Challenge #87 at Kitty Bee Designs

At Kitty Bee Designs, Challenge #87 is Anything Goes w/optional twist: something new. Here is my project-

I actually don't mind making Christmas cards after Christmas, as all my supplies are still out and available for me to use. A friend of mine has already put "dibs" on this one! The new portion of this card is the die-I got this on clearance at Frantic Stamper!

Here are the materials I used-

1. Image: Cold Xmas Days (Ppinkydolls), colored with Copics.
2. Paper: patterned paper (Authentique Glad Tidings stack), red cardstock (Michaels).
3. Die: Tim Holtz Sizzix thinlit Alterations ovals.
4. Embellishments: ribbon, snowflake (stash).

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SoSS Stencil Challenge

I was so thrilled to see this challenge at Sisterhood of Snarky Stamps-S is for Stencils! I've had the stamp, the clip art, the stencil, all ready and waiting to put this idea together! Yeah, a year later and it's done-ha!

Here it is:

For Christmas, my hubby got me the PERFECT little compressor for my Copic markers. The stencil is from The Crafters Workshop and is a 6 x 6 size. I used R37 and a YR 27 for the flames, and Y08 for the internal flames and the sentiment box. B000 colored the sky.  I found the roller coaster on the internet somewhere (it was a while back). The sentiment is by Riley & Co., which besides being funny is also all too true! My friend Reva is complaining about hot flashes, so she'll get a big kick out of this card!

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I hope you've had a wonderful Holiday Season! Here is a card I made for you-

Isn't that little snow bunny mischievious? I wouldn't trust him with that pile of snow balls right beside him! You can find this image here. He was colored with Copics. I used Frantic Stamper Reverse Snowfall die and Frantic Stamper Stitched Scene die to make snow covered hills. The stamp is from Unity Stamp Co. and the grey snowflakes are Beistle Snowflake Confetti, at Amazon. The snowflakes came in white, grey, and really pretty iridescent pinky lavender.

I hope you enjoyed my card!

December Spotlight at Kitty Bee Designs

Hello! Today is my spotlight Day at Kitty Bee Designs, and here is the card I made for you!

Here are the materials I used:

1. Image: Curious Kitty (Kitty Bee Designs), colored with Copics. 
2. Dies: Square Cross Stitch (Lawn Fawn), Santa hat (Cricut).
3. Paper: red, tan & green cardstock (scrap stash), patterned papers (Authentique Tidings Christmas pad).
4. Stamp: sentiment (Twinkle on, Technique Tuesday).
5. Embellishments: red glitter (Stickles), white Amplify (Neon).

I hope you enjoyed this card!

Challenge # 85-Thanks/Be thankful

Welcome to Challenge #85 at Kitty Bee Designs, and our theme is Thanks. We are sponsored by-

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Here is my project:

Here is a list of materials-

1. Image: Puppy Love (A Day for Daisies), colored with Copics.
2. Dies: Dogs (Impression Obsession), bone (Buster, Elizabeth Crafts Designs).
3. Paper: gold dot (Antique Dots, My Mind's Eye), rust & brown cardstock (stash).
4. Stamp: sentiment (Friends set, Hero Arts), Versafine Onyx Ink.

I hope you like this card, and thanks for visiting!

November Spotlight

Hello! Today is my spotlight day at Kitty Bee Designs, and here is a project I made for you!

Here is a list of materials I used:

1. Image: Happy Birthday Cat Cake (Kitty Bee Designs), colored with Copic markers.
2. Paper: patterned paper (DCWV Pet Stack), beige, terra cotta cardstock (stash).
3. Dies: Classic Edges (Spellbinders)
4. Stamps:sentiment (Paper Smooches, Nine Lives), Versafine Onyx Ink.
5. Embellishment: gold I-rocks, white Neon Amplify (hat and cake icing).

I'm going to send this to my brother for his birthday, as he is such a cat person! This resembles his cat Grady.

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Happy Halloween at Kitty Bee Designs

Hello! Time for a spooky Halloween challenge at Kitty Bee Designs! Enter the challenge and you can win digi's from-

or

Here is my project:

Here are the materials I used:

1. Image: Who is Your Mummy (Sasayaki Glitter), colored with Prismacolor pencils.
2. Die Cuts: Cricut Design Space.

I wanted to add this mummy to the graveyard scene to make something different. I'll put a cute sentiment on the inside (something like "You're really starting to unravel now!". This will go to my friend up in Idaho, as we both lament to each other that we're falling apart!

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Pink Halloween?

At the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers, the theme is Pink Halloween. Frickin' hard to think up a Halloween card with pink, don't ya' think? But I did, and here is my card-

Once I had the pink idea, I started off embossing black cardstock with a Cuttlebug folder called "Skeleton Scroll". I used a glue stick over the embossed areas and used gold foil to highlight the design. The skeletons, gold wig, and wine glass were all cut with my Cricut out of Design Space. The sentiment was computer generated with a speech bubble stamped over it and fussy cut out. And the BRIGHT pink cardstock was a scrap out of my stash (good riddance-I HATE pink!). I know enough wine drinkers to send this card to!

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October Spotlight

Hello! Today is my spotlight day at Kitty Bee Designs, and here is a project I made for you!

Here is a list of materials I used:

1. Image: Salt & Pepper kitties (Kitty Bee Designs), colored with Copic markers. If the image isn't in the shop, you can request it!
2. Paper: Eerie (Basic Grey), brown, white cardstock (stash).
3. Ribbon: pumpkins (American Crafts).
4. Dies: Nested Bats (Spellbinders)
5. Stamps: Trick or Treat (Unity Stamp Co., Frightful Sentiments), Boo! (Mark's Finest Paper, Mini Broom Ride). 
6. Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Spiced Marmalade (Ranger).

I'm going to send this to my brother, who has two orange tabbys named Otis & Grady. I colored these kitties to resemble them!

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Kitty Bee Designs Happy Birthday Challenge!

Welcome to Challenge #81 at Kitty Bee Designs, and our theme is Birthdays! We are sponsored by-

 

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Here is my project:

Here's the materials I used to make this card:

1. Image: Carlie with Flowers (Make it Crafty), colored with Copics.
2. Papers: white, pale teal cardstock (stash), flower pattered cardstock (We R Memory Keepers, Simply Spring 6x6 pad).
3. Dies: Classic Edges One, Classic Decorative Inserts Three (Spellbinders).
4. Embossing Folder: Decorative Tile set (Cuttlebug)
5. Stamp: Happy Birthday (Avery Elle, Thanks a Bunch set).

Make sure to enter our challenge to win some awesome digi's of your choice!

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Guest Designer

Hello! Today I'm the guest designer at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers, and the challenge is...

I dearly love the Sisterhood. I love making funny, snarky cards. This one is more funny than snarky-

and on the inside-

My husband loved this card-it's one of the few times hes belly laughed one of my cards.

Here's the materials I used:

1. Image: Retro woman on phone (Graphic's Fairy).
2. Paper: coral cardstock, coral polka dot, white cardstock (Stash).
3. Ribbon: black & white gingham (Offray, Jo-Anns).

 I made a second card, just because I wanted a choice of what to submit-

 The sentiment is computer generated and I added the Art Impressions Wine Diva stamp and colored her with Copics. The blue cardstock is from Recollections, as is the kraft base. The background I stamped with the Paper Smooches set Hot Concoctions with Memento's Rich Cocoa ink. Such a fun card!

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I'm also entering this at Naughty or Nice Challenges.

Trying a new Technique...

At Shopping our Stash the challenge is to try a new technique. The inside of the card was a toughie as I didn't want the inside totally embossed!

To make the papers I inked up my Darice falling leaves embossing folder (the raised side) with a Stampin' Up multi-color ink pad called Pumpkin Patch. The paper was then ran through the embossing machine and I got the result you see! I used Bittersweet Twine, craft leaves, and an acorn (cut with Art Philosophy) for my focal point. The inside was made as the front but made with a diagonal pattern only on the long corners, so a blank non-textured space is left for a sentiment or hand written note. I had to send the paper through twice to get the corners embossed. ETA: To get the diagonal corners like this, I inked up the embossing folder on the diagonal, and then carefully laid the paper over it on the diagonal also, with the main portion hanging outside the embossing folder. I used my Big Shot, as the Cuttlebug is too small for diagonal layouts. But I could have done a straight 2 inch edge in the Cuttlebug on each end.

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Kitty Bee Designs & A Random Fan

It's that time of year again-Back to School! Kitty Bee Designs Challenge is Back to School, and our sponsors are:

 A Random Fan
 
And Sami Stamps!

Here is my project-

Here is a list of materials I used:

1. Image: School First (A Random Fan). Colored with Prismacolor pencils.
2. Paper: all cardstock from the Paper & Glue collection (Echo Park).
3. Stickers: apple & sentiment from the Paper & Glue collection (Echo Park).
4. Embellishments: 1/8" white Offray ribbon, Imaginese I-rock white dots.

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DT Spotlight at Kitty Bee Designs

Hello! Today is my spotlight at Kitty Bee Designs, and I'm here with a Lady Bug thank you card that is great for any occasion!

I used the Ladybug from Kitty Bee Designs, printed it off with a toner copier, and used a heat laminator to red foil the outline (here is a great tutorial for this)-

I used Copics to color the ladybug, and adhered her to the cross stitched circle by Lawn Fawn. The red gingham paper is Creative Memories (along with the ladybug stickers) I've had for years! The ribbon is Offray (Jo-Anns), and the thank you deboss die cut is Spellbinders Sentiments 6 using Versafine Onyx ink.

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SoSS I is for Inappropriate

It has been far too long that I've played in any challenges. So when I saw the theme at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers I knew I had to play!

I absolutely love their challenges, and here is my project-

and then the inappropriateness (if you don't like profanity, please go no further)

I'm going to send this card to my brother so he can forward it on to his boss at work. She is such a twit!

Here are the materials I used to make this card:

1. Stamps: Outside sentiment, Helen & Alice (Funny Bones by Riley & Co.), inside sentiment (Snarky Stamps for Paper Issues.) Versafine Onyx ink.
2. Paper: Theresa Collins Memorabilia 6x6 pad, grey, teal cardstock (stash).
3. Ribbon: American Crafts.
4. Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug

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Kitty Bee Designs Challenge #77-All About Animals

Welcome! The challenge at Kitty Bee Designs today is All About Animals and our sponsor is Aurora Wings!

Here is my project-

I chose this adorable Christmas Pup from Aurora Wings for my card. I used Copics to color him (E01, E33 E34, E51 for pup, R35, R43, R46 for the hat & candy cane) and chose a very simple design to show how cute he is! The background paper is from Papermania Forever Friends Christmas Kraft Notes, and I cut an extra stocking from the remnants to insert in the center. And since I'm on a mission to use up my scraps, the sentiment cardstock is from my stash. The sentiment is from Unity Stamp Co. and stamped with Versamark Onyx ink. I also used American Crafts red & white twine to cover up a dotted line that the stockings hang from.

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For You Cow

Hello! Today is my spotlight day at Kitty Bee Designs, and I would like to share this card with you!

The background paper is some old Creative Memories that I'm trying to use up! In fact, I'm trying to make it a mission of mine to use up my stash instead of buying new. The paper is two sided-the solid green and the flowered side, which makes it easy to use because it already coordinates. The image is Kitty Bee's For You Cow, which I colored with my Copics. The sentiment was cut with MFT's fishtail banner die, and Unity Stamp Co. (Summer Girl set) was used along with Versafine Onyx ink. The flower is from my stash (it was light yellow and I colored it with Copics) as is the button I added for the center.

Thank you for joining me!

Kitty Bee Designs Challenge #75-Summer Fun

At Kitty Bee Designs, our new Aloha Friday challenge is Summer Fun! Make a project that shows all the joys of summer, and you might win some digital images from our sponsors-

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Here is my project-

Here is a list of materials I used:

1. Image: Scrap'n'dipity Teddy Bear Picnic, colored with Copics.
2. Sentiment: Unity Stamp Co. (Your heart & my heart grab bag). Black Onyx Versafine ink.
3. Twine: American Crafts.
4. Paper: unknown.

I thought this little guy was so cute, and who doesn't like to picnic in the summer?

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Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight post-June

Hello! Today I'm sharing with you a masculine birthday card using the Hello Pup from Kitty Bee Designs!

I colored the image with Copics, and used My Favorite Things Dies (Stitched Squares, Stitched circles) to cut out the sentiment (Avery Elle, Thanks a Bunch set) and image. I have no idea who made the large plaid paper because it's been in my stash forever! The sand cardstock is Bazzill, dark grey is Recollections, light grey is DCWV Black Currant stack. I also added a small bit of glue to the dog tag and used gold decofoil to make the tag nice and shiny. I didn't add any additional embellishments because guys really don't care about those things-thank goodness. Nice & Simple!

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V is for Vroom!

At  Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers, the challenge is V for Vroom! Make a project with two or four wheels, and here is my project:

I wanted to do something different, so I chose an easel card. There are a ton of tutorials out there if you've never made one. Here's the process I did:

1. Make easel card. I used Wild Asparagus cardstock.
2.  I covered the easel portion with the blue polka dot paper, and added clouds from the Cricut Groovy Times cartridge. The motorcycle is also on the same cartridge, and this was cut @ 2 3/4" out of scrap paper.
3. The easel "stop" I made by stamping the road from Papertrey Inks School Time set onto black cardstock, and embossing in white. Use pop dots to elevate the road.
4. Sentiment is from my OLD Creative Memories Mod collection, cut in half and positioned on right hand side of card.

It's kinda fun making a different type of card, don't you agree?