Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Nerds Rule!


     Hope you all survived your Labor Day celebrations and are having a great week.  
     A while back I was asked by my favorite stalker, Rene of Simply Cute to be a Guest Designer for Creative Inspirations Challenge for the month of September.  Since she does such a fantastic job of stalking I just couldn't say no.  LOL


     The first challenge for September is "Back to School".  I just love this sweet little nerd "Harvard" from Mo's Digital Pencil.  I am crazy about stencils and embossing paste so I was excited when I got the idea to use this great Tim Holtz stencil and add a bit of ruler to the card.  I think you can see it better in the second photo below.


Copics Used:
skin E000, E00, E11, E13
hair E21, E23, E25, E29
shirt E08, E93, E95, E97
vest YG03, YG93, YG95, Y11, YR21, YR23
pants E41, E42, E43
shoes E71, E74, E79
paper E41
books BG11, BG72, R35, R37, R43, Y11, YR21, YR23
grounding W3, W5

     I hope you'll pop over to the Creative Inspirations blog and join in this fun challenge.  Classy Crafts is the sponsor for this week.

Supplies:
Paper--We R Memory Keepers "Hall Pass", Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Mo's Digital Pencil "Harvard", sentiment from There She Goes "Boot Camp" (discontinued)
Ink--Versamark
Tools--Nestabilities Standard Circles, Fiskars Circle Cutter, Tim Holtz Measured stencil, Marvy Uchida heat gun
Miscellaneous--Wendy Vecchi embossing paste, Glossy Accents, Stampendous white embossing powder

19 comments:

Audrey Pettit said...

This is so adorable, Tracy, and I totally agree...nerds rule! LOVE your layering here, and as always, your coloring, too. And how fun the modeling paste ruler is...I really thought that was patterned paper until the close up shot. That is fabulous!

Geri Neumann said...

Cool use of the stencil and paste. Fits perfectly with the little nerd. Wonderful coloring as always. You always have the best cards! Hugs, Geri N

Ros Crawford said...

He's so cute!! Reminds me of my nephew ... Gorgeous as always Tracy!

Carla S. said...

This is absolutely adorable, Tracy! Fantastic layout, papers and awesome coloring of the cute image!

Unknown said...

This is so lovely - great coloring and simple design for boys. :)

Danni said...

Another super fab card!! Love this!

Unknown said...

Perfect back to school card Tracy, your colouring is superb as always! Hugs, Ira
Ira’s Crea Corner

Jane said...

Yet another great card!
Jane xx

KimCreate said...

Just adorable! Love the paste ruler and the bright colors. Wrote down your copics numbers for the pants. I have to see if I have these and if not, get them!

Sue said...

Totally fabulous! I love the image, perfect colouring, gorgeous papers and the ruler looks wonderful.
hugs Sue xx

Rene said...

Lol! You were just afraid to say no! ;D

Your card is WONDERFUL! Which is exactly why I wanted you to be our guest designer!!! Thank you so much for saying yes and creating such an awesome card!!!!!

Rene :D

Pauline said...

Tracy, this is a perfect 'back to school' card. I love they way you used the stencil and paste - very clever - colouring 'rocks' as always.
I love everything about this card!
Hugs,

Sarah said...

So awesome! I love the embossing paste and the colors are so beautiful!

debby4000 said...

Fabulous back to school card, love the image and the papers.
luv
Debby

Michelle said...

Got your email but my computer wouldn't let me send 1 back 7/10 Blast great, what about 9/3 today 9/1 Grill father,8/25 Friends with coffee and 8/8 Here comes the Bride?? Michelle Mallett

Michelle said...

Got your email but my computer wouldn't let me send 1 back 7/10 Blast great, what about 9/3 today 9/1 Grill father,8/25 Friends with coffee and 8/8 Here comes the Bride?? Michelle Mallett

Sassy Raggedy said...

Layers I just love them. The designer papers are wonderful and this little guy is as well. I love it Tracy...Hugs joann sassy raggedy

Francesca Biancon said...

great work with copics, wonderful!

Dawn @ LilyPinkScraps said...

Wow, just love that embossing/paste effect - too cool for school!! Fab colouring as ever too :)