Easter Eggs

I hope my card uploads at the correct time. I have posted ahead. Most times it posts when it should but you never know. I am hurriedly typing my post so I hope it will be correct.

My card is for the Crazy4Challenges, C4C231 challenge-Easter. We are supposed to make a card or projects with eggs. It can be simple, elaborate, fun, funky, or elegant. You can see my eggs in the grass under the tulips.

I thought I would do a pop-up card today. It is made with the Sizzix Bigz Die, Scallop Circle 3D pop-up.

Recipe for pop-up:
Stamps-Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps/Daffodil Greetings
Paper-PTI white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Pretty in Pink and Pool Party cardstock, MME Bramble Rose 6 x 6 pad, Teresa Collins Fabrications canvas pad, The Paper Studio Old World Winter pad, Cheery Lynn Designs-B205 butterfly-in
Accessories-QuicKutz butterfly die, Cherry Lynn Design Fanciful Flourish, Martha Stewart grass edge punch, Flower Soft peel off gold and silver stickers (on eggs), Marianne Design Creatables die/tulips, Stampin'Up! oval punch (eggs), Copics G21, G24, R20, R35, R37, R81, R83, YR000, YR12, Sizzix Bigz Die, Scallop Circle 3D pop-up


This is the front of the card:

Recipe:
Stamps-Inkadinkado/no name
Paper-Stampin'Up! Pool Party, Georgia Pacific white cardstock, DCWV Collage Art Stack
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterflies-small #2, MME enamel dots

Easter Tulips with Burlap

Easter is getting closer. In my area, the dogwoods, tulips, daffodils and cherry trees are blooming. What a beautiful sight after such a terrible winter.

I don't have a lot of time recently for anything but CAS cards but when I get the chance, I play in  the Mixed Media challenge on Splitcoaststampers. Mix62 was to use tulips with at least 3 kinds of medium-acrylic, Gesso, ink, etc.  Last week I was able to combine it with the Free for All challenge-tone on tone.  I used white on white, layer to base.

I painted my tulips using Americana Acrylic paint in Napa Red and used Gesso.  The burlap stencil is done with the same paint in Camel.  The stems are done with Hauser med. green and lt. green acrylic paint.

Recipe:
Stamps-Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps/Blessings
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Americana Acrylic Paint/Camel, Napa Red, Lt. Green and Hauser Med. Green, Glossy Accents on one tulip, Tim Holtz burlap stencil, Marianne Design Creatables die/tulips

Embossed Tulips

Hoping your Monday weather is better than mine. Lots of rain and turned cool again. Yuck!

It time for the CAS267 challenge on Splitcoaststampers and we are doing dry embossing this week with any theme. If you don't have an embossing folder you want to use, you can use scoring on your card instead.

My sister gave me this gorgeous embossing folder. I LOVE tulips and what is better to use for Spring than this?

Embossing is quick and easy and you have a card made in a short time.

Recipe:
Stamps-Inspired by Stamping/Just Because set (sentiment), Studio112-flourish
Paper-PTI white cardstock, Bazzill/Candy Hearts cardstock
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Darice/Spring Tulips embossing folder, pink sequins

Vegetable Garden

I've been invited to be Guest Designer for April with the girls at Crazy4Challenges. Thanks for the invite.  I'm sure I'll enjoy playing along and seeing all the creations from the talented team.

This week, Joanne Grzelak gave the challenge, C4C230. She wants us to start thinking about vegetable gardening. This could include vegetables, gardening tools, seed packets, as well as vegetable plants or gardens.

I used Flourishes Garden Fresh set for my vegetable plants. It is colored with Copics.  I've added a handmade strip under my sentiment and a few dots just for some interest at the top corner. A button finished it off.

Recipe:
Stamps-Flourishes Garden Fresh set, Stamps by Judith/dots
Paper-PTI white and kraft cardstock, The Paper Studio/lime green gingham
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories- Button from Sew-ology, silver brad, hemp, Copics

About Birds

Today was my turn to choose the CAS266 challenge on Splitcoaststampers. The color palette is Still Life Blues from design-seeds.com I love blues and browns together. You were to use at least three of the colors.

I decided not to do my CAS card with white today because I found this Bazzill Icy Mint cardstock at Jo-Ann Stores and fell in love with it. I'm using it for my card base. I did a one layer and added something I love...birds and anything to do with them. That was the dessert option this week. You could do bird, birdhouses, bird nest, eggs.....You get the idea.

Recipe:
Stamps-Our Daily Bread Designs/Nest set, Stamps by Judith/dots (added for interest)
Paper-Bazzill Icy Mint and Gumball, bird is unknown blue, brown scraps
Ink-Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories-Taylored Expressions/Bless your Nest die, Scor-Pal

Hearts

Yes, it was easy. It's mostly chipboard. The arrow and sentiment are from Inspired by Stamping/ Arrows set.

My card is for the Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers , Diane aka fionna51. She makes a lot of CAS cards and I cased this wonderful card.

Entering this challenge:
Inspired by Stamping March Customer Gallery
Recipe:
Stamps-Inspired by Stamping/Arrows set
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Heidi Swapp embellishments/chipboard-HS00818 

Copper Birdcage

I tried something new today.....the copper technique. I found this technique through the talented Loll Thompson at Stamping with Loll. She has made several gorgeous cards using this technique. She also gives wonderful instructions on her blog about what kind of copper to buy and other tips concerning heating the copper to get pretty pinks, oranges, and blues.

I bought my copper from Hobby Lobby (ordered online) and it is from a company called K&S Engineering. It is soft copper-.005 thick-36 gauge. It cuts really well with scissors. I have read several ways crafters heated theirs but my husband heated mine with his industrial Makita heat gun. It gets hot so I was a bit afraid to try it. I had some pretty blues in mine but not on this piece. If it gets overheated, it turns to silver. 

This copper embosses beautifully and this die cut did great. I tried a much more intricate die cut first and it would not cut all the pieces. I used the Grand Calibur which cuts my intricate dies really well but couldn't get the most intricate one to cut with copper.

I made my card for the Mix60 mix-ability challenge on Splitcoaststampers. I am loving mixed media so much...fun, fun.  The challenge was: The Printed Word-incorporate printed text from old book, newsprint, etc. I just used a piece of designer paper with words on it. I placed a Tim Holtz stencil over it and sprayed with Tattered Angels glimmer mist/Dragonfly.

Challenges: Use Your Stuff Challenge Blog-challenge #128-INKS--I used Tattered Angels glimmer mist, Dragonfly

Tip Top Tuesday-Metal or Faux Metal-I'm using copper that has been heated with a heat gun
My tip for the Tip Top Tuesday challenge: Never leave your craft heating tool plugged in after using. I left mine plugged and it fell off a chair and landed on the "on" switch and starting running. There were papers nearby that could have overheated had I not been close.

Recipe:
Stamps-None
Paper-PTI white cardstock, Bazzill/Robin's Egg, Kraft, MME paper pad/Sunshine
Accessories-Taylored Expressions/Bless Your Nest-bird die, Tim Holtz/Bubble Layering Stencil, Marianne Creatables/Forest Branch, Spellbinders/Bird Sanctuary-birdcage, Tattered Angels glimmer mist/Dragonfly

Strawberries and Color Blocking

Good morning and happy start of the new week. Weekends really fly by, don't they? Hubby and I worked 8 hours in the yard on Saturday. We have 34 bags to be picked up by the street department this morning. Just about all of this came from the back yard. Several flower beds were cleaned out and re-mulched last week. And, now it is cold again....high 50's today. Well, that is cold for me...will be back to 71 by Friday. What I am really liking is that I can now see green coming in the grass and some of the trees getting green leaves. Yippee!

The CAS265 challenge today on Splitcoaststampers is color blocking and a twist of a putting a die cut or a punched shape on top of it. I used a long, narrow acrylic block to ink in pink and red. After inking, I sprayed a couple mists of water. I turned the acrylic block one direction, then a different direction to get the blocks. I stamped a few strawberry flowers on after blocking. The strawberry image is not punched or die cut. I stamped it and hand cut.

Also, I'll enter my card into the Curtain Call Challenge-Farm Fresh

Recipe:
Stamps-Taylored Expressions/Strawberry wreath set
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black and Angel Pink, SU Cherry Cobbler
Accessories- red and white gingham ribbon, Copics/R20, R35, R37, R39, G20, G21, G24, Y02

FAITH...and in color

I'm at it again with the bright colors....maybe not as bright as the one last week, though. The challenge, WT471,  today on Splitcoaststampers is Button it Up. I love buttons and could use real or faux. I made the button under the "H" with a Marianne Creatables die and used two buttons at the bottom from my stash. The "Faith" stamp is from Taylored Expressions.

My template is Tim Holtz splatters layering stencil which I colored through with Copics. The border is DCWV Washi tape (Vintage Collection). I colored my letters in the word "FAITH" with Copics.  The colors I have used are: G02, G21, Y38, E71, YG63, YG03, and for the stencil R21.

Happy Spring to all!

Almost Spring

Guess what arrives this week? The FIRST day of SPRING!!! I hear everyone saying, "YES, YES...bring it on." :-)

My card is for the CAS challenge today on Splitcoaststampers. The challenge is: Featured Stamper.
We are going to case a card from one of the former CAS DT members.
One of the current team members chose Loll Thompson for everyone to case. Wow! You just can't find a more
fabulous stamper than that to case. Her gallery is full of  the most beautiful CAS cards ever.

I chose to case one of her Christmas cards.  Isn't it just adorable?

Recipe:
Stamps-Taylored Expressions/Egg-Stra Special set
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Copics/B000, B21, R29, R35