Week #2 Guest Designer - For Fun Challenges

Hello everyone! Here are my last two cards as guest designer for For Fun Challenges. This weeks challenges is to use flowers, lots of flowers.  The sponsor this week is Bugaboo and I've used two of her digital designs.

This cool flower gal is Ivy. I colored her with Copic markers then cut it out using a long rectangle die from spellbinders. Green cardstock is from Bazzill and the designer paper is from Basic Grey. I did sponge some peeled paint distress ink along the left hand side of the dp. The white satin ribbon is colored with the same Copic markers and then tied into a bow using the Bow Easy.

I then took some three ivy leaves off the back one of my silk plants and glued it on behind the sentiment and main image. Lastly, I added a green felt flower and yellow paper flower from TAC to cover up the stems of the ivy and be OK with the flower challenge.

This next one is also colored with Copic's! The darker yellow is actually tissue mulberry paper that has been stained with wild honey distress ink. I let it dry and then added some swirly flowers using versamark ink and clear embossing powder. It's really hard to see in the picture! Blue and yellow cardstock layers are from HOTP and self adhesive pearls are from Kaisercraft.


Please join us over at For Fun Challenges this week using lots of flowers on your card or project! Thank you's going out to Helen and Kathy for having me as guest designer these past two weeks! It's been a lot of FUN!

Sympathy/Thinking of you challenge

Hi everyone!
We have a Sympathy or thinking of you challenge going on over at Victorine Originals. I made a sympathy card for my stash, as you never know when you'll need one.

Flower is water colored using Marvy Le Plume markers. The picture is kind of dark, but I also added some sparkle to the centers of the flowers with a yellow stardust pen.  All stamps are from V.O.

The designer paper is from Hot Off The Press and black self adhesive pearls are from Kaisercraft.

I hope you participate in the challenge for a change to win some new rubbah! Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!

Happy Mother's Day

Hello everyone! Happy Mother's Day! Here is the card that I made for my so-called step Mom. She's not legally that, but we don't care.

This is a stamp that I've had in my collection for years and it's one of my all time favorites. It comes from a company called Great Impressions.

Colored with Copic's and cut out with a spellbinders label die. I was lucky to find a piece of cardstock that matched the color of copic's I used! Corner rounds used all around and self adhesive pearls added for some bling.

Sentiment stamp from PTI (I think, Oops I can't remember) I cut it out using a mega oval die and sponged around it with summer sky ink from Memento. 

I hope you have a wonder Mother's Day!

I'm a guest designer!

I was honored to be asked to be a Guest Designer at For Fun Challenges for two weeks. The first challenge is for "your best girl" which could be your Mom, sister, daughter or BFF. I chose to make a card for my BFF for all that she has done so far for me this year!

Stamps for this card are from the April release from Verve. The flowers are colored with Copic Markers and then cut out using the new dies that coordinate with the stamp set. I used some foam tape to pop them up, one on top of the other. I punched out a few leaf stems from the Martha Stewart Crafts leaf punch. The satin ribbon is colored using the same Copic markers as the flowers and the bow easy used to tie the bow. 

As you can see, I did stamp a flower on the inside of the card and color it! Thank goodness I used some heavy cardstock for the base of this card and it didn't bleed through!

I encourage you to play along in this challenge this week as it fits right in with Mother's Day and the need to make a card or two.

Thanks for stopping in! I'd love to know what you think and don't forget to stop by the For Fun Challenge blog!

 

Polka Dot Balloons

Hi all! It's just a beautiful day in the neighborhood and here I am in the studio! Go figure! I've got some challenge projects to finish up and I think the sun outside is effecting my mojo!

Balloon stamp is from Papertrey Ink and colored with Copic Markers. The white polka dots are done using white enamel accents from Inkssentials. The black ones are done using a black gel pen from Sakura. I love the dimension that these two give the balloons.

Designer paper is from My Minds Eye and HOTP. The sentiment is from PTI and stamped in Archival jet black ink. Black pearls are from Kaisercraft.

 Thanks for dropping by!

WooHoo!!!!

I just found out that I won the April Diva Dare Challenge over on the Verve Blog with my Father's Day card titled Best Dad Ever!  It's four posts down. WooHoo!

You can read about it on this post.

Blue Birthday Card

Hello out there! Wanted to share another quick and simple and cheap card using dollar bin finds at Michaels.

The designer paper is from Treasures by Shabby Chic and I'm assuming that the stamp and paper roses are as well.The dollar items were the dp, stamp and the paper roses.

I colored directly on the stamp with Copic markers, spritzed with alcohol ink and stamped it onto white cardstock. Birthday wishes sentiment is from PTI. I also used the same blue Copic marker with my air brush and colored the white roses blue. Punched out a few leaves from the MS craft punch and glued them behind the roses.

The Swiss dot embossing folder is used on the white cardstock and the card base is enchanted evening from PTI. Labels 4 used to cut out the main rose image and the blue layer behind.

I distressed the designer paper with a sponge dauber and Navy ink from A*Muse Studio.

A little different, but still a clean and simple card. What do you think?