CYP 95 - Beary Wishes - Crafty Sentiments

This week has been quite a challenge - that's why I am excited to see Monday come again... It's a new week! Time for a fresh start! Also time for another challenge at Craft Your Passion. This week we got a chance to work with some adorable images from our sponsor Crafty Sentiments - just too cute. Our theme is Beary Wishes - your project must have bears on it. I picked this cutie-patootie image with this sweet fuzzy bear sitting on a giant mushroom. I colored him with my Copics, and distressed the edges with sepia ink. Isn't he precious? I added a bunch of layers of My Minds Eye design papers, a hand-stitched zigzag border and a simple metal sentiment. It's truly a simple design, but it looks like I spent hours. I love that in a card!

Go dust off your bear stamps or hunt through your digi's and find that bear image - then create away and join us at Craft Your Passion Challenges. You'll be entered for a chance to win some great prizes, including images from Crafty Sentiments and a $10 voucher for Robins Nest.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Karen's Doodles - #97 - Cute and Cuddly
Pollycraft Monday - #125 - Favorite Things (I love love love this set of papers)
Make it Monday - #74 - Linky Party
Color Throwdown - #176
Mark's Finest Papers - #92 - Layers

Thanks for stopping by. Here's hoping this week is better than the last!!!

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!

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!!!

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!