A Pink and Rosy Day!

I am having so much fun playing with the new La-La Land Crafts images, especially with Marci.  She is just the cutest and sweetest!  Owner Irina Blount and her partner-in-crime Eric have done such wonderful work creating the Marci and Luka images! :)

I made a card a few days ago and came upon a stumbling block so I left the card alone for a couple of days. The beautiful weather here in California has been so inspiring for me to create a cheery card.

Below is my card with Marci with Rose that I will be entering to La-La Land Crafts' Customer Gallery for this month, as well as for Cute Card Thursday's challenge - Anything Goes!

 Supplies:

Bazzil red and pink cardstock

Basic Grey designer paper

Hero Arts sentiment, stamped with Versa Color Orchid ink

Nestabilities petite oval and oval scallop die-cuts

Cuttlebug Spots and Dots embossing folder

Queen and Company red swirl ribbon

Marci with Rose colored with Copics:

E00, E01 - skin

E33, E35 - hair

R35, R37 - rose and Marci's lips

RV02, RV32, RV34 - dress and hat

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One color!

Getting the creative juices flowing again!  Feels good to work on something to bring the creativity back again!

This week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge is called "Monochromatic Brown." Brown has to be the main color in the creation and all shades of brown are welcome!

Below is my card for entry to the challenge:

Supplies:

Bazzil cardstock

The Paper Loft designer paper

Image and sentiment from Penny Black's Flowers and Wishes set, inked with Versacolor White ink
Versacolor bark ink to "distress" the image

May Arts ribbon

Image cut with Nestabilities petitie oval scallop and petitie oval die-cuts

Corners cut with EK Success corner punch

Sakura glitter pen for some "bling" on the image

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Dedication To A Compassionate Person

Sadly, I found out this week that my friend passed away unexpectedly.  She had such a love for life and compassion for others.  She had touched so many lives and will be missed.

My card for entry to challenges for La-La Land Crafts and Cute Card Thursday was originally going to be a birthday card for my friend.  I thought about not finishing the card after hearing about her passing, but I know she would have wanted me to complete my card for a different purpose.  I decided to give the card to her mom for her to have in her daughter's memory.

La-La Land's challenge was to create something using any image from their store and use the sketch below created by DT member Lisa Hjulberg:

Cute Card Thursday is called "Mono Mania." Entry should focus on one main color.  I chose pink, as this was my friend's favorite color.

Here is my card for both challenges:

I used LaLa with Rose, since she resembles so much of my friend.  I used the following Copic colors to color La-La:

E35, E00, RV34, R20, B45, YG63, W1 and the colorless blender

Cardstock is from Bazzil.  Designer paper is from My Mind's Eye Quite Contrary collection.  I used my Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder for the front of the card and the background frame for La-La.  I cut the frame and La-La using my Nestabilties petitie oval and petitie oval scallop die cuts.  The designer paper was cut, also using my Nestabilities small circle and small circle scallop die cuts.  The sentiment is from Just Rite, stamped using Versa Color Opera Pink ink.  Ribbon is from May Arts.  Pearl on La-La's dress is from my stash.

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Something Simple, Something Sweet

To see details for this week's Robyn's Fetish Super Saturday Challenge, click here.

This week's La-La Land's Weekly Wednesday Challenge is to create a gift card holder. There are so many different interpretations of a gift card holder.  I wanted to make something simple so that I can just throw one together when the occasion calls for it.  After researching through the Internet, I found this tutorial from Tori Wild (Wild Sprinkles) that is very simple and fun to make.

Below is my entry:

Front of card holder

The pink cardstock is from Bazzil.  The double-sided designer paper is from My Mind's Eye Abbey Road collection.  The cute girl on the "belly band" is Window LaLa, colored with the following Copic colors:

E00, E33, E35, R20, RV32, G94, W1

The "belly band" was punched with my Martha Stewart scallop punch.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts and was stamped first with Versa Color Petal Pink ink and then I went over the sentiment with At You Spica blossom pen.

Inside of card holder

I used the same designer paper as the front of the card.  I added some pink woven ribbon from May Arts to the left side of the card.  The buttons are from Basic Grey and the pink twine is from May Arts.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts and was inked again with Versa Color Petal pink and cut using my Nestabilities small circle and circle scallop.  I also added some sparkle to the sentiment with my Sakura glitter pen.

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Blue, Cream and Gold

This week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge is using a color combo: blue, cream and gold. I just bought a new Penny Black stamp and was excited to use it for this challenge.

I went with a CAS (clean and simple) design for this challenge. And I also did not use a single Copic marker, which was kind of nice to take a break from.  Below is my card:

The cream cardstock is from Bazzil.  The designer paper (double-sided) is from cratepaper. The image is PB's mid summer, cut with my Nestabilities Label die-cut.  The image was inked with Tsukineko Encore Honeydew ink and sponged over with Versa Color sand beige ink..  I used my Martha Stewart's scallop punch for the blue border. The ribbon is from May Arts.  The photo corners were punched with my EK Success punch.  The stick-on pearls are from my stash.

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A "Sketchy" Creation To Choose From

This week’s Penny Black Saturday Challenge is to choose between two sketches DT member Nat created. Or you can do both if you feel like more of a challenge. If only there were more hours in the day, I would do both, but I ended up doing only one. Below are the two sketches to choose from:

Sketch #1



Sketch #2



I chose to do Sketch #2. Below is my entry:



The cardstock is from Bazzil. The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye Penny Lane Collection. The image, sentiment and mice feet are from the PB Micey Day collection, that I won from Guest Designer Debby from PB Saturday Challenge's Christmas Blog Hop. Thank you again Debby! The image was colored with the following Copic colors:

E33, Y17, R59, RV32 and the colorless blender.

The image was cut using my Nestie small circle and circle scallop die cuts. The sentiment was also cut with my Nestie small petite oval and oval scallop. I also sponged on some Versa Color sand beige ink on the image and sentiment. I used my Sakura glitter pen to add some glitter to the image.

I also added in some dew drops from The Robin's Nest.

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Happy New Year!

This week’s Penny Black Saturday Challenge is to make something in celebration of the New Year! Because I have been recovering from a cold, I threw a card together last night for this challenge. Below is my entry:



Brown and yellow (Hollywood) cardstock is from Bazzil. I forgot who made the designer paper - got it in December for Christmas projects. I distressed the paper using Versa Color bark ink.

The PB image is from their Bubbly collection, which I noticed a lot of the DT members used a couple of images from that collection - so cute! I colored the image with the following Copic colors:

C5, E33, RV32, Y17, BV23 and the colorless blender

The sentiment is from Hero Arts's All Occasion stamp set.

I also sponged on some ink in the background with Versa Color sand beige. The image was cut out with my Nestie petitie small scallop oval die-cuts.

I used my Martha Stewart scallop punch for the yellow cardstock. The brown woven ribbon is from May Arts.

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Prince "Charming"

Started off the New Year with a bad cold from my poor daughter. We are both recovering slowly, but unfortunately got me in the "flu blues." I was able to complete my entry for two challenges:

1) La-La Land Crafts Challenge #19 - "How Charming" - Use charms in the entry

2) Copic Colour Challenge #45 - Below are the colors to use:



Below is my entry:



I LOVE the new Hero Arts stamps! I thought this one that I used for my entry was appropriate.

The cute frog, castle, "charming" prince and sentiment are from Hero Arts Prince Charming stamp set. I used the following Copic colors for the frog, castle and the prince:

YG03, BV04 (in place of CCC color BV02), C3, C5, E39, E00, E33, YR23 and the colorless blender. I also used my At You Spica gold pen for the crowns and the clear pen for the prince's shoulder pads.

The castle was dabbed with some Versa Color sky blue ink. I also used Versa Color Bark to distress the edges of the designer paper. I used my Marvy Uchida corner puncher to punch the corners.

The yellow cardstock is from Bazzil. The brown cardstock is from Wassau. The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye. The gold eyelets are from Making Memories. The gold crown charm the prince is holding is from my stash.

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Pretty In Pink

I am combining challenges again this week. This week's challenges from La La Land Crafts and Magnolia-licious Highlites created a world of possibilities on what to do. Below are the two challenges:

1) Magnolia-licious Highlites DT Sketch Challenge

Below is the sketch to use:



2) La-La Land Crafts Wednesday Weekly Challenge - All about pink!

Below is my entry:



The cardstock is from Bazzil. The background paper is from Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses collection. Tilda was colored with the following Copic colors:

RV32, RV34, E33, E00, and the colorless blender

Tilda is sitting on the Nestabilities large scallop rectangle, with Sakura glitter on the edges. The sentiment is from Just Rite, using Versa Color white ink. The pink pearls are from my stash.

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