(2011 card #14) St. Patrick Card #2

Another St. Patrick's Day card...gotta have pink for the girls!
Focal image from Mary Davis at Dover Publisher Free weekly samples.  Printed and then painted it with LuminArte Powdered Pigments mixed with Gum Arabic.
Sentiment stamp from G Studio Clear stamps stamped with VersaMark & heat embossed with gold EP.  Clovers from Joann's dollar isle.

My NEW Boarder punch is Bubble Bath form Martha Stewart.



Challenges:
StampTV - STVSKSP9
StampinSisterInChrist - #72 something new

(2011 card#13) St. Patrick #1

Focal image from Mary Davis at Dover Publisher Free weekly samples.  Printed and then painted it with LuminArte Powdered Pigments mixed with Gum Arabic.
Sentiment stamp from G Studio Clear stamps stamped with VersaMark & heat embossed with gold EP.  Clovers from Joann's dollar isle.

Boarder punch is Arch Lattice form Martha Stewart.

This is for my grandson.

St. Patricks Day is alway a BIG deal for my grand kids .  It seems those pesky Leprechaun always visit in the middle of the early morning on March 17 and turn over chairs, even couches to find the Big pot of gold, but they have holes in their own pockets and loose gold covered chocolate coins almost every year while they are snooping around! Much to the kid's delight!

Challenge:
Card Positioning Systems - CPS 201
Craft Your Days Away - anything goes
Creative Card Crew - for men / boys

(2011 card#12) Embossed

I CASED  Marie Gamber's card on StampTV HERE
I loved her embossed "water"!



I stamped fish & seaweed with Versamark, then heat embossed with Black EP.  Then I colored inside the lines with LuminArte Powdered Pigments mixed with Gum Arabic.  I sponged blue water & brown sand then Embossed with Cuttlebug folder. Love those shiny LuminArte Pigments!



Embossing Folder: DVine Swirl @ Cuttlebug 
Stamps:  Quite a Catch @ StampTV
              Eclectic Summer @ StampTV
             Tags and Words @ Fiskars

Boarder Punch: Double Scallops @ Martha Stewart
Spellbinders Dies:  Petite Ovals LG
                             Petite Ovals Scalloped LG
Challanges:
StampTV: STVCSP8 
Craft your days away: Anything goes

(2011 card #11) Howdy with NO designer paper

Entered in Challenge:
CESchallenge #19 - NO Designer Paper

I used paisley stamp from Michaels dollar bin for the background.  Focal image is a  digital image from Mary Davis, Dover free weekly samples
I printed the image on card stock & painted the image by mixing LuminArte Powdered Pigments with Gum Arabic. 
Sentiment was printed from my computer.
Cut frames with Spellbinders: Petite Ovals LG & Petite Ovals Scalloped LG


This card is for my dear, sweet granddaughter who had back surgery!

(2011 card#9) Love

I entered this card in 2 Challenges:

At StampTV  For the sketch challenge STVSKSP8.

At Lexi's Creations Challenge #31 For this week's Challenge we would like you to "Say it With Love" 
Our Sponsor for this Challenge is the wonderful Letraset. So this week the prize is going to be some Promarkers for one lucky winner! 




I used Labels 8 for frames, largest frame is designer paper from The C Thru Ruler Company. Stamped Martha Stewart's Flourishes on white cs & embossed with clear EP. Then put a heart template over stamped image (I cut the heart out of light cardboard with Fiskars cutting system for my template) Then I sponged ink inside heart shape, then wiped ink off embossing. Sponged lightly around rest of heart background. I made the ribbon heart by cutting a small heart from cardstock for the base. Then using same ribbon that is under focal image...I cut each end at an angle & glued the ends together , then folded out flat, this gave the bottom point...then I bunched, shapped, pinched, fought with it, glued it to the cs base....whew! then I adhered pearls down that center seam.

(2011 card #8) Owl for 5 Challenges

I entered this card in 5 challenges:

Stampin Sisters in Christ  scripture for this week is

Scripture: Ruth 2:12, "May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."  The challenge is to include WINGS on your project. 

Sentimental Sundays  Anything with wings

 
At Our Creative Corner the challenge is "Hey Chickadee!" Inspiration Challenge     Use image on right for inspiration>>>
For example, you could use birds, winter, colors, berries, etc. as your inspiration.

CES Challenges  has the fabulous Doodle Pantry sponsoring them this week...one lucky winner will receive a $15 voucher to spend in store. How fabulous is that??!! Challenge this week is All Creatures Great & Small.

At StampTv the challenge is this sketch:    Go to 

StampTV for more details.

 

I printed the digi from the free weekly sample from Mary Davis, Dover Publications.  Then I painted the image using LuminArte Powdered Pigments mixed with Gum Arabic.  The image was then cut out with Spellbinders Oval Nestabilities and then blue was sponged around the inside of die.  Then I sponged the estreme edge with Ranger's Vintage Photo Distress ink.  The matting papers are Basic Grey and the brown matting is Recollections from Michaels.  Fly is from We R Memory Keepers $1.  I tied twine through the button.

I LOVE OWLS!!!  So Imagine my delight when I heard hooting just outside my front door one day around dusk(April 2010)!!!  I opened the sliding door and one owl flew out of the oak tree right in front of me, but his or her Sweetheart stayed for about half an hour for a nice photo shoot and I took a bajillion pictures!! It was so dusky that I had to photoshop them a lot to get more light on the owl (owl was pretty dark at first)  Isn't he or she BEAUTIFUL!!!!

(2011 card #7) Color Challenge &

  

2 CHALLENGES: At Jugs Decorate & Line a matching envelope for your card! Sponsored by Gina K Designs!

And at StampTV Color Challenge 7 turquoise sea, sweet mango & red hot.  Colored rose from Melanie's "A Year of Flowers" with Copics.   Also colored white ribbon with Copics (Sorry the photograph makes it look orange) Spellbinders Large Classic Scalloped Circles and Lacey Circles. Boarder punch by Martha Stewart Garden Trellis.