CYP 83 - Brown - Sassy Studio

It's challenge time again - Craft Your Passion Challenges has a new sponsor, Sassy Studio. I loved the images they provided to us to design with this week. I picked this one probably because it's how I'd like to be spending this Monday morning instead of headed off to work.

I used my Prisma's on kraft paper to color the image before I silhouette cut her out. I kept the design simple as I wanted to convey that relaxed attitude. Finally had a chance to use this awesome crocheted ribbon/lace I bought years ago but never used...

Our challenge this week is to use the color brown - how easy is that? Come join us for a chance to win some great images from Sassy Studio.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Make it Monday - #62 - Mr. Linky Party
Ribbon Carousel Challenge - #RCC27 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by - Happy Monday!

CYP #79 - All Occassion - Guylou

We've got a fun challenge going on over at Craft Your Passion - just make an "All Occassion" type card and come join the fun. Our sponsor is Guylou and they've got some great images to work with over there. Go here and check them out...

I'm trying my hand at Prisma's on kraft colored paper... I always like to try out new things and challenge myself to learn new techniques. I've got a lot of work to do to get where I want to be with this method, but I like the way this one turned out.

I added some fun paper from my scrap bin (sorry, don't know who's paper it is)... Then a piece of kraft that I ran through an embossing folder. The sentiment is one from Hampton Arts. I finished it off with a bubbly bow and added some bling pearls to dress it up a touch.

I would love for you to join our challenge - there's always a chance to win and ya gotta love that.

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

The Secret Crafter #155 - Antyhing Goes + Sparkle
The Ribbon Carousel #23 - Anything Goes
DYSU #40 - Using Brown
Crafts and Me #55 - Use a Digi

Crissy Armstrong's Design Team Call

Here's another wonderful image from Crissy Armstrong! I had hoped to get a couple more cards posted for her design team call, but life caught up with me. I hope Crissy can see my love of her images... even if I didn't get a chance to enter as many cards as I wanted.

This is a simple but very cute one I finished a few days ago. I colored it with my Copics, put it on some cute design papers from my stash, a quick sentiment from Hampton Arts and added some stitching, lace and buttons to balance it all out. It will be in the mail on Monday, headed to my wonderful friend in California who is going through some rough times in life. I hope it brings a smile to her face and a warm feeling that she is loved and treasured!

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Crissy Armstrongs - Design Team Call

Sentimental Sunday - #66 - In the Garden

Ribbon Carousel - #13 - A Stitch in Time

Paper Play Challenge - #0 - In the Garden

Thanks for making the stop here... God bless!

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!

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!

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!

B-Line Designs / Shabby Chic

Another amazingly cute image from B-Line Designs inspired this wonderfully feminine and shabby chic card. I loved coloring her with my Copics and popping her up on a double image. I added handstitching around all the paper edges, then curled them slightly to add to the shabby vintage feel of the image. I added some lace and pearls on top of a sheer ribbon, then tied a bubbly bow to frame the collage of roses/blooms. A few more pearls and a small sentiment finished the look.

I will be linking this card to the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - challenge 154 - Flower Power

Paper Sundaes - Vintage / Shabby Chic

Ribbon Carousel - RCC5 - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - #56 - Sketch

Color Throw Down #142, City Crafter #57, RCC3

I absolutely loved working with the colors at the Color Throw Down #142 this week. Lime green and black are two of my favorite colors to work with anyway, so adding the grey wasn't a hard task at all. The harder thing for me was keeping it clean and simple, as I don't always do simple very well. However, I think that it still fits that category, so I'm linking it to the challenge over at the Ribbon Carousel for their RCC3. I also had fun working with stripes and polka dots on this one, although the stripes were harder to find and add then the dots. That fits the challenge at City Crafter week #57.
I used an Inkadinkado stamp that I picked up in the clearance bin today... Love the fact that I only spent $.49 on it... LOL... Gotta love that. I clear embossed over lime green chalk ink by Clearsnap. Added some striped paper from my scraps along with some green that matched the stamped image. Ran the white cardstock through an embossing folder, added the grey and that's all it took.
Oh yeah... I forgot to take a photo of the inside... it says "Bring on the cake!" =)

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...