Simply sweet

I managed to find some time today to create a very sweet girl card. I love The Paper Shelter images and have always loved the Rapunzel one. So when challenged with a picture inspiration challenge of spring it was clearly a great choice.

The image I used is from the paper shelter called Rapunzel, the DP is from Prima's Meadow Lark 6x6 pad, Reflections flowers from Michael's craft store, Want to Scrap pearls and of course my Copics.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

TPS challenge 61-Photo inspiration

Simon says challenge-Anything goes

Stamp and create-April challenge "spring"

The paper players-Tic tac toe anything goes challenge

Canvas creations

I recently took an online class by Christy Tomlinson on SheArt. A friend of mine had made a gorgeous canvas girl and I just had to know how to make one so I did my research and found Christy's amazing workshop and immediately signed up.

This art form is a great way to use all my left over scraps as well as some of those products that don't always see the light of day. Christy encourages you to use what you have and be creative about using found objects. I checked out my local dollar store and found all kinds of things to use, thanks to Christy's demonstrations and breakdown of what to look for.

I have attached some photos I took though my creative process but out of respect to Christy I will not share how I accomplished each step. I highly encourage you to check out her workshop. I am already awaiting the second one, once it is offered again.

Step #1

Step #2

Step # 3

I am entering my canvas girl into the following challenges:
Whimsey stamps challenge #36 distressing
The crazy challenge #116 Feminine or girly
Simon Says-Anything goes challenge

"Spring"ing into Fashion

It is my second challenge being guest designer with Basic Grey Challenges and I have to say I had a blast. The next two weeks the challenge on the Basic Grey Challenge blog is "Spring colours" so jump on over and check it out. I love starting to see little shoots of green grass come peeking out on my lawn, the hope brought by the brightly coloured flowers just waiting to bloom, and getting out my spring jackets and hanging up the winter one for another year. So today I present to you a card inspired by spring fashion.

Supplies used:

Basic Grey Kioshi and Lauderdale 6x6 pattern paper pads

Greeting Farm image "Madeline"

Ribbon from the local big box craft store

My copic markers

Prima bling

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Simon says April showers bring may flowers challenge
All that scraps challenge blog-anything goes
Delicious doodles challenge 17-Loads of layers

Hoppy Easter

After my long hiatus I am finally getting back into my crafts as the little one is taking naps on a regular basis now. Basic grey challenges contacted me about my previous interest in being a guest designer on their blog and I quickly jumped at the chance. I love Basic Grey paper as you can see from previous posts.

The challenge for the next two weeks is "Easter" so make sure to jump over to their site as they have great prizes you can win, I know as I have previously won a challenge with them.

This card uses the following materials:

Basic Grey Kioshi 6x6 paper pad and buttons

Jesse James gems

Black cardstock and purple glitter paper from my stash

Copic markers

Stamped image is from Stampavie

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Art impressions challenge #57-Spring has sprung

Simon Says Challenges-Anything goes

The crazy challenge #112-Add a sentiment

The Paper Shelter challenge #57-Easter

Creative Chemistry~Day 7

So I am jumping around a bit as I find time to complete my homework from Tim's Creative Chemistry 101 class. Its been a fun learning experience so far and I look forward to the remaining days. Today I am sharing an ATC card I created using his Rusted Enamel Technique. I forgot to stamp my image before hand so I actually used Archival ink after embossing and it turned out not too bad. I think if I had used a slightly lighter colour on the background it may have a little more pop but for a first attempt I am happy with it.

Hope you had as much fun creating as I did.

Creative Chemistry~Day 3

So today I wanted to share a little of my creative fun with everyone. For Day 3 with Creative Chemistry we learned about alcohol inks, archival inks, and oil and solvent based inks. I didn't have a whole lot of time to play around but I did make a couple of flower chipboard pieces that I plan on using on a card for my mom for mother's day using the Alcohol ink Agates technique. It turned out beautifully.

Then I had a few old dominos lying around and decided to try the technique on them. I think I will be taking my good set of dominos and making them uniquely my own by using this technique and some fun stamps. They would make great gifts for friends who like to play games. Give it a shot you never know what you might end up with.

April Showers

Goodbye to March and hello to the wet weather of April. Today my project keeps with the weather theme of April that we see here in Canada a lot of the time. With all the lovely rain we start to see the snow disappear and the beauty of spring start to peek up out of hibernation.

This card uses the following:

The Greeting Farm's image Anya rain, snow, and shine stamp set

Basic Grey's Picadily 6x6 paper pad and brads

Spellbinders ribbon banners and labels 8

Copic markers

Versamagic jumbo java ink