Christmas Fairy - Challenge Your Stash

Hello again. This is my second post for today. I'm catching up on the cards I was to have posted early this month. I'm only 2 days late for this one which we post on the 28th of the month for the Challenge Your Stash challenge on Splitcoaststampers. This month the hostess was Carol (momcgw) and her theme was Christmas card or item (decoration). With limited time I went for a card to add to my Christmas card stash.

 Materials Used:

• Image - Bugaboo - Fairy Christmas
• Sentiment - Charm from my stash
• Card stock - Xpress it Blending Card; Stampin Up Real Red
• Designer Paper - Pion collection
• Accessories - Arrow paper clip, ribbon; Nestabilities die

Copic Markers - B12, B14; E23, E27, E29; E50, E51, E53; G03, G07, G16; R24, R29, R37; Y18

That's it for today. Hope you have a good one.

Bringing in the Tree - July CCC

Good morning my friends and Happy Sunday.

It was so good to get back in my stamp room to be somewhat creative. My Genealogy class has been keeping me pretty busy. After our Unit on Documentation (writing citations) finished up (with a B-), we moved on to Forensic Genealogy. So interesting. This is all about finding people and includes DNA Analysis. I approach it with a bit of trepidation. Hopefully my lame brain will be able to get around it and I'll do well in this one.

But on to the card I have for you today. This is for the Monthly Challenge of the Creative Card Chicks on Splitcoaststampers. Our kit came from Roxie (morgainegeiser). She sent along a couple images, some papers and some embellishments.

The elements I used from the kit were the image from Stampin Bella, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The designer paper is from Bo Bunny - Sleigh Ride. The sparkley snowflake and twine are from Stampin Up. I added some bling from my stash to the tree and also created snow with my liquid applique. I used Stampin Up Navy cardstock and a gray metallic gel pen. I put the sentiment on the inside, but didn't photograph it.

Copic Markers - B00, B01, B02, B60; BG90, BG93; C3, C5, C7; E23, E25, E27; E50, E51, E53; G21, G24, G46; R00.

That's it for today. It was a fun kit. There is another image from the kit that I've got colored up and hope to get it made into a card soon. Glad to be getting started on my Christmas cards.

Poppy For You - Creataliious #118

Hi friends and Happy Friday!  Yeah, made it to the end of the week.  Happy Friday, Happy Payday, Happy weekend, Happy day off on Monday! Yippee, don't have to go back to work until Wednesday.  Wish it was time off to play, but school work calls my name!  I received an overall B+ for Module 2 and am hoping to bring that up to an A or A+ this next Module, so I need to stay focused. Wish me luck!

Time to get to the business for today. I'm already late getting this posted, but ran out of time last night to get it done. The challenge this fortnight over at Creatalicious is Anything Goes with the Optional of Red, White & Blue. Here is my card.

Materials Used:

• Image - Crafty Sentiments - Emma Loo - Poppy For You
• Sentiment - Stampin Up Retired
• Cardstock - Papertrey Ink - Poppy Parade (just perfect)
• Designer Paper - My Mind's Eye - A Mother's Love (just perfect)
• Accessories - Ribbon from Stampin Up; flowers and center from my stash; Stampin Up Little Label punch; Nestabilities Classic Oval die
• Copic Markers - B0000, B12, B14, B34; R22, R27, R25; E50, E51. E53; E23, E25, E27; C5

That's it for tonight. Gotta go hit the books. I hope you'll hop on over to Creatalicious and see what the rest of the Design Team has for your inspiration.  Come play with us. You could be the winner of the Crafty Sentiments prize or picked as one of our Top 3.  Have a great and safe weekend and a sparkley 4th of July!

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Relax A Bit - CYS - June

Hi friends. Here I am again for the second time today. This time I am on time. This is a card for the Challenge Your Stash challenge on Splitcoaststampers. This month Suzy was the Hostess and challenged us to make a card showing our favorite beverage. I'm not a coffee drinker, but I do like a good cup of caffeine-free tea now and again.

Materials Used:

• Image - Mark's Favorite Papers - Relax A Bit
• Sentiment - Mark's Favorite Papers - Relax a Bit
• Cardstock - Stampin Up Soft Sky; Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper - Stampin Up - Have a Cuppa
• Copic Markers - B0000; B000, B00; E00; G12, G14, G16; R22, R24, R27

That's it for today. Hope you have a great week.

Beach Babes - CCC June

Hi friends.  Happy Wednesday night. It's been kind of a rough week, a bit of illness, but hopefully it's past. Getting kind of tired of that.

My Genealogy class is going well. Even with all I think I know, there is so much more to learn about research. About half way through the course. I don't know how people work and take a full load of college classes.

Luckily, I had a day between Modules to play a bit in my stamp room. It was feeling quite neglected. This is one of the cards I was able to put together for the Splitcoaststampers site - Creative Card Chicks. Each month one of the members sends us a kit with images, papers, and fun embellishments to use to create a card to two. This month is was Debby's turn (littledeb on SCS). She's planning a holiday soon and will be a beach babe.  I am really a little late getting this posted. I really liked the bright colors of the designer paper, so I brought that into the image. I even have the perfect person to give this to.

Materials Used:

• Image - unknown
• Sentiment - Deadbeat Designs
• Cardstock - Stampin Up Tempting Turquoise; Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper - Debby's stash
• Accessories - K&Co., flip flops; Paper Studio - Enameled Dots
• Copic Markers: BG0000, BG000, BG01, BG02; C3; E21, E23; E30, E31; E40; E50, E51, E53; G0000, G12, G21; R81, R83; Y11, Y15, Y18; YR01, YR01, YR68

That's it. Thanks Debby for a fun kit. Hope you have a great time on your Vacay~

Noel - IAS #11

Hello my friends and Happy Sunday.  I've had a busy few weeks with class projects that needed to be done. Wow!  I don't know how people do this all the time - work and go to school and take more than 1 class. This last project that was due today was a real doozer - a scavenger hunt on the Internet. We were given 10 different scenarios to look for and find answers to the questions. It was tough. Luckily I get points for my research even if I don't find the answer, but I managed to get 7 out of 10. We'll see what I end up with as a final score. So far I've been doing pretty well with an average of about 90. Anyway it doesn't leave a whole lot of time for crafting, but I managed to sneak in a little time for this one.

Yes, time for another project for International Art & Soul. The theme for this fortnight is Flowers. My favorite thing. I love flowers whether there are an image or added embellishments. I've got to start thinking about Christmas so went with a Winter theme for this one. I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted to do with it so I left off a sentiment and will add that later.

  

Materials Used:

• Image - Lili of the Valley - Noel
• Cardstock - Stampin Up Silver Metallic; Xpress It Blending Card; Shimmery White
• Designer Paper - Bo Bunny - Attitude
• Accessories - Flowers and Lace from Wild Orchid Crafts and Recollections; Die - Memory Box, Frosty Border; Silver Gel Pen
• Copic Markers - BG0000; BG000; BG10; E50, E51; G34, G28, G43; R35, R37; V0000, V01, V12; Y11, Y23, Y26

That was pretty easy. Love the colors on this one.  I hope you'll hop on over and play along with us this time. Can't wait to see what you do with flowers. You could win one of our Prize Badges or be picked as one of the Top 3. 

Surfer Dad - IAS #10

Hi my friends. Getting a late start today. I've been really busy the last couple of weeks with my class assignments. The research lately has been very time consuming causing many days of late nights. It's been so hectic that I forgot to post my card for this challenge on our Design Team page so for now, it's not on the IAS blog. I decided I'd go ahead though and post it on my blog. I really like how it came out.

 

Materials Used:

• Images - Make It Crafty - Surfer Dad; Beach stamp set by Provo Craft (very old)
• Sentiment - See D's Birthday collection
• Cardstock -Stampin Up Yo Yo Yellow, Baja Breeze; Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper - Stampin Up Cupcakes & Carousels
• Ink - Memento - Tuxedo Black
• Accessories - Sun punch
• Copic Markers - BG11, BG23, BG000; C1; E000, E00, E11, E25; E40, E42, E43, E44; Y06, Y13, Y15, Y21; YR04.

 That's about it. Our theme for this challenge is For The Men. So anything with a masculine theme is good. I hope you'll pop on over to the International Art & Soul Challenge website and see what the rest of the Design Team has created. We are a Just For Fun challenge, after all crafting really is just about having fun :). Although we don't give away prizes we do have some awesome badges for you. You can enter our challenges with any types of craft that takes your fancy so long as you follow our theme. We would love to see how creative you are so altered art, die cutting, glass etching, jewelery etc. are all permitted.We will have a new challenge for you each fortnight so be sure to check in with us regularly and we hope you have lots of fun playing along with us.

I am submitting this for the following challenges:
Dare2BArtzy Blog - Summer
Great Impressions - Masculine Final Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes
Catch the Bug - Fast & Furious - Men
Crafty Calendar  - June Boys Will be Boys
Imagine That -  Anything Goes