That is our Intergalactic Flying Space Saucer

It’s one of my nephew’s birthday so I searched through my digi stash and found the adorable Pwew pwew pwewJude from the Jude and the Rockers’ Space collection at Simply B Stamps that I knew would make an awesome card for a little boy.

To make up my card I followed the sketch over at Creaine, which gave me the idea of having Jude ‘busting’ through and hence my sentiment too.  With my faux ripped design I didn’t need any embellies, which works well for a boy and a young child.  I did put Jude on some Action Wobbles though, to help give the impression of him flying through the air.

Over at Craft for the Craic they’re looking for project suitable for a child, which my card had better be given my nephew is only turning five so I’m entering their challenge.  And being for a child I chose papers in vibrant colours (they look brighter in real life, I’m yet to master lighting on my photos) so I’m also entering my card in the current challenge over at The ABC Challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

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

Eyes E30, E37, G43

Tongue R01, R02

Hair YR12, YR14, YR27

Outfit B32, B34, B37, B39

Helmet C0, C2, C4

Box Spaceship E30, E31, E33, E34

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Faded Jeans, Mown Grass & Squeezed Lemonade

Papers

BoBunny Very Vintage Double Dot ~ Blueberry

Echo Park Summer Days ~ Quilt

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Scarlet

Little Yellow Bicycle Hello Spring ~ Yellow

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Pwew pwew pwewJude

Challenges

ABC Challenge ~ V is for Vibrant

Craft for the Craic #9 ~ Something suitable for a child

Creaine #41 ~ Sketch

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No one said how I had to deliver the eggs!

I’ve got another fun image from the new Teen Scene Holiday collection from Simply B Stamps, this is Floppy Hoppy Christian.

This image just makes me think of “tricking” at Halloween, I mean there’s a guy in a silly costume and he is clearly about to throw an egg at someone or something.  I was almost going to do up my card in Halloween papers but then I found the sweet Yellow Bicycle paper pad in my stash so decided to do this as a true Easter card, even if it isn’t actually Spring here in Australia for Easter so the colours of Halloween would have suited better!

To make up my card I followed the current sketch at Sketch n’ Dies, I used several Nesties to cut the various elements so I’m covered on the dies part of the challenge too.  In my usual style, despite all the die cuts on my card, I decided to fussy cut and pop the image off the page, hence the bit of white around those super thin whiskers!  For all fuss and bother I am entering this in the current challenge at Cute Card Thursday although I am not too sure how clever my cutting really is given the angst it sometimes causes.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E21, E11, E50, E51

Eyes E23, Y26, 0

Hair E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit C00, N0, N1, W1, R000, R00, R02, W3, W5, W7

Basket E23, E25, E27

Eggs BG02, BG05, BG07, RV21, RV23, RV25, V12, V15, V17, YG23, YG25

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ 5x7 Matting Basics & Classic Circles

Spellbinders Shapeabilities ~ Pennants

Embellishments

Gems from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Broken China

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Broken China

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Little Yellow Bicycle ~ Hello Spring

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Floppy Hoppy Christian

Challenges

Cute Card Thursday #308 ~ Clever Cutting!

Sketch n’ Dies #1

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A Caramelly Sweet Unbirthday Wish

So today is a very special day, it’s Betty’s unbirthday!  Yep, you read that right, her unbirthday, yesterday was her birthday but we are celebrating today with this fun little (she says in a voice dripping irony) blog hop.  So hopefully you arrived here from the delightful Brandy’s blog, if not, I’ve got the complete list at the end of my post.

And here is the little card I’ve made for Betty using the simply gorgeous Queen of Halloween image drawn especially for Betty by the uber talented Tamara from the Stamping Chef.  Thanks so much for it Tamara!

And to my friend Betty, I wish you a very

Hope it was a caramelly sweet day!

Now head on over to the beautiful Karen’s blog.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53, (cheeks E11)

Eyes E29, E37, E49, 0

Lips R46, R59

Hair T3, T5, T7, 100

Outfit N2, N4, N6, N8, RV52, RV63, RV66, RV69, 100, V12, V15, V17

Dies

Cuttlebug Anna Griffin Flourish Scroll Cut & Emboss

Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Sparklets – Ebony 
Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock – Dusty Concord

Glittery Purple Cardstock from SBS Secret Pumpkin Swap stash

Graphic 45 Hallowe’en in Wonderland – The Mad Hatter

Kaisercraft Cardstock – Black

Little Yellow Bicycle – Hello Spring!

Papermania Chronology

Stamps

The Stamping Chef – Queen of Halloween

Challenges 

Brown Sugar Challenge #67 – Anything goes

Crafting Life’s Pieces Sketch #64

Blog hop list (you might want to grab a cuppa before setting off on the hop as there’s loads of gorgeous cards to see)

Corinne, Bonnie & Cynthia

Irene

Sian

Ruza

Katrina

Jackie

Sam

Marie

Roz

Bettina

Sheri

Lisa

Wendy

Veronica

Jackie

Tanya

Vicky

Rhonda

Elisabete

Milo

Berenice

Katya

Darcy

Brandy

Emily (that’s me)

Karen

Lucy

Dianna

Trish the Dish

Sharette

Louise

Kay

Christin

Robin

Sharon

Sharman

Melissa

Tanja

Kathy

Kezzla

Leanne

Tricia

Ashley

Celina

Anita

Patricia

Deanna

Pam

Shelley

Cindye

Jackie

Christine
Vera

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El Dia de los Muertos

The uber talented artists at Simply B Stamps and The Stamping Chef have teamed up again for another awesome challenge, this time is Vampires vs The Day of the Dead.  And today I’ve got my Day of the Dead card to share, she features Annierexia from Simply B Stamps.

I love digis for the ability to resize any which way you want, which is exactly what I did with Annierexia, stretching her lengthwise to suit the sketch I followed from Retro Sketches.  I love her gorgeous curls which were great to colour.

The challenge called for one of two things besides the images, Betty’s offering was glitter so I’ve featured that in my card using her image.  There’s glitter on the stickers I used for the embellishments in the top corner, I also used two kinds of glittery paint on my flower layers.  The sketch also forced me to use some of the metres of baker’s twine I have in my collection, much of which has nothing missing off the spool!

I found some glittery ribbon among my SBS Ribbon Swap stash in a colour to match my image and also found the skeleton in my button stash, I thought he was rather appropriate for a Day of the Dead themed project.  With these elements I’m also entering my card in the current challenges at Joanna Sheen, Drunken Stampers, and Party Time Tuesday.  With my digi I’m also entering into the challenge at One Stitch at a Time.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53

Eyes BG02, BG5, BG07, 0, V09, V15, V17

Lips R46, R59, R89

Nose T5, T7, 100

Hair T3, T5, T7, 100

Top BG01, BG02, BG5, BG07, BG09, C00, C1, C2

Roses R24, R29, R46, R59

Leaves G05, G07, G09, G17

Skulls T3, T5, T7, 100, W00, W1, W3

Dies

Spellbinders Nestabilities 5x7 Matting Basics

Embellishments

Jessie James Dress It Up! Spooktacular Skeleton Button
Little Yellow Bicycle Trick or Treat Stickers

Paper flowers from stash

Glitters & Inks etc

Fireworks! Rhubarb Stalk

Smooch Glitz – Firecracker

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock – Tumbled Glass

Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells – Fanciful Floral

Ribbons & Twines

Marker Pop Baker’s Twine – Bubbly Blue
Ribbon from SBS Ribbon Swap

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Annierexia

Challenges

Drunken Stampers Challenge #140 – Thing: Buttons

Joanna Sheen Challenge – Ribbons

One Stitch at a Time – Use a Digi

Party Time Tuesday’s Challenge #137 – Button It Up

Retro Sketches #80

Simply B Stamps – Vampire vs. Day of the Dead Challenge (Glitter)

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Cherry Topped Wishes

This little card features the sweet Wryn with a Cherry on Top from Tiddly Inks.

As this was for a little girl’s birthday, I used a lot of brightly coloured papers and shades of pink.  I also remembered to leave enough room when I printed my image to be able to use a die to cut a nice frame around it.  I love the embossed border from the Spellbinders’ die as it allows you to then put a coloured frame around the die-cut shape, although my chalking technique needs some work to keep it even!

Tiddly Inks are having a “use a Wryn” challenge so I’m entering my card in that challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E02, (E93 cheeks)

Hair E21, E23, E27, E29

Dress R24, R46, R59, R89, RV000, RV00, RV02

Cherry R24, R46, R59, G03, G05

Cupcake wrapper E50, E51, E53, E55

Icing RV000, RV00, RV02

Embellishments

Webster’s Pages Whimsey lotus blooms

Dies

Spellbinders Nestabilities A2 Curved Matting Basics

Paper

Little Yellow Bicycle Hello Spring 6x6 paper

Magnolia Sweet Crazy Love collection Magnolia of Paris paper

Pink cardstock

Stamps

Cherry on TopWryn

Challenges

Tiddly Inks Challenge #110 Use a Wryn

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