Casing Emily

Today's Featured Stamper Challenge on SCS recognizes Emily (Artsy_Em). I chose this card of hers to CASE with the moon/animal theme. I used a bear instead of an owl and changed the layout and colors. My layout is from the Skipping Stones Design blog where Amy Sheffer has a fun new sketch! You have to check out her purse card...she enabled me to buy that set! Some people buy lots of shoes. Me? I buy purses! :-) But I digress! The moon was a Google image that I printed on Neenah Solar White CS, colored with Copics (Y00, Y13, Y15), and cut out. The bear is from Verve's new To the Moon set...so many adorable images! He was colored with Copics (E55, E57). I dug into my nearly forgotten supply of eyelets and found these stars that went with the card theme. Hope you're having a great Sunday...I'm going to watch some football...go Packers!
PAPER: Safari Chic by DCWV, Vintage Cream (PTI)
INK: Memento Rich Cocoa, Daffodil Delight

Analogous Heart

Love the curvy line in this Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge...a perfect layout to use some new Verve that came in the mail today! The heart is one of Julee's new A Cut Above dies that coordinates with her stamps. I sponged the edges in Blue Bayou ink, added faux stitching using a Tombow marker, stamped the Soft Swirl BG stamp and colored in the green hearts with a Copic marker. Oh...and added some tiny pearls and a prima. A quick CAS card which is also for Our Creative Corner's Challenge to use analogous colors (3 adjacent colors on the color wheel - I used 2 shades of blue and green).
STAMPS: Smallest Things Plain Jane by Verve, Soft Swirls BG by SU
PAPER: Two Scoops (BasicGrey), Blue Bayou (tiny strip above lace), Whisper White
INK: Blue Bayou, Versafine Onyx Black
ACCESSORIES: Verve heart die, Prima, Adhesive pearls, Tombow & Copic markers, Lace

Think Spring!

This card is for 5 challenges:
ODBD Shining Light Challenge - sketch
ODBD Stamping in Time - All God's creatures great and small
Raise the Bar - N.E.W. (Nestie/Embellishment/White)
Inkspirations Color Challenge - Blushing Bride, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz, White
Paper Cutz Challenge - It's Your Choice (any themes, any colors)
I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black on X-Press It Blending Card, colored with Copics then used a color spritzing tool (or a spitter as I call it) to spritz dark brown Tombow marker ink on it. The Early Espresso border is a new punch by EK Success called Chinese Knot Chain.
STAMPS: I Am the Way (ODBD)
PAPER: Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, Whisper White
ACCESSORIES: Oval Nesties, Label Sixteen Nesties, Color spritzing tool, MS butterfly punch, EK Success border punch, Embroidered trim, Ribbon (SU), Kaiser gold pearls

Barbie Inspired

Steph's Inspiration Challenge on SCS was to be inspired by a Barbie website. I chose this Dolly Forever designer doll and was inspired by the colors and those funky layered boots! A rolled felt flower was layered over a scallop circle then anchored with a button and yarn. I dusted off a stamp from the Terrific Tags punch box by SU that hadn't seen ink for a VERY long time and popped it with dimensionals. This qualifies for Jessie Rone's Forgotten Stamp Friday Challenge which is helping me with my new year's goal to regularly use some older stamps. Petals-a-Plenty EF by SU was used to emboss the Sahara Sand base layer. I layered 3 strips of large scalloped Raspberry Fizz (PTI) borders (EK Success punch) and added lace and black pearls. It's pretty much a CAS card...at least for me! It's a global warming temperature of 15 degrees tonight! Think it will be a night for wearing socks to bed! :-)

Sweet Emery

Orange you glad I finally inked up little Emery? He's a new Verve Plain Jane stamp and is just so much fun to color and add dimension! I used the colors for the Play Date Cafe Challenge: gray, green, orange and Sankari's wonderful sketch for the Viva la Verve Challenge on the SCS forum. The sentiment was punched from the DP. Thanks so much for stopping by...TGIF and I'm off work for the weekend (after working the past 2 weekends)! It's calling for really cold temps again, but all the better for stamping time!
STAMPS: Emery PJ (Verve), All Booked Up (PTI)
PAPER: Nana's Nursery (DCWV), Certainly Celery, Neenah Solar White, X-Press It Blending Card
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black
ACCESSORIES: Die from PTI, Grosgrain ribbon, Lace, MS doily lace border punch, Flower punch (from $1 bin at Mike's), Small flower punch (SU), Rhinestones, Copic markers - C1, C3, C5, RV10, RV11

Gradient Rose

Kim's Way to Use It Challenge on SCS is to use gradient coloring. I stamped the rose image by tapping the stamp on a Creole Spice Kaleidacolor pad and rotating the stamp so it was totally covered with ink. I then used 3 different very light shades of Copic markers (Y0000, YG0000, YR0000) to fill in the open spaces of the petals. The layout is for the Sketch & Stash Challenge.
STAMPS: Fifth Avenue Floral (SU), Delightful Dahlias (PTI) - leaves
PAPER: Curio DP (BasicGrey), Pumpkin Pie
ACCESSORIES: MS Doily Lace border punch, Lace, Kaiser gold pearls, sponge, Lacey circles Nesties, Foam dots

Hi There!

This is the card I made for MFT Wednesday Stamp Club challenge which includes a sketch. Paper-piecing and coloring with Copics was a quick way to bring this little PI girl to life! The sentiment and sun are from Verve sets. I especially love the sentiment circle with ends of the scallop punched RR paper peeking out. I filled in the blank space using a tiny flower stamp from the $1 bin at Mike's and used the small 4-petal flower punch (from SU's trio of punches) for the leaves. I added a tiny rhinestone to the center and added dots around the circle with a Tombow marker. This is also for the Creative Belli Challenge: the letter "P". This card includes purple, punches, polka dots, & patterned paper.
STAMPS: MFT Pure Innocence "Blooming Good Day", Happy Hello and Let it Shine (Verve)
PAPER: Cottage Wall DP (SU), Rich Razzleberry
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black
ACCESSORIES: Scallop punch (SU), Ribbon (SU), Oval scallop punch (SU), Circle punch