Fancy Sunbonnet Miss Muffet

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It’s Thursday, it’s Thursday!  Oh my, we have a new challenge at Little Miss Muffet Stamps to introduce!  I’m super excited for many reasons but one of those was because I was just about to head to bed without a second though.  Then at last minute, my eye bulged open and my heart started pumping as I remember it was my turn to write the post too!  Gasp!  Well, I’m awake now!  LOL

The challenge this round is to create something inspired by a Nursery Rhyme!  I couldn’t think of any better rhyme to use than “Little Miss Muffet Sat on a Tuffet” and I had the perfect stamp to go with it!  It was like the rhyme, stamp and company are three peas in a pod!  LOL  So, what image is it exactly?  Glad you asked!  Featured on this project is “Fancy Sunbonnet Miss Muffet” and “Birds on a Wire Metal Die” from Little Miss Muffet Stamps.  And the Sunbonnet image was drawn by the talented Jodie at Bugaboo.  Squeal – I just love these images!

Another thing I like about nursery rhymes is to learn about their history and what their possible meanings are about.  I’m sure this is acquired learning since it was never something I was really interested in until I had kids.  Then it was like a light bulb went off and I just had to know what was behind it all before I pass along the tradition to the next generation.  For example, did you know this poem first appeared in print in 1805?  I always thought it was older than that… but 1805, IS a long time ago!

I hope you get a chance to head on over to the LMMS Blog to check out everyone else’s fabulous creations!  They’ve done an excellent job and I’m always so proud of what they create!  😀

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Jr Hatter Lilith

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For those who have been part of the Little Miss Muffet Stamps FaceBook group, know that there was a little competition put forth by Zoe (from Make it Crafty).  She challenged me (and everyone else) to color up Jr. Hatter Lilith using colored pencils.  For some, I’m sure that would be an easy task, but me, I have such a hard time with pencils that it truly was a challenge!  AND this is why Zoe picked it too!  LOL

The first thing I did was start by merging some images as I also wanted to include a background from Make it Crafty.  So on this project I’ve used Jr. Hatter Lilith and the Birds on a Wire Metal Die from Little Miss Muffet Stamps.  The mushrooms and clouds are from the Whimsical Digi Elements from Make it Crafty.

The coloring was interesting and I received a lot of help in the LMMS FB group too.  I was worried about all the specks of white that couldn’t be filled in and in the end, we decided that it was my paper that was causing the problem.  I tried everything from sharp pencils (which helped), circular coloring (also helped) and some type of blending solution (which partially helped only in some ares).  Of course, the smoother the surface was the better too but with the paper I had it didn’t seem to matter what I was coloring on.

Anyway, this is the final result!  You can check out the LMMS FB group for more samples as there has been a lot of people participating and even a few more yet to come!!  They’re all fantastic and so inspiring!

I’d like to enter this into the following challenges:
Oozak Challenge #17 – anything goes with girly theme
Craft Your Passion Challenge #17 – patchwork backgrounds

Pipi Faye

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I had a totally different project that I was going to share with you today but the excitement in the MiC FB group of a new challenge was just too tempting to pass up!  The challenge we sent out by Melanie who chose these two images then stipulated it was a no lines challenge.  Gasp!  I struggle with no lines because I have to think differently about my coloring – imagine that.  LOL  But that’s what is so much fun about a true challenge which allows me to challenge my own personal style, my own skills and so on.  SO to make the long story short…. I accepted!  LOL

I thought I was finished then I remembered the currently monthly MiC challenge which was all about dew drops.  Jennifer has a fantastic tutorial (http://www.makeitcrafty.com/store-blog/techniques/moon-drops-water-drops-tutorial) on this blog about dew drops so I thought I’d add that into the mix – why not, right?  The tutorial was easy enough to follow but then after I was finished I realized the stark black lines of the dew drops were standing out like a sore thumb against the no-lines coloring.  Yikes!  Oh well, live and learn.

The images are from the new Whimsical collection that was just released which are absolutely adorable!  This is a merge of Pipi Faye and Whimsical Flowers background.   I had reversed Pipi Faye then zoomed in on the two so I didn’t have to color so much.  The image was colored with Copic markers then when the paper wouldn’t accept anymore ink (i.e. it just kept pushing it around and there wasn’t any more blending to be done) then I dragged out my Prismacolor Pencils and tried to finish it off.

The last thing I did was follow in the footsteps of Daria (http://daria-pn.blogspot.com/) and add the white pearls in the hair.  😀  I love getting inspiration from everyone and I hope this has bit of an inspiration to you as well.  Thanks for coming by and have a great weekend!

Make it Crafty Images:

Cozy Cafe

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I’m excited to share one of the more popular stamps at Little Miss Muffet today for the Sunday Spotlight!  I love the Sunday Spotlight because it gives me a chance to work with a favorite stamp.  😀  Anyway, today we’re focusing on the Cozy Cafe and if you remember the last time I used this I combined it with Taylor.  (Click HERE to see that project!)  So today, I’ve chosen to use just the table and flowers.

I started with stamping the flowers then masking them with the same image stamped on a post-it note, cut out and placed on top of my original stamp.  Then I inked up the table, crossed my fingers and bit my tounge, then did the best I could to stamp the table and have the flowers aligned up.  It actually took me two tries!  LOL  Maybe cutting out the flowers would have been better but sometimes I like how the masking turns out much better.  So the flowers are perfectly center on the table, but I’m ok with that.  LOL

Here’s a close up of the colored image.  I went with the black and white theme with a splash of color that I had seen Faye use a while ago.  Her card looked awesome and so I was hoping it would work on this card as well. 

This stamp includes five different images… chair, table and three different table toppers.  And remember, it’s only on sale for today only!  So click HERE to get it while you can!

I’d like to enter this into the following challenges:
Frilly and Funkie July Challenge – get your Wendy on

Polka Dot Pals Toby

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I’m a bit slow on putting this project together for the Friday Freebie but I finally finished it and still wanted to show off how fun the Confetti Background is!  This is what I had in mind for when I created it… giant streams of ribbon in the background.  LOL  But it’s also great scaled down for a background or all on it’s own like how Mette did.  Anyway, here’s what I made…

On this project I’ve used the Confetti Background, Polka Dot Pals Toby and the Party Banner Metal Die all from Little Miss Muffet Stamps. I actually colored the image first and knew I wanted to go with a superman cape which means I’d be using bright blues and reds… so naturally, the primary colors came to mind with a bit of green to tone it down.  I was lucky enough to find paper that matched!  Seriously lucky… since I don’t have a lot of bright papers around.

The the rest of the card was put together grabbing things from my desk… some tape-measure ribbon, a clasp, a ticket, and then finally some letter.  I had to hold my breath as I counted out the banners to make sure I had enough … and yep, it’s perfect!

I’d like to enter this into the following challenges:
SweetPea Stamps Challenge #1 – for the men/boys
Totally Paper Crafts Challenge #174 – let’s hear it for the boys

Fancy Sunbonnet Christmas Stuff

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Happy 4th of July everyone!  I can’t believe it’s already half way through the year and that my summer is nearly gone!  Gone!  Another blink and the kids will be back in school then the work will really have to start.  😦  You see, it’s easy to claim the kids take up all the time when they’re home playing with me but when they’re at school during the day that means I have more house cleaning, to dos and errands to run.  Oh well, I guess we better enjoy it while it lasts… maybe that’s the perfect reason to go miniature golfing today!!  Oh, yeah!

We have an awesome release today at Little Miss Muffet Stamps plus the start of Christmas in July!!  There are four fun images to start with so you can get start working on those holiday cards!  For my project, I’ve used Fancy Sunbonnet Christmas Stuff by Little Miss Muffet Stamps (of course) and drawn by Bugaboo.  These sunbonnet images bring back lots of memories for me as my Mom is a big Sunbonnet Sue and Calico Sam fan!  So even those I wanted to use EVERY image in the new release, I narrowed it down to this one.

The papers were sort of chosen at random – I kinda picked through the top of the Christmas Stash as I didn’t want to spend too much time sorting through the pile.  But I had some golden felt that went well with the paper tones and decided it was a good fit.  The rest is… well, coloring history.  LOL

I hope you’ve enjoyed this bit of inspiration and thanks for coming by today!  Make sure to visit the LMMS blog to see all the other awesome projects created and also the LMMS FB page for some rising fun this week!

I’d like to enter this into the following challenges:
Card Mania Challenge #24 – Christmas in July
Make My Monday Challenges – Christmas in July