FTTC 99 and Mojo Monday

This card was made for Florishes Tuesday Challenge... their 99th challenge. Be watching for their 100th next week! I didn't plan to make two purple cards back to back, it just sorta happened. This paper is Basic Grey's Wisteria. I love this paper. The cs is SU. The rhinestones are KaiserCraft. I colored the cute spring image with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. The sketch is from this week's Mojo Monday. That's about it. Thanks a bunch for lookin'!

Stampavie #19, Mojo 129, Critter Sketch #4

I LOVE this image by Rachel Anne Miller for Stampavie! I've had it quite awhile, and was just waiting for Stampavie to resume their challenges to use it! Nothing says spring like a little critter, and this card/image just shouts spring. I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils to match the Basic Grey LilyKate paper. The blue and green cs is from SU. It is so springy in its colors. The ribbon is Offray and the flowers are Prima with a Kaiser green rhinestone in the center. I cut the image out with Nesties labels 4, the third largest. I sponged around the image with chalk. I used today's Mojo Monday sketch, and the colors just happen to go with Critter Sketch #4 (and these are adorable critters!).

Thanks so much for lookin'!

Mojo 125 and Copic Creations #21

This card was made for two challeges: Mojo Monday #125 and Copics Creations #21. The image is from Belles n' Whistles by Elizabeth Bell. OMG! I have fallen in love with these images. I think Elizabeth Bell is at the top of my favs for artists. Her images are so adorable! I used Almost Navy from SU, the ribbon is Basic Basic. I used my CB swiss dots folder. The rhinestones are Kaiser. The soft blue is border punched with my new MS eyelet lace border punch. The Copics I used are:

Hat: V01, V15, BV00

Skin: E10, YR00

Apron: R20, R22

Skirt: YR00, 02

Jeans: B24, 34, 97

Flower on hat: R30, 11

Cat: C1, W3

Hair: E21, 33

Pillow: E32, 34

Grass: YG03, 25

Pitcher: BV31, 23

Shoes:E04

Yarn: G21, 000

Outline of image: B00

The idea for the Copics Creation Challenge was to feather blend. That was really hard, even though I looked at the tutorial. I need lots of practice!

Thanks a bunch for lookin'!

Mojo123 and CAS51 Free Hugs

This card was made for 2 challenges: Monday's Mojo 123 and SCS's Clean and Simple 51 to use designer paper. Mojo 123 was to do a square or round card. I used designer paper from Daisy Bucket Designs, Playful Petals that already had a circule with flower embelishment as part of the design. I used Kaiser pink rhinestones in the center of the flowers and red rhinestones over red dots in the design. The stamp is Stampendous Fluffles Hugs F199. I put just a touch of color on Fluffles iwth Copic markers. The ribbon and bow are Offray. Clean and Simple!

Thanks a bunch for lookin'!

Mojo83 Thanks

Hey, last one for today! This is for Mojo Monday Challenge 83, a sketch. I used K and Company Bailey papaer (both sides of one sheet) for the dp. The cs is DCWV. The image is my new Flourishes set of Violets. So pretty! First time to use it (just got it Monday) :). Colored with Copics. The decorative border is punched with a Fiskers border punch (is that redundant?). The ribbon is Offray.

Thanks a bunch for lookin'!

Mojo82

Mojo Monday! This is for today's sc #82. The image is from my daughter's stash (SU, I think). I colored it with Copics, and cut it out, popping it up on foam dots. The bg paper is Basic Grey, Procelain collection. The cardstock is from my stash. The pearls are from Kaiser Craft, Blush. I added a pearl to the flower center. I also popped out the square on foam dots. The bottom is cut with a Fiskers border punch. The ribbon is from Offray. That's it! Thanks a bunch for lookin'!

Mojo Monday 81

Mojo Monday time again! What a cool sketch challenge for this week! I love these two dp's, and it was really fun to be able to combine them into a single card. The dp is by Dena Designs that I've had a long time. I don't know who the cardstock is by. The base of the card is GA Pacific cardstock. I used the darkest purple for the first layer, then layered the next two layers... the yellow is on a soft pink and the stripe is on a softer shade of purple. Then I used the same cardstock on the top layers, alternating the soft purple onto the yellow dp and the soft pink onto the stripe dp. I used the dark purple as the scallped mat for the image. Mat and image cut with Nestabilities Circles and Scallops. I used Inkssentials Opaque White Pen to put dots around the scalloped edge. I used a pink Kaiser rhinestone on the left panel and Latte pearls onthe right. O used a dark purple Offray ribbon on the left panel and put flowers cut with Cuttlebug dies on the top. I couldn't resist that red button :) ! The right flower has a soft yellow button. The image is by Great Impressions colored with Copics.

And there you have it! Thanks a bunch for lookin'!

Recipe:

Copics: G09 - Veronese Green; G000 - Pale Green; W3,5 - Warm Gray; V15; R20, 22 - Blush, Light Prawn; E02, 33, 93 - Baby Skin Pink, Sand, Tea Rose; RV000 - Pale Purple; Y02,06 - Canary Yellow, Yellow

Image: Great Impressions
Image cut with Nestabilities Circles and Scallops

Embellishments: Kaiser Craft: Pink Rhinestone, Latte Pearls
Buttons, flowers from Cuttlebug dies, Inkssentials Opaque White Pen
Offray ribbon

Mojo 79, FunF6

Hey girls! Today is Wednesday... I've had a place on my arm biopsied today, and now I'm drinking that awful stuff for a colonoscopy scheduled for tomorrow Ugh! That junk you have to drink is awful, and you have to drink so much! 4 liters I have :( Please feel sorry for me :-

Ok, enough of that! This card is for the Mojo 79 sketch challenge combined with Fun Frilled's color challenge. It's a pretty simple card, but I think it turned out ok. I used some black I have, gray is from DCWV and the patterned paper is also DCWV from a pad. Oh, and the red is also from DCWV. Then I used a red ribbon, two flowers and three brads, also a clip. I used a Fiskers border punch for the bottom of the gray. It's not too bad.

Thanks for lookin' and have a blessed rest of the week!

Basic Grey #26

Good Friday morning, folks! My husband was out of town yesterday, so I gathered up my card making materials and took them to the family room to be close to my mum-in-law and to watch the NCAA basketball championship games. I was very productive! I made the following cards for various challenges for this past week. Hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed making them!

Basic Grey #26 no square corners

This card was made for Basic Grey's challenge not to use any pointed or square corners. The card was made with BG's Two Scoops. I put the yellow paper behind the image after cutting it with Nestabilities circle scallops. The image is also cut with Nesties circle. I used a Fiskers corner punch on the main panel corners and used my corner rounder on the cardstock for the card body. The stamp is Fluffles the Cat from Stampendous. I colored the image with Copic markers. Embellishments are ribbon, a spiral clip, Prima flowers and Latte pearls from Kaiser. It's a simple card, but I think it turned out really cute!

Mojo Monday #78

This card was for the Mojo Monday sketch challenge #78. Again, I used Basic Grey Cupcake for my background paper. The image is from SU (I think... it's from my daughter's collection). I colored the image with Copics and tied a short piece of ribbon in a knot and glued it onto the image. The pale blue is sponged on using my chalk. I haven't sponged with chalk before, and I really like the results! I used two strips of ribbon because it's pretty narrow, and doubled the bow. I used Kaiser pearls in Latte to complete the card. What do you think???

My Favorie Things Sketch Challege #73

This was probably the most fun card I made. I wanted to use this ribbon, so I colored the awning red and left part of it white. I colored the dress blue and the suit red and pink, giving her red boots. I love the look of a white card with dry embossing, so I used my CB Swiss Dots embossing folder on the background and also on the phrase. The phrase is cut out with my narrow rectangle Nesties scallop, but it's hard to see. I raised the image panel on foam dots, glued the top of the awning to the background panel and raised it again at the front on foam dots to give it a 3-D look. I had to use cotton on the poodle. I may have gotten a wee bit too much... what do you think? I finished the card with three Kaiser red pearls. I colored it all with Copics. So, what do you think? I think it's pretty cute myself :)

Cute Card Thursday #52 - a recipe

This card was made for yesterday's Cute Card Thursday. The recipe was to use something torn or ripped, two papers and four embellishments. I ripped/tore the image and ruffled the edges. I used a brown chalk around the edges as well. I colored the image with Copics. The image is from SU, my daughter's collection. My embellishments are two flowers (Prima) stacked with a brad in the center (that's 3) and a ribbon through the sentiment (that makes 4). The paper is from Basic Grey's Infuse. I also punched the bottom of the floral dp with a border punch, but it doesn't show up very well. I thought it turned out pretty cute for such a limited card. What do you think?

Penny Black Sketch Challenge #40

Clean and Simple 05 (blue and green)

As simple as this card is, I think it turned out really cute! But I love the colors together. The image is Penny Black, colored with Copics, and sponged with chalk (told you I liked the results!). There is a green ribbon behind the image, but it got hidden with the Prima flowers. I popped the image up on foam squares. The image is cut out using Nesties ovals and scallops. I used silver brads in the corners. This could definitely be a CAS card!

Hey, thanks a bunch for lookin'! I'll have to make some more during the tournament again today! :)

Love MOJO73

Hey, this card was created for MOJO Monday #73. It's a very simple card. I got this ribbon the other day and really wanted to use it, so... this card was created around this ribbon :-) ! I found a blue in my stash that went pretty well, found some dp from KandCompany that had the blue in it, and this shade of purple, put it together, and was happy with it. I used my Hearts Fiskers border punch on each border of the purple, and strung my ribbon through it (I don't yet have a punch to make a ribbon threader). I used the dp behind the ribbon and blue layer, then put my image, also by KandCompany (that I just got yesterday from Maggie at Cuttlebug... I won a prize during their LuvBug weekend blog hop!) and colored it with Prismacolor pencils (no Gamsol). I used bubble stickers from JoAnn Scrap Essentials on each corner and the ribbon. This was the result! What do you think?

Thanks a bunch for lookin'!

MOJO72

Hi! This card was made for MOJO Monday's challenge #72. It is a birthday card for my baby girl, who turns 32 this week!

I used blue and yellow cardstock, and a gingham dp and floral dp. I ran the floral dp through a Cuttlebug border folder with flower impressions. I used Waterfall stickles for the bling above the knot and ribbon, yellow Kaiser 1/2 pearls on the large background at the corners, and two ble Kaiser 1/2 pearls on the floral dp. I used a yellow gingham ribbon and glued a knot onto it. Should have tied the ribbon but forgot until it was attached :-(. The image is a Penny Black stamp that I colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I cut the image and mat with Nestabilities ovals and scallops. I mounted the image up on foam squares to pop it out. I put blue cardstock and the floral dp on the inside of the card.

Thanks for lookin' and have a blessed week!

Hugs and Kisses House Mouse #22, MOJO71

This card is for two challenges: MOJO Monday 71 and House Mouse Monday Challenge #22. The MOJO challenge is a sketch challenge on a square card, and the House Mouse challenge is for paper piercing. I pierced all four corners on the mauve, pierced all around the mat for the image, and pierced the mat for the phrase. I used Imaginations dp behind the image and phrase. I put a pink and a green ribbon behind the image and included bows at the tops. I put a bow on a clip on the phrase. I placed Kaiser pink rhinestones at the bottom of the image panel and at the right top corner. The image is colored with Prisma colored pencils and Gamsol and the hearts are enhanced with Fruit Punch Stickles, as is the heart on the phrase. The phrase, Hugs and Kisses, is computer generated. I mounted the image with square Nestabilities and cut out the phrase with the small scalloped square Nestabilities.

This was a fun dual challenge. Thanks a bunch for lookin'!

This is a close up of the computer generated phrase and the piercing.