CYP 87 - Anything Goes + Glitter - Pixie Cottage

Craft Your Passion has an easy one going on this week. The challenge is Anything Goes with glitter! I'll be honest, when I went to make this card with this relaxing scene from Pixie Cottage I forgot I was supposed to use glitter on it... So, I pulled out my trusty micro glitter pen (love that thing) and went crazy. My end result turned out better than I had hoped. I love the way it covered on my Copics and turned ordinary things into metalic looking chairs and table. I edged just about all the papers with it as well. The flowers are a Cricut die cut from the Flower Shoppe cartridge... so easy to make to match all the papers! The papers were from Die Cuts With A View and I really have no idea who the sentiment stamp is from. It just screamed easel card since the chairs and table need to stand - LOL.

No excuses for not joining the fun at Craft Your Passion this week - easy challenge and lots of great prizes. Hope to see what you create!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes - #98 - Sundae Bar - die cuts

Catch the Bug - December - Anything goes

Paper Shelter - #42 - Anything goes

DYSU - #48 - Ribbon

FabnFunky - #101 - Anything goes

Simon Says Stamps - Anything goes

Make it Monday - #66 - Linky Party

A card for Jen

When I needed an image to make a card for my niece's birthday, I immediately thought of this cute fairy from A Day For Daisies. I'm not sure why, but for some reason, it reminds me of Jen when she was younger. I had fun coloring her with my Copic's, trying to keep it soft and pastel, but as always, I have a hard time leaving white, so it ended up a little darker than I pictured. I do like it though. The background is all Copic colored as well, and the wings were just touched with a little yellow, then I used my concoction of shimmer paint to give it sparkle. (I have the instructions for this in my tutorial section if you are interested). I distressed the edges of the papers, (some DCWV and some Basic Grey), then finished it with a little baker's twine from My Minds Eye and a matching button on the stamped sentiment. I think Jen will appreciate it this happy little card.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Charisma Cards #29 - Summer Colors

Pollycraft Monday #102 - Summer Fun

Paper Shelter #23 - Spotlight on Green

Paper Take Weekly - Getting Cute

Ribbon Carousel #12 - Button

Make it Monday #46 - Linky Party

Copic Creations #54 - Pastel Colors

Thanks for stopping by!

Crissy Armstrong - Design Team Call

The biggest delimema I had with this design team call out from Crissy Armstrong's "Sundays with Crissy" was trying to decide which adorable image I wanted to work with. LOL - not a bad thing to have to worry about. Anyone who knows me knows that I love and collect angels, so once I found this cutie, I knew I had to use her.

I colored her with my Copics, added a few little highlights with a white gel pen, some glitter on the wings and bubble, then just a dab of vintage destressed ink stippled on to help tone it down a bit to fit the ambiance of the card better.

The papers are from DCWV, the sentiment is computer generated. The edges of most of the paper is distressed and then inked, some of them got some hand stitching as well.

The clouds are just handrawn with a little gloss and glitter added...then a touch of ink again.

I loved working with this image and have already started another card using another one of Crissy's angels...

I would love to enter this card in the design team call as well as the distressing challenge at Sundays with Crissy and the Sweet Stop sketch challenge SSS116.

Have a great day!

Favorite Things

I found both this stamp and the sentiment in the dollar bin from Studio G (Hampton Arts) and was excited to make this cheery and cute card to send to my bestee. Although it's small and the coloring couldn't be very detailed, I still love the way it came out. The paper is one of my new favorites from DCWV - georgeous colors and richness! I used my Cricut to cut the frame, then handstitched around it and the base. The flower is just looped ribbon sewed together with a large green button in the middle. I liked the way this one came out!

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Ribbon Carousel - RCC6 - sketch

Truly Scrumptious Challenges - #58 - Summer sparkle

Sundays with Crissy - June challenge - Here Comes the Sun

Paper Sundaes - #73 - Girly Girl

A Spoon Full of Sugar - #155 - Here Comes Summer

Now it's off to mail this one!

Father's Day Card

I admit it... Masculine cards are tough for me! In fact, I struggle with them tremendously. I always want to add more, but am never sure what to add and how much of it throw on there. In this case, I played around with adding actual watch parts, clock hands, rivets, watch faces... all kinds of things, but nothing really worked. I ended up just leaving it very basic and simple. The clock paper is adorned with lots of sparkle and gloss, and the stamped image is imbossed in brass. I got this image in the dollar bin - it's from Studio G (Hampton Arts). The papers are DCWV, shape is cut with my Cricut. I'm not in love with it... Any suggestions?

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Saturday Challenge - #138 - A male card

One Stop Craft Challenge - #135 - Father's Day card

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C91 - Masculine card

Congratulations

I fell in love with the MoJo Monday sketch this week... How versitile is that one? I could see making it for a young child's birthday or like this one, an elegant wedding card. I had all kinds of ideas running through my head. These flocked papers lended nicely to a dressed up card that came together very quickly tonight. I'm not used to making a card in just an hour or so! That's kinda nice! I used a Cricut cuthout to add the sentiment - added a nice black bow and that's all it took.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Mojo Monday - sketch 194

Pollycraft Monday - #96 - Love and Marriage

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes - White +1

Catch the Bug Challenge - Anything Goes June

The Pink Elephant - TPE102 - Here Comes the Bride

Thanks for sharing your day with me!

Happy Birthday Card

I worked on this card last night for the challenge over at Ribbon Carousel... Shabby Chic with ribbon or lace. (RCC2). The sentiment and shape are from Hampton Arts. The paper is Die Cuts with a View, the lace and ribbon are from Creative Impressions and the flowers are from Prima.

I like the way it turned out. So, I thought I would post it over on The Spotted Chick (TKT51) for her Crafty Thursday... still one of my favorite blogs to visit.

While I was at it, they were working with some of my favorite color combinations at the Play Date Cafe, (PDCC81) purple, green and grey, so I linked it over there too.

... it all came together in a sweet birthday card soon to be on the desk of a co-worker...

CCCB Week 18 and Another B-Line Design Card

Here's another great image from B-Line Designs... I just love the sassy feel of this "On the Run" stamp. I added some fun patterned paper from Die Cuts W/ A View and this card came together easily. I also added touches of glitter to both the patterned paper and the Copic-colored stamped image to give it the bling factor. It has a very Euro-feel to it, don't you think?

Glue Arts ... You are fabulous!

This sassy lady came from My Favorite Things - she seemed the perfect pairing for this "thank you" card to send to the fabulous people at Glue Arts. Gotta love the pink and green combo!!!

colourQ challenge #44

This one stretched me from my norm...and that's always a good thing. I fell in love with this Hero Arts cling stamp and "had had had" to have it. Then when I got these wonderful papers from Die Cuts With A View, they seemed the perfect match. I cut the frame using a new cartridge on my Cricut called Bloom, added some fun sayings from the patterned paper and it all came together.