TTCRD Challenge: May 21-May 27, 2013

Greetings!

I hope all is well with you today.  It is time for another challenge over at Through The Craftroom Door and it's always anything goes.  Our sponsor for this challenge is Michelle Perkett.  I used her Kissing Fish to create my card.  While this is a Valentine's Day theme card, I think love should be shown all year around so I'm sharing some fishy love with you in this creation.

Here's my fishy love card...

Kissing Fish

I started out with a 6x6 white cardstock using Bazzill cardstock.  I then layered on some red cardstock and two different dps.  I used my MS punch to cut out a white lace border to run across the middle of the card.  I used my Spellbinder's circle heart eyelet die to create the mat for my image and sentiment.  I colored my fishes using Copic markers.  I finished it off by adding some glass gel to the fishes fins and to the hearts.

I hope that you will join us for this week's challenge. 

Thanks for looking and commenting!

Challenge(s):

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes (optional: "Sketch*")

Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3C - Always Anything Goes

Eclectic Ellapu - 2E - Anything Goes

Now get to creating...

 

Remember:  There are no mistakes in cardmaking, only opportunities for creativity!

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Challenge Rules

We love seeing your entries each week however, like most challenge blogs we do have rules
that must be followed to keep it fair and fun for everyone. We don’t have a lot of rules, but
please read them carefully. Any entry that is not following the rules will be removed from the
challenge.

No more than 2 entries per challenge allowed - any additional entries will be removed without notice.

No back linking - all entries must be new and not posted prior to the start of the challenge.

All entries must include a link - back to Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Blog.

Since this is an Anything Goes Challenge we receive a lot of entries each week.

Our DT's will try and make it to your blog to comment however, blog comment areas that

have word verification on will not receive a comment due to the time that this takes.

Create with TLC: Roman Fashion Vintage Collage

Greetings!

I hope your Monday is going well.  I am popping in with a card I designed using my Cameo for a vintage collage image from Create with TLC.  I like how this card turned out and will be using this design on future cards.  I have an entire list of sympathy cards that I need to make (unfortnately), a couple of birthday cards and a mother's day card (I know, I said Mother's Day).  I would go out and buy these cards, but the recipients wouldn't be happy with me. 

Well, here's my card using TLC's Roman Fashion Vintage collage image.

True Beauty

I love the how elegant this lady is in the collage.  She screams feminine beauty.  I didn't want to add a lot of color to her so I just used E41, E42 and E43 copic markers to color her dress and umbrella.  The card base, I must admit, was inspired by a card that Heartfelt Creations showed in a card class that was taught at the Megameet Scrapbooking event.  I looked at it and thought I wanted to recreate it using my Silhouette.  I like how it turned out.  The picture in the lower right corner is the front of the card.  The sentiment was aslo created by Paulette for another image I was going to use, but it works perfectly with this one, I think.  :-)

You pick this image up in the Create with TLC store.

Thanks for looking and commenting!

Challenge(s):
Sunday Stamper - JFF - Vintage/Old

Now get to creating...

 

Remember:  There are no mistakes in cardmaking, only opportunities for creativity!

MayzyArt Steampunk Lady: Take 2

Greetings!

I hope that you were able to join in on the MayzyArt Blog hop yesterday!  I would like to thank everyone who stopped by and left some love.  It is truly appreciated.

I am back today with another Steampunk lady.  Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of working the Heartfelt Creations booth at the MegaMeet Craft show here in Michigan.  I got to meet Emily Lou and other members of the HC crew.  I truly had a blast.  As payment for my work, I opted to work for product because I would end up spending cash there anyway. :-)  Well, I earned a few of their awesome dies as well as some beautiful stamps and papers.  I also left the booth with tons of inspiration.  If you have never visited their blog, oh my you are missing out.  One of the creations that inspired me was a beautiful tag that one of their DT members created.  I immediately knew that I wanted to make the tag and I wanted to use a Steampunk theme.

You can find my inspiration here and here's my tag.

I used my Cameo to create a black mat for this card.  I used some dp from Quick Quotes Scrapbook Co. which worked really well with the whole Steampunk theme.  I cut out the gears, belt and image on my Cameo and used my Heartfelt Creations Decorative Blossom Corner and 2 Decorative Lattice Swirls from the Timeless Amour Die set.  I used a combination of black cardstock and metallic grey cardstock for the embellishments and matting.  I aslo used white cardstock to cut out the Decorative Blossom corner.  I colored my image using Copics and added glass glaze to her goggles.  I finished my tag off with some embellishments (clocks, keys and glass beads) and a pearl.

I had Paulette from Create with TLC to create an sentiment for me, but once this was completed I had no where to put it.  Therefore, I shall use the sentiment on another creation I am working on. 

Once again, I thank you for looking and commenting.

Challenge(s):

          Scrappy Frogs - M - (May) Anything Goes (ends 1st June)

Now get to creating...

Remember:  There are no mistakes in cardmaking, only opportunities for creativity!

Mayzy May Blog Hop

Greetings!

If you landed here from the super talented Jo's blog, then your ship is on the right course.  My name is Candy!  Ahoy Matey and welcome aboard! I am honored and humbled to be a part of this awesome blog hop.  I love MayzyArt images so this is truly a blast for me. 

Today I will be sharing with you a card I made using the adorable "Lorelei" image.  The look on her face makes me think that she is missing someone who set sail and she can't wait for them to return.

Here's my creation using this image...



Lorelei


SECRET WORD IS: 

I designed a shaped card using my Cameo and cut it out on dark blue cardstock from SU.  I layered on some dp from a 6x6 paperpack.  My image was colored using Copic markers Y02, Y06, Y08, B12, B14, B16 (for her clothes and boat) and E11, E13, E21 (for skin), E29, E27, E25, E40 and E41 (for hair and shoes).  I matted her on yellow cardstock to make the image really stand out.  I finished my card off with some flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and pearls from my stash.  The sentiment, which I think goes perfect with this image is from Create with TLC.

Well, that's all I have to share.  The next destination for you on this voyage is Kim's blog where you are sure to be WOW'd by her creation.  Have fun and leave love!

Thanks for looking and commenting!

Now get to hopping...

Remember:  There are no mistakes in cardmaking, only opportunities for creativity!

Create with TLC: Direction of your heart

Greetings!

Happy Thursday to you!  I can't believe that May is quickly winding down.  I will have a birthday coming up here pretty soon.  Hmmm...maybe some birthday blog candy will be up for grabs. :-)  Also, you will definitely want to pop in this weekend as I join MayzyArt's talented DTs for a blog hop.  There is plenty of yummy goodies up for grabs so you don't want to miss out on hopping with us.  :-)

Today, I want to share with you a couple of cards I made using a freebie wordart from Paulette over at Create with TLC.  I find inspiration everyone and in almost anything.  When I read this sentiment, all kinds of inspirational ideas popped in my head and I still have more to execute. 

Here are my creations...

As you can see, they are really simple cards but the message is powerful.  I cut out the hearts and arrows using my Cameo.  I used Bazzill cardstock on both cards and really didn't have a size or shape in mind.  I just focused on the sentiment and how I wanted to represent it.  I realized that I didn't use any markers on embellies on these cards, once I finished them.  These are truly CAS cards. :-)

Thanks for looking and commenting!

Challenge(s):
Charisma Cardz Challenge:  No digis allowed
Crafty Creations Challenge:  KISS
The Paper Shelter Challenge:  Anything Goes
Operation Write Home:  Sentiment the focal point
Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes

Now get to creating...

Remember:  There are no mistakes in cardmaking, only opportunities for creativity!

MayzyArt's Steampunk Lady

Greetings!  Happy Mother's Day

I pray that you all have a blessed Mother's Day!  If you are fortunate enough to still have your mother here with you, show her LOTS of love.  If your mother is not with you in the natural, she is with you in spirit.  True mothers take their job seriously and they will never leave your side. :-)

I will be sharing a non-traditional Mother's Day card with you today.  I have done cards throughout the month that would be considered "traditional," but the rebel in me wanted to shake things up a bit.  I visited MayzyArt stamp store (thanks Jo Hamm for the reminder of the 50% off sale) and picked up some real beauties.  I am the total opposite of what steampunk is and is probably why I am so attracted to it.  You ask, "what is steampunk?"  Well, this is how it is defined...is a sub-genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery,^[1] especially in a setting inspired by industrialized Western civilization during the 19th century.  Okay, that may be the serious definition for it, but I describe it as the perfect match up of hard industrial metal and soft victorian lace.  It is truly two opposite working together to create art.  I truly love it because it appeals to the Gemini in me...opposing twins. :-)

Okay, enough with the history lesson.  Here's my creation using MayzyArt's Steampunk lady and Create with TLC's sentiment.

Steampunk Lady

Isn't she a classic!  I love everything about this image.  I colored my image first this time and then found papers to match her.  I had my Copic markers YR23 and YR24 that don't necessarily blend well together, but I was determined to make them work.  I love this mustard looking color.  I just sat down with this vintage beauty and layered on colors.  I didn't know how it was going to turn out, but loved the finished product.  I hope you do too!  I then thought I needed to make sure that her background tied in with her.  So, I took black cardstock to make my base.  I then layerd on some grey and dp paper from MME paperpack.  I then layerd on aother grey layer and that mustard colored scrolled background is from Bird's blog.  Thanks Bird!  I then cut an umbrella and corner piece using my Cameo.  I wish I would have matted it on black cardstock, but I was out. :-(  Oh well, I still like how it came out.  I finished it off by adding the sentiment from Paulette at Create with TLC and 3D popping my lady on top.  I truly love how feminine it is in a totally different way.

Thanks for looking and commenting!  Happy Mother's Day to my mom, sisters, and everyone else that is fortunate enough to be a mother! 

Challenge(s):
MayzyArt Challenge:  Anything Goes (optional boy theme)

Now get to creating...

Remember:  There are no mistakes in cardmaking, only opportunities for creativity!

Mo's DP2 Challenge: CAS

Greetings!

I hope that your Saturday is off to a good start.  Did you remember to buy your mom a card...gift...dinner reservations, perhaps?  Me and my siblings are still working out what it is that we are going to do.  It seems to always be a few of the girls who end up planning everything.  Figures!?  The boys just show up and my mom thinks that they are so thoughtful to have remembered, but little does she know we had to remind them like a bizzillion times. lol  Oh well, that will continue to be our little secret.

Today, I would like to share a CAS card with you that I made for Mo's DP2 challenge.  As you can tell by the title of my post it is Clean and Simple challenge.  A lot of people struggle with CAS cards, because it requires that you sit on your urge to pile on the embellishments and layers of paper and cardstock.  I learned from a fellow crafter, who in my opinion does CAS cards like no body business, that it is important to make sure that your image is colored well or the little bit of dp that you use really stands out.  Since CAS cards are so "bare," in order for them to work the eye will focus on what is there.  In comparison with a regular card, your coloring can be okay, because the eye will have embellishments and other things to distract from it.  Whatever you put on a CAS card, because the focus of the person viewing the card.  Soooo, practice truly makes perfect with CAS cards so I always like to take part in these types of challenges to practice my CASabilities (yep, I made it up). :-)

For this challenge I am entering the card below; however, I was on a roll so I will share two cards with you.

1st Card for the challenge:  "Big Butt?"

Big Butt

I LOVE this image.  I know I say this a lot about Mo's image, but I do LOVE pretty much all of them.  When I bought this image a while ago, I was going to use the sentiment from Paulette at Create with TLC that was "put your big girl panties on."  However, when I went to pull it out to do it for this challenge, I changed my mind.  I looked at how she was looking over her shoulder and then the sentiment above came to me.  I immediately asked Paulette if she could make it for me and promised her that it would be put to good use.  She did and now you can get it as a freebie on her blog.  Hurry while it is still up and check out all the other goodies in her store. Don't forge to leave LOVE!!

I started out with a coral piece of cardstock that I rounded the ends.  The cardstock has texture which is another way to dress up a CAS card.  I layered on white cardstock that I used MS lace punch on both ends and some SU dp on top.  I then used my Spellbinder's die to cut out the sentiment and light blue mat.  I colored this cutie using Copic markers and then went over her undies with a white gel pen.

2nd card:  "God's increase"

God's gives the increase

Thanks for looking and commenting!

Challenge(s):
Mo's DP2 challenge: CAS
Now get to crafting...

Remember:  There are no mistakes in cardmaking, only opportunities for creativity!