Stamping In The Light: March 2012

Saturday, March 31, 2012

He Is Risen!

Second post for me today. If you're looking for my Play Date Cafe post, please scroll down one. Thanks.

I found another interesting challenge blog surfing the net when I couldn't sleep the other night called 4Crafty Chicks and decided to give it a try. I couldn't sleep from the pain I was in from my migraine and the double meds were not working, so it was either stamp or cry and trust me, the cry part hurts worse. This week's challenge is Easter and I still had some Easter stamps on my stamp table from a challenge the week before.

So I pulled out my Blessings set and stamped the lilies in memento tuxedo black ink onto MFP white storm card stock and colored with prismacolor markers before lightly stippling Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the edges and layering. Then, I stamped one of the butterflies from Hello Butterflies in Tim Holtz tattered rose distress ink onto strawberry milkshake premium paper before stippling and layering onto a stamped spring leaf card (using the butterfly from MFP's birthday mini).

Once all of my layering was done, I took my He Is Risen set and stamped the saying in memento black making sure the saying split the lilies stem. Then taking some left over spring leaf card stock, I die cut a sizzix flourish and added a silk Michael's bridal confetti butterfly with a pearl brad body using pop up glue dots.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Blessings, He Is Risen, Hello Butterflies, Birthday Mini

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tattered Rose Distress Ink, Stampin Up! Green Galore, Bashful Blue

Card Stock: MFP White Storm, Strawberry Milkshake, Spring Leaf

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Sizzix Flourish Die, Big Shot, Pearl Brads, Making Memories White Baby Brads, Stipple Brushes, Pop Up Glue Dots, Michael's Butterfly Bridal Confetti, Micro Glue Dots, Mini Glue Dots

Wild Horses At The Play Date Cafe

I recently found a new (to me) challenge blog called The Play Date Cafe and decided to play along when I saw this week's color splash challenge. This week we were to use only black, white and a splash of brown just like the picture below.

When I first saw the photo, I immediately thought of horses instead of rabbits for some reason. So I pulled out my Wild Horses stamp set by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company and got to work.

After stamping my main image in memento tuxedo black onto white storm heavy card stock, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and colored the image before layering and adding some Making Memories black baby brads. Then I stamped my saying and running horse border before adhering the layered image to the card. I'm really happy with the way it turned out considering I had made it with no sleep and a major migraine from the storms going through.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and join in on this week's Play Date Cafe challenge. You still have a few days left.

Stamps: MFP Wild Horses
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: MFP White Storm, Chipboard, Stampin Up! Black
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Making Memories Black Baby Brads

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Let's Grab A Cup - My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch #54

Hello and welcome to another My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern sketch challenge. This week we have a very easy sketch for you.

For my card, I pulled out an older set, Grab A Cup, and stamped it in memento tuxedo black ink onto white card stock before stamping the "cup" in memento rich cocoa ink as the letter U. I then stamped the steam in memento London fog before pulling out a Close To My Heart vanilla marker to color the sugar bowl and a Stampin Up! lavender marker for the accents. The coffee stains were also stamped in memento rich cocoa. Once all of my stamping was done, I pulled out my stipple brush and lightly stippled Adirondack latte ink around the edges of the card before adding a coffee colored ribbon from my stash. A quick, clean and simple card taking only about 15min total even with another migraine.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and stop by all of the MTME Pretty Pattern Sketch team blogs to see the samples. You can find all of the links on the MTME blog here. While you're there, why not play along with the challenge.

Stamps: MTME Grab A Cuppa
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, London Fog, Lulu Lavender, Adirondack Latte
Card Stock: White
Accessories: Stipple Brush, CTMH Vanilla Marker, Stampin Up! Lavender Marker, Ribbon

Monday, March 26, 2012

Turquoise Peacock - Moxie Fab Feather Challenge

Hello all and welcome to Tuesday! Today I am sharing a card I made for the Moxie Fab Fascination With Feathers challenge. I've had this Hero Arts stamp set in my stash for awhile just begging for ink and the perfect opportunity arrived, especially since I was having a hard time sleeping from a migraine over the weekend.

I started out by stamping one of the peacock tail feathers in Stampin Up! tempting turquoise around a turquoise card to form a frame before adding a dry embossed teal panel. Once that was done I added some $1 ribbon from stash and then stamped my main image in memento tuxedo black ink onto snow storm smooth premium paper before coloring with prismacolor markers and stippling tempting turquoise ink over the tail feathers. Once that was done, I got this wild hair, and stamped some "loose" feathers underneath the feet of the peacock, colored them, and stippled the same ink over my coloring before layering and adding teal brads. Then I added some Recollections bling, diamond ice stickles, and silver ice stickles to the tail feathers and head accents before adding some primas with silver ice stickle centers.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and make sure to stop by the Moxie Fab blog to enter into the challenge. You still have plenty of time since it ends on April 2nd.

Stamps: Hero Arts
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Tempting Turquoise, Taken With Teal
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Stampin Up! Tempting Turquoise, Taken With Teal
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Ribbon, Primas, Glue Dots, Ice Stickles, Brads

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Easter Lilies - Friends of SpeedyTV Challenge #13

Hello everyone and welcome to another Friends of SpeedyTV challenge by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company. This week we are giving away MFP's Pussy Willow stamp set as the challenge prize.

First, I would like to welcome some new members of the Friends of SpeedyTV design team:

Barbara

Davi

Tammylee

With Easter fast approaching, our challenge this week is to make an Easter card. I started out by pulling out Blessings and stamping my lily images in memento tuxedo black ink onto Mark's Finest Papers snow storm smooth premium paper and coloring with prismacolor markers before cutting out the lilies. Once my cutting was done, I then stamped the lilies onto my strawberry milk premium paper card in Tim Holtz tattered rose distress ink as a border around an embossed deep olive panel.

Then I made sure to add the lilies, crossing the stems, with glue dots before adding a pre-made gingham Martha Stewart bow, punched butterflies with bling centers, and then stippling the tattered rose distress ink around the edges of the entire card.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and please make sure to check out the rest of the design teams samples as well as participate in the challenge. We'd love to see what you come up with.

Stamps: MFP Blessings

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tattered Rose

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Strawberry Milk, Deep Olive

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Ice Stickles, Stipple Brush, Bling, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Glue Dots, Martha Stewart Bow, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Hello Flowers

Hi all. I couldn't sleep the other night since I was in so much pain from a migraine, so I decided to take a digital image I've had on my stamp desk and put it to good use as a second card for this week's For Your Inspiration #26 challenge and also for one on Splitcoast. As a reminder, here's the inspiration picture from FYI.

The digital image I used is a freebie from Sliekjestamps and is so cute to color with prismacolor markers, especially when combined with My Time Made Easy's Amour digital paper. Then I stamped my saying using Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company You Light Up Your Life stamp set. Once my coloring was finished, I took some scrap olive card stock and die cut three borders using The Cat's Pajamas icing border die, then punched two sets of faux brads from scrap razzleberry card stock before gluing them on with a Martha Stewart 2-way glue pen. Then, I lightly stippled bashful blue and wild wasabi inks around my main image before popping it up over the die cut border. My final embellishments were ice stickles on the flowers and some Stampin Up! razzleberry satin ribbon.

Challenges this card is submitted for:

For Your Inspiration #26

SCS F4A109 - Using Three or More

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.

Stamps: Sliekjestamps Digital Image, MFP You Light Up Your Life

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi

Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, MTME Amour Digital Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, TCP Icing Border Die, Big Shot, Ice Stickles, Stipple Brushes, Ribbon, Glue Dots, Mini Hole Punch, Martha Stewart 2-Way Glue Pen

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Mother's Magnolias - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 4

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's March Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lighthouses Featured March 20
Flap My Wattles Featured March 21
Wild Horses Featured March 22
Mother's Magnolias Featured March 23

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on March 24, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday March 23, 2012.

Pam

Our big promotion this month! With the purchase of the March New Release Package, you will receive this stamp set for FREE!

Our March New Release Mini:

Brick Wall

Today we are featuring a set called Mother's Magnolias by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company and this set is just perfect for Mother's Day cards, Father's Day cards (yes the saying is great for dads too), friendship cards or for scrapbooking. When my mother lost her battle with breast cancer 21years ago, I also lost my best friend, teacher, confidant, and pseudo-twin. Mom and I had so many mother-daughter sets of clothes, and we liked pretty much the same things, that a lot of people really wondered if we weren't sisters instead. My mom is also the one who taught me how to craft and how to really color. I'm not just talking about your basic coloring book stuff, but painting, coloring with pencils, pens, markers, etc and cake decorating. My mom was her happiest when she was making something.

I decided to make a scrapbook page for my project this month after reading the saying that came with this stamp set. This saying is my mom in a nutshell and is the best way I can think of to say thanks. I printed out a black and white picture of her when she was around 10 years old which is one of my favorites of her and paired it with one of the last ones taken of the two of us together. The color photo was taken approximately 8 months before she died, right after announcing my engagement. I have a hard time looking at my wedding photos of her because she passed away soon afterwards and she looked so sick at the wedding. Here she looks healthy even though the cancer had spread everywhere throughout her body.

I started out by stamping my images onto Mark's Finest Papers White Storm premium paper in memento tuxedo black ink and then colored them with prismacolor markers. Once the coloring was done, I cut everything out and adhered them to my scrapbook page making sure to arrange some of the flowers over the photos. Once my saying was stamped and layered, I also adhered it over the black and white photo with a couple of flowers arranged around the lettering.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and make sure to stop by the rest of the design team blogs and leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set.

Stamps: MFP Mother's Magnolia's
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: MFP White Storm, Markie Strawberry Milkshake, Spring Leaf, Michael's Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Printer, Computer, Photos

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Wild Horses - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 3

Second post for me today. If you're looking for my My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch, please scroll down one post.

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's March Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lighthouses Featured March 20
Flap My Wattles Featured March 21
Wild Horses Featured March 22
Mother's Magnolias Featured March 23

Pam

Our big promotion this month! With the purchase of the March New Release Package, you will receive this stamp set for FREE!

Our March New Release Mini:

Brick Wall

Today we are featuring a new western set called Wild Horses. Now I happen to LOVE western, or horse, stamp sets so this months release is definitely one of my favorites since joining the design team. This set definitely has something for everyone and would also make a great framed wall hanging. With that in mind, that's what I set out to do for my project today.

I started out by stamping the main horse image twice in memento tuxedo black ink on MFP Snow Storm Smooth and then colored them both with prismacolor markers before cutting one out to pop up on dimensionals under the glass. Once I was done with my coloring and cutting, I took the horse trio and stamped it in memento rich cocoa on the frame mat before stamping the saying in the memento black as well. A clean and simple project to decorate the house with that only took 10 minutes to make.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs and leave some love for a chance to win today's set.

Stamps: MFP Wild Horses
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rich Cocoa
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth,
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Dollar Store Frame, Dimensionals

Congratulations Garden Apron - My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch #53

Hello and welcome to another My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch challenge. This week's sketch had me totally stumped so I decided to just take the inspiration and march "to the beat of a different drummer".

For my card I first downloaded and printed off MTME's Gardener's Apron card template onto Stampin Up! summer sun card stock and cut it out. Then I printed out MTME's Buzzy Blooms digital paper, adhered one layer of the apron to the back of the paper, and cut it out before adhering to the apron card. Finally, I pulled out my Tending The Garden acrylic stamps and stamped the pockets, flowers and saying before cutting out and coloring with some Copic Spica pens I received as a gift. Definitely different from the sketch, but a totally fun card to make.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and join us this week at My Time Made Easy for the challenge.

Stamps: MTME Tending The Garden
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Summer Sun, Tim Holtz Wild Honey
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Summer Sun, MTME Buzzy Blooms Digital Paper
Accessories: Copic Spica Pens, MTME Gardener's Apron Template, Computer, Printer, Brads, Bow, Glue Dots

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Flap My Wattles - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 2

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's March Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lighthouses Featured March 20
Flap My Wattles Featured March 21
Wild Horses Featured March 22
Mother's Magnolias Featured March 23

Pam

Our big promotion this month! With the purchase of the March New Release Package, you will receive this stamp set for FREE!

Our March New Release Mini:

Brick Wall

Today we are featuring Flap My Wattles, a fantastic set that's great for get well, snarky birthday's, just because, or basically any type of card you can think of - even home decor! Although I haven't made it yet, I see this set framed and hanging in my kitchen with the rest of my chicken stuff.

For my card today, I started out by stamping my images in memento tuxedo black ink onto Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company Snow Storm Smooth premium paper and then coloring with prismacolor markers. Once my coloring was done, I started stippling Adirondack sunshine yellow, Tim Holtz scattered straw, wild honey, and Adirondack stream dye inks around the edges to "age" the panel a bit. Then after adding some October Afternoon Thrift Shop designer paper over a scrambled egg card base, I stippled the same Adirondack stream ink around the edges so it would match the layered panel. After adding some wonderful morning sun gingham ribbon, I popped up my panel over the ribbon and then added the saying using a Spellbinders banner die.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs and leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set.

Stamps: MFP Flap My Wattles
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Adirondack Stream, Sunshine Yellow, Tim Holtz Scattered Straw, Wild Honey
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Scrambled Egg, Evergreen, October Afternoon Thrift Shop Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Pop Dots, Brads, Spellbinders Banner Dies, MFP Morning Sun Gingham Ribbon

Monday, March 19, 2012

Lighthouses - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 1

Second post for me today. For my Teapot Tuesday/For Your Inspiration challenge card, please scroll down one post.

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's March Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lighthouses Featured March 20
Flap My Wattles Featured March 21
Wild Horses Featured March 22
Mother's Magnolias Featured March 23

Pam

Our big promotion this month! With the purchase of the March New Release Package, you will receive this stamp set for FREE!

Our March New Release Mini:

Brick Wall

Today we are featuring what's soon to be one of my favorite sets called Lighthouses. I just love lighthouses!! My love of lighthouses started as a kid when my mom would take my brother and I to Pacific Grove with my grandpa. Mom and I would sit on the beach and just watch the waves near the Pacific Grove lighthouse while grandpa kept my brother busy by the water. We continued this tradition even after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In fact, mom's last wish was to be able to walk/sit on the beach by that same lighthouse with her two brothers (who were on opposite sides of the country at the time) and grandpa made sure that happened. Somewhere around the house, I have that picture of her with both brothers on the beach and the Pacific Grove lighthouse standing in the background.

It is that same lighthouse that inspired my project for today's hop. I started out by pulling out one of the frames I bought recently at the dollar store and then stamped my lighthouse twice in memento tuxedo black ink onto MFP's Snow Storm Smooth 120lb premium paper before coloring with prismacolor markers then cutting one lighthouse out completely for popping up later. Once my layering was done, I lightly stippled some bashful blue, summer sun, and wisteria inks around the edges of the layered panel before adding some Tim Holtz Old Paper distress ink lightly over the entire image to "age it" a bit.

Since the Pacific Grove lighthouse is near 17 mile drive (gorgeous dive if you've never been there) and the Pebble Beach Golf Course, I decided to add Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company's set called New Pines to add some dimension and give the whole framed image a "woodland" feel to it. Here's a close up so you can see all of the dimension inside the frame.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day. Make sure to stop by all of the design teams blogs and leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set.

Stamps: MFP Lighthouses, New Pines
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Summer Sun, Wisteria, Tim Holtz Old Paper, Tim Holtz Pine Needles
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Making Memories Vacation Designer Paper, Stampin Up! Black
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Pop Dots, Dollar Store Frame

Hello Dogwoods and Butterflies

This week's For Your Inspiration challenge is another gorgeous photo (attached below). I just love the colors here since they remind me of early fall in Yosemite when all of the leaves are changing colors. When I combined this challenge with the Teapot Tuesday challenge this week, I not only had great inspiration, but I couldn't go wrong with whatever stamp set I chose to use.

For my project, I pulled out two of my favorite Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company stamp sets, Dogwood Blossoms and Hello Butterflies. After stamping my images in memento tuxedo black ink onto Snow Storm Smooth premium paper, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and got to coloring making sure to cut out several blossoms and the butterflies to pop up later. Once the coloring was done, I pulled out my stipple brush and lightly stippled Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the main image before overstamping my saying in memento tuxedo black then layering and adhering to a razzleberry card.

Challenges submitted:

For Your Inspiration #26

Mothermark Teapot Tuesday #190

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Hello Butterflies, Dogwood Blossoms

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Rich Razzleberry

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Olive, Stampin Up! Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Dimensionals, Stipple Brush

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Warm Argyle Wishes - My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch #52

Hello and welcome to another My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch challenge. I haven't been able to participate recently due to my migraines again, but this week, I made it migraine, flu and all.

Our sketch this week includes making a long card, something we haven't done recently and it's a really easy sketch to use too. I'll definitely be using it again in the future. For my card, I decided to use an older acrylic set called Argyle Amazement paired with the Sweet Treats digital set and the Sweet Sentiments digital sayings.

After downloading my digital stamps and printing off my latte cup with croissant, I also printed off the Minty Chocolate digital paper that matched my Sahara sand card stock. Then pulling out my prismacolor markers, I colored my main image for the outside and saying for the inside, before stamping the Argyle Amazement background above my digital paper. After cutting out my cuppa and croissant, I added some pink gingham ribbon, primas, and bling for the final touches. A clean and simple card that can be done in approximately 10minutes.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and make sure to check out the rest of the design teams samples for this week and leave them some love. While you're at it, why not participate in our challenges over on the My Time Made Easy blog. Each week we are giving away some really cool prizes to one lucky participant. Not only that, but today we are kickin' off our 1 year Challenge-aversary! What would you do with a $25 gift certificate to My Time Made Easy? Well all you have to do is play along with this week's sketch for your chance to win!! Winner will be announced next Thursday along with Sketch #53.

Stamps: MTME Argyle Amazement, Sweet Treats Digital, Sweet Sentiments Digital Stamps

Ink: Adirondack Latte

Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Sahara Sand, MTME Digital Minty Chocolate Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Primas, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Bling, Ribbon

Monday, March 5, 2012

I See Better Days Ahead - Friends Of SpeedyTV Challenge #10

Second post for me today. If you're looking for my MFT post, please scroll down one posting. Thanks.

Welcome to another Friends of SpeedyTV challenge brought to you by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company. This week our challenge to create a sympathy card since we are all challenged to make those when we really need them.

For my card, I pulled out a trio of sets, Dogwood Blossoms, Light Up Your Life for the inside, and one of my favorite sets Winter Crocus. After the dogwood branch several times in memento tuxedo black onto Snow Storm Smooth premium paper and coloring with prismacolor markers, I stamped the single dogwood blossom four more times, colored, and cut out to pop up later instead of using brads around my saying. Pulling out my spellbinders dies, I die cut two layers and then stamped my saying for a clean and simple look before adding my "blossom brads". No additional embellishments were needed once the extra blossoms were added. 'I'm really happy with the way it turned out since I put it together while dealing with another nasty migraine.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and make sure to stop by SpeedyTV and participate in our challenge this week.

Stamps: MFP Winter Crocus, Dogwood Blossoms, Light Up Your Life

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, MFP Markies Strawberry Milkshake, Deep Olive

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Spellbinders Dies, Dimensionals, Big Shot

Sunday, March 4, 2012

MFT Brag Book

Hello and happy Monday. Today I'm sharing with you my first attempt at a paper bag book made as an entry for this month's MFT Guest Designer contest. Since my friend KelliJo threw down the gauntlet, I just had to pick it up and run with it. So here's what I came up with.

Pulling out my Crate Paper School Spirit designer paper, and deciding which ones I wanted to use, I cut them down to the size needed to fit both inside and on the front cover of my brag book. Once that was done, I dusted off several of my MFT sets that hadn't seen ink in awhile, I stamped all of the images I wanted to use in memento tuxedo black ink onto white card stock and colored them with prismacolor markers making sure the image colors matched their corresponding pages. As each page was colored, the images were cut out and adhered to the inside.

Here's a close up of the last page so you can see the bookworm a bit more closely.

After adding some MFT coffee ribbon to bind my book together, I was finished. Although I didn't use any die-namics on my project, I'm really happy with the way my book turned out since I put it together while still battling another migraine.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.

Stamps: MFT Alphadots, Who's That Geek Guy?, Stephanie Fizer I Heart Books, Pure Innocence Book In Hand, Flopsey What's The Story, Pure Innocence Cart Full Of Friends, Reading Flopsey, Who's That Girl Back To School
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rich Cocoa
Card Stock: White, Crate Paper School Spirit Designer Paper
Accessories: Paperbags, Ribbon, Prismacolor Markers, Punches

Saturday, March 3, 2012

The Great Outdoors - TCP Tuesday Challenge

Second post for today. For my Inspired By and Moxie Fab challenge, please scroll down one post.

This week's TCP Tuesday challenge was to get out of the house and into the great outdoor! You know, biking, hiking, walking, swimming, or in my case camping!! We were also supposed to combine our idea with TCP's cloud border. Well, since I don't have that particular die yet, I fudged a bit, and used my MFT cloud die-namic made my own cloud border.

I started out by stamping my Happy Camper images in memento tuxedo black onto white card stock and colored with prismacolor markers before stippling Stampin Up! bashful blue and garden green inks around them. Then, I stippled Tim Holtz old paper and tea stain distress inks over the images in order to "age" them a bit and then did the same thing to my cloud die cuts as well as the sizzix mountains and trees I had cut out to add. After adding some vintage brads and popping my main image panel up over the mountain border I created, I then added the clouds at different levels and trees. I'm really happy with how this turned out; especially since it was stamped at 1:00am with another nasty migraine.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.

Stamps: TCP Happy Camper

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tea Stain, Old Paper, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Garden Green, Handsome Hunter, Adirondak Caramel, White

Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Handsome Hunter, Kraft, Michael's Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Brads, Dimensionals, Various Sizes Pop Dots, Sizzix Mountain Die, Sizzix Tree Die, Big Shot, MFT Cloud Trio Die-Namic

Magical Things Happen - For Your Inspiration

Hello and happy Saturday!! I recently found this incredible challenge blog called For Your Inspiration. They have some of the most beautiful inspiration photos I've seen! Can you say WOW!! This week's photo (below) is just awe inspiring. I love the blue/white combination and would just love to be in this picture somewhere just sitting somewhere with a cuppa and taking it all in.

Isn't that photo just awesome!!! I decided to combine it with a couple of other challenges I was working on, including the Moxie Fab Cure For The Winter Blues (although I used bright blue instead of navy - I'm a rebel) and this is what I came up with.

After stamping my Winter Crocus flowers from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company in memento tuxedo black on Snow Storm Smooth and colored with prismacolor markers, I pulled out my stipple brush and lightly stippled Adirondack Sailboat Blue and Caramel inks around the edges of the image before layering on Snow Storm Smooth and Bang Up Blue Linen premium papers before adding some Making Memories baby brads. I then added my saying making sure it matched the main image.

I then pulled out my swirl cuttlebug embossing folder and ran it through the big shot with Snow Storm Smooth before stippling some more Sailboat Blue ink over the raised edges. A clean and fairly simple card done in about 20 minutes. Not bad while dealing with another migraine. I'm really pleased with this one.

Challenges this card was made for:

Moxie Fab Cure For The Winter Blues

For Your Inspiration

SCS F4A106 True Blue Flowers

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Winter Crocus

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Adirondak Caramel, Sailboat Blue

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Bang Up Blue Linen

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Making Memories Brads, Swirls Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Big Shot

Thursday, March 1, 2012

One Day At A Time

Hello again. Second post for me today. For my Pretty Pattern Sketch, please scroll down one post.

Today I'm sharing with you a card I made for the Moxie Fab Cure For The Winter Blues challenge and the Ways To Use It denim challenge on Splitcoast. I started out by stamping the bear from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company newest set called North American Woods twice onto Corn Husk premium paper and watercolored using prismacolor watercolor pencils and a blender pen.

Once my coloring was finished and some navy blue ink stippled around the edges of the main image panel, I adhered some denim designer paper and sticker snaps before popping up the main image over a sticker "belt". Once that was done, I popped up a second cut out bear and then added a basic gray "faux leather" sticker saying.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and make sure to stop by the Moxie Fab blog and participate in the challenge. You have until March 11th to participate.

Stamps: MFP North American Woods

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Night Of Navy

Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk Premium Paper, Stampin Up! Night of Navy, Not Quite Navy Card Stock, Denim Designer Paper,

Accessories: Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils, Stipple Brush, Stickers, Dimensionals, Blender Pen

Pages

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Monday, March 26, 2012

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Monday, March 19, 2012

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Monday, March 5, 2012

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Thursday, March 1, 2012