Eggshell art?

        It's a sad thing to admit that you're afraid of a color, but tell me to make something with white and my brain starts to spasm.  The current challenge at the Catered Crop is to use white.  Oh how I struggled over this card before this cutie pie chicken saved my bacon.  I just love Bugaboo images and when I came upon this one it gave me the idea to do the basic weave as a background.  (You can find my tutorial on this here.)  I had to do it twice cause I made the strips too wide on the first attempt and I didn't ink the edges either which really made a difference.  After I finished it I had to snicker cause it made me think of the eggshell art kids do in grade school.
     So all of you who don't tremble at the thought of crafting with white are invited to come join in the challenge and show us your awesome white creations.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Bloggers Challenge--add texture
Clearly Inspired--things with wings
Digi Doodle--things with wings
Make It Monday--anything goes
That Craft Place--things with wings

     Have a fabbie weekend.  I'm scheduled to redeem the pedicure gift certificate my bestie gave me for my birthday.  It will be my first time to have my toesies pampered.  Sounds like heaven to me.  :-)


Supplies

• Paper:  Kraft Outlet Brown Cover Weight, Bazzill, Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
• Stamp:  Bugaboo "Chicken Soup", TPC Studio "Greetings"
• Ink:    Copics, Frayed Burlap Distress ink
• Tools:  Nestabilities Standard Circles, Scalloped Circles
• Miscellaneous:  Kraft Outlet Hang Tag String, Michaels button, ribbon from Big Lots

Cinderella's ex-employees?

     I LOVE these mice!  These guys are the creations of Jodie Mackrell of Bugaboo Stamps.  There's a couple more of them, but I just used the three for this card.  Our wonderful Dorcas has left the Kraft Journal team for a little recharge time and she will definitely be missed.  I think that girl was born with a colored pencil in one hand and a piece of kraft paper in the other.  LOL  She got me started coloring with pencils on kraft and I've learned so much from her.  It was really fun to color these little meeces.  I didn't use OMS, just letting the pencils blend themselves.
     Our challenge theme this week is "Needle and Thread".  I used black cardstock as a base and then used some Lunch Bag Kraft cardstock to print out the mice on.  After I'd colored them I added a strip of polka dotted paper from a Kraft and Black Paper Pad, some faux stitching and washi tape, buttons tied with Hang Tag String, and ribbon and I got this.

     This is just a small glimpse of what my crafting area looks like.  Disaster!!!!   LOL  I just thought the card was a little too plain so I decided to make it larger by using the card front on my standard 5.5 x 5.5 card.  I think the added stripes also from the  Kraft and Black Paper Pad really kick it up a notch.
     Hope you can play along this week!  That $15.00 voucher we give away each month could come in very handy.  :-)
     I'd like to enter the meeces into the following challenges:

The Cutie Pie Challenge--spots and stripes
Make It Monday--anything goes
Great Impressions--animals
The Ribbon Girl--BINGO (image, buttons, twine)
Catch the Bug--anything goes

     Have a great Monday!


Kraft Outlet Supplies

Kraft and Black Paper Pad
Lunch Bag Kraft cardstock
Hang Tag String

Supplies

Paper:  Recollections
Stamp:  Bugaboo Stamps "Sewing Mice"
Ink:  Prismacolor pencils, Micron pen
Miscellaneous:  ribbon from  Joann's, Michaels buttons, Chickydoddle Washi tape, K & Co. Smash Tape, Glossy Accents

How do you Washi?

     Have you seen the new recipe challenge over at the Catered Crop yet?  If you haven't, the featured ingredient is Washi Tape.  This is my first time working with Washi.  It's pretty cool and my goodness there is so much of it out there!  The three tapes that I've used came from our sponsor, Chickydoddle.  If you've never played with this stuff you really need to check Winnie's Etsy store out.  She's got lots of patterns to choose from and you can get the tape in different lengths too in case you just need a little something or a lotta something.  :-)
     I used a base card of Light Kraft and adhered the brown flowered Washi to a scrap of the same.  Then I used an edge punch.  It's kind of hard to see but the bottom of it is scalloped.  I attached that strip to the base card and then attached the blue tape to the edge of some brown seam binding.  The sticky Washi is a perfect way to keep those pleated ruffles in place.  Next I colored and matted a sweet little Bugaboo digi stamp and added a couple of pink polka dotted Washi tabs to the top corner.
     Hope you'll play along in the challenge.  I really like this stuff and I'd love to see different ways to use it.
     Have a great Saturday!


Supplies

• Papers:  Kraft Outlet Light Kraft, Bazzill, Copic XPress-it Blending card
• Stamp:  Bugaboo "Girl Bare Feet", sentiment from Create with TLC
• Ink:  Copics, Micron pen
• Tools:  EK Success Scalloped Scallop edge punch
• Miscellaneous:  Chickydoddle Washi Tape, Recollections brads, Martha Stewart seam binding

I demand a recount!

     June is a really busy month for us around here.  Both my dad and I have a birthday this month and this year my uncle's birthday fell on Father's Day.  I whipped up this fun Gus card for him cause he adores humor cards.  I never know what kind of smart aleck card I'll get.  :-)  This is pretty CAS but he's a CAS kinda guy.  Hope it gives you a chuckle too.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Dream Valley Challenge--for that special guy
Stella Says Sketch--sketch
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days--Father's Day/masculine
Guylou's Inimitability--CAS with kraft
Charisma Cardz--male cards
Do You Stack Up--masculine
Crafting for All Seasons--for men

     Be blessed!


Supplies

• Paper:  Crate Paper "Random", Bazzill, Kraft Outlet Light Kraft
• Stamp:  Bugaboo Stamps "Gus B-Day Recount"
• Ink:  Copics
• Tools:  Nestabilites Classic Ovals, sewing machine
• Miscellaneous:  buttons from my stash, Kraft Outlet Hang Tag String

Whoot and holler

     The challenge this week at The Kraft Journal is "Graduation Celebration".  I won this cool Bugaboo Stamp a few weeks back and it's just perfect for the theme.  I started my card with a base of Light Kraft Cover Weight cardstock.  then I added a mat of black and a mat of Kraft and Black cardstock pad.  This is a new 6 x 6 paper pad being carried in the Specialty Papers section at Kraft Outlet.  The papers are a really nice thickness and there are lots of patterns in the pad.
     Next I added a panel of black across the center of the card wrapped with Black Bakers Twine.  The image was colored with Copics and the sentiment is computer generated and printed out on more of the Light Kraft.
     This card went to my nephew in Arizona, the last of my sister-in-laws boys to graduate.  Bet most of you  know a graduate this year too.  We'd love to see your creations so come play along.
     Happy Monday!


Kraft Outlet Supplies


Light Kraft Cover Weight cardstock
Kraft and Black cardstock pad
Black Bakers Twine


Other Supplies


Paper:  Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamp:  Bugaboo Stamps "Graduation Owl"
Ink:  Copics
Miscellaneous:  Recollections brads, Glossy Accents

Sometimes you just need cake

     Hmmmm?  Maybe I should have left the "Sometimes" part off.  LOL  This cutie from Bugaboo Stamps has some mighty yummy looking cupcakes I wouldn't mind sharing, especially if they'd make me as skinny as her.  :-)

     Our challenge theme this week at The Kraft Journal is "Cards for Her".  We ladies know that a good cupcake can solve the problems of the world, don't we.

     My card base is Light Kraft Cover Weight cardstock.  I've used some great DP from Crate Paper and layered Miss Cupcake on top.  The double row of scalloped border cuts is wrapped with Pink Baker's Twine.  The fun sentiment is another gem from Create with TLC.  Paulette comes up with some of the best sentiments.  I really enjoy finding a good one and creating my card around it's theme.  Adds so much more to the card than a plain Happy Birthday or Thank You.

     I also added some Prima flowers and a flourish, doodling around my image, and last but not least a couple of buttons tied with Hang Tag String.  Hope you can see that fun puffy icing on the cupcakes too.  That's Liquid Applique.

     We'd love to have you come share you "Cards for Her"  with us.  It is a special week for lots of mom's so there should be plenty of "her" cards getting made out there in cardland.  Just make sure you use kraft paper or a product from Kraft Outlet on your creation to qualify.

     Happy Monday!

Kraft Outlet Supplies


Light Kraft Cover Weight cardstock
Pink Baker's Twine
Hang Tag String


Other Supplies


Paper:  Crate Paper "Random", Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamp:  Bugaboo Stamps "Girl Cupcakes", sentiment from Create with TLC
Ink:  Copics, Micron pen
Tools:  My Favorite Things Die-namics Fancy Flourish, Nestabilities Standard Circles, Memory Box Classic Scallops edge die
Miscellaneous:  buttons from my stash, Recollections and Prima flowers, Liquid Applique, Pollymark paint

Yum, yum cupcakes

     It's a "Just for Kids" challenge this week at The Kraft Journal.  My mojo was on short order when I made this card so it's pretty plain and simple.
     I started with a base of Brown kraft Cover Weight cardstock and matted it with Buff Ivory Cover Weight cardstock and designer papers.  I added a punched border of the Buff Ivory and ran a line of Dark Jewel Hemp Cord along the top.  The image is a cutie patootie Bugaboo piggy with cupcakes that I colored with Copics and matted on more Brown Kraft.  For the sentiment I layered the two cardstocks and added a button from my stash tied with Hang Tag String.
     Hope you'll pop over to The Kraft Journal blog and check out the other DT projects and then come join in our fun.
     Happy Monday!


Kraft Outlet Supplies


Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock
Buff Ivory Cover Weight cardstock
Hang Tag String
Dark Jewel Hemp Cord


Other Supplies


Paper:  My Mind's Eye "Stella Rose--Gertie"
Stamp:  Bugaboo "Pig Cupcakes"
Ink:  Copics
Tools:  Nestabilities Scalloped Ovals, Martha Stewart edge punch
Miscellaneous:  Xmas Red Stickles, Michael's #1 bin buttons, Tulip Puffy paint

One egg, or two?

     Mmm, mmm!  Don't those cookies look delicious!  These are my hubby's favorite and no, the card is not THAT small, the cookies are THAT big!  LOL  I've made them smaller a couple of times, but he always wants to know why I'm messing with his cookies.  LOL
     Our Papercraft Star challenge this week is "The Kitchen".  I recently purchased this little chef for a couple of reasons.  (1) I'm a chicken fanatic, and (2) I just thought he was so cute!  :-)  He's from Bugaboo Stamps and he's called Roy Poly Chef.
     The card was made with a combination of papers.  The center piece is Making Memories and I just knew I had to use it since it looked so much like an old aged recipe card.   The decorative design is part of the paper and I stamped the sentiment.  I used a MFT Notebook edge die on the other edge to make it look like it had been in a notebook at some time or another.
     Mr. Roly Poly is colored with Copics.  I added some buttons and lace and those fun tickets.  My sweet friend Dana created those a long time ago and I grabbed them out of my file and added the words.
     We'd love to have you come join the challenge this week for a chance at winning some amazing digital image downloads from our sponsor, The House Across the Bay. The kitchen theme is wide open and we even have a yummy looking photo inspiration if you want to work from that.  Our photos are always optional. Make sure you check out the PCS blog this week at see what Jennifer has come up with to showcase our sponsors cool images.  AND................YAY!  This week we're introducing our newest team member, the amazing and very sweet, Jinny Newlin!  We're so excited to have Jinny join us and I'm sure you will be too when you get to see her wonderful projects each week.
     Hope to see you entered this week!  Be blessed!


I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments--use only two different designer papers
Crafty Boots--food glorious food
Kaboodles Doodles--let's get cooking


Supplies

• Papers:   Simple Stories Generations, Making Memories, Bazzill, Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
• Stamp:  Bugaboo "Roly Poly Chef-Chicken"
• Ink:  Copics, Versafine Vintage Sepia, Frayed Burlap and Walnut Stain Distress ink, Micron pen
• Tools:  MFT Die-namics Notebook Edge die
• Miscellaneous:  Michaels and Hobby Lobby buttons, Kraft Outlet hang Tag string, lace from my stash, tickets are a digi image created by my friend Dana

The Rainbow Connection

     Today starts a new challenge at The Outlawz Greeting Card Group and the theme is "Rainbow".  I'll tell you just like I told Angela when I emailed her this card. This is NOT my best work, but my creativity took off at a run when I seriously started trying to put this card together.  I did not have one rainbow anything in my stash.  No ribbon, no paper, no image...NOTHING!  That's when the panic set in and said mojo took off running like a squealing sissy boy!
     The adorable little bear in rain gear is Bugaboo.  The rainbow is actually a coloring page for kids that I found on the web.  It had the perfect number of sections for ROYGBIV.  :-)  I printed the cloud out twice and used my embosser to round it.  It's popped up on pop dots.  For the center panel I used my Swiss Dots embossing folder and then used the same Copics to color the dots in rainbow colors.
     I had most of the colors for the little acrylic gems at the bottom, but I had to color a couple of clear ones with Copics to match.  I found the sentiments at Dee's Designs.
     I bet everyone of you has at least one great rainbow card idea.  The Outlawz girls would love to see what you've got.
     I'd like to enter this card into a couple of other rainbow challenges out there.  :-)

City Crafter Challenge--colours of the rainbow  (HI GIRLS!!!!)
Totally Papercrafts--rainbow

     Be blessed and don't forget to check out my Kraft Journal post today.  I tackled my first Saturated Canary image.  YIKES!
     Be blessed!


Supplies

• Papers:  Recollections, Georgia Pacific, Copic XPress-it Blending card
• Stamp:  Bugaboo "Rainy Day Bears Rain, Rain"
• Ink:  Copics
• Tools:  Memory Box Scallop die, Swiss Dot embossing folder, Cuttlebug, Bow Easy
• Miscellaneous:  Offray ribbon, acrylic gems from my stash, Glossy Accents

The Kraft Journal Challenge #38

     It's "Witches, Ghosts or Goblins" week at The Kraft Journal.  So break out all those fun Halloween goodies and come join us for the challenge.  Just make sure you use kraft or a product from the Kraft Outlet.
     For my card I used a base of Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock.  After matting with some fun corn candy  and orange Bazzill papers, I added a rectangle of black as a background for this cute little witch and her familiar from Bugaboo Stamps.  I gave her a moon of Buff Ivory Cover Weight cardstock to see by, added some black Twill Tape secured with brads and some Earthy Hemp Cord with a button strung on for fun fun embellishments.  Little witchy is colored with Copics and popped up on foam dots for dimension.
    Come on over and play this week.  You might win a Top Three Spot, Feature me Friday, or the monthly $15.00 voucher.
     We'd also like to get the word out that we would love to have some of you contribute to The Kraft Journal craftiness we share.  Here's a little blurb from Beth to explain:

Have you created a tutorial that showcases products you've purchased from Kraft Outlet? If so, we'd love to feature you in one of our future Watch Us Wednesday tutorial segments of the blog. To be considered send an email to Design and Blog Team Leader Beth Moore (bethcat at sbcglobal dot net), with a product photograph and link to the tutorial and you may be selected as one of our Featured Artists on Watch Us Wednesday!

      Sharing with others is such a huge part of why I got involved with online crafting.  So if you'd like to do some sharing of your "kraft"-i-ness drop Beth an email.      Have a fabulous week!



Kraft Outlet Supplies

• Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock
• Buff Ivory Cover Weight cardstock
• Black Twill Tying Tape
• Earthy hemp Cord

Other Supplies

• Papers:  The Paper Studio, Bazzill, Copic X-Press It Blending card
• Stamp:  Bugaboo Stamps
• Copics:  BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29, C4, C6, C8, E000, E00, E02, FYG2, V17, YR68
• Tools:  Marvy Uchida 1" circle punch
• Miscellaneous:  button from my stash

The Kraft Journal Challenge #31

     It's party time!!

     This week at The Kraft Journal we want to see projects made with the theme of "Carnivals, parades, or parties".  I decided to take another shot at coloring with Prismacolor pencils on kraft.  The base of my card is Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock.  I added a mat layer of Buff Ivory Covor Weight cardstock on top of the base.  Next comes some DP matted on more of the Brown Kraft and then the image, matted on both the Buff Ivory and the Brown Kraft.  The image itself was colored on Lunch Bag Kraft cardstock.  The paper has great tooth for grabbing the pencil.  There's a piece of Twill Tying Tape wrapped around the middle, a sentiment cut out of the Brown Kraft, and a little banner across the top made with Chipboard Banner Pieces that I covered with some of the DP.  I added a little punched strip of paper to each piece along with an acrylic rhinestone and hung the banner on some Red Baker's Twine.

     You have ntil Sunday at 6:00 p.m. EST to get your project linked up for a chance at out Top 3, a Feature Me Friday Spot, and our monthly $15.00 voucher from Kraft Outlet.  Don't forget, if you use one of the CD sleeves Beth has been showcasing, you'll get a second entry in to the voucher drawing.

     Happy Monday!

Kraft Outlet Supplies

Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock
Buff Ivory Cover Weight cardstock
Lunch Bag Kraft cardstock
Chipboard Banner Pieces
Red Baker's Twine
Twill Tying Tape

Other Supplies

Paper:  We Are Memory Keepers, Georgia Pacific
Stamp:  Bugaboo "Scene It Bear Bday"
Ink:  Prismacolor Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits
Tools:  Nestabilities Double End tags (S3-149)
Miscellaneous:  Yellow and Crystal Stickles, Recollections brads, acrylic rhinestones