You can't pinch me!

     Everybody's Irish on St. Patty's Day!  :-)  Don't know if it was a practice where you're from, but if we don't have green on that day you're fair game to be pinched.  Youch!  This Irish lass won't have to worry about that.  :-)
     I have the honor of being asked by the wonderful DT Coordinators at Phindy's Friday Challenge to be their Guest Designer for this week's challenge.  Thank you so much ladies!
     Can you guess what the theme is?--- no not St. Patty's, although that fits for sure.  It's monochromatic green.  Now not long ago the thought of doing a monochromatic card would have scared me to death, but I've gotten a few of them under my belt now and they're not so bad.  :-)
     The image is called "Lots of Luck to You" and you can find it in Phindy's store along with lots of other great images.  Lots of green and a smidge of brown, red/orange, and gold on this card.  I've colored her with Copics and Prisma pencils.
     We'd love to have you come join us in this fun challenge at Phindy's Friday Challenge blog so create your monochromatic green card, whether it's for St. Patty's or not and come play!
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Delightful Challenge--St. Patrick's Day
Do You Stack Up?--go green
Digistamps 4 Joy--green
Inky Impressions--luck/green
Whimsical Wednesdays--green
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations--St. Paddy's Day
Love to Create--monochromatic
My Grafico--St. Patrick's Day
Hybrid Chick Card Caravan--lucky green
The Outlaws Copic Challenge--St. Patty's/Irish/green

     Have a wonderful day!


Supplies

• Paper:  Bazzill, Recollections, Kaisercraft, Copic Xpress-it Blending card
• Stamp:  Phindy's Place "Lots of Luck to You"
• Ink:  Copics, Prismacolor Pencils and OMS
• Tools:  Martha Stewart Vintage Floral punch around the page set, EK Success corner rounder
• Miscellaneous:  Offray ribbon, Recollections gemstones, Diamond Stickles, Olive Vine Glimmer Mist

Stay Warm!

(Hope you guys don't get tired of seeing me today.  I have four posts scheduled so don't miss out on my Kraft Journal tutorial and my two posts for Inky Impressions including a blog hop)

     I don't know about where you live, but here on the coast our weather just can't make up it's mind what it wants to do.  Freezing one day, hot the next.  Everybody's getting colds from the back and forth and you never know how to dress.  Craziness!  :-)

     Our Papercraft Star challenge this week is "Warmth".  This may sound crazy for someone who lives in the boiling hot south, but I love to be bundled up.  I'm very cold natured which unfortunately is the polar opposite of my hubby.  I really believe his thermosat is broken.  LOL

     So, for my card (since I like to bundle), I've used a cute image from Phindy's Place and colored it with Copics.  Both tags come from the Grunge Tags (048) digital sheet from our sponsor, The House Across the Bay.  I printed them out on cardstock and stamped the sentiment on the smaller one.

     We'd love for you to come and join us for our challenge this week.  You have until Monday morning at 6:00 a.m. EST to link up and have a chance to win some awesome digital image downloads from THATB.

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

Anything Goes Challenge--anything goes

Top Tip Tuesday--anything goes

Tuesday Throwdown--baby it's cold outside

Lexi's Creations--anything goes

Make It Monday--anything goes

Truly Madly Crafty--anything goes

Dream Valley--anything goes

Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle--winter something

     Happy Wednesday!

Supplies

• Papers:  K & Company Julianne, Bazzill, Copic XPress-it Blending card, Georgia Pacific
• Digital Image:  The House Across the Bay "Grunge Tags (048)"
• Stamp:  Phindy's Place "Let's Play", Papertrey Ink "Mixed Messages"
• Ink:  Copics, Versafine Vintage Sepia
• Tools:  sewing machine, Making Memories eyelet setter
• Miscellaneous:  Recollections pearls, Offray ribbon, The Paper Studio brads

The Kraft Journal Challenge #34

     For this week's Celebration challenge at The Kraft Journal I decided to try making one of the cute little pizza box gift boxes I saw at Splitcoast Stampers.  I used a sheet of Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock to create the box.  It was then stamped with that pretty doily stamp and embossed in white.  I used some My Mind's Eye designer paper and threaded some white ribbon around the box to dress it up.

     For the inside of the box I lined the lid with some more of the My Mind's Eye paper and did the bottom in Buff Ivory Cover Weight cardstock.  Perfect size for a couple of yummy cookies!

     The matching card is just a simple little card made with more of the Brown Kraft and My Mind's Eye.  For the image I decided to try out the new coloring technique everybodys trying where you print or stamp your image out in a light color instead of the regular black.  I love the vintage look of this, but I definitely would have made her hair lighter.  I couldn't get it to look right so added more ink and then Prismacolor pencil and it just came out too dark for my liking.  I probably could have printed the image out a tad lighter too to actually be doing the technique correctly, but other that her hair I liked the look of it.  I wrapped the image and mat with some Green Baker's Twine and added a button.

     This would make a cute little quick gift for a co-worker or to pop in that special someones lunch box.  :-)

     We'd love to have you join us for this weeks challenge at The Kraft Journal.  Just get those projects linked up by 6:00 p.m. EST on Sunday.  Make sure you have kraft or a Kraft Outlet product on your creation and you just might be one of our Top Three Picks, Feature Me Friday artist or the lucky winner of out monthly drawing for a $15.00 voucher to the Kraft Outlet store!

     Happy Wednesday!

Kraft Outlet Supplies

Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock
Buff Ivory Cover Weight cardstock
Green Baker's Twine

Other Supplies
Papers:  My Mind's Eye, Copic X-Press It Blending card
Stamp:  Phindy's Place "Celebrate with Cake",  My Mind's Eye Stella Rose Gertie "Girly" stamps
Copics
           skin E000, E00,, E01, E11
           hair E27, E29, E31
           clothing BG10, BG11, BG13, C0, E31, E33, E35, E51, E53, E55, RV10, RV11, RV13, RV14
           cake E51, R43, R46, R59
Tools:  Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace edge punch, Nestabilities Standard Circles Large (S4-114), Ribbon Thread punch
Miscellaneous:  Offray ribbon, Stampendous Opaque White embossing powder, Versamark, Diamond Stickles, Basic Grey button. Prismacolor pencils

Friends to the end

     I am so thrilled to be asked by Cec and the DT girls at Phindys Place to be their Guest Designer again for this weeks challenge.  The challenge itself is to include handmade embellishments on your card.  I chose to make some little seam binding flowers.  I used Glimmer Mist to color two of them and left the large one white.

     I've used more of my My Mind's Eye papers, a paper doily, a few punched flowers and leaves and a cute little laser cut chipboard corner.

     My image is called "Squeezes" and it's colored with Copic markers.  You can find this image and a lot of other cuties at the Phindy's Place store.

     So pop over to The Phindys Place Challenge Blog and link up a card using some handmade embellishments.

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

Craft Us Crazy--anything goes

Digi Doodle--anythings goes

Aud Sentiments--anything goes

Paper Crafting Journey--anything goes

Digi Stamps 4 Joy--handmade flowers

Creative Card Crew--handmade flowers

Happileigh Scrappin'--girly

Heart Song Inspirations--shabby chic and/or pearls

House of Gilli--sketch

Stamptacular Sunday--apricot. bling, and cute critter

     Have a fabulous weekend!

Supplies

Papers:  My Mind's Eye, Recollections, Bazzill, Copic X-Press it Blending card
Stamp:  Phindy's Place "Squeezes", Papertrey Ink "Mixed Messages"
Copics:
            skin E000, E00, E11, E13, R20,
            hair E21, E25, E27, E29
            clothing BG72, N5, RV11, RV13Y35, YR68, YG93, YG97, YG99
            cat W1, W3, N3, E01, B93
            shadowing E41, E42, E43
Tools:  Nestabilities Lacey Circles(S4-293), Standard Circles Large(S4-114), and Classic Scalloped Circles Large(S4-124), EK Success 1" circle punch and small Retro flower punch, Martha Stewart Frond punch
Miscellaneous:  Hug Snug seam binding, Candlelight Glimmer Mist, Studio 112 pearls, The Paper Studio pearls, Cotton Candy Stickles, paper doily, Celebrate It ribbon, Make It Crafty decorative laser cut chipboard corner, Picket Fence Distress Crackle paint, Inkadinkado Blending Chalk

Hello Friend

Third post for today, so if you missed my tutorial for The Kraft Journal or my card for this weeks Papercraft Star challenge, please click on the links.
     Well, this card is an experiment of sorts since I was trying to improve my skills at coloring pleats and folds.  Let's just say I need a lot more practice.  LOL  It was also a little break from my mini album project I gave you a sneak peek at.  I'll have another peek coming up soon.
     The image is from Phindy's Place and the papers are from a brand new 6 x 6 pad of Bo Bunny's Gabrielle that I purchased recently.
     I added a lot of machine stitching cause I love to stitch on my cards.  There's also some pretty antique lace that I caught on sale at Joann's.  The butterfly was punched with a Martha Stewart punch, once out of vellum and secondly out of a dictionary page.  Both layers were painted with Creative Inspirations Paint in a pretty sea foam color.  The paint is so pretty and sparkly and a little goes a long way!
     I'd like to enter the little friends in the following challenges:

Phindy's Place--doubling up (2 brads, 2 roses, 2 ribbons. 2 layers on the butterfly)
Crafty Cardmakers--flutterbies
Stamp Something--embellish it
Little Darlings--girly

Thanks for popping in!


Supplies

Papers:  Bo Bunny Gabrielle, Bazzill, Recollections, Copic X-Press It Blending card, Kraft Outlet Vellum, Kraft Outlet Vintage Dictionary Pages
Stamp:  Phindy's Place "Birdie", Stampendous "Notes for a Friend"
Ink:  Vintage Photo Distress ink, Versafine Vintage Sepia
Copics:  B91, B93, B95, BG10, E000, E00, E11, E13, E41, E43, E47, E71, E74, E79, R21, R22, W1, W3, Y35
Tools:  Nestabilities Classic Squares Large (S4-126) and Standard Circles large (S4-114), Martha Stewart butterfly punch, sewing machine
Miscellaneous:  The Paper Studio brads, Recollections pearls and mini roses, Offray ribbon, lace from Joanns

Guest Designer at Phindy's Place

     Last month I was blessed to have two of my cards chosen as Card of the Week at the Phindy's Place Challenge Blog AND to be asked to be a Guest Designer in July.  Thank you Phindy and DT ladies!!

     This is the card I created for my Guest Designer spot.  I've used the "Pretty Blooms" stamp from Phindy's Place and colored it with Copics according to the "Pretty Pastels" theme.

     My papers are from a new purchase, a Kaisercraft English Rose 6 x 6 paper pad.  I just love the soft vintage colors.  Soft blues, greens and pinks are my favorites to work with.

     It looks like Phindy's is going to be another folder in my digi library that is well stocked.  I really enjoyed working with this image and I have several others in my arsenal already that you'll be seeing (and have seen--Speedster is one of Phindy's and so is that sweet little bear with the carriage from a couple of weeks ago).  If you join in the challenges you just might win and be able to add a few of Phindy's images to your own stash of digis.

     Hope you like my little fashion plate gardener.  LOL 

     I'd like to enter her into the following challenges:

Totally Papercrafts--girly girl
Fussy and Fancy--summer
Crafty Sentiments—use stitching
Do You Stack Up—faux or real stitching
Pixie Dust Studio—girly girly
Rainbow Lady's--stitching, real, faux or pinked edges
The Rubber Café—use spellbinder dies
Crafts and Me—summertime
Divas By Design—pastels
Simon Says Stamp--anything goes
Aud Sentiments--sentiment with at least two words
Digital Tuesdays--use one or more dies
Going Grey with Scrap Creations--use at least 2 DP's and 2 embellishments
The Stamping Boutique--summer scene
Tuesday Throwdown--Fun in the sun
Crazy Challenge--summertime
Creative Stamp Friends--summer
DDH Challenges--summer
Stamps R Us--through the garden gate
Crazy 4 Challenges--summer themed

     Have a fabulous weekend!

Supplies


Papers:  Kaisercraft English Rose, Bazzill, Recollections
Stamp:  Phindy's Place "Pretty Blooms", Papertrey Ink "Mixed Messages"
Inks+:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Victorian Velvet Distress ink, Marcy Uchida white gel pen, Inkadinkado Blending Chalks, Diamond Stickles
Copics:
             skin E000, E00, E04, E11
             hair E31, E35
             clothing R000, R00, R11, R12, E50, E51, E53
             flowers E04, R000, G82, G85, G94
             watering can G40
             ground G82, G85
Tools:  Nestabilities Classic Ovals (S4-110), Classic Scalloped Ovals Large (S4-111), and Lacey Squares (S4-295); Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace edge punch and Frond punch; sewing machine
Miscellaneous:  Offray ribbon, fabric roses, fiber, and pearl stamens from my stash, Recollections pearls

Vrooom!

     This little cutie is called "Speedster" and she's a Phindy's Place image.  She's colored with Copics and I did that blue chalk shading again.  I really like how it looks and it's just so amazing what a difference that little bit of chalk makes.
     I took a look through my Picasa Web Album for my blog yesterday and boy oh boy!  Some of that stuff is so embarassing I'm VERY tempted to take it off.  LOL  I also noticed that I really like to use blue, cream, and brown---A LOT!   It is one of my favorites, and as you can see I used it again on this card.
     I wanted to use the shape of my Nesties Labels Two for the image but I wanted it to be a little longer than the die so I traced around the ends of it, connected the lines in the middle, and then just added the subsequent layers and cut with my scissors.  The flowers were colored with my B93 Copic marker and then sprayed with Old Lace Glimmer Mist for some sparkle.
     I absolutely LOVED this sketch when I saw it and for the bottom split panel I decided to add some scrunchy seam binding and a little bow.
     Hope you like little Speedster.  I'd like to enter her into the following challenges:

Bearly Mine--anything goes
Deep Ocean Challenge--cards
Going Grey with Scrap Creations--summer
Creative Inspirations Paint--summer vacation
Paper Sundaes--stitching
Crafting Life's Pieces--sketch
Phindy's Place--anything goes, use a Phindy's image
Stamp Something--use a digi

Thanks for popping in!



Supplies

Papers:  Prima Jack and Jill, GCD Ella Blue, Bazzill, Recollections, Copic X-Press-It Blending card
Stamp:  Phindy's Place "Speedster"
Ink:  Old Lace Glimmer Mist, Inkadinkado Blending Chalks
Copics:
            skin  E000, E00, E11, E13
            hair E47
            clothing B91, B93
            tricycle E31, E35, E41, C0, C2, C4, C6, C8
            shadowing E41, E43
Tools:  Nestabilities Labels Two (S4-162), Sizzix Decorative Flourishes set, sewing machine, Bow Easy
Miscellaneous:  Recollections pearls, Prima e-line flowers, Waterfall Stickles, Martha Stewart Seam Binding

Beary Sweet

     This is a simple little card I made for the challenge at Phindy's Place.  Isn't it a sweet image!  The image is colored with Copics.  I REALLY missed my markers while I was on vacation.  LOL

     This is my second post of the day so scroll down to see little Rapunzel if you missed her.

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

Phindy's Place--black and white except for the image

Crafts 4 Eternity--use embellishments starting with "R" (ribbon and rhinestones)

Truly Scrumptious--sketch

Sweet Stamps--embossing

Forever Friends--spots and dots, must include an animal

Happileigh Scrappin--embossing

Happy Friday!

Supplies

Papers:  Recollections, X-Press It Copic Blending Card
Stamp:  Phindy's Place "Beary Beautiful", Hampton Art grid stamp
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Copics:
            bears E41, E43, E47, R30
            dress R81, R83, R85
            flowers Y08
            buggy  RV10, RV21, RV23, N1, N3, N5, N7, BV29
            shadowing W1, W3
Tools:  Nestabilities Labels Sixteen (S4-301), Memory Makers eyelet setter, EK Success Retro Flower punch and Scalloped Scallop border punch, Martha Stewart Frond punch, Cuttlebug, Spots and Dots embossing folder
Miscellaneous:  Offray Ribbon, Recollections eyelets, The Paper Studio pearls, Michaels $1 bin rhinestones, Inkadinkado Blending Chalks