CYP Challenge 89 - Things with wings - Lauretta's Digital Stamps

It's been a busy weekend over at Craft Your Passion - our Holiday Havoc blog hop has been generating lots of buzz. If you haven't already been there, you really should go check it out!

Our challenge this week is "Things with wings" and our sponsor is Lauretta's Digital Stamps. I found this very intreguing image that just seemed to show someone watching over you. I thought it would make a good 'Best Wishes' card. I paired it with a lacey Cricut cut background set on some Heidi Grace papers. A sparkly bow draping two edges framed the image nicely.

Come join our blog hop and our latest challenge - you're sure to see plenty of great inspiration!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Make it Monday - #68 - Linky Party
One Stitch at a Time - #93 - Anything Goes
Just Add Ink - #98 - Just Add Sparkle
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - #2 - Tag Your It

Happy Monday!

CYP - #73 - Delicious Doodles

Over at Craft Your Passion, we have a wonderful sketch challenge going on. It was so fun to work with - go over and check it out!

But even more fun to work with was the wonderful images from our sponsor, Delicious Doodles. I had such a hard time trying to figure out which image to work with. I found image after image that just spoke to me. I ended up picking up this wonderful zebra and foal and immediately decided to put them against a dark sky background. I airbrushed the sky with my Copic's then used the old-toothbrush-flick method to give it a sparked sky. The rest of the card just fell into place thanks to the sketch.

I would love to see what you can design using the sketch. Pop on over and join us!

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

Make it Monday - #52 - Link Party

Just Add Ink - #82 - From Your Stash

Paper Crafting Journey - #17 - Anything Goes

Delicious News!!!!

I can't believe it... I got chosen to be on the Delicious Doodles Design Team!!! =)

I couldn't be more thrilled than to be working with Teri's amazing and soooo delicious images! She is beyond talented and my biggest problem is just deciding what image to work on next.

I used one of her images for the Craft Your Passion challenge this week, so that card will be posted soon! But here's one I worked on today ... just because!

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

Make It Monday - #52 - Linky Party

Just Add Ink - #82 - From Your Stash

Paper Crafting Journey - #17 - Anything Goes

Go check out all of Teri's images... You're sure to find something to love... but I warn you... they are addicting! There are also challenges to inspire... Come play with us!

Adorable Little Bear

I've gone flower crazy!!! It's been so much fun creating my own flowers - last night (I didn't sleep much btw) I put on a season of 24 and just started playing. I've made several different types, still working on some others. This card came together somewhere about episode 12! LOL. I got this freebie cute little bear stamp in a magazine package from The Wild Ones... Isn't he just too adorable? I used the Mojo Monday sketch that seemed to fit this image really easily. There were no design struggles on this one at all. I colored the image with distress inks, although it looks just like Copics this time around. I punched the image with a large scallop punch, added hand-stitching and bling and it was done before I could see how Jack deals with the huge mess CTU is faced with this time, hehehe!

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

MoJo Monday - sketch #196

Southern Girls Challenge - #21 - anything goes

My Mums Craftshop Challenges - #10 - See Spots

Cute Card Thursday - #169 - Birthstones

The Paper Shelter - #18 - Punches & Dies

Make it Monday - #42

JustAdd Ink - #72 - Coloring

Thanks for lookin'!

Giving Destress Ink's a Try...

Recently I discovered the amazing technique of coloring stamped images with Ranger's Distress Ink. It might not be new to everyone, but it is new to me. I have a drawer full of these awesome inks, so today I decided to give it a try. It took a couple of messed up images to finally get one that I liked, but now I'm in love with the look. I think it's such a different style than I'm used to with my Copics. I love the difference and it really seemed to fit the look I was going for today. I added some modeling past to the edges of the image, then stipple brushed some inks on to it. In fact, most everything on this page has been stippled with tea dye ink to tone it down. The flowers are handmade because I didn't have any in my stash that matched the color scheme. I like the way they turned out as well. Tip: It's always nice to be able to match your papers and making your own gives you that freedom. I am really thrilled with the way this one came out!

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

Pollycraft Monday - #97 - use ribbon and flowers - design team call

Just Add Ink - #72 - color something

Southern Girls Challenge - #21 - anythign goes

The Paper Shelter - #18 - punches and dies

Top Tip Tuesday - #38 - Open - tips

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Free and easy

Have a great day!!!

For my bud

I can't seem to get enough of my Stamping Bella line... They are just toooo darn stinkin' cute! I was so excited to see that my local Archiver's was carrying some of them now. I have been down there twice, splurging and getting one more "gotta have".

This cute card started with coloring the image with my Copics. Then adding a cute frame cut from my Cricut, throwing in some patterned paper from my scraps, adding a cute faux-ribbon with the sentiment and a pretty flower from Prima. I finished it with some highlights and dashes with a white gel pen. Done deal! Cute cute cute!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Make it Monday #41 -

Just Add Ink - JAI 72 - add coloring

Sundays With Crissy - #18 - Here comes the sun

I hope your weekend is filled with laughter!

Grey and Wrinkled

I fell in love with this stamp set from Inky Antics as soon as I saw the caption that went with it. I love the "wrinkled grey" comment because I feel that way most days! I can't wait to give this one to just the right person (you know who you are...wink wink).I stamped the images three times, colored them with my Copics and layered them for dimension. I added a little bit of tolling to round the edges before adding the final layer - the ears. The balloon is colored then I sprayed it with hairspray and covered it with glitter... I find that's an awesome way to get glitter or shimmering powders to stay without adding too much goop and tack. I used a fun flower card as my base, covering it with patterned paper from Heidi Grace. I used my Cricut to make the loopy boarder, added the Hampton Arts sentiment and popped that all off the background. A tied string goes from the trunk of the elephant up to a pretty little bow on the balloon. I think it finished nicely.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Just Add Ink - #70 - Round Sketch

Cute Card Thursday - #167 - Embellish It

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Hope you're enjoying a wonderful weekend!

Magic - Just Magic

This card was a labor of love... and much more complicated than it looks.

I started by stamping the fairy and then using a copier to make the image bigger. Than I attached the copy to a piece of black cardstock with temporary adhesive. I used my craft knife to cut out the stamp image sillouette. (I have done titles on scrapbook pages this way for years). I misted it with some glitter spray for extra sparkle, then I put a piece of transparency behind it.

I couldn't find any patterned paper that was vibrant enough for the look I wanted. So I took some glossy cardstock and swiped it with alcohol inks in three different colors. This gave me amazing color! I added a shimmering material over the top of it, then also used that material for the bow.

I popped the stamped image up just a little bit to give it even more demension, added just a little tag with the sentiment. I added white dots from my gel pen for more pop, then lots of black mats and it was done... Told you it was more complicated than it looked! But I love the dramatic way it came out!

I would like to enter this card into these challenges...

Just Add Ink - Fussy Cutting

Paper Crafts Color Inspiration - #5

Catch the Bug - Bright Colors

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!