Emily's Cards

While I took a trip to Nashville in November, my daughter decided to have some fun and get into my stamp/craft area. She just happened to pick all stamps by Jessica Lynn Original. (Oops...the little girl was a digital I had printed out. Maybe she is by Victoria Case?) The following below is all Emily's typing.

These are the cards I made when my mom went to Nashville. The cat one was the easiest to make.The cookie one was fun. I like the little girl one the best.

The popcorn one was ok. I liked making the Thanksgiving one.

Kid Swap

My daughter made these cards for a kid swap over at Splitcoast Stampers. She has seen me do several swaps, and was excited to do one of her own! I did help her a bit with the measuring of paper, but she did the picking out on her own. She used an owl from Jessica Lynn Original and the rest are digi's from Victoria Case Stamps. She said she wanted to be able to color! She will be nine soon!!

VC sketch challenge

Hi all! I'll have two posts for you today, as my cards are both for challenges that are due today!

The first challenge is a sketch from VC Stamp Challenges. The mouse was colored a month or more ago, so I picked out paper to go with the flower that's being held by the mouse. Papers are from Basic Grey Recess. Sentiment reads: If friends were flowers...I'd pick you! from Sweet 'n Sassy.

This little mouse is cute. The ones in our barn/garage that are chewing on car wires are not. Ug! We've had several car issues in the past month due to bad mice! Because of this, we are getting 3 new outside kitties on Saturday. Hubby is the one who suggested this, and my daughter jumped with joy! Our outdoor kitty is 11, and doesn't go running around as much as she used to.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Gate Fold

Hi all, my posts will be few this week. School starts back up, and I'll have some early mornings/late work days for bit, then things will settle into a routine!

I made this card for a challenge to make a gate fold. First time for trying one, and it was easy! I think next time I'll do a regular long card rather than a square. I used the tutorial over on SCS to figure out what to do. The image tucks behind the sentiment to keep the card closed.

My image is from Victoria Case, and colored with Copics and Bic Mark-it's. I used distress ink around the image, because it was just too much bright white for the old fashioned feel of the designer paper (Basic Grey-Wassail). The top picture looks as if there is yellow...but there isn't. Gold stickels were used on the star, and Papertrey Ink sentiment.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Color challenge

Hi all! Just a quick one here. My card tonight is for the Victoria Case stamp challenge of dark blue, light blue, and ivory.

Be sure to vote for my swap card, at the point in time I'm writing this, I'm in second place! See yesterdays post for what to do! Thanks!

Sharon

Color challenge

The challenge this week for Victoria Case is to use hot/dark pink, orange, and white. Love the "hot" summer colors! But, I had to search hard to find some orange DP. The only other that I could find was a sheet of #20 Tony Stewart paper for a scrapbook page. Saving that for some pictures from a race, and of his cars at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.

The pink paper is all from Papertrey Ink, as is the pink DP. I used a white Inkssentials pen to make the dots around the cat, and to try some highlights on the bow. Sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Friendly Mouse

This card totally morphed into a clean & simple card as compared to the fru-fru creation I had in my head. Once I got out some supplies...and things were laying about and on top of each other, I decided to not use any designer paper, and go for a simple look!

My mouse is a sweet digital from Victoria Case Designs. And (surprise, surprise) I'm using it for this weeks challenge of red, black, and kraft over on the VC Challenge blog. I had colored a mouse image last week, but the flower had shades of orange, and I wanted red to go with the challenge.

This is a large 5x5 card, and the mouse image is up on foam dots. It's colored with Copics and Bic Mark-it pens. I used Creative Memories circle punches, and Papertrey Ink cardstock and sentiment.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Victoria Case Challenge

This cute frog couple are a digital image from Victoria Case. I'm imagining the half circle behind them as a setting sun...or a pink moon! Anyway, the card uses the sketch from the VC Challenge blog. I'm making sure I get this in right away...missed last week! Paper is from Basic Grey, and the flowers are Prima.

Sharon

Tara

This little fairy with some attitude is one of the newest digital images from Victoria Case Designs. Oh...did I mention she is free?! I used Tara for the VC Stamp challenge this week, which is a sketch challenge--love those!

After I had the image matted, I realized I had grabbed the wrong shade of cardstock...I wanted Berry Sorbet, and grabbed Melon Berry. I also had wanted to do some piercing, and remembered once it was all together. I'm good at that, thinking of things "after the fact"!

There's always next time!

Happy crafting,

Sharon

Kitty's

Here is the new kitten, Patty Patches, and the card she helped inspire! And below, is a better view of the card!

The Victoria Case Stamp Challenge this week is black, white, and pink. I decided it would be okay to make the kitty into my daughter's new kitten, rather than just a black and white kitty. The rhinestone heart is actually one that I won in a Victoria Case contest several months ago. And, to top things off, DD has been begging me to use lots of pink, and this card was perfect for it! DP is from last years DCWV Summer Stack. Image colored with pencils and baby oil.

One more kitty view...

Thanks for stopping!

Willy the Worm

Free Willy!! (snort snort) You can get your own Willy the Worm for free if you head over to VC Stamp Challenges. I have a couple of Victoria Case images/stamps, but decided to use this little worm for the challenge. I'm really pleased with how my colors turned out using mostly Copic markers.

Happy stamping!

Sharon

What gift?

This cute little elephant from Victoria Case Art Designs is trying to hide a gift behind his back, but you know something special is coming your way! I was lucky enough to win this digital stamp earlier this week for guessing a sneak peak! (Second time that's happened!!!) There was a release today with a little something for everyone...cute, cuddly, hunky, monsters....go take a look!

Lots of card making needs to be done tomorrow...before race times! Since I live in the "Indy viewing area", the 500 is delayed and shown during the evening :-( So, I'll be flipping back & forth between the Indianapolis 500 and the Nascar race while blurfing on the lap top after supper!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Stylish Chicken

I won this cute chicken image Saturday night from Victoria Case at her group page over on Card Universe. DD and I made a couple of guesses from a sneak peak and guessed correctly (after a couple of tries). Miss Chicken is out shopping for stamps! I added the sentiment "Style is Essential" when I printed it on the computer.

Victoria has some exciting news and a fabulous blog candy give away over on her blog. Head on over and check it out!

Sharon

Jazzy Inspirations

Getting this one in with a few hours to spare!! Color challenges are that for me...a challenge. That's why I try them every now and then...to make me grow!! Tenia does the Jazzy Inspirations Challenge every two weeks, and I'm a spotty player alonger!! :-) I used my new Victoria Case Kitty stamp that I won, popped up on dimensionals, and PTI products for the paper products. The felt flower is from Target dollar spot. IRL the image is centered on the black...it just looks wonky from the angle I took the picture!

Happy stamping!

Sharon

Many thanks!

Many thanks goes out to Victoria from Victoria Case Stamps. I won Victoria's recipe challenge over on Card Universe and the prize was two stamps...but see how much more was in the envelope?!! There is another challenge going on over there, so be sure to check it out! You might be the next winner! Also, there were new digi's released on the 22nd that are so cute!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Recipe Challenge

Recipe Challenge...sounds yummy!! I tried one of these for the first time ever over at SNR Card Universe. This one is located in the Victoria Case Stamps group. We were to use 1 circle, 2 colors, 3 layers, and 4 embellishments. I colored two white Prima paper flowers with Bic Mark-it's so they would match the DP from Basic Grey. Ribbon is American Crafts.

I'm one of the top 20 finalists for Modern Sugar Blvd. design team!! It will be narrowed down to 10, and I'll find out the news on April 14th. I received two images to do some more creating with, but I can't share those until the Grand Opening on the 20th. I've some ideas floating around, and will get started with those tomorrow as they are due Sunday!

Happy crafting!

Sharon