Everywhere an Oink Oink

Hi everyone!  I made this card to enter into our county fair.  I have to take it there tomorrow (Thursday) and just made it tonight.  The category is paper tole.  I looked it up and the definition is taking parts of the same image and popping it up.  I can do that!  The problem was finding the right stamp (of which I have many!)!  So I chose this Miss Peggy stamp from High Hopes.  I stamped it three times on X-Press It Blending Card and cut out the head from one and the nose and ears from another.   The head is actually on one of those wobble things, so it moves.  The image is colored with copic markers.  I stamped the chicken wire (from a company called Stamp Camp) onto a wood grain paper from Authentique.  The sentiment is also from High Hopes and I stamped it on the backside of the woodgrain paper.  It's cut with a WPlus9 flag die.  I accented the card with a button strung with some floss and some pearls.

Here's a blurry side view.  The only thing I don't like about that wobble thing is that the back side of it has writing on it.  Can you see it?  How dumb!

I used this sketch from Retro Sketches.

 

I hope I get some recognition at the fair!  If not, it was fun creating this one!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Miss Peggy and sentiment (High Hopes)

Paper:  X-Press It Blending Card, Papertrey Ink white, Carefree (Authentique), Hopskotch (Basic Grey)

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, copic markers

Accessories:  Square nestie, WPlus9 flag die, wobble (Action Wobble), pearls, button, floss, dimensionals

 



Happy Graduation!

Happy Sunday!  I went to a graduation party yesterday for my husband's cousin's daughter (follow me?).  This Grad Girl stamp set from My Favorite Things is the only graduation set I have.  I actually cased myself with this graduation card I made for my niece.  Hope you like it!

 Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Grad girl (MFT)

Paper:  Neenah white, Beautiful Life (Echo Park)

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versafine black onyx, copic markers

Accessories:  Rectangular nesties, sunflower die (MFT), SU border punch, WPlus9 flag die, star dust stickles



Just Us Girls #199 - Photo Inspiration Challenge



Hi friends!  The challenge over at Just Us Girls is a photo inspiration challenge.  I'm the hostess so I got to choose the photo.  I found this one on Pinterest that I thought was so fresh and summery.

(photo credit) 

I went kind of literal with my card.  I used strawberries, of course, and the colors as my inspiration for the card.  I used so many different materials and stamps on this one little card!  I'm not good at sewing on cards...bobbin problems always!  So I bought this little set from Papertrey Ink called Sew Simple Borders so I could cheat!  I also wanted to add some Crystal Effects to the strawberries, but the nozzle was clogged and I couldn't get it to come out!  I guess it looks fine without it!

I used this sketch from The Deconstructed Sketch Challenge.  Love it!

Stop by these blogs to see what the JUGs design team created with this photo inspiration.

 

JUGs blog

Elise Durenberger

Marisa Ritzen

Nancy Leppek

Tangii Crain

Vicki Dutcher

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Strawberries (Flourishes), Sew Simple Borders, Mr. Bones, Embroidered Blooms (Papertrey Ink)

Paper:  Neenah white, coastal cabana, riding hood red, Christmas Cheer (Lilybee designs)

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versafine black onyx, copic markers

Accessories:  Eyelet circle die (Spellbinders), flag die (WPlus9), ribbon, dimensionals

 





Summer Card Camp 2

Hi everyone!  I'm enjoying my summer because I have some time in the morning to craft!  Can't do that when you are working!  I'm taking the Summer Card Camp 2 from Online Card Classes and I have a card for yesterday's class.  It was all about die cutting techniques.  Jennifer McGuire used a pretty and detailed die that she repeatedly embossed.  I don't think I've ever done that, so I tried it.  And Nichol Magouirk made a card I loved, so I cased it.

They also have a color challenge going on this week over there which is two shades of brown, two shades of purple, and an aqua.  I didn't think I'd ever be able to put something together with them, but they gave lots of hints on how to do it.  Here's what I came up with.  I started with this vintage bicycle die from Memory Box and heat embossed it with copper powder.  I think I embossed it 4 times to make it more substantial.  Then I headed to my paper stash and pulled these three pattern from three different pads (see the list below).  I love that the design on the brown piece was in aqua!  I adhered two shades of purple pearls to the bicycle and  around the sentiment (stamped in SU's Razzleberry ink) to get the purple in there.  I'm very happy with the outcome, more so than the one I did yesterday with these colors!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Peddle Pusher (Papertrey Ink)

Paper:  Vintage cream, Fine & Dandy (MME), Hopscotch (BG), Sugar Hill (Farm House)

Ink:  Razzleberry, Versamark

Accessories:  Labels 15 die, vintage bicycle die (Memory Box), Prima button, twine, pearls, copper ep, dimensionals

Summer Card Camp 2 - Color and Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone!  I'm taking the Summer Camp 2 from Online Card Classes and I was finally able to participate in one of their classes!  Of course I had to pick the one with the most difficult color challenge!  It was two shades of brown, two shades of purple, and a light blue.  Difficult, right?  Well, yesterday's class was mainly about how to incorporate a difficult color challenge into an eye-pleasing card.  I don't know if I accomplished that, but I sure tried!  LOL!

 

So here's what I came up with.  We were given this color challenge and three sketches to choose from.  I liked this angled one.  It allowed me to use the new Rainbow Stripes die from Papertrey Ink.  It actually has 5 stripes, but I only used the three.  I cut them from Lovely Lilac (the lighter purple) and one from a scrap I had so I don't know the color, but it worked for me!  The bottom half of the card is Aqua Mist and I matted the whole panel onto Chocolate Chip.  The base of the card is the new SU color Baked Brown Sugar.  Not sure I'm loving those last two colors with this card, but I went for it!  The sentiment is from PTI's Sunflower Bouquet and it's stamped in Chocolate Chip.  (I recently had to purchase a new CC stamp pad...not sure I'm liking their new ink pads!)  I finished it off with some purple bling nestled in some sequins on the bottom and some more bling on the top.  Kind of plain, it needs something else, but I spent enough time on it so I left it! 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Sunflower Bouquet (PTI)

Paper:  Neenah white, lovely lilac, aqua mist, chocolate chip, baked brown sugar

Ink:  Chocolate chip

Accessories:  Rainbow stripes die (PTI), bling, sequins, glue dots

 





Just Us Girls #198 - Color Challenge

Happy Saturday!  It's time for another color challenge from Just Us Girls!  Tangii is our hostess and she chose this wonderful picture as inspiration for the colors. 

 

This is what I came up with. I used Papertrey Ink's Beautiful Blooms II dies for this fun card.  I was in a Hallmark store recently and saw a gift bag that I thought could be translated into a card so I took a picture of it.  I was looking through my photos on my phone and found it!  It was perfect for this color challenge!  (The photo of the bag is below.)

 

I used Marina Mist, Blushing Bride, Pixe Pink, Crisp Cantaloupe, and Tangerine Tango papers and ran them through the Xyron machine.  Then I poured Glitter Ritz Cool Highlight glitter on top of each flower.  I then added the baker's twine and a plastic white rose (from Hobby Lobby in the center of each bloom and popped them up on dimensionals.  The sentiment is from Star Prints by Papertrey Ink.

 

Here is my inspiration for the card.  Love it!  I should make a bag to go with it now!

Stop by these blogs to see what the girls did with these fabulous colors!

 

JUGs blog

Elise Durenberger

Maria Levine

Marisa Ritzen

Nancy Leppek

Tangii Crain

Vicki Dutcher

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 



Recipe

Stamps:  Star prints (PTI)

Paper:  Marina mist, blushing bride, pixie pink, crisp cantaloupe, tangerine tango, Neenah white

Ink:  Versafine onyx black

Accessories:  Beautiful Blooms II dies (PTI), baker's twine, Glitter Ritz glitter (cool highlight), Xyron machine, plastic flowers (Hobby Lobby), dimensionals

 



A Mixed Media Color Challenge #3

Hi everyone!  How's your summer going?  I spent most of the day with my mom at the mall to stay cool!  I don't mind the heat, but I hate the humidity!  Does nasty things to my hair!  LOL!

 

But I did squeak some time in my cool basement to make a card for A Mixed Media Color Challenge. 

I started with some water color paper and Distress Stains in Faded Jeans and Broken China.  I spritzed it with water and then let it dry.  I did use a heat tool to make the ink travel around a bit.  I like the look...kind of like marble.  Then I used my new find...Modeling Cream.  I used it before in a pearl color, and I found it in gold at Hobby Lobby.  I used it with a stencil I also found at Hobby Lobby.  The sentiment (which is not centered now that I look at it!) was stamped with Delicata Golden Ritz ink.  The stamp is from Hands of Time by Papertrey Ink.  The rose is from Prima.  I wanted the gold to match the sentiment, so I took a piece of cardstock and inked it with the gold ink then cut it into strips and glued them next to each side.  Jennifer McGuire does this all the time to save on paper!  

I used the CAS(E) This Sketch for my layout.

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Hands of Time (PTI)

Paper:  Vintage cream, water color paper

Ink:  Delicata golden ritz, Distress inks:  faded jeans, broken china

Accessories:  Gold modeling cream, stencil, prima flower, dimensionals