SCS's Try a New Technique - Paper Buttons - with Marie by The Stamping Boutique

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Here's another addition - Been ages since I participated in the Splitcoast challenges (serious withdrawal here).  Today, I was inspired to use this brand new digital image from The Stamping Boutique - I love all things "Kings & Queens" from the past - imagine my ecstacy with Camelot, Game of Thrones and Borgias on cable mini-series all at once - I'm in heaven.  Plus, I just saw the Kirsten Dunst version of Marie Antoinette only last week. (nothing to write home about, but it did satisfy that weird urge for 'period piece').  Shocker - I'm digressing.....

Today's Splitcoast's Try a New Technique Challenge was to create paper buttons.  There's a tutorial over in their Resource section, entitled Paper Buttons.  Basically, I took 5 punched hearts and glued them together with liquid glue, stamping the top layer with a background stamp.  I then used my Crop-a-Dial to punch the holes.  After this, I propped the 'button' on 2 swizzle sticks and slathered the button with Glossy Accents.  (My challenge was to wait for it to dry - argh).  It says wait 1/2 hour, but I had mine on the thicker side, so took a good 1-1/2 hours before I could touch it.  VERY COOL technique, indeed!  I've got to get some more punches in button size to do more.

Anyway, this image was colored with Copics and then I added some Stickles (diamond & fruit punch) as well as glossy accents to the hanging jewels & her feathers.  Because of the size of the image, I kept the layering simpler (this is actually a 4.5x6.25" card), with just rose mats, pink pirouette base and unk DP.  I punched slots for the ribbon & threaded the button with some rose floss.

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Stamps R Us Challenge today - Sponsored by Di's Digis

Let see if I remember how to post on my blog, lol.  School's finally out for this semester, Did well in both Nursing classes.  Just have a simpler online class over the summer before starting up again in August.

I see Blogger went AWOL for a couple of days as well.

Today's challenge over at Stamps R Us is sponsored by Di's Digi Downloads.  So many cute images over there, it was VERY hard for me to choose.  In the end, I picked this Scruffy Kitty Kaboodle.  I used both my Copics and prismacolored pencils with Gamsol for the coloring. 

The card is actually 4.25 x 6.5 inches.  I used burgundy mats for all as well as the butterflies.  I used a Sizzix embosslet and detailed with a clear glitter gel pan before mounting them up on dimensionals.  The sentiment is from a stamp I got from the dollar bin at my local scrapbook store (think it's Hero Arts).  I punched the sentiment out with my SU oval & scalloped oval punches before mounting them up as well.  The designer paper is from Basic Grey's Olivia paper pack. Finished off with a slip of burgundy satin ribbon.

This card was just the ticket for me to get back in the groove again!  Look out, here I come!  Now, I need to remember how to edit my pics without making them too washed out, lol.

Thanks for stopping by.  Make sure you head over to Stamps R Us to see what the rest of the Stamps R Us design team came up with.

Check out Shopping Our Stash Blog Candy

Head over to Shopping Our Stash to see what's going on - Some blog candy going up in celebration of their new Challenge Blog.  Stay tuned around Mid-May to see them in action.  In the meantime, head on over to see the goodies they're offering as blog candy!

Stamps R Us Challenge #

Today's challenge over at Stamps R Us the challenge is to create a card that's MASCULINE.  Dude Time Doodles, very appropriately, is sponsoring us for this challenge - SO many fun, fun, funny digital images to choose from.

I picked this image of the guy tinkering on his car - "If it Ain't broke, Take it apart and fix it ANYway" just had me laughing out loud.  So true of some of our darling men out there.

I colored the image with Copics and added some glossy accents to the lights.  Because I wanted to keep it masculine, I kept the frills and embellishments to a minimum, leaning on this corrugated paper with jute and a notebook border punch for the sentiment.

Had fun with this one - if you look at the rest of my stuff, it's all pretty and frilly.  Head over to Stamps R Us to submit your challenge card and be sure to check out Dude Time Doodles - SOOO Many to choose from!

Thanks for popping in again!

New Release at Tiffany Doodles today!

Drum roll please ......

This is one of Tiffany's newest floral releases - Blue Bonnets.  I just love flowers - can you tell?  I'm also discovering a renewed love for my Prismas & Gamsol ...

This beautiful digital image is actually one from the Blue Bonnets set that I copied and flipped.  The sentiment is computer generated using my favorite font, Scriptina.  As I said, I colored this image with my prismacolored pencils and gamsol.  I sponged around a scallop cut out to give a faux frame for the sentiment as well as sponging around the edges with Tim Holtz' tea dye.

The card base is daffodil with Navy matting the computer generated paper from Bearly Mine Designs.  Finishing touches include the garden green flourishes, light blue rhinestones and lucsious yellow bow ... This is such a pretty spring color combination ... What do you think? 

Make sure you check out Tiffany Doodles to see the full set for this Blue Bonnet as well as a template for a coffee cup 'cozy' (think Starbucks) ... Lots of fun new images!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sneak Peak for Tiffany Doodles

Here's a Sneak Peek of what Tiffany's been up to ...

Make sure to check out Tiffany Doodles this Friday, April 29th, to see the full size view of these new digital images!  You'll have so much fun!

Thanks for stopping in for a peek.

The Stamping Boutique Challenge #5

This fortnight challenge is a "Winged" theme.  While Tracey has a plethora of winged images over at The Stamping Boutique ... I was immediately taken with this beautiful new floral image.  (You all know my penchant for flowers, right?)

I colored this image with Prismas and then added a few dots of yellow Stickles for the center.  I airbrushed some Y13 and BG10 in a mottled fashion before cutting out with my newest Spellbinders die (I'm horribly behind schedule in picking all those up, lol).  The butterfly was cut then embossed with a Cuttlebug 2-in-1.  I 'folded' the butterfly before sponging and then added some diamond Stickles for some added texture.  THERE!  It's my 'winged' contribution to this beautiful new image!

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Tiffany Doodles new releases

Omygosh have I been swamped with Nursing school stuff last couple of weeks - it's kicking my butt, but I'm doing pretty good (fingers crossed as finals are in 2 weeks).

Anyway - these are cards I did last week and just couldn't find time to put them up.  They're all new releases from Tiffany Doodles ... Love them all!

This first one is a beautiful crocus that I colored with my Copics and then tweaked with my Prismas.  The papers were from Paper Trey's guidelines pack.  I forgot how much I love the purple and green color combo.  Pale plum and perfect plum mats were used and I added a Stampin Up sentiment punched with their oval punch and some pretty purple pearls. 

I really like the way this next one turned out ... The words on the dog tags were added by me before coloring with Prismas.  For the pearls, I added glossy accents (as well as teeny, tiny dots on the chain of the dog tag) before spritzing the whole thing with Smooch gold to age it.  I polished the pearls off right away to keep them a bit whiter.  Because the images and sentiment were all added, I wanted to keep the rest fairly simple, so I just added a satin knotted ribbon before matting it on black. 

Hope you enjoyed the peek.

Would love to hear what you think.

Stamps R Us Challenge

This fortnight, the challenge at Stamps R Us is to create a project using "Bugs & Embossing" ...

Doodle Pantry is the sponsor this time, so be sure to check out their storefront for some super cute digital images.

For my card, I used the digital image from the "Thinking Ant" set as well as the sentiment.  He was colored with Copics.  My background designer paper is a woodgrain print (hard to tell after I embossed it with the pebbled Cuttlebug embossing folder then sponged with some garden green. 

The card is 5.25x5.25 square.  I added some garden green mats and some garden green and suede punched branches along the edge before finishing off with a satin ribbon with some chocolate Bakers twine and some black faux nail heads.

Hope you enjoy. 

Make sure you head over to Stamps R Us to participate in this challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

New digital images at Tiffany Doodles release date 4/15/11

What a couple of cute, cute, cute new digital images.  Take a sneak peek ...

Tiffany is having a sale on these 2 images - buy both and save 10%. 

Check it out by clicking on the link here.

I chose the carriage stamp.  I printed it out twice - once on white and once on the pretty Basic Grey designer paper, which I then paper pieced.  The 'cloth' parts of the carriage were paper pieced.  The rest was colored with Copics.  I sponged the edges and then added some orangish half pearls.  Added some silver pearls to the carriage top for the hinges.

My base is vanilla then pumpkin then some more of that pretty designer paper.  I finished off with a flourish from Sizzix in pumpkin and an ivory organdy ribbon.  The gold part of the wheels have glossy accents on them as well.  I left the little bluebird "out of the box" here.

Now, if I only knew someone expecting ... Anyone need this card, just let me know & I'll be happy to send it to the first person who asks.

Head over to Tiffany Doodles' Storefront here

Thanks heaps for stopping by!