TLC 369 ~Crop it!~

A rainy and dreary Monday is perfect for hiding

in my Purple Palace and creating! :)

So that is exactly what I did. I jumped in on some challenges,

as you have started to see.

The funny thing is that I went down there numerous times with

the thought of this week's Try a New Technique Challenge on SCS.

The challenge is Crop it! Take any image and crop it to add to

your card or scrapbook page. Well, I would pull a set out that I

thought had a good image to crop. But then I would get

side-tracked and end up with a completely different card ...

...that didn't include the challenge guidelines. LOL

Last night, I finally got one that I thought would "fit."

But after I let it sit overnight, when I looked at it this morning,

I wasn't sure if cutting my image out, then in half to adhere in

two different places would actually qualify as "cropped."

But I still like the card I did. :)

Rusty Lion

The card base is really rust. The top layer

is K & Co DP, layered onto

crushed curry.

I stamped the Wild about you

sentiment from SU's Wild About

You stamp set onto the DP

with really rust ink.

The lion image is from the same

stamp set. I inked it using crushed

curry and really rust markers,

stamped it on naturals ivory cardstock,

cut it out, sliced in two pieces,

then adhered them on either side of

the DP layer. I also wrapped linen

thread around the bottom of the

DP layer and knotted it in the front.

The Happy birthday sentiment is from SU's

Alphabet Soup stamp set. It is stamped

in really rust and crushed curry ink

on naturals ivory. The edges were distressed

using SU's distressing tool, then layered

only really rust.

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Well, then I had to attempt the challenge yet again.

LOL

But by golly, I think I got it!

heehee

Cropped Spring Day

The card base is pink pirouette, with a bermuda

bay layer embossed with the Elegant Bouquet

SU Sizzex folder.  The image

~cropped image portions~

(shall I say?! LOL)

are from SU's A Kind Word stamp set.

I stamped them in memento tuxedo black ink

on whisper white.

I punched out 3 different sections (two are same image)

with SU's square punch, and colored them in

with SU markers.

I layered them onto scallop square

punches of crushed curry, and added a tab

of crushed curry dotted ribbon behind each.

The sentiment from the same stamp set is stamped

in bermuda bay onto whisper white,

the edges sponged with crushed curry ink,

and layered on a scallop oval of pink pirouette.

Kind of bold colors, but they make

me think "Spring!"

PSC 23: Easter Color Story

I did a "last day to do this one" card for the

Perfect Sentiments challenge from last Wednesday.

LOL   You can see the details here.

I really had fun with this one. My first idea for this came out a

little too bold for my liking for this card. So I decided

to use other ways of using the colors more subtly. 

Still bold, but in a better way I think.

A Glittery Good Egg

I used regal rose, rich razzleberry, and

baha breeze to simulate the challenge colors.

The card base is barely banana. I applied

versamark across the bottom of my card,

covered it with heat and stick powder,

heated it, then added SU glitter that

looks like rich razzleberry to me.

I added a strip of wide baha breeze

stitched ribbon above the glitter.

The top left block is shimmer paper,

with stamps from the SU A Good Egg

stamp set stamped in regal rose,

rich razzleberry, and baja breeze inks.

The top right block is regal rose

with cardstock vellum on top of it.

I stamped the hatching chicklet image from

the same stamp set on white cardstock

with memento tuxedo black ink.

I colored the egg portion with

the versamarker,

then did the heat and stick powder,

this time adding dazzling diamonds glitter.

I colored the chicklet portion

with watercolorwonder crayons,

then used a blender pen.

I cut the image out and adhered it on top.

I stamped both sentiments, also from SU's

A Good Egg stamp set in rich razzleberry,

one directly on the cardstock vellum,

and the other on barely banana.

This sentiment was then punched out with

SU's word window punch.

A blingy pearl and daffodil delight

ribbon finished it off.

Teapot Tuesday Challenge

I have missed a few tea parties, as I've been allowing myself

to take advantage of the spring cleaning mojo while

it is here. LOL But I jumped back in this week, and so glad I did.

This week's teapot cards are to bring a birthday celebration to

Rita. You can read her story here. 

The challenge was to incorporate butterflies and birthdays.

Here is my creation.

Butterfly Birthday

The card base is perfect plum.

The white layer has its edges sponged

with marina mist ink. Both butterflies and

the curved sentiment are from SU's

Garden Whimsy stamp set.

I inked both butterflies using the

Rock & Roll technique. I first inked

the entire image with bashful blue ink,

then I rolled the outer edges in marina

mist ink, then the outermost edges

in perfect plum ink.

I wanted the same color effect for the

curved sentiment, so I inked it with

marina mist ink, then used the perfect plum

marker on the edges.

The birthday sentiment is from

SU's Hugs & Wishes stamp set,

stamped in perect plum and marina

mist ink. I used SU and EK Success

punches with whisper white and marina mist

cardstock for the sentiment, sponging the

white layer with perfect plum ink.

The final touch for this card is

prima flowers with a purple

flower brad in the center.

I hope Rita likes it as well as I do. :)

Finally! An update!

I was made aware yesterday by my cousin, Tanya, that my blog has not been updated for 5 weeks.

Oops! So, in honor of my stalking cousin LOL, here is some new stuff. :)

And for the record, I LIKE BLOG STALKERS ;)

I went downstairs to create a couple baby cards today.

My husband's sister became a 1st time grandma last night

when her oldest step-daughter had a baby boy.

Baby Boy Giraffe

The card base is marina mist, with a whisper white

layer embossed with the swiss dot CB folder.

I stamped the giraffe image from SU's

Wild About You stamp set in marina mist

and drew a ribbon around his neck.

I mounted that on marina mist, and trimmed

the sides with an SU border punch.

I stamped the sentiment from SU's

Whimsical Words stamp set in marina

mist, punched it out with SU's large oval

punch, then layered on marina mist punched

out with SU's scallop oval punch.

The card is finished off with SU's blue

gingham ribbon.

Wasabi Wild About You Baby

The card base is wild wasabi with a whisper

white layer. I stamped the images from SU's

Wild About You stamp set in marina mist,

daffodil delight, pumpkin pie, and

wild wasabi inks and/or markers.

The sentiment from Su's Baby Talk stamp

set is stamped in wild wasabi.

It is finished off with SU's wild wasabi

stitched ribbon.

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Then I decided to work on something
for one of the Splitcoast challenges.
Well, I got side-tracked.
But I did get two more cards made. LOL

Because I care

This card base is certainly celery with a whisper

white strip across the entire width, stamped

with lavender flowers from SU's Because

I Care stamp set. Certainly celery and

elegant eggplant ribbons run across

the strip. The main image is from the same

stamp set. I inked the image with lavender

lace, elegant eggplant, certainly celery,

and always artichoke markers.

The main image has lavender lace ink

sponged around the edges and is mounted

on elegant eggplant.

The sentiment from the same stamp set is

stamped in elegant eggplant.

Treat Yourself

This card base is pacific point, with the front
embossed with the swiss dot CB folder.
The whisper white layer was cut out with
 the Top Note sizzix die.
I stamped the bubble gum machine image
from SU's Treat Yourself stamp set
in memento tuxedo black ink.
I colored it with the poppy parade marker
and the zig painty for silver.
The gumballs from the same stamp
set were stamped in pacific point, melon
mambo, rich razzleberry, wild wasabi,
daffodil delight, and pumpkin pie inks.
I inked the sentiment from the same stamp
set with the poppy parade marker so that I
could separate the 2 lines.
There is a crushed curry dotted
ribbon across the middle behind
the top note layer.

Combined Challenge 2

Here is another combined challenge creation

for this week's Try a new technique

challenge of making your own

striped paper with

colored strips of cardstock...

and the color challenge of using

poppy parade, soft suede, and

daffodil delight.

TLC363 and CC361 Thinking of you German Shepherd

The card base is soft suede. I also used

poppy parade, daffodil delight,

and naturals ivory cardstock.

I covered the daffodil delight layer

with the pawprint from SU's Canine Capers

stamp set in soft suede ink. Then I used

strips of the poppy parade and soft suede

for the stripes.

The image is an Embossing Arts Co

German Shepherd stamp,

inked in soft suede.

I added some color to the grass with

the old olive marker.

I did faux stitching around the image

layer with the soft suede marker.

I stamped the sentiment from SU's

Warmest Regards stamp set

in versamark, and then embossed it

with clear embossing party.



Combined Challenge 1

I jumped in on the Splitcoast challenges this week.

I decided to combine a couple.

This card is a combination of this week's

sketch challenge ...

...and ways to use it challenge

(make a Valentine card without

using red or pink)

WT 361 and SC371

Purple Valentine

The card base is whisper white, with the

top portion embossed with the

 swiss dot CB folder.

The rectangle layers are purple

bazil and DP.

I used whisper white satin ribbon,

and also a purple striped ribbon to add

to the purple bazil rectangle.

I inked the sentiment from SU's

Holidays & Wishes set in versamark,

immediately followed by elegant eggplant.

Then I embossed it with iridescent ice

embossing powder.

I really like the simplicity of it.

And of course, the purples :D

A Tea Party in the Water

This week's Teapot Tuesday Challenge was a masculine card with a fishing theme.

We are sending our cards to a fellow teapotter's husband, Tig.

You can read Tig's story here .

Here's hoping Tig is back in the water in no time!

A Fish Out of Water

The card wasn't very cooperative in taking a

good picture today, but as with the men in our lives,

we learn to work with what we've got. LOL

For my card, I used whisper white and tempting

turquoise cardstock. The top layer is whisper white

cardstock, with the SU Weathered BG stamp

stamped in versamark. Then I sprinkled

pearl ex on top and let it glide over the cardstock,

shaking off the excess.

I stamped the fish image from SU's All

Wrapped Up stamp set in memento tuxedo black ink,

colored them with colored pencils, and cut them out.

I used some linen thread and a

hand-written sentiment.