Self-Portrait....

"Captured Memories" is the sentiment and I am not sure how this turned out a self portrait, but this project had a life of it's own.  I love these Dilly bean images because they are a little quirky.  The Dilly Beans challenge was to use ribbon, and I wanted to try a different route so I punched holes in the card and did "Corset" kind of ribbon tie.  Hope you like it!

This is the layout I used from Sketch N Stash:

You can never have too many tiny clothes pins when you are a carmaker!

Materials used:

Image - Dilly Beans

Polaroid frame - Lawn Fawn

Sentiment - printed from computer

Camera paper - Echo Park "Here & Now" love love love this paper!

Cardstock - Neenah

Coloring - Copics

Challenges entering:

Dilly Beans  - Ribbons Challenge (Sept. 27)

Sketch and Stash Challenge -Challenge 122 Sketch (Oct. 7)
Creative Fingers  - Challenge 3 "Make it Shine" (I added a rhinestone for some sparkle!) (Sept. 26)
Pennys Papercrafty  - Challenge 149 2 types of paper (Sept. 24)
Card Making Mamas - Challenge 74 For the Kids (Sept. 31)
Handmade Harbour - Midweek paper craft party (DT, not eligible for prizes)
Whoopsie Daisy - Ribbons & bows (Sept. 29)

I {Heart} Card Sketches 035

Good Morning crafties!  Well this is my first "unofficial" post as a DT member at From the Heart Stamps.  I say unofficial, because I technically start on October 1 - so I jumped the gun a little.  Shhhhhh......

I had a couple ideas and wanted to use From the Heart Stamps Sketch 035 as the layout.  It's really a fun layout.

I wanted to make a card with a slider component.  I used my Craft Knife to cut the small slider line.  The curves where easier to make with a regular hole punch.  Then I attached 2 pennies with 3-D tape and put one side under the slider and the top side I glued the bunny image to it.  Now bunny can slide back and forth.

Also, I wanted to use a non-Autumn digi and make it look like an Autumn image.  I chose this super cute Spring digi from From The Heart Stamps called Bunny Hello.  As you can see it's kind of a Spring image.

See how Fall/Autumn it looks with different coloring and sentiment! That's what I love about digital images, you can really change it up.

This little bunny slides left and right.  My kids loved playing with it, so it's definitely kid approved.  Give Sketch 035 a try and play along in our challenge From the Heart Stamps Sketch Challenge.  

Materials Used:

Image -From The Heart Stamps Bunny Hello digital image

Coloring - Copics

Slider - 2 pennies; 3-d "dot" tape; Craft knife

Sentiment - I made it on the computer and printed it

Embellishments and paper - Michael's Recollections

Die - Fiskar's grass die

Challenges entering:

Card Makin Mamas - Challenge 74 For Kids (Sept. 30)
Creative Fingers - Make it Shine Challenge 3 (Sept. 27)
Marker Pop - Challenge 31 Fall (Oct. 1)

Created With Love - Challenge 59 Fall Colors (Sept. 28)
Crazy Challenge Blog - Challenge 154 - Colour Challenge (Sept. 29)
Paper Nest Dolls  - Challenge 13 Happy Fall (Sept. 27)
Dis Digi Designs - Fabulous Fall Colors (Sept. 27)
Get Inky Challenge - Challenge 13 Birds, Bees Flowers & Trees (flowers & trees & leaves (Sept. 28)

Thanks for peeking!

Double Embossing...

Love, love, love this double embossed CAS card.  The retro camera is another goodie from Handmade Harbour.

Materials used:

Image - Handmade Harbour camera

Sentiment - Darice embossing folder

Dots - Sizzix embossing folder

Coloring - copics

Challenges entering:

Incy Wincy  - Color challenge (Sept. 23)

Handmade Harbour - Midweek Paper Craft Party (not eligible for prize, DT)

Merci

This sweet little image made the perfect quick thank you note card!

Materials used:

Image - Penny Black

Copics

Recollections paper

Neenah cardstock

Challenges entering:

Incy Wincy  - Color challenge (Sept. 23)
Card Makin Mamas - Challenge 74 For Kids (Sept. 30)
Creative Fingers - Make it Shine Challenge 3 (Sept. 27)

Boys "Gamer" Card...

Sentiment says "Wishing You An Epic YEAR. Happy Birthday to an Amazing Kid!"  I don't have enough birthday cards and I certainly don't have enough boy cards, so this fits both bills.  The Color palette is from Incy Wincy's color challenge:

Materials used:

Image - Papertrey Ink Gamer stamps

ink - Stampin up Rich Razzleberry (thanks Mom!) and Memento black

Paper - Coredinations & Recollections

Embellies - Candi "silver metal" dots

Challenges entering:

Incy Wincy  - Color challenge (Sept. 23):

Totally Papercrafts - Challenge 185, Birthday Baby (Sept. 27)

Stampotique Designers Challenge - Challenge SDC 117 Birthdays (Sept. 31)

Clear It Out Challenge - Challenge Boys/Stash Punches; Dies (Sept. 30)  --Used stash circle punch

Card Makin Mamas - Challenge 74 For Kids (Sept. 30)

Pearl and the Rice Paper....

Good Morning Crafties! This beautiful image is from Lacy Sunshine and her name is Pearl.  I can tell you first hand she is FUN to color and if you haven't tried any of the Lacy Sunshine digis yet, don't wait any longer.  

I decided to use some of my treasured rice paper my mother gave me from Japan, which I blogged about here paper love.  Its such beautiful paper I think this pretty mermaid was a good match! Hope you enjoy this little card.  

The sentiment says "Floating by to Say Hi!".  I think it's hilarious that I glued the "to say Hi" part on first and didn't notice it until I had already taken the photos.  Oh well, I kind of like it this way, a little quirky.

Materials used:

image - Lacy Sunshine Pearl digi (I flipped her to make her a mirror image)

Coloring - Copics

Paper - Japanese rice paper & Bazzil card stock

Dies - Nestabilities rectangles

Sentiment, fish, star - Tiddlyinks

Challenges entering:

Lacy Sunshine - Challenge 17, Under the Sea (Sept. 28)
Challenges 4 Everybody - Challenge #29 Anything Goes (Sept. 26)
Colour Me Creative - Challenge 77 Anything Goes (Sept. 27)
Designed 2 Color - Anything Goes (Sept. 28)
Chocolate Coffee Cards - Anything Goes (Sept. 30)
7 Kids Challenge - Anything Goes (Sept. 24)
Just Inspirational Challenges - Die Cuts Challenge (Sept. 24) I used rectangle dies :-):
Marker Pop -Challenge 30 Anything Goes with Copics (Sept. 22)

Sew Wonderful....

The Handmade Harbour Challenge this week is "Happy Days".  This made me think of sewing since a day involved in a sewing project is indeed Happy.  The card pattern is called Sunburst and if you google there are lots of tutorials.  I made up my own measurements, but didn't write it down or I would have shared them here.  I added stitching over the patterned paper.

Materials used:

Image - Handmade Harbour sewing machine digi

Paper - Raspberry Road Designs

Coloring - Copics

Sentiment - Some Odd Girl

Sewing machine

Challenges entering:

Chocolate Coffee Cards - Anything Goes (Sept. 30)
7 Kids Challenge - Anything Goes (Sept. 24)