Baking Betty

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Get ready for some new Teen Scene releases from Simply Betty Stamps and they’re all going to be previewed this week! These images are adorable and all centered around the kitchen – however, don’t let that fool your creativity as they can be used for many other projects too! First up today for preview is Baking Betty…


I had procrastinated on this project to the very last day because I was waiting for an order to arrive in the mail… and this time my procrastination worked. ;D The stamps I was waiting for were the kitchen themed background elements from Magnolia… Kitchen and Sugar Bag. The paper I used is from DCWV, Nana’s Kitchen, which has a fun color scheme that I followed.


Putting it all together went by quickly and I got to use some long forgotten embellishments such as the white lace and large metal brads. It’s nice when that happens and somehow validates all the hording I do! He he he. Then I get the urge to go shopping more when I end up using the last of something… like the white resin flowers. Yep… time to go shopping!! LOL


The fun twist is how Betty’s hair is colored and is an idea I saw on Pinterest this week. I don’t have a Pinterest account yet so I can’t find it now… but don’t tell my Mom that as she’s been begging for me to get one. Oi… yet another thing I need to do this week. I enjoy how this journal page came together and I hope you do too. Make sure you check out the Simply Betty Blog for more inspriation on this cutie and be sure to come back tomorrow to see what Lola is up to!

Stella Strawberry

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I’m excited to bring you my first project as a Kraftin’ Kimmie Guest and today is the start of a new challenge themed “Thank You/Thankful/Gratitude.” I chose to use Stella Strawberry from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps and giver her a more chocolate covered strawberry feel. Mmmm, I’m grateful for those delectable delights! LOL


My card was made with no intentional plan and came together with elements that I haven’t used in a while. I was excited the crochet flowers looked like they finally matched as I’ve had those for years! With Valentines coming up I hope to use the rest of them too and get on with the next package… which, by the way, are a gorgeous white and can be customized with any Copic marker!! The rest is pretty standard run of the mill supplies, however, the plastic leaves were from a beaded garland I found at the hobby store.


The hostess for this week’s challenge is Kerry and the prize for the random participant is always the stamp featured on the hostess’ project. This week Kerry has used one of the images from the new Snips and Snails set, so the winner will receive that image and a sentiment.

There is also a HUGE sale at the site right now… almost everything is 25-75% but only until Monday!! Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps was also featured in the Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine and is having a giveaway on the blog so be sure to check it out.

Confirmand Melinda

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The challenge this go around over at Make it Colorful is to “Color White” and even though I’m in the midst of coloring Christmas cards, I wanted to color something other than snow. So the image I’ve selected is Confirmand Melinda from Whiff of Joy and I’ve kept the card one layered and simple.


The border idea was inspiration taken from Deconstructing Jen as she always has the best one layer cards! To recreate the idea, I used a black pen to draw the border. Then I’ve placed a chippies in the upper corner and a Whiff of Joy miscellaneous sentiment in the lower corner. I also did a little bit of shading on the inside border to give it more interest.


For the white challenge, I used three different tones to create the white. The dress uses E40, E41 and E42 to create an antique look; the wings were colored with T3, T2 and T0 for a soft pure look; and finally the background has W2, W1, W0 and W00 to help “ground” it to the card. It was a fun to concentrate on the coloring this time than the card making. 😀 Make sure you come back later today as I’ll have another project up!

Audrey

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Happy Thanksgiving!! Today I plan on relaxing and coloring and in general taking a day off from my problems. LOL Today is also the start of a new challenge at Little Miss Muffet Challenges and our theme is “Gratitude/Thanks.“


For my project I used Audrey from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and I created a fun card with a Hidden Forest Seat from Make it Crafty in the background. I used the same color scheme that Arabella used on her project from last week as I’ve loved her pastel look. ;D I then used the same color scheme for the rest of the project.


The card was put together with a simple layout with papers from my scraps and a few things I had within reach. I also used a sentiment from Whimsy Stamps, Friendship Ticket Sentiments, and also used the coordinating die to cut it out – nice and simple. ;D

I’d like to enter this into the following challenges:

iCopic Weekly Challenge #57 – Thanksgiving/Thanks
Crafty Creations Challenge #145 – Thanks/Gratitude
Sassy Cheryl’s Challenge #91 – Anything Goes
Use it Tuesday Challenge #20 – Giving Thanks (I hoard chippies)
Heart Song Inspirations Challenge #25 – Thank You

Bookworm Fairy

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The challenge this week at Make it Colourful is “Lantern/Candlelight” and one that I’ve been looking forward to for a while. I had already colored one image but forgot to include something MiC (see Carol Singing) and so that gave me another chance to try it again. LOL


Rummaging through my rubber stamps I was able to find another lantern for the challenge. The image I used is Bookmark Fairy by Hannah Lynn and is one I’ve been waiting to color once again. This time I wanted to go with a dramatic look so I’ve combined some of my past projects with the lamp and this is what I ended up with.


This is an amazing card and but for reasons which you may not expect too! Unexpectedly, from start to finish, this card took ten times longer to make than any project I’ve done in a long while! Oi! The main reason is the way I started to color it which threw off my whole style – I was using different paper to color on at took full advantage of it. He he he


The way I colored was different in that I colored the whole image with Neutral tone grays and setting in my shadows as dark as N8. I didn’t think about scanning it until after I had already started recoloring some areas. This is also a great way to focus on the shadows.

The paper I used is Neenah and even though I was able to layer my colors, there were several areas that were over saturated, became sticky, and wouldn’t accept anymore layering. However, it was a fun exercise to work over the gray tones even if it took me all day to color it. The background was done the same was as the last (see Carol Singing) by flicking in the direction of the light, then stars were added with acrylic paint. Here’s the final colored image before I cropped it.

Hope

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Here’s the second day of previews for Little Miss Muffet Stamps and today the DT girls are showing off Hope and Audrey – so make sure you check them out HERE! To add a little humor I’m showing off Hope and if you look closely, you’ll see Gilgo in there too. 😀


The background image is A Time to Relax from Make it Crafty which was a perfect fit for this gal. Then the page was created with pastel color to match and a few large sticker flowers I had that were begging to be used! Do you ever have those kinds of embellishment? I think mine take turns getting their attention…. except those chippies – they seem to make it on practically everything! LOL


If I had a penny in my pocket I would start marketing this idea… but, I don’t which means it’s your lucky day. He he he. So what is the idea? It’s this new revolutionary diet plan and it even works faster than having a baby!! It’s amazing and the results are instant!! Just give this a try and see how fast it works…

I’d like to enter this into the following challenges:

My Mum’s Craft Shop Challenge #32 – Mix and Match DP
Whimsy Stamps Challenge #15 – Flower Power
Sassy Cheryl’s Digi Stamps Challenge #90 – Anything Goes
Karens Doodles Challenge #89 – Anything but a card

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out my SBS post below for the other card I had made for today – you’ll shocked to see how those zombies turned out!! Yes, I said zombies! 😀