Victorian Ornament...

 The Victorian ornament from the Prickly Pear clear set of stamps calls for a formal and classic layout.  If you look closely at the shadows to the right of the ornament and the panel - you can get a sense of the construction.  The white glossy CS used as base is layered alternately with Basic Grey DP and then a white panel - elevated on foam tape above that are two more panels of DP and white. The ornament is fancy cut, sculpted from the back and mounted on top with foam tape to maintain its' dimension.

The inside can be seen here...







By the way, I found some really nice Blog Candy - check out Pinkpuds - she has a "Tilda with her kookaburra" to win! 

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CHALLENGES:

Basic Grey #75 - Anything Goes
Challenge Up Your Life #76 - Christmas in Summer
Just Some Lines - Layer It Up

SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES

IMAGES:  The focal image is a Victorian ornament by Prickly Pear

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the image; DP is from Basic Grey's "Nordic Holiday"; base CS is stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS: Duo Glue and gold foil create the center of the flowers and the band on the ornament; faux gold brad from stash.

INKS: The images are stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black & colored with Copics: R39, YG61 & 63

Stampe Diem!

~ginny

Ana & Butterflies

 Ok - so here's the deal... there are several challenges out there right now looking for Clean and Simple. (CAS)  So here is my entry.

Now you can't count the inside against me, can you?

The inside is a little less than CAS... What do you think?  Do I get a pass on the inside?  There are three pop-ups here for "Leaning Ana" and the butterflies made with vellum overlays.

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CHALLENGES:

One Stitch at a Time #126 - Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey  and Papelitos #7 in a joint challenge - Celebrations

Crafty Ribbons  #25 - Seeing Spots and Dots

MarkerPOP #4 - Bright Colors

Papertake Weekly - Spots and Stripes

Sentimental Sunday #115 - CAS

Divas by Design #47 - For a Female

IMAGES:  The focal image is "Leaning Ana" by In Style Stamps;  the butterflies are a stamp and die cut set by Prickly Pear; the sentiment is a Penny Black.

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; DP is "Dots and Stripes" from Echo Park;  light gold vellum from my stash;  base CS is Georgia Pacific

EMBELLISHMENTS: Butterfly feelers were made with fine strips of paper left from trimming the DP.  The strips were tied in a knot, cut to size and glued to the back of each butterfly; ribbon and tag from my stash.

INKS: Distress Inks were used to edge the message panel; The image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black & colored with Copics:

Stampe Diem!

~ginny

Gone Buggy...

Craft Your Passion is having a fun challenge - "Gone Buggy" starting today.  I've chosen this Ladybug in a Jar image from Bugaboo as my DT submission this week.  I printed it out twice and colored with Copics. The lid and ribbon were cut out from the 2nd image and sculpted from the back.  That portion was layered with foam tape to provide the dimension in paper tole (or sculpting) fashion.  Three layers of DP were layered on the yellow base CS,.ribbon threaded thru the punched slots in the oval sentiment tag and three simple circle punches from one of the DPs were used as faux brads.  White Copic paint was used as high lights on the focal image and the Ladybug's spots were colored with an embossing pen and then embossed with clear EP to provide the shine.

You can see the inspiration of the entire Design Team HERE.

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CHALLENGES:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
MarkerPOP #4 -Bright Colors
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time #126 - Anything Goes

IMAGES:  The focal image is "Bug Jar - Lady Bug" by Bugaboo; the sentiment is from Imaginational

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

EMBELLISHMENTS: Ribbon from my stash; I made the faux brads with a 1/4" circle punch

INKS: "Shabby Shutter" Distress Inks were used on the edges; the image is printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics: 

~ginny

Study Buddies...

 I was playing with texture coloring using Copics on this Sassy Cheryl image... smooth ribbon, well worn soft shirt, heavy textured (not shiny smooth) red hair, well loved bear.
Decided to fussy cut and sculpt this image - then make it into a pocket.  Two panels and a tag were stuffed into the curved pocket.  I added details to the one panel with faux stitching, a punch to one corner and a metal flower brad to the other.  Finished with Basic Grey DP and a scalloped ribbon element from Your Minds Eye.
This angle photo shows the curved pocket a bit better.  The DP is carried inside with a message panel.












This card should be eligible for the following
CHALLENGES:
MarkerPOP #4 - Bright Colors
Basic Grey #74 - Bright & Bold
Sentimental Sunday #114 - Fall (Bonus: used Golden Brown, Cranberry and Olive Green )
Robyn's Fetish #119 - Tags (stuck in pocket)
Pile It On #32 - Add some metal
Catch the Bug - August Anything Goes
Challenge Up Your Life #75 Everything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

IMAGES:  The focal image is Sassy Cheryl's "Study Buddies"
PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the image; DP is from Basic Grey's "Hello Luscious"; base CS is from my stash.
EMBELLISHMENTS: "Inspire" is a self inking "Mini Word"; all other elements from my endless stash.
INKS: The image is printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics:

Sweet Little Stinker...

The Craft Your Passion first challenge in August is Challenge #122 - Anything Goes! 

There are three different sponsors for this challenge: Doodle Pantry, Sassy Studio and Whoopsie Daisy,   although you don't have to use one of their images on your project. That will mean three prizes and what could be easier than "Anything Goes"??  I hope you come over (click HERE), see what the other DTs are creating for inspiration ...and consider joining the challenge!

I chose this digital image, "Quirky Skunk", from Doodle Pantry.  It comes in a set of six images that includes the main image , three sentiments and two digi papers.  I colored the image, edged the panel with Distress Inks, mounted it 3-D with foam tape on DP and finished with Copic colored Candi and a button with the sentiment.

I actually created two versions of this image - this one I used paper piecing for the first time.  But my chief bottle washer, car mechanic and art critic, (and oh, by the way, my husband) did not like a PINK skunk.  Whimsy is not in his vocabulary.  So the black skunk was the one submitted!  He was right (I hate when he is right!), it badly needed contrast.

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CHALLENGES:
2 Sisters #103 - Anything Goes
Paper Play '12 Week 31- Layer It Up
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
Challenge Up Your Life - Anything Goes
Divas by Design #46 - Flowers
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Crafting Ribbons #25 - Spots and Dots
  

IMAGES:  The focal image is by Doodle Pantry.

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; DP is from Ooh La La - "Summer Days" by My Minds Eye; base CS is from  my stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS: Candi is colored with the same Copics used in the Skunk so they will match; button is from my stash.

INKS: "Weathered Wood", "Tea Dye" and "Worn Lipstick" Distress Inks were used to edge the frames of the panels; the image is printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics:

I have news!!

Just a quick post... I am sooo excited to share my news with you - I have been chosen as one of six new members of the Design Team for CRAFT YOUR PASSION.  I will be creating cards and projects to hopefully inspire and encourage paper artists (like you!).  I so very much want to see you challenge yourself and share your art with us and I am hoping you will bookmark and follow the site.  Click HERE to see the new additions to the international Design Team and a short bio from each.  My "term" starts August 1 thru January of next year and I will be creating and posting projects weekly.

A short side note here... I made Scott take my picture over and over 

till we finally had one that was mildly decent... yahoo!  At least I look happy instead of 

drunk with eyes half shut - and you can't see the ink stain on the front of my blouse!

I'm off to my RubberRoom to celebrate wildly!

~ginny

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.

 This card should be eligible for the following

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.


This card should be eligible for the following

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: