Jammin Birthday...

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Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. -Berthold Auerbach A co-worker asked me to make a Birthday card for her son...a Man Card??? Ugh, ok, fine! LOL She did make it easy though, she asked if I had a stamp with one of those" Cartoon Guys with the big feet...Oh with a Guitar!" Ummm, sure, I have one of those..NOT! But it got me thinking, so I went to the KennyK website and Voila! There it was, Groove Dude!

I printed it out big enough to make a simple "Man" card, colored it up with copics, added a computer generated sentiment to the front and the inside and I was done.

I put a little pocket on the inside to hold a gift card...Supplies:
Stamps: Groove Dude (Kenny K)
Paper: Ripe Avocado, White, Kraft (PTI)
Ink: Printer, Blue Chalk, Copic Markers

Challenges:
Bunny Zoe's: One for the Boys
Stamp n Doodle: Masculine
Southern Girls: Blue & Green
Amber's Crafts: Usa a Digi
Claudia & Co: Clean & Simple

Thanks for stopping by!

Birthday Goodies...

It's my Birthday! And I am giving YOU a present! Well, One of you anyway! :)

Anita from Anita be Stampin is helping me celebrate by
giving one of my blog readers some CANDY!!!

One random commenter on this post will receive

a Rosie's Sweets and a Rosie Shops Stamp Set!!!

All you have to do is comment on this post and I will pick one lucky winner
on Saturday April 30th at 9 pm MT!!

One Day In Your Life...

You don't take a photograph. You ask, quietly, to borrow it. -Author Unknown I needed to make a handmade gift for someone, so last night I searched around in my "Alterables" cache and found this fun book, I THINK it is KaiserCraft, but I have had it so long I really have No Idea!

The recipient of this giftie likes Purple & "Dark Things." She also listed Country and Coffins in her list of home decor. I was a little stumped. I went through my papers and found some dark purples and blacks in one of my Webster's Pages 6x6 Petite Papers Packs. I added blink and a little black crocheted lace to the paper and I think it leans a Little to the Dark Side. :)

Cover (KaiserCraft swirl, I think)

First Page Open (You can Just see the lace on the right side)

Second Page Open (Prima Black Bling Swirl on the right)

Back Cover

I really hope she likes it!!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Handmade By (Purple Onion,) One Day (Digital Sentiment)
Paper: Webster's Pages
Ink: Tea Dye (Distress Ink)
Misc: Black Ribbon Scraps, Stardust Stickles, Zva Gems and Pearls, Prima Gem Swirl, Kaisercraft Wood Swirl, Black Crochet Lace

Challenges:
Amber's Crafts n Stuff: Ribbons and Bows
Lexi's Creations: Anything But a Card
Etsy Inspired Challenge: All the lovely Crocheted trim at the Shop
A Gem of a Challenge: Pearls & Swirls
One Stop Craft: Altered Projects

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Happy...

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. -Japanese ProverbThis week's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge is a Gorgeous set of Japanese themed Cupcakes. I love all the beautiful details...I have a thing for Japanese art! Our sponsor let us play along with some of their images this week and I picked the Japanese Lanterns (I have been eying them for Ages!!!)

I printed the image on Watercolor paper and used the Wet Watercoloring technique to color the lanterns.


I used a sentiment from the Lunar Lights set from Lawn Fawn for the inside...

Supplies:
Stamps: Japanese Lanterns (Prairie Fairy,) Christmas PreInked Minis -Outside Sentiment (JustRite Stampers,) Lunar Lights -Inside Sentiment (Lawn Fawn)
Paper: Kraft, Aqua Mist CS, In Bloom (PTI,) Handmade Mulberry Paper, Watercolor Paper
Ink: Printer, Reinkers for Watercoloring, Black
Misc: Ribbon, Hat Pin, Bling, Paper Flowers, Stardust Stickles, Paper Piercer

Challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations:
Sweet Sunday Sketch:
Paper Sundaes: Texture (Watercolor Paper, Distressing)
Get Krafty: Use Kraft Cardstock
Bling It On: Digi + Bling

Thanks for stopping by! Check out the other Sweeties Cupcake Inspired Creations:

~ Chris ~ Denimo ~ Lisa ~ Nina ~ Stephanie ~ Veronica ~

Gnome Sayin...

gnome -noun 1. (in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures

Sorry this is up so late, I have had the week from Hell! Between being swamped at work
and then having an attack of my Hereditary AngioEdema it has been Impossible to craft or post!

This week's Cupcake Inspirations is a Gnome theme...well, woodland theme really, but the sponsor, Whimsie Doodles has these Adorable Gnome images, so I used a few of them for my card. Go Big or Go Gnome for the front...


And Gnome sayin'? for the inside...


Supplies:
Stamps: Gnome Big, Gnome Sayin (Whimsie Doodles,) Bannerific (Lawn Fawn)
Paper: Kraft, White, Dark Chocolate, Polka Dots (PTI)
Ink: Printer, Copic Markers, Ruby Red, Soft Sky
Misc: Vintage Buttons, Divine Twine, MFT Felt and Leaf Die, Scallop Circle Cut Out & Sponge for clouds

Challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations:
Sweet Sunday Sketch:
Fab N Funky: All Spotty and Dotty

Thanks for stopping by!

Mirror, Mirror...

Angel, ha! She's a female! And all females is poison! They're full of wicked wiles! -Grumpy (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves) Tuesday means Anita Be Stampin Challenge!!!! This week we are going with an Anything Goes challenge!!! Have fun, post your projects and don't forget, if you use ABS images you have a chance to win PRIZES!!! :) I got creative with my digi image today! This is what I love about digi images...so easy to go in and crop them and remove a line here or there and just not save the changes! I used one of the new Fairy images, Ariana. I cropped her to just her upper chest and head, then I went in and erased the fairy wings!

As soon as I saw her colored I thought she looked like she was admiring her hair in the mirror...I should have put Glossy Glaze over the entire image to make it look like a mirror! Awww, Man! I always think of the cool ideas too late!

Supplies:

Stamps: Ariana (Anita Be Stampin)
Paper: Soft Sky (SU,) Orange Zest, Kraft, White (PTI)

Ink: Printer, Copic Markers, White Craft

Misc: Zva Rose, Prima Flower, SU Edge Punch, Oval and Scalloped Oval Nesties, Stardust Stickles, Zva Pearls, Striped Ribbon

Challenges:

Anita Be Stampin: Anything Goes
Eat Sleep Stamp:

Color Throwdown:

I {heart} Ribbon: Striped Ribbon

Digi Tuesday: Little Women

Thanks for stopping by! Make Sure to check out the other ABS Girls!

~ Anita ~ Brenda ~ Denise ~ Jen ~ Joni ~ Lelia ~ Silke ~ Tracy ~

Anita Be Stampin Blog Hop...

It’s Anita Be Stampin Digi Release and Blog Hop day! All of the new digi images are available NOW at Anita Be Stampin, and we are celebrating by having a blog hop filled with inspiration. Be sure to visit all of the stops on the blog hop today, because one lucky winner who comments on EVERY blog along the way will win the entire digi release. Gotta love that!

I picked the Brand New ABS Ariana digi image to share today, I just love her dress and flowers!!! The sentiment is part of a Fairy Sentiment set, I altered another ticket sentiment I had, erasing the Happy Birthday sentiment inside the ticket and inserting the "Flutter with Abandon" sentiment.

I used Copic Markers to color her, except her hair, I used Prisma Color pencils for that to get a good texture. The paper is Webster's Pages. I wanted her to sit on a ribbon with her skirt all pooled up, so I decided to try a ruffled satin ribbon technique I have seen a time or two! ;) I printed one of the sentiments on more of the gorgeous Webster's Pages paper... Click to see a bit more of the detail...

Thanks so much for stopping by today! The next stop on the hop is Silke! Remember to leave a comment on every blog on the hop by Sunday, April 10th at 12:01 am CST for your chance to win all of the ABS digi images released today. Here is the list of all of the stops on the hop today, just in case you get lost along the way:

ABS Blog

Angela

Anita

Brenda

Denise

Jen

Joni

Lelia

Rachel (You are Here)

Silke

Tracy

ABS Blog

Happy hopping!

Your Inner Fairy...

When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be one fairy for every boy or girl. -James M. Barrie (Peter Pan)Time to release your Inner Fairy! Today and tomorrow the Anita Be Stampin Design Team and I are going to be showing you the new ABS Release...and it is all about Fairies!!! :) You all know how much I love Fairies, right??? :) Eeeee, I was so excited when I saw these images!!!

Today I am going to introduce you to Amberlee...she is a sassy little fairy wench and So fun to color!!!! I used Copic Markers, of course...except for her hair, I still haven't mastered black hair with Copics, so I used Prismacolors for that part. There will be 4 new Fairy Images as well as a Sentiment set available at Anita Be Stampin Tomorrow, April 8th!! Today on our blogs you will see Amberlee & Meadow, then Tomorrow we will have a Blog Hop (will there be a prize? Maybe!) featuring Luna & Ariana, so make sure and come back for more!!!

I used the ColourQ colors for my card, I love Color Combo challenges, this week's challenge at Wee Memories is about color, color that inspires and using color, so I am entering this in that challenge as well, not for the specific colors, but just for the idea of color and color challenges in general. LOL, does that make sense????

Supplies: Stamps: Amberlee & Fairy Sentiments (Anita Be Stampin,) Freebie Ticket Sentiment (altered with Fairy Sentiment inserted in place of Happy Birthday Paper: Hawaiian Shores, Hibiscus Burst, White, Black (PTI) Ink: Printer, Chalk Ink, Copic Markers Misc: Stardust Stickles, Ribbon, Roses, Pearls, Pearl Swirls, Polka Dot CB Folder

Challenges:
ColourQ:
Wee Memories:
Crafts & Me: Glitter
Freshly Brewed: Flowers
Magical Monday: Pearls & Swirls

Make Sure to check out the other ABS Girls...they will all have some Super cute projects up today and tomorrow!!

~ Angela ~ Anita ~ Brenda ~ Denise ~ Jen ~ Joni ~ Lelia ~ Silke ~ Tracy ~

Don't forget about the Anita Be Stampin Challenge! A chance to win ABS product if you enter!!

Thanks a Bunch...

Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity. -John RuskinReady for a Color Challenge?? This week's Anita Be Stampin challenge is a Super fun color combo! I have to admit my first thought was...Ummmm, HOW? But then I gathered my paper and started seeing ideas...this is a really gorgeous combo! I grabbed some scraps I had on my table from some older, retired Imaginisce papers and my Bears & Bunches set.

I have been seeing some gorgeous cards with images not being colored in, so I started with that idea. I used Vintage Photo Distress Ink and stamped the bear on Vanilla paper. I couldn't do it though...I had to have SOME color. I decided to just add a touch of color with my Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I wanted to add a Ruffled paper trim sewn on the card like in this week's Catered Crop Recipe...I didn't follow any real instructions, but I think it came out pretty cool! :)

Here's a peek at the ruffled paper...

Supplies: Stamps: Bears & Bunches (Anita Be Stampin)

Paper: Twitterpated (Imaginisce,) Kraft, Hawaiian Shores, Vanilla

Ink: Distress Ink Vintage Photo and Old Paper, Pencils, Gamsol

Misc: Vintage Button, Divine Twine, Twill Ribbon, Starust Stickles, Zva Creative Pearls, Sewing Machine, Scallop and Regular Circle Nesties

Challenges:

Anita Be Stampin:

Just Us Girls:

Catered Crop: (I used: Polka Dot Paper, Kraft CS, Ribbon, Button, Sewing Machine, Ruffled Paper, Scallops, Circles and Swirls)

Etsy Inspired:

Digi Design: Stitches

Partner in Crimp: 3 or More Layers

Thanks for stopping by!!

Painting Eggs...

An Easter bonnet can tame even the wildest hare. -UnknownWOW, April is here! This year is flying by! I have spent this whole year in a new relationship and on the 27th of this month I turn 35, seems like 2011 is a Big year for me!

Anyway, on to my card, this week's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge is Eastery, and so super sweet...but I am not a big Easter person, so this one was tough on me. I am NOT happy with my card, but at this point it is what it is, so I am posting it.

Supplies:
Stamps: Fancy Egg, Painting Eggs (Glitterbabe Digis)
Paper: Retired Imaginisce Designer Paper, Harvest Gold, White (PTI)
Ink: Printer, Copic Markers, Liquid Chalk
Misc: Zva Mini Pearls, Stardust Stickles, MFT Felt, Small Scallop Edge Die, Scallop Circle Nestie, Seeing Spots CB Folder

Challenges:
Cupcake Inspiration:
Sweet Sunday Sketch:

Off the Wall Craftiness:
Stamp Something: Use Digi
Bee Crafty: Easter + Digi

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure to check out all the Sweetie's project at Cupcake Inspirations!