A Quick Card....

I have finally been getting my creative juices flowing again.  And just in time to celebrate the day of love...Valentine's Day!  I love seeing all the different shades of red and pink, but boy candy and chocolate is a no no for me, as I am trying to lose a little before my best friend's wedding in March.  Doing good so far!

I have had the Tuffy set for sometime now from La-La Land Crafts and finally got to play with him and his cute toys.  I made this card below for my husband for Valentine's Day, featuring Tuffy!  Just in time to enter their monthly customer gallery!

I used some Bazzil red and brown cardstock, stamped with Hero Arts sentiments.  The designer paper is from Bo Bunny.  Tuffy was colored with Copics and pop dotted on the heart.

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Tellen's Place Wednesday Challenge - Ink Distressing

Happy Wednesday!  Welcome to another Tellen's Place Weekly Challenge!  This week's challenge is ink distressing!  Ink distressing is another way of saying "ink edging."  It is a great way to add more accent to your creations and makes something new look like something old.

To be eligible to win the challenge, your creation must have a Tellen's Place image. If you don't have a Tellen's Place image, the challenge blog will have freebies you can use.  Be sure to leave a link to your creation to the challenge blog to Mr. Linky.  Also while you are at the challenge blog, be sure to stop by the store.  There are some new images available for purchase, as well as Terry's fab card and mini album kits.

Below is my card:

Two of my friends are expecting baby boys later on this year.  The image I used was perfect for the card I made and will make for my two friends.

Supplies:

Bazzil cardstock

Bo Bunny designer paper

Copic markers: E39, E00, R20, G21 and B97

Nestabilities petite oval and petite oval scallop die-cuts

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder

Martha Stewart scallop punch

May Arts ribbon

The Robin's Nest dew drops

Hero Arts sentiment

Memento Rich Cocoa ink (distressed edges of designer paper and the image)

My fellow Design Team members have done wonderful creations using ink distressing.  Check out their blogs to see what they came up with:

Terry - wonderful owner
Jane
Joyce
Lyn
Pam
Robyn

Thanks for stopping by!

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Don't Worry Be Happy!

I am combining challenges again this week. This week's challenges are:

1) Copic Colour Challenge - Below are this week's colors to use:



2) Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Song Title/Lyrics - Entry should be reflected on a song title or lyrics to a song.

Below is my entry:

"Don't Worry Be Happy" - by Bobby McFerrin



"Don't Worry Be Happy" was one of my favorite songs growing up. No matter what mood I was in, that song would just make the rest of my day brighter.

The cardstock is from my stash, punched out with my Martha Stewart punch. The background paper is from Bo Bunny. I used Penny Black's Fresh New Day images stamped on Neenah paper, using my Nestabilities small petite scallop oval shape. The images were colored with the following Copics:

The challenge colors plus Y17, YR23, Y38 and the colorless blender

The buttons are from Fancy Pants. The flowers are from Prima. I used my Just Rite font stamps for the title of the song, stamped on Neenah paper surrounded by the small circle scallop Nestie with a bit of Sakura glitter. The woven ribbon is from May Arts.

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Early Christmas!

La-La Land Crafts released their twelve Christmas stamps this past Wednesday. All of them are so cute that it was hard for me to choose one. I decided to go with a character that I don't currently have.

In line with their Christmas line of stamps, This week’s La La Land’s Weekly Wednesday Challenge is Winter/Christmas. Below is my entry:




I love the easel card template! I recently came across the blog Magnolia-licious Highlites that hosts contests to make paper crafts with the Magnolia stamps. The challenge for this month was to use one of the Design Team's card sketches. Click here for the instructions on how to make this card.

This is Christmas Kirby. Isn't he adorable? He was colored with the following Copic colors:

E00, R37, Y38, RV13, E33, E35 and the colorless blender.

I also used Sakura's glitter pen for some spark on the stocking and Kirby's hat. At You Spica orange pen was used for the stars. The sentiment is from Hero Arts, stamped with Memento's Dew Drop Lady Bug. I used my Nestie petite oval scallop and petite oval shapes for Kirby, using At You Spica melon for the oval scallop shape.

All of the paper is from Bo Bunny. The gold stick-on dot embellishments and ribbon are from my stash.

A pretty simple card this week. Looking forward to the challenge next week!

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Buttons and Bows

This week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge is using buttons and bows.

I finally had a chance to use a free gift I got recently of Bo Bunny's green buttons with green and white checkered bows. And I also wanted to try a new card layout. After technical difficulties with my camera,here is my entry!


Front of the card

Side of the card

I love this card layout. This is called an easel card and I got the instructions to make it from the Magnolia-licious Highlites blog that I recently joined. To see the instructions on how to make the card, visit Magnolia-licious Highlites blog at: http://magnolia-licioushighlites.blogspot.com

The cardstock is from Core'dinations. The background paper is from Bo Bunny, along with the green and white flowers with the buttons and ribbon. I used the PB stamp Dream A Dream with the following Copic colors:

E35, E39, V15, G94, R20 and the colorless blender. I also added some At You Spica lavender color for the flowers.

I used my Nestabilities petite scallop oval and petite oval shapes to cut out the image and sentiment. The sentiment is from Amuse, which I used pop-dots to have as the "holder" for the card. I added some glitter to the scallop ovals, using my Sakura glitter pen.

The buttons, pearls, and ribbon are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Challenges Galore!

This week’s La La Land’s Weekly Wednesday Challenge is a bunch of challenges into one. The Design Team came up with the following to include in the entry:

Two different patterned papers
Color combo: red, brown and cream
Embossing (dry or heat)
Scallops
Paper piercing

Talk about a challenge! This is one challenge that was a little difficult for me to begin. After I found what I had plus getting a few things, here is my entry:



Here is Window La-La. She was colored with Copic markers E33, E35, E00, G94, RV13, R37, and the colorless blender. I used my Nesties square scallop and square shapes with Window La-La. The cardstock is from Core'dinations. The background papers are from Bo Bunny. I distressed the background paper with Memento's Rhubarb Stalk ink.

For the embossing, I embossed Happy Birthday from Cuttlebug's Happy Birthday template. I paper pierced the corners of the card and the square scallop. The ribbon is from my stash. The flowers are from Doodads.

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Paper Piecing Fun!

This week’s La La Land’s Weekly Wednesday Challenge is paper piecing! I haven't done a lot of paper piecing with my designs, so this challenge was a good opportunity to try it. Boy was it a challenge! Here is my entry:



Meet Pumpkin La-La! I paper pieced her overalls and shirt, using paper from American Crafts. I used the following Copic colors to color her:

YR04 and G94 (for the pumpkin), E09, B12, E00, RV02, E39 and the colorless blender

The fence is from C.C. Designs Sugarplum Autumn designs set. I colored the fence using a blend of E33 and E35 and the grass YG99. The sentiment is also from that set.

Cardstock for the card and sentiment is from my stash. The green background paper is from Bazzil. The polka dot paper is from Bo Bunny. The eyelets are from my stash. The two brown flowers are from Doodads. I used Memento's Rich Cocoa ink to distress the card.

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Pick of the Patch

Been a busy week for me...so much to do so little time. I did have a chance to do my quick entry for Copic Colour Challenge. Below are the colors to use for the challenge and my entry:






I had all the colors except for YR68 so I used YR23 instead.

I used my C.C Designs Sugarplums Autumn Trevor image and sentiment for the card. Trevor was colored with the challenge colors plus YR23, E00, E35, E37 and B45. The cardstock is from my personal stash. The background paper is from Bo Bunny. The brads are from my personal stash. For the sentiment, I used my Nestabilities small and scallop rectangle.

Thanks for stopping by!

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