Paper Sundaes - Sketch Challenge!

Happy Sundae!

Our challenge this week at Paper Sundaes is a sketch and here is the card I came up with. I just love a great sketch! This cutie - "Rainy Cythia" is from The Stamping Boutique - this week's sponsor.
She was just "begging" to be colored in bright cheery colors, so I pulled out my "Lime Rickey" paper pack from Basic Grey and got to work with my copics.

My baby brother is getting married in June. The Jack & Jill is this weekend as well as a Bridal shower. I am missing it since my family is in Southern Ontario and I'm up North, so this is the card that I made to send down. I thought the image was appropriate since the card is for a Bridal shower.

I was able to incorporate a challenge here since the theme this week at Raise the Bar is Three's Company - use three of anything. I have used three different patterned papers here.

And last but certainly not least -I was preparing to print my image a couple of days ago when my son got on the computer and ended up printing a full page sized image. No worries - images do not get wasted around here. Danderella's girls were over and the image was watercolored beautifully minutes later! I just had to share!

Wishing you all a Happy Sundae!

Hope you can play along!

Shanna :)

What I used:

stamps: Rainy Cynthia Digi from The Stamping Boutique, SU sentiment

papers: Basic Grey "Lime Rickey", CTMH outdoor denim

embellishments: Basic Grey stickers & buttons, embroidery floss, Me & My big Ideas icons, machine stitching

Birthday cards fit for boys...

Happy Saturday!
Since I live in a house full of boys, I am always looking to create some fun boy cards. I love it when I'm able to come up with a quickie go-to design, especially for Birthday parties for my boys friends, because I have come to terms with the fact that most of them probably get thrown out!

These were quick and fun! I used three different fun SU sets - the names of which are escaping me just now and I cannot go looking since I am on the treadmill - sorry!

Colors are: CTMH clover green, black, outdoor denim & cranberry. I also used my brand new SU tiny tag punch with a word from an old CTMH set, I think called "Random Thoughts."

Hope you are having a great weekend! My eldest is heading off to a Sliding Birthday Party for the afternoon, so it's just me and my little guy. Since he loves to craft too, I am hoping we can do just that - side by side!

Cheers,

Shanna

p.s. Don't forget to come back tomorrow to check our next challenge at Paper Sundaes!

Happy Spring from Tilda

I had intended to post this last night, but once again was too tired. I went on a road trip for work and ended up working an 11 hr day - I never realize how tired I am until I get home and then seem to crash. I really must get in the habit of scheduling my posts, it would make life a little easier. But then again, life will go on if I miss posting right? :)

Anyhow, after making my card for this week's Paper Sundae challenge (you still have time by the way), I decided I was enjoying the color scheme and the sketch I used from Friday Sketchers, and made a couple more cards. This time I used a Magnolia image. I had been wanting to color up this cutie and turn her into a springtime card and I figured it worked with these colors. I also liked how these prima flowers looked with these colors and wanted to use up a few more since they have been in my stash forever.

Here is a close up. Hope you are all having a fabulous week!

Cheers,

Shanna

p.s. for card details see Sunday's post as much of the supplies are the same.

Happy Spring....

Well, I'm posting two cards tonight because I decided to walk down the street to visit with Danderella last night and was too tired to post when I got home. :)

This first card is based on this week's sketch over at Get Sketchy. I used that funky color combo again - but I love how bright and cheery it is! Thanks Donna for letting me try out the nestabilities that I used on both cards, I may need these ones in my new collection now that I have my bug...

For this one, I used a Whiff of Joy image that Danderella shared with me months ago. I finally got around to coloring her and I love how she turned out. I have used the sketch from Lili of the Valley to complete this card. I must admit that I had some difficulty incorporating the two strips on the side and deciding where to place my sentiment, but I think it turned out ok in the end.

Here is a close up - you can tell I have used my SU spritzer tool again! LOL, I love that thing! I embellished with flowers that I picked up at DAT'S the other day $1.99 per pack of 24. Umm, I like flowers a lot...and I think I need more of these....

Since I used stitching on both cards, I am going to enter them over at Crafty Creations. And since both are spring themed, I am entering them at Stamp Something as well.

Off to visit a few blogs and then retire early as tomorrow is a travel day for work...

Cheers,

Shanna :)

Deets for card one:

stamps: CTMH Springtime, Mar & April word puzzle

inks: cocoa brown, sunflower, crystal blue, CTMH markers

embellishments: brown brads, prima flower, machine stitching

papers: Bo Bunny, CTMH crystal blue, brown bazzil

Deets for card two:

stamps: Whiff of Joy, April word puzzle

papers: MME, brown bazzil

embellishments: misc ribbon, prima flowers, brads, buttons, machine stitching

Scatter Sunshine

Good evening!

Here is the card I made for this week's challenge at Limelight. They provided a great sketch as well as a challenge to focus on Sentiments. I love this fun sentiment from CTMH's April Word Puzzle (now retired). I am also entering this in Stamp Something's Challenge which is "A touch of Spring". I am in a very "springy" sort of mood which will become apparent over the next few days as I share the cards I have been working on this weekend. :) This is a very strange color combo for me, but I'm liking how cheerful these colors are.....what do you think?

I rec'd CTMH's new set Springtime in an order that just arrived on Friday and had to play with it asap. I think my favorite stamps in it are the galoshes - there are three different patterns you can stamp and then you add the outline afterwards - so fun! I cut these out and pop-dotted the second one to make it stand out a bit. I just love rubber boots! Since I have two boys who love puddles in springtime, or whenever it rains, I decided a few years ago that if I can't beat 'em, I may as well join them, and bought myself a cool pair of plaid galoshes. I get comments on them everywhere I go. :)

My boys and I had a fun time at the Winter Carnival! My youngest won 1st place in the Jello eating contest and the big guy won 2nd with his partner in the "Make a snowman with toilet paper" contest. We also won a fun artsy prize in the penny auction. All in all, a afternoon full of good old-fashioned fun!

Hope your weekend was fabulous!

Cheers,

Shanna :)

What I used:

stamps: CTMH Sprintime (D1415) & April Word puzzle

inks: CTMH - cocoa & crystal blue

papers: Bo Bunny two years old Easter line & Crystal blue CS, dk brown bazzil

embellishments/tools: SU border punch, CTMH ribbon, SU ribbon, prima flower

Paper Sundaes - Distressing

Happy Sundae!
This week's challenge at Paper Sundaes is Distressing. Our sponsor this week is Jenny from Paper Jewels. There is a great selection of these cuted stamps named Mimosa and Mimo and much more including a cutie named Tossa, animals and the Fantasy Art Collection. I can't wait to get my hands on some of the Christmas stamps from the Mimosa collection and add a few more Christmas cards to my stash. Jenny is offering up two stamps for the winner of this week's challenge, so head to your craft room and play along......

The sketch this week from Friday Sketchers was perfect, so I just had to play along. I enjoyed coloring Mimo with my copics and also added some stitching as I thought this card needed something around the outside edge. I am entering this in the Crafty Creations Challenge this week where they want to see stitching on your card.

I have distressed most of the edges on my card using CTMH's edges distresser. This is such a fun tool to play with and because I used textured CS from CTMH, the white core shows through, which I think is so fun.

Well, the boys and I are heading out to a "Winter Carnival" at a local community centre. It is an annual event that my boys really enjoy. Their favorite part is usually the jello eating contest and the penny auction. They also have an old-fashioned fish pond which is a big hit. Should be a fun afternoon!

Sure hope you can play along this week! Happy Sundae!

Shanna :)

What I used:
stamp: Mimosa (Bildmalarna) from Paper Jewels, sentiment SU

papers: CTMH & misc from stash

embellishments: brads, Basic Grey Bling, Prima flowers, machine stitching

Thinking of you

Happy Friday!
I have just a quick post tonight with a simple card. The challenge at Pals Paper Arts right now is KISS - Keep it simple, sweetie - to make a card with lots of "white space" and minimal time investment. This is what I came up with....

I've had this "Beautiful Things" set from CTMH for ages and hadn't yet inked it up. Although I didn't photograph the inside, I've stamped the quote from the same set that reads:

"The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller

This is my favorite quote and of course, it has extra special meaning since I work with young children who are blind and visually impaired. Helen Keller's story is an amazing one - if you haven't seen the original movie, "The Miracle Worker," you really should. Because I work in the field, it holds special meaning for me.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend,

Shanna :)

Twilight Tueday Inspriation Challenge

I just recently found Twilight Tuesday Challenge Blog and sadly this is their last inspiration challenge. This week's theme is "Love of books, the printed words on a page". Since I needed a masculine Birthday card and the card is actually for a farmer, I pulled out "My Farm" from CTMH and put this together. The sentiment is from "Down on the Farm". The patterned paper is actually an old paper bag I kept from a gift store purchase years ago and found recently. I had fun crumpling it up, flattening it back out, distressing the edges and inking it up before using it as my background image. My spritzer tool from SU was "screaming" to be used for this one and I love how it turned out. I also used some Bella bling and twine to embellish a little.

I couldn't resist using the barbed wire stamp from "My Farm" to frame in my sentiment on the inside. I was happy enough with this one that I actually made two! (Yes, I grew up in farm country and was raised on beef! lol)

I am sorry to see Twilight Tuesdays come to an end, but like they say, "All good things must come to an end." Be sure to go check it out, they are offering up a super fun prize - especially if you are a fan.... :)

Nighty night,

Shanna

Hope you are having a great week!

Shanna :)