Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Butterfly

I made this card for two challenges, the sketch on SCS and Gina's TV to use baby wipes. I have never used baby wipes for anything other than cleaning! This was fun and easy. I don't have very many reinkers but I do have a set of Tim Holtz so that is what I used. the stamps are all Gina K Designs. Thanks for stopping by.
Brenda


Copics;
E13, E25, E33

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Sweetest Pieced Cupcake

Before I get to my card I just wanted to let you know that the voting has began for My Favorite Things Idol Judges contest. I didn't make the cut, but my sister Theresa did. So if you don't mind go on over to this thread and vote for your favorite.


Melanie's challenge on StampTV this week is Friday Pot Luck and it is to paper piece. I pieced the frosting on the cupcake. I used a sketch I found on Joanne Basile's blog. The paper is from Basic Grey's Bittersweet collection. Thanks for stopping by.
Brenda

Dream Sketch

Today's sketch challenge on StampTV is from Erika Martin. It is a scrapbook sketch and I don't really scrapbook anymore, so I made it into a card. The base is 5 1/2" square of really rust, the DP is from Gina K Designs Floral Frenzy kit. The stamps are from Asela's set Botanical Dreams from Gina K Designs. Thanks for stopping by.
Brenda

copics;
Y21, YG03, YG95, G21, G99, E13, E25, E33

Best Fishes

I had a great time with this card even though it took me hours to complete!! I got the idea for the pothole in the middle of the night and could hardly sleep after that. I wanted to use Cat's sketch from StampTV on this card also, in all of my fiddling to get it right I got a little off on the sketch I hope it is okay. So about the card the porthole is cut using circle nestabilities out of a copper sheet and then I added copper colored brads, to give it a more real look I distressed it and smeared stazon black ink on it. The blue is some patterned paper from my stash. For the ocean floor I stamped the seaweed and embossed it then I colored it and inked over it with a versamark pen and then embossed again. After finishing that I sponged so saffron and creamy caramel. This is called emboss resist and it is Gina's challenge this week on StampTV. The stamp set is Best Fishes from Gina K Designs.

Mary
has some great blog candy she is giving away, so head over and good luck!!

I hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by.
Brenda

copics;
Y21, Y23, YR04, YR16,
Memento markers;
Bamboo Leaves, Pear Tart

Monday, April 13, 2009

MFT Your Blog Rocks!

So have you been following the MFT Idol challenge on SCS? There have been so many wonderful projects!! As a reward for all of the hard work MFT gave all the contests the week off and then issued a challenge for the judges. This is my card for that challenge and it is also for one on StampTV to make a card using paper piecing and I have to tell you there is a LOT of piecing on this card. Nearly the whole image is pieced except for the chair, skin and floor, they were colored with copic markers. The papers are from Basic Grey's Bitterweet and Wassail paper packs, the card base is always artichoke. I used one of my new sets from My Favorite Things digital girl, love this set.

My sister and her family were here for the weekend and we all had a wonderful time, and I was able to let some of Theresa's mojo rub off on me as I now feel I can get back into making some good cards again. Thanks for stopping by.
Brenda

copics used:
100 black, C1, C3, C5, E13, E25, E29, E51, YR000,RV04

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Take Flight

I have been having the best weekend ever!!! My sister (Theresa) is here and we have been stamping almost the whole time. Sad to say I don't have a huge pile of cards done, but we have had a blast!! On to my card, this is for Cindy's color challenge on StampTV. The colors are pink, green and white. I used Take Flight from Gina K Designs. The butterfly is colored with copic markers. The background is sponged with pretty in pink and regal rose with foliage from Tropical Flowers stamped in pretty in pink. Thank you for stopping by.
Brenda

copics;
RV21, RV23, RV25, R24

Thursday, April 9, 2009

I'd Pick You

Today's card is for last week's Friday Potluck challenge hosted by Joanne. For this challenge Joanne choose an inspiration, you can see it here. I picked up on the purple flowers on the cups and came up with this card. The base is lavender lace, pure luxury white and elegant eggplant are the mats. For the flowers I stamped and heat embossed them before coloring, then after coloring with memento markers I went over the images with a versamark pen and heat embossed again. next I sponged so saffron in the center and perfectly plum on the outer edges. The pearls were white but I colored them with a copic marker to make the a matching color to my card. I have to apologize for my poor photography skills, today is a dark and rainy day here and so my normal mediocre photo skills are much worse today due to poor lighting.
Thanks for stopping by.
Brenda



Memento markers used:
grape jelly, lulu lavender, new sprout, bamboo leaves, desert sand

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Sketchy Birthday

This is the card I made for this weeks sketch challenge on StampTV. I colored one of the paper flowers with a copic marker (Y17). Gina did a video on this last week on StampTV. The paper and ribbon is from Stampin' Up's celebration catalog. The stamps came from Elegant flowers and Bold Flowers from Gina K Designs. Thanks for stopping by.
Brenda

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Celebrate Monochromatic

I so enjoy doing challenges and often challenges are what motivate me. This card is for the color challenge Carolyn King on StampTV. the challenge was to make a monochromatic card. What popped in my head at first thought was a black and white card. I love the dress from Rupa Shevde's set Retro Boutique from Gina K Designs. I stamped the dress twice on pure luxury card stock and then ran one through the cuttlebug with my swiss dots embossing folder, next I cut out the skirt part and layered it on the other dress. I hope you get some time to stamp today. Thank you for stopping by.
Brenda

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Get Well

Hello everyone. This is a card I made for Gina's challenge on StampTV to use rubber bands. I don't have an acrylic roller so I used a small lotion bottle I have and it worked. I used bashful blue, certainly celery and pretty in pink for colors and the flower is colored with memento markers new sprout and angel pink. Thank you for stopping by.
Brenda

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Tulips for a Friend

I made this card for a challenge on StampTV that Melanie posted. It was to use something that is not a stamp as a stamp. I used a coffee sleeve that looks like cardboard to stamp the background. Sorry for the poor photo it is late here and raining so the lighting is very bad for taking pictures. The colors are really rust, certainly celery, and very vanilla. Thank you for stopping by.
Brenda

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

You're Amazing

This card is for Jessica's sketch challenge on StampTV from last Thursday. I used Whatever Floats your Boat from Gina K Designs and designed by Rupa Shevde. The paper is retired Jersey Shore from Stampin' Up. The sidewalk is hand drawn. Thank you for stopping by.
Brenda

Copics used:
C1, C3, W0, W3, G99, YG95, YR04, B00, B29