Emmett @ 5 months LO

I made a two pager using the Sketch from The Paper Variety challenge blog.  I think this is a super great sketch!
Here are my LO's:




















 Here is the sketch i used from The Paper Variety blog:

Challenge:
 The Paper Variety: Challenge sketch

Are My Eyes Green LO

Ahh, ohhh, i am making LO's again.  This is for a challenge using twine/ribbon.  I had made the LO sketch, but missed the deadline..so i am using it for this one w/twine...cause i really liked the sketch. :)

Here is the sketch i used from Frosted Designs:

Challenge:
Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday- Ribbon or Twine

Lucky in Love...it isn't fishy you know...

I thought i'd continue to share my thought process as to how i come up with these cards.  Again, it's a challenge theme that sparks my imagination and again this challenge is from TGF Farm Fresh Challenge blog, this was a month long challenge and the them was "Retro -fresh, Lucky in Love".

So what did i think of next, my old scrapbook full of my "retro" valentine cards i got when i was in elementary school...those valentines were so cool and not really cheap, you know what i mean?  The ones made now are really, really cheap...not the ones you'd really want to save in a scrap book, but that will be my grandkids memories...i will have to show my grandson the ones they used to make. :)

Here is my old "retro" valentine and the inspiration for the card i made:

And now for my card:

The bubbles at the top were found in the button section...but they aren't buttons.  I used the mermaid from TGF and the scalloped heart punch is a MS large doily heart punch.  Viva pearls in her hair and Extreme glitter paint on her fishy part. :)
Thought i'd include the Copics i used:
RV13, 25
YG03, 07
E41, 42
E33, 37
E00, 02, 51

Challenges:
TGF Retro fresh- Lucky in Love
Hiding in my Craftroom- Red, Pink and White
My Sheri Crafts- Love is in the air-2hearts
One Stop Craft Challenge- For the one i Love

Love you billboard style

Well, this is one of those concepts, where you think it is a great idea...and maybe it isn't executed so well?  The "Love You" is hand drawn with a ink pad which is what i wanted, but i wanted it to look like the little girl did it and because she has a black outline i am not sure the "Love You" works this way?  Maybe someone else will see this and be able to execute it better...that's what i am thinking.

I did use cute, cute image, called "Painter Meg" at Mo's Digital Pencil that is found here.

Here is my card:

 






Here is the sketch i used...it is from Sketches by Carly.

Challengess:
Mo's Challenge Blog- Anything Goes w/Mo's image
Sketches by Carly- Sketch #49
Sweet Stampin'- The one i Love
Squiggle Stamps- All Loved Up

Beauty Lies with in card

Another day in the creative process...first thing was the challenge and the challenge is to "case/re-make/copy" this card...it's not my card but one to look at for inspiration... and it is found at TFG Farm Fresh Challenge blog.

First thing i did was grab an image i had stamped off (Miss Anya Garland w/hearts), then i chose my background paper and really liked the flower in the center (which you can no longer see on my card) and colored the dress based on that flower, you've really got to look at the center of the white flower...i used the yellow/gray and the pink for the dress.  Then i and colored her hair based on the bbrwn flower in the paper as well...i guess i should include a picture of the whole paper at this rate. LOL..so you can see what i mean.  (Click on the paper if you want to see it larger)

And this is my card:

                                                                                             Inside of card
   
Challenges

TGF Farm Fresh Challenge Blog- Friday Spyday- Cased card
Flutter by Wednesday- Open w/a butterfly, fairy or angel.

An antique key and a story from the heart.

Just thought i'd walk you through my process of creating..

I am always inspired by a challenge...and then add a bit of a theme...and my mind goes wild with ideas.  Then i start visualizing what i want to make and seems like 9 times out of 10 it changes as i work with the project...sometimes i am happy and other times not so much. 

So TGF Farm Fresh challenge is... "Key to My Heart"...instantly i thought of some paper i had w/keys on it but as i looked at it i thought it was too large for the size and happened upon this pink 12 x 12 paper that had keys in the upper right hand corner dangling...and i thought perfect.

As i was on Pinterest, i saw this 3-d heart diecut in a box and again i thought...lets combine the two elements in a box and i always think of Alice when i think of keys...don't know why but i do.  Now i got all of my basic elements...let's put it together....oh yeah, i need an Alice book to cut up...it's in my stash....$.69 from Goodwill...kid's "reduced" version...so not so great to read...but great to cut up because of the size of the font.

Here is my project:

So, i got to the part of adding the images and heart and thought it needed something more...so i went to my jewelry stash and pulled out an antique key...added some more of the pages around the edge of the box and put some glossy accents on top of that too.  The heart die i used is from Cheery Lynne Designs.  The bottom of the box looked a bit bare and my daughter said, how about some grass..well, i took that literally and went to Lowes in search of some "fake" grass...who knew they had free cut samples???  Awesome.  Once the grass was down...Alice looked one dimensional so i made a pop out sort of box to make her stand out more. Heart charm is from Michaels...bulk pack and the crown is from Tim Holtz's charm pack.
So all in all a pretty good day, other than i couldn't get a good shot of my project without shadows.

Challenges:
TGF Farm Fresh challenge blog- Monday/Funday- "Key to my Heart theme"

Vintage Hankie Style Card

This week at Card Crafter's Circle our challenge is to make a "White on White" card.  What isreally cool are the images we got to use.  Sweet, sweet images.  This little girl is the one i chose to use and instantly i thought of vintage and hankie.  I hope you like this creation. :)

Our sponsor this week is Whoopsi Daisy and the prize given from them is 2 sheets of digital stamps!  That makes a total of 8 gorgeous stamps! 








Here is my card for this week:

What i did:
I used my embossing folder for the first layer and the floral embossing folder was from Craft Concepts.  Next i used MS Elegant Cake Cartridge for the doily, eyelet trims, butterflies and the flourish w/a flower.  The large paper flower is from Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge.  The heart charm is in the jewelry dept at one of the craft stores i visit (not sure if it is Michael's, Hobby Lobby or Joanns).  I also used the Viva liquid pearls.