Wryn Hello

Hi all!  Today I have a B&W card for you using Wryn for the first time:

More specifically, she is Wryn - Whatcha Doin? and the sketch I used is from Simon Says Stamp.  Wryn was printed out on my Epson printer and colored with the W color family of Copics to match these papers from Basic Grey.  I hand dyed the seam binding and Black Timeless Twine with a little gray distress ink to match and added a sentiment banner using a banner from Bitty Banners and the hello from Word Salad. 

This is also for MarkerPOP – B&W or Sepia and Papertake Weekly – All Things Girlie.  I hope you like it and TFL!

With Love Sprinkled on Top

Can you believe I have another card for you today? :)


I used Send Me a Sign Bugg along with a cupcake and sentiment from the Happy Bugg and Extras set, both from Tiddly Inks and a sketch from Card Positioning Systems.

I colored the Bugg with Copics, paper pieced her sign, hat and dress, and Stickled her wings. The twill is from my stash and the baker's twine is from Timeless Twine (which I tea-dyed). Finally, I added a little pearl heart to the top of the cupcake on her dress. Here's a close shot of one of my fave Buggs:



This is also for:

• Tiddly Inks - Valentine's
• Divas by Design - Anything Goes
• Daring Cardmakers - Pink and Red
• Allsorts - One or more hearts (I have the heart pearl on the cupcake)
• Creative Card Crew - Fantasy Creatures
• My Time to Craft - A is for Adorable

I hope you like it and TFL!

3 Chocolate Challenge Part 1

When I saw the current Tiddly Inks Challenge - make a wee little project, I was immediately inspired. Well... that first try didn't turn out, but I took another stab at it and came up with this little treat box:


I used Send Me a Sign Bugg (one of my faves!) and the Cosmo Cricket Social Club Mini Deck. I designed the little box and the cutting file for the Bugg in Make The Cut and printed the Bugg onto the cut out through MTC. Finally, I also printed the scraps for the paper piecing and added the text to the sign using MTC. The box is just under 1.5" wide, 1.25" tall and 1.25" deep and holds 3 Dove chocolates.

You can see from this back shot that the back of the Bugg is covered (to hide the Copic bleed-through and just make it look a little nicer) and is tucked into the back of the box (which would normally be the front opening):


And here's a shot to show the 3 chocolates inside and the Bugg pulled out:


After I showed my hubby the project, he said I should challenge myself to make as many projects as I could that hold 3 Dove chocolates (a nice little favor size) and I took him up on the challenge! So watch this space for more installments of the "3 Chocolate Challenge." :)

Trick or Treating with Tiddly Inks and Simply Betty Stamps

Whew! I barely finished this in time before the hop entries closed! Here's my card for the Simply Betty/Tiddly Inks joint blog hop:


I used the gorgeous Rio Digi image from Simply Betty and have her holding a pumpkin that was a freebie from the Tiddly Inks Paper Craft Planet group. I printed them using my laser printer and colored them with Copics. Although it looks like I just left her hair completely white, if you look very closely, you might be able to see that I actually colored/shaded it with my lightest Warm Grey copics (W00, W0 and W1). I cut them both out and used a craft knife to cut carefully around Rio's hand so I could slip the pumpkin underneath to look like she's actually holding it.

The bingo background paper is from the Lettering Delights Halloween Game Night graphic set and I made the medallion from some Halloween Bo Bunny paper cut into a scalloped strip using my long rectangle nesties. I topped it with a black button threaded with some fluffy black fibers. Lastly, I sewed all the way around the bingo card with a zigzag stitch.

This is also for the following challenges:

• Crazy 4 Challenges - Halloween
• A Spoon Full of Sugar - die cutting/punches
• Little Red Wagon - Halloween
• PaperPlay - "A haunting we will go"
• Pixie Dust Studio - Halloween with orange and black
• Daring Cardmakers - "Trick or treating"

Hope you like it and TFL!

Trick or Treat!

I have another Halloween project for you today - I decided to make a little matchbox candy holder with a surprise! Here's the outside of the box, top view:


I used Send Me A Sign Bugg, altering her a bit for Halloween! Using Photoshop Elements 8, I erased out the solid white portion of her dress and layered a spider web design behind it (the web was a freebie from the Tiddly Paper Craft Planet group), then I added a sentiment with a little hanging spider. The font is SNF Goody and the spider is from DB Boo Ya.

I colored her with Copics, Stickled her wings, and added a few rhinestones also colored with Copics. Lastly she was cut out and mounted with foam boosters.

Down at the bottom you can see there's a handle to pull the drawer out, and here's what the front of the handle looks like:


I cut out a bone from DB Boo Ya 2 times with my Cricut and glued them together for strength. Then I fashioned a handle from a thin strip of black cardstock and glued the bone to the front.

And here's the surprise on the inside: a little ghost pops out when you open the drawer!

I have to admit that the idea wasn't mine - I came across a pop-up match box while blog surfing!

I cut out a ghost also from DB Boo Ya (love this font!) 3 times, putting 1 through the printer to get the "boo!" on the bottom (also using SNF Goody), then glued all 3 together. Since it's going to be repeatedly shoved into the box, I wanted it to be really strong. Next I cut a strip of acetate 5" x .5" and scored it every half inch. I accordian folded it to make the pop-up mechanism and glued it into the box bottom and to the back of the ghost.

The whole thing was designed in Make the Cut. I also designed the divider to hold the 2 pieces of candy away from the pop-up portion.

This project is for the following challenges:

• Tiddly Inks Challenge - Anything Halloween
• Digi Tuesday Challenge - Sew Special (stitching with a digi)
• Stampin' for the Weekend - Halloween/Fall
• Stamp Something - Halloween Somethings
• Bee Crafty - Halloween (and use a digi)
• One Stop Craft Challenge - Halloween
• Cupcake Inspiration - I was inspired by the Halloween theme and I used a ghost in my box)

I hope you like it and TFL!

Halloween is Hoppin' at Tiddly Inks

Today I have a card for the Tiddly Inks Halloween in July Blog Hop! No, I'm not suddenly on the DT - anybody could join in, so I did!

I just recently found Tiddly Inks and I couldn't resist getting a few! Here's my card:


I used Peek A Boo Bugg and some fun papers from My Mind's Eye. I colored the image with Copics, then paper pieced just the orange part of the pumpkin (coloring over the paper with a dark green Copic for the tendrils and with a bit of orange for texture), popping it up with foam boosters. Lastly I sponged in some ground and all around the edges.

The giant scallop border is my own creation - I punched out 5 circles, then stuck them down to a strip of paper and used that as a template to trace onto the dotted paper and hand cut it out. The sentiment was also hand cut from one of the papers. It just said BOO!, so I wrote in the "peek a" part, and then the wording was off-center so I drew the little swirly thing underneath to balance it out. I hope you like it and have fun with the Hop! TFL!