Four Little Robins

      It's "Flourishes" week at Papercraft Star.  I won a voucher to one of my favorite crafty supply stores, Simon Says Stamp, a while back and this cute little MFT flourish die was one of my item choices.  I LOVE it!
     My card is created on a base of Brown Kraft cardstock matted with black and cream.  The image is from Just Inklined and I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and OMS.  The edges are all inked with Vintage photo.  I printed out the holly berry image from the "Christmas Squares 055" digital sheet from our sponsor, The House Across the Bay.

     I cut it out with a 1" circle punch and layered it with three chipboard circle to give it some thickness and depth.  I used a Brilliance Dew Drop in gold to edge the piece.

     Hope you'll join us for this week challenge.  You just might win some great digital sheets from our sponsor and/or one of our Top Spot awards.  Link closes at 6:00 a.m. EST on Monday.

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

ABC Christmas Challenge--Vintage Christmas
Scrapbook Sisters--anything goes

Creative Craft Challenges--fancy edges

Lady Bug Crafts Ink--non traditional or distressed Christmas

Craft your passion--BINGO (pearls, free space, ribbon)

Heart Song Inspirations--embossing and three or more layers

Paper Playtime--anything goes, past or present project

The Catered Crop--recipe

• Stamps: girls, banners, farmer, crow
• Colors: pink/burgundy, green; jewel tone fall colors
• Theme: Christmas or Fall
• Inks: Distress Ink, markers
• Papers: stripes and polka dots, kraft
• Tools: sewing machine, die cuts, circle punch
• Embellishments: Fun Flock, seam binding, gemstones, glimmer mists, glitter, jingle bells, lace, buttons, burlap, twine, and cord

Corrosive Challenge--with a flourish

One Stitch at a Time--Christmas

Stamptacular Sunday--borders and frames

The Ribbon Girl--jingle all the way to Christmas

Catch the Bug--photo inspiration 

Fussy and Fancy--black, border punch, bling

Jingle Belles--Christmas creatures

Wags 'n Whiskers--black with ribbon or pearls

     Happy Wednesday!

Supplies

• Papers:  Kraft Outlet Brown Kraft, Recollections, Bazzill, Kodak Photo paper
• Digital Image:  The House Across the Bay "Christmas Squares (055)
• Stamp:  Just Inklined "Four Robins"
• Ink:  Prismacolor pencils, Vintage Photo Distress ink, Brilliance Galaxy Gold Dew Drop
• Tools:  Cuttlebug Textile embossing folder, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Labels Eighteen, MFT Die-namics Fancy Flourish, EK Success 1" circle punch, EK Success Diamond lace edge punch
• Miscellaneous:  Celebrate It ribbon, The Paper Studio pearls

The Kraft Journal Challenge #24

     June 21st is the first official day of summer. It's also my dad's birthday.
     I've had this image in my files for a long time, but when I saw this week's challenge at The Kraft Journal I knew I had to print it out for my DT card. Summer and barbecue--oh yeah! My daughter would definitely want to kiss this cook with that juicy steak on his fork.
     He's actually my second go at this image. The first one was done in more red, white, and blue colors, but when I saw this We R Memory Keepers paper in my stash I just had to use it. So . . . cook got recolored. {grin}  I also ran the top piece of red through an embossing folder and sanded it a little.
     The little star banner was created using stars I cut out of chipboard and covered in some of the paper. They're strung on some Red Baker's Twine.

     For the inside of the card I covered a Card Sleeve Envelope with some of the paper and wrapped some the the Bakers Twine around it.  Before I covered the sleeve I used my sewing machine to sew across the sleeve since it's deeper that the tag.  The tag is a Scalloped Grungy Prim Tag.  I used a little mini stamp set to stamp the cook out details and stapled a piece of Natural Twill Tape to the tag.
     So what reminds you of summer?  Get your entries linked up by 6:00 p.m. EST Sunday for your chance at this months $15.00 store voucher to the Kraft Outlet.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations paint--bright colors
Sentimental Sundays--summery or sparkly
Crazy 4 Challenges--add twine, floss or string
Just Some Lines--spotty/dotty
Aud Sentiments--summertime
Do You Stack Up--use a star
Alota Rubber Stamps--summertime
Always Something Creative--summertime
Crafters Companion--here comes summer
Crafting for All Seasons--summer
Little Darlings--summer theme

     Happy Monday!


Kraft Outlet Supplies

Precut Chipboard Full Sheet
Red Baker's Twine
 Card Sleeve Envelope
Scalloped Grungy prim Tag
Natural Twill Tape

Supplies

Papers:  We R Memory Keepers, Georgia Pacific, Copic Express-it Blending Card
Stamp:  Just Inklined "Kiss the Cook", We R Memory Keepers "Time"
Ink:  Shabby Shutters Distress ink, Versafine Vintage Sepia, Sakura Sepia Micron Pigment pen
Copics
            skin E000, E00, E13
            hair E31, E35, YR20
            hat and apron W1, W3
            clothing B91, B93, B95, B97, YG11, YG17, E53, E57
            tongs N1, N3, N5, N7
            meats E07, E08, E97, R24, R27, R29, E41
            grill YR65, YR68, N1, N3, N5, N7
Tools:  Nestabilities Large Deckled Rectangles (S4-202), Sizzix Stars #2 die, Cuttlebug Embossing folder Spots and Dots
Miscellaneous:  Offray ribbon, Yellow Stickles

Another Mexico Phil!

     You guys got such a kick out of Mexico Phil so here he is again.  I'd had that other image for quite a while and right after I posted him Just Inklined came out with another one.  This time he has his trusty mount Horhay with him.  I couldn't resist the wisecrack sentiment with that look on Horhay's face.  LOL
     This card was inspired by the Make It Colorful challenge.  The challenge was "coloring skies".  YIKES!  I was clueless, but thankfully one of my coloring heroes, Annika the Great, offered up a fabulous step-by-step tutorial.  I had to fudge a little because I didn't have the exact colors she used, but I was rather amazed at how it turned out.  Not perfect, but not to bad for a first try I think.  Here's a close up before I added the sentiment.

     I just knew I had to create a scene for Phil and Horhay so I went surfing and found a kids coloring page of a canyon scene.  It's just amazing what you can find out there!  Anyway, it didn't print out very well so I got out one of the first major crafty tool purchases I ever made, a light box, wiped off the 2 inches of dust (just kidding--it was only 1 inch--hee hee) and put it to work.  I lightly traced the parts of the image I wanted to use in pencil.  I colored it with Copics and then went back in with a Sakura Micron sepia pen and went over the lines of the drawing.  I probably should have done the sky first in case I messed it up, but I didn't and thankfully it turned out okay.

     Next came Phil and Horhay, also colored with Copics, and then I created the card base and design using some Cosmo Cricket Wanted papers.  Phil looks like a good guy to me (I could be predjudiced since my hubby's name is Phillip) so I don't think his face was plastered on any Wanted posters.  Now Horhay--hmmm....that might be a different story. {grin}

     I hope you like this Phil too.  I was tired as all get out last night, but could NOT put the markers down I was having so much fun coloring.

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

Make It Colorful--coloring skies

Cheerful Stamp Pad--Are we there yet?

Crafty Ann's--raise a smile

Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge--photo inspiration

Paper Play--Critters galore

Moving Along with the Times--sketch

Happy Monday!

Supplies

Papers:  Cosmo Cricket Wanted, Bazzill, Recollections, Copic Express-it Blending card, Georgia Pacific
Stamp:  Just Inklined "Mexico Phil and Horhay"
Copics:  too many to list LOL
Tools:  light box, sewing machine, paper piercer
Miscellaneous:  Recollections brads