Another entry

I finished another entry for the contest on InStyle Stamps blog - this one was a lot harder to color because the Super mom image was a lot smaller! What fun though! The contest ends TODAY!
Supplies
Stamp: Supermom image (InStyle stamps)
Ink: printer, adirondack pitch black for distressing
Paper: Real red, basic black (SU)
Coloring: Copics: BG10, E00, W-3 SU markers: Real read, basic black

Mothers day contest

I couldn't resist entering this contest - In Style stamps has some really cute images! On their blog - they are having a contest using an image they provide. The contest is to make a project or a card for mothers day using this image. What a CUTE supermom image!!!!!!

I made this Wish-book for my mom for mothers day (mom- don't read this post!!!). I figured that because she is such a great mom, she deserves a notebook to write down her wishes in! I got some inspiration for this wish book from Shaela - she has made some really cute wish books with her bind it all. What a great idea for any deserving mom this Mothers day!

The Instyle image is a digital image (This image is copyright InStyle Stamps) that I made big enough to fit on the 5x7 notebook. The notebook has 4 dividers and about 10 pieces of paper between each divider. The dividers were covered in blue and pink paper (alternating).

The image was colored with my copics and cut out with paper snip scissors. The cover was covered in Basic Gray euphoria paper and there were strips of ribbon (SU Pretty in Pink and Offray white) attached to the paper near the top and right above Wishes.
Supplies
Stamps: InStyle stamps Supermom image, Unity Just my type
Ink: Printer and Adirondack pitch black
Paper: BG Euphoria for covers, unknown pink/blue for inner dividers
Copics: E00, E37, R20, B23, W-5, W-1, W-3, B32, RV42
Accessories: 3/4" bind it all wire, bind it all, nesties, ranger white pen

Cute card Thursday #55 and Thankful Thursday

InStyle Stamps has the cutest Anime line - they have adorable images! I love Daisy from InStyle - so cute! InStyle has Thankful Thursday sketches each week - very cute sketches each week too!

I combined this with Cute Card Thursday - the challenge this week is Marshmallows and chocolate -to use pink and brown.

I used Daisy from InStyle stamps for this one - matted her on some SU pink pirouette paper and layered her on some chocolate chip. I was really working the chocolate chip paper today! The pink behind her is sponged with momento rich cocoa ink along with one of the strips of paper at the bottom. I used my Thanks Cuttlebug folder and sponged some ink on the top to make the Thanks sentiment stand out.
Supplies
Stamp: Daisy (InStyle Stamps)
Paper: SU Chocolate chip, pink pirouette
Ink: Momento rich cocoa, adirondack pitch black
Copics: E37, R20, B02, YG67, YR31, E00, E57, RV42
Accessories: Thanks Cuttlebug folder, scor tape, corner rounder, nesties

A "few" Challenges

Today was a good crafting day! Dd cooperated and wanted to craft with me (and I made 1 card before she woke up and the layouts during nap time).

The first challenge is for InStyle stamps. They have the cutest new anime images (I just ordered 2) that I can't wait to get! They also have copic markers for a decent price! This Thankful Thursday sketch is from last Thursday. What a cute sketch - I kind of turned it on it's side, moved it around and made the oval work for me. Pam and Buster just really wanted to be inked up today! I couldn't find any flowers (I have a lot) to match the paper/coloring - so I made my own! I found a white prima and used my copic to color it to match Pam's dress.

I am also using this card to send in for Jen Tapler's blog candy/great cause candy. She is going to put together a bunch of cards and auction them off to raise money for the Alzheimer's association. What a great cause! Supplies
Stamp: Pam and Buster (In Style Stamps)
Paper: BG Marrakech
Ink: Adirondack pitch black
Copics: E51, E37, RV42, YR68, B32
Accessories: Prima, nesties

The second card is for a "recipe" challenge on Victoria Case's group on SNR - if you haven't been on SNR, why not try it out - it's free and there are fun challenges each month! This challenge has an AMAZING prize AND you don't have to use Victoria Case stamps if you don't own any (she has some great digitals that area quick to get in your inbox too) and you have the chance to WIN some of her adorable stamps!

I inked up Monster bedtime for this one. This challenge was HARD. We could only use 1 circle, 2 colors, 3 layers and 4 embellishments. I had a really hard time coloring the monster with just 2 colors, so I kind of cheated and used 2 different colors of brown - I don't think that is too bad!
Supplies
Stamps: Monster bedtime (Victoria Case)
Paper: BG bittersweet
Ink: Adirondack pitch black
Copics: RV42, E37, B02, Y28
Accessories: BG buttons, Bazzil primula petuna paper flowers, nesties

The next two layouts are for some sketch challenges. Jen Buck has started a CAS (clean and simple) sketch challenge each Sunday on her blog. I love how easy these layouts are to put together! This was one fun layout! Brought back memories - This was from when dh swore in to join the Coast guard - it was a rough day and I had been crying so the pictures of me aren't that great.

The second layout is for the Unity Scrapbook sketch challenge #6. What a cute sketch! I had fun - on the sketch it looks like just 1 picture is needed, BUT I altered the sketch a little to include a couple more pictures.

Supplies:
Stamps: Unity Feb and March KOTM, Serenity tree
Paper: Unknown white, blue; BG Granola
Ink: Adirondack pitch black

In Style Stamps Guest design call

InStyle Stamps has a Thankful Thursday sketch posted every Thursday. This past Thursday, they posted the sketch PLUS a call for a Guest designer for April and May!!!! I LOVE the style of InStyle stamps - they have some really cute rubber and digital stamps!

I used Suzie Q, one of InStyle's rubber stamps. She LOVES to shop as most of us do! I'm going to send this card to my mom who shops for me because I live on an island with no craft supplies. She picks up paper, refill blades for my cutter, and pretty much anything else I ask her to find for me - she is AMAZING!

I just love Basic Grey paper too - the Bittersweet was one of the first paper packs I purchased and I LOVE it! I love that the 6x6 paper packs have paper that matches so well together - it makes card making fun!
Supplies
Stamp: Suzie Q, Me2kit (Unity - sentiment)
Paper: BG Bittersweet
Ink: Adirondack pitch black
Copics: YR61, E08, Y28, RV42, E57, E00, E49, B95
Accessories: Sakura glitter pen, CTMH just blooms flower, unknown brad

3 in one

Well - I have been updating my blog more than once a day for the past week.. I'm sure people are tired of having to scroll all the way down my page to see everything I've done - so I'm putting 3 cards in this post.

The first project is a notebook using the InStyle Stamps Thankful Thursday sketch. I covered a little composition notebook for my lists that I write every day. I paper pieces Suzie Q's shopping bags to match the background paper. I just LOVE Suzie Q!

InStyle just released some ADORABLE anime images - check them out here! SO cute! I might "need" a couple or all of them soon!
Supplies
Stamp: Suzie Q (InStyle Stamps)
Ink: Adirondack pitch black
Paper: Unknown DP (from my stash)
Copics: W-3, B32, E51, Y21, Y28, BV23, YR16
Accessories: SU Real red ribbon, 1/2" Scor tape


The next card is a birthday card made for the Taylored Expressions Cupcake challenge #54. I got my Taylored Expressions Sweet Celebrations stamp in the mail yesterday! I bought it with my $10 gift certificate that I won from the Year of cupcakes celebration!

I wanted the cupcake to match the colors in the dot paper - so I colored it with pink, orange and brown.
Supplies
Stamp: Sweet Celebrations (Taylored Expressions)
Ink: Adirondack pitch black
Paper: SU Sweet Always
Copics: E57, BG10, E37, YR16, RV42, Y28, Y15
Accessories: Nesties, Yellow spica glitter pen

The last card is one I made for a Whimsy challenge on Paper craft planet - I will have the chance to win a $15 gift certificate for their store - you can play as many times as you want too! I just LOVE the whimsy animals - and she is releasing some new images soon too! You just have to create a Valentine card using Whimsy stamps. The eyes have a little bit of sparkle to them - I added it with my spica clear glitter pen.

Supplies
Stamp: Whimsy frog, Just so hoppy (sentiment - Gina K)
Paper: SU Bella Rose, Green from my stash
Ink: Adirondack pitch black
Accessories: BG buttons, Clear spica glitter pen

Sneak peek for InStyle stamps - digi stamps!

InStyle Stamps asked me to be a "Card of the Month designer" for this month - so when I received my dig image - I was SO excited! I got the CUTEST little image! InStyle has retro, anime and digi images on their site.

There should be another card that I created on the InStyle blog soon too!


Supplies
Stamp: Chick from InStyle stamps
Paper: Unknown from stash
Ink: printer ink
Copics: YR31, YR16, spica clear glitter pen

Etsy #22, Basic Grey and InStyle stamps!

More challenges! The first is Ashley's Etsy challenge for the week. Little Snuggle Bunny is the shop and she is giving away the most ADORABLE pink and brown blanket! I found this blanket and loved the colors in it, so used it for my card this week. I loved the black, orange and yellow flames and chose to use the same colors. I used a sketch challenge for this week's Basic Grey challenge, but didn't have any BG paper or stamps, so made another card for this weeks BG challenge. Supplies:
Stamps: Unity Tiny Trinity
Paper: Unknown
Ink: Adirondack pitch black
Copics: YR16, Y15

This card is my ALL TIME FAVORITE that I have made so far! I love how it came together! LOVE the colors and how they all worked together too! I made this one for the Basic Grey challenge this week. I just got the BG Bittersweet paper pack in the mail in the past week and have loved using it! It is for challenge #20, Follow the sketch. Obviously I loved the sketch because I used it for the Etsy challenge this week too!


Supplies:
Stamps: Unity Simply said, Unity Serenity tree
Paper: BG Bittersweet
Ink: Adirondack pitch black

This last card is for the InStyle stamps Thankful Thursday sketch. I used Pam (without Buster this time) and colored her with copics. I paper pieced her dress and her headband. I used the Basic Grey Eva paper for this card.

Supplies:
Stamps: InStyle Pam and Buster (without Buster)
Paper: BG Eva
Ink: Adirondack pitch black
Copics: RV42, E00, W1, Y21

In Style and Sketch Saturday

Sketch challenges really help with the crafting mojo! I did two more challenges this morning!

The first challenge is for InStyle's Thankful Thursday sketch. Love the sketch! I used InStyle Pam and Buster and colored her with copics. I had a paper pack from SU that I pulled out for the paper on this one.
Supplies:
Stamps: InStyle Pam and Buster, Unity Me2kit
Paper: Bazill bling, SU prints sampler
Ink: Adirondack pitch black
Copics: E57, R59, E00, Y21, RV42
Brads: Unknown

The second is for sketch Saturday's challenge. What a CUTE sketch and some GREAT examples under the sketch from the design team! This is sketch #35. This is the first time I've entered in this sketch challenge. I used a Victoria Case Design image. "A horse of course" is so fun to color!
Supplies:
Stamps: VCD A horse of course, Unity Birds of a feather
Paper: SU Prints sampler
Brads: Unknown
Ink: Adirondack Pitch black
Copics: BV23, C-1, W-1, W-3, RV29, E37, E57, YR31, G05, B02