Crafty Sentiments - punch challenge

Happy Sunday! I hope everyone is having a great weekend! We lost power yesterday evening due to a transformer blowing nearby, so I'm afraid I am a little bit late with my blog post today. Since we've had nothing better to do with the power out, the hubby and I spent yesterday evening and most of today setting up a pool. Woo! I've been wanting a pool for ages, and was so excited about finally having one, that I actually got in when it was only half full and paddled around for a while until the ice cold water turned my toes numb.

On to today's Crafty Sentiments challenge. This week we are being sponsored by Debbie of The Crafty Pad Designs, and are challenging you to use punches on your card in some shape or form. Easy, right?

Today is my last day as a guest dt member, and I want to send a big Thank You!!! to Suzette for giving me the opportunity to work with her team for the past two months. It's been a lot of fun!

I've been in a summery mood lately, so for my project, I decided to use Amy from the April release. Isn't she adorable in her shorts outfit?

Amy was colored with copic markers, and has white dots added to her outfit with a Sakura Glaze pen in white.  For my punches, I used a corner rounder, horizontal slot punch, 1" circle punch, and a scalloped circle punch (to make the flower).

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Stamp Something - Recipe Challenge + candy winner!

Happy Friday! Are you ready for the latest Stamp Something challenge? This week, we are being sponsored by Paper Jewels, and have a recipe challenge for you. To play along, you will need to make something with designer paper, ribbon, a bow and a tag.

For my project, I decided to ink up Purple Comfort by Sweet Pea Stamps. Isn't she gorgeous?

Purple Comfort was colored with copic markers, and has stardust stickles on the lace of her gown as well as on the cat's wings. My designer paper is some SU from my stash, and my ribbon is a Big Lots find that perfectly matches SU Certainly Celery. I doubled over some of the ribbon on both sides of the center panel for a "bow" and also have bows in Purple Comfort's hair. My tag was cut by hand, and was outlined with a Sakura stardust pen for some shimmer. All of the pearls on the card were originally white, and were colored with a B34 copic to match the rest of the project.

Copic markers used:

Challenges I participated in with this card:

Stamp Something - recipe
Stamptacular Sunday - pearls and swirls
Everybody Art Challenge - fairytale
Charisma Cardz - going round in circles

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I hope everyone enjoyed our birthday blog hop this week! The lucky winner of my mini candy is...

#3 - Sylvia from Minnesota!

Congrats, Sylvia! Please email me with your mailing address to claim your prize!

Crafty Sentiments - Bride in Monochrome

Happy Sunday! I hope everyone has been having a good weekend. I managed to get some gardening done along with working on some craft projects.

Since it's Sunday, it's time for the latest challenge with Crafty Sentiments. This week, we are challenging you to make a project using the above sketch.

I used Bride2 for my card. Isn't she lovely?

I colored Bride2 with copic markers, and then used Smooch in Moonlight on the ribbon on her dress, and Smooch in Iridescent on her veil. My wedding dress was covered in lace, so I decided to try to recreate that effect on her dress. To do so, I used a white gel pen to draw in random squiggles all over the dress fabric, and then went back in with a Sakura Glaze pen in white (it has a raised texture when dry) and dotted in some "pearls". It didn't photograph all that well, but the finished "lace" looks lovely in person.

Copic markers used:

Challenges I participated in with this card:
Crafty Sentiments - sketch
Kaboodle Doodles - Monochromatic
Spoon full of Sugar - #104 cute & girly
Crafty Creations - encouragement / celebrations
Paperplay - wedding celebrations
Charisma Cardz - 3D
Secret Crafter - no patterned paper

Two of Something...

**Update** Candy is now closed!

Happy Friday! Did you have fun at the Stamp Something birthday blog hop yesterday? If not, be sure to go here to start the hop as you still have time to enter to win some fabulous prizes!

Seeing as it is Friday, it's time for our weekly Stamp Something Challenge. This week, we are being sponsored by Karen's Doodles, and are challenging you to make a project with "2 of something". Two buttons, two ribbons, two designer papers, two images, your choice!

I decided to stick with the birthday theme, and used It's My Birthday by Sweet Pea Stamps to make a card for my supervisor. (Happy Birthday Pat!)

She was colored with copic markers, and has lots of stardust stickles on her wings and tail. For my "two of something" I used two designer papers (SU in Lovely Lilac) from my stash. I received them in a RAK ages and ages ago, and keep forgetting to use them.

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Challenges I participated in with this card:
Stamp Something - two of Something
ABC Challenge - U is for unused stash

Stamp Something Birthday Blog Hop!

Stamp Something is celebrating it's 2nd birthday today, and to celebrate, we are having a blog hop! If you came here from Janna's blog, you are right on target. If not, head on over to the Stamp Something blog so you can start the hop off right. Our monthly sponsor, Simon Says, has offered up a great prize for one lucky hopper, and several of my team mates are offering up candy of their own, so trust me, you don't want to miss any of the stops!

Since this is a birthday celebration, the team has been challenged to make something cake or cupcake related/inspired. I decided to make a masculine birthday card featuring a cupcake with some yummy frosting & sprinkles (more on that later...).

The cupcake image is from the Hero Art Cupcake set, and was colored with copic markers. The yummy frosting is Liquid Pearls in White Opal. While the Liquid Pearls were still wet, I sprinkled on some Twinklets Diamond Dust to mimic sugar crystal sprinkles. I thought it needed a little more color, so I made some custom red sprinkles by dumping some Twinklets in a jar and adding a few drops of SU Riding Hood Red reinker.

CANDY ALERT!!!

Would you like some custom red Twinklets of your own? I've added a bag of them to my birthday mini candy, so be sure to leave me a comment for a chance to win. Just for giggles, please share what your favorite birthday dessert is. Inquiring minds want to know!

The candy will close at 7pm EST on Thursday, May 27th, with the candy winner being announced in the following day's challenge post on the Stamp Something blog.

Now, what are you waiting for? Hop on over to Lols blog to see what she has in store for you!

Something to Celebrate...

Happy Friday! Are you ready for another challenge with Stamp Something? This week we are being sponsored by Motivet, and are challenging you to make something for a celebration - wedding, birthday, new baby, whatever you like!

Motivet was kind enough to donate images for the dt to work with this week, and I was lucky enough to get the oh, so sweet Summer Wedding. Aren't they adorable?

Summer Wedding was colored with copic markers, and has a bit of stardust stickles on the lace on her skirt for a little sparkle.


Copic markers used:

Challenges I participated in with this card:


Stamp Something - celebrations
Creative Card Crew - sketch
One Stop Craft Challenge - wedding wishes


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Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day! I hope everyone is having a lovely day and is getting spoiled rotten by your kiddos. We've been having awful high winds all weekend, so I am hoping it will settle down enough this afternoon that I am able to go see my mother for lunch. Keep your fingers crossed!

Being that it is Sunday, it means that it is also time for the new weekly challenge with Crafty Sentiments. This week, we are challenging you to make something with the above sketch.

I decided to use the sketch for the Mother's Day card for my mum. My sister and I both had long hair when we were kids, so I thought that Girl with Heart would be perfect for her card. Isn't she sweet?

She was colored with copic markers, and layered with circle Nestabilities. I decided to use a flower in place of the second circle on the sketch, and when I found these red daisies in my stash, I knew they would be perfect. (My mum LOVES red.)

Copic markers used:

Challenges I participated in with this card:

Crafty Sentiments - sketch
Polka Doodles - summer blossoms
By the Cute & Girly - celebrations
The Pink Elephant #65 - Mommy, I love you

Summer Butterfly...

I was lucky enough to win Connie's Sweet Pea blog candy last week. Woo! Thank you Connie & Lynette! My goodies arrived this week, and I just could wait to ink them up!

Included in the candy was the gorgeous Fly Butterfly as well as the sentiment I used on the card.

I airbrushed the background of the image with Copic BG72, YR31, and E08 before coloring Fly Butterfly in with copic markers. I added a bit of Stardust Stickles to her dress & wings and the handmade flower for a bit of bling.

Copic markers used:

Challenges I participated in with this card:

Sweet Pea Stampers - sketch
Pollycraft - Here Comes the Sun
Paperplay - stamp + bling
Colour Create - color challenge + circles
Delightful Sketches - pull out your punches (used circle punches and oval punches)
Crafty Creations - magical

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Birthday Somethings...

Happy Friday! Are you ready for another challenge with Stamp Something? This week we are being sponsored by Whiff of Joy, and are challenging you to make something birthday related.

Tomorrow happens to be my sister and my grandmother's birthday, so this weeks challenge was an easy one for me. My sister used a Precious Moments figurine for her wedding cake topper, so when a friend stamped a few of the adorable "Love Blooms" image for me, I knew I'd have to use it on her birthday card. Isn't she sweet?

"Love Blooms" was colored with copic markers, and was cut out with Nestabilities oval dies. I used a simple and clean layout this time as I didn't want to detract from the image.

Copic markers used:

Challenges I participated in with this card:

Stamp Something - birthdays
Lili of the Valley #52 - here comes summer
Pollycraft #42 - sunshine (image and colors)
Kaboodle Doodles #30 - spring
Whoopsi Daisy - as you like it
C.R.A.F.T. #49 - birthdays / anniversaries

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Crafty Sentiments challenge 16 - buttons

I hope everyone is having a good weekend. We've had a pretty busy one so far. My in-laws were down yesterday, and brought a bunch of lawn & garden tools with them, so we spent most of the morning & afternoon pulling weeds and cutting down these awful thorn-covered berry bushes that had taken over the yard. I'm scratched and sunburned, but the yard looks 10 times better than it did before! I have some flowers to plant today if the rains holds off, and then plan to put my feet up and relax with a good book.

**Kitty Update: Felicity went to the vet on Thursday, and got a clean bill of health. Yeah! She yowled all the way there, and all the way back, but behaved like a perfect little lady while she was actually at the vet's. She's starting to fill out a bit, and has a lot more energy. She's been trying to sneak into the rest of the house, much to the displeasure of our two resident cats. They aren't too sure they like having a visitor, and sit outside of the front room whenever I'm in there with Felicity.**

Since it's Sunday, it's time for another challenge with Crafty Sentiments. This week, we are taking it easy on you, and just challenging you to use some buttons on your project.

I recieved my dt package with the new Wedding Amy stamps in the mail yesterday, so of course I had to use one for today's project.

I decided to go tone on tone for today's card. I think white on white is such an elegant and classic look for a wedding card, don't you?

Bride Amy was colored with copic markers, and carefully cut out for layering. I added stardust stickles to her veil, and Smooch Illuminate to her dress for some bridal glamour. She sparkles like crazy in real life! The top layer was cut out with a Nestabilites Labels 4 die. I left the die in place after cutting, and carefully traced the inner edge with a gold Spica pen to make a frame. The bottom layer was run through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder, and then had the outside edge traced with the gold Spica pen to make it stand out from the card base.

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