Pup in Boot - Just for You

The new challenge #192 at The Crafter's Café begins on March 15, 2018 and ends on March 30, 2018. This is the second card I made for the challenge. The first can be viewed HERE. The image I used is from one of the sponsors, Wink Wink Ink, named "Pup in Boot". Our optional theme is to use handmade flowers. I hope you'll take a look at The Crafter's Café blog and consider playing along.

The image was downloaded, resized, printed, colored and fussy cut. To a card base, a die cut panel was adhered. Using dies, the sentiment was cut twice from cardstock. The circle was also cut from a die and the hollyhocks were die cut and colored.  All of the die cut items were popped up using foam tape. The two die cut sentiments were stacked for dimension. The focal image was added, again using foam tape. The inside of the card was lined with a panel of white cardstock and additional flowers.

Please take a look at The Crafter's Café Challenge #192 and join in to become eligible for prizes:

Links to the sponsors are on the challenge blog but here is the link to Wink Wink Ink:

 

Materials
Stamp: Wink Wink Ink "Pup in Boot" digital image
Inks: Copic Alcohol Markers
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Tempting Turquoise; pink from stash; SN for alcohol markers
Dies: Spellbinders Classic Circles; Frantic Stamper "Penny Petals Panel"; Penny Black "Just for You"; Impression Obsession "Hollyhocks"
Misc.: Stampin' Up! Dimensionals (foam tape)

Telling Her Secret to Little Bird

The new challenge #192 at The Crafter's Café begins on March 15, 2018 and ends on March 30, 2018. The image I used is from one of the sponsors, Wink Wink Ink, named "Little Bird". Our optional theme is to use handmade flowers. I hope you'll take a look at The Crafter's Café blog and consider playing along. I am making a second card for this challenge. It can be viewed HERE.

The image was downloaded, resized, printed and colored. To a card base, a couple of cardstock panels were adhered as a base for the colored image. The flowers were created by using a flower punch on scrap paper with huge flowers. These flowers were adhered using foam tape for dimension. The inside of the card was lined with a panel of white cardstock and an additional punched flower. A sentiment can be added later.

Please take a look at The Crafter's Café Challenge #192 and join in to become eligible for prizes:

Links to the sponsors are on the challenge blog but here is the link to Wink Wink Ink:

Materials
Stamp: Wink Wink Ink "Little Bird" digital image
Inks: Copic Alcohol Markers
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Wisteria Wonder; SN for alcohol markers
Paper: Scrap from stash
Punch: Stampin' Up!
Misc.: Stampin' Up! Dimensionals (foam tape)

Sunflower Fae

Meet Abigail... the Sunflower Fae by Scrap 'n Dipity, a sponsor at Creative Moments Challenge #138. This challenge is ongoing until Monday, March 19, 2018 at 7:00 pm USA Eastern Daylight Time. Until I saw this image I was unaware that a "Fae" is a young and mischievous faery. Here in the USA, we would probably just say, "A young and mischievous fairy."

Please visit our blog and consider joining in for a chance to win a prize. This challenge is Anything Goes with an optional twist to create a feminine card. Feel free to recognize International Women's Day, which occurred on March 8.

The image, along with extra sunflowers, was downloaded, resized, colored and fussy cut, then adhered to a matted cardstock frame. Onto a card base, a panel of cardstock and a panel of paper were adhered along with the gold ribbon. The frame with image was adhered using foam tape for dimension. Two of the spare sunflowers were also added to the card front. A sentiment is not included but can easily be added in the future. The inside of the card was lined with cardstock and decorated with the remaining spare sunflower.

Materials
Stamp: Digital Sunflower Fae by Scrap 'n Dipity
Ink: Copic Alcohol Markers
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip; SN paper for alcohol ink
Paper: Simple Life Collection by Jen Hadfield
Die: Spellbinders Wonky Rectangles
Misc.: Stampin' Up! Dimensionals (foam tape); ribbon from stash

We hope you'll join in the challenge fun at Creative Moments #138!

Spring Charm Fairy

This card was made for the March Spring or Easter Challenge #276 at Brown Sugar Challenge.

The challenge started on Friday, March 2, 2018, and ends on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. I hope you will visit our blog and join the challenge!

The challenge is sponsored by Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps:

 

The image is called Spring Charm. It was downloaded, colored and resized. The image was trimmed with an oval die and clear Wink of Stella was added to the fairy's hair. A panel of white was adhered to a dark card base. Then a panel of paper was added along with a reverse scalloped oval die cut. The fairy image was popped up onto the card with foam tape. The flowers were punched from cardstock and adhered with foam tape. Larger pearls were added to the centers of the flowers and smaller pearls were added for balance. The inside of the card was lined with white cardstock and decorated with three punched flowers. A sentiment can be added at a later time.

Please drop by and play along at Brown Sugar Challenge #276 and we urge you to browse through Ching-Chou Kuik's on-line store.

Materials
Stamp: Digital image "Spring Charm"
Ink: Copic Alcohol Markers
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Barely Banana (retired), Pale Plum (retired)
Paper: From my stash - origin unknown
Dies: Gina K stacking & nesting oval dies
Other: Stampin' Up! Dimensionals (foam tape) and pearls

Adorable Pig

Looking for a fun challenge where you can win prizes? Here's one that runs until Tuesday, March 13 at 8:00 pm Eastern Time. The only requirement is to use something on your card that is old or recycled. Visit The Crafter's Café Challenge #191 for details and DT inspiration cards. The sponsor providing my card image is Sparkle N Sprinkle.

I made two cards for this challenge. My other card can be viewed HERE.

I used two recycled items destined for the trash can. I purchased a dust mop last week and it was packaged in dark blue plastic. The blue plastic provided the background. I also found a small piece of wrapping paper in Kraft with red candy canes. It was the last piece on the roll and had a rough edge that I used on the edge of the blue panel. I thought the Kraft color resembled a sandy shore.

I remembered some nautical paper stashed away, so adhered the fish design to the blue panel. The image was downloaded, resized and fussy cut, then adhered to the blue panel with foam tape. The panel was tilted and adhered to a white card base and the sentiment was added using foam tape. The inside of the card was decorated with more fish from the nautical paper.

We're looking forward to seeing your cards at The Crafter's Café Challenge #191. We also hope you'll browse Sparkle N Sprinkle for some great digital images and rubber stamps.

Materials
Stamps: Hog Heaven digital image by Sparkle N Sprinkle; Stampin' Up!  (sentiment)
Inks: Stampin' Up! Night of Navy; Copic alcohol markers
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Whisper White
Paper: Stampin' Up! "Maritime" Collection (retired) and recycled materials shown above
Other: Stampin' Up! Dimensionals (foam tape)

Blue Jay... the little things

Looking for a fun challenge where you can win prizes? Here's one that runs until Tuesday, March 13 at 8:00 pm Eastern Time. The only requirement is to use something on your card that is old or recycled. Visit The Crafter's Café Challenge #191 for details and DT inspiration cards. The sponsor providing my card image is Sparkle N Sprinkle.

I made two cards for this challenge. My other card can be viewed HERE.

The recycled item on my card is the panel of green leaves, which came from a Kleenex box. The Blue Jay image was downloaded, resized, colored and fussy cut, then backed with foam tape to pop it up on the background. I added a few other layers onto the textured cardstock. The sentiment was stamped and punched. The inside was lined with a panel of white cardstock and decorated with coordinating paper strips.

We're looking forward to seeing your cards at The Crafter's Café Challenge #191. We also hope you'll browse Sparkle N Sprinkle for some great digital images and rubber stamps.

Materials
Stamps: Winter Blue Jay digital image by Sparkle N Sprinkle; Stampendous "Life Words" (sentiment)
Inks: Stampin' Up! Soft Suede, Copic alcohol markers
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Whisper White, Pacific Point, Chocolate Chip; textured from stash
Paper: Green leaf from Kleenex box, music paper from stash
Punch: Stampin' Up!
Other: Stampin' Up! Dimensionals (foam tape); gems from stash

Flower Power Shaker Card

"Flower Power" is the optional theme for our sketch at the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge #358. Using sketches is one of the best ways to find inspiration for a card. In this case I tilted the sketch. As a new DT member, I was eager to get started although the time frame was short.

I used the colors that are for the Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #283. I thought this was an appealing color combination.

Here is the original sketch:

Here is the orientation I used:

Here is the information for the color challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare:

The sketch seemed ideal for a shaker card and I wanted to make a card for a friend who needed a little cheering up, so this is the result. Instructions for making shaker cards are all over the Internet so I am not leaving specific instructions. I finished the inside with a panel of white cardstock and a punched flower.

The lighting, along with the reflection from the acetate, has distorted the sequin colors. I only used two colors - yellow and gray - to match the cardstock and patterned paper.

Put your imagination to work and join in our challenges at TSOT every Tuesday. All materials and products are welcome. Please visit our color challenge as well at Color My Heart Color Dare every Friday. You may substitute any brand of ink for the required colors as long as they produce colors that are close in tone and hue. Participants may be eligible for a monthly prize. Both of these blogs offer new challenges weekly and each challenge provides about a two-week timeline to enter your project.

If you have any questions, just ask, and thank you for looking!

Materials
Stamp: Hero Arts "Friends"
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock: CTMH Eggplant & Pewter, SU! Whisper White
Paper: SU! window sheet; SU! patterned paper from stash
Dies: Gina K nesting circles - plain and scalloped; Lawn Fawn border die
Flower Punch: SU!
Other: foam tape, sequins (yellow & gray)

For You - Fancy Fold

This is a DT card for the Color My Heart Color Dare Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #281. The challenge runs for two weeks. I used the colors from the middle horizontal row - Willow, Sorbet and Canary. My neutral is white. Fancy fold or fun fold cards are among my favorite to make. The fold adds variety and uniqueness to the card. I found the tutorial HERE. I changed a few items from the original but the instructions to make the basic card are the same.

The flowers and butterfly were punched from cardstock. Candy dots were added to the flower centers. The yellow panel was adhered using foam tape for dimension. The inside was lined with white cardstock and decorated with more punched flowers.

Lesson learned: The inside decoration should be placed so as not to be visible when the card is closed.

Visit our Challenge Blog for additional information on playing along. With tic-tac-toe you have eight color combinations from which to choose. If you don't have the exact colors but have some that are close, you may substitute those colors. You could be eligible for a prize by sharing your project!

Techniques: Stamping, die cutting, punch cutting, fancy fold
Size: A2

Materials
Stamps: Stampin' Up! "Blooms and Wishes"
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, CTMH Willow
Cardstock: CTMH Willow & Sorbet; SU! Whisper White
Paper: Canary - Patterned paper from CTMH  "Happy Times" Collection
Die: Lawn Fawn Zigzag Border
Punches: SU! Bitty Butterfly & Itty Bitty Accents Trio (flower)
Misc.: Ribbon from stash, SU! Dimensionals (foam tape) & Candy Dots

Marvella Mermaid

Today's card is being made for the 3-2-1 Challenge #190 at The Crafter's Café, scheduled to begin on February 15, 2018. The challenge ends Tuesday, February 27 at 7 pm US Mountain Time. The items assigned to the DT are 3 papers, 2 butterflies and 1 flower, which seems odd for an undersea image but I made it work. After all, in "Card-land" we use imagination and artistic license all the time!

The three decorative papers are the background, which is a recycled Kleenex box, the gold foil and the green embossed foil. The image, Marvella Mermaid, was downloaded from Rick St. Dennis, resized, colored with Copics and fussy cut. It was adhered to gold foil and fussy cut again, then adhered to the background paper with foam tape, along with the green foil die cut seaweed and the punch cut butterflies. A white flower was heat embossed using a Versamark pen and gold glitter embossing powder and a few dots with a Copic marker. The glass droplets were also adhered onto the drawn bubbles. The elements were adhered to a card base of Pool Party on white with a strip of gold foil. Two butterflies were cut from the background paper and adhered to the inside. I chose not to use a sentiment - I will wait until the right occasion comes along.

Check out The Crafter's Café Challenge Blog. We'd love to have you submit a project to the 3-2-1 Challenge #190. We also urge you to visit our sponsor's website, Rick St. Dennis, for some unique digital images.











Techniques: Up-cycling, coloring, die cutting, punch cutting, fussy cutting, heat embossing
Size: A2

Materials
Stamp: Rick St. Dennis "Marvella Mermaid" digital image
Inks: Copic Alcohol Markers, Versamark Pen
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Whisper White & Pool Party
Paper: Kleenix box for background, DCWV Gold Foil, Pressed Petals Embossed Foil (green)
Dies: Simon Says Stamp "Curly Streamers"
Punches: Stampin' Up! "Bitty Butterfly" & "Elegant Butterfly"
Misc.: Stampin' Up! Dimensionals (foam tape), The Robin's Nest Dew Drops, Recollections Tinsel EP, flowers from stash

Valentine - Love You

This DT card will finish my Valentine cards for 2018. I really liked the color scheme for the challenge because there were all kinds of possibilities with it but in the end I went with just one more Valentine.

Please join in at Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #279. The required colors are Canary, Cranberry and Pacifica with Gold as an option. Black and white are permitted as neutrals. Check your inks, papers and accessories and if you have something close in color you are welcome to submit a card, scrapbook page or other paper project.

Find our blog HERE and have some fun!

The black panel was dry embossed with a diagonal stripe. A Versamark pen was used on the embossed stripes and then heat embossed with clear powder to give some shine and texture to the black background. The black panel was adhered to a white card base and the die cut elements were adhered. A second cranberry heart was adhered over the other using foam tape for dimension along with the tiny sentiment. Gold was an option for this challenge so gold sequins were added. The inside of the card was decorated with a small die cut heart.

It annoys me when my camera does not photograph the true colors but it's probably incorrect lighting coupled with my lack of knowledge.

We look forward to seeing your cards in our challenges at Color Dare! Please give it a try and you may be eligible to win our monthly prize!

Techniques: Stamping, die cutting, dry embossing, heat embossing
Size: A2

Materials
Ink: Versamark pen
Cardstock: CTMH Black, Pacifica; SU! Whisper White
Paper: CTMH "Heartstrings" collection (cranberry pattern) & SU! stash (yellow pattern)
Dies: Spellbinders Hearts (Classic & Scalloped), SU! Expressions (love);  Verve Scalloped Trim Trio (heart strip)
Misc.: SU! Dimensionals (foam tape), sequins from stash; SU! TIEF (diagonal);  SU! Clear Embossing Powder