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This week's SCS Featured Stamper is BevR of All The Things I Love. My card is inspired by her Whiff of Joy Celebration Donkey card.
I loved how she put the largest layer (Nestabilities Labels 1) under the panel. The fun striped paper is from Sassafras Sunshine Lollipops wee bundle. The Hero Arts Collage Thank You was stamped in ColorBox Chalk Chestnut Roan, Clear Embossed, die cut, and then painted with Magenta and Candlelight Shimmerz Glitter paints.
This is how I answered this week's 52Q mini art journaling question. You can see my Flickr Set of all of the questions so far here.
I printed a black and white picture of my eyes and overlayed an American Crafts clear Remarks Fashion Accents 2 sticker and letters from Making Memories Black Shimmer Metro Alpha.
I love the bright, bold, graphic designs from American Crafts. This paper is called Santa Monica from the Metropolitan collection.
I paired it with the Winter Cardinal from Memory Box and Autumn Leaves Swirls V.1by Rhonna Farrer for Laura's Sketch #18 at 2 Sketches 4 You. I added a strip of paper from American Crafts Elegant Formal collection along the bottom.
I colored the branch and cardinal's beak with Sakura glitter pens. I layered a Prima black silk bloom with a pink paper flower and a decorative brad to finish. The finished design is 4 1/4" square.
Thanks ladies for another wonderful sketch.
Thanks to the fabulous Amy of Tsuruta Designs for bestowing the Proximity Award which states:
"This award is given to a blog that invests and believes in PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind of bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated."
How cool is that.
And another big thank you to the wonderful Anne of Everlasting Ink for the Butterfly Award. Thanks ladies for the wonderful awards. If you're reading this post, consider yourself tagged. Thanks to everyone who stops by.
My card for Sketch #100 at the CPS blog features fun papers from Scenic Route Paper Company's Hampton collection.
The Magenta Umbrellas were stamped in Tangerine ColorBox Chalk on Hampton grid paper and clear embossed. I stamped the image a second time and cut out one of the umbrellas to attach at the top. The sentiment is one of my favorites from Inkadinkado.
I painted parts of the umbrellas with Pink Poinsettia Shimmerz Blingz for a wonderful sparkly shimmer.
I used foam tape to attach the central elements and finished with some orange and pink bling.
Remember, even if things are raining down all around you ... you still have control of your own thoughts ... so make them happy ones.
I finally got around to spending the $10 gift certificate I won for the Beary Box Sketch Challenge to get some cool papers from Sassafras (these papers are from the Sunshine Lollipops Wee Bundle).
The card is for this week's challenge at the Hero Arts Blog to create a non-Valentine card featuring hearts.
I stamped the Little Sketch Hearts in black and cut them out. The From the Heart Greetings Sentiment was stamped on on the same polka dot paper and punched with an EKSuccess Heart punch. The Wavy Designer Heart Border was stamped on the banner.
I punched holes in each heart and threaded CTMH waxed pink floss through, so that the hearts could hang from the banner and not have to be attached to the card base. I think this card would work for any heartfelt occasion ... birthday, thanks ... or just because.
I think this card also works for Sharon's Stamp Simply Challenge this week ... to make a card with a modern edge ... the clean lines, graphic hearts, and bright colors say modern to me.
Today's SCS featured stamper is Vicky Gould of Village Stamper Ramblings. Vicky is a consistent participant in the SCS Saturday Inspiration Challenge that I host, so I wanted to use one of her Inspiration cards for my inspiration today. I chose her Better Person card she did for IC128. Since I am behind on my monthly holiday card quota, I decided to change it into a holiday design.
I tried no less than 15 times (as evidenced by my now full garbage can) to black emboss a holiday sentiment for the focal panel. But once again I was reminded that black embossing powder is not my friend. No matter what I tried (embossing buddy, different cardstocks, different inks), there were clearly visible black specs of powder on every one. I even tried stamping snowflakes over the specks to camouflage them, but that failed as well. Finally, I changed directions and went with this vintage Santa image instead.
The Stampin' Up Holiday Print background was stamped in Versamark and black embossed (this design is much more forgiving to stray specs). I used a large paint brush to cover the background with Gold Glimmer Blingz and Royal Red Shimmerz Glitter Paints. I finished with a shimmer gold cardstock Martha Stewart punched snowflake and a black half pearl.
This week's question is Do You Believe In Fairies? I've never been much of a believer in fairies ... too pragmatic for that. However the phrase on my card kept running through my head this week as I thought about the question.
I don't have any fairies in my stamp collection, so the fairy image was downloaded from a free coloring book, added the sentiment, and sized it to fit the back of my playing card. I trimmed it slightly smaller so that the blue of the card could show as a frame.
The image is painted with Iced Lavender and Pink Poinsettia Shimmerz Glitter paint. After it dried, I went back over the fairy and her wings with Magenta Shimmerz for a bit more definition. I finished with some tiny glittery gems.
This week's SCS Inspiration challenge was suggested by Lynn (pressed4time) who has collected Lang Calendars for almost 20 years. There are so many fabulous images to choose from for inspiration.
I chose this beautiful image from a calendar called Vintage Designs. I loved the layout and how the image combined different patterns into a cohesive design. I flipped the sketch to work with my image, which is a Penny Black sticker from a set called Wherever They Grow.
The papers are all from the Sprout Collection by Memory Box. The top panel was stamped with Inkadinkado's Trailing Blooms in Wisteria chalk ink. The sentiment is a Stampin' Up rub-on. The green satin ribbon is tied with a piece of lavender cotton jewelry cord.
I hope you find inspiration.
I struggled with Kristina's color challenge #39 this week. The colors reminded me of Disney World, which is not really my thing.
The first card I created was declared by my husband to be 'the ugliest card you've ever made' ... and even I had to admit, while it probably wasn't the ugliest, it was darn close.
Of course, I couldn't give up ... I had to persist and try again. The second creation got a thumbs up from my husband ... and I like it too.
The 100th CPS Challenge is to pick a favorite sketch from 1 through 99. I used Sketch #75 for my design.
The stamp is Laugh by Paper Bag Studios. The border punch is Martha Stewart
