SCS Mystery Image Swap - March 2016 MFT Birdie Brown "You are Super"

Super Girl says You're a Super Friend! I've always loved this Super Girl image from My Favorite Things.  It's been on my wish list forever.

This month in March, Joanna (Queenbee Jo) over at SCS sent us all this darling stamped girl, accessories and sentiments from the "You are Super" set to play with.  She even sent along two different cityscape skyline dies for us to use.

So here's my Super Girl card with shiny don't hate her because she's beautiful hair, super girl shield and word bubble sentiment! Had to throw in some red glitter a la easy glitter tape.

I'm not really sure why I went with the patriotic theme in my background patterned paper selection. Maybe I was thinking of Captain America when I was coloring in that shield?

I've been watching new coloring tutorials and applied some of what I could remember.  I've never used a hint of Copics B00 before and I love the way her hair came out.  With this close up, you can see I messed up with color bleeding outside the lines on the bottom right dress area.  Now you see why she ended up with a shield? tee hee!

Here are the Copics I used for her hair and skin color.  I busted out Y17 for once for all the yellow you see. 

But I really don't have any primary blues or reds. So I ended up reaching for my SU Watercolor Pencils set to finish her Super Girl costume. I also added a pop of white sharpie marker pen work on her boots. 

Because the sentiment Joanna sent along was stamped with plenty of space in between each of the words, I decided to carefully die cut the phrase "Super Friend" as you can see below.  Usually, this type of precision aligning would require a lot of praying for it to work out because I'm too cheap to waste my non existent washi tape stash by using a few pieces to tape the metal die in place.

I remembered to pack my new magnetic platform I just received from Joann's during their most recent online 50% off sale. Oh my gosh, this was so worth the splurge!! It worked like a charm with success on the first try! Saving so much time since additional attempts with limited supplies were not necessary.

I forgot how much joy new crafting toys can bring.  Thank you Joanna for the opportunity to play with this adorable little Super Girl.  And I hope Kelly likes it as this is on it's way to her on Monday as part of our rotating mail out schedule for the Mystery Image Swap.

SCS is hosting their "Here Comes the Sun" themed Virtual Stamp Night this weekend, so I'm submitting this one for Hostess Carla's (Covington Crafter) "Give Me A Head With Hair" Challenge MAR16VSNK since I made it a point to try a different hair coloring approach this time.

Challenge #1 of 14 - done!


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"Super Friend" You are Super Card
Paper: Cryogen White #89; ? PP
Stamps: MFT Birdie Brown "You are Super"
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black; Copics (Hair) B00, N1, C5. C7, C9; (Skin) E00, E51, YR21, R 20; Super Girl Outfit - SU Watercolor Pencisl & Wink of Stella Gold 
Tools: SU Word Bubbles Framelit Die; Memory Box Cityscape Silhouette Border Die; Creative Memories Star Punch
Embellishments: American Crafts Best Creations Red Glitter Tape
Size: 5.75" x 5" rectangular 

"Butterfly Silk" A Special Wish Card

I'm losing steam due to having limited supplies on me.  Unfortunately, my scrap items in storage aren't convenient for me to access often, yet buying more just doesn't seem prudent. I just can't do it because I know how much I have in storage. Sigh!

I don't do well planning ahead, but in order to avoid unnecessary expenses, I'm going to have to schedule a good chunk of time to access my storage soon to exchange/grab new scrap supplies in order to keep feeding my creative mojo.

Upon seeing this new week's Featured Stamper was Rokale and her Asian Lady card in her gallery, it motivated me tonight to make do with one of the extra images that Imke sent me for the January Mystery Image Swap. This was my first attempt at coloring, but didn't like the lack of blending of her kimono or the way I colored the sleeves.  So I used my 2nd coloring attempt for that final card.

I had to find a work around not having enough white clean space on the cardstock Madame Butterfly was stamped on, so I ended up attaching the left over greeting that also came from Imke on the top left corner to hide my practice marker strokes.

The gold cording...sigh, I have reels of it in my storage.  Today, while at a family baby shower, I salvaged this small piece of gold cording from a gift wrapping discard, lol, and repurposed it for this card.

Yep, slim pickings are what I'm resorting to.  But I got one done for SCS FS473 Challenge.

 


"Butterfly Silk" A Special Wish Card
Paper: Kurasawa Origami Paper; Bazzil Brown CS
Stamps: Crafter's Companion "Butterfly Silk"
Ink: Copics (Hair)C5. C7, C9; (Skin) E51, YR21, RV 23; (Kimono) YR09, R46; Wink of Stella Gold 
Embellishments: Gold Cording; Fancy Pants Resin Flowers "Holiday Hues"
Size: 5.75" x 5" rectangular 

SCS Mystery Image Swap - February 2016 Two Paper Divas & Reverse Confetti "Hello Good Friends"

With the other half away, I took advantage and spread out all my supplies to get some play time in.  How wonderful this is going to be that I don't have to clean up my table surface or piles for another month!

Here's my February submission for my group of a dozen other ladies from SCS.  This month, Tracie (taclary) sent us this cheerful watering can image full of flowers from Two Paper Divas.

Tracie states "this image is in honor of the friendships that I have made through SCS.  I am lucky to have each and every one of you as a friend. So February's challenge is in honor of the friendships that we have made through SCS."

I can't wait for her to see what I came up with and I hope that Dea, who's the next in our rotating recipient list, will like my card in person!

I really wanted to play with my copics since I never was an expert coloring gal.  There are lots of mistakes here and I managed to salvage it by using the pebbled dot texturizing technique on my watering can.  I have no idea if that's what the technique is called, but from looking at my coloring, I think you get the idea.

Since I decided to use the image without the perfectly stamped coordinating sentiment Tracie provided, I added some die cuts from Reverse Confetti to add to the Spring Friendship theme.

One last thing, I'm dying because my card suffered an accident at the very last minute when I was stamping an alternative friendship themed sentiment on the inside of my card.  The front of the cover made contact with my just reinker refreshed ink pad that was sitting right next to it!   Grr...I'm working on a desk that's about 3 feet wide and about 1.5 feet deep. I'm practically working on top of myself.  I need to clean up after myself much better to avoid this.  Unfortunately, adding color dots or sequins to mask my oopsie just crowds this card design so I've decided to just leave it as is.

I still think this card came out pretty cute!  Just for fun, I entered this card in the CASology challenge for their Week 185:Egg.

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"Hello Friendship" Card
Paper: My Mind's Eye Now and Then Milo PP
Stamps: Two Paper Divas Bloom Wildly; Reverse Cnofetti Hippity Hoppity; SU Feel Goods
Ink: Copics Various;  SU Brocade Blue;  Wink of Stella Glitter  Yellow
Tools: Reverse Confetti Hippity Hoppity & Hello Dies; MFT Grass Border Die
Size: 4.25" x 5.5" rectangular 

SCS Mystery Image Swap - January 2016 Crafter's Companion Butterfly Silk

I'm back from another crafting hiatus as life's recent changes are finally settling in and allowing me to dabble in crafting again.

With the start of the new year, I'm so excited to be a part of a couple of monthly exchanges with several groups of ladies over at SCS.

First up, is my January card submission for the Monthly Mystery Image swap.  Imke, our very organized ring leader, was the first to send the rest of us a mystery image to work with.  She sent us this Butterfly Silk image of a Japanese lady in kimono with a call for us to use Asian lanterns that she also provided.

I dusted off my Copics and struggled with blending.  Her hair turned out satisfactory and I did the best that I could with the one Chinese Orange and Strong Red colors I had for her kimono.  Had I had my tracing paper on hand, and not in storage, I'd have paper pieced her kimono using the other lovely sheets of origami papers I had.

Ended up fussy cutting her out after I finished off her kimono with my newly acquired Wink of Stella brush marker so I could show off the gorgeous Origami papers and the elegant Mizuhiki cording I found in Little Tokyo in Downtown LA on Chinese New Year.  How's that for embracing the Asian theme for Imke?

As a new twist for this ongoing monthly mystery swap in which I'll be participating in for the rest of the year, Imke is having us mail our card to another participant in the swap, so we will each be receiving a new card made by someone else in addition to receiving a mystery stamped image to work with.

Here's the lovely card I received from Jeanette (Forest Ranger)! Love her soft green and faded cherry red colors.

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"Butterfly Silk" Card
Paper: Kurasawa Origami Paper; SU Old Olive; Unknown Textured Cardstock
Stamps: Crafter's Companion Butterfly Silk
Ink: Copics (Hair)C5. C7, C9; (Skin) E51, YR21, RV 23; (Kimono) YR09, R46; Wink of Stella Gold 
Embellishments: Mizuhiki Silver and Gold Cording
Tools: Memory Box Paper Lanterns Die
Size: 5.75" x 5" rectangular 

La-La Land Inspiration Monday {Lace, Pearls & Punches}

Monday, Monday........I'll admit, Monday's aren't my favorite days but it's Inspiration Monday over on the La-La Land Crafts Blog again. :)

This week, I decided to play with Dress Up Marci since our challenge was to use Lace, Pearls and Punches. Isn't she just perfect for this?

You can get Dress Up Marci as a rubber stamp or as a digi-stamp at the La-La Land Crafts Shop.

Copics Used:
Skin: E00, E11, R20
Hair: W25, E31, E50
Hat & Dress: R81, R83, R85
Flower on Hat: Purple Prismacolor Pencils

Thanks for popping my blog and don't forget to check out the other DT creations over at the blog today and again on Friday.

Happy Monday Everyone!




"When I Grow Up, I Want to Be Just Like You"
Paper: Creative Imaginations IOX PP; Neenah Solar White 80# CS, Bazzil CS
Stamps: La-La Land Craft "Dress Up Marci"; Phrase is Verve
Accessories: Copic Markers, Spellbinders Labels 14; SU Pop Dots; Prima Ribbon & Lace, Kaiser Pearls; Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

La-La Land Sports Collection Release Party Blog Hop

Welcome to La-La Land Sports Collection Release Blog Hop for the release of another super cute series of SIX new Marci and Luka stamps.

If you didn't just arrive from Jeanette’s Blog then be sure to head on back to the La-La Land Crafts Blog for the full details.

You'll want to leave a comment on every blog you visit along the way to be eligible to win a $25 Gift Certificate to our store.

I got to play with the new Soccer Luka stamp here with some Pink Paisley Bayberry Cottage PP's.

Copics Used:
Skin: E00, E11, R20
Hair: E25, E31, E50
Uniform: Y17, C3, C5, C7
Shoes: C3, C5, C7 & White Paint Pen

I'm a fan of sketches and really loved this one from Splitcoast so based my card layout on this SCS Card Sketch #322

Yes, I took a small liberty with the sketch. :) Now keep on hopping to see what Cindy has for you today, and be sure to comment on ALL the blogs for a chance to win the $25 Gift Certificate!
Good luck and enjoy the hop everyone!



"So Proud of You Little Man"
Paper: Pink Paisley Bayberry Cottage PP, Bazzil CS & Neenah Solar White 80# CS
Stamps: La-La Land Crafts Soccer Luca; Verve Phrase Stamps
Accessories: Copic Markers, Spellbinders Mega Labels #8; MFT Cloud Die