Happy Memorial Day to all my US friends!
A couple of weeks ago I was one of the winners at Tammy's Scrapin Corner and they asked me if I would like to do a Guest Designer spot for them. Well of course I said yes, any excuse to color!, and today that spot is here!
It's a super easy challenge, any image by any artist so that means "Anything Goes!"
Challenges:
Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
Pennys - Anything Goes
Great Impressions - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Auds Sentiments - Any Sentiment
Digi Doodle Shop - Spotty
Lili's Little Fairies - Not Square
Paper Crafting Journey - For a Child
Southern Girls - Die Cut/Punch (1 entry only)
Crop Stop - Doily
Guylou's - Doily
Totally Papercraft - Animals
Card Recipe:
Image - Lili of the Valley
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper and Border - Martha Stewart
Doily Die - English Tea Party by Cheery Lynn Designs
Label Die - Spellbinders
Pearl - The Paper Studio
Sentiment - Heidi Grace
The non-square cards are always a challenge for me but with the use of a couple a dies and a simple fold I really like how this one turned out.
So now it's time for you to create and share with us at Tammy's Scrapin Corner
Katie
I been admiring the fabulous cards on other blogs created with the gorgeous images from Saturated Canary but I hadn't taken the plunge as I was a little intimidated by the wonderful work I'd already seen. But when Krista opened her new store and offer a discount I decided to drop a few in my cart just to try them ;)
This is my very first attempt and I had to use my cheapo cardstock as at the moment my printer does not like the X-Press It and I haven't managed to coax it to print on it yet.
I loved the hair on this cutie so chose her as my first.
Challenges:
Bunny Zoes - Anything Goes
Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
One Stitch at A Time - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Saturated Canary - Flowers
The Hybrid Chic - Flowers
Ribbon Carousel - Flowers and something Spooled (the lace)
Karen's Doodles - Stitching (I chose faux)
Always Crafting - Stitching
The Shabby Tearoom - Garden Party (Pink, Green and Dimensional Flower)
Creative Card Crew - Dimension (3 entries only)
Going Grey - Bingo! (I chose Flowers, Die Cut, Digi) (2 entries only)
Sassy Cheryls - Fave Color Combo (I love Pink and Green together)
Card Recipe:
Image - Cerridwen by Saturated Canary
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - French Country Stack by DCWV
Sentiment - Heidi Grace
Butterfly - Prima
Flowers - Recollections
Swirl Die - Quickutz
Lace - Wrights
Pearls - Recollections
Now you seasoned Saturated Canary lovers will see the glaring error I made in the coloring a certain part of the image but I didn't realize until lots of color was there and so I just had to go with it. Please forgive my innocent mistake :)
I loved her and can't wait to color her again with my real cardstock once I get my printer issue fixed.
Have a wonderful day!
Katie
Woo Hoo it's time for a new challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge!
We have a photo to inspire you, it's a beautiful makeup box full of many hues. My first thoughts were the jewel tones but the more I looked at the photo the more I kept coming back to Girlie and so I went with that theme for my card.
Now I know I have been going on and on about the Copic Intermediate class I took last weekend but it was so wonderful, fabulous teachers, a great group of ladies and I got to spend the day with a wonderful blogging friend Barb Hardeman from Stampelicious!. Oh my did we have a blast, it was the first time we had met (didn't even know she was going to be there) but it was like meeting an old friend! And Debbie from Plano was added to the mix as a new friend and we just had the best time.
Now the class was so inspiring and so on Sunday morning I couldn't wait to start coloring and trying out my new found skills and my goodness how I loved the results, it may sound silly but I had tears in my eyes and kept saying to myself "you see, you can do it, you can color like the others out there", see I'm just a big sap :)
But anyway I hope you can see the differences and to all the ladies out there that have taken the Intermediate class you'll know what I mean when I say I used the "secret scary color" in my skin coloring ;)
This gorgeous little Tilda is called "Summer Flower" but it seems like Diana is out of stock of them at the moment but she has lots of the other cuties from the Summer Memories Collection 2012
Challenges:
Bunny Zoes - Anything Goes
Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
One Stitch at A Time - Anything Goes
Whimsy Inspires - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
My Heart Pieces - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Robyn's Fetish - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Tildas Town - Anything Goes
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Square
Just Magnolia - Sketch
Crafts 4 Eternity - Wonderful Wings
Ladybugs Crafts - Wings
Sweet Stampin Pixies - Favorite Fairy
Sweet Stampin - Fairies and Angels
Do You Stack Up - Create a Landscape
Crafty Catz - Lets Here It For The Girls (1 entry only)
Patties Creations - Recipe Pick at least 3 (I picked Sentiment, Pearls, Ribbon and Flowers)
The Secret Crafter - In the Garden
Magnolia Down Under - Handmade Embellishment (the flowers)
Crafty Pad - Bingo! (I chose Ribbon, Flowers and Bling)
Karen's Doodles - Stitching (I chose faux)
Creative Card Crew - Dimension (3 entries only)
Card Recipe:
Image - Summer Flower Tilda
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper and Floral Border - Vintage Girl by Martha Stewart
Rolled Flower Die - Cuties 3 by Cheery Lynn Designs
Sentiment - Making Memories
Flower Confetti - Brides
Pearls - Recollections and The Paper Studio
Lace and Ribbon - Wrights
The darker skin colors and shading were very scary to consider but Colleen Schaan kept telling us to "Embrace the darker colors" and you know what? once you do you realize what you were missing in the depth of your shading.
This is the first piece I have colored since my "re-birth" and while it's not perfect it is years ahead of where I was. Now if only I could grasp all the design concepts then I'd be golden!
Now enough wittering from me, run over to the Magnolia-licious Challenge see all the wonderful creations there and then go color and come back and show us what you made!
Katie
It's May 20th and that means time for new releases from Designed 2 Delight.
Just in time for Father's Day there are some super masculine images which are a dream to color.
You should have come to me from the Designed 2 Delight blog, if not be sure to go and start there.
To celebrate the New Release I am giving away ONE OF THE NEW IMAGES, you can choose, to a lucky commenter.
Also EVERYBODY WINS as Faith is discounting the new releases by 20% for the next 3 days, who great is that?
If you are here from a DT to comment on a challenge card then you may have to scroll down to find the card for you, thanks for your understanding.
Challenges for Card 1 (Fathers Day):
Basic Grey - Anything Goes with Basic Grey
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Fathers Day and Ribbon/Trim (I used Bakers Twine, I hope it counts)
Creative Stamp Friends - Fathers Day
Speedy The Fox - Fathers Day
Auds Sentiments - Dad, Daddy, Papa
Pixie Dust - For The Boys
Southern Girls - For The Boys
Simon Says Stamp - Clean and Simple
Card Recipe:
Image - Hanging Ties
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Basic Grey Oxford
Twine - The Twinery
Challenges for Card 2 (Puppy):
Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
Phindys Place - Summer is Coming
Sundays with Crissy - Things with Wings
Card Recipe:
Image - Puppy with Butterfly
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Happy Day
Grass Die - Cheery Lynn Designs
Brad - The Paper Studio
Felt Heart - Colorbok
Challenges for Card 3 (Wild Blueberries):
By The Cute and Girly - Spring is All Around
Crafty Ribbons - Flowers and Ribbon
Lia Stampz - May Flowers
I Brake For Challenges - Flowers
Sisterhood of Crafter - Flowers (3 entries only)
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Flowers
Card Recipe:
Image - Wild Blueberries
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - The Spring Stack by DCWV
Doily Die - English Tea Party by Cheery Lynn Designs
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts and Recollections
Pearls - The Paper Studio
Ribbon - Michaels and Wrights
Challenges for Card 4 (Monkey):
Shelly's Thrilling Thursday - Anything Goes
Joanna Sheen - Happy Birthday
Crazy 4 Challenges - Happy Birthday
The Paper Shelter - Birthday with a Sentiment
Crafty Creations - Male Birthday
Dudetime Doodles - Male Birthday
Desert Island Crafts - Pick 3 ( I chose For a Boy, Something Old (the paper) and Something New (the image))
Stampavie and More - For a Boy
Craft Your Days Away - All Creatures Great and Small
Card Recipe:
Image - Monkeying Around
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Life of The Party by Basic Grey
Balloon Punch - Marvy
Twine - The Twinery
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
If you made it all the way through then congrats to you and I hope you liked them!
Now it's time to go over to see what wonderful things Michelle H has in store for you!
Make sure you leave me a comment, you could be my winner! I will pick a winner on Tuesday morning and it will be announced on the Designed 2 Delight blog on Wednesday.
Katie
It's another challenge at Christmas Card Challenges and we would like to see you use our fabulous sketch on your card!
Remember that our challenge is optional, we really just want to help you on your quest to be ready with all your Christmas cards!
Challenges:
Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
Shelly's Thrilling Thursday - Anything Goes
Ruby's Rainbow - Sketch (virtually the same as ours!)
Card Recipe:
Images - Designed 2 Delight
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Winter Wonderland by Recollections
Poinsettias - Recollections
I'm not happy with my coloring at all on this, my preschooler could have done better but I'm rubbish with red. Hopefully after yesterdays class I will have learned how to improve with them (writing this in advance).
Any way I like the rest of the card, I love the papers and the sketch was super!
Now it's over to you to get festive with us at Christmas Card Challenges
Katie
It's time for another challenge over at Pile It On and you don't want to miss this one
Both teams are combining to give you a stunning array of samples
The challenge was a completely new one to me, we want to see you "Mixing Your Scales" and using something with a large scale pattern and something with a small one.
I chose to use a large floral background paper and then cut my doily from a paper with tiny hearts. I also printed the ticket image in a large size, mixing it up from the usual size. It was a fun one for me once I had my head around the concept :)
Challenges:
Bunny Zoes - Anything Goes
Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
Shelly's Thrilling Thursday - Anything Goes
My Heart Pieces - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Joanna Sheen - Happy Birthday
The Paper Shelter - Birthday with a Sentiment
Corrosive - Flowers Doily Bling (use at least 2 of the 3)
Sisterhood of Crafter - Flowers (3 entries only)
I Brake For Challenges - Flowers
Paper Craft Star - Checks/Gingham
Crafts 4 Eternity - Wonderful Wings
Sundays with Crissy - Things with Wings
Inspired by Stamping - Pink, Aqua and White
Sassy Studios - Triple Play (I used 3 colors, Flowers in 3's)
Art Impressions - Pink and Aqua shades
Crafty Sentiments - Bingo (I chose Patterned Paper, Colored Image, Punches/Dies)
Card Recipe:
Images - Jellypark Friends
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Colorbok (floral), Tiny Hearts is unknown
Butterfly Die Cuts - My Favorite Things
Doily Die - French Pastry by Cheery Lynn Designs
Pearls - Bridal Dept
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts and Recollections
So now it is your turn to Mix It Up and come over to Pile It On and join in the fun!
Katie
Happy Friday Everyone!
I'm super excited that the weekend is here as I am off to take an Intermediate Copic Certification class tomorrow! I was certified (yes literally :)) almost two years ago and have been waiting for the advanced class to pop up in my area.
It will be a long day, starts at 9am and doesn't finish until 8pm but I am so looking forward to it.
Hopefully over the next few weeks you will be able to see a change/improvement in my coloring
On to today's card, I took advantage of the super sale at Polly Craft and grabbed myself a bundle of new images to color. I am sad to see they are closing down so I think I'll have to go and grab some more while they still are open
Challenges:
Bunny Zoes - Anything Goes
Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
Pollycraft - Color Inspiration (Pink and Green)
Scrapbook Sisters - 2 Colors (Pink and Green)
Tammy's Scrapin Corner - Show Us Your Flowers
Bearly Mine - Dies
Cheery Lynn Designs - Bling It Up
Cute Card Thursday - A Touch of Sparkle
Corrosive - Doily, Flowers and Bling
Crafty Cardmakers - Birthday and Balloons (15 combined challenges max)
Sentimental Sunday - Birthday and B (Brads, Balloons, Bling)
Crafts and Me - Pearls and Lace
Inky Impressions - Lace or Trim
LEJ Designs - Lots of Layers
Alota Rubber Stamps - Tic Tac Toe (I chose Die Cuts, Brads and Ribbon)
Card Recipe:
Image - Pollycraft
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Spring Feast by First Edition
Sentiment - Colorbok
Doily Die - English Tea Party by Cheery Lynn Designs
Rolled Flower Die - Cuties by Cheery Lynn Designs
Lace Fabric - Joanns
Lace - Hobby Lobby
Ribbon - American Crafts
Pearl Brads - The Eyelet Outlet
Rhinestones - Imaginisce I Rock
Brad - Basic Grey
Such a great image to color, I hope you like her and I'm off to fill my cart again!
Katie
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