Drummer Birthday Card - Kitty Bee Aloha Friday Challenge - Music

Happy Aloha Friday!!!  Our challenge this time at Kitty Bee is Make Some Music.  We are sponsored this fortnight by Kenny K!

Be sure to stop by the Kitty Bee blog and check out what the rest of the DT have created! Here's my project:

I used a digi by Kenny K called Buggin Drummer.  I inked him up with Copics and cut him out.  I distressed the edges and sponged them with gray.  The paper is DCWV teenage dream stack.  

Can't wait to see what you guys create! Don't forget to see what's what in the Kitty Bee etsy shop!

Midway through Scribbles Challenge - Boys Will Be Boys

Its September 1! Time for some new design team projects! We are midway through our monthly challenge over at Scribbles Designs!  This month, our theme is "Boys Will Be Boys."

PSSSST. Did you know that Scribbles Designs regularly gives away FREEBIES?! "Like" our Facebook page to get all the news!

Here's my project:

I used the digi called "Movember Boys."  I inked it up with Copics and cut it out. Cardstock and ribbon is by Stampin Up. Paper is by DCWV.

You don't need a Scribbles image to play, but if you do use a Scribbles image, however, you can enter as many times as you wish.  Go here to play with us! And did you know that there are freebie digis on the Scribble's blog?! Check em out!

Wanna get this digi or any other of Scribble's designs? Check out the Scribbles Designs store! 

Can't wait to see what you guys create!

Scribbles Designs - Boys will Be Boys Card

Its August 15! Time for some new design team projects! We have a new monthly challenge over at Scribbles Designs!  This month, our theme is "Boys Will Be Boys."

PSSSST. Did you know that Scribbles Designs regularly gives away FREEBIES?! "Like" our Facebook page to get all the news!

Here's my project:

I used the digi called "Digger."  I inked it up with Copics and puched it out. Paper and cardstock are Stampin Up. Baker's twine and sequins are just random baubles from my stash.

You don't need a Scribbles image to play, but if you do use a Scribbles image, however, you can enter as many times as you wish.  Go here to play with us! And did you know that there are freebie digis on the Scribble's blog?! Check em out!

Wanna get this digi or any other of Scribble's designs? Check out the Scribbles Designs store! 

Can't wait to see what you guys create!

Aloha Friday Challenge - Sports/Encouragement

Happy Aloha Friday!!!  Our challenge this time at Kitty Bee is Sports/Encouragement.  We are also sponsored this fortnight by Kenny K!

Be sure to stop by the Kitty Bee blog and check out what the rest of the DT have created! Here's my project:

I inked this skateboarder with Copics. Sponged the sky background. Matted it on some paper I got from the Teenage Dream paper stack. Added some twine and a candy dot. 

Can't wait to see what you guys create! Don't forget to see what's what in the Kitty Bee etsy shop!

Entering this in the following challenges:

Aloha Friday Challenge - Birthday Boy Midway

Happy Aloha Friday!!!  Our challenge this time at Kitty Bee is Birthday Boy.  We are at our midway point! We are also sponsored this month by Imagine That!

Be sure to stop by the Kitty Bee blog and check out what the rest of the DT have created! Here's my project:

Imagine That is super cool because they have images already colored! WHAT!? I was so excited and added these paper airplanes onto my card.  I added the sky background in the back too that comes in the stamp set.  All I did was add liquid pearls to the clouds and sponged on some SU ink to make the sky blue. The paper is from an old retired SU stack.  Easy peasy, lemon squeezy! And didn't have to break out the Copics!

Can't wait to see what you guys create! Don't forget to see what's what in the Kitty Bee etsy shop!

Entering this in the following challenges:
Scribble and Scrap: Anything Goes
Through the Purple Haze: Sweet Summer
OhLaLa: Scenic
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes
Love to Create: Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown: Yellow

Aloha Friday Challenge - Birthday Boy

I've posted 3x today due to DT projects! See my Lia Stampz Project here.  See my Scribbles Project here.

Happy Aloha Friday!!!  Our challenge this time at Kitty Bee is Birthday Boy.  We are also sponsored this month by Imagine That!

Be sure to stop by the Kitty Bee blog and check out what the rest of the DT have created! Here's my project:

Imagine That is super cool because they have images already colored! WHAT!? I was so excited and added this airplane one to my card.  Just punched him out with a circle punch! So easy! This card also has some SU brushed silver cardstock that was embossed, SU black card stock, and some Robin's Nest dew drops.  The sentiment came with the stamp set! So super simple to use these images and came out great!

Can't wait to see what you guys create! Don't forget to see what's what in the Kitty Bee etsy shop!

Entering this in the following Challenges:
The Pink Elephant: Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments: Anything Goes
Creative Knockouts: Happy Birthday
My Mum's Craft Shop: CAS

Scribbles Designs Toad-ally New Challenge!

Its March 15! Time for some new design team projects! We've got a new challenge over at Scribbles Designs!  This month, we want to see your Toad-ally Un-frog-ettable projects. Here's my project:

Used the Carl digi from Movember Boys! I've been dying to use this one. LOL. I inked Carl up with Copics.  The paper is from The Green Stack.  Ribbon, cardstocks, rhinestone, and ticket corner punch are all Stampin Up! 

You don't need a Scribbles image to play, but if you do use a Scribbles image, however, you can enter as many times as you wish.  Go here to play with us!

Wanna get this digi or any other of Scribble's designs? Check out the Scribbles Designs store! 

Can't wait to see what you guys create!

12 Days of Christmas - A Copic Colored Card

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas! Well, not yet, but there are 3 MORE DAYS 'till Christmas!!!  I've been a crazy holiday craft machine.  I've been stocking my Etsy shop since October with holiday cards, tags, and other paper products.  Now with 12 days left until Christmas, I thought that I would share the best sellers here on my blog. :) I'll be posting once per day until the 25th!

Happy 12 Days of Christmas!

On the 9th day of Christmas I created this Copic colored card!

This was for another custom order.  A young man wanted to get a card for his motorcycle driving Dad! I used the motorcycle on MDS and colored it with Copics. The paper, card stock, punch, glitter, and twine are all Stampin Up.  I added silver liquid pearls to all the chrome parts of the bike.  Added a black diamond dew drop to finish it off.

Hope you liked my 9th installment of The 12 Days of Christmas! See you tomorrow!

Entering this in the following challenges:

One Stitch at a Time: Anything Goes

Clear it Out: Warm Fuzzies Textured (2nd entry)

Bearly Mine: Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday: Anything Goes

DL.Art Thankful Thursday: Christmas

We're halfway through our MANLY challenge!

We're half way through our month long challenge at Scribbles Designs!  We're doing manly cards this month!  Here's my midway project:

Used a Scribbles Designs digi called Catman! Inked him up with Copics. Used some retired SU paper and Vanilla cardstock. Stamped a retired SU sentiment on the front and added some rhinestones.

You don't need an Scribbles image to play with us! If you do use a Scribbles image, however, you can enter as many times as you wish.  Go here to play with us!

Wanna get the Catman digi or any other of Scribble's designs? Check out the Scribbles Designs store! 

Can't wait to see what you guys create!

New Challenge Over at Scribbles Designs

Hey hey! So, its the 15th, which means I am probably half packed up and out and checked into my first hotel in this long moving process (I scheduled this post beforehand, so its actually before moving day for me). :) Hubby did purchase a laptop that we're waiting on so I will be able to update the blog and see what you guys are up to.  Can't wait to start the new adventure!

Anywho...

We've got a new challenge over at Scribbles Designs!  This month, we want to see your manly projects! Here's mine:

We are sponsored by Bugaboo!!! So the super cute BBQ guy is from Bugaboo.  Inked him up with Copics and added a sentiment by Scribbles Designs.  Used my SU honeycomb embossing folder, added some scrap paper banners and some clear dew drops from Robin's Nest. 

You don't need a Scribbles image to play, but if you do use a Scribbles image, however, you can enter as many times as you wish.  Go here to play with us!

Wanna get the Happy Birthday sentiment digi or any other of Scribble's designs? Check out the Scribbles Designs store! 

Can't wait to see what you guys create!

Dude Skateboarding Card

Its been a while since I've posted a card with a Cricut cut on it.  Dusted off my Dude cartridge and made this one:

Background paper from DCWV Rockstar stack.  Sentiment by Stampin  Up.

Is it just me or is this cartridge so hard to figure out? I still don't know if I layered him right! LOL! He kinda looks like he's wearing a bib to me.

Entering this in the following challenges:

Love to Create - Father's Day/Special Guy

Creative Craft Challenge - Fellas

Penny's Challenges - Birthday

Simon Says Stamp - Masculine/Father's Day

Dutch Dare - Summer

Milk Coffee - Father's Day/Male

DL.Art - Anything Goes Linky

Crazy 4 Challenges - Summer

One Stitch at a Time - Anything Goes

Lia Stampz - Friendship Challenge

Hey guys!  There's a new challenge at Lia Stampz! This fortnight, we want to see your friendship projects!

The winner of the challenge an awesome digi called monster love (you can get it at Whimsy Stamps here). I used another digi on my card here:

This one is called Girl Hug.  I inked it up with Copics. I sponged the sky and grass and added some 

stickles.  Ribbon, sentiment, rhinestones and paper are all Stampin Up.

Can't wait to see what you guys create!

Also entering this in the following challenges:
Die Cuttin Divas - Anything Goes
My Mums Craft Shop - Spots or Stripes
Simon Says - Happy Mail
DL.Art - Anything Goes

Make a card, thank a bailiff

Enjoyed my weekend making cards and painting my nails.  LOL.  So glad things have finally settled around here!  Anywho, I made a card for the bailiff that is on the case that I'm serving on as a juror.  He's been an extreme help, especially when I had the stomach flu last week.  He kept checking on me and making sure that I was OK.  He's done the same for the other jurors so I figured I'd make him a card that we could all sign and give to him once this is all over and done with.  

Used a Kenny K digi.  Put her on a simple card base made with SU card stock and paper from Miss Caroline (dilly dally stack).  Added some skinny black satin ribbon, SU corduroy button, some Robin's Nest dew drops, and a retired sentiment stamp by SU.  You can't see it, but I also added Crystal Effects to her boots, booty shorts, gloves, glasses, and lips.  

I was planning on adding something on the inside along the lines of she can be something to look at to stay awake in court.  LOL. We have an on going joke in the courtroom...we are always thinking of new ways to stay awake!

'Till next time!

New Challenge at Lia Stampz - For a Man

Hey guys!  Sill away from my blog/computer... hope you're liking the scheduled posts. :) I'll come back to commenting when I am reunited with my blog again next week!

Anywho, there's a new challenge over at Lia Stampz!  This fortnight, make something for a man!

The winner of the challenge will get this digi called Branson Ways.  Isn't he so super adorable?  I cut apart the sign and placed it so he's holding it. :) It is inked with Copics.  Background papers are scrap, so not sure where they came from.  Ribbon and cardstock by Stampin Up!

Can't wait to see what you guys create! 

New DT Member for Ginger Snap Scraps!

Guess what, guys?

You're looking at the newest DT member for Ginger Snap Scraps! :)

About a month ago, I made a purchase in the Ginger Snap Store and was contacted by owner, Cori.  I thought that part of my order was out of stock and she was emailing me to let me know.  I was floored when she told me she saw my blog and wanted to ask me if I would apply for her design team!  What an honor! Of course I said yes and came up with two cards for my application:

This one actually did double duty.  My aunt needed a card for a baby shower she was attending.  The theme was whales and she wanted the baby's name on it too.  I wanted to make something on the Cricut for my application. Whale from Create a Critter, welded in my Gypsy.  Sponged with SU ink.

I made a computer generated sentiment and punched it out with SU punches and adorned it with SU satin ribbon.  

I thought it would be amusing to put the baby on the whale's "splash!" The baby is cut from Sugar and Spice cartridge.  I used a cute Peachy Keen face instead of the cut out face.  Colored the pacifier with Copics.  SU pearls act as buttons.  I added Glossy Accents to the splash to make it more durable.

Entering this card into the following challenges:

Die Cuttin' Divas - Anything Goes
Krafy Girls - Get in Shape
Creative Card Crew - On the Beach/Under the Sea
Anything Goes Challenges - Let's Not Be Square
Crafting For All Seasons - Splash Me
Little Scrap Pieces - Use an Animal
The Stamp Man - Anything Goes Celebration

I also wanted to make a Copic card for my application.  I got this great digi by Robyn's Fetish for winning a challenge a couple of months ago and finally used it.  It's called George Washington.  Inked up with Copics.  Cardstock, paper, stamps, emboss powder, ink, and brads are all SU.

Entering this in the following challenges:
One Stitch at a Time - Use a Digi
My Mum's Craft Shop - Ice Cream Color Combos (Mint Chip)
Cute Card Thursday - So Distressing
The Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes

Wheeee!  I'm so honored that Cori asked me to be apart of her design team.  I can't wait for the first project! :)

Steampunk Birthday Card

I've had Lady Victoria by Kenny K in my files for eons now and I've kinda forgotten about her... until one of my friends asked me if I knew what "steampunk" was last week! LOL! It instantly made me want to her color her and put her on a card and think of all things steampunk!

Lots of distressing with my Tim Holtz distressing tool, ink and stamp by SU, gold embossing powder (birthday stamp, polka dots stamped on background), torn lace, staples, brad, and grommet eyelet.  The cajun colored piece also has flocked circles.  And hooray, all of these papers were in my scrap stash! 

Inked her up with Copics.  Added Crystal effects to her boots, her goggles, and the "glass piece" on her cane.  

Entering this in the following challenges:

Robyn's Fetish (IDIC) - Lace

Crazy For Challenges - Circles

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Love to Create - Recycled (the lace is torn from dress trim)

Creative Card Crew - Song Inspired (The Doctor's Wife by Clockwork Quartet)

Crafting for all Seasons - Men

Milk Coffee - Embossing

'Till next time!

Simple Stampin Up Father's Day Cards

I've been having a hard time sleeping lately.  I go to sleep super, super late and then I wake up super, super late.  It messes everything up!  I really need to keep busy during the summer so this doesn't happen, because my body goes a little haywire when I'm not at work.  Any falling asleep tricks you guys have?

Anywho, all these masculine card challenges made me realize that I better get crackin' on Father's Day cards!  While in my zombie-insomniac stage last night, I whipped a bunch of these cards up using my scraps.  My pile is getting a bit too robust for my liking...

Used my stamp-a-ma-jig to keep the owls neatly in a row.  And LOVE the new foam stamp pads!  No more arm cramps just to get some decent coverage!  The owl is from a retired set and the sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  In clear mount!  I've been holding off getting the wood mount and I'm glad I did!  The new catalog features every stamp set in clear mount now (as well as wood mount)! Yippee!

Here's another one with different scrap paper.  Sorry about the kitty cat eyeball in the background.

He didn't wanna move from his chair arm!  He was digging the Hello Kitty blanket pillow and the husband's first aid kit as an arm rest.  Spoiled kitty.

Entering the first card in the following challenges

Kaboodle Doodle - All Manly Men

Love to Create - Special Guy in your Life

Clear it Out - Father's Day

Penny's Paper Crafty - I Love you Dad

D.L. Art - Card for a man

The Stamp Man - Make it for a Man

The Poodles Parlour - Father's Day/Male Card

'Till next time!

Guest Designing for Die Cuttin' Divas!

I'm guest designing this week for Die Cuttin' Divas! :) The challenge this week is anything goes.  When was the last time I used my Cricut?!  Lol, I've been on a Copic marker/Spellbinders die kick.  Here's my card:

I used the B is for Boy Cricut Lite cartridge.  Inked up some of the edges to make it look dirty.  Cardstock, paper, stamps, and ink are all SU.  Made this for an uncle who recently lost his job. :(

Entering this in the following challenges: 

Tuesday Throwdown: Masculine

CAS-ual Fridays: Masculine with DSP

Can't wait to see what you guys create! :D

New MANLY challenge at Lia Stampz!

There's a new challenge at Lia Stampz!  This fortnight, try to make a card for a man!

Here's my "man" card.  The image is called Harry and can only be found at Whimsy Stamps for Lia Stampz.  Psst.... he's only $2.50!  What a steal! The sentiment is also Lia Stampz.

Here's a close up of his glasses. :D

He was soooo fun to color.  Of course I used my newfound Copics skills.  I wanted him to look a little bit more 3-D so I used a piece of paper toweling to get the texture on his shirt and added glossy accents to his glasses.  Click any image to enlarge!

Get in the stamp jar here!

'Till next time, kids!  Can't wait to see what you create!

CAS Square Birthday Card

Here's the birthday card I made for my buddy.  I taped it onto a wrapped DVD for his birthday present.  I like attaching cards to gifts; especially if the gift is wrapped plainly.  A card, tag, and decoration all at once!

Noogies.  I didn't realize that the photo was blurry.  It was pretty overcast when I took a photo of it.  The stamp reads, "Happy Birthday (call when it's time for cake)."  Everything is SU! except the two brads.  

I entered this into the Outlawz greetings challenge.  The card had to include 3 squares!

'Till next time party people!