Her Royal Majesty

 

Hello!  Just popping in with a quick post to show off a birthday card I made for the daughter of one of my co-workers.  He wanted something special for her 6th birthday and told me she liked purple and princesses!  I mean, who doesn't?  A girl after my own heart!  So I colored up Sitting Princess Marci from La-La-Land Crafts for project!  She is colored with Copics and fussy cut.  Papers are from my stash- a DCWV stack called Once Upon A Time.  I selected the current sketch (SSS232) from The Sweet Stop and added my own special touch with lots of embellishments!  Flowers, bling, and a doily team up with several dies to complete this sweet card.  Two of the dies are Die-namics from My Favorite Things (By the Number and Banner Strip).  The other two are Spellbinders Nestabilities (Lacy Squares and Labels Fourteen).  The sentiment on the front is one of Paulette's gems from Create with TLC!  The woman is a sentiment genius and SO generous!  I visit her everyday for her fabulous freebies and I always try to leave her some love!  The inside sentiment is one from Stampin' Up and a set called Elementary Elegance.

 

I had so much fun making this card!  It's not often I get to craft for a little girl and I loved having an excuse to use one of LLLC's adorable Marci images!  Tomorrow I will push my craftiness to the limits with my very first pumpkin carving session...  Despite my love of Halloween I have never tackled a jack o'lantern on my own.  I LOVE to eat toasted, roasted salted yummy pumpkin seeds but the gooey, stringy insides that precede that just gross me out!  But I have my carving tools and scoop ready for battle tomorrow evening.  Perhaps I will photo document the carnage and share with you in a blog post!  lol

I hope your week is off to a wonderful start and thank you for taking a peek at my latest creation!

Markers used: Copics (E00, E11, E21, E31, E34, R32, YR23, Y11, Y28, Y32, V04, V06, V09, V12).

Challenges:

- Artistic Inspirations: #63-Anything Goes

- Melonheadz Friends: Fairy Tales 

- 613 Avenue Create: #41-Anything Goes (Twist: Pile It On)

- Challenges 4 Everybody: #31-Anything Goes 

- Robyn's Fetish Challenge: #181-Square Cards Only

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Regan 

Kenny K Kreations

Hello!  I have a couple of cards to share with you today and My Blog Every Day in May entry as well!  First, let me show you two cards I made showcasing Kenny K images.  The first uses Happy Hour on a 30th birthday card for one of my co-workers.  She is colored with Copics.  Papers are My Mind's Eye - Happy Day.  The sketch is from The Sweet Stop.  Even though I didn't get to link up to the challenge at the time, I really liked it and decided to use it anyway.  I embellished with flowers, bling, and some some glittered chipboard numbers. 

The second card was made for my best friend for Cinco de Mayo.  She loves this holiday (perhaps it is because of her love of Coronas and margaritas?) and every year I try to make her a card for the occasion.  This year I colored up Kenny K's Tequila Worm.  He is just too cute, colored with Copics, and a tad tipsy!  The sentiment is a fabulous freebie from Paulette over at Create with TLC!  I love it and the Spellbinders Grommet tag was perfect for it!  I used a couple of other dies as well - a Sizzix corners die and a My Favorite Things pennant border Die-namics.  The paper is also from the same My Mind's Eye pad.  The sketch is courtesy of Sunday Sketch & Stamp (#155).  I added pearls and flowers as the finishing touch.

Now on to my Blog Every Day in May theme for day 6: If you couldn't answer with your job, how would you answer the question, 'what do you do'?     

I do it all as a single mom!  It is the thing that immediately comes to mind if someone were to ask me that question.  When you're a mom, single or not, you wear many hats and perform many jobs!  It is the most rewarding, though sometimes challenging (and occasionally frustrating!  lol) thing in my life.  What do I do?  I'm Kayne's mom!  He IS my life!  Oh, yeah, and I'm also a daughter, a sister, a friend, and a paper crafter!  I love my social interactions and you will often find me out- visiting, shopping, "gallivanting" as my mom likes to say! :)  When I'm not at my craft desk making pretty things, of course!  Speaking of which, that's where I should be now!  I have oodles of projects to get to work on.

As I head off to do what I do, I have a question for you: What do YOU do?

Thanks for visiting and hope your week is off to a fabulous start!

Markers used: 
Happy Hour- Copics
Tequila Worm- Copics (E31, E33, E23, R20,R24, R27, R29, Y35, Y38, YR15, YR18, BG10, BG72).

Challenges:
- Kenny K Krafty Krew: #142-Flowers, Flowers, Flowers 

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Regan  

The Corrosive Challenge #169 - All That Glitters

The Sweet Stop 

SSS200

It's been a while since I've posted.  Heck, it's been a while since I've crafted!  Life has gotten busy here and it has forced me to make some decisions. One of those being that I chose to resign from Sassy Studio Designs to make room for more time with Kayne, more down time to relax, and eventually, maybe, a new creative adventure.  For now I will enjoy my remaining crafty endeavors- like The Corrosive Challenge!  It's time for a new challenge there and an amazing new sponsor!

This fortnight we are lucky enough to have the privilege of working with the talented Rick St. dennis!  His fantastic images can be found in his etsy shop!  And in honor of Rick's fabulous Elite Design Team and his Sparkle and Glitter challenge blog, our challenge theme is All That Glitters!  Use something shiny, sparkly, glittery, or blingy on your creation!

Rick was kind enough to let each member of the team select an image to work with.  I opted for Ms Razz L Dazzle here!  I've recently become hooked on the TV series SMASH so I'm all obsessed with Broadway at the moment!  Ms Razz L Dazzle looked like she could be in a musical!  Or a Vegas showgirl!  I colored her with Copics and then using glaze as an adhesive base (thanks to Rebecca of Sydney's Sentiments for the tip) I added gold microbeads to the trim of her dress.  I must admit that I got a little ahead of myself and added the beads before I trimmed the image so I had to resort to a craft knife to cut her out!  I used a gold glitter gel pen on her feathers and some of her jewelry.  Papers are Graphic 45's Curtain Call-Applause.The sentiment is a freebie from the ever generous Paulette over at Create with TLC!  I thought it was just perfect for this project!  A die from Labels Twenty-Two Nestabilities from Spellbinders was used to cut out the sentiment which was then edged with the gold glitter gel pen.

I hope you'll visit The Corrosive Challenge blog to see what my lovely teammates have blinged out and perhaps you'll play along for a chance to win the fabulous prize from our sponsor!  Check back with me tomorrow for a new Graphicat Sketches challenge!

Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, R20, N0, N2, N4, N6, N8, 100, YG06, E23, E74, E79, R89).

Challenges:
- Lady Anne's Challenges: #7-Use a Sentiment 
- Craft Us Crazy: #38-Anything Goes
- Moving Along with the Times: Lovely Ladies 
- Divas By Designs: Anything Goes
- Simon Says Stamps: Anything Goes
- Bearly Mine: #75-Anything Goes 
- Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday: #209-All That Glitters 
- LEJ Designs: #42-For a Lovely Lady

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thanks for stopping by!

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Regan  

The Corrosive Challenge #163 - Anything Goes

It has been a busy holiday weekend here with shopping and decorating!  I also got to enjoy a second Thanksgiving dinner yesterday as my mom is finally feeling better.  I haven't really had time for much crafting.  Too wrapped up in untangling lights only to plug them in and find half the strand dioesn't work!  But when I saw this adorable snowman freebie from A Day For Daisies on Friday I knew I would have to color him up for my Corrosive Challenge project!  ADFD is our sponsor after all!  This challenge, the last one for 2012, is "Anything Goes". After that the Corrosive Challenge team will be taking a well-deserved and much needed hiatus for the holidays!  We will be hosting a design team call in December, however, and we'll see you December 9th with all the details on that!   

As for this fellow, his name is Snowball Scott and can be found HERE on ADFD's challenge blog.  He is a generous freebie for their current challenge, which is simply to use this cute guy to make something!  I couldn't resist!  So I colored him up using Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers, and popped him onto the current sketch from The Sweet Stop (SSS186).  Papers are My Mind's Eye -  Christmas Traditions.  I added a couple of flowers, bling, a punched snowflake, and some glitter letters to dress it up.  The sentiment is punched with an oval and comes from the My Favorite Things set called Cool Yule.

Please head over to The Corrosive Challenge to see what the rest of the design team gals have created for this challenge and why not join us for your chance at winning a fabulous ADFD prize while you're there!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend!  I'm off to Target shortly for more lights...

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Regan    

Simply B Stamps Previews Day 2 Norse Gods

Hi there!  Welcome to Day 2 of the Simply B(etty) Stamps Teen Scene Norse Gods previews!  You should have arrived here from the talented Trish's blog!  If not, the complete hop order is listed at the end of the post so that you don't miss any of the amazing creations!

Today, as guest designer for the release, I have two more mighty beings to share with you!  First up is London Freya!  She is the goddess of love, beauty, fertility, gold, war, and death.  She rides in a chariot pulled by two cats and wears a cloak of falcon feathers.  Here she is colored with Copics and cut with my Labels Seventeen Nestabilities die from Spellbinders.  I tried my hand at adding patterns to my colored image- the two cats.  It turned out okay, but I think I need a bit more practice.  My leopard spots are too uniform.  I need to try making the the spots different shapes and sizes next time.  I sponged a bit of So Saffron ink from Stampin' Up around the edges of the image panel.  I added lots of bling and flowers plus a feather.  Papers are My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Two- Sunshine.  I created the sentiment using the Clearly Sentimental About Food set from My Favorite Things and added the stamped designer paper to a metal rimmed tag.

Next up is Miller Heimdall!  He is the watchman, the shining god, the god of light.  (He is also a Marvel character and appears in The Avengers).  

I used the current The Sweet Stop skectch (SSS183) for this one.  Heimdall is colored with Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers.  Papers are DCWV The Natural Stack and were a bit difficult to photograph due to the foil.  For the oval element on the sketch I used the Beaded Ovals die from Spellbinders.  Gold pearls and ribbon plus a muse token from Tim Holtz finish off the details.

We're half way through the previews and release day is Friday!  What do you think so far?  I am loving being able to work with these images!  To see what the SBS team has created for today, here is the complete hop order:

Simply B(etty) Stamps

Corinne

Celina

Irene

Trudie

Trish

Regan (*you are HERE*)

Thanks for visiting and hope to see you back tomorrow for Day 3!  Have a fabulous day!

Markers used on London Freya: Copics (E11, E21, E00, E000, R20, E31, E34, W4, E23, E39, E79, E13, E15, E17, E19, E25, E27, E33, R81, Y32, Y35, Y38) and Prismacolor Art Markers (194).

Markers used on Miller Heimdall: Copics (E11, E21, E00, E000, Y32, Y35, Y38, Y28, E17, E19, E27, E33, E79) and Prismacolor Art Markers (149).

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Regan

Bon Voyage

Never a dull moment around here!  October is always busy since it's my favorite time of year.  We all know how much I adore making Halloween cards, but not all the crafting done this month is for my most loved holiday!  I wanted to show you a card I made for a co-worker.  She leaves tomorrow for a two week European cruise, and I thought it would be fun to send her off in style!

This is France Honey from Sassy Studio Designs' Small World Collection.  She is colored with Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers, fussy cut, and popped up with foam squares.  Papers are My Mind's Eye Lost & Found - Union Square.  The sketch is SSS179 from The Sweet Stop and was wonderful to work with!  My doily is made with the French Pastry die from Cheery Lynn.  I added a bit of bling, a couple of flowers, and that fab Eiffel Tower 3D sticker from Paper House.  The sentiment is from the My Favorite Things set Goin' Places.

I'm looking forward to a month filled with jack o'lanterns, sweet treats, crisp air, falling leaves, and all things spooky!  And never fear, there WILL be more Halloween projects for your viewing pleasure!  In fact, check in tomorrow for a frightfully fun Fabulous Friday Freebie over at Sassy Studio Designs' Paper Craft Planet group!

Thanks for dropping by and see you soon!

Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, E04, R20, W8, E39, E37, E31, E23, E19, E17, E15, E13) and Prismacolor Art Markers (150, 151, 169).

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Regan

Hope

I want to tell you about another Fabulous Freebie over at Sassy Studio Designs Paper Craft Planet group (found here)!  We do this every week, but it's not every day I get to introduce my new team to you!  Yup, today a new team of Fabettes makes its debut!  Some are familiar faces and some are brand new, but all are super talented!  I can't wait for you to head over there to grab the 24 hour image and meet the new ladies!

This image is called Support A Cause.  She is holding a ribbon and though I have her colored up in pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month you could use her for any cause close to your heart.  She is colored with Copics and cut out using Labels Fourteen Nestabilities from Spellbinders.  The papers are from my stash.  I believe they are Mambi, but I may be mistaken.  I used a Martha Stewart border punch and added a Tim Holtz adage ticket plus some flowers and bling. My sketch is from The Sweet Stop (SSS178).  She is perfect for the current PCP challenge "Support the Girls".  All you need to do to play along for your chance to win some Sassy images is use a SSD image to create a card that shows care, support, or encouragement.  And you get a bonus entry for using either this week or last week's freebie!  Plus another bonus if your creation is PINK!

Thanks for coming to visit today!  I have had a busy blogging week. and I still have several cards in the wings waiting to be seen so check back soon for more.  Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, E23, E79, E37, E31, R20, R81, R85, RV34).

Challenges:
- Link Up For Pink

 












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Regan

Fancy That

Ever have one of those weeks you couldn't wait to end?  Yeah.  This would be one of those.  I love my small man to pieces but I do believe the terrible twos have arrived!  He has been difficult all week, and momma's patience is wearing thin!  Being a single mom means there is no one to "take over" to give mom a breather.  Every night this week he has kept me hopping from the time we get home until I can finally tuck him into bed.  And even then I'm expected to sit in the oversized plush chair in his room until he falls asleep.  (Well, maybe this part isn't so bad since I usually sneak in some pages from Fifty Shades of Grey on my phone while he drifts off...)  I have fallen into my own bed every night, utterly exhausted.  But last night I decided some crafting therapy was really what I needed.  So I sat.  And I colored.  And I cut.  And I embellished.  And I felt better.

My best friend asked me to make a special birthday card for her sister-in-law.  It's an important one - 18!  (Yes, her sister-in-law is 20 years younger than we are.  Don't rub it in!  lol)  I immediately knew I would be using a Saturated Canary image.  But which one?  There are SO many cuties in Krista's collection (and I own quite a number of them)!  Her gorgeous images can be found here in her shop!  But her recent freebie Fancy was what called out to me.

I started with the current sketch over at The Sweet Stop (SSS168).  This is a fun one with a spin: Fun with numbers.  Fancy is colored with Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers.  I have decided that I need to step up my coloring skills so I will be perusing YouTube and Pinterest for tutorials and coloring guides.  If you know of any that I shouldn't miss, please feel free to post a link for me.  Here are a few close-ups of the image and embellies:

I don't usually color darker skin tones so this was a nice change for me.  Papers are My Mind's Eye Lost & Found - Market Street.  Flowers are one of my favorite embellishments and I've been favoring the corner arrangement lately.  The crown border punch is from Martha Stewart and I thought it was a good match for the princess paper.  A bit of seam binding and chipboard glitter numbers complete my creation.

My other reason for making this was so I could enter the current Saturated Canary challenge!  With all my design team duties I never seem to have a chance to play with some of the fabulous companies I adore!  Topping the list is Saturated Canary!  This fortnight their challenge is #22 -  Black and White + One (as in one other color).  I chose pink.  Because what birthday princess doesn't need a bit of pink on her special day?

Well, there you have it!  My crafting therapy session was a productive one!  And as soon as I get this wee one to sleep over here, session two can begin...  Check back tomorrow to see what fabulous freebie we'll have for you over at Sassy Studio Designs' Paper Craft Planet group (found here).

I'd also like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- Crafts and Me Challenges: #94-Anything Goes 
- Divas By Design Challenge: #45-Happy Birthday 
- Inky Impressions: #69-Dies or Punches
- My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges: #67-Birthday Girls 
- Paper Pretties: PWC216-Birthday Cards
- Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes
- Stampavie and More: #173-Birthday 
- Craft Your Passion: #120-Black and White + One

Thanks for stopping by!

Markers used: Copics (E11, E13, E15, E23, E04, Y32, W4, W6, W8, R81, R85, YG95, YG97) and Prismacolor Art Markers (12, 170)

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Regan    

Meep!

Hello again! Just me again, with my third post for the day. Trying to get caught up with all my crafty stuff. I'm a little late with this one (missed The Sweet Stop sketch challenge (SSS151) completely), but I wanted to share anyway since Beaker is my favorite Muppet! This is the card I made for my best friend's birthday party last weekend. She threw herself a Muppet themed party. We watched the new movie as part of the festivities, of course! Fond memories of childhood! And it was very cool to share them with my small man!

The Beaker image I found online. It is colored with Copics (E11, E21, E00, E23, E25, E27, R20, R43, W4, YG03, YG91, B00, B37, Y32, Y35, YR04, YR07, YR15) and Prismacolor Art Markers (155). I kept my embellishments to a minimum because I wanted the fun chemistry paper (Jillibean Soup - Atomic Soup) to take the spotlight. I am proud to say he was well-received! I was also in charge of the cake. I contacted a local bakery (one I've used several times before for themed cakes) and asked them to work their magic!

Here is the resulting Muppet cake!

Here is a photo of the birthday girl, Michele, with her cake (and her drink)!
Kayne enjoying his cake.
There were also "Rainbow Connection" sugar cookies.

Me and Michele

It was a fun night! There was even an authentic popcorn machine (but I forgot to get a photo of it)! She has the best parties! I guess we'd better start planning for next year soon.... It's the big 4-0! MEEP! And for the record, it's a week later and I'm STILL singing that song: Mahnam Mahnam... Doo Doo Da Doo Doo! :)

Thanks for stopping by (again)! Hope you're enjoying your day!

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Regan

The Corrosive Challenge #143 - Another Dimension

Welcome to Another Dimension! Traveling through time and space not on your agenda this weekend? Well, no worries - there's no worm hole needed for the new Corrosive Challenge - just some foam squares or dots! We want to see projects that have lift and have been taken to new heights! As long as something somewhere on your creation "pops" you're in!

As anyone who has followed my blog for any time knows, I love to fussy cut and pop my images up so this really wasn't too much of a challenge for me. Therefore I decided to deviate slightly from the usual.... I double popped! I printed two of these gorgeous Lycaonia images from Delicious Doodles, cutting one whole image out and then just the wolves from the second. I layered the wolves on top of the main image with foam squares and then popped the whole thing up again with more foam squares when I mounted it to the card. Here is a close up of the dimensional effect:


And here is a close-up of the colored image:


I used my Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers on the image. The sketch is the current one from The Sweet Stop (SSS146). I had to alter it a bit and placed a pearl flourish where the text is supposed to be, but hopefully it's still acceptable. I even participated in the "spin" part of the challenge which was to use die cuts or punches. There are several different Nesties used as well as a Martha Stewart border punch. Papers are Winterland from Fancy Pants Designs. All embellishments are from my stash, including more of those amazing Wild Orchid Crafts flowers! This is a special card as it was for my mom for her birthday! She loves wolves so I thought it was perfect.

Inspired and want to play along? Head over to The Corrosive Challenge blog to see what the rest of the fabulous design team has created to inspire you and then link up your take on the challenge! You have two weeks to join in, and there is a wonderful prize from sponsor Tiddly Inks up for grabs (as well as a chance to be guest designer for April)!

I hope everyone is having a terrific weekend! Mine has been a busy one! Dinner with my best friend on Friday night (sushi/Chinese). Dinner with my family Saturday in honor of my mom's birthday (Italian). And tomorrow I have a Stampin' Up demo to go to! My bank account already took a hit when I placed my own catalog show order last week... And I know I am about to do more damage! lol I can't help it - I love their card stock and coordinating embellishments! Whatever you are up to today, I hope it is enjoyable! I will be sneaking in a little crafting time when I can as I have a very busy week with design team projects so make sure you check back to see what shenanigans I've been up to now...

Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, E23, E25, E27, W4, W6, W8, Y38, R20, R32) and Prismacolor Art Markers (141).

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Delicious Doodles Challenge: #13-PINK to make the boys wink
- Card Crafter's Circle: #10-To Die For (die cuts and punches)
- Card Makin' Mamas: #39-Happy Birthday
- Aud Sentiments Challenge: Happy! (include a sentiment with "happy" in it)
- Sarah Hurley Challenges: #60-Die Cuts
- My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges: #44-Swirls and Pearls
- Truly Scrumptious: #74-All Creature Great & Small
- Digital Tuesday Challenge: #147-Use Your Stash

Thanks again for stopping by and all your lovely comments are greatly appreciated!

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Regan