For Someone Special

Last chance to win the fantastic images from My Besties Art, over at The Outlaws challenge at Twisted Thursday and  the ANYTHING GOES WITH a twist and this week the twist  ADD RIBBON, FLOWERS AND BRADS TO YOUR CARD. Stop by Twisted Thursday and see the fantastic images from My Besties you can win. The image I used on my card is image 880, she is so adorable. So much to share with you today. So I’m going to keep the talking down and let the pictures speak for themselves. So please bear with me.

I made my card for one of my daughters, her birthday is coming up and I thought this would look wonderful on her desk. I’m sure you have seen The Kleenex Box Holder before. I have made several of them and they are so easy to make. Here is the Video so if you would like to make one. I  made one one April 17 2011, if you would like to see that one click here. 

This is the back.

Looking down

copic markers

Want to share with you, one of my best friends Marie Gamber has been working very hard for some time now to share with you… “HOW TO CREATE BACKGROUNDS”! If you have been over to her blog you have seen how talented she is her blog is called The Joy Cards and Paper Crafting, so if you would like to stop by her blog and check her out and see some of her fantastic card and leave her a comment, I’m sure she would love that.

Her classes are here if you would like to check into them. She has a sale going on right now. Pre-Registration starts Aug 27th thru Sept 3rd! Classes start on Sept 3rd.

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We had club last Sunday and want to share some of the projects. Any questions let me know and I will answer you. This is one flower and  and this picture is one of each side.

           

Envelope maker from We R memories, it was so easy to make your envelopes, this is an A2 size.

    

Gift card holder.

Front

Opened inside and out.

The card holder.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Labor Day, long week ends are really nice when you can get together with the family. The week end they are going to have Harley Davidson 110th Anniversary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, people from all over the world are here with there Harley’s.  I hope that everyone is safe and their will not be any craziness going on. Thanks for stopping by.

 

Challenges

Simon Says Challenge 86 Anything goes Sept 4
Thought the craft room door Anything goes Sept 3
Besties Something other then a card Sept 2
Paper Crafting Journey Anything goes Sept 10
 

Make A Wish

This is not a hard card to make! All you have to do is 3 folds and 2 cuts and I have the pattern for you so you can make one. First things, our Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge has started and as always it is ANYTHING GOES with a TWIST and the twist for this week is “YOUR FAVORITE THING”. How easy can that be? My favorite thing with this card is folds, silhouettes, sentiment and using the entire stamp set. To be honest I do not have one favorite thing… I love making cards so whatever I do I enjoy, and that’s the truth.

Our Sponsor for the month of August is The Besties, Sherri has created some fantastic images for you to win.

 

Card is called Tri-Shutter Card/with full front and I do love that about this Tri-Shutter card, when it is folded the size is 6”by4” so it is easy to put in an envelope. The stamp set is from 100% proof and I used the entire stamp set. Stamp everything with versafine onyx black and set aside to make sure everything dried.  Added a ribbon and brads. The paper is from DCWV but I do not know what stack it is from.

You can click on the pattern and save as and you will have the pattern.

This is what the front looks like. Added a little ribbon, buttons and paper flowers with gems.

If you try and make the card and have a problem let me know and I will help you. If you get a chance stop by and see what the other designers have created for the challenge, They have created some awesome cards.

Rebecca

It has been time for Color Me Creative challenge #75, and for the challenge it is all about ANY WAY YOU LIKE IT, the challenge ends August 30 2013 8pm,  all you need to do is color an image. You can use Copic markers, Pisma colored pencils, Pro Marker or other alcohol markers. Can enter up to 3 projects and no back linking. My images is from Sugar Nellie and the name of the image is Rebecca.  Our sponsor is Marker Pop! You can win a $25.00 Gift Certificate.

The paper is from DCWV it is the Linen stack. The dies spellbinders Gold labels four and eyelet border. Cheery Lyn designs lace light deco border. La la land craft die banner.

The hearts can from La La Lands banner and the butterflies are from punch a bunch.

This is the inside of the card. I had to cut Gold labels 4 down to get it to fit but I think it is ok. Left open for a sentiment or a stamped message.

These are the copic markers I used to color her. This is the finish Rebecca.

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I did something a little different this time, I used some prisma colored pencils after I color Rebecca with my copic markers. I wanted to see if that made any difference. The first one you can see I did not finish the sky but that is the one only colored with the copics. The second one is colored with both copics and pencils. I found that it was very easy to add the pencils and I found it more controlling in the tiny places to add more color. What do you think? I think it turned out really nice. You be honest.

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So glad you stopped by, hope you enjoyed my card. Suzanne has all kinds of classes for beginners to advance. Stop by and see what she offers.

All over again

I received in the mail a package from Magnolia Surprise that I won. I had no idea what I was getting. I received 2 magnolia stamps and some paper. That was a big surprise to me. I just love the stamps one is called Tilda makes a blueberry blanket and the other one has no name on it but it looks like Tilda sitting and she is a pirate, so I will have to look her up and see what she is called. This is so awesome, I never win anything.. I’m here today to tell you about the Cards for Men Challenge and for our challenge #17 is all about MAKING A BIRTHDAY CARD AND MAKING IT FUNNY. The challenge starts today and ends Sept 2 2013. The sponsor is QKR Stampede and you can win 5 digital images. My image is called ALL TIED UP and you can find him here. 
Here is a little about QKR Stampede.  Do you have a sense of humor? Are you looking for a cute stamp? Then, we are the company for you! QKR Stampede is the somewhat cute somewhat quirky rubber and digital stamp company. We showcase the artwork of Ken Herrod, who had a unique, somewhat quirky style with lots of humor and character. You are sure to get a chuckle out of our stamps! We have been offering our unique stamps and supplies to the craft industry for over 15 years. At QKR Stampede our images are available as un-mounted, natural red rubber stamps OR as digital stamps! If QKR Stampede Stamps aren't exactly what you are looking for, don’t miss out on the sister companies: Eureka Stamps, Biblical Impressions Rubber Stamps, or the newest addition; Alluring Impressions.

I’m not a funny kind of Birthday card person but I did think of several really cute sentiments that would work with this adorable bear but I can still stamp a Happy Birthday on the inside. These two sentiments are from ATC and I thought they where perfect with this guy and get my mind out of the gutter.

The papers are from stampin up stack called just add cake and several layer from the stack.  There is not much to the card, I feel like I cheated, that is how easy it was. Add some orange and green metal dots.

Used stampin up pinking hearts border for the edges. Left open for a stamped or written sentiment.

Copic markers used to color the image. This is the close up.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope your week end was wonderful and everyone is dry and away from the fires.

A day of joy

We have started The Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge and  if is ANYTHING GOES and each week we always add a TWIST and for this week it is TO ADD MIX MEDIA to your card. I had so much fun making my card. I have so much mediums and I need to start using them. The stamp set is from 100% proof (never heard of the company) and my girlfriend Lee is the one the owns the set , she purchased the set awhile ago and let our friend Pam use it and Pam returned it to Lee at our stamp club and of course I seen it so I asked if I could take it home with me and Lee said “yes” because she is so sweet. So I will return it to her at stamp club. I love Silhouettes, I made two cards. You will see the other card for next weeks Twisted Thursday challenge.

Our sponsor for the month of August is My Besties, you can stop by and see the darling images Sherri has provided us! You can win 5 amazing images from The Besties.

Here I will tell you what medium I used, to get most of the mediums to stick I used versamark watermark stamp pad, also heat embossed to set most madiums,  Krylon gold leafing pen, visa inka gold color red, stampendous fran-tage champagne, gilded mica fragments, crushed glass glitter, Suze Weinberg’s ultra think embossing enamel colors red, white and clear. Distress ink color festive berries.

The die cuts are, Tim Holtz butterflight cut one in red and one in white, spellbinders floral doily motifs and the accents cut each of them in red card stock and white card stock. Cuttlebug embossing folder plaid.

The flowers are punched out with Nellie Snellen flower medium FLP006 and the embosser FLP006, large flower FLP007 and the embosser FLP007. Added red gem to the center and just tipped the ends of the flower in distress ink color festive berries. The flowers are white foam with sparkles.

Added pearls around the frame and long the middle of the ribbon. My ribbon I have had for a long time, added fabric glue to the ribbon and tried to make pleats, them added the pearls and glued them with the fabric glue. 

This is what I did for the inside. Added some Viva Pearl Pen color red. Left open for a stamped message or a written one. I hope with these close ups you can see all the effects of the mediums.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Week end is almost here and the end of August also, where has the time gone??? I hope you will join us with this fun challenge. Stop by and see the inspiration all the designers have created for you to see.