Friday Challenge #1 From Croppinsville

I took Allie's Friday Challenge at Croppinsville, and I really like the card I came up with!!  It was a yellow and brown challenge!

Those colors always bring to mind fall for me!

My recipe:

White card stock from TAC

Yellow, gold and brown paper from my scrap basket

3 recycled buttons

Palette Inks: Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna

Brown and white polka dot ribbon from Studio G that I inked over in raw sienna to make the dots coordinate in yellow

Prismacolor and Walnut Hollow colored pencils in yellows and browns

Prisma Glitter (on the bottom part of the leaf)

Yellow Glitter Glue pen (for the wind and starbursts)

House Mouse stamp (image stamped in Burnt Sienna)

Anna

Beach Bum

We went to Sandals Whitehouse in Jamaica in March and we have been to Sandals Nassau, Bahamas, and this card just sums up how I feel about being at the ocean ....

Deep blue and bright green reflect in the ocean as you dip your toes into the gently rolling surf from a beach chair.  Bright, warm sun and cool salty breezes make your skin warm, then cool, as you sip a frozen pink drink from a pretty glass garnished with cherries and an umbrella.

Ahhh - Paradise!

Just Because

I am an Angel for The Angel Company and I get a LOT of stamps :)  They come unmounted and I need to put them on their cling foam and cut them apart.  I ordered a whole bunch of stamps last month and just started getting them cut apart this weekend.  

I decided to put ink to rubber for the first time on this set, and this little cutie-pie got sent to my mom!

Anna

Father's Day card

I created this card for Dad for Father's Day.

It turned out really cute - the fish have glitter on the rainbow colors to make it look like scales shining.  Each fish is strung on floss and swings individually - sooo darned cute!!

Birthday Piggy

Last week a friend of mine had a birthday and she loves pigs!

I made her this pig carrying a delicious treat!

Anna

New Home

A good friend of mine moved from our block here in Wisconsin to Iowa ... clear across Iowa almost to the other side!

I sent her and her family this card to their new home... she called when she got it and really liked it, so I know "I dun good" !!

My First Christmas Stamp for 2008

While I was out with my friend shopping, we went to the local stamp store - Dragonflies and Dreams and I got this adorable ducky stamp!

I colored them in with prismacolor pencils and added a little glitter.

How cute are they?!?!?!

What to do with toilet paper roll tubes...

I started saving these a while ago trying to think of something clever to do with them.

I got some wallpaper from a wallpaper sample book and glued it around the outside of the tube (you could use patterned paper too). Then after that was dry I punched two holes opposite each other on one end.  I strung a wide ribbon up though the inside of the tube and out the punched holes.  I filled a cellophane bag with chocolates and put the bag inside the tube with the ribbon supporting the bag from the bottom so it wouldn't fall out.

I tied the top of the ribbon in a knot so it would hang from a doorknob and Voila!  Cute gift!

Can also be done up in a winter/Christmas design and hung as a special treat holder on the branch of a Christmas Tree.

Underwear Card

This is an underwear card I made for another swap.  It has flat back pearls and rhinestones on the front and back.

It's super cute and sparkly in person.

The bra is on front and the panties are on back...did you notice the ladybug "tattoo"?

Swap Cards etc

A few weeks ago my really good friend was over from out of state and we worked on some of the swaps that I have due this month. Here are the first two...

The Asian inspired card I made and then realized the swap was for an ATC!

The Butterfly is for Things With Wings