Just for Fun

Today has been a good day!  I received my candy in the mail from Di's Digis.  I was so excited to open it.  Lots and lots of goodies!  She also sent a handmade card.  That's the first one I've ever received.  I absolutely love it!  It IS exciting to receive a handmade card!

This image is from Jellypark.  I really liked the look of the wings and thought it would be a fun challenge to color them.  I kind of wish I had applied glitter to them.  I colored this with Copic markers.  The paper is from October Afternoon.  I applied silver pearls to her necklace to give it a 3D effect.  the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Copics: BOO, B12, BG0000, BG000, BG11, BG13, BG15, E00, E02, E13, E31, E35, E51, E53, E97, G07, R20, R21, R22, Y02, Y17, Y28, Y35, YR12, YR20

Butterflies

I have really been enjoying working with the angels from Digi Doodle Shop.  They have quite a variety of them.  Eventually, I plan on collecting them all.  This card is for Digi Doodle Shop Challenges.  The challenge this week was to create something with butterflies.  I cut out these butterflies with my Cricut.  I must be needing a new blade.  I had a very difficult time with these.  I made rolled roses using a Dienamics die.  I colored this with Copics.  The ribon is from Walmart.

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Divas by Design  Die Cuts and Punches
Flutterby Wednesday Angel, Fairy or Butterfly
Try It On Tuesday Flower Power
Papertake Anything Goes
Stamps R Us There Was a Little Girl
Craft Your Passion Anything Goes
Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog Summer Flowers
Dream Valley Challenges  Flowers
Charisma Cardz Challenge All About Flowers
Creative Craft Challenges Pretty Blossoms
Do It With Digis  Spots or Stripes or Both
Creative Belli Blog Custom Made Bellies
Fab 'n Funky Challenges Purple Haze

Spaghetti & Meatzaballs-Mangia!

 This my first DT entry for My Time to Craft.  The current challenge, #147, is A La Carte (Food).  I knew as soon as I saw this challenge what I wanted to do.  I had to search far and wide to find this digi, but I finally did.  He's from The Paper Shelter.  I had never heard of them before, but I'm glad I found them.  I'll definitely be visiting again. Their digis are priced very reasonably.

I grew up in an Italian family.  I can really relate to this.  Our big family meals were always pasta.  It's my famliy's favorite too.  When I make sauce I usually make at least a gallon loaded with meatballs and sausage.  When I lived back east I used to be able to get pork braciole to put in it...yum!  That's not available here.  I should learn to make it myself.  I colored this with Copics and added some Colorbox Chalk Ink around the edges of the sign.  The fork and spoon are from Taylored Expressions. I mangled the fork a bit getting it on there.  I painted them with Twinkling H2Os to give them a little sparkle.


Copics:  C1, C3, C5, C7
              E00, E02, E18, E19, E29, E33, E34, E50, E51, E53, E97
              R11, R21, R22, R29, 559
              YR18


Mangia!  Mangia!




I am also entering this card in the following challenges:
Sentimental Sundays Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge Red & White
Craft Your Passion  Anything Goes
Lollipop Crafts Anything Goes
DYSU Challenge Blog Square
One Stitch at a Time  Use a Digi
Papertake Weekly Challenge Anything Goes

Jellypark Store and Challenge Blog is Open!

This is my first DT card for a brand new webstore and challenge blog called Jellypark.  I'm very excited that I was chosen to be part of their first Design Team.  Jellypark is the creation of artist Claire Keay. You have seen her stamps sold at My Favorite Things and her digital images at both her Etsy shop and at her online store. I hope you stop by a visit both.  I know I'm very excited to see the store.

I thought this was the cutest image.  It's a set that comes with a balloon and a kite.  I popped up everything and tied the balloons with black thread.  I was having a dickens of a time trying to add highlights to the balloons.  My daughter suggested I use my white pen.  I like the way it came out.  Thanks, Sandy.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up.   I colored this with Copic markers.

Copics:  B12, B14, BG 11, BG13, BG15, E00, E01, E13, E97, E99, G 05, G09, 

              R01, R12, R14, R24, Y08, Y19, Y38, YR20

Aqua Angel

This is my DT entry for Digi Doodle Shop Challenge # 65 Anything Goes.  I absolutely love this image, Angel #2.  I plan on collecting all four angels from the shop.  I colored her in light blue greens and pinks.  I just love how soft the colors turned out.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the pearl spray is from ZVA.  The paper pack I've had a very long time.  It's one of those kind of paper packs that you love so much you hesitate to use it because then it will be gone.  The paper is from DCWV.

Copics:  B0000. B000. BOO, BG0000, BG000, BV00, BV02, CO,C1, E000, E00, E01, E08, E11, E13, E97, G21, R00, R01, R11, R20, R22, Y11, T28

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafty Pad Designs  Soft Pastel Colours
The Crazy Challenge Beautiful Women
Flutter By Wednesday's Angels
Truly Scrumptious Things With Wings
Paper-Crafting Journey  Anything Goes
Crafty Purple Frog Challenges Pearls & Swirls
The Poodles Parlour Come Fly With Me
Digis With Attitude Anything Goes
My Mum's Craft Shop  Something Old, Something New
Ruby's Rainbow Challenges Flowers        
                                                          

Happy Birthday Gabriel!

This card is for my son-in-law's twenty-sixth birthday.  He's one of the nicest young men I know.  My daughter is indeed lucky.  I cased this on a card I found online, but it had been obtained in a card swap so I don't have the name of the person I cased.  I changed the layout, and most of the details on the card front. The stamp set is "The Open Sea" by Stampin' Up.  The background paper is a digital paper from Stampin' Up.

My Time to Craft Challenge Blog

I'm just thrilled!  I just found out that I was selected for the design team for My Time to Craft Challenge Blog.  I am looking forward to the opportunity to work with their design team.

I Won Candy from Di's Digis!

I'm so excited to have won her 1000 follower candy prize.

In the candy there is:
Set Promarkers (pastels)
Animal Antics paperpad.
Cuttlebug set 4 hearts
Cuttlebug descoupage butterfly
Wild rose studio brads
Adhesive pink pearl gemstones
Flowers and pearls and 1metre each of lace and tape.

My stamps set consisteing of Back in Ten stamp and catching butterflies, 5 sentiment stamps and other accessories, this is a really cute set.


I can't wait to get it!  I previously won some Di's Digis in a challenge that they were sponsoring.  They are too cute.  I already used one of them.  "Siesta Time" is further down on my page.  Take a look and stop over and see what's in the store. Lots of cute digis.   I have been having a very lucky time lately! 

Fun In the Sun

This is my Guest DT card for Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge #57 Summertime.  The image is from Wags 'n Whiskers, naturally.  This is the first time I have tried paper piecing.  I need to trim a little better, but other than that I really enjoyed this technique.  The papers, ribbon and flowers are ones I received in a Key Ingredient kit from Taylored Expressions.  I really need to keep track of the names of the papers that they send.  Right now I just throw then all in a basket so I have no idea who the manufacturers are.  The small red dotted paper was perfect for the bathing suit.  I colored her with Copic markers.  I used a Nestability die to cut the image out.

Copics:  B0000, B000, B00, B01, BO5, BG0000, BG000, BG11, BG13, C3,
              E00, E02, E31, E25, E29, R11, Y17, Y19

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Sparkle Forum Challenges  At the Beach
Aly's Sunday Sketch Kids
Ann's Creative Nook  Summer
Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog  Simply Red
Craft You Passion Challenge  Paper Piecing
Anything Goes  Here Comes Summer
Papertake Weekly  Here Comes the Sun
Scrapbook Sisters Anything Goes
Amber's Crafts and Stuff  Dog Days of Summer
Craft Us Crazy Summer
Papercrafting Journey Anything Goes
My Sheri Crafts  Beach Theme
Sundays With Crissy Here Comes the Sun

Li'l Stinker

This is my DT entry for Digi Doodle Shop Challenge #64:  To use a  sketch.  I chose this cute little skunk image from Digi Doodle Shop  for my main design.  The paper, cardstock and flowers are from Taylored Expression.  They are part of the June '11 Key Ingredients kit.  I colored this image with Copics.  I am trying to learn to color black images.  I will admit it's been quite a challenge.  I'm just starting to get the hang of it although, I have a ways to go yet.  I just looked at images of skunks and realized I colored this wrong.  A skunk is supposed to have two stripes of white not one.   Too late to redo.

Not too many Copics were used here:
C0, C1, C3, C5, C7, E11, E13, G07, R22, Y17

 I am entering this in the following challenges:
Whoopsi Daisy  Pile On Those Flowers
Everybody Art Anything Goes

Birthday Princess

   
                      A lot of blogger  problems this morning.  It wouldn't let me upload any photos.  I read the help section and someone said that you could still upload using Edit HTML.  It worked!  I'm back in business.  Hopefully, they get it fixed soon.    The typing is all messed up also.  I haven't figured out how to fix that yet.   I'll try to fix it in HTML.  If my writing is decent you'll know it worked!                                                                      

Wow, this is alot of purple!  Funny, how this kind of thing can just hit you all of a sudden.  This image is from Karen's Doodles.  I am entering this in Karen's Doodles Challenge for this week:  Flower Power.    When I first saw this digi I was just struck by how pretty her eyes were. Funny, after I took photos and was working on them in my photo program, I realized I had forgotten to color them.  Green eyes it is. What a morning! 

I am also entering this in the following challenges:
A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge #157 Ribbons & Bows   
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge  Pile On Those Flowers
Stamps R Us 1,2,3 Recipe
Lexi's Creations No Sentiment
The Corrosive Challenge Blog  Ribbons & Bows                       

June Christmas Card Challenge

I made these cards for the June '11 Christmas Card Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers.  My goal is to make six cards every month.  I'm halfway done now!  I made four of the card with the lantern. That was a free digi. from Beccy's Place.  The others I just made one of each.  I used an unusual color combo on the Skater card, purple with red and white stripes.  I rather like it.  The image is from Sassy Cheryl.  The snowmen are from Stampin' Up.  For some reason they didn't photograph very well this morning.  The lighting seems off.  I'm just too lazy to go do it again!  I'm intentionally using very few embellishments on my Christmas cards.  The postage at Christmas would just kill me if I had to pay extra on each one.

Happy 4th of July! (a tad early)

This little pair from Karen's Doodles are showing their respect to our country's colors and enjoying the parade.  I remember growing up on Staten Island and lining up on Pleasant Plains Avenue  to watch the parade go by.  My favorite was always the horses at the end.  No big surprise why they put them at the end.  As I got older I often got to march in the parade with my high school, which was not quite as fun as watching since we usually had to walk several miles.

I merged the two separate images together and colored them with Copics.  I think they look really cute together.

I am entering this in Karen's Doodles DT call.   Karen's Doodles Challenge Blog will be choosing 5 new Doodle Princesses in July. 




Copics:  C0,  B05, B21, B23, B28, E00, E01, E02, E21, E25, E27, E29, E31, E34, E37,  E97,E99, 
      G07, R20, R22, R24, R27, R32, Y08, YR12, YR20

I'm also entering this in:

Ally's Sunday Sketch  Kids

Lexi's Creations Blogspot No Sentiment

Totally Stampalicious Anything Goes

Lollipop Crafts Blogspot Inspired by a Song (You're a Grand Old Flag)

Paper Cupcakes Pick Two (ribbons, gems)

Anything Goes Challenge Blog Here Comes Summer

Digital tuesday Challenge Gingham

My Time to Craft Challenges Xtra Images

Tip Top Tuesday Anything Goes

Delightful Sketches Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge  Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays Anything Goes

The Poodle's Parlour Anything Goes

Card Makin' Mamas With a Child

My Sheri Crafts Summer

DYSU Use a Star
Scrap Creations Anything Goes
Sundays with Crissy Here Comes the Sun
Bee Crafty Summer's Here
Crafting for All Seasons Summer
Hooked on Craft Challenges  Anything Goes
Die Cut Dreams Challenge Blog  Red, White & Blue
MenJen's Designs  Red, White & Blue
Whimsical Wednesday  Let's Get Patriotic

For My Husband

This is a card I made for my husband for Father's Day.  He's been a wonderful husband.  In fact, we had our 35th wedding anniversary last month.  

I had a difficult time with this card as well as all my cards lately.  I don't know what is happening to the creative process, but I feel like my mojo has got up and left.  I know I have felt like this before and got over it.  I was really hoping that being off for the summer and having so much time for myself would be great, instead I feel like I can't do anything right when it comes to the creative process.  Nothing is coming out as I planned. 

Maybe, I need that rush, rush, get it done now.  Seems I work better under pressure.

Anyway, this card was done with a stamp I just purchased on Ebay.  It's by Stampa Rosa.  It's quite a large stamp.  Most of the eagle stamps I found were much smaller and I figured they would be more difficult to color and give detail to.   According to pictures I studied, the eagle actually should be much darker, but I did one darker and it hid all the stamp details.  I colored him with Copics on watercolor paper.  I think I will try another one with distressed inks and see how it comes out.

I'm going to a friend's Stampin' Up party today.  I think I will get some stamps that are just fun, silly images.  That should help brighten things up a bit!

The Water Pump

This is my DT entry for Digi Doodle Shop Challenges:  Stitches.  I used faux stitching on this card.  It was one of those times when I had to keep re-doing things.  I finally decided to leave it alone.  This is colored with Copics and I used Stampin' Up markers for the stitching.  The pearls are from Zva.