Cuttlebug Challenge - Cropping with the Stars

Go check out the Cuttlebug Challenge at: http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/02/wanna-get-away-to-this-fantastic.html for an amazing opportunity. The giveaway is a change to join the Provocraft Executive Crop in Pensacola, Florida!

More St Patrick's Day cards

Here is another card using the "Lucky Bear" image from Nina over at TMITA. I have been looking at how other people color, and noticed that most "finish" the background whereas - I normally leave the background white. So I tried something different, I used a yellow colored pencil and some OMS around the bear, and a yellowish-green around the grass. I sponged brown around the whole image, and though it doesn't look near as nice as most, if I practice more I might get better.



This card and the next three are pretty c&s. I cut the shamrocks out with my Cricut and mounted them on different DCWV Designer Stack papers. Ribbon is from Paper Source, the glittery shamrock came in a pack of 10-12 at HL ($1.19 with 40% off coupon). I ran the shamrocks through my Cuttlebug in the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I found the Irish proverb for the above card online, and printed it out.




I think this last one is my favorite - I really like how it turned out with the colors and the layered nesties.

TMITA Challenge

This week the challenge over at http://theresmagicintheair.blogspot.com/ includes using "Lucky Bear" and any techniques for distressing. I am not a fan of distressing - well maybe that's not accurate, I don't mind admiring others' distressed works, but I have issues "destroying" my projects. I am the type of person who will restaple a stack of papers if they are not perfectly lined up. I normally would have shied away from this sketch, but in that it one of my personal goals to keep crafting (and this weekly challenge is my main motivator) I tried it. I did visit Nilla's Distressing tutorial over at http://nillascraftroom.blogspot.com/ for help/guidance, and I found do like the look of the distressing tool from Making Memories (maybe distressing wouldn't be so bad with it, thanks for enabling me)- however I made do with scissors (not fun) on both the green cs and scrap dp. I also used my emery board to sand the scallops on the green nesties. I was tempted to crumple the whole thing up and hide, but then I saw some ribbon and thought frayed ends distress me (ha ha)- so they must count, and added green and white ribbon. I colored the bear with copics, and added some green stickles to the balloon. In the end it wasn't as painful as I thought, so maybe ripping some white paper for snowhills is better then rounded perfect hills - I will try that soon. I rambled more than usual in this post, so I do apologize for that. Thanks for looking.

Another St Patrick's Day card

Here is another card using the Dustin Pike image.
I used a lot of glitter on the Versamark stamped shamrocks(a lucky person will be opening that envelope, tee-hee)
The embellishment in the bottom left corner is from a button pack I picked up at Hobby Lobby this past weekend (a bag of 10-12 "buttons") for $1.19 with my 40% off coupon.

St Pat's Card

Dustin Pike offered this free image over at: http://dustinpike.blogspot.com/
Perfect for St. Patrick's cards. So here is the first of several St Pat's cards I will make. I was gifted some Copic markers from my husband - as an anniversary present. So the image is colored with both Copics and Prismacolor markers. The gold accents were colored with a gold gel pen and some ultra find MS glitter is added for emphasis. The image was cut and matted on circle scallop nesties. The background is stamped with Versmark ink. To "tie" the look together (haha) a green stain ribbon, and a shamrock punch in the vellum. May the luck of the Irish be with you.

Another Skating LO

This LO is for Maddox's scrapbook. The patterned paper is DCWV All About Boys. The scalloped oval and circle were cut with Sure Cuts a Lot, I obtained the files from Scrapped Lives (http://scrappedlives.nl/) she has incredible files, and is so generous with them. I embossed the green cardstock with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. I cannot remember from where I obtained the skate file - but thank you! I really like it and have enjoyed resizing it for two LO's so far.

Owl card for Delia

This cute owl image was offered by Dustin Pike over at http://dustinpike.blogspot.com/. Dustin offered 3 different owls to make a card for a 10 year old girl named Delia Cadwallader who is currently undergoing treatment for cancer, she is on her second round of chemo at Denver Children's Hospital. Check out the link, and make a card for Delia.
I colored the "painter" owl image with colored pencils, and added some stickles for emphasis. The patterned paper is DCWV All About Boys stack. Added some sheer navy ribbon and scrap cs and viola. Thanks for looking.