Merry Monday #59 - Happy Penguin

Happy Monday Everyone,
Today's post is for this weeks Merry Monday Sketch Challenge. I have used another cute image from Mo Manning called Penguin With a Gift.  I coloured the image with my Copics.  I wasn't happy with the face so I stamped it again and cut it out and mounted it on Dimensionals, no mistakes in stamping right? LOL.  I also added the Candy Cane to fill up space, which replicates the design on the Wrapping Paper. The Bashful Blue mat was embossed with the Northern Flurry E/Folder and I added a crystal on the banner.



Supplies:

Stamps: Mo Manning's Penguin With a Gift, S/U's Manny Merry Messages (R), Scentsational Season

Card and Papers: Whisper White, Basic Black, Bashful Blue

Ink: Versamark, Stazon Black, Real Red, Copic Markers - Y35, YR16, BV29, BV25, 100 Black, B32, B26, YG17, YG67, R46, B0000, 0

Finishing Touches: Gelly Roll Pen, Crystal

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Oval Framelits, Sizzix Northern Flurry E/Folder, Embossing Buddy, Clear E/Powder, Heat Tool, Multi Mat, Ruler, Scissors, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals

Thanks for popping by today.  I love to hear from you.

Hugs,

CASology #40 - You Rock DUDE!

Hello Friends.
Today's post is for this week's CASology challenge and the Cue Word is Word.  I stamped the background with Bashful Blue and Marina Mist.  Cut out the "Dude" Word in Basic Black with the Provo Craft Alphabet Dies and stamped "You Rock" with Basic Grey on the arrow shape that I made.  Finished off with the Silver Pearls and Cute Clip.

 
With thanks to the DT this card was awarded an Honourable Mention this week.







Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Extreme Elements (R), Papertrey Ink - Grunge Me, Boy Basics: Game On

Card and Papers: Whisper White, Marina Mist, Basic Black

Ink: Bashful Blue, Basic Grey, Marina Mist

Finishing Touches: S/U's Hung Up Cute Clips, Shiny Silver Pearls

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Provo Craft - Harmony Alphabet Die Cuts, Dimensionals, 2 Way Glue Pen, Tombow Multi Purpose Glue

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs,

Merry Monday #58 - Nordic Santa #2

Hello Friends,
Today's post is for this weeks Merry Monday Sketch Challenge and the 52 (Christmas) Card Throwdown.  I have two cards for you this week, I wanted to try a couple of different ideas, so although they are similar, they have different design ideas incorporated in them. For this card I stamped the Santa on Crumb Cake and Paper Pierced his robe and coloured the rest off him with Prismacolour Pencils. The Bashful Blue background was embossed, I used a Christmas word stamp for the die cut tree and sponged the edges. The present was finished with Dazzling Details and a Gelly Roll Pen.  Then I added some Buttons which had Silver cord threaded through them and a Silver Star. I have put the other card in a separate post.





I am also entering this card into the 52(Christmas) Card Throwdown

Supplies:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Believe Stamp Set, Stamp It - Global Christmas, S/U's Mixed Medley
Card and Papers: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Festival of Prints DSP Stack, DSP Patterns Stack, Neutrals Collection, Silver Glimmer Card
Ink: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Stazon Black, Bashful Blue, Prismacolour Pencils
Finishing Touches: S/U's Dazzling Details, Gelly Roll Pen, Rusty Pickle Buttons, Silver Cord
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix Snow Burst E/Folder, Papertrey Ink Winter Wonderland Tree Die Cut, 3/4" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Square Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Sponge, Fiskars Trimmer and Scoring Tool, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, 2 Way Glue Pen, Mini Glue Dots
Thanks for dropping by today.
Hugs,

Merry Monday #58 - Nordic Santa

Hello Friends,
Today's post is for this weeks Merry Monday Sketch Challenge.  I have two cards for you this week, I wanted to try a couple of different ideas, so although they are similar, they have different design ideas incorporated in them. For this card I stamped the Santa on Whisper White and Paper Pierced his robe, and added S/U's Dazzling Detail. The background was embossed and I inked the embossing folder before putting it through the Big Shot.  I used two stamps one with words and the other a music stamp for the die cut tree and sponged the edges.  I finished off with Pearls and a Star.  I have put the other card in a separate post.





Supplies:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Believe Stamp Set, Stamp It - Silent Night Wording, Jemac - Music, S/U's Mixed Medley
Card and Papers: Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Christmas Cocoa DSP (R), DSP Patterns Stack, Neutrals Collection, Red Glimmer Card
Ink: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Stazon Black, Real Red, Prismacolour Pencils
Finishing Touches: S/U's Dazzling Details, Red Pearls
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix Lacy Brocade E/Folder, Papertrey Ink Winter Wonderland Tree Die Cut, 3/4" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Square Punch, Carl CP-1 Star Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Sponge, Jewel Tool,  Fiskars Trimmer and Scoring Tool, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, 2 Way Glue Pen, Tombow Multi Glue Pen
Thanks for dropping by today.
Hugs,

Fusion Challenge #2 - Happy Birthday

Hi Friends,
Today's post is for the new Fusion Sketch and Inspiration Challenge. I have used both elements and I love the two colours together.  I have used die cuts for my card and embossed the green petals of the flower and used the grey petals to define the flower. Finished off the inside to compliment the front.  Hope you like my card, I would love to hear from you.

 Inside



Supplies:
Stamps: S/U's It's Your Birthday (R)
Card and Papers: Basic Grey, Whisper White, Gable Green (R)
Ink: Basic Grey
Finishing Touches: Button, DMC Thread, Gold Sequins
Cool Tools: Big Shot, My Favourite Things Chevron Stripes Dies, Papertrey Ink Beautiful Blooms II Die, Carl CP-1 Daisy, S/U's Spring Blossom Flower Punch, Crop-A-Dile, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Sizzix Snow Burst E/Folder Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, 2 Way Glue Pen, Tombow Multi Purpose Glue
Thanks for taking a peek today.
Hugs,

Seize The Birthday #13 - Male Card - All Aboard

Hi Stampers,
Today's post is for the Seize The Birthday Card Challenge this week to do a Male card following the sketch from last week. My card is pretty straight forward, I followed the sketch, cutting, punching, stamping and embossing the sentiment.  Finished off with the two square brads from my stash, scored a couple of lines on the inside and stamped the train silhouette. I like how the background DSP stripes are on an angle and then striped in the pattern, a lucky find in my stash of retired Stampin' Up! papers.

Inside



Thank's to the DT this card received Birthday Honours.



Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's All Aboard 2001 (R), Bring on the Cake 

Card and Papers: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Travel Journal DSP

Ink: Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Versamark

Finishing Touches: Brushed Silver Brads

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Spellbinders Classic Circles Nestabilities, Crop-A-Dile, Scallop Border Punch, Embossing Buddy, White E/Powder, Heat Tool, Stamp-a-ma-jig, S/U's Trimmer and Scoring Tool, Ruler and Pencil,  Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals

Thanks for visiting today.

Hugs,

Merry Monday #57 - Santa Havin' Fun

Happy Monday Friends,
Today's post is for the Merry Monday Sketch Challenge this week.

Supplies:
Stamps: Eureka Stamps -Skiing Santa, S/U's Cute Converse (R)
Card and Papers: Basic Black, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer, DSP Patterns Stack - Neutrals Collection, DSP Patterns Stack - Brights Collection, DSP Christmas Cocoa (R)
Ink: Stazon Black, Real Red, Blush Blossom, Rose Red
Finishing Touches: Gelly Roll Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Basic Black Bakers Twine, Silver Pearls
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Spellbinders Classic Circles Nestabilities, Stamp-a-ma-jig,  Papertrey Ink Tags Die, 2 Way Glue Pen, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today.
Hugs,

Seize the Birthday #11 - Male Card - Motorcycle

Happy Monday,
This post is for the Seize the Birthday, Male  card challenge this week.  I embossed the Whisper White mat with the Chevron embossing folder, unfortunately a bit hard to see in the photo, stamped my image, added the Silver pearls and mounted it on dimensionals. I under lined the sentiment with an Artliner to give it a bit more depth and made it into an off the page flag for some extra interest.

Thank's to the DT this card received Birthday Honours at Seize the Birthday.



Supplies:
Stamps: S/U's Motorcycle, Happiest Birthday Wishes
Card: Basic Black, Basic Grey, Whisper White
Ink: Stazon Black
Finishing Touches: Silver Pearls
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix Chevron E/Folder, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, Tombow Multi Glue
Thanks for dropping in today.
Hugs,

Merry Monday #56 - Jingle All the Way

Happy Easter Monday Everyone,
Today's post is for the Merry Monday Sketch Challenge this week.  After some polling from our dedicated followers Lesley and the Design Team have voted and we will be doing Sketch Challenges only from this week. For this challenge I have used Designer Paper all the way, even for the sentiment, no stamping at all. The row of stockings on the DSP determined the layout and I changed it to a Landscape card. I embossed the Whisper White card , made my flags, and added the sentiment and dressed it up with the crochet cotton and little bells, using dimensionals to give some dimension to some of the layers. Nice quick and easy card.

 

 



Supplies:

Stamps: None

Card and Papers: Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, Kaisercraft Mint Twist DSP

Ink: Light Grey Copic

Finishing Touches: Crochet Cotton, Jingle Bells, Clear Thread

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix Polka Dot E/Folder, 1 1/4" Square Punch, Martha Stewart Screw Punch, Needle, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, 2 Way Glue Pen

Thanks for taking the time to stop by, I love to hear from you.

Hugs, 

Still addINKtive - Spot That Stamp Set - Happy Easter

Happy Wednesday Friends,
Today's post is for Still addINKtive's Spot That Stamp Set and we are to feature any current Stampin' Up! Easter Set. For this card I have used stamp sets that can be adapted in a more traditional sense for Easter, instead of the Everybunny set which is one of the only current Easter sets available at Stampin' Up! here in Australia.  When I used the Framed Tulips E/Folder on my 10.2 x 14.5cm Whisper White card I embossed 3/4 of the card and then turned it around, lined up the embossing and embossed the rest of the Whisper White panel, this gave me just over a centimetre more than the size of the embossing folder. Unfortunately this is my last post for Still addINKtive as Bronwyn and Kathy have decided to close the Challenge Blog due to their other commitments.

 Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Crosses of Hope, Everybunny, Bloomin' Marvelous, Oh, Hello
Card: Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade
Finishing Touches: Pearls
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix Framed Tulips E/Folder, Sizzix Ovals Collection Framelits, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Sponge, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, 2 Way Glue Pen
Thanks for stopping by today.  I love to hear from you.
Hugs,

Merry Monday #55 - Ragged Angel

Happy Monday Everyone,
Todays post is for this weeks Tic Tac Toe Challenge at Merry Monday.  I went down the right hand side and chose Ribbon, Angels and One Layer for my card. I coloured my sweet Angel from Mo Manning with Copic's and kept the card CAS, isn't she adorable, love this image.





Supplies:
Stamps: Mo Manning Digital Image - Ragged Angel
Card: Whisper White
Ink: Stazon Black, Copics E000, R20, R81, E04, C00, R46, R29, R59, Y21, Y32, Y26, YR0000, YG03, G99, YG63, BG0000, E57, E33
Finishing Touches: Real Red 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon
Cool Tools: Computer and Laser Printer, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Thanks for taking a peek today.  I love to hear from you.
Hugs,

Still addINKtive #7 - Butterfly Doily

Hello Friends,
It's Wednesday and it's time for our next challenge at Still addINKtive.  This week we have a sketch and colour challenge using Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry and Pretty In Pink.
Edited to Add: To join the two doily's I followed a tutorial by Becca Feeken at Amazing Paper Grace here. Becca's card is absolutely stunning and so beautifully made.  I made this card twice because I used the wrong colour originally.  The first one cut much better than the second with this Doily die, not sure if it was my plastic Big Shot sheets that are very worn and warped or the die is not as sharp.

Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Create a Cupcake, Bliss

Card and Papers: Pretty In Pink, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Vellum, Very Vanilla

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Crumb Cake

Finishing Touches: Rich Razzleberry Taffeta Ribbon, Pearls

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix Large Paper Doily Sizzlit, Sizzix Beautiful Butterflies, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Large Oval Punch, Crimper, Sizzix Little Leaves Sizzlit, Mat Pack and Piercing Tool, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, 2 Way Glue Pen

Thanks for popping in today. I love to hear from you.

Hugs,

Merry Monday #54 - Merry Snowmen

Hi Stampers,

Today's post is for the Merry Monday challenge this week and we have a fun challenge for you to design with, so grab your Snowmen stamps and get crafting, we would love to see your card.

I have used a couple of retired Stampin' Up! stamps to create my card. I stamped on the DSP and  White embossed the Snowflakes for my background.  Coloured in my image with Markers and an Aqua Painter.  After punching out the snowflake I added some Dazzling Diamonds and a Crystal.  I finished off with some Marina Mist Satin Ribbon.



Supplies:
Stamps: S/U's Flaky Friends, Snowflakes, Terrific Tags
Card and Papers: Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Whisper White, DSP Patterns Stack - Neutrals Collection
Ink: Stazon Black, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Cajun Craze, Versamark
Finishing Touches: Marina Mist Satin Ribbon, Crystal, Dazzling Diamonds, Gelly Roll Pen
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Spellbinders Labels Four Nestabilities, Embossing Buddy, White E/Powder, Heat Tool, Sizzix Snowflake Die, Provo Craft Snowflake E/Folder, Friskars Scoring Tool,  Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, 2 Way Glue Pen, Aqua Painter,
Thanks for visiting today.
Hugs,