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Wow, it's already almost the end of the 1st week of August! Where is this year going to? You know the approaching weekend means it's time for another Dare To Be Sassy Thursday challenge over at Sassy Studio Designs. This week we're Feeling Sentimental and you must use a sentiment on the front of your creation. August is a BIG birthday month here, including my own, so I thought I would make a birthday card to celebrate my many fellow Leos using the Cowardly Lion Little Honey from the Wizard of Oz collection. I also used a Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie designer series paper pack I've had in my stash forever and two sentiments from a Stampin' Up set called Occasional Quotes. The layout is sketch #166, courtesy of Sketch Saturday. It's been a while since I've played along over there so I thought I'd make an effort this week. There hasn't been a lot of extra time to play along with challenges just for fun... I have a crafty To Do list that is a mile long so you will be seeing more of me this week and next.
But for now, I need to get to bed as it is finally quiet - the small man seems to be having some trouble sleeping tonight - and it is WAY past MY bed time. The good news is, today is my Friday as I took a day off from work to give myself a long birthday weekend. And my son will be with his father so I will have ME time, actual time where I can do whatever I want. Hmm... what to do, what to do? lol I'm sure I'll find something to keep myself occupied.
Thanks for stopping by, and I'll be back later today with a Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge and a TPS sponsorship as well!
Card Supplies
Images: Little Honey Cowardly Lion (Sassy Studio Designs); Occasional Quotes (Stampin' Up)
Ink: printer; Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate Chip classic ink (Stampin' Up); Copics (E11, E21, E00, R20, R32, E25, E31, E33, Y38); Prismacolor Art Markers (154)
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, and Creamy Caramel card stock (Stampin' Up); white card stock (Georgia Pacific); Pumpkin Pie designer series paper (Stampin' Up)
Accessories: Labels Fifteen Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Decorative Label punch (Stampin' Up); Boutique Fleur mulberry paper mini roses (Recollections); rhinestone flourish (Recollections); Modern Avalanche button (Bazzill Basics); Martha Stewart Beaded Arches border punch (EK Success); Tangerine baker's twine (The Twinery); glue dots
Christmas is in the air today even if it is the first day of August! I'm back with another holiday card, this time for Tickled Pink Stamps Challenges Christmas Challenge. This month we are looking for embossing on your projects. It could be dry embossing or heat embossing. Either or both is fine and the choice it up to you! Heat embossing has never been one of my favorites so I decided to use dry embossing. My trusty Cuttlebug gets lots of use with my collection of embossing folders so I selected the snowflake one for the die cut mat behind my image. I also used a snowflake border punch by Fiskars that has an embossed element.
My image is Lil Christmas Frankie from Tickled Pink Stamps. He's clearly an elf, but he reminds me of Jack Frost too for some reason. I colored him with my Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers and fussy cut him before using 3D dots to adhere him to my card. Of course I had to add some bling and some hardware and couldn't resist a punched snowflake with a mulberry paper rose center.
You have all month to play along with the Christmas challenge. This challenge is ONLY for Tickled Pink Stamps images. Those include Lil Lolitas and Lil Lads, Lil Pinkettes, Pink Pets, and Cherrie. The prize is 2 rubber or 4 digital TPS images of your choice! Feeling in the Christmasy mood now? lol
My layout is the 2nd Pink {Ink} Sketch Challenge by the fabulous Kellie Winnell. This is a brand new challenge which started last month. Kellie is also sponsoring the challenge this fortnight so as owner of Tickled Pink Stamps she has a fabulous prize for the sketch winner - 3 rubber or digital images of your choice PLUS a sentiment set and matching die! How amazing is that?! This challenge is open to images of all brands. If you'd like to join in the fun, Sketch #2 can be found here.
Wish me luck staying awake today. I was up far to late with my crafty doings, and I may need extra caffeine to make it through! I have a very busy week in front of me so stay tuned for more projects from both TPS and SSD! Thanks for stopping by.... I appreciate the visit and all comments are gratefully received!
Card Supplies
Images: Lil Christmas Frankie (Tickled Pink Stamps); Cool Yule (My Favorite Things)
Ink: printer; Rich Cocoa (Memento); Copics (E11, E21, R20, Y32, Y35, Y38, YG95, YG97, R37, W6, W8, E25, E27); Prismacolor Art Markers (143, 149, 154, 194, 198)
Paper: Old Olive, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, and Baja Breeze card stock (Stampin' Up); white card stock (Georgia Pacific); Holiday Treasures designer series paper (Stampin' Up)
Accessories: Labels Nine Nestabilities (Spellbinders); oval punch (Stampin' Up); embossed snowflake border punch (Fiskars); Martha Stewart Himalayan snowflake punch (EK Success); Cuttlebug Snowflakes embossing folder (Provoraft); Snow Writer (Deco Art); Ornate Plates (Tim Holtz); Boutique Fleur mulberry paper mini roses (Recollections); Boutique Fleur rhinestone embellishments (Recollections); lace (unknown); glue dots; 3D dots
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.... Well, that's the theme of the new Sassy Studio Designs Sassy Christmas Challenge at least. In reality, it is August and 90 degrees outside! Yes, I made a Christmas card this morning and then took my small man to my brother's so we could go swimming in his pool. Perfectly normal! lol And it's New England! The fluffy stuff will be flying soon enough! So now is the perfect time to start working on those holiday cards. Challenge #5 is easy - all you have to do is use a Sassy Studio Designs image and have snow and/or snowflakes somewhere on your creation. I opted to use both snow and snowflakes. One of my designer papers has snowflakes on it. I made a layered snowflake with two Martha Stewart punches and a snowflake brad. I used those same snowflake brads along the bottom of my card. AND I used something called a Snow Writer to enhance the falling snow and the pile under her feet. Before it dried I simply sprinkled some glitter on it for added effect. You can't really tell from my picture, but it is 3-dimensional and quite sparkly!
My image is called First Snow from Sassy Studio Designs. She is one I've used before, but I think she's so fun to color I just had to print her out and put markers to her again! The sketch is #12 from the deconstructed sketch. I am so glad I found this blog because Jen has FABULOUS layouts over there! If you haven't played along there before, you'll want to go check out her blog, deconstructing jen. Because not only are her sketches cool....Wait until you see her cards!
You have all month to play along for Sassy Christmas Challenge #5. Simply link your project up here on the SSD blog, using the inlinkz tool, by August 31st to be eligible to win 2 Sassy Studio Designs digital images of your choice.
Thanks SNOW much for stopping by and have a fantastic day!
Card Supplies
Images: First Snow (Sassy Studio Designs)
Ink: printer; River Rock classic ink (Stampin' Up); Copics (E11, E21, E00, R20, E04, YG95, YG97, W6, W8, W10); Prismacolor Art Markers (150, 151, 152, 210)
Paper: Cranberry Crisp, Old Olive, and River Rock card stock (Stampin' Up); white card stock (Georgia Pacific); Wassail - Mantle, Falling Snow, and Snow Dust designer paper (Basic Grey)
Accessories: Labels Seventeen Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Martha Stewart Himalayan snowflake punches (EK Success); Snow Writer (Deco Art); Dazzling Diamonds glitter (Stampin' Up); white snowflake brads (Making Memories); 5mm round white rhinestones (Nicole Crafts); silk flowers (unknown); glue dots; 3D dots
Welcome to another Sunday Corrosive Challenge! It is the last day of July and we must say good-bye to two wonderful sponsors, Tiddly Inks and Whimsie Doodles. It has been a lot of fun working with their images, but a new month will bring a new sponsor and MORE fabulous images to play with! :)
This week challenge #127 is Manly! That's right - make a card for a guy! I see a lot of us (myself included) say that making masculine cards is something that frequently gives us pause, but it's really not that hard if you know what they like. So yes, girls, beer, sports, and things that go are some of their favorite things! lol I went the sports route today, with an image called Golfin' Greg by Dude Time Doodles. Our fearless leader, Janet, is on their design team as a matter of fact, and that is how I found them. Greg is colored with my usual combination of Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers. I've used the July sketch from i {heart} 2 stamp for my layout. As soon as I saw it on Feline Playful I knew that it would work wonderfully! I used my Classic Circle Nesties to cut out 3 different sizes then ran them through my Cuttlebug in the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I also used my Martha Stewart grass border punch. The sentiment was included in the digi set I purchased and I had to chuckle at it.
You'll want to pop over to The Corrosive Challenge blog to see what the rest of the design team has created for the challenge. And of course, you'll want to play along! Don't the men in our lives deserve cards too? It is a beautiful day here so the small man and I are going to get outside to enjoy the sun.
Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!
Card Supplies
Images: Golfin' Greg set (Dude Time Doodles)
Ink: printer; Copics (E11, E21, E00, R00, R20, E31, YG95); Prismacolor Art Markers (99, 100, 192, 198)
Paper: Baja Breeze, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, and Old Olive card stock (Stampin' Up); white card stock (Georgia Pacific); The Guy Stack (DCWV)
Accessories: Classic Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Martha Stewart grass border punch (EK Success); Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder (Provocraft); circle shaped clip (Making Memories); Old Olive grosgrain ribbon (Stampin' Up); glue dots; 3D dots
Welcome to Challenge #30 for Tickled Pink Stamps Challenges! This week we'd like to see Anything but a Square. I opted for a circle easel card. Though I love making easel cards, shaped ones make me nervous for some reason, and the wee hours saw me on this one. It doesn't help that my mojo has been a bit off lately. Too much going on in my personal life, I suppose. It doesn't help that I think my son knows he's almost two and has decided to be the stereotypical "terrible" at meal and personal hygiene times or whenever I'm not devoting 100% of my attention to him... It's draining and for the past three nights when I SHOULD have been crafting after he went to bed, my butt was on the couch. I did watch 2 entire movies in one night, though! That almost never happens.
When faced with this project last evening, I struggled to get started, even though I had an idea of what I wanted to do. By the time I got moving it was already past my bedtime. And here's a piece of advice, never decide to use crackle glaze on a project you start that late! lol Needless to say, I set the whole project aside and finished this morning.
I know it's not quite August yet, but I am already thinking about my favorite holiday, Halloween! The Lil Haunts were the very first Tickled Pink Stamps I bought and *gasp* I have still yet to use them! So I printed out Lil Haunt Witch Lylah and paired her with a Stampin' Up set called Sense of Time to create The Witching Hour. I know, I know... The clock hands are no where near midnight, but just go with me on this one! Lylah is colored with Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers. The clock was sponged with Distress inks and over stamped with another Stampin' Up set called Baby Blossoms then covered in Crackle Glaze. After I assembled all the layers, I simply added some flowers, a tiny bit of bling, and a punched bat to finish it off.
We hope you'll join in the fun and play along with the challenge! Remember, you must use a TPS image to participate. These include the Lil Lolitias and Lil Lads, Lil Pinkettes, Pink Pets, and Cherrie!
Enjoy your day! And if you see my mojo... please send it back this way! :)
{hugs}
Regan
Card Supplies
Images: Lil Haunts Witch Lylah (Tickled Pink Stamps); Sense of Time and Baby Blossoms (Stampin' Up); sentiment (Studio G)
Ink: Eggplant Envy, Pale Plum, Kiwi Kiss, and Pumpkin Pie classic ink (Stampin' Up); Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and Old Paper (Ranger); Tuxedo Black (Memento); Copics; Prismacolor Art Markers
Paper: Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla, and Basic Black card stock (Stampin' Up); Haunted: Macabre (Cosmo Cricket)
Accessories:
Yup, I'm late again. I had intentions of getting everything done last night, but my droopy eyelids had other plans. I'm thinking I need to start getting more sleep! lol
Well, the weekend is half over, but Sunday means relaxing and another Corrosive Challenge. This week it's All About Kids! (This should be an easy one for me, I guess, since I have one! lol I mean, we are currently watching Pixar's Cars for about the 900th time, after all!) For the month of July we are sponsored by two amazing companies, Tiddly Inks and Whimsie Doodles. I have used an adorable image called Roboto from Tiddly Inks. The sketch is SSS118 from The Sweet Stop. I dug some gear papers out from my stash and paired them with a few simple embellishments. I'm sure there will be a little boy birthday that I can use this for in the future.
Thanks for stopping by and be sure to head over to The Corrosive Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the design team has created. And to play along, of course! Have a wonderful day!
Card Supplies
Images: Roboto (Tiddly Inks)
Ink: printer; Copics (Y32, T35, YG95, YG97); Prismacolor Art Markers (99, 100, 103, 144, 198)
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Old Olive, Really Rust, and Barely Banana card stock (Stampin' Up); white card stock (Georgia Pacific); Rockets 'n Sprockets - Gear Head and Switchback (Recollections)
Accessories: Martha Stewart Cherish border punch (EK Success); Long Fasteners, Adage Tickets, and Sprocket Gears (Tim Holtz); Kiwi Kiss striped grosgrain ribbon (Stampin' Up); Christmas Cheer adhesive gems (K&Company); 3D dots
Hello and Happy Saturday! It's been a busy and crazy day here today. I have to keep this post brief as I have a design team card to be working on, and I am in desperate need of some sleep. I was just waiting for an update on my dad who went to the ER this evening with what we thought was a dislocated finger. It seems that they think he tore a tendon. I feel awful because he was playing basketball with my son at the time. It was my brother who threw the ball to him and it was just an unfortunate thing that happened, but it was an abrupt and unhappy end to our normally fun Saturday family night. My dad is my small man's favorite so it's extra sad that he'll be out of the game until he heals. Anyway...
On to my real reason for the post - my card. It is a birthday card for my son's father. His 40th was yesterday and I wanted him to have a special card. I can't say that we've had the best relationship as of late, but he is my small man's dada... My friends would tell you I'm too nice, but it just felt like the right thing to do. I used the awesome layout from The Deconstructed Sketch #11! This was a lot of fun to work with and I found it lent itself very well to a masculine card. I opted to make an easel card since that gave me some extra space to decorate. My image is the digi version of Pilot Luka from La-La-Land Crafts, a tribute to my son and his love of all things that go! There is nothing quite like the excited squeal of an almost 2 year old boy when he sees a truck, a car, a train, or a plane! :) The clouds are cut from white felt using the cloud Die-namic from My Favorite Things, and I used a Martha Stewart punch for the borders plus my Labels Sixteen Nesties for the image and "40". The designer paper has been in my stash FOREVER, and I was quite happy to be able to use it finally. The sentiments and banners are separate stamps from My Favorite Things. At the last minute I added the antique brad and the gears. I think they were wise embellishment choices.
I'd also like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Okay, well, I'm off to work on my card, but I will be back tomorrow with another Corrosive Challenge for you! Thanks for stopping by! {hugs}
Card Supplies
Images: Pilot Luka (La-La Land Crafts); You Take The Cake, Who's That Birthday Girl?, and Going Places (My Favorite Things)
Ink: printer; Pumpkin Pie classic ink (Stampin' Up); Copics (E11, E21, E00, E04, R20, W6, W8, W10, E25, E27, E31, E34); Prismacolor Art Markers (13, 38, 80, 149, 154, 169, 209, 210)
Paper: River Rock, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, and Basic Black card stock (Stampin' Up); Lil Man: Mischievous Max (Cosmo Cricket)
Accessories: Labels Sixteen Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Martha Stewart Zig Zag border punch (EK Success); Clouds Die-namic (My Favorite Things); white felt (New Image Group); Sprocket Gears (Tim Holtz); antique brad (Stampin' Up); Thickers Subway foam letter stickers (American Crafts); glue dots; 3D dots
