Week 4 at the Outlawz Color Challenge

Aloha everyone!

This week's colors at the Outlawz Color Challenge are Red, Black, and Gray/Silver + add die cuts.

I found an image a friend gave me, and thought, this really looks like our grandson, Kyle. He's 3 and ...very active.

I had too much fun coloring this with Spectrum Noir markers, and a couple of Copics for the colors I don't have in Spectrum. I used a bit of the Blender pen to give his shirt and jeans some wear.

The bottom borders are cut with Spellbinder scallop dies, the right side with decorative scissors and the image was cut with Spellbinder rectangle dies, then sponged with red and black. It tickles me how the Sakura clear glitter pen sparkled up the frogs eyes and toe nails!

Whew -- finally completed the inside of Kyle's card today (Jan 8 2013). I colored a large frog, cut it out, made a spring from some floral wire I had (wound it around a ring sizer), then used Scor Tape to get some good adherence for the spring, frog and inside card front.


The inside of the card is below :D

 

Thank you for looking!!!

The Outlawz, Week #3 Challenge December !

Wow, the month is almost over...wait...the YEAR is almost over! Another one come and went so fast it was a blur!

It's Challenge #48 at The Outlawz and the colors to be used are: a royal blue, golden yellow, and black. Make sure you enter your creation there (link below) for great monthly prizes from various cardmaking supply and /or digi image companies!

The Outlawz Challenge, Color #48

Here is my card - I used the Aloha stamp set by Theresa Momber from Gina K. Designs, Copic markers and Spica clear glitter pen.

Technique: Made the gold glitter brads from plain ones (cover plain brads with clear adhesive, dip in glitter, cover with Glossy Accents and let dry). Added black bling and dry embossing folders for the layers, stash ribbon. Glossy Accents all over the toucan beak for shiny 3D feel.

 

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Ivory & Pink Sympathy Card

For a sweet lady on a stamping site ...

Elegant Florals stamp set by Theresa Momber available at Gina K. Designs.

Technique - A gentle shabby chic: use feminine colors, sponge the edges, lacy die cuts and pastels. I used a touch of Spica clear glitter pen on the stems, leaves and inside the calla lily.

Entered: Through the Craft Room Door Challenge 48

 

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Center Step Card

Apples & a Squirrel -- Thank You card   (Thank You StampTV for choosing this as a winner)

This stamp set is by Carolyn King, available at Gina K. Designs - Whimsical Autumn, and it's fun using it to make whimsical designs!

The technique for making a center step card is a bit tricky. But watching YouTube videos on it certainly helps.

Entered into Lee's Apple of my Eye Challenge at StampTV.

Thank you for looking!

The Outlawz Color Challenge ;)

Hi friends!

It's week two at the Outlawz Color Challenge. The colors are lime, brown and gray/silver. I decided on a much more CAS style compared to last week. I really appreciate Roxann even considering me to join in with their team this month!!! Be sure to join in on the fun -- each month the Outlawz chooses random winners for great prizes, so ... check it out!

The Outlawz

Cardstock by Gina K. Designs, Pure Luxury Chocolate Brown and Pure White
Lime cs by Martha Stewart
Stickles (glitter glue) - Icicle by Ranger
Flower punch by Martha Stewart
Marvy Uchida "Lace"corner punch
"Elegant Wreath" embossing folder by Sizzix
Dew Drop ink in "New Sprout"
"Hope" sentiment by Stampin' Up
Crystals by Kaisercraft

Thanks for looking!!!

The Outlawz

Thank you, Roxann - I am enjoying being guest designer on the Color Challenge this month! But this first week was a huge challenge for me - red, white, gold and add a bell. So I had to just use a vintage door 'bell' hanging to the right of the door. Used a lot of gold glitter, too.

Thank you for looking!!!

Making Easy Paper Flowers

These flowers are so easy! I watched a video on Pinterest to learn how to make them, and you can watch it here:

Flower Video

Here are my first examples:

I added Stickles to the edges and sprayed shimmer spray onto the layers. Thank you for looking!!!

Snowy Mountains and Shooting Star

For a dear friend whose spouse recently past away. We pray he will endure losing her - they were married for many many years.

To make this card I just tore paper and used the edge while sponging Memento inks to make the sky and mountains. Used Stickles for a shooting star, white gel pen to highlight stamped tree, and to make the Northern Star. Tree stamp by Inkadinkado and sentiment by Gina K. Designs, Elegant Florals. Cardstock Gina K. Pure Luxury white 120# and Navy for the layering.

Thank you for looking!

Peek-a-boo Snowman Card

Hi, there!
This is a friendly, happy card, sure to bring a smile to anyone who receives it. You can substitute all kinds of images for different ideas, too.
When you pull on the 'wings' of the card, the big snowy tree splits in half and exposes the entire snowman, the sky, and glittered snow all over. Then when you slide the wings back towards the card, the tree halves come back together to hide Mr, Snowman!!! Nifty neato, huh?

"Snowman Wishes" and "Lacy Borders" stamp sets, Gina K. Designs
Pure Luxury cardstock, white and turquoise sea
Copic BG10, BG27 & B00 (snowman hat & shading of his scarf)
Paper pieced snowman scarf scrap pp
Memento inks - turquoise gem, cloud white, agean blue, night sky
Glitter - Prismacolor holographic glitter
Spellbinders Large Round Scallop/Large Round dies
Free hand the tree and the sentiment tag
Score Tape, stash ribbon and bling by Kasier, twine by We R Memory Keepers
Monoadhesive liquid and tape runner glues, 3D pop dots, Martha Stewart Arctic Snowflake paper punch

Peek a boo card tutorial on YouTube

Entered into following challenges:

• StampTV MIUM, "Let it Snow(man)!"
• Mark's Finest Papers, FOSTV, #48, "Snowman"
• Outlawz Thursday w/Twist- Winter Friends, #TT112912
• Through the Craft Room Door, Anything Goes #46

The above picture shows the snowman partly shown 

(I couldn't take the picture and pull on the wings to open it more)

This picture is hokey, I know, but I am by myself at the moment and have no

one to help me take the picture and hold the card closed, so.. maybe

I should have used some clothe pins?

But you get the idea! The snowy fir tree covers Mr Snowman when the card is closed :)

Thank you so much for looking!

Night Snow at the Cabin

Aloha!

I wanted to try using the used, dryer sheet glitter method.

Technique:

First I stamped and colored/sponged the image. Then I took a used dryer sheet (you may find that yours needs a tiny bit of ironing first - mine did), cut it down with scissors just a bit larger than the image, sprayed the dryer sheet with adhesive, laid this carefully over the image and smoothed it out. Fold the excess behind the layer of cardstock (you need to cut part of the bulky corner dryer sheet off for the cardstock layer to lay flat). Then I poured glitter over the adhesive covered image (use a piece of clean paper to catch the excess glitter and pour it back into your container). And then I was pretty much done. Looks like a lot more work, huh?

PS  This is IMPORTANT -- use throw away scratch paper (and preferably disposable gloves) when spraying the adhesive and smoothing the sticky dryer sheet over the image/cardstock -- trust me, the splat mat thingeys and your hands will get all goopy sticky so it's better to prevent the mess.

Gina K Designs stamp set by Theresa Momber "Life is Good"
All cardstock by Gina K Designs
Inks by Memento Dew Drops
Copic Markers
Prismacolor Holographic Glitter (love it!)


Entered into:

• The Outlawz, Twisted Thursday "Anything Goes with Glitter #TT112212
• StampTV Free for all Friday, Clean it Up with dryer sheets (embellie is not on this particular photo)
• Through the Craft Room Door #46, Anything Goes

Thank you for looking!

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Card Toppers

This is a card to thank a dear friend for going 'above and beyond' to help out! I'm sorry I've been so sick that I can barely think to type what I've used on this card.

TECHNIQUE

Used lots of layers, pop dots behind cut out flower & sentiment, sponged around the edges of all the layers for depth, a bit of clear sparkle stones to center of flower, and Spica clear glitter pen to gently outline the sentiment and circle die.

PRODUCTS USED

Spellbinders Round, Scallop, and Fleur de Lis, and ribbon tag trio dies
Bazzill cardstocks
Memento Inks to sponge around the layers
Adhesive pop dots for 3D behind flower and sentiment
Organdy ribbon, clear crystals
Stamp set Gina K. Designs (Theresa Momber) "Dogwood & Butterfly"
Colored with Copic & Memento markers, and colorless blender

Entered into Challenges:

• Play Date Cafe, PPCC #158 "Rose, Eucalyptus, Slate"
• Mark's Finest Papers SF&F #134 "Pop Dots" for dimension
• Through the Craft Room Door #45 with Suzanne Dean
• The Outlawz Color Challenge CPC111612 Alcohol Markers "Thank You"

Beautiful Friendship

Lost my mojo, feeling so ill, but really wanted to participate in some challenges.

Cardstock by Gina K. Designs
Inks by Tsukineko (Memento/Versamagic) Rich Cocoa, Cantaloupe, Pixi Dust, Dandelion
Stamp set by Gina K. Designs, "Whimsical Autumn," by Carolyn King
Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol blending fluid
Shimmer Spray Pearl
Crystals by Basic Grey "Bling It"
Echo Park "Dots & Stripes" brown polka dot pp
Embossing Folder by QuicKutz "Tea Party"
Leaf die cut by Cuttlebug

Entered Into Challenges:

• Cuttlebug Tuesdays "Leaves"
• CSS Color Challenge at StampTV (Chocolate, Tan, Ivory, Apricot)+ pumpkin

Thank you for looking!!!

A longer card

Aloha,
Recently I've been wanting to stretch out the usual A2 size card, so using a longer, narrow stamp, this is what I came up with. Used light water colors and a bit of glitter pen to highlight the waves as well as the lighthouse, then added a strip of Washi tape and some aqua baker's twine with 2 crystals to finish.

Challenges:

• There She Goes Again Stamps #180
• Through the Craft Room Door #43

(Sent to Volunteer Fire Dept, Breezyside New York)

 

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Butterflies, a sympathy card.

This is CAS card, colored with Copic markers and highlighted with Sakura glitter pens. I added some score lines and adhesive bling and it was done.

Entered into Challenges:

• TSG180
• Outlawz CAS0110412
• Through the Craft Room Door #43

Thank you for looking!

Best Wishes

We have such great neighbors - all sides of us. One of them just put up a for sale sign. We are sad to see them go, but wish them the very best <3 p="p">
I can't remember who makes this stamp, but it's like a reverse image of the Hero Arts dandelion stamp and has four seeds flying away instead of three. Sentiment by Stampin' Up.

Embossed with gold fine detail ep PSX (yep, I still have products from PSX :)
Sponged around the flower with Brilliance Platinum for shadow and sheen
Spellbinders Rectangle die for the aperture
Cardstock Gina K. Designs
Ink Memento Tuxedo Black
Cuttlebug embossing folder Swiss Dots
Pearl and ribbon from stash

Entered into Challenge:

Outlawz CAS CAS0110412 Nov 4, 2012

 

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