Muse Card Challenge

Hi everyone,
Just a quick post to share a card I created for this week's Muse Challenge. Joan Bardee shared this beautiful card and envie for our inspiration:

I  love the shiny cherries and how the red pops against the pretty B&W pattern...I also love her envelope :) Here is my take on her card:

I recently bought the new MFT stamps 'Penguins in Paradise', so I stamped and die cut one these adorable penguins and reshaped the sentiment to form a curve to match the banner. I used the Hero Arts Waves background stamp, colored the images with Copics and die cut the panel with Mama Elephant index card die...a touch of WOS on the glass and Glossy Accents on his sunglasses, and that was it for the card :) I stamped the envelope liner with PTI Ahoy stamp set in sea glass ink.

And, just for fun, a few days ago, I created another card with this stamp set (didn't realize I used the same sentiment). 

On this card, I saturated a piece of washcloth with Copic marker E55 and dabbed it on the sand to create some texture, then used my white Pitt artist pen to create waves in the ocean...I think it worked out well :)

Well, that's it for me today ~ Thanks so much for stopping by ~ Have a great weekend!

 

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Guest Designing for Time Out Challenge

Hello there, blog friends ~ Recently, I won the CASE Challenge at  Time Out Challenge and today I am very excited to share a card I created as Guest Designer!  The current challenge is a 'Theme Challenge', which is Nature, with an optional twist of animals (I used butterflies). CAS-ual Fridays Stamps is sponsoring the challenge with a $25.00 gift voucher for the random winner that 'twists'!

Here is my card:

I stamped the flowers and colored them with Copic markers, then die cut the sentiment with gold foil cardstock. Lastly, I stamped and colored the small butterflies...and that was it!

So, I hope you'll take some time to stop over to the Time Out Challenge Blog and see what their amazing DT girls have created, and hopefully you'll be inspired to play along!

Thanks so much for stopping by ~

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Addicted to Stamps Challenge #152 - Make Your Mark

Hi everyone ~
It's time for a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps, and our theme is Make Your Mark! By that, we mean that you can take out all of your coloring supplies and show us what you've got...Markers, Pens, Paints...whatever makes you happy!

I love playing with my Copic Markers, so I reached for a few of my newest Mama Elephant stamps and created this card:

I simply stamped, colored and die cut the pups (Playful Pups) and hats (Ella the Elephant), then inked a piece of cardstock to create  the ground/grass. Then, I die cut the grass with Landscape Trio dies and cut the flagpole with my Silhouette. I also added a bit of Sea Glass ink behind the pups to look like 'sky'...and that was it!

So, come on over to the Addicted to Stamps Challenge Blog and see all the fabulous inspiration by my fellow teamies, and join in the fun ~ Our Sponsor for this challenge is Sweet Pea Stamps, and the winner will receive four free digis from their store!

Have a great week...Thanks so much for stopping by,

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Addicted to CAS Challenge #67

Hi everyone,

Before I begin, I would just like to say Happy 4th of July to all who are celebrating today, and my belated Happy Birthday wishes to Canada!!! 

 

It's time for another challenge at Addicted to CAS! Our Hostess is Jaydee and our sponsor is Create a Smile, who are offering the winner a GC for 12.50 euro (1 stamp set). We have a new Guest Designer for July...Kathy K. from the Purple Princess Diaries Blog!  Also, we have our new Designers joining us for the first time, so today is a very exciting day for all of us as we welcome them!

On to our challenge ~ The theme for this challenge is 'Patriotic' and I have created two cards:

We've had overcast skies for a few days, so I apologize for the poor quality on this photo. I cut the PTI dies with glitter paper, framed the white panel with red and blue cardstock, added the stamped sentiment and stars, and that was it...easy peasy!

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It's fun to sometimes use non-holiday images for holiday cards...Hence the motorcycle on my next card (Patriotic/4th of July):

 I couldn't wait to play with this new (to me) PTI die to created the road under the motor cycle and used red, white and blue again with a small pop of yellow for the lights. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn, and the stars from SSS. A touch of Wink of Stella for a little sparkle, and that was it!

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ Have a great weekend,

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