Freshly Made Sketches #707

I need a lot more Halloween cards so I let Judy's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches inspire me.

I have this fun Doodlebugs paper pack and wanted to use paper from it for the patched background.  I went looking for something for the center, thinking I might do a cauldron, when I found this SSS ghost that had been gifted to me who knows how long ago.  It was perfect and I picked the paper to go with him.  The eyes and Boo are colored with Artist Markers and to make it even more fun, I layered the ghost for stability and put him on an action wobble.  I think my almost 4 year old great grandson will love it. 

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Just Us Girls #727 - Mood Board Week

Carol Mc is our host for Mood Board Week at Just Us Girls.  Her board evokes images of summer and travel.

I've done bicycles and sunglasses and beaches so for something new I went with the sailboat.

This boat was part of a set from SSS that I bought quite a while ago and I don't know why.  I liked the coloring book style images but didn't realize it was mainly a valentine set, hence the heart anchor.  It's colored with Altenew artist markers and mounted with a wobble on an inked panel set behind a Lawn Fawn circle die. 

What inspires you in these photos?  Check out what the Design Team and our guest designer Jenny Martin have made.  Their fabulous cards will give you some good ideas.  

I hope to see your card in the gallery.

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Just Us Girls #638 - Photo Week

 VIcki has a real tropical photo for us at Just Us Girls this week.

There are a lot of different things that could inspire a card so I hope you'll join in the challlenge. I combined a number of images to make my card.

I started with Polynesian Paradise by My Favorite Things.  The hibiscus and pineapple were randomly stamped and lightly watercolored to make a background.  The littlel hula dancer was colored with with Altenew Artist markers and a few Copics.  To ground her and make her stand out from the background, I cut a dome from Waffle Flower, colored it with Distress Ink and added the sentiment from the set.  For the piece de resistance, she's on an action wobble.  I mean a dancer has to dance. 😁

Our guest designer Lucie G and the rest of the Design Team have some wonderful cards to show you, hoping to encourage you to make a card for the gallery.

Edited to Add:  Now that I've seen the Time Out challenge, I want to send my card over there.  Plus I was an HM at their last challenge so I'm obligated. ;)

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Inkspirational #208

It's been a while since I've played at Inkspirational.  Their word prompt sparked an idea so I had to make a card.

I inked my Woodware frog with Zigs, fussy cut him out and added Pico Embellisher to his eyes.  For the background I used the acetate smoosh method after cutting the panel with MFT's wonky stitches.  The sentiment came with Mr. Frog, who is happily leap frogging on an action wobble.

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope you have a hoppy day!

Time Out #154

I made a bunch of valentines and hoped one or more would fit a challenge along the way.  I think this one that went to my great grandson fits the bill for the Time Out challenge "Affectionate".

The background was made with Distress Ink and an MFT cloud stencil, faint though they are.  The little RC pup is colored with Zigs and on an action wobble.  I thought the bow tie was perfect since Connor was wearing a bow tie in some of his 1st birthday photos. Before you yell at me, I do know there's a warning on the action wobbles but I'm sure he won't get his hands on the card.  Mom and Dad will just wobble the puppy for him.

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Time Out #134

I've been trying to think what I could do for the Time Out challenge.  They want something playful and I just wasn't feeling it.  Then I remembered a card I made as a thank you for my granddaughter's robotics coach who is retiring this year and thought it was a great card to use.

You'll have to excuse the photo.  I sent the card to my DIL to deliver to the recipient and forgot to take a picture.  This is one from her phone.  She zoomed in so there's no border but the color is fairly good. The image is one from Katzelkraft that Cornelia was kind enough to stamp and send to me.  I colored it with Zigs and placed it on an action wobble.  The background is made with an MFT cloud stencil and Distress Ink.

You may need an explanation of this card.  The robotics team is called Stryke Force and their colors are blue and yellow.  As you can see in the photo below the drivers wear the pilot helmets.  That's my granddaughter Kjerstin in her yellow tennies with the robot.

They were the reigning World Champions and just competed in the 2019 World Championship in Detroit last week where they lost in their field finals.  They did however win the Excellence in Engineering award.

Kjerstin is only a sophomore so there will be two more years of learning, driving, having fun and meeting other teams.  I hope I can handle it.  I never thought I'd get so excited for a robotics competition.

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - July

It's July already and time for another Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge.

Although I have only one Santa stamp I went with the twist.

I colored Santa from MFT with Inktense Pencils and mounted him on an action wobble over some ancient PP.

The winner of the challenge will be awarded a $20 GC to the HLS store and if you use their stamps on your project the amount will be doubled.

The Design Team is waiting to inspire you so check out their cards and then enter one of your own.

Addicted to Stamps and More #259

My great-granddaughter will be two on Friday and I made this CAS card for her birthday.  You can see it again at Addicted to Stamps and More along with those my Design Team-mates have made.

The card base is Spicy Yogurt from Altenew to give a little color and texture to the background.  The Memory Box scalloped 'word pop' (their words, not mine) cut my computer generated sentiment. The little giraffe is from CB, colored with Distress Inks and Yes! he's on a wobble.  What little kid doesn't like a wobbly animal on their birthday card?  I know Hannah will love it.

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope you'll be making a Clean and Simple card to enter in our gallery. You can find the definition of CAS on the blog.

Freshly Made #201

I got this darling Woodware stamp at a craft store near the lake this summer and thought it would be perfect for the Freshly Made sketch this week.

I colored him with Distress Inks and put him on an action wobble.  He makes me smile.

MCS #125

It's been a while since I've entered a challenge at My Craft Spot. This is one of the first challenges I ever did and I have a lot of Kimberley's wonderful stamps and dies.  Their challenge this week is to make a Valentine for kids and since I was going to make one for my great grandson anyway, this worked out perfectly.

The little monkey is cut from Create a Critter and mounted on an action wobble.  The sentiment was printed on the computer and I added the heart covered with Glossy Accents.  I'm sure Noah will love it.

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