Color Throwdown #100 and Peachy Keen Challenge

Color Throwdown is having a wonderful celebration for their 100th challenge. The colors are:


Aren't they wonderful? Wait until you see all the prizes they have to give away and the beautiful cards at all the design teams blogs. I was thinking about a card to do for Peachy Keens Challenge #32 which is Summer Destination and when I saw these colors I knew just what I wanted to do. I am, or was, a swimmer and I love to go to the beach and swim in an ocean or a lake. My favorite place to swim when I was in college was in a quarry. I learned how to do synchronized swimming in high school and loved to practice in the deep cold water of a quarry. Boy, do I wish I was still in that kind of shape.

This little cutie is from Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge. I uses all SU card stock and stamped her face with one of the Peachy Keen wonderful face stamps. I wheeled her fish part and the shell with the Cornelli Lace wheel and used a glitter pen on her top and the sea horse. I used my Gypsy to weld two shells together to make the card base. Other supplies I used were a white gelly pen, SU chalk, and SU ribbon.

If you get a chance be sure to stop over to both blogs and join in the fun.

Thanks for stopping and remember how much I love your comments,

Sincerely,

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturday

It is Saturday and Stamp Scrap and Doodle are back with a wonderful challenge. The challenge is a shape card and we are being sponsored by one of our very own Design Team Members Erica Falk-Huzar. Her blog is Paper Craftin' with Erica.
Erica is offering a stamp set and paper pack from Angel Company.


If you don’t know about the Angel Company give them a look. They have wonderful products. Their Inspiration book is fantastic. It has lots of tips and “try it!” boxes to get you thinking.

I made my bear card using the Doodlecharms cartridge and my Gypsy to weld two bears together. The stamp on his belly is from an Angel Company set called Everyday Cuties. I think he is so sweet. Thank you Erica. The Designer Paper is from a pack called Reece by Soar With It Collections. Angel Company carries this paper in their catalogue. The ribbon is something I had. I used a SU oval and scallop punch to cut out the image.

If you need more inspiration pop over to SSDS and see the fabulous cards by the rest of the team. Then give the challenge a try. I can’t wait to see your card’s shape.

Thanks for stopping,

Stamp Scrap and Doodle Satuday

It’s time for another Stamp Scrap and Doodle Challenge. This week we have a sketch for you to try. The sketch is by our own very talented Nicole. Our wonderful sponsor this week is Creations by Penny. The image I used is called Beach Umbrella and it is one of their digi stamps. The colors are from the ColourQ challenge #37. They are Ruby Red, Cameo Coral, Apricot Appeal, Always Artichoke and Vanilla. I love the way they look together. Arielle really comes up with some great color combos. I am getting hooked on her challenges.
I had fun with the sketch and changed it up a bit. I just had to use my flip flop stamp from Raisin Boat again. The sentiment is also from RB. I thought they went great with this image.
I just can’t seem to stop playing with my Gypsy. The card is a beach card and I have the Life is a Beach cartridge. When I saw this little crab I had to use him. Then I saw the turtle with enjoy and I just couldn’t help myself. I added wiggle eyes and Crystal effect to make Mr. Crab pop. The sandals are stamped on sand paper. The bottom two layers are embossed with CB folders. I colored the image with copic markers.
I think that is everything. If you have any questions just leave them in the comments. I love to read your comments.



I am at the cabin again this weekend for my father-in-laws 94th birthday. We drove both of my DH’s parents up to celebrate. His mother is 90. They are getting frail but still love life and the great outdoors. We are hoping to get the birthday boy in the boat again this year so he can do some fishing. Last year he caught a huge musky. You can see the pictures here.

I hope you are having a great weekend and join us this week at SSDS. I love seeing all of your creations.

Thanks for stopping,

One for JUGS And a New Challenge

I made this card for JUGS. I love the name of that blog Just Us Girls. What a great name but there are men who are hooked on the craft. One that is famous is Tim Holtz. The girls have some great things going on at their blog. The DT is made up of some very talented ladies.
This card was made using some of my favorite paper Cosemo Cricket paper called Mr. Campy Flannel. I love the colors. The edge or border on the left was cut from SU Very Vanilla with my Cricut and the Easter 2010 cartridge. Isn't that a cool border? I welded it together using my Gypsy so that it would fit the card. The ribbon is SU Riding Hood Red.the base card is dark brown. I used Nesties to cut the dark brown scallop circle. I paper piersed the the scallops to go with the stitching in the paper. Maybe I should use a white jell pen to make it show up. The tulip stamp is from the Angel Co. and was colored with Copic markers. I used SU Very Vanilla and another piece of DP for the inside.

I got one of those light boxes to take pictures in and I really don't think it is making much difference. The colors still are not showing up as nice as they really are. I still have a lot to learn.







There is a new blog challenge called Sir Stampalot Clallenge. Sir Stamplot is a monthly challenge and a new one will be announced on the first of every month. They are giving away Hero Arts goodie bags. To be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is:

1) Become a follower of this new challenge blog

2) Link to Mr Linky before 23.30 GMT 14th March 2010.

Please let me know you were here and thanks for stopping,

Card Positioning System A Valentine

Wow, it has been a whole week since my last post. I hope you haven't given up on me. I spent last evening and today making cards to post this week. It felt so good to sit and play. It just takes me so long to come up with the idea, make the card and write it all up, but I really do enjoy doing it. I especially enjoy hearing what you think of my work.
I made this card following the Card Positioning System sketch. The stamp is by Nina Brackett called Heartily Yours. I colored the stamp with Copic Markers. Then I sprayed Pure Luxury card stock with Copic Colorless Blender and stamped the image. I cut the hearts with Gypsy Wondering. That is the cartridge that comes on the Gypsy. It has many wonderful images. I was able to do the layers on the Gypsy and cut the image just the way I wanted on my Cricut. The background paper is from a pack by Making Memories. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss Coredinations card stock. Then I sanded it. The heart brads are from Creative Impressions. The gold wire is beading wire. This card took me a long time just deciding what and how, but I love the way it turned out.
What do you think?