MMSC48 Happy Mail

Today I was playing around with this image - cutesy little girls and I haven't really gotten along in the past, they always turned out awful!!  My friend Debra encouraged me to have another go a it using some Copics and the X-press It Blending Card, and what do you know, I'm actually quite happy with the way it turned out!  After I coloured it I wondered what I was going to do with it and thought it would work well for this week's Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge.  I decided to use the easier sketch, but then of course couldn't help myself and added a big bow to the side!!!  LOL!!!

I started with a base of River Rock (who else is thrilled SU are bringing this back!!!) and layered with white (pierced around the border) and some retired Ginger Blossom DSP.  I then added two pieces of white satin ribbon for the cross panels.  The image is from Sugar Nellie called Postbox and I've stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black on X-Press It Blending Card and coloured it with a lot of Copics.  (Top: R20, R22, R27, YG00; Pants: B93, B95, B97; Hair: Y21, YR23, E35, Garden: YG11, YG63, YG67, V000, V12, V15, V17, Y11, Y15; Letterbox: C1, C3, R22, R27, E31, E35, E37)  I cut the image with Label 1 Nestabilities and mounted on some River Rock and White (pierced again) and popped the whole panel up on foam tape.  To finish I added some Kaisercraft Snow Pearls to the corners and a white satin bow topped with a Paper Trey Lemon Tart Button.


Stamps - Postbox (Sugar Nellie)
Paper - River Rock, White, X-press It Blending Card, Ginger Blossom DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Label 1 Nestabilities, Copics, 1" White Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Paper Trey Lemon Tart Button, Gold Cord, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for now, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

MTSC68 Red Poppies

Today I got to make this super quick card for this week's Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge - MTSC68!

I started with a base of black bazzill and layered with white and three pieces of retired SU Ginger Blossom DSP.  For the main panel I stamped the poppies from JustRite's Plant a Little Love set in Memento Tuxedo Black on X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics (R22, R27, R29, YG11, YG63, YG67).  There is more shading IRL - I don't know why it isn't showing up here!  :(  I cut it out with Small Circle Nestabilities and mounted on Scalloped Oval Nestabilities (red bazzill) and Label 7 (black bazzill).  I finished by added some Black Kaisercraft Pearls to the bottom corner and a large black satin bow.  I very nearly left off the bow, but it just looked so naked!!  :)

Stamps - Plant a Little Love (JustRite)
Paper - Black and Red Bazzill, White, X-press It Blending Card, Ginger Blossom DSP (SU)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Small Circle, Large Scallop Oval, Label 7 Nestabilities, Copics, Black Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Black Pearls.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

SC275 Happy Mother's Day

Can you believe it - I actually got to play the SCS Sketch Challenge EARLY!!!  WOOHOO!!!  This is actually a fairly CAS card for me and I made this beautiful wreath by Our Daily Bread Designs the focal point.

I started with a base of purple bazzill and layered with white.  I used three pieces of Basic Grey Kioshi DSP for the three panels and added a piece of white ribbon across the bottom.  Next I stamped the wreath from Happy Mother's Day from ODBD in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with copics (YG63, YG67, E35, E37, V12, V15, B93, RV02, RV04) and added Clear Spica to the bee wings and touches of Gold Spica to the yellow flowers and the centres of the purple flowers.  I then stamped the sentiment from the same set in the middle with Perfect Plum and cut the wreath out and popped on foam tape.  To finish I added a white satin bow made with my Bow Easy to the ribbon and then took three Kaisercraft Snow Pearls and coloured them with Copic V15 to match the colours in the wreath.

Stamps - Happy Mother's Day (ODBD)
Paper - Purple Bazzill, White, Basic Grey Kioshi DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Perfect Plum
Accessories - Copics, White Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Scissors, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

Birthday Boy

I made this for my brother who is celebrating his birthday today.  When I saw the new Happy Father's Day set by ODBD I knew this masculine image would be perfect for him!!  I based it on the MTSC67 - then I realised I forgot to add the embellishment to the corner of the feature panel - ooooops!!!

I started with a base of Very Vanilla, layered with Old Olive and some MME Little Boy Blue DSP.  The strip across the middle is more Vanilla punched with the EK Success Dotted Wave punch and then pierced the top.  Through the middle of that I added my MME DSP and the added a piece of natural twill ribbon.  I then stamped the tool box from Happy Father's Day and coloured it with markers and a blender pen, adding a little sponging around the top of the image.  I cut it out with Sm Circle Nesties and matted with Old Olive cut with Lg Circle Nesties and popped up on foam tape.  I finished the front with some silver brads in the top and bottom corners.

I normally don't embellish the insides of my Man Cards - but it is my little brother, so why not?!  :)  I used the same materials as the front of the card and added the sentiment from the new DAD set by ODBD.

Stamps - Happy Father's Day, Dad (ODBD)
Paper - Very Vanilla, Old Olive, MME Little Boy Blue DSP
Ink - Chocolate Chip
Accessories - Lg and Sm Circle Nestabilities, Twill Ribbon, Paper Piercer, Silver Brads, EK Success Dotted Wave Border Punch, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!

FS165 Blooming Morning Glory

Hello Everyone and I hope you enjoyed your Easter!  Today I had a chance to play this week's Featured Stamper challenge - the honour going to TheresaCC.  My goodness what an incredible gallery!!!  I chose her A Second Summer card to case. I used a different image and sentiment, different colours and papers but otherwise kept the same feel of the card.

I started with a base of light purple bazzill and layered with dark purple and Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue DSP.  The vertical panel is more Lilac Ave matted with light and dark purple.  The flower panel has been stamped using JustRite's My Garden set in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with markers and a blender pen.  I also sponged the background similar to what Theresa does.  It was then cut out with small circle nesties and matted with dark purple cut with large circle nesties and the matching scallop circle in light purple.  Below that I added some yellow ribbon.  The sentiment is from JustRite's Seeds of Kindness set stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and Lovely Lilac and sponged again and cut with large circle nestabilities and matted with the matching scallop circle.  To finish I added a bow to the ribbon using my Bow Easy and a couple of Kaisercraft lilac pearls to the top and bottow corners.

Stamps - My Garden, Seeds of Kindness (JustRite)
Paper - Lt and Dk Purple, White, Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Lovely Lilac
Accessories - Small, Large, Scallop Large Circle Nestabilities, 1" Yellow Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Lilac Pearls, Markers, Blender Pen, Foam Tape.

That's all for now, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

JRC_012 Faith, Hope, Love

Happy Easter Everyone!!!  I hope you are all blessed with a wonderful day!!  Today's card could be reflected on as remembering the love Christ had for us as we celebrate Easter and although that IS true, I did actually make this for another special occasion.  Today, my grandparents who I love very much, celebrate their 68th Wedding Anniversary!!!!  Can you believe that - 68yrs - and they love each other as much today as they did then!!!  Here they are, 68yrs ago.....

I have also used this week's JustRite Stampers Challenge JRC_012 which is super dooper easy - anything goes!!!  Get out any of your JustRite Stamps and make something!!  :)  There is a $50 prize for the winner and $15 for honourable mentions!!!  :)

I decided to use green as a focal for this colour, mostly because that is my grandfather's favourite colour.  I started with a base of white, layered with green bazzill and more white embossed with Swiss Dots EF.  The next panel is gold layered with some green Memory Box Frond DSP.  In each corner I added some Vintage die cuts and topped with Kaisercraft Chino Pearls.  For my feature panel I used the border from 2" Square Decorative Frames and the sentiment from Loving Thoughts.  I matted this with gold and then another gold square en point.  I then added this to the Fleur de Lis Pendant die cut that was white and covered with Wheat Fields Glimmer Mist.

Stamps - Loving Thoughts, 2" Square Decorative Frames (JustRite)
Paper - White, Green Bazzill, Gold, Memory Box Frond DSP
Ink - Old Olive
Accessories - Fleur de Lis Pendant Spellbinders, Vintage die set, Swiss Dots EF, Kaisercraft Chino Pearls, Wheat Fields Glimmer Mist.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

How did you do??

We can now reveal which card we REALLY made for the Blog Hop!!!  I had the honour of casing the incredibly talented JULIE WARNER!!  Julie has a beautiful style and often stamps her backgrounds and uses rich earthy tones with a love of the Fleur de Lis Pendant dies, so I incorporated these features into my card and loosing based it on THIS card.  The card that was posted on my blog was made by my dear friend CHRIS OLSEN!!!  :)

Stamps - Happy Mother's Day (ODBD)
Paper - Very Vanilla, Really Rust
Ink - Really Rust
Accessories - Fleur de Lis Pendant die, Scissors, Markers, So Saffron Ribbon, Kaisercraft Chino Pearls, Foam Tape.

Hope you enjoyed hopping around!!!

April Fools Day Fun!

For today's New Release at ODBD,  we are not doing a "formal Blog Hop", but the team has all posted a card using the new sets and are linking each other in their posts.  There are no secret words or letters to collect. However, just like in a blog hop, there will be prizes for viewing every DT's blog, leaving comments on all those you can, and returning to the ODBD Blog to tell us you have done so.  Two winners will be randomly chosen from those who do this, and they will each receive a $15.00 Gift Certificate toward stamps from the ODBD Store. (Note: the ODBD Blog can now take anonymous comments so everyone should be able to do this and if anyone cannot make a comment on any designer's blog, just state that in the comment at the end on the ODBD Blog) You have until 8PM USA Eastern on April 2 (10AM AUST EST April 3) to complete these requirements.

Now for the fun part!!!  Today being April Fool's Day, we decided it would be fun to play a little game with the new release sets.  We each cased another DT member and then sent our card to that person to post on their blog today.  So NOPE, I didn't make this card --- the question is, can you figure out where mine is on the hop and who made this one???  The fun part will be seeing how well Kelley really knows her team, because she is being asked to guess who created which card.  She is being asked to make a list of each DT member and write next to their name who she thinks made the card they posted.  It's all just in fun, but if you'd like to play along, we'd love to have you!  You can email your guesses to Grace at: gnywening@yahoo.com up until 8PM USA Eastern on April 2 (10AM April 3 AUST EST).  ONLY ONE email please!  The one or ones (in the case of a tie) who correctly guessed the most will be given recognition on the ODBD Blog when all the entries have been checked.

Stamps - MOM (ODBD)
Paper - Green, White, Basic Grey Kisohi DSP
Ink - Black
Accessories - Fancy Tags Spellbinders, Label 11, Oval, Scallop Oval, Petite Oval, Petite Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Vintage die, Ribbon, Paper Piercer, Silver Pearls.

Keep hopping and see what inspiration you find with next three designers....
Lorelie
Randi
Deb

Good luck figuring out who made which card and enjoy the hop!!!  :)