Crafty Creations #283

Crafty Creations' Challenge through March 2 is:

White plus One

The lavender cardstock is very "shimmery."  I love how CAS (for me anyway) this came out.  The dress die cut is from Whimsy Stamps. 

I cut the dress from the lavender and white glossy photo cardstock.  I then placed a piece of lilac vellum behind the lavender piece and inlaid the white dress. The pearls were a necessity because that's where the alignment holes were and I needed to cover them with something. Pearls worked.

I hope you'll stop over and see what the other DT members created (click here). We hope you join along because we really do love to see everyone's creations.

I'm entering this card in the following:

  >  Die-Cut Divas: Words, Quotes & Sentiments
  > Papertake Weekly: Take Your Pick (I chose "Color Theme" using a Cool shade of Violet)
  > Crafting for All Seasons:  Dies and/or Punches (I used Dies)
  > Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenges: Use a Sentiment

Crafty Creations Challenges # 282

Love is in the air at Crafty Creations. The Challenge this week is "Owl Love You" . . . meaning your creation must reflect Owls, Hearts or Love.

Our sponsor for this Valentine challenge is

CROCHET FLOWER SHOP

Stop by the Crafty Creations Challenges blog to see the winner and Top 3 of the last challenge. Then take a peak at what the Design Team has created (you can click on a name below to go to their website). And, since you know you'll be needing a Valentine / Love card real soon, grab your crafting supplies and join along. 

Agnieszka

Anna

Anna-Karin

Barb

Dorothy

Jaime

Marlene

Mary

Meighan

Milka

Willeke

Crafty Creations Challenge #281

I'm a bit late posting the new challenge at Crafty Creations. I thought I had written it, then realized the post I wrote was for another day.

So, the Challenge Theme for the next two weeks is:

Something Old . . . Something New

My digi image is from our sponsor, Fresh Brewed Designs. It's called Peek A Boo Sunshine.  The sentiment is computer generated . . . it was either this sentiment or "the sun'll come out tomorrow" which just didn't do it for me.

My Something Old: My Copics (this wasn't very hard to color)

My Something New: The Love Charm. I just got it.

Note: I should explain that on the digi image, there is a little "charm" hanging off the cloud. So I can't really take credit for putting this charm where I did . . . it "belonged" there.

I printed a second digi image, cut out the clouds, colored them and added dimension. After all, clouds are "puffy" right?

Stop by the Crafty Creations Challenges blog to see what the other DT members created. Then grab your old and new crafting items and play along. I can't wait to see what you create.

Imagine That . . .

I received the cutest digital stamp (Winter Love) with sentiments from Imagine That for playing along in their monthly progressive challenge in January.  However, since I didn't get my card done by Valentine's Day (wow, what a surprise; not), I decided to use a sentiment from Whimsy Stamps ("where ever you go, go with all your heart) which will make this digi one I can use all year long.

 

"Winter Love" came with both black and white and color digis.  I used the colorized version, but went over the colors with my Copics. I like digis that come with the black and white line art as well as a colorized version. When I need to make a card quickly, I can use the color version. And, I can also use the color version as a guide when I color the black and white line art. 

 

 

Items used:

Brown, red and white cardstock, ribbon and DP from my stash, Spellbinders dies-Labels Two and Three, Copics and Stampin' Up! punch.

Another Last Minute Card

One more card done. This one is for {From the Heart} Stamps: Stamp of the Month Challenge. And January's cute digistamp is "Caught Your Heart" provided to me free because I entered December's Challenge.  I used the simple cat with heart design, but the set also included the cat sitting under an old fashioned mail shoot and the cat with love letters.  The sentiment is computer generated; I thought it was purr-fect for this card (sorry, I couldn't resist).

 

Enjoy. . . and don't forget to make a couple Valentine's Cards, it'll be here sooner than you think.

Happy Thanksgiving

I've had a wonderful Thanksgiving so far today. I spent a glorious day with my parents and husband.  The dinner turned out great . . . everything got done at the right time (that usually doesn't happen to me). Then I took a quick 10 minute nap while my mom and hubby cleaned up the kitchen and put the food away. Like I said . . . what a wonderful Thanksgiving.

 

However, not everything went as planned. I thought I had posted this to go live this morning.  Well, imagine my surprise when I checked the blog and there wasn't any post.  So, a quick write-up (before dessert) to go with the lovely digistamp I received FREE from From the Heart Stamps for playing along in their monthly challenge last month.  I'm entering this card in their November progressive monthly challenge.

 

 

The digistamp is called "Balloon Ride" and I colored it with Copics.  Both sentiments were included in the set.  The flourish die is from Die-namics as well as the tab die.  I'm not sure where the DP came from since I pulled it out about 3 weeks ago to work on this card and I can't find where I wrote down the info.  I also sponged around all the DP, circle and sentiments with Memento Teal Zeal.  Since one of the balloons is shaped like a heart, I can see this image being used for Valentine's Day also. So versatile.

 

Keep Crafting and I wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday,

For My Man

   It's not often that I post something twice in one day (maybe not ever). But...like I said a few days ago, I received some wonderful digital stamps from Stamp Fairy (because I won a Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge) and I couldn't wait to use them.
  The sentiment popped into my head the moment I saw this digi (called Barry Fishing 1)...you'll have to scroll down to see the sentiment since I put it on the inside of the card.

 

   I'm rather proud of this card and the coloring, since I have a total of 14 Copic pens. That makes it a bit tough for shading and highlighting...but with a little determination and creative perseverance, I think I was able to pull it off okay; the bear looks fuzzy and the water pan looks like metal. The fish, well, I was going for the Rainbow Trout look, but my husband said that although he didn't think it looked like one, it did look like a fish {smile}. ***Yes, it was supposed to be a surprise for my husband, but I had to get his opinion before posting the card. I'll still give him the card.**

 

 

   Now...here's the sentiment. Do you think it fits the graphic?

 

   Now, onto the 'reel' fun part...making the bobbers and hooks. I punched white and red circles, cut the red ones in half, glued the red half-circle to the white circle, then cut a little red piece for the top.  I intentionally placed the bobbers off kilter on the front of the card.

 

 

   The hooks I made with bronze wire and attached them with fishing line through small holes in the card. 

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

    Tuesday Morning Sketches #202

 

    Creative Card Crew #38: Use metal

    Tuesday Throwdown #151: You're the Man 

    Catered Crop: For the Boys Recipe Swap

Heart of My Heart

It seems like just yesterday that I married the love of my life--even though it was actually 23 years ago (March 10). To celebrate our special day, he took me out to breakfast and dinner! So I thought he should get a special handmade card from me.

 

 

I used a digi stamp from Birdie Brown (so cute and versatile) and colored it using Copics. And of course I had to add a Hugs and Kisses sentiment to the inside...after all, it's our Anniversary!