Summer is Ending

Here is a summer card to celebrate the end of summer.  It uses the Lunagirl's Watermelon Seed Pack image.  The grent mat, sentiment and the watermelon slice embellishment are leftovers from a SEI kit.  I hope everyone is enjoying his Labor Day with a slice of watermelon.  Don't forget to put in an entry for the Lunagirl challenge.  There is a free seed pack image you can use on the site or you can create your own.

Lunagirl's "Seed Pack" Challenge

Lunagirl is having a "Seed Pack" challenge featuring pictures of packages of seeds.  This is the first piece I made for the challenge.  It features sunflower seeds.  I used a Cheery Lynn Designs die as a mat behind the image.

I hope you drop over and join the challenge.

Double-Fold Cards

Here are a couple of double-fold cards I made recently while on the road in our motorhome.  Most of the papers and embellishments were made with a SEI Club kit.  These were so much fun to make and so easy to do while traveling this past week.  Don't you just love the bright colors?

Second Week of "Your Choice" Challenge

We are beginning the second week of the challenge "Your Choice"  You may enter anything you like this time.  It may have an image or may not.  The choice is up to you.  Here are some more samples of inspiration by the Design Team.

Michele

For my week two bombshell creation I used a gorgeous vintage image from a Lunagirl collage sheet "Beauties #2." The dreamy pink background paper is also from Lunagirl though the script paper at the very base is from Seven Gypsies.  The rest of the elements are goodies from my stash.  I think this card could be used for a birthday or a simple "thinking of you" correspondence.  The main image certainly is very beautiful.

Krisha

I chose this feather and arrow head digital image for my DT project this week.  I colored both with colored pencils and fussy cut them.  I wanted a metallic conch, so I took a Q-tip and added the pigment ink and then embossed with silver EB powder.  The turquoise insets have Glossy Accents on top.  The feather is resting on Pop Dots to give some depth to the card.  The background paper is from my stash that is a really thin  wood., that I have been hoarding for years.  The sentiment is a TH favorite of mine.

Sharon 

My card for todays post uses images from the Bombshell Rubber Stamp St "Butterfly Queen" - just gorgeous images which I have coloured with Copic Markers. Background has been embossed with a stunning Cuttlebug Emboss & Cut folder - I haven't used this folder for some time so thought it would be perfect to use on this card!

Hazel

For my card I used one of the images of the Indian Warrior digital set kindly supplied by Bombshell. I coloured this with spectrum noirs, keeping mainly to lots of different shades of red. I tore round the image using a perspex oval template and brushed with fired brick distress ink. The background paper is Basic Grey Indian summer. The beaded ribbon is a left over piece from some I bought some time ago. Everything was then mounted on to a stardream sparkly red card blank.

 

Petra

As I had the choice ... I made an Alice bracelet with Lunagirl images and lots of charms including a little teaset. Isn't it darling? The chain itself was a carboot sale find. I finished the bracelet with a little bow and a little fimo rose.

 Barb

This week I used the same image but only the umbrellas, my plan was for three of them but I had sized the image a little larger than I thought, that's the trouble with trying to craft in two places. the background stamp is Bamboo ll from Stampin'up the ink I used is olive versamark. the Cherry Lynn butterfly die was cut from the same Asian DCWV paper stack piece as the panel and backed with white vellum.

 

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Don't forget to go by and see the wonderful stamps and digitals that Bombshell Stamps has.  I really  appreciate their sponsoring this challenge.

Lunagirl's "Alice" Challenge

This is just a reminder that Lunagirl is having an "Alice in Wonderland" challenge.  You may want to take part.  This is my recent post for the challenge.

I took the same image in different colors and overlapped them

Challenge # 67 - 'Your Choice"

"Your Choice"?  What does that mean?  It means you may create any type of entry,  using any type of image, or no  image at all!  The choice is up to you so let's see what you create.  You have two weeks to think about it and to enter.  Don't forget if  you can't find the challenge announcement, you can always go to the top of my sidebar and click on the challenge name as I post numerous times during a week.

Vicki

I created a card using the Indian Princess set from my sponsor Bombshell Stamps.  She was colored with Copic markers and I embellished the card with an ornate punch border, an arrow brad and a sentiment on vellum. 

Hazel

For my card I used some of the Indian Warrior digital set kindly supplied by Bombshell. I coloured the images with spectrum noirs. The paper behind the warrior is My Mind's Eye Alphabet Soup Girl 'sweet song' and the striped paper is from a pack by Acid drops & whatnots. The sentiment was generated on my dymo letratag.

Michele

I had fun making a tag using several digital images from our sponsor -- the "wanted" frame and some additional images from a cowboy/cowgirl images sheet.  The coloring is done with pro markers and I made the pig-riding cowgirl a brilliant blonde.  I had some great coordinating paper that reminded me of a wooden wall so that's where the wanted poster is mounted.  I hope you have fun with this challenge!

Krisha

I chose this digital image of a feather, from our great sponsor Bombshell Stamps, enlarged it, copied, then pasted, then flipped the copy horizontally, to give me a front and a back.  I knew I wanted to make a bookmark, so I needed the strength of two layers of card stock.  I used colored pencil and OMS, then cut them out and glued them together.  I added some fibers and beads for a little color. 

Petra

What a daring Lady! I wish I could ride like this .... She is one of Bombshell Digital's daring images. I coloured her with Copics to achieve a striking look. The background of the card is a digital image layered on dry-embossed black card. I added some little stars as embellishments.

Barb

I received the image from bombshell stamps, I coloured and cut the image out and the umbrella which is popped up. Layered on gold vellum and on yellow. The patterned paper is from a stack I received from Stampin'up and never opened (until now) The sketch is from Sketch Saturday (took liberties) I used a creatables from Marianne designs. Added a few pearls and painted one red to resemble a lady bug.

 

Bombshell Stamps

 



I am excited today to announce that Bombshell Stamps is my sponsor for this challenge.  Visit their online store and you will find some unusual stamps and digitals that I am sure you can use for almost any project.

 

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Welcome New DT Member

Sadly The Cheerful Stamp Pad has lost one of  its Design Team members,  Yvonne  (Meggymay).  However, we are so glad to announce a new member, Hazel Harris.  She has a very neat and classy style of crafting.  I think you will enjoy seeing her work on my blog.  She will begin posting Monday with the upcoming challenge.

Below is a picture of Hazel and a little info about her so give her a big WELCOME!

Hazel Harris

I'm Hazel, known in the crafting world as Craftyhazelnut.

I live in Bromley, part of Greater London in the UK. I'm retired and am married to John, who fully supports me in my obsession for accumulating (and using) crafting goodies. I've always been interested in crafting in one form or another; when I was younger I did a lot of knitting, embroidery, crocheting etc but over the past thirteen years or so have been more involved in papercrafting, particularly cardmaking, although I dabble in scrapbooking etc from time to time.

My blog is http://craftyhazelnut.blogspot.co.uk/ and I run two Christmas challenge blogs:

http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/

Just Playing Around

I have so many Gelli prints to share.  I need to invest in an acrylic paint company as I am using so much paint lately.  This is the first time I have put a face on my piece so please don't be too critical.  I see a few things I did right and a number of things I did wrong.  In any case this was fun and I will try putting a face on my Gelli print again soon. 

I titled this "Reflect" as I see a lot of reflection in her face.

Drunken Stampers' Challenge

This week at Drunken Stampers, we are creating projects using a "Thing" this time.  Thus the theme is to use some twine, string or thread.  I made my card to go along with the challenge at Lunagirl Moonbeams which is "Alice in Wonderland".  I used the twine, diecut and flower to enhance the colors of the designer paper.  I adjusted the size of the Lunagirl image so it would fit on the diecut.  With this card I have created something that would fit both challenges.

Another Print

Here is another print that I made the other day.  I could do this all day, every day.  Some I like; others I don't, but this is another that I like as the colors are really rich in person.  You will notice that I do not take time to crop my pieces to make a neat edge before posting, because sometimes I want to use that white part to add something else.

Doing the Gelli

I introduced a friend to the Gelli Plate the other day and we were painting everything in site.  We each made about 20 prints.  Here is one of my favorites.  In the scan the pink doesn't show up very much.

Lunagirl Challenge

The Lunagirl Moonbeams are taking part in the Lunagirl's "Alice" challenge.  Take a trip through Wonderland and visit with all the characters including Alice.  My card uses the front cover of the well-known children's book.

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I placed a page from an actual Alice in Wonderland paperback book.  The  Lunagirl book cover image was placed on top of some color blocking made with scraps from my cardstock stash .  I also added part of the Queen of Hearts playing card.