Theda, Oh Theda

http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.ca/2012/06/challenge-44-white-on-white.html --White on White
http://thestampmanchallenges.blogspot.ca/2012/06/time-or-travel.html -Time or Travel
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.ca/2012/06/mim-95-with-cupcake-cards-craft.html --Anything Goes
 http://artwithnoboundaries.blogspot.ca/2012/06/anything-goes-performing-arts-part2.html - Anything Goes-Performing Arts
http://abcdtchallenge.blogspot.ca/2012/06/june-challenge-is-here.html - Colour Pallette

The top card is for a friend's birthday. I used the colour pallette of cream, light and dusty rose, lavender and sage green. I stamped the flower image in basic black ink. I coloured it with gamsol pencils. I stamped the image again and cut parts out for a 3D effect. I also used a little ribbon. the cuddlebug and background in 2 shades of pink. I hope this works with the abc challenge and Make It Monday.  The 2nd card is for travel for the Stampman Challenge. It was for my husband who loves Picasso. The stamp was bought in Venice and he is travelling on his horse. I added the background image and coloured it with sparkly golden hued pens and added the mask since it just seemed to go with Venice. The last card, works for the Whimsy Inspire challenge to have a white card except for the image which I drew-I did not trace -from one of my favourites-Al Hirschfeld. This image is Theda Bara. The first screen Vamp. Poor Theda-she always wanted to be loved. I used the cuddlebug alot for the background and the scrolls. I added the bling and now Theda is alive again! 

Too Late for Favourite Songs of Christmas

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.ca/2012/06/mim-92-with-pretty-little-ribbon-shop.html - Anything Goes

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.ca/2012/05/challenge-33-humour.html - Humour

http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/2012/05/k-is-for-keep-it-simple.html - Keep It Simple

http://christmasstampin.blogspot.ca/2012/06/challenge-13-perfect-presentation.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ChristmasStampinAllYearLong+(Christmas+Stampin'+All+Year+Long) - Monochromatic

I missed Christmas Cards All Year Round challenge where one was to make a card to one's favourite Christmas song/Carol. They now have that one can make one card but I still like making 5 and decided to do the challenge anyway and have fun with other challenges.  On Make It Monday it is always anything goes so there are 5 to choose from:) The first card is "Blue Christmas" but with a twist and it is my humour card for  Dream Valley Challenge. I have this version...sung by Porky Pig! If you can ever listen to it-you will laugh yourself silly:). The piggies are coloured in prismas colours and masked so the background notes are stamped on. I mounted it on layers of cardstock and cut the edges with Victorian cut style scissors.I used a glitter blue pen for the wording around the card.

The 2nd card is a song sung by Ivan Rebroff who could sing low F to high F-I am not kidding and I love this one song sung in German which is supposed to be a Russian sleigh song. I had no sleigh so the carriage will have to do. It is about getting home as fast as the wind to home and sit by the fire and be with the children at Christmas. It is my favourite Christmas song since I was a kid. This is a punch out card and 3d effect with pop up dots.

The 3rd card is Monochromatic for the Christmas Stampin Up challenge. I thought of the song "Angels we have heard on High". I bought this new cuddlebug emboss folder-It is 2 in one. I also bought the victorian cutout one that I can use with my cuddlebug as well. I distressed the edges. I stamped and cut out the angel and coloured her with tombow markers. I added the ribbon and stars on the edges.

The 4th card I thought of the "Skater's Waltz" but it could be "Winter Wonderland" as well. I love the "Skater's Waltz" better and this was also done with the pop up dots which I love.

The last card is "O Christmas Tree" and This works for the ABC Christmas Tree Challenge for Keep it Simple. I chose a basic black cardstock. I embossed the tree in silver and used White sparkle embossing powder. The Merry Christmas stamp is embossed in Egyptian Gold sparkle. I added some stars and snowflakes and that is it. Oh and I added the edge in Egyptian Gold as well.

So Christmas rules at the beginning of June:) Have a fund day and week!!

Birthday Crazy!

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.ca/2012/05/mim-91-with-digi-doodle-shop.html - Anything Goes
http://colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.ca/2012/05/challenge-96-green-brown-white-and-hint.html - Brown, Green, White and a hint of Lavender/Purple
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.ca/2012/05/simon-says-anything-goes.html -Anything Goes

Can we say Birthdays!!! My friend's birthday is on May 14th, My hubby's niece is on the 17th, my niece is on the 18th, my friend's son is on the 21st, My wonderful hubby, Michael, is on the 25th, my friend's daughter is on the 29th and mine is onJune 2nd!!! Now put Mother's Day in the mix and my head is ready to explode. I used to have my birthday all to myself and loved being the cracked Gemini that I am but now there are others and Taurus in the mix...I really need to find stamps with astrology as a theme. Make It Monday is always Anything Goes and I love it. They have such a great site and so many beautiful creations. Now I love Simon Says because it also has so many neat creations and I always loved playing that game but I always lost...I didn't use twine so I hope you do not hold that against me. So many did a great job. Colour Create Challenge is just that..a Challenge. I think I have more than a hint of Lavender/Purple but I hope it still fits the bill. I used some great paper with glitter. I stamped the daisy image in Apricot Brown ans I used my Prisma Pencils for the lavender effect. I have the basic white cardstock with the peel off in Gold and some remnants from my cuddlebug that seemed to work and it is in Lavender. Thank you to all the beautiful works I see when i venture to these sites and to all the others-what a great way to view such wonderful works. Thanks!

One Layer, Framed

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.ca/2012/05/challenge-32-case.html - Case-use a design team's card as an inspiration
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.ca/2012/05/challenge-169-frame-it.html - Frame It!

Hello one and all! I actually made this card 2 weeks ago as I  will be helping a craft class at a long term care home where my mom is now living. At DreamValley Challanges, one could use a number of design team's beautiful cards as an inspiration and use their card to make one of your own. I was inspired by this One layer card that says "LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE" It had a heart and flourishes on the card. This is a card that I will be using for the elderly to make. It is one layer andthe flower is coloured with pastel chalks. I used a brown dye pad for the flourishes to frame the flower in and then I sponged the card with pink, lavender and a blue. It just seemed to fit this challenge and the Frame It challenge at Crafty Creations. . When I visit my mom and I see the elderly there, many do not talk and can not walk and I think of their lives and what they must have been in youth and that saying Live, Laugh, Love just seemed to hit me as I am hoping the people whom I will help next Saturday will have a little fun. Enjoy the day and every day...you never know...  

Male Cards a Go-Go

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.ca/2012/05/mim-88-with-bugaboo-stamps.html - Anything Goes
http://thestampmanchallenges.blogspot.ca/2012/05/your-favorite-technique.html -Your Favourite technique
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.ca/2012/05/challenge-109-torn-or-distressed-edges.html -Torn or distressed edges

I have missed a few challenges and these were made with them in mind. 2 had a male themed challenge but it so happened that I wanted to use my favourite technique that I haven't used in a while which works out! The top card I used my brayer and rolled the colour on which is called Autumn. I stamped in black dye the image. I used the cuddlebug which I also love for the green paper and mounted it on the nice brown paper and finished it off with gold trim. When I took the picture the flash just seemed to hit the right spot eh?? The 2nd card I used my cuddlebug to cut out the nestibilities design. I then used my stencil with grapes and covered it with paste which creates a 3d layer. I coloured it with pastel chalks. I used, as almost always, the trim on the edges. Oh yeah I also distressed the inner card  for an aged look. It makes me think of wine..let me dream.....I entered these challenges for the anything goes challenge for Make It Monday and My Favourite Technique for the Stampman Challenge and Craft Your Passion which I hope you do see the distressed look, or I shall be distressed:). There are so many techniques I love.... hard to choose

Rant...and why not!

I have not been on this great site for a while and I am doing a little rant today. To the public at large..please bathe! or at least use something so my nostrils are not attacked by the foul stench emanating from your personhood. I work with the public. So many are great and have so much to deal with...and then there are others who come in and feel entitled to be given money for back rent even though they just told me they won $5,000 on a scratch ticket ...but they can not make their rent. To top things off they then swear and the kicker-my eyes begin to water and my stomach convulses ready to puke out alien because the man never heard of soap. When I noticed the paint peeling I knew this was a winner. I have had others who never believe in soap or lysol or anything of that note and then feel compelled to come closer to me and start talking. I beg to all people out there who are soap deprived-please go to any dollar store and buy some soap. There was one woman who came in-she still gives me nightmares.....To say she was ugly would be mean to warthogs out there everywhere. Now if she was physically deprived but the heart of an angel I would not even think of writng this but she was just mean. I mean...mean!!! She would walk in, she was a large short woman with missing teeth(I kid you not), who had large bahama mama's and would never wear a bra..yup they were lopsided and she would usually wear a white shirt. Her hair-was so greasy you just had to wipe her hair on a pan and you could cook veggies without adding any oil....again not kidding. The smell emanating from every pore of her nasty soul would make me gasp for breath as I had to take her money every month for payments. One poor lass came walking down the stairs whistling a happy tune when  the sewer pits of hell was in, the poor girl took a couple of whiffs and literally ran down the hall dry-heaving. I wish I was exagerrating but, alas, I am not. Sewer Pits would never say hello or thank you and would often grunt. Ughh I would have rather taken money from Satan. I wish I could give a care package out to people which would always include...you guessed it! Soap!!! To people who design buildings without the ability to open windows...tell me why do you do that??

Christmas ...in April??

http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.ca/2012/04/april-challenge.html - Picture Inspired-Ukranian Eggs

http://sparklesforumchristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/2012/04/c15-colour-combo.html - Colour Me Happy (favourite Colours)

http://christmasstampin.blogspot.ca/2012/04/winner-4-and-challenge-5-fav-color.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ChristmasStampinAllYearLong+(Christmas+Stampin'+All+Year+Long) - Favourite Colour Combo

http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/2012/04/g-is-for-gold-white-touch-of-green.html - Gold, White with a touch of Green

Happy, ur...Easter!? I decided to make Cristmas cards:) I still will try to make 5 cards for the CCAYR even thought they changed the rules and one only has to make 1 card. They used a photo inspiration which were Ukranian eggs. I used to make them and I love them! Every colour and image has a meaning behind it. The first card also goes with ABC Christmas. I have this stamp which reminded me of the design on some of the eggs and I used a hint of green sparkle embossing powder and Egyptian Gold embosiing powder on basic white cardstock. I cut it into an oval shape and placed it on this beautiful gold paper. I trimmed it in green ribbon. The second and 4th cards are my favourite colours and combinations. I used a stamp that reminded me of hearts and swirls on the eggs but also reminded me of the turkish tiles found on the Titanic ( I am a Titanic nut and LOVE the 1958 film version-A Night To Remember- which much better illustrates what happened on the ship than the 1997 blockbuster where the kids just kept going back into freezing water so many times...and never froze...well he did but I saw that coming..oops I digress). I coloured everything with my tombow markers. On the 4th card I cut out the center and have a peek-a-boo to the inside where it says Merry Christmas which I embossed with a gold hue. I also added tiny crystlas on the outside of that one card. The centre that I cut out I further cut the squares and used them on the 2nd card. I used a beautiful mirror blue cardstock for the backing and highlighted everything with silver stickers and the stars I painted purple. Stars are often used on the Ukranian eggs as are hearts, and swirls and never-ending ribbons/belts.

The red card I saw this pure red and black egg on the picture and loved it so I tried to replicate this using a black sparkle embossing powder and 2 different red cardstock and used pop up dots to highlight the red card and mounted a gold emblem at the centre. The final card, I call it my M.A.S.H. card due to the hue of that green....which turned out army looking...Oh well. I stamped the snowflakes in white on white glossy cardstock. I took my roller and rolled yellow on top. I stamped the stars on it and then used my green dye ink thinking it would turn out a beautiful green instead of , well ca-ca colour but I kept it. I wanted to try my hand at how the eggs are actually done. They start with what they want white first and then go to yellow, green, blue, etc... each time they cover what they want to remain that colour, in wax, to ensure the design. I tried this on this card. This card turned out to be a headache. I used vellum for the centre and I like the look of it. I used the December flower for the centre and embossed it in gold. Through another mistake I ended up putting glitter around the edges. I also ended up cutting the centre 3 times I think. In the end it is done:) What a card...It is more for a man even though there is a flower.