Love You Giraffe -- for Colour Crazy Challenges

It's Friday, and it's time for a new challenge at Colour Crazy Challenges.  This week, our sponsor is Oddball Art Stamp Company. 

Here's my design team inspiration:

I colored up Kawaii Valentine Giraffe with Copic markers, using various shades of yellows and browns.    

I found the fun giraffe print paper at Imagine That Digistamp.  She has some really great papers, including animal prints.   The heart bow is a die, but I have had it for a long time, and don't know who's it is.  Spellbinders, maybe.  I used an unbranded die for the border on the right of each paper. 

That's it for this card.  Please link up whatever you color over at the Color Crazy Challenge.  I'd love to see what you create!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
D.L. Art - August Linky Party
Brown Sugar Challenge --ATG
August Oddball Challenge--Sweet or Sour (this guy is definitely sweet!)
Outlawz Monday Greeting Challenge -- ATG

Indra -- for Lavinia World Challenges

It's Thursday, and it's time for a new challenge at Lavinia World Challenges.  It's challenge #8!  Challenges are Anything Goes, as long as you use an acrylic or rubber stamp.  Lavinia Stamps are not a requirement, however, if you do use a Lavinia Stamp in your project, your chances are doubled or winning a prize of a gift certificate to the Lavinia World store, based in the US. 

I used an absolutely gorgeous stamp on my DT card for today.  It is called simply, Indra.  Butterfly?  Luna moth?  You decide.  I will call it a luna moth in my description in this post. 

This Indra stamp is large -- over 4 inches square, so I felt it was the only thing needed (well almost) on this card:

I used a stamp platform to make sure I'd have a crisp image of Indra, and stamped the luna moth with Versafine Clair ink - Nocturne, which also helps assure a crisp image.  I used 3 colors of Distress Oxide Inks -- Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass, and Spun Sugar.  After that, all that was left to do was add some pearls from my stash.

That's it for me for this challenge.  I hope to see something from you!  These Lavinia stamps are so gorgeous, and so fun to play with! Visit the Lavinia World store, do some shopping, and join in on our Lavinia World challenges.  I'd love to see your magical creations!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
TTCRD -- ATG
Word Art Wednesday -- ATG
We Love 2 Create -- ATG
D.L. Art -- August Linky Party
Craft Rocket Challenge --ATG

Thanks for Sticking by Me -- for We Are 3 Digital Shop

I'm posting today for We Are 3 Digital Shop, where you can find papers, images, and sentiments for almost anything you could want.  

I have friends that go to Arizona every Winter.  He has RA, and the winters here in Wisconsin get the best of him, so they escape the cold and enjoy the warmer, drier climate of the desert southwest.  Recently, they helped us out with some clean up of our property, and I needed a thank you card for them.

This card uses plenty of We Are 3 products.  The cactus is called Camille's Cactus, and it comes in both a pre-colored and a black & white version.  I used the pre-colored version on this card. I printed Camille's Cactus on a piece of paper from the Coneflower Love Collection.  The cactus paper is one of the 8 papers that come in the Cactus Paper Collection.  The sentiment is one of 6 sentiments in the Cactus Greetings Set. 

I used the current sketch at the Outlawz Wednesday Sketch Challenge to help me construct this card.  Here's the sketch:

I cut the stitched oval shape and scalloped oval shape out with dies from Spellbinders.  The small cactus die with the flower is from Craftin' Desert Divas. 

I hope you can check out the We Are 3 Facebook Group for more inspiration. 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Outlawz Wednesday Sketch Challenge -- through Sept. 3
Outlawz Saturday Paper ala Mode -- Kindness
D.L. Art -- August Linky Party

Thank You Heart Card

I'm posting today on the Dies R Us Inspiration blog.  I love it when I have a chance to create with dies as the focus.  It gives me a chance to stretch my creative wings a bit. 

Do you ever take advantage of the pre-orders and specials offered through the Dies R Us Store?  There are some awesome things to take advantage of!  I recently discovered Birch Press Designs during one of these pre-order events.  These dies are awesome!  Be watching for them!

I used all 3 layers of the Birch Press Designs Amour Arch to create this:

I used 3 different shades of pink -- a light pink, mauve, and eggplant to create the layered arch.  I was concerned it might be difficult to line up, but I lined up the 2 small hearts on the outside, and that lined up the whole thing.  It was really easy!  I glued all the layers together using Scraperfect Best Glue Ever and the medium No Clog Writing Cap.

The sentiment I used is by Crafter's Companion, but is similar to this one, by Poppy Stamps.  I like the look of sentiments that are die cut, then have a shadow layer behind them.  I used Stick It Adhesive Sheets on the sentiment and the layer behind it. 

I added some Liquid Pearls to the card for a little more Bling.  Dies R Us carries many great colors of Liquid Pearls.  The ones on this care are White Opal.

Here's a picture of all the supplies I used.  You can see what the package of the Birch Press Amour Arch dies look like.

Here's all the die cuts once they are cut out, but not yet assembled:

Supplies used on this card from the Dies R Us Store:

Poppy Stamps Spectacular Thank You

Scraperfect Best Glue Ever

Scraperfect No Clog Writing Cap

White Opal Liquid Pearls

Stick It Adhesive Sheets

I will leave you with one more picture of the finished card:

Have you heard about the Design Team call for the Dies R Us Inspiration team?  This is a wonderful team to be on!  You can find all the details here. 

click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Outlawz Saturday Paper ala Mode -- Kindness

The Sisterhood of Crafters -- use dies as the focus
D.L. Art -- August Linky Party
Crafty Calendar Challenge -- ATG

RAWR!!!!! for Sketch Saturday

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for a new sketch at Sketch Saturday.  Every Saturday, a new sketch to give your creativity a boost. 

Our sponsor this week is Polkadoodles.  I used an image and papers from the Sticks & Bones Collection. 

First the card, then the sketch:

sketch:

You can see I followed the sketch fairly closely, except I moved the arrow to the upper left, and the sentiment is within the inner rectangle. 

I colored the woolly mammoth with Copic markers.  Who really knows what color they were, right?  They've been extinct for so long, they could {possible} have been pink?  I'm the artist, and I say pink!  I cute the letters out with dies from Spellbinders, and the wood arrow is from Close To My Heart (retired).

I hope you like this sketch, and join us this week at Sketch Saturday.  I'd love to see what you do with it!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
D.L. Art -- August Linky Party
Pink Gem Challenge -- ATG
Digichoosday -- ATG

Sorry! for Di's Digi Designs Challenges

It's Saturday, and it's time for a new challenge at Di's Digi Designs Challenges.  Our theme for the next 2 weeks is, Ribbon &/or Bows.   I think many card makers use ribbon on cards, and like bows, so this should be easy!  Di Carubia has the sweetest, cutest images in her store, Di's Digi Stamps.  Snoop around the store, find something you like, color it up, and join our Ribbon &/or Bows challenge. 

My inspiration card for this challenge uses the sweet image, Penny's Bouquet. 

 I colored Penny's Bouquet with Copic markers, then used several sizes of Spellbinders dies to create the card base and cut out Penny's Bouquet. 

The blue-on-blue  and pink-on-pink dotted papers are from AMB Illustrations.  The pink dotted ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Ribbon &/or Bows -- the theme for the next 2 weeks at Di's Digi Designs Challenges.  You have until Sept. 6 to join us.  I'd love to see what you create, and there are great digis for you to win!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Polkadoodles -- ATG
QKR Stampede -- ATG
TTCRD -- ATG
Outlawz Thursday Twist -- Favorite Embellishment (ribbon)

Back to School -- for Scribbles Designs

It's the 23rd of the month, and it's the day I leave some inspiration on the Scribbles Designs Blog.  School is starting on Monday in the small town where I live, and everywhere I go, the talk is about "back to school."  With that in mind, I created this card:

This is is looooooong.  It fits in a business sized envelope.  It measures 4 x 8.5 inches.

The cute fish were created using the #F88 Bubbles.  It is a free image in the Scribbles Designs Store.  I first placed Bubbles in my photo editing software so I could flip it 180 degrees.  Then, I placed Bubbles in my documents program so I could copy and re-size the fish to make the "school", and adding the sentiment.   Once I got things sized the way I wanted, all that was left was coloring the school of Bubbles with Copic markers.  

I found the orange and green papers I was looking for in the We Are 3 Digital Shop.  They are from the Orange Retro papers and the Distressed Burlap papers. 

I cut the card base and the fish elements out on my Silhouette Cameo 3 with files I found in the Silhouette Design Store.

I hope you find time to visit the Scribbles Designs Blog.  You'll find more inspiration there, along with fun challenges each month.  Then, visit the Scribbles Designs Store for great digis, including this freebie! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Crafty Animals -- ATG
Not Just Cards -- ATG
Lemon Shortbread -- ATG
D.L. Art -- August Linky Party