BUGABOO STAMPS CHALLENGE

Hey girls! Time for Bugaboo Stamps weekly challenge - make sure you visit our challenge blog and join in the fun!! This week's challenge is to create a nontraditional Valentine's card using nontraditional colors. It was also suggested that we take an image that was not made for a Valentine's Day card. So, I used this GREAT Bugaboo Stamps Skelkinz image - I just LOVE this line of images!! I colored her with copics and cut her out using personal trimmer. CS is SU taken with teal and baja breeze. DP is Basic Grey from Sugar Rush pack. Flower brads are from The Paper Studio. White paper is GP 110. I printed sentiment from my computer and cut out with personal trimmer. Had so much fun with this one, can't wait to give to away for Valentine's Day!! Thanks for looking!:)

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The Stamping Boutique Sketch Challenge 4 (SSC4) and Fab & Funky Challenge #8

I'm so excited to be able to enter this card in 2 challenges!  The first is for The Stamping Boutique's sketch challenge 4 http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/  and the second for Fab & Funky's Challenge #8 http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2010/01/challenge-8.html, sponsored by The Stamping Boutique and requiring use of a digi image or sentiment - I was able to work in both!!  The image is one of Tracey's AMAZING designs from The Stamping Boutique http://thestampingboutique.com/ which I colored with Copics and Atyou Spicas.  I used white Liquid Aplique for the clouds, I love how they turned out!  I cut the image out using nesties.  It is printed on GP 110.  For the background CS, I used SU riding hood red.  Pink CS down front of card is SU textured (pretty in pink?).  Ribbon is SU rose petal and real red.  Brown and polka dot ribbon was a gift from SCS swap hostess.  Polka dot paper is Basic Grey from Sugar Rush pack.  Sentiment is from Softpencil digi stamps http://softpencilshop.blogspot.com/  Thanks so much for looking, hope you enjoy:)

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I just love this image of donkey that I got to work with - he's soooo CUTE!! I decided to make him more of a brown color since I have seen brown donkeys many years ago when vacationing in the Cayman Islands with my husband. I colored him with Copics and made the outer parts of his ears furry using Doodlebug flock. I cut him out using Nesties and daubed edges of heart with SU real red ink. CS is SU Kraft which was also used for the inside heart. Outside hearts were cut and embossed with nesties using SU real red CS. DP is from Doodlebug Designs and ribbon is from $1 bin at Michael's. Let me know what you think and enjoy the rest of the hop!!

Softpencil Challenge 16

This card was created for Softpencil Challenge 16, which was to create a friendship card. I LOVE this Softpencil image of the girl and bunny, sooo CUTE!! I colored them with Copics, then used Flower Soft for snow and girl's hat and Doodlebug flock for bunny's ears. Sentiment is from Clear and Simple stamps and stamped in SU Old Olive. CS is SU old olive, white is GP 110 and DP is 3 Bugs in a Rug. Pink buttons are Basic Grey and maroon buttons from multi-pack from JoAnn. Border is part of Nesties frame that was too small, so I cut it up and just used top and bottom. I'm really happy how it turned out. Hope you like it, thanks for looking!!

SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY

This card is made for Sweet Sketch Wednesday (http://sweetsketchwednesday.blogspot.com/) - thanks for an AMAZING sketch girls!! This is also my second card for Viv's women swap, another funny woman. Stamp is from American Art Stamps, stamped in Memento tuxedo black, colored with Copics and Atyou Spicas and highlighted flowers and flower hat using SU crystal effects. CS is Bazzill, SU chocolate chip and textured baja breeze. White is TAC 100 and DP is 3 bugs in a rug. Polka dot ribbon is from JoAnn. 2 large circles cut out with nesties and small circles cut using SU 1 1/4 circle punch. Thanks for looking!!

SCACD stamps using JUGS14

I made this card for my friend Vivian's (SCS blusky)women card swap. I chose to do 2 cards in the funny woman category. This is the first one. Stamp is from Victoria Case's Everyday Gals collection made exclusively for Susana's Custom Art and Card Design (SCACD - link in sidebar). I colored her with Copics and Atyou Spicas and then paper pieced the stool seat using K & Company DP. Then I cut her out with nesties. The layout I used was from JUGS14 which I had printed out but never used, I love the layout, thanks girls!! Sentiment from same stamp set and is stamped with Memento Tuxedo black, cut out with trimmer and daubed using SU melon mambo. Flower is from a set I picked up at Hobby Lobby. CS is SU basic black and DP is dovecraft from an 8 x 8 collection. Brad is from American crafts. Thanks for looking, hope you like it!!

Delightful Sketches #15, Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge 15 Colors

I made this card for Delightful Sketches #15 http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/2010/01/delightful-sketch-15.html and used the color choices Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge 15 (although I did not use a Mo's image, so it is not eligible for the challenge). The colors I used from Mo's challenge are SU bashful blue, elegant eggplant, almost amythest and GP white 110. I used the ADORABLE Skelkinz image from Bugaboo Stamps (see link in sidebar) - isn't she cute? I colored her with Copics using "goth" colors then cut her out with nesties and also cut a border out with nesties. Sentiment is from SU set "A Little Bit of Everything," which is also cut out using nesties. Almost Amythest paper is embossed using Quickutz EF and ribbon I used is from JoAnn's. Thanks for looking and as always, let me know what you think.

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge 23

Hi Everyone! This is my DT entry for this week's Kaboodle Doodles Challenge 23 which is to use pink, lemon, green and plum. I had a lot of fun with this card. The image is from Kaboodle Doodles, SU perfect plum is CS and I used this awesome We R Memory Keepers DP. I love how it used the lemon, green and pink, plus some orange added. Buttons are MFT, fibers from Basic Grey and flower with button in center is Sassafrass Lass. I colored the image using my copics. I had a lot of fun with this!! Head on over to Kaboodle Doodles Challenge blog and submit your project for this challenge - hope to see you there!!

World Belly Laugh Day w/ Bugaboo Stamps

Ok, so some of us on the Bugaboo Stamps DT decided to post a project for World Belly Laugh Day, which is today, January 24. I decided to use this image and sentiment of Jodie's character Stella. I colored her with Copics, cut her out with nesties, sponged the scalloped edges with SU old olive and then daubed inside the edges using SU tangerine tango. I cut the sentiment out using nesties as well and then sponged the whole cut out using SU old olive. For the title, I printed it from my computer and then daubed using SU tangerine tango after cutting out with nesties. DP is K & Co. and white is GP 110. Hope she makes you laugh today!!

Die Cuts R Us Sketch Challenge

This card was created using many products carried at DCRU - DP is Basic Grey, nesties pendant template, basic grey brads, cuttlebug EF, Stamped image from Unity Jan. Store kit and dew drops. CS is SU certainly celery and Bazzill textured pink. I followed this week's sketch challenge at DCRU to make the card. I also colored the image with copics and atyou spicas and used Stickles for the frosting. I like the way it turned out. Let me know what you think:)

Stamping Boutique Sketch Challenge, Cute card Thurs. Challenge 96

I made this card using one of Tracey's FABULOUS images from the Stamping Boutique for The Stamping Boutique Thurs. Sketch Challenge (http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/) and for Cute Card Thurs. Challenge #96 (http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/), which is to make a card using a fairy image.
I absolutely LOVE this image and had so much fun working with it. I colored her using Copics and Atyou Spicas. Then I cut her out using nesties. She is printed on GP 110 and mounted on SU silver which is mounted on another SU paper that I embossed with a Cuttlebug EF. I used bling centered flowers from The Paper Studio on the side and printed the sentiment from my computer on silver flecked vellum. Hope you like it, thanks for looking!

MOJO122, Paper Cutz Challenge

I made this card for MOJO Monday 122 sketch and the Paper Cutz Challenge (http://papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/01/paper-cutz-challenge-25.html), which was to use a farm animal in your creation. I chose this ADORABLE pig from the Stamping Boutique. DP is from We R Memory Keepers and CS is Color Mates. Bow is from the Paper Studio ribbon pack and white paper is GP 110. Colored pig using copics and cut out with nesties then daubed with SU melon mambo. Sentiment is Lizzie Anne Designs stamped in SU melon mambo. Hope you like it, thanks for looking:)

Softpencil challenge 15 and Charisma Cardz Challenge #3

Hi Everyone - ARGGHHH!! Sorry had to blow off some steam. I just got 1/2 way done trying to post this and my laptop froze. My laptop just doesn't have the capabilities of our main computer that crashed last weekend. I was hoping to get a new computer today, but DH did not have the same idea:( Anyway, this is my card for Softpencil Challenge 15 (http://softpencilshop.blogspot.com/), to use your favorite layout, and Charisma Cardz Challenge #3 (http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/), to use fruity colors.

My favorite layout is a tri shutter fold, so that's what I chose for this card. Used one of Elizabeth's AWESOME Softpencil images which I colored with Copics and Atyou Spicas, then cut out with nesties and daubed using SU tangerine tango. CS is SU Tangerine tango, image in SU whisper white. Created sentiment on computer and printed out on GP 110, daubed edges with SU real red. Paper is from Basic Grey Sugar Rush collection, I embossed the green pieces using Cuttlebug EF. Thought the colors represented many different fruits, so that is why I chose them for the Charisma Cards Challenge. Thanks for looking, let me know what you think!!