Just a Little Moo

Here is a little Moo  I made for Moo Mania and Just Some Lines' challenges.  Moo Mania is having "Insects" as the theme this week and Just Some Lines is having "Anything Goes".  My little butterfly is from Just Some Lines. This tiny piece could also be used as a piece for my challenge "It's Natural".

If you have a chance enter any or all of the above challenges.  I used a piece of the Spark background mentioned in the previous post,

SPARK Tag

Once a month Carolyn Dube sends out a piece of SPARK (art background she created) to use any way we wish.  This is the one sentt out for May.  Isn't it inspiring?

I took a small piece of it and made a tag using an image from Lungagirl Moonbeans.

BTW Karen at Lunagirl Moonbeans is having a challenge, her first, with the theme "Birds".  It ends soon, but you still have time to enter and she is giving away a great prize.

 

 

Challenge #60- "It's Natural"

The theme for this challenge is "It's Natural".  This is a really easy challenge.  You can make anything that deals with nature  in anyway i.e. flowers, animals clouds, grass. Also, you can post emotions too-anger, love, and fear.  These emotions are natural. As you can see, you have a wide range of things you can post about.

Vicki

I love working with mainly black and white.  This little image from Sticky Bear Digital Outlet looks just like my dog Hershey.  I used a base black card with a black and white mat under the image.  In the ribbon buckle is a piece of silver ribbon.  It runs up the left side and a small piece is placed under the image for balance.





 

Michele

This sweet scene from Stitchy Bear seemed so peaceful to me that I wanted to use my Chinese calligraphy  "peace" stamp and this nice designer paper with trees to accent the main image.  This scene makes me want to sit, relax and reflect!  I hope the nature challenge makes you feel peaceful too.  Please join us!

Barbara

 I used an image from Stitchy bear, coloured with prisma colour pencils and oms then cut the image out so the flowers flowed off the edge. I used early expresso for the layer under the image, I had to try my new butterfly embossing folder for the background. What is more natural than the blue of the sky and the brown of the earth.

 

Krisha

I chose the "Baby Bug" digi from the Stitchy Bear Outlet for this sparkling card.  Image was colored with Prisma colored pencils then rhinestones added to the spots on the wings and black stones forthe tip of her antani.  I chose to mask the image and stencil a floral background instead of trimming her out.  I took Gelatos to the front of the card and then stamped tiny flowers all over.  I mounted the image on black cs then onto the card.  Paper grunge flowers, brushed with black acrylic paint finished it off nicely.  Thank you to the Stitchy Bear Outlet for being our sponsor this week.

 

Rene

My choice of image, generously supplied by our sponsor  Stitchy Bear - Berry Bear is Backyard, a fabulous digital image with so many possibilities. I decided to use it as is in black and white. I layered it on mirror board and then onto a black card. 3 punched leaves were added as well as some Crystal Stickles to the image. The sentiment was handwritten in silver and overwritten with my Gelly roll. Hope to see many nature inspired creations!

 Yvonne

I have used this cute fairy image from our sponsor to  decorate  a  gift voucher purse.

 



 

Thanks to Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet for sponsoring my challenge for the next two weeks.  Stitchy Bear is the place to go for digitals as they are an outlet for loads of digital stamps by numerous companies.  I am sure you can find that perfect image there.

 

 

JSL's Mother Day Challenge

Just Some Lines is now having a challenge with the theme "Mother's Day"  Let's see your best Mother's Day cards.  This card has a childish feel to it, a  perfect for Mother's Day.  Come over to the Just Some Lines'  site and get into the fun.

Drunken Stampers' New Challenge

Drunken Stampers has a new challenge.  It is Porky's or Farm Animals.  If you have been checking their site out, you will notice that all the themes are connected to a movie.  For my inspiration, I used an animal that can be found on the farm.   It isn't the one you consider a farm animal, but I am sure there is one on every farm.  It  is the cat.  This isn't any cat,; mine is a cool cat that is always innocent.  The stamp is one by Comotion Rubber Stamps.  I found him at a flea market.

Go to Drunken Stampers and see all the inspirational art.  Enter and be part of the fun.

 

 

New Challenge Blog

There is a new challenge blog on the net!  It is Lunagirl Moonbeans.  Just click on the name in the previous sentence or the logo below and it will direct you to the site.  The challenge is a great one.  It is "Birds".  You have until Mary 20 to enter.

I am so proud to be a member of their first-ever Design Team.  Here are two creations I made for the challenge.

This card has an image of a bird with  tnfo about it.   The base card is brown and the  background mat to the image is handmade paper that someone gave me   It is very thick paper.  I took some distress ink called "Peeled Paint" and highlighted the folds and ridges of the paper.   In the corner is a piece of printed cardstock giving the definition of Celebration.  On the other side is a multi-layer flower made from flowers from Petaloo.  In the center I put a green stone to give the card a little bling.

This bird is from one of the free sheets on the sidebar of Lunagirl Moonbeam blog   The bookmark was very easy to make.  I printed a small copy of the image, cut out the bookmark with a die and then stamped a sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs.  A little piece of ribbon and I was finished.

Challenge Reminder - Rain and Flowers

This is a reminder for you to join my challenge "April Showers Bring May Fleowers".  I have quite a few entries so far but, there is time for more, so join in.  The winner will be picked by random generator and announced on Tuesday after the challenge ends.  The Design Team would love to see what you have created.

In the meantime here are some more pieces of inspiration from the DT.

Vicki

My card is very clean and simple.  I love Floppy Latte's flowers in a circle and I think they are perfect for this get well card.  The sentiment is by Our Daily Bread Designs.

Petra

May has come and the flowers look ever so lovely. For the second week of the challenge I used a little vintage image which I thought is just perfect for the theme. I layered it on coloured and patterend cardstock and embellished it with flowers, ribbon, lace and twine and a chipboard sentiment.

Michele

For my week two creation I decided to use one of the beautiful silhouette digital images from Floppy Latte.  This lady sports spring flowers in her hat and I added just a touch of color on those flowers with colored pencils.  I added to the flower motif with flowered origami paper, paper flowers and a shiny flower sticker.  The dream stamp is from Inkadinakado.

Yvonne

The Daisy panel is a digi  image from our sponsor. The flower corners are stamped images, fussy cut , then shaped to add dimension.

Sharon

For this weeks post I have made my "May" Calendar/Journal Pages using images from the May new releases by Gecko Galz. I painted the background  using a baby wipe to "swoosh" the paint over the pages. It took a while to cut out all the flowers for each day of the month!!!

 

 Rene

My Darling Daisies has brown & deep wine centers fading into white or pale yellow. The pale green of the leaves are echoed in the green card. Rhinestones add some bling to the card. We hope to see some more flowers and showers this week!

 Barbara

I chose Daisies in a frame from Floppy Latte for my image, it was coloured with prisma colour pencils and odourless mineral spirits. I loved this image when I saw it as it is so versatile, birthday, get well and thinking of you  The winter has been very long and now we have good weather I had to get out the daffodil delight, both card stock and ribbon in the same colour. The embossing folder has birds and leaves on it and makes me think spring.



Just Some Lines' Challenge

Just Some Lines now has a new challenge theme, "Mother's Day".  I created this card using another part of the art journal page shown in the previous post.  At first I wasn't sure I really liked my art page, but after cutting it into pieces I am really pleased.  I love it as a background on this card.  The green  is just a piece of cardstock I put behind the card so you can see the base card. 

The background is watercolor paper so it is a little on the heavy side, but I don't think it is too heavy too use.  The image is Just Some Lines' Love Roses.  They are colored with Copic markers.  In the corner I put the word "Love" with the letters at a slight angle.

Don't forget to come over to Just Some Lines and enter your Mother's Day project.

I Am So Excited!

I am so excited to be on Lunagirl's first Design Team.  Lunagirl Vintage Images are wonderfully unique and I love working with them.  Karen, the owner of Lunagirl has a blog called Lunagirl Moonbeams.  The blog is for lovers of vintage Edwardian Victorian Retro Antique stuff.

The first projects of the Design Team is "Birds".  She has loads of bird images to choose from and below are the projects I created.

This is the wall hanging I made with three of the images.  I used a canvass board for my base and put  as the background some sheet music which I distressed by applying a watered-down coat of yellow acrylic paint.

  

Next I took a piece of my art journal page which I had made with a Gelli Plate.  I wasn't sure how to use my paper at first.  I finally decided to make slide mounts with it.  Inside the three mounts I placed images of 3 Lunagirl birds.

 

 

 I think the colors of the slide mounts really bring out the coloring of the images.

 

I finished off the wall hanging with an array of flowers at the bottom in the same color scheme as the slide mounts and birds.  Completing the wall hanging is some lace I had in my stash.

 

Below is a card I made using another Lunagirl image.  This bird is surrounded by a Cherry Lynn die.  Flowers are from Petaloo and above them is the sentiment "True Bliss" as an additional embellishment.

 

I do hope you will drop over for a visit as there are lots of great things planned for the blog.

Challenge #59-"April Showers Bring May Flowers"

With all the rain we have had lately, I should have loads of flowers coming up--or weeds!  In any case my theme this time is "April Showers Bring May Flowers"  You may either enter your creations about rain or flowers; it is your choice.  I would love to see loads of entries for this challenge.  I was beginning to think no one was going to enter the last challenge.  However, after a while I received some great entries.

Let's see what the DT has prepared to inspire you.

Vicki

This card is a little on the busy side, but all the elements have the same colors.  I like the polka dots of the background picking up the round centers of the daises.  My daises and frame are colored with Copic markers.  The smile tag is one I found in my stash and the small diecut was lying on my table waiting to either be used or thrown away

Yvonne

I used an image from our sponsor and created a scene in a computer craft program.

Petra

These daisies made me smile as soon as I saw them, they are such wonderful Spring flowers. I printed this images from our sponsor as big as it was possible for the card and layered them on digital paper and coloured card. The image is coloured with inks and Copics, cut out and added to the card with foam pads. A little bow, button and a sweet butterfly are the finishing touches for the card.

 

Krisha

A simple card to show off the Artsy Flower from Floppy Latte Designs!

Colored with florescent gel pens to make the design POP!

Sentiment is from Rogue Redhead Designs, on a ribbon banner that is raised with a pop dot for dimension.

Michele

I colored this delightful "artsy flower" digital image from Floppy Latte with colored pencils.  I chose three pretty designer papers for my background layers.  This digi is perfect for an all-occasion card. I hope you'll join our spring-y challenge!

Barbara

I picked Eddie's Favourite for my image and decided it needed to be a 5 inch square card, the sentiment is computer generated. The flowers were coloured with pale vermilion and the leaves in olive.

Rene

 My Artsy Flower, generously supplied by our sponsor, Floppy Latte,  is coloured in oranges & yellows. Greens were used for the leaves. The flower was 3-D'd for extra dimension & I sponged the edges. The red of the card is the promise of all the bright colours that will pop up in your garden, and of course here at the challenge!

 Jenn

I used Delayed Delivery from Floppy Latte Designs, colored with Copics and paired with some coordinating polka dot and cloud digi papers.  Ribbon is from Stampin' Up!  I sponged around the edge of the card with gray ink and added a sentiment from A*Muse Studios.

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The images that the Design Team used come from my sponsor this week, Floppy Latte.  A visit to their site, will reveal that they have a great assortment of delightful images.  There are images for almost any theme.

Another Art Journal Page

Here is a Art Journal page I made the other day.  I really like how this turned out.  I think it shouts "Spring"  I used a base of yellow acrylic paint and used two different stencils for the dots in the two sizes.  When I started I didn't know what I was going to use nor what colors I was going to put on the paper.  It just happened.  But I am pleased.  As you can tell, I am having a blast with my Gelli Plate.   Now I have to decide how to use it.

Tag

I just love making tags.  This one was made for Just Some Lines' "Earth Day" challenge reminder.   I used one of Just Some Lines' new images for this one and added some earthly embellishments on top of a flowered piece of designer cardstock. Do give the tag some recycling I used the string that comes with the tag.  In this case I used instead of throw away!