Yoda the Best

Happy New Year crafty friends! 

I am sharing the card I made for my Star Wars loving son for his birthday in December. I used an older stamp set by a now defunct stamp company, Craftin' Desert Divas. I stamped the yoda, wookie and ewok from the Troll Wars set onto Copic friendly cardstock, colored with Copic Markers and then fussy cut out. For the background I masked off a portion of the card front, then blended on blueberry and black soot ink onto the space. I applied Picket Fence Studios Winter Snowfall Paper Glaze Velvet over the Miss Ink Starry Night Stencil for a starry night sky. I removed the stencil and allowed the glaze to dry, then stamped the sentiment using rich cocoa ink directly onto the panel. The images were attached with foam dimensionals. 

Products: Craftin's Desert Divas stamps, PTI cs, PFS Paper Glaze, Miss Ink stencil, MFT, Ranger Distress and Memento ink, Copic Markers

Copics: Yoda-G0000, G000, G00, R00, R01, C00, C1, C3, E41, E42; Wookie-E30, E31, E33, R01, R20, R24, T0, T1, T3; Ewok-W00, E81, R01, T0, T1, T3

Let's all pray that 2023 is a better year for all. 

Born to Golf. Forced to Work.

***This is my second post for today. Please scroll down for my Sweet November for All That Scraps preview.***

A quick post this afternoon to show you a masculine card today featuring Sparkle Creations Golfing Oliver. Did you now that All That Scraps is now carrying the Sparkle Creations line of stamps? After coloring with Copic Markers and paper piecing the sweater vest I fussy cut out the image and attached to the background panel. I followed this week's Deconstructed Sketch (DS103) for the layout leaving the bow portion off to keep the frou frou to a minimum. All the paper is from the Echo Park Happy Camper 6x6 pad.

Products: Sparkle Creations stamp, Echo park dp, PTI buttons, Spellbinders Nestabilities
Copics: Skin-E000, E00, E11, R20; Hair-N1, N3, N5, N7; Clothing-W00, E81, C00, C1, C5, C7, C9; Golf Club-C00, C1, C3, W00, E81

Got to run - so much to do! Thank you for stopping by.

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Happy Birthday Ethan!

I am sure that you have heard of the recent rescue of little five year old Ethan held in an underground bunker in South Alabama for six days by a mentally ill individual. Thanks to the heroic efforts of local law enforcement and an elite FBI Rescue Hostage team, he is safe and sound and celebrated his 6th birthday last Wednesday. I made this card for him - it's a bit late - but I'm sure Ethan is okay with celebrating his birthday for a few more days.

I kept things simple with a bicycle stamp from Maya Road and then added a Studio Calico wood die-cut. The birthday sentiment is from The Cat's Pajamas Birthday Bunny set and all the paper is from a new paper pad My Mind's Eye Boy Crazy. I generally followed this week's Mojo Monday sketch (MOJO279) for the layout although I flipped it to portrait.

Products: Maya Road stamp, My Mind's Eye dp, Studio Calico wood diecut, Basic Grey button, Spellbinders Nestabilities

If you would like to send a card to Ethan, you can do so at:

Ethan

c/o NFPD

400 Headquarters St.

Napier Field, AL 36303

It does not necessarily have to be a birthday card. Be sure to include your city and state (and country if outside the USA) on your card so he will know that there are good people all over the world.

Christmas in July 1 - A Holly Jolly Christmas

Despite the fact that it is hot as blazes outside, I have decided to do another Christmas in July this year. I skipped last summer thinking that design team work would help me get my cards completed instead. It helped but in the long run wasn't enough and I wound up frantically making additional cards in December. At that point it was a chore and no longer a creative outlet. So expect to see Christmas cards on the blog this month in between design team assignments.

My goal is to complete at least 15 by the end of July. So let's get started! Today's card features a digital Whimsie Doodles image, Santa Express. It was coloring intensive but I would definitely use it again. I wanted it to look as though Santa was flying through the night sky on Christmas Eve. I used a couple of Papertrey Ink and Memory box dies to create the snowy scene, against the October Afternoon patterned paper for the sky. I think I will be making more of the A10 size cards as I really like it. The sentiment was from the C.C. Designs AmyR Handy Christmas Greetings set and it was stamped onto a cloud die cut cut with My Favorite Things Die-namics.

Christmas Card Tip of the day:  Let your stamped image shine by using a single patterned paper.

Products: Whimsie Doodles (digital) stamp, C.C. Designs sentiment stamp, October Afternoon dp, My Favorite Things Die-namics, Papertrey Ink dies, Memory Box die, Copic Markers
Copics: Reindeer-E53, E55, E57, R22, C00, C1, C3, C5, C7,  E0, E41, E42; Toy bag-YG21, YG23, YG25; Santa/Sleigh-E0000, E00, E11, R20, W00, E81,R22, R24, R27, N1, N5, N7, YG61, YG63, YG67, C00, C1, C3; Snow-G0000

I really hope my Christmas in July cards will inspire you to get started early too.



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The Keys to Life

In keeping with one of my craft goals for this year, I want to start including projects with my older stamps that do not require coloring. I have so many of these from years of stamping before I discovered Copics.  Today's card features one of my favorite Stamper's Anonymous stamp. I stamped onto my panel with Nick Bantock's Lamp Black ink and then heat embossed using clear detail powder. Now technically I suppose I could have actually colored this image but I rather liked the etched look. The paper is a mix of old and new - the red is DaisyD's (I sure miss that company) and the other is a sheet from the new Echo Park Be Mine paper. The epoxy/metal piece is an older Lil Davis product I found in my stash when I cleaned out my iris carts. Normally I would tuck the ribbon underneath the stamped piece but since it was so sheer I tied it over the image instead.

Products: Stamper's Anonymous stamp, Echo Park and DaisyD's dp, Lil Davis epoxy and metal piece, Melissa Frances keyhole, Spellbinders Nestabilities

Thank you for stopping by. I hope all is well with you. I feel like I've been a bit disengaged from the blog lately. Everything you've seen on the blog over the past week was completely at the first of the month. The fact is that I've been out of town for 10 days without any craft supplies. It was one of those things where I actually meant to make me up some kits to take with me but I ran out of time. Oddly enough, I seem to use more "tools" in cardmaking than I ever did for scrapbooking so it's harder for me to pack a bag of crafty stuff. I hope to get back into the swing of things next week. I definitely hit the ground running when we came in after a 10 hour drive - unpacked, started the laundry, put clean sheets on the bed, put some kidney beans on to soak overnight (for some red beans and rice today), started the dishwasher, paid a few bills online and some general straightening up. All in an effort to make sure I have some craft time hopefully starting today. Before I knew it, it was 10 o'clock and I still did not have a shower yet. I was too tired to dry my hair so i went to bed with it wet and let me tell you, it is a lovely sight this morning!

Just for You

I'm trying for another masculine card.  I really need the practice by going through the design process but they are definitely not my forte. This image is from the Digi Doodle Shop and is a digital one which I printed onto Bazzill Simply Smooth cardstock. I colored with Copic Markers and cut out with a Spellbinders Nestie, sponging very lightly around the edges with Stampin' Up So Saffron ink while it was still in the die. I followed this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch (SSSC93) except I did make it a square and also reversed the layout. I added some messy stitching, a button and a wool feltie piece from the Basic Grey Wander collection. I then stamped the Papertrey Ink sentiment twice - one line on the background panel and another on the stamped panel.

Products: Digi Doodle Shop digital stamp, Basic Grey dp and wool feltie, PTI sentiment stamp and button, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers

Copics: BG0000, BG11, BG72, BG75, C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, E07, E08, E09

That's it for today.  Have a great week.

Congratulations

I made today's card for my stepdaughter who has opened her own business.  The Grand Opening is today. So very proud of her for following her dreams.  If you happen to live in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina, please consider Triangle Hearing Services in Cary for all your hearing needs.

Now on to the card details. I stamped the Stamper's Anonymous image onto the Pink Paislee dp which I then cut with a Spellbinder's Label Nestabilities.  All other dp is from the Cosmo Cricket Togetherness 6x6 pad.  I hestitated with the black ribbon but I actually wanted the contrast as opposed to matchy matchy.  What do you think?  I followed this week's Sketch for You to Try for the basic layout.

Products: Stamper's Anonymous stamp, Cosmo Cricket dp, Pink Paislee dp and large brad, Kaisercraft pearls, May Arts ribbon

Have a great day.  Thanks for stopping by.

For the Twi-Hards

I have to admit that I don't reaIlly understand the Twilight phenomenom. I watched both movies back to back and mostly kept doggedly watching them just hoping they would get better.  Unfortunately, they never did for me.  However, I do understand obsessions so here are two cards for the Twi-hard fans.  I found the Edward and Bella digital image through google from Spesch Designer Stamps.  I printed both images with my Epson Artisan printer onto PTI cardstock making one image smaller as well as printing a mirror image for one of them. Both were colored with Copic Markers. 

Products: Spesch Designer Stamps, Webster's Pages pp, PTI cs, Prima leaves and sequin center, Maya Road silk ribbon, Basic Grey Jewels, Copic Markers

Copic Markers: Grass-YG91, YG93, YG95; (Edward) Skin-E00,0; Hair-E55, E57; Coat and Shoes-C1, C3, C5; Pants-BG72, BG75; (Bella) Skin-E00, E02, R20; Hair-E55, E57, R29; Sweater-BV00, V12, V15; Jeans-B91, B93, B95, B97

Products: Specsh Designer Stamps, Pink Paislee pp, PTI cs, ribbon and buttons, Basic Grey pearls, Fiskars punch, Copic Markers

Copic Markers: Grass-YG91, YG23, YG25; Background-B0000 (Edward) Skin-E0000; Hair-E55, E57; Coat-BV00, V12, V15; Pants-C1, C3, C5; (Bella) Skin-R01, E02, R20; Hair-E55, E57, R29; Sweater-BG72, BG75; Jeans-B91, B93, B95, B97

Only one month to wait for Eclipse!

Hippity Hoppity

I had a productive weekend and finished up my Easter cards using the fabulous Jillibean Soup Egg Drop Soup collection.  See this post to view my first card using these papers. My thoughts are still focused on Spring even though the weather made a sudden left turn and got cold again.  I'm really hoping that this is the last gasp of Winter.

The first card is my version of this week's Taylored Expressions sketch challenge.  I stamped the egg images with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto Papertrey Ink cardstock and then colored with Copic Markers.  I cut them both out and then mounted onto a background piece that I had embossed with my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing folder. 

Products: Unity Stamp Co, Jillibean Soup Patterned Paper, Papertrey Ink cardstock and twill, Prima Flowers, Flowersoft, Making Memories chipboard button, Martha Stewart Hydranga border punch, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Copic Markers: Y11, Y21, R81, R83, BG10, BG11


For my second card, I used the same Unity image as the card above except this time I just simply stamped onto patterned paper.  The second egg image is a dollar stamp from Michael's which I colored with Copic Markers.  The row of bunnies at the bottom were punched with a Martha Stewart punch I bought the other day with the famous coupon.  It's hard to see in a photo but the paper has a suedelike texture (it's been in my stash forever).  I added a tiny white pom pom for the bunny tails for even more texture. 

Products: Unity Stamp Co, Jillibean Soup Patterned Paper, Papertrey Ink cardstock and twill, Making Memories Glass Sticker and brad, Martha Stewart punch, Fiskars border punch, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Cuttlebug embossing folder
Copic Markers: Copic Markers: Y11, Y21, R81, R83, BG10, BG11

Happy Monday!