Spot of Tea...

Sometimes mojo comes from an image, from DP, an event or individual and sometimes from a challenge.  In this case the inspiration for the card comes from several challenges.  The script is stamped over the digi from A Day for Dasies, fancy cut, sculpted from the back and mounted with foam tape.

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CHALLENGES:

Craft Your Passion #125 - Black & White + one other color (YR copics - yellow /orange)

A Day For Daisies #49 -Add some script

Pile It On #30 - Tag You're It (Sentiment tag)

Sassy Cheryl #125 - Polka Dots Everywhere

Papertake Weekly - Make Your Own (sentiment and tag)

CMC #48 - Anything Goes - with a Girly Twist

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts #127 -Orange and Yellow (YR copics - yellow /orange)

Crafty Sentiments - Food Challenge
Aud Sentiments - Tag It!

IMAGES:  The focal image is a freebie from a Day for Daisies; script stamp is by ___;  Sentiment was printed with my printer. 

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

EMBELLISHMENTS: Black panels are embossed with a Cuttlebug Embossing folder; faux brads are made with a 1/8th inch circle punch and glued in place; I made the tag with a circle punch and used ribbon from my stash.

INKS: The image is printed on a Canon PIXMA printer. Copics YR 31, 61, 65 used on the Tea Pot.for shades of yellow/orange.

Owl always love you...

Wanted to send a simple note card to my daughter with just a note of love and support... and I liked the sentiment of "Owl always love you".  So stamped this owl called "What a hoot", colored  him with Copics, added "Dot Flourishes" in the corners and used Distress Inks all around the edges. Finished it off with a blue ribbon mounted on Kraft paper, really small button brads and then used Duo glue and foil on the dots.

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CHALLENGES:

Craft Your Passion #119 - Kraft Paper with Ribbon

Sassy Cheryl #124 - Fancy Borders

Robyn's Fetish #117 - Use Kraft paper

LEJ Designs #12 - Anything Goes

IMAGES:  The focal image is called "What a Hoot" from "Zenspirations Clear Stamps" by Impression Obsessions; "Dot Flourishes" by Inkadinkadoo; the sentiment "Owl always love you" is a digi by ?

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

EMBELLISHMENTS:  Ribbon and button brads from stash; Duo Glue applied with a "Fine Liner Calligraphy Pen" and then foil was applied once the glue is dry and tacky.

INKS: Distress Inks were used to color the edges;  images are stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black & colored with Copics: BG000, BG0000, E07, E08, E11, E13, E15, E18

WINNER Pop-up Scrapbook card...

 This is the finished card for a class I will be teaching on Pop-ups.  First let me give credit to Sandi Genovese who was the inspiration for my version of this card. Second, I have to apologize for the out of focus photography.  Because of the pop-ups, I was able to get part of the card in focus, and then everything else was OUT of focus.  I don't have a clue how to make that really work when I am doing close up photography. Also, the angle makes some of the layers look crooked... and I swear, they aren't!

With all that out of the way - the cover is decorated with layers, a LOVE stamp with a heart brad in the O, Candi buttons down the left, and finally a Belly Band to keep it closed.  The spine of the cover is a good 1/4 inch wide to accommodate the bulk of the contents - you can see that here:.

 These next three pictures are the inside pages (held open by a wooden easel leg!)

  All the pop-ups were cut by hand.  

   

My favorite photo is of Aubry sitting with her legs crossed, sipping cocoa.

  The arrow is pointing to her - it is the one fancy cut.

That photo is "sitting" on one pop-up 

and is "leaning" against a smaller one behind her back.

In this final photo you can see some of the pop-up dimension.

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CHALLENGES:

Unique Crafters' Challenge - Anything Goes WINNER

Papertake Weekly - All things Girly

Totally Papercrafts - Photo Inspiration (beautiful blue and relaxation) WINNER

LEJ Designs - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Design - Blue and Orange

Simon Says Stamp and Show - No Rules

IMAGES:  The "LOVE" image  as well as the small stamps- the word balloons, arrows and frames are by Studio G.  The larger journaling stamp is by Sassafras Lass.

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; DP is from __?__; page base CS is Georgia Pacific; cover CS is from my stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS:  White buttons are Candi, "gold" heart brad is from my stash; lizard punch is from Emagination and the flowers and butterflies are all Martha punches.

INKS: Versafine was used for the stamped images and a .01 Micron pen for the journaling.

Dancin' & Singin"...

The Mo Manning image "Georgia" is such a good one for the "Dancing and Singing" challenge!  Absolutely fun to color with Copics - but not so fun trying to fancy cut around that hair!  I stamped her three times, colored her, fancy cut three layers, sculpted from the back to round her & increase the dimension.  Layers were then mounted with foam tape to maintain the shape.  All the background DPs are Basic Grey.  Punched strips and ribbon "anchored" with Candi, finished the embellishment.  The inside is layered with the left over DP.

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CHALLENGES:

DP2 #143 - Dancing and Singing

Basic Grey #72 - Fun in the Sun

Everybody Art #201 - Summer

Totally Paper Crafts #125 - Lots of Layers

ABC Challenge - T is for Two (two Candi buttons)

One Stitch at a Time #122 - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - All Things Girly

Digi Tuesday #169 - All Tied Up

IMAGES:  The focal image is by Mo Manning at Digital Pencil Too  

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

EMBELLISHMENTS:  Ribbon from my stash; Candi colored with matching Copics; Doily strips punched with a Martha punch

INKS: the image is printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics: I forgot to give the number for the bottom three colors on the chart used for the shadows - they are W1, Boooo & BV00.

Goth Guy... or is he?

This guy is more Steampunk than Goth - but "Oliver" from Make It Crafty, is the closest image I have for a "Gone Gothic" challenge at Craft Your Passion.  My biggest problem was to make it dark enough to be Goth.  I Layered blues and grays 'cuz I still wanted to see the detail of his clothes - but true Goth should be much more black. Next I put all kinds of mini words on the DP and then used a brick wall embossing folder by Tim Holtz to make the background panel.  You can see some of that detail in the upper left quadrant.  All corners punched / rounded and silver brads added for minimal embellishment.

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CHALLENGES:
Craft Your Passion #118 - Gone Gothic
Top Tip Tuesday #80 - One For Men
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
MarkerPOP #1 - Hair/fur

IMAGES:  The focal image is "Oliver" from Make It Crafty,

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the image; DP and base card stock is from my stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS:  Words on the background are from self inking "Mini Words"; brads from my stash.

INKS: The image is printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Distress Markers and Copics.
"Weathered Wood", "Antique Linen", "Frayed Burlap", "Tattered Rose",  "Barn Door" and "Black Soot" Distress Inks were used to color the image first and then I used the following Copics to deepen the colors:

Zentangle Elephant...

Wow!  Good for you, Lyn (from Spyder's Corner)!  I love Zentangles and I leaped at the chance to have your elephant!  Here is my card with your image.  Recipe is printed below.
TIP for TTT: Placing things on a slant or tucking them behind other elements will rescue a myriad of errors - from cutting something unevenly to stamping off center.  I'm not going to own up to the mistakes... I will let you find them!  LOL!

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CHALLENGES:
One Stitch at a Time #120 - Use a Digi
Quirky Crafts #14 - Make Us Laugh
Top Tip Tuesday #80 - One for Men (Top Tip)
Digi Tuesday #167 -Kids
Everybody Art - Dots
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts Friday - Use a Digi

IMAGES:  The focal image is a Zentangled drawing from Spyder's Corner; "Smile" is a from a Mini Word set; "Happy Birthday" is from Hero Arts. 

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; the purple/ beige dotted DP is from K & Company's "Sweet Nectar"; all other CS is from my stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS:  Hand stitched for embellishment; Twine from my endless stash!

INKS: Distress Inks - "Milled Lavender", "Old Paper" and "Victorian Velvet" were used to distress the edges; the image is printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics:

Top Three! Hello Poppies...

This is a CASE of a beautiful card made by Joy Taylor. I fell in love with it - and had to make my version.  Unfortunately I have lost the site where I saw it- so if anyone knows where that was located - please let me know.  Soooo simple - white on white:

* Punch or die cut an image out of the edge of a panel that is cut 1/4 inch smaller than the base card.  

* Decorate it CAS and mount it 3-D with foam tape.

* Color a focal image, fancy cut and also 3-D mount it on the base card - that makes it flush with the top panel.

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CHALLENGES:

Just Some Lines - CAS - Clean and Simple Made TOP THREE!

Clear It Out - Anything Goes + Yellow (all the colors are Yellow-red or Yellow-green & bling is Yellow-orange. 

IMAGES:  The focal image is by Hero Arts - "Delicate Blossoms"; Sentiment "Hello" is from Stampendous.

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

EMBELLISHMENTS: Bling is from Fine and Dandy - "True Blue Bling" from my endless stash.

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

Jogging with Music...

A little Jogger in her matching sweats still manages to be girly with her colorful earphones and music source.  She was colored with Copics, fancy cut, sculpted from the back and mounted 3-D on a spring  (called a "Wobble") that allows the image to wiggle wildly when tweaked. A ribbon and metal "faux brads" were added for embellishments and that was mounted on the music DP.


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CHALLENGES:
Simon Says - Sporty
Just Some Lines - Clean and Simple
MarkerPOP - Hair (colored with Copics)
Penny Black #208 - Hot Metal

IMAGES:  The focal image is by Penny Black.

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; DP is "Music Foil White" from Penny Black; base CS is from my stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS: Ribbon from my stash;  "faux brads" are "Metallic Decor" from Hero Arts.

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