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SCS Sketch Challenge Wednesday ~ Thomas Kinkade Christmas!!!!

Sorry I haven't posted my 8th Day of Christmas!  I am working on many things at one time but have yet to actually finish ONE of them!!! LOL!!!  I hope to post tomorrow and Friday so stay tuned!!!

Today's sketch at SCS is a really easy one!  Here is my card ~

The colors are the same as yesterday's ~ Sahara Sand, Basic Black and Poison Ivory Shimmery cardstock.  I REALLY wanted to use different colors but these looked SO pretty together, I couldn't come up with others that I liked with this stamp!!!  The base of the card is Poison Ivory and then a mat of Basic Black and then Sahara Sand.  The stamp can be found at CHF and is called Village Christmas.  I stamped the image using Basic Black ink on Poison Ivory cardstock, cut it in to 3 panels and then matted each panel with Basic Black cardstock.  I added black velvet ribbon across the top and down in the right corner and then added 2 Antique Brass snowflakes by K&Co.  The last step was to add Gold Blingz Shimmerz.  Here is a closer look at the Shimmerz ~

I wanted some shine on the image but not too much because of the subtle colors and antique brads so the Blingz adds JUST the right amount!

Thanks for looking and I'll be back tomorrow ~ hope you will be too!

~Lynda

{Insert AWESOME Title HERE}.......

I just could not come up with an amazing title for this post today and was spending so much time thinking of one, I thought I would run out of time to get this card posted so, that is how my title came to be!!!! LOL!!!!   My card today is based on 2 blog challenges!  I haven't been able to Sharon's Stamp Simply challenge for MONTHS and had never tried Jen's ~ Sketch For You To Try SO, this card is for their recent challenges!!!

The warm colors are for Sharon's challenge and the layout is Jen's!  The base of my card is More Mustard and then a mat of Chocolate Chip and then Poison Ivory Shimmery cardstock.  The decorative strip down the side is from one of SU!'s old decorative paper packs (can't remember the name).  The image is by Thomas Kinkade and can be found at Cornish Heritage Farms.  I stamped the image 2 times on Poison Ivory cardstock using Chocolate Chip ink.  The first image I cut about
one and a half inches off the bottom.  I then used my Oval Nestabilities to cut the image out of the second image I stamped.  I then matted the image cut out in an oval using Chocolate Chip cardstock.  I STINK at coloring these images so I only colored the water and the sky using Prismacolor Pencils and then I added some old Perwinkle glitter to the water using a paint brush and Elmer's glue.  I then added Golden Wheat Shimmerz to the sky so in real life there is some shine!!!  The last step was to add More Mustard grosgrain a an aged copper belt loop.  The image was mounted using dimensionals ~ for a change!!! LOL!!!! 

Here is a close up!!!

 

Don't forget that tomorrow is OCC Saturday!  I already finished my card and CAN'T WAIT to share it with you ~ I love how it turned out!!!!  Just a LITTLE bling because you all know that I DON'T LIKE a LOT of bling!!!! LOL!!!!  It may even be considered a little TOO blingy.....is that a word????  You will have to let me know!!!  See ya tomorrow!!!

~Lynda

SCS ~ Featured Stamper ~ Card Crazy AKA: Denise!!!

Wow, I actually got a card done on the SAME day the challenge was issued!!!!  My card today was really simple and was based on THIS card of Denise's!  Be sure to check out her beautiful gallery HERE!  Here is my card ~

The base of my card is Sahara Sand.  The technique I used on the top is called Japanese Stab Binding.  I had never done this before.  It was really easy!  The link for the technique is HERE!  The ribbon I used is black satin and is by May Arts.  I punched my holes using my 1/8" hand held punch.  I stamped my Thomas Kinkade ~ Village Christmas, using Basic Black ink on Sahara Sand cardstock.  I then added Martha Stewart white glitter on all the areas that looked like snow using Elmer's glue and a paint brush.  I then matted the image on Basic Black cardstock and adhered this on the front of my card using dimensionals.  You can click on the image to see the glitter better!

We are going to have a beautiful day here today so I need to get outside and enjoy it!!!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

~Lynda

So, What's MOO with you????

Happy Friday!!! 

Don't forget about tomorrow and our first challenge on our new blog ~ Our Creative Corner!!!  I will be posting my cards and the challenge here as well so be sure to check back!!!  I have a quick card to show you today!  I don't want to miss a day since I have been on a roll posting each day!!! LOL!!!
The base card is Whisper White in which I used my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder directly on it and then used my Scor-pal to make lines.  I had stamped the sentiment from Cornish Heritage Farms using Black Craft ink as well as the cow which is also from CHF!  I colored the spots on the cow and the feet using my Copic Spica Black glitter pen.  I also added eyelashes with the same glitter pen.  I colored a few of the cow parts using my Prismacolor pencils.  I matted the cow on Real Red and then Basic Black cardstock, add 2 red Prima flowers and an SU! black button tied with a piece of black gingham.  The cow print ribbon is from Oriental Trading which I bought a long time ago!  The image was mounted on the front using dimensionals!

See, I told you it was easy!!! Have a great day and I hope to see ya back here tomorrow!!!

~Lynda

Julia's Ways to Use it ~ Acrylic Challenge.....

I know I had told you that I would be back today with a Mothers and Daughters Creations design team challenge but a couple of our team members had some things come up so we will delay it until next week!  I do have a card to show you though!  The card is based on yesterday Ways to Use it challenge which was to use ANYTHING Acrylic.  The stamps I used are not acrylic stamps BUT I did use acrylic blocks to stamp them!!  I also did use a Heidi Swapp clear acrylic frame that I have had for quite some time. 

I have to apologize for the picture.  I could not get a good picture....  Anyway, the base of my card is 5 1/4" square and is Creamy Caramel.  I then made a thin mat of Pale Plum and then Basic Black.  I stamped the flourished bush from Cornish Heritage Farms using Black Stazon ink directly on the acrylic frame.  Once the stamped image dried, I mounted it on a plum & caramel piece of decorative paper from the new Cosmo Crickett ~ Fleuriste paper pack and adhered it under the acrylic frame using Elmer's glue.  I then cut a 3x3 piece of Basic Black cardstock which fits perfectly in the center of the square, and stamped the word Beautiful as well as the flourish using my Versamark and Black Detail Embossing Powder.   I could not get the word to stamp straight so if you get this set and use it, you will not be so lame as to have to stamp the word 4 times and then emboss it and have it look all sloppy BUT, I ran out of time AND patience, therefore it will just have to stay!!!  I stamped the flower using my Versamark and heat embossed with the same detail embossing powder on the same decorative paper but I cut the flower out.  I used Elmer's glue to adhere the flower.  I only added glue to the center of the flower so the petals would lift up a little.  the butterflies are Prima flowers with one of the petals cut off.  I added clear MAMBI crystals that I got from Lindsey ~ HERE!   This actually is really pretty in real life but the picture doesn't look that great at all!  I hate when that happens.....  Oh well, I have a couple of Masculine cards I am working and will post shortly!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Lynda

Bloomin' Beautiful Scallops???

A few weeks ago I received my pre-order from Stampin' Up! for some of the new stuff in the current mini!  Well, I LOVED EVERYTHING I ordered EXCEPT....... these stupid "Scalloped Cards & Envelopes"!!  First of all, they aren't cards!  You receive 1 scalloped circle and an envelope (this I like because they are Chocolate Chip!) but oh my gosh, what the heck am I going to do with 1 scalloped circle????  LOL!!!  I don't remember how much I paid for the set and I really DON'T want to know!!! LOL!!!  So, I don't want to waste so I tried to figure out a cute way to use these stupid things.....  I came up with the following ~

The base of my card is Chocolate Chip and measures 6" wide and 12" long.  To get it to fold like this, score at 3" and then again at 9".  I cut the STUPID (just kidding, they aren't THAT stupid!!) scalloped circle in half.  The one I used is Soft Sky cardstock.  I stamped each side using THIS background stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms and Soft Sky ink.  I added white acrylic paint to the dots with the end of a toothpick.  My white gel pen doesn't work that great and I really wanted the white to show up!  The image from Bloomin' Beautiful was stamped using Chocolate Chip ink on Whisper White cardstock and then colored with my Soft Sky and Wild Wasabi ink pads and a blender pen.  I also used my Scor~pal to add an embossed edge around this image.  I matted it using first Soft Sky and then Close to Cocoa cardstock.  I added the same white acrylic paint to the centers of the flowers and I also stamped the flower pot again on Close to Cocoa designer series paper, cut it out and glued it down. 

When I mounted this on the front, I first lined it up with the inside panels (I will give you the info on the in a minute) and added pewter Hodgepodge photo holders on each side of the image.  On the right side with the knot, I used Pop Dots to adhere the image.  On the left side I used a white Velcro dot that I cut in half and used 1 half above the ribbon and the other half below the ribbon.

Here is a picture of the inside ~

The base cardstock is Close to Cocoa in which I ran through my Cuttlebug.  The next piece is first Soft Sky and then Whisper White cardstock.  I stamped just the upper corner of the flower pot using Chocolate Chip ink and the bee using the same ink.  I colored the flowers the same as the front image and the bee I used Banana ink and a blender pen.  I then added light brown flock which I got HERE!   What?  Bees aren't brown???  Well on this card it is because my colors are BROWNS not BLACKS!!! LOL!!!  It looks cute though!  I also added glitter to the wings using my Spica clear glitter pen.

Here is a close up of my brown furry bee~

 

The last step was to add the Chocolate Chip satin ribbon!  That was it!  Now I only have 50 more of the STUPID scallops to figure out what to do with!!! LOL!!!  Actually, there aren't 50 so I should be able to figure something out! 

Thanks for stopping by!

~Lynda

For my Dad ~ Sketch Challenge #164...

Hi!!!
I hope all is well with you guys!  Seems everyone has the flu these days!  I am feeling better today, I think I was having allergy issues ~ as usual!!  Here is my card for today's Sketch Challenge at SCS.

I don't know about you but I NEVER have cards for men!  This card will work for Father's Day or Birthday.  I inked up my Thomas Kinkade stamp with Basic Brown ink and stamped on Shimmery White cardstock ~ 2 times.  You need to do this twice to get the spotlight effect.  I started with a card base of Mellow Moss and then matted the decorative Moss paper from last years At Home Scrappin' kit using Chocolate Chip cardstock.  I cut one of my images out and matted it on Chocolate Chip cardstock.  I did have to cut it down small to fit properly on the front of the card.  For the spotlight image, I left a clean edge on the bottom and just trimmed the top and sides until I got the look and fit I wanted.  I stamped my sentiment using my Fancy Flexible Phrases set and Basic Brown ink.  I added SU! small green square jewel brads to each side.  I used a Mellow Moss sticky scalloped strip from the At Home kit under the spotlight image and at the bottom of the large TK image.  I ran the brown & white May Arts ribbon on top of the entire piece, taped the ends on the back, tied a knot to one side and added a glue dot right beside the knot to hold the ribbon in place since it is covering up the end of the TK image and start of the Shimmery White piece.  I used dimensionals to adhere this to the top of the card.

I am working on the CUTEST Easter gift EVER!!!  I am so excited about it and it is a total CASE!!!  I HAD to CASE, it was so darn cute, I couldn't help myself!!! LOL!!!  I hope to share it with you later today or at least by tomorrow!!!  Thanks for stopping by!!

Have a great day!

~Lynda