DeeDee's Digis - Life's a Beach

Hello. Sorry for being MIA once again. We've been doing some house type chores, had some family visiting, and just generally doing other Life things besides blogs & making cards. (and remember my Missing MoJo? well, it's still hiding - makes it easier to just concentrate on other things, ya know?).

This cute DeeDee's digi had been printed for a while, and finally I took a couple of evenings to finish up this card with it. Once I got in gear, the card didn't take long to put together.

First,  let me share something wonderful that is happening. Happy Little Stampers is starting a new Christmas Challenge next month. (along with the existing Sketch Challenge, there will also be a CAS Challenge.) I am excited to have been asked to be part of the Christmas Challenge DT which will be coming in July. So please take some time to check out these challenges, enjoy the DT's inspiration cards for each - and perhaps take time to join in.

Now on to the card:

 

 

DeeDee's Life's a Beach pre-colored digi was die cut with an MFT stitched circle. Shaded with some Hero Arts Pool while still in the die, using a finger dauber. S/B scalloped circle was cut from a white snippet and colored with Memento Daffodil and a round Ranger sponge tool.  WoS pink used on Miss Piggy's bathing suit, and extra WoS to color the flower bow, and the waves around her yellow float.

 

- Various small dies cut all the embellishments from more white snippets which were colored with copics. Used some stickles on the turtle & sea horses. Used Opal Liquid Pearls on the shells, and spread it with my finger to get a bit of gloss to the shells. Sailboat hull had some glossy accents spread to make the hull glisten.

 

After all was added, then I wondered if it was 'too over the top'. ....Nah, Miss Piggy would enjoy watching all these things if she were floating on the waves at the beach!!!

 

The background is a Brusho piece, embossed with a Darice waves folder. This was made earlier, and looked a lot like water to me, and after embossing, thought it was perfect for this card.

 

There's some really cute sentiments included with this fun digi set, but for this one, the sentiment will go inside.

 

The current DeeDee's June Challenge is featuring another warm weather set which you can find HERE .  It's called Diver Daniel, and is just so cute.

If you participated in last month's challenge, you should have already received this set in your email. (If you participated but didn't receive the set, please contact deedeesdigis@gmail.com -- sometimes things do go wrong with email). If you did not participate in last month's challenge, you can still purchase this set for just $1.25 this month at the shop. 

Thanks for joining me this evening. It's been over 100F for the past 2 days here in our part of Upstate South Carolina. So if we're not running errands, we try to do 'inside' stuff, or do the 'outside stuff' very late in the evening. So keep cool where you may be, and come again, when you have time to chat. Blessings & Hugs.

 

Watermelon Time with a Butterfly

Hi - Please help me welcome a new follower, Lisa of My Paper Tales. I met Lisa over at Darnell's blog, and how wonderful to have a new friend. Do check out the beautiful work at My Paper Tales

Here is  another card that has been in the works for a bit. Which means, the image had been colored and then decisions had to be made as to how to make a card. Thought this Stampavie scene with the little girl enjoying her watermelon might fit in with the Butterfly Challenge theme  of a summer theme + a butterfly. In Southern USA, nothing says summer like eating watermelon...

- Clear Stampavie's "Love Nature" stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black on Copic Xpress paper, then colored with Copics, spica pens - with dashes of WoS for glimmer. The hardest part of this image to color was her hair, and the highlights & shading don't show well in the photo.

- pearlized green paper die cut with appropriate size circle die, then embossed with an EF. Appropriately sized circle dies cut the red check frame behind the green.

- Butterfly is from Vertigo (see further in this post). Die cut with MB butterfly (think it was the solid Darla). Wasn't sure how this plastic product would work with the wafer dies, so chose a solid die and didn't try to use an overlay. Sponged on Fluid Chalk inks with a finger dauber. A sentiment will be added at a later time when the card is needed.

Here's a picture of the Vertigo packages that I ordered:

 

 

Had seen this video  showing the Tsukineko product, and then had a chance to order some at a sale price. These 6x6 packages have 3 sheets each.It's a lovely light reflective plastic like material, and the video recommends using  a steel rule die (like Bigz or Tim Holt type of die). I wanted a small butterfly, so used a Memory Box solid butterfly wafer die. The sandwich was rolled back and forth several times; it did cut better than I expected. The video shows a different ink from what I have available, so used Colorbox Fluid Chalks in light colors. The video states there is a rough & smooth side,  but  I couldn't remember which surface to use for the inking, so did both sides. (it's easy to see which is the rough). Tried to shape with a stylus tool which didn't seem to work too well for me. Butterfly wings embossed with an EF. Since the right side package was used for the butterfly there was a pretty sheen, but no texture. Not sure if the photo shows this texture, but it's visible IRL.  The glue adhering the insect body to the wings took a while to dry & adhere well.  Afterwards, I wasn't totally keen on the pink & blue with the card colors, but it was an experiment, and I decided to use it anyway.

 

- Checked dp from a 6x6 American Crafts Autumn Crisp pack. Red & white checks just go with watermelon! [think picnic tables :-) ]. Hope you enjoy this one.

 

This afternoon I'm off to a Silhouette class for Dummies 102. I had 101 some while ago, and haven't used the Silhouette since the class. I hope they don't kick me out!!! I will try to catch up with all you lovely folks much later this evening.

 

Ya'll have a great day, and thanks for the visit. Hugs

 

Linking to Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge #12 Summertime Butterflies

Summer Butterfly

Happy Monday afternoon. Hope your weekend was pleasant. Ours was quiet, but relaxing. Today's  card uses the same Sue Wilson stamp as the last post. Two images were stamped, but used 2 different products to heat emboss.

- Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Butterfly Meadow stamp used in this card. Stamped with Versamark, heat embossed with a Stampendous Pearl powder, which is quite pretty IRL. Used Derwent Colorsoft & Inktense pencils to color the design, then some of the elements were colored with a WoStella pen (has a tiny nib instead of the brush tip). Used some gamsol on the blue background to smooth out the pencil strokes.

- MB Darla Butterfly for the base - colored with alcohol inks on the silver backing of a soda can.
- MB Vivienne Butterfly overlay - done from a suede paper.
Used the dies to cover the stamped butterfly, as I didn't like the way the coloring turned out. I folded the die cut base, then folded the overlay...glued together, then glued the piece to the stamped image- which has the single butterfly wing. The stamped body, feet & antennae were left visible.

- Sue Wilson die - Spanish Collection (Valencia) used for the card shape after I realized the shape of this stamp would fit this die. The stamped image was hand cut. One piece of cardstock was die cut for the front base, and a plain piece of an appropriate size was cut longer, top portion folded to form a hinge at the top of the card.

- Impression Obsession sentiment stamped with Colorbox Fluid Chalk Azure Blue, then outlined with a Pentel gold pen. (I saw this done on a card, but don't remember which blog so that credit can be given for the inspiration).

At the Butterfly Challenge, Challenge #12 theme is summery colors/or a summer theme + butterfly. I believe this one meets those requirements, so I'm linking up with Butterfly Challenge #12.

Ya'll have a nice afternoon. I'm off to fix a good ole Southern tomato sandwich. Enjoy whatever you might be doing, and lots of hugs. Come again when you can.

DeeDee's June Digi of the Month

Good morning, and welcome.

Big news to share...I am thrilled to announce I was accepted as a new Design Team member over at DeeDee's Digi Designs.  I follow several bloggers who are wonderful designers for DeeDee's designs, so that is how I found her work. Last year I needed a cooking theme stamp for a project, and found the perfect image (on this card). The lovely part was that I had the option to use pre-colored designs or line drawings which I could color myself. I chose to use the pre-colored (which made a fast card!). There's a wide range of design themes and the prices are extremely reasonable too. (we all like that!). So needless to say, I was over the moon at being asked to be part of the very talented  bloggers who make up the Design Team.

It's time for a new "Digi of the Month" challenge at Deedee's Digis! The featured set for June Challenge at DeeDee's is Life's a Beach,  and is totally adorable. . You can purchase this month's featured set for just $1.25, or you can get it for FREE with any $10 purchase of Deedee's Digis products from the shop. (NOTE: To receive this set for free with your qualifying order, you must enter this code, minus quotes, in the comment area of the checkout form: "DDOM-10.") Create and share any wholesome project made with this set by the challenge deadline, and Deedee will email you next month's featured set for free. Keep playing, and keep collecting freebies -- it's as easy as that!

I had selected another digi set that just really made me smile (Bigelow's Bounty). Of course it has the precolored images, line drawings, sentiments and even some designer paper. Here's the card that resulted, and explanations are below the picture.

 

 

- precolored DeeDee's Bigelow Bunny was printed 2 times. One fussy cut - one die cut with a S/B label die.

 

- background was made using some 'fabric paper' that wrapped our new laptop. Started to toss the paper and thought 'hmm, what if I used some Dylusions spray on it? Would make great texture'. So I tried, spraying the paper several times, letting it dry, spraying again, dripping some spray ink in spots on the green. (This paper is not tearable, was a bit difficult to cut with a trimmer and sort of sawed when I cut the grass edge. It did create some fab texture however, and the Dylusions did give a nice effect. Not sure if it shows well in the photo, but IRL looks nice). You know I like to experiment when I'm in the mood...LOL.

 

Colored the die cut  background to blend in with the textured background.

 

Die cut MB Arboscello Tree in 2 layers - using a snippet of brown stripe dp for the entire tree, with a second layer of green dp only at the top foliage. Used copics to add some color on both cuts. Green foliage glued behind the brown tree, offset just a tad (again this effect looks better IRL than in the photo). Adhered the tree over the die cut bunny image. Placed the fussy cut Bigelow over the top of the tree (so the tree would be behind him). A bonus of this was that I didn't have to try to fussy cut the carrot tops...you can see these showing on the bottom image.

 

- MB Garden Tools were die cut from a snippet of Dylusions sprayed paper that was handy.

 

- IO DIE068-A clouds were die cut from cloud pattered dp.

 

- Bigelow digi set sentiment was printed out and die cut with a Little Inker stitched banner die, and an old button from my stash was added, with a bit of twine tied.

 

This was a fun card to make, (easy too, with the cute digi), and I hope you like it. Do check out the June Challenge over at DeeDee's.  And see what some of the awesome DT members have created for your enjoyment.

 

Thanks for visiting today, and also many thanks for the wonderful emails while I've been puny. Hugs.

Penny Black and More, Outlawz Friday Copic Challenge

Good evening, and it's been a really lazy day at our house. Late this afternoon, I finally got myself together & went downstairs to finish up some cards that I worked on last night. Penny Black and More at Allsorts has a challenge going on for August with the theme of In the Garden. As I was digging through some UFO images, I found one that I thought would be perfect for this challenge, so off I set to make a card.

- PB stamp is Garden Treats (4134K), colored with copics, diecut with a S/Binder Label 2, sponged with DI Scattered Straw & Tea Dye while still in the die. Used some Glossy Accents on the hat ribbon and the shovel.

- cardbase is textured medium weight paper from a 12x12 DCWV Old World stack. It has a rather mottled look but it reminded me of sunshine.

- Prima 6x6 Zephyr Collection for the floral S/B deckled rectangle diecut, and for the MS Teardrop border punch trim

- Memory Box watercan diecut, from pearlized silver paper - then smudged with different black inks to get a weathered look. At the last minute, decided to use a MB Geneva Vine die to get a couple of posies to stick in the water can. Shaded just a tad with some red copics for the blossoms, then a green pen on the stems and hanging leaf.

- Fiskars bird wings squeezeable hand punch to get the teardrop sentiment, which was computer generated after I hunted for a Summer stamp...I have other seasons, but apparently no Summer!

I'm going to submit this to the Penny Black and More Allsorts August Challenge.

Thanks for joining me this evening, hope your day was pleasant (or lazy & relaxing - whatever you needed it to be). Come again soon. Hugs

Edit: Just found out this meets the Outlawz Friday Copic Challenge of  Hot Summer Fun. I saw lots of beach & water cards that are wonderful, but hey, some folks enjoy summer fun in their gardens. (Regretfully, I am NOT one of them! I have a SIL who says gardening is therapy. I say No, it is WORK!) Check out this challenge, perhaps join in...at least see some lovely cards.  

Summer

Good morning. It was another early morning for us (that's 3 in a row, and I don't _DO_ early!). Had to take our SUV back to the dealer for a fuel tank recall. They will have it all day; hopefully we'll get it back this evening. Otherwise we'll have to pick it up on Monday. I drove for the first time since the eye work. Dr. didn't say I could, but he didn't say I couldn't either. I've been seeing pretty well, I think, so thought I'd be safe on the road. I was a bit nervous though, and made sure DH stayed in front of me. No problems driving, I'm happy to report. :-)

Earlier this week, we received the cutest card from my blog friend, Candee. Thought I'd share it with you. We were delighted to open this, knowing Candee had thought of us. Sadly, I sent no summer cards. I'm keeping up with birthdays, get wells & thank yous, & didn't even think about doing any summer cards. But I surely enjoyed receiving one! So here it is:

Candee's Summer Watermelon

If you've never visited Candee's blog, I hope you'll find a few minutes to zip over. She has beautiful cards, wonderful organizing tips, good how-to instructions. She is the queen of finding the best buys of craft 'schtuff' at garage sales, Craigslist, eBay, etc.

So Candee, thanks once again for sending us this adorable watermelon card. It's probably the only watermelon I'll get this summer (and I love watermelon, but DH does not. So I seldom buy a whole melon, and the pieces/chunks that I've bought before, just don't taste the same!).

Ya'll have a good day, and I hope to get back with a post later in the day.

All Occasion, Fun in the Sun

Wow, it's Thursday awready...has been a fast week it seems. Here's a card today, that is quite different for me to make. Some time ago, I was a lucky recipient of some beautiful candy from Loll. I have been thinking about what to create using these luscious little goodies (and in the meantime, just enjoying looking at them as I pondered). Last evening, I got the copics and airbrushed a background...which I've not done for some time now. Was a little rusty but just kept at it. Once I had the background sort of the way I envisioned, I remembered some paper I bought recently that has a 'beach sand' look to it, so I tore some paper (another simple thing I don't use much) and started in with this card.  I also realized after I had taken the photos, a dark background would have shown up a lot better.