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After a brief summer hiatus, the Claudia & Company Design Team is back. It was nice to have a break since we had so much going on these last few weeks as you can tell from my lack of posts lately. Since the kids are back to school next week :( we decided late last week to take the kids up to Wisconsin Dells for a few days ~ we all had a great time and the weather was perfect!
For my card I used Puddle Jumper Lucy and colored her with copics. I added some rhinestones to the center of her bows and some silver "pearls" to her dress for the buttons. To add some shine to her shoes I colored over it with a clear glaze pen. The papers are from the Pink Paisley Soiree collection. I added a green ribbon and some bakers twine along with a green button.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Happy Tuesday....and welcome to another challenge with Claudia & Company. Today our challenge is to make a Girls' Birthday Card.
For my card today I used Puddle Jumpers Birthday Lily and colored the images with copics. I added crystal effects to the balloon and since this is a girl card I jsut had to pull out the stickles as well. I used Echo Park Springtime papers and made the banner by cutting some triangles and attaching them to a length of Teal Bakers Twine which I tied into bows at both ends. I pulled out the stickles once again and added it to the top of the banners for a little definition. I used a border punch on the embossed blue cardstock and added a strip of white ribbon which was colored with a copic marker to match the papers.
We would love to have you join in our challenge. You will have until Saturday, May 28th to link up your entry. For more inspiration from the Design Team, head on over the the Claudia & Company blog.
Challenges entered to be updated....
Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!
Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps: Puddle Jumpers Birthday Lily (by Lori Boyd for Claudia & Co.)
Ink/Coloring: Memento Ink (Tuxedo Black); Copics (E00, E01, E11, R20, Y21, Y23, Y26, E13, E31, R81, R83, BG10, BG11, BG72)
Paper: Cool Caribbean, Mauve Mist; Gina K Pure Luxury (White); DP - Echo Park (Springtime)
Embellishments: Ribbon (white - colored with R81 copic); Bakers Twine (teal); Stickles (stardust); Crystal Effects
Tools: Petite Oval Nesties; Oval and Scallop Oval Punch; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (Swiss Dots); Martha Stewart Border Punch
I was thrilled to get the email telling me that I had been spotted and they wanted to showcase my cards on their blog. What an honor ~ thanks Claudia & Company! Here are the two cards that they spotted:
Both of these feature Ella Puddle Jumper.
But I had to make another card as well, so here it is.....
I couldn't leave the boys out, so I pulled out Davey Puddle Jumper and made a Back to School card for my youngest son Trevor. For this card I followed the sketch over at Die Cuts R Us.
Surprisingly the layout is very similar to the previous card. I used paper from the Summer Dream collection and instead of adding ribbon or another pattern paper across the center, I used plain cardstock punched with a border punch and then embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. When I saw that ruler folder in the store I thought it would be perfect for school themed projects and just had to have it. I changed the direction of the circles (well buttons in my case) and put them across the bottom instead of up the side (hope that's ok). I came across these buttons going through some of my older supplies (the stuff I bought when I was "collecting" a few years ago) and the color was perfect for this paper. They came pre-threaded and as a bonus already had adhesive on the back ~ how easy was that!?! The little note he is holding says "Have FUN in 1st grade ♥ Mom"
I know, I know, a "Back to School card" when the kids started last week....Well what can I say, they are a bit late this year. As you can tell from my lack of posts last month, I didn't have a lot of time to spend in the Craft room, so while the intention was there, the time to do so just wasn't. But, since I make them for my kids every year, better late than never!
I would also like to enter this last card in the following challenges:
Digi Doodles - "Write Me a Message" - use a sentiment
Pixie Challenge - "Back to School"
Stamp Something - "Something Cute"
Fussy & Fancy Friday - "Back to School"
Our Daily Bread -"Forgotten embellishments" - buttons, brads or eyelets
Simple Doodles - "Back to School"
Allsorts - "New Beginnings"
Secret Crafter - "Clean and Simple"
Cowgirl's - "Anything Goes"
I Did It Creations - "Beige and Blue and one other color (Red)"
Crafty Cardmakers - "Clean and Simple"
Incy Wincy - "Celebrate"
Little Paper Shop - "Clean and Simple"
The Pink Elephant - "Back to School"
Creative Card Crew - "Back to School"
Scrap Creations - "A Children's Themed Card"
Thanks again to Claudia and Company for showcasing my work today!
Recipe For Puddle Jumper Davey ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps: Puddle Jumper Davey (Claudia & Co); Note paper stamp - Studio G
Ink/Coloring: Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics (E00, E01, E11, R20, E31, E33, Y28, E51, E53, E57. E59, B32, B34, R05, R08); Bliss Blue; Crumb Cake Marker
Paper: Bliss Blue; Naturals (Ivory); Gina K Luxury White; DP - DCWV (Summer Dream)
Embellishments: Buttons (Stickopotamus)
Tools: Martha Stewart Border Punch; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
I recently got a few Claudia & Company Puddle Jumper Stamps from Die Cuts R Us and decided to ink up the Ella Mini Set (isn't she just adorable?!?) and enter the Claudia & Company Challenge this month which was to use the colors Pink and Aqua. I pulled out some of my hoarded My Mind's Eye papers from both the Quite Contrary and Abbey Road collections (note to self ~ get more of these ~ I love the colors of these papers) and used cardstock in Cool Caribbean and Pink Pirouette. I paper pieced Ella's dress, socks and scarf and added some mini pearls to her necklace. All the panels have been stitched with the exception of the sentiment ~ not too sure I want tackle a shape yet..... Instead of using prima's I pulled out my flower punch and used the same Designer papers to make my flowers ~ added a button and some gingham ribbon and they were done. There are 14 layers on here plus the flowers and I used a lot of dimensionals! I followed this weeks sketch over at Create for Fun:
The kids started Tennis lessons last week and swimming lessons this week, so to fill my time while sitting on the sidelines I decided to reorganize my ribbon. I took it off the spools (although the 25 yd spools stayed as is) and then rolled each up securing it with a pin ~ I think I filled up a huge garbage bag with the empty spools! Now I only have one place to look for a certain color ribbon instead of three (or more) different places. Only about 20 more rolls to go (well, make that 26 since I just bought 6 more yesterday).
I am also entering this card in the following challenges:
One Stop Craft Challenge - "Patterns"
Dutch Dare - "Anything Goes"
Creative Inspirations - "Anything Goes"
Die Cut Dreams - "Gingham"
Paper Sundaes - "Stitching"
Stamp and Create - "Flowers"
Creatalicious - "Show some 3-d"
Lollipop Crafts - "Anything Goes"
Have a wonderful day!
Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps: Puddle Jumper Ella Mini Set & So Random Sentiments (Claudia & Co)
Ink/Coloring: Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Cool Caribbean; Gina K Pure Luxury White; DP - My Minds Eye (Abbey Road and Quite Conrary)
Embellishments: Pink Ribbon and Turquoise Ric Rac (Flirty); Pink Gingham Ribbon; Buttons (Making Memories); Pearls (Recollections)
Tools: Sewing Machine; Oval Punches; Nesties; dimensionals
