My Besties Hollywood Glamour style..

I am super excited..i have always been bummed how Stickles/diamond looks on any dark colored section..most of the time it does not enhance the darkness.  This time i am excited because of the Hollywood/Glamour theme i was trying to achieve with an image that started out as a Garden girl image 313 here.

Based on the lighting and how i photograph the card i got different highlights..all of which i found to be fun and a treat for the person receiving the card. :)  What do you think?

Card on the floor/ light from the room (not directly above)

card standing up in light box/light above

card in light box laying down/light above

card standing up to the side/light above- view of 3D flowers

Copics used:
skin- YR000, 00, E02
hair- C3, 5, 7
lips- R35
eyes- B66
flower- R11, 20, 22
leaves- G20, 21, 24












Challenges:
Deconstructing jen- Deconstructed Sketch 149
My Besties UK- Hollywood/Glamour..using special image
My Time to Craft- Art Deco
Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge- Anything Goes
We Do Doobadoo challenge- Lots of Layers
Crafting at the Weekend- Anything Goes

Smile...It's your birthday!

This is an image i received when i took an online class, the image was approved by Christy, i took the class with Michelle Houghton.  Sad thing is i never finished the class in October because i had leg surgery and couldn't sit for half of the month for very long. 

Anyway, i am so happy i am finally using this image...of course i didn't follow the instructor's directions and colored mine like the Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland.

The theme at Tiddly Inks is "Birthday Bash" and that's because Christy just turned 40 on March 29 and we are celebrating!

Here is my card in honor of Christy:

i also followed this sketch at deconstructing jen...(tell you what this was a doozie...it was super fun and hard..and i loved it)

Challenges:
Tiddly Inks- 40th Birthday Bash
deconstructing jen- deconstructed sketch

You are wonderful!

March Madness continues at The Greeting Farm Blog and Splitcoast Stampers.  I've made a card that i was able to use a couple of new things to me...
An Action wobbles (instructions at another blog)

and Cricut's Craftroom "cartridge" found here.

So here is the card:

And here is Anya in "action/motion"...she wiggles back and forth on the action wobbler (spring)

 Here is the sketch i used for this challenge from deconstructing jen:

Challenges:
TGF March Madness/Splitcoast- "Mad about Tea Parties"
deconstructing jen- sketch #44

Happy 3rd Birthday, Sadie (a whole month+ earlier)

I just made my granddaughter's birthday card.  She will be 3 on March 5th.  Even though her mom had hoped to not do pink or purple, it has become some of Sadie's favorite colors...and she doesn't really play with Barbies to even get that idea.  She also loves sparkly things..so i colored this image's hair and clothes and used pink on the card just for my Little Miss Sadie!

Did i say i LOVE the new little girl and bear images at Digi My World?  Well, I DO!

This one is called Megan and comes w/balloons, a sentiment and 4 images.  I love her!

This is the sketch i used for the card, it is from deconstructingjen.

Challenges:
deconstructingjen- sketch
Simon Says Stamp Challenge- Anything goes 

Happy Birthday, Colorful Clown and Birthday cake!

Week #4 at Card Crafter's Circle and our them is "Make it Colorful"!  I chose to use the cute clown called, "Birthday Clown" found here .

This week's awesome sponsor is, Bugaboo Stamps...and i am a fan of these stamps!
They come in jpg. and png. format.  The winner this week gets their choice of 7 stamps!!!

 
This is the card i made and the Youtube "how to" video using the cricut machine part 1 is here and part 2 is here.  **This video shows a different easel/birthday card i made, but the directions are the same for the base.

side view                                                                                                   when closed for mailing

                                 storage for a small gift- candle box is also large enough for a gift card
                 

Card sketch is from deconstructed jen Sketch #32..i flipped the sketch on it's side.

 

Challenges:

deconstructed jen- sketch #32

Fussy and Fancy Friday- Birthday

Inky Impressions - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge- Something New... i am using a new stamp :)

We wish you a Merry Christmas! card

Can you hear me singing the song, "We wish you a Merry Christmas"....well i hope not..i can't sing that well...so just imagine it sounding good. LOL

Can you believe it...it is our 2nd Challenge at Card Crafter's Circle woo hoo...last week's challenge was so fun, i LOVED seeing all the new cards and meeting new crafters.

So this week our challenge theme is "Christmas".  Our awesome sponsor is Dearie Dolls, and her images are really cute don't you think?  You can find her store here.

 
The winner of this challenge will have their choice of 3 digi's from Dearie Dolls. 

Here is what i created using the Dearie Doll image called, "Caroling Couple".

Challenges:
deconstructing jen- sketch
Blog-a-doodle- Christmas
Top Tip Tuesday- Anything Christmas

Going "retro" Animal card

A month long challenge at TGF Farm Fresh challenge blog is to use "animals" and the stamp must be at least 6 months old.  I am not sure about my stamp's age as i couldn't find the list, but this is what i did for the challenge. 
I also used deconstructing jen's sketch shown below:

 

My card:

Challenges:
TGF Farm Fresh blog- Retro animal
deconstructing jen's-sketch

Have your Cake and eat it too card

I just love this Cake & Candles digital stamp it is SO versatile.  I saw the sketch at deconstructing jen's  for this week and thought....perfect combination!

Here is what i did using the image and sketch: (not a border punch below, but a welded word using my gypsy...see instructions below)

How i did this:
I used my Wild Card Cartridge and welded the words to rectangles to make them like a border punch.  Printed out my image on patterned paper and white paper, cut out the patterned paper and colored in the rest of the image.  Cut the image out and adhered it with foam dots.  Used a bit of baker's twine and glittery blue background paper to give it a celebration feel.

Challenges:
deconstructing jens- sketch
Elphine House-Tasty Treats
Anything goes challenge blog- Diecuts/punches
Whimsy Stamps- Diecuts/punches

A little bit Merry card

I've been wanting to use this image from Tiddly Inks and i think using this sketch from deconstructing jen works with this image works!
Here is the sketch (that i flipped so that the triangle could be a Christmas tree).

Below is the following supplies i used for this card:
5 x 10" white card base to make a 5"x5" card
4.75 Brown Mat (1st layer)
4.7/8" (or just a sliver smaller than the brown mat) tan patterned paper
3" x 4.5 Brown border mat (border should be cut on the longest side)
*2.5" x 4 3/8" green rectangle
5/8" x 4 15/16" red stripe paper
.75" x 5" brown mat for red stripe paper
*Green Christmas tree die cut measuring 3.75 x 4.25 (unchained in the gypsy and actual size) from Christmas Cheer cart. (Brown Shadow to match measuring the same as above)
2.5 x 1.5" cream rectangle w/ brown mat measuring 1/8 larger
Digital image 2.5" tall
Gems

*not the same tree as i used on the card...and i used two green scraps instead of one piece that i listed in the directions.

1. Put the layers together as shown (listed in the supply list)

 

Add the rest of the supplies and create this card...I did paper piece the dress on this digital image.

Challenges:
Deconstructing Jen- Sketch

Happy Fall card 2- deconstructing jen style :)

The challenge at Mo's Challenge Blog is to make an Autumn project. I know i say this all the time, but LOVE Mo's images, I really do.  This one is so sweet and i think intended for a teacher, but i thought it looked like a fall type card and could still be used as a "thank you", birthday or teacher card. :)

I used the deconstructed sketch by jen...

 

And this is what i did..

And how i did it..
I colored and cut out the image. Followed the sketch and punched out some maple leaves. I found the free sentiment here.  I added the "pattern" to the skirt by drawing w/the black Copic multi liner.

Challenges:
Mo's Challenge blog- Favorite Mo's 2011 Project

FFF- White Out challenge- deconscructing jen style

TGF's FFF (Farm Fresh Friday) challenge is to do an all white or mostly white project.
The sketch i used is from deconstructingjen sketch #19.

What i did:
I used the "Kissy Kissy" digital image and left it white except i colored their faces using an almost transparent copic pink marker.  I used deconstructing jen's sketch for this card. The card opens in the middle.  I used several embossing folders and some shiny white paper. I was thinking this would be an "easy" card being all white, but actually the constructing of it takes the same amount of time whether it is white or colored...the only difference was not coloring the image.

Happy Halloween- deconstructing jen's style

I missed out on deconstucting jen's sketch last week, but loved it and wanted to use it for this TGF WOW challenge (Metal Head).  I used Happy Day Amelia rubber stamp and colored her "Halloween" style.  She IS a cutie, a bit hard to hand cut out her necklace, but i worked out i think.  I wanted the sketch to have a "door" look and i super love the orange background paper.  I always think of my granddaughter, Sadie when i color in Amelia.  Sadie loves those type of necklaces.

Happy Fall card- deconstructing jen style :)

Good bye Summer, Hello Fall...how's that for a challenge...sounds good to me.  You could join me and make a card at Tiddly Inks challenge blog where this challenge is currently going on. Or you could go to deconstructing jen and do the sketch below.

What i did:
I used the "Whatcha Carving" image from Tiddly Inks and because i use "Word" i made my image be "behind the text" so i could type "Happy Fall" on my pumpkin.  I went a little "Magnolia-ish" and added some floral embellishments and diecuts...you can't see it but the brown leaves interwoven w/the flowers is brown glitter paper.

Birthday Boy card

Hi there...I've been itching to use this digital image since it came out and the opportunity has arisen... This image is from TGF and is called Chibi Farm Helper.  My dad is turning 81 in October and i think this would be a fun card for him.  He likes to garden and is just an all around great guy, i think!

Here is what i did:
I used deconstruting jen's deconstructed sketch and colored/cut out the digital image.

Copics used:
Skin- E50, 51, 02
Hair- E31, 37, 29
Jeans-B02,06
Shirt- R35
Dog- YR20, 23, E31
Frog- G20, YG03
Mouse- C1,3
Cat- C1,3, 5, E31, Multi liner
Bandaid- E31,81

Super Hero cards

Digi My World has these awesome Super Hero images...and i've just made these cards using 2 of them.  I love these images, so easy to color and so easy to cut out.

What i did:
For the Superman card i followed the deconstructing jen's sketch.  I used some TGF word stamps on my Spiderman card.  And guess what??  Using Halloween paper works well for Spiderman.

Copics used:
Spiderman                                           Superman
Skin- E50, 51, 02                                Skin- E50, 51, 02
Red- R24, 29 39 89                             Red- R29, 39
Blue B24, 26                                       Blue- B24, 26
Eyes- N0, Gelly Roll- Clear Star        Hair- B24, C5,7
                                                            Yellow- Y15

Challenges-
Cards for men- Anything goes
The Crazy Challenge- Movies

Happy Birthday w/Emma digital stamp

I've created my 3rd tween digital image from Digi My World.  This girl's name is Emma, and the digital image is a "Happy Birthday" theme and can be found here.

What i did:
I followed the deconstructed sketch at deconstuctingjen and will be entering this card in her challenge.  I also colored the image using my copics and those are listed below.  Sentiment is from Cuddly Buddly.

Copics used:
Skin- E50, 51, 02
Hair- E42, 29, 49
Dress- BG10, 15, 72, 09, YG01
Present- R24, 46, 22
Sentiment- R46, 22, E41

Other challenges:
Birthday Sundaes Challenge blog- Anything w/birthday sentiment

Summer Vacation card

Ahh, the backyard pool.  My family had one and it was yellow.  Now my grandkids have one on my deck and we use it as soon as it gets warm...usually around the middle of May.  This image from Mo's Digital Pencil brings back good memories!

What i did:
This week i followed deconstructing jen's sketch...i like using her sketches...and it worked really well hiding the hose at the top.



Copics used:
Skin-E51, 53, 02
Skin behind goggles, dog's nose- E41, shading on dog's nose- E31
Dog's skin- E97, 99
Boy's hair, Bandaid- E34
Water- BG10. 15
Swimsuit- R35, B24
Pool- Y15, YR23
Fish-YG06
Grass, Hose- YG06, 17

Challenges:
Mo's Challenge Blog- Summer Vacation
Deconstructingjen- sketch
The Pink Elephant- Fun in the Sun
The Corrosive Challenge Blog-  All about kids