Don't Be a Square!

Happi Monday, y'all!  It's time for another Happileigh Scrappin' challenge!  This week was Leigh's turn to pick a challenge, and she wants to see shaped cards.  Any shape....except squares or rectangles!  OR....you can do a special fold!  Tri-fold!  Gate Fold!  Napkin Fold!  Go crazy.  =D

I opted for the shaped card; I used Jenny on Swing and T-O-Y Wood Sign.  Both were colored with Copics and then fussy cut out.  The smile sentiment was hand written.  The flowers were made with a Sizzix die cut, edged with chalk ink and curled. Blue flowers with gems in the middle are from Michael's.

Alright, now head on over to the Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge Blog to see the AWESOME cards by the rest of the Happi Sisters!  I hope to see y'all participate in our challenge this week.  Remember, you do not have to use a Happileigh Scrappin' image to enter, but we would sure LOVE it if you would!  Plus, if you use a Happileigh Scrappin' image, you get entered into both the random drawing and a separate drawing for just HLSC projects!  That's TWO chances to win! If you don't have any of Leigh's images yet, you can find some beautiful freebies here, or you can visit the store here.  As always, for every three images you purchase you get one free.  Also, for a limited time you get the image below FREE with any purchase!  Pretty, isn't it?!?  =D

Alright, thanks for stopping by!  I hope you join in with our challenge this week!

I am also entering this in:

 Outlawz Monday Greetings Challenge: Anything but a square.

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge: Let's Get in Shape

More Show Off

Here's another card I created for the Tiddly Inks Samples Show Off.  

I used Tanker Fairy Sits and a background from the Steampunk Papers-Extra Goodies set.  The grey gear paper is from DCWV's Tattered Time matstack.  The word background paper is from a Tim Holtz paper pack.  The clock is a Tim Holtz stamp.  The gears, arrows and Courage medal are embellishments from Tim Holtz.  The black jewel on the bottom right is from my neglected jewelry-making stash.  Flowers are from Michaels, as is the line of gears stamp on the right side.  I colored the image using Copics (including the background).  Stickles were added to Tanker's wings, and the gears in the image were colored using a Spica marker.  All papers were edged using Distress Ink in Vintage Photo.

Thank you so much for stopping by to take a look.  I hope you are having a fabulous weekend, and we'll see you soon!

More Movies...

It's the second week in Tiddly Ink's month of movie challenges!  This week, the theme is Nature Movie.  Well, when I heard the theme, the first thing that popped into my head was Ferngully.  I just LOVE that movie.  I usually end up watching it whenever it's on TV.  I think the writing was hilarious...if a bit preachy.  That's ok, though...it's still fabulous!  If you've never seen the movie I would highly advise watching it.  It's animated and written for children, but it has some humor that the adults would enjoy, as well.  (Robin Williams voicing Batty...priceless!)

I used Fairy Fae, colored with Copics and Spica markers.  The trees were pre-colored freebies from the Tiddly Inks blog ages ago.  I layered them in Paint.net to create a little mini forest.  The sky background is from Bearly Mine Designs.  Butterfly, gems and papers are from Michael's.  The sentiment is a quote from Ferngully.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  We'll be seeing you soon!

Simplify

If you're a regular reader of my posts, you know that I just love Tiddly Inks, and you also know that Tiddly Inks and Make It Crafty recently released a line of steampunk images.  Well, I just couldn't wait to try them all out.  You'll probably be seeing quite a few cards using these images in the next week or so, especially since Tiddly Inks is having a Samples Show Off challenge.  Check out the details here.

Here is my first card made specifically for the Sample Show Off.  I've used three of Tiddly Inks new images: Precious, a frame and a background paper from the Extra Goodies 3 Papers and Gear set.  These images are just so easy to mix and match!

Here's a closeup of the merged images:

I named this card Simplify.  I was really trying to keep it simple, so originally I just had the merged image, the embossed background and the gear die cut card.  However, it was just TOO simple, you know?  So I added the metal tag.  Still not enough, so I added some flowers.  Just needed a little bit more....and the bling was added.  Still fairly simple...but not as boring. LOL  The gear die cut is from Sizzix (the Tim Holtz Alterations line), the flowers and bling are from Michael's, the metal tag and the embossing folder are more items from the Tim Holtz line.  Precious was colored with Copics, and the background was shaded with Distress Ink in Milled Lavender.  The embossed paper was shaded with chalk ink in Wisteria from the Color Box.

Well, thanks for stopping by to take a look.  Make sure to pop by later in the week to see more of these fabulous steampunk images.  Hugs for now!

Stinkin' Cute

The adorable Cely over at Hawaii Paper Party has gifted me with another award.  Isn't it cute!?

Now, I'm going to be lazy today.   You know how much I heart all of you, so I'm going to leave this one open to all of my followers, and to all of the blogs I follow.  If I follow you, of course I think your blog is stinkin' cute!!  If you follow me, you *obviously* have good taste  ;)  , so I'm sure YOUR blog is cute, too!  lol!

As for the (5) facts about me........just read my blog!  You'll find everything there.  =D

Ok, have to get back to work. Hugs!



Love Gently

I got this Simply Betty digi stamp a while ago and printed it out immediately.  Then...it went into a pile of images I've been meaning to color.  When I heard the new Simply Betty Stamps challenge was to use any Simply Betty Stamp with any sketch challenge...I knew it was finally time to bring her out.

Meet Sting You Lola.  Isn't she adorable?  I just love that sly look on her face.  Cupid better watch out...Lola's looking to take his place!  I love the cute little heart tattoos under her eye, and her adorable outfit!  =D  The sentiment is from Tiddly Inks.  I was originally going to use a different sentiment, but as I was cutting it out, I noticed this one printed right above it.  I decided this was the better match.  The flowers were created with a Sizzix die I bought a few weeks ago...yet another new toy to play with.  =D  The papers are from Stampin' Up, part of a now discontinued line.  The black lace (that you can barely see) is from JoAnn Fabrics.  Let me tell you...if you could see it, you would be so jealous. lol  Do you know how long it took me to find black lace that was straight instead of curved!?!  The pink ribbon (that you also can't really see) is from Michael's.

The sketch I used is from Digital Tuesday.

Awesome, no?  I love the wavy bottom of the middle layer.

Well, that's it for tonight...  Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:

Simply Betty Stamps: Any Betty Stamp, Any Sketch Challenge

Digital Tuesday: Sketch

AiFactory Challenge: Layers

Some Odd Challenge

Some Odd Girl is having a very different kind of challenge.  It's Lift an Odd Girl!  What that means is that we go through the DT member's blogs and find a card to scrap-lift.  Well...you know me, I do love to distress things.  When I saw this card by Kellie Winnell, I just HAD to grab it.  Here's mine:

I really loved the look of Kellie's creation, and thought it would be perfect for a vintage wedding card.

I used a couple of dps from Tim Holtz, ribbon from Michael's, charms from TPC Studio, flower from Prima.  Cream papers were embossed using a sizzix folder. Image is from Some Odd Girl.  Tag image is from Dana's Inspirations. Papers edged using Distress Ink in Vintage Photo.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you had fun seeing my card.  I sure had fun making it!  =D

Challenges:

Some Odd Girl: Lift an Odd Girl

Guylou's Inimitability: Recipe (1 ribbon or lace, 2 dps, 3 or more bling)

Amber's Crafts and Stuff: Embossing

Digi's With Attitude! Challenges #32: Anything Goes

Crafty Ann's: Dry Embossing/Debossing (Or Both!)

Tiptoe Through the Tulips...

**Post #2 for the day. Scroll down to see my Stamp-N-Doodle post.**

Happi Monday!!  You know what that means...another Happileigh Scrappin' challenge.  Woot!  This week it was my turn to pick the challenge.  (Yay!!)  I decided that it would be fun to see everyone make their own embellishments.  Flowers, buttons...anything you can think of!  Now, not ALL of your embellishments have to be hand made, but we'd like to see at least one.

I used the images Colleen in Heart Dress and Flower Patch.  (I did alter the Flower Patch a little bit...there's actually a butterfly in the image.  However, I decided to leave those out since I would be creating my own butterflies.)  Colleen was colored with Copics, the flowers were colored with Spica markers.  I created the butterflies using ribbon and craft wire.  I created the sun by placing gems as close to each other as possible, filling the middle spaces with gold Stickles, and drawing the rays with a Spica marker.  The three flowers on the bottom I created using three different flower punches in two different colored papers.  The middle of the flowers are pastel brads.

Now that you've seen my card, head on over to the Happileigh Scrappin' challenge blog to see the creations by the rest of the Happi Sisters.  Remember, you don't have to use a Happileigh Scrappin' image to participate, but if you do your project will be entered into a second drawing for just the Happileigh Scrappin' image projects.   If you don't have any Happileigh Scrappin' images, you can find some gorgeous freebies here, or visit the store here.  (There's a gorgeous clock image free with every purchase for a limited time.)

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope to be seeing your creations!  =D

I am also entering this in Digi Doodle Shop's Best challenge #67: Make Your Own Flowers

It's Summertime...

It's summertime, and one of my favorite summer activities is hanging out in the back yard, grilling and having a bonfire with a group of friends.  Well, this week's Stamp-N-Doodle challenge fits right in with that pastime.  This week we want to see projects with a Picnic or BBQ theme.

The DT got to play with a fun little image called Ants Picnic.  I've never used an ant image before, so it was fun to do something out of the norm.  The image was colored with Copics.  I used the red plaid dp because it's the color and pattern I always think of when I think of picnic blankets.  Embellishments are from Recollections.

You can check out the creations by the rest of the DT by heading on over to the Stamp-N-Doodle challenge blog.  Remember, you do not need to use a Stamp-N-Doodle image to participate, but you know we'd love it if you would!  =D  Thanks for stopping by, and we'll see you soon!