Hey Piper

Wow, I actually had some more crafting time and got to play along with yet another challenge over at The Greeting Farm... Friday Spy Day #16 and here is my card: 

For my card I used Piper (once again).  I love her hat...really makes me wish I could wear hats but I just can't find any that I look good in and I've tried so many.  Anyways...back to the card.  Piper was colored with copics.  The papers are from Basic Grey's Max & Whiskers collection.  I used TGF's Splotchy stamp on all the background papers as well as on the twill ribbon.  For a change, I decided to distress the edges of all the papers and then sponged them with Memento Rich Cocoa ink.   I usually always mat my layers, but I really like how this turned out without doing that.


I am entering the following challenges:
All That Scraps - Blue, Brown and Tan
Basic Grey Challenges - Favorite Things (TGF stamps, the color blue)
Craft Your Days Away - Distressing
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Crop Stop - A Bit Old (Distressing)

Simon Says - Anything Goes

That's Crafty Thursday - Kraft paper

Stamptacular Sunday - Seeing Spots

Thanks for stopping and have a fantastic day!

TGF Night at the Bookstore

The Greeting Farm had a fun Customer Challenge and Chit Chat on Friday night (in the SCS forum) and the theme was "A Night at the Bookstore".  I learned about a new book series during the chat that I think I may just have to check out....The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series....sounds interesting.  There were three different challenges and I actually made a card for all three of them!


First up was Favorite Book.  I read sooooo much that it is really a hard one for me to choose just one favorite as I have come across so many books that I truly love.  In the end I decided to base my card off Diane Mott Davidson's Goldie Swenson Mystery series.  Since Goldie is a caterer, what more appropriate than Birthday Anya II holding her yummy cupcake.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Card Positioning Systems - sketch challenge
Anyone for Anya - Bling (stickles, pearls and twinkling H2O's).
Crafty Calendar - New News (use new items) and Buttons/Bows optional - new items are Anya Stamp and Ribbon ~ I also included a button and a bow
Crafty Catz - Buttons and Bows
Crazy 4 Challenges - Child's Birthday Card
Lady Bug Crafts Challenge - Bows

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ribbons & Buttons

  
Second on the list was Favorite Book turned Movie....hands down that would have to be Twilight.  So I used Flirty Edward and even made him all sparkly.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Anyone for Anya - Bling (lots of dazzling diamonds)

Aud Sentiments - include the word Love

Creative Card Crew - Seeing Red

Cupcake Craft Challenge - All You Need is Love

Fairy Tale Challenge - At the Movie (movie inspired) - Twilight

I Did it Creations - Love

Simply Create Too - Love is in the Air

The Corrosive Challenge - I {Heart} You - include a heart

The Pink Elephant - Photo Inspiration

Wags and Whiskers - Valentine's/Love

The final one was Favorite Kids Book.  Again, so many favorites, but I chose one that I remember from when I was really little....The Pokey Little Puppy.  I used the cute Oliver image from the Buddies set. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges
I♥Sketches - January sketch
Basic Grey Challenges - Favorite Things (TGF stamps, Pearls, Ribbon, Nesties, Border Punch) Used BG Max & Whiskers paper
That's Crafty Thursday - Kraft paper


Thanks for stopping and have a fantastic day! 

Hugs and Kisses...Be Mine Miss Anya Love

I'll admit it....I am a procrastinator....I usually wait until the night before I actually need a card for one of my kids before I start it....and, if I don't get it done that night I am frantically trying to finish up before they come home from school.  Well, I decided to actually try and get their Valentine's Day cards done before the actual day and finished one of four.  Now let's just hope when the time comes I remember where I put them ;)  

I bought this paper last year before Valentine's Day, but never ended up using it....so instead of buying more new Valentine's Day paper, I decided to use what I had.  Good thing I still have a bunch of SU's retired Mauve Mist Cardstock....it is a perfect match for this collection!  I decided to use this stamp from the Miss Anya Love set because she had hearts on her dress and bows.  Anya is colored with copics and I added some stickles to her outfit as well as Crystal Effects on her shoes.  The chair and rug were paper pieced and I added some hear pearls to the arms of the chair in place of the "buttons" that were on there.  The second layer of the chair (bottom and arms) was put on with dimensionals.  I added some rhinestones and a bow to finish it off.


Now to decide which of my daughter's will receive this card....


I wanted to enter TGF's Friday Spy Day challenge, because I really loved the layout of it, but I didn't finish in time, so I am entering this in their Retro Fresh: Lucky in Love challenge.  I would also like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's - Photo Inspiration 

Crafty Creations - Valentine Themed

Do You Stack Up - Patterns (Patterned Paper)

One stitch at a Time - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Buttons, Bows, Bling and Bloom - use any of these

Paper Play - Ribbon

Paper Sundaes - Pick your favorite challenge I chose #89-Lots of Layers

Stamp and Create - Anything Goes

Stampin for the Weekend - Out with the Old

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated 
Stamps:   Miss Anya Love  (The Greeting Farm);  Chair (All That Scraps)  
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics 
Paper:  Mauve Mist; Gina K Pure Luxury (White); DP - KP Valentine (K & Co)  
Embellishments:  Ribbon (Making Memories); Rhinestones (Michael's); Pearl Hearts (Darice's); Stickles (Stardust)  
Tools/Misc: Crystal Effects; Bow Easy; Dimensionals  

TGF Spy Day with Piper

It's time to get back into the swing of things, so I decided to join in The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh Challenge....Spy Day.  Here is my card: 

I love this flocked paper and didn't want to cover up the flowers on the left side so I adjusted the sketch a bit.  I added some little rhinestones to the background paper, trim and a vintage button.  I also did a new technique for me, which is the challenge at 7 Kids, and that is using an uncolored image ~ I stamped Piper on a piece of coordinating paper and am actually pleased with the result.

The challenge was to case this card by Shaela:

I would also like to enter the following challenges:
All That Scraps - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments - Any sentiment but use your scraps
Papertake - Anything goes with option of something new (new stamp, new trim)
Simon Says - New something (new stamp, new trim)
Southern Girls - Show us your Sparkle (lots of rhinestones)
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes


Thanks for stopping and have a great day!

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated 
Stamps:   Piper (The Greeting Farm);  Sentiment - Grandparents (The Greeting Farm) 
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black 
Paper:  Naturals Ivory; Basic Black; DP - La Creme Stack (DCWV)  
Embellishments:  Ribbon/trim (Trimtations); Rhinestones (Michael's); Vintage Button 
Tools/Misc: Scallop Border Punch; Dimensionals  

Take a Bow with Deconstructed Sketches

It's been awhile since I posted a project, but I have been working on them.  I have been doing the weekly HeArt Journaling with The Greeting Farm, but just have not shared them here....perhaps I will get busy and start adding those.  But for now, I have a card to share with you.   

Christmas already....yep, I decided to get a little bit of a head start this year.  For my card I used the sketch at Deconstructing Sketches.  At first the triangle shape intimidated me, but I really like how it turned out.

The image is Take a Bow from Tiddly Inks ~ I love Christy's images ~ they are just so cute and fun to color.  The challenge over at Tiddly Inks is to use paint so I used some shimmerz paint on the flowers.  The papers are from the Tinsel and Twigs Collection from The Girls Paperie ~ these are some of my favorite holiday papers and am kicking myself for not buying more of them at the time.  The lace trim and ribbon were pulled out of my vintage trim collection.  


Looking forward to Monday...DI Season begins for the Elementary level!  I am managing two teams there....Hold It (Structural challenge) and Built to Last (Rising Stars).  I am excited to see what the kids have prepared for their tryouts.  The Middle School has to wait until November, but that will be here before we know it.  There I am managing Coming Attractions (Fine Arts challenge).  I am really excited to be starting another DI season and can't wait to see how the kids decide to solve their challenges.


Well, the weather here is beautiful, so I am off to enjoy it for a bit with the kids.


Have a great day!   

Back 2 School

Today my term as a Design Team member for Claudia & Company comes to an end.  I would like to thank Claudia for inviting me to be a part of the team for these past 6 months and will definitely miss working with her and the other girls.


Today I will be running out to pick up last minute school supplies and then heading over to the Middle School with the kids so Alicia can set up the locker shelves she and my husband made.  Tomorrow my kids are headed back to school...summer went by way to fast and I will really miss them being here all the time!  For my last project I decided to make  a back to school card.
  

Once again I used Puddle Jumper Lucy (what could be more perfect for a back to school card?), and paper pieced her dress and bag.  All coloring was done with copics.  The papers are from the Cosmo Cricket Odds & Ends Collection...definitely need to get some more of this!   I added rhinestones to the center of her bows, pearls to her dress in place of the buttons and colored over her shoes with a clear glaze pen.  The sentiment is from a Unity Stamp set.  I was so happy to find some polka dotted ribbon that was a close enough match that I could use it on here.


I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Fussy and Fancy Friday - Sketch
The Pink Elephant - Paper Piecing
The Pixie Cottage - Back to School
Allsorts - Back to School
Paper Play - Back to School
Sentimental Sunday - Back to School
Stamp Something - Back to School
StampInsanity - Back to School
City Crafter - All Dressed Up
Catch the Bug - Warm colors and paper piecing
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes


Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Back with a Claudia and Company post

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!