Well now if you’ve got a cutie who’s a real sweet petutie…

This new Lola Western Cutie image from Simply B Stamps I have on my card is a real sweet petutie, don’t you agree?

I loved colouring the folds in her skirt and am really pleased with how she turned out.  I tried a new red combo (see ingredients list below) and I love it, especially teamed with black.

My card layout is from the current sketch at Cheerful Sketches where I swapped out the circle elements for some hearts.  I wanted to use some of my new dies on this, the two scalloped ones are from an Anna Griffin set I picked as this is actually going out to the sweet friend who got the die for me.  The black lace is new and I thought worked perfectly for the horizontal element, the shape suited the western theme and tied in nicely with the image.

Over at Hanna and Friends they have embossing as their theme, I have two kinds on my card.  I’ve got some heat embossing with some Fran-tage to make my sentiment just a little more special and my dies were embossing dies also.

As I have a number of hearts on my card I am also entering this in the current challenge at Live and Love Crafts.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E30, E31, E37

Mouth R00, R01, R02, R05, R20

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit C00, N0, N1, N2, N4, N6, N8, R22, R35, R46, R59, W6, W8, W10, 0, 100

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby White

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Cuttlebug Anna Griffin ~ Lovely Impressions

Lin & Lene Design ~ 3 Piece Heart

Embellishments

Petaloo Darjeeling Collection ~ Dahlias Teastained Cream (coloured with R35 & 100)

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Pitch Black & Red

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Aged Mahogany & Tea Dye

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Stella

BoBunny Timepiece ~ Moments

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Licorice

Prima Stationer’s Desk ~ Red Romance

Ribbons & Trims etc

Guipure Lace ~ Floral Scalloped Black

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Lola Western Cutie

Stampin’ Up! ~ You Are Loved

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches ~ Sketch #21

 

Hanna and Friends # 215 ~ Embossing

Live and Love Crafts #32 ~ Hearts

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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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Happy Birthday Sharman

I have a card today for the very lovely Sharman whose birthday it is and my card is featuring her commissioned image from Simply B Stamps.

I decided to do something extra special for Sharman who is just the loveliest person so have done a tepee card in a shabby chic style.  I’ve got lots of lovely flowers and die cuts and pearls and some distressing happening to go into my card.  As this is an extra special card I am entering it in the current The ABC Challenge.

Here's the left hand side.

 

And the right.

Fussy and Fancy are running a two of a kind challenge at the moment and I have lots of pairs on this.  I have two flourish die cuts, two pairs of paper roses, two pearl flourishes, two die cut labels and two rub-on sentiments.

I’ve never made a tepee card before but it was very easy to do and it is a nice change from a regular card.  Being a different card form I am also entering my card in Bastel-traum’s current challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E11, E21, E50, E51 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E30, E37

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit B91, B93, B95, B97, N0,  N1

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby Blue

Pebbles Metallic Cream Chalk ~ Dark Blue

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

My Favorite Things Die-namics ~ Fancy Flourish

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Labels Eighteen

Wild Rose Studio ~ Oval Frame

Embellishments

13@rts ~ Berries

Petaloo Botanica Collection ~ Faux Dried Floral Ephemera Grey Blue

Prima Say it in Pearl ~ Ivs. Grey (coloured with B97)

ScrapBerry’s ~ Paper Roses White (coloured with B93 & B97)

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Gold

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye, Walnut Stain &Weathered Wood

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Typhoon

FabScraps Industrial Chic ~ Steel Chic

Maja Design Vintage Autumn Basics ~ No. XVII

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Sharman

Challenges

ABC Challenge ~ X is for Xtra Special

Bastel-traum #23 ~ Special card form

Fussy and Fancy #127 ~ Pairs or Two of a kind

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Wing your flight o'er all the earth

It’s sketch challenge time over at Outlawz and my card today features Angel from this month’s sponsor, Polkadoodles.

And here’s this week’s sketch.

As the image I chose was an angel I figured I’d make a Christmas card, something I always leave to the last minute!  It’s hard to tell in the photo but to add some sparkle to the angel I used Twinkling H2O’s and Glamour Dust on her wings.  I wanted the ornament to shine also so I outlined it with a Gold Gelato, the rich colour doesn’t show so well in the photo, and also sprinkled on some white Fran-tage, also difficult to see in the photo.  The lace accents were the perfect shape, they are actually two thirds of the actual piece of lace, I cut out the middle section as it was just too much for the card.  It’s a beautiful lace though and one of the many laces I received as a gift from two special friends while on my big American adventure.

I love my embellies and dug deep into my stash for the ones on my card, I knew I had Christmas themed ones somewhere, just had to find them, including the holly and berry buttons.  I find the shank on the buttons mean they are hard to adhere to a card so I cut them off with pliers so hopefully that doesn’t mean I’ve cut off my chance to enter the current Brown Sugar challenge.

With my Christmas theme and embellies I’m also entering this in the current challenge over at Christmas Cards All Year ’Round.  And, as I am using a Polkadoodles’ image (although a now retired one), I’m also linking this up at Polkadoodles where they also have a Christmas challenge going on.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes BG01

Hair Y00, Y13, Y15, Y17

Outfit C00, N0, N1, N2, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Chalks & Powders etc

DecoArt ~ Glamour Dust

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Chunky White

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ 2012 Heirloom Ornaments

Embellishments

Creative Memories Stickers ~ Enchanted

Holly and Berry Buttons from stash

Poinsettia Paper Bloom from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Faber-Castell Gelato ~ Gold

Spica ~ Gold

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Pine Needles

Twinkling H2O’s ~ African Jade

Papers

BoBunny Silver & Gold ~ Festivities

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Scarlet

Ribbons & Trims etc

Red Velvet Ribbon from stash

White Lace from stash

Stamps

Polkadoodles ~ Angel (retired)

Challenges

Brown Sugar #116 ~ Ribbon & Buttons

Christmas Cards All Year ’Round ~ Embellish It!

Polkadoodles #42 ~ Christmas Fun

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