Challenge #62 - "You're Sweet"

My challenge for the next two weeks is "You're Sweet".  This is a very easy challenge so dig through your stash and see what you can come up with following this sweet theme.

Vicki

My card is uses one of Far Far Hill's cupcake images.  I decided to make the card fairly plain letting the image be the focal point.  It is hard to tell from the scan, but the white cardstock behind the image is glossy and has been embossed and lightly highlighted.

Petra

I don't know how you feel about cupcakes but I LOVE them ... and the ones from pour sponsor Far Far Hill are just too yummy and tempting! I cut it out and layered it on patterend paper, doily and lace. A little bit of Stickles and some little blings completed the card.

 

 

Yvonne

I found these un-used cake  toppers in my stash. Layered them up and realy wished I had the real thing on the table to eat.



Krisha

One layer card using House Mouse stamp, colored with Prisma pencils and OMS, and markers.

Michele

I know a lot of people who think it is fine to have your dessert first so this is a tribute to them.  And this yummy looking cupcake from Far Far Hill clearly has all the main food groups in it so it can't be wrong to go right for this treat! This will be a fun challenge because you can play with sweets but not get any calories.  Hope you can join us.



Barb

 

Rene

I am so pleased to announce that my sponsor this time is Far Far Hill.  They have many digitals available for use in scrapbooking or card making.  Click on the banner below to visit their

 

Bathing Beauties

Here are some additional cards and a tag using the theme "Bathing Beauties" from Lunagirl Moonbeans. Their challenge will end in seven and one-half days, so look through your stash of images and stamps for some bathing beauties and enter.  You still have plenty of time and the winner will receive one of the wonderful collage sheets from Karen's site.

This card was very simple to make.  I let my designer paper do all the work. It show the ocean in the background, the sand and a windbreaker fence on the beach.  My sentiment is "Laughter is an instant vacation" by Melton Berle.  I found it in the Quote Garden on the net.  I like the simplicity of this card. 

This card shows more of my personality.  The background is an old paperback book on which I cleaned my brayer of acrylic paint when I used my Gelli Plate.  I then tore the edges of my Lunagirl image, distress the edges with cranberry ink.  Finally I added the little acrylic fish around and on top of her to give you the feel that she was underwater.

 

Finally, my tag uses a Lunagirl image also  The blue background on the tag is another piece of a book page that I used to clean my brayer.  This time I printed my image and the lottery sheet on grey paper to give it a little of distressed look.  I torn the image out, but did not do any highlighting or distressing since the grey color came forward on the tear.  A couple of stones finishes the tag.

Just Some Lines' Challenge

Just Some Lines is having "Anything Goes" as the theme for a while.  You can create anything you wish with any theme as long as your are using a Just Some Lines image.  I really like this digi of a boy fishing.  It would be prefect for a Father's Day card.  I colored the image with Copic markers.   I used the polka dot background to emphasize the childish feel to the card.  I can remember watch the fish coming right up to my line, but never biting. 

Drop on over to the Just Some Lines website and enter their challenge.

My Best Friend's Wedding

Drunken Stampers is having another challenge.  This time the theme is My Best Friend's Wedding.  My card uses an image from Just Some Lines and a diecut from Cheery Lynn Designs.  All the themes for the past couple of months have been movies.

If you have a chance visit the blog and join the challenge.

A Rainbow Gelli Print

This time I have made an art journal page with the acrylic paint from my Gelli Plate that looks like a rainbow.  However, this was so easy that I am embarrassed.  I made the background paper just by cleaning my brayer after using it on my Gelli Plate.  I love the way it turned out.

Gelli Green

Here is another art page made with my Gelli Plate.  I think this will make an amazing background for a card.

Another Art Journal Page

I haven't had very much time to work with my Gelli Plate lately, but here is a page I made not too long ago.  I am pleased with how it turned out.  I think the colors of the bridge and the building pop fairly well.

I can't wait until I have a chance to pull that Gelli Plate out again and get messy.

 

I am linking this to Carolyn Dube's June Gelli Party at a Colorful Journey.

A Little Raper Piecing

Here is my entry in Crafter's Digital Art Center's (CDAC"s) Progressive challenge.  It uses the umbrella image from Nana Vic Digitals.   I haven't done any paper piecing lately so I thought this would be the perfect image to do it on.  The sentiment is from Quote Garden and I really like what it says.  If you haven't been to the CDAC site lately, you are missing some great challenges.

Let's Go to the Beach!

Let's go to the beach as Lunagirl's Moonbeans has created some projects following the theme "Bathing Beauties".  Below are a couple of cards I created as pieces of inspiration for the Lunagirl theme.

For my first card I torn the bathing beauty image from Lunagirl Moonbeams and placed it on some designer paper that looked like a beach with sand at a fence.  As embellishment I used a large seashell sticker and a sentiment on an acrylic piece.

This next card uses designer paper that looks like water.  The wave, seashells and pearls came from an embellishment kt.  Also included are the water bubbles.  Again an acrylic sentiment finishes off the card.  Below is the challenge announcement you will find on Lunagirl Moonbeams.  Now hurry over and join the challenge.  Need a shortcut?  Just click on announcement below.

 

 

Second Week of Challenge #61

We are beginning the second week of "My Kind of Gal"  Therefore the Design Team created some projects to inspire you.  For a shortcut to my challenges click on the first item in my sidebar, "Current Challenges"  This will make it easier for you to find the current challenge as I do post a lot between challenge announcement and the end date

Krisha

Such a sweet image from Gingerloft. She was colored with Prisma pencils and OMS then mounted onto a chip board.  Mulberry flowers were cut with TH Tattered Flowers die and added to the boarder. A Cri-cut butter fly in the top left corner and then rhinestones for the centers of the flowers.  I even found rhinestone flowers in my stash, and a butterfly!!

Michele

I love this fairy digi from Gingerloft at Stitchy Bear.  For my creation I colored her with pencils and floated her above some flowers dropping fairy dust as she goes.  Our "my kind of gal" theme gives you lots of freedom to create using female images so I hope you will join the fun!

Jenn

Jenn used Cowboy Boot from Gingerloft to make this little ATC:

Sharon

My Kind of Gal?? Well I guess these "risque divas" are someone's kind of gal LOL! I love these images from Luna Girl - great to create with - love the bright colours. I've made these little mini journal pages with them - I used Distress Inks & Paint for the backgrounds, added the "Ooh La La" with stamped letters and for some bling a few spots of glitter glue!

Petra

I did something a little bit different for this week. I used one of Lunagirl's lovely Beauties images. I love her pose and her dramatic outfit (lol). I cut out the image and layered it on musical paper and a couple of doilies. The tag is embellished with paper flower, organza ribbon and some pearls

Rene

 

I've used the lovely Time for Beauty #2 generously supplied by Gingerloft Digital Stamps for us to play with. The colouring was done with pencils, the image fussy cut & then layered onto purple & lavender cardstock before it was added to the marble card.

Barbara

The stamp I used is a Dolly Mama “domestically challenged" I’m at the cottage and had limited supplies, one day I will get it all together to bring EVERYTHING with me lol. I coloured the image with pencil crayons and blended with odourless mineral spirits and layered it on Black and White.

 

 

You Can Enter Both

I am having  the challenge "My Kind of Gal" and Lunagirl Moonbeams is having the challenge "Divas".  If you have a Diva-looking image you can enter both challenges.  My card is an inspirational  piece for both challenges.  The lady in  purple is one of the beautiful images from Lunagirl.  In the background is a piece of designer paper of flowers and trees.  I put the stronger purple mat behind the image to make her pop and to keep her from getting lost on the background.  Some black swirls around the flower and a couple of stones give the card a shot of bling.

If you plan to enter the Lunagirl challenge, you must hurry as there are only 3 days left.

Challelnge #61

The theme for this challenge is "My Kind of Gal"  I hope you will find this a fun challenge.  The name pretty much speaks for itself.  You don't have to make a card.  It can be something other than a card as long as you follow the theme.

You have two weeks to join the challenge, so let the Design Team see what you can create.  Here are some ideas from the Design Team.

Vicki

I was in the mood to make a tag.  So I used Gingerloft's Beauty image.  It was easy to make, but I did a little recycling.  I was at a wedding this past weekend and my corsage had a backing of burlap.  Since the roses were just about dead, I cut some of the burlap from behind the corsage and used it on my tag.  I though it gave a little different look and I like the way it turned out.  I left the writing that on was the image white in order to emphasize the face.  I think that made the face "pop" on the tag.

Also, would you believe that the sentiment was on a favor at the wedding.  I just took it off the little box it was on and added to my tag.

Rene

I've decided to colour the Geisha with girl in some different colours than expected. The green is a symbol of freshness & youthfulness as well as eternal life. Yellow is a sacred colour in the Far East. It also has the meaning of courage, beauty & refinement as well as aristocracy & cheerfulness. (Source Note: this may differ from other sources). A Great Impressions stamp is used for the sentiment on a yellow panel. The gold panel and bottle green card compliments the colours used.

Jenn used Cowboy Boot from Gingerloft to make this little ATC. The boot is colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits, and the sentiment is from Scrapalicious Times Sentiments.  I used an ATC-sized piece of cardboard and covered it with this pretty DP from Stampin' Up! as my base, then inked the edges.

 Barbara

I picked this cute little  butterfly gal from Stitchy Bear/Gingerloft. What is more girlie than PINK. She was coloured with pencil crayons and oms mounted on a pink die cut called Fleur dis lis. The background is a dot background from Hero Arts, sad to say two years old and never been inked until today, it was inked with Brilliance coral and embossed with silver pearl embossing powder from Ranger again a year old and never been used. Wow lots of firsts. I added the pink rhinestones and the stickles to the wings.

Michele

This darling cowboy boot digi from Stitchy Bear Gingerloft makes me think of the kind of gal who likes kicking around at rodeos but also loves dolling up and smelling the flowers.  This card is a tribute to her, with brightly colored flowers, ribbon and bold, fun patterns.

Yvonne

I made  a  4 x 4 inch fat page, using a beautiful image provided by our sponsor. I used mesh on top of the  floral base layer, using water colours for the colouring of the image

 Petra

A wonderful and so feminine image from our sponsor Stitchy Bear Gingerloft. I just love all the flowers and butterflies. I layered and printed the image on digital paper. To give it a bit more depth I created a lot of layers by cutting the flowers in the hair and butterflies separately. The image is coloured withn copics. Some blings are the finishing touches.



Krisha

I chose to do a simple French post card using the Gingerloft digi Umbrella Girl.  I used colored pencil for the image and the background.  The other stamped image and sentiments are from Recolectionns

I am so excited to have Gingerloft Digitals as my sponsor this week.  Please make a visit to their site and see if there is something there you can use.  Gingerloft has a great of images in numerous categories.