Red and White

This week’s Copic Buzz challenge is to create something with red and pink. Great colors for celebrating a special day in February - Valentine's Day!

Below is my entry:



Tilda was cut out with my Nestabilities petitie and scallop oval die-cuts. Tilda was colored with the following Copic colors:

RV32, Rv34, E35, E37, R59, R85, E00, W1 (shadowing Tilda), and the colorless blender. I also used my At You Spica pink pen for some glitter on Tilda's wings and outfit. I also used my Sakura glitter pen for parts of her dress.

The red and pink cardstock is from Bazzil. The designer paper is from American Crafts. I used Martha Stewart's scallop punch for the red decoration. I pop-dotted the heart trees (so cute!). I used some dew drops from The Robin's Nest to accent the card The ribbon is from May Arts.

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A "Sketchy" Creation To Choose From

This week’s Penny Black Saturday Challenge is to choose between two sketches DT member Nat created. Or you can do both if you feel like more of a challenge. If only there were more hours in the day, I would do both, but I ended up doing only one. Below are the two sketches to choose from:

Sketch #1



Sketch #2



I chose to do Sketch #2. Below is my entry:



The cardstock is from Bazzil. The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye Penny Lane Collection. The image, sentiment and mice feet are from the PB Micey Day collection, that I won from Guest Designer Debby from PB Saturday Challenge's Christmas Blog Hop. Thank you again Debby! The image was colored with the following Copic colors:

E33, Y17, R59, RV32 and the colorless blender.

The image was cut using my Nestie small circle and circle scallop die cuts. The sentiment was also cut with my Nestie small petite oval and oval scallop. I also sponged on some Versa Color sand beige ink on the image and sentiment. I used my Sakura glitter pen to add some glitter to the image.

I also added in some dew drops from The Robin's Nest.

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Happy New Year!

This week’s Penny Black Saturday Challenge is to make something in celebration of the New Year! Because I have been recovering from a cold, I threw a card together last night for this challenge. Below is my entry:



Brown and yellow (Hollywood) cardstock is from Bazzil. I forgot who made the designer paper - got it in December for Christmas projects. I distressed the paper using Versa Color bark ink.

The PB image is from their Bubbly collection, which I noticed a lot of the DT members used a couple of images from that collection - so cute! I colored the image with the following Copic colors:

C5, E33, RV32, Y17, BV23 and the colorless blender

The sentiment is from Hero Arts's All Occasion stamp set.

I also sponged on some ink in the background with Versa Color sand beige. The image was cut out with my Nestie petitie small scallop oval die-cuts.

I used my Martha Stewart scallop punch for the yellow cardstock. The brown woven ribbon is from May Arts.

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Great Friends

This week’s Copic Colour Challenge was a fun play on their three chosen colors. When I first saw the colors, I knew instantly what I wanted to do. Below are the colors for the challenge:



Below is my entry:



I LOVE the new Hero Arts 2010 line of stamps! The girl and sentiment I used are from Hero Arts's Sweet Wonderful You set. The girl was colored with the following Copic colors:

BG05, Y15 (challenge colors), E57 as substitute for E47, E00, R20 and the colorless blender. I also added some orange stick-on pearls from my stash.

The yellow and brown cardstock is from Bazzil. The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye. The sentiment was cut, using my Nestabilities petite oval and petite scallop oval shapes with some glitter from my Sakura glitter pen. The corners were cut, using my Cuttlebug. The yellow woven ribbon is from May Arts.

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A Simple Sketch

This week’s Penny Black Saturday Challenge was to use a sketch provided by Design Team member Beth. Below is the sketch:



Here is my entry:



Red cardstock is from Worldwin - Deep Berry Red. The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye (double-sided). The PB critter and sentiment is from The Wonder stamp collection. I colored the cat with the following Copic colors:

RV11, R59, C3, YG03, and the At You Spica color gold

I used my Cuttlebug to cut the corners of the card. I used my Nestabillities small scallop square and small square for the sentiment; the small scallop rectangle and small rectangle for the cat. I added some sparkle to the Nestie scallop square and rectangle using my Sakura glitter pen. The blue snowflake ribbon is from Queen and Company. The pearls are from my stash.

I was so excited to win PB Saturday Challenge's November Guest Designer Debby's prize from last week's Christmas Blog Hop. I can't wait to get my micey stamps! Debby is such a talented designer. Visit her blog here to see her creations.

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A Simple Kind of Recipe

This week’s La-La Land Crafts challenge is to use a "3-2-1 recipe." I find recipes to be a great challenge! This one gave me a good opportunity to go through all my paper crafting supplies to use what I have on hand.

The 3-2-1 recipe was created by Maureen Wong, one of the Design Team Members for La-La Land Crafts. The recipe goes like this:

3 designer papers
2 colors of cardstock
1 type of embellishment

Below is my entry:

Front of card

Inside of card


Unfortunately my camera died and still trying to figure out my husband's sophisticated camera so my pictures may be a little off.

The red and black cardstock is from my stash. The designer papers are from SEI. Window La-La was colored with the following Copic colors:

E00, R59, G94, RV32, E33, E35, and the colorless blender

Window La-La was cut using my Nestabilities small scallop square and small square die-cuts.I added some sparkle to the scallop square using my Sakura glitter pen. The black swirl ribbon is from Queen and Company. The blue woven ribbon is from May Arts. The pearls are from my stash. The sentiment inside the card is from Hero Arts.

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"Stepping Up" Card

I am combining challenges this week and decided to do a different kind of greeting card. Below are the challenges I am participating in:

1) Copic Colour Challenge - Below are the colors to use:



2) La-La Land Crafts - Getting Punchy: Use any kind of punches in the entry

Below is my entry:



I am doing the Stair Step Fold Card for my entry this week. I wanted to do something different and saw this card on Split Coast Stampers. This tutorial is by Beate Johns and she did a wonderful explanation on creating this simple card. Click here to see the tutorial.

Below are the materials I used for the card:

Red cardstock - From my stash
Green cardstock - From my stash
Background paper - Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses
Nestabilities small scallop and small circle die cuts
Martha Stewart punches
Cuttlebug's snowflake embossed folder
American Crafts ribbon
Penny Black critter and sentiment from It's A Wonder stamp collection
Copics: R35, Y06, G02 (in place of challenge colors), E00, E33, RV13 and the colorless blender
Queen and Company winter brads
Sakura glitter pen
Pearl - from my stash

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Don't Worry Be Happy!

I am combining challenges again this week. This week's challenges are:

1) Copic Colour Challenge - Below are this week's colors to use:



2) Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Song Title/Lyrics - Entry should be reflected on a song title or lyrics to a song.

Below is my entry:

"Don't Worry Be Happy" - by Bobby McFerrin



"Don't Worry Be Happy" was one of my favorite songs growing up. No matter what mood I was in, that song would just make the rest of my day brighter.

The cardstock is from my stash, punched out with my Martha Stewart punch. The background paper is from Bo Bunny. I used Penny Black's Fresh New Day images stamped on Neenah paper, using my Nestabilities small petite scallop oval shape. The images were colored with the following Copics:

The challenge colors plus Y17, YR23, Y38 and the colorless blender

The buttons are from Fancy Pants. The flowers are from Prima. I used my Just Rite font stamps for the title of the song, stamped on Neenah paper surrounded by the small circle scallop Nestie with a bit of Sakura glitter. The woven ribbon is from May Arts.

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Pretty In Pink

I am combining challenges again this week. This week's challenges from La La Land Crafts and Magnolia-licious Highlites created a world of possibilities on what to do. Below are the two challenges:

1) Magnolia-licious Highlites DT Sketch Challenge

Below is the sketch to use:



2) La-La Land Crafts Wednesday Weekly Challenge - All about pink!

Below is my entry:



The cardstock is from Bazzil. The background paper is from Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses collection. Tilda was colored with the following Copic colors:

RV32, RV34, E33, E00, and the colorless blender

Tilda is sitting on the Nestabilities large scallop rectangle, with Sakura glitter on the edges. The sentiment is from Just Rite, using Versa Color white ink. The pink pearls are from my stash.

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It's A Wonder...

I am combining three challenges this week. All three definitely present a challenge - a fun one.

Below are the challenges I participated in:

1)La-La Land Crafts Wednesday Challenge - Ribbon!

2) Copic Colour Challenge - Below are the colors to use:



3) Penny Black Saturday Challenge - White On White: Entry to be all in white except for the PB image

Below is my entry:



Cardstock is Neenah's Classic Crest solar white, which I use pretty much all the time for stamping. I embossed the card with Cuttlebug's Stylized Flowers folder. The critter is from Penny Black's The Wonder collection. I used the challenge colors (replaced YG06 with YG63) plus E00 and the colorless blender. I used my Sakura glitter pen to color in the critter and the oval I cut using my Nestabillities petite oval template. The white felt swirl ribbon is from Queen and Company. The white pom-pom ribbon is from my stash.

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Sparkle with color and a sketch

Been fighting a cold this week, so I only had time to do one card. I am glad the challenges I participate in let me use their challenges to combine them into one card.

Here are the three challenges:

1) La La Land’s Weekly Wednesday Challenge - Sparkle (anything from glitter to bling)

2) Copic Colour Challenge - Here are the colors to use:



3)Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Here is the sketch to use by DT member Nat:



I was so excited to use my Penny Black Catman stamp for the challenges! After seeing the sketch for the PB Saturday Challenge, I was thinking "Oh no, what am I going to do?" The stamp can fit in a circle shape, but the sketch had a rectangle shape to use for the stamp. Think I made it work.

Here is my entry:




The front of the card was done using the following materials:

Black cardstock (my stash)
Orange bling cardstock (Bazzil)
Background paper (Basic Grey's Eerie collection)
Stamped image (Penny Black's Catman using the following Copics: YR04, G94, V17 airbrushed, 100, C3, R20 with At You Spica orange and pitch black pens) Used the Nestabilities large circle and large circle scallop. Circle scallop was decorated with Tim Holtz's Distress Stickles and Sakura's glitter pen)
Purple flower gemstone (Basic Grey Bling It!)
Stamped sentiment (Savvy Stamps)

Inside of the card was done using the following materials:

Orange bling cardstock (Bazzil)
Purple and orange glitter swirls (Best Creation Inc.)
Spiders and spider webs (Stampendous!)
Gemstones (Hero Arts)
"Boo!" sentiment (American Crafts thickers) with Basic Grey's Eerie collection

This has to be my longest post. I had so much fun making this card for Halloween.

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Early Christmas!

La-La Land Crafts released their twelve Christmas stamps this past Wednesday. All of them are so cute that it was hard for me to choose one. I decided to go with a character that I don't currently have.

In line with their Christmas line of stamps, This week’s La La Land’s Weekly Wednesday Challenge is Winter/Christmas. Below is my entry:




I love the easel card template! I recently came across the blog Magnolia-licious Highlites that hosts contests to make paper crafts with the Magnolia stamps. The challenge for this month was to use one of the Design Team's card sketches. Click here for the instructions on how to make this card.

This is Christmas Kirby. Isn't he adorable? He was colored with the following Copic colors:

E00, R37, Y38, RV13, E33, E35 and the colorless blender.

I also used Sakura's glitter pen for some spark on the stocking and Kirby's hat. At You Spica orange pen was used for the stars. The sentiment is from Hero Arts, stamped with Memento's Dew Drop Lady Bug. I used my Nestie petite oval scallop and petite oval shapes for Kirby, using At You Spica melon for the oval scallop shape.

All of the paper is from Bo Bunny. The gold stick-on dot embellishments and ribbon are from my stash.

A pretty simple card this week. Looking forward to the challenge next week!

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Buttons and Bows

This week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge is using buttons and bows.

I finally had a chance to use a free gift I got recently of Bo Bunny's green buttons with green and white checkered bows. And I also wanted to try a new card layout. After technical difficulties with my camera,here is my entry!


Front of the card

Side of the card

I love this card layout. This is called an easel card and I got the instructions to make it from the Magnolia-licious Highlites blog that I recently joined. To see the instructions on how to make the card, visit Magnolia-licious Highlites blog at: http://magnolia-licioushighlites.blogspot.com

The cardstock is from Core'dinations. The background paper is from Bo Bunny, along with the green and white flowers with the buttons and ribbon. I used the PB stamp Dream A Dream with the following Copic colors:

E35, E39, V15, G94, R20 and the colorless blender. I also added some At You Spica lavender color for the flowers.

I used my Nestabilities petite scallop oval and petite oval shapes to cut out the image and sentiment. The sentiment is from Amuse, which I used pop-dots to have as the "holder" for the card. I added some glitter to the scallop ovals, using my Sakura glitter pen.

The buttons, pearls, and ribbon are from my stash.

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Copic Colour Challenge - Guest Designer

I am excited to be a guest designer for Copic Colour Challenge. I have enjoyed participating in the challenges and also getting great color combos to use in my creations. Here is my design:



The cardstock is from Worldwin Colormates Berry Red. The background paper is from Imaginise (double-sided). The red ribbon is from my stash. The gold flower is from Prima. I used Penny Black's Holly Jolly stamps and colored the critter with the following Copic colors:

C3, C5, R37, YG99 (for challenge colors)
0, B12, RV02

I used my Nestabilities large and scallop rectangles to cut the cardstock for the critter. I used my Sakura glitter pen for the scallop rectangle. The pearls are from Hero Arts.

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Enjoying Life Within A Sketch

This week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge was using one of the DT member's sketches. Domi made such a wonderful and challenging sketch that it took me a long time to figure out where to start! Below is the sketch and my entry:




All of the cardstock, background paper, buttons, adhesive borders and rub-ons were from Basic Grey's Marrakech collection. Cardstock and background paper were distressed with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. Circles were cut using my Nestie large circle and large circle scallop dies. I used PB's Teddy and Company image, coloring with the following Copic markers:

E57, YG23, BV00, R35, Y17, B45, E33 with the colorless blender

The flower is from Prima. The eyelets and twine are from my personal stash.

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Happy Fall!

Wow what a busy weekend! Even three-day weekends go by fast! Spent most of it pricing old scrapbooking materials I don't use anymore to sell at my local store's flea market next week. It was nice to get rid of stuff I don't use anymore but boy, it took awhile to sort and price everything!

Anyways, I was able to get to a couple of challenges. This one is for Copic Colour Challenge #29. Below are the colors to use for the week:



I had all the colors except for YG97 so I used YG99 instead. Beautiful colors! Below is my entry:



I was so happy to finally use my C.C. Designs Autumn Sugarplum stamp set! I love it soooo much! I used the challenge colors plus YR23, YG99, E07 and the colorless blender. Cardstock is from my stash. I used my Cuttlebug swiss dots for the embossing of the card. Background paper is from Graphic 45's Playtimes Past - Jack and Jill design with Memento's Potter's Clay ink to rub on the edge of the paper. The sentiment was cut using my Nesties petite oval and petite oval scallop. Ribbon is from my stash.

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It's Christmas Time...Again!

Another busy week for me. Only have time to do two challenges this week. Wish there were more hours in the day!

I am doing the Penny Black Saturday Challenge and the Copic Colour Challenge this week. This week's PB challenge is all about Christmas! Funny since I did a PB Christmas card not too long ago for a previous PB challenge.

Here are the Copic Colour Challenge colors for this week:

I don't own these colors, so I used different colors for my entry.


Below is my entry:





Cardstock is from my old blank card stash. Background paper is from Karen Foster Designs. I used PB's Holly Day critters stamps and colored them with R59, BG09 and E57 in place of the challenge colors. I also used RV32, Y17, E21, C3 and the colorless blender. I used my Nestie large rectangle for the image and sentiment and large rectangle scallop for my old stash of blue cardstock, adding in some sparkle dots from my Sakura gelly roll pen. I added some pearls from Hero Arts. Blue snowflake border is from Queen and Company.

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