Pink Chickadees

First let me say, that I do know that this is not the appropriate color for Chickadees, but I was in a pink mood, what can I say!



This was really a fun card to make and color. I used.... guess.. c'mon, just guess... A DTGD sketch! HAH! Anyway, I got this chickadee circle from Northwoods Rubber stamps. It's called Circle Spring Chickadees (PP7427). The Butterfly in the upper right is cut out of another Northwoods image (Asters with 3 Butterflies P7296). I used the feathering technique that I learned at the Copic class for the butterfly, I am pretty pleased with the results :-) The layers are scored with the Scor-Pal to add a little texture. There was some time involved in this one, but overall, I think this would make a great card for different occasions!

Recipe:
Stamps: Northwoods Rubber Stamps; Sentiment (Gina K)
Paper: Innocent Pink, Grass Green, Chocolate Brown
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Green Stickles, double stitched ribbon (Gina K), scor-pal, Nestabilities, Copics

Curious George

Another of the DTGD10 Challenges was to use your favorite tv show as inspiration. Yeah, right... me? Watch what I want to? Doesn't happen that often. So I chose one of my kids favorite shows. I do believe I have seen every episode of Curious George that is shown on PBS. I can pretty much quote some of them. LOL. I also chose one of the sketches provided by the dirty girls. For those that have not had the privelege of getting to know George personally, his friend is the Man in the Yellow Hat. The Man has a black band around his yellow hat and wears brown boots with his yellow shirt and pants. I used one of the Stampendous Changito stamps (I won this little guy at the Copic's class I took a few weeks ago). As a gift for my kids, my mother, in her infinite wisdom and shopping ways, found some Curious George stamps, who knew? So I used one of the Curious George stamps to create a background on the yellow layer.

Next time, I'm going to have to find my Voila stamp set and stamp something inspired by Top Chef -- one of my two shows!

Recipe:
Stamps: Changito, Curious George
Paper: Lemon Drop (GinaK), Black (paper temptress); White (Neenah)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Wild Dandelion
Accessories: Sakura stardust pen, Copics

A Purple Birthday

My daughter was invited to a birthday party. I couldn't just buy a card.. I mean, what would that say about me? I went all out with the purple on this one. Trust me, purple is not the easiest color for me to work with. This sketch is also one of the DTGD10 challenge sketches, although I think it was supposed to be a square card... oops! The cupcake wrapper is colored with Copics. The cupcake top has some Sakura glaze pen on the sprinkles and the cake has dazzling diamonds for some extra sparkle. I used a gold spica pen on the candle flames.

Recipe:
Stamps: Candles on your Cake (GKD)
Paper: Vibrant Violet, Lovely Lavendar, Wild Dandelion, White (GKD); Kioshi (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento Sweet Plum, Lulu Lavendar and Dandelion
Accessories: 1 in circle punch, 1 1/4 in circle punch, Nestabilities, Copics, Dazzling Diamonds glitter (SU), Heat and Stick powder (SU), Sakura Stardust Pen, Gold Spica pen, Ribbon (GKD)

A Dove with Hope time heals!

This was one of the DTGD10 sketch challenges. I chose to use this beautiful bird from Hope Grows, illustrated by Teresa Momber. I didn't think the bird should have color, so I just used some smooch spritz on the paper to add a shimmer. In retrospect, I'm not sure the rhinestones were needed, but hey, they're there. The designer paper is by DCWV (which you can also get from the Gina K store). I think I'm going to have to get another pack of this. The paper is GORGEOUS!!!!!!!! This specific one is textured and has a glossy feel to it. Can you ever have too much pretty paper? I don't think so!

Recipe:
Stamps: Hope Grows and Enjoy the Sunshine Kit (GinaK Designs)
Paper: Ocean Mist, Green Apple, Ivory (Gina K Designs); Cafe Mediterranean (DCWV)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Oval and Scalloped Oval Nestabilities; Rhinestones, Vanilla Smooch Spritz (SU)

Winter is coming

I wasn't able to finish all the Dirty girl challenges by 8/1, but I am using them as inspiration lately. One of the challenges was to make a winter card. I found this Bild Malarna stamp that I had bought and not used yet. You can get this stamp at Paper Jewels. I decided it was perfect for a winter card. I love this image of the boy and his snowman. The front of the card has the Labels 10 from Spellbinders cut out. The image is actually on the inside of the card.



I used stickles on the snowflakes and added a tiny bit of snow on the snowman's arms with a gel pen.

Recipe:
Stamps: Bild Malarna, Christmas Punch (SU), Frosty Friends (GinaK)
Paper: Little Boy Blue, Lipstick Red, White (Gina K)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Memento Paris Dusk, Versamark
Accessories: Labels 10 Nesties, Stickles, Copics, Copic Spica, White Gel Pen

Duckies everywhere!

A friend of mine is expecting a baby in a couple of weeks. Since I needed to make a card, I decided to see what the DTGD challenges could do to "help" me. I managed to cover 7 challenges in one card. WHEW! It could possibly be construed as cheating, but I decided that since I don't have that much time to create anymore I should try to get some bang for the buck :-). This is what I came up with.



I used a sketch that called for an oval for the image. I did change that to a circle because I felt the circle was better for this image. I used Shapeabilities to die cut the ducks. I used white felt from Papertrey Ink. Then I colored it with my copics.

Recipe:
Stamps: Spring has Sprung (GKD)
Paper: Little Boy Blue, Lemon Drop, Green Grass, White (GKD); Paper Studio DP
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Velvet ribbon, Felt (PTI), Nesties Circles and large scallop circles, Copics, Dimensionals, Silver Spica, Shapeabilities

I think that this is one is my favorite DTGD card yet. I had so much fun coming up with this one. Again, this is a combo of 3 challenges. One challenge was to use a girl stamp and gingham... check! The next was a color challenge using red, yellow and green... check.. check! Last but not least was this really cool sketch.. check, check, check!

The Whiff of Joy image is from the summer Elisabeth Bell kit. She was colored with copics and cut out. She is popped up on dimensionals. The strawberries are from the Enjoy Sunshine Gina K Stamp TV kit. I really wanted some cherries to match the girl's hat but figured strawberries would work as well. The berries are also colored in with copics. Trying to use my copic lessons... hopefully it's working. Thanks for stopping in!

Recipe:
Stamps: WOJ Summer Stamp kit, Enjoy the Sunshine (Gina K)
Paper: Lipstick Red, White, Wild Dandelion, Grass Green (Gina K)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Lady Bug Red
Accessories: Copics, Gingham Ribbon, Buttons, Dimensionals

Struttin' with Glitter

This is another DTGD combo challenge card. This is a combo of 3 challenges, glitter, something that grows, and strutting your stuff (use something new). Well, I was able to use my new stamp set from *drumroll please* Gina K. This is the Botanicals stamp set. I used dazzling diamonds on the main floral panel. Then I used the sakura stardust gel pen on the sentiment. Just a note... the gel pen?? Shouldn't have tried to use it over such a large area. Lesson learned. Still, it fulfills the glittery requirement and should make my friend Lee happy. :-) Dirty girl Melanie's challenge was something that grows.. Botanicals, flowers, they grow! :-) Thanks for stopping by.

Recipe:
Stamps: Botanicals; Enjoy the Sunshine (Gina K)
Paper: In the Navy, Lipstick Red, White (Gina K)
Ink: Memento Lady Bug Red; Memento Danube Blue; Memento Dandelion
Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds, Sakura Stardust, Velevet White ribbon, White pearls, dimensionals

Another CAS

If I'm not careful, this whole CAS thing might start catching on with me ;-) It's kind of nice to see a finished product in 10 minutes or less after you start. This card is for Kim Hughes DGTD challenge -- Tone on Tone CAS. Honestly, I was a little stumped as to how to accomplish this. While I am pleased with the flower, in retrospect, I think the sentiment should be a little more visible. I would probably use some oval or circle punches in Lavendar and White and also a darker ink for the sentiment. Now, that I said that, I think I need to rework this one and repost... But for now, this was the card I came up with! TFL

Recipe:
Stamps: From the Garden (SU), the sentiment is Gina K
Cardstock: Lovely Lavendar (Gina K)
Ink: Versamark and Memento Lulu Lavendar
Accessories: Clear embossing powder

Orange??

Although I have a few friends who would be aghast, Orange is not, nor has it ever been my favorite color. When I saw the DGTD challenge to use orange as your main color... I cringed.

Hoooooowwwwwweeevvveeerrr, I have found that I LOVE, LOVE, Gina K's Sweet Mango cardstock. It's kind of a darker orange. I really enjoy working with it. This card uses Gina K's white, sweet mango and dandelion cardstock. I combined this with 2 other challenges. The first was to make a card that was not A2 in size. The second was to create something Feminine, floral or flirty. I'm having fun with these challenges, and hope I have a chance to create some more.

Recipe:
Stamps: Friends are Forever; Hope Grows (Gina K)
Paper: Sweet Mango, White, Dandelion (Gina K)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Copics, Sakura stardust, chocolate Pearls

Gettin' Dirty? I'm trying

SCS hosted the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges again last week. These challenges are determined by current and past "dirty girls", the SCS Design Team. These ladies are all super talented. They lend their creativity and expertise to SCS once a month in the form of the DD Gallery. Each month they are given a theme and then they are off and running to create their awesome projects. This is one of my cards.



This challenge was "embrace the white space". Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to make a card that embraces the "white space"! Now I don't mean you have to literally use white, but try a minimalist approach to card making and see what you come up with!

Limits: Limit your layers! Try and make something that utilizes your card base and maybe one other layer. Don't be afraid to leave some "white space" showing!




Recipe:
Stamps: Friends are Forever (GinaK) and Botanicals (GinaK)
Cardstock: White and Sweet Mango (GinaK)
Ink: Memento Potters Clay, Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Copic Markers