T-shirt Frenzy for Pals Paper Arts

I've been on a bit of a t-shirt frenzy working with some felt that I have.  I created one card yesterday, and it seemed appropriate to continue the fun by creating a second one.  This one is for the sketch at Pals Paper Arts . . .



And here is my card . . .

Another fun card using the t-shirt dies and stamps from The Stamps of Life.  Love that little silver hanger. 

Hope you find some time to create!  It does make the day better. 

Supplies Used - Birthday Girl T-shirt

Cardstock:  The Stamps of Life and Silver POW Paper from American Crafts

Pattern Paper:  The Stamps of Life

Stamps:  The Stamps of Life (tshirt2stamp)

Dies: T-shirt Dies

Ink:  Stazon

Ribbon:  Twine from The Stamps of Life April Card Kit

Other:  Felt Flower from The Stamps of Life* and Pretty Pink Posh Sequins

*from February Card Kit

Freshly Made Sketches - Make a Wish

I was still in the mood to be creative, and I had a pile of supplies on my table.  At this point I have made quite a few cards from My Mind's Eye Stella Rose.  It was time for one more. 

Here is the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches . . . 

And here is my design . . . 

I love this stamp, which is an old one from Technique Tuesday.  It seemed perfect for a little birthday card.  The inside of the card reads, "May all of your dreams come true.  Happy Birthday!" 

Supplies Used:  
Cardstock from Bazzill
Pattern Paper and Chipboard Embellishments from My Mind's Eye
Stamps from Technique Tuesday and My Favorite Things
Ink from Memento and Stazon
Ribbon from stash

Sweet Mojo Card

I was on a mission to complete a card and participate in a challenge. So Mojo Monday it was, and leftover supplies from a class layout were still on the table.

First, the layout that inspired my card . . .

Second, the sketch from Mojo Monday . . . 

And finally, here is my design . . . 

And inside, a gift card . . . 

Supplies Used:

Paper: Bazzill (cardstock and pattern paper)
Punch: Ticket Border
Stamps: Stamps of Life
Ink: Stazon
Die: , Cricut (Popsicle)
Other: Woodsie small stick

Back in my Groove w/Paper Smooches

Today was the day I chose to get back into challenge participation.   I have been so busy at work, was away for a week on  vacation, and what little time I have had I've devoted to creativity for my LSS, New England Scrapbook Company.  But the challenges keep me interested and keep my creativity flowing.  I am so happy to be challenging myself again!  

And so I picked the Sparks Challenge from Paper Smooches.  Here is this week's inspiration photo. . .

And here is my design . . . 

And a closer view . . . 

I paper-pieced the candles using paper from the 6 x 6 Echo Park pad.  Love those little pads for card making.  I created the drip wax by using Ranger InkEssentials White Enamel. The flames are just marker and Stickles.  

Hoping to hit at least two challenges each week.  Fingers crossed!!

Supplies Used: Bazzill Cardstock, Echo Park 6 x 6 Paper Pad, Paper Smooches Stamps, Stazon Ink, Ranger White Enamel, Stampin' Up Ribbon, Stickles, Stampin' Up Marker

Mojo Monday #289 - Peanuts and Hockey!

In keeping with my hockey theme, I stamped a few more images of those awesome Peanuts characters playing hockey, and this time I used the Mojo Monday sketch challenge this week. 

I love this sketch . . .

I was nervous about my rather large stamped images being not quite right for this sketch, but I think it worked out good in the end.  Here is my design  which I flipped and shifted a bit.  Isn't that the cutest stamp!  If you look close, the hockey players are missing some teeth.  

And since I had the other sides of those triangles cut, I had to make another one.  This one doesn't follow the sketch quite so closely.

Love these stamps from Stampabilities!

Supplies Used:
 Cardstock - Bazzill
Pattern Paper - Basic Grey
Canvas Embellishment - Basic Grey
Stamps - Stampabilities and Clean and Simple
Ink - Stazon
Markers - Copic
Rhinestones - Queen and Co.
Ribbon - Stampin' Up

Designed to Color Challenge

I came across a new challenge blog called Designed to Color which I thought would be just that . . . a challenge . . . since coloring is not one of my stronger skills.  So I decided to play along with the current challenge, which was a sketch.

Here is the design I came up with . . .

 

And just because I needed some coloring practice, I flipped the sketch a bit and went for a second design as well. 

Love Peanuts!  Love hockey!  A great combination.

Supplies Used
Cardstock - Bazzill
Pattern Paper - Basic Grey
Tab Elements - Basic Grey
Ink - Stazon
Markers - Copic
Stamps - Stampabilities and Clean and Simple (sentiment)
Rhinestones - Queen & Company

Heart 2 Heart - Going Green

Week 2 for the Heart 2 Heart March challenge was a Go Green challenge. It could be green as in color green, or green as in recycled green! I decided to go for color!

My jar was stamped with Stazon onto acrylic. I cut it out and then popped it behind the label. I stamped all those shamrocks using three different Close To My Heart greens. I actually stamped the jar image in Versamark, which is not noticeable but allowed me to see where to stamp my shamrocks. The jar lid was stamped on to glitter paper.

A great card to wish somebody luck!

Supplies List
Cardstock - Bazzill
Pattern Paper - Doodlebug
Stamps - Close To My Heart
Ink - Close To My Heart, Stazon and Versamark
Twine - Close To My Heart
Punch - Stampin' Up

Daisies!

Love Daisies, because they are the subject of one of my favorite movies, You've Got Mail.  So when I saw this Pure Innocense Crazy for Daisies Stamp, I just had to have it.  And then I decided to use it in this week's My Favorite Thinks sketch challenge. 

Here is the sketch . . .

And here is my design.  I continued my use of Echo Park Sweet Girl and Petaloo flowers.  

For my daisies, I used a small pom pom, which I colored in yellow ink, and then cut into pieces.  I used a liquid glue to adhere.  Love those flower centers.  

Supplies Used

Cardstock - Bazzill Pattern Paper - Echo Park Sweet Girl Stamp: Pure Innocence Crazy for Daisies Ribbon: Stampin' Up Punches: Stampin' Up Ink: Stazon Black and Color Box Markers: Copic Other: Petaloo Flowers and Pom Pom (colored yellow w/Color Box Ink

Denami Birthday Bonanza

Welcome to Stop #15 on the Denami Design Birthday Bonanza Blog Hop.  And apologies for the late post . . . internet snafu! 

You should have arrived here after a visit with Tenia Nelson at Jazzy Paper Designs.  When linking up my post here today, I really enjoyed perusing some of Tenia's great creations.  

If you would like to start from the beginning of the hop, or if you get lost along the way, you can find the full list of participants on the Denami Design Blog.


O.K., so nothing says "Birthday Bonanza" like a bunch of those cute little chick's having a party, on a piece of paper while gazing out a window, and that's what I created for the hop.  I have seen cards with acetate windows where it looks like the bottom of the card is floating.  I've always wanted to try them out, so this was my opportunity. Keep in mind the chick's are stamped on the inside of the card. 

So here is the closed card.

And below when the card is standing, you can see the window created by the acetate sheet.  The sentiment (which is part of the stamp) is below that bottom card front border, so it doesn't show until the card is opened.     

The Musical Note Washi Tape just sings Happy "Bird" day to you! 

You could actually place items on the window as well . . . which I toyed with, but my chicks made things a little busy, so I'll have to save that for another creation.

I made sure that paper showing from one side of the window had a corresponding piece on the inside of the card, so you don't see any adhesive on the inside of the card.  It gives a nice, finished look. 

I made a second card that had the sentiment showing from the window.  I stamped the image a little higher. 

I left the stripe paper off the bottom border on this one.  A little bit of a different look, but the two cards are very similar.  Loving that Musical Note Washi Tape! 

So, the details on the hop . . .

• When: The blog hop starts on March 10th at 6 AM, PST.However, you have until March 11, 2013, 11:59 pm PST, to leavecomments on all the blogs (to be eligible for a prize).
• Why:To be inspired by fun DeNami Design creations and also the chance to win minishopping sprees on the DeNami Design website!
• Prizes: Weare giving away THREE gift certificates to our website...however, you won'tknow the winning amount until we announce the winners on Tuesday, March 12th!We'll be giving away one gift certificate to a random participant (DT membersnot eligible) and then we'll also be giving away TWO gift certificates to TWOpeople who comment along the hop! Since it's our birthday month, we'll begiving BIGGER gift certificate amounts, so you'll want to be sure to comment oneach stop. 

Your next stop on the hop is the inspiring Pam Wendt at Handwerk by Pamela.

Enjoy the rest of your day and I hope you find some things to inspire you along the way.

Debbie

Supplies Used
Paper:  Bazzill Cardstock and "Happy Days" from Echo Park
Ink:  Stazon, Versamark w/white Embossing Powder from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers
Other:  Acetate Sheet, Satin Sensations Ribbon, Musical Note Washi Tape (WT601)
Punches: Fiskars Circle Punch, Scallop Punch from Stampin' Up, Scallop Border from Stampin' Up
Denami Stamps:  Thoughtful Greetings (PF48), Cupcake Chickie (CL-C90), Happy "Bird" day Chicks (N115)

 

Paper Smooches Picture Challenge

This week's challenge at Paper Smooches was a picture challenge, and the picture was adorable. I had to stop myself from trying to recreate the image in the photo on my own hand, because that was super clever. 

Super clever, right?

So I decided to go a little mirror image design, because I wanted that image of two lovestruck "someones" gazing at each other.  I decided to use the snowman from the Warm Hearts set.  

 

There is only one snowman in the set, so to create the look of them gazing at each other, I used a piece of acetate and stamped using Stazon on both sides - one on one side, and then flipped once dry to get the second one.  I used scraps of paper to color the hearts and the noses.  It's glued right onto the acetate using a clear drying glue.  I then cut a frame from my blue pattern paper so the white card base would show through, and all the glue is under the patter paper. 

A neat technique if you ever want a mirror image! 

Supplies Used
Cardstock:  Bazzill
Pattern Paper:  We R Memories
Stamp:  Paper Smooches
Ink:  Stazon
Other:  Acetate Sheet (from my scrap stash), Bazzill Floss

Mojo Monday (Seriously Needed My Mojo Back)

I seriously had lost my mojo for a bit . . . it happens.  But it was time to jump back into the land of craftiness for me, and what better to get me going then gearing up for some layout classes at my LSS, and then using up my scraps to make a card for Mojo Monday. 

The sketch . . .

My design . . .

I have Copic markers, but don't use them often enough.  Today I put them to work on shadowing, and while I was not impressed at first, when I came back to photograph the card I was like . . . "Hey, wow!"   I definitely need to use those markers because the result on the shadowing is pretty cool.  

Supplies Used:  Bazzill Cardstock, DCWV Pattern Paper, My Creative Time Stamps and Banner Die, Cricut (snowflakes), Stampin' Up Scallop Oval Punch (5 punches create the scallop circle behind the snowman circle), Stazon Black Ink Pad, Copic Markers, Stickles

Freshly Made Sketches - Bzzzz . . .

So the fourth card in my series from a few sheets of My Mind's Eye paper and embellishments is a birthday card.  I was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #52 . . .

Here is my design.  I again embossed my greeting in white, which adds a really nice touch.  The inside has an embossed white birthday greeting.

I had a transparent photo mat with a border that I used for the wings of the bee.  I love how those darn wings came out.  I stamped the wings on the corner of the photo mat, so the stripes are vertical on each wing.  There was also a pattern paper in this group that had hexagons, and I cut the musical note hexagon and popped it over the ribbon, and then popped the bee on to the hexagon to give some additional dimension.  The "bee trail" is also embossed in white. 

This was a fun card to make, and I just love that little bee.

Supplies
Cardstock - Bazzill
Pattern Paper and Transparency - My Mind's Eye 

Ribbon - just scraps from my stash
Stamps - Stamps of Life
Inks - Close To My Heart, Stazon and Versamark 
Embossing Powder - Stampin' Up
Other - Stickles

Back in the Mojo Monday Mood

Always one for a challenge, I decided to play along with some challenges this week. Mojo Monday deadline is just minutes away. So I got busy creating.  The sketch this week was round or square, and I just was not in a round mood.  Besides, it's hip to be square (a bit 70's, but it works). 

So here is my design . . . 

 

 And a little close-up view to show the dimension . . . 

 

Supplies Used:  Bazzill Cardstock; Pattern Paper from Prima; Inks from Staz-on and Versa Mark; Stamps from Stamps of Life; Flowers and Brad from my scrap stash. 

Here's the Latest Dirt

A glitch this morning . . . computer down.  Virus attacks my profile on the computer.  If it were just me, I would be paralyzed.  But I am lucky enough to have a husband who knows the ins and outs and got me back up and running. 

So here is my Mojo Monday submission . . .

Pattern paper is from a 6 x 6 pad of Amy Tangerine Sketchbook.  I adore the little big! 

Derived from the sketch below . . .

Supplies used:  Bazzill Cardstock, Amy Tangerine Sketchbook, The Twinery, Memory Box Die Cut, My Creative Time Die Cut, Fiskars Circle Punch, Great Impression Stamps, Copic Markers, Stazon Ink.

Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #69

Playing around with some scraps that I had for the Sketchbook Saturday Challenge . . .

I did a little paper piecing to come up with the card below . . .

I wanted to mirror my flower image from the images in the pattern paper, so I used a Unity stamp to make the flower and leaves.  I used Ranger's Inkessentials black enamel to do the center of the flower.  The bee's wings were stamped on vellum and cut out.  

Supplies: Bazzill Cardstock, Best Creation Pattern Paper, Unity Stamp, My Creative Time, Stazon Ink, Copic Markers, Inkssentials Enamel Accents from Ranger, Vellum

I Only Saw the Cupcake

The current JG Nook challenge was bedtime, bows, bling and a cupcake . . . and I mostly saw the cupcake.  I am not a huge fan of cake . . . but cupcakes are a whole different food group. 

And so I saw the cupcake . . .

And did my usual indented cut on the fold to hold my twin

Supplies:  Bazzill Cardstock, Best Creation Pattern Paper, Stamps from My Creative Time, Twine from The Twinery, Stazon Ink, Stickles, Copic Markers and buttons from stash.