Moxie Fab World - Clean and Graphic

Last card for the Moxie Fab World -  Card Style Challenges. These cards are for the Moxie Fab World - Clean and Graphic challenge.  I really enjoyed the style challenges as I like to challenge myself to work through different styles all the time.  I am going to share two cards and the first one is my favorite:

This is a new stamp from Stampendous and as soon as I saw it I wanted it because the swirly bubbles drifted off into nothing. This was stamped with versamark and heated with clear embossing powder.  The rest is just sponging on purple, brown, blue dye inks over a resist background. The lovely charm is a RAK from Deborah (Thanks Deborah!)

The sentiment is from a Hero Arts clear set and I thought appropriate with the rich colors. The tulle is from Cornish Heritage Farms.

The second card started with me having an inspiration in the middle of the night of this crepe ribbon pleated with twine overlaid and just a sentiment.  So I created the card using that idea and then it was too plain for me. :) So out came this poodle!

Now I have to admit that she looked like she had so much attitude that I thought it would be very funny to tie a balloon to her tail! The balloon has coordinating polka dots and she looks like she is in disdain of having to carry it!

The fabulous crepe ribbon is Jenni Bowlin and a RAK from Louise. (Thanks Louise!)  The Poodle is from Judikins. The sentiment and balloon are  from Hero Arts again!

Hope you have a beautiful Saturday!  I will be back tomorrow with a tag for Louise's challenge!

Suzz

2S4Y - Laura's Sketch # 57

2S4Y sketch this week is from Laura and it is Sketch #57. I was so happy to be featured in the Top 10 last week at 2S4Y. Thanks Kazan!   My Favorite Things is sponsoring the challenge and has a lovely prize.  I decided to use my Pure Innocence image on my card as I purchased it from MFT.  I also had this lovely stamp from Tim Holtz that fit the sketch.

Here is the sketch drawn with a heart.

My take on the sketch:

Love the sentiment and it worked beautifully with the sketch. :)  I trimmed out my little girl to remove her wand and wings and have her hold a heart.  The bottom is made from a series of punched hearts.

Thanks for stopping by...
Suzz

Last Call - Hero Arts Monthly Challenge - Food & Travel

Well... I had such a great creative day today. I was supposed to go to CHA again today but decided to stay home and create all day. You will be seeing some of the fun things I created over the next couple of days! :) The best part is I still have a few more ideas percolating that I hope to get on paper this weekend. :) Love it when the mojo is flowing...

Here is the card for Hero Arts and this month's challenge Food and Travel ends tonight so I had to share it today. :)

Here's my little story about this card. I was planning on doing a card with butterflies made from this lovely Hero Arts map stamp. I had it in my mind for this challenge. Well... I went to the library today with my kids and they have this lovely used book store. The books are incredibly cheap 25 cents, 50 cents or a 1.00 at most. I love to look for old reference books or other things to use to stamp on. (In addition to looking for books to take home to read)  I found a map for Portugal for 50 cents. Now you can't beat that! I can't get a sheet of pattern paper for that. :)

So I was thrilled. I also had this brilliant idea to look at the old cookbooks. I did pick one up. So now if I am making a cooking card I can use a recipe as the background paper! :)

Anyways that was my fun for this card. I had to emboss to get the stamping to really pop on the map. I could have used some white paint to help soften or vellum (ideas for future use for this great map)

I hope you enjoyed your trip to Portugal! :)

About CHA... I had a lot of fun.. I met up with a few of my fellow DT members which was so fun. We had time to sit and chat and talk about lots of fun things!!!

I also had time to create a few make and takes for my retailers and best of all got to play with some new products and get my hands inky.  Here is a tag I made over at the October Afternoon booth:

They put out some paper and let you pick from the stickers and make your own design. This paper was very fun.. The only downside was there was no stamping! :)

I can't wait for a few of the new Tattered Angels products to hit the stores and a few new Ranger products.

As always thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Play Date Cafe Challenge #40 - Color Splash

This week is a color splash week at the  Play Date Cafe Challenge and  Sarah selected a lovely photo for the inspiration.  

Onto the sponsor for this weeks challenge!

Memory Box

I may be a little biased... But I was thrilled that Memory Box is sponsoring us this week.  They are providing a lovely prize.  I am also posting another card over on the Memory  Box Design Team blog Outside the Box today with the PDCC colors following our theme this week.

The Play Date Cafe Challenge design team had a couple of beautiful Memory Box butterflies to choose from this week to create their cards. I had the additional advantage of having the rest of the Memory Box stamps to play with as well.  Here is what I came up with:

I ended up with three projects as once I got started I couldn't stop.  Here is my other project:

To see the third project you will have to pop over to the Outside the Box blog and take a look. :)

The acetate and stamping was fun and something I don't do a lot of. So I really enjoyed using the acetate on all my projects.  (After I had created my cards I saw that Savannah had used acetate too!)

One tip on the alcohol inks and the StazOn Ink, you can stamp the solvent ink over the alcohol inks after they are dry.  Don't try putting the alcohol inks/blending solution onto the StazOn or it will dissolve. (I didn't do it this time around but when I first played with these items together you know I did!) 

Products:

• Memory Box - Elemental Damask C1390
• Memory Box - Vintage Scroll E1388
• Memory Box - Damask Butterfly D1350
• Memory Box - You are So Sweet B1374
• Memory Box - Wishing you the Happiest Birthday - B1354
• Versamark
• Hero Arts - Clear Tag
• May Arts - Silk Ribbons
• Ranger Embossing Powder - Lettuce
• StazOn - Jet Black
• Versafine - Black Onyx, Smokey Grey
• Memento - London Fog
• Ranger Alcohol Inks - Lettuce, Citrus
• Ranger - Alcohol Blending Solution
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Play Date Cafe design team

Sarah Anderson

Stephanie Kraft

Ruby 2 Shoes

Savannah O'Gwynn

Julie Ranae

Lisa Somerville

Hope to see you over in the Cafe this week!

Suzz

Moxie Fab World - Signs of Peace

I am playing along in the Moxie Fab World Challenge - Signs of Peace...

I had bought this Northwoods Stamp which is a peace sign as my girls are both very much into the peace signs. So this challenge is the perfect time to bring it out and create a few cards. (yes I have others sitting on my desk unfinished but hopefully coming to a channel near you soon. :)

I finished one of the cards and hope to get the others done otherwise the pieces will go into the infamous scrap pile that is ever multiplying.

Without further ado...

I had a lot of fun creating the panel with the Peace signs. I used a combination of dye inks and misting to get the soft water color look.  I also wanted to create an effect with the ribbon similar to what the kids are doing with the ribbon on their flip flops and tied on bits and pieces on the main ribbon. (Great way to use up little ribbon scraps too!)

I am very excited to be going to the CHA show this week so will be busy Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday perusing all the latest releases and meeting up with some friends!  So things might be a little quiet here this week as I will be out and about. If I can get some more crafty time today I will see if I can finish up my other peace cards and share them with you!

Peace Out!
(My youngest loves to say that!)

Suzz

Card Patterns Sketch 74 & PDDC 39 Colors

This week's sketch at Card Patterns has lots of lovely layers. Something I love to do! I also wanted another pass at the colors at the Play Date Cafe Challenge this week because they are so pretty.  So what do you get when you take this beautiful sketch:

add the inspiration colors:

and get this...

Products:

• Ranger Distress Inks Pumice Stone
• Hero Arts - Poppies (Clear and Wood)
• EK Success Border Punch
• Hero Arts - Cling Flourishes
• Hero Arts - Shadow Ink - Soft Sand
• Derwent Watercolor Pencil - Golden Brown
• Versafine Pigment Ink - Black Onyx
• Marvy Uchida - Butterfly Punches
• Pearls

Well I hope you are going to have a fabulous weekend. We are having a birthday party for my youngest today. I have a few projects on my desk which I hope to get the idea/inspiration on how to finish. :)

Have a lovely day!

Suzz

Play Date Cafe Challenge #39

Julie selected the colors this week for the Play Date Cafe Challenge.   I have been wanting to create a card with just these colors.  There is nothing more stunning than all neutral tones and punch of black.    Here are the inspiration photos.

Here is my card using the inspiration colors. I felt like I could have made several cards using this color combination and probably will in the near future.

Love these mushrooms from Cornish Heritage Farms, when I ordered them I wasn't sure how I was going to use them and already have inked them up twice.   The butterflies and ladybugs are from Hero Arts. The lined paper stamp on the background is also Cornish Heritage Farms. (I stocked up since they are closing their doors and I love their stamps).

The inks are Hero Arts Shadow Ink Soft Sand, Ranger Distress Inks - Antique Linen, Versafine Black Onyx.

I used watercolor pencils to color in all my images and added a touch of this fun black glitter from Clearsnap.

The lovely sentiment is from StampScapes.

Now onto some really important stuff...

Like our fabulous sponsor...

Unity Stamps

who is offering up not one, not two but three stamp sets (retail value 75.00!) as the prize for one winner this week on the PDCC! Which sets you ask....

and

Aren't they adorable?

We also have a fantastic Guest Designer this week..

Maren Bendedict who you can find sharing her wonderful work on her blog Zany Not Crazy.

If you need any further inspiration we have our own wonderful PDCC design team creating their share of gorgeousness. Go check out their blogs.

Sarah Anderson

Stephanie Kraft

Ruby 2 Shoes

Savannah O'Gwynn

Julie Ranae

Lisa Somerville

I think this color combo is going to have so many fun projects and I can't wait to see the projects using the PDCC colors!


Suzz