DT Card for Lexi's Creation Challenge # 41 Father's Day

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Lexi's Creations Challenge #41 The challenge this fortnight is to create a project for FATHER'S DAY    Take a quick trip over to  Lexi's site , you might want to join the fun!

The digital stamp on the card is from Fairy Dust Crafts called' Hot Choc Scruffles.  I've attempted to make the card appear a bit wonky by positioning the  layers a little off center. Scruffles always appears to me to be a bit of a wonky character, but very, very loveable:)

Card details:

Stamp: Hot Choc Scruffles from Fairy Dust Crafts
Sentiment: Stitchy Bear Stamps
Background stamps: Loose Weave from Rubbernecker for the large background and Stampin Up's Mesh for the small rectangle
Leaf stamp: unknown?
Medium: Prismacolor markers, ink from Stampin Up (tempting Turquoise, concord crush)
Dies used: Spellbinders Nestabilities - small & large Deckled Rectangles
Punches: Martha Stewart -   leaves
Embellishments:  navy ribbon from Michaels,string/cord from DH, buttons from stash


Challenges Entered:
PartyTimeTuesday: animals
Creative Card Crew: anything goes
DYSU: animals
EasyCraftProjects: Father's Day
Here Come the Boys: Father's Day
CraftYOur Days Away: Father's Day/Special Man
Charisma Cardz: Boy oh Boy
The Paper Shelter: anything goes

Sweet Pea

One of my favourite flowers is the sweet pea, but I have not had much  luck growing them in my back yard. Unusual I think, as most people I know grow them without any trouble:(

This lovely beauty is from Doodle Pantry and what a glorious flower it is. It also comes with a daffodil, see here.

Card Details: 

Stamp:  Doodle Pantry 'Daffodil & Sweet Pea'
Medium: Prismacolor markers

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Lacy Squares' and Marianne Designs for the flourishes

Punches: Martha Stewart for the leaves & branches. Stampin Up  'Modern Labels' & 'Word Window'. Martha Stewart  double edge punch 'bangle chain'.  

Challenges entered:

Dream Valley Challenges: something old and something new - I used a new double edged punch from Martha Stewart  and an old punch from Stampin' Up 'word windows'

I Did It Creations: challenge #56 anything goes

Stamp & Fun = Creativity:  challenge #48 Flower Power

Craft Your Passion Challenges:  challenge#59 Let It All Hang Out - my branches and flourishes

Paper Cupcake Magical Monday Challenge:  handmade flowers

Creative Card Crew: anything goes

My Time to Craft: challenge #142 - use a die cut

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge: # 54 - here comes summer -  I used sweet peas , summer and sweet peas   go together:)

Shelly's Images: TTT Challenge, Let it all Hang Out: see my branches and flourishes

Owl

There is a new challenge over at Doodle Pantry- Stock the Pantry -DPSTP#2 and you only have to create a papercrafting project using a Doodle Pantry image to enter. Go to the challenge site for all the details.

Here is an example of one of the marvellous image sets  from Doodle Pantry called: 'OWL' .

I  love this image and couldn't wait to use it in a card. To me it called out for a brayered background and

some forest foliage,so that is what I have used.  I am pleased with the result.

Card Details:

Owl Stamp: Doodle Pantry 'Owl'

Cascading leaves: Flourishes 'Humming Along'

Large Maple leaf: Stampin up

Punch: Stampin Up Sizzlits Little Leaves, corner punch

Medium: Prismacolors Markers, Stampin Up - Not Quite Navy, Soft Sky

Paper: Stampin Up

Technique: brayering , inspired by the work of Michelle Zindorf

Challenges  Entered:
ASpoonfull of Sugar: challenge #152 Anything Goes
All Kind Of Cards: challenge #28 Male (my brayered Owl card was made for a male)
Crafts and Me: challenge #35 - Anything Goes (option Kraft) - I did not use any Kraft

Digi Stamp 4 Joy: challenge #19: Boys,Boys,Boys (men or boys) (my brayered Owl  card was created for a male)

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: #28 No Sentiment
Kartenallerlei: OMG I forgot to link to this site, hope I updated it it time! Challenge #28 All Kinds of Cards

 Doodle Pantry is also having a special release for  May 20th called Quirky Dog:  he is adorable so go take a look at some  DT cards using  Quirky and visit the blog for more info!
  

Ice Cream Cutie

 I adore Kenny K stamps and here  is one called 'TROUBLEMAKER'. This is soooo funny,  I was colouring her hair and thinking boy she has a different even, may I say, weird hairdo, but continued merrily along making the best of it. Finished  the card and them went and looked at  Kenny K's site to see what they had in their gallery. Shocked I was ,yes shocked to find that the weird hairdo was in fact a hoodie, a hoodie.   Here I had spent all that time trying to add highlights  to a freaking hoodie. I'm still trying to stop the giggles every time I look at her. I kill myself at times........ BUT I had an accomplice  who also thought it was hair....could that be my stamping buddy Dawn? Was good for a hilarious finish to a great Friday stamp n' play:).

Stamp: Troublemaker from Kenny Kdownloads
Medium: Prismacolor markers
Dies Used:  Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Lacy Squares'; Marianne design Creatables for the flourishes
Punches: Martha Stewart leaves punch  &double edge punch;  MARVEL daisy punches for the medium and two small flowers
Embellishments: large flower from K&Company


Challenges Entered:
One Stop Craft Challenge #131: Ice Cream or ice cream colours
The crafty Pad: challenge #121 Holes
Kenny K's Krafty Girlz challenge #45- Die Cuts and Punches
Creative Stamp Friends challenge #25 - favoutite colours ;  I am a fan of the colour green in all it's different shades
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge : Lets Punch it Out
Truly Scrumptious Challenge: anything goes
Make it Colourful challenge #18 - Dotty Background

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #40 - Spots and/or Stripes

Lexi's Creations Challenge #40 The challenge this fortnight is to create a project  that contains  "spots and/or stripes'.   Take a quick trip over to  Lexi's site , you might want to join the fun!

Sponsor: FDC Fairy Dust Crafts 

I choose  one of Lexi's wonderful images called 'Mushroom Ladybug', decided purple or shades thereof  was my colour of choice and was off to make a purple mushroom card..  I added   green to give  it some  humph and  a little butterfly! For the accent flower, I choose a green  one and added some little flourishes for leaves . I cut out an additional ladybug and placed it ontop of the stamped  image to make it dimensional,  then added  crystal effects to the ladybug (hard to detect it from the photo). I also made the little yellow flower dimensional .  Two of the longer leaves behind the mushroom had their tops cut off when the image was die cut, so  added  two leaves to overlap the border.

Card Details:

Medium: Prismacolor markers

Dies Used: Spellbinders Nestabilities  label five, deckled rectangles (large and small),standard circles and flourish accent ; Marianne Design Creatables frame swirl

Punch: Martha Stewart

Embellishments: light green flower by 'Forever in Time

Challenges Entered:

The Hotspot: challenge - case a cake - I choose # 4 from the  Colorful & Bright

By the Cute and Girly- anything goes

Creatalicious Challenge- use flourishes

Craft Us Crazy - something new and/or favourite embellishment- I have two favs for embellishments - flowers and butterflies - so 'flowers' for this card, also this is the first time for the digi image (new)

SewMany challenges: anything goes

Make it Colourful- challenge 18: dotty backgrounds

2Sisters Challenge #39: how does your garden grow - mine grows with butterflies, ladybugs and the odd mushroom:)

Floweretstampler Blog: something about green and spring

My Mum's Craft Shop: to die for (use dies)

Mami Doodles:  challenge #26 spots and/or stripes

To New Beginnings

I've been busy readjusting my life and cleaning up downstairs as my son has moved out:0(   I am happy for him of course and he drops by  most mornings for coffee,....but my family room has echos in it, it is so empty and not only from the furniture he took, but from the missing voices. The family room was filled for years first with  young boys, then teenagers and for the last few years with young men and their ladies.    I shall miss them all, those young happy souls who spent so much time with us, but life moves on and now my son shall start on his road to  independence . I wish both him and his lovely Katie all the very best .

Challenges entered:

Anything Goes Challenge Blog: Home Sweet Home
Papertake Weekly: Punch it Out  use punch or die cuts
Tuesday Throwdown: die cuts
Crafty Creations: anything goes
Craft us Crazy: something new and/or favourite embellishment - my something new are the tiny green buttons and fav. embellishment is the butterfly, I love butterflies on my cards
My Grafico: monthly challenge for May

Card details;
Stamps:  Stampin Up's Neighborhood (jumbo wheel) and ?
Sentiment:  computer generated
Paper: Stampin Up
Spellbinders Nesabilities
Other: small pearls, crystal effects on the TV and picture glass, small punched butterfly

Little Frog

Here is another wonderful image from Doodle Pantry and was part of the May 5th release (click here for a direct link to the product over at DP). The stamp set is part of May's Digi Grab Bag and can be purchased for 50% off.

I coloured the little frog an orange-yellow colour and highlighted him in a  pale green. I also made him dimensional as with the lily on the pad in the lower right hand corner. Shaded in the white background with bashful blue ink and used a  template for the clouds.

Card Details:

Stamp: Doodle Pantry 'Little Frog set

Sentiment:   "little Frog" set

Medium: Prismacolor markers, Bashful Blue  Stampin Up Ink

Dies and Punches: Spellbinders Nestabilities, Paper Shapers,Martha Stewart scary branch punch

Embellishments: brads, yellow ribbon.

Challenges Entered:
Crazy Challenge CCH#66: Anything goes
Catch the Bug: anything goes
Cooking it up with Kate: stamp (rubber or digi) , brads and letters
Divas By Design: anything goes
Pear Tree Designs: spring -the sounds of frogs croaking, green , and blue skies- what could be more spring like:)
 Kaboodle Doodles: lots of layers
Papertake weekly: fancy a punch