Sunday Bliss

Good Morning!  It's a lovely Sunday morning.  The sun is shining, I have a big mug of my favorite coffee and I am playing at my craft table - this is one of the ways I define bliss.

I have a card to share with you that I made for 4 different challenges.  I won a challenge over at All That Scraps, so of course, I have to play along with this challenge with my new stamps.  So ATS' challenge is an Anything Goes challenge.  I am also entering this card in the CMC Copic Challenge (Hot Pink, Black & White).  And the iCopic Lover challenge is smooth and shiny hair.  And finally, the card design is from this week's Just Us Girls sketch challenge.  I usually don't combine more than 2 challenges, but this one worked so well.  I have technique, sketch, color combo and the chance to play with new stamps from one of my favorite stamp companies.  Another way to define bliss perhaps?

Supplies:
Stamps:  Coffee Birgitta (CC Designs), Mixed Messages (AmyR Stamps), Polka Dot Blooms (TSG)
 Ink: Tuxedo Black, Lilac Posies, Angel Pink (Memento)
Card stock:  Neenah Classic Crest, Black (Recollections), Pink Passion (SU!)
Paper:  Unknown - found in my stash
Copics:  C5, C7, C8, C10, E00, E000, E02, E30, E34, RV02, RV02, RV13, W-0, W-2
Tools:  Square punches (CM), Spring Bouquet punch (SU!), sm Oval punch (SU!)

I really don't like taking pictures during the day.  If this makes any sense, my room has lots of sunshine but its so full of shadows, it's impossible get good pictures.  This one I ended of having to take it with the card laying down on my bed and I shot above it.  Crazy!  Now you can see a bit of my cozy blanket (nope, the bed isn't made yet).  And I'm still losing a little of the element in my card.  Sorry.

MTME Pretty Patterns Review

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Good Morning!  It's me again.  Thanks for coming by my blog today.  This week at My Time Made Easy Pretty Patterns challenge is a review.  You choose your favorite sketch, please see the MTME blog for your choices.

I used sketch #28....

My card features the sweet images from My Little Friend.  I pulled out some paper that I haven't used in a long time.  This is Basic Grey Porcelain collection.  Such pretty papers.

Supplies:
Card stock:  Neenah Classic Crest, Always Artichoke
Paper:  Porcelain (Basic Grey)
Copics:  E00, E000, E51, E53, R00, R02, RV29, RV91, RV93, RV95, Y06, YG09, YG17, W-0, W-2, W-3
Tools:  Sm/Lg oval punches (SU!)
Embellishments:  eggshell satin ribbon (Offray)

Delightful Challenges

Good Morning!  We're back!!  I am so happy that we're back from vacation for Digital Delights and we have a really easy and super fun challenge to start the New Year off with.

Add a Heart

Here's my card - I am featuring one of the sweet images from the Baking Bears set.

I created this card for my monthly card traders group, too.  We had the herringbone technique this month - not my favorite but it turned out OK.  I also used the sketch from Sketch and Stash - my stash is the little heart embellishment.  This was found in a box that belonged to my Grandma, there's no telling how long it's been in there.

Supplies:
Image: Baking Bear
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Real Red, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Red Small Dots, Red Big Dots (Michaels)
Copics: BG10, BG15, E29, E33, E34, E53, R00, R02, R22, R27, R29, RV10, W-0, W-2
Tools: Cuttlebug, Frills border emb folder, oval cutters (CM)
Embellishment: gingham heart (my stash)

Tuesday Morning Sketches #127

Good Morning!  It's Tuesday and time for another great sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  This week's sketch was drawn by Kathy and it's great!  This week's challenge is sponsored by Sparkle Creations and she's offering a sweet prize.  Be sure to check out all the details on the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog.

Here's my card featuring a sweet image from CC Designs.  Be sure to check out the TMS blog to see the adorable creations that my team created using Sparkle's adorable stamps.

I have had this image colored for a really long time and when I sat at my table this morning trying to decide on how I was going to create my card, I pulled this little cutie out of my stash and made my card.  I think it came out pretty good.

I also created this card with some chalenge inspiration from Really Reasonable Ribbon - Sparkle & Ribbon.  My "sparkle" is all the bling I added and the "ribbon" is the gorgeous lace.

Supplies:
Stamps/Ink: Scarf Honey (CC Designs) Mini Messages (PTI), Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Kraft
Paper: Latte matstack (DCWV)
Copics: B95, B97, B99, E00, E02, E04, E30, E33, E34, E37, RV91, V93
Embellishments: Rhinestones (Recollections), Lace (Wild Orchid), Rhinestone brads (unk)

Just playing around...

Hi there!  Happy Monday afternoon.  This morning I was blurfing and having a really good time.  I ran into a fun challenge over at Suzanne Dean's CMC Copic Challenge.  I had an opportunity to meet her a couple of years ago, but unfortunately wasn't able to with the move to Florida.  Sad for me but her forum is a lot of fun.  I would love love love to take her Copic classes!

Well her color challenge that I am getting in just under the wire is Gold, Cream and White.  I wasn't quite sure how to accomplish this with Copics since I don't see Copics in white or cream colors.  And when I think gold, I think metallic - however, after looking at some inspiring photos of the DT line up and other participants, I decided that the deeper yellows will work.  This is what I came up with....

Suzanne said it didn't have to be holiday themed, so I went with a Spring time feel.  I brought out my Buttercups stamp set from TSG and had some fun.

I did use a technique that I learned on my sister's blog to ink up an acrylic block to create a background.  I did this using my Copics and spritzed with alcohol.  Although it worked, it didn't achieve what I was wanting so I inked my block up with Memento inks to enhance what I did with Copics.  This was a much nicer effect.  Then I stamped the flowers on top of that and colored.

Supplies:
Card stock:  Neenah Classic Crest, Neenah Milled Ivory, Mellow Moss
Copics:  Y15, Y17, YG63
Stamps:  Buttercup (There She Goes)
Ink:  Tuxedo Black, Cantaloupe, Dandelion (Memento)
Tools:  Cuttlebug, Textile emb folder

Paper Pretties Monday

Good Morning!  Happy Monday to you.  It's time for another fun challenge at Paper Pretties - this time we're keeping it...

Clean and Simple

And since it a New Year, it's time for those resolutions.  What is the #1 resolution?  Yep, to lose weight.  So ARTish created a couple of new digi sets to encourage just that.  My card features ZaZa Zumba Hippo... she's so darn cute!!!

I sometime have a hard time with clean and simple cards but I read a definition that CAS means little or no embellishments, straight clean lines.  I think I fit that.  But I did have to add a simple embellishment, a sweet little felt flower with button center and twine touch was just right.  The challenge at JUGs this week is to put felt on your card.  Now this is really simplifying their challenge so I might have to play again this week, but for this will do.

Supplies:
Image: ZaZa Zumba Hippo
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest
Paper:  Glitter matstack (DCWV)
Copics: BG10, BFG15, BV00, BV02, BV04, C5, C7, C8, RV00, RV02, RV02, RV10, W-0, W-2, W-3
Tools:  Cuttlebug, Flowers die (Cuttlebug)
Embellishments:  Felt, button, Buttercup Twine

Bee Crafty #58 - Celebrate!

Hi everyone!  I am a bit late on my post today.  It's been a busy weekend.  But Happy New Year and welcome to the first post of the year on my blog.

The challenge this month at Bee Crafty is to create a celebration card.  Here's mine...

This card features a sweet little bear holding his balloon.  I did create this card with a fabulous sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch.  I did a lot of embossing and then a lot of it got covered up.  Not what I had in mind, but it's still cute.

Supplies:
Image:  Bear with Balloon
Card stock:  Neenah Classic Crest. Bashful Blue, So Saffron
Paper:  Glitter matstack (DCWV)
Copics:  BG10, BG15, E29, E33, E34, E37
Tools:  Cuttlebug, Happy Birthday embossing Folder, Just My Type embossing border, circle cutter (CM)
Embellishments:  green satin ribbon (Offray)