Summer Fun

Today I made a card for 5 challenges.  At Basic Grey, the challenge was to use summery images and papers for the "Sizzing Summer" challenge.  I used papers from Basic Grey's "Lauderdale" collection.  Just Magnolia & Hanglar Stanglar challenged us to "Holiday Fun" which could include summer vacation/summer holidays.  An Oldie but a Goodie challenged us to use "Outdoor Fun."  The Shabby Tea Room provided us with an inspiration photo (which we could elect to use or not) along with "Polka Dots."  Finally, at The Beary Scrap, the challenge was a tic tac toe board.   I used the diagonal:  pearl, charm, and glitter.

My layout comes from the last Beary Scrap Challenge (#31, sketch) which I just didn't have time to use.  I loved the sketch though and had it sitting out on my work table, so I thought why not use it now?

Here's my very bright summery card!  (the brown on the left is from the table - whoops!)

I colored Tilda using Copics, cut her out, and placed her on top of the inner tube.  The glitter is added to the edge of her swimsuit ruffle and to the ripples.  I used Copics and Prismacolor pencils to color the water.  The sky is sponged SU! "Bashful Blue."  The charm says "Love."

Supplies:
Stamps:  Magnolia Stamps - Tilda, inner tube
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, SU! "Bashful Blue" for sponged sky
Papers:  White, black, all dps from Basic Grey "Lauderdale"
Other:  Copic markers, sponge, Stickles crystal glitter, Recollections flower and mini roses, knitting needle to curl wire ends, Recollections pearls, Love charm from Jo Ann's bridal section


Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings!
Sarah

What's Cooking?

I didn't think that I was going to have enough time to finish this card this morning and get it entered by the deadline, but I made it!  I wanted to play along at Just Magnolia and Hanglar Stanglar Challenge 116 What's Cooking?  I'm also playing along with Basic Grey Challenges #49 which is Heather's sketch challenge.  I used Basic Grey's "Nook & Pantry" dps on my card today.

Here's Heather's sketch.

Here's my card.

Materials:
Stamps:  Magnolia
Papers:  white, dark brown for mats and base, dps from Basic Grey "Nook & Pantry"
Other:  Prima flower, Recollections trim, Sizzix die for leaves, Circle Nestabilities, colored with Copics

Thanks for looking!
Blessings!
Sarah

Wedding Wishes

I made a wedding card for my husband's cousin.  It's my first time trying to do darker skin tones with my Copic markers.  It was even more difficult since I only have 5 brown markers!  Their colors are pink and brown.  The guys will be wearing brown tuxes, so to do a brown tux with dark skin and have some degree of color difference was a big challenge for me!  I used Jane's layout from Just Magnolia and Hanglar Stanglar from last week (114) again as I just loved that sketch!

Here's the inside.  We will be adding a personal message inside.

Here's the back.

I'm entering my card in the following challenges:
A Spoon Full of Sugar:  pink and brown
Oldie but a Goodie:  use a stamp at least 6 months old, ribbon and lace
Cute Card Thursday:  at least 1 circle

Materials:
Stamps:  Magnolia wedding collection from summer 2010, sentiment stamp inside is from Verve (also over 6 mo. old)
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Papers:  SU! (pink and dps)
Other:  Ribbon from JoAnn's, lace from stash, circle Nestabilities and Grand Nestabilities for inside, Recollections mini roses, knitting needle to curl wires, Spellbinders Fancy Tags 2, Copic markers


Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings!
Sarah

Berry Sweet Tilda

Hi!  Today I want to share a card that I made for the Just Magnolia and Hanglar Stanglar Challenge.  For week 114, Jane has posted a lovely sketch for us to use.  I tried (and tried and tried) to be able to save the sketch so I could add it to my post, but it kept freezing my computer.  So, if you want to see the sketch, click HERE to go to the challenge post.  Thanks!   I'm also entering my card at the Simon Says Stamp! challenge where this week, Simon Says .... Anything Goes! 

Here's my card.  I used an older Tilda and made a mask so she could sit directly on the giant strawberry.

A view from the side shows the dimension of the lovely red Prima rose.

Materials
Stamps:  Magnolia
DPs are all from DCWV "Berry St. Farmers' Market" collection
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Other:  Copic markers, Prima rose, Recollections mini roses, lace from stash, circle nestability

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings!
Sarah

ATS Magnolia Challenge 4

For the 4th Magnolia Challenge at ATS, they are challenging us to make Christmas themed cards.  I'm using Tilda under the mistletoe.  Isn't she sweet?

I started using the VLV week 3 sketch for this card, but the square panel just didn't work with the image I'd already colored, so I just made a bigger bow instead to fill up the space!  The dp are all My Mind's Eye.  The green is embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.  I colored Tilda using Copics and used a MS doily lace punch. 

I used Tilda under the mistletoe available here at All That Scraps.  Here's a closeup of the double bow. 

Finally, the inside.   I tried to fit the little sentiment on the front, but it just didn't work at all, so I moved it inside the card. 

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Sarah

I've been busy....

I'm going to post a whole bunch of cards that I've made over the last week.  I was going to separate them, but they are all kind of related, so here goes.

First, I made my card for VLV Week 4 of November.  This is the sketch Julee created for us.  I used a ribbon bundle with light pink, dark pink, and green called "Dozen Roses" as my inspiration from Prairie Bird Boutique.

Here's my card.

I used dp by My Mind's Eye called "Quite Contrary."  I just love this paper!  The sentiment is from Verve's "Kind Words" set.  I added some zigzagging around the edges of the base after I'd done some distressing with my Tim Holtz distressing tool.  I also did straight stitching around the slanted panels.  This was a great sketch for using up some little chunks of dp that were just too big to toss!  I used some pink seam binding for my bow and tied it with my Bow Easy.  I added some glimmermist to the entire card  but I sprayed it on a little too heavily and the panels slightly warped as a result.  {oops}

Here's a closeup of the biggest rose all glimmery and you can see some of the panel stitching better, too.

I finished the inside of the card and the back as well using up more of my scraps.  I used the same MS doily punch for the card back as I did for the front.
 

My second card was made for the week 5 VLV sketch challenge. 

I used the second inspiration photo, the Sweet Pea shower gel from Bath and Body Works as my inspiration and for the dp, I used some scraps of Imaginesce paper from their old princess collection.  I really am trying to use up some of the scraps I've accumulated!

I decided to use this Tilda stamp and pair her with a Verve sentiment to make a birthday card for my daughter.  The sentiment is from Verve's "Birthday Bash" set.   Sorry for the wonky angle on this picture but I was fighting glare from the stickles and the bling flourishes.  That's also why the circle mat looks like it is way off center.  It's really straight - I promise!

I used the bling flourishes and the seam binding with rose as the three dot elements in the sketch. 

Here's a closeup of the stickles on her wand.  Tilda is colored using Copics.  I gave her brown hair to match my daughter's hair. 

I also finished the inside and the back of this card.

After making card 2 with Imaginesce papers, I thought I'd try to use up a few more scraps with the Mojo Monday sketch for Week 166.  Here's the sketch and my card.

I did opt to straighten out the panel as it just worked better with my image and I also moved the three dots off of the ribbon. I still have more of this coordinating ribbon to use up, but I did manage to use up about 5  inches of it.   I used more seam binding for the bow.  The sentiment is from Verve's "Fairy Tales" set. 



Continuing on the them of using up scraps, here's the inside and the back.

I decided that I would try to finish using up the scraps of Imaginesce paper I still had so I next did a really simple layout to use up some of the glittery crown paper.  I made a Nesties frame for Tilda to sit in.  She's again colored with Copics, and I gave her crown a few gems and some glass slippers.

Here's a closeup of the "glass" slippers.

Next we have the card back.  I just did a little strip down the side on the inside panel, and I didn't photograph it.

I made good progress on my scraps but I still have a few more pieces to use up, so they will have to wait for another day.

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Sarah

Nearing the End of the HYCCT Challenges

So I've been working and working on these challenge cards, and I'm just about done!  Whoo hoo!!!  I really had fun with all of the different challenges, but that's not to say that a few of them really pushed me out of my comfort zone.  That's a good thing though as I wouldn't have tried some of these things without that little nudge.

HYCCT28 was to create a card inviting someone to spend time using an image and sentiment that are a play on words.  I went with an old SU! set "Very Punny" for the little ladybug and matching sentiment "bug me anytime."  I colored the ladybug using Copics, and all of the dp (including the scalloped edge die cut strip) are from GCD Solutions "Paris Nights."  The ribbon, button, and twine are from my stash.    I used Sketch Challenge 303 as the layout for the card. 

HYCCT24 was to use a pretty, cute, girly image and pink as the basis for the card.  I went with Pink Cat Studio's "Enchanted Lily" set.  I thought this cute little fairy was just the thing for this challenge.  She's colored with Copics, cut out with Nesties, and layered on top of DCWV glittery paper.  The border punch is MS.  I just did a really simple layout so I could have a lot of the glittery flowers visible.

HYCCT30 was a sketch challenge.  I used one of my Magnolia Tilda stamps, more of the DCWV glittery paper, a new MS border punch called "Double Arches" and a bit of ribbon with a rose as my embellishment.
I colored with Copics and just framed the image with a bit of black cs for contrast.

HYCCT27 was to use glimmermist or a homemade version of glimmermist, or an ink spritzing technique.  I don't have any glimmermist, so I added a few drops of SU! Pink Passion ink to a spritz bottle and sprayed some white cardstock.  When it was dry, it was pretty warped, so I decided to use dry embossing with a Sizzix folder.  The sentiment is from Verve's "Believe" and it is cut out with Nesties and mounted on a Nesties label.  I added some Recollections pearls as a frame and then finished with a bow and rose.

HYCCT25 was to use at least 1 button on a card.  I have had these La Mode Ceramic Studio buttons by Dianna Marcum for many years (not sure where I got them from, but they were passed on to me at some point).  I used an angel from SU! "Festive Friends" and dp by MME called "Wonderful Holiday."   I added a satin ribbon and some twine to make it a little more country styled.  The angel is colored with Copics.

HYCCT29 was to use only sentiments.  I chose one from ODBD's "Christmas Verses."  I mounted it on a Spellbinders Fancy Tag die that I pieced together to make it long enough to accommodate the sentiment.  I used the same embossing folder I used for the mist challenge card as the background and finished with one of my favorite ribbons, a glittery pink organza that holds it shape so nicely, and a rose.

HYCCT 26 was to use a bird on a card.  I used a Whipper Snapper image and colored it with Copics.  The paper is from DCWV's "Nana's Nursery Baby Boy", and I added a satin ribbon with a button and some twine to again go more country in the styling.  The dp has little birdies all over it, but it's a little hard to see in the photo.

Thanks for stopping by, and I'm hoping to be back later with more as I'm down to just the very last challenge in the HYCCT challenges.
Blessings!
Sarah

Create a Scene - Christmas is the Theme and HYCCT

I thought that I wasn't going to meet the challenge deadline for this one, but I'm going to squeak in just under the wire!  On the All that Scraps blog, the Magnolia Challenge was to make a Christmas scene.  So I picked one of my favorite Tildas - I think she's so cute in her snowsuit with the fur muff, the holly trimmed envelope, and the finch stamp.  They are colored with Copics, and then I cut out Tilda and the bird and placed them on the envelope.  The sentiment is from an old C.C. Designs set called "Olivia's Birdies."   I added glitter to her wings and used white Flower Soft for the "fur" trim on the hood edge and the muff.

I also made this card for one of the Hope You Can Cling To challenges over on SCS.  This fits the pink holidays challenge, HYCCT02A.   The dp is Basic Grey's "Eskimo Kisses" and the pink is from BG's "Lemonade" collection.

I made a second HYCCT challenge card this morning.  It's actually today's challenge which is HYCCT09, Let's Dabble in Some Scrabble.  I may have taken the challenge a bit too literally, but I made a 6 x 6 card with words that I hoped would be inspiring and/or comforting to the recipient.  The background is scored at 1/2 inch intervals using a Scor-Pal.  Then I cut the tiles just shy of 1/2 inch and wrote the letters on them.  A few flowers and a satin ribbon and I thought it needed something more, so I added the large pearls as a border. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a blessed day!
Sarah

Another Friday Sketchers sketch

The card I want to share with you today is based on another Friday Sketchers sketch that I'd been meaning to use .... someday!  The sketch  (#93) is from March 12, 2010. 

I changed the center panel shape from the sketch. The one shown in the sketch is one of my favorite Nesties, but I was able to mimic the shape of the flowers in the patterned paper by using the blossom Nesties.  I used a Sizzix embossing folder to give the white circle a bit of texture. 

Tilda was colored using Copic markers and then cut out.
Here are the Copic colors I used:
Skin and cheeks:  E000, E00, E01
Dress:  R81, R83, R85
Hair:  E33, E35, E37, 0
Stars, wand, and crown:  Y35 and Y38
Outlining:  B0000

The blue ribbon with crowns is also from Imaginesce.  I used a MS doily lace punch to make a border strip for the ribbon as it wasn't standing out enough from the patterned paper by itself.  The flowers are attached using dimensionals, and I added MS punched leaves with Vintage Photo distress ink sponged on the edges.

I added a rhinestone crown detail (found at Michael's) to the inside of the card.  I really wanted to use it on the front of the card, but it just did not show up against the background papers.  I had a few pieces of patterned papers from Imaginesce left that I wanted to use up. I've really been in a mindset of using up some of my supplies lately - just too much clutter in my crafting area these days. So between the panels on the front, the decorated inside, and the back I used up a few more bits.

I sponged the edges of the paper lace strips with SU! Pretty in Pink ink so that it would just slightly stand out from the base of the card. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!
Sarah