Enjoy Today

I thought it was about time I got started on the February Verve challenges (VLVFeb2013) now that over half the month is over. This is one is actually for week 2 although week 1 hasn't been done yet.

I chose to use the inspiration photo rather than the sketch. I loved the pink, black and white colors plus I thought the Verve Black Tie Birdies matched the scroll work in the black fencing. I stamped the birdies in Memento Rose Bud and Tuxedo Black onto a subtle patterned paper from the Glitz Yours Truly pad. I really went with the (no such thing) rule of twos on this one. Two birds, two banner strips from the Pebbles Walnut Grove pad, two flowers cut with the Verve Loopy Blooms dies from a Simple Stories Sn@p Color Vibe pad, two buttons...Only one card though (grin).

Products: Verve stamps and dies, Pebbles, Simple Stories and Glitz dp, PTI buttons, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Memento ink

I hope you are off to a great week. See you back here tomorrow for TCP Tuesday.


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You Put the Wind in My Sails

Today's card features the new Market Street Dreaming of the Sea stamp set. I wanted this set enough to dip into my very small February crafty budget for it. It also represents one of my goals this year to expand my stamp company horizons. I combined three images from the set with a piece cut with the My Favorite Things Peek-a-Boo Squared Die-namics. I've had this for a while now but never managed to use before. For the fourth spotlight I cut a shell from the My Favorite Things Sea Charms Die-namics, attaching with a brass brad. I placed a pot dot underneath it to give it some dimension. The images and sentiment were stamped with Memento Paris Dusk and Rangers Archival Vermillion inks. The bottom border was cut with the Taylored Expressions Wave Border die. All the paper came from the Authentique Glory 6x6 pad. I generally followed this week's Deconstructed Sketch (DS89) for the layout.

Products: Market Street Stamps, Authentique dp, PTI buttons, Taylored Expressions die, My Favorite Things Die-namics and button, The Cat's Pajamas CutUps, Ranger and Memento inks

Have a good day.

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Miss U

I have a card today featuring Sugar Nellie Hazel and Nutty which is actually my second entry for the 100th Sugar Bowl challenge. By the way, my first card was "eye candied" on the Sugar Nellie blog here.

This is another one where I had a head start as the image was all ready colored and in a kit. Obviously I must have started in the fall since the colors are rather fall like. I think I stopped working on it because at the time I couldn't figure what I wanted to do for the blank spot in the image panel. But once I started looking through my dies it actually came together easily. I used three different My Favorite Things Die-namics, Fancy Flourish, Mini Royal Roses and Royal Leaves. It also helped that I generally followed the Mojo Monday sketch (MOJO280) for the layout. The sentiment is from the My Favorite Things Notched Tag and Die set and was stamped with Hero Arts Wet Cement ink. The paper is all from the Glitz Designs Yours Truly 6x6 pad.

 

Products: Sugar Nellie stamp, Glitz Designs dp, PTI buttons, My Favorite Things Die-namics, Fiskars border punch, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Hero Arts ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Skin-E000, E00, E11, R20; Hair-E30, E33, E35, E37; Clothing-E40, E41, E42, E44, B91, B93, B97, B99; Leaves-YR23, YR24, YR27, R46; Nutty-E97, E99, E40, E41; Wings/Streamers-W00, E81; Shadows-W00, W1, W2

I hope you are having a great weekend. As always, thanks so much for stopping by.


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Just Stinking About You

Happy Valentine's Day! I have one more Valentine for you today.

I used an image and sentiments from The Cat's Pajamas Happy Camper set which is a favorite of mine. And although technically not a Valentine set I made it work by using red, black and white colors and a few hearts here and there.

Products: The Cat's Pajamas stamps, Echo Park and Bo Bunny dp, American Crafts brad, Ki Memories Puffies, Heidi Swapp chipboard hearts, Kaisercraft and Basic Grey jewels, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers
Copics: C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, W00, E81, R20, R24, R27, G43, G46

Do you have any special plans today? We are eating in tonight. I have steaks to grill and even splurged on a couple of lobster tails and a bottle of champagne.


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C.C. Designs Review - Meoples Asian Set

It's review day on the All That Scraps blog and I am joining other members of the design team in showing you more projects using the February release stamps and dies.

I am featuring one of Christine's new sets, Meoples Asian. I first cut a circle shape with Spellbinders Nestabilities and after stamping the Geisha, I masked it and then stamped a portion of the Line of Lanterns image. The panda was also part of the same set and was cut out with another smaller circle Nestie. The fan portion of the Geisha image was stamped again, cut out and attached to the main image with a bit of glue at the bottom and then dimensional dots attached at the top.  

Products: C.C. Designs stamps, Basic Grey dp and jewels, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers
Copics: Skin-E50, E51, E00, E21; Hair-N1, N3, N5, N7, N9; Clothing-B0000, B000, BG10, BG11; Fan-YR30, YR31, Y21; Lanterns-B32, B34, B39, YR30, YR31, Y21, YG0000, YG91, YG93 YG95; Panda-W00, E81; Shadows-BG70, BG0000

As always,thank you so much for stopping by. Check out the All That Scraps blog for more review projects.


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For You

Good morning. I have a card today featuring Sugar Nellie Hazel that I created for the current Sugar Bowl challenge which happens to be their 100th. I've actually had this sweet fairy colored and kitted up for a while now and even had the mushroom border prepared which was cut with the C.C. Designs Mushroom Border Cutters. So I definitely had no excuse to enter the challenge with such a big head start. The paper is from the My Mind's Eye Gnome Sweet Gnome 6x6 pad.

Products: Sugar Nellie stamp, My Mind's Eye dp, PTI sentiment stamp and button, Kaisercraft jewels, Prima resin mushroom, C.C. Designs Cutters, Copic Markers
Copics: Skin-E000, E00, E11, R20; Hair-E31, E34, E37, E29; Clothing-E40, E41, E42, E44, YG91, YG93, YG95; Wings/Streamers-W00, E81; Leaves-YR23, YR24, YR27, R46; Mushroom-R22, R24, R29, W00, E81; Shadows-BG70, BG0000

Thank you for stopping by.


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Something Special For U

I hope everyone is surviving all the bad weather. It's been raining here constantly and couldn't possibly get any gloomier but it is better than tornadoes and heavy blizzard conditions. I had great intentions of getting lots of crafty projects done this past weekend but somehow that never really materialized. I did get several things colored but today's card represents the only one fully completed.

I created this using the layout from this week's My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club challenge (MFTWSC110) although I flipped it to portrait rather than landscape. I've had this Pure Innocence Something Special Just For You stamp lounging around in my "un-inked" box for a while now. I actually received this in Joanne's very generous giveaway last year. I think this is the last one to get inked up from that group. I stamped the image onto the oval doily cut with the My Favorite Things Decorative Doily Die-namics. The sentiment is from the Notched Tag and Die set. The paper is all from the My Mind's Eye Hootenanny 6x6 pad.

Products: My Favorite Things stamp and Die-namics, My Mind's Eye dp, PTI buttons, The Twinery Twine, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Copic Markers
Copics: Skin-E000, E00, E11, R20; Hair-E31, E35, E39; Crown-Y0000, Y11, Y13; Dress/Shoes-B0000, B000, B01; Gift/Envie-W00, E81, R20, R22, R24; Floor-W00, W1, W2; Shadows-BG70, BG0000

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