DYSU - Challenge #90

 

Meljen's Designs

* Winner's Choice of 4 Images

My Heart Pieces

* Winner's Choice of 3 Digis

The Stamping Boutique 

* Winner's Choice of 3 Digis

Here's my card using one of the images from

My Heart Pieces.

 

What a sweet little gal!

 

This image gave me the perfect opportunity to texture with my Copics and to use the heat embossing technique that I've come to love so much!

 

 

 

 

A bit of Glossy Accents on the mirror,

and Zva black rhinestone swirls finish her off.

 

 

If you've been following my blog, you know that I have been making my backgrounds a little more interesting by dry embossing, sanding the color-core cardstock,

and then heat embossing with clear powder over the entire surface.

You can see my other projects using this technique

 here (without the dry embossing)

and here!

I just can't get enough!

 

Check out the rest of the Design Team's projects at

the DYSU? Challenge Blog!

 

Supplies:

Papers:  DCWV, "All About Girls" Matstack

Die: Cuttlebug, "Wicker Weave"

Twine: The Twinery

Bling: Zva Creations

DYSU is Under The Sea!

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps
* $10 Gift Certificate 



The Stamping Boutique
* Winner’s Choice of 3 Digis

Melonheadz -  http://melonheadzillustrating.blogspot.com/
* $15 Gift Certificate
 

Challenge #74...

I used the Melonheadz "Mermaid" image,

and had so much fun making this cute little card!

You might say her little starfish lost its' "charm" when I lopped off the ring and chose not to use it as a charm but as a hair barrette!

I have really gotten to where I love working with these step cards! It gives a nice perspective when you want to highlight a particular element.

My netting was a combination of

May Arts green mesh and a white veggie bag from the grocery store! LOL!

The "sand" is Stampendous "Crushed Glass Glitter" in Gold and Fresh Green.

The sparkle on the mermaid is simply Stickles.

The image is colored with Copics, and the background is embossed with

Cuttlebug, "Swiss Dots".

That pretty much wraps it up!

Have a great day!

Jan

Doesn't everyone love chocolate?

With the past weekend being Easter,

I have had my share of the tradional candy and sweets.

But, I thought it would be nice to be able to present a special friend with more than just a simple card , or just a little package of chocolate.

I have a dear acquaintance that has been so wonderfully thoughtful over the last few years, and never askes anyone to do for her. She is so very SWEET!

A nice box of chololates or a gift card for her favorite

coffee latte drink at Starbuck's would make her very happy!

So, for the Waltzing Mouse challenge this week ,

I made this SWEET set that I know I would love to receive, "just because".

The "Sweet" label stamp from Waltzing Mouse's "Rescue Remedies"

was perfect for such a wonderful confection!

And, wanting to use something besides the basic folded card base, I decided to make a tri-fold but place the sketch horizontally! I have to humor myself sometimes... lol!

Inside...  truer words were never spoken!

I had better deliver this before there are no more truffles left to share!

The sketch challenge at Waltzing Mouse!

Sending "Good Fortune"...

My card for MFT this week is for my DIL's birthday!

It was so much fun choosing this little gal's outfit and those papers!

I used KaiserCraft's "Le Chateau" paper pack, cutting out the little bird cages and framing one in a color block.  The second littler one needed some love,

so I had the little Pure Innocence girl hold onto it.

The background is embossed with Cuttlebug's "Mary Ann" folder,

and has the look of a Japanese screen.

The sentiment is done in a "cookie fortune" style. Yes, I know, fortune cookies are Chinese...but then, why do they give them to us at our local Sushi restaurant?  hmmm... confusion setting in...

 I placed a little bauble from my stash in her hair. A girl has to look pretty, you know!

To finish off the inside, I stamped a bird cage image, and continued the paper patterns, leaving plenty of room for our birthday wishes!

Please leave a comment and let me know you were here!

It makes my day to read your kind words!

Entered into the MFT WSC Getting Sketchy Challenge #66

Have a great day!

I want Paris in the Spring!

I have always had a dream of visiting Paris and Rome, and Sydney, and well, you get the idea.  I would love to travel constantly! 

The "Greetings from Paris" stamps from Just Rite transport you there without ever leaving your scrapbook room!

 I love this set! And the color challenge at

Just Rite Inspiration 

allowed me to expres myself and maybe win some more great stamps!  Yum!

Colors are:  Light Blue, Dark Blue, Brown, and Pale Pink.

The image of the Eiffel Tower was a Clipart one I found online, ran it through Photoshop and changed it to blue with reduced opacity.  Makes for a nice postcard background.  Inked everything up for that sweet vintage look.

Supplies:
Paper:  DCWV, Tattered Time; Bazzill
Stamps: Just Rite, "Greetings from Paris"
Embossing die: Cuttlebug, "Fleur de Lis"
Die cut: Spellbinders, Nestie Labels Four
Ribbons:  Michael's
Resin flower: online purchase
Ink: T Holtz, Tea Dye Distress Ink;  Colorbox, Cyan

This card also qualifies for the challenge at:
PaperPlay Challenges

Have a great weekend! Stay warm!

DYSU Challenge #42 - TREES!

Welcome once again to a new challenge at Do You Stack Up?!  This week we want to see Trees on your projects!

This week's Sponsors:

Bugaboo Stamps Winner’s Choice of 7 Digis

The Stamping Boutique Winner's Choice of 5 Digis

Hope Jacare
Winner’s Choice of 3 Images

Yes, this week the challenge is to have a tree on your project, or to have your project BE a tree shape...etc. (you get the picture)!

My image is from one of our terrific sponsor's,  

Bugaboo Stamps, "Poppy Christmas Tree".  Isn't he adorable? 

And I paired him with a "borrowed" sentiment that I had spotted on a friend's card from Unity stamps.  It just seemed to fit the little image so perfectly!

With the holiday season just beginning, I knew I would be making plenty more Christmas cards, so I chose to go with unconventional colors this time around....

Not that I have anything against the typical red and green, but by January, I'm ready to pack away the red cardstock until February!

Wanting to keep "Poppy" as the highlight, I didn't add too many extras.  He desperately needed his tinsel, of course. And the bling is because he's just that kind of guy....

well, maybe not. Doesn't look too thrilled to be there!  LOL! 

I will probably send this to a friend who, every year, says she's NOT putting up a tree because of all of the work involved, yet does it anyway!

The background is the "Mistletoe Kisses" embossing folder from Cuttlebug.

I use that so much during the holidays that it stays out on my table for months!

The pretty, sparkly, striped paper is some old leftover kit scrap from

Close To My Heart.

So, get on over to Do You Stack Up's blog, see what the other gals have made ,
(I promise you won't be disappointed) and enter your own card to win some great prizes!

April Showers...

I have relatives and friends back in Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin who have been experiencing horrendous weather.  My hometown, Granite City, Illinois, was hit by more tornados last week and many homes were lost or badly damaged.  Fortunately, my own aunts and cousin's homes were not affected.  But it must seem to them that the storms will never end. 

I have one Aunt who has been sleeping in her basement due to the fact that the storms usually occur after dark.  Poor thing....  I would be scared all alone when the winds are reaching 80 mph and higher, too! 

                 So, enough background info!
I made some quick cards to send out with the promise that the storms will end and Spring will bring the flowers!

I just received this Verve set of stamps the other day and was dying to ink them up! They work so well with heat embossing, and the dies are so easy to use! 

There is also a great tutorial about Line Framing on Papertrey's blog.  Not as easy to get it perfectly straight as one would think!  Thanks, Nichole!

And the leaf ribbon takes the ink so well, you can darken it to match your layout! (See version 2)

Version 2 , with inked leaf ribbon  added....

I love the way the leaf ribbon works with the stamped leaves, but not with this sketch.  I'm liking the simpler version more. 

This card will be entered in several challenges:

Verve Stamps - April Showers Bring May Flowers

Papertrey Ink, {capture the moment} - Line Frame Card

I would love to win some of those delicious PTI stamps !!!