SCACD Friends With Heart Challenge #9

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Time for another challenge at SCACD Friends With Heart!! Be sure to visit the blog to find out all the details on how you can play along! We’d love to see your creations!!
Take a moment to visit the other design team members and see their fabulous SCACD creations too!!

Lisa

Lorraine

Mary Lou

Pattie

Renkata

Our challenge this week is to add stars to our creations in honor of Memorial Day yesterday. Looking through my SCACD stamps, Taylor by Victoria Case for SCACD caught my eye as I thought the stars would go well with this cute cowgirl!

The little details~ Taylor, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, copics, Crate Paper Toy Box Collection, copic glitter pens, star gems,

SCRSC #45

I can’t believe it’s the end of the month already!! I want to thank Sparkle and her DT for letting me play along with them this month as their guest! I had so much fun!!
Our challenge today is to use Red, Aqua and White. Be sure to visit the blog to find out how you can play along and also to see the other design team members creations!
I inked up Rainy Day Ruby for today’s challenge! She’s so fun! I used one of my favorite TAC papers with her too, Rustic Chic.

The little details~ Rainy Day Ruby, Memento Tuxedo Black, copics, TAC Rustic Chic, nestabilities, Prima flowers, Kaisercraft rhinestones, stickles,

Rosie Ballerina

Another oh so cute image from Whimsy and Stars Studio—Mabelle RO! This is Rosie Ballerina. I just wanna hug her!!

The little details~ digi- Rosie Ballerina, copics, scraps of TAC Lilly Anna paper, Kaisercraft pearls, stickles,

StampFairy Challenge #24

I didn’t get a chance to play last week with the StampFairy Challenge so I really wanted to make time this week! The challenge for the week is It’s My Party-use balloons on your project.

I found Donny Ladybug already printed in my image folder so I thought this would be perfect for the challenge!

The little details~ digi-Donny Ladybug, copics, copic multil-liner, embossing folders, black dew drops,

Clean and Simple for FBW

Slowly getting caught up on the days my mojo was hiding. Here’s my card for this week’s Flutter By Wednesday challenge which is Clean and Simple.
I used a cute digi from Tiddly Inks, Lilli Claire Makes a Wish. I love the look of white on white cards so that’s what I went with so that just my image is colored and stands out and of course, there’s some sparkle..hehe!

I hope to get around and visit you all soon, thank you for visiting me! I really appreciate it!!
The little details~ digi- Lilli Claire Makes a Wish, copics, ultra fine tip white sharpie paint pen, embossing folders, DecoArt Glamour Dust Ultra Fine Glitter Paint, stickles, Viva Decor Glitter Liner,

Gathering Love

Finally here is my card for this week’s SCACD Friends With Heart Challenge for the week, which is anything goes as long as you use a stamp that SCACD carries. Why don’t you join in the fun and play along?? Check out the details HERE.

I had to ink up another one of the gorgeous stamps from the newly released Natural Beauty Collection by Carmen Medlin for SCACD. Today I’m using Gathering Love, which is just so pretty!!

The little details~ Gathering Love, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, copics, nestabilities, prismacolors, OMS, Basic Grey Green at Heart, Basic Grey Green at Heart ribbon doilies, Kaisercraft pearls, Smooch Illuminate,

Tooty Fruity with Pixie Dust Studio

This week’s challenge at the Pixie Dust Studio is the theme of Fruit! Add some fruit to your card or project! Be sure to visit the blog to see how you can play along and also to see the other design team members creations!
For my creation I used the adorable Lil’ Miss Cupcake. Isn’t she the sweetest??

The little details~ digi- Lil’ Miss Cupcake, copics, Basic Grey Lemonade, Prima flower, leaves I found in my drawer—no idea where they came from-LOL!, Kaisercraft pearls, Smooch, Viva Decor gloss gel,
I must say, it felt great to create this card so hopefully the mojo is back!

Copic color combos posted and a thank you

I finally got the “Daisy’s” photographed and posted on the page Copic Color Combos—there’s a tab at the top of the page for easy reference—so if you were interested in seeing them all done, check it out!!

Also wanted to say thank you to Cyndi! I had joined the secret sister swap that Kris puts together and this month I was surprised by Cyndi! Lookie at the fun goodies she sent me!! Fun!! thank you so much!!

I’m slowly getting caught up on things…such as posts on my challenge blogs and stuff and am *hoping* to be creating soon…wish me luck!! LOL!

 

Leaving comments...

I've been seeing many people post on Facebook and other places about not being able to leave comments on blogger posts. 

Not sure this is a fix for everyone, but please take a look at what browser you are using. IE has MANY issues with posting comments, if you switch to Firefox, which is free, it usually works fine. I switched a year or more ago and don't think I've had any troubles leaving comments since I switched. 

Hope this helps a bit! 

FBW #156

Just a reminder that today is Flutter By Wednesday!! Be sure to visit the blog for all the details so you can play along with us! Also be sure to visit all the Flutter By Team members for lots of fluttery inspiration, their links are in my sidebar.

I don't have a creation for today. I think my mojo has gone missing. I just sit and stare at the stamps/paper/copics, etc. I'm so hoping it returns soon!!!

Thanks for stopping by and hopefully soon I'll have a new creation!

SCACD Friends With Heart Challenge #8

Time for another challenge at SCACD Friends With Heart! Be sure to visit the blog so you can see how YOU can play along!!

Don't forget to visit the design team and see their fabulous SCACD creations!!

Lisa

Lorraine

Mary Lou

Pattie

Renkata

 

I don't have a creation to share yet but hopefully soon!! So be sure to check back!!

 

Sparkle Creations Challenge #44

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps is sponsoring 365 Cards Challenge this week so our challenge today follows their challenge which is the theme of “Hats”. Be sure to visit the SCRS Blog to find out all the details and to see what the other design team members created.
I used Celebrating Chloe as she has a fun party hat on, hehe! I found the butterfly already cut out with the scraps of paper in this paper pad so I thought it just had to go on the card.

The little details~ Celebrating Chloe, Memento Tuxedo Black, copics, My Mind’s Eye Fine and Dandy Tickled Pink, TAC-retired Fluffy Friends, Palette Water Lily Green ink, Viva Decor Glitter Liner, Kaisercraft pearls,
Don’t forget that Chloe stamps are on sale through Friday!!

SOG-Make a Scene

I really need more time in the day—doesn’t everyone!! Another challenge I always want to play along with is the Some Odd Girl Challenges. This week their challenge is to Create a Scene. At first I went ACK…because it sounded scary. LOL! I’ve created scenes with stamps before but not digi’s (I haven’t had a chance to order the clear SOG stamps) (SOG stands for Some Odd Girl) so I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do.

After I looked through my stamps, I found this little background scene from Magnolia and though it would work perfectly with Bu’Fly Tia. I kept the card simple to show off my little scene.

The little details~ digi- Bu’ Fly Tia, copics, ultrafine white sharpie poster paint pen, Magnolia butterfly background, corner rounder, cuttlebug Just My Type border embossing folder, Kaisercraft rhinestones, stickles

And I have to share~~ I’ve been Chibi’d!

I have seen several of my blogging friends with their cute Chibi’d avatars so I decided I needed one too!

I gave Kristy these photos of me to work with~

and here’s my Chibi’d me! I just {heart} it!!

Have a happy day! I *might* be back later with another card!

Copic flip book

I have seen many versions of this out in blogging land..Suzanne has an awesome reference sheet, Jen has the prismacolor version and is what gave me the idea for this and Dana showed her sheet too and I know there are others—ohhh, just remembered Shaela has a page now too on this!~~ so I decided to make my own little copic reference flip book.

I have had my “combos” written down on papers for a while but thought how handy it would be to “see” the combos vs. just the numbers. I stamped Daisy from The Greeting Farm on 4x5 sheets of cardstock and then colored her with different hair, skin and color combos. I plan on making all the sheets into a little flip book so I can easily *see* the colors I want to use!

By no means are these “my” color combos..many are from other bloggers (the ones mentioned above and others) but now they are in one place for me.

I will create a tab up top with all the pages shown at some point for your reference. This is an ongoing project as it’s fun to see the different skin tones with the different hair, etc.

Here’s some of the first ones I did at craft group—some I plan on redoing as it took me a while to get a hang of coloring the image and then I hadn’t refilled my “favorite” copics before going so some ran out of ink.

Up, Up and Away

 

 

Have you gotten your Pixie Circus digi’s yet?? Such fun images to play with!!

 

Today I have a card for you using the adorable Up, Up and Away image! I just love the little frog peeking out of his bucket!

The little details~ digi-Up, Up and Away, copics, My Mind’s Eye Lime Twist Fly a Kite, nestabilities, SU marker, buttons, scrappers floss,

Have a happy day! I’m off to craft group today! Can’t wait to sit and color and chat!!

Natural Beauty Collection Release Blog Hop

Are you enjoying the fabulous hop for the release of the Natural Beauty Collection by Carmen Medlin for SCACD? These stamps are truly amazing!!

You should have arrived here from Lisa’s blog. If not, start at the beginning of the hop at Elaine’s blog as you don’t want to miss any of the amazing creations along the way! The entire blog hop list will be on the store blog for reference too!

Today I am showing the gorgeous stamp, Sitting Pretty. Wouldn’t it be cool to have a sweet chair like hers? and look at her gorgeous face, such details!!

 

The little details~ Sitting Pretty, Memento Tuxedo Black, copics, nestabilities, copic multi-liner, SEI Sunny Day, flowers, Prima Card Jewelry, copic glitter pens,

When you’re done with the hop, head on over to SCACD and order your Natural Beauty Collection!

"With every Natural Beauty Collection (7 image) set purchased Susana is giving away for FREE 1 tooled rose's set from Prima (contains 9 roses - Approx 1" each). Susana will pick the color :o) Only good for the 1st week of the release offer ends May 29th." Only available at SCACD.

If you’re in the UK/Europe, Quixotic Paperie is an exclusive SCACD retailer and will have these gorgeous stamps available too!

Now you should make your way over to Colleen’s blog! Enjoy the rest of the hop and have fun shopping!

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge-Back in Time

It’s time for another Pixie Dust Studio Challenge! This week we are going Back in Time and we want to see a Vintage style creation! Be sure to visit the blog to see all the details and to see the other pixies creations!

This week is special too because tomorrow there is a new release!! You can check out some sneaks on the Pixie Dust Studio Blog!

This release is so fun!! Today I’m showing one of the images, Circus Princess. I must admit though, this challenge really threw me, totally out of my box but here’s what I came up with~

The little details~ digi- Circus Princess, copics, Bo Bunny Timepiece collection, Tonic Tim Holtz distressing tool, Bo Bunny Trinkets-Timepiece, flower, Petaloo leaves, pearls, DecoArt Glamour Dust Ultrafine Glitter Paint,

Naturally Styled Sneak Peek

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Today is my day to show you a sneak peek at one of the gorgeous new stamps that are going to be released on Friday at SCACD!!

This is Naturally Styled by Carmen Medlin for SCACD! I don’t know why but when I look at this image I think of one of my favorite movies, Enchanted. It just makes me smile and feel magical!

I paper pieced some of the parts of the dress to add some interest. Seriously, I just love this image!!

 

Remember each day you need to visit and leave comments on the designers sneak peek post so that you can be entered to win some fabulous blog candy! Details can be found on the store blog, Follow Your Heart.

And also be sure you hop with us on Friday for the release as there are 2 images that are NOT going to be shown in the sneak peeks and you don’t want to miss them!!!

The little details~ Naturally Styled, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, copics, Basic Grey Sweet Threads, nestabilities, SU bashful blue ink, Prima flower, SU sizzlits little leaves die,