Mr. Snow

Today is challenge day at 613 Avenue Create. We're Anything Goes but our optional twist this weeks optional twist is to use September's birthstone color which is the Sapphire.  Our sponsors are Rick St. Dennis and Flat Friends Boutique.  I'm using Flat Friends image called Mr. Snow.

Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,
Kathi

Happy Birthday

Hi all!

Just a quick post to let you know about our challenge at 613 Avenue Create. 
We're Anything Goes but our optional twist is Happy Birthday!  This week our fabulous sponsor are Melonheadz Illustrations & Chubby Mermaid. 
Since adult coloring books are all the rage right now you should check out Chubby Mermaid.  She has some beautiful designs!  I have a birthday easel card to share with you but I did not use any sponsors this week.  Hope you like and yes I realize I'm late with another Cancer card!  LOL!  

This button actually had the two holes at the TOP of the button.  Don't know if it was an error but I wish I had more!!

Thanks for stopping by and come visit our neighborhood at 613 Avenue Create, we have some very talented ladies sharing their designs.
Hugs,
Kathi

Where Dreams May Go...

Hi again!
I'm back with another card for our challenge at 613 Avenue Create.  We have 4 great sponsors this week and I've also used this Seahorse image from QKR Stampede.

 

I water colored paper, printed the image then fussy cut it.  I stippled over a stencil with pearlescent pigment inks.  The die and sentiment are both by Verve.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathi

Happy Best Friends Day!

Today, June 8th, is National Best Friends Day.   At 613 Avenue Create our optional twist is to create something for your Best Friend.  We have 3 great sponsors this week:

A RANDOM FAN, EUREKA STAMPS and VECTORIA DESIGNS

I've used the collage sheet that was provided by Vectoria Designs and cropped this dragonfly postcard from the set.  This card is for my husband and best friend  :)

The canvas tag is by Tim Holtz, papers and inks by My Favorite Things, sentiment by Verve Stamps linked to the June Diva Dare and the heart brad is from Michael's. 

Thanks for stopping by, hope you can join our challenge this week at 613 Avenue Create

Hugs,

Kathi  

Challenges:
A Man's World - June Diva Dare 

Quirky Owl

Hi all!  It's time again for our challenge at 613 Avenue Create.  This week the Optional Twist is Birds of a Feather now this is definitely open to your interpretation!  Could be birds, feathers, angels, etc, etc.  We have two great sponsors this week DOODLE PANTRY and  OAK POND CREATIONS.  I've chosen to work with Doodle Pantry's Quirky Owl image.  I used dies from MFT's Blueprints 9 & 10.  I just love that line of dies! 
I snipped some of the leaves off of the vine so it looked more like a branch.  I paper pieced the owl with papers from my stash.  The cardstock is from MFT in Primitive Cream and Berrylicious.  I distressed the edges with the Tim Holtz tool.

We hope you can join us for our Anything Goes or optional Birds of a Feather challenge @ 613 Avenue Create and check us out on Facebook where we feature entries during the week.

Have a crafty week!!
Hugs,
Kathi

dies used:

Challenges I would like to enter:

Craftitude - Challenge #61 Anything Goes or Add a Brad/Eyelet 

Cut It Up Challenges - #41 Anything Goes

Digi Haven - Things with Wings

QKR Stampede - #80 A Little Birdie Told Me

Simply Create Too - #57 - ANIMALS

Sister Act - #49 Anything Goes

Fitztown - Anything Goes

Lexie's Creations - #112 Punches and Dies
Doodle Pantry - Anything Goes 

Shabby Chic Zombie

Hi all!
     It's time for another 613 Avenue Create challenge!  As usual we are an Anything Goes challenge but for the optional twist I've created a Create Your Own Color Challenge chart. You must use only ONE color from each column.

 

 We are sponsored by

I chose the Sassy Studio Zombie image because my daughter loves some popular zombie series.  And I think it's funny that it's Shabby Chic and not dark and gruesome  :)  

 For the color challenge I chose Column A - gray, Column B - pink, Column C - yellow

That's it for this time...thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Kathi

Details:

stamps/digi stamps: Sassy Studio Designs - Zombie
papers: MME, Staples 110lb white, scraps
dies: Spellbinders deckled rectangle, QuicKutz photo corners
ink: Memento Angel Pink
coloring medium: Copics E00,0125,34,77 / C1,3,5 / R35,37 / G94 / 110
embellishments: Jolee's leave die cuts, rose, stick pins by Little Yellow Bicycle and the pink 

                               stick pin by Petaloo, lace
tools: Cuttlebug, Tim Holtz distress tool
techniques: colored the straight jacket gray then dabbed the colorless blender over it for 

                      the worn/blotchy look - is there a "name" for this technique?
other: Glossy Accents (eyes)

Pretty Cow and a sketch

Hi Everyone! This week at 613 Avenue Create I have a sketch for you to try!  Bugaboo Stamps is our sponsor this week and you could win 7 images.  I've used the Pretty Cow image with this stamp sentiment that I've had forever!  I love it though so could never part with it   :)

Materials used:
paper - Coredinations Whitwash, My Minds Eye Bramble Rose 6x6 pad, yellow from stash
embellishments - Recollections flowers, Michael's $1.50 pearls colored with E34 Copic
coloring media - ink Tim Holtz Tea Dye, chalks. Copics 
dies - Spellbinders Labels 10 & circles, MFT Fishtail Flags
misc - Tim Holtz Distress Tool, pop dots

Thanks for stopping by...hope you can join us at 613 Avenue Create!

Hugs,
Kathi

Challenges I would like to enter: 
Dream Valley Challenges - Animals 
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes 
Lacy Sunshine - Anything But A Square 
One Stitch At A Time - Use a Digi 
Robyn's Fetish - Four Legged Friends 
Corrosive Challenges - Sentiment on the Front 
One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything Goes 
Our Creative Corner - Anything Goes 
Simply Create Too - Anything Goes 
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes 
Wags 'n Whiskers - Anything Goes

I'll see your sarcasm....

...and raise you some sass!  I just love this wordart from  Create with TLC   and it was a freebie!  When I saw it I immediately thought of my daughter, Shianne.  Sarcasm is that girls middle name!  Don't know where she gets it from!  LOL!  Anyway, when I saw this image at Sassy Cheryl's Stamps I just knew they were meant to be together  :)  

                                    I distressed the edges of the card and paper pieced the dress
 

Product list:
papers: Recollections - The Sweetest Thing pad, purple - Bazzill, black - MFT

 Challenges I'll be entering:
 Sassy Cheryl's - Girl's Rule
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Five Simple Things -Inspire Me Fridays Linky Party
Left of Center Creative Challenges - Use LOC theme or a digi
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes #6
Stampin for the Weekend - Buttons
Little Miss Muffet - Pieced Off (LOL...love the name of the challenge!)
Southern Girls Challenge - You Can Say That Again 
Our Creative Corner - Anything Goes 

Happy Birthday ADFD style

Surprise it's me again!  I love being productive  :)  Here's a birthday card I made for the A Day For Daisies Challenge this week.  This is the cute freebie this week too!  I also used this sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

 

close up

inside

matching envelope

coloring supplies

Details:  papers - MME 6x6 pad "Bright"

               dies - hearts by Lawn Fawn, fishtail flag by MFT

               stamp (sentiment) by Verve

               Tim Holtz distressing tool, 

               ancient brads

Til next time!
Hugs,
Kathi

Additional Challenges:

Dream Valley Challenges - Happy Birthday
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Card Mania - Punches or Dies
Forever Friends - Punches or Dies 
Lexi's Creations - Punches or Dies 
Mema's Crafts - Anything Goes 
Squigglefly - Recipe=2 brads, tag, printed paper 
City Crafter Challenge Blog - Happy Birthday 
Paperminutes - Chevrons 
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes 
Sassy Cheryl's - Show Me Thursday 

Skulls & Roses

Hi Everyone,

Today I have my  project for the 613 Avenue Create  Anything Goes challenge.  Our sponsor this week is Rick St. Dennis and I've chosen to work with the Skull Roses image.  I usually work with the cutesy images but I love skulls...my dark/artistic side :)
The sentiment was a free wordart digi from Ginger's House.  All of her digi's are free and she has a great sense of humor!!  You should check out her blog. 

Image colored with Prismacolor pencils/Gamsol and chalks.  I used the Spellbinders Grand Labels Eleven die and distressed the edges with my Tim Holtz distressing tool then inked the edges in gray.  I mounted it on some red/orange mulberry paper which I torn the edges.  For a tip on how to do this see my post HERE

close up of dew drops made with Glossy Accents.

(completed binder, so difficult to photograph the image under the plastic)

I hope you'll join us this week with your project at 613 Avenue Create Challenge Blog.
Hugs,
Kathi

Challenges I will be entering:
Catered Crop - Flower Power 
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes 
Crafty-Embelies - Anything Goes 
Kenny's Krafty Krew - Anything Goes 
No Matter Which Challenges - Anything Goes 
One Stitch at a Time - Use a Digi 
My Time To Craft - Gothic 
Clearly INspired Challenges - Anything Goes 
Hotshot Craft - Anything But A Card 
Shelly's Images - Anything Goes 
Quoth the Raven - Anything Poes