ROSE FAN

Hi everyone, hope your Tuesday is starting off great.

Today's card is for the Progressive Challenges for August at the Crafters Digital Art Center.

The digi is from Priscilla Styles Store

Card Recipe:

Fan Digi - Priscilla Styles Store

Base card Bazzill Swiss Dot white card stock

DP - My Mind's Eye

Circle - Gold Metallic

Die cute Flowers - Memory Box Die

Colored with Copic Markers

White organza ribbon with gold trim

Kaiser Rhinestones

small metal charm at base of fan

Butterflies green textured card stock - Anna Griffin punch

This Progressive challenge gives you 6 free digi's to work with for the whole month of August.

Check out the details on the Crafters Digital Art Center site.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great Tuesday.  Until later...........

HOUSE MOUSE AND FRIENDS MONDAY CHALLENGE # 101 - ATC'S

First I have to thank everyone who made our 100th challenge and celebration Blog Hop such a great success.  Thank you everyone who hopped along and entered a card.

The winners of my Blog's prizes for the hop are:

The unmounted birthday House Mouse stamp set was won by:

# 26 - Tera - Stampqueen

The beautiful embellishments from Pizzazz Aplenty were won by:

#9 - Mary Anne K - Lakeside Stamping

Congrats, ladies, please email me at rsdrees@verizon.net with your name and address just as it should appear on the mailing label and I will get your goodies right out to you.

Now on to challenge # 101 - ATC's

Our new challenge was chosen by our talented teamie, Lori.  She wants us to make an ATC (Artist Trading Card)  This is a 2.5" x 3.5" sized creation.  You can layer it on a card or just make an ATC.  Remember you must use a House Mouse, Gruffie, or Happy Hoppper image.

I used this adorable BRAIN FREEZE, HMUR-1051 Stamp.  Colored with Copic Markers.  Baker's twine from Pizzazz Aplenty. Sentiment done with a small alphabet stamp set.

On the back, I made a pocket with the orange textured card stock.  The beach border is

EK Success.  Distressed the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink.  Stamped sentiment onto white card stock then mounted on the orange card stock and used a ticket corner punch on all corners.  Punched a hole in the top and tied a pull string with the baker's twine.

Don't forget to check out the design teams inspiration at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge Blog Site, along with the winners from our fabulous blog hop prizes.

With July ending, we must now say goodbye to our awesome JULY GUEST DESIGNERS, Gill & Kat! Thank you both for your beautiful Mousie contributions! We've really enjoyed having you on board!

Now, as a new month begins, we want to also welcome 2 new fabulous Guest Designers...

• Gemma & Red Squirrel
  
• Welcome Ladies! We are very happy to be working alongside you in August!

Our sponsor this challenge is Simon Says Stamp.  They have generously offered a $15 gift card for their online store.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Congratulations to all the winners of our 100th Challenge celebration, you made it so much fun!

Have a great Monday........Until later.................

BSS MONDAY iDEA - LET'S MIX IT UP !!

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea

Do you always make your project or card with coordinating colors and papers?

Today, I thought we would have a go at mixing up papers and colors that are pleasing and interesting to the eye.

I stamped and colored this beautiful Cardinal and cherries on white smooth card stock.

I cut it out using a Labels 4 die from Spellbinders. I decided to leave the edges and background white so I could use different papers and ribbon.

The mat is a dark, almost Navy Blue textured card stock on a white textured card stock base. The polka dot background paper is October Afternoon, 5 & Dime Stack. Then I added some print paper across the middle with cherries on it, by My Mind's Eye, Fine and Dandy, and finally, the red gingham ribbon and bow were added. I popped up the image so it stood out on the card. Colored with Copics.

For the inside, I used the cherry paper as the background, a strip of the polka dot paper and a strip of the gingham ribbon across the middle. I stamped part of the image on a smaller label 4 die along with the sentiment which was included in the set.

I'd love to know what you think!

Hope you try to "mix it up" on a project or card soon.

Thanks for stopping by today. Until later..................

FLY BOY

Hi friends.  Wow, Friday already, what happened to the week.  Going to get some much needed rain today, then a beautiful weekend is forecast.

Today's card is for the challenge at Penny Black and Friends Saturday. #161 - STARBURST -

Use stars on your card.

Card Recipe

Stamp - Penny Black

Border punch - EK Success

Brown Textured card stock base card

Star die - Sizzix - Glitter paper

Papers - DCWV

Colored with Copic Markers

Have a great Friday.  Thanks for stopping by for a peek.  Until later.....



I'M SORRY

Hi, nice warm day today and yesterday with lots less humidity.  Did I get some housework done?  Nope, went over and sat on the deck at my daughters and watched the kids swim and relaxed.  Nice day.

Today's card is made using a digi by Crissy Armstrong which I bought at Whimsy Stamps online.

Papers are from my stash

Borders are from K & Company

Ticket was a free digi

Paper doily Wilton

Sentiment Hero Arts Clear Set

Buttons by Pebbles

String - Pizzazz Aplenty

Pink Rhinestones Kaiser

Colored with Copics

White glitter

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Allsorts  Week 113 - Free and Easy

Copic Creations #54 - Pastels

Cupcake Craft #152 - Shabby Sparkle

Stampin for the weekend- #13 - Paws for thought - Four legged animal

Die Cut Dreams #94 - Animal Antics

Thanks for stopping by today.  Until later...............

 

BSS - MONDAY IDEA - HONEYCOMB PAPER

Welcome to the Monday Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Idea

Every Monday I post an idea for my local stamp store, Buffalo Stamps and Stuff

Today's idea is to use Honeycomb Paper. This fun project uses the honeycomb pad from Inky antics, along with the Clear Stamp Set Caterpillar HoneyPop, also by Inky Antics.

I made a Joy Fold card. All stamps are from the Catepillar set.

Blue textured card stock for the base card. Green gingham and polka dots for the mats.

The images are colored with Copics. His little glasses are shiny with glossy accents.

Peeled Paint distress ink around edges of image and sentiment.

EK Success rick rack punch.

The card opened. Here is the fun for this card! I cut apples from the

stamp set out of the honeycomb paper and adhered them to the folds, so that when you open the card, the honeycomb paper opens up! So cute!

Barn Door red distress ink used around edge of image.

A small Velcro half circle used to keep the card closed.

Honeycomb paper is fun to play with and adds an element of surprise when

the recipient of your card opens it. Packages contain one color and it comes in a variety of colors.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hope you have a chance to try this fun technique.

Until later..............

SUMMER NIGHTS

Hello, if you live in the US.........HOT ENOUGH FOR YOU?

Oh my goodness, this is obscene.  At 6 am this morning, it was 85 degrees

and we live in the Northern US!  The heat index says it fees like 104!

Now they are asking you to conserve electricity because the grids are overloaded and in

some places power has gone out..............YIKES!

This adorable digi is from the Priscillas Style Store.  I suggested an image of a little girl

sitting at a table looking at a jar with lightening bugs in it to another well know digi artist and she did say she would put it in her file and liked the idea, but never created one, so I was so excited when I saw that Priscilla had done a digi like this.

Card Recipe

Digi - Priscilla Styles Store

Ticket sentiment was a freebie

Paper Doily, was trying to create a lattice effect with the doily

Vine die cut - Memory Box

Roses - Prima

Mini buds - bought online

Star Dust Stickles

Paper - Coral colored textured card stock

Navy with white spatters - bought at convention

Colored with Copic markers

Peeled paint distress ink sponged around bottom

I'm entering this card into the challenge at Scrapalicious, (#12) the theme is  Anything Summer.

And - Craft us Crazy (#13) Anything Goes

And - Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge #49 - Summer

And - Allsorts Challenge #112 Free & Easy (Your Choice)

And - Stamp Something Challenge - Something Embellished

And - Papertake Weekly - Getting cute (anything with an Aww factor)

And - Bloggers Challenge - Summertime

Thanks for stopping by today.  Until later.................