Color Me Creative

Yay, I’m back for my first Color Me Creative challenge in a while.  Wow that was tough trying to remember how to colour properly after such a long time lol.  I seriously need to revisit some of Suzanne’s Copic Class videos, especially the folds one!!  Suzanne has a discount on classes right now for the Summer so why not treat yourself.

For this challenge we are being sponsored by I Brake For Stamps and I got to choose this cutesy little image to colour.

You may notice on my little bear I used a blender pen to add some textured dots.  I used papers from Basic Grey, Picadilly and MME Lost & Found, Blush.  The sentiment is from Plus One by Lawn Fawn and I used a MS punch for the border.

My inspiration for the design came from the current sketch over at Inspired by Stamping. 

I’m also entering this into the following challenges…
Papercrafting Journey – Colour It Up
Pixie Dust Studios – Use 3 Patterned Papers

Don’t forget to pop by the rest of the DT to see their gorgeous creations and I will leave you with the Blog Hop Winners for the May Hop.

Thank you to everyone that joined us on our Summer Kick Off Blog Hop featuring Saturated Canary!  We so appreciate your support & lovely comments!

Winner of $20 GC to 7 Kids College Fund

Janet Hutnik

Cards & Layouts by Janet

Winner of $20 GC to SCACD

Kathy Bradley

Entering Kathyville

Winner of Free CMC Copic Class

Cathi

Designs by Cathi

Congratulations girls, please can you mail Suzanne at sjdean@smartneighborhood.net for prize info.

Have a great weekend everyone, whatever you’re doing.  Thanks for visiting!

Tiffany Doodles 4

Hi everyone

It's time for another fun challenge over at Tiffany Doodles!  This month we are using a colour palette.  As you all know pale colours are a bit of a challenge in themselves for me, but I thought I'd challenge myself a bit further and try to manipulate one of the images in Photoshop.  I chose Tiffany's latest Label 5 image, it's gorgeous!!! 

Here's what I made with it;

Here is the colour palette.. 

The card itself was very simple, it was the playing on Photoshop that took me the time, but I did it!!  I am a novice at it, but I'd definately play again, it was fun!

Here are the details;

1. Mat card base with green polka dot cardstock (Bazzill) 
2. Download labels 5 die image, (see link above) change colours in Photoshop programme
3. Fussy cut around the edges of the label and mat onto black cardstock
4. Stamp on 'bundle of joy', tie on double ribbon with twine
5. Using nesties cut border in pink and black, attach to card as shown
6. Colour white ribbon with a cream Copic pen to match the card, tie with a knot to the side
7. Stamp teddy in pink and attach a smaller double button with twine to finish

Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's blogs, they've done some great cards!

• Tiffany Richards Tiffany's Garden
• Cammy Wall Pink Room Therapy
• Cindy Lee My Lil Crafty Corner
• Deirdre Horgan Colour and Ink
• Donna Mikasa 3 Umbrellas
• Julie Masse Stampin' with Julie
• Kathy Racoosin The Daily Marker
• Kim Schofield Paperie Petals
• Lindsay Amrhein Note to Self
• Peet Roeven Scrap Album
• Ruby McGuire (that's me!)
• Shannon Neparko Desert Design Studios
• Sunghee Chon Creativity in Progress
• Virginia Lu Yes, Virginia

You have until the end of the month to enter for a chance to win some fab prizes! More details can be found on the main Tiffany Doodles site, just pop on over there to enter. Don't forget to grab our blinkies for your blog too!

Hope your day is fabulous!

Hi everyone

I hope you popped over to see the creations from the PDCC team for the challenge this week!  Join in on the fun while you're there!!

Fingers crossed this post has worked and you should be seeing some more cards that I made for some challenges!

My first card was made for this week's Clean and Simple FTL 88 challenge.  I am really finding their clean and simple sketches inspiring.  I'm so glad I came across this blog!  Here's what I made;

I made my second card for this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge.  I'm quite pleased with it, but I'm not sure about that baby's head, does it look like a lolly stick?!!  Also, the circle I've put the baby's head on, hmmm, not sure.  Anyways, it was fun to make.  I love that patterned paper, it's so colourful. 

When I'm back to normality, and released from my Florence Nightingale duties ;o) I will be back to posting more information about the products I've used.

Have a fab day.  Make sure you get lots of crafting in! ♥

Top 5 - Get Sketchy, Card of the Week & More Challenges!

Hi there everyone

I am SO excited! I made the Top 5 over at Get Sketchy on Saturday! I only found out last night by accident! I had noticed some traffic from there coming to my blog and wondered why, then saw my card listed as one of the Top 5. Woohoo!!!! That's the first challenge I've ever achieved anything in. Then when I was looking through Card of the Week and Best of the Blogosphere(13 -20 Feb) I came across another one of my cards, this one here that I made for the Clean and Simple Challenge.   It must be my week! Wow! I had made a New Year's resolution to keep trying challenges with the hope that I would achieve something in one of them this year! Yay!!!!!! I'm SUCH a happy girl, can you tell?!!!

Ok, so enough of that, here are a few more cards that I'd like to share with you. I've been in the mood for making cards this past couple of weeks, as you can probably tell :o)

This first card is for Card Patterns Sketch #52. Unbelievably I am early with this challenge. I know, can you believe it?!! I can't! As soon as I saw this sketch I knew I just had to dig out my Early Bird papers again. Ooh, they are SO yummy! This sketch was fun.   Sorry about the photo, I took it quite late at night, but have posted it now to a friend so didn't get chance to rephotograph it in better lighting.  Despite trying to brighten it in PSE it's not coming up any better.

The funny thing with this sketch was that I rounded the corners of the little squares so that each one was different to the next, only to then remember that my two panels would cover them anyway, so you wouldn't see them lol.

I made this card for the Clean and Simple Challenge FTL#79 this week.    I have fallen in love with this site, it's fab!  The card is self explanatory, all Early Bird papers and accessories by Cosmo Cricket.  All I did was ink all edges with Tim Holtz distress ink.

I also made this card using the same sketch, although I'm not that sure about it. It doesn't quite work for me somehow, but I can't put my finger on what's wrong with it or whether it's just everything lol. The paper is just so cute though, it had to be used!

After I did these though I realised that neither of them have actually been stamped.  Oh well, I have been having fun doing them :o)  Does using distress ink count as being stamped lol?!! 

I have more to share with you later this week. 

Oh yes... Did I tell you I made the Top 5?!!!! ;o)

Tiny Blessings

Hi everyone

How has your week been so far?  Ours hasn't been too bad, other than the fact that Ian and Natasha have both been ill so I've had to be the new Florence Nightingale!!  Talk about us all taking it in turns, if it's not one of us ill it's another!    I think maybe our Happy New Year is going to start in February!!

I love that background paper I used behind the card when I photographed it.  It has little birds on, but I couldn't resist leaving the little flower showing, it's so cute.  I'd originally bought the sheet with the intention of scrapbooking.  Hmmm, might need to add that to my to do list!

For today's card (above) I wanted to share a card I made for the 2S4U challenge #44 by Laura.  I have been looking at their sketches over the past couple of weeks but never quite get around to making anything for them.  I was determined this week to join in again.

I needed to make a new baby card for proud grandparents and the 2S4U sketch worked really well for the idea I had in mind.   I've not actually done one before so wasn't quite sure what wording to go for.  While rummaging through my studio I came across the little cutter, 'tiny blessings' which I thought summed it up really well.

I also made another card, CASED on this one by Kristina Werner.  I thought it was a fab design.  I wanted my card to look really girly; this particular one was for my friend who's just had a little girl called Erin.  Isn't that a pretty name? 

I'm shattered tonight so will just leave you with the pictures of the cards.  If you would like the 'recipes' just give me a shout!   Enjoy the rest of your day.   I have a few to share with you over the next few days, I've been busy ;o)