PIP Challenge 2232

   Sponsored by

Varada Sharma

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Hello and welcome.  We have a new challenge this week over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and we're being sponsored by Varada Sharma digital stamps.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship this week and for providing images for the design  team.  For my first card, I am using the Comforting Thoughts digital stamp set.

I started out by combining the flowers with the get well soon sentiment using a watermark program before printing it out onto Hammermill white card stock and coloring using Castle Arts pencils.  Once my coloring was finished, I layered the image before adding brads and some faux sewing "stitches" around the edges.  I then stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around the edges then added crystal ice stickles to finish it off.  As an afterthought, I punched a butterfly from scrap card stock before stippling spiced marmalade distress ink over the butterfly before adhering it using Ranger glossy accents.  After adding crystal ice stickles to the butterfly, my card was finished.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #41 August - Use Your NBUS  (image/saying)

Use Your Stuff #454 - Nature (image + butterfly)

Digi Choosday Wk 31 - Anything Goes Digital (image) 

Crafty Friends #158 August - Summer Colors (I used orange, green, blue)

Outlawz Festive Friday Aug 5 to Aug 18 - Flowers Theme (daisies)

 

Stamps: Varada Sharma

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Spiced Marmalade

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Pencils, Picket Fence Studios Blending Brushes, MS Large Butterfly Punch, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, Ranger Glossy Accents, Crystal Ice Stickles. 

 

 

My second card is using Pretty Planters and Succulent Thrillers digital stamp sets.  After combining the sets, I printed the combined image out onto Hammermill white card stock then colored using both Prismacolor markers and Castle Arts pencils.  Once my coloring was finished, I lightly stippled/blended Tim Holtz tumbled glass and tattered rose distress inks around my colored image using blending brushes from Picket Fence Studios.  After layering, and adding brads, I popped everything up on a dusty durango card base.  The final touches were adding some Picket Fence sequins using glossy accents to adhere them and a clear 3D glaze pen to highlight parts of my colored image.

Challenges entered:

 

Classic Design Challenge #8 - August Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 31 - Anything Goes Colouring

Gem Of A Craft Challenge Wk 16 - Anything Goes 

CD Sunday Plus #91 - Anything Goes Digital (Varada Sharma)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #187 - Anything Goes 

Jan's Digital Stamps August 2022 - Anything Goes

 

 

Stamps: Varada Sharma

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Tattered Rose Distress

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Castle Arts Pencils, Computer, Printer, PFS Sequins, PFS Blending Brushes, Ranger Glossy Accents, Brads, Pop Dots

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs to leave them some love.  While you're at it, join in the challenge this week over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

PIP Challenge 2216

PIP Challenge #2216

Sponsored by

Varada Sharma

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Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we are being sponsored by Varada Sharma.  I would like to thank them for providing the images the design team is using this week.  For my card, I am using the Magnolia Wreath image. 

After combining the saying with my image using a watermark program, I printed it off onto Neenah white card stock before coloring using Castle Art pencils and a gold gel pen.  I then stippled some Tim Holtz broken china distress ink around the edges before layering then adding some white brads.  Once I had the layered image adhered to the card, I added some gold sequins I found in my stash that I didn't know I had; adhering them using Ranger Glossy Accents.  I'm happy with how it turned out considering I'm still dealing with residual COVID issues and a migraine.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #37 - April Use Your NBUS 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Unloved Stash (sequins) 

The Corrosive Challenge #4 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Friends #154 - Spring 

World Wide Open Design Team #4 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs to leave them some love.  While you're at it, why not join us for this week's challenge.

Stamps: Varada Sharma

Ink: Tim Holtz Broken China Distress

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Art Pencils, Castle Art Gel Pen, Sequins, Ranger Glossy Accents, Stipple Brush, Brads, Glue Dots.

This Cat Is Too Cute To Spook

Hello and welcome.  Today is New Release Tuesday over at Catch The Bug for Bugaboo Stamps, and this little kitty is just too cute to be scary.  

 

I started off by printing my image onto Hammermill white card stock then colored using both prismacolor and copic markers before layering.   It was then I decided I should have colored the background and grass before the layering so I dusted off my Stampin Up chalks and grabbed a eye shadow applicator I had bought years ago from Target's $1 spot, added the color, then erased the colors that ended up on the layered card stock.  For my card, I pulled out a scrap of Basic Grey Ambrosia designer paper I had bought on clearance at Michael's several years ago and added that to a white card before sponging spiced marmalade distress ink around the edges.  I then made a dry embossed border using scrap card stock, a Tim Holtz burlap embossing folder and my big shot and added that to the card.  The layered image I then popped up over the border using pop up glue dots and added a black/gold ribbon.  After adding some gold enamel stars to the image, I added a black Prima flower with a bling center and then some Jolee's Halloween stickers to finish it off.

Challenges entered:

 

CD Sunday Plus #45 - Anything Goes Digital 

613 Avenue Create September - Anything Goes With Optional Use Charm 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #142 - Anything Goes 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 38 - Anything Goes Coloring 

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - September 

Crafty Creations #413 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Catz #520 - Anything Goes Optional Colors Of Autumn 

Crafty Friends #145 - Autumn Colors 

Show Us Your Pussycats #58 - Anything Goes Cats

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and stay safe out there!

Stamps: Bugaboo

Ink: Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade

Card Stock: Hammermill, Stampin Up, Basic Grey Ambrosia Designer Paper

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Sponge, Chalk, Eye Shadow Applicator, Enamel Stars, Primas, Glue Dots, Tim Holtz Burlap Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Jolee's Stickers, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots

 

Unicorns And Boobs

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I had originally started making for the Dare To Get Dirty challenges before being sidelined with a migraine.  I've finally gotten a chance to finish it.  The image I chose is Bugaboo's snarky Unicorns Are More Real image.  Now this is an image really good friends would send to each other in fun; or a family member with a great sense of humor.

After printing off the image onto Hammermill white card stock and coloring using copic markers and layering, I added it to a plain cameo coral card.  I then added some enamel dots in place of brads, a white silk flower I bought at Michaels years ago, white ribbon and finally some heart enamel dots.  As an after thought, I then color spritzed some cameo coral and green galore markers over the image and the entire card including the embellishments.  Considering I still have the migraine, I'm really happy with how it turned out.

Challenges entered:

Sisterhood Of The Snarky Stampers #167 - F Is For Friends
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #141 - Anything Goes 
Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #18 - September 
Crafty Friends #144 - Anything Goes 
Dis Digi Designs Challenges - For The Girls (I went with big girls and "THE Girls") 
Outlawz Festive Friday Sept 4 to Sept 17 - Make It Funny 
Splitcoaststampers DTGD20LMcAree - Unicorns
The Fairy and the Unicorn - September Anything Goes Mythical 
Crafty Catz #517 - Anything Goes (optional twist not a square) 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great rest of your weekend and please stay safe out there.


Stamps: Bugaboo
Card Stock: Hammermill White, Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Silk Flowers, Ribbon, Enamel Dots/Hearts, Color Spritzer Tool, SU Cameo Coral and Green Galore Markers, Copic Markers

Thanks A Melon Summer

Hello and welcome.  Today is the new Saturday challenge at Catch The Bug where I'm guest designing.  This week the theme is Goodby Summer.  Where I live here in California's Central Valley, summer means watermelon season!  There are acres and acres of fresh watermelons harvested on the west side of the Central Valley.  My project uses Bugaboo's August newsletter (which you can subscribe to on the Catch The Bug blog and is new to me) freebie called Summer Peek Watermelon.  If you're not a newsletter subscriber, you can find the image here.

After printing my image onto Hammermill white card stock and coloring using both prismacolor and copic markers, I lightly stippled some Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink before sponging some SU rose red around the edges.  After layering, I added it to a rose red card with some watermelon designer paper I've had for who knows how long, since I don't remember buying it.  After popping up the main image panel, I realized I needed some black brads on it.  Since I'm out of those, I made my own by using a small hole punch and Martha Stewart glue pen.  Once I stamped my saying from a LONG retired Stampin Up set called Tiny Talk, I punched the saying and border out, then added to my card using glue dots.  The only other embellishment was some red/pink fibers from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #17 - August 
Splitcoaststampers USEIT2020 - Use Your Stash 
Crafty Calendar - August Anything Goes 
Crafty Friends #142 - Anything Goes 
Digi Choosday Week 31 - Anything Goes 
Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper - August 
Day Of The Month Card Club #18 - National Watermelon Day 


Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend and don't forget to enter the challenge here.

Stamps: Bugaboo, SU
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, SU Rose Red
Card Stock: Hammermill White; SU Rose Red, Glorious Green, Black; Watermelon Designer Paper
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Stipple Brush, Sponge, SU Oval Punches, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Fibers

Cats, Gnomes And Sunflowers

Hello again and welcome. Second post today.  I'd like to share another card I made last night while trying to focus on something other than the migraine which has been a doozy. It took several hours just to color since my eyes and brain didn't want to cooperate.  The image is another digital from Impression Obsession I've had for a month and hadn't used yet (more never before used schtuff NBUS).  It's from the Gary Robertson line called Gnome On Bench H1897-DG and is currently free.  If you don't like working with digital stamps, you can purchase it here.  This image reminds me so much of the flower farms near the Monterey coastline and the raisin farms here in California since the end of each row of grapevines has sunflowers planted.

After printing it off, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers before edging the image by applying memento tuxedo black ink directly to the edges then layered.  I used very few embellishments for my card.  I then tied some tan thread from my Stampin Up demo days (had this for years and lost it; not anymore).  I then added some vintage silver diamond brads and a milk bucket charm I had forgotten I had.  The final touch was adding a little bit of a 3D glaze pen to the butterfly and white gel pen for the gnomes "eye sparkle".

Challenges entered:

Impression Obsession - On The Farm 
Never Before Used Schtuff NBUS - June 2020 
Colour Crazy Craft Week 22 - Anything Goes 
Crafty Friends Challenge #137 - Anything Goes 
Outlawz Festive Friday May 29 to June 11 - Anything Goes 
Show Us Your Pussycats #55 - Must Have A Cat On It 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great rest of your weekend.


Stamps: Impression Obsession
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: Neenah White, Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Glue Dots, Charm, Thread

Monday, Tuesday, WTF, Migraines and 2020

Hello and welcome.  I don't know about you, but I think I've had all the "fun" 2020 can, and will, offer.  Raise your hand if you'd like to just skip to 2021.  So with that in mind, I'd like to share a card with you I made myself make last night since my migraines were on overdrive and it was either try focusing on something else or cry which would have hurt worse.  Now, I love Bugaboo Stamps especially their snarky/sassy ones like this Gus Tidbits.

After printing the image off onto Neenah white card stock, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers before layering and adding some long forgotten MFT Chick Flick brads before adding it to a red card.  As an afterthought, I stippled some left over tumbled glass distress ink from another project.  I'm really please with how this turned out especially with how crappy I've been feeling.

Challenges entered:

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie #143 - Tools Inspiration Picture 
Catch The Bug - June Anything Goes 
Pammies Inky Pinkies #2022 - Anything Goes 
Splitcoaststampers F4A537 - Wheels 
Colour Crazy Craft Week 22 - Anything Goes 
Crafty Friends Challenge #137 - Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!!

Stamps: Bugaboo
Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: Neenah White, Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Brads, Stipple Brush, Twine, Glue Dots
 

Quarantine Kitty and More NBUS (never before used schtuff)

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a card I made using one of Unity Stamps new digital images called Quarantine Dream.  I'm loving Unity's digital images since they're already pre-sized for an A4 card and set to print 4 card fronts per 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of card stock.  I'll admit, I'm lazy when it comes to resizing digital images and these fit me perfectly - especially this set since I'm the "crazy cat lady" of our cul-de-sac.

After printing off the digital image (NBUS), I pulled out my dusty prismacolor and lyra pencils to color the image.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered it and added some purple brads.  For my card, I pulled out a dusty Stampin Up paw print wheel to create my card base.  After adding the layered image panel using glue dots, I added some faux stitching using a 3D glaze pen and then highlighted parts of the colored image using the same 3D glaze pen set.  Once that was dry, I color spritzed a lilac marker over the card before sponging matching lilac ink around the edges of the card base.  My final embellishment was a chipboard paw print I've had for years and never used.  Viola!!  Finished.  I plan on sending this to a friend who fosters pregnant cats & their kittens for a no kill shelter.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #13 - Use Your NBUS
Show Us Your Pussycats #53 - Anything Goes With Cats
Crafty Friends #133 - Anything Goes
Arty Divas #19 - Anything Goes
Colour Crazy Craft Week 14 - Anything Goes
Splitcoaststampers USEIT2020 - Use Your Stash


Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Unity Digital Quarantine Dream, SU Paw Print Wheel (retired)
Ink: SU Lovely Lilac
Card Stock: SU
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor and Lyra Pencils, Blender Pencil, Chipboard Paw Print, Glue Dots, Color Spritzer Tool, SU Lovely Lilac Marker, 3D Glaze Pens, Sponge

Raising The Flag

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card made after finishing the book Monuments Men.  I highly recommend the book.  Wow!!  Even though the card is fairly clean and simple, it still took me over 2 weeks to finish it thanks to health issues.  For my card, I dusted off a severely neglected retired Stampin Up set called Courage and Honor.

After stamping my main image in memento tuxedo black, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers before highlighting parts of the flag with a white prismacolor pencil and white gel pen.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled some stormy sky and caramel inks over and around the image before layering.  For the card, I stamped medals included in the Courage and Honor set in artichoke ink onto my card base.  The only embellishments used are some vintage brads and twine.

Challenges entered:

Splitcoaststampers MMTPT610 - Covered (make a card based on a book read or going to read) 
Colour Crazy Craft Week 14 - Anything Goes (must be colored) 
Crafty Friends #133 - Anything Goes 
Not Just Cards April 2020 - Anything Goes 
Splitcoaststampers USEIT2020 - Use That Forgotten Stuff 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!

Stamps: SU Courage and Honor
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Adirondack Caramel 
Card Stock: Stampin Up
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Prismacolor White Pencil, White Gel Pen, Stipple Brush, Brads, Twine
 

Winter Snowflake Wishes

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my Cornish Heritage Farms post, please scroll down one.  Thanks.

Today I am sharing a card with you I made combining a few challenges together in order to try and get some mojo going again after dealing with more migraine issues, among other things, for the last couple of weeks.

For this card, I went with a clean and simple (CAS) look with just a splash of color.  After stamping the snowflakes from the Winter Scenes set by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company in Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink, I dry embossed a white panel using a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder with my Big Shot before adhering it with glue dots.  Then I punched three large snowflakes from scrap white card stock using a Martha Stewart jumbo punch before adhering some blue gem stickers.  My final step was to stamp the saying in memento tuxedo black directly onto the embossed panel from the Winter Scenes stamp set.  Presto!  An elegant, clean and simple card done in under 10 minutes.

Challenges submitted:

SCS Fan Club - Baby It's Cold Outside
CAS-ual Fridays - CFC83 10 Minute Craft Dash
Crafty Friends Challenge - CFC#13 Add A Splash Of Color

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and a very Merry Christmas.


Stamps: MFP Winter Scenes
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: White
Accessories: Cuttlebug Snowflake Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Stipple Brush, Blue Gem Stickers, Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch, Glue Dots

Clean And Simple With Emily...

...Emily Dickenson that is. 

This week's Crafty Friends Challenge is to go clean and simple (CAS).  With that in mind, I dusted off an old Stampin Up! set called Feathered Friends and stamped a scrap piece of white card stock left over from the Hope You Can Cling To challenges in memento black before coloring with koh-i-noor pencils.  Once my coloring was finished, I stamped a matching envelope and my card set was finished.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Stampin Up! Feathered Friends

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: White

Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Marker, Envelope

Crafty Friends Halloween

This week's Crafty Friends challenge is to stamp something related to Halloween, so I decided to pull out a set being released on Tuesday by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company called I'm Going Batty. 

After stamping my images onto scrap white card stock, and coloring with prismacolor markers, I cut each of them out, then die cut both the clouds and fence before adding  a punched white circle as the moon.  The final touches were some Making Memories bat brads and two K&Company fall dimensional stickers with one stamped, colored and cut out tree from the Tree Selections Mini set.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Don't forget to stop by starting Tuesday for the Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company September release blog hop.


Stamps: MFP I'm Going Batty, Tree Selections Mini
Card Stock: MFP, Debbie Mumm Fall Mat Stack, Various Scraps
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accesories: Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Circle Punch, Poppy Stamps Fence Die, Glue Dots, TCP Cloud Border Die, K&Company Stickers

One Of A Kind

Hello and TGI Friday!!!  Today I am sharing a card I made for both the Crafty Friends Inspration Challenge and for the Ways To Use It #374 challenge on SCS.

I started out by stamping my main image from Pussy Willows in memento tuxedo black onto Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company snow storm smooth and colored with prismacolor markers before stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass before layering and adding some orange brads from my stash.  I then stamped my pussy willow background on the card using Tim Holtz spiced marmalade before adding some ribbon gifted to me by my friend KelliJo and then popping up the layered image over it.  My final embellishments are a small gold clip, some primas and gold pearl stickers before stamping my saying.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend.

Stamps:  MFP Pussy Willows

Card Stock: All MFP

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade, Tumbled Glass

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Pop Dots, Brads, Ribbon, Stipple Brush, Primas, Glue Dots, Gold Clip

Vintage Relaxing Teacup

Hello and welcome to Thursday.  Sorry I haven't been posting a lot this week, however, I have been dealing with the flu on top of my "normal it seems" migraines.  Today I am sharing a card I made for two different challenges, the sketch for Crazy 4 Challenges and a new one I found called Crafty Friends Challenges. 

I started out by stamping my images from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company Love Remains and Relax A Bit in memento tuxedo black ink onto corn husk premium paper before coloring with prismacolor markers.  Once my coloring was done, I cut out my background sketch design and then die cut my focal image using a sizzix circle scallop lace die.

Then taking three different Tim Holtz distress inks (Forest Moss, Tattered Rose, and Tea Stain), I began stippling them over and around my images until I was satisfied with the color coverage.  Once my stippling was finished, I began to assemble my card.  For my final touches, I stippled some Adirondack caramel ink around the edge of the entire card and then added a small K&Company chipboard butterfly just below my teacup.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps:  MFP Relax A Bit, Love Remains

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Forest Moss, Tea Stain, Tattered Rose, Adirondack Caramel

Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, K&Company Aged Floral Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Dimensionals, Sizzix Die, Big Shot, Chipboard Butterfly, Glue Dots