Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet…

…cupcake!

The card I’m sharing today features an image from Mo’s Digital Pencil, Cupcake Thief, my first time ever using one of Mo Manning’s gorgeous images.

 

There’s a new challenge I’m proud to be a DT member of, Show Your Digi Love, where the theme is always anything goes with that month’s chosen digi artists.  It’s all about using the images you have in your stash and showing some love for the artists who created them.  In my case having Mo’s Digital Pencil among the chosen artists for our first challenge was a perfect excuse to go off and buy my very first (and second and third and, well, you get the picture) Mo Manning digi.

To make up my card I followed the current sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  As I’d printed and coloured my digi on my usual 4x6 piece of card I was a bit constrained on my circle size choice.  I actually used the largest of the Nestie set and had to use the “out of the box” technique (for a great tut check out the Kraftin’ Kimmie blog post by Becky) to fit the image in.  As a result I ended up shrinking down the other two circle elements.

I swapped out the flower element for a cupcake button from my stash; I also raided my stash for some interesting embellies for the other two circle elements.  As I have three different types of embellishments I am entering this in the current challenge over at Brown Sugar.

Now I don’t really have anything warm on this card, I guess trying to make a quick getaway on foot carrying three very large and tasty cupcakes would get you rather warm, but fortunately the main theme over at Bronte and Bella’s Challenge is anything goes and I do have my Mo Manning image so I’m also entering my card there.

Hope to see you over at Show Your Digi Love, easy peasy anything goes every month and a whole month to enter the challenge.  It’s a just for fun challenge but there are some gorgeous badges to display on your blog if you’re among the DT’s top picks and the overall DT favourite will be asked to guest DT in the next month’s challenge.  It’s a great way to show your love for the artists that make our hobby possible and your financial support (yep we all like a freebie but artists need to eat too!) so they can keep creating their awesome art.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E23

Hair Y15, Y17, Y21

Outfit RV52, RV63, RV66, RV69

Cupcakes C0, C2, E31, E33, E34, E44, E47, E49, G03, G09, N4, N6, N8, R35, R46, R59, RV02, RV10, RV11, RV13, V05, Y21, Y23, Y26, 0

Chalks & Powders etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Embossing Powder ~ Angel Wings Ruby & Stardust Candy Rose

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Classic Scalloped Circles

Embellishments

Close to my Heart ~ Mini-Medley Accents Slate

Crochet Doily from stash

Jesse James Button It Up ~ Mini Sweet Treats

Inks & Paints etc

Shimmerz ~ Sugar Plum

Spica ~ Clear, Gold, Lavender & Silver

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Seedless Preserves & Spun Sugar

Twinkling H2O ~ Luv-u-pink

Papers

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Amaryllis

Echo Park Little Girl ~ Jody’s Stripe

Stamps

Mo’s Digital Pencil ~ Cupcake Thief

Challenges

Bronte and Bella’s #246 ~ Anything Goes/optional warm

Brown Sugar #131 ~ 3 different Embellishments

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 ~ Sketch #43

 

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...moonstruck with music and madness

The card I’m sharing today features a cute image from Kraftin’ Kimmie called Holly Hip Hop.

Now Holly is a rubber stamp and I am not the world’s best stamper so normally I stick to digi but I had to have Holly because as soon as I saw her I thought of my niece.  So I bought the rubber stamp and tried out my new Rock-a-Blocks, which were recommended by a friend, and made up a card for my niece’s eighth birthday next weekend.

I figured if I was going to get out of my comfort zone with a rubber stamp I might as well go all the way out and try the no lines technique and I love how it turned out.  Although I did muddle my light source in the end, more to do with me trying to finish this when I was tired than the no lines technique.

To make up my card I’ve followed the current sketch over at Techno Stamper, I just swapped out the plain circle element for a scalloped one and the snowflake for a flower.  I’ve also turned this into an easel card to make it a bit more special for my niece.

I’ve got quite a few die cuts on this card so I am entering it in the current challenge at Fab‘n’Funky.  Little Red Wagon currently have a washi tape theme for their challenge and that inspired me to actually get out some of my huge store of washi tape, using it for my two rectangular elements.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit RV52, RV55, RV63, RV66, RV69, V09, V12, V15, V17

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby Pink

Pebbles Metallic Cream Chalk ~ Purple

Wild Orchid Crafts German Glass Glitter ~ Purple

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Scalloped Circles

Tattered Lace ~ Musical Note

Embellishments

Petaloo Tiffany’s Treasures ~ Flower Charms Fuschia

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Dusty Concord, Scattered Straw & Worn Lipstick

Papers

Bella BLVD Sand & Surf ~ Paradise

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Forget Me Not

Echo Park Country Drive ~ Raspberry

Echo Park Summer Days ~ Pink

Ribbons & Trims etc

Freckled Fawn Washi Tape ~ Thin Gold/Pink & Wide Gold Polka Dot and Stars

Stamps

Kraftin’ Kimmie ~ Holly Hip Hop!

Challenges

Techno Stamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch ~ Sketch #342

Fab‘n’Funky #239 ~ Anything with Die Cuts

Little Red Wagon #265 ~ Wishy Washi

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...y su amor más permanente

This card rounds out my trio of Dia De Los Muertos cards and features Sugar Skull Trish from Simply B Stamps.

To make up my card I followed the Week 4 sketch over at Viva La Verve, I just swapped out shapes for the elements in the sketch mostly for a bit of added interest.  For my colour inspiration I used the photo at Inkspirational, I kept coming back to it I think because of the owls and the bright colours.  Owls because Trish (who this digi was drawn for) loves owls and the bright colours because of Dia De Los Muertos.  I also picked up the crochet in my flower embellie and mirrored the swirly circles in my background paper.

I’ve really enjoyed making my Dia De Los Muertos cards, it is a lovely tradition and sure beats the morbid view of death we often have.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin C00, N0, N1

Eye B00, B04, 0

Lips R39, R43, R46

Hair B00, B02, B04, N4, N6, N8, 100

Outfit YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Pearl ~ Copper

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Decorative Labels Twenty-Seven

Embellishments

Off the Hook Embellishments ~ Crochet Flower

Jolee’s Stickers ~ Black & White Skulls & Skeletons

Sugar Skull Button from stash

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Word Band

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Orange

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Rusty Hinge & Salty Ocean

Wink of Stella ~ Blue, Orange & Yellow

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Sea Breeze

Echo Park Everyday Eclectic ~ Doily Multi

Graphic 45 Patterns & Solids ~ An Eerie Tale & Mother Goose

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Sugar Skull Trish

Challenges

Inkspirational #68 ~ Photo inkspiration

Viva La Verve ~ October Week 4 Sketch

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…as it doth float up from the damnéd Earth

This is my first post as a DT for PunkyouGirl and I’ve done a CAS card inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, our current theme.

I was trying to make it look like the raven was ripping pages from the book but I got confused on which page I needed, I was going to do the order the other way round but realised my raven stamp faced the wrong way!  I was also going to have my image, Poe Portrait from Simply B Stamps, featured on the page still in the book being ripped but it was way too small printed so you couldn’t see it.  If that had worked I’d have had another image printed on the ripped out page that matched a Poe story.

So this hasn’t really turned out how I planned at all.  I did like the sketch at the Fusion challenge and I think it still worked well for the improvised version.  I also didn’t want this to be colourful or bright, it was meant to be dark and sombre so I’ve stuck to mostly black and white, my book pages are a bit yellowy but that’s because they are supposed to be old.  As this is mostly black and white I am entering it in the current challenge at Crafting When We Can.

Ingredients:

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot & Walnut Stain

Studio 490 Embossing Paste ~ Black

Papers

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Black Cat & Great White

Kaisercraft Paper ~ Art of Life

Stamps

Echo Park ~ Spooky

Flourishes ~ So Distressed

Tiddly Inks ~ Open Book

Simply B Stamps Steampunk ~ Poe Portrait

Challenges

Crafting When We Can #81 ~ Black and White

Fusion ~ {Something Wicked This Way Comes...or Not...} sketch

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