CAS-ual Fridays

What perfect timing! This weeks challenge is for Graduation Cards and I just happen to know a Graduate! So here is my card for...

I'm looking forward to going to Reno for Alex's Graduation on the 10th!!! Whoo Hoo, go Alex!

Also to my Reno friends I know you had snow over the weekend :-( but the sunshine is coming!!!! I will be at the Store on Saturday afternoon, the 11th and I will try to bring the sunshine with me :-)  If your around I would love to see you! I plan to be at the store between the hours of 4-6.

Hugs!!

Hello Friends!

I hope your Memorial Day weekend will bring you rest, relaxation and sunshine!!

I had a very lucky week .... I made the Fab 4 over at The Play Date Cafe! I was so excited and honored to be among the top 5 out of 111 fabulous creations. To see all the wonderful entries go here.  I was also  featured on the Create Blog last week for the Denim Challenge. You can see all the great cards here.
These challenges are so fun and have been keeping me inspired. If you aren't participating you should be!

I realized the other day that I had not posted the rest of  the layouts from the calendar I made for my new Niece. So here they are.

I wish you all a very happy and safe Memorial Day Weekend!!

TTFN!

Another Challenge Card

The new Play Date Cafe challenge is a Splash of Color. I thought this would also give me the opportunity to make an ATC for the Hero Arts Challenge.

The challenge is to use only Black and White with a splash of color, this time Green. I had some scraps of Glossy Cardstock in the perfect size so I thought I would break out my alcohol inks and just play.

Here's what I came up with. I used Citrus and Meadow Alcohol inks and then stamped over it with black Staz-On, using the Dandelion Frame Cling stamp (CG153) from Hero Arts.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you're playing along with all these fun challenges.

TTFN!

I'm Back

with another post but no ATC's LOL! I had been thinking about this other challenge I had seen over at the CREATE Blog and it just wasn't coming together.  Originally I wanted to stamp on Denim with Bleach but it just wasn't working for me and I had decided not to enter. Then while I was cooking dinner this Clean & Simple little card came into my head.

It was so much fun die cutting my old jeans with the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die. I also die cut the flowers out of chipboard and adhered the jean material on top so that I could bend it and create a little more dimension.....I only wish I still had daylight to take the photo in. 

Thanks so much for stopping back in. I appreciate each and every comment.

TTFN! 

CAS-ual Fridays

This week over at CAS-ual Fridays it's all about Bling.

And all month long over at Hero Art's it's been a challenge on "Flowers, ATC's and Colored Pencils".

So here is my card using a little bit of Bling with my rhinestones and stickles, and a fabulous flower that I colored with my Prisma Colored Pencils. I have to say I have had these colored pencils for some time but have not really used them. In fact I think this is the first project I have completed using them. I didn't really like them at first but with all the inspiration over at the Hero Blog and the great discussion on the HA Flicker group I thought I would give them another chance. Once I learned about the colorless blending pencil, which I went out and bought last week I feel it went much smoother, ha ha.

Hero Arts Stamp: CL495

Now I'm off to see how quickly I can whip up an ATC before I start dinner. If it goes well I will be back with the results.

TTFN!

Hello Bloggers

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. We finally finished painting our living room and getting it all put together. Whew! Now on to the hall, and then the laundry room, oh and my husbands "man cave", lol. He decided since I have my Scrap Room he was going to claim a room for himself, Ha!

This week's Play Date Cafe Challenge #82 really inspired me to create something a little more shabby chic. Not a style I usually go to first but these colors really just lent themselves to that style and it was the first thing I thought of when I saw the challenge.

Usually when I begin working on a card I have an idea in my head and it NEVER turns out the way! I usually find my self wandering down different paths as I create or it's days before I finally sit down to work and I feel differently. But this time it really did come close.

 I used my Silhouette to cut the doily out of cream cardstock. I then inked it up a bit with Antique Linen Distress ink and a little Brushed Corduroy. I also gave it a little spritz of Walnut Gold Glimmer Mist. Next I created the butterfly, also on the Silhouette. It's one of their print and cuts. This was also done in the cream cardstock and I colored it using Sea Glass Glimmer Mist. The script patterned paper is from Webster's Pages, and the light blue bottom paper is from Fancy Pants designs. The ribbon was also cream and I colored it with my Copic Markers, E50 (egg shell..I think). The flowers were cut out of the Tattered Florals die by Tim Holtz and a few pearls from Kaiser Craft which I colored using Copic Y21, Buttercup Yellow.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts CL497. I really enjoyed working on this card, I hope you enjoy it too!

On a more personal note I went to my nephew's last baseball game yesterday...one of the benefits of being back here in So. Cal. I had such a great time taking pictures and thought I would share one here.

I love the sheer determination on his face!

Thanks for stopping by...TTFN!

Wee Memories Challenge

Today I have a card I created for the current challenge going on over at Wee Memories. The challenge...to use stickers, or rub-on's, anything that sticks. At first I thought gee I haven't used stickers in forever! But I really had fun creating this card which took all of about 10 minutes total!

I started off by inking up a piece of scrap paper with distress inks. Next I applied the Butterfly Rub-On (Kaiser Craft).  It's been in my stash for several years! I cut a wave into the rest of the scrap piece I started with and applied the "Make a wish" sticker (SRM). One note to make is you will want to heat set your distress ink before you apply the sticker or rub-on. Remember Distress Inks stay wet a little longer. I added some black dots with a pen and glued the butterfly onto my card. 

This was a really fun card to make, so if you have a stash of stickers you haven't used in a while break'em out and get busy!

Thanks for stopping by...Have a great weekend!

TTFN