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Happy Turkey Day! Today, and every day, I have so much to be thankful for! My handsome small man, a roof over our heads, food in our bellies, good health, loving family, wonderful friends... I am grateful for all that I have and feel so fortunate that I am able to indulge in this fabulous hobby of mine on top of it all! I've made some cards for the holiday and wanted to share them. The first is for the current Simply B Stamps Facebook group challenge (November Challenge). This is Little Indian Betty and she was free for those who wanted to play along with the challenge. She is now available in the SBS shop (as is her counterpart Pilgrim Corinne). The theme for Betty was to use feathers. That was easy enough. I am cutting it really close to the deadline, but what else is new? lol
Papers are The Pumpkin Patch by DCWV. I actually used this stack on all cards I'm showing off today. It was just the perfect go to paper for all my Fall creations! I matted the image on a Floral Ovals Nestabilities die cut (Spellbinders) and added my feather, flowers, and pearls. Sketch is the current Sweet Sketch Wednesday (#234).
The next three cards all feature images from Saturated Canary: Scratch, Princess Harvest, and Cornelia.
This is Scratch. Isn't he adorable? The sketch is last week's Sweet Sketch Wednesday (#233). I kept this one pretty simple. I used a border die from My Favorite Things and a maple leaf punch. The sentiment is from a Clear Dollar Stamps set.
Next up is Princess Harvest.
The sketch for this one is the very last one from Crafting Life's Pieces (#64). I LOVE these sketches and I was very sad to hear they were closing the challenge blog! It looks like I heaped on the embellishments on this one but it's really just flowers, pearl clusters, and flower trim from Tim Holtz. I used Labels Eight Nestabiliies (Spellbinders) to cut out the image.
And lastly, here is Cornelia.
She's sweet and simple with a couple of pearls, some flowers, and a Tim Holtz muse token. The sketch is Papertake Weekly (#85).
I am looking forward to spending quality snuggle time on the couch with Kayne while we watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on TV in the morning. Then we will head to my parents' for a delicious turkey family dinner! And of course, it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without a little Black Friday shopping! I won't venture out until after noon (no crazy doorbusting for me!) but it's a yearly tradition with my best friend that we love! The rest of the weekend will be spent in a decorating frenzy!
To all my US readers: a happy and safe Thanksgiving! Thanks for stopping by to see me today! I am grateful for all my followers and for the lovely comments you leave!
Markers used: Copics
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Regan
This blogging every day in October thing has me just wee bit stressed! I am trying my best but I fear I may not make my goal this year! I really am a procrastination genius! With less than 10 minutes left to my Monday, I want to share the card I made for Day 7 of the 13 Days of Halloween with Simply Betty Stamps!
The theme is a bone chilling color challenge of black, white, and cream. We are allowed to use other colors as well, but those three are a must. I needed a Halloween themed wedding card so I selected Christian and Betty Mistletoe from the Teen Scene Christmas 2011 collection. What better couple for Halloween nuptials than Jack and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas!? I colored them with Copics and fussy cut them, losing the mistletoe, and popping them up on foam squares. The sketch is October's CLP (#63). I used only black, white, and cream papers. The designer papers are from the La Creme stack by DCWV. I added white lace, black pearls, a couple of flowers, and a flourish. The sentiment is stamped on a Fishtail Flags Stax Die-namics.
It is exhausting to make and blog a card a day in between all my other responsibilities. Today is my long day at work and when I got home I gazed longingly at my couch and TV, then making sure the DVR was set for my shows, I sat down at my craft desk. And I get to do it all over again tomorrow. And the next day. And the day after that. Ten days to go... Plus somehow I also have to fit in Halloween baking and a weekend full of fun into the equation too! Time to break out my inner Wonder Woman!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope your week is off to a fabulous start!
Markers used: Copics (E00, E11, E13, E15, E17, E19, E21, E23, E27, E31, N2, N4, N6, N8, R32, Y32, BG10, BG72, V04, V12).
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Regan
Hello! I did a bit of crafting over the weekend using some images from the talented JadeDragonne. If you haven't seen her work yet you should definitely go check her out on deviantART! She draws amazing things, and gives them away for free! I know; crazy, right? But she does! I needed a couple of birthday cards so I printed out Tinkerbell and Gothic Lolita to play with.
This first card features Tinkerbell. The layout is August's sketch (#61) from Crafting Life's Pieces. It's no secret that I love these sketches! I love the lavish layers and decadent details (and apparently I love alliteration as well). Here I started by coloring Tink with Copics and fussy cutting her. I added lots of iridescent glitter to her wings too. I then went to work on my card base. Papers are Lemon Flower by DCWV layered with Crumb Cake and Basic Black from Stampin' Up. I used a few dies: Labels Fifteen and Ribbon Banners from Spellbinders and Fishtail Flag Stax Die-namics from My Favorite Things. The outside sentiment is a rubber stamp I've had for a while from Amuse Artstamp called Magical Day. For finishing touches, I added lots of flowers, flat back pearls, and a Martha Stewart punched border.
Next up is Gothic Lolita. She is also colored with Copics, but this time I cut just her head and upper torso using the Classic Squares Nestabilities matted on the Fleur de Lis Squares (both from Spellbinders). For the sentiment, I used the Ribbon Banners here as well, but this time paired with a stamp from My Favorite Things' set called Twisted Two. Lolita (and by Lolita, I mean me) doesn't care much for punctuality and so was fashionably late with this birthday card. The sentiment inside is also MFT (Twisted Threesome). Once again, I finished up with flowers, bling, and a punched border courtesy of Martha Stewart. Papers are from The Midnight Spell stack by DCWV.
The sketch is from Bearly Mine Challenges (#100) but I missed the deadline to link it up. Fashionably late again.
Thanks for visiting and check back Wednesday for another Simply B Stamps project that is currently in progress! I hope your week is off to a wonderful start!
Markers used: Copics
~ Tinkerbell (E00, E11, E19, E21, E31, YG06, YG11, YG13, YG91, YG93, B00, BG0000, BG000, BG01).
~ Gothic Lolita (E00, E11, E21, E23, E31, E79, R20, RV63, RV66, RV69, YG11, YG13, N0, N2, N4, N6, N8, BG01).
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Regan
Hello! This year I told myself that I was going to try to broaden my crafting horizons. Try out for a new design team. Or two. See what the big wide paper crafting world had to offer. Even if I didn't make the team.. I happened to see that Tiddly Inks is currently hosting a design team call. (Click HERE for details.) And after about a week of talking myself into it (I made the mistake of checking out the insanely talented competition first!) I decided to create something and throw my hat in the ring.
I chose to work with You and Me. It's such a sweet and romantic image! Perfect for the wedding card I needed to make. I colored the couple with Copics and added liberal amounts of Frosted Lace Stickles to her dress. My layout is based on the July sketch from Crafting Life's Pieces (CLP-60). I really am all about the embellishments and I love CLP's sketches because they are always dripping with gorgeous layers and details! My papers are from DCWV (The Luxury Stack). I have used a couple of dies - Romantic Rectangles from Spellbinders and a Magnolia flourish. The words behind the blissful couple is a Wedding Word Print stamp from Hero Arts. I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo for this. There's also some bling, lace, flowers, a metal filigree corner and a couple of Martha Stewart punches thrown in for good measure!
And there you have it! Wish me luck!
Markers used: Copics (E000, E00, E11, E21, E23, E25, E31, E33, E34, E37, R00, R02, R20).
Challenges:
- Paper Crafting Journey: Punches and/or Die Cuts
- Sarah Hurley Challenges: #82-Pink Sparkles
- Crafting with Dragonflies: #7-Wedding Card
- Crafts and Me Challenges: #139-Anything Goes
- Divas By Design: Anything Goes
- The Paper Shelter: #122-Anything Goes
- Bearly Mine Challenges: #96-Anything Goes
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Regan
I know I said I was taking the weekend off from blogging, but I attended the most fabulous garden party baby shower today and I just had to share the card I made as well as a few photos from the shower. It's a girl so I went for a pink theme using Ice Cream and Pickles from Saturated Canary. I colored her with Copics and fussy cut the image. The sketch is the new Crafting Life's Pieces for June (#59). I love their sketches as they are always so lush! I went all out with this one, even adding additional elements. Papers are My Minds Eye - Lost & Found Two: Blush. The die cuts on the side were done with Spellbinders Labels Sixteen Nestabilities. I also used a couple My Favorite Things Die-namics (First Place Award and Banner Day). The border is a Martha Stewart punch. I piled on pearls and flowers to finish!
This adorable "blanket baby" was made by my mom! (Sorry for the photo quality on this one- it was taken with my cell phone.) They are one of the things I give every time I attend a baby shower! My mom has her own shop on Art Fire where you can check out all her crafts and jewelery for sale. Visit her at Wyvern Designs.
My friend threw the shower for her youngest daughter who is excepting her first child at the end of this month. I knew the celebration would be flawlessly executed because I swear my friend seriously channels Martha Stewart sometimes (minus the prison time). Here are a few photos from the festivities.
And it looks like my small man made a new friend! lol That is my friend's granddaughter and they had a wonderful time playing together on this perfect Summery day, wheelbarrow ride and all! I hope everyone else enjoyed their weekend as much as we did!
Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, E23, E25, E31, E34, E37, E74, E79, R20, R24, R29, R43, R81, R85, RV10, RV34, YG93, YG95).
Challenges:
- Crafting When We Can: #45-Punches and/or Die Cuts
- Hobby Cutz Challenges: #7-Flowers/Roses
- The Craft Place: Dies and Punches
- 365 Cards: Day 152-Sweet Baby
- Creative Belli: #170-Flowers
- Creative Moments: #18-Lots of Layers
- Ruby's Rainbow: #55-Baby
- Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes
- Ladybug Crafts Ink: Oh Baby!
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Regan
