Some Odd Girl: Hearts, Hearts Hearts!

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For Some Odd Girl Digital Stamps’ first “Some Odd Girl Only” challenge, which involves using one of their super-cute digis in combination with making sure there are at least 3 hearts on your creation, I paired their “Toasted” and “Toastie” digis to make this fun card!

Supplies: papers (Basic Grey – Hopscotch, Bo Bunny – Crazy Love), digital stamps (Some Odd Girl), sentiment (typed and printed), adhesive rhinestones, cardstock, Copic markers.
Thanks for stopping by to look at my card!
Stop by Some Odd Girl Digital Stamps‘ blog to see what others have entered!

colourQ #71

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Welcome back for another colourQ challenge! If you like pink, then you’ll love this week’s set of challenge colors…
I’m a big fan of kraft, and I also love these stamps that I used on the card…

Other supplies: fortune cookie & take-out box stamps (AMuse), markers (Copic), embossing folder (Sizzix), nested die (Spellbinders), cardstock.
I stamped the hearts onto kraft using SU Crumb Cake ink, then colored in some of them with two different markers. I embossed three squares of the different pinks and arranged them in a column to mount my main images and sentiment.
I used foam squares under the fortune cookie and part of the sentiment (which I typed and printed). I inked the edges of the sentiment, and used Glossy Accents on the fortune cookie.
Thanks for stopping by to look at my card!
The rest of the super-creative colourQ Royal Court have some beautiful creations to show you! You can visit their blogs by using the links on the left, located under the mini pic of this week’s set of challenge colors!
Don’t forget to link up your creation at the colourQ! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s set of colors!

Stacey’s Stamping Stage: Curtain Call #68

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I’m finally getting back in the habit of playing along with weekly challenges, and I’m happy to play along with this week’s Curtain Call Challenge over at Stacey’s Stamping Stage!

I’m primarily a cardmaker, but I decided to try something different when I saw this week’s set of challenge colors:

I made a tag with leftover backing that I had from some flowers. It was already die-cut/scalloped on the edges, but I added circle punches on each scallop to give it a lacy look.

Supplies: cardboard/backing (Prima), cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), lantern stamp (Paper Source), sentiment stamp (Lawn Fawn), markers (Copic), ink (Tsukineko), ribbon, Crop-a-Dile, tiny heart punch, nested dies, baker’s twine.
First, I used my Crop-a-Dile’s different hole punches to customize the scallops.Then, I stamped each lantern on matching cardstock, and used Copics to add shading on each. I used a heart punch on each lantern, flipped the punched piece over, and adhered it to the opposite color lantern in the spot where I punched.
As a guide, I also stamped lanterns on the white die-cut piece of cardstock, then layered the colored lanterns on top. I pierced holes to thread the twine, and drew the grass by hand.
After adhering the white cardstock to the base, I added the ribbon on the top, bottom and another piece of coordinating sheer ribbon as the tie at the top of the tag. Then, I stamped the sentiment on cardstock, die cut the two sizes of scalloped circles, layered them, and adhered them to the card with foam squares.
Thanks for stopping by to look at my project!
There’s tons of inspiring ideas for this week’s challenge over at Stacey’s Stamping Stage!

Stampin’ Celebration #38

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Wow! It’s been a while since I’ve played along with Stampin’ Celebration…I’ve definitely missed it, and I think this week’s photo inspiration challenge (#38) is too cool to pass up!

For my card, I combined some papers from Bo Bunny with one of my favorite Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps, Cupid Emily!
Emily is colored with Copics. I used foam squares to mount the image on a die-cut, embossed circle, and layered strips of paper on the background. A sentiment sticker from SRM rounds out the card!
Thanks for stopping by to look at my card!
There’s still time to get your card in for this week’s challenge, so visit Stampin’ Celebration to see the Design Team’s gorgeous creations!

Unscripted Sketches #92

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Happy Saturday! I’ve got a great sketch for this week’s Unscripted Sketches challenge, courtesy of my fellow DT member Becky:

For my card, I paired this week’s sketch with Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps “Valentine Oliver” and some paper from Basic Grey’s “Eskimo Kisses” line, which is a Christmas collection. I repurposed it for Valentine’s Day:

I colored Oliver with my Copics. The three conversation hearts are stamps I found at Impress Rubber Stamps when I went there a few weeks ago for their stamping night. I also colored them with Copics and added Glossy Accents (although you can’t see it in the picture). I also cut apart an SRM Stickers sentiment and added it to the left side.
Thanks for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s Unscripted Sketch!
Don’t forget to visit the rest of the Unscripted Sketches Design Team: Alanna, Angy, Arielle, Becky, CherylAnn, Debbie, Gardenia, Jenny, Lelia, Linda, Sarah Kaye and Stephanie!

colourQ Challenge #70

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Welcome back for another colourQ challenge! I can’t believe it’s February already!
I believe this week’s set of challenge colors at the colourQ will get you in the mood for love…or maybe cupcakes:
For my card, I paired this week’s colors with “Lantern Rin” from Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps. I added the pattern to her kimono to tie in with the cherry blossom theme.
I stamped the background with a mini flower stamp from Stampin’ Up! and then colored in each flower. I also added Glossy Accents to the center of each flower to make it more dimensional.

The sentiment sticker is from SRM Stickers. I used foam squares to pop Rin and a few of the flowers up from the background.
Thanks for stopping by to look at my card! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s colors!
You should definitely visit the rest of the colourQ Royal Court Design Team to see their beautiful creations…you won’t be disappointed! Their blog links can be found under the smaller photo of this week’s challenge colors!

Unscripted Sketches #91

Happy Saturday and welcome back for another Unscripted Sketch!

I’m a little bummed because one of my favorite TV shows, Supernatural, was pre-empted last night by the network for the Chicago mayoral debate (and I live in WA state). We’ve been waiting for over a month for a new episode, and now, we have to wait another week! Oh well, I guess that leaves me more time to craft and make cards!

If you’re just finding Unscripted Sketches, every Saturday morning we post a sketch for the week. Flip it, rotate it…create a card, a scrapbook page, or anything your imagination comes up with! There’s no right or wrong way, as long as you’re using the Unscripted Sketch as the inspiration and basis of your creation!
And now, I present to you…this week’s sketch!
For my card, I paired this adorable digi stamp from Some Odd Girl Digital Stamps with paper from Basic Grey’s Olivia collection. When I saw this stamp, I couldn’t resist it!

I colored the frogs with Copic markers and used a gold gel pen to color Prince Froggy’s crown. The sentiment is from SRM Stickers; I cut it apart and re-mounted it on matching cardstock to work with my card’s layout.
Thanks for stopping by…I hope you have a “hoppy” weekend! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s Unscripted Sketch!
The other members of the Unscripted team have some fabulous cards and projects to show you! Don’t forget to visit their blogs: Alanna, Angy, Arielle, Becky, CherylAnn, Debbie, Gardenia, Jenny, Lelia, Linda, Sarah Kaye and Stephanie!

colourQ #69

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Welcome back for another colourQ challenge! This week’s colors are beautiful, and they were definitely a challenge for me!

This is actually the second card I made for the challenge. There are several strong colors in the combo for this week, so I decided to keep my layout and card simple.

Supplies: sentiment (SRM Stickers), cardstock (Stampin’ UP!), markers (Copic), embossing folder (Sizzix), die (Spellbinders), stamp (Impress), hole punch.
You can visit the blogs of the other members of the colourQ Royal Court by using the links at the left under the picture of this week’s challenge colors!
Thanks for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s colors! Visit the colourQ for more inspiring designs!

Color Throwdown #126

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It’s been a while since I’ve played along with The Color Throwdown. I think the last time I played was before the holidays…eek! But, this week’s color combination, which is based on Basic Grey’s Marjolaine collection, was hard to resist…so I just HAD to play along!

Here are the colors:

Because the challenge was based on the Marjolaine collection, I used papers from the mini pad for my card, which also features Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps’ “Birthday Josh”:

I also used a sentiment from SRM stickers. I can’t believe I had the patience to cut Josh out in detail! I was so scared I’d tear something, but everything stayed together! Whew!
I make so many girl-themed cards that it’s nice to break out of that habit every once in a while and do something more boyish!
Thanks for stopping by!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge #27

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Hi! Thanks for visiting my blog to check out my entry for this week’s Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge! Can you feel it? Love IS in the air, and it’s the theme for this week’s SCRS challenge (#27)!

Here’s my card, using the adorable Cupid Emily!
I wanted to go for a softer approach, and to try something different with my coloring, so I stamped Emily on kraft cardstock. Not only does it give a softer look to the image, but it also makes the white gel pen pop when I colored in her wings! (I used a gold gel pen for the bow & arrow.)
To complete the card, I added some lace, adhesive pearls and a rub-on sentiment.
Thanks for stopping by to look at my card! 
There’s still time to get linked up for this week’s challenge! The deadline for this week’s challenge is Sunday, January 30 @ 9 PM PST. To be eligible for this week’s prize, which is the ever-popular Cruisin’ Chloe, you need to use a Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps image in your creation!