LOVE IS THE THREAD / CQC #71 & JUGS #70...

Wow, how'd it get to be Tuesday already? We have a new challenge up over at the colourQ, lots o' pink! I decided to go C&S with this card... I love kraft!!!

This card features two sets, Heart Quilt and Sew&Sew, from the Wax Fruit Company. I printed the image onto kraft, and then printed it 3 times more on the 3 different patterned papers. Then I pieced the quilted heart... super quick!

I used the sketch from this week's JUGS Challenge... and also am putting this in the Crafty Cardmakers, Outlawz C&S Color & the Crazy Challenge!

Bye for now...

AIM FOR THE CLOUDS / CQC #31 & JUGS #31...

This post is a lot later than I'd hoped ~ occasionally Jeff or Mom uses the camera while I'm at work & then forgets to turn it off & then I try to take pics with a dead battery - that makes me madder than a hornet! Oh well...

I used #31 challenges today - colourQ's challenge #31 & Just Us Girls Sketch #31 - super cool! I swear I just L-O-V-E challenges!

This card uses a brand spankin new to me set from There She Goes, called Aim For The Clouds... I'm over the moon when I find a good set to paper-piece with and this is definitely one! I will admit to a little cheating, though - the mountains were stamped & cut out of Pacific Point, but it's so close to Brilliant Blue I thought that would be okay! You're probably also thinking I did an awesome job cutting out those little clouds, but I actually colored those in with my handy dandy white gel pen!

I hope you're having an awesome day & maybe you'll get a chance to play along with the colourQ this week - if you get a friend to play along you could both win a little prizy~prize!!

Bye for now!

PS - CLARE! You lucky gal - you won some goodies from me by sharing pics of your stamping area... could you email your snail mail address to me?

A SPECIAL EGG GIRL / JUGS #25, PTW #37, PIO #10 & etc...

Well, I really never thought I'd like digital images, but I cretainly have been gravitating to them lately!

This card fulfilled a TON of challenges, probably more than I've ever managed on a single card. I do have my own rules for that, though... only '1' sketch & color challenge per card! I played along witht he cool Papertake Weekly sketch and the wonderfully 'spring-y' colors from Just us Girls.

Here are all the challenges:

Just Us Girls - Color Challenge

Papertake Weekly - Sketch

Stamp Something - Distressed

The Shabby Tea Room - Spring Inspired w/ Stitching

Pile It On - Furry Friends

Sassy Cheryl's - Easter

Crazy 4 Challenges - Spring

Our Creative Corner - Easter

This image is a digital stamp from Sassy Cheryl's isn't she CUTE!!! I love the vintage look! All the designer paper & ribbon is retired Stampin' Up! The button is Papertey Ink. I used Copics to color her, the edges of the image are distressed/ spinged with SU! inks Bashful Blue & Certainly Celery, the dry-embossed background is sponged with So Saffron. The card base is Soft Suede, But it looks darker since I distressed the edges. The tag is a die from SU!, as well.

Have a beautiful day!

SERENE SNOWFLAKES / JUGS#7, CCC #29 & 2S4Y Bonus...

Looks like I was in a glittery, blingy mood tonight, huh?!? Well, I just couldn't help it...

This card is for three challenges; the 2 Sketches Bonus, Color Create's beautiful combo, and Just Us Girls Technique Challenge. YAY!

Anyways, the other reason I got my bling out, was that the big glitter brad on the glitter snowflake was handmade! And very easy to do, I might add! Here's the tutorial: DIY~ Giant Glitter Brad. I used a couple of retired colors that I'd been hanging on to, Pacific Point & Cool Carribbean, as well as Tempting Turquoise. The stamps are from Stampin' Up!, called Serene Snowflakes.

Have a great night!

TISSUE FLOWER (a la MONA) / CTD #66, MTSC #45 & JUGS4...

When I saw Mona's cool tutorial, I knew I had to make a tissue flower!

I used the awesome colors from this week's Color Throwdown for this card, paired with a very elegant sketch by Mercy, and the cool 3-D flower challenge over at Just Us Girls. You can find Mona's tutorial at the Just Us Girls blog.

Using the Flower Layers Originals Die, I strayed from the tutorial a bit & cut about 10 layers of white tissue. I then inked the edges of the 3 sets of 'layers' with each of the 3 colors of ink. Once I crumpled it a bit & fastened it down with a clear rhinestone brad, I took a paint brush dipped in the inks and brushed it up with more ink. I thought that was a little faster than using the brayer. the dsp is Rich Razzleberry Patterns and the ribbon is the reverse side of the Rich Razzleberry Polka-Dot grosgrain.

Bye for now...