MC Feb/15 - Easel Fern - With Sympathy - Life is Not Measured

Quietfire Design is sponsoring the Die Cut Divas challenge blog this month and this is my contribution. I've been meaning to eCut that fern set since the first time I saw it... but as usual one thing lead to another and it was always put off. Not anymore BIG GRIN. Then I thought I'd better make a sympathy card...

Anyway you can see all the details and descriptions by clicking on any card image. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Brown Sugar Challenge   #132 anything goes
Polka Doodle  #6 flower power
Craft Your Passion  #248 anything goes
Incy Wincy Designs  #281 punch or dies
Inspiration Avenue  anything goes

Quirky Apr/14 - Birdhouse Love & Laughter - HB

I was asked to be a guest designer on the Quirky Challenge blog with a theme of Mixed Media... I was given a choice of several digis to choose from and chose the Squigglefly "Dragonfly Garden" digi image.

You can see all the details and descriptions by click on either image. Enjoy

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I'm using a quote stamp from Quietfire Design as well as the Italic alphabet and the newest Illumination stamp set.

And it fits for these challenges:
Pan pastels UK  #12 shabby chic
One Stitch at a Time  #207 use a digi (the dragonflies)
Frilly and Funkie  Vintage, spring, wings
Moving along with the Times  Spring
A Creative Romance  #22 spring
All Sorts Challenge  #254 spring blooms
Catch The Bug  springtime
Sweet Stampin Challenge  Flowers
Corrosive Challenges  #197 pastel colors

MC May/13 - Bugaboo Easel - The doors We Open

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I'm a guest designer over on the Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog this week. The challenge being Black & White with a touch of red. I was also given this graduation digi image from Limited Runs.

Click images to enlarge. Enjoy.

So I enlarged it and cut it out with my electronic cutter, creating an easel card. Then I started a piece process to add interest and texture to the black & white.

Cut the cap from black cardstock and embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. Added two types of ribbons to dilineate the edges, and the side seam.

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Stamped the word "Congratulations" (Quietfire Design "10 tiny words" set") on the rolled document using Versafine Black Onyx.Scribbled some text under that to look like a written document...

Used white Puffs for the icing and heat activated..

Sponged Distress Black Soot using a crafter's Workshop "dots" stencil and clear embossed it. Did the stripes at the bottom with a black Zig Writer, and a mix of Copic White with water and a pointed pen nib for the white areas.

Die cut the lady bug (eCraft Designs) from black and red paper and glued the elements together then onto the card. Added the star on the cap.

I covered the floor with a black textured paper. Stamped the quote (Quietfire Design) with the Versafine black on white cardstock, clear embossed, then die cut using the drop out section of a Memory Box "Palace Oval frame" set. Adhered to card with 3D foam squares. It acts as the stopper.

MC Apr/13 - Fairy Dust Digi - A Journey Shoes

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I was asked to be a guest designer on Lexi's Creations with a theme of lace/ribbon. I was also given a choice of a digi image and I thought the Vintage boots (Fairy Dust Crafts) would be just right for lace and ribbons. BIG GRIN.

I printed it out on 110# white cardstock and cut out the upper section so it stood above the card fold. The card is 8.5"w x 4"h.

Colored the shoes with Prisma colored pencils and a Lyra Splendor Blender. Printed the shoe image again from regular cardstock and cut out the brown area to use as a stencil to stamp a background stamp (Impression Obsession "Flourishes") decoration on the shoes using Versafine Vintage Sepia and embossing with a rusty brown embossing powder.

Taped the cut out back onto the shoes and then cut out around the whole shoe design to use as a mask for stamping my background using the same stamp as above with Perfect Medium and clear embossing. Sponging with Distress Antique Linen & Spun Sugar.

Stamped the quote (Quietfire Design) with the Vintage Sepia and clear embossed.

Stamped the lace edging (Kaiser Craft) with Perfect Medium and clear embossed.

Punched out holes around the background and threaded a burgundy narrow ribbon. As a final touch, added Liquid Pearls "White Opal" for the faux buttons.

It fits for these challenges:
Lexi's Creations  #88 ribbons/lace

Jan/12 - Bugaboo Digis - Let Them Eat Cake

I was asked to be a guest designer on Quirky Crafts blog challenge and to use a Bugaboo digi stamp. The theme is "Food Glorious Food". As it turned out I got two digi's. I wasn't that intrigued by the first image, so got one that was more "me". The funny thing is, when I printed the images out on my white card, I really liked both of them, they were clean looking, so hence I made two cards - Big Grin.

The first image I got was the chick holding the cake, and while I was percolating what to do with her, I decided to go "French" and use Quietfire Designs French phrases, Flourished Eiffel Tower & the quote stamp from the Let them Eat Cake set. I paired it  up with a new stamp from Old Island Rubber stamps, the Cafe chair and table (it has two chairs, but I left one off). Everything was stamped with Versafine Black Onyx. I only colored the digi with colored pencils so it would stand out. Added teardrop green rhinestone earrings and green Stickles on the shoes (she definitely needed the glitz BIG GRIN) I liked the clean and fresh look of the white. I added just a touch of edging with Distress my dirty red sponger.

The second image is one I chose and love the quirkiness of the chick... Again I kept the card simple, only coloring the digi with colored pencils and adding a piece of aluminum tape for the stove outline. Used a couple sizes of an alphabet stamp set (Just Rite "Brayton") to stamp the "Let's Celebrate" along the side. The blurb is part of the digi set and then I punched it out with a jumbo Fiskars punch, sponging some Dusty Concord around the edges.

And it also fits for these challenges:
Die Kreativen Stempel Freunde #41 Happy New Year
Cute Card Thursday  #197 Happy New Year
Trimmies Craft Challenge  #135 Happy New Year
Totally Paper Crafts  #97 time to party
CES Challenge  #66 Party, Party, Party
One Stitch at a Time  #94 Use a digi
Opus Gluei  #121 Old (the french stamps & punch), New (the digi stamps)
Paper Sundaes  #101 Old (the french stamps & punch), New (the digi stamps)
Pile it On Challenge  #1 Anything Goes