Proud to be American

I want to thank Wendy for a wonderful year at Digital Delight, it is been a lot of fun and she has created so many awesome images. It is time for me to move on and take a little time for myself for the summer. The image I used for my card is called  tubin Sally and the sentiment came from summer of smiles sentiment set. Also The Outlawz challenge over at Twisted Thursday has started and the twisted for this week is to make a US July 4th or Canada July 1st card.

The papers are still from my scraps. The die I used to cut the image out with is from memory box it is called Astrid circle.

The corners are from Cherry Lynn designs called lace corners deco G. Added stickles glitter glue diamond to make some sparkle.

Used a Fiskars punch on the ends, sorry I do not know the name of the punch. Left it open for the message.

These are the copic markers used to color the image. Here is the close up.

The little flag is for drinks and the other sentiment I cut out of one sheet of paper. July is almost here,  hope you have a safe holiday week end!

Oh Butterfly…

At Color Me Creative challenge #71 has started and the theme for this challenge is to USE ANY COLORS THAT INSPIRE THOUGHTS OF SUMMER. The sponsor is Milk Coffee Digi Designs and they have given us some wonderful images to work with, my images is called Fairy Tiffany.  The challenge ends July 5th at 8:00pm. We would love to see your creations.

1 lucky winner (chosen at random) will win a $15 Gift Certificate to spend at Milk Coffee Designs.

Suzanne is having a SALE going on right now for her COPIC CLASSES and it ends July 15th.

You can sign up for as many classes as you want but your time for taking them does not start until you go in and start the class. I hope that make since.

I did use a spellbinder die to cut the fairy out but I ended up cutting the ends off because it was to big, so I only used the center. My sentiment is hard to read it says SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND FLY and that is from Cindy Close. The pearls are from Hobby Lobby, come in a string and it says Ribbon FX.  I added some Pearl Pen from Viva color cream around the fairy. Sponged the edges with distress ink color tumbled glass.

The corner cuts are from Cherry Lynn designs B163 lace corner deco C. The lace is from Wild Orchid Crafts. The paper is from DCWV it is the luxury stack. The butterfly's are from Martha Steward punch called classic butterfly. I punched the butterfly’s  out with  a gold Vellum. The sparkle on her wings is Stampendous Fan-tage color shaved ice.

Surprised at the way this picture turned out the card stock is the same but I guess the lighting made it look different. I trimmed the edges with another one of Martha Stewards punches. Left the center open for a written message or a stamped message.

Here is the close up of the image and you can see how the fran-tage looks. It is so pretty.

Thanks so much for stopping. Going to be July pretty soon, so hope summer is going well for everyone. Been hot, sticky and lots of rain we are 11 inches over what we normally get.  If I have not been by your place, I will be by soon.

 

Fishes Fishes in the brook…

AT CARDS FOR MEN CHALLENGE #13 HAS STRARTED AND IT IS ALL ABOUT LET’S GET SPORTY. THE SPONSOR FOR OUR CHALLENGE IS THAT CRAFTY PLACE. THE PRIZE IS SOME PRETTY EMBELLISHMENTS. THIS IS A SHOP RUN BY LISA HORTON. WE HAVE EVERY KIND OF CRAFT FOR SALE… IF YOU CAN’T FIND IT I WILL TRY MY BEST TO SOURCE IT FOR YOU. WE STOCK MOST LEADING BRANDS AND HAVE A HUGE COLLECTION OF RUBBER STAMP’S, SATURATED CABARY, KRAFTIN KIMMIE, MY CRAFT SENTIMENTS, CRAFTER’S COMPANION, INDIGO BLUE, MY FOVORITE THINGS, CC DESIGNS TO NAME A FEW. WE ALSO STOCK A LARGE SELECTION OF DIE’S MEMORY BOX, SIZZIX, SPELLBINDER’S, CHERRY LYNN DIE’S, MARIANNE DIE’S. WE HAVE DELIVERIES ARRIVING EACH DAY. THE CHALLENGE ENDS ON JULY 7, 2013. WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN US AND SEE YOU SPORTY CREATIONS.

THE IMAGE I USED IS FROM HANGLAR AND HE IS CALLED BOY FISHING AND THE SENTIMENT IS FROM DIGITAL DELIGHT. I’M STILL TRYING TO USE UP A LOT OF MY SCRAPS PAPERS. 

ADDED SOME CHEESE CLOTH, TWINE AND THE FISH I HAD IN MY EMBELLISHMENTS. THE SPELLBINDER DIE IS CALLED CURVED RECTANGES.

USED MARTHA STEWARD PUNCH ON THE INSIDE AND LEFT OPEN TO ADD A MESSAGE OR WE CAN STAMP A MESSAGE ALSO.

THESE ARE THE COPIC MARKERS USED TO COLOR THE BOY FISHING.

ON SUNDAY OUR CARD CLUB GOT TOGETHER, (WE DO THIS ONCE A MONTH) TO MAKE SOME CARDS FOR OUR SOLDIERS AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE CARDS WE PUT TOGETHER, THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THE CARDS WITH YOU AND OUR FRIEND TERI, WHO IS PART OF OUR CLUB BUT MOVED TO TEXAS FOR HEALTH REASONS AND WE MISS HER. THIS IS A WAY FOR ME TO SHOW TERI WHAT WE DID AT CLUB. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CARDS WAS 150, JUST THINK TERI IF YOU WHERE THEIR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER. MISS YOU GIRLFRIEND.

    

 

 

 

         

          

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY. THE WEATHER HAS BEEN CRAZY AROUND HERE SO I HOPE ALL IS WELL BY YOUR HOUSE.

Surfing Jimmie

We have Another delightful Thursday this week at Digital Delight and also at The Outlawz at Twisted Thursday our challenge has started and for this week the twist is all about distressing your card. All the designers at Digital Delight have created some cards with lots of inspiration, we would love for you to stop.

The image I have used is called surfing  Jimmie and the sentiment come from summer of smiles sentiment set. The paper is DCWV it is from Surf’s up stack. Added some orange metal dots. Used the edger distresser on the papers edges and used distress inks colors broken china and brushed corduroy.

I cut surfing Jimmie out with Spellbinder Oval and scalloped Oval dies.  The banner is from A Muse, what I did is use fiskers mini punches and punched out a different shape in each of the banners. The swirls are from a Paper Shaper made by EK Success punch called wave flourish. Sentiment was punch out with Marvy Uchida blue punch.

Distressed the edges with the distress ink color brushed corduroy. Martha Steward deco shells border punch and added more of the orange metal dots.

These are the copic markers used to color my image. Here is the close up of the image.

Here is the info on the Delightful Challenge.

Raise a BANNER OR INCLUDE A BANNER OR FLAF

Sorry I was a late getting my information out for you, was out of town yesterday. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week.

Smile!

This year is just flying by, it’s almost the middle of June and most of my flowers have not bloomed yet. Sure has been a cool spring. I do not know if you are like me, I like the cooler temps. I’m not one for the 90’s plus temps. I lived in Phoenix for awhile and did not like that at all but my Dad love it, he was their 45 years. Just what??? It’s Delightful Thursday that means all the wonderful designers at Digital Delight have created some inspiring cards for you to look at. My image is called Say Cheese Paul and the sentiment come from summer of smiles sentiment set.

We can’t forget that The Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge started today and it is always Anything goes but the twist for this week is MASCULINE card. Nice time to make a Father’s Day card.

Used a spellbinder called romantic rectangle die to cut the image out. The check frame stamp is from Hero Arts. I stamped it with Staz On ink colors olive green and mustard. The papers used are from my scraps. Added two different sizes of metal dots. 

The punch is from Fiskars and I have no idea what the name. I want to tell you about these Fiskars border punches, I would not recommend them to anyone, I have had so many of them brake on me.  The handle they have brakes right off or they will not punch. Please do not waist your money…  Just wanted to let you know what I think.  Left it open for a hand written message or a stamped message.

Here are the copic markers used to color the image and the close up.

Stop by our Delightful Challenge Blog!
See more inspiration there from our Challenge Team of Designers
not to mention a new fun challenge every week! 

The challenge for this week is…. Here come the SUN!!! (Summer theme or add the Sun)

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I always like to hear from you, you make my day special.

Journey is just beginning

The Color Me Creative Challenge #70 has started and the theme is all about GOROEOUS BRUNETTES HAIR/FUR. The challenge ends June 21 at 8:00pm. Our sponsor is DIGI MY WORLD and the image I used is g12752-3. The sentiment is from ginger house it was a free one so time ago.

The papers used are from my scraps, I had some travel papers. Distressed around the edges and also used distressed ink color brushed corduroy. 

Spellbinders floral oval die cut to cut out the image. The sentiment marvy uchida punch (blue). The watch face is from krystal klear hardware, I found these watch faces at CHA last year at a booth for Gary M Burlin & Co. he is out of Cleveland Ohio and I tried to find the email on line, with his name this is what I found, it is a scrapbook place and I was going to try and find them but they have so much so here is the link if you want to see what they have.  I do not have anything like the Eiffel tower so I found this 3D sticker and thought it worked well with the image.

On the inside added some bards I had and also put a few on the front. A few flowers together and stapled together with Tim Holtz’s stapler. Stamped a few leaves with Personal Stamp Exchange or PSX that is out of business. Left open for a written message or a stamped massage.

The copic markers that I used to color my image and here is the close up of the image. I was not very happy with her hair, I was having problems with the E30, E35 & E39 so I put on new tips and I hope the next time I use them they will work just fine.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.

Want to enter my card in Simon Says challenge Transport June 18