CYP 86 - Tis the Season - Simply Betty

I love the adorable images over at Simply Betty Stamps - so creating a card this week for our challenge at Craft Your Passion Challenges was such a pleasure... This cutie was a breeze to color in red and turquoise Copics... I accented her with an off colored yellow/green and white as a neutral to really make her pop. I added some hand stitching and some snowflakes cut from a Winter Wonderland Cricut cartridge. The sentiment was also from a holiday Cricut cartridge. I love the color combination and finding some great Die Cuts with a View printed papers that matched was easy with all their wonderful paper packs.

Our challenge is great to get a jump start on those X-mas cards you all need to make... So, come show us what you can do. You might get a chance to win some fun new digi's from Simply Betty!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes - #97 - Winter Wonderland
One Stitch At a Time- #90 - Red
Joyful Stamper - Inspire Me Friday #34 - Linky Party
Deep Ocean Challenges - #13 - "C" - Christmas
Charisma Cardz - #46 - Snowflakes
Make it Monday - #65 - Linky Party

I hope your week is full of plenty of crafting time!
Hugs,
Jodi

Craft Your Passion - #70 - Under the Sea

I can't believe I let this entire week slide by without a post - It's been a crazy one, that' s for sure.

I am excited to share with you this just released image from Simply Betty. Isn't she just the cutest? I've been working hard on my Copic techniques and love the way this one came out. I learned the background bubble technique just this last weekend when I took an online class from Making Our Mark. Great class and wonderful techniques shared! I wanted to keep it simple so that the amazing image was really showcased. So, all I did was add it to a scalloped card base that was covered with cardstock, added a sweet ribbon and bow, a quick sentiment and then came the bling! I kinda went crazy with the bling, but I think it worked!

Come join us this week over at Craft Your Passion Challenges. Our challenge this week is "Under the Sea" and I would love it if you would come share your talents with us.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sunday's With Crissy - #20 - Keep It Simply Stamped

Deep Ocean Challenge - #5 - Sea

Stamp Something Challenge - August - Use a digi

Crafts and Me - #46 - Anything goes

Paper Take Weekly - Anything goes

Make It Monday - #49 - Linky party

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy a great day!

Birthday card for hubby

It's probably a little risky posting Tom's birthday card here before I actually give it to him on Tuesday, but I don't think he checks my blog out very often... So, I'm hoping I'm not blowing it - LOL. When I bought this Mo Manning stamp I knew it would soon become one of my "go to" images... It has such a great feel to it and is fairly versatile. I feel so lucky to have this wonderful man to grow old with. This month we will have been married for 22 years, and each and every day I feel blessed and amazed to have him in my life. I hope he realizes how much I love him.

I kept the card fairly simple as I normally end up doing with my "man" cards. I liked the sketch at Create 4 Fun, so it became my starting point. Then I basically just let the stamp and coloring speak for themselves... I added the typed sentiment to complete it.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Sentimental Sundays - For the Men in your life + sentiment

Deep Ocean Challenge - #3 - Cards

Create4Fun Challenge - July - Sketch

Pile it On - #29 - Life is a Picnic

Enjoy your week!

Just dropping you a line...

I've loved this adorable set from Stampendous for a while now, but have never put them to the ink pad until this card. I got a wonderful RAK from my bestee with a small dollar type stamp in it that had the sentiment "Just dropping you a line..." and I knew I had to put it with these great fishy images. The fish bowl is actually stamped once on the background and once on a transparency. Then I colored the transparency very roughly with a blue water colored Copic. On the background I stamped the castle and bubbles on the bowl image. Then the fish were stamped and cut out separately so I could toll and pop them off the background a little. Then the transparency was laid over the background to give it the "bowl" look. When I went to take a photo of it all, the transparency just wanted to reflect back at me... So, I'm not sure you can really see the effect, but trust me... it's coolio! The papers are a fun set from GCD Studio's called Canta. Fun colors and a little bit of a whimsical feel, just what I was going for.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Karens Doodles - Use two images on one card

Southern Girl Challenge - Bring Out Your Inner Child

Deep Ocean Challenge - #3 - Cards

Everybody Art Challenge - #149 - Shapes

ColourQ - #92

Thanks for taking a looksee!

With a little Asian flair...

I was immediately drawn to this background stamp from Fiskars. I bought the set, not knowing for sure what I would do with it. The other night I stamped it and just started playing with my Copics - before I knew it, I had a beautiful background for a fun Asian inspired card. The sentiments and lamps are from the same set, but the Geisha is from an Inkadinkado set. I painted the flowers, kamono, and sentiments with a mixture of interference red pigment powder mixed with some water and just a drop of white glue. This gives those elements a wonderful shimmer that either showed way too much or not enough in the photos. I ended up loving the effect it had on the feel of the card.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Ribbon Carousel - #8 - Color It

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

A Spoon Full of Sugar - #157 - Ribbons and Bows

Cute Daisy May - Pile on those Flowers

Scrapbook Sisters - #41 - Anything Goes -DT call

Deep Ocean Challenge - #2 - Flowers

Emerald Faeries - #3 - Petals

Hoping your day is tops!