Twisted Kitty?

It's a new month over at the TT challenge blog which means a new theme! October's theme is.... Kitty Cats! And now for this week's Twisted Thursday's twist....use twine or raffia. I'll give you a hint if you can't find mine...it's on an object most use to clean with ;-) As you can see with it being October my Halloween kick is really starting to kick in. Some other cards may sneak in here and there but for the most part expect to see black cats, cute bats and slim broomsticks, oh my! Anyways back to the present....here's this week's TT sketch (click on the pic to go to the challenge blog to see what others have come up with)...

My take....Witchy Kitty (Flying By To Say Hi)

Ingredients

• cs - DCWV latte stack
• pp - American Crafts
  
• digital stamp - Michu Flying on a Broomstick (Softpencil Designs)
• 3d star embellishment - K&Co
• twine - Elmer's
• color - copics
  

Gradient is Radiant: The Next Moxie Fab World Challenge

I decided to do one more card for today. For this Moxie Fab World challenge you had to create a project with a color gradient. After looking through all my papers I found a purple patterned paper that fit this challenge perfectly so I decided to use it as my focal point.

My take... A Very Purple Christmas

Ingredients:

• cs - dark purple (DCWV), light purple (American Traditional Designs)
• pp - squares & glitter stripes (My Minds Eye Cool Spectrums)
• stamped sentiment - Hero Arts
• color - BV08 copic, glitter pen
• ribbon - all 3 purples (Michaels)
• half pearls - Basic Grey
• paper piercer

Double Double Toil & Trouble (can you guess today's theme?)

Twisted Thursday #26 with S2G

So it's been quite a while since I last participated in the Twisted Thursday Challenge but I managed to fit one in this weekend. This week in addition to the sketch, the twist was to use the word 'Boo' somewhere on the card. And now for this week's sketch....

Die Cuts R Us Tuesday's Challenge #8

This card also qualifies for the 'create any Halloween project' over at DCRU Tuesday Challenge #8 which will be my first time participating ....so YAY for double the fun ;-)



My take.....Scared Silly Spider

Ingredients:

• cs - DCWV Latte Stack
• pp - green spiders (K&Co Halloween Whimsy Spider Flocked), striped (BG Eerie)
• digi image stamp - Enjoy The Little Things (S2G)
• sentiment - Boo (Bleeding Cowboys font)
• ink - dobber colored with copic BV08 ... TECHNIQUE ALERT: don't have the right ink color to match your papers??? ink up a dobber or sponge with a marker/copic marker and presto change-0 instant matching ink!
• circle nestabilities
  
• glitter pen
• purple shimmer ribbon (Michaels)
• googly eyes (Michaels)
  

A New Magazine...SO FUN!!

So there's a new magazine fixin' to (yes I said that, hey I'm from Texas..lol) come out this winter. It's called Embellish Magazine and I for one can't wait to get my hands on it!!!

What's this new magazine all about? Well read for yourself (taken from their website) ....

Embellish magazine is an interactive online publication that showcases handmade paper crafts using current trends in creative ways. The magazine highlights the designers and shares information and ideas to inspire other designers. Embellish looks for new designers with unique craft ideas and designs. The magazine is eco-friendly, only offering in an online format to save on paper consumption and storage. The online magazine enables interactive functions, such as direct links to designers blogs or galleries and to manufacturers to easily find supplies used in every project. Video instructions are also included in the magazine to showcase projects from beginning to end. From a traditional magazine perspective, Embellish includes two columns that cover color and paper crafting trends by two top designers.

They also have a blog that offers biweekly challenges. There's one going on right now and you can see what the requirements are here for their October 1st deadline.

Right now there's also a challenge call out for the first magazine issue and I decided to participate :-)

The details....

My take....Definition of a Friend

Ingredients:

• cs - DCWV
• pp - red (BG), teal (DCWV Recycled Stack)
• image - Friend (Rubber Stampede)
• ink - Chocolate Brown (Craft Smart)
• ribbons - red (Craft Essentials), brown (American Craft Elements)
• twine/cord - Elmer's Braid

Design My Sprout @ TGF

Over at The Greeting Farm Marie is giving the fans a chance to design the next Sprout! So I decided to try my hand at drawing (eek). My 3 sprouts are Bobbie Jo (the Cutie Bowler), Bettie Sue (the 50s Sweetheart), and Sandy (the Skating Princess).

First I started off with the gray bodies Marie provided...

Then I sketched my ideas....notice the roughness :-P

Now finally here's the final product (I traced the images from my sketches). Meet my Wild Sprouts crew.... Bobbie Jo, Bettie Sue and Sandy!

Go HERE to see what the other fans are creating...

More Midnight Madness

I used this week's sketch to make my grandmother's birthday card and I'm planning on submitting it to the DT call at Club Anya b/c I figured why not? :D Anyways, hope GMa likes it :-)

Vintage Flare Birthday

Ingredients:

• cs - DCWV
• pp - My Mind's Eye
• ink - Tim Holtz Vintage Photo
• dry emboss - Zing Clear
• image - Hello Ian (TGF)
• brown fun flock
• Martha Stewart markers
• bling - Basic Grey
• 2 ribbons - my stash
• Sketch: MMSC16 (click to go to the blog)
  

Crafting Craziness!

So today I started on some custom work for the private requests I've received on etsy.com....one request is for a one year bday invite and the other is a mini-note card set. When I finish these I'll definitely post them :-)

Now on to the card I made for the Basic Grey Challenge and Thursday's Smile & Shine challenge over at A Week of Challenges at TGF. BGC was to follow a sketch and TGF's challenge was to use lots and lots of bling ;-) Here's what came out of the crafting machine (lol me..hehee):

Purple Birthday Wishes

Ingredients:

• pp - BG Eva
• cs - DCWV
• stamp - Princess Anya (TGF)
• half pearls - Lavender (BG)
• purple gems - misc
• flower die cuts - Sizzix
• flower w/gem - Petaloo Flora Doodle
• ribbon - my stash
  
• brad - my stash
  
• ink - VersaCraft
• sketch - BG Challenge Blog

Midnight Madness Take 2

So remember when I tried to make a house front for the Midnight Madness Sketch this week....well I revisited the sketch and with the addition of the color scheme coming from the week of challenges over at The Greeting Farm & Club Anya I was able to produce something I deemed MMSC worthy ;-) When I ran out of permanent glue dots I had to improvise but yesterday I stopped by my favorite scrapbooking store to pick up my refill and all they had was the refill for the repositionable glue dots. While it's nice that if you misplace your piece that you're working on you don't harm your card in any way, the silly little things don't adhere well in the long run. In other words before I sell or give away this card I'm going to have to go back and re-glue down everything (boo). Anyways I give you my creation for the MMSC14 and the Wednesday Brown & Blue challenge......

Brown Blue Bride

Ingredients:

• pp - My Mind's Eye, DCWV
• cs - DCWV
• border punch - EK Success
• pearl dots - Basic Grey
• ribbon - Michaels
• flower - Making Memories
• gem brad - Making Memories
  
• color - watercolor pencils
• dry emboss - Zing White
• piercer
  
• oval nestabilities - Spellbinders
  
• sketch - MMSC14

ummm...yeah

So when I saw the new Midnight Madness Sketch for this week I immediately thought of a window and flower box....well what I envisioned and what I actually produced are TWO extremely different things (LOL). I don't think this is quite up to MMSC caliber so I'm probably going to redo the sketch with another card but I thought I would at least share the card I did make....

Welcome Home

Ingredients:

• cs & pp - DCWV Indian Fall
• stamp - Rain Snow or Shine Miss Anyas (TGF)
• nestabilities - fancy square & scalloped oval
• ribbon - Pebbles & Co
• clear window - SheetLoad ShortCuts
• candy dots (colored with copics to match pp)
  
• color - copics
• sketch: MMSC14

A Week of Challenges at Club Anya

So there's no TGF new release for the 15th of the month (*tear*) but there is a fun week of challenges to participate in :-) Monday's challenge was to make a card with a 'back to school' theme. I don't really have anyone I know going back to school so I made it into a thank you card. Here's what I came up with.....

Apple Thanks

Ingredients:

• cs & pp - DCWV
• stamp - Teacher Anya (TGF)
• ribbon - Making Memories
• black ink - VersaCraft
• clear card - ShortCuts

Today's challenge (Tuesday) is to make a card with a 'crazy hair day' theme. As Halloween is just around the corner I decided to take inspiration from the new Spooktacular stamp set and my new papers from My Mind's Eye. I altered Nurse Anya and gave her a spider-inspired dress. Here's the final project.....

Spooktacular

Ingredients:

• cs - DCWV
• pp - My Mind's Eye (Spooked)
• stamp - Nurse Anya
• circle nestabilities
• ink - VersaCraft
• dry emboss - Zing Black
• ribbon - Michaels
  

Farm Fresh Friday....

It's that time again....time for another sketch at Farm Fresh Friday. I wanted to make a Christmas card b/c really you can never have too many :-) I used my new crochet ribbon as well as my new i silk ribbon that I just received from i {heart} paper. This card provided a little extra difficulty as I ran out of roller dot glue and had to use liquid glue & glue stick....um yeah not so fun :-P

Watching Over You

Ingredients:

• cs/pp - DCWV Luxary Stack
• cs - DCWV
• stamp - Sheppard Boy (TGF)
• ink - VersaCraft
• ribbon - i {heart} paper
• popup dots
• sketch from FFF:
  

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #29

So this was my first time working with a long card and I must say it was interesting. I really loved the sketch for this week and almost right away know what I wanted to do for my card....that all changed when my order of Verve stamps came in today. I decided to put my new butterflies to work ;-) Here's my take....

Thinking of You

Ingredients:

• card blank - K&Co
• pp - DCWV Whimsy
• cs - DCWV
• button - Basic Grey
• butterfly stamp - Verve Fluttering By
• sentiment stamp - Heidi Grace
• black ink - VersaCraft
• circle punch - EK success
• popup dots
• sketch - Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge

This just in....

...my newest stamps from The Greeting Farm!!!! I almost have the entire collection :-P

So today when I went to make a card for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge and decided on birthday paper there was really only one image to go with....so I whipped out my new Birthday Anya stamp! I totally love her; she's just that cute :-) Here's what I finally produced....

Anya Birthday

Ingredients:

• cs - DCWV
• pp & tag - Me & My Big Ideas (Celebrate)
• stamp - TGF Birthday Anya
• ink -VersaCraft
  
• gems - Michaels
• punches - EK success (circle & square), Spellbinders Nestabilities
  
• color - copics & watercolor pencils with some glitter pen thrown in
• popup dots & dot roller glue
• sketch - Midnight Madness

Tweet little birdies....

So I had some time tonight to make one card before I had to go to bed. I wanted to do some of the challenges I usually participate in but hadn't got the chance to recently. Tonight's card is actually for two challenges. The sketch comes from CPS127 and the colors come from The Corrosive Challenge #23.

Here's the sketch:

Here are the colors:

My take which as you can see is close to the color combo but not quite on the money though it was the best I could do with my supplies:

Ingredients:

• cs & pp - DCWV Summer Stack
• stamp - Imaginisce
• ink - Versamark/craft (something like that)
  
• nail file (to give worn look)
• paper piercer
• popup dots
  

Couture Celebration

So I wanted to participate in the Club Anya Summer Club Couture contest. I altered Ian and Anya to make a chic Anya...I'm not sure I got it quite right :-P I also decided to make it a birthday card which I will give to my sister in place of the original card I made her. Also, as it so happens Crystal over at Crystal's Crafty Creations is celebrating 10k hits on her blog (see my sidebar for details) and as a blog entry twist she wanted us to make a 'celebration' card of some kind. Well, I think this will fit the bill, don't you?

Celebrate Couture

Ingredients

• paper & cs - DCWV
• punches - EK success, Spellbinders nesties
• ink - Tim Holtz Vintage Photo
• sentiment - Sizzix Clear Stamps
• stamp - Hello Ian & Fairy Anya from TGF
• wire - Hobby Lobby
• color - watercolor pencils