Friends Valentine

Well  this will be my last valentine card for 2011 (I think) as

it's to late to send it out and I have all the others taken care of. It will see the light of day again in 2012. I quite like it and it is my first round easel card.  Love the images of the sock monkey(s) from Bugaboo (one image - duplicated and the size changed).  Just too darn cute.

Challenges entered:

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog: Different Folds and this one is sure different for me.
Digital Tuesday Challenge  : From the Heart- Valentine's theme
 CES Challenge Blog: Cute and Cuddly - I think these little sock monkey Fit that bill:)
2 Sisters Challenge Blog: Hearts
Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog: Valentine's Day
Bee Crafty: Hearts
 Scrapbook Sisters: Challenge 22  My Valentine

Stamp: Digital stamp from Bugaboo SMG Standing, Marble Texture cube from Stampendous
Markers: Prismacolors - light Tan, sand, apple green , blush pink
Ink: SU creamy carmel, gable green
Paper: Su creamy carmel and gable green
Technique: round easel card tutorial from Get Funky

Valentine facts:   Valentine's Day is celebrated in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, France, Australia and the Great Britain.

(I thought it would be much more,  Doesn't the rest of Europe celebrate it too, what about New Zealand???)

HAPPY VALENTINE'S 2011

Relax, Take Care

Another great crafting day at Dawn's . She made this wonderful card and I made my spa lady.  I love my Friday `stamp-n-play'; I find it relaxing and  I am dedicating this card  to those Friday's.

I used  a free digi from Sassy Studios for the image and a computer generated sentiment. I added flock to the towel, created some little red flowers using punches and some red glitter and punched out the green foliage using MS punches. Used Spellbinder nestabilities and Shapeabilities for the large circle.

Challenges:

Sassy Studio's - Dare to be Sassy Thursday: Challenge #59 Colors of Love -Pink,Red,White

 Digi's With Attitude! Challenges:  Challenge 17 - create a card with something puffy (poofy) on it.  I added Flock to the towel wrapped around the girl-kinda hard to see I know.

Friday Sketchers: Sketch #141 -  sketch

 Cupcake Crafts: Seeing Red - need some red on your project

 - I have red flowers



Come Again!

A Good Week

Last week was a good week for me. Two of the cards I  posted won an award. I won a Top Three Placement   at Bugaboo stamps for this card:

and an Honorable mention from Digi's With Attitude! for this one :

I am a happy camper!!!

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Bear Dress Up Dee

 

Lexi's Creations    Challenge #33 'When You Go Down to the Woods Today- Lets See All Those Bears:D'

Sponsor:  Letraset an online store dealing with things creative (eg: markers, pads, adhesives, tutorials and well go take a look....)

Oh I loved this challenge and it was such a fun card to make. I had it in my mind that there had to be a scroll involved.  I checked a lot of digital stamp sites without success, so did a google search until I found one I liked and could download. Halfway through making the card I rechecked the site where I had downloaded the scroll from and the site had disappeared. When I finally found the scroll again it said picture may be subject to copyrights, or something to that effect. So of course that was out and the search was on again. Finally found the one I subsequently used, then just last night I was on a stamp site and low and behold there were two scrolls, just as I envisioned the  scroll to be; was too late though, my card was made and I was not about to tear it apart :D

I figured the digital stamp from Fairy Dust Crafts of the little girl (her name is Dee) in the bear outfit  was perfect for this challenge, there she was all dressed up and ready to go to a bear picnic. She is just so happy about it all, can't you see the glee on her face. Oh, what a good time it is going to be. Of course I had to add some butterflies; I love butterflies!

Note: The words to the Teddy Bear's picnic were written by Jimmy Kennedy in 1932 for a melody composed by John Walter Bratton in 1907.

Challenges;

Flutterby Wednesday: anything goes along as there is a butterfly, fairy or angel on the card - I have the butterflies

Stamping with the Dragon: anything goes

MyGrafico: anything goes - monthly challenge

Delightful Sketches: come fly with me- I used three butterflies ands two bees

Crafty Sentiments: bear on a card

Paperplay Challenges: stamp it out - use your rubber or digi stamps

Craft Us Crazy; anything goes

Sew Many Challenges: anything goes

Catch the Bug (bugaboo stamps): anything goes

Little Claire's: monthly challenge - anything goes

Details:

Stamp: Bear Dress Up Dee from Fairy Dust Crafts coloured with Prismacolors . I punched out some leaves from two MS punches and sat her on top of them (with tape).

Embellishments: the bears and the bees are from Michael's , the butterflies are from a MS punch and were stamped to match the pattern on the green background border. I added tiny pearls so they were not so bland.

Papers:

Green background paper is Stampin Up's mellow moss, stamped with a  SU background stamp 

Chocolate Chip paper then frames the yellow and green paper the scroll is attached to. I had brayered whisper white paper to  make a background to reflect  a sunny day in a green meadow (at least that was my intention).

Scroll: Free Image Works I typed the first bit of the song onto the downloaded scroll.

The song has been going through my head for days now, can't seem to get rid of it (lol)

            Good-by Come Again                                                                                                                 

The Nurse

I spent Friday afternoon with Dawn and we ventured into the world of nursing; or at least making a card depicting that world. My husband  spent a couple of days in the hospital last week having his gall bladder removed, so I am dedicating this card to him - it will give him a laugh.  I will link to Dawn's card when she posts. (update: here is Dawn's card; it is quite wonderful) I'm not sure where the sketch idea came from; it was not a current challenge and I cannot find it , so cannot reference  it. 

The image is one of the digi's in the   "Help for Katie" Fundraising package over at Jak Heath's blog.  Give a gift donation to help Katie Renz and you get a package of digi's from  various artists!
   
Challenges:

 Jak Heath crafting beautiful things: thank you card competition  for those who have donated to the Help for Katie Benefit
Short o Mania - any card that is not 6x6 .Mine is 41/4 x 5 1/2. 
Cute Card Thursday: Banish the Blues - humour, hopefully  this gal will give you a giggle

Stamp Something: Feb. Digi Day Challenge - use a digital stamp
 (digi stamp from Just Inklined - part of 'Help Katie' package)
Papertake Weekly: anything goes - with flowers (optional)  I have a flower in place of a bow
Phindys Place: Embossing (dry or heat - I used dry embossing on my blue background)


Card details:
Stamp:  Just Inklined digital stamp
Sentiment: mine
Paper: SU whisper white, brilliant blue, basic black
Markers: Prismacolors
Nestabilities: rectangles
Embellishments:dew drops,brads
Punches: Martha Stewart: Christmas Branches, Marvy flower punches

                                                                                                       

                                                                                                        Ouch

Leprechaun Max

I don't often make a card for St. Patrick's but Leprechaun Max was hard to resist. (to me he embodies what I think a good Irish leprechaun should look like, some of them are quite nasty I hear and he is not:) If all leprechauns were as agreeable as Max, my great grandmother would not have had to break her egg shells up before she threw them out ( to prevent them from sailing over here in an egg shell I was told). I often wonder if this tale is true or not, did people really do this? Anyway I digress; so here are the challenges  and details for my card.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday: challenge #87 sketch - I used the shamrocks for the ribbon and the balloon for the bow
SSDS challenge: get punchy
The Pixie Cottage: challenge #55sketch and or buttons!! I have shamrock buttons
Cute Card Thursday:  challenge #150 banish the blues ,use humour  - I think my little leprechaun with his balloon and his desire for a kiss should bring a smile
Dutch Dare Challenge: challenge #98 - buttons and I have those adorable shamrock buttons on my card

PaperPlayChallenges: stamp it out - use your stamps  rubber or digital
The Corrosive Challenge: button it up
Some Odd Girl: scallops


Details:
Stamp: digital stamp from StitchyBearStamps  Stitchy Bear Stamps artist  Lexi Creation)
Sentiment: computer generated
Markers: Prismacolors (PM-166,PM-32,PM-167,PM-86,PM-137,PM-93)
Paper: misc. paper (in other words I have no idea lol) I did brayer two  pieces of whisper white paper from SU to make the  gable green coloured  rectangular background pieces
Punches: Martha Stewart for the terrace type border; oval punch from Michaels for the sentiment
Embellishments: 'Dress it Up' shamrock buttons from Michaels,crystal effects on the balloon

Nestabilities:  circle, scalloped and inverted scallop

               

          

                             "A face without freckles is like a sky without stars"
                                                                     Irish Proverb

It's Cold Outside

It was minus 27 when I made this card last night and I thought the image was fitting. Actually my mood was not near so cheery as the card is. Will this winter never end!!! At one point I thought January would go on forever, but here it is Febuary so I guess I made it :).

The image is a freebie from Digi's With Attitude' and I was quite taken with her, love those boots!  Wished I looked that good out in the cold, I mean her nose isn't even red..

Challenges:
Digi's with Attitude! Challenge Blog: Go Digi People - use a digi person as your image
Stamp Something Challenge - Winter
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #96 : Whateva
Crafty Sentiments Design Challenge Blog: : My Favourite Things - In my case it's nestabilites, snowflake punches and a new favourite border edge punches and prismacolor markers
PaperPlay Challenges: Layer it Up - I have six layers counting the punched embellishments:


Details:
Stamp; Digi's with Attitude 's "Winter Diva'
Paper: Stampin Up Marine Mist and Baja Breeze ; white cardstock from Staples
DP: Dollar Store
Markers: Prismacolors  #PM48,PM109,PM103,PM108,PM100 and PM121
Embellishments: Spellbinders Shapeabilities  and Create a Flake or Two, MS  Snowflake Punch, brads and one dew drop.

Come Again!

Update: Feb. 7th, 2022 - won Honorable Mention from Digi's with Attitude! Challenge Blog

Yay!!