Hello Chica

I wanted to make another card for the Moxie Fab Lovely As A Tree Challenge so I racked my brain for an idea and came up with a felt tree! Of course I also had to make a felt birdie to go in the tree! (If you click to enlarge, you can see the stitching I did on the tree.)


For the tree, I used the Cricut and the My Community cartridge to cut out a pattern from plain printer paper, and for the bird I used an image from Kim Hughes' Mocha Chica set. The sentiment is from Kim Hughes' The Landing Pad set.

I wanted the card to be whimsical, so I used some blue polka dot paper from Fancy Pants (The Daily Grind collection) for the sky. When I turned the sheet over, it had this cool decorated notebook paper design on the back that I thought would be fun for grass. I fringed a strip of it and zigazag stitched it onto the card.

Since I used the same blue felt for the bird's body and its wing, it was a little hard to see the wing, so I chalked it with a darker blue color to help it stand out. Here's a close shot of the birdie:


Keeping my fingers crossed that Cath likes it! Hope you like it too and TFL!

Hey Sunshine

Today's card was made for a bunch of challenges that I'll describe below.

I used TGF's Rain Snow Shine set and a sentiment from Hanna Stamps' Things Hanna Would Say set. Anya was colored with Copics and cut out. I put dimensional adhesive on her sunglasses and tiny little rhinestone flowers on her bow and slippers. The beach background was airbrushed then I added some white gel pen for foam at the water's edge and some Stardust glitter pen to the water. I also added glitter pen to the sentiment. You can see the details a little better in this close shot:


Now for the challenges (7 in all - a new record for me!):

• Pile It On - use 4 or more buttons (and of course combine with at least one other challenge)
• Our Creative Corner - sketch
• Charisma Cardz - create any project
• Stamp Something - use at least 3 embellishments (can be 3 of the same 'bellie)
• 2RedBananas - inspiration picture (beach scene)
• Use It! - (a multi challenge all in itself!) use something inspired by nature (the sand dollar charm), use polka dots, use your favorite embellishment (a tie between ribbon and buttons - I used both!), and mail your creation to someone special.
• The Greeting Farm - polka dots
  

TFL and I hope you like it!

Other materials used: patterned paper - Imaginisce (A Shore Thing collection); cardstock - Papertrey Ink (Summer Sunrise), Bazzill (Cajun); ink - Tsukineko (Graphite Black Brilliance), Papertrey Ink (Summer Sunrise); long classic and scalloped Nestabilities; ribbon - Pink Hedgehog Paper Crafts; buttons - Papertrey Ink (Lemon Tart); sand dollar charm from stash.

Sugar Bowl Challenge 13

Today's card was made for The Sugar Bowl Challenge 13 - Lilian's Sketch:


Besides using the sketch, we were also to use the color kraft in our creation. Here's my take:


I used Just A Girl along with Papertrey's Kraft cardstock and some papers from a REALLY old QVC scrapping kit.

The zig zag stitching on the middle border was hand stitched as my machine couldn't do a stitch that wide. Her dress and boots were paper pieced and the rest was colored with Copics. I also added a tiny little heart pearl in her hair. I used my own method to slightly enlarge the scalloped square Nestie to fit better on my card which is 5" square. For just a little bit of extra interest, I embossed and glittered the edges of the panel under the Gorjuss girl. I hope you like it and TFL!

Other materials used: Fresh Snow ink - Papertrey Ink; large flower - Prima; small flower - Paper Wishes; ribbon - May Arts; glitter chipboard letters - American Crafts; border punch - Martha Stewart; tiny heart pearl - MimiLolo Etsy store; Art Institute glitter.

TSG Cupcakes

Today's card was created for the There She Goes July Release Challenge - make a card that is other than the standard sizes of a 4.25" square or an A2 card. My card is 3.5" x 6.25" and fits into a standard 6 3/4 envelope:


I used the Cupcake Mix & Match set with Memory Box patterned papers. I added some Stardust glitter pen to all the cupcake tops but just couldn't get a decent picture of the sparkle, so you'll have to take my word for it!

All the cupcakes and liners were paper pieced, shaded with Copics, cut out and popped up. I colored the edges of the ribbon to match the papers and made the little rosette myself.

Because I couldn't fit the sentiment on the outside of the card, I had to put it on the inside:


I used Cindy Lyles' tip about stamping the same image on the inside with a lighter color and then stamping the sentiment over it with a darker color. I don't usually finish off the insides of my cards - I obviously need to work on that! Anyway, I hope you like it and TFL!

Sheltering Tree

Today's card was made for the Moxie Fab World Lovely as a Tree challenge and uses images from a Softpencil digi stamp set. As soon as I saw the tree image, I knew I wanted to use it - such a cool design!!


I actually added the bigger top to the tree because I wanted this wider tree top shape to match with my quote.

I paper pieced the trunk and the top by first printing on regular paper, then taping patterned paper over the images on the printer paper and running through the printer again. I glued Prima flowers over the flower images that were already on the tree and sewed seed beads onto all the flowers and all the dots on the tree design.

Here's a closer shot of the tree:

For the sky, since I couldn't find my cloud stencil, I made my own by cutting out various sizes of circles with my Nestabilities, and then taping the circles together. I then airbrushed the sky using my stencil. The hills were hand cut and the sentiment was printed from the computer and hand cut as well.

For the tree top and hills I used the Basic Grey Porcelain pad and for the trunk I used the DCWV Latte Stack. I hope you like it and TFL!

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #12

I just found a blog that has a cupcake inspiration challenge every week, so you know I HAD to play! The blog is Hope Stamps Eternal and this week is Challenge #12.

Just like with the other cupcake inspiration challenge I played in, I chose to recreate the actual cupcake as closely as I could. I loved the lacy cupcake liner and the contrast of the flowers against the chocolate frosting. Here's my card:


And here's a close shot of the cupcake:


To make the cupcake, I stamped one of the images from The Greeting Farm's Susie Surprise set on Dark Chocolate cardstock with the matching ink and cut out just the top. Then I drew an appropriately sized bottom to match. I didn't use the bottom of the original image because I wanted my cupcake to have a bigger bottom. I cut the liner portion out of a paper doily I've had forever and the "cake" from some Saffron cardstock. The final touch is a Prima flower with a little pearl center.

The sentiment is from the Happy Chef set, all the patterned paper is from the Basic Grey Porcelain paper pad, and I used the Doily Lace Edge punch for the border. I hope you like it and TFL!

Two For One Greeting Farm

I've got 2 projects to share today, both using stamps from The Greeting Farm. An altered jumbo clothespin and a card:


First the card:


I used the Miss Anya Collection and a sentiment from the Wonderland set. I used a sketch from Papercrafts magazine and some really old patterned paper from My Mind's Eye.

She was colored with Copics, entirely cut out (even those skinny little flower stems and leaves), and popped up with foam tape. The scalloped panel was airbrushed to match and I did a bunch of machine stitching on the card. Lastly I added a tiny little heart pearl to her hair bow, 2 micro half pearls for her shirt buttons, and bitty butterfly punches on either side of the sentiment.

And the clothespin:

I stamped Flutter Anya on cardstock, colored with Copics, and cut her out, minus the wings. I also stamped her on acetate and "colored" the back with 3 different colors of glitter. I added white dots and filled in the little hearts with white permanent marker also. Then I cut out the wings and mounted them behind the Anya with foam tape.

Here's a close shot so you can see her a little better:


I hope you like them both and TFL!