Beate Weekend Sketch Challenge #38

Here is this weekend's sketch challenge on Beate's Blog:



Here is my card:



Recipe:
Stamps: Bunny:Stampassions, Easter Wishes and circle border: Papertrey ink
PP and CS: Lasting Impressions, Provo Craft; Bazzill
Embellishments: Ribbon:unknown, brads and blue eyelet: Heidi Swapp, flower with bling: Pier 1 Imports (Easter deco)
Inks: Palette Hybrid Black, Copic Alcohol markers; SU Lavender Lace (Easter wishes and circle border)

Thanks for looking!

Gina K new stamps Release Colour Challenge

Carolyn King has posted a challenge for the new release on Monday at Gina K. Designs. You have to make a card using the colours Lovely lilac and Certainly celery (yo-yo yellow optional!) I don't have a Gina K. Design stamp yet (working on it...), so I used a Penny Black Stamp. Hope it's OK!

So here is my card:



Recipe:
Stamps: Bunny: Penny Black, Happy Easter: PSX
Ink: Palette Hybrid Black; Tria Alcohol Markers
Patterned Papers/Cardstock: All SU Lovely Lilac and Certainly Celey, Whisper White (small piece of YoYo yellow)
Accessories: Ribbon (unknown source)
Tools: ScorPal for borders of Image; SU corner rounder punch;

Thanks for looking!

Stampin'Up February Club Meeting

For my February Club Meeting, I did a Faux Silk technique and color with Alcohol marker card.




The Faux silk card, using the Embrace Life set.



The coloring technique card, using the Merci set for the Sale-a-bration promotion (which ends soooon March 17th)




Recipes to follow!

Thanks for looking.

Beate Sketch Challenge WSC#37

I made this card for my friend Cheryl who is moving to Toronto, using Beate's last sketch challenge (WSC #37).

Here is the sketch:



Here is my version:



Notice that I turned the sketch from horizontal to vertical and I made my card square. I am cleaning up my scrap/stamp room and I am discovering all sorts of goodies I forgot I had. I found those beautiful big square cards. They are 7x7 inches.
No more hoarding - I'm using them!!!

I used another Hero Arts Bouquet stamp. I think that when these came out a few years ago (they are marked 2003) I fell in love with them and I bought 5 or 6 different bouquets. Since I came back to my first love, stamping, then I'm discovering them again. Truly, I can't believe I haven't made a page in over a month!! But I've made many cards. Anyway, thanks for looking!

Recipe:
Stamps: Hero Arts: Striped Vase sketch, Messages (Best Wishes), Flourish Wave
Inks: Palette Hybrid Black; Tria Alcohol Markers; Twinklette Glitter marker (green dots in bouquet)
Cardstock/Patterned papers: CS: Die cut with a view; PP: Yellow: Provo Craft Slab IV
Accessories: Ribbon: Die cut with a view; Brads: unknown; Stiching: Faux stiching (sorry unknown); ring for tag: Paper Bliss
Tool: Cuttlebug tag die

Tagged?!

I was tagged by Jennifer! Eh I've never been tagged before.... Should I say thanks?? LOL


What were you doing ten years ago?

Ten years ago, I was working at Merck Frosst as an Admin Assistant in Research Administration. It was a stressful job, it had it's up and down, but boy do I miss the money and my Admin friends! Oh and it's also about the time when I discovered scrapbooking.

What were you doing 1 year ago?

1 year ago - I was at The Decorated Page - giving lots of classes... and I was also spending lots of time with my Dad who was starting to feel sicker... (We sadly lost him in September...)

Name your five favorite snacks

1. Chocolate
2. almonds
3. orange quarters
4. Black licorice
5. Cafe au lait

Name five things you would do if you were a millionaire

1. Buy a bigger house so I wouldn't have to worry about storing my craft supplies
2. Travel, travel, travel
3. Buy Jim his dream car
4. Help my kids and family realize their dreams
5. Help out my favorite charities

Name five things you like doing

1. Working with my hands (scrapbooking, card making, quilting...)
2. Spending time with my Phoebe, family and friends
3. Teaching newbies how to scrapbook (Love the look on their face when they admire their first page...)
4. Travelling with Jim (anywhere)
5. housework... LOL (NOT)

Name five things you would never wear again

1. 2 piece bathing suit
2. wedding dress
3. mini skirt
4. Tight jeans
5. skis

Name your five favorite toys

1. My computer (or Jim's new MAC)
2. My Cricut and IPod (about equal so I choose both)
3. My Rebel
4. My Nestabilities
5. My Sudoku player

I will tag Nicole, Josée S-M and Julie Scrapbook (you can email your answers if you don't have a blog...) and Catherine (CeeCee)

Stampin'Up January Club Meeting

These are the three projects I did for my Stampin'up group. Three was a little too long - next time we'll do two.... But it was fun though! We almost ran out of the chocolates before finishing the project, next time I'll have to buy double!




The "Thinking of you" card viewed by itself:



The "elephant" card by itself:



This card is not for St-Valentine, but a simple "Merci" card, because I wanted to show that this cute elephant can be used all year long.


And the chocolates:



Recipe:
Stamps: SU
Ink:
Paper/Cardstock:
Accessories:
Tools:

Thank you cards

My son asked me to do a Thank you card for him. He looked at other cards I had made and chose this design, but without the funny stamped girl he said (Hey that's my Bella he's talking about...). I guess not quite right for a 26-year old guy.

So I made two cards for him in the same design - he chose the blue one.







Recipe for blue card:
Stamps: Stampendous (Thank you)
CS/Patterned Paper: Prism cardstock; Rhonna Farrer papers
Tools: SU Boho punch for flowers.
Accessories: Bling brad: Karen Foster and Bling in letters: Hero Arts for cards
Ink: SU Blue Bayou for the Greeting and Certainly Celery for Shadowing the Greeting and the center piece of paper. Tim Holz Distressed Ink for the edge of the blue layer of the Greeting.
Accessories: Scotch Foam Tape

Recipe for Brown card:
Stamps: Stampendous (Thank you) and SU (Joy set- retired) for swirls on orange band.
CS/Patterned Paper: SU Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Patterned Paper: Kayser Elegance
Inks: SU Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla and Tria Alcohol Marker for inside of loops in Thank you; Tim Holtz Distressed ink for edges of CS and paper.
Accessories: Scotch foam tape.


Thanks for looking!

New Challenges to try

Here are a few challenges that I plan to try in the next few days - they are Beate's challenge, Amy's challenge, Bellas' challenge, SC challenge and Heart to stamp's challenge. I think I will have to choose....

Just Say No to Patterned Paper Micro Challenge

Jennifer (see her blog here) introduced me to this Card Challenge Website (Caardvarks).

There is a micro challenge finishing tonight: Make a card but Just Say No to Patterned Paper.

So here is my card:





Recipe:

Stamps: Hero Arts Garden Flowers Sketch and Hero Arts Little Messages and Little borders (little squares)
Cardstock: White: unknown, Pink: Prism Iridescent and Watercolor paper
Tools: Lasting Impression Embossing template: Dots background
Inks: Stazon Black, Watercolor paints, Colorbox purple ink

Thanks for looking!

Another Bella Challenge - Sketch BSC17

Another sketch challenge on the Bella Forum at Splitcoast.

This is a card I made for my Son's birthday today. Can't believe my baby is 26!!!!

Here we are at his birthday supper tonight:

Here is the sketch:

Here is my version:

Recipe:  

Stamps:  Surfafella

Papers:  Kaiser (new Australian patterned paper)

Cardstock:  Prism blue and red, SU River Rock

Accessories:  Brads American Crafts; Eyelets: WeRMemoryKeeper; String:  Kitchen string

Ink:  Palette Hybrid Black; Tria alcohol markers; SU red marker; Silver Zig Marker

Tools:  Cuttlebug embossing folder (numbers); Nestabilities classic rectangles.

Bella Challenge - Bewitched, Bothered and Be Dazzled

I'm too late for the "official" challenge, but I finished my card anyway. Used gold pattern paper, used bling (spica pen) on her blouse and purse, and her boots, made her shopping bag gold and added bling dots on the card. The photo is taken at night and is a little dark, the colours are off - the ribbon is fushia like her blouse and the bling dots.
Edited: I retook the photo in daylight and the colours are much better.

The challenge is BRBG22.

Here is my version:





Recipe:

Stamps:EmmaBella; words: Hero Arts
Paper: Christmas card kit (unknown);K&Co. pink paper
CS: White Staples Cardstock; Prism Navy Shimmer
Ribbon: Offray Fushia pink satin; white ribbon May Arts
Accessories: Bling (sorry can't remember); Atayou Spica Pens Pink and gold; Gold Paint pen; Tria Alcohol Markers

Thanks for looking!!

Bella Sketch Challenge BRSC22

There was a Bella Party on Friday night.  I missed it, but saw all the new stamps!  I will have to get some!  There are a few challenges - since I love my Bellas, I will have to participate!  

This is the first one I tried:  The Bella Sketch Challenge_2.

Here is the sketch (BRSC22):

Here is my version:

Recipe:

Stamps: Billboard Bella (with words (You're the best), Print Works (Happy Birthday)
Inks: Palette Hybrid Black, Tria alcohol markers, Stazon Black ink for words; Copic Atayou Spica markers (for heart and flower in hair)
Papers: Basic Grey Two Scoops Ice Cream Parlor
CS: White Staples 110lb CS, SU Wild Wasabi and Certainly Celery
Accessories: Ribbon unknown; bling: My Mind's eye Bohemia; brads: Doodlebug Design; Scotch Foam tape.
Tools: Nestabilites classic and scallop rectangle dies; SU Ticket corner punch

Beate Weekend Challenge WSC36

Another fun challenge by Beate: WSC36.

My daughter Julie asked me to do a birthday card for a 1 year old girl. I found this cute stamp by Art Impressions in my stash. I colored it with Prismacolor and Gamsol (Merci Josée)!

Here is the sketch:

Here is my version:

Recipe:

Stamps: Balloon: SU (SAB 08 set), Little girl: Art Impressions
Patterned papers: Imaginesce Easter Paper
CS: SU So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Die-cut-with-a-view Turquoise

Inks: Palette Hybrid Black, SU Pretty in Pink, Prismacolor Crayons with Gamsol, Sakura Glaze Pen (white trim on the dress).

Accessories:  SU Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon, Nestabilities classic circle and scalloped circle.

SU slot punch. #1 is Heidi Swapp chipboard alphabet.

Thanks for looking!

Amy's Sketch Challenge AMYRS15

Another fun sketch challenge, this one is from Amy:

Here is the sketch:

 

Here is my version:

The photo does not let us see all the pretty glitter on the Imaginesce Papers. So pretty!

Recipe:

Stamp: Penny Black image, text: Hero Arts
Ink: Palette Hybrid black; Tria alcohol markers
Papers: SU White smooth CS, SU Soft Sky; So Saffron; Imaginesce Spring papers
ribbon: SU Soft Sky doubled stiched
tools: Mavry Scallop punch; McGill square punch

Beate's Sketch Challenge WSC35

Another fun sketch challenge by Beate.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my version:

Recipe:

Stamps: Bouquet and text: Hero Arts
inks: Palette Hybrid black, Watercolor paints
Papers: CS: white smooth CS, SU celery and almost amethyst, SU paper sampler
Brads: Making Memories
Ribbon: SU celery
Tools: Nestabilities scallop and straight dies

New card with SU SAB set Merci

This is a set you can get for free in the Sale-A-Bration brochure with a $70 purchase. (You can order from me... :) )

The set is called Merci.

















Recipe: To follow later

My Valentine's Day card for Jim

Love the Penny Black Hedgehog stamps!
This is a version of Anna Wight's sketch (SMDSC02)

Lots of new cards!

I finally took photos of the cards I have been making!

Here are two Bellas cards for Birthdays:

The first one is also Beate's sketch for last week Challenge #34, but it did not upload on time.

This second one was for challenge #32, shown below, but it was badly photographed. This one is clearer.

Recipes: to come

Now, these are Baby cards for a swap. Don't know which one I will use:

Thanks for looking!

AMYRS13 Sketch Challenge

Amy (Prairie Paper and Ink) is now doing a Friday's sketch. Here is the sketch fo this week (AMYRS13):

Here is my version:

Just love this baby stamp.  I will add the saying later when I know if I want in French or English.  .

Thanks for looking!

Recipe:

Stamps:  Stampendous and PSX

PP:  BoBunny and Prism cardstock

Inks:  Brillance Black and Tria Alcohol markers

Accessories:  Making Memories button brads; Marvy circle and scallop punches

Sketch challenge

This is for a new challenge from Debbie Olson .  She does beautiful cards!

Here is her sketch:

Here is my version:

Recipe:

Stamp:  Bella, SU Pensées amicales

Paper:  Prism cardstock; Rhonna Farrer papers

ink:  Tria Alcohol markers

Glitter:  My minds Eye, Stickles

Accessories:  Creative Memories Punch

Thanks for looking!

WSC33 Sketch Challenge

This is Beate's Sketch Challenge for Today.

I don't do that shape of cards very often, so I thought it was a good idea to try.

Used the gift stamp set from Stampin'up (Time well spent) and a saying from the new Sale-A-Bration free stamp sets.

Used the Making Memories papers that I have had in my stash for over 1 year...!

Here's the sketch:

Here is my version:

Recipe:  

Stamps:  SU Time well spent; SU Pensées amicales SAB)

PP:  Making Memories Cheeky Coll. Abby; SU Lovely Lilac, Whisper White, Bashful Blue

Ribbons:  Unknown

Buttons:  Dollorama

Punches:  EK Success square 1 1/4 and 1 /2"; round 1"

Tag:  Cuttlebug

Ink:  SU Craft Whisper White, Brillance Graphite Black and Tria Alcohol Markers.

Thanks for looking!

New Card with Stamping'Up kit

I bought this kit last year and never used it....

So I decided to make a card with the stamps and CS included.  Here is my version:

Recipe:  All the supplies are SU.  Will post more details if anyone is interested....

Weekend Sketch challenge WSC32

This is Beate's Sketch Challenge from last Friday.

Here is my version of the challenge:

My image is a little yellow tinted - tried to fix in IPhoto, but I guess I need natural white light spots.... or wait for sunlight...

I used a new Bella stamp (new to me) with Stampin'up Decorative papers. I colored the image with my Tria Alcohol markers.

I used Stickles on the snow and I machine stiched the yellow trim behind the picture.

Thanks for looking!

Recipe:
Stamps: Snowbunny Bella
CS: White CS unknown (bought in bulk); SU Almost Amethyst CS
PP: SU So saffron, Almost Amethyst PP
Punches: SU ticket corner and corner rounder; and Sizzix label die.
Colors: Tria Alcohol markers, stickles.
Brads: unknown
Stiching: Brother Sewing Machine, white thread

Beate's Be Inspired Challenge #1

Beate had another challenge - be inspired by this notepad...























I tried it in these colours:























Recipe:

Cardstock: Prism
Patterned papers: K&Co. (my Costco box)
Ribbon: Unknown
Stamp: Bonnidée, printed in 2 steps to fit in the circle
tools: EK Success circle punches and SU scallop punch
Ink: Stazon

Thanks for looking!

Beate's challenge WSC30

Another of Beate's challenges! Just love them.

Here is the sketch:




















Here is my card:




















I used another Hero Arts stamp, some Crate Paper, some K&Co., alcohol ink markers, Prism cardstock.

Thanks for looking!

Recipe:
Cardstock: Prism
Patterned paper: K&Co, Crate Paper
Inks: Brillance black, Tria Alcohol ink markers, Souffle glaze, Bic Black marker
Stamp: Hero Arts
Brads: Die-cut-with-a-view
Tools: SU corner punch, Nestabilities scallop die.

A card with Hero Arts Stamp

A birthday card I made with one of my favorite Hero Arts stamp.  Colored with Copic markers and Atayou Spica glitter markers and I embossed with the Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Thanks for looking.

Recipe:

Stamps:  Hero Arts, Bonne Fete:  Bonnidée

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Cardstock:  Prism 

Patterned papers:  K&Co.

Inks and colours:  Stazon, copic markers, Atayou Spica

Ribbon:  unknown

Punches:  Nestabilities scallop and Fiskars scallop scissors, Crop-A-dile.

Challenge on Beate's blog - WSC29

Beate is back with her Friday's challenge. See Beate's blog for challenge WSC29

I tried 2 cards. The first one, I was moving the circle part around and ended up using it at the top instead of over the image. I'm not sure if it stills qualifies for the challenge...

Here is the sketch

Here is my first try:

For the second one, I copied the sketch - I used a stamp I found in my mom's stamp collection. She died last year and I had found it difficult to use her things. I found this stamp again last week and since it was her favorite, I decided to make a late Christmas card with it (or really, it's early for next year....).

Thanks for looking!

Recipes:

Card no.1; Bkgrd CSL SU pink, real red textured, blue (sky) and smooth white.
Image colored with Copic markers and red Atayou spika marker. SU Real red marker, Black ink Stazon.
Punches: SU 1 3/8 and scallop circle. Marvy giga scallop square; SU ticket corner
Bkgrd embossing: Cuttlegug embossing folder (Hearts)
Su large wheel flowers with pink ink.
Su stamps: New Valentine stamp from SU.

Card no. 2: Stamps: Stamp Happen and Hero Arts (saying)
Ink: Stazon and real red marker SU
Colored with Copic markers and Spika Atayou markers, Prismacolor Gold marker.
Sparkle: Stickles
Prism perrlescent cardstock; prism white smooth cardstock.
Printed paper: from Christmas card kit: ADV (Accent de ville).