Mo's cat...

Thanks Barb for finding this really fun image - this is what I ended up doing with her.  Going to use it for a Happy Birthday for a cat lover!

PROCESS INVENTORY


IMAGES: 

• This is a Mo Manning image from the The Digital Pencil Too called 'Tolerance'.

PAPER:  

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image.
• DP is Basic Grey from the 'Life of the Party' & 'Soleil' collections.
• Inside created with left over papers from the front.
• The card base is Recollections - White, 110 lb. purchased at Michaels 

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

• Memory Keeper's Corner Chomper [Ticket Stub] punch used for the corners of the three top layers.
• Ribbon is stash.

INKS:

• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer 
• Hand colored with Copics:

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Simon Says Wed – Make it Girly

Inspiration Destination #82 – ATG

Penny's Challenge #274 – ATG

Aud Sentiments #153 – ATG

Art by MiRan Challenge #56 – ATG

Quirky Crafts #3 - 2016 – Use Dogs or Cats

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge – Always ATG + DP

DP2 -Mo's Challenge Blog #262 - ATG + Mo Image

Crafty Girls Creations – #18 ATG Always

Fussy & Fancy  #162 – Female Birthdays

Tuesday Throwdown #291 – ATG
Crafty Sentiments – Birthday Challenge
Through the Craft Room Door – ATG Always

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny

Super Rainey...

This  is a card for my friend Rainey who has had to start up Chemo again after a 3 month break.  She handles it with a lot of grace.  So far she is like a little super-woman, attacking the little seeds that remain in her body with the Chemo - Kryptonite.  So this is a go-get-'em card for her next day of Chemo.

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• This is "You're Super" from My Favorite Things 

PAPER:  

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image.
• CS used for the base card & the oval frame are both from stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

• Stitched red oval and the window created with a Die Cut from Lil'Inkers Designs.
• Inside has a hand drawn stitched frame around the image.
• Sentiment hand printed and punched with a McGill punch.
• 'R' is a very old rubber stamp set embossed with white EP.

INKS:

• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer 
• Hand colored with Copics:

Skin: E00, 21, & 34

Cheeks: E95

Hair: B41, C5, 7, & 9

Costume: R22, 24, 27 & 29 and B26 & 29

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Simon Says Wed – Make it Girly

Inspiration Destination #82 – ATG

Penny's Challenge #274 – ATG

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers L: 10 - #57 – E is for Embossing

Incy Wincy Designs – Inspired by movie - Supergirl [1984]

Pile it On #106 – Doodle [Inside frame & Sentiment]
MarkerPOP L:10 – #93 – ATG
Crafty Girls Creations – #18 ATG Always

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny

Vanessa Vamp...

I have a wonderful sentiment from Ginger's House that amuses me - and I needed the right image to go with.  This image from Aliciabel fit my mental image to a Tee!

The new challenge for 613 Ave C is ATG/Optional Twist: Use Orange & Blue and 2 Neutral Colors.  I have been assigned ATG with an Aliciabel image.  Makes for an easy challenge - anything goes or play along with the color challenge!  The front porch gang put together some great projects this week - you can see their work and check out the specifics of the challenge at the link above.

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• The image 'Vanessa the Vamp' was provided for my use by Aliciabel.  You can find it HERE in the Halloween section.  The image has a bat flying in the upper left - but I covered it up with my sentiment.  I wanted a little less cute and a little more class for my woman with a 'tude'!

PAPER:  

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image.
• DP used for the background & the punched foliage - unknown source.
• Inside has a simple 'spray' of fern using the same DP from the front in the one corner.

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

• Martha punch used for the foliage with Liquid Pearls used for the flower buds.
• McGill punch used for the fern on the inside. 

INKS:

• "Bundled Sage" Distress Ink used to distress all the edges. 
• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer 
• Hand colored with Copics & Prismcolor Pencils:

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Through the Craft Room Door – ATG Always

Crafting from the Heart #108 – ATG Always

Crafty Sentiments – ATG

The East Wind #53 – Make it 3D

Simon Says Wed – Make it Girly

Inspiration Destination #82 – ATG

Penny's Challenge #274 – ATG

Aud Sentiments #153 – ATG

Art by MiRan Challenge #56 – ATG  WINNER

Incy Wincy Designs – Inspired by a movie:  'The Hunger' with David Bowie & Catherine Deneuve

Pile it On #106 – Doodle [doodled the granite markings on the bench]

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge – Always ATG + DP

Get Creative Challenges - #37 – Gothic or Medieval

Crafty Girls Creations – #18 ATG Always

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny

In My Defense...

I loved how this image turned out - with four Paper Toled layers giving great dimension to her body, head, ribbon and bow.   I am tickled with how her hair turned out - even though her hair is essentially a flat sheet of paper - in real life it looks like you can feel the waves of her hair.  My friend Shani says these are called Marcel Waves - made popular in the 1920's.  If you look at the original drawing below you can see it is the outside outline of the shape of her hair only, without any guidelines for the style.

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• This image is "Patty Cake" drawn by Lizzy Love & sold at Oddball Art.  If you like the image - you can find it here and right now I noticed it is on sale for $2.55.
• For the focal image I used Paper Tole Technique to give her dimension. Printed 4 copies, colored them with Copics, fussy cut and 'paper sculpted' the images.  The layers were both glued in some places & elevated in others with foam tape to achieve the desired dimension. This is what the image looks like before my coloring - the waves were created with Copics.
• The Sentiment was a freebie from Ginger's House and I think it is perfect for a Belated Birthday!

PAPER:  

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image.
• DP used for the layers are from Basic Grey's 'Indie Bloom' and 'Hello Luscious' collections.
• Stitched Die Cuts were used to shape the layers from Spellbinders.
• Base CS is Recollections - 110 lb, Ivory found at Michaels.
• Inside uses left over DP fro the front:  

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

• Yellow/Green ribbon from stash. 

INKS:

• "Yellow Straw" Distress Ink used to distress edges 
• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer 
• Hand colored with Copics:

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Robyn's Fetish #311 – Add a Sentiment- Top Pick

Incy Wincy Designs – Fave medium [Copics]

OSAAT #259 – ATG w/ distressing [1st layer of DP edges distressed w/ Distress Inks]

Tuesday Throwdown #289 – Use Die Cuts

Through the Craft Room Door – ATG Always
Crafting from the Heart #107 – ATG Always
Crafty Sentiments – ATG
Inspiration Destination#81 – ATG
Penny's Challenge #273 – ATG
The East Wind #53 – Make it 3D Designer Favorite
Aud Sentiments #153 – ATG
Work it Wed. / Simon Says Stamp – Pastels
Art by MiRan Challenge #56 – ATG
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge – Always ATG + DP
Scrapper's Delight #54 – ATG
Open Minded Crafting- #4- Spring/Pastel
Oddball Art – Birthday Challenge  Top Three

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny

Even on a Bad Day...

If you like this image, you can find it HERE.

I love the simplicity of this image called 'Bird on My Knee' from Sami Stamps.  It will lend itself to so many occasions from "A Little Bird told me...", perhaps an "I'm Sorry", or "Thinking of You" to using this great sentiment from Ginger's House.

This will be my DT card for the current 613 Ave C's Challenge that is ATG/ Optional Twist is a Masculine Card.  Sami Stamps is the sponsor this go around. To see details on the challenge and a great collection of projects by the very talented design team at 613, click the direct link above.

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• For the focal image, I used Paper Tole Technique to give her dimension. Printed 2 copies, colored them with Copics, fussy cut and 'paper sculpted' her head & the bird.  I penciled in a box around her core and then fussy cut the parts outside the box. The extra parts were both glued in some places & elevated in others with foam tape to achieve the desired dimension.  You can see in that elevation in this angle shot.

PAPER:  

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image.
• DP & the base CS used were hoarded papers from my stash.
• Mats were created by using the same Copic color for the bird and coloring the edges that would show under the focal panel.

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

• Blue Waxed Linen used for book binding was looped and glued behind the panels.

INKS:

• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer 
• Hand colored with Copics:

CHALLENGES:

Through the Craft Room Door – ATG Always

Crafting from the Heart #106 – ATG Always

Paper Shelter – #243 – Spring Delights

Penny's Challenge #272 – ATG

Art by MiRan Challenge #55 – ATG

ABC Challenge L:10 –E is for Everything

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers L: 10 - #56 – J is for Joke

Incy Wincy Designs – Fave medium [Copics- hands down!]

MarkerPOP L:10 – #92 – Spring

Work it Wed. / Simon Says Stamp – Pastels

Create wildly and color with abandon!    
~ginny

Bugs and Kisses...

Happy Birthday Yoshie!

I finally have stepped down from all my commitments except one - and now your card is done and will be mailed on time this year!  

So I am celebrating with flowers and colors and dies, oh my!   I am having so much fun, coloring the images I want to color, folowing the themes that are in my head and not mandated, and best of all, I can post this on your birthday and not spoil the surprise!

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• Image is Sweet Tooth Boo's Summer Candy Flowers from Lacy Sunshine Stamps

PAPER:  

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image.
• DP used for the background and interior is from the 'Notable' Collection by My Mind's Eye.

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

• Die Cut used to shape the background papers is Spellbinders.
• Die Cut for the image panel is Lil' inkers' Designs

INKS:

• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer 
• Hand colored with Copics:

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Through the Craft Room Door – ATG Always

Crafting from the Heart #105 – ATG Always

Get Creative Challenges - #35 –Must use Green [leaves on flowers]

Crafty Sentiments – ATG

Simon Says Wed – ATG

Inspiration Destination #79 – ATG

Penny's Challenge #271 – ATG

Crafty Girls Creations – #17 ATG Always

Fussy & Fancy  #160 – Pastel Colors

That Craft Place – ATG

Sisterhood of Crafters – Photo inspiration

Aud Sentiments #152 – Birthday Sentiment or #6 WON

Crafting for all Seasons -#123 – Dies/Punches

Art by MiRan Challenge #55 – ATG

Work it Wed. / Simon Says Stamp – Pastels

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge – Always ATG + DP

Scrapper's Delight #54 – ATG

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny