Stamptacular Sunday Challenge: Stars and Stripes

We have another challenge for you this week at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge! It's called "Stars and Stripes", but that doesn't mean it has to be red/white/blue! It can be any color you chose as long as there are stars and stripes in it.

Our sponsor this wee is Susannas Custom Art and Designs and she had made

available a sheeet of the new Victoria Chase Images to the lunck winner.

However, I chose to use red/white/blue for my card and Magnolia's #104, Baseball cap Edwin and #402 Rufus (the dog) along with #501 Shabby Chic Fence (which was a gift from a friend). All my images are available from Magnolia-licious.

Here is my card...

My card recipe...

Copics used:
Skin - E00, E000, E0000 Cheeks - Chalk
Hair - E 34, E30, E25
Shirt - W1, W00, R59, R22, R29
Belt - E27, E31, E25
Hat - R59, R22, R29, W1, W0
Pants - B14, B16, B24
Rufus - E25, E30, E31
Sign, E34, E43, W1
Leaves/Grass - G24, G40
Flowers - R22, R29, R00

Dp - stash (Creative Imaginations)
Stars - SU Punches
Star centers - stash
Corners Spellbinders dies borrowed from a friend
Star shape for notation -traced from a Chipboard star (SU)
Sewing Machine and thread
Dimensionals and Scor-tape

Here's a closer view of my images...



Here's a view of the dimension I used on my card...



I finished the inside of my card to accent the front...here's the inside...



I chose to use the Jungle Sign #489 to add my sentiment, which reads Happy 4th of July. I even cut out around the grass on this sign! (huff, huff)

Oh Happy Day....

I was going to schedule this post to go live in the middle of the week, but realized I would miss the Paper Take Weekly challenge, so it's going live tonight. My hubby and I are off to New York on Tuesday to visit with Jordan, Josslyn and Brielle. Oh happy day! I'm so thrilled to be able to go to see them once again! We've so much planned to do with them while we're there and hoping their parents will have enough time off work to join in the fun! We haven't seen the children for just over 4 months, and I have to tell you that my arms are just itching to hold them again...

Here is the Sketch from Paper Take Weekly...





Also, in anticipation (not!) of my upcoming surgery, I decided to stamp off a bunch of images so that while I'm layed up, I can color! I was thumbing my way through several images I had previously stamped off and pulled out this delightful Tilda With Striped Tights from the Pink Collection. She is available from Diana here at Magnolia-licious. I have several posts also scheduled to go live after my surgery, so please come back to see my other creations.

My wonderful friend, Sandy, recently sent me a huge package of paper she either bought too much of, or had duplicates of, or she just didn't like! Wooohooo! I sure lucked out! So once I had decided on my image I began to pull out dp so see what I like together.

Here is the card I made...



I used the sketch for Paper Take Weekly this week and am entering my card in their draw! What an excellent sketch!

Here is my card recipe...

Card stock - SU Whisper White, Taken With Teal, Yoyo Yellow
DP - Little Yellow Bicycle Clothseline, MME quite contraty

Copics used:
Skin - E00, E000, E0000
Hair - E35, Y26, Y32
Tights/Sleeves - BG10, BG18, BG72, C00, C01
Apron - Y00, Y11, Y21
Hair Bow - BG10, BG18

Silk Ribbon - Stash
Charm - Magnolia
Chandelier Beads - Magnolia
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Buttons - Magnolia
Punches - Branch MS, Butterfly MS
Self adhesive pearls - stash
Crafter't Twine
Sewing Machine and thread
Glimmer Mist - Pearl and Bubble

Here is a close up view of Tilda...



A closer view of the flower arrangement...



The inside of the card continues the theme of the front...


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These bright sunshiny colors just lifted my heart so much and I hope my card brighten's your heart as well. I'll see you when I get back, thanks so much for stopping by...

Stair Step Wedding Couple...

My summer is getting very full all of a sudden. Firstly, in just less than a week we will be flying to NY to spend a week with our darlings, the children we cared for for 15 months while their parents served in Afghanistan. I can't tell you how excited I am about this trip...

That brings me to probably the biggest challenge I'm facing this summer. As I type, I have my right foot in a large boot to immobilize it. After having taken all the required steps over the past several months it was finally decided that my foot was going to require surgery to fix the problem. So, I can't drive myself anywhere right now and after the surgery, just one week after we return from NY, I'll be on crutches for 4 weeks. Grrrrrrrr! This is really going to put a hitch in my git-along, but on the bright side, just think of all the crafting I'll be able to get done! WooHoo!

I just recently received the new Wedding Collection images and lucious paper from Magnolia-licious! I was just so itchy to ink these darlings up. I knew that I wanted to use the Rose Arch and the two Sitting Wedding images, but couldn't decide how best to display them on a card. So I decided to make a Stair Step card and here it is...



I used #663 Wedding Rose Arch, #375 Sitting Wedding Tilda and #163 Sitting Wedding Edwin. You can preorder each of these items here.

Here is a closer view of Tilda...



Here is the most handsome Edwin...



I computer generated the sentiment so suit my sweet couple...



Here's my card recipe...

CS - SU Whisper White and Brushed Gold
DP - Magnolia Wedding Collection

Copics

Skin, E00, E000, E0000
Hair - Tilda - Y26, Y23
Edwin - E13, E17, E18, E19
Dress - B60, B11
Suit - C0, C1, C3
Shirt - B60, B11
Flowers, R08, R01, R02, Spica Gel Pen - Lemon
Leaves - YG63, YG93
Arch - E25, E35, E30

Spellbinder Fancy Label Die
Marth Stewart Punches - Lace Edge, leaf and branch
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Self adhesive pearls - stash
Stickles - Start Dust
Liquid Pearls - Lavender Lace
Spica Gel pen - Lavender

I so appreciate your stopping by to view my newest creation.

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge...Cute as a bug!

My post this week is very short! Do I hear a huge collective sigh of relief?

This week's challenge at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge is the theme "Cute as a Bug".
Well........my card isn't exactly 'cute' but it is a bug! A butterfly to be exact.

I made this card from one of my Stitching on Cards patterns. This one, in fact, is a freebie and can be found here. It was among the first of the stitching cards that I made just to see if I was going to like this process. Well, I love this process and find it totally relaxing!

So here is my butterfly, with the beads sewn into the pattern...



I have included a close-up of the embroidery pattern....



That's it for this week! We hope that you'll make your own version of "Cute as a Bug" card and enter into the challenge.

Wash Day's, but no blues here....

I have a very quick post today. I recently received two stamps which I had ordered through a friend in Sweden. I am happy to say that I'm now the proud owner of two hAnglar images. Relax Flicka (whom I haven't inked yet) and this darling image I will call Wash Day as I can't pronounce her Swedish name.

I had stitched up the embroidered panel more than a week ago, but got very busy trying to complete some DT projects. Well yesterday, I began to look at that stitched panel and wondered if Wash Day would fit in it! Voila! It fit perfectly.

The stitching is done on Bazzill textured paper that it not quite so great for stamping. So my images wasn't as clear as it should have been, but it colored up very well.

So here is my card...



I used so many Copics on this one and kept putting them away when I was finished, so I can't share with you the colors I used. For the bubbles in the wash tub I used my new Crystal Stickles. They made wonderful dimensional bubbles....



On the inside of the card I went in a completely different direction. I used my MS Punch applied to both sides leaving a thin strip in the center. I was wanting to use some of my new flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. I placed them along the trellis and then added some little pearls at each end. The butterflies are from Marie Klip and I added tiny pearls to each of them. The bow was made on my Bow Easy using Silk Ribbon. Lastly I added a tow of pearls to the top portion of the lattice.

Here's what it looks like...



I finished on the notation panel with just the trellis punch on white. Just simple and plain...

Just for fun...

I know I saw somebody post just recently a checkbook cover they had made using Tilda and I decided to have a little fun with that idea too.

I hand embroidered the same stitching pattern on the front and back of my cover, and then stamped Edwin with Bike #135 and Tilda with Bike #368. They are both available at Diana's web shop here. I made this up so quickly that I didn't keep track of the Copics I used.

The front...




The back...





I'm so happy that you took time to stop by my blog today, your comments are such an encouragement!

Happy Father's Day....

Here we are again, with another challenge from Stamptacular Sunday Challenge blog. This week we're asking you to show off the card(s) you've made for Father's Day. We have two sponsors this week.

Meljens Designs is offering 4 digi images of the winners choice
and
Wink Wink Ink is offering 3 digi images of the winners choice.

We'd love to see what you've some up with...

For this challenge I chose an image from Mo's Digital Pencil. My father died when I was in my 20's and my step father died when I was in my 40's. However my father in law is still living and he used to take his 4 boys fishing. I thought this would be an appropriate card for him.



My Card Recipe:

Card stock - Bassill, SU
DP - October Afternoon by Peek a Boo

Copics -
Hat - E40, E41, E42, E35, Atyou Spica Silver
Jacket - BG10, BG72
Pants - YG91, YG93, E35
Shirt - E43, E42
Boat - E25, E30, E35
Tackle Box - R08, R22
Water, BG0000, B01, E30 & Stickles
Pail - C00, C01, C03

Adirondack Lights - Sandal (for shadow)
Sewing Machine and Thread
Pop dots
Buttons - SU
Crafter's Floss

Here is a close up of my image...



Being as this card is for a guy, there's no frufru on it anywhere. On the insdie I colored just the man and used my Nestabilies Dies Label 13 for the shape. I had the Happy Father's Day stamp in my stash so just stamped in on another Nestability shape added a few more buttons and voila!




Hope you come on over to Stamptacular and join our challenge this week!

Screen Card

Well the weekend is upon us once again and I can hardly believe that June is almost half way over...only 18 days left until we fly to N.Y. to visit with the three children we cared for for 15 months. I can hardly wait!

I was browsing Wiff of Joy Inspiration & Tutorial blog earlier this week and just fell in love with the Screen Card demonstrated by Jane Johnson and I had to give it a try. I'm very pleased with the outcome and hope that you might consider giving it a try too.

I used Fairydust Tilda for this card. I'm so in love with this little gal, well actually with the entire collection, and I thought she would be a perfect choice for this style of card. She is available here from Diana's online store! Actually I don't see her in the store at the moment, Diana must have sold out, but if you let her know you want this image I'm sure she'll be able to oblige.

So here is the front of my card...



Card Recipe...
CS -Whisper White Cardstock, Pink Pirouette (SU)
DP - The Luxury Stack my DCWV
Stamps - Fairydust Tilda
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Adirondack Lights Blue, Distress in Vintage Photo

Copic Markers...
Skin -E00, E000, E0000
Hair - Y26, E35, Y23
Outfit - R00, R01, R02
Shadow - W00, W01, W03

Stardust - Diamond Stickles
Nestabilities
Pink Rhinestone pearls - stash
Punches, MS Butterflies, SU flower punches, MS leaf and branch punches
Swirls - Sizzlits Die
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Pearl sprays - stash

Heres a close up view of Tilda on the inside of the card...



Here is the whole panel completed...



Here's what the inside of the aperature looks like...



I will be posting my Father's Day card on Sunday as part of the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge blog. I didn't use a Maggie for this on but a Mo's Digital image. I hope you'll check back on Sunday to see what I've done.

I do, I do, I do...

Are you ready for another challenge this week? At Stamptacular Sunday Challenge we're saying "I do". This week we challenge you to make a card to celebrate a wedding or anniversary. Our sponsor is "There She Goes" clear stamps and they are giving the winner a $24 gift certificate. So grab your stamps and paper and get busy creating your version of I do, I do and submit your card for a chance to win!

Here is what I did with the challenge...



I have used Midsummer Tilda #3034 and Open Gate #648 and Mini Tilda #3035 all available here at Diana's online store Magnolia-licious.

Here is a closter view of Tilda...



I masked the images and colored them, paper piecing Tilda's dress panel. I used stickes along the neckline and the edge of her dress. Pearls were added to her hairband and the center of the larger flowers. Then I cut out the whole panedl and popped it up on the center panel.

My card recipe:

DP - DCWV The Luxury Stack Pearlized and Metallic, pink checked from stash
CS - White, Pretty In Pink and Close to Cocoa by SU
Cryogen White used for stamped image
Ink -Memento Tuxedo Black

Copics:
Skin - E00, E000, E0000 Cheeks - chalk
Hair, E35, Y26, Y23
Dress - RV10, RV0000, RV21
Grass - G20, G24, G80
Flowers - R21, Y17
Fence - E41, E43, E53

Spica Gel pen -pink
Stardust Stickles
Self Adhesive Pearls, Pearl Flourishes - stash
Spellbinders Fancy Labels
Computer generated sentiment
Sewing Machine and thread
Pop dots
Silk Ribbon - stash

To finish off the inside I used Mini Tilda and my circle Nestabilites and made a charm of her. She is attached to the bow will silver "O" rings.



Here is another view of this panel...



Here's the entire inside of the card...



Thanks for dropping in. I hope you will make a card, or project, and enter in our challenge this week.

I (heart) Cross Stitch Tilda...

I have a late week post for you. I was given a challenge, and the loan of the Cross Stitch Tilda image by my online friend, Sandy. Though we've never met face to face, we've developed at wonderful friendship through cyber space and now over the phone. When she saw all the stitching I was doing she wanted me to try it with Cross Stitch Tilda, and I can't believe I didn't already own her. So she sent me hers, and I got busy pulling my card together.

I first had to find a stitching pattern that I felt would "go" with Tilda and I ran across this pattern with hearts for a border! Perfect. My stitching is done with red embroidery and a verigated blue embroidery threads. That's why the little 'bursts' between the hearts changes color.

So here's the card I made...



I stamped and colored Tilda three times. I mounted one image on my stitched panel, then using pop dots I mounted the second Tilda. I cut out the hair bow, the shoes and the apron on the third colored image and popped those up on my other image.



I tried my best to take a side view of the card so that you could see the dimension...



The inside of the card is quite simple, all panel are stitched as on the front...



Card recipe:

CS - Whisper White, Real Red (SU) Bassill White for stitching panel, Cryogen White
DP - Gooseberry Patch
Ribbon - stash

Copics:

Skin - E00, E000, E0000 Cheeks - chalk
Hair - Y21, E30, Y11
Bow/shoes - R22, R29, R39
Dress - B14, B93, Blender

Glossy Accents
Star Dust Stickles

Thanks for droppin by to see my newest creation...