Another Impression Obsession Shaker card

The current challenge over at the Impression Obsession blog is to make a shaker card. It is so easy to do using Impression Obsessions Shake It Pouches, they are fabulous.  They come in a great assortment of sizes and shapes and can be purchased at the IO store.  For my card I used the large circle Shake It  Pouch.

I began by stamping E1632 Round Fish onto Cryogen paper with Memento black ink.   Copics used:
Fish - Y38, YR18, YR14
Grass - G82
And I discovered that you can airbrush the pouch before putting it together!  So I used B04 to make it appear as if the pouch is filled with water.  Then I added glass gems for the shaker part, I think they look like bubbles.

Finished size is 5.5" square.

Impression Obsession Shaker Card Challenge

The current challenge over at the Impression Obsession blog is to make a shaker card. They have these really cool Shake It Pouches that make it so easy.  They come in a great assortment of sizes and shapes and can be purchased at the IO store.  For my card I used the large circle Shake It  Pouch.

I began by stamping K7017 Cardinals onto Cryogen paper with Memento black ink.  Copics used:
Cardinal - R22, R27, R59
Beak - E95
Branch - E42, E43

I airbrushed BG11 into the sky, it closely matches the DP, the scan just does not show it well.  Oh, and the best part, these pouches co-ordinate with the Nestabilities dies so it was a very simple matter to cut the opening in the paper as well as the red border.  I used Diamond Dust Twinklets for the snow inside of the shaker, very sparkly! 

The DP is from the Basic Grey Fruitcake collection.  Finished size is 6" square.  For more inspiration, be sure to check out Impression Obsession's design team creations.  You can find links to them on the IO blog.

Mo's Digital Challenge 7 - a Card Recipe and a Blog Hop

This week over at Mo's Digital Challenge blog, the November hostess, Caryn has come up with a card recipe. She would like to see you use 3 different papers, 2 ribbons and a decorative edge (punch, lace, trim, etc) So here is what I came up with....

 I chose Mo's Hanging Stockings image which I printed onto my Cryogen paper with my inkjet printer.  Copics used:
Mantle - E50, E53
Girls robe - R83, R85, R89
Slippers - R83, W1
Hair - E13, E15, E19
Boy's PJ's - YG93
Dog - E41, E42, E43
Collar - R85
Stockings - YR23, YG93, E19
Greens on mantle - YG93
Pinecones - E13
Candles - YR21
Angel - B0000

I airbrushed E71 around the image before removing it from the die.  All of the DP's are from the Basic Grey Wassail collection.  Finished size is 6 square.

Be sure to visit the challenge blog to see the rest of the design teams creations and to enter the challenge for a chance to win a Mo's image of your choice.

And for even more Mo fun, head over and check out the Dream Team's blog hop, this month the theme is "Precipitation Inspiration"  The blog hop will begin with Mel and continue through all the talented dream team members.

Christmas Honey from Sugar Nellie

I made this card for the sketch challenge over at the Sugar Bowl. 

This is quite a sketch, lots of pieces parts.  I stamped Christmas Honey from Sugar Nellie stamps with Memento black ink onto Cryogen paper.   Copics used:
Honey - E000, E00, E02
Hair - E15, E18
Gown and Bow - E19, E50, E53
Holly - YG95, E19
Bell - YR23, YR24
Teddy - E40, E42, E43
Teddy's bow - R20

I airbrushed E53 around the image before removing it from my Nestabilities circle die.  I airbrushed the pearls and gems with E19.  All of the DP are from the Basic Grey Wassail collection.  Finished size is 6"square.

Happy Holidays Snowman from Magnolia Stamps

I made this card for two challenges.  Over on the Just Magnolia blog, they have a wonderful sketch for you to follow using Magnolia stamps.  And over on the BasicGrey Challenges blog, it is Glitz and Bling using Basic Grey papers.

So I dug out Edwin's Snowman and got him inky.  I stamped him with Memento black into onto Curious Ice Gold paper.  It has even more sparkle than Cryogen does and I love it for snowmen.  Copics used:
Snowman - B0000
Scarf - R29
Ear Muffs - YG25
Arms - E33
Buttons - B21
Star - Y15

Now for the glitz and bling, I used Crystal Ice Stickles on his wings.   I glued Diamond Dust Twinklets onto the two white snowflakes.  And I added white Sparkly Fluff below the snowman. Final touch was lots of rhinestones.  The red snowflakes are from Stampin Up, the white ones are Martha Stewart punches.   I used a Sizzix Snowflake embossing folder on the blue panel.  All papers except the green card stock are from the Basic Grey Blitzen collection.   Finished size is 6" square.

Friends come in all shapes and sizes

Mo Manning has come out with some adorable children images. I took the little girl with her bunny, You're My Best and using Adobe Photoshop Elements added Bronte from I Dunno Aren't they cute together. I printed them onto Cryogen White paper with my inkjet printer. And then colored the image with my Copics:
Sweater and tights - RV13, Rv14
Skirt and shoes - BG13, BG18
Face - E000, E00, E02
Hair - E13, E17
Bunny - C1, C3, R20
Bronte - E40, E41, E42, E43, R20
Collar - RV14
Shadow - W1
I airbrushed the flowers and gems  to match. The saying is computer generated. The leaves are a Sizzix die.  The heart border is a Martha Stewart. The DP is from the Blush Collection by Basic Grey.  Finished size is 5 x 7 inches.

Mo Mannings Penguin for Lois

All my friends know I am always looking for penguin images to make cards for my good friend, Lois.  She is an incredibly talented wedding florist but can't craft worth a darn.  Of course, hand me beautiful flowers, I will fuss with them for hours and it will still look like I just threw them together, lol.  So we balance each other out.  She does my Christmas swags and I make her penguin cards.  So when Mo Manning from Mo's Digital Pencil came out with this adorable Penguin with Gift image, I just had to have it. 

I began by printing the image onto Curious Ice Gold paper, I love the extra shimmer for frosty images.
Copics used:
Penguin - C6, C0
Beak & Feet - YR16
Scarf- B63, BG32
Package - G00, R22, YR09
Bow - Y23


After I got him mostly done, I was looking at Google Images to see what color the area around his eye should be and I found out his feet should be gray.  So I dulled the orange down with C3 on top of it.  I used C1 and a blender pen to make the shadow below him. 

To create the snowflake, I used 3 different punches and Curious Ice Gold paper.  The largest is the new 2 inch Martha Stewart snowflake punch, I added Diamond Dust Twinklets to each of the ends.  The middle layer is a McGill stacking snowflake punch, I airbrushed it with B66 and then added Diamond Dust as well.  The top layer is another Martha Stewart snowflake punch, airbrushed with BG34 and again Diamond Dusted.  The last step was to add the pearl center and some Martha Stewart branches.  I used pop dots between the layers for some extra depth.  Here is a pic of just the snowflake, click on it for a closer view to see all the sparkle. 

This is a tent topper card made to fit a 5 x 7 inch envelope.

Mo's Digital Challenge 6 - Sketch challenge

This week over at Mo's Digital Challenge blog, our hostess of the month, Caryn, has come up with a great sketch challenge.

Just follow the sketch, use a Mo Manning digi image and add the link to your card (not your blog) to Mr Linky at the bottom of the challenge blog.  This week the winner of the challenge will get to work with Mo to suggest an image as well as name it and receive it free.

For my card I chose to use Mo's fabulous image called Arctic Steed.  Isn't he just wonderful, reminds me of Lyra and Iorek from the Golden Compass.  I began by sizing and printing my image onto Cryogen white paper with my inkjet printer.  Copics used:
Bear - C0, R20
Girl - E00, E02
Hair - YR14, YR18
Coat - B00, BV00
I colored all the small areas on the coat with LePlume markers. 
For the sky, I added some Peel Off snowflake and star stickers, masked the image and then airbrushed B97 and B99 around it.
I could not find paper that worked with my colors, so I airbrushed BV04 onto the speckled paper from Me&My Big Ideas for a closer match, and I airbrushed C3 onto the turquoise paper to tone it down a bit.  The border punch is new from Martha Stewart.  I used a Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder on the top panel.  The snowflake is a combination of a Martha Stewart punch and a McGill punch, with a finding and a pearl to complete the look.  I also added several silver gems to the card.  Finished size is 6" square.

Be sure to visit the challenge blog for more sketch inspiration from the fabulous design team and please join in on the fun.

Little Soldier for Layton

One of the members of Mo's Dream Team had tragedy strike their family. They lost a precious little family member, 16 month old Layton John Cleaver, to meningococcal septicaemia.  So in his memory they are raising funds for the Meningitis Search 4 a Vaccine campaign.

Two exceptionally talented artists have given their time to create digi stamps. Jim Harker created the Little Soldier digi stamp and Mo Manning created the Out There digi stamp.

For a small donation, both these images can be yours. Details can be found on Jak's blog. All of the proceeds from the sale of these digi stamps will go to the Meningitis Search 4 a Vaccine campaign.


So I quickly made this cute card. I printed the Little Soldier image onto Curious Ice Gold, it has an amazing shimmer and is great for snowmen. Copics used:
Snowman - B0000
Nose - YR16
Uniform & Hat - B16, YR23
Broom - E33, E37
Scarf - R46, G82
Background - B000

I used a wonderful antique gold Stardreams metallic card stock for the card base.  It perfectly sets off the gold on the snowman's uniform. Finished size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches.

Timmy in Stocking from the Greeting Farm

Here is another cute digi image from the Greeting Farm's Marina Neira, this is Timmy in Stocking.

I printed the image onto Cryogen paper with my inkjet printer.  I have a Canon and don't have trouble with Copics smearing my ink unless it is a very heavy outlined image and I scrub too much.  Copics used:
Timmy - C0, C1, C2, R20
Hat - R59, R89
Stocking - YG41, YG45, E53
Bow and Hanger - YR23, YR24
I airbrushed E53 around the edges before removing the card stock from the Nestabilities die.  I used Our Craft Lounge Sparkly Fluff on the stocking cuff.  The DP is from American Crafts. I felt it was busy enough that the card did not need anymore embellishments other than the bow I made using my Bow Easy. Finished size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches. 

Where the Wild Things Are

The Greeting Farm is looking for a Guest Designer to work specifically with the wonderful animal images by Marina Neir. You can get some digi images at the Greeting Farm store if you want to join in on the fun.

One of the images I purchased is Snowball Fight.  I printed the image onto Cryogen paper with my inkjet printer. And then colored it with my Copics:
Bunnies - E40, E41, E43, R000, R20
His Shirt and Pants - B00, B02, B04
His Scarf and Muff - E08, E09, W3
Her Shirt and Skirt- R11, R12, G00, G000
Her Scarf and Hat - B00
Bow and Flowers - R21
I airbrushed B01 in the background before removing the image from my Nestabilities die. I also used Our Craft Lounge Sparkly Fluff on her hat ribbing. The DP is from BoBunny and I used last weeks sketch SC253 from Split Coast Stampers for the card layout. Finished size is 5 x 7 inches.

I won the Impression Obsession challenge

How fun.  I won the Impression Obsession challenge to make a wreath card with my Season's Greetings card.  So I received a $25 gift certificate to their store.  Thank you, Shirley for hosting the challenge and thank you Random.org for finally picking my number.  You should check out their blog and the great creations from their design team.  I am already planning my next challenge card.....Shaker Cards.  You can see all the wonderful things I have made using their stamps here.
Below are links to the Impression Obsession Design Team blogs, check them out and leave them some love.  We all love comments.

• Daniela Dobson 
• Laura Fulcher
• Jenny Gropp 
• Julie Koerber
• Dina Kowal 
• Deborah March
• Kathy Menzies
• Shirley Ross
• Jeanne Streiff
  

Impression Obsession Season's Greetings

Thursday is challenge day over at the Impression Obsession blog, and this week, the challenge is to make a card with a wreath.  So I chose to use this lovely Season's Greetings Mailbox K1027 stamp.  It is a gorgeous stamp and oh so fun to color with my Copic markers. 

I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo black ink onto Cryogen paper from Cutcardstock.com.
Copics used:
House - B91, B94
Wreath and Holly - G24, R29
Post - E43, E44
Sign - R29, G40
Mailbox - C1, C3
I added glitter glue to the top of the wood pieces, the sign and all the snowy areas for some extra bling.  I airbrushed B21 into the sky then added falling snow with my white Glaze pen.

I wanted to use my new Martha Stewart border/corner punch.  Boy, those things are not easy to match up and get the size you want, thus my layered papers.  The DP is from Me&My Big Ideas.

Mo's Digital Challenge 5 - All that Glitters

This is week 5 over on Mo's Challenge Blog and for her first challenge, Caryn has put together a theme of "All that Glitters" - just use three different sparkly elements on your card, ie: glitter, gems, sequins, etc.

For my card, I chose this fabulous image called "Singin So Beautiful".  I printed the image on Cryogen white paper from Cutcardstock.com with my inkjet printer.  As always, I used Copics to color the image:
Right Kitty - YR20, YR21, YR23, YR24
Left Kitty - C0, C2, C4, C5
Hats & Bow - R39
Mouse - E41, E42
Book - YG63, YG67
I airbrushed B21 around the image before removing it from the Nestablilities die.  Finished size is 6" square.

Now for the glittery part, I added Sparkly Fluff from Our Craft Lounge to the hat bands and pom poms.  The white snowflakes are punched out of glitter paper from Me&My Big Ideas, the red snowflakes are Stampin Up.  The background paper from Creative Imaginations has glitter on some of the snowflakes and then there are the shiny pearl accents.  And I used a gold Spica pen on the jingle bells on the left kitty's collar.  I think I have the challenge covered.  Be sure to visit the blog to check out the rest of the design teams creations.

Double Embossing with Mo Mannings Fairy

I made this card for the Try It Technique TLC245 on Split Coast Stampers.  The technique is a double embossing using a Cuttlebug embossing folder and an oval Nestabilites die.

You can read about the challenge and also find a tutorial on this technique here.  It took me a couple tries to get it right but I love the look.  For only being a 2 layer card, it is pretty impressive.

I printed the wonderful Fairy digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil onto Cryogen white paper using my inkjet printer.  Then following the tutorial, I did my embossing.  Last step was to color this wonderful fairy with my Copic markers.  I put them away before writing them down, but I know her dress is BV04 and the background is B0000.  I used some Angel Wings Shimmerz on her wings and a Spica pen on her wand.

Check out the technique on SCS, you will love it, I sure do.

Autumn Wreath by PSX

I spent about 8 hours in my craft room yesterday, pulling everything out and trying to organize.  I purchased a storage cabinet a while back and finally put it together and have it in the room.  I dismantled my drafting table and put that in the barn.  I plan on attaching a table top to the wall that will fold down.  If I need to cut mats (I am also a professional picture framer) then I have the table but otherwise it will be out of the way.  So after hauling all that stuff around yesterday (the majority of which is still in my living room), I sat down to play a bit.

I began with a piece of glossy card stock, some Adirondack dye inks in fall colors and my stipple brushes to make the background paper.  Then I stamped 3 different leaves in various colors onto it.  Kind of cool.  The wreath is an old PSX stamp, I found while cleaning and it just begged to be colored with my Copic markers.  This time I stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa onto Cryogen white from Cutcardstock.  Copics used:
Leaves - Y38, YR02, YR04, YR12, YR15, YR18, R05, YG03
Acorns - E43, E13
Berries - Lipstick Spica pen
Shadow - E42
I airbrushed YR21 before removing the image from my Spellbinders Labels 3 die.  The leaf border punch is from Fiskars.  I did not have card stock that matched like I wanted, so I stippled Adirondack Red Pepper on to it so it matched closer.  I also stippled Adirondack Cranberry onto the ribbon to tone down the gold.  It makes everything blend so well.  A few gold gems and I was done.  Finished size is 5.5" square.

Mo's Digital Challenge 4 - Fancy Folds

This is my last week as the October hostess over on Mo's Digital Challenge blog and I decided for this week we should make fancy folded cards anything except a typical A2 folded card - step cards, special side folds, top flap folds... anything outside of the ordinary goes!

I chose to make a Spring Card with this fabulous Bella and Bronte image called "I Dunno". Aren't they just adorable? I can not decide which of the Bella and Bronte images is my favorite, I love them all.

I began by printing the image on to Cryogen white paper with my inkjet printer.  The fun part for me is coloring with my Copics:
Hair - YR16, YR18
Face - E000, E00, E21
Bandaid - E13
Top - R81, R83
Tutu - V12, V15
Socks - V12
Boots - Y11, Y15
Bronte - E40, E41, E42, E43, R20

Finished size is 6" square.  I hope you will join in on the challenge fun and be sure to check out the blog for more fabulous creations by the Design Team.

Mo's Digital Challenge 3 - Anything But a Card

Here is my design team project for the 3rd challenge over at Mo's Challenge Blog.  The challenge is to make anything but a card.

So I printed out Mo's fabulous Bat Cat onto a printer fabric sheet and colored him in with my Copic markers.  Then I sewed it onto this cute little tote bag, added a few buttons and I was done.

Isn't this just the cutest?  Be sure to check out the other great creations from the design team.  You can see them on the challenge blog

I hope you will join in on the fun.  And be sure to check out all the new images at Mo's Digital Pencil