Inky Paws Challenge #198

 I had a little time over the weekend and thought I would make a Christmas card.  Never too early to start those Christmas cards.  I decided to use the sketch challenge over at Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge.

I wanted to mix my card up a bit by turning the sketch.  

For my card I started by stamping the cute little snowman image  from Newton's Nook Festive Fawns stamp set and coloring it with my copic markers.  I then used the matching die set to cut the image out. 

For my papers I used paper from Newton's Nook Christmas Time paper pad and then I stenciled a sheet of white paper using Newton's Nook Plaid Stencil Set using red & green ink.  I then cut it in 3 strips and alternated with the green holly paper.   

I always love the sketch challenges and look forward to seeing what other people come up with.

PIP Challenge #2319

Today brings a double challenge for me.  Since today is the 15th I am posting my card for our Creative Crew on Splitcoaststampers and it is also my Monday to post for Pammie's Inky Pinkies.  Today Pammie is giving away a give certificate to Sweet n Sassy Stamps to a lucky winner.

                                                   

For my card today I am using a stamp from "Best of the Bunch" by Avery Elle.  I love foxes and our theme for our Creative Crew is flowers so I thought this would be a good selection.

I colored the image with my copic markers and then used the matching die to cut the image out.  I then used a scalloped oval for the background.  The flowers are from "Garden Variety" by Taylored Expressions which were fun to scatter on the front of the card.  The designer papers are from New Day by Echo Park.  You can see what the other members of the creative crew did by clicking on their name below.

Barb

Carol

Darlene

Jeanette 

Lorraine - SCS Gallery

Terry

Tracie - That's Me

I was the hostess this month for the Creative Crew and my theme for the month was flowers.  I asked the girls to post their favorite flower.  Mine would be a lilac.  Love the scent and beautiful colors of the lilac.  An additional challenge was to color a bookmark that I sent everyone.  Below is mine that I colored using copic markers.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope to see your projects over at PIP Challenges.

PIP Challenge #2317

 Time again for another challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.  PIP Challenges is the sponsor this week and they will be giving out a $10 Gift Certificate to Power Poppy.

We were able to use any image we wanted so I decided to use a card I made for a Splitcoaststamper challenge I am in.

The stamp I used was from Whimsy Animals Collection called "Duck".  I colored the image with my copic markers and then cut out the image with a MFT Stitched Arch Die.  I added the sun and a ric rac die cut image to the card.  I tried to find a sentiment that would work but ended up typing it up on the computer. 

I hope you join us for the challenge this week over at PIP Challenges.  

Challenge Your Stash

 This month was my month to come up with a challenge for our Challenge Your Stash group on Splitcoaststampers.  I call this pre-birthday month so I wanted to have a "balloon" theme. I love making birthday cards and I have several balloon stencils that I decided needed to be used.

To make my card I used the Taylored Expressions Balloon Party Stencil and stamps.  I used my brushes and the following Distress Oxide colors (Salvaged Patina, Wilted Violet, Worn Lipstick and Fossilized Amber).  I also used the same colors on distress oxide to stamp the bottom of the balloons and the small stars throughout the card.  The sentiment was from Hero Arts Ribbon Messages Stamp and Cut set.  I used the Salvaged Patina and a blender pen to color the lettering.  I stamped the black ribbons on the balloons with my Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.

Such a fun card to make.  I love using stencils and not sure why I don't use them more often. 

I can't wait to see what the rest of the team came up with for this challenge.

PIP Challenge #2315

 Today's Challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies is being sponsored by Pink Gems Designs.

I hope you check out Janet's store on Etsy because she has some adorable digital images.  I love to see more digital companies coming out and offering digital stamps.  This sure helps with my minimal storage space I have in my house.  

For my card today I used the digital stamp Cocktail Molly.  This stamp set just made me smile.  I always love making cards with a little humor in them. I printed this digital stamp on my printer and then colored them with my copic markers.  The sentiment was from CC Designs called 4 Season Sentiments. 

Thanks for stopping by and be sure and check out Pammie's Inky Pinkies and see what the other Design Team Members made for the challenge this week.

Creative Crew

 Carol was our lovely hostess this month for our Creative Crew group and came up with a fantastic challenge.  April 8 is National Zoo Lover Day so my card today is in honor of Carol's favorite animal the giraffe.  

The image we used is called African Queen by Artful Stamper.  The Giraffe paper is from African Safari Scrapbook paper.  I colored the giraffe with my copic markers and the built a card with the papers Carol sent.  I added a bow at the bottom and some gems on the card.  Carol also sent some of the greenery so I used it on the card also.

Part of our challenge was to say what our favorite zoo animal is.  That is tough for me because I love so many.  I guess penguins would be my favorite.

You can see what the other team members came up with for this challenge.

Barb

Carol

Darlene

Jeanette 

Lorraine - SCS Gallery

Terry

Tracie - That's Me

Thanks to Carol for a great challenge this month.

PIP Challenge #2313

 Today we have Challenge #2313 over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies. Challenges.  This week we are being sponsored by Jan's Digital Stamps.  It was a tough decision as to which digital stamp to use for my card this week because there are so many adorable ones to pick from.  

I decided to use the stamp set "Old Friends" because it just made me smile and I have several friends I could send this card to.  I printed the image on my printer and then colored it with my copic markers.  The designer papers I used were from Pink Fresh called "Happy Heart".  

Such a fun image to color and it was fun to use one of my favorite color combos.  Hope you enjoyed the card and be sure and check out Jan's Digital Stamps because she has some beautiful images to pick from.

I am entering this card in the coloring challenges:

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge #657 - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge - Anything Goes