BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON

Happy Halloween!  I made treat bags for three special little ghosties and goblins that will come knocking at my door tonight.  What a great time visiting blogland looking for challenges.  I saw a lot of awesome creations along the way from some talented people!

A complete list of supplies is at the bottom of this post.  To start, a Sizzix die was used to cut the bags and a Nestie for the moons.  OCL Spook-tacular and SU July Fourth stamp sets were used for each and the witch bag also uses SU Good Neighbor.  All sides of the bags were embossed with stars using VersaMark and clear EP.  The images were colored with Copic markers.  The bats and ghost are attached with wire and the spider's legs were cut off and replaced with wire.  The bats have Sparkly Fluff on them and the ghost has Crafty Sparkles.  A little Craft White was sponged on the bags before the spider and cat were attached to help them stand out.  The houses and tree are popped up on Dimensionals.  They each use two brads and black twine for closures.

Copic coloring:

Witch:  G20, V95, C1, V09, V06, V04, Y26, Y23, Y 21, 110  Moon:  W2, W1, W0, 0  Bat:  V09, V06, V04, RV32, 110  Houses:  C5, W1, Y11, 110  Tree:  YG63, YG03

Moon:  W2, W1, W0, 0  Ghost:  BG10, 110

 

Cat:  YR07, YR04, YR02, YG21, RV32, 110  Moon:  W2, W1, W0, 0 Fence:  W2, W1, W0 Bat:  V09, V06, V04, RV32, 110

 A Crafty Little Place ~ Make it Spooky
A Spoonful of Sugar ~ Let's Get Punchy
Anything Goes Challenge Blog ~ Halloween

Cards for Men ~ Anything Goes (As Long As It's Male)

Craft Your Passion Challenges ~ Add Glitter or Sparkles

Crafty Creations Challenges ~ Halloween or Autumn

Crafty Purple Frog Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Created Byhand Challenge ~ Spooky Spiders or Monochromatic with a Touch of Black

Frosted Designs ~ Holiday Treats

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge ~ Let's Go Batty

Little Red Wagon ~ Halloween
Lots to Do ~ Halloween

OLLCB ~ Scary Stuff

One Stop Craft Challenge Blog ~ Anything Goes

Our Daily Bread Designs ~ Sparkle, Dies / Punches or Texture It
Paper Playtime ~ Halloween

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog ~ Black, Purple & Orange

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge ~ Happy Halloween with Orange and Black
Simon Says Stamp and Show ~ Show Something Spookay
Simple Doodles ~ Shape it Out

Tellen's Place ~ Dark and Creepy or Anything Halloween

The ABC Challenge ~ G is for Glitter
The Creative Cottage Challenge Blog ~ Embossing

Top Tip Tuesday ~ Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss ~ Ooo Spooky
Totally Papercraft Challenge ~ Bling it On
Tuesday Taggers ~ Deep Purple Halloween
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Halloween! 

Tam

SUPPLIES

STAMPS:  OCL Spook-tacular; SU Good Neighbors, July Fourth
PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Basic Black
INK:  Black Soot Distress Ink; SU Craft White

ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Sizzix Bag with Scallops Die; Nestabilities Standard Circles Small; X-Acto knife; Glossy Accents; Quickie Glue Pen; OCL Eyelinder Black Sparkly Fluff, Sugar Crafty Sparkles; wire from my stash and wire cutters; SU Embossing Buddy; VersaMark; clear embossing powder; heat gun; Bazzill brads; black twine from my stash; paper piercer; 1/4" Scor~Tape; bone folder; Dimensionals; sponge

SALTY KISSES

Wow...there really are some fabulous challenges out there to get the ole creative juices flowing!  I had no idea!  I can already see I'm going to get hooked on them.  Just what I need...my hubby already thinks I stamp too much.  Ha!  I made this card to include the following challenges:

2 Sisters Challenge ~ Anything Goes
A Spoonful of Sugar ~ Lets Get Punchy
Cards for Men ~ Anything Goes (as long as it's male)

Club Anya & Friends  ~ Sketchin' it Up!  (http://clubanya.blogspot.com/2010/10/sketchin-it-up.html)

Crafty Purple Frog ~ Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenges ~ Anniversary

I Did it Creations ~ Surprise Me

Let's Ink It Up ~ Make a Scene

Lots To Do ~ Easel card
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge ~ So Long as it Flies
Pocket Full of Posies ~ Champagne & Roses
Simon Says Stamp! ~ Punch Em'
Simple Doodles ~ Shape it Out
Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge ~ Use die cuts or a punch
Top Tip Tuesday ~ Anything Goes

So...onto the card.  I used one of my all time OCL favs.  I realized I don't have any luvy duvy stamp sets but then I thought of this one.  I absolutely love Sandy Sunsets but have never actually stamped the people silhouettes before now.  Sheesh...what was I thinking!?!  This scene will make a beautiful anniversary card!  Hmmm...maybe even retirement?  Happy birthday?  The possibilities are endless!

Two masks were cut out of sticky notes; a circle for the sun and another to cover the beach.  *Hint*  Stamp directly onto your sticky note then cut the mask accordingly but don't discard the piece you cut; you'll use it later to mask the sky.  Once both masks were in place, I sponged Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust and Ruby Red for the sky.  The sun mask was removed leaving the beach mask in place.  The sun was softened by adding the same four colors as before starting with Apricot Appeal.  The beach mask was removed and the sky mask was put into place.  The beach was sponged with Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip.  Itty Bitty Backgrounds was stamped for the sand in Close to Cocoa not inking every time.

The sky mask was removed and the people, palm tree, grass and seagulls were stamped in Black Soot using a Stamp-a-ma-jig.  A white gel pen was used to add highlights to the stamped images.  The second panel uses the same four inks as stated above also using sticky notes for masks.  To tie it all together, I used a black marker to extend the horizon from the main image.

The background "ocean", was sponged with Bordering Blue, Not Quite Navy and Night of Navy.  The waves were made with a white gel pen, a mat pack and paper piercing tool was used to poke holes in the corner for the brads, twine was wrapped and tied around the card and the main panel was popped up with Dimensionals.   For the inside "beach" panel, I sponged Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip leaving an area of white to write a greeting.  The sentiment was cut using a Spellbinders die and also sponged with the same three colors.  Both the panel and the sentiment were stamped with Itty Bitty Backgrounds in Close to Cocoa without inking every time.  Another brad was added to the sentiment and it was popped up with Dimensionals.  Everything was layered with Basic Black CS.




Thanks for stopping by!

Tam

SUPPLIES

STAMPS:  OCL Sandy Sunsets; SU Itty Bitty Backgrounds

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Basic Black

INK:  Black Soot Distress Ink; SU Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Ruby Red, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Bordering Blue, Not Quite Navy, Next to Navy

ACCESSORIES:  Big Shot; Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 2; sticky notes; sponges; Stamp-a-ma-jig; black marker; white gel pen; SU mat pack & paper piercing tool; Bazzill brads; twine from my stash; Dimensionals

OCLDT36 - OH CROP!

Happy Saturday everyone!  Before we get started, I have some exciting news to share.  I was invited to be an Our Craft Lounge Guest Designer for the next couple of months.  Woohoo!  I'm very excited to work with these talented ladies!

Are you ready for a chance to win an OCL stamp set of your choice (details on the OCL blog)?  Grab your favorite OCL stamps and play along!  This week's layout was actually made as a scrapbook page.  It takes a certain kind of talent to scrapbook...and well, that's just not me.  Ha!  I like to relax when I craft, and scrapbooking just gets me all knotted up inside.  Kudos to all of you scrapbookers out there that make it look easy!  So, with that said, I made mine into a card.  Feel free to use the layout as a scrapbook page or card, but just don't forget to link it to the OCL blog!

I'm using the Bountiful Harvest set that I won during the last release blog hop.  Who doesn't love free stamps, right!?!  I started by stamping my images with Black Soot on Neenah CS and colored them with Copic markers.  I'm sooo glad I took Cami and Kisa's (OCL) class at our local scrapbooking store.  They taught us all about "Ts" and how to use them.  Toner Grays aren't just another gray...they add so much interest to your Copic coloring by adding shadows and dimension.  If you have them and haven't used them, dig them out and give them a try!  If you don't have them, you might think about getting a few...you won't be disappointed.

The apples/basket and sentiment were cut out using Spellbinders dies.  Don't you just love that sentiment?  I think this would make an awesome belated fall birthday card!  The DP is My Mind's Eye and the layers are Early Espresso.  I punched coordinating DP with a photo corner punch, added ribbon and a brad.  The photo corner and apples are popped up on Dimensionals.

Copic coloring:

Tractor:  R08, R05, R02, T5, T4, T3, T2, T1, T0  Grass:  YG95, YG91, YG45, G20  Sky:  B10, 0  Apples and basket:  R08, R05, R02, YG45, E37, E34, E33

After a conversation with some friends yesterday, I decided to see what challenges I could find online.  I had no idea there were so many challenges going on!  Wowsers!!!  I actually found a few that I could enter my card in:

Craft Your Days Away ~ 1 circle, 2 DPs & 3 ribbons
2 Sisters Challenge ~ Anything Goes
Mark's Finest Paper ~ Die cuts or a punch
Stampin' for the Weekend ~ Halloween/Fall

Thanks for stopping by!

Tam

SUPPLIES
STAMPS:  OCL Bountiful Harvest
PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Early Espresso; My Mind's Eye Delightful "So Sweet" Falling Flowers, Delightful "Unique" This is Me DP
INK:  Black Soot Distress Ink
ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles, Big Scalloped Circles, Labels Two; Glossy Accents; EK Success photo corner punch; ribbon from Ben Franklin; brad from my stash; Dimensionals

OCLDT35 - FAREWELL TO SUMMER

Good morning and happy Sunday!  Woot woot...happy dance time!  I got caught up on the OCL challenges this weekend.  Three, count them, three cards finished and posted!  I'm actually pretty impressed because we've been in and out all weekend.  My hubby and a friend are out Salmon fishing right now so I had time to work on the third.  For this challenge I chose OCL's The Art of Nature.  I guess you can consider this my farewell to summer.  *sniff*

I teamed this image and DP up on another card and liked it so much, I used them again.  For two cards that use so many of the same elements, they are very different side-by-side.  The image was stamped on Neenah Solar White and colored with Copic markers.  It was cut out and layered on Neenah and Basic Black CS (after I used an EK Success border punch on it).  I tied a bow off to the side and stamped the sentiment on a tag.  The flower was the finishing touch on the card.  It was punched four times with an EK Success flower punch, sponged with Barely Banana, crinkled up then used a mat pack and paper piercer to punch holes using the button as a guide.  A Black twine bow is holding the flower together.

Copic coloring:

Barn:  R08, R05, R02, T5, T4, T3, T2, T1, 0  Fence:  N4, N2, N0  Flowers:  Y15, Y13, Y11, RV32, V09, V06, V04, YG03, G99, YG95 YG91  Trees:  G99, YG95, YG91, YG03  Ground:  G99, YG95, YG91, YG03, E55, E53, E00  Sky:  BG15, BG10

Thanks for stopping by!

Tam

DETAILS

STAMPS:  OCL The Art of Nature

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Basic Black; SU Fall Flowers DP

INK: Black Soot Distress Ink; SU Barely Banana

ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; EK Success border and flower punches; SU small tag punch; ribbon from JoAnn's, SU mat pack and paper piercer; black button from my stash; black twine from my stash; Pop dot; SU Dimensionals

OCLDT34 - GIVE THANKS

So far so good on the challenge I made myself...to catch up on the October challenges at OCL (details on thier blog).  For this one, I'm focusing on Thanksgiving with the Shades of Fall set.  This is my first time inking it up and it was so quick to color...totally LOVED it!  What a fun layout challenge too!

The main image was stamped on Neenah Solar White and colored with Copic markers.  I dirtied it up a bit by sponging Walnut Stain while it was still in the Spellbinders die.  The single leaf is also from the set and after it was colored, I cut it out and bent the tips up a bit then put it on a Pop Dot.  The sentiment was also distressed with Walnut Stain and I added a single, silver brad and Dimensionals.  I teamed up fall DP with, believe it or not, Halloween DP and layered everything in Basic Black.  There was just enough orange in it that I thought it might work.  I tied on a silver mesh bow and called it good.

Copic coloring:

Background leaves:  G82, G40, Y38, Y21, Y19  Popped up leaf:  YR18, YR16, YR14, 100

Thanks for stopping by!

Tam

DETAILS
STAMPS:  OCL Shades of Fall
PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Basic Black; Basic Grey Indian Summer DP; SEI Spooks DP
INK:  Black Soot, Walnut Stain Distress Ink
ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Spellbinders; ribbon from Wal-Mart; brad from my stash; Pop Dot; SU Dimensionals

OCLDT33 - SANDY SUNSETS

Wow, how did I let myself get so far behind in the OCL challenges?  My goal this weekend is to get caught up.  I can do this!  There's only three...that's not so bad, right?  Ha!  We'll see how far I can get.  I made this card for Kris, the guy who does my hair.  He recently took a trip to Hawaii so I wanted to make a birthday card that would remind him of his trip.  I immediately thought of the Sandy Sunsets stamp set.  It's one of my OCL favs!

The Creamy Caramel CS panel was sponged with Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip working towards the center but not going all the way.  I stamped one of the Itty Bitty Background stamps in Close to Cocoa randomly around the panel without inking every time.

A circle was punched out of a sticky note to use as a mask.  I placed it where I wanted my sun and used another large sticky note to mask the horizon.    I sponged Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust and Ruby Red for the sky.  The sun mask was removed leaving the large sticky note in place.  The same four colors were sponged on the sun to soften it a bit and to also create the thin strip for the background panel.  The happy birthday sentiment is from the OCL Coastal Wishes set.

Next I got a clean sticky note and masked the sky.  For my water, I sponged Bordering Blue, Ballet Blue, Not Quite Navy and Night of Navy not going all the way to the edge of the paper.  Then I sponged Creamy Caramel and Close to Cocoa going up to the water's edge.  The Itty Bitty Background was stamped again in Close to Cocoa for the speckled, sandy look on the beach.  Then I used a Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the trees, hammock, grass and seagulls.  To create the shadows for the trees and hammock, I sponged a little Chocolate Chip ink.  A white gel pen was used to put in the foam at the water's edge and highlight the trees, hammock, grass and seagulls.  A Basic Black marker was used to add a few shadows on the trees and grass.

To finish, everything was layered with Basic Black CS, a sailor's knot was tied by following this awesome tutorial and the main image was popped up on Dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tam

DETAILS

STAMPS:  OCL Sandy Sunsets, Coastal Wishes; SU Itty Bitty Backgrounds
PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Basic Black, Creamy Caramel
INK:  Ranger Black Soot; SU Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Ruby Red, Bordering Blue, Ballet Blue, Not Quite Navy, Next to Navy
ACCESSORIES:  Creative Memories corner punch; sticky notes; sponges; Stamp-a-ma-jig; SU 1 3/8 circle punch; white gel pen; EK Success punch; SU Basic Black marker; twine from my stash; Dimensionals

SNOWY EXCHANGE

Here's another entry for the Penny Black Octoberfest challenge.  I just love these little hedgehogs, don't you?  They are just so adorable!  I colored it over the weekend and it sat on my desk all week...taunting me every time I walked by.  I struggle the most with layout and I just couldn't figure out what I wanted to do with it.  I told my friends I was hoping the layout fairies would show up in the middle of the night to finish it for me...but dang...no such luck!  Talk about bummed!

I (finally) decided to use the same paper as my Very Merry Christmas card and make a gift set out of them so watch for a couple more cards like these in the next few days/weeks.

The image is from the Jolly Friends set and was stamped on Neenah Solar White and colored with Copic markers.  I used sparkly fluff on the umbrella and also the ground (I was going for a light snow cover, but I'm not so sure I pulled it off).  The red die-cut used as a background for the hedgies is Labels Four from Spellbinders.  Before it was removed from the die, I sponged Blush Blossom then Cherry Cobbler.  The snowflake is also Spellbinder's and sponged with Baja Breeze.  After it was sponged, it was VersaMarked and sprinkled with a mixture of Heat & Stick Powder and Iridescent Ice embossing powder.

**Confession time...I keep most of my powders in sandwich-size containers because I find it easier/faster to apply/clean up than paper or the little trays.  Anyway, I was adding to my stash of Heat & Stick Powder when I realized I goofed and dumped Iridescent Ice into it instead.  *sigh*  I didn't want to throw it all out and start over, so I figured I would give it a try to see what would happen.  I kinda like the effect I got with it.  This is one mistake that turned out ok...whew!**

There isn't much more to talk about on this card.  I glued a red rhinestone in the center of the snowflake and tied a little bow on the panel.  I popped the colored image up on Dimensionals to finish it off.

Copic coloring:

Hedgehogs:  R02, E02, E00, E37, E34, E33, 0  Umbrella:  R37, R35, R32  Gifts:  G82, G40, YG91, R35, R32  Ground:  YG97, YG95, YG91, 0  Sky:  BG10, 0

Thanks for stopping by!

Tam

DETAILS

STAMPS:  Penny Black Jolly Friends

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Cherry Cobbler; SEI Kris Kringle DP

INK:  Ranger Black Soot; SU Blush Blossom, Cherry Cobbler, Baja Breeze

ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Spellbinders; sponge; OCL Sugar Sparkly Fluff; Quickie Glue Pen; SU Heat & Stick powder/Iridescent Ice EP; ribbon from Ben Franklin's; rhinestone from JoAnn's; SU Dimensionals

WISH

So we have another birthday today...my friend from work is turning 30!  Happy bday, Tina!!!  I broke out my Bloomin' Beautiful set to make her a card.  I haven't inked it up in a long time and I've always only watercolored it.  This time I used my Copic markers and I really like how it turned out!

It was actually pretty easy to create.  The hardest part was placement of the butterflies.  Once I got them where I wanted, I masked them so I could stamp the poppy from Bloomin' Beautiful.

I colored everything with Copics not forgetting the shadow under my resting butterfly.  I used the out-of-the-box technique when I cut the image down to size.  I used two pieces of Old Olive (one of my fav SU colors!), ran them through my Big Shot with a leafy embossing folder then sponged some Old Olive around the edges (it's very subtle...if I were to do it again, I think I might go with Always Artichoke so it would stand out a little).

I layered everything with black card stock and started assembling it on my Cajun Craze panel.  Before adhering the small Old Olive piece, I used my mat pack and paper piercer and made three holes for the brads.  I used two sizes of tag punches and the word "wish" from the Small Script set.

The bow is from one of the jumbo wired ribbons I bought at Costco (it's 1.5 inches wide and has 50 yards on it).  I think I'm set for life with this stuff.  Ha!  Lastly, I popped the butterfly/flower image up on Pop Dots and the tag on Dimensionals.

The inside stamps are from Happy Everything and one more CC Designs butterfly.  These butterflies are so quick to color and really stand out!

Copic coloring:

Flower:  YR18, YR04, YR00, Y19, YG95, YG91  Butterflies:  Y19, Y15, YR04  Shadow:  C3, C1

Thanks for stopping by!

Tam


DETAILS
STAMPS:  CC Designs Butterfly; SU Bloomin' Beautiful, Small Script, Happy Everything
PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Basic Black, Old Olive, Cajun Craze
INK:  Ranger Black Soot; SU Old Olive
ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Cuttlebug EF; sponge; SU tag punches; SU mat pack and paper piercer; Bazzill brads; Pop Dots; SU Dimensionals; Costco ribbon

VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

Happy Saturday!  My friend emailed me a link to Penny Black's Octoberfest challenge.  The challenge rules are to create a card using stamps from the Christmas 2010 catalog.  The grand prize is $100 in Penny Black stamps and you can enter as many times as you want.  Sweet!

This card uses stamps from the Jolly Friends set.  That little snowman is too stinkin' cute!

The panels and snowflakes were cut out with Spellbinders dies and sponged while still in the die.  The main panel was stamped with Ranger Black Soot and colored with Copic markers.  The bird and snowman were masked so the snowflakes could be added.  The bird's hat has Sugar Sparkly Fluff and the snowman's has Daiquiri Ice and Sugar Sparkly Fluff from OCL (love that stuff!).  The berries on the plant and the snowman's nose have Glossy Accents on them, the snowman is covered with Distress Stickles and the sentiment is from the SU Short & Sweet set.  I finished the card off with a little bow and Spellbinders snowflake.

Copic Coloring

Snowman:  RV10, R37, R35, R32, BG10, YG95, YG91, 0  Snow:  BG10  Bird:  RV10, R37, R35, R32, B01, BG10, Y38, 0

Thanks for stopping by!

Tam




DETAILS
STAMPS:  Penny Black Jolly Friends; SU Short & Sweet
PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Cherry Cobbler; SEI Kris Kringle DP
INK:  Ranger Black Soot; SU Baja Breeze
ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Spellbinders; Clear Rock Candy Distress Stickles; Glossy Accents; sponge; OCL Sugar and Daiquiri Ice Sparkly Fluff; Quickie Glue Pen; ribbon from Ben Franklin's; gem from JoAnn's; SU Dimensionals

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EARL!

A new challenge just started today at Doodle Dragon Studios and will run through October 16th.  It's the Macho, Macho Man challenge.  To play along, you just need to use a DDS image and make the card masculine...no flowers, no bling.  Hmmm...I wonder how they feel about Sparkly Fluff and Distress Stickles.  Ha!

This challenge couldn't have come at a better time since my hubby's step-dad just celebrated his 88th birthday!  He's finally home from the hospital / nursing home after about 3-4 weeks.  He had emergency surgery and when he was well enough, he was transferred to the nursing home so he could go through daily physical therapy.  He hated every minute of it!

I printed the Dustin Pike freebie digi (gotta love those freebies, huh?) on Neenah Solar White.  This cute little party animal was colored with Copic markers and I used the out-of-the-box technique to cut him out.  The candle's flame and balloons have Glossy Accents on them and the hat has Sparkly Fluff and Distress Stickles.  The sentiment and Basic Black CS is from Stampin' Up.  The DP is from City Park.  The brown DP was put through my Big Shot with a Cuttle Bug EF to give it texture.

Copic coloring:

Bear:  E55, E53, E37, E34, E33, N6, N4, N2  Cupcake:  RV17, RV11, RV10, Y38, YR00, Y13, Y11  Party hat & balloons:  Y38, YR00, YG23, YG21, RV11, RV10, Y13, Y11  Box:  BG15, BG10, RV17  Ground:  C3, C1  Sky:  BG10, 0

Thanks for stopping by!

Tam

DETAILS

STAMPS:  Dustin Pike digital image; SU Short & Sweet

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Basic Black; Balboa Park DP by City Park (both sides)

INK:  Ranger Black Soot

ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Spellbinders; Cuttlebug embossing folder; EK Success punch; Glossy Accents; OCL Lemon Drop Yellow Sparkly Fluff; Ranger Spiced Marmalade Distress Stickles; Quickie Glue Pen; paper snips

MORNING GLORY

I'm back with another card for World Card Making Day.  Paulette at Create with TLC posted a challenge on her blog; to create a card, bookmark, scrapbook page, etc. with her digi bird and word art.  I haven't done a TLC challenge before so this was pretty cool.  This is what I came up with.

The image was cut out using Spellbinders dies and colored with Copic markers.  I sponged a little SU Almost Amethyst on the word art panel.  Tied a bow with wired ribbon I bought at Costco and added a couple Bazzill brads to finish it off.

Copic coloring:


Bird:  B06, B05, B04, E15, T6, T5, T4, T3, T1  Fence:  E37, E34, E33  Flowers:  B60, YG23, YG21  Ground:  G99, YG95, YG91, 0  Sky:  BG10, 0


Thanks for stopping by!

Tam

DETAILS
STAMPS:  Create with TLC digi image and word art
PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Basic Black, Almost Amethyst; SU DP
INK:  SU Almost Amethyst
ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Spellbinders; sponge; Costco ribbon; Bazzill brads; square foam

GINGERBREAD HOLIDAYS

Happy World Card Making Day!  I didn't even know there was such a thing until a few days ago.  How cool is that!?!  So naturally I'm spending my day (at least part of it) making a card (or two)! *wink*  I want to scoop up on the awesome deal that Dustin Pike is offering on his blog...post a card made with any of his digi images on the WCMD website and send him the link.  In return, you can purchase 100+ images for only $10.  The offer is only good for today though, so hurry!

This little gingerbread guy is just too cute!  Ah heck, all of his images are!  The image was colored with Copic markers and cut out using a Spellbinders die.  I sponged a little SU Creamy Caramel around the edges while it was still in my Nestie.  The candy cane, buttons and nose all have Glossy Accents on them.  The holly and berries are cut out with Sizzix Holly & Berries die, colored with Copic markers and popped up with Pop Dots and SU Dimensionals.  The SU Creamy Caramel CS was ran through my Big Shot with a Sizzix Holly & Berries Texture Plate for a nice, subtle texture.  I layered everything and added a few brads I picked up at JoAnn's.

Copic coloring:


Gingerbread:  E37, E34, E33, Y23, Y21, R08, R05, R02  Candy cane:  R08, R05, R02  Shadows/outline:  C3, C1, N0  Holly leaves/berries:  G28, G24, G21, R08, R05, R02


Thanks for stopping by!


Tam


DETAILS
STAMPS:  Dustin Pike digital image
PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; SU Handsome Hunter, Creamy Caramel, Real Red
INK:  SU Creamy Caramel
ACCESSORIES:  Copic markers; Big Shot; Sizzix Holly & Berries die, Holly & Berries Texture Plate; Spellbinders; sponge; Glossy Accents; 2-way Glue Pen; Pop Dots; SU Dimensionals