Ooh La La

I made with tag for a tag swap for next month at a Yahoo Group I belong to called, Inky Fun Stampers.   The tag swap required the use of embossing paste which I used with a Tim Holtz stencil for the background.  I tinted my embossing paste with PanPastels chalks.

The image is from a Canadian rubber stamp company called Lazar Studio Werx, from their elements collection. Unfortunately the company is no longer making rubber stamps. The rubber stamp sentiment by A Muse Artstamps which I stamped on a small tag. The flowers are from my stash and I sprayed them with Gold Glitter Mist for some sparkle. The image was coloured with Copics and Distress Inks .

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  

I am entering this tag in the following challenges:

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Stempelsonnen Challenge - Anything Goes

Chalk N Stock - Always Anything Goes With Chalk (chalk to colour embossing paste)

Scrap & Craft Challenge -Tag It 

Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes

Come and Get It's Christmas Challenge

Come and Get It has a Christmas challenge this week.   I chose to use an image from Lacy Sunshine, one of our sponsors called  Lucy Boo's Christmas Package  .  I think she is very cute.  The sentiment is a rubber stamp by A Muse ArtStamps. 

I diecut my layers of paper with my Lil' Inker Design stitch dies, coloured my image with Copic Markers and added snow with Flower Soft.  To complete my card I added my ribbon, sentiment and bling.

Hope you will join us this week.   We have some great prizes from our sponsors. Pop over to our challenge blog to see the great projects from the rest of our design team. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. Merry Christmas everyone.  See you back here in the New Year. 

Birthday Fairy

I made this birthday fairy card for a birthday card challenge at Come and Get It Challenges. I used The Stamping Boutique's, the  sponsor of the challenge this week image called Birthday Fairy. The image was coloured with Copic Markers and a little Stickles glitter. The pattern paper is from my stash.

The sentiment I added is by A Muse Artstamps.  I think it is a perfect sentiment for this card.  To complete this card I just added some chocolate coloured bows with pearls and some pink pearls.

Thank you for stopping to take a look.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

A Sprinkle of Colour - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper – Anything goes  with Patterned Paper

 Feeling Crafty Challenge - One for Girls/Ladies

 Just For Fun - Ribbon or Lace

Di's Digis Designs - Use your markers

Sugar Creek Hollow - Fairies and Angels

Fussy and Fancy - Spring Colors

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Snowman/Snowball Challenge

It is a snowman/snowball challenge at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges  this week and 2 Cute Ink is the sponsor of the challenge. 

I love their adorable little images.  I chose to use their Penguin Snowman for my CAS 4 by 4 card.  He is so sweet. The products that I used to make my card are:

• Paper - Stampin Up
• Penguin image - 2 Cute Ink
• Distress Ink - Peacock
• Spellbinders die cuts
• Sentiment by A Muse Artstamps
• Bling from my stash

Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative day.  

Judy

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes / Clean and Simple (CAS)
Crafting from the Heart -Anything Goes

My Perfect Life Challenge - Christmas Cards
Totally Gorjuss Challenge - dies and Punches
Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge - Frame it
The Squirrel and Fox Challenges - Die Cuts or Punches

Robyn`s Fetish - Square Cards

Stamping Sensations - Dies and/or Punches

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Have a Beautiful Christmas

I love this Christmas scene stamp by Just Inklined that I choose for this Christmas Scene Challenge at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges this week.  The digital image is called Little Church in the Snow, a fitting name for this digital stamp.

I added some colour with Copic Markers and then added glitter for the snow.  The sentiment by A Muse ArtStamps was embossed with silver embossing powder and a little bit of bling was added to complete the card. 

Come join us at Holly Jolly this week.  Never too early to start on your Christmas cards.   Pop over to Holly Jolly`s blog and see what the design team has created to inspire you. 

Judy

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Shabby Tea Room - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Use A Digi 
Cards Galore Encore - Use a stamp or digi stamp
 Crafts and Me Challenge & Inspiration Blog - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Christmas
Completely Christmas Must be Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Brr....It's Cold Outside

Things with Wings - Fruit Fly

Julie's turn to pick the challenge this week at Come and Get It Challenges and she chose a great challenge for this time of the year, Things with Wings.  Since I live in the hot and sunny Okanagan I instantly thought of all the fruit trees ,the extreme hot weather we have had this year and the bugs.  

Bugaboo is our sponsor and I have used their scene it, fruit fly digital stamp for the image.  When we have Bugaboo as our sponsor we always have such a great prize for the winner.

I used bright colours on my card to represent this the sunny summer we are having and showing these fruit flies are having lots of fun.  The stripes on the card are Washi tape and the sentiment is by A Muse Artstamps. 

Hope you will join us this week at Come and Get It. Thank you for stlopping by to take a look and I hope you have a wonderful week.  

Judy
 

Allsorts - Use your new stash (fruit fly image)
Colour Me Creative Challenge - Anything Goes

Card Craft Circle Challenge - Winged Things
The House that Stamps Built Challenge - Things with Wings
Inky Impressions Challenge – Anything with Wings

ooh la la!

I joined a card swap this week with the theme black and white with a hint of red.  This is my card for the swap.  I even found some black and white ribbon in my stash with a similar pattern to the rubber stamped dress by Stampim Up  . The ooh la la! stamp is by A Muse Artstamps. 

I hope my swap partners enjoys the card. thanks for stopping by.  have a creative day.

Judy

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Through The Craft Room Door -Always Anything Goes
By LORi Designs - Designer Paper 
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Paper Shelter Challenge -Punches and dies
Riley And Company  - Spots Dots & Circles 

 

Feel Better Soon

Fred She Said, Designs has a few new images this month and I used one on this get well card.  The set is called Three Doodle Blossoms and comes also coloured. I think this image makes a cute CAS colourful card and I can see using the stamp on many different cards.  

The sentiment is by A Muse Artstamps and the butterfly is an unmounted rubber stamp.  Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day.  

Judy  

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

2 Sisters - Anything Goes

Just For Fun - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Sugar Bowl - Anything Goes

Sketch Time at Come and Get it

This weeks challenge at Come and Get It Challenges is a sketch chosen by Julie one of the design team members.  Here is the sketch I made my card from:

For my card I used an Alcohol Ink background and added some die cut flowers and an paper punch ribbon.  I next added a sentiment by A Muse Artstamps  and some pale yellow pearls and my card was complete. 

Thank you for stopping to take a look and I hope you will join us at Come and Get.  

Judy

Creative Corner - Anything Goes 
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays– Anything Goes!

Have a Fantastic Day

I made this card for a friend this week using several different techniques. My Fred, She Said Design image of the old truck was printed on dictionary paper and coloured with Copic Markers, then I added Diamond Glaze to the head lights and windows to represent glass. 

The background paper was layered with nylon mess drywall tape from my husbands shop. The tabs are a Stampin Up punch and the sentiment stamp is by  A Muse Artstamps.

Hope you enjoy by card and I hope you have a fantastic day. 

Judy

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges: 

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Aalways Anything Goes
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes 

LEJ Designs Recycle, Upcycle or use Household items (drywall tape)
ABC Challenges - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes

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Pink, Brown and Gold

Pink, brown and gold, what a nice colour combination for a card.  This was the challenge choice of Shell this week at Come and Get It Challenges.  

I used this sassy image from Paper Shelter for my birthday card.  The little girl I think suits a little pink dress. The butterflies are a die cut and the sentiment is by  A Muse Art Stamps.  I added a die cut ribbon, gold accents and some pink bling to complete my card. 

Hope you will join us at Come and Get It this week. Thank you for stopping by to day and have a creative day.  

Judy

I woulld like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Inky Impressions - Punches/dies
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge – Use Sentiment
Addicted to Stamps Challenge – Anything Goes
Pennys Challenge - Use Sentiment
 QKR Stampede- Punches or dies

Time for a Sketch at Come and Get It Challenges

Meighan chose a sketch for this challenge at Come and Get It Challenges this week.  This sketch would suit any themed card. 

Fred, She Said Designs is the sponsor of this challenge and we have a prize for the winner.

Here is my interpretation of the sketch.

My friend Yvonne gave me this piece of wood veneer that I used for the background of this card.  I thought my stamp of a wolf's head would make a interesting image for my card.  I added a metal label from my collection of odds and ends and used Walnut Distress Ink to edge the papers.  The wolf rubber stamp is from  Old Island Rubber Stamp Company and the sentiment is by A Muse ArtStamp Company.  

I hope you will join us this week at Come and Get It Challenges.  Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. 

Judy

3D Flowers at Come and Get It Challenges

This is my last week on the guest design team at Come and Get it Challenges. I cannot believe 6 months have gone by. I have enjoyed the challenge, meet some wonderful people and have learnt a lot about challenge blogs. Cindy, Leslie, Shell and Julie have very dedicated to making sure the Come and Get It is successful. I had not realized how many hours are put in to running a challenge blog . Thank you for inviting Meighan and I to join you.

The challenge this week is 3D flowers and I chose to make an easel card to showcase my flowers. I used Tim Holt’s Tattered Flower die cut to make the flowers and once I had them assembled I wet them with water and crinkled them to give them some shape.

The rubber stamp I used is by Kanban Rubber Stamps and after I had coloured the image I used a silver glitter pen to give her some sparkle. 

Come join us at Come and get it Challenges this week.  Thank you for stopping by and happy crafting.

Judy

I am also entering my card in the following challenges.

 

Divas by Design - Anything Goes (challenge #49)

Crafty Sentiments (flowers)

Tammy's Scrapin Corner (anything goes)

Pink Elephant Challenge (make your own embellishments)

Doing Life  

Fashionable Stamping Challenges - handmade flowers



Hot Summer Colours

Craft Spots by Kimberly’s challenge this week is Hot Summer Colours (#61) and this card I made reminds me of a hot summer day. I used the upholstery technique that I saw on Gina K Designs web site a couple of weeks ago for the background and coloured the flower and the background with distress inks.

The flower stamp is by Hero Arts and the sentiment is by A Muse Artstamps. A ribbon and some pearls completed the card.

Thank you for stopping by and have a Fan-tastic day!

Judy

3,2,1 Challenge - Dresser Card

It is hostess choice at Come and Get it Challenges this week and the challenge is recipe card,  3, 2, 1.
3 brads or buttons, 2 pattern paper and ribbon. 

As soon as I seen the three brads I thought of this dresser pattern that I have been wanting to try. I added the three brads to the drawers, one of the pattern papers I used was from the Graphic 45 , Little Darling paper pack and the pattern paper used on the dress was from my scraps. The ribbon and bow on  the dress is from some ribbon with bows I had in my stash. The baby dress stamp is by A Muse Artstamps.  I used distress inks to ink the edges of the card and dresser and to add a little interest to the card I added the lace coming out of the drawer.

I really enjoyed making this card and think I will try to make a few more with different themes. Come and join the fun this week at Come and Get it Challenges.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy crafting.

Judy

Happy Bird-day

This is a card I made for a friends upcoming birthday. I had just purchased a few new die cutters and embossing folders at a craft show and was wanting to make a card with them.

The chickadee dimensional die cutter is by Dee’s Distinctively. Branch is a die cutter by Memory Box and the embossing folder is by Bring Crafts-Too You. A Muse Artstamps is the maker of the sentiment "Happy Bird-day!"

I like the simple look of the card. Yellow is such a cheery colour.

Thanks for stopping by. Take time to do something creative for yourself today.

Judy

Wrinkle Free Distress

I was playing with my distressed inks and working on an upcoming swap using the wrinkle free distress technique today.  You can find this technique on the Split Coast Stampers web site:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/wrinklefreedistress/

I have ink stains all over my hands but that is a quite normal. No fake nails for me.  I always forget to put on gloves. I have now several extra back grounds ready for some upcoming cards.

I used an old PSX - Hydrangea stamp from my stash for both the tag and the card.  To the card I added some photo corners, sentiment and a ribbon and to the tag some fibers, a sentiment and a butterfly.  The butterfly was made with another technique.  I added alcohol inks to tin foil that was fastened to some card stock. Then I used a die cutter to cut out the butterfly, embossed it and then rubbed the embossed edges with Stazon ink to bring out the pattern. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a creative day. 

Judy

It is all about Texture - Kenny K Downloads Challenge

Kenny K. Download challenges (#72) this week all about texture. I chose to use this reindeer digi stamp of Kenny’s for a Christmas card for my oldest grandson. Thought he would like the non traditional Christmas card design. To add texture after colouring with my Copics I added glitter, textured ribbons, and a couple of bells. I then added diamond glaze to the sunglasses and the reindeers red nose to add some shine to the card. The “Be Merry” sentiment is by A Muse Artstamps. Do you think he will enjoy the card?

Now back to my craft room to complete my Christmas cards.

Have a creative day.

Judy

Birthday Party Time

This card tonight I made for my son’s birthday. I find it so hard to find images for a male’s theme card. One of the best sites to go to for me is Kenny K. Downloads. He has a great collection of images for a male card.

I particularly like this digi called "Party Time" paired with this funky styled black, white and gray paper. I coloured the image it with my Copics and added Diamond Glaze to give the watch and the sunglasses depth. To finish the card I added stars trimmed with my gold pen to give them depth, button, twine and two sentiment stamps by A Muse Artstamps.

My son says he checks my blog once in a while. I wonder if he will notice his card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Judy

Paper Shelter Challenge

Paper Shelter is one of my favourite digi companies. I love their beautiful digis. They make me smile. I choose to use the “Fairy Emma” digi for this Fairy and Elves challenge from Paper Shelter along with the Tim Holtz die cut, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, EK punch, glitter and a sentiment stamp by A Muse Art Stamps.

I love it when I can go through my stash and use my scraps to create the embellishments for cards. I have a lot of scraps of paper I have saved over the years. You never know when you are going to need them.

I better head back to my craft room. Clean up is not my favourite thing to do.

Find sometime to express your creativity.
Judy