BC157 - A Turtle Hello

Sorry but no Annabelle Challenge Card for me this week.  Have been super busy working on the release cards, taking my granddaughter to swimming lessons, yard work, house work and a bout with a very sore hand/arm for a couple of days.  Be sure though to check out the Annabelle DT members blogs as they did Easel cards this week.

It's Friday and time for the Blogger Challenge.            This week we had a Color Challenge: Kiwi, Blue and White.  (Love these colors together).  Boy was I scrambling to find a piece of scrap Kiwi Kiss so I could make a card.  That was one of my all time favorite SU colors and sadly they retired it and didn't bring it back.  

For this card I used Anna Wight's - Beautiful Day from Whipper Snapper Designs. I've been dying to ink up that adorable Turtle and this color challenge seemed like the perfect time to do so.  I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored my happy little turtle with Prisma Colored Pencils blended with Gamsol.  I cut him out using Petite Oval Nesties and mounted him on Brilliant Blue Card Stock.  I paper pieced the hat band, raised up the bow tie with dimensional tape and added Waterfall Blue stickles to the heart flower.

Card Background: Brilliant Blue, layered with Whisper White, and Kiwi Kiss (embossed with Tiny Bubbles Cuttlebug embossing folder.  I layered a piece of DP from Doodlebug Design - Seabreeze Dotted Line.  I also added a punched border (MS Optic Dot punch) of Tempting Turquoise.  I tied a piece of White Grosgrain Ribbon, Added a Turquoise Prima Flower and punched circles of Kiwi and Tempting Turquoise cs and a Olive Sprinkle (Annabelle Stamps).  The sentiment was stamped with Night of Navy ink.  Image and Sentiment and Kiwi Panel were all raised with Dimensional Tape.  I added Brilliant Blue photo corners (EK Success punch) to complete my fun little card.

BC147 - Chicken Greetings

Annabelle Card found here  Hello and Happy Friday!  It's been quite a week here (again).  Last Sunday my mom wasn't feeling well so she decided to stay home from Church.  She said she felt dizzy/light headed and had a heavy pressure on her chest.  Needless to say I was pretty worried so I stayed home as well to make sure she was okay since she wouldn't let me take her to the ER.      On Monday she decided she needed to see a doctor and I was able to get her in to see her Primary Care doctor.  Her Blood Pressure was 180/98!  -  The doctor said she didn't think it was a problem with her heart but felt that she might have over done things (trying to dig and pull weeds) on Saturday and that the sore muscles and pain from them were causing her BP to go up.  She put her on a low dose BP medication to see if that would help.  So far she's doing much better but gets tired quite easily still.  I've been keeping a close watch on her though as my mom is 81 and I don't want her to over do things again.

Anyway I managed to finish up my card this morning.  We had a "Sketch" challenge this week for the Blogger Challenge.  I "flipped" the sketch to fit the image I wanted to use.  I just love my new Whipper Snapper set, (Beautiful Day) illustrated by the fabulous Anna Wight.  I tried to "channel" her coloring muse and don't think I did to bad of a job.  The image was colored with Prisma Colored pencils.

My DP is from the SU Designer Sweet Pea pack - It has become a favorite of mine.

I added a bright orange button and teal embroidery thread.  I pierced the edges of the tag and distressed them with Close to Cocoa ink (I'm going to miss that color). 

The flower was highlighted with some Crystal Glitter (Art Institute)

Stamps: Beautiful Day-Whipper Snapper Designs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Prisma Color Pencils

Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie, Taken With Teal, DP Sweet Pea - SU

Other: Glitter, Thread, Button, Nestabilitie Dies, Foam Mounting Tape, Distressing Tool.

Be sure to check out the other BC members blogs (click on the icon on my sidebar) and don't forget to leave some comment lovin!  We all appreciate it!

TCT - Button Mouse

Are you ready? - Yep it's time for Three Clover Thursday Challenge and this week was a color/embellishment combo (Blue, Brown and Buttons).

I knew right away that I wanted to use a particular (button) on my card.  I received 3 buttons as part of a surprise package and wondered at the time, "What on Earth" was I going to use these huge buttons for but I kept them and low and behold I finally had a reason to use one as they fit the color combo perfectly.

Normally I am not a "button" type person as I find it difficult to use buttons but here on this card you will see 3 different button patterns but only 1 actual real button. 

I started with a card base of Chocolate Chip and layered it with designer paper (DCWV) and some Close to Cocoa card stock. I embossed some "faux" buttons with my Cuttlebug and distressed the other side.  Next up I colored my sweet little party mouse, (Whiff of Joy - Party Animals) with Prisma Color Pencils blended with Gamsol.  I highlighted a few of the dots with Saddlebag Glitter (Art Institute) for some sparkle.  I layered this to a Nestabilitie Die of Chocolate Chip and raised the bow of the party hat up with foam mounting tape. 

I wanted my sentiment to stand out on the dark card stock and tried a couple of blue pigment ink pads but they just weren't working out and then I remembered that in my stash of Embossing Powders I had one called, Breezy Blue (Embossing Arts Company - which is no longer in business) - I've had this powder for years but it still embossed quite well and matched the Turquoise Blue in my DP perfectly.  I love it when a plan comes together, don't you?  -  Lastly I added my cool button which I added dark brown thread to and used large glue dots to adhere it to the card.  Oops I almost forgot those 3 cute little "button" brads (yep those are brads) that I added to the focal image. 

Be sure to check out the other Design Team members blogs and leave them some comment lovin!  Also get out your browns, blues and buttons and get to creating then post your creation in the Mr. Linky section on Kerry's blog and you might just win something fun!

Tis The Season - SGGW Mystery Image

The Stamp Girls Gone Wild (don't you love that name?) just finished up another round of our Mystery Image challenge.  In case you aren't familiar with the Mystery Image challenges what takes place is one member signs up to be the Hostess and she gets to pick the "Mystery" image that we all use for our cards.  Then she stamps several copies of the image and mails them to each person signed up to play in the challenge.  This way we have several to play around with (just in case we make a boo boo) or we want to layer etc..on our cards.  This time the hostess (Stephanie) chose this adorable image (Carol Singing Charlotte) from Whiff of Joy stamps.  This is a relatively new stamp company so be sure to stop by and take a peek at what they have to offer.

For my card I went with a color scheme based on my designer paper (Basic Grey Figgy Pudding - Forest).  I love all the pretty patterns and colors of the trees in this paper.  I colored Charlotee with Prisma Color pencils blended with Gamsol.  Then I cut out the hat from one image and used White Liquid Applique and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to add some sparkle.  The hat was then raised with foam mounting tape.  I also added sparkle to the musical notes and her star necklace with Frosted Lace Stickles.  (See Close-up for more detail.) I masked the lower half and sponged in the ground using an oval punch to create a template.   I mounted the image on Always Artichoke paper (Card Base is the same).  My sentiment is from a small set of Studio G Christmas stamps.  I stamped the sentiment in Always Artichoke ink, punched it out with a circle punch, layered it to a larger circle of Riding Hood Red and highlighted the dots with a Red Spica Glitter pen.  I used the Zigzag Embossing Punch (Martha Stewart) to create my border and tied a piece of Always Artichoke Grosgrain ribbon around it.  I added 3 Dew Drops to the side for embellishment to complete the card.  All images raised with foam mounting tape.

Once I receive my card from my partner I'll post it here to so you can see another idea using this adorable stamp.

Can't wait to see what the next Mystery Image will be. 

Super Blog Giveaway

Hey do you want a chance to win some super cute and absolutely adorable stamps? Well DUH who wouldn't. Well right now Katharina (Whiff of Joy) is having a 100,000 Hits Blog Giveaway. So what do you have to do to enter? Well hop on over to her blog using this link: http://katharina1704.blogspot.com/2008/08/100-000-hits-blog-candy-elisabeth-bell.html and you'll find all the information you need.
Now I have yet to purchase any of these wonderful stamps but I can assure you that sooner or later I will be buying some. (Have to save up my $$ first). They are so cute and this line is just wonderful. Maybe I'll be the lucky winner!

GO Quick and check it out for yourself.

"Whiff of Joy" Sketch Entry

I heard about this Guest Designer contest over on Whiff of Joy through another blog, KraftinKimmiesKorner here: http://kraftinkimmieskorner.blogspot.com/2008/07/exciting-news-to-share.html and while I generally don't enter Design Team calls (I'm not always very confident that my work is good enough to do this) I decided to give this one a try.  These stamps are just SO CUTE who wouldn't want the chance to work with them!

I thought it was rather funny this morning when I realized that I had used a Skunk image for an entry to "Whiff of Joy" as we all know skunk smell is anything but a whiff of joy!

The sketch was fun and easy to work with.  So here are the details on my card:

Stamps:  Cute Critters (© Clear Dollar Stamps) Aida Cloth Background (Stampin'Up!).

Card Stock: Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango (these are new "in-colors" for SU upcoming catalog year),

Brushed Silver, Shimmery White

Designer Paper from (We R Memory Keepers) Precious Metal Collection

Inks: Palette Noir Black, Copic Markers

Other: Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies (Circles and Rectangles),  Lace Punch (Martha Stewart Line)Grosgrain Ribbon (SU - Retired color),

Old Olive Brads, Felt Flower (Queen and Company), Yellow Spica Glitter Pen (used on flower for some shimmer), Crafter's Tool Kit for distressing edges of card and Foam Mounting Tape.