Crazy4Challenges 169 - Valentine

Just loved this sketch over at Crazy4Challenges 169 this week....loved it so much that I got out of bed at 7am on Saturday and this card was done by 8am.  Yep...it was that quick!  Love it when a card comes together like that.  I can definitely see this sketch popping up again soon.

I used some scraps from the Bo Bunny Double Dot paper that I had sitting on my craft desk, which contributed to the ease of this card.   The heart is MFT Die-namics Layered heart.  I adore the fact that it fits together so nicely, cause sometimes hearts don't nest just right, know what I mean?

Last night we played Monopoly with the kids, except it was that one with the credit card machine instead of the actual paper money.  Can't say I was overly thrilled with it.  I like having all that cash in my hand, and knowing that my kids have to count out their dollars is they want to buy something.  Regardless, it was fun to sit down with the girls and just play a game, completely unplugged.  What is your favorite board game to play with your kids?

Stamps:  MFT Lovey Dovey Sentiments
Paper:  MFT Sweet Tooth, Razzleberry, CMTH Ocean, Bo Bunny Double Dot

Ink: CTMH Ocean, Black

Accessories: MFT Die-namics Layered Heart, Misc. Ribbon from my stash.

Valentine #2

Well, it looks like I'm on a roll with the Valentine's this week!  Was chatting with Bananastamper earlier this evening and she challenged me to get posting away on my blog.  So, after the kids were in bed I grabbed a Vodka Cooler (or 3), my piano music and shut the door to my craft room and got down to business.  I'm actually quite pleased with how this turned out.

There are A LOT OF LAYERS on this card.  I just kept adding and adding.  I started out with this week's Sketch over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp.  It's been a long time since I entered any of my cards in challenges, but I think I'm going to try a little harder this year to do just that. 

I also stamped the inside of my card, just something simple.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Sunday Sketch and Stamp - Sketch
Crazy 4 Challenges - use a Bow
The Paper Players - Love is in the Air

Stamps:  Pure Innocence Paper Dolls

Paper:  Bo Bunny Crazy Love Collection, CTMH Tulip, MFT Red Hot, Bazzill Pink & Brown

Ink:  CTMH Black, Memento Black, Copics  E00, E35 and R29

Accessories:  MFT Die-namics Beautiful Bows, Fancy Flourish, Open Scallop Doily - Large, Paper Doll Border, Spellbinders Hearts & Scalloped Hearts, Circle, Hero Arts Heart Jewels.

Simple Card

After spending 8 hours colouring, I really wanted to make a card...no really, I spent most of my crop time last weekend just colouring.  Anyway, I managed to locate the Get Sketchy sketch this week and went to work.  My card also qualifies for Crazy for Challenges as a Christmas card.  It's funny, now that I am making my own card, I find that I make a lot that are not religion specific, even though we celebrate Christmas in a religious way.  Strange.

As I was thinking about this post, and what I would say, I realized that this is a global card.  The black and white paper is SEI and was purchased from i {heart} papers from my friend Kate.  The blue paper came from CTMH via BananaStamper.  The Nestabilities were purchased from The Paperworks Co and the Sentiment is Amy R Sentiments via The Scrapbooking Cottage.  The snowflake punch was a brand new purchase for this weekend from my local Michael's store.  The little blue jewel was swiped from my table-mates stash while she was out watching her daughter play hockey (oops, I forgot to tell you about that!).

I'm not sure what all this means...but I know that I have some great friends who own great stores!

Stamps:  Amy R Winter Sentiments
Paper:  SEI, CTMH
Ink:  CTMH Black

Accessories:  MS Snowflake punch, Nestabilities Mittens, SU Tag Punch, Blue Jewel from Allyson's stash

Be Happy - It's Contagious!

I just love that saying...I should live by it a little more often!  This is one of the cards that I was able to create while BananaStamper had the kids.  I stared with this week's sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges and my CTMH Key to My Heart Papers...not even sure that it is current anymore, but that's okay.  The image is Gratty'tude from Stamping Bella, and thi sis the first time that I've inked her up, though I've had her for a long, long time.  Once I coloured her, I finished off her flowers by adding a little yellow stickles to the centers....which of course you can't see here but is super cute in person!  LOL!

I'm quite happy with the way this card turned out...and since the paper was already on my table you'll see a few more with these colours in the next week or so.  Sparkle has inspired me to start using what I have before I buy some new papers...we'll see how that goes.

I promised a quote from Eclipse today, so here it is (for those who don't know, this is Bella talking about one of the Quilleute men looking at his true love):

The way he stared at her! It was like a blind man seeing the sun for the first time. Like a collector finding an undiscovered Da Vinci, like a mother looking into the face of her newborn child.

Bella Swan, Eclipse, Chapter 11, p.242

 

Stamps:  Stamping Bella Gratty'tude
Paper:  CTMH Key To My Heart, CTMH Tulip, Juniper, Creme Brulee
Ink:  Copic Markers E13, E15, YR21, Y23, G21, R24, R46, E000, E00
Accessories:  Prima Flowers, Misc. Button, CTMH Bigger Brad in Honey, Stickles.

Happy Spring

Thanks to everyone for your encouragement during my funk...hubby helped out a bit yesterday and took the kids for ice cream so that I could get into the scrap room and just relax a bit.  And, then I went to bed at 9pm, which is easily 3 hours before I normally go to bed.  Thankfully, I woke up this morning feeling much better!

While I was in my scrap room, I managed to put together this great card, and then this afternoon the sun shone, and I was able to photograph it in natural light. Unfortunately, I only happened to be home in the afternoon because my oldest daughter has the stomach flu!  Poor kid, actually asked how many appendix she has...only had her appendix out 5 weeks ago, so I can imagine the experience is still fresh in her brain.  Lucky for all of us, she only had one appendix and it is now a non-issue!  LOL!

Back to the card...I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday as my starting point...and I pulled out my Imaginisce papers in hopes of making an Easter card.  Then, I decided that I wasn't really in the mood to colour *gasp* so I went in search of my CTMH Stamps that might work.  I found exactly what I need in this Close To My Heart stamp set, From Me to You.

First, I stamped the flower on my heavy white Neenah paper.  Then, I used my copics and coloured the flower.  The difference between this image and what I normally colour, is the technique I tried.  I read about it on another blog, but I can't remember where.  I used the sides of my markers, rather than the tips and I used feathering as well and the ink comes out much lighter.  I graduated my colour for both the inside and the tips of the flower.  To finish the flower, I punched out a circle from the Imaginisce paper and then added some Kaisercraft Pearls.  I used some ribbon from the dollar store to make the stem and then cut out the little pot.  I finished it with a sentiment from Amy R Stamps Spring Sentiments.  Once everything was assembled, the black on the flower looked too dark, so I went over it with some Stickles, to give it sparkle and soften the black lines.  Here's a closer look...

Once everything was coloured, I adhered the flower and the little pot with pop=dots.

My card also qualifies for the following challenges:

Quirky Crafts Challenges: Flowers

All Sorts Challenge: Spring is in the Air

S2G Challenges:  Spring

Crazy4Challenges:  Spring

I just couldn't leave you without another quote from Eclipse:

Alice was scrutinizing my boring jeans-and-a-t-shirt outfit in a way that made me self-conscious. Probably plotting another makeover. I sighed. My indifferent attitude to fashion was a constant thorn in her side. If I’d allow it, she’d love to dress me every day — perhaps several times a day — like some oversized three-dimensional paper doll.

Bella Swan, Eclipse, Chapter 2, p.36

 

Between you and me, I am definitely Bella...fashion-wise anyway.  I love my jeans and t-shirts and hoodies!

 

Stamps:  CTMH From Me To You, Amy R Stamps Spring Sentiments
Paper:  Imaginisce For Peeps Sake, CTMH Key Lime, Buttercup

Ink:  Memento Black, Versafine Black Copic Markers:  R000, R00, R01, R02, Y0000, Y000, YG0000, YG01

Accessories:  Fiskars Threading Water Punch, Kaisercaft Pearls various colours, Stickles Diamond, Misc. Ribbon

Pork Chopper!

So, this one is absolutely the most fun I've had making a card in a long time.  The recipient, a co-worker loved it...thank goodness...I gave it to him yesterday, as he is taking his birthday off work today.  I ordered this Road Hawg! stamp set from Totally Stampalicious specifically to make this card, and I couldn't be happier. And better yet, they are going digital too, so when you order the clear rubber stamp, they send you the digital files too!  I was blown away by this...and I'm not sure how long it will last, so hurry over there and buy some stamps! 

I didn't want to clutter the card up with patterned paper, and I was so happy when I found this sketch over at KL Stamping and Scrappin' - it's Sketch #21.  I haven't been able to participate over there in a few weeks, and I'm so happy to finally get back into the groove of things!  I carried the theme over into the inside of my card too.

I am also going to enter my card over at Crazy 4 Challenges where the challenge was to make a masculine card.  Thank goodness for Wednesday...it's that much closer to the weekend.

Stamps:  Totally Stampalicious Road Hawg
Paper:  Basic Grey Origins (the patterened black stuff), CTMH Indian Corn Blue, Black, Tulip
Ink:  Copic Markers, Memento Black
Accessories:  CTMH Brads and Bigger Brads in Pewter

A Speedy Recovery

This is my second post for today, be sure to scroll down and check out my card for The Rubber Cafe!

A few days ago, I found out that the Mom of a friend of my little one's (did you get that?! LOL!) named Lauri, fell and broke her leg quite badly over the Christmas Break.  I knew right away that I wanted to make her a card to cheer her up, and to let her know that we are thinking about her. 

I started out using the sketch from KL Stampin N Scrappin Blog and the I realized that the Challenge over at Crazy 4 Challenges was to use Dots.  I pulled out this great paper, and actually used the backside, which had dots.  The image, I snagged way back in the summer from Splitcoast on the Canadian Swapping Thread.  My sentiment is from Stamping Bella.  I added in a few flowers, some brads and a few Kaiser Pearls and voila...a card to brighten her day!  This one actually came together rather quickly, and I have to tell you that the sketch is so much fun to work with.  I have another card with the same sketch half finished on my table at home!  Can't wait to show you that one too!

Stamps:  Magnolia, Staming Bella
Paper:  Misc. Scrap,
Ink:  Copic Markers, Black, Yellow Marker
Accessories:  Misc. Brads, Prima Flowers, Kaiser Pearls, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities