I {Heart} Card Sketch #38: Hope

Good Morning Crafties! Today is the start of a super fun Sketch Challenge at I {Heart} Card Sketch.  I followed it closely since it is such a great sketch. 

See....pretty cool sketch huh?  

Here is my card in the upright position.  My Mom came to visit and brought me some Stampin Up "In colors" cardstock - so beautiful and I had to put it to use immediately!  I love the butterfly stamp and wanted to make a special card for my sister-in-law who is a survivor! 

The butterfly is paper pieced and the stitching is with my sewing machine.

Materials used:

Image - From the Heart Stamps "Hope Butterflies & Blooms"

Paper - My Mind's Eye "Lucky In Love" 

            LilybeeDesign "Harvest Market"

Cardstock - Stampin Up "Midnight Muse" & "Primrose Petals"

Spellbinders - nestabilities dies

Sizzix - Beach Embossing folder set

Thanks for peeking!

Handmade Harbour Challenge #8 - "Let's Hear it for the Boys"

Man-Cards are notoriously hard to make.  Probably because we can't use our pretty flourishes, paper,  and flowers.  This cool van image helped this card to come together and it was fun to color a non-human object.   

You can find this digi at Handmade Harbour and while you are there check out this week's challenge - For Men or Boys!  The winner gets 3 free digs, so it's definitely worth playing!

Challenges entering:

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes (Oct. 15):
CisForChallenge - Men/Boys (Oct. 13):
Make It Monday - Anything Goes (Oct. 13):
Tammys Scrappin Corner - Ch# 83 inspired by Song (Oct. 13) {Willie Nelson-"On the Road Again"}:
Challenges 4 Everybody - Challenge 30 (Oct. 13):

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge 73 - Polka Dots!

Good Morning Crafties! Today is an awesome challenge at Loves Rubber Stamps - POLKA DOTS! Hoot! I love polka dots here and I'm thinking you have some cute ones in your stash as well.  The sponsor is Birdie Brown AND QKR Stampede so you have a chance for tons of great prizes.  Plus you also have a chance to win a Gift Certificate from the Loves Rubber Stamps store.  

For this project I used the Birdie Brown Retro Girl digi image and I paper pieced her dress, earrings, and headband with polka dots.  Hmmmmm, I really am kind of in a mod streak and been using a lot of black lately.  You know how it is, you get in a streak of something and all your cards have that special "thing" on them.  

Materials used:

Sponsor Birdie Brown image - "Retro Girl"

Echo Park Paper and Accessories Kit - "Here and Now" (SOOOO cute)

Copic Markers - Various colors

Spellbinders - Oval Nestabilities Die

Candi Dots - Metallic

Corner die - Whimsy

Stash flowers & sentiment sticker

Challenges entering:

Love to Create - Challenge 86 BCawareness/pink (Oct. 13)
Artistic Inspirations - Challenge 62 Anything Goes /Girly (Oct. 13)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday  - Challenge Going Dotty (Oct. 9)

Heartfelt Christmas Wishes for Peace

Good Morning my Crafty Friends! I have been itching to color up this stamp ever since I got it from Kathryne over at Stamp Art Design! Her name is "Alannah" and she was so much fun to color.  I had to go with pink/red to fit in with her sweet personality.

Materials used:

Image - Stamp Art Design - "Alannah" by Kathryne

Coloring - Copics

Paper - Love Lives Here by Raspberry Road Designs

Die - Spellbinders Nestabilities 

Various stash flowers
Color palette: Sketchy colors

Challenges Entering:

Whimsy Stamps - Challenge 64 Shabby Chic/Vintage (Oct. 31)

FatTastic Tuesday - Challenge 3 Flowers (Oct. 8)
Sketchy Colors - Challenge 181 Colors:pink, white, cream (Oct. 13)
Dis Digi Designs - Coloring Skills (Oct. 11)

Christmas Stampin - Challenge 36 Circles (Oct. 11)
Cut it Up - Challenge 29 Think pink/Must use die (Oct. 17)
Love to Create - Challenge 86 BCawareness/pink (Oct. 13)
Artistic Inspirations - Challenge 62 Anything Goes /Girly (Oct. 13)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday  - Challenge Going Dotty (Oct. 9)

Handmade Harbour {Harvest Time} Challenge

Midweek Papercraft Party at Handmade Harbour Oct. 2 - Oct. 9

Good morning Crafties!  

In our family we celebrate Harvest Time and I thought this little tag was a perfect addition to my son's lunch pail.  I used the darling little lion stamp from Handmade Harbour.  After coloring him up I used some alphabet stickers for my son's name, and a little grass die cut to give some dimension.  I used my laminator machine to laminate, but if you don't have a laminator you can get it done at an office supply store for a reasonable price I'm told.

Thanks for peeking and hope to see you join in the fun at Handmade Harbour papercraft party this week!

Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge 72 - "Hipster Baby"

I am so honored to be Guest Designer over at Loves Rubber Stamps for the month of October.  The Design Team and Laura Love have some serious talent and they inspire me creatively! In fact, I had some performance anxiety and wanted to make sure my card was special enough.  I ended up really iking this little guy and this card, so that is a plus!

This week is ANYTHING GOES, so come along and play with us this week at Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge Blog and check out what the Design Team created.   

Challenge 72 is sponsored by Shape EZ, which you can find over at Whimsy Stamps.  Shape EZ are downloadable templates and cut files that you use to create special cards and projects.  They come in all kinds of fun shapes, so definitely check it out.


So for Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge 72 "Anything Goes" I used a Saturated Canary image.  You can find all kinds of Saturated Canary stamps over at Loves Rubber Stamps Store. 

This baby is such a little hipster and so adorable!  I love his onesie, so I used little onesie snaps at the 4 corners as an embellishment - did you notice?

Materials Used:

Image - Saturated Canary

Coloring - Copics

Paper - Recollections

Cardstock - Cryogen

Embellishments - Candi Dots colored black with Copics; onesie metal snaps; Star from stash

Die - My Favorite Things banner die (for the candle, I cut off the bottom point)

Layout - From Digi Sketch Challenges

Challenges Entering:

Digi Sketch - Layout and Theme "For The Boys" (Oct. 5)
C is For Challenge - Boys/Men (Oct. 12)
Here Come The Boys - Challenge 61 Baby Boy (Oct.4)
That Craft Place - Challenge Baby (Oct. 12)
Paper Crafting Journey - For a Boy (Oct. 9)
Crafty Sentiments - Favorite Technique or Color (BLACK &RED) (Oct. 7)

7Kids Challenge Blog - Anything Goes with Marker (Oct. 8)

Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge 72 - "Hanging Around"

I am so honored to be Guest Designer over at Loves Rubber Stamps for the month of October that I made 2 cards for this first Challenge! Ok, overkill but I am really geeked out!

This week is ANYTHING GOES, so come along and play with us at Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge Blog and check out what the Design Team created.   

Challenge 72 is sponsored by Shape EZ, which you can find over at Whimsy Stamps.  Shape EZ are downloadable templates and cut files that you use to create special cards and projects.  They come in all kinds of fun shapes, so definitely check it out.

So for this card I used a Tiddly Inks stamp set called Hang In There. You can find all kinds of cute Tiddly Inks stamps over at Loves Rubber Stamps Store. You can't go wrong with Wryn!

This is such a cheerful stamp and image so I wanted to use cheerful colors.  

Materials used:

Tiddly Inks Polymer Stamp set - "Hang In There"

Lawn Fawn Polymer Stamp set (bird) - "Home Sweet Home"

Copic Markers - Various colors shown above

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Standard Large Circles & Scalloped Circles

C.C.Designs Die - Olive branch cutters

Recollections Paper - Sweet Flora

Sizzix Framelits Die - Message Frames

Sweet & Sassy Stamps - Cloudes & Raindrops Die Set

Fiskars Grass Punch

Stash - twine, velvet ribbon & blue flowers

Challenges entering:

Tiddly Inks - Challenge 119 "Anything Goes (Oct. 14)
Robyn's Fetish - Challenge 179 Nature (Oct. 5):
Oozak - Challenge 23 "Anything goes" (Oct. 15)
ABC Challenge - W is For "Words" (Oct. 12)
Crafty Sentiments - Favorite Technique or Color (technique reverse die cut) (Oct. 7):
7Kids Challenge Blog - Anything Goes with Marker (Oct. 8)

Thanks for peeking!