Tea Party

cLunagirl Moonbeams is having a Tea Party and you are invited to join with  your entry.  Drop by and see the various creations by the Design Team.  My latest piece of inspiration is here.

 

I made it a little on the romantic side with the couple in the image and the music in the background.   A ribbon and flower with a stone along with a feather that some little bird lost in the yard completes the card.

Let's Go to the Beach!

Let's go to the beach as Lunagirl's Moonbeans has created some projects following the theme "Bathing Beauties".  Below are a couple of cards I created as pieces of inspiration for the Lunagirl theme.

For my first card I torn the bathing beauty image from Lunagirl Moonbeams and placed it on some designer paper that looked like a beach with sand at a fence.  As embellishment I used a large seashell sticker and a sentiment on an acrylic piece.

This next card uses designer paper that looks like water.  The wave, seashells and pearls came from an embellishment kt.  Also included are the water bubbles.  Again an acrylic sentiment finishes off the card.  Below is the challenge announcement you will find on Lunagirl Moonbeams.  Now hurry over and join the challenge.  Need a shortcut?  Just click on announcement below.

 

 

Trick or Treat

Here is a little card for Halloween.  I usually do not make very many Halloween cards, but this is giirl dressed in her pumpkin outfit is irresitable.  She is Priscilla, a digital, from CS Designs.

I began my card with a web embossing folder and embossed the black cardstock.  Then I used white ink to highlight.  Next I cut out my little chain from a brand new punch and I realized that the links could be interlocking when put on top of each other so I put one orange chain on each side of a black with dots one.

The image was cut with an octagonal die and place on a medallion circle cut with a   punch.   She was colored with Copic markers.  As a final touch I added a weird-shaped pumpkin to the side.  Also, what is a web without a spider?

I am entering this on Forever Night Challenges' Anything Goes and I Did It Creations' Halloween Challenge.

Asian Card

I went a little of the top with embellishing this card.  The image is called Framed Geisha 2 from CS Designs and she is colored with Copic markers.   Since she is looking to the side, I wanted something to draw her attention.  Thus is the netting made with a net-type ribbon.  It is anchored with two buttons.  The image is matted and put on a background paper of oriental flowers and shapes.

The card is entered into Art Without Boundaries' "Anything Goes", Stammtacular Sunday Challenge's The Sky is the Limit", and Card Making Mama's  "Use a Digital".

Challenge # 16 - There is a Man in My Life

This week I am focusing on men, yes men.  The challenge this week is "There is a Man in my Life".  You can make a card, tag, etc. for a man or one with a man- young or old- on your project..  I would love to see what you create keeping this theme in mind. 

Moonlight Journey

My sponsor for this challenge is Moonlight Journey. Oh, they have so many great digitals.  You will have to go to their site and check it out.    There are women, men, doors, butterflies, castles and the list goes on.  The next couple of days I will be posting a number of their digitals as I  personally have quite a few of them.

Below you will see some of the projects the DT has created to give your inspiration.

Vicki

My card uses images from Moonlight Journey, the sponsor for this challenge.  The background is Distressed Glue, a Technique Junkie technique.  This is a very easy technique, but you have to have patience while everything dries.  I took a sponge that had been used with distressed ink and tinted my greeting as well as the face and hands of the image as I didn't like the stark white of the man's face and hands.

I am also entering this card in Gingersnap Creations' GC 96 Ginger, Copper and Rust.

Barbara Washington

My card also uses digital images from Moonlight Journey. The background is from Steampunk Backgrounds and the man and the words are from Masterful Men Tags. Only the hat is not from Moonlight Journey. I had one of those happy accidents as I was starting this card. When I went to print the images, I didn't realize that I had photo paper in the printer and I printed out the images. Normally I would have used plain cardstock. I really liked how the images looked like photos, so I used them. The balloon was printed twice. I cut out the balloon, rounded it with a paper rounder and used hot glue to attach it and give it dimension. The big clock, spinner, and gear are from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology line. The little gears are actual watch parts that I had in my stash. I love doing Steampunk art and I think it makes great man cards.

Krisha

Using Tom Holtz stamps I created this card for my youngest son's birthday ( April 15) It is a cream colored card that has been dry embossed on the front cover. The can and the sentiment were stamped then trimmed. The sentiment is mounted onto a thin cork and gold paper. The time piece is stamped onto the hand made paper layer, and clock face and gold corner charm were the finishing touches.

Petra

Little men - big men ... it never seems to be so easy to make cards for either! The card is based on a sketch from Mojo Monday. I used Basic Grey papers for covering the square white card. The top of the second layer has been punched with an EKSuccess punch and has been embellished with machine-sewn lines. The stamped images are from Lily of the Valley and coloured with Copics and Koh-i-noor pencils. Buttons and thread are from my stash. Wishing you all lots of sunshine!

Michele

I'm definitely one of those folks who is challenged when it comes time to make cards for men. I don't exactly know why this is -- and I could get philosophical about it but I'll save that for another time... Anyway I have it in my head that I should keep cards for men more simple. And I like simplicity so that was the inspiration for this card. The main image is a Louis Armstrong stamp from the Stampsmith. I applied markers directly to the stamp. I cut out my image at an angle, drew a dark brown border on that with another marker and then attached it to some designer paper. I then attached that to the brown card stock. I thought about putting a saying on it but I opted to keep with the simple theme. I'd be happy to give this to any man in my life!

A Little More Inspiration

Here is a little Valentine sick card I made for a friend.  I decided to use the scrap black and white paper I had left over from the tag I previously made.

 The Love Bug stamp is from Hampton Arts.  The lace was made by using a border punch on a strip of paper and then turning it over and punchng on the other side.  The heart is double layered.  The bottom layer is a piece of shinny. cardstock and on top that heart it has a shinny heart with florescent designs in it.  This card really does not reveal any technique in particular.

Below are two cards made by Krisha..

Krisha

This is the first time I have ever used a digital image and I am ashamed to say I don't know where it is from, but I fell in love with it. She is colored with pencil and marker, then trimmed. I layered her onto an oval that had been dry embossed then inked and embossed with red embossing powder. That oval went onto a white, slightly larger oval, then onto some red hand made paper, and tied it off with a red w/ polka dot ribbon. I did run the card through the dry embosser for a texture on the front of the card itself

Challenge Ending

The card is a reminder that my challenge "Here Comes Santa...Twas the Night Before"" is ending soon.  You have one more day to join  the challenge.  I know that there are more Santas out there, but where are they?  You can link your card or project at the end of the post just above this one.  You can use either stamps or digitals like I did on this card.  In any case, please link directly to the post of this challenge and become a follower.

The scan doesn't show, but the background uses the Faux Wall Panelling technique.    The main digital is from Graphics Fairy.

A Stitch in Time

This card has stitching all the way around the image and the trim is sewed on.  This will give me an entry into Gingersnaps Creation.  I thought I would never get it done as my sewing machine didn't want to cooperate.  Maybe if I used it more I would have better results.

The image is from a Christmas collection that Inka has in her Altered Artifacts'  store.  I just love this one in particular.  Since she has holly in her bonnet, I decided to embellish my card with glittery holly and berries.  There was no need for a greeting as at the top of the image it says "Merry Christmas".

This post is entitled A Stitch in Time which reminds me I have one more Santa card to put up as a reminder to everyone that my challenge is ending soon. I am hoping more people will enter.  It doesn't have to be a card.  It can be a tag or project of some kind.  Just make sure you link directly to the project and become a follower.   I am giving away a great set of stamps by Firecracker Designs by Pamela.  Pamela is going out of business and has some terrific buys.  Just check her out.

This is for Gingersnaps Creations' "Sewing" challenge and Simon's Stamp and Show's challenge "Christmas Greeting".

Antique Wallpaper

Heere is a card I  made a couple of weeks ago.  It uses the Antique Wallpaper background.  This is a very fun and quick technique.   The image is from Twisted Papers and the perfect greeting is from Scrolls Work.

Three Digital Ladies

Here is a card I made from a digital from Twisted Papers.  They really have a great selection.   I used Cuttlebug Highlight on the side and the flower is one-third of an artificial flower.  I think it works perfectly with the lace punch I just bought.

The second lady has a background of Antique Weathered Wallpaper. She is also from Twisted Papers. 

To the right is the third lady from Twisted Papers.  As you can see there is a variety to choose from.  I tried to make  each one to show a different personality.  I hope you will find that using digitals is as much fun as using regular        stamps.  This card has two different background tenchniques.     The bottom mat is Brown Bagging and the top mat is Bleach Swipes.   

Perfect Image

A digii is the perfect way to find an image that you need.  Sweet and  Sassy has numerous to choose from.  I picked this flower image for this card.  It is colored with Copics.  The mat is made with Chalk Lines.  It is hard to see from the scan as I am using pale pink chalk.  The greeting is by Stampin' Up.

Come back soon as I am working on a couple more.

Another Digital

Here is another digital card.  This one is from Sweet and Sassy.  They carry both clear stamps and digis.  This time I did not crop the digi.   The TJ technique that I used on the upper mat is Starch Smoosh on white glossy paper.  What a fun and easy technique!  She is colored with Copic markers  The card is accented with a paper flower.

Let's Go Digital

The next couple of cards will contain digital pictures.  I hope you like them.  The first one is a digital from Sweet and Sassy.  Behind the girl colored with Copic markers is a frame using the Highlighted Cuttlebug technique.  The majority of the card is in layers using a border punch.  The greeting is from Rubber Stampede.

Going Digital

I thought I would try my hand at creating a couple of digital cards.  Here is the first  one.  The card has a celebrate theme.  The little birds have a srcret;  they know that this past month Gingersnap Creations has been celebrating its birthday.  I used the subtle approach to celebrating.--no hats, no cakes 

If you haven't helped them celebrate this month, you need to go and visit their site and tell them "Happy Birthday".