Get Well Donnie...

This was created for  

Craft Your Passion Challenge #143 "Get Well Soon"

You can see some wonderful inspiration on this theme HERE!

Enter your creations by Sunday January 6, 2013 for the chance to win a prize. 

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Love this warm plaid from Basic Grey - perfect for bear colors.  Copics were used on the bear, bottle and band-aid and a 2nd head for Donnie was made so I could use a spring mount called a "Wobble". I should have left the ears on the top head cuz now when I wiggle his head, his ears stand still!  This one is for a good friend who just broke her leg in four places!  Dang!  FOUR places!!

This card should be eligible for the following CHALLENGES:

Simon Says: Anything Goes
Divas By Design: Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday: Layers
Basic Grey #84 - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments - Anything with a Sentiment

SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES

IMAGES:  The focal image is "Donnie" by Stamp Fairy; "Love Bandaid" is from JRL ? Design; the aspirin bottle and sentiment are "Get Well Shapes" from Art Gone Wild.

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; DP is from the  Basic Grey's "Oxford Collection"; base CS is Georgia Pacific

EMBELLISHMENTS: Ribbon is stash

INKS: Distress Inks were used to create the faux frame; the image was printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics:

May you color with abandon, create wildly 

and always, always, make what amuses you!

~ginny

Altered Art...

Craft Your Passion Challenge #142 is "Alter It"!  

with a great prize from The Robin's Nest
Creations need to be submitted by Sunday 12/30 

You can get other ideas from the fabulous Design Team HERE

This was a fun book to make... I used the sleeves from Starbucks' and other yuppie coffee cups that I had been saving with just this idea in mind for a coffee loving friend.  One end of each sleeve was sliced open so it could open like pages.  Holes were punched in the closed ends and wire binding inserted using a Bind-it-All.   And then began the decoration of the pages - I searched thru my stamps for anything connected to coffee, found phrases and quotes on the internet, used some heat and some pressure embossing, distressed all the edges - in essence whatever amused me!  I finished using twine square knots tied thru each set of punched holes on the front cover and added random tabs with words connected to the love of coffee.
Here are three of the five pages I created.  Each image was colored, fussy cut, sculpted and mounted 3-D on foam tape.

Hope you have a chance to try something creative over the Holidays - 

I know, I know!  In all your spare time!  

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

Man Cake...

This was created for 

Craft Your Passion Challenge #141 

"Recipe: 3 Patterned Papers, 1 circle and 1 ribbon or twine"

You can see some wonderful inspiration on this theme HERE!

Enter your creations by Sunday December 23, 2012 for the chance to win a prize from: 

Delicious Doodles

This is "Man Cake" from Delicious Doodles - the candle is from an image called "Dancing Candles" by The Artful Stamper - after coloring the images, I fancy cut the candle, sculpted it from the back and mounted it on foam tape for added dimension.  I then made a slit at the top of the cake and inserted the candle.  I had punched a circle in the image panel and taped DP behind the panel to provide "glow" for my flame.













SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES

IMAGES:  The focal image is "Man Cake" from Delicious Doodles; "Dancing Candles" is by The Artful Stamper

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; DP is from Basic Grey - "Life of the Party" Paper Pad; base CS is Georgia Pacific

EMBELLISHMENTS:  Circle punch used behind flame and DP taped to back;  Blue ribbon from stash.

INKS: The image was printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics:

May you color with abandon, create wildly

and always, always, make what amuses you!

~ginny

Nessus... A Sympathy card for a beloved pet...

My best friend's beloved Shi-Tsu , Nessus passed away at the age of 17 recently.  

It was expected, and almost welcomed, because her old age had not been kind to her.

Inside the card I included my favorite passage regarding the passing of pets: 

We who surround ourselves with life

even more temporary than our own,

live within a fragile circle,

easily and often breached.

Yet we could live no other way - 

and cherish memory as the

only certain immortality.

from  The Once Again Prince

by Irving Townsend

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SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES

IMAGES:  The focal image is by Paula Best

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; DP is from Basic Grey's "Oxford" ; base CS is Georgia Pacific

EMBELLISHMENTS: Gold leaf or "gilding leaf" is called "Gildenglitz" by US ArtQuest which was applied using Duo Glue and US ArtQuest's Fine Liner Calligraphic Drawing Pen.

INKS: The image is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black & colored with Copics:

May you color with abandon, create wildly

and always, always, make what amuses you!

~ginny

Christmas Stitches...

Craft Your Passion has a new challenge calling for "Stitching - Real or Faux" and this is my inspiration card.  The Design Team has created several ideas to inspire you and encourage you to try your hand!  Go HERE to see their samples and join the challenge.

This "Crescent Santa" is one of my favorites from my Santa collection.  I colored it with Copics and added Diamond Glaze to the star and bell to provide dimension & a little bling (that shine does not show up in the photo, unfortunately!)  I added the strip of blue and white gingham and the blue layer with faux stitching.   I used blue embroidery thread to sew the tab and the image layers.  Distress Ink was used to distress the edges of the card.

SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES

IMAGES:  The focal image is by Stampendous & Co.

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; DP is from K & Company; base CS is Georgia Pacific

EMBELLISHMENTS: Tab is a McGill punch and "Happiness" is a self inking "Mini Word"

INKS:  "Wild Honey" Distress Ink was used on the edges.  The image was printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics: B00, 01, 02;  Y21, 23, 26, 28;  E0000, 000, 00;  R20;  C1

May you color with abandon, create wildly

and always, always, make what amuses you!

~ginny

Let It Snow...

Craft Your Passion is having a challenge with the theme of "Let It Snow".  For my inspiration card I chose to use this digi from Robyn's Fetish called "I'm melting for you".  I printed out two copies, colored the base snowman and on the 2nd copy, I colored the accessories with Copics.  The accessories were cut out, sculpted and then mounted with foam tape for the 3-D affect.
The background consists of three coordinating layers from DCWV's "The Winter Magic" Matstack.  Diamond glaze was added to the coal eyes and the snowflake brad in the corner as further embellishment.
You can find further inspiration for this challenge by the Design Team (Here) at Craft Your Passion.

SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES

IMAGES:  The focal image is "I'm melting over you." by Robyn's Fetish

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; DP is from DCWV  "The Winter Magic Matstack"; base CS is Georgia Pacific

EMBELLISHMENTS: Snowflake Brad is from stash; Diamond Glaze used on the eyes.

INKS: The image was printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics:

May you color with abandon, create wildly

and always, always, make what amuses you!

~ginny

Elf Sitter...

This one is for you Muggs... 

This is the way I feel right now - dressed for the occasion, but so feeling your loss.

Started with a white base card, added a white panel embossed with snowflakes, punched out a scalloped circle, taped snowflake DP behind the punched space, added the ribbon and mounted the panel with foam tape for dimension.
Next was the Sitting Elf colored with Copics, fussy cut, sculpted and mounted with foam tape in the 'window".  Stickles on the collar and hat completed my embellishments.

SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES

IMAGES:  The focal image is "Deacon Xmas Elf Sitter" by Bugaboo.

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; DP is from DCWV "Winter Magic Matstack; base CS is Georgia Pacific

EMBELLISHMENTS: "Icycle" Stickles used on the clothing.

INKS: the image was printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics:

May you color with abandon, create wildly

and always, always, make what amuses you!

~ginny

Mimi FallTime

 
 A new challenge has started at Craft Your Passion that requires at least one hexagon.  I mixed and matched K & Co. papers to add the row of hexagons on the front and cut one out for the inside.  I chose two different digis, colored them with Copics, fussy cut them and sculpted them before mounting them with foam tape for the dimension.

This card should be eligible for the following

CHALLENGES:

SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES

IMAGES:  The focal image "Mimifalltime" is a digi by Stamp Fairy; the bucket of apples and leaves is also a digi from Copic Line Art; sentiment is from _____.

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; DP is from "Sweet Nectar" by K & Company; base CS is Georgia Pacific

EMBELLISHMENTS: Orange corner elements from stash.

INKS: The image was printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics:

May you color with abandon, create wildly

and always, always, make what amuses you!

~ginny

Photo Inspiration...

Today starts the next challenge with Craft Your Passion -  a "Photo challenge".

On the right is the photo inspiration I have provided for this challenge.  I love the double rainbow!  The piercing around the moon on my card represents that double rainbow for me. I used all Distress Inks on this project with the Tim Holtz Technique of laying the colors down on a craft sheet, spritzing with water and then laying the CS in the colors till I have what I wanted for the moon.  The night sky is direct to paper, as is the torn paper used for the ground.  Since the timing is right for Halloween, I added the bats.  Otherwise, I tried to be pretty faithful to the inspiration.
Go check out what the Design Team did with this inspiration... could be the image, the colors, shapes, etc.  Then let's see what creative thing you can come up with and enter the challenge HERE.



                                                                                This card should be eligible for the following

CHALLENGES:

Just Some Lines - Halloween
Fussy & Fancy #74 - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tues. #88 - Halloween
Divas by Design #58 - Use something Orange
2 Sisters #115 - Halloween
Totally Papercrafts #140 - Halloween/Spooky

SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES

IMAGES:  The tree image is by Graven Images & the bats and sentiment by Flourishes.

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; 

EMBELLISHMENTS: Ribbon and square, black brads from stash; paper piercing & distressing were added. 

INKS: Distress Inks were used for all the added color; the image was printed on a Canon PIXMA printer.

May you color with abandon, create wildly

and always, always, make what amuses you!

~ginny

Happy Halloween!!!

This digi image is by Rick St. dennis.  I colored with Copics, fussy cut, sculpted him from the backside and used foam tape to maintain the dimension.  I have been wanting to try the torn page look for awhile and this seemed the right time... all the papers were scraps off my desk piles.  I distressed the edges with Distress Inks, drew in the stitching, and added the three Candis colored with Copics to match.

 This card should be eligible for the following

CHALLENGES:
Unique Crafters- Halloween
Tiddly Tuesday #96 - Halloween
Stamptacular Sunday #186 - No Rules
Sentimental Sunday #125 -Halloween
Robyn's Fetish #130 - Halloween

Pile It On #43 - Any Holiday
Just Some Lines - Halloween
Fussy and Fancy #74 - Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time #136 - Use a Digi
2 Sisters #115 - Halloween / Fall Colors
Top Tip Tuesday #88 -Halloween
Sassy Cheryl #138 - Trick or Treat
Paper Shelter #87 - Halloween
Simon Says - Autumn Leaves (background DP)
LEJ #26 - Trick or Treat
Digi Tuesday #183 - Halloween/ Spooky
Divas by Design #58 - Use some Orange
Crafty Sentiment - Recycle It (Left over paper off my desk)

SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES

IMAGES:  The focal image is by Rick St. dennis; the sentiment is part of an image from Hero Arts was inked and stamped

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; DP is from my scrap pile

EMBELLISHMENTS:   White Candi colored with Copics to match DP

INKS: "Tea Dye" Distress Inks were used on the edges; the image was printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics:

May you color with abandon, create wildly

and always, always, make what amuses you!

~ginny

Guarding the Nest...

I love this image!!  "Guarding the Nest" is from Delicious Doodles, one of the sponsors for the Fairies and Fantasy challenge at Craft Your Passion. 
The hardest part was deciding on the colors I wanted to make her.  I will have to do 2 or 3 more versions to try out all the color combos I dreamed of.  So here is the first one - the next one will be oranges, yellows and reds.  Luckily I have a Niece who likes dragons - good for her birthday coming up!.
 I decided to create a faux frame for her by taping off the edges and then sponging the Distress Ink in toward the image.  I chose Pumice Stone to mimic a cave or rock ledge for her nest.

Check out the other fabulously fantastic "Fairies and Fantasy" inspiration by the CYP Design Team HERE. and enter your version in the challenge!  Too much fun!

This card should be eligible for the following

CHALLENGES:

Top Tip Tues #87 - Things with Wings
Crafty Ribbon - Children's Birthday
Digi Tues #182 - Warm and Fuzzy
Simon Says - Your Favorite (current favorite digi)
Divas by Design - Something Spooky
Fussy & Fancy #74 - Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time #136 - Use a Digi
2 Sisters #114 - Cute a Creepy

SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES

IMAGES:  The focal image is the digi "Guarding the Nest" by Delicious Doodles

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the image; DP is from Basic Grey - "Indie Bloom", "Out of Print"  and "Oxford" collections; base CS is Georgia Pacific

EMBELLISHMENTS:  square black brads and purple Kandi on the image frame are all from stash.

INKS: "Pumice Stone" Distress Inks were used to create the faux frame; the image was printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics:

May you color with abandon, create wildly

and always, always, make what amuses you!

~ginny

Halloween Candy Korn...

I made little Packs of Candy Korn for the Grandkids with bag toppers.  One side has witches boots and the other side their names.  Hard to get those suckers to stand up for their pictures I tell ya!  (The bags, not the kids!)

This card should be eligible for the following

CHALLENGES:

Unique Crafters - Oct. - Halloween

Broken Box #11 - Halloween

Just Some Lines - Too Cute to Spook

Stamptacular Sunday #185 - Boo-tacular

Robyn's Fetish #129 - Fall Colors

2 Sisters #113 - Anything Goes

Clear It Out - the GIFT

PaperTake Weekly - Fright Night

Sassy Cheryl #137 - Orange and Black

Divas by Design #57 - Something Spooky

SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES

IMAGES:  The focal image is by Flourishes;  letters from _________

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; DP is from stash

INKS: The images are stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black & colored with Copics.

May you color with abandon, create wildly

and always, always, make what amuses you!

~ginny

Nicolas is NINE...

 Black and White and Red... hopefully macho enough colors to over-ride the "cutesy" bug for a 9 year old! I did put the gentleman-bug on a "Wobble" that makes him shake back and forth when tweaked... certain Nicolas will like that!  You can see that better in the close-up below.
I printed out the "numbers" background, colored in the 9 to match the bug, added twine, layered and done!

TOP TIP: Repairing Copic Reds that have bled outside the lines:
Because Copic Reds bleed so easily - (1) I tend to color the reds first - that way if it bleeds beyond repair, I can always start over & won't have wasted the other coloring time. (2) Color inside the lines leaving a margin until you get a sense of how much the reds will bleed outward.  You can always go back and do a light, thin line of color to fill in the margin.  My attempts at rescuing mistakes include: (3) Wait till the red dries, two to three attempts only with the blender pen to push the red back to the line, then again wait till it dries before you repeat the steps.  This is backward from a blending technique, where you want the colors to move into each other.  If you wet the paper too much with the blender pen, the reds will flow into the wet area, extending the "bleed".  (4) If all else fails, I will "fussy cut" the image to get rid of bleeds. (See ladybug above - LOL!)  And of course, the ultimate solution - see number (1) above!

  

This card should be eligible for the following

CHALLENGES:

Top Tip Tues Challenge #87 - Things with Wings (ladybug) TIP

Sentimental Sunday #124 - black and White and one color (red!)

PaperPlay #41 - Simply Cute

Crafty Ribbon - Children's Birthday

2 Sisters#113 - Anything Goes

ABC Challenge - Z is for Zoo (Ladybugs are featured in the zoo at the Flea Circus!)

Digi Tuesday #182 - Warm and Fuzzy

SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES

IMAGES:  The focal image is a Free Printable; background is "Pick a Number" by Can You Digi It

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; base CS is Georgia Pacific

EMBELLISHMENTS: Wobbles & twine from stash.

INKS: "Barn Door" Distress Inks were used to create the faux, red frame; the image was printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics:

May you color with abandon, create wildly

and always, always, make what amuses you!

~ginny