off on a whim

Spring is Sprung

This week's challenge at  Paper Crafting Journey's is For the Ladies in your Life and is sponsored by Stitchy Bear Stamps.  I used this gorgeous image called "Camellias in Watering Can". However, instead of coloring the camellias, I added assorted Prima flowers with pearl centers for a 3D effect.

 

The paper is Basic Grey's Bohemian from the Romani collection. The sentiment, bee brad and ribbon are from my stash.

Check out the challenge at the Paper Crafting Journey's Challenge Blog and play along with us this week. 

 

Enjoy! 

Reach for the sky!

This weeks challenge at Paper Crafting Journey is Up and Away and is sponsored by MyGrafico. The stamps were provided by Sanqunetti Design and called Up, Up and Away.  I used several of the balloons on this card:

 
The paper and ribbons are from my stash. Since I was altering the balloons in Photoshop, I colored the balloons in Photoshop also using Copic color swatches.

Enjoy!

Things with Wings

Here is a second contribution for PaperCrafting Journey's Things with Wings challenge.

 

This card was created using Stitching Cards' Bead Dragonfly pattern. I used sead and bugle beads from Joanne's and silk embrodery thread to stitch the pattern on handmade paper. Then I matted the image on a purple piece of handmade paper and with pattern paper from my stash.

Enjoy!

Spring is in the Air!

Some Odd Girl's Challenge this week is Handmade Elements. The challenge  is to make at least 1 hand/homemade element/embellishment and use it on a project. For this challenge I used a new Some Odd Girl digi called Dressie Kaylee.  Here she is:

 Isn't she adorable?  I had a pack of pink and brown paper that I punched out squares and circles and used them to create the handmade flowers.  Then as a background for the card I used the paper with some squares cut out to let the brown polka dot paper peek through. The sentiment strip is from 7 Gypsies "Grow" journal stickers. Kaylee was colored with the following copic markers:

Hat: E13, E25, E27

Hair: Y23, YR23

Eyes: B12, B16

Skin: E000, E01

Jacket, Belt, Shoes: G12, G82

Dress: RV32, RV34

Flower: BV11, YR12

Background: E41

Enjoy!

 

Wild Wild West

Do it with Digi's Challenge # 5 is the Wild Wild West. The challenge is to interpret the Wild West.  I think this cute little cowgirl from Tiddly Inks is a fun western gal!  Her name is Annie and she is rockin' the western look here!

 

I used western paper from Stampin' up and added some pearls and gems to make Annie sparkle. The stars were yellow brads that I colored with a YR14 copic marker and glued a pearl on top for extra bling.  Copics used to color Annie are:

Skin:    E01, E02

Hair: Y21, YR23

Hat: E13, E15

Skirt and Hat band: G12, G82

Boots and Vest: E07, E27, YR14

Enjoy!

Up and Away

The challenge this week at Tiddly Inks is Challenge #40 - Color Me. To blast away the winter blahs this week the challenge is to use color.  I couldn't think of anything better to showcase color than balloons! 
 
I used Tiddly Inks Up and Away digital image for this card along with scrap paper, jewels and sentiment from my stash.  The string was baker's string that I got from a pastry box from Carlos's Bakery in Hoboken.  You may know Carlos as "The Cake Boss"!  The balloons were colored with the following copic markers:

R24, R27, R30, R81, R82

G0000, G12, G40, G82

BG0000, BG01, BG02, BG05

Y04, Y08, Y11, Y21, YR00, YR02, YR12

BV0000, BV01, BV13

Enjoy!

 

Miss April

Pixie Dust Studios Challenge # 64 is "Seeing Polka-Dots!" For this challenge I am using the Pixie of the Month for April . Isn't she cute?

      I used Stampin Up!'s polkadot paper and ran purple cardstock through my Big Shot to emboss more polka dots. I used Eucalyptus Stickles to really make the dots pop.  For fun I thought I would sew the paper using dark purple thread. Then I cut a pink frame with Spellbinder's Frameabilities, and colored the dots with copic markers R81 and R83.  The flowers are from Making Memories Flower Patch.Pixie April was colored with the following copics:

Skin:    E01, E02

Hair: Y21, YR23

Hat, buttons and umbrella: R81, R83

Boots: G12, G82

Raincoat: BV01, BV13

 Enjoy!

Truly, Madly, Deeply!

PaperCrafting Journey's challenge this week is "Things with Wings"! 

Our sponsor this week is Niki from  Limited runs stamps who is offering the winner three stamps, which they can choose themselves. Check out her blog there are lots of fun images to choose from!

You have two weeks to create a masterpeice and post it to the PCJ blog so there is absolutely no excuse for not joining in !

 Here is my contribution to the challenge:

 

The heart, wings and crown are cut using Tim Holtz Alterations Sizzix Heart Wings die cut and grunge board. I painted the heart with acrylic paint and sealed it with a gloss medium. The wings are painted with Tim's Crackle paint "Picket Fence." I wanted more of a pink tone so I colored over the wings with a R11 copic marker. The crown was embossed with gold embossing powder. All the jewels are from my stash. I cut the Stampin' Up! green pattern paper with Martha Stewart's Double Arches Punch Around the Page punch.  The floral side border is from Making Memories Floral Ledger paper and the sentiment is from Marah Johnson's Love Struck Swatch Book Impress-ons.  This one was really fun to make!

Enjoy!