OCC Sketch & Recipe Challenge #37

Today was Tilda day. I have been struggling with coloring these cuties, I'm not sure why but it took me some time to figure out what I wanted to do for the Magnolia rain girls this month. I ended up creating 3 different cards, once I got started with the first one, I couldn't stop. I can show another one tomorrow and the last one will be shown once the recipient gets it...she's a blog reader and I don't want to ruin the surprise (hi Danni!)

I started by picking a sketch. I used this week's sketch challenge over at Our Creative Corner. I only have one oval punch so I decided to use a scrap piece of paper to mount the punch on. Looks a little funky but it grew on me by the time the card was complete.

The second challenge I incorporated was the Recipe Challenge #37 over at Sketches by Tamara. The challenge was to incorporate flowers, buttons and stickles/glitter. I used Gold Glimmer Shimmerz for my glitter.

The copics used:
The Recipe:
Stamps: Tilda with Flower ~ Magnolia
Paper: GP, Scarlet's Letter ~ Basic Grey
Ink: Tuxedo Black ~ Memento, copics (shown above)
Accessories: button ~ Foofala, scrappers floss ~ Karen Foster, flowers ~ Prima, brads ~ Joanns, Gold Glimmer Shimmerz, Threading Water border punch ~ Fiskars, oval scallop punch ~ Marvy

Thanks for looking!

Unity Tree

This was an interesting card to create. I was NOT allowed to color...how can I not color??? I think you all know how much I love to color, especially with my copics. So this really was the challenge it was intended to be. I created this for Stamp Simply #75 - Black Ink Only and I used this week's Unity Sketch over at the SCS Unity forum.


The stamps are from the Endings & Beginnings, the February KOTM at Unity Stamp Co. I just love their stamps. They are fresh & fun. So since I couldn't color, I chose the tree to be my main image. It really screamed to be colored green, but I didn't give in LOL! The paper is Basic Grey Scarlett's Letter and I used ribbon from Michaels, along with the Mega Scallop punch by Marvy. Its not one of my favorite cards but it was different and outside of my box a bit.

The Recipe:
Stamps: February KOTM ~ Unity Stamp Co.
Paper: GP, Scarlett's Letter ~ Basic Grey
Ink: Tuxedo Black ~ Memento
Accessories: ribbon ~ Michaels, Scallop Punch ~ Marvy, Ticket Corner Punch ~ Stampin Up

I hope to spend some time at my craft desk this weekend. Happy weekend!

Thinking of You with a Flutter By

I just love this card! It screams spring and sunshine to me, meanwhile its gray and icky out. Rain later and maybe snow this weekend. Spring get here soon please!

I started with the sketch for the card. Its Sketch #84 on Sketches by Tamara this week. Fun sketch and you can do many things with it.

Next up, I decided to make this a butterfly card for Danni's Flutter By Wednesday. The extra challenge this week was to make the card orange and yellow. These are not colors I use a whole lot so I had to dig for some paper. Luckily my new MM Chloe's Closet is nice and springy with these colors in it. The butterfly is Gem Stone Butterfly from Inkadinkadoo, its from their new releases.

And lastly, since this is a springy card, it qualifies for the Stamp Simply #76 Cabin Fever. I definitely have Cabin Fever. Hopefully spring will come soon and I'll start to see flutter bys while I'm out and about.

The Recipe:
Stamps: Gem Stone Butterfly ~ Inkadinkadoo, Say It in Style ~ CTMH
Paper: GP, Chloe's Closet ~ Making Memories
Ink: Tuxedo Black ~ Memento, Pumpkin Pie ~ Stampin Up
Accessories: Diamond Stickles ~ Ranger

TGIF!!

Meet Miss Snow Bunny

Little Miss Snowbunny here is from the Snow Bunnies Gingersnaps set by CC Designs over at All That Scraps. I am not a big fan of winter but I couldn't resist these cute little girls. You can get them in mounted on EZ Mount or as a digi download. I have yet to figure out the digi download world so you can guess which way I bought them LOL!

I had to create a card for a Red, White & Black swap and I thought this stamp was perfect for it since it didn't require a whole lot of coloring. My most favorite part of her is the trim on her coat. I used Stampendous White Fun Flock to doll up her trim. The sketch is from SFYTT a few weeks ago which you can see HERE and I used Basic Grey Bittersweet dp.

The Recipe:
Stamps: Snow Bunnies Gingersnaps ~ CC Designs
Paper: CTMH, GP, Bittersweet ~ Basic Grey
Ink: Tuxedo Black, Rhubarb Stalk ~ Memento, Copics (R01, R46, E18)
Accessories: ribbon ~ Michaels, brads ~ Joanns, fun flock ~ Stampendous, Xmas Red Stickles ~ Ranger

Happy Thursday!

Graphic 45 Goodness

My friend Brook has a lot of Graphic 45 projects on her blog. She is very talented and I think you should pay her a visit. Click HERE to see all her G45 Goodness.

Have a good night!

~Endings & Beginnings~

This card was created with the flower from the February Kit of the Month from Unity Stamp Co. My new favorite place to hang out, especially on Thursdays when they have Hip Hop Thursday with lots of inspiration, fun, deals & steals. I ordered a grab bag of 50 stamps for $50 - how can you beat that?? I'm hoping it gets here soon!


The layout of the card was used as a sketch for one of my groups, I'm not sure where they found it so I can't give proper credit. It was a great sketch for this cute flower though! The paper is Basic Grey Euphoria. If you click on the photo to enlarge it, you can see where I used Ranger Glossy Accents on the vase and Cotton Candy stickles on the flower. The stem and table were colored with copics - 100 Black, G24 Willow, and V15 Mallow. Oh and I punched out flowers from Euphoria scraps with my Marvy flower punches and then I painted them with Angel Wings Shimmerz. I have discovered that I like using my smaller punches again, but I need to bling them up even if they are cut from patterned paper. The pretty ribbon is from my stash.

The Recipe:
Stamps: February KOTM ~ Unity Stamp Co.
Paper: GP, BG Euphoria
Ink: Tuxedo Black ~ Memento, copics specified above
Accessories: flower punches ~ Marvy Uchida, Cotton Candy stickles, ribbon ~ stash, Ranger Glossy Accents, Angel Wings Shimmerz

Thanks for looking!