Skipping Stones Design Challenge #149

Its challenge day again at Skipping Stones Design, won't you join us?  This week is another retro sketch for you and here's what I came up with:

Couldn't resist the cat and halloween together now could I?  This cute kitty comes from the set Holiday Cats.  I colored him with my speccies of course.  The background paper is from Graphic 45 Happy Haunting pad and the Victorian Picket Fence diecut is by Cherry Lynn Designs.  I also added a bit of texture for grass using Leaf Green Color Fragments from Stampendous!

Spectrum Noir colors used:

OR3, OR2, OR1, GB4

IG9, IG7, IG6, IG5, CR1

And here's  sketch #149 if you want to play along with us:

Challenge List:

Skipping Stones Design : sketch (DT)

Cheery Lynn Designs: Black and Orange

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge- dies or punches

Card Makin Mamas- fall

Simply Create Too- fall

Inspire me Friday: anything goes

Holly Basket

If you are here for the Stampendous! Blog Hop scroll down one post!

First I need to announce the winner of my blog candy from this week!  Random/org picked number #35 jordanbev5...So Beverly shoot me an email with your mailing address!  Congrats :)

I thought I'd share another new Stampendous! image with you today since I'm sharing my winner.  This card features the new Holly Basket stamp colored with my Spectrum Noir markers.  I also added some Crystal Multi mix glitter to the berries.

My background is FRM125 Arabian Nights Frame from Cheery Lynn Designs cut from some Bo Bunny paper. I also used Fanciful Flourish, Border Carnivale, Circle Stackers, and Stacker Layers dies from Cheery Lynn Designs.

Spectrum Noir colors used:

JG2, LG4, LG1, DG2

TN5, TN3, TN1, EB1

DR3, DR2, PP3

BG1

Challenge List:

Crafty Catz: All that Glitters

Emerald Fairies: flourishes, swirls

Poodles Parlor:anything goes

Inspire me Fridays: anything goes

Bicycle Kaylee

I'm back again with another new digi image I downloaded from Some Odd Girl's latest release!  This is Bicycle Kaylee and I couldn't wait to color her cute little red bike!  She's colored to match On the Sunny Side papers from My Mind's Eye.

I was so excited to find all the pieces to my sewing machine after my move last month that I just had to zig and zag a border :)  Victorian Fence is by Cheery Lynn Designs.

Challenge List:

Crazy Amigo: Vacation

Inspire Me Friday: anything Goes

Make It Monday: linky party

Papertake Weekly:anything Goes

Cr84Fun: colors

Do You Stack Up: red

Fresh Brewed: summertime

Simply Create Too: summer/vacation

Just a quickie post from me today sorry, I have tons I'm working on today for this week so be sure to check back every day!  Here's whats coming at you:

Monday: Stampendous & Envirotex Collaboration
Tuesday: Skipping Stones Design Challenge
Wednesday: Spectrum Noir post
Thursday: Dreamweaver Stencils challenge
Friday: Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge
Skipping Stones Design Feature Friday
Saturday: Stampendous! & Envirotex Blog Hop

Dreamweavery Glitter

                                           

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Sadly its our last week of the Dreamweaver Stencils and Art Glitter collaboration, but that means you still have one more week to play along with our Double Glitter and/or Wedding Challenge at Dreamweaver Stencils!

I am so happy with the way my card turned out today...I finally feel like my mojo has come home!  It may have been the color inspiration from this My Minds Eye Indie Chic Ginger paper pad.  That led me to pull out the gray-ish glitter and dark orange from the Court Jester Pee Wee Kit.  I also used two of the paler colors from the Glitter Garden kit for the 2nd step of my Dbl Glitter (the backgrounds of the Bird Cage and bird).  My bird is actually cut out from the larger Love Birds stencil

Here's a closer look at all the yummy glitter:

I used Karen G's sketch for my layout today.  The delicate border is Tiffany border die from Cheery Lynn Designs.

Visit the Art Glitter blog and the Dream It Up! blog for fabulous inspiration from both talented design teams. We are encouraging all of you to play along with the challenge of creating withDreamweaver Stencils and Art Glitter*, preferably using the Double-Glitter Technique with a wedding theme. Just link your creation to the Mr. Linky on the Dream It Up! blog, or email pics to lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com, for an opportunity to win one of four fabulous glitter and stencil prize packages. One winner will be chosen each week. (US and Canada only, please).

Back to Nature

It is time for another Sweet ‘N Sassy Digi Challenge!!

Today’s challenge is:

*Back to Nature*

Use images and/or elements that you see in nature for your project

Just a few things to keep in mind as you play.... 

Please use digital images ONLY for the challenge.

~You don't have to use SNS digi images to play along but we sure do love when you do!

~Please share a link to your creation using the Linky Tools feature at the end of this post. If Linky Tools is down, please add a link with your comment.

~When uploading to online galleries, please use keyword SNSDC57.

My card today uses the gorgeous set New Creature.  I printed both the butterfly and the sentiment on Neenah Solar White cardstock.  The butterfly was colored with my Spectrum Noir markers (GB8,GB6, GB4, PL5, PL4, PL2) then I added some sparkle with a Gelly Roll glitter pen.

The scripture verse was airbrushed with a spectrum noir marker using the copic airbrush system then cut with an oval die from Sellbinders.  The lacy frame is Polynesian Sails Oval die by Cheery Lynn Designs. Papers are from the Basic Grey Plumeria line, ribbon by May Arts.

I hope you play along with us this week! And be sure to hop over to the rest of the SNSDC DT blogs to see the gorgeous projects they have created for you this week!

Wonderland

 This month Stampendous! is collaborating with The Altered Alice blog so the Stampendous! DT is showcasing the new Wonderland set all this month!  (Be sure to stop by both blogs to enter for a chance to win this set!)

Today this card is being featured on the Stampendous! blog so I am sharing it here as well!

1. Stamp Alice from Wonderland set and color with copic markers (B21,24,27; E0000,000,00, Y21,26; YG61,63; C0,1) then cut out and set aside.

2. Stamp birthday sentiment from Wonderland set with pale blue ink on scrap of white cardstock and cut with Dog Tag punch from EK Success.  Punch hole at top and tie blue silk May Arts ribbon through and into a bow.

3. Fold a 5.5" x 11"piece of pale blue cardstock in half.  Cut out center with a Nesting Circle die.  Cut out a slightly darker blue (start with a piece 5x 5")circle with same die)  Cut a larger circle so that you have a circle frame

4. Cut a white piece of cardstock with a circle Doily die. (I used Cheery Lynn Designs)  

5. Stamp smaller elements from Wonderland set in blue ink on blue cs base.   Layer white doily onto med blue and adhere, then adhere to blue base.

6. Adhere Alice to lower right side of card and tag to upper left side.  Add Steel Blue Glass Glitter randomly around frame with a wet adhesive.

7. Cut a 5" x 5" piece of navy cardstock.  Adhere to center of inside of card.  Position large sentiment from Birthday Assortment in center of opening, then open card and stamp in Versamrk ink.  Add White Detail EP and heat.

Hope you like her!  Be sure to enter my Blog Follower candy giveaway at THIS POST for yet another  chance to win this set or another fabulous prize!  And check back in this Sunday for a new Alice card from me for the Altered Alice blog! Hope you have a wonderful day!

Stampendous! Saturday

Ready for another round of Bling for our monthly Stampendous! challenge?  Bring it!  This morning I am sharing one of the cards for my Birds of a Feather Class I am teaching at Enchanted Cottage today.  (If you are local, don't despair...I'm teaching the same class at The Stamping and Scrapbooking Room next month Feb 18th!)

My featured card today has a TON of glitter and bling going on.  I started with Jumbo Cameo Frame stamped in Aged Copper Embossing enamel on Agua cardstock.  After this was heated I went back in and added some Aged Silver embossing enamel to the centers of the flowers using my Versamarker.  The edges were then embossed using Fran's Embedded Jewel Technique with Aged Copper, Tea Stained Mica, and new Blue Glass Glitter.

On a separate brown panel I stamped and embossed Lone Bird in Aged Silver then colored over it with copic markers.  Then I cut this piece out with a Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circles die.  The background papers are from Best Creations (which isn't available for my class so we are duplicating the paper with Vintage Mahogany embossing tinsel and Jumbo Romantic Border).

Here's a peek at the other 3 cards for this class if you are interested in taking the class at Betty's next month, or email me for a class kit!

 The second card in this class features Jumbo Songbird stamped and embossed with Clear Bark embossing powder.  I cut out the bird then colored him with Inka Gold by Viva Decor using makeup sponges.  The background stamp, NEW Garden background,  is stamped in Peeled Paint distress ink.

The frame was cut with Polynesian Sails oval from Cheery Lynn Designs on white cs then embossed with Detail gold powder.  Sentiment is from Rose Branch Border and ribbon is by May Arts.

Next is my Jumbo Songbird tag that I shared a couple of weeks back, also using Music score bg, Aged Gold Embossing enamel, Shabby Blue embossing Enamel, and Gilded Mica Fragments.

And finally another card I have already shared, again using Lonebird and also the Edge It dies from Lifestyle Crafts.

Be sure to check out the Stampendous! blog for more details and more DT inspiration!  And here's the list of the rest of the DT playing this week:

Stampendous Impressions Blog

Janelle Stollfus 

Cyndi Bundy

Wendy Price

Wendy Jordan

Taylor Usry

Suzanne Czosek

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu

Melinda Gleissner

Jennifer Ingle 

Steph Lee 

Simply B Stamps sneak peeks continue!

 Are you loving the new Jude and the Rockers Playtime??  I am!  They are so adorable it  ALMOST makes me want another little one...NOT!!  Today we are peeking Tea Time Lilly.  I love the way my card came out even though the colors are pretty muted for me, LOL

I colored Lily to match this gorgeous Authentique paper from the Freebird collection. The sentiment is by Verve Stamps.  Here's a closer look at adorable Lilly...

And here's the bottom border, cut with Tiffany die from Cheery Lynn Designs.

The Jude collection will be released TOMORROW at Simply B Stamps along with our blog hop so be sure to head on back over!  You can head to the blog today and see more samples with Lilly too!

Challenge List:

Sketch Saturday: sketch

Make it Monday: Linky party

Mark's Finest Papers: Border punches

Dream Team Thursday

Happy Thursday!  We are over the hump of the week and almost to the weekend!  Today is Challenge Day at Dreamweaver Stencils and we would LOVE for you to play along!  It doesn't have to be a DW stencil that you use, but we sure love to see them!

Continuing with our Valentine theme for the month I pulled out LL3011 Love Birds stencil for my main panel.  I used my favorite new technique, the double glitter technique!  So cool, blingy and messy!

First, grab your stencil and on the back side rub some Vegetable Oil Soap (I used Coconut Soap)all over it to coat the metal.

Be sure to take a brush and wipe away excess clumps.

Cut a piece of double sticky paper, also called Snap and Peel to the size desired.  Pull off one side and attach to cardstock piece.  Pull off other side and lay the stencil with the soap side DOWN on the sticky paper.

Now begin adding your glitter.  I chose to use 2 colors, so I carefully added the coors using a cut off straw and tapping the excess in the direction AWAY from the blank sticky part.

AFter all the openings are filled, carefully peel the paper from the stencil, being careful not to bend the stencil.  Next add a whole layer of clear, white, or black etc to the remaining stickiness!

For my background panel I used the Large Damask stencil LXLX7001 and ran it though my cuttlebug.  I started with a black glitter background panel, but couldn't decide so I did it with Multi Crystal as well.  Here's the first version with the black:

The border at the bottom of the black damask panel was cut with Cheerly Lynn Designs Tiffany border.  Flowers are Mini Rolled roses from My Favorite Things, and all glitter is from Stampendous!

My layout is based on this weeks sketch challenge from Split Coast Stampers.  

I hope you play along with us this week!  And be sure to check out the rest of the Dream Teams creations and spread some love to them all!

Pam Hornschu  

Laura Drahozal 

Louise Healy 

Wendy Jordan 

Terrece Siddoway

Kristi Van Doren

Georgia Sommers

Lee Kellogg

Liz Martin

Cyndi Bundy

Cherylynn Moser

Jessie Hurley

Skipping Stones Design Sketch Challenge!

Good morning!  I am trying to stick to my daily blogging resolution before the new year even hits....so today I am playing along with this weeks Skipping Stones Design Sketch challenge!  I have quite a few blogging friends on this team so I have fallen in love with these stamps over the last few months!  

Most of my favorites are the quirky, off beat humorous ones...but todays card uses an elegant set called   Victorian Summer that I actually won last year :)  I have stamped the rose twice, masking part of the stems then colored it with copics.  After it was all colored I went back with the large rose and stamped it off in a pale aqua to give a hint of texture or almost a background paper look.  I did the same with the sentiment tag.

Theres small touches of glitter using my Gelly Roll Stardust pen and I just had to pull out the handy dandy sewing machine and stitch the edges on this one.  The eyelet border is actually one edge of a large square die that I cut with Cheery Lynn Designs Scandinavian Hearts.

Here's the sketch if you want to play along. You have til next Monday!

And here's the Victorian Summer set all together, I only used a few of the gorgeous images!

Thanks so much for visiting with me today! Have a happy Hump Day!

-Cyndi

The Scrappy Chick Sunday Sketch Challenge: Merry & Magical

Good morning!  I've decided its time to offer up sketch challenges again!  I just couldn't wait for the new year, so here's the first and it will run for 2 weeks, you have until Saturday, December 31st at 8pm EST to submit your entry! If you are using a public gallery please label your tags as "SCSSC01".

For my sample today I have actually drawn the sketch to go with the card that I created first!  

My card  uses Merry Magical from Stampendous!  Its been embossed in Stampendous! Clear Bark Embossing Powder onto scallop circles cut from  Nesting Scallop dies  by Lifestyle Crafts.  I love these because you get so many more shapes for the same amount as the Spellbinders dies!  

Here's a closeup of the  main panel.  The circles were then layered onto the center cut out of the Scandinavian  Hearts die from Cheery Lynn Designs.  It is one large die which cuts out the frame and the center which looks like a snowflake to me :)  Its a lovely combination  and there is never wasted space on a die from CLD!

Here's the Scandinavian Hearts die.

The pattern papers are from the Journey collection by Authentique Paper.  Authentique is one of my absolute favorite new paper lines!!

I have up for grabs for this challenge a Cheery Lynn Designs die that I happen to have 2 of, LOL.  Its called Polynesian Sails Oval.  I'm sorry, but for now US winners only.

I hope you'll join me!  Have a wonderful Sunday...only 6 shopping days...eeek!!

-Cyndi

Recipe Challenge at Fab 'n' Funky

 It Challenge day at Fab 'n' Funky again and its my turn to be the hostess!  For my challenge this week I am giving you a recipe!  Please use 1 ribbon, 2 pattern papers, and 3 buttons, brads, or gems.

Amusingly enough, I goofed my own challenge!  I had three on the brain and used 3 leaves...oopsie!

Our sponsor this week is Di's Digi Downloads!  There are tons of adorable images including this freebie, Teddy Pumpkin that I snagged right from their blog :)  I just had to use him so that I could play with my new Fall papers from Bo Bunny...the colors are just rich and gorgeous!

Here he is a bit closer.  I tried again to use the fur coloring technique that Suzanne Dean shared with us at her class.  But mine doesn't lok anything like what she can do :(

To the bottom of the card I added the Fanciful Flourish die from Cheery Lynn Designs and also a trio of Dimensional Small Leaves 2, all cut from bits and pieces of the pattern papers.  I distressed all the leaves and mats with Corduroy ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger.

Okie, dokie...please join in the fun this week and link up to the FNF blog :)  Thanks for stopping in today!   -Cyndi

Introducing Sally and Jack

I am soooo excited that today is finally here and we can share cards made with one of my favorite collections EVER from Simply Betty Stamps!  Meet the Burton Chibis!!  (For those who are going, huh?  These are all characters from Tim Burton films!)  Today we are peeking Sally and Jack from The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Emily and Victor from The Corpse Bride.

I have a brand new card that I am so thrilled with using Sally and Jack.  Instead of starting with my papers for this one then picking colors, I started with a picture of Sally and Jack and picked my colors from them, then my papers.  It just happens that this new pad from K & Co went perfectly with their outfits!  Here's a closeup at the lovely couple:

You can also see here the detail on the Spiderweb die from Cheery Lynn Designs.   Its so delicate and gorgeous!!  I cut it out on plain Black Bazzill cardstock then I swiped some Graphite Inka Gold (from Viva Decor) over the top.  For my card base and black layer I cut the center out with Circle Classic Large Silver Stackers, also from Cheery Lynn Designs.  They are WONDERFUL because they have a clear yet marked center so its really easy to place an image directly where you want it within your circle.

I adhered the Spiderweb between the layers with touches of Glossy Accents.  Here's yet one more view of the card from the side, so its easier to see the peek-a-boo window through the web.  Pretty cool, huh??

The last shot is of the detail at the bottom of the card.  I added a strip of striped paper and a small border of black die cut with Border Carnivale from Cheery Lynn Designs.  The crow (and the Boo pennant at the top of the card are from a K & Co sticker pack.

Please join us over at The Simply Betty Stamps blog to see lots more eye candy from the rest of the DT. And be sure to leave comments at my fellow SBS team's blogs for a chance to win!

Be sure to come back tomorrow for MORE Burton Chibis and for Release Day when the will be available in the SBS Web Store!  Thanks for coming by today to visit!  I have blog candy in the post below if you haven't seen that yet :)

-Cyndi