes that work up into a card very quickly.  No coloring!

I did color Lucy though and added a few flowers to complete the card.

Card Recipe

Images: Laid Back Lucy, Beach Scene Background Set

Paper: Very Vanilla, SU Special paper pack, Garden Green

Markers/Ink: Copics - E01, E02, G99, B95, B93, R37, R39, C3, C5, C8, Y17

Embellishments: Wild Orchid flowers, TPC gems, MS Sprig punch

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Fat Pages with Attitude - Anything goes
• Fun with Shapes - Use a punch or die cut
• Inspire Me Friday - Anything goes
• Polka Doodles - Summer Scene
• Copic Marker Europe - Color black hair

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

Craft a Scene - Beach Scenes

Hello everyone!  Today my card is for the Craft a Scene challenge: Beach Scenes - a bit of sand and water.

I have been dabbling in watercolor lately and having a fun and frustrating time.  I watched a few watercolor marker videos on YouTube (Art Impressions mostly) and gave it a try.  Believe me it is harder than it looks.

For this card I used my new Kittie Kits - Cause a Scene Master set #2 and Scene #5.  

Rubbernecker and Kittie Kits are the sponsor for the 

June challenge.

Card Recipe:

Images: Kittie Kits Scene #5 and Master #2

Paper: Bazzill (two shades of teal), Strathmore watercolor paper, Stampin Up paper pack

Markers/Inks: Tombow watercolor markers

Embellishments: Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles

Challenges for this card:

• Allsorts - Beside the seaside
• Bugaboo - Anything goes
• My Sheri Crafts - Summer Theme
• Secret Crafter - Anything goes
• Fat Pages and Cards - Anything goes
• Hotshot Crafts - Dies Cuts
• Inspire Me Fridsay's - Always anything goes
• Raise the Bar - Hello summer
• Stempelsonnen - Birds
• Wags n Whiskers - Summer fun

Have a great Sunday!

NancyD