iCopic DT Call

Hello I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.  This is a card I made for the DT call for iCopic, wish me luck.  I like their challenges and would absolutely love to be a part of their team.  I used my favorite Cheeky form The Greeting Farm.  Pink is not a favorite color of mine to color with, but I gave it try.  I am also entering this card in iCopic's weekly challenge, to color an embellishment.  I colored the ribbon to match the outfit.  I have the details for this card at the bottom of this post. I will be back Sunday afternoon with a card I made yesterday.  Thank you for stopping by.

Card Details

Stamps Cheeky Rockabilly, The Greeting Farm

Paper: Basic Grey Bittersweet

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Other: ribbon, cuttlebug, nestabilities

I am at a loss.....

for a title for this post.  This happens all the time and even after three years of blogging I still get totally stumped on titles.  I am sadden by the devastation in Japan and my heart goes out to all that are effected by this tragedy. I have lived in earthquake prone areas all of my life and it is very scary how in just an instant everything around you can be destroyed or worse.   I got an unexpected day off yesterday due the tsunami warnings.  I happen to live up in northern California just south of Crescent City where they had some of the most damage to the U.S.  Everything was fine for us, but we are nearly surrounded by the low laying areas that the authorities were concerned about.  About 10 minutes before leaving for work yesterday I got a call  that I didn't have to come in to work.  So that meant I got a day to play with my stamps.  Which was much needed after more than a week of sinus trouble that has kept me from wanting to make anything or even blog.  So enough of me blabbering I have a card I made using this weeks sketch from MoJo Monday, Simon Says challenge- Anything Goes and ABC Challenege's challenge P is for Pearl.

 Thank you for stopping by.

Card Details

Stamps: Cheeky Rockabilly, The Greeting Farm

Paper: My Mind's Eye

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Other: cuttlebug, nestabilities, pearls, prima, pearl brad

The Cuttlebug Spot - Ouch! Hat Pins

It's Tuesday and that means it is time for The Cuttlebug Spot.  This week the challenge is to use Hat Pins on your project.  I happen to love using hat pins and it has been a long time since I had used any so I was happy to see this challenge. 

I used the adorably sweet image from The Greeting Farm. She is from Naughty or Nice.  I added glitter to her wings and halo, but it is hard to see in the photo.  To make the hat pins I used a pearl topped pin that I added beads to.  to stop the beads from sliding up and down the pin I used a stop bead that you can find in the beading section of a craft store.  Finally after placing the pins in the bow I took my wire cutter pliers and snipped the sharp end of the pins so there are no sharp ends. 

I hope you can play along this week.  You can link your project on The Cuttlebug Spot and while you are there make sure to check out the rest of the design teams fabulous creations.

I alos used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.  It is a great sketch and one that I will be using again.Thank you for stopping by.

Card Details

Stamps: Naughty or Nice The Greeting Farm

Paper: pure luxery chocolate brown, Basic Grey Hopscotch

ink: memento tuxedo black

Other: ribbon, pearls, handmade hat pins, glitter pin

The Cuttlebug Spot - Gate Fold

It is time for another challenge from The Cuttlebug Spot.  This week the challenge is to make a gate fold card.  I don't make many gate folds so it was nice to revisit them.

I used a new to me stamp from The Greeting Farm called Cheeky Rockabilly.  I love this sassy gal.  I knew right away that I wanted to make an Irish lass. I had never colored  auburn hair before and I like how it came out.
Here is a close up.

 I even finished the inside.

I hope you can play along this week.  Now check out the rest of the Design Team, they have some gorgeous eye candy for you.  You can find the list on the right side of my blog or at The Cuttlebug Spot.

I will be back on Wednesday morning with a card for The Design Divas "Oldies but Goodies" blog hop.

Thank you for stopping by.

Card Details

Stamps: Cheeky Rockabilly TGF, Paperwork Greetings Inkadinkado

Paper  Gina K pure luxury, Basic Grey Origins

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Other: cutllebug, Polka Dots embossing folder, nestabilities, pearls

Bringing You Sunshine

Hello I hope your week is going good so far. This is a card I made for this weeks sketch for CPS and for The Greeting Farm's CHA relay hop.  Their challenge is to go by each of the design teams blogs and pick up a required element to use on your card.  You can find all of the details  HERE.  As many of you already know i love challenges and when I find one that is different I am all over it.  I really enjoyed this one. Thank you for stopping by.


Card Details

Stamps Hope and Grace The Greeting Farm
Paper Basic Grey Hopscotch
Ink: Memento, copics

The Cuttlebug Spot Inspired by a Childrens Game

Hello I am back today with a card for The Cuttlebug Spot. This week the challenge is to do a project using a childrens game as our inspiration. I love inspiration challenges so this was a fun one for me. I choose the board game Sorry. I used the bright bold colors and the kind of four square disign of the board for my inspiration. I used spots and dots embossing folder as it reminded me of the games pieces. I hope you can play along with us this week. And don't forget to check out the rest of the design teams amazing projects over at The Cuttlebug Spot. Thank you for stopping by.





 





Card Details
Stamps: Hope and Grace from The Greeting Farm
Paper: Pure Luxury from Gina K Designs
Ink: memento tuxedo black
Copics: B02, B05, B06, B41, BV11, BV13, E21, E31, E33, E35, E37, E50, R20, R27, Y11, YG05, YR02
Other:cuttlebug, embossing folder, nestabilities