PIP Challenge 2202

 

Challenge 2202

Sponsored by Polkadoodles

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Hello and welcome.  Today starts a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and we are being sponsored this week by Polkadoodles.  First, I would like to thank them for the images they provided the design team to use for our projects.  My card uses the image Lil Miss Mermaid Dolphin.  

 

After printing my image onto Neenah white card stock, I colored her using Castle Art Pencils before fussy cutting her out and setting aside.  I then took some scrap denim designer paper I had bought at Costco at least a decade ago and added it to a not quite navy card before stippling some Tim Holtz Faded Jeans and Stormy Sky distress inks lightly over the designer paper using Picket Fence Studios Blending Brushes.  I then fussy cut a scrap of caramel card stock, stippled some creamy caramel (retired) ink over it before adding it to the card as the "ocean floor".  Taking a sanding block, I then lightly sanded my "ocean floor" before stamping my saying from Picket Fence Studios Every Good and Perfect Gift in memento black.  Once I added my mermaid, and some blue fibers from my stash, I dug out some fish stickers I've had for several years (again never using) and added those.  The final touches were ice stickles and some flowers punched from pink scraps using a Martha Stewart 3-way hydrangea punch.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #34 - January

Shopping Our Stash - Beginning With Letter S (sparkle, stickles, swimming)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Stash 

Word Art Wednesday Wk 525 to 526 - Anything Goes Uplifting

Splitcoaststampers MMTPT702 - All That Glitters  

 

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 and enter the challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: Polkadoodles, Picket Fence Studios

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Faded Jeans, Stormy Sky; SU Creamy Caramel

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Costco Designer Paper; Scraps

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, Computer, Printer, Fibers, Sanding Block, MS Punch, Ice Stickles, PFS Blending Brushes, Sanding Block, Ranger Glossy Accents, Glue Dots

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
 

Card Games And More Never Before Used Stuff (NBUS)

Hello and welcome.  I've been feeling a bit off lately, even thought I've still been creating.  It's just taking me longer to think, color, assemble, etc.  Today's card was originally started for a Splitcoaststampers Teapot Challenge but never finished until now.

Since I wanted my card to look like it had playing cards on it, so I pulled out a retired, but never before used set (NBUS) called Card Games, along with the matching Game Night designer paper.  After making the card, I pulled a scrap of the designer paper from my recycle bin to use a border by flipping to the back side.  I then stamped the king, queen, jack onto scrap card stock in memento black then colored using prismacolor and copic markers.  I layered each of the cards onto scrap red/black card stock and used my dusty corner rounder punch on each layer before popping up over the border using pop up glue dots.  The saying is from the retired Stampin Up set Game Night and is another lonely, never before used, stamp set.  After punching the saying from the leftover white/black card stock scraps, I added two tiny buttons below the saying; then added a small black bow.

Challenges entered:

Splitcoaststampers Teapot Tuesday #584 - Road Trip To Lakeville
Pammies Inky Pinkies #1941 - Anything Goes
Colour Craft Crazy Week #40 - Anything Goes
Outlawz Crash Your Stash - Corner Punches
Pixies Snippets Playground #363 - Use Those Snippets/Scraps

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up!
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: Stampin Up!
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Bow, Pop Up Glue Dots, Corner Rounder Punch, SU Oval Punches, Buttons, Glue Dots

Up The Friend-Ship River

Hello and welcome.  The calendar says it's spring but so far the weather isn't cooperating to much here.  We have another cold "winter" storm coming in tonight again my migraines are not happy.  I originally started this card for another challenge 3 weeks ago, but with all of the frequent storms and temperature changes it's taken me until now to color and actually finish it; let alone blog it. 

I started off by stamping the tug boat, trees and clouds using Stampin Up's Loads of Love and Boatloads of Love (both retired) in memento black ink before stamping the smaller boat with heart onto white scratch paper then colored everything. Once the coloring was finished, I stamped the grass in 3 different inks using fern stamp from Stampin Up's retired set Watercolor Minis before doing the same for my riverbank. I then created the river using 3 different copic markers before stippling 3 different inks around the edge of my image panel.  I then cut out the smaller boat and heart and added them to my river scene.  The card is stamped using the same tree and some more hearts in hunter ink.  I then stamped the saying before highlighting portions of the boat and "birds" using Sakura glaze pens.  As an afterthought, I stamped 3 more clouds onto white scrap paper, colored using a Recollections white marker and cut out to pop up for some added dimension.  My final touches were brads and waterfall ice stickles. 

Challenges entered:

Shopping Our Stash #391 - Friendship
Splitcoaststampers - USEIT2019
Splitcoaststampers MMTPT554 - Make A Scene
Pammies Inky Pinkies #1911 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up Loads Of Love, Boatloads Of Love, Watercolor Minis
Ink: Memento Black; SU Certainly Celery, Garden Green, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Broken China
Card Stock: Stampin Up
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Stipple Brushes, Brads, Sakura Glaze Pens, Ice Stickles, Glue Dots, Recollections White Marker

Little Mushroom Home

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a card I've made using an image from the Mushroom Lane collection I've had, and never used.  It image was originally from Cornish Heritage Farms which has now closed, however you can still get it from Riley and Company. The card was originally started a couple weeks ago, but with the death of my step-father, I didn't finish it until now.

After coloring it using both prismacolor and copic markers, I stippled tumbled glass and garden green inks around the image before layering, distressing and adding silver brads.  For the card, I used garden green card stock dry embossed using my big shot and a cuttlebug circle embossing folder then stippling garden green ink over it.  I then took a snippet of tangerine card stock, dry embossed it and stippled tangerine tango ink over that before applying to my card using glue dots.  My final touches were adding silver brads, punched flowers with silver ice stickle centers, and then highlighting areas of the main image using diamond and yellow ice stickles.

Challenges entered:

Shopping Our Stash #389 - Make Your Mark
Splitcoaststampers MMTPT549 - If You Build It
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #349 - Anything Goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1907 - Anything Goes

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

Stamps: Riley and Company
Ink: Stampin Up Garden Green, Tangerine Tango; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress Ink
Card Stock: Stampin Up
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, MS Hydrangea Punch, Silver Brads, Ice Stickles, Silver Cord, Stampin Up Distressing Tool, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Stipple Brushes

Surfing Penguin Kindness

Hello all.  Second post from me today.  If you're looking for my snowman card, please scroll down one post.

I've been having a lot of issues with my migraines lately, so coloring and card making have been hit and miss.  For this card, I pulled out and dusted off some retired Stampin Up sets and showed them some love.   I stamped the penguin from Penguin Paradise onto some scrap white card stock then colored using both prismacolor and copic markers before layering on more scrap card stock.  I then stamped the card using the flamingo trio stamp from Tickled Pink in turquoise ink before over stamping the saying from Heard From The Heart.  I then took a scrap of orange card stock, stamped it and sponged around the edges before popping up my penguin panel over it.  The only embellishments added were some turquoise brads and ice stickles highlighting the waves.

Challenges entered:

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #344 - Anything Goes
Pammies Inky Pinkies #1904 - Anything Goes
Splitcoast Teapot Tuesday #548 - Sunny Thoughts
Crafting From The Heart #235 - Anything Goes
Outlawz Thursday Twist Jan17 - Anything Goes With Twist Layers

Thank you for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up Penguin Paradise, Tickled Pink, Heard From The Heart
Ink: Memento Black, SU Tempting Turquoise, Only Orange
Card Stock: Stamping Up
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Sponges, Brads, Dimensionals, Ice Stickles

A Coco Inspired Marigold

Hello and welcome!  It's raining FINALLY here in California.  Yay!  Our exhausted fire fighters will finally get some help from Mother Nature.

Today I'd like to share a card I made for Inspired By Music challenge at Aurora Wings using the Marigold Sprite from Aurora Wings.  I probably should have used the Sugar Skull Marigold Sprite but didn't since I don't have this one.  For my card, I went used the colors and theme song Remember Me from the Disney movie Coco.  I printed the image at 3.5x5 since the rain caused another migraine and I could color it easier that way. Once I had my image printed, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers before sponging Stampin Up summer sun and rose red inks around the image panel.  After adding some yellow brads, I popped up the image on a white card with Basic Grey Luscious designer paper I've had in my stash for years.  My final embellishments were sponged summer sun and rose red ink around the edges of the card, a red/orange organdy ribbon, and dew drops before spritzing some rose red ink over the image.

Challenges entered:

Aurora Wings - Inspired By Music
Splitcoaststampers Tea Pot Tuesday - MMTPT A Friend In Need
Splitcoaststampers Use It 2018 - Use Forgotten Stamps, Paper, etc
Pammies Inky Pinkies #1939 - Anything Goes
Outlawz Twisted Thursday 092718 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Aurora Wings Marigold Sprite
Ink: Stampin Up! Rose Red, Summer Sun
Card Stock: Stampin Up!, Basic Grey Luscious Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Computer, Printer, Sponges, Brads, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Dew Drops, Ribbon

Pumpkin Spice Latte With A Kitty

Hello and welcome.  Since my migraines are not bothering me as much today, I'd like to share a card I made for a friend who LOVES pumpkin spice lattes and is also a volunteer for a no kill animal shelter.  She's been going through a lot lately so I thought this little sweet kitty would help cheer her up. 

I started out by dry embossing my card using a cuttlebug Autumn embossing folder then stippling some pumpkin dye ink over it.  Afterwords, I then embossed a purple border using the same folder before stippling some Tim Holtz concord grape distress ink.  Once I stamped my Pumpkin Spice Kitty image from Impression Obsession in memento black and colored using both prismacolor and copic markers.  After edging the image panel with a memento black dew drop ink pad, I stippled more Tim Holtz concord grape distress ink around the edge before layering and adding brads.  The only other embellishments used are some prima flowers from my stash with ice stickle center.

Challenges entered:

Show Us Your Pussycats #35 - Anything Goes
Teapot Tuesdays MMTPT532 - A Friend In Need
Pammies Inky Pinkies #1839 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!

Stamps: Impression Obsession Pumpkin Spice Kitty
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Concord Grape, Stampin Up Pumpkin Dye
Card Stock: Stampin Up!
Accessories: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Stipple Brushes, Brads, Glue Dots, Primas, Ice Stickles

A Lovely English Garden

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my Paper Smooches Sparks post, please scroll down one.

I'm late getting my card for this week's Teapot challenge done thanks to some continued issues with my migraines, however, I finally got one stamped.  This week's challenge was to create something British and I was totally stumped on this one.  I finally decided on an English garden so I pulled out a set being released next week by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company called Columns and Toparies.

After stamping my images in memento black and colored with prismacolor markers, I stippled some distress ink for the sky and clouds before adding some faux brads and Michael's $1 ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company blog next week for our monthly new release blog hop.  There is also a design team call going on right now for MFPaHC.


Stamps: MFP Columns and Toparies
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: Stampin Up!
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Ribbon, Small Hole Punch, 2-Way Glue Pen

Happy Birthday Ms. Eula!!

Hello and welcome.  Today I am sharing with you a card I made for this week's teapot tuesday challenge.  This week, our cards are going to Ms. Eula who is celebrating her 110th birthday and all 42,000 teapotters are going to celebrate it with her.  As an "extra challenge" within the challenge, we were to be inspired by our most memorable birthday, create a card, and write a note to Eula about it.  Well, I chose to be inspired by the last birthday my mom celebrated with us before her passing from breast cancer.  Here's the story behind my card I wrote in my letter to Eula.

This year for your birthday, I was inspired by my most memorable birthday - my mom's last one.  She was losing her battle with recurrent breast cancer, and all she really wanted was to spend time on the beach with her two brothers who lived in different parts of the United States.

My grandfather wanted to give mom her dream birthday, so he secretly flew her brothers into Fresno, CA where we lived so they could surprise mom at the house, pick her up and drive her , and all of her medical equipment, the 2 1/2hrs to Carmel where he lived for the weekend.  While driving to Carmel, you have to drive by this awesome "rest stop"/tourist trap called Casa de Fruita.  It's the largest fruit stand, wine tasting, coffee shop, camping in California - hence the fruit on the chef's plate.

Once they arrived in Carmel, grandpa vacated his house for them, totally stocked so they could have time together, just the three of them.  Mom said she & her brothers just sat on the beach, talking, laughing & relaxing like they never did growing up and that it meant so much to her to be able to do that.  When their weekend was over, her brothers drove her back home, and then flew back home to their own families after having given my mom the best birthday ever!  Mom passed away several months later, but she always talked about that weekend until the cancer took her memory away at the end.

 

 All of the images used are from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company's chef set called Celebrate Big.  The designer paper used is from Die Cuts With A View Sweet Shoppe and card stock from Stampin Up!.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFP Celebrate Big
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Only Orange
Card Stock: DCWV Designer Paper, MFP Snow Storm, Stampin Up! Only Orange, Pixie Pink, Yoyo Yello
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Brads, Dimensionals

 

Pansies & Best Wishes

Hello and welcome to Tuesday.  Sorry about the delay between posts, I've been down with another nasty migraine.  Will someone please ask Mother Nature to make up her mind here on the west coast.  Ugh!  This week's Moving Along With The Times challenge is all about celebrations, however, NO BIRTHDAY celebrations.  No sweat!  I can handle that especially when it just happens to coordinate with the Teapot Tuesday challenge over on Splitcoast.

Once I had stamped my images from Spring Flowers and Pansy Riot in memento tuxedo black ink onto MFP snow storm smooth card stock, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and got to coloring before cutting out some of the extra pansy images to pop up later for some added dimension.  Once all of my layering was finished, I stamped my saying onto scrap snow storm smooth card stock, layered, and added the same orange brads to match my pansy panel.

I decided to keep the inside saying of the card fairly generic so I could use it for any type of a celebration as needed.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Pansy Riot, Spring Flowers

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Grape Jelly, Memento Ladybug

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Stampin Up!

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Pop Dots, Dimensionals

Swinging Kitty - MMTPT171

Hello and happy Tuesday.  This week's Mothermark Teapot Tuesday challenge is to make a card with cats on it.  This week's we are sending our cards to a couple in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia who are battling some serious health problems. 

For my card, I pulled out a Penny Black stamp that is just one of my favorites.  This little kitty is just having too much fun playing in the laundry hanging outside especially with all of the sparkle on the "unmentionables".  After stamping my image in memento tuxedo black, I pulled out my Koh-I-Noor pencils and blender marker to color everything before stippling Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the image to fill in the sky and layering.   For my finishing touches, I added some Stampin Up! bling brads, Daisy D's ribbon and ice stickles.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Penny Black
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Pretty In Pink, So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Prima Sasha Designer Paper
Accessories:  Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Marker, Stipple Brush, Pop Dots, MFT Jumbo Ric Rac Die-Namic, Brads, Ribbon

Eyes Of The Tiger - MMTPT 169

Hello and happy Tuesday.  Today I have a card to share I made for this week's Mothermark Teapot Tuesday challenge using some tiger fur designer paper I picked up at Hobby Lobby a couple of weeks ago when it opened locally paired with Mark's Finest Papers Big Cats stamp set. 

I started out by stamping my tiger image in memento tuxedo black on Mark's Finest Papers Corn Husk card stock and colored with Koh-I-Noor pencils with a blender marker.  After cutting out and layering the image, I added some die cut leaves around my tiger image to give the appearance of it looking through the "brush".  For the final touches, I added some Ranger crystal effects to the tigers eyes, gold ribbon and die cut flowers using MFT's Perfect Petal Trio Die-Namics with a gold gem sticker center and Stampin Up's tangerine tango dye ink stippled over the petals.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.



Stamps: MFP Big Cats
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Tangerine Tango
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Stampin Up! Tangerine Tango, Black, Hobby Lobby Designer Paper, Scrap Card Stock Colors
Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Marker, Ranger Crystal Effects, Sizzix Leaves & Branches Sizzlet Dies, MFT Perfect Petal Trio Die-Namics, Gem Stickers, Glue Dots, Stipple Brush

Ladybugs And Teapots - MMTPT161

Hello!!  Happy Monday. ;)  It's time for another Mothermark Teapot Tuesday Challenge.  This week our Destination Station is Julesanne who had extensive back surgery today and she loves ladybugs.  So our challenge was to make cards with lots of ladybugs on them.

For my card, I dusted off some Die Cuts With A View cut textured layer card stock and combined it with some retired Stampin Up! old olive card stock and ink.  For my images, I pulled out my well loved Stampin Up! Inspired By Nature set and dusted off my Papertrey Ink sets Little Lady and Green Thumb and decided to show them some "love".  I inked up my Inspired By Nature stamp using Stampin Up! markers for the flowers/leaves and then an old olive ink pad for the grass.  Once those were all stamped, I stamped a few more flowers onto scrap so saffron card stock to cut out and pop up later.  Then using various memento inks, I overstamped the ladybugs and some additional flowers for color.

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


Stamps: Stampin Up! Inspired By Nature, PTI Little Lady, Green Thumb
Ink: Stampin Up! Old Olive, Memento Rose Bud/Rhubarb Steak/Grape Jelly Inks
Card Stock: Stampin Up! Old Olive, So Saffron Scrap, DCWV Textured Layer Stack
Accessories: Stampin Up! Markers, Pop Dots

Teapot Tuesday Meets MFT!

Hello all.  Question?  Is it June or December?  Right now in my small corner of California, we are having rain, possible thunderstorms, snow (yes snow) in the mountains near me and a 20degree drop in the temperatures.  Now I normally wouldn't complain about the temperature, however, it's creating havoc with my migraines.  Oh my aching head!!

Ok, this week's teapot Tuesday challenge is to make a card with numbers that will be sent to another participating tea potter, just like last month.  So for my card, I decided to "get two challenges with one card" done; even with a migraine.  Ugh!  I started out by stamping MFT's Pure Innocence Book In Hand twice onto MFT Cream Perfect Panels and coloring with prismacolor markers.  I then took some Stephanie Fizer digital School Collection designer paper pack.

Now, for the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club sketch challenge part, I took some scrap Stampin Up! riding hood red and die cut one of MFT's small Dainty Doily Duo Die-namics before adding a layer of stamped Stampin Up! pacific point and riding hood red scrap card stocks.  For that layer I used Stephanie Fizer's I Heart Books to give the layer an embossed look before adding a Tim Holtz ruler ribbon strip and some primas.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFT Book In Hand, I Heart Books
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Pacific Pointe, Riding Hood Red
Card Stock: MFT Cream Perfect Panels, Stampin Up! Pacific Point, Vanilla, Riding Hood Red, Stephanie Fizer Back To School Digital Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Pop Dots, Primas, Glue Dots, Making Memories Baby Brads, Die-namics, Tim Holtz Ruler Ribbon, Staples

Designer Dodge Ball - MMTPT151

Hello and welcome!!  This week's teapot challenge is to make a circular cards, no square card or else we had to come in the back door to the tea party.  ;)   Now I had a bit of a problem with this challenge.  It took me about 20 minutes of panic since I don't have any Spellbinders circle dies.  It was then I realized I still had my Coluzzle with a circle template.

I decided to use the cute digi provided by Leigh Grady, a PSX stamp, and a retired Stampin Up! retired watercolor flower wheel along with one of my favorite monochromatic color combos - purple!

After stamping, and coloring the main image, I rolled the wheel in orchid opulence ink before sponging lilac ink around the edges and my punched scallop circles.  Once I had the digi downloaded and colored, I started my layering before adding some buttons, thread, and ribbon.  For the final touch, I added some small Stampendous class-a-peel stickers to the centers of the hat's flowers.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Stampin Up! Watercolor Flowers Wheel, PSX Hat Stand, Digital Leigh Grady
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Orchid Opulence, Lovely Lilac, Almost Amethyst
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Orchid Opulence
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Computer, Printer, Buttons, Thread, Glue Dots, Ribbon, Stampendous Class-A-Peel Stickers

Synchronized Syd - MMTPT148

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my Stamp Something challenge, please scroll down one post.

I'm finally able to participate in a Teapot Challenge thanks to my continued migraines.  This week our teapot challenge is all about synchronized swimming and the teapotters.  Teapotter Leigh Grady provided us again with a digital image to use.  It's a good thing too since I didn't have any stamps to match the challenge.

After downloading the image, and printing it off twice, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and got to work coloring.  Once both images were colored, I cut one out for popping up later and rolled Stampin Up's dot to dot wheel on the card itself.  Then I pulled out my MFT Wave Die-Namic and die cut three wave borders in tempting turquoise before stippling some of the same ink over them.  Once my image was layered, and popped up, I added some ice stickles and prima flowers with metal dot stickers in the center as the final touch.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Leigh Grady Digital
Ink: Stampin Up! Tempting Turquoise, Bashful Blue
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Tempting Turquoise, Orchid Opulance
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Die-Namic, Primas, Glue Dots, Metal Dot Stickers, Stipple Brushes, Ice Stickles

Butterflies And Roses - MMTPT142

Hello and happy Monday!  It's time for another Mothermark Teapot Tuesday challenge.  This week our inspiration teapot was a picture of a stained glass rose teapot and our cards are going to Kay in Canada.  I just love the effect of stained glass!!  Once again, fellow tea potter Leigh Grady, came to the rescue creating this wonderful digital image for all of us to use.

Once I had downloaded & printed the image, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and got to work coloring.  For the background of the card, I wanted it to match the main image so I dusted off my Stampin Up! butterfly set and matching punch, stamped the background and created the middle border.  For a little extra effect, I spritzed some lovely lilac marker over the rose panel before adding some Making Memories baby brads and Colorbok metal dots.  Simple, yet sweet at the same time.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great evening.


Stamps: Digital Image From Leigh Grady, Stampin Up Flight Of The Butterfly
Ink: Stampin Up! Glorious Green, Lovely Lilac
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Lovely Lilac, Pixie Pink, Glorious Green
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Computer, Printer, Stampin Up! Butterfly Punch, Metal Dots, Making Memories Baby Brads, Color Spritzer Tool, Stampin Up! Lovely Lilac Marker

Teapot House - MMTPT139

Happy Monday!  It's the beginning of a new week.  First and foremost, let me apologize for my card being assembled crookedly.  I'm still dealing with a freakin migraine that doesn't want to go away.  For this week's Teapot Tuesday challenge, we are to make "girly" or feminine cards with ribbon some for a fellow SCSer who lost all of her stamping stuff in a flood. 

With the inspiration photo being pink & white teapots, I pulled out a retired Cornish Heritage Farms Mushroom Lane teapot house I've had for a while.  After stamping it up in memento tuxedo black ink then coloring with prismacolor markers, I lightly stippled some Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the edges before layering.  For the card base itself, I pulled out a retired Stampin Up! wheel that I've had for years, and inked it with pixie pink before rolling diagonally across the card base. 

Once the card was done, I added a MFT jumbo scallop die-namic die cut that was in my stash before popping up my image panel.  Once that was done, I added a couple of primas with bling centers and some ice stickles to the bugs & flowers to finish everything off.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great week.



Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms Mushroom Lane Teapot, Stampin Up! Bugs & Blossoms Wheel
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Pixie Pink
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Pixie Pink, Lovely Liliac, Green Galore, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Ice Stickles, Primas, Glue Dots, Dimenionals, Brads, Ribbon Bow, MFT Jumbo Scallop Die-Namic, Stampendous Bling Stickers

What A Hot Ride!!

Hello again!  This week's Teapot Challenge is to make a masculine card (cars, trucks, cooks, sports, etc) for our Destination Station recipient.  For that, I decided to pull out my long retired, but well loved Stampin Up! set Classic Pickups.

I started out by stamping the pickup on white card stock in memento tuxedo black ink and coloring with prismacolor markers.  Since I was making the flames stand out a bit, I decided to sponge Stampin Up! summer sun ink around the edges before layering.  For the background, I pulled out the matching retired tire track wheel and inked it in Stampin Up! real red, only orange, & summer sun dye inks for the corresponding layers.  After adding some Making Memories white baby brads, I pulled out some Colorbook metal sticker dots to fill in some of the extra space on the card front. 

If you haven't joined in on the Teapot Tuesday challenges, you really should try sometime.  They're a lot of fun.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!!



Stamps: Stampin Up! Classic Pickups, Tire Track Wheel, Close To My Heart Saying
Ink: Stampin Up! Real Red, Only Orange, Summer Sun, Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Real Red, Only Orange, Yoyo Yellow
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Sponge, Colorbook Metal Sticker Dots, Making Memories White Baby Brads