Crafty Creations Challenge #165 - Flower Power

Hello and welcome to Crafty Creations Challenge #165 - Flower Power!  I love using flower images.  I decided to use Flower Garden (Papertrey Ink) and add a bit of sparkle ... okay maybe A LOT of sparkle! 

I stamped the flower image on some clear cardstock and let it dry.  Then I coated the back with Orange Stickles (Ranger) and cut out the flower once it waws all dry.  It was so pretty that I didn't want it to compete with lots of other card elements so I went clean and simple... like usual :-)

Time to see what the other gals from Team 2 created using flowers....

Peggy

Jaime

Lindsey

Kathleen

Okay, now it is time for you to create a project using Flowers to win from Whiff of Joy.  Link it up over at the Crafty Creations Challenges ... and good luck!

Donelda

Celebrate with Letter Press

So I have seen many other crafters creating beautiful faux letterpress backgrounds using their cuttlebug folders.  I decided I should give it a try.  I was less than impressed with my results.  I think I'll need to try it a bit more.

I also admire those who can create beautiful clusters of flowers on their cards.  I don't do it very often despite having 2 large jars full of beautiful flowers ... I just don't get how to get them attached!  Anyway, I gave it a good "go" on this card.  Any advice is welcome!!

Thanks for visiting.

Donelda

Celebrate

Sorry I've been a bit slack at posting this week.  No good excuse, just not "on it" this week!

I continue to try to use up backgrounds and scraps as much as I can.  And I am making a small dent in my very large pile!! 

This card started out with that "sky-like" background.  I while ago I had been playing around with some Brilliant Blue and Real Red reinkers (SU!).  After I was finished with the project I had been working on, there was lots of blue and a bit of the red ink left on my craft sheet.  So, I spritzed a piece of watercolor paper and using my aqua brush, added the last of the ink to the paper.  This was the result.  Notice how the red actually turned out pink. 

Then, I decided to use this pink bird.  She was a left over from using the computer 'decals' that I used on THESE cards (see, trying hard to use stuff up!) and went with the pink "sky" so well.  I added the bird to a die cut shape (Labels 1 - Spellbinders) and the rhinstones which were also part of the computer decal sheet I found at the Dollar Store.  Once that was done, I wanted to add a place at the bottom to include the sentiment.  I found some scrap pink cardstock that matched well and using my Versamark pen and a ruler, drew lines every quarter inch.  I love that effect, so subtle!!  The sentiment is from Round & Round (Papertrey Ink 2010 Anniversary set) in Night of Navy (SU!).  Some navy ribbon tied in a bow finished the panel off nicely. 

Have a great day!
Donelda

Clean and Simple *CAS) Challenge #100 - Kissing

I haven't played along with a Splitcoaststampers challenge in a long time.  I checked out the Clean and Simple (CAS) challenge last night (when I couldn't sleep) and saw that it was the 100th challenge. Cool!!  How could I resist??!!

The challenge was to make a CAS card using the 'kissing' technique.   It is a fun and easy technique so I visualized all night what my card could be and created this card this morning.

I started out making the bird.  The solid bird is from Bird Watching (Papertrey Ink).  I inked it up heavily using Plum Pudding ink (Papertrey Ink).  Then, I stamped onto the inked up bird using an image from Giga Guide Lines (that had no ink on it).  That removes the Plum Pudding ink from the bird in a beautiful design.  Voila, the Kissing technique.  Then I cut out the bird.

Next, I sponged an oval onto a white card base.  The ink is Spring Rain (Papertrey Ink).   Then, with the oval mask still on, I stamped a fancy swirl from Fancy Flourishes (Papertrey Ink) using more Spring Rain ink.   Then I removed the mask and added the sentiment from Around & About Sentiments in Plum Pudding ink. 

See those little half pears, they started out white ... but I added some Copic markers to them to match the color of Plum Pudding .. a bit of purple and pink on top made the perfect match.  And see how the pearls, sentiment, and bird make a visual triangle of the same color!!

So, I'm off to post this card at SCS and check out what everyone else did with the Kissing technique!  Have a great day!

Donelda

Clean and Simple (CAS) Challenge - 57 - Thanks a Hoot

The latest from the Clean and Simple Challenges is to layer two different shapes on your card while keeping it Clean and Simple.

Are you kidding me!!! How the blazes are we supposed to do that! I thought and I thought and then I thought of this.......

(my apologies for the poor photo!)

I didn't dare look at anyone elses' cards for fear I'd just simply copy someone else's idea!

Supplies: Stamps - Designer Woodgrain (Hero Arts), Wise Owl, Rustic Branches (Papertrey Ink); Paper - whisper White; Ink - Chocolate Chip; Other - Label Die 2, Oval (Spellbinders), pastel chalks (Stampin' Up!), Q-Tips, Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), dimensionals.

Now I am dying to go and see what everyone else did with this challenge!! I might have to make more if I get lots of inspiraiton!!

Have a great day!!

Donelda

Loonie Stamper's Challenge - #81 and a Layout challenge by my son

Look at me getting the latest Loonie Stamper's Challenge completed on a Friday night!!

I watched the Canadian Women's curling team take the silver medal at the Olympics and then got right to work.

Part of the reason I got going tonight is because my son was working on a Scratch project (Scratch is a computer program you can download for free from the internet and allows you to create little computer games - it is really amazing!) and I was really impressed with the layout he created. See how his little "globulus" is off to the side of the medalian at the back. I just kept looking at it and thinking that layout would be great for a card....so I went up to the craft room and created this!! I decided since the LSC81 colors were so great, I'd incorporate them at the same time.

And can you believe I've had this Papertrey Ink set for months and this is the first time I've actually put it to ink!!

Off to see what those Loonie Girls did with these colors:

Dee, Jewels, Char, Wendy, Maria, Regan

Supplies: Stamps - In Bloom, Wedding Day (Papertrey Ink); Paper - Spring Moss, sample designer paper Pretty Pastels (Papertrey Ink), Going Grey (Stampin' Up!); Ink - Basic Black (Ranger), Spring Moss (Papertrey Ink); Other - Coluzzle, Labels 1 Die (Spellbinders), dimensionals.

I am hoping to get some time to do some stamping this weekend ... so you might see more from me.

Donelda

Inspiration Day 3 - Boutonnier Inspiration

So I was blogging around the other day and I happened upon a site called Muscari that sells boutonniers and other wedding stuff. It is pretty high scale stuff and beautiful!!

In particular, I saw this boutonnier and loved it. I instantly thought it would make a great embellishment for a card (isn't that what all us card makers think when we see something beautiful!! ) So, I decided to use it as Inspiration!!

On that same day, I happened to be watching some of Gina K's Stamp TV videos and saw THIS ONE on Inking a Cuttlebug Folder. I had to try it out. In the end, I put the background and the boutonnier together!!

Supplies: Stamps - Wishing You (Papertrey Ink); Paper - Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa (Stampin' Up!); Ink - Glorious Green, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!); Other - Cuttlebug Leaf Embossing Folder and machine, Oval Die Nestabilities, Primas, button, dark brown satin ribbon (Michaels), leaf, feather.

Have you had INSPIRATION today??? If so, I'd love to hear about it!! Are you inspired by this amazing boutonnier?? or maybe something else from the Muscari site!! If you create something from this inspiration I'd love to see it!! Make sure you leave a comment and a link to your creation!!

Have a great and INSPIRING day!!

Donelda

You Believed in Me - PTI sketch challenge

Yes, here is my second post for the day. I a tutorial on lining up circle punches earlier today so you should scroll down or click on the link if you want to see it!

This card is my PTI sketch challenge entry! On Nichole Heady's blog this morning she announced that she will be giving away every color and style of ribbon to one lucky person!! Can you imagine having all that delicious ribbon!! I sure can, so I hopped to getting this card made.

Nichole is so creative. Along with the challenge she announced that PTI will be carrying the cutest "Bitty Dot" paper...lovely tiny dots on all the wonderful PTI colors!! And new "bitty dot" ribbon. How lovely. So, she designed a "dot-to-dot" sketch. Hehehe, you had to print off the "puzzler" and finish the dot to dot to actually see the card layout!! What a girl!!

So, here is my card. I love the look of white craft ink on dark cardstock!! Yum !! And see that yellow strip with the butterflies...they were done with my Cuttlebug. I was laying in bed the other night ... thinking of crafting ... what, I'm supposed to be sleeping...sheesh!! Anyway, I was laying in bed and wondering if I could put my stencils through my cuttlebug. You know the kind, the gold light weight stencils that we buy from Stampin up and other companies...that are to be used with a hand held stylus and dry embossed, or like a sencil and colored in. Well, I tried this awesome butterfly stencil by Dreamweaver...and it worked!! I colored these butterflies with my white prismacolor pencil crayon to make the pop a bit more!!

The rest of the card is pretty straight forward. I'm crossing my fingers that all the ribbon will be mine!! LOL.

Supplies: Stamps-Garden of Life, Father Knows Best (Papertrey Ink), Ink - craft White, Night of Navy (Stampin' Up!); Paper - Whisper White, More Mustard (Stampin' Up!), blue (unknown); Other - Cuttlebug, rectangle die (Spellbinders), butterfly stencil (Dreamweaver), white pencil crayon (Prismacolor), scallop scissors (Provocraft), dimensionals.

Thanks for dropping in today!! Enjoy your weekend...I know I will, I plan to stamp all day!!

Donelda

Excitment and Christmas Cards - Post #1

Okay, so I am figuring it is time to post a Christmas card. You may have been wondering if I've even been making any but I have. You'll see them all, I've just been keeping them to myself for a little while!

But first, I have a few exciting things to share:

1) Don't forget about the smARTworks tea party tomorrow!! The challenge is to stamp an ornament!! How easy peasy is that??!! All the design team members will be sharing their creations tomorrow morning and you can play too! Just leave a comment with a link to your project on one of our blogs and we'll add you to the list!!

2) Some of you might have seen my mug in the Papertrey Ink December Newsletter! Wow, I am so excited to be featured!! I almost fell over when I read Lynn's email asking if I would be a willing participant! Thanks to everyone who left such kind comments!!

And now about this pretty simple card. It was a cinch!! I stamped a snowflake off once on scrap paper and then again onto some Whisper White cardstock and then stamped over it with the sentiment. I cut it down to the size I wanted and scalloped one edge. A few blue rhinstones for some holiday bling!! The rest was easy. I used a panel of Soft Sky cardstock that had been run through a cuttlebug folder (not mine, but my friend Geri's - Hi Geri!!). Then I attached that to a white card base and added that pretty ribbon. Isn't it cute. I got it out of the dollar bin at Michael's!! Supplies: Stamps-Holiday Wishes (Papertrey Ink), Snowflakes (Stampin' Up!); Ink - Basic Black, Soft Sky (Stampin' Up!); Paper-Whisper White, Soft Sky (Stampin' Up!); Other-Ribbon (Michael's), scallop scissors (Provo Craft), rhinstones (unknown).

Thanks for droppng in. I'll see you all tomorrow with my stamped Christmas ornament!!

Wooden Valentine

Sorry I didn't post last night but I was over at a friends house (Hi Geri!!) to visit and make cards. Geri is my SU demo and has every product and card making supply....including a cuttlebug!! She was kind enough to let me use it which I did in order to make this card.

Julia was back this week for Ways to Use it Challenge (150) and this week she challenged us to use paint!! I love using paint!! I have these great wooden hearts that I bought at Kmart for about 1.00!! So I painted them with white and then I added a bit of pink here and there!!

I added them onto this beautiful white card that I cuttlebugged with the little folders. If you want more details on how to exactly get this effect, you have to check out Sharon's blog (No Time To Stamp) since I totally cased it from her!!

Supplies: Cardstock-Whisper White (SU), Ink-Basic Black (SU), Stamps-Fancy Flexible Phrases(SU), Accessories-Wooden hearts (Walmart), white and red acrylic paint, cuttlebug and folder (thanks to Geri!!), pink ribbon (SU).

Thanks for visiting!

Donelda