Make It Crafty - Enchanted Unicorn

Howdy Everyone!

Today, I am posting a card featuring a beautiful image from Make It Crafty called Enchanted Unicorn.

I used a lot of peach with pearls, cheese cloth and a doily to give this a very feminine feel.

I used several Copics with a flicking technique to create the rainbow color in the unicorn's mane and tail. 

This lovely sentiment comes from Stamper's Anonymous by Tim Holtz. I love his inspirational sentiments.

If you look below the flowers, you can see I used a Leaf Chippie to embellish the flowers. I covered it with Pearl Acrylic paint and used my airbrush to add blue and green Copics for color. I love that the pearl shows through even when covered with a spray of Copics.

Here is the list of supplies I used on this card...

Enchanted Unicorn - Make It Crafty

Stuff to Say - Stamper's Anonymous

Once Upon a Time Paper - DCWV

Copics

Copics Airbrush System

Distress Ink 

Butterfly Leaves Chippies - Make It Crafty

Flowers

Cheese Cloth

Doily

Pearls

Liquid Pearls (Border around the unicorn)

Hey, have you seen Zoe's new Coloring Techniques With Markers? If you have not seen this book yet, you have to check it out. She gives very easy-to-follow tutorials, great for the beginner, and great for experienced stamper who wants to brush up on their skills and learn something new. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  

 

Sympathy Card

The card I am posting today is sad for me because it represents the loss of two people in my life over the last week. 

My aunt passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer's. We also lost a friend, a precious member of our church this week. 

I made this sympathy card while thinking of the families of these two precious ladies. 

No images with this card. I used layers of spellbinders dies and a simple sympathy sentiment.

Fancy Tags 3 - Spellbinders
Lattice Pendant - Spellbinders 

Fleur de Lis Pendant - Spellbinders

 Anna Griffin Sentiment

I used my Xyron adhesive, but I don't love the fact that it leaves bits of adhesive in the spaces. I need to work on a better solution for layering.

So, sad reasons for my card today, but wanted to give you some inspiration for the times when a sympathy card is in order.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

 

Happy Wednesday!!!

It is time for another 7 Kids College Fund Challenge. Our challenge this week is 

"Winged Things."

Silver Fairy 

Staz-On

  Distress Ink 

Distress Markers

Spellbinders Labels 4 

 Flowers,  

Distrezz-It-All

 

I painted Silver Fairy using  Distress Ink and added depth using Distress Markers. I used lace to create the soft blue background for Silver Fairy.    

I used the sketch from CLP challenge because it fit the design I wanted to use perfectly.

I hope you will join us at 7 Kids College Fund Challenge. Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Make It Crafty - Sealed with a Kiss

Howdy Y'all!

I hope you are having a great summer (or winter depending on where you live)!!!  We are having a nice, warm summer so far.

For my card today, I am featuring a beautiful new stamp from Make It Crafty called "Sealed with a Kiss."  

I wanted to carry the fancy dress onto the card, so I added some of this gorgeous lace. I also added a chippie from the Butterfly Swirls collection.  I colored the chippie with purple paint and added some Perfect Pearls for some shimmer.

She is crazy fun to color. I used several shades of Copics to add the shadows, leaving some areas white for the highlights. 

Of course I had to add flowers to this beauty's card. I loved the leaves because they are the same tone as the paper with purple tips.

I used the following items on my card. 

Sealed with a Kiss

Butterfly Swirls

Paper: Once Upon a Time (DCWV)

Ink: Copics, Dye Ink

Accessories: Lace, Liquid Pearls, Flowers, Leaves, paint, Perfect Pearls

I am entering my card in the Crafting Life's Pieces Challenge using this sketch...

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!!

Happy Independence Day!!!

Our challenge today at 7 Kids College Fund is STARS AND STRIPES! You don't have to make it a 4th of July card, just use stars and stripes. 

I got all patriotic and went with the 4th of July theme...

Tilda Catching Stars

Copics, 

Distress Markers

 Spellbinders Large Deckled Mega Rectangle

Elegant Flourish

Flowers

  

This stamp is called Tilda Catching Stars, but it always feels to me like she is throwing stars more than catching them.

I hope you will join us at 7 Kids College Fund Challenge. 

Have a Safe and Happy 4th!!! Thanks for stopping by today. 

 

  

Happy Friday!

Today, I have a card for you using a combination of digi images from Make It Crafty!

I used Photoshop to combine Sitting Jane and The Ivy Swing.  I liked how the image left a perfect opening for a sentiment.

I colored the image with Copics. I added the framing around the edges with distress ink and a blending tool, and used the leaves from Window Wall Elements and a dotted stamp in Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint.

I used this Swirly Corner Chippie for am embellishment. I used white paint, then added peacock embossing powder and iridescent embossing powder. I added a pearl to the center of the chippie.

I used the following items on my card...

Sitting Jane  

The Ivy Swing

Window Wall Elements

Swirly Corner Chippie

Garden Party (DCWV)

Copics

Distress Ink

Flowers

Peacock Embossing Powder

Iridescent Embossing Powder

Pearls

Leaves Punch

Branch Punch

So glad you stopped by today!

Happy Wednesday! 

Our challenge this week at 7 Kids College Fund, our challenge is to use the Orange Creamsicle as inspiration.

...and here is my card...

Stamps: Big Girl Pants (Mo Manning)

Paper: Citrus (DCWV)

Ink: Copics, Distress Ink Markers   

Accessories: Flowers     

 

This offered a great challenge for me as I never seem to use orange. However, I love the card. I love her orange pants. I love how bright and cheery the card is. I carried the orange into her hair. Doesn't it look like it is on fire? I used a combination of Copics and Distress Markers to highlight and define her hair.

 I added some polka dot flowers to carry on the polka dots in her shorts.

 

I got this sweet Chippie from Make it Crafty. I used a white paint dauber, peacock embossing powder, and then added a layer of sparkly embossing powder to give the dragonfly some pizazz. 

Thanks for stopping by today, and check out the great selection of Mo Manning Stamps at 7 Kids College Fund,

Make It Crafty - Grassy Scene

Happy Saturday!

I have had several requests to show how I make a grassy scene, so today I am posting a tutorial showing how I put these together. 

Here is the finished product...

My hubby and I are celebrating our anniversary this weekend, 23 years! I made this anniversary card for him. 

I used Copics to color the majority of the image and the base of the grass. I created the tufts of grass with distress ink markers and I also used distress markers to fill in some detail.

I used a white gel pen to add some little flowers in the grass. 

I used the following items on my card...

Make it Crafty digi images:

Geeky Love

Park Bench for Two

Daffodil Dell

Garden Party (DCWV)

Copics

Distress Ink Markers

Flower Punch

Roses

Spellbinders Scalloped Heart

Spellbinders Ribbon Banners

Martha Steward Fence Border

Thanks for stopping by today! 

7 Kids College Fund - School's Out!

Happy Wednesday! 

Today at 7 Kids College Fund, we are celebrating the end of school with our "School's Out!" challenge. For me, school's out means the start of summer, so here is my summer card.

Prince Edward Island

Background elements from Make It Crafty

Basic Grey Paper
Memento 

Copics  

Flowers 

Nellie Snellen Flower Branch #2,

Pearls

 

I need to practice with the dress a bit more. I like it, but I don't LOVE it.  I tried a new technique for the grass and trees. I really like the result. If you are interested, you can find the tutorial here.

I did not want the sentiment to pop out, but to be more subtle, so I added it to the grass. I added some white gel pen to the sentiment and added pearls to help the sentiment stand out just a bit. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Make It Crafty/Simply Betty Stamps Blog Hop

Welcome to the Make It Crafty Hollywood Blog Hop!

Make it Crafty and Simply Betty Stamps are really excited to be bringing you the combined Hollywood Release!

Simply Betty Stamps has a range of characters from Betty Monroe, through to Action Chris the movie director!!

Make it Crafty has a range of background scenes perfect to switch and match with your famous characters!!

Of course we are going to have heaps of fun with this theme and June 1st & June 2nd we will be showcasing our stuff and then June 3rd we're bringing you a fun guessing game... Will you be able to guess the movie??  We'll be giving you some clues to help!!

Join us for the two inspiration days and leave a comment along the way for your chance to win a selection of new images.
There will be FOUR winners each day receiving a surprise character with matching background digi stamps.

Then on June 3rd, guess 6 out of 12 movies correctly and you will have a chance to win:  

Grand Prize

A DVD Movie of your choice
PLUS the whole collection of MiC & SBS digi stamp Hollywood release images.

Second Prize
The whole collection of MiC & SBS digi stamp Hollywood release!

Can't wait?!!
But we know some of you just can't wait so both Betty and Zoe are offering you 25% off
their Hollywood collections between June 1st and June 3rd!

Click Here for Simply Betty Stamps & Click Here for Make it Crafty!

We hope you have lots of fun with us this weekend!!!

You should have arrived here from Betty's blog. If you happened upon the blog hop by accident, you are going to want to start at Suzi's blog so you don't miss a thing.

For my card today, I used two images, one from Make It Crafty (Hollywood Sign) and one from Simply Betty Stamps (Action Chris).

Want a hint? Your big hint is "SSSHHHH!" I took the design for my images right from the movie box, so that may help to confirm your guess. 

Since Action Chris is a digi image, I used Photoshop to rearrange some of the elements and made the movie camera the backdrop for Action Chris.

Just in case you get lost, here is the blog hop order. Be sure to check all the blogs so you can make your guesses and have an opportunity to win the big prize!

Suzi
Jen
Cyndi
Lelia 
Franz
Betty
Julie  (You Are Here)
Alison
Tracy P
Debs
Barbara
Tracy J

Make It Crafty - Movie Contest - Go here to enter. 

Next in the hop is Alison.

 I hope you enjoy the blog hop. Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Happy Tuesday!

Today, I have a new image from Make It Crafty to spotlight. It is from the adorable "Melissa" collection. 

This little cutie is called Melissa's Balloon. I made this card for my friend's daughter, a beautiful little blond who is little miss personality.

I colored Melissa with Copics. I love the snarky look on Melissa's face.

I added Glossy Accents to the balloon to give it dimension.

I create a bouquet of flowers around the ribbon, and added an extra pink ribbon to correspond with the ribbons on the dress. 

We got the saying from my friend, "Really, are you kidding me?" She says it frequently. When we use the phrase, we smile and think of her. 

I used the following products on my card: 

 Melissa's Balloon

Die Cuts With a View Paper Stack

Spellbinders Scalloped Oval

Spellbinders Fancy Tags 3

Prima Flowers

Pearls

Ribbon

Glossy Accents

Photo Corners punch 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

7 Kids College Fund - Nellie Snellen

Happy Wednesday! 

Today, our challenge at 7 Kids College Fund is to use a "Nellie Snellen stamp." If you have not seen the Nellie Snellen stamps, you can see them HERE.They are so adorable, go check them out!

Here is my card...

Dawn With Flowers (Nellie Snellen)

Prima Paper

Staz-On

  Distress Ink 

Distress Markers

Flowers

Liquid Pearls

Branch Punch,

I wanted strawberry blonde hair, so I used Antique Linen and Tattered Rose for her hair. I added a bit of Tea Dye for the darker areas.

Thanks for stopping by today!