Tea Time - Monthly Challenge

Hello, I'm back again with my second card for the day. This is one I made for the SCS Monthly Challenge Creative Card Chicks swap. Each month the hostess sends out card kits to all the other members and we make a card from what she sends. This month the hostess was Roxie (morgainegeiser). I chose to use a beautiful die she sent of the teapot with flowers on it. It is a little busy, but I thought to interrupt all the flowers with a dark outline of the teapot with the Night of Navy cardstock she included.

The image and sentiment are from Tea Together cut with Tea Time Framelits die. The pattern paper is Share What You Love and the cardstock is Night of Navy.  I did pull out a small doily to use behind the die to also break up all the flowers. That's all for today. I have one more card, but I think it will wait until tomorrow.

Frog Princess - IAS #55

Hello my friends.  Happy Sunday. I hope the weather is good where you are. We are experiencing late winter temps. A shock to wake up to temps in the 40's when it's been high 70's lately. I'm about done with Winter.

I have a few cards to share with you. This is No. 1. This is made for International Art & Soul. Our theme this fortnight is CAS With Blue. Once I decided on the image to use, it didn't take long to put this together. It is from a kit I received in a swap that I take part in - the Card Shower Swap on SCS. Each month one of the members is the Hostess and everyone else sends a kit to her. I was lucky to be the first Hostess this year and received many great swap kits. This care is made with one that I received from Michelle (ticketbelle).

Image - Your Next Stamp - Little Darling Frog Princess
Ink - Gina K - Amalgam Ink
Designer Paper  - Kathy Davis
Accessories - Die, SU Label Punch; sequins, Arteza gold gel pen, pearls
Copic Markers - B12, B16; E50, E51, E53; R21, R22; Y11, Y21, Y23

That's it. I hope you'll hop on over to the IAS blog and join in the fun. Easy, peasy.  You could be the winner or one of the Top 3.

Rainboots and Blossoms - Card Shower

Good morning my friends and Happy St. Patrick's Day! Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I hope you enjoy your day.

This was a fun card to make. After I picked my colors, it just all seemed to come together so well. First, this is for the International Art & Soul challenge. Our theme this fortnight is Green + 2 Colors. The two colors I chose to use are yellow and pink.

Let me just say that I love, love, love Heartfelt Creations. I have attended two conventions the last two years here in H Town just to attend their classes. They are all about flowers and I love flowers - either real ones or using them on my cards. So, I was very delighted when I got this card kit in January from Ruby (rawilkes on SCS) for the Card Shower Kit swap. It is so fun. Each month the hostess is the one who gets showered with card kits from the other members. I'm still working on the kits that I received and trying to use them in challenges or for my DT.  Ruby sent me the rainboot and flowers already cut out. I cut a little slit in the top of the boot and slipped two of the flower stems inside. The papers she sent were perfect from Carta Bella Spring Market.  I added the pink doily behind the rainboot to carry on the color scheme. I used a retired cardstock from Stampin Up called Mint Macaroon. The images were colored with Copic Markers - G21, G24; R81, R83, Y15, and Y19.

That's it for today. I hope you will check out the IAS blog challenge and see what the rest of the Design Team has created to inspire you and play along with us. You could be the winner or picked as one of the Top 3.

Simply Betty - IAS #53

Hello my friends, and happy Sunday! It's March - in like a lion; out like a lamb. We're supposed to be getting nasty, cold weather again. Yesterday was so nice, even saw the sun for awhile and I got to use my new A/C for the first time. The last two weeks have really gotten away from m and I didn't realize that it was already time to post another card for International Art & Soul. I was late getting it posted on the design team blog.

This fortnight our theme is Sequins and/or Beads. use as little or as much as you like. I went for a few beads on my card.

 This is a stamp I got a long time ago from Simply Betty Stamps. I don't see it on the website anymore which isn't surprising since it is so old. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley - Sketchy Wishes. The cardstock is from Stampin Up - Sahara Sand and the designer paper from Basic Gray, Hello Pastel collection. I love BG paper and was so sad when they stopped making their paper. My accessories are just a few beads popped up in the left corner.

I colored the image using Copic markers - E29, E40, E41, E42, E44, E49; E50, E51, E53, E59,  R81, R83, and R85.

I liked the way I could just pop the image in the middle of the designer paper.

I hope you will come on over and play with us for this challenge. It's easy, peasy. Come check out what the rest of the design team has created for your inspiration and play along. You could be picked as the winner or one of the Top 3. 

Spilling Over - March Stash

Hello my friends. I hope you are having a great day and the weather isn't being too mean to you. I don't know what Phil was thinking when he said we would have an early Spring. Clearly, he wasn't thinking straight.

Today I have my card for the March Challenge Your Stash challenge.  Each month one of the members posts a challenge theme for us. This month our hostess was Shelly (mcschmidty on SCS). Her challenge was for us to make a card and use a  heart and the word LOVE on it.

I am in another group on SCS that swaps card kits (Card Shower). Each month one member is the recipient and all the other members send her a card kit with images and lots of goodies to make at least one card. I was the lucky one to be the recipient in January and got a ton of card kits in the mail. This is one of them that I got from Arlene Lacy (arlene_C on SCS).

Materials Used:

• Image - The Craft Lounge - Spilling Over
• Sentiment - LOVE die cut
• Cardstock - Stampin Up - Pink Pirouette
• Designer paper - Echo Park
• Accessories - heart brad and ribbon
• Copic Markers - E40, E41, E42; R29, R39, R50, R81, R83, and 85
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Stay Warm and Feel Cozy - CCC

Hello my friends. I hope you are having a great day. Not sure how to classify mine. I'm home from work today - not sick. I'm having a new A/C & furnace installed. My old one is 20 years old! How time flies. At least I can get some things done around the house while I'm here.

Today I have a card from the Creative Card Chicks on SCS. It's a group where each month one of us is hostess and sends a card kit out to the others in the group. This month it was Barb's turn and she sent us a fun Winter kit. Thanks for the fun kit Barb.

Barb sent this cute Unity stamp - Stay Warm & Feel Cozy stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black stamped on Recollections 110# cardstock. I used Stampin Up Real Red for the card base and mats. The paper is from Echo Park - A Perfect Winter  - Welcome Winter/Snowy Stripes. I added a Memory Box - Frosty Border die. I also used some Frantage Chunky White Embossing Powder from Stampendous to mimic snowflakes.

The image was colored with Copic Markers - B000; E44, E47, E49; R46, R56, R59, T10.

Thanks for stopping by.

Simply Classic - IAS #52

Good morning my friends and happy Sunday. I hope the weather is being kind to you. It's chilly and dreary here today. At least there is no snow. This will be a quick post.

My card today is for the International Art & Soul challenge which is Shades of Any Color which was chosen by Jennie on the Design Team.

 

I am always looking for masculine cards and thought this would be a great one for my stash.

Materials Used:

• Image - Heartfelt Creations - Simply Classic
• Sentiment - Heartfelt Creations - Simply Classic
• Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stampin Up Whisper White
• Designer Paper - My Mind's Eye - Lost & Found collection
• Ink - Memento - Tuxedo Black
• Accessories - Heartfelt Creations Simple Classic Dies; Stampin Up Dimensionals
• Copic Markers - BOOO, BOO, BO2; E40; G21; W1, W3, W4, W8

I hope you will come and join us this for this fortnight's challenge and pop on over to the IAS webpage to see what the rest of the team has created for your inspiration. It does not have to be just a card. Our DT is very talented in many different creative ways.