SCS Dare to Get Dirty - an anniversary card

If you are a member of SplitCoastStampers and have joined the Fan Club (fee required), you are eligible to participate in the week long Fan club Dirty Girl challenges.  There are 40 some different challenges and lots of prizes.  I think the deadline is Aug. 8.
Yesterday at church I heard that friends are celebrating their 61st anniversary - if you look at my blog regularly you see lots of big numbers here Tee hee!  Since we are residents of the AZ desert, I thought a  palm tree theme would be appropriate, and I used some DP (Debbie Mumm) that has been languishing in my drawer for a lon time!  I did some of the cuts with the dull blade I keep to create rough edges. Both stamps are SU - Balmy Breezes and Fundamental Phrases.  I used watercolor pencils for the image; Cuttlebug die numbers, and a bit of Washi tape. (At this rate I will have Washi tape for the next 50 years LOL!)  Even though we have palm trees all year long, they still make me think of summer and the 110 days we have been having.
Sketch #258:  Sketch Saturday
Summer:   Cuttlebug Mania
Use a number (sadly, this is closing):   Chocolate Coffee Cards
Any:    Inspiration Destination

Feel better, Mary

This is for our friend who just had surgery.  I was uncertain about the pink and kraft combo, but IRL I like it a lot - on the screen the pink is not at all true to life.  (Hint:  tilt the screen so it looks more pink than coral LOL!!!)
Recipe:  Darice heart embossing folder; Washi tape strips; Cuttlebug sentiment; Spellbinder Ovals; Cheery Lynn flowers; shiny gems; Kraft CS; pink CS.
Sketch:    Sketch Saturday
Kraft:      Pink Gem
Pink:        Chocolate Coffee Cards
Cheery Lynn die:    Cheery Lynn Designs

Eureka Stamps DT card for challenge #198 - "Here comes the Bride:

This is a timely challenge as many of you will have weddings to attend in the next few weeks.  I chose this verse and Blessings sentiment - both are digital versions - for the challenge this week at Eureka Stamps . You may enter up to three times before 3pm EDT on Sunday, June 26.  There are 2 digis for the winner - 3 if you win using an image by Eureka.
 Using white embossed layers with a contrasting color has become a favorite style of mine.  I used Swiss Dots and Textile by Cuttlebug.  The circle die is from Spellbinders.  I added ribbon and a bow using a shiny sheer ribbon from the Dollar Tree.
CHALLENGES:  
Sketch:    Live and love Crafts
Wedding:    Cuttlebug Mania
                     Mod Squad
                     The Stamping Boutique 
Love:     Pink Gem Challenge
Die cut:     Chocolate Coffee Cards
Dots:   Crafty Catz
Any:   Classic Design Team 

Girl Friends

Art Impressions people and sayings should bring a smile if not a laugh!  I used one of my favorite inside-the-card sayings:  "I don't do exercise... It makes my coffee spill!"
Recipe:  Stamps  -AI;  colored with Prismas;  Funtape washi tape; unknown DP and gems.
CHALLENGES:
Sketch:   Tuesday Morning Sketches
Laughing with you:   Art Impressions
Colors:    Your Next Stamp
Any, with sentiment:   Aud Sentiments 
Circles (on washi tape):  Stampotique
"Yummy" :    Double Click Connections   
Food:   Cute Card Thursday
Coffee:   Fresh Brewed 
Tea for Two:   Cardz4galz
Just us Girls:   Chocolate Coffee Cards 
Birthday celebration:  Polkadoodle 

Eureka Stamps challenge #189 - Buttons and Bows

This week for my Design Team card at Eureka Stamps I selected these adorable kittens - "Big n Little Cats".  The challenge is "buttons and bows, found here:   Eureka Stamps.   Both the image and sentiment are available as stamps or digi images at Eureka.  They have lots of cats - I may use them all for my granddaughters who really like their cats!  I thought this funky DP resembled the stripes on the kitty, and I completed the black and white design with polka dotted DP and ribbon.  If you look closely you will spot the button at the left. This completes the middle column for the tic tac toe challenge. 2 + 2 + 2   - 2 DP; 2 Embellishments (ribbon and button); 2 ovals.
 CHALLENGES ENTERED: 
Sketch:             Cheerful Sketches         
Monochrome:  Crafty Catz
Black &white:  Dies r us
Die Cuts:          Tuesday Throwdown
                           Starstampz
Polka dots:        Simon Says Wednesday
Stripes & dots: Chocolate Coffee Cards
2 + 2 + 2:           DRS Designs
Digi image:       Crafty Friends
Cats:                 Show us your pussies 
For a child:      Crafty friends
Tic tac toe:       Crafting for all Seasons
Critter:            Critters and Creatures
Any:                 Not Just Cards
                          Our-crafty-corner.
                          The paper nest dolls
                          Crafty Calendar
                          Crafty Sentiments 
                          Inspiration Destination 
                           
 

Spring pink

Image by A Day for Daisies; 7Gypsies sentiment stamp;  trellis punch (Martha Stewart); Lily of the Valley DP; Darice Butterfly EF; Washi tape. Making Memories flower; shiny eggplant cs; shimmery silver grey cs.
Challenges entered:  
Sketch:      Mojo Monday
Birthday:   Aud Sentiments
                   Simon Says Wednesday
Spring:      Chocolate Coffee Cards
Flowers:     Lawnscaping
Any:           Artistic Inspirations
                    Craft Your Passion
                    Digichoosday 
                    
                     
                    
         

Sympathy - cream and gold

(I am not sure what is happening with the color) - This is a chocolate brown and cream, with gold accents.  DP and the butterfly are Kanban; gold trimmed ribbon is Celebrate; SU Chocolate Chip ink; sentiment - Paper Inspirations.
CHALLENGES ENTERED:
Sketch:             Your Next Stamp
Wings:              Allsorts
                          Wags n Whiskers
                          Morgans Art World
Good as Gold:  Dragonfly Journeys 
Ribbon:             Chocolate Coffee Cards
Cream n Sugar: Polkadoodles 
3+ Layers:          Vintage Stamping Challenge
Any:                    Stamped Blessings Amusing Challenge

Spring Birthday

I have an order for several birthday cards so I need to add to my stash.
Image - Stampendous; colored with watercolor pencils; Dp by Lily of the Valley; sheer ribbon; shiny red gems. 
Favorite color - actually, it is usually any I am working with:  This yellow and red is a spring and summer fave:  Deep Ocean
Sketch:           Tuesday Morning Sketches
Spring:            Paradise of stamps
                         Crafty Enjoyments
Ribbon:           Chocolate, Coffee, Cards
Any:                 Julia Spiri

Party time!

CAS is always more of a challenge for me than other styles - it is hard to leave all that white space!  I hope this works - the Unity sketch used Christmas ornaments - I have none, but thought this Unity Itty Bitty party set would work.  I colored with chalk pencils and a couple of metallic markers, and added glitter tothe hat, balloon and sentiment.  (I tore the sentiment layer to fit the Labels die.
Sketch:         http://www.theunitystampco-challenge.blogspot.com/
Glitter:          http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/
                      http://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/
Celebrate:     http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/
   

HB, brother

Stamps - Art Impressions; Darice embossing folder; Cuttlebug border die; Dazzles border and Brother sentiment; shimmery silver cs; metallic cord.
Sketch:        http://yournextstamp.com/blog/
Wheels:       http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.co.uk/
Oh, Brother: http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/    
Celebrate:    http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/
Any:             http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.com/
                     http://liastampz.blogspot.com/

Wings and Ribbon

ODB stamps, Lifestyle and Cuttlebug embossing folders, sheer ribbon.  Distressing edges; sponging.
Butterflies colored with Twinkling H2O and an aqua pen.
Sketch:      http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/
Colors (2 teal, dark brow, gold, red):    http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/
Girlie:        http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/
Wings and ribbon:  http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.ca/search/label/challenges   
Any:           http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.co.uk/  
                   http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/
                   

For Susan (one4Joy)

Late again!  The Tuesday TeaPot gang at SplitCoastStampers is sending cheer to Susan aka one4joy.  She was training for a bike race and had an accident that put an end to that goal.  I immediately thought of this image (Beccy's Place) - I hope it will give her a giggle rather than make her sad for what might have been.  The DP is from a pad by My Mind's Eye, and the Sentiment is Verve.  I  used burlap and flowers by Petaloo to finish.
For more TeaPot details:   http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/teapot-tuesdays-f260/mmtpt368~august-18-2015~-wheels-bike-go-round-round-t602241.html
Sketch #1:      http://vlvsketches.blogspot.com/
Sentiment:      http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/  
Pattern Paper: http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/
Any:               http://beccysplace.blogspot.com/
                        http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/

Beaver Bob

This should be good for a child - when it is not a birthday.
Supplies:  Misc. papers, Beaver Bob by Your Next Stamp; chalk for coloring (Gel pens on hat); Cuttlebug embossing and die cut.
Sketch:    http://yournextstamp.com/blog/category/challenge/
Red, white and blue: http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

Animal & sentiment: http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ 
Furry friend:              http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/
Red:        http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/
Chalk:     http://chalknstock.blogspot.com/
Emboss:  http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/
Any:        http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/

July 4

I had intended to complete and post this for a Happy July 4 greeting.  However, our wi fi was too slow to check out the challenges I wanted to.  Then our daughter and son-in-law came for an unexpected and most welcome overnight stay.  Now I have a chance to complete this - and I can say I hope every one had a great week end - and for those in the US - I hope we have had a chance to appreciate the meaning of the holiday.
This House Mouse image is cut with Spellbinder circle dies.
Red, white, blue:   http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ 
              http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2015/06/dlart-thankful-thursday-challenge-159.html
              http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/
Stars and Stripes:  http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.com/ 
Red:                         http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/
Celebrate:               http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/
Pattern Paper:        http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/
Summer:                   http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/
                                  http://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/
Any:                          http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/

fun exercise

These AI ladies are having so much fun - I think they are getting ready for the swim suit season!  I paper pieced a couple of their outfits and a couple of the balls - the rest are colored with Prismas.  The sentiment is SU Fundamental Phrases and is attached with half pearls.
Sketch:    http://digisketchchallenge.blogspot.com/
Red, white, blue:  http://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/
Makes me smile:  http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.co.at/2015/06/what-makes-you-smile.html
Pearls:       http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/ 
Summer blue:   http://www.frosteddesigns.blogspot.ca/
Piecing:      http://eurekastamps.blogspot.com/
Stamping:   http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/
Any :           http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

This IS pink

Sorry about the color - IRL the paisley has various shades of pink, and the polka dots are also pink.  The mat is eggplant, not black.  The stamps are both from an old set by SU - Etruscan.  It has a nice variety of stamps I like a lot but forget to use - or just have so many others that I cannot possibly make good use of all of them.  I tried something new for the "flower".  The cut outs from the fancy circle were spread out on my desk, so I decided to try to put them together - and I am very pleased with the result.  It does get pretty thick where all the points meet, so I just used a sequin for a flat center.  There is glitter added, as well as the pink drops in the corners.
Sketch:     http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com/2015/04/lawnscaping-challenge-sketch-inspired.html
Pink:         http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/
Thank you:  http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/
Glitter:      http://inthepinkchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
Die cuts:    http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/
Sentiment:  http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/
Hand made embellishment:  http://www.trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/
Any:          http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/
                   http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.com/

Button and a doily

I struggle big time with CAS - in retrospect, I think I would like this better with a textured layer under the doily,but I needed a card in a hurry. I used my Spellbinder circle die to cut the doily to a smaller size, then cut a few nicks at the outside edge of the doily to make the larger solid areas look a bit more lacy.  The sentiment is pre printed and pre cut - from Kanban's Lovely in Lace collection.  The chipboard button is from Multicraft imports, and I added a shiny twine tie.
Sketch:   http://stamplorations.blogspot.com/2015/04/bi-weekly-sketch-challenge-31.html
Button:   http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.co.uk/
                http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/
 Doily:     http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/
Any:        http://suzypantssmarty.blogspot.co.uk/

Get Well

Supplies:  Scripture - Word Art, Jan. 15, 2014; misc cs and papers; Washi tape, Petaloo flowers and half pearls
Sketch:  http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/
Get well (verse inside - May you be on the road to a speedy recovery):  http://bastel-traum.blogspot.ca/
Inspiration (multi colored dots):   http://cupcakeinspirations.blogspot.com/
Sticky embellishments:  http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/
Any:  http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/
          http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/
          http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/

Spring green

Sorry - on my screen this is far from the right color - IRL it is various shades of green - generally dark and light sage green.  The sticky strip is gold and white stripes.  The main section is from Lovely in Lace by Kanban - pre cut dies cuts and bg patterns.  The ribbon is light sage green.
Sketch:  http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/
Sticky embellishments (sticky striped paper):  http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/
Spring: http://livelaughstamp.blogspot.com/search/label/Monday%20Morning%20Challenge
Any:    http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/
            http://www.scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/

Pink butterflies

NOTE:  the black bg is not a part of the card, but to provide contrast for the photo.
New:  I found a larger birthday embossing folder - and here I just used a bit of it! (Embossalicious, through Crafter's Companion, purchased at JoAnn's.  I am including this information because I have wanted a folder I could use for landscape and portrait style - would also work for up to 6x6 squares).   Also new - butterfly folder by Darice.
Other:  ODB image from Faith set; chalk pencils, Spellbinder Majestic Elements oval dies, half pearls, ribbon.
Sketch:  http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/
Inspiration - pink floral and lots of white:  http://www.ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Shining%20the%20Light%20Challenge
Embossing:  http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/
White:         http://wedodoobadoo.blogspot.co.uk/
Spring:        http://www.throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.com/
Color an image:  http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/
No circles:   http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/mir
New:           http://www.fashionablestampingchallenges.com/
Any:           http://agirlwhocraftschalengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
                    http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/