MFT Stamps Camp Create Day 1: Inlaid Made Easy

Hi all!  I have been MIA again, I know.  I haven't been doing much in the way of crafting.  My mojo seems to have taken the Summer off! (Wish I could have!  Lol)  With my favorite holiday on the horizon and school starting next week I thought it might be a good time to get back into the swing of things.

My Favorite Things Stamps is hosting the second session of their version of summer camp!  It's called Camp Create and each of the 5 days has a different fun technique or theme.  Day 1 is Inlaid Made Easy.  I had never considered using a die this way, but it was fun to create outside of my comfort zone!

I needed a wedding card so I decided to work with the retired Abstract Heart die.  I die cut the heart 3 times.  The first from a sheet of white card stock, the second from a piece of navy card stock, and finally from silver glitter card stock.  This last one required multiple passes through my Gemini Jr and then I still had to use a craft blade to get some of the pieces out.  Below is a photo of my work in process as well as my finished card.

The sentiment, from the YAY for You stamp set, was heat embossed and die cut with Essential Fishtail Sentiment Strips.

The deadline for the challenges is tomorrow so I'm not sure if I will get the remaining four finished in time, but this was fun none-the-less and a good push towards spending some quality time in my craft room again!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Regan

Make It Crafty Design Team Inspiration: Geeky Love

Hello!  I am having a super busy crafty week here!  How about you?  It seems like all my design team projects are due all at once so I have been flat out every evening after work with coloring, creating, and blogging!  I have lots to do tonight but first I wanted to share my latest Make It Crafty design team inspiration!

One of my co-workers recently got married so I wanted to give him and his bride a special card.  I colored up Geeky Love Getting Married for the occasion!  I added a MIC chippie sentiment too (because I just can't resist them)!

Products Used

Make It Crafty Geeky Love Getting Married digi image

Make It Crafty Love Single Layered Chipboard Word

La-La Land Crafts dies - Heart Doily Border, Scalloped Rectangles

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Copics Used

Skin-E000, E00, E04, E11, E21, R20

Hair-E23, E25, E27, E43, E47, E49

Tux-N2, N4, N6, N8

Dress-W0, W1, W3, W5, E50

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Regan

Mr. and Mrs.

Hi!  Popping in quick to share a wedding card made for a special request, personalized for the happy couple.  I love the white on white look for weddings, and I made sure this one had lots of texture with embossing and die cuts.  The image is one from JadeDragonne on deviantART called Bride n Groom.  They are colored with Copics and I added  a bit of Frosted Lace Stickles to the bride's veil.  For dies I've used the Heart Doily Border (La-La-Land Crafts), Ribbon Banners (Spellbinders), and Resplendent Rectangles (Spellbinders).  The heart is a Martha Stewart punch.  I added flowers, a Tim Holtz metal key, and a bit of ruffled ribbon for the finishing touches.  The sketch is from The Crazy Challenge (#171).

Thanks for stopping by!  I should be coloring and not typing but it I don't blog as I'm creating I will fall hopelessly behind!  I hope everyone is having a great week so far!  A long weekend is on the way...  That is what keeps me going!  That and caffeine.

Markers used: Copics (E00, E11, E21, E23, E31, E70, E74, E79, R20, R32, BOO, BG0000, V12, YG61, YG67, N4, N6).

Challenges:
- Divas By Design: Anything Goes
- Stampin' Royalty: #229-Weddings
- Addicted to Stamps: #96-Anything Goes
- Digistamps4Joy: #92-Anything Goes

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Regan

Rain On Your Wedding Day

Hi!  I'm just popping in to share a wedding card I made for my co-worker.  He got married this weekend in the middle of a rain storm.  Well, they do say rain on your wedding day is good luck.  I colored Wedding Dance from KennyK with my Copics and cut the happy couple out using the Classic Circles Nestabilities.  The doily behind them is French Pastry from Cheery Lynn Designs.  Topping the card is the Heart Doily Border die from La-La-Land Crafts.  I added flowers, a couple of flat back pearls, and some cheesecloth.  The Mr. & Mrs. sentiment is from Stampin' Up (also cut with the Classic Circles Nestabilities) and the dum dum da dum sentiment is by Savvy Stamps (cut with Ribbon Banners by Spellbinders).  Papers are from the DCWV Luxury Stack and the layout for the card is from Sketch N Stash (#137). 

May is a busy card making month for me so  I'm sure you'll be seeing a lot of me.  Or very little!  lol  It could go either way!  I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and is ready to start a brand new week!

Markers used: Copics (E00, E11, E21, E31, E34, R02, R20, R24, R32, Y23, Y28, Y32, Y35, N0, N2, N4, N6, BG10, BG72).

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Regan

Princess Bride (To-Be)

Hi there!  I'm back, sharing another card.  This one was a custom request for a Princess themed bridal shower.  I've colored Sexy Bride Sassy from Sassy Studio Designs with Copics and fussy cut her.  Her veil is covered with Frosted Lace Stickles to give it lots of sparkle.  Papers are My Mind's Eye - Lost & Found: Market Street.  The sketch I followed is a beauty from Cardabilities (#96).  I used one of my favorite dies to create the half circle element (French Pastry by Cheery Lynn Designs).  I added rhinestone flourishes, a few flowers, and a punched crown (Martha Stewart) with rhinestones added to the points.  The crown on the bride's head was cut from one of the designer papers.  I also added a rhinestone to the image for her earring.  The sentiment inside is from Create with TLC.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you are enjoying your Sunday!

Markers used: Copics (E00, E11, E21, B21, YR24, Y23, Y28, Y35, R20, R24, R32, R43).

Challenges:
- Digis Galore: Flowers
- Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge: #24-Anything Goes
- Sweet Stampin': Flowers
- Crafty Hands Challenge Blog: #12-Anything Goes
- Shelly's Images: April Showers Bring May Flowers (my interpretation: flowers)
- Card and Scrap: #73-Confirmation, Wedding, or Baby
- Country View Challenges: #14-New Beginnings
- Creative Moments: #40-Anything Goes/Girly
- Fab 'n' Funky: #211-Pink 

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Regan

They Do

Hello!  Yes, I'm still alive!  After a (almost) month long blogging blitz I needed to take some time off to recover!  I am sad to say that I did not meet my goal of blogging every day in October nor did I finish the SBS 13 Days of Halloween.  I totally blew both of them at the 11th hour, and I'm disappointed in myself for that.  I had a lot of fun creating, but it wore me out and the final late night prior to Halloween just did me in.  The final nail in the coffin so to speak.  Kayne and I spent last weekend relaxing.  Sunday was a jammie day.  All week after work I have come home and, after the chores were done, planted my butt on the couch to read or watch TV.  I haven't picked up a Copic since I completed this card last Friday.  I never even had the energy to blog it. I have to find my mojo and get back to the craft desk since I have a project due tomorrow and another next weekend.  I thought I'd start with a little blogging and ease back into it...

I needed a wedding card for a special request.  I was given the wedding colors and told to have at it.  This is the result.  I colored I Do from A Day For Daisies.  I printed a second image and fussy cut just the veil then embossed it with the Swiss Dots folder.  Papers are from Michaels' Recollections - Midnight Magic.  I added an organdy bow, bling swirls, and flowers.  The sketch is last week's The Deconstructed Sketch (DS125). 

I feel a bit guilty for indulging in a week's worth of laziness, but I figured it was probably a good idea to do it now before the hectic holiday season set in!  

Thanks for dropping by, and I hope you'll come back tomorrow for a new Corrosive Challenge.

Markers used: Copics (E00, E11, E21, E70, E74, E79, V17, V20, N0, N2, N4, N6, N8).  

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Regan

13 Days of Halloween with SBS: Day 7

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

Beautiful Together

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

Coastal Romance

Hello!  Just a quick post to share a card I made for a request.  The recipients are getting married in CA so I opted for a coastal theme.  Pink is one of their wedding colors and I was impressed that I was able to incorporate it into this creation.  The sea and anything coastal scream blue and white and tan to me so using pink was going a bit against the grain, but I rose to the occasion.  The pink "wave" paper is from My Mind's Eye - Happy Day.   The image is Beach Path from Shelly's Images and is colored with Copics.  I sponge inked the sky.  I used assorted Martha Stewart punches and added flowers and pearls.  The sentiment is from an Inkadinkado set.  I stamped it on a sponged Ribbon Banner die cut (Spellbinders).  The mat behind the image was cut with the Crown Circles Nestabilities, also from Spellbinders.  I based my card on the current Sketch Saturday layout (#266) but I did substitute a circle for the square image panel.

 Hope everyone has something fabulous planned for the weekend!  Or maybe no plans at all!  That can be equally as fabulous!  We may end up at a lake again.  This pattern of heat and humidity we're in is relentless!

Thanks for popping in and enjoy your day!

Markers used: Copics (E31, E33, R81, YG91, YG93, BG10, BG70).

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Regan

White Wedding

I have been doing a lot of crafting these days.  I guess being offline is good for something!  Today I'm sharing a wedding card I made for a special request.  I was asked to include a bride & groom image and the date of their wedding.  I decided to go with the always classic and elegant white on white.  The image is You May Kiss The Bride from A Day For Daisies.  I colored it with Copics and cut it out with the Fleur de Lis Squares Nestabilities from Spellbinders.  I cut four Fishtail Flags Banners and embossed them with my Swiss Dots folder.  I layered those on top of another embossed panel and used the ticket corner punch for some added character.  The date is computer generated and cut with thee Spellbinders Fancy Tags.   The Mr. & Mrs. sentiment is from a $1 Studio G set that I picked up at AC Moore eons ago. An eye-catching bling swirl and some flowers are my finishing touches.

I am "borrowing" my parents' Internet again tonight.  I did go and get a NEW new modem and cable, but I haven't been home to get them hooked up.  I took the small man strawberry picking today!  Here's a look:

   
 Tomorrow is Father's Day, and I'll have a couple of cards to share.  If I can get technology to cooperate with me, that is!  Now I have to get myself to the grocery store and home to make a card.  I really do need to stop procrastinating...  lol  Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you are enjoying your weekend so far!

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Regan

Handfasted

It's official: I have a new sister-in-law!  I am so happy for my brother and his new bride!  It was a beautiful and unique wedding, and I was thrilled to be such a special part of it!  Their ceremony was a handfasting, and I was the officiant (this means I solemnized their marriage).  This is the wedding card I made for them.  I'm not even sure if they will have opened it yet when this posts, but I used this gorgeous sketch from Creative Stamp Friends (#77) and I wanted to be able to enter the challenge.  

Here is the happy couple with my son, Kayne, who was their ring bearer.  The wedding was Fantasy/SciFi themed and costumes were encouraged.  When I asked him what he wanted to dress as he kept saying "cowboy".  We decided it was best to let him be what he wanted to be because after all Cowboys and Aliens is totally SciFi! 

I thought that this bride and groom image of Eric and Christina from All That Scraps looked like them so I bought the digi for their card.  I'm so glad that All That Scraps took over carrying the Tickled Pink Stamps line!  These images are so quirky and fun!  I used my Copics to color it and cut it out using the Romantic Rectangles Nestabilities from Spellbinders.  This sketch was a busy one, but I loved it for that very reason!  I added die cut corners, lace, flowers, a rhinestone flourish, rings, a piece of filmstrip, and the Mr. and Mrs. sentiment stamped on a Fancy Tags die (also from Spellbinders). Bride Christina has Stickles on her veil.  Papers are My Mind's Eye The Sweetest Thing - Bluebell.

  
What a whirlwind the last couple of days have been! It's a long weekend here in the US, and I plan on relaxing for the next two days!  And I think the relaxing needs to start now!  I will not have a new Corrosive Challenge project for you unfortunately but a new challenge does start in a few hours.  Pllease pop over to see what the theme is and view the eye candy the team has created!

Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, R20, RV10, RV19, N0, N2, N4, N6, N8, BG10, BG72, YG11, YG95, E23, E27, E31, E79).

Thanks for visiting!

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Regan