Maggie Masculine Birthday Card

Today is my son's birthday. He is 23. He is in the US Navy and is at Virginia Beach, so I made this card for him:

There is a challenge called Anchors Away at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog. I thought it was the perfect challenge for my card, but I had a problem. I had no anchors. I went to Hobby Lobby and they had a die set with an anchor-perfect. Another problem: I have no sailor Edwin or summer beach things. I found this image in some that I had received as RAKs. I don't know what it is called but it works. I made a copy of it at 95% since it is a big stamp. I made another copy of the oar onto the brown cardstock and cut it out. I cut off Edwin's hand and glued the brown oar onto the other one. I then replaced the hand. I die cut some paper from my Tim Holtz Crowded Attic pack and stamped it with a Stampendous Cling called Steamboat Ride. I added some Tumbled Glass Distress ink. I made a dock out of scrap paper. Edwin is colored using the colors of the Navy-blue and gold. I hand drew and cut out the sailor hat. The anchor and wheel are from the same set from Momenta. The inside sentiment is stamped on vellum. Clean and Simple for my son-who wants nothing flowery or girly or glittery. Hope you enjoy it.

Here's another link to the challenge:
http://magnolia-liciouschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/tuesday-challenge-anchors-aweigh.html

LTSCB Challenge 58: It "Anything Goes" (with some stamping)

Hi everyone! After a week of vacation spent at the wonderful Smoky Mountains it was great to get back to crafting. I feel like it has been forever since I did any because my last card was done before we left in June. I hope all you Americans had a great 4th of July holiday. I felt like it was a holiday every day in Pigeon Forge. We had a perfect view of the fireworks show at Dollywood and watched them almost every night.

This is the perfect time for an Anything Goes challenge at the Love to Scrap Challenge Blog. I am still celebrating America's birthday with a great image from Lost Coast Creations. First though-a shout out to our great sponsors this time around:

Sami Stamps
Prize: $12 gift certificate

Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet

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Lost Coast Designs

Prize: $10 gift certificate

 

Now, on to my design. The image I chose to work with is called Americana Collage and it is from  Lost Coast Creations. I choose to make a table decoration/party favor that I feel has multiple uses. It is made from a toilet paper holder so its hollow. You could fill it with goodies or leave it empty. You could swap out the Celebration tag and replace it with a name to use as seating arrangement signs. You could even stick a skewer through the bottom and nestle it into a floral arrangement. Here is what I came up with:

My image:

I couldn't decide whether to wrap the image around the tube or leave it sticking out in front. I decided to wrap it. I printed it on vellum because I wanted the DP to show through and colored Mt. Rushmore and the lady with copics. When I put it against the dp, the stars were too dark and you couldn't see the image very well. I had the above piece of spritzed cardstock that I made a while back so I die cut a piece out of it and then adhered the image to it. Everything has a blue hue but it looks a lot better. The top of the roll is done using curling ribbon and a piece of a stem that was reduced at Hobby Lobby. The stem had three of these great pieces on it so I just cut one of them off.



The Celbration tag was printed on my computer on white cardstock which I then inked with Fired Brick and Chipped Saphire Distrss Ink. I added glitter glue around the edge and used my Wink of Stella clear glitter brush on the inside. I traced the word with a black glaze pen to brighten it up. After it dried I stuck it in a Tim Holtz memo pin and stuck it down into the ribbon. I used double-sided tape to do the glitter stripes. The fireworks and glitter stars are Dress it Up button embellishment. I cut the shanks off the stars and attached them all with glue dots.


This was a fun and fairly easy project to do and I hope you enjoy seeing it. Hopefully it will inspire you to hop on over to the Love to Scrap Challenge Blog and join in our "Anything Goes" Challenge. Click the link in the sidebar to enter and see the rest of the DT's inspiring projects.



Here are the challenges I am entering:
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.tw/2015/07/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-236.html  Anything Goes
http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.tw/2015/07/challenge-116-anything-goes.html Anything Goes

LTSCB Challenge 57 "Triple Play"

 For this challenge we want to see 3 of something. This can be anything: brads, decorative papers, buttons, flowers, etc. Here are our sponsors:

Karleigh Sue Designs

Prize: 4 images to winner

 

 

 

Pickled Potpourri

 

Prize: $7 gift certificate to winner

Bugaboo Digi Stamps

1 image per DT member

Prize: 7 images to winner

I used a great image from Bugaboo called Snowglobe Butterflies. I printed a mirror image onto the back of a transparency and colored the butterflies with Copics. I then applied Glossy Accents to the bubble and stickles to the sparkles. I let them dry completely. I brushed a layer of glue over everything (on the back side) and applied microfine glitter from Sparkle and Sprinkle. The idea was to make it look like a snowglobe that had been shaken and had the snow swirling around. I cut pieces out of a shiny coppery colored DP and pieced them over the base of the globe. The bottom piece is popped with foam tape. For my triple play I printed the image two more times-once as mirrored and one regular. I colored and cut the butterflies and applied glitter to them. The bow was made with my bow-it-all. The sentiment is a Tim Holtz one. The inside saying is from Our Daily Bread Designs. It was stamped onto White Glitter paper and cut using the Antique Labels and Border Die set also from ODBD. The globe is popped with foam tape. My big butterfly was attached over the one on the globe to add some dimension.

 

I hope that you will join us for this easy challenge. Click the link in my sidebar to go the blog and enter. You have until the 19th to enter. Happy Crafting!

The No Rulz Blog Hop Sponsored by the Love to Scrap Challenge Blog

It's summer and it's hot, so let's break it up a bit! The Love To Scrap! Challenge Blog Design Team is happy to bring you our "No Rulz!" Blog Hop! We're being sponsored by River City Rubber Works! Come hop with us for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate!

As you hop, leave comments! The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!

All of the LTSCB designers are creating Anything Goes inspiration projects for our blog hop. Everyone participating in the blog hop is invited to link up a 'No Rulz' project for extra entry/entries into the drawing! No rules for this challenge!

Here is the line-up:

Ann
Annette (You are here)
Aunty Sue
Brenda
Cristina
Frezja
Heather
Julie
Leslie
Tammy
Tina

We hope you are enjoying the hop and if you get lost along the way - or if you landed here in the middle of the hop and want to join in the fun - head over to the Love To Scrap!Challenge Blog to read all the details and start from the beginning!

Happy Hopping!

This is my first blog hop and I am excited to be sharing the following card with you. It is made with a great River City image set called Pine and Holly Set. This set includes colored and black and white images. I used colored images on this card.

The background image needed some dressing up, so I applied green Stickles to the pine tree on the right and the branches on the left. I hand cut the holly pieces and brushed them with Wink of Stella. I also applied some green stickles to the leaves. I covered the inside embossed snowflakes with Wink of Stella also.

Recipe:

5X7 red card base

DP from old Christmas pack that I've had for years

White cardstock: both inside and out were embossed with a Darice snowflake folder. On the inside piece I used a Tim Holtz embossing diffuser to leave a blank space for stamping the saying.

Red cardstock for matting image

Images from Pine and Holly set

Silver glittered tulle and silver ribbon

Green Stickles and Wink of Stella Clear Glitter brush pen

Remember: There's no Rules but to enter for the prize you need to leave a comment. 

Next you will head over to Aunty Sue. Have fun. We hope to see creations from you!

LTSCB Challenge 56 Its Anything Goes

It’s time for another great challenge over at the Love to Scrap Challenge Blog. After the major faux pas with the last challenge, I am going to make sure this one goes live properly. We have a great challenge of “Anything Goes” Everyone always loves these because the sky’s the limit on creative possibilities. The only rule: You must have some kind of stamping on your project! It can be traditional or digital, we don’t care. We just want to see your amazing work! Here are our sponsors:

A Day For Daisies

Prize: $12 gift certificate (equal to 3 images of choice) to the shop at www.adayfordaisies.com

Doodle Pantry

Prize: $10 gift certificate

If it fits, enter your project into their challenge: http://doodlepantryblog.com/

River City Rubber Works

Prize: $25 gift certificate to winner

I have been playing around with some new products and stuff that I’ve had for a really long time. I am working with River City’s Lighthouse. I love this image because it is so versatile. You can use it for men or women and for just about any occasion. I’ve made two cards in the past week using this image. I am just posting my recent one on the challenge blog, but I am including both here for you to see. I made a birthday card and a Father’s day card-both for men. I tried to stay pretty simple in embellishments so that they wouldn’t look to girly. I have been playing around with my new dies from ODBD as well. I really like these dies and used them on both cards. Since there are 2 cards, it is a somewhat lengthy post.

Here’s my Father’s Day Card:

I used for my background ODBD die Sunburst Background CSBD99. This die also embosses, but instead of embossing with my vagabond I used the die as a stencil. I ran it through the Vagabond to cut it out and then I chalked the exposed places and covered them with embossing paste. I needed a bigger palate knife or something because I had a hard time covering the whole image. I was surprised that the paste was still usable. I have had it for over 5 years. I was hoping it would dry clear so that the chalk would be visible, but it was a pearl finish. I sprinkled translucent glitter over it while it was still wet. After it dried I colored over it with a copic marker to make it more yellow. Then I traced the inside of another ODBD die onto my image and fussy cut it. I wanted the shape of the die but wanted to leave the top of the lighthouse open. After I got it finished I realized that I could have cut the image with the die and then printed a second one and cut out the lighthouse to mount over it. I could have even popped it up for some dimension. Oh well, maybe next time. The die used was from the ODBD Antique Labels and Border CSBD26 set. The image is colored with copics. I made a handcut pennant and used my Gellyroll Clear Stardust pen to make faux stitching. The cloud is another ODBD die called Clouds and raindrops CSBD93. The waves were made with a punch from Tonic Studios called Waves (easy enough to remember right?). It works with their border system, but I usually use them without it. Both sentiments are from the ODBD set called Good Man. I also used the gelly roll pen to glitter the waves, lighthouse, and cloud. This card has a lot of sparkle but, unfortunately, you can't see it in the photos

Here’s the birthday card:

I was dabbling in watercolor techniques so this image is colored with Inktense pencils using a foam brush to spread the colors of the sky and a paintbrush to do the other parts. I was going for a colorful sunset type sky. No textured background, but I still used the Antique Labels die and Waves border punch. This time I added a piece of burlay ribbon and mounted some sea embellies that I made with my Mod Podge Mod Melts and mold. The melts are white (they come in different colors) so I gave them some color with the inktense pencils and paintbrush. I added pearl beads also for a little glitz since some oysters live in the ocean. I was in a hurry on it so I don’t think I decorated the inside since I didn’t take a picture of it. I put a little drop of yellow stickles in the lighthouses of both cards. This birthday sentiment came the Scrapbook Queen.

That’s it for my post. I hope you’ll head over to the LTSCB to check out the rest of the DTs amazing talent and join us for “Anything Goes”. Click the link on the sidebar. You have 2 weeks to enter. Good Luck and God Bless.

Sneak Peek for LTSCB Challenge 56

I made this card using the sketch over at Our Daily Bread Designs. It is for my DT creation for the LTSCB Challenge #56. After I did the card and looked at the post for the ODBD challenge, I realized that the challenge ends before ours starts. Ugg! I have been really messing up lately. I think my brain is on Summer Vacation.

Anyway I am sharing just a sneak peek so that I can enter the challenge. For the full scoop on this card and our great challenge at LTSCB join us on Monday.

Here's the link to the ODBD Shining the Light Sketch Challenge:

http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/

3rd Watercolor Card

Here's the 3rd card:

For this third card, I again broke out the Gelatos. This time I colored right onto the watercolor paper. I then used my foam brush and finger to wet and blend. I went over it multiple times to get to where I was somewhat satisfied. I then stamped the bird onto white cardstock and used a nib to color it with Distress Inks stamped onto my craft mat and sprayed with water. I used my Wink of Stella Clear and Pink Glitter pens on the flowers, leaves, and parts of the bird and dotted the bird’s eye with Inkssentials White Enamel Accents. I fussy cut the image and mounted it with foam tape.

My granddaughter (who is 5) wanted to put a cloud in the sky and she wanted to put it right in the middle of the top. To do that and still have room for a sentiment, I stamped the sentiment onto the cloud. It was too white so I took my Wild Honey sponge dauber and inked the edges to tone it down. Wink of Stella gave it a bit of sparkle. It too is popped up with foam tape. I added pearls to the corners because I thought the top was too bare.

Now for the inside. Do not make the colossal mistake that I did. I don’t think I’ve ever done this before. I stamped the sentiment UPSIDE DOWN!!  OHHH NOOO!!! I had this card almost finishedL. What to do? I was running out of time and didn’t want to redo it. Instead, I cheated. I cut out another piece of 4 ¼ x 5 ½ cardstock, redid the background and mounted it over the mistake. It doesn’t look as good, but it isn’t bad. If I wouldn’t have told you, you would never have known. I used just one Gelato to do the inside color block. The sentiment is another one from ODBD. I colored the flowers with my Worn Lipstick Distress Marker. I then took a wet foam brush and wet them. I did them one at a time. I put it onto my tea towel (the same kind Tim Holtz uses) and blotted it to take some of the ink off. Then I flicked Picked Raspberry and dried them with the heat tool and attached them to the card with Glossy Accents. I put a bubblegum sprinkle in the center of each one.

Recipe:

White cardstock base 8 ½ x 5 ½ folded in half

Watercolor paper 4 ¼ x 5 ½

Gelatoes: Cotton Candy, Boysenberry, Lemon, and Mango

Stampendous Cling Nested Bird Stamp

Outside Sentiment: Pure Innocence You’re so Tweet by My Favorite Things

Inside Sentiment: ODBD Nu. 6

Distress Inks: Gathered Twigs, Vintage Photo, Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Peeled Paint, and Mowed Lawn, Wild Honey

Color Me Crazy Flower Layers by Petaloo

Cloud dies from the Cloud and Raindrop set by ODBD

Wink of Stella Clear and Pink Glitter brush pens, Black Archival Ink, Doodlebug Design Sprinkles-Bubblegum assortment

One last entry into Pretty Pink Posh's Watercolor Blog Hop.

Well, this is the last of my watercolor cards. I hope you enjoyed them. I really enjoyed making them. Next Monday it will be time for another challenge over at the Love to Scrap Challenge Blog. I hope you will check back to see what I create for it:) It's not to late for this time around. Make a masculine card and join us Here,