CAS(E) this Sketch #327

It's time for a new CAS(E) this Sketch. Here's Sketch #327--from me!

Can I  just be honest and say I was stumped by my own sketch? But I persevered

and came up with this simplified take after turning the sketch 90° clockwise.

 

I tore the edge of light blue card stock for the waves and adhered the "ocean" to a light

blue card base. I added the little girl and sun, then finished off with the sentiment.

We'd love to see your take on the sketch! Link up your card(s) by Thursday, 

June 27th and as the winner, you'll be invited to join us on a future sketch. And
be sure to visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see how my teammates tackled this sketch!

CAS(E) this Sketch #239

Ready for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch? Here's Sketch #239, courtesy of yours truly.

And here's my take on it.

I pretty much stuck to the sketch, thanks to this Pure Innocence sunbather.
A small piece of watercolor card stock was ink distressed for the "water" and the
girl was adhered to it. The sentiment was white embossed on a banner strip and
the card was finished off with enamel dots.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see how the rest of the team interpreted the sketch
and join us if you can. Link up your card(s) by Thursday, September 21st.
Hope to see you in the gallery!

MFT Pure Innocence Fun in the Sun

MFT Pure Innocence Fun in the Sun Die-namics

MFT August Release Countdown Day 3

It's 3 days till the August Release at My Favorite Things and today I'm featuring
a new Pure Innocence cutie--a Mummy!

The mummy was stamped and colored with Copics, then die cut with its matching die.
I ink distressed white card stock with two colors of Distress inks then die cut a panel
using the Die-namics Cross Stitched Rectangle STAX.

The Die-namics Frightful Fence was die cut from Limelight card stock
and trimmed to fit the panel. The fence and mummy were popped up
on the inked panel, and the sentiment was white embossed.
The panel was then adhered to a Gray Grout card base.

Stop by My Favorite Things to see the other designers participating
in today's countdown and leave a comment there for your chance to win
a $75 prize to shop in the MFT Boutique!

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MFT July Release Countdown Day 3

Today is Day 3 of MFT's July Release Countdown and it's all about Pure Innocence.
This month there are two new images that have matching dies--gotta love that!

My first card uses Clowning Around--a cute little clown that was colored with Copics
and cut with the matching die. The background is the new Split Diagonal Background
that was inked with Orange Fizz dye ink and spritzed with water before stamping
on watercolor paper.

The piece was cut with the Zig Zag Stitched Rectangle STAX and adhered to a smaller
4 Bar sized card base. The sentiment was white embossed on a strip of Orange Fizz
card stock and both the clown and sentiment were adhered to the card.

The second card uses Be Mime--a cute little mime that was also colored with Copics
and die cut with its matching die. The background also uses the Split Diagonal Background
and I used the same technique to ink it up.

The sentiment was white embossed on a strip of Cherry Crisp card stock
and the banner was simply stapled to the card.

Allow me to tell you a funny story on how I colored the mime's face. After I Googled
"mime" I was wondering how do I whiten her face? Do I use a white pigment pen?
White paint pen? I tried both with disastrous results.

Then the ol' light bulb went off. Don't color her face. Use the white card stock
as the base and just color in her ears and neck. Duhhhh!
You may laugh now.....

Please visit My Favorite Things to see the designers participating in
today's countdown and don't forget to leave a comment there for your chance to win a  
$75 gift voucher to the MFT Store.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope to see you tomorrow!

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O Christmas tree!

Hi there! Did you get your Christmas tree yet? We did! Last year was our first Christmas without one and we resorted to an artificial tabletop model that my daughter's boyfriend gave her. Not the same...

Several containers of trees were rejected because of pest infestation, and sent back to the mainland so a lot of island folks were without trees. We had to put our presents around the tree and it just wasn't the same. No pine scent, too.

So this year, my hubby made sure to get a tree after the second shipment hit the stores. We'll probably decorate it tomorrow and start putting our gifts under it.

Here's a card made with a Pure Innocence digi from Heather Ellis' Digistampcharacters. She's such a cutie and got herself a little tree, too. 

I noticed that the girl is getting older and appears to be losing her baby fat. Doesn't she look a little slimmer?

Hope you're having a great weekend. I'm off to hunt for our box of ornaments! Thanks for stopping by...

Stamps: Digistampcharacters, Hero Arts sentiment
Ink: Versafine, Colorbox
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Stampin Up
Paper: Cosmo Cricket
Other: Copics, Nestabilities, Liquid Pearls, pop dots, pearls

Pure Innocence Christmas

If you're a fan of Pure Innocence images, Heather Ellis has a few of her images on sale here! Due to popular customer demand, she's still keeping her older images and offering them at a great price. Some of the digis are only £0.50 which is equivalent to 79¢US!

I made a tent card using one of her older images, but I removed the mistletoe so the main image would fit. After coloring the image with Copics, I tried to texturize some pieces of clothing by tapping the colorless blender over them for a "woolen" look.

Beate Johns has a wonderful tutorial on making tent cards. I love that a tent card stands up nicely, and can still be folded flat for mailing.

Hope you have a great week....Can you believe that November is here??

Stamps: Digistampcharacters
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Hero Arts layering paper
Paper: Crate Paper
Other: Copics, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Nestabilities, Liquid Pearls, ultra fine glitter
Finished card size is 4.25" square

Cupcake girl

Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a safe Fourth of July. Overall, it was a lot quieter in our neighborhood this year, maybe because of the possible ban on fireworks here in the islands.

Just wanted to share a new Pure Innocence digi image by Heather Ellis that I found here in her online store. I colored her with Copics, added some glaze on the frosting with a Sakura Aqua Lip pen, and white dots on her dress with a Sharpie poster paint pen.

I layered the image on a Cuttlebugged birthday background that was sanded to show the white core. And although you can't see it, the little pearls are Glitter Domes given to me by my sweet niece. Thanks, Heather!

Don't you love that huge cupcake? I'll be sending this to a little sweetheart who'll be turning 2 in a few days.


Stamps: Digistampcharacters by Heather Ellis
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Bazzill 
Other: Copics, Nestabilities Labels Eight, Cuttlebug birthday folder,
Sharpie poster paint pen, Aqua Lip clear glaze pen by Sakura,
Glitter Domes, sheer ribbon, pop dots

One Layer Wednesday + ribbon

The One Layer Wednesday challenge on Susan's blog is to create a one layer card with a piece of ribbon on it. And here's my card.

I used the Pure Innocence baby digi which looks like a little boy because it's bald, but just by adding a teeny pink bow, he became a she! I also chose to color just her jammies and give her a bit of blush. I'm loving these OLCs!

See the dots on her jammies? They were made with a Sharpie poster paint pen. Suzanne Dean first mentioned how much she liked this pen and now I'm a big fan, too.

I'll be giving away a pen to a random commenter sometime this weekend! Stay tuned....it might be you!

Stamps: Pure Innocence Digistampcharacters, Hero Arts sentiment

Cardstock: Stampin Up ivory

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black

Other: Copic markers, Sharpie poster paint pen, ribbon, corner rounder

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Thanks for your comments on yesterday's card and here's a close up of the clouds which were described as "marshmallowy"! After cutting out random cloud shapes, I simply edged the bottom portion with two Copics--C00 and W00. Can you see it?
Glad you liked them!

Thanks so much for visiting...

Hope you have an awesome weekend!