It's Meow or Never

I can hear Elvis now...

This is for Brenda's challenge at SCS VSN. We needed to make a B&W card, and hopefully with a piano. I found the image free online at Coloring Pages and made the sentiment up in Word.

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Nana's Quilt

I really love country living and handmade with love items. But I don't have the patience or know how to quilt. But I can COLOR a simple quilt!!

I just fussy cut the images and stamped onto SB oval nesties, sponged the edges with Jumbo Java ink, as well as Brilliance Gold (smaller oval). Added pearls, gold nail heads, and scalloped the top, zig zagged a stitch line around the pattern paper. Finally, tied a couple twine bows onto the 'rod' holding up the quilt.

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Oregon: Beavers or Ducks???

Typically them thar's FIGHTIN' words LOL.

FUN challenge for Kim's "Rival Teams" over at SCS VSN Challenge this last weekend

Humor often diffuses tension so how about these cards? The answer to the first card is ... "Duck-U-mentories!!!" {big grin}

Both images are digis from the net. I used Swiss Dots EF on the duck's card, and Argyle EF on the beaver card.

Thank you very much for stopping by to take a look, get a chuckle, feel a little happier? Yes!

Thank you so much for visiting my crafty outlet !!!

Moon Rise

I love Theresa Momber's tutorials on sponging a variety of scenery. She can blend colors like nobody's business.

This is for Ann's "I Spy" VSN Challenge over at SplitcoastStampers Website. The VSN this month is about opposites. So I spied a dark sky with a bright moon rising. Using Theresa's sponging technique in my humble way, I tried to recreate an ocean scene with stars twinkling above. Yes, I have a long, long way to go but the more steps we put forth forward, the closer  to the goals we get, Yes? Sitting still doesn't get us any closer to achieving :*

Stamp Sets by Theresa Momber, "Aloha" and "Tropical Nature." Both available at GKD.
Pure Luxury cardstock available at GKD.
Memento inks and markers used, as well as Signo White gel pen for stars and waves.
Cuttlebug Twig embossing folder
Pop dots to lift the panel from the card.

Moon Rise

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A "Golden Hello"

{The recipe follows after photograph}
I cut two die cut layers from white card stock. I used VersaMark to stamp the small flower from "Grand Sentiments" all over the main panel, sprinkled with Gold embossing powder and then heat until shiny.

I colored in all the flowers with some Copic markers from the tan group. Cut the oval out of tan card, popped up with two layers of adhesive foam dots, added four small pearls. Cut the white oval, sponged inside then stamped with Hello and curly horse shoe kind of design, both from "Lace Medallion Labels" and added the six tax rhinestones. Used double layer adhesive pop dots under the white oval.

I took some gold shiny tulle, laced it through the sides of the deco label, and tied a bow. I spread the bow into a circle shape.

Cut three round layers out of white card, sprayed it with water and scrunched up tightly and let dry. Opened, sponged with tan colors, painted edges with gold. Added large gold brad to center and made into flower. Glued onto tulle flower.

Used three premade paper flowers, and after coloring and painting with gold, placing them to upper right of focal image. Painted gold into centers of all background flowers.

Final step: Cut scallop, and applied two layers of gold embossing powder, heat set. Placed just under gold tulle to meet the Flourish Challenge this week :)

Entered into:    JustRite Challenge #099
                       Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge #225
                      Through the Craftroom Door

 

It took me three days to make this. I can only do so much at a time.

Thank you SO MUCH for looking!

Recipe:

Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles, Opulent Ovals, Classic Oval and Scalloped Borders Dies

EK Success 2-1/4" scallop punch

Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury 80# white card stock

Stamps by JustRite Stamps

Bazzill tan card stock

PSX detail gold embossing powder

VersaMark embossing pad

Perfect Pearls gold, silver

Memento VersaMagic inks in Pixi Dust, Sahara Sand, Toffee Crunch & Brilliant Galaxy Gold

Copics, Cropadile, Brad, pearls, rhinestones, tulle, three small paper roses

 

Mini sets of cards

Here is a mini set of cards, each of them different. It's a lot faster to complete a mini card! These are 2-3/4" x 3-3/4."

Entered into:   Through the Craft Room Door

 

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Welcome Baby

I don't usually make baby cards, but look -- my friend Shari, in Canada, sent me a lot of crafting items. The beautiful butterfly is from her, too.

I don't know who made the image, though, but it is super cute!

Colored with Copic Markers, butterfly wings, butterfly 'trail,' sponged background and sentiment with VersaMagic inks. Sakura clear marker adds a touch of sparkle to all the metal on the carriage. I put a single pearl as a button on her jacket. Pop dotted the layers.

Entered into:

Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge, Anything Goes with Wheels 
                     

 

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Mahalo (Thank You)

I'm very behind on thank you cards. I hope my friends will forgive me. But here I go, and begin making them ~

This one is for a local friend. She is really from Japan, and it's so cute to listen to her speak English. Sounds like my own mom. English must be a very hard language to learn after spending decades speaking one's own mother tongue. I really admire people who try!

I used three different stamp sets by Gina K. Designs: Pretty Patterns, Aloha, and Vogue Vases 2. It was very fun to keep it simple, just a couple layers, and using pink rhinestones in the centers of some of the cherry blossoms. I stamped one of the Pretty Patterns along the bottom, and colored parts of the circles pink. You can't tell but I used Sakura Glitter Pen in the uncolored parts of the pink circles.

Entered into this weeks Challenge at StampTV

 

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Welcome Baby Boy

This is a card made with such a simple stamp set by Pebbles "Arrival Baby Boy." I have another set for a baby girl, too (card will come later :)

Used the Spellbinders Fancy Lattice die for the background. I loved it the first time I saw it used on cards. 

Entered into:

                    SCS MAR13VSNMINI1 Welcome Baby card

                    Cuttlebug "Star" Challenge 

 

 

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