One Stop Craft Challenge

This card is for the challenge over at One Stop using this sketch.I used a stamp from Whimsy Stamps of a little dog. He is so cute!! He has a flower in his mouth and he is wagging his tail. I folded a paper flower in half and cut it out so the green of the flower base shows through. I colored him with my Copics. I inked the edges of the papers with SU! Really Rust.

The sentiment is from a stamp set I got at HL. I stamped with Versamark and then embossed. I added four brads above the sentiment and two on each end of the blue/green strip. The paper is from CTMH and KC.

Anything for you

This card was made for two challenges - Stampavie and Card Patterns. Card patterns used a sketch and Stampavie is to use a stamp. I chose Pen Pal by Elisabeth Bell designed for Sugar Nellie as my stamp.

I am new to the Copics world but let me tell you, I am hooked. These are such wonderful pens, it is like using a paint brush, they just flow so well. I don't have too many yet but do have some Caio's on order. I like the sketch but have to start off with what I can afford cuz they aren't cheap but you get what you pay for, eh?.

The colors for Stampavie were pink and brown and green was optional. I chose to use all three. I used a nestabilitie for the matting. I added some glitter to parts of the stamp and added a couple of brads along the side.

Sketch and Stash challenge

This is for the challenge over at Sketch and Stash using a sketch. For these challenges you use some new, never used or neglected stash. This card is all of those categories.I used one of my new Gorjuss girls stamps that hadn't been inked yet. I used some new flowers and glittery brads from Oriental Trading that I received last week and some papers that have been in my drawer for over a year (at least) originally purchased at Wal-Mart. I also used a stamp from CTMH. I colored her using Copics and set her on a ribbon.

I added stamp backs (recycling from pieces of stamp backs when mounting) for dimension. I have little plastic bags full of these, a trick I heard about when attending a stampin' up! class. On the inside I followed the sketch, to a certain degree, and decorated with two coordinating papers.

Simon Says challenge

Over at Simon Says their challenge calls for 2 papers, 3 buttons and 1 ribbon. I love using embellies, they make the creations turn out sooo nice. Here is my take.
This stamp comes from a company called Paper Pretties. They have a stamp club where you receive one stamp a month. I have had her for awhile and hadn't inked her up yet so decided to use her.

I colored her with my Copics and added glitter to her skirt. I outlined her in a light pink. I cut the matting using my nestabilities ovals and also the little sentiment. I outlined the sentiment with pink glitter also.

The inside is finished with scraps and a little CTMH thanks stamp. The papers are from SU!, the ribbon from WM and the buttons are brads from Making Memories.

ATC Challenges

This is a first for me, designing an ATC (Artist Trading Card). They are to be 2.5 x 3.5. Let me tell you, this was really tough for me due to the size. I am so used to being able to decorate and add embellies to a 4.5 x 6 or so card. You wouldn't think it would be that hard to decorate. This really took me outside of my comfort zone -- LOL.



Here is my take - the challenge over at Tilda and Friends is 'torn'. I used a Tilda, of course, for my image and colored her with Copics and SU! watercolor pens (nice combo huh??). I used a SU! stamp for the sentiment and a little gold heart from my stash. I also had some little flat gems that I added to the corners and also to the center of the heart.

Incy Wincy Design Challenges

Found this challenge blog when surfing.
Here is some info on them:
We at Incy Wincy are thrilled that we have had a lot of people assist us with our fundraising. If you have not heard of us, we are a local group in South Australia. We have pledged our help to have children from the ages of birth - 16 receive Occasional Therapy. This ranges from speech Pathology to Behaviour Assistance. We have a substantial waiting list at our hospitals and funding is not present in some pre-schools. So we have been approached to assist them with these projects.How you can help.We are a registered charity and you can help by simply purchasing a digital stamp if you like what you see. All cards made for this site by the design team will be made using the items you can purchase. You can even sign up to a 1 year Incyship which will give you 10% of all downloads. This costs AUD$10.Thank you for having a look at this site and please follow us. It amazing how such a small thing of following gives us the confidence to continue!Thank youIWCC Design Team.

Check them out and join the fun. For those that like digi downloads, or just want to help out, the amount is minimal. This is a great cause.

Charmed - I'm Sure - Stamptacular Sunday Challenge

I found this tutoriaI for a corner bookmark over at Follow Your Heart blog. I thought it was so cool that I just had to make one. I actually made two but one got wet from a sweating pop can (boy that was smart of me).

I used the artist, a stamp by Elisabeth Bell.

I used the colors pink, green and brown and a little charm with glasses on it, I thought it was very fitting for a bookmark.With the charm this fits into the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge.