Friday, May 29, 2009

Mojo Monday Challenge #88



Good Afternoon and here is another challenge card, this one is for Mojo Monday. Here is the sketch for this week. They also have a special contest going to raise awareness of Alzheimer's syndrome please go check it out and support their efforts.



This is my interpretation of the sketch:



Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Materials

Image Snag 'Em acrylic stamps from Imaginisce "Birdie" and "So... Tweet" Sentiment stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and clear embossing powder.

Papers GP 110# White card Stock, Imaginisce "Twitterpated" collection and Bazzill card stock.

Medium Prisma Colored Pencils, Gamsol & Paper Blending Stumps

Embellishments Ribbon, Heart shaped brads and Rhinestones from my personal stash.

Tools Xyron 510 Adhesive Machine, Spellbinders circle and Scalloped circle dies, Quickutz Revolution, glue dots and Cuttlebug Paper Trimmer.

Tilda and friends ATC challenge Use More Than One Character & A Spoon Full Of Sugar Challenge #53 Lace


So here I am back again with another challenge project, this is an ATC for 2 different challenges. The first is for Tilda and Friends ATC Challenge they asked that we use more than one stamped image. I used my favorite little Gorjuss Girls. The second challenge I am using this project for is the Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge where we have been asked to incorporate lace into the project so I edged the ATC with white lace to give it a little bit of pizazz.



Materials

Images Gorjuss Girl Stamps from Sugar Nellie and Sentiment stamp from G Studio stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Paper GP 110# card stock and Imaginisce twitterpated-Hey Foxy

Medium Prisma Colored Pencils, Gamsol, Paper Blending Stumps and Maxon White Comic Ink

Embellishments Rhinestone flowers from CTMH and lace from my personal stash.

Tools CutterBee Precision Scissors, Xyron 510 adhesive machine, micro fine paint brush and Tacky Tape

Thursday, May 28, 2009

House~Mouse Birthday Challenge #39

Well today I have kept it very simple and I have also been experimenting with my new Quickutz Silhouette. I got it for Christmas and I have just discovered how amazing this new tool is in my scrapping and card making arsenal. The card I produced today was made using a butterfly frame template from Mydiecuts.com . They have a great variety of GSD files for the Silhouette and the best thing is they are "free"! The stamped images I used are House~Mouse "Jumpin For Joy" #HMC1006 and House~Mouse "Mouse Feet" #HMA1002, the Happy Birthday sentiment is from a CTMH set. The images are colored in with prismas and gamsol and I accented the card with some half pearls from Basicgrey. Enjoy and Happy Crafting!



Materials

Images House~Mouse "Jumpin For Joy" #HMC1006 and House~Mouse "Mouse Feet" #HMA1002

Papers Bazzill Dark Brown, Tan, Pink and GP 110# card stock

Mediums Prisma Colored Pencils, Gamsol, Paper Blending Stumps pigment ink and embossing powder.

Embellishments Basicgrey opaline half pearls

Tools Quickutz Silhouette, Spellbinders square and scalloped square die cuts, Qiuckutz Revolution and Xyron 510 adhesive machine.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Tilda and Friends ATC Challenge " Make Your Own Background"

I am just crazy about ATC's, so guess what while surfing the net today I ran across the most amazing challenge blog for ATC's.The Tilda and Friends ATC challenge . This weeks challenge is to create a an ATC and the background from scratch. I just recently received my new Gorjuss Girls from Sugar Nellie and here is the creation I made for the challenge.



The back ground was made by applying green shimmer chalk in an oval pattern to the center of the card then filling the rest of the card with blue shimmer chalk. The flourish background was then stamped using Versamark and the Perfect Pearls was then brushed on using a soft fluffy paint brush. The colored and cut out image was them glued on and gems applied. Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Materials

Image Gorjuss Girl Set 2 from Sugar Nellie

Medium Pebbles Inc. pastel shimmer chalk, Versamark, Perfect pearls, Memento Ink and Copic Markers

Paper Neenah Ultrasmooth solar white 80# Paper

Gems Pink floral rhinestones from Close To My Heart

Tools Background flourish rubber stamp, fluffy paint brush, xyron 510 adhesive machine and scissors

Happy Memerorial Day and a Friendship Card



Good Morning and Happy Memorial Day from Houston, It's been very busy around here the past 10 days and I feel bad about neglecting my poor blog so I will be posting things on and off alot through this next week I have made a bunch of different projects I just need to photograph and get them posted.

I hope everyone has had a safe and happy holiday weekend, my husband and I made our first trip back to Galveston this weekend since Hurricane Ike hit the island last September and we are so pleased and happy to see all the recovery that is going on in the city it is almost completely back up and running. We were most pleased to see that the sea shore shop Murdoch's Bathhouse was being reconstructed and should be opened again in the spring of 2010.


I was also amazed at the power water has during a hurricane these are monuments that were built in very early 1900's to the construction of the sea wall in Galveston that was built to protect the city from storm surge.



Notice that the cap stones and the actual monument in it's self has been shifted by several inches it is an awe inspiring site to see this. These are several tons of solid granite and it will take a crane to reset these.

Well now onto the card I created for my Best Friend Kelly. She is so super sweet and has recently been through a rough patch in her life. She had to move from Houston back to PA last month and I miss her so much so I made her a card the other day after talking to her on the phone she just sounded like she needed a real pick me up so this is what I made her. The sketch came from Sketch Saturday #48 it was designed by Diane of Mad Ramblings.



Here is the card I created for my BFF.



Materials

Image Gorguss Girl from Sugar Nellie

Medium Copics and Pebbles Inc.pastel sprakle chalks

Papers Prisma's Sasha paper collection, Bazzill Dotted Swiss and Tutu Dot from Bo Bunny Press

Tools EK sucess flower punch, Martha Stewart flora edge punch, QK Silhouette and QK Nesting Circles and Scalloped Circles.

Sentiment G Stamps

Embellishments Icons Rhinestones


Enjoy and Happy crafting to you.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Box-elope for Mothers Day Card



Good Evening from Suburbia Houston! I hope all you fine ladies have had a wonderful Mothers Day. I had a great one I got some new goodies for my scrap room to keep me better organized and some gift cash to spend on what ever I want. My kids are terrific!!! So now down to some scrappy business I made my first Box-elope this week and I wanted to share it with you I think this is so neat. I keep making these 6x6 cards but yet have no way to send them or put them in any kind of decent envelopes. Well that has all been changed since I visited priscillastyles blog. She has the most amazing tool for making thick envelops it's a box-elope and it is so easy to make and they turn out beautiful. Here is what I made for my Moms Mothers Day card to go in.

Front View



Side View



Back View



I hope you enjoyed the eye candy and please go visit priscillastyles blog to see her gorgeous creations. Happy mothers day and thanks for looking!

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #50 "Touchy Feely"



I'm back and with a whole new batch of goodies. This little beauty is for the Spoon Full of Sugar "Touchy Feely" Challenge. We have to create a card with texture.
So here is my card for this weeks challenge.



This card was created with stamped image from Whiff Of Joy Guardian Angel collection. The clouds were made using a template from Melstampz blog thanks again to Mel for this wonderful template. The card stock is from My Minds Eye and has been highlighted on the edges with chalks from Pebbles. Enjoy and Thanks for looking.