by Lisa | Sep 4, 2017 | Card Challenges, Merry Monday Challenge |
Hello! Happy Monday my crafty friends…This morning I have a new challenge for you Merry Monday Challenge and this week our hostess is Marcia and the challenge is to Create a Christmas card with the word “JOY” on it. I’ll be guest designing for Merry Monday Challenge for the next 4 months. I’m super excited to be joining a team of some amazing designers. 
For my card this week I couldn’t wait to ink up the Avery Elle Caroling Critters. I think it goes well with this weeks challenge ” create a card with “Joy” can’t you envision those critters standing on the street corner singing Joy to the World. 
I inked up several images from the stamp set with a Copic friendly ink Memento Tuxedo Black and colored the images with various Copic Markers. The images were cut with my Brother Scan N Cut. I used one of the dies from the Avery Elle Custom Panels Elle-ments set to cut out a snow bank. On the background I used Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch to create a snowy night. I used the Avery Elle Falling Snow Elle-ments die to add the snow. To finish my card I adhered the background to an A2 Top Fold Neenah Card base. I added Nuvo Glitter to the die cut snow banks to make it look like fallen snow on the ground and adhered them to the background. 
I added some detail to the images with a Sakura White Gelly Roll pen, glossy accents was added to the lamp post. The sentiment and musical notes were stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black. Hope you like my take on this weeks challenge. Come play along with us for the Merry Monday challenge, the design team has some beautiful inspiration on the challenge blog as well.
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by Lisa | Sep 1, 2017 | Card Challenges, Sketch Saturday |
Hello! Welcome to another fun challenge over at Sketch Saturday!
Pink Gems Design is our sponsor this week.
The prize this week is 2 “SINGLE” digi images or 2 “Card Topper Kits of the winners choice (or one of each).
This week my card is created using the Hedgy with Snowflake Digi Stamp
My card is created on a white card base. I added a piece of Doodle Bug paper from my stash of scraps for the background. A strip of silver paper was added. Hedgy was copied and colored with Copic Markers. I added lots of silver splatters to the background to give my card a starry winter night feel. The sentiment was stamped with clear ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder it’s a perfect fit. A few snowflakes were die cut and adhered to finish my card.
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Please don’t forget to check out the rest of he Design Team creations this week over at Sketch Saturday.
by Lisa | Aug 31, 2017 | Tic Tac Toe Challenge |
Hello, Hello my crafty friends it’s Tic Tac Toe Thursday and this week’s board was created by none other than Shannon Jaramillo. They say three times a charm right! For this weeks creation it took me 3 not 1 but 3 times before I was some what happy with the results. The verdict is still out but any who’s here you go! I’ve been wanting the W Plus 9 Modern Anemones stamp set for some time now and I’ve been chomping at the bit to try embossing with the Tonic Nuvo Gilding Flakes. This weeks board provided the perfect opportunity.
I stamped several of the Modern Anemones flowers and leaves onto Neenah Solar White Card with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with various copic markers. The flowers and leaves were cut out with my Brother Scan N Cut.
I die cut an oval shape out of black cardstock with one of the MFT Cross Stitch Oval dies and arranged my flowers to look as though they were cascading the oval shape. I wanted a bold graphic look and the Ellen Hutson Modern Graphics paper was the key to pulling this design together.
To finish off my card I adhered a (4 x 5.25) piece of one of the Modern Graphic designs paper onto an A2 Top Fold Neenah Solar White card base. The sentiment was stamped with SSS clear ink and heat embossed with Ranger Sticky embossing powder Nuvo Gilding flakes in Radiant Gold were applied to the sticky embossed sentiment, rubbed in and the excess removed with a brush.
I adhered the oval (just so you know the oval was the reason for my 3 times is a charm) and arranged the flowers around the oval added a few My Minds Eye enamel dots from Christmas on Market Street
Thank you for stopping by please don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Team designs this week.
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by Lisa | Aug 18, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Hello, Hello you crafty chica’s… I’m back on this Saturday morning over on the Sketch Saturday Blog and this week our sponsor is Crafty Sentiments Designs.
For my design I choose FiFi Bubbles… I think she is so adorable and she has my nickname FiFi. To color my images I felt like I pulled out my entire Copic collection. I used some pattern papers from My Minds Eye: Necessities Wood 6×6 paper and Jellybean Soup: Blossom 6×6 paper. I adhered the pattern papers onto a Neenah Solar White A2 Top-Fold Card Base and the art piece was adhered onto MFT Cheery Crisp cardstock. To finish up my card I added a few enamel dots in various colors.
Thank you for stopping by don’t forget to see what the other Design Team members created.
by Lisa | Aug 17, 2017 | Tic Tac Toe Challenge |
Happy Thursday my crafty friends welcome to another Tic Tac Toe Thursday… Wow! how time flies when your having fun. I can’t believe how we have gone full circle with the entire Design Team being the Featured Designer. This week’s board was created by Peggy Noe.
For my design this week I chose the elements on the middle row across: flower, thank you, angled.
I have fallen in love with the look of a black background against a pop of color.
I die cut the Avery Elle Diagonal Stripes Elle-ments out of Neenah Solar White Card and adhered it to an A2 Top-Fold Black Card base. I had a few flowers left over from the Avery Elle Floral Bouquet set that I’ve been trying to use for some time now and what a perfect opportunity. The flowers were angled in the lower right corner (hint) angled…. you know the third element on the middle row across. I took the Thanks so much sentiment that’s included in the die set and ombre colored it with my Copic Markers added some Versamark ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. The card was finished by adhering the sentiment adding a few Nuvo Crystal Drops in Carnation Pink and some Nuvo Crystal Glaze.
Hope you’ll join me over on the Tic Tac Toe challenge this week. I can’t wait to see you in the gallery.
Crafty Supplies
Paper: Neenah Solar White, SU Black Cardstock
Stamp: Avery Elle Floral Bouquet
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Various Copic Markers (RV21,23,25 YG21,23,25)
Accessories: Ranger Clear EP, Avery Elle Diagonal Stripes Elle-ments, Nuvo Crystal Glaze, Nuvo Crystal Drops Carnation Pink, Clear Wink of Stella,
“Inky Hugs”
