Your Next Stamp 1st Design Team Call

Your Next Stamp is holding a DT call and they have some really cute stamps, so I decided to "try out". They asked for us to choose two of our favorite cards to post on our blog. Well, I have a hard time picking out my favorites, and ask me in a week, I will probably have a different answer to what my favorites are. In the end I chose to showcase three cards for versatility ~ a girl, a boy and an animal.

This card has to be one of my favorite Anya cards I have done to date. She is 3 dimensional and the added Liquid Applique just adds extra dimension.

With a bit of alterations, Birthday boy Ian is popping out of a present instead of standing behind the closed presents. This image is also 3-D.And finally this cool cat just relaxing the day away.

Best of luck to all the applicants :)

Winter Wonderland Anya and DT Call

I came across a new challenge blog (first challenge will be August 15th), and it will be a monthly challenge. You can also combine this challenge with as many other challenges as you like. Lately, I have been doing this, so it's right up my alley. To celebrate the opening of this challenge blog, they are giving away some yummy candy. Click on the picture below to check it out:


Since they are a new challenge blog, they are also looking for two Design Team Members, and I thought I'd give it a try. Here is the sketch provided:

Heere is what I came up with: "Winter Wonderland Anya".

I colored Miss Anya in with my copics, and layered parts of her with dimensionals. I then used Liquid Applique for her "furry" accents, and added stickles to those parts. The light blue paper (Provo Craft) was embossed with the Snow Dots embossing folder which, I was very happy to discover, was a perfect match for the DP I used. I knew I had bought some acetate glitter snowflakes last year, and never used them, so after a bit of digging, I came across them. They were a bit bigger than I had thought, so I just added one of the smaller ones to the center of the organdy bow, and another in the corner diagonal. I punched two snowflakes out of Bashful Blue paper and then covered them in Dazzling Diamonds and added those to the sides of the acetate snowflake. The rhinestones are Tulip, and they are the heat set ones. This is the first time I have used them and I LOVE them. They are sooooo easy to use.

Here is a closer view of the layering.

In the spirit of combining challenges, this card is also for the following challenges:
Club Anya - Club Couture Contest
One Stop Craft Challenge - Christmas in July
Creative Inspirations - Bling
Creative Card Crew - "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Monochromatic with white or cream (I'm hoping this qualifies, since I did use skin and hair color and my "violet" color is a blue violet)
Paper Play Challenges - Dimension
Dutch Dare - Use Cutting Dies and/or Punches
The Cuttlebug Spot - Christmas in July

Card Recipe~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps: Rain, Snow, Shine ~ The Greeting Farm; Sentiment ~ Best Yet
Ink/Coloring: Bashful Blue; Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics (E00, E01, E11, E21, E25, E27, R20, BV000, BV00, BV01, B000, B00, B02)
Paper: Bashful Blue, Bliss Blue, Whisper White; Gina K Pure Luxury White; DSP - Provo Craft (from a Christmas Stack)
Embellishments: Acetate Snowflakes (Me & My Big Ideas); Dazzling Diamonds Glitter; Stickles; Organdy Ribbon (JoAnn's); Heat Set Rhinestones (Tulip); Liquid Applique
Tools: Dimensionals; Curly Label Punch; Snowflake Border Punch (EK Success); Snowflake Punch (EK Success); Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (Snow Dots);