Karen's Doodles Challenge 30 - 7 of Something

This week our hostess, Lori Ng at Karen's Doodles Challenge blog has challenged us to use

7 of Something

(gems, brads, flowers, papers, etc)

 
For my card, I am using Karen's new image called Fall Wheelbarrow.  I sized the image then printed it onto Cryogen paper with my inkjet printer.  Copics used:
Wheelbarrow - E41, E42, E43, E44
Pumpkins - YR65, YR68
Stems - E70
Leaves - YR21, YR04, R17, YG03, Y15
Corn - E51, YR21, YR04, E07, Y15
Ground - E53, E51
I airbrushed YR21 around the image before removing it from the die.  I created the flowers and leaves with my new Nellie Snellen punches.  Paper is from my stash.  I added 7 gems to meet the challenge.  Finished size is 6" square.

Won't you please join in on the fun? You could win....

1st Place - 3 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles
2nd Place - 2 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles
3rd Place - 1 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles

Check out the challenge blog for how to enter to win free images from Karen's Doodles and to see what the design team has created for you.

My Creative Classroom Color Challenge

Over at My Creative Classroom in the Everyday Moodlings Free classroom, they are having a color challenge.  The challenge is to use these colors....

So I whipped up this very quick scene using Stampscapes stamps on glossy paper.  I applied the ink with a Colorbox Stylus.  If you want to learn this technique, check out my online classes at MCC.

New Ornament Class

Here are the samples for my upcoming Christmas Stampscapes class I will be teaching at Scrap Tales and My Craft Room.  Check the sidebar for upcoming dates.  I would like to thank Ken Pesho for his never ending inspiration, you are a wonderfully talented scenic stamper.

Karen's Doodles Pumpkin Baby

Here is a new little cutie from Karen's Doodles called Pumpkin Baby.  Isn't she sweet?  I sized and printed her onto Cryogen paper with my inkjet printer.  Copics used:
Baby - E000, E00, R20
Eyes - B12
Hair - YR20, YR23
Pumpkin - YR65, YR68
Leaves - YG21, YG23, YG25
Stem - E33, E21
Shadow - W1
As I was assembling my card, I did not like how bright the Cryogen was compared to the background paper, so I took E51 and colored all around the image, making my white paper an off white.  Problem solved.  The DP is from Debbie Mumm, the die cut is a Nellie Snellen.  And the flowers I made with my new floral and leaf punches from Nellie Snellen, they cut and emboss, I love them.  Finished size is 6" square.

Challenges

Paper Sundaes - Fall or Halloween Colors

Stamp Something - Use a Digi Image

Delightful Challenges - Pumpkins

Creative Card Crew - Autumn or Fall

Anything Goes Fun Challenge at Make It Crafty

The fourth Wednesday of every month is a Fun Challenge over at the Make It Crafty blog. Our challenge this month is Anything Goes.  Because I love combining images so much, I have created another Halloween scene.

This one was a little tricky as the moon, bats and fence with pumpkins are all one fabulous image called Eerie Scene, but I wanted the Slimy House in front of the Moon but behind the fence?  Easy Peasy!  I used the Magic Wand tool in Photoshop Elements to make the Moon transparent.  Then I added Slimy House and simply erased the outline portion of the moon where the house overlapped it.  Now the moon is in the back and the fence is in the front.  I also added Whimsical Mushrooms on the right and left, sizing and flipping the images to fit.  I flipped the Eerie Scene, removed the moon entirely and then added just the fence and pumpkins on the right side of the scene.  The last step was to add Trick or Treat Witch and Wizard to the foreground.  Now that I am done with the scene, I think I could have made the Witch and Wizard a little taller.  I don't think the perspective is quite right but it is still cute!

I printed the image onto Cryogen paper with my inkjet printer, then colored it in with my Copics, a LOT of Copics.  I laid a piece of Eclipse tape down on the image, then traced the outline so I could cut a mask and then airbrush the sky.  I also airbrushed a bit of green around the grass edges.  The final touches were the branches around the image, rubber stamps from Stampscapes. Finished size is 6" square.

Be sure to stop by the Make It Crafty blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has created for you.  And enter for a chance to win fabulous prizes.

Karen's Doodles Challenge 29 - Lace and a Blog Hop

Karen's Doodles is hosting a blog hop today along with our weekly challenge. Visit each team member's blog and leave a comment. We will be awarding random prizes of digi images chosen from the people who comment. If you arrived here from Tracy Jackson you are on the right track. If not, start at the Challenge blog for a list of the DT members in hop order. In addition to our normal 3 winners, the Design Team will also pick a favorite entry who will be invited to join us as a Guest Designer for the month of October.

Lori, this month's hostess has set a challenge for us to use.....

 Lace

For my card, I chose Karen's Doodles My Little Angel,

I printed the image onto Cryogen paper with my inkjet printer.  Copics used:
Angel - E000, E00, R01
Eyes - B14
Hair - E21, E33
Gown - BG11, BG13
Wings - BG11 and clear Spica pen
Clouds - B000, blender pen and clear Gelly Roll

The DP is from my stash, I got the lace at JoAnn's.  I cut and embossed the circle using my Joy Crafts Circle Frames.  Then I cut out the image and raised it up with Pop Dots.  Finished size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches.

I am the last stop on the blog hop but before you go, there is one more twist, if your name is chosen as a random winner and you have entered into this week's Lace challenge, your prize will double! And don't forget, if you get lost along the way, you can always return to the Challenge blog for a complete list of blogs to visit.  Winners will be announced on Tuesday, September 28th.

Trick or Treat!

I was blog hopping and ran into a card that was done using clip art from Lettering Delights Hallowscream Things.  I love this clip art and it is on sale for $1, can't beat that.  So I used the Haunted House, the tree and the fence to create a background for this scene, adding a gradient background before I printed it.

I added Bub Zombie on the right, More in the center, and Mummy on the left (he is this month's freebie) all from Just InkLined.  Copics used:
More - B0000, B92, R27, C7, E44
Bub - E70, C1, YR12, B91, E33, E21
Mummy - E41
The branches are rubber stamps from Stampscapes.  Finished size is 5 x 7 inches.

Bats and Vampires and Ghosts, Oh My!

Over at Just InkLined Digital Stamps they are having a Halloween challenge (have I mentioned, I LOVE Halloween)  Well they came out with some fabulous new Halloween digis and I could not resist.  I managed to work 4 of them into this card. I had so much fun with my last Criss Cross card, I decided to make another.

I began by creating the card first using papers from my HUGE Halloween stash.  Then using Adobe Photoshop Elements, I combined Vlad, Trick or Treat, and Halloween Kitty, added a gradient background and then printed them onto Cryogen paper with my inkjet printer.  Aren't they fabulous images and so much fun to color with my Copic markers.  I added a little bat sticker, thought he fit in perfectly.

Last step was to create the sentiment for the front. Again using Adobe Photoshop Elements, I used a font called Blood of Dracula (how appropriate), added Batty and printed it onto Cryogen.  I airbrushed around the edges before removing it from my die.  Too cute, huh?  Finished size is 6" square.

Karen's Doodles Challenge 28 - Criss Cross Card

This week our hostess, Lori Ng at Karen's Doodles Challenge blog has challenged us to create a

Criss Cross Card

For my card, I am using four of Karen's new images released today.  The little girl is Apple Harvest and then if you look close you will see Bigsby, Apple of My Eye.

For the insert I have used Fall Border and Apples and Pumpkins. The DP is from Graphic 45 and TPC Studio.  Finished size is 6 inches square.

Won't you please join in on the fun? You could win....

1st Place - 3 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles
2nd Place - 2 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles
3rd Place - 1 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles

Check out the challenge blog for how to enter to win free images from Karen's Doodles and to see what the design team has created for you.

Here Comes the Bride

Here is another request from my monthly stamping ladies; to make a wedding card.  So I used Karen's Doodles great Here Comes the Bride digi image.

I began by sizing the image to fit my rectangle die, then printing it onto Cryogen paper with my inkjet printer.  Copics used:
Skin - E000
Gown - B0000 and blender pen
Shoes, flowers and bow tie - B000
Leaves - G40
Tux - C1
Shoes - C2
Her Hair - YR21
His Hair - E33
I used my Copic B000 to color the ribbon to match.  I used my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder on the background.  Finished size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches.

Old Mill Ornament

I am working on a new Stampscapes Ornament class, last year's was so popular,  So here is the first card I came up with for the class.  Pretty cool, I want to thank Karen Wallace for the inspiration. And thanks to my monthly stamping ladies for letting me test run it on them.

You're in My Thoughts

Today was class with my monthly stamping ladies, and they asked me to make a sympathy card. I don't have any sympathy sayings but thought this card might do....

I started with a piece of glossy paper then using these great Shades dye inks from Sweet Stamps, I stippled Palm Grove and Forest on the bottom, Tidal Wave and Aquamarine on the top.  Then I stamped the trees from Stampin Up's Lovely as a Tree set.  The background is a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  The saying is from an old See-D stamp set.  I colored the ribbon to match with a Copic marker.  Finished size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches.

My Creative Classroom giveaway

My Creative Classroom is sponsoring a giveaway on Scrapbook Update. Comment to the post before midnight EST Monday Sept 13th. Two people will win a $25 scholarship.  If you have wanted to take one of my classes, here is a way to win part of your registration fee.  You can see all my available classes here at MCC.

Mo's Digital Challenge #48 - Folds and Flowers

This week over at Mo's Digital Challenge our hostess, Paola has set our challenge to  folds and flowers.  I decided on this image from Mo Manning called Bat Cat.

I decided to make a Spring Card, you can see my tutorial on Split Coast Stampers if you want to give it a try.  I sized and printed my image onto Cryogen paper with my inkjet printer.  Copics used:
Pumpkin - YR04, YR09
Stems - E41
Cat - C0, C2, R21
Mask - V15
I airbrushed V15 around the image, then mounted it onto my Nellie Circle die.  I airbrushed the flowers to match.  The DP is from my stash.  I added some Peel Off corner embellishments.  Finished size is 5.25" square.  It is called a Spring card because it "springs" up when removed from the envelope.

Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team has come up with. I hope I have inspired you to give digi images a try.

Scarecrows a plenty!

Karen's Doodles released some great new images for Fall, I have combined 4 of them to make this adorable card.  I used Scarecrow Boy, Scarecrow Girl, Cornstalk and Cornstalk and Crow, combining them with Adobe Photoshop Elements.  I added a Gradient Background, then printed the image onto Cryogen paper with my inkjet printer.  Copics used:
Scarecrows - YG93, YR21, E07, E51, R20, YR23
Cornstalks and Corn - Y23, E07, Y35
Pumpkins - YR02, YR09
Post - E42
Crows - C5, YR09
Grass - G40, E50
Leaves - YG23, YR21, E07
The DP is from the Debbie Mumm Harvest Collection, finished size is 6" square.

Karen's Doodles Challenge 27 - Pretty in Pink

This week, we have a new hostess, Lori Ng at Karen's Doodles Challenge blog, she has challenged us to create

Pretty in Pink

For my card, I am using one of Karen's Doodles rubber stamps, Bigsby Stocking, stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink onto Cryogen paper.  Copics used:
Bigsby - E42, E43, R21
Stocking and cap - R81, R83, R85, R89
Candy Cane - R89
Bow - R81, R83
Shadow on fur trim - B0000
The DP is from My Mind's Eye.  I colored the gems and ribbon with my Copics to match.  The border is from Martha Stewart, the Love is from the My Mind's Eye paper.  Finished size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches.

Won't you please join in on the fun? You could win....

1st Place - 3 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles
2nd Place - 2 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles
3rd Place - 1 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles

Check out the challenge blog for how to enter to win free images from Karen's Doodles and to see what the design team has created for you.

Autumn Blessings

Well, I think Fall gave us a sneak preview, it got pretty chilly here in mid-Michigan last night.  I love it and I also love the new Fall images from Karen's Doodles.  For this card I combined Pumpkin Mailbox with Cornstalk and added the sentiment before printing it out.

Copics used:
Pumpkins - E95, E97
Gourd - Y32, YG03
Mailbox - C1, C3, E07
Post and Stems- E42, E43
Leaves - YR21, R29, YR09, YG23
Ground - E42
Cornstalk - YR21, YR23, YG03
Corn - Y32, R14, R29

I airbrushed B95 around the image.  The DP is from my stash, the leaves are from Serendipity stamps, punched out with the matching McGill punch. 

Kenny K's Krafty Girls Music challenge

This week the Kenny K's Krafty Girlz have a themed challenge - Music.  I chose to use Rock Chick, one of the Glam Gang for my card. 

I followed this weeks sketch over at Mercy Kerin's blog.  I love tall cards.  Using Adobe Photoshop Elements, I sized the image then printed it onto Cryogen paper with my inkjet printer.  Copics used: 
Girl - E000, E00
Hair -Y32, Y35
Eyes -E13
Top - YR68
Jeans - BG72, YG41, C1
Guitar - YR21, Sepia Multiliner, Black Multiliner
Shoes - YR21, YR68, BG72, C1
Shadow - E50

I airbrushed the gems to match.  The DP is from We R Memories.  The border is Martha Stewart.  Finished size is 4 x 9 3/8 inches.  It will fit a #10 Business envelope.

Visit the Kenny K's Krafty Girlz to see what their design team has created and enter for a chance to win images from Kenny K.

More classes at My Creative Classroom

Learn To Brayer

Course Start Date: Sept 28th
Course Fee: $35
Course Length: 4 Weeks

Christmas Scenic Stamping
Course Start Date: Nov 4th
Course Length: 4 Weeks
Course Fee: $30

Mo's Digital Challenge #47 - Shades of Brown and Cream

This week over at Mo's Digital Challenge we have a new hostess, Paola Levi and she has said we are to use Shades of Brown or Cream.  I love this image from Mo Manning called Ready for the Snow and had yet to color it.  The image comes in Sepia so it is perfect for a brown challenge.

I decided to do a horizontal easel card, so I sized my image to fit and then printed it onto Cryogen paper with my inkjet printer.  Very small color palette for this card, E50, E51, E53, E33, R20, G40, B91, YR21.  I also airbrushed E34 around the image.  

The DP is from DCWV The Natural collection.  The border is a Fiskers punch.  Finished size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches.  Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team has come up with. I hope I have inspired you to give digi images a try.

Make It Crafty Design Team

I am excited to announce I have been asked to join the Make It Crafty Design Team.   We will be kicking off our new team with a technique challenge on September 8th.  We will have 2 challenges a month, 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, first a technique and then a fun themed challenge.  You do not have to use Make It Crafty images, but of course we would love to see what you create using them.  And speaking of creating, I had great fun creating this card

Using Adobe Photoshop Elements, I started with this great digi image called Boot House, adding Hilly Lane digi image behind it.  You can purchase both of these from the Make It Crafty online store.   Last I added this cute digi image from The Greeting Farm called Harvest.  I sized and printed the image onto Cryogen paper with my inkjet printer.  Copics used:
Grass - G40, E50
Boot - E93, E97, E99, YG93, E33, B000, C2
Flowers - B12, G21
Rocks - E70
Cart - E33
Pumpkins - E93, E97
Girl - E43, E41, R20, R32, R35, C2
Boy - E43, E41, R20, B23, R27
Corn - Y21, E33
I airbrushed B32 into the sky, then added some grass texture and leafy branch from Stampscapes to finish off the scene.  This was so much fun to color.  Finished size is 5.5" square. 

Be sure to stop by the Make It Crafty blog for details on how you can win this great blog candy.  And stop by the blogs of my new team mates for more great examples of art from Make It Crafty. 

Carisa

Jill

Leah

Lydia

Mag

Maria