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The Cards for Men Challenge #16 has started Aug 5 2013 and ends Aug 19 2013 and the theme for the challenge is HEAVY METAL, all you need to do is add some thing metal/metallic on your card. The design team has worked hard to give you inspiration so if you would like to stop by and check out the cards click here.

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The image I used is called Ryder Cole. This is a CAS card (clean and simple card). Cut the image out with spellbinders scalloped oval, papers are from scraps.

The metal gears, I have had in my stash. The sentiment my girlfriend made at her work. She works at a trophy company and she can make any kind of sentiment as long as it is not to long.

Inside is left open for a written message or a stamped message. The leaf stamp is from Judi Kins  stamped with distress ink color bundled sage and the bird is from Art Impression stamped with distress ink color broken china.

These are the copic marker used to color the image. I also used spica glitter pens orange, yellow, black and red.

Hope everyone had a wonderful week end. Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Oh Butterfly’s

It is time again for the challenge at The Outlaws Twisted Thursdays and our challenge is ANYTHING GOES and the TWIST for this week is to MAKE YOUR OWN EMBELLISHMENTS.  My project is made with four punches. Martha Steward punch and stamp butterfly, vintage doily, butterfly border and stampin up 1 1/4 circle scalloped .  The size is 13’ by 13”. The paper is from bazzill basic  colors mud puddle and sunset rose. The colors used for the doily's and the butterfly’s I picked from my scraps so I’m not sure to what the names are to the colors. It was 2 shades red, 2 shades  pink, 2 shades crème, 2 shades yellow. Why??? I have no idea…  Added a butterfly charm.

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What I did with all the colors is I embossed them with cuttle bug folder dots. After that I added some inka gold metallic red, gold, pink to the embossed papers. Then I punched the butterfly’s out. On the bottom butterfly colored the antenna and tails with smooch black and the rest of them I out them off.  

Here you can see the butterfly’s are three layers. Added stickles glitter glue star dust to the ends of their wings.

In the center of the butterfly’s added pearl pen yellow, red and pink.

I’m really not happy with the pictures, I had a hard time getting good ones for some reason. Thanks for stopping by, hope all is well on your end. I had a wonderful surprise this week my grandson Isaiah from South Dakota is here. He is growing up so fast, 15 years old now and another surprise he finally got his black belt in Tae Kwon Do, I’m so proud of him.

 

Challenges I like to enter my project in:

Simon Says -Anything goes Aug 6th
Craft room door- Anything goes Aug 5th
Craft your passion- Challenge 173 3D
Paper Shelter- Challenge 122 anything goes Aug 5th
Sister Act Challenge #17 anything goes Aug 2nd
Crafty ribbons-use 1 or more circles Aug 6th


 

Summer Flowers

I’m so happy you stopped by today. My card is somewhat a copy of my friend Pam’s card, I thought it was so darling and it would work perfectly for our challenge at The Outlawz Twisted Thursdays as you know it is always anything goes with a twist and the twist this week is SUMMER5 FLOWERS. For me it is a clean and simple card and I do find it had to make these kind of cards because I never know where to stop and I love adding all those beautiful embellishments. So I do not have any side view this time. The card is a standard 4 1/4” by 5 1/2 card.  All of the stamps are from the Angel company and they are randomly stamped on a 3”by3” piece of card stock.  The black is a strip cut 1 1/8” by 9” and then I cut it to fit the white card stock 1 1/8” by 3 1/8”. Embossed a little over half of the front turquoise card stock and used some sand paper to take off some of the color. The embossing folder is from Lifestyles crafts, Goose Bumps embossing folder called Lattice. The ribbon is from JoAnn’s.

On the inside, punched out the corners with creative memories corner punch. Added some pearl pen color sunny yellow. Stamped All night media stamp called large sprig on the sides with distress ink color crushed olive. Left open for a stamped sentiment or a written message.

Sorry my picture did not come out so good. These are the copic marker used to color the flowers. Here is the close up. Added some stickles glitter glue color star dust and cinnamon.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Holidays are Magical

Hello to everyone and hope you are having a dry cool week. All my friends in the south please stay dry and away from those rains, my heart goes out to everyone. Hot here today but they say it is going to cool off for the next week and I will be happy to take that. It is time again for Cards For Men challenge #15 and it is all about making a card for a guy or young man that is a Christmas card. Our sponsor for this challenge is Meljen and the image I’m using is called ornament mouse and the sentiment holidays are magical. We would love for you to join us. The challenge ends August 4 2013.

Sentiment and image is punched out with marvy unhida scalloped oval and 3 inch circle. Cut out several sizes of the spellbinders scalloped circle. Embossing folders are stampin up petals a plenty and cuttlebug snowflake. The paper is from paper studio Christmas traditions.

On the embossing folders I hope you can see, I added metallic rub on to the embossed area gold and green. Ribbon was from the Christmas department at Hobby Lobby.

I wanted to try this. I seen it on pinterest. This is Maryann Tree die and to make it look snowy they added some of Martha Steward branch punch. I do like it but next time I will add less branches.

Martha Steward aspen snowflake border for the inside. Left open for a sentiment or a hand written message. These are the copic markers used to color the image.

Lots of glitter…. Colors forest green, red and gold. Krylon gold leafing pen around the image and a few other places. To the hat added some white liquid applique and some stickles glitter glue star dust. The pom pom cut in half and glued it on.

Thanks for stopping. Have a wonderful week.

Love

Thanks so much for stopping by we have another challenge for you at Color Me Creative and it has just started. We hope that you can join us. The image used is just so cute. All the papers are from my scraps. The spellbinder is called floral oval die. Sponged around the image with distress dusty concord ink and stamped a branch from great impression with distress ink bundled sage. Then added pearl pen color pearl pink around the frame.

Our sponsor is Alicia’s Little Shop and the image I use is called Alicia and her cat. This challenge #73 is “ANYTHING GOES COLORING”!  The challenge ends August 2, 2013.

For some reason I feel like I can’t talk today… so please bear with me… These are some of my favorite colors.  The flowers bare from Hobby Lobby from their bridle department. The butterfly is Martha Steward punch. Added some stickles glitter glue the the butterfly color lavender and some ice stickles glitter glue color grape ice.

Punch a punch large fern and the mega rock fern.

I did paper piercing around the hearts and the banners. The alphabet stamps are from Studio G alphabet set, capital letters. The ink I used was from distress ink dusty concord.

The tiny flowers are from Martha Steward hydrangea punch and I only used the tiny ones. The centers used pearl pen color pearl pink. The medium heart is a punch from punch a bunch.

On the inside is Martha Steward floral lace edger punch.. Let open for a sentiment or a written message.

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

Try and get to the point so you do not have to go on and on… Have a super week everyone. Hope you can stay cool and safe. Summer is going by fast, can not believe they have school stuff already out .

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Beauty of Nature in so many ways

Was outside all morning working on the yard, pulled all the weeds, cut the grass and got all the bird feeders cleaned and all filled for the beautiful birds. Makes me feel good when everything looks so nice. So now I need to post the Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge and for this week it is “ANYTHING GOES WITH THE TWIST OF BINGO”. These stamps on the front are from Inkadinado and the sentiment is from Stampscapes scenic sentiment. Spellbinders label 8 and for the inside labels 3. Embossing folder (sorry) I did not write the name down. Before adding the colors I put the die (frame) on and used removal tape to hold it so it would not move and applied my colors from off the card stock moving across the paper and starting with the lightness color first.

HERE IS THE BINGO CHART

From the chart I did die/punch, stamped image and twine

also die cut/punch, metal and dry embossing. This is an easy chart and we would love for you to join us the week.

Our Sponsor for this month is Digital Delight by Louby Loo.

I think what I’m going to do is just list what I used on the cards, this way you do not have to read it over and over. I know I would not want to do that.

card sizes are 5.50” by  4.25” just standard size

all of the dots are metal but in different colors

on the inside of most of the cards I used All Night Media Large Sprig stamp

All of the card stock is basic grey but in different colors

Martha Steward border punch Deco Schell

Added several different buttons and some ribbons

The inks I used Versafine Onyx Black and Olympia green.

Inks on the front of this one are Mementos, spellbinders label 8. Inkadinkado stamp.

Inks on the front are Brilliance inks, spellbinders labels 5 and labels 3 for the inside. Inkadinkado stamp.

 

This one is different I forgot to add the frame to the edges, I left it and wanted to show you how it looked when you do not add the frame to the edges. What way do you like it? I like it with the frame covering the edges so that gives it borders. Embossing folder Argyle. Spellbinders label 5. Inkadinkado stamp.

Stamp is called flower fancy from Rubber Stampede.

This stamp is from Stampfastic, embossing folder houndstooth.

I had to take a picture of the die because I can not fine a name anywhere on it to tell you what it is called.

These are distress inks, embossing folder perfectly paisley, the flowers I have had forever and added purple gems to the center. Inkadinkado stamp.

I do hope you understand or maybe just enjoy the cards. If you have any questions just ask. I was having so much fun making these cards. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.