An Antique Toy?

The moment I spotted this image by CS Designs I thought of putting wheels on it and making the image look like an antique toy..  I feel that the Tim Holtz designer cardstock made a perfect background and it put a highlight on the image.  As an additional embellishment I put some designer paper on which I stamped with a script stamp.  Finally a "key" for the toy was added.  /Coloring was done with Copic markers.

I submitted this to Art with No Boundaries, Simon Says Stamp and Show and  Divas by Design.

A Little Green and Sewing Elements

In honor of St. Patrick's Day I made my card with a lot of green and used some sewing elements which is what is need for the challenge at CS Designs this week.  You will have to drop by Art with No Boundaries to see the inspirations of the other members of the DT and to enter the challenge.  For my card I used the Arabesque image.  Don't you think she is adorable?

She was colored with Copic markers. and put on a green designer paper mat.  That was placed on a larger mat of music designer paper.  Since she looked like she was dancing and her name was Arabesque, (a dance step), I thought the music background was appropriate.  Everything was placed on basic green cardstock.

As embellishments, I  used some stitching trim and covered buttons.  The sentiment is also by CS Designs.

Faux Stitches

Here is a little card I made with Faux Stitches. The image is called Angelina from CS Designs   She is on a double Spellbinders diecut with faux stitching around it.  The image is colored with Copic markers and buttonlll accent the card with the sentiment "Sew Much Fun".

Fashionista

Here is a card I made for the Fashionista challenge at Art with No Boundaries.   My image is from CS Designs.  The dress form was colored with Copic markers.  To fulfill the qualifications of the callenge, I used stickers of dress accessories and a Sale sign.  If  you have a chance drop by the blog and take part in the challenge.

Recycling

I did not receive anything for Valentine's Day, but afterwards I bought a Valentine decorated orchid plant for $2.00 that had been put on sale. It was wrapped in this red cellophane. I made a skirt for Pile a CS Design image so she is now wearing an evening dress. The silver behind the sentiment is the foil that was inside the can of mixed nuts that I purchased for myself the same day. It is the seal that keeps the nuts fresh.  The sentiment and checkered background are also from CS Designs.  I randomly put some brads in the checkered background to give it a little color.

I made this a s inspiration for Art with No Boundaries' recycle challenge and I am also entering this at One Stich at a Time's Digi challenge.

Dots and More Dots

You will see a lot of dots in my paper for the next couple of cards/ projects as I recently bought a pack of cardstock that was nothing but dots.  I love the cardstock and all the papers can go together in a mixed-matched fashion--oh what fun!

My first card is one I made with a CS Designs digital that is part of the Express Yourself series.  The green card has mats of large dots and the mat behind the image has small dots of the same color scheme.  Inside is a sentiment digital of CS Designs.  The three round stick-on letters spell "Dance". 

This card is for the "Let the Dancer in you Escape"  theme on  Art with No Boundaries' present challenge.  Put on your dancing shoes and join in. 

This will be entered in Digi Doodle's Anything Goes.

Dancer Tag

I have made another mixed media tag.  This time is it for Art with No Boundaries' challenge Let the Dancer in You Escape.  Besides the dancer, Minuet,  the black and white checkered background and the sentiment belong to Chris of CS Designs.She  has some adorable Express Yourself images; you will have to go and take a peek.  The green background on the tag is fabric, There is a little foil and of course the ticket to see the show,

Also, I am entering it in Make It Monday's Anything Goes

My Heart Flies to You

Here is another Steampunk type card with an image and sentiment from CS Designs.  The heart is colored with Copic markers.  The wings are some I made and cut out of cardstock.  I put some pop dots under the heart to give her a little dimension.  The sentiment was put on a tag and a polka dot ribbon finishes the card.

My Heart is Dangling

Here is a card that is a little unusual.  This one has a dangling heart. .The front of the card is very simiple.  It has only a mat.  My designer paper is full of hearts of various shades of red, and messages of love.  I made a simple holder for the heart by using one of my Spellbinders and made a circle from cardstock.  On top of that is a pearl brad.  From the brad a silver cord is hanging.  The heart was then attached to the cord by another brad.  The heart is an image from CS Designs.  Using my Copic marker I colored part of it red and in one of the squares I put a little bling with Stickles.

Chris of CS Designs is having a "All You Need is Love" challenge on her blog Art with No Boundaries.   You still have a number of days to join in on the challenge.

I am entering this in Basic Grey's Valentine Challenge.

Using Scraps

Art with no Boundaries is having a challenge for using your scraps.  I did a little recycling with this card.  For my embellishment I use s two leaves from a sprig of decorative flowers that I had for Christmas.  Somehow it got left out of the Christmas decoration boxes.  Instead of diggin out the box I took two of the leavves and placed them on the card.  Along with the leaves scrap jewelry was placed on the card.  It is a part of an old earring that my mother had.

The image on this card is from CS Designs' digitals.  The geisha was colored with Copic markers.  I have entered this in The Stamp Man's challenge "Embellish it".

Black and White Tag

Here is a tag I made using black and white papers and cardstock.  The two shapes on the tag were cutouts in the cardstock for a previous project.  I underlay the printed paper the the webbed cardstock in the cutouts.  The stripped tree and the sentiment are from CS Designs Digital Stamps.  It was difficult to show, but the tree is filled with diamond Stickles.  The final touch was the  use of a black and white polka dot and a white ribbon.

My Art

The sentiment on this card says it all.  "My Art Has Opened Many Doors".  This is so true.  Even though we haven't met in person,  I have made so many friends through posting my so-called "art" on my blog and participating and hosting challenges.   I feel closer to some of you than my local friends and most of you leave such kind comments on my blog.
This card uses a digital from  CS Designs.   It is one from Chris' "Express Yourself" series.  She is also having a sale of Buy 2 and Get 1 Free.  It will end on January 31, so hurry  over to  her site.

In the background is a graphic of a door that I have had for a while so I don't remember where I got it. I used some small flowers as an embellishment and put them in increasing sizes to emphasize the 3D effect of the background.  The digital image is showing off her art, a cut heart on a ribbon.

If you have a chance, drop by to CS Designs' blog Art with No Boundaries and enter her challenge "Express Yourself".

Christmas is in the Air

I am really getting in the mood for Christmas.  We are running a little slow at decorating at my house this year as we  usually do it Thanksgiving Day.  However,  today we are going to pull the boxes from the garage.  You can imagine how many there are as I have all my stuff from 49 years of collecting.  I still have the first angel I bought the first year we were married  Would you believe she is in almost perfect paper mache  shape after 49 years!

I hope to post a couple of cards today.  The first one is a card using an image from CS Design.    You will find this card on Art with No Boundaries.  Chris has a great challenge going.  It is Red and Green.  Go and take a look at her blog and see the inspirational projects of her design team.

My card uses one of the winter images and I also put one of the Christmas sentiments on a Spellbinders diecut.  The fringe was made with a Martha Stewart punch and I inked the larger of the two Spellbinders mats with a gold painter's pen.   I used Copic markers for coloring.  The background paper is a piece of recently purchased Christmas paper.

It's Cold Outside

Here is a cute card I made with Chris Stern's new image at CS Designs.  It's she cute?  Chris has a new challenge going on at her blog Art With No Boundaries.  It is Christmas / Winter using red and green.

Take a peek through all the new images at CS Designs as Chris has put up a number of new sentiments just in time for  you to use for Christmas and the upcoming winter season.

Well enough of posting today as I am off to go shopping.  I desperately need some Christmas-looking paper and cardstock.  I thought I had some stashed away, but I can't find it.  The best way to find what  you have is to go out and buy more!

Angel Wall Hanging

Here is another project I just finished.  It is a wall hanging using the newest image found on CS Stamps.  She is Angeline.  I thought she would be perfect as a snow angel.  I really like the way my background (that is where I always panic) turned out this time.  I used a mixture of gesso and acrylic  paint.  The picture doesn't show it, but the two colors are in slight swirls.  The snowflakes are a combination of different kinds  that I had.  Some have a slight pick irresdiscent color, some blue and some are made from glitter cardstock.  I like the combination of using different flakes.

Angeline was colored with Copic markers, and her wings have been Stickled.  Her body is dimensional as I layered one over top of the main image.  Cutting out her curls really took time, but she still has them all.  I felt Angeline had to be standing on something; therefore the cloud of  cotton.

 Completing the wall hanging is a silver rope hanger and a ruffle  on which the snowflakes have collected.  If you haven't had a chance to visit CS Design lately, you must take a peek at all the original designs Chris has created.

Face

I love working with faces.  This card is using a face from CS Designs.  This one is Sea Nymph.   She is put in a diecut frame which has been modified to fit the size of the card.  I love the way the nymph peeks out from underneath the starfish  She is colored with Copic markers.  The background uses designer paper which looks like sand.   I used on the paper Highlight Cuttlebug technique which uses an embossing folder and then is highlighted with walnut distressing ink.

A couple of colorful paper flowers give additional color to the card.

I am entering this in Our Creative Corner's  Fabulous Faces.

New Design Team Member

I am so pleased to announce that I am now a member of the CS Designs Stamps Design Team.  These are one of a kind digital stamps created by Chris Stern.  These digitals are very unique and are so much fun to use.  You should go to her site and see all the different digitals and visit her blog Art with No Boundaries to enter the challenges and to see the inspirations created by me and the other members of the team.

I am so excited to be a part of this group of ladies as they are all so talented.  Thank you Chris, for letting me be a part of this wonderful group.

My card portrays the season, The image is called Solitaire Mummified from CS Designs.  I really like my greeting. It is from the "Family" background paper.  It reads "nothing is scarier than family".   Coloring was done with Copic markers.

I cannot resist.  I thought I would send this card to my daughter who just recently moved to St. Louis as all my other children are still near by in the Nashville area.  She will get a laugh from it as it is SO true.

I am entering this at Shopping Our Stash and Gingersnap Creations' Horror Stories.

Challenge # 27 - Halloween

I have decided to continue my challenges.  I hope everyone will continue to enter these challengess if for no other reason than enjoyment and to have their entry posted in my winner's spot at the top of my sidebar.  From time to time I will surprise the featured entry with a prize, but one will not be given for every challenge.

They will continue to run for a two-week period.  So you have plenty of time to create something.

October brings out all the witching and spooky images.  So with nothing more said, here are some ideas from the design team.

Vicki

My card features a design from CS Designs. The artist, Chris, has a number of images with different type masks in her Solitaire collection. On thist card is the Mysterious Butterfly. She was colored with Copic markers. I made the mask dark since this was to be a Halloween card. Also I think it makes her look like a Super Hero character ready to jump into action and go trick or treating. The image was placed on a black mat over some Halloween paper with spiders on it. To carry out the blue ghoulish color, I added a blue flower.

Valerie

Hi Everyone, Valerie here. This is a Calendar page I made for a friend. She got the calendar as a new year present, and I make her a page each month- This is the October page with a Halloween theme, as it is my fave holiday. For next week I will show you a little album I am making.

Michele

I love making Hallowe'en cards and this year I found lots of cool new images to work with. This image came from http://www.geckogalz.com/ a company I just discovered. I enjoyed pulling together cool ribbons, papers and other embellishments to make one of my first holiday cards for this spooky season. If you're making Hallowe''en cards anyway you ought to just come on along and join this challenge!

Barbara

It's that time of year when the Wicked Witch of the West (Stampsmith) becomes a popular character. It's the witching season of Halloween. Here she flies past the moon and is backed by a panel embossed with Tim Holtz' Halloween texture fade highlighted by the newly released seedless preserves distress ink. (Don't you just love that color.) Backing up the image is an orange metal panel which I crimped using a wavy crimper.



Two for One

I am doing a double-post today. Both of these card features a design from CS Designs. 

Where do you think those witches get their hair styled? Well at the Stylish Witches Salon of course. Above is a digital advertisement for the salon drawn by Chris Stern of CS Designs. The salon also does a little tatooing and after midnight or during the full moon you can get a discount. I may have to try this place out as my hair always looks like it has been caught in a web.

To create the card I did two types of webbing. Firstly the paper on the left has gold spray webbing with embossing powder sprinkled throughout. Then it was put through a crimper. The paper on the right has benn embossed with a web folder and highlighted in gold.. At the bottom of the card is a "ribbon" punched from printed paper. I finished the card with a flower made from newspaper which I thought was the perfect touch since that is where I probably would have found the advertisement.

My second card features Chris' Mask of Webs. I wanted her to pop on the card so I put her on a purple web background and placed only element in black around her. She is colored with Copic markers. The fence is from Martha Stewart. I have used this fence a number of times and it looks great in settings other than for Halloween. The tree is part of a diecut someone gave me.

I am entering these in Crafty Cardmakers'  and Make It Monday- Anything Goes.

Art with No Boundaries Challenge

Art with No Boundaries, a blog by CS Designs has a new challenge.  It is Halloween.  CS Designs has some wonderful new designs for Halloween.  You have got to drop by and take a peak on their site here..    For my sample I chose to do a stand-up scene.

For my little scene I took a fence that made up 1/4 of a pink wooden Easter basket  and painted it with midnight black acrylic paint.  I then printed my little Priscilla, a CS Design digital on heavy cardstock so she would stand up and have some body.  The little pumpkin is a 3D sticker and my ghost is a piece of cotton which has been given eyes with a dot of the black paint.

On the back I put an easel so it will stand up.  I hope you like this little Halloween decoration which can be placed on a table.

I am entering this in Forever Night Challenges' Freaky Friday Challenge # 11 and Clear It Out's Halloween challenge.  I have also entered I Did It Creations' Halloween Challenge and Digital Tuesday's #131 We Like to Party! as well as Tuesday Throwdown's Halloween.