Sweet Butterfly

Hi there and Happy Wednesday!! Today's card is the first card I've ever made for the Sweet Stop Sketch challenge. I just got this stamp set last week. It's the New Creature stamp set by Sweet and Sassy Stamps.. I tried some practice flicking with my copics on this, The coloring looks more cohesive than other times that I have tried this technique, but I still feel that more practice is required :-) Thanks for stopping by today!! Oh, and right below is the sketch that I was using....






Recipe:
Stamps: A New Creature -(Sweet n Sassy)
Paper: Pure Luxury Ivory, Sweet Mango, Dark Chocolate; Echo Park DP (A walk in the park)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Rhubarb Stalk, Bahama Blue
Accessories: Nestabilities; Copics, chocolate Spica, rhinestones

A Little Summer with a little Fall

Given the Fall Blog Hop.. I was still in an Autumn mode. So, I combined two challenges for this card, CPS and Ribbon Carousel.

The sketch for this week really intrigued me..



I really wasn't sure how I was going to tackle this one... and then... I got a package from Gina K. The cone flowers spoke to me as a great image for this card. The flowers are actually pieced on the main panel and they are colored with Copics. I added some Sakura stardust clear and some crystal stickles to add a little bling on the card. In that same package, I received a pad of Echo Park DP. I Love the colors in that pack, so you'll see one of those sheets used here. The half circles are cut with Big Scallop nesties. In the spirit of this week's Ribbon Carousel challenge I added a bit of brown bakers twine to the burlap ribbon and on the panel behind it. The sentiment comes from an older Gina K set, Friendship Blooms.

Thanks for stopping by today!





Recipe:
Stamps: Heartfelt, Friendship Blooms - (Gina K)
Paper: Pure Luxury Wild Dandelion, Sweet Mango, Dark Chocolate, Kraft; A Walk in the Park (Echo Park DP)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Pewter Pearls, Stickles, Sakura glaze pen, Nestabilities, Copics, Burlap Ribbon, twine

Fall Fun Blog Hop

A Labor Day Blog Hop -- How fun!!!

Welcome to the Fall Fun Blog Hop! A group of online friends, led by the fabby Ms Lydia, decided this would be a GREAT time to get inky together, and so we've put together a fall themed blog hop to inspire you as the autumn approaches. As you meet our stampy bloggers today, you may discover that some have goodies for you, so be sure and visit everyone on the list. We have hoppers from all over the globe today, and they are amazing artists. Thanks for visiting us - grab yourself a nice fall beverage and enjoy! Here is the full list of our blog hoppers today:

Lydia Fiedler

Libby Hickson

Kim Williams

Michelle Single

Lee Murphy

Sara Henton

Yapha Mason

Lisa Adametz

Jimmi Mayo

Jeanne Streiff

Bev Gerard  

Dana Keith

Joan Ervin

Maren Benedict

Teresa Kline:ME

Hannah Clark

Dina Kowal

Wanda Cullen

Korin Sutherland

Taylor Usry

Monika Davis

Harriet Skelly

Kim Schofield

Cathy McCauley

Mary Marsh

Julia Aston

Bridget Finlay

Alison Habetler

Leslie Hanna

Sue Farrant

Michelle Hanway

Misti Oblander

Judy Rozema

Jenna Barber

Tammy Hershberger

Eva Dobilas

Kerri Michaud

Cheryl Navarrete

Neva McMullen

Marianne Baugher

Samantha

Cindy Wallach

Now on to a little inspiration....  Today, I decided to go with, what I consider, a non-traditional Fall color scheme. I usually reserve blues for winter, but I saw this gorgeous DCWV paper and was inspired!! I combined this with a new to me fold that I found on Splitcoaststampers. It is called the Joy Fold. This was a lot of fun - so thanks for the tutorial Beate! 

The little bit of brown paper peeking out is actually some divine SEI Velvet paper... The stamping is actually direct to rubber using my Copics (B95, B99).  I colored directly onto the stamp and then spritzed a little rubbing alcohol on the stamp... I kind of like the result.  It looks distressed.   You can see in the close-ups that I stamped a leaf on the leaf die cut and sunflowers under the sentiment.

I also added some of the sunflowers on the inside of the second flap. They are in the lower right corner.. so there is still room for a handwritten message.   

Speaking of autumn/fall... I am soooo happy that Pumpkin Spice is back at Starbucks :-)  I always feel that life is just a bit better with a Venti 2 1/2 pumps Pumpkin Xtra Hot Chai Latte..  I know say that 3 times fast....  so what are your favorite fall treats?  Leave me a comment on this post, by 8pm Mountain Time on Wednesday Sept 7th, with your favorite fall treat and you will be entered to win a $10 gift certificate to one of my favorite stores... Paper and Such!  I will do a random drawing and announce the winner on Thursday morning!

Thanks so much for stopping by and make sure that you continue on to the great projects that await you on Leslie's blog! 

Howdy

This is another DTGD card.. I decided to a little funky country with this card. The decorative panel was made using square nesties to cut out the material... then it was hand stitched together and put on batting to resemble a country quilt... I hope. the rooster, well what's the country without a rooster....The oval around the rooster is paper pierced.

DISCLAIMER: Please do not blame my mother or my grandmother for my less than adequate sewing technique... they did try :-) Thanks for stopping by!!




Recipe:
Stamps: Bucky (Paper and Such)
Paper: Pure Luxury Lipstick Red, Ivory
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Paper Piercer, Nesties, Material, Batting, needle and thread

To Follow a Dream

Hi there!! Happy Thursday! This is another of DTGD cards I made for this year. This was a 4 challenge card. I just love this image and imagine that this would be a great card for a graduation or for anyone embarking on an adventure.

The blue panel, or what you can see of it, was distressed by spritzing with water, wrinkling the paper and going over it with some Tim Holtz distress ink. In retrospect, I should have shown a bit more of that blue panel... live and learn :-) One of the other challenges was to use a map on our project. I had this great paper that I had used for the pirate VSN. In other words, don't look too closely at any of the print or you will think it doesn't really match the sentiment or the image :-). The image was stamped with Memento ink and colored with.... wait for it..... Copics. I also sponged the sky in an effort to make a Theresa Momber like scene! My last little touch was to add some twine, which I think just goes with a boat image. I restamped the image and a little dragonfly on the envelope to add a little whimsy. I always forget about decorating envelopes, but it's so easy and makes a statement even before the recipient sees the card.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to Follow your dreams!


 

 Recipe:
Stamps: Follow Your Dreams (Gina K)

Paper: Pure Luxury Kraft, Ocean Mist; DCWV DP
Ink: Memento rich cocoa, tuxedo black, summer sky, Tim Holtz distress ink.\
Accessories: Nesties, copics, jute

A little farm

Howdy peeps! Today's card is a double challenge card. I made this for the current challenge at Paper and Such. This challenge was to use a farm animal. I combined this card with this week's Card Positioning sketch.



I don't know about all of you, but sometimes my kids just seem to take over life.  Sometimes it seems like they rule the world or would like to give it a try anyway.  I thought this card would be a cheeky, fun little way to remind myself and a couple friends that we "Rule the roost" and we should make sure we take a little "me" time every once in a while!

Thanks for stopping by!


Recipe:
Stamps: Green Acres (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: Pure Luxury Kraft, Red Hot, Sweet Corn, and Ivory; a|muse gingham dp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics, Nestabilities, twine

I know it's been awhile...again. But the good news is that between DTGD and VSN, I have gotten a bunch of cards made! Today I'm going to share one of the cards I made for DTGD this year. This one card encompassed 6 of the Dirty Challenges. It was a sketch challenge, with a sketch designed by Suzanne Dean. I included distressing for the challenge form cmf1216. Julie challenged us to use Kraft and Knightrone challenged everyone to use 3 different types of embellishments on one card. Deb wanted us to use handmade embellishments, which I was also able to incorporate. Last, but not least, gbedwright challenged us to make a card that used products, colors, embellishments, or techniques that use the letters of your name. This one took me a little while and I think I pushed the envelope a little bit, BUT I came up with this:
A: Autumn Splendor
L: Leaves
I: Ink
S: Smooch, Sketch, Sunflowers, Sweet Corn
O: Ovals
N: Navy, Nestabilities

Hee Hee -- DTGD was so much fun!! Thanks for stopping by today.



Recipe:
Stamps: Autumn Splendor (Gina K)
Paper: Pure Luxury Kraft, In the Navy, Sweet Corn, Ivory; MME Hattie DP, SEI Velvet Paper
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Tim Holtz Old Paper Distress Ink,
Accessories: Chocolate Pearls, Orange Twinkles, Leaves (handmade), Smooch