OCC Summer Card Camp 2 – Week 2, Day 1, Sketch 2

Might as well go for the gold and do all three sketches today! 🙂  So here is my third, and last card, for today (pictured shut) –

This second picture shows it standing slightly open –

Products used:

• Stamps: Hero Arts Hello set (CL266), Impression Obsession C-A-C Tapestry 2
• Papers: Neenah Solar White, Gina K. brown
• Punches & Dies: My Favorite Things Dienamics Blueprints 2 (stitched label die)
•  Inks/Color Mediums: Versamark, Distress Inks (Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn and Salty Ocean, Tea Dye)
• Embossing Powders: Zing! Leaf, Super Fine Detail Clear Embossing Powder
• Other: Hemptique hemp cord – brown, buttons, Eclipse Masking Tape, Scotch ATG, Scotch Foam Tape

Till tomorrow! Hugs!

OCC Summer Camp 2 – Week 2, Day 1, Sketch 1

Hi all! I’m baaaaaaaccckkk! lol I’m caught up with the homework! Yee haw! (that’s the okie coming out in me!)

Our color scheme for this week is cream, brown, blue and 2 variations of green.  I have to admit, this is not a color combination that I would have picked out  myself – so it is definitely a challenge.  This is a great color combination, in my opinion, for male cards.   Here is my homework, using the 1st sketch, which Kristina so fabulously demonstrated in class –

Products used:

• Stamps: Hero Arts Star Wreath (CL555), Technique Tuesday Awesome stamp set
• Papers: Gina K. Designs Christmas Pine (card base), The Linen Door 4.5″ x 6.5″ paper pad (second layer), Grafix Vellum in Surf (3rd layer), Grafix Vellum in Clear (sentiment)
• Punches & Dies: Lil’ Inker Designs Stitched Circle mats, My Favorite Things Dienamics Blueprints 1 (stitched label die)
•  Inks/Color Mediums: Versamark
• Embossing Powders: Adirondack Bottle, Zing! Chestnut
• Other: Hemptique hemp cord – brown

Emma’s 5th Birthday Card

Hi all! I just wanted to share a birthday card I made for my great-niece’s 5th birthday.

The stamp set is called Cupcake Cutie from My Favorite Things. I colored the little girl,the puppy  and balloon with Copic markers. Glossy Accents was applied for dimension and shine on the balloon.  I fussy cut all the images from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock.  The tablecloth was paper pieced with mulberry paper.  (The purple and hot pink paper elements are from some left over mulberry paper I had in my stash.)  I used Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust pens to color the trim and waistband on the girl’s dress, as well as on the cupcake wrappers. The table base was colored with a black Sakura Glaze Pen, and the icing on the cupcakes was colored with Sakura Souffle Pens. Dies used for cutting the mats for the table are Sizzix Scallop Ovals.  The bow is made from the purple crafter’s cord from Hemptique’s Vintage collection.

The “happy birthday” sentiment from this set is stamped on the inside of the card, as well as the cute puppy with the balloon!

The little girl reminds me so much of Emma! 🙂

Hope you all are having a long, fun and safe weekend! Hugs!

Runway Inspired Challenge #33

This week’s challenge at http://www.runwayinspired.blogspot.com/ is all about Red Valentino – however, the inspiration pic has no red in it! lol  Here is the inspiration :

And here is my interpretation of it in card form –

Products used:

• Stamps: Hero Arts/Basic Grey Flower Medley Background (CG432); sentiment from Hero Arts You & Me set (CL567)
• Papers: Grafix Vellum, Neenah Solar White, Bazzill pink and yellow, Paperandmore.com Black Solid #100 cardstock
• Punches & Dies: EK Success Paper Shapers Small Flower Power Punch; EK Success 1 1/2″ Circle Punch (vellum circle); Memory Box Vintage Apothecary jar; C.C. Designs Cutters Leafy Branch
•  Inks/Color Mediums: Hero Arts Charcoal Mid-Tone Shadow Ink, Memento Tuxedo Black marker, Ranger Archival Jet black ink, Pebbles Chalks – Pastels. Prismacolor Colorless Blender, C1 Copic Marker (shading right side of vase)
• Other: Gray crafter’s cord from Hemptique’s Vintage collection (which I colored black to match); self-adhesive acrylic pearls from Michael’s; black grosgrain ribbon from papermart.com. Ranger’s Glossy Accents (vase)

You will also find this card in the Hero Arts Flickr Group with the tag April2013A. Details on the Hero Arts April contest can be found at  http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/april-2013-contest-details/ .

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think about it! 🙂