Outlines - Inspiration Photo

Hello, it's time for another challenge over at Outlines and this week's challenge is a photo challenge.  Put your sunglasses on!  I felt compelled to include the inspiration photo so you would understand why I chose the somewhat garish colors I used on my card!  Definitely not my normal color palette!

When I saw the wallpaper in the room in the photo, I immediately thought of this paper from SEI's Corinne collection.  I selected the Wishing You (E-575) square stamp to mimic the shape of the bookshelf and chest and used some of the colors from the photo to color its border with colored pencils.  The orange door knobs in the photo were the inspiration for the orange dots in the corners and the flower petals, which I colored using an orange Spica glitter pen.  The flower centers were filled in with a Sunny Yellow Viva Decor Pearl Pen.

Please be sure to look up the details for playing along with this week's challenge over at the Outlines blog and also check out the great cards the rest of the team has made:

Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Kecia Waters - Stamping Deets
Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sandy Hulsart - Creative Moments with Sandy

Sue Kment - Sue's Stamping Stuff

Thanks for stopping by!

Outlines - Red Hot!

Happy 4th of July!   This week's challenge over on the Outlines blog is Red Hot - make red a prominent color in your project!  Mission accomplished!  I used Sparkle Love (H-911) and colored it using Copic markers.  The patterned papers are from SEI's Corinne 6x6 paper pad.  I used Glossy Accents and Picksey Pickups to add a bunch of Swarovski Crystals to my image - Aquamarine (SS12 and SS7), Light Siam (SS12 and SS7) and Clear (SS16).  I also used a few Spica markers to give the hearts and lines some sparkle.  The corner punch and seam binding are both from Martha Stewart Crafts.

We are also starting a new six month design team term over at Outlines, and with that change we say goodbye to Bev Gerard and Vicki Garrett  :-(  and hello to Sue Kment and Kecia Waters  :-) .  Please be sure to check out the details for playing along with this week's challenge over at the Outlines blog and also check out the great cards the rest of the team has made:

Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Kecia Waters - Stamping Deets
Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sandy Hulsart - Creative Moments with Sandy

Sue Kment - Sue's Stamping Stuff

Thanks for stopping by!

Outlines - Florals

It's Monday, which means it's time for another Outlines Design Team challenge, and this week our challenge is Focus on Florals.  For my floral card, I used Clematis Medium (E-111), which I stamped twice on patterned papers from SEI's Corinne 6x6 pad and layered.  I also added some Viva Pearl Pen (Salmon and Lt. Blue) to the dots in Clematis image and finished it off with a dragonfly brad in the center.

I also used Clematis Leaf Medium (E-112) and Stem (B-385), which I stamped on paper from Kaisercraft Secret Bird Society. Finally, I stamped Script Thank You (B-1054) using Versamark ink and embossed with orange embossing powder. 

Please be sure to stop by the rest of the Outlines' Design Team members' blogs to see the floral cards they have created:

Bev Gerard - Savor the Journey 

Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sandy Hulsart - Creative Moments with Sandy

Vicki Garrett - Summerthyme Studio

Thanks for stopping by!

Outlines - Buttons!

This week's challenge for the Outlines' Design Team is to use Buttons on our cards.  That's not too hard for me - I use buttons on most of my cards!  I selected Round Posy Small (E-1040) (which happens to be on sale for 20% off!) and Round Posy Medium (E-1039) and paper pieced them both using SEI's Corinne papers.  I also paper pieced the Stems (B-385) and Clematis Leaf Medium (B-112).  The sentiment is Script Thank You (B-1054).  The buttons for the flower centers are from Crate Papers Flea Market collection.

Please be sure to stop by the rest of the Outlines' Design Team members' blogs to see the button cards they have created:

Bev Gerard - Savor the Journey 

Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sandy Hulsart - Creative Moments with Sandy

Vicki Garrett - Summerthyme Studio

Thanks for stopping by!

Outlines - Round the Corner!

This week's challenge for the Outlines' Design Team is Round the Corner - no sharp corners allowed!  I used several of the new Serendipity series stamps on my card - Wild Flowers (G-1155), Thumper (C-1175) and
Lilly and Layla (F-1181), although I only used one of the two butterflies in the image and I don't know whether it's Lilly or Layla....

The patterned papers are from SEI's Corinne collection and I colored my images to match using Copic markers.   For Thumper's tail, I used Liquid Applique and I colored her flower using Frosted Aqua and Ocean Soul Smooch, and then I put a dab of Turquoise Viva Decor Pearl Pen in the center of the flower and dropped a size 12 Aquamarine Swarovski crystal in the center.  I used a Light Blue Viva Decor Pearl Pen to make the dots around the Script Happy Birthday (C-1050).  All of the corners of the card are rounded, in keeping with the challenge and I cut the top edge of the green paper using a grass border punch so there would be no sharp corners on my layers.

Please be sure to stop by the rest of the Outlines' Design Team members' blogs to see the rounded corner cards they have created:

Bev Gerard - Savor the Journey 

Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sandy Hulsart - Creative Moments with Sandy

Vicki Garrett - Summerthyme Studio

Thanks for stopping by!

RI Sketch Challenge - Little Birdie

We are having another sketch challenge over at the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.  For my card, I used one of my favorite RI sets - Little Birdie Swing Stamp set (8301-U).  I didn't make a swing card using it, I just stamped the first image on the front of my card and the 'punchline' image on the inside:

I love the expression on that mischievous kitty's face! 

Please stop over at The House That Stamps Built to see the great cards that the rest of the design team made for this challenge.  While you're there, be sure to get the sketch and the rules for playing along for a chance to win some Repeat Impressions stamps!

Thanks for stopping by!

Belli Challenge #82 - Glitter!

Welcome to another Creative Belli Challenge Wednesday! Today's challenge is to use glitter or rhinestones - anything shiny and blingy! - on your project! Please be sure to check out all the great projects from the rest of the design team over on the Belli Blog.

Once again, I've got this one covered!! I used a new toy, the bird Nestabilities dies, to cut the two birds out of Grungepaper. I painted them with Making Memories Manila paint and then topped that with a coat of Shimmerz Angel Wings for my first layer of sparkle. When they were dry, I painted a layer of glue on the smaller one and covered it with some Martha Stewart Snow Glitter. I dabbed the larger bird with my Versamark pad and covered it with Powder Keg's Glue Powder. I heated it and then sprinkled on some Powder Keg White Pearl embossing powder and heated again to set it.

The background paper is SEI Love Birds and the stamps for the sentiment and the polka dots are from Papertrey Ink. The twill is from Stampin UP! and the crochet trim is from Hobby Lobby. The rhinestone brads are from American Crafts and the rhinestone hearts are from Amuse.

This card covers several challenges (so many of our Belli Challenge participants combine multiple challenges for their entries - it's rubbing off on me!!):

Caardvarks - sketch

Crazy 4 Challenges - use polka dots

Sharon's Stamp Simply Challenge (SSNOTIME120) - use something new (the bird Nestabilities and heart shaped rhinestones)

Thanks for looking, and if you decide to play along, be sure that if you post to SCS or PCP or any other online gallery, add your link to Mr. Linky over on today's Belli blog post and use keyword CBC82 so we can find it.

Papertrey Ink WCMD Challenges

Good morning! Happy hump day! It's been a dreary week here so far and it has just started raining again.

Papertrey Ink issued four challenges on Saturday for World Card Making Day. I managed to make cards for two of the four challenges. My first card was for the third challenge, which had a theme of India, including gold, sequins, jewels, etc. This foil background paper from SEI's Moravia collection reminded me of this vine image from PTI's With Sympathy set. I stamped it in Versamark ink and heat embossed it with American Crafts' Gold Bling embossing powder. The flowers and the butterfly were punched out of copper foil, stamped with Versamark and also heat embossed with the gold Bling embossing powder. Gold beads were added to the centers of each.

The second card was for the fourth challenge, which was to use Dotted Outlines and/or Masking using an Australian theme. Since I am a SCUBA diver, when I think of Australia, I think of the Great Barrier Reef and fish. I used PTI's Polka Dot Basics set to outline my fish from Impression Obsession and to create the polka dot background panel. I masked the fish image to creat the polka dot outline and I used a white gel pen to do the dots at the top and bottom of the main background panel. I added three teardrop shaped dew drops in the upper left corner for water drops and to balance my sentiment.

Thanks for looking!

Inchie Birds

This is a card I made for Repeat Impressions using three stamps - the flying bird, the feathers and the nest with eggs. I stamped the bird on two Inchie squares and stamped the nest on the the third one. They were each colored with Copic markers and matted on squares of the patterned paper. The edges of each of the squares were distressed with Ranger Distress Antique Linen and Vintage Photo inks. All images were stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink.

The panel on the left was cut from a larger sheet I stamped randomly with the bird and the feathers. The SEI Love Notes patterned paper, from the Love Birds collection, was a perfect match to the bird theme.

Not much to it, but it's fun to play with the Inchies occasionally! Hope your week is going well so far! Thanks for looking!