Scrapping for Less, December 2018 Flavor of the Month Card Kit

Who me? a Guest Designer for Scrapping for Less?
YOU BET!

I have a video up on my YouTube channel today showing off the incredible December Flavor of the Month Card Kit, Animals of the Arctic!

December’s kit is all about Arctic Animals…Now if you are anything like me, you hate the cold weather, snow, and anything that would mean being cold. However, snow and these cute little critters in this kit are all about fun! So grab your warm beverage, sit back, and hop along with us to see these adorable critters and all the inspiration our designers have to share. Check out the Flavor of the Month page to place your order if you haven’t subscribed. Also, don’t forget to check the A La Carte items (items that are leftover (full packs and such) from putting the kits together, and other items that we have on the website that may coordinate with this kit. Make sure you also put your name in for that Rafflecopter prize!

Ok, that's not entirely true for me! I actually much prefer the winter weather of the heat of a Mid-West Summer! YUCK! I can always put on another sweater when it's cold, but can only take off so many layers of clothes when it's hot before it becomes inappropriate! LOL

So take a look at the cute cards I was able to come up with from this spectacular Kit!

COLLECTION ONE: Winter Skies paper by Scrapping for Less, included the Bear Hugs stamps from Sunny Studios. I needed to do a "Night Sky" card for a swap I'm in, and this seemed like the perfect stamp to use!

The night sky was blended with Eggplant Envy from Stampin' Up!, and flicked with some white acrylic paint. Then I used the tiny snowflakes from the stamp set with Versamark and Nuvo Glacier White Fine Embossing Powder.  (This is the same combination I used for the sentiment strip.) I hand cut the snow bank, adding Glacier White Stickles along the edge and cut the circle with the same circle die as the background.

I colored the Polar Bear with Copic Markers: E50 & E51, with B32 & B34 for the scarf.

The trusty stitched rectangle die was used on some of this beautiful paper from Scrapping for Less. The base mat was the back side of one of the sheets from this collection--and to save paper, I cut the scalloped circle from the same piece!

For finishing touches, I snagged the large snowflake by Jolee from Collection number 4, and added 3 of the Sequens by Buttons Galore.

COLLECTION TWO: Included this FABULOUS Penguin with a Mug stamp from Stamping Bella and a paper collection called Chill from Scrapping for Less.

The Copics I used for this image:
Hat & Scarf: V12, V15, & V17
Hat: BG45, BG49
Mug: BG10 & BG00
Penguin: C7 & C9, and BG000
Feet & Beak: Y32, Y35 & Y38
Marshmellows: E50 & E51
Shadows: BG000, N0 & N1

I used the stippling method to make the scarf look all fuzzy!

The purple card stocks were from the kit, but the teal card stocks came from me stash.




COLLECTION THREE: Had these lovely papers and adorable little stamps from Pink and Main.  The stamps were a little tough to color since they were so very small. Because of that, I chose to color these images with my Prisma Colored Pencils, with some Wink of Stella on the now caps, and under the animals.

Of course this image took a good amount of masking to get all those little images together, too!

The sentiment is actually from the Arctic Sentiments stamp from the Banana Split collection, and was stamped with Versafine, embossed with Nuvo Clear Fine Embossing Powder.

I used the grey craft paper to cut the little snowflake--which cut very clean, BTW. Then topped the snowflake with Stickles.

Loving the stitched rectangle die with this kit, LOL!

COLLECTION FOUR: Is from LDRS with Artic Snowfall papers, and Arctic Animals stamp set. I am loving these adorable critters--especially these foxes!

COPICS used:
C0, C1 & C3 + R02
B000 for Sky
N1 for shadow, plus clear Wink of Stella

The snowflakes are from the the garland--I just cut them apart.





I still wanted to use the Moose from the Arctic Sentiments stamp included in the Banana Split Collection, so I used some papers from my own stash to change up the colors a bit.

COPICS Used:
E50, E51, E53, E55, E57 & E59 + R02
B000 for the sky
YG11, YG13, & YG17 for the grass

I really like the simplicity of this card!

Please be sure to visit my YouTube channel for the Unboxing and video of the cards, and follow the Blog Hop for Scrapping for Less. The next hop is over to Stacy at Craft-A-Holic Momma! 

Tucan of a Color Challenge

Love from Lizi is hosting a lovely color challenge on her blog to go with this month's Card Kit! And the colors are so bright and bold--just like this kit!

I chose to use this super vibrant paper with the Tucans on it, and pair it with the incredible Tucan die that came in the kit! The Tucan paper was too busy by itself so I cut a rectangle stitched die to cut a more subtle paper, matted on the dark green paper from the kit.


I cut the die-cut 3 times, from black, red and yellow so I could inlay the different colors. I added clear Wink of Stella over the body of the bird to make it look more like feathers. Then I added clear Nuvo drops over the beak.






For finishing touches, I added three rows of bright yellow ribbon behind the panel, and three yellow Nuvo Drops, as well as a simple sentiment on the grey paper from the kit.

The inside sentiment I printed on my computer--a saying from Winnie the Pooh: "Always remember  you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think."








Please be sure to head on over to the Love From Lizi blog to see the new kit, and all the great Challenge Cards that the other Design Team members have put up! 

Reading Adventure Card

Sketch Saturday has a fun new sketch up today--#510! The sponsor this week is Star Stampz! I absolutely loved this adorable stamp--even though its not the best for a card. And I REALLY couldn't make it small enough for an A2 card. I ended up making a 5 1/2 x 6 inch card, and even making it bigger I still had to use Prismacolor Pencils as my medium since I can sharpen those down real fine.

I  used a ribbon in-place of the small strip on the left of the sketch, 3 Nuvo drops instead of the stitching, and decided to not include a sentiment.












 I used a whole slew of colored pencils, there's no way I could list them all! On the larger areas--anywhere that had enough space that I could do, I used Gamsol to blend the colors. I also added some yellow Wink of Stella on the Elf's hair; Gel-roll on the eyes of the elf and the bunny, and a micron pen for her glasses and for the 2 birds. I also used a red micron pen for the berries on the bush, and a white uni-ball on the elf's wings.






I left the inside of the card blank so I can add a specific sentiment later if I'd like, or just leave it blank.

Be sure to head over to Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog to see all the other lovely cards!

Bee-utiful Spring Card

It's time for a Sketch Saturday Challenge again!! Sketch #508 was super simple for me, and I love the way it turned out, using this adorable image from Kitty Bee Designs.

As you can see, my final design matches almost exactly with the sketch! I only moved the flowers a teensy bit for better aesthetics on my card.

 

I colored the image with Copic markers:
Face: Y17, Y15, & Y21
Yellow stripes: Y17 & y15
Black cap and Stripes: C7, C5 & C3
Wings: N1 & N0 (Plus some Wink of Stella)

Flower Center: YR23, YR27& YR 21
Petals: No & blender

Outline/Shadow: B000

The base mat is a charcoal grey generic card stock from Hobby Lobby--and is the same one I used for the scallopped circle. The black stripe in the middle is from a scrap of black card stock, probably also from Hobby Lobby! The Yellow hexagon piece is a Recollections, and actually was a only 3 3/4 inches rather than the 4 that I needed, so I cut it down the middle and was able to cover that with the black strip--Viola!!

The flowers are all just from my stash--probably from Hobby Lobby or Michaels.

The base was, as usual, printed on my HP with the simple sentiment You are BEE-Utiful, to help send some bright, happy cheer with this bright happy bee!

 I'm so happy that you choose to visit today! Please head over to the Sketch Saturday design blog to see the inspiration from the other lovely DT members, and enter to win a digi from our lovely Sponsor Kitty Bee Designs!

Rainy Day Dancing Card

The sketch today on Sketch Saturday is actually one of my own designs! The blog is sponsored by Paper Nest Dolls, and I love their adorable images, so the hardest part about this week's challenge was picking my paper and colors!

After choosing my image, I then went looking for the paper I wanted to use, so I could match the coloring to the paper. I chose another piece from the DCWV Fresh Floral Paper Stack.




 Since this was my own sketch design, I didn't feel the need to alter it too much! I just chose to change the sentiment strip into a ribbon and have no sentiment on the cover of this card.










 I colored Avery and her duckling friend using Copic Markers.

Rain coat & Boots: YG17, YG13, & YR18
Duckling: Y21, Y15 & YR07, YR04
Skin: E02, E00, E000
Hair: YR23, YR21, Y15
Shading: N3, N1 & BG10 for the outline



I cut the image panel with a stitched rectangle die, and matted it on a light colored green card stock--I did cut the top and left side of the panel off to make it look right fit into the corner like it was.






The card base was printed on my printer and reads "Rainy days are just an opportunity to dance in puddles".










For finishing touches I of course added the orange ribbon and bow. The image panel was raised on fun-foam, and I added "rain-drops" with Sea Breeze Nuvo Jewel Drops.

Thank you so much for stopping by and playing along with us at Sketch Saturday!!

Love From Lizi - February 2018 Card Kit

I have super exciting news: I was asked to participate on the Love From Lizi Social Media Design Team!!  This means I will be receiving the lovely card kits that Lizi creates each month!! I will not be required to make the 10 Cards/1 Kit video, but to make the cards and create related blogs. I will probably still make the videos! But please keep an eye here for upcoming blog posts including the Love From Lizi Card Kits!!

For my first post for Love From Lizi, I have made almost 20 cards with the February Card kit!! I'm going to start with the first 10 cards, which I made a Reveal Video for, which  you can watch on my YouTube channel.




The paper I used for the base of this card was my absolute favorite! Paired with the green Love Wreath and Everyday sticker, then matting done with the yellow and pink card stock from the kit. I added hot-pink embroidery floss from my stash and finished with sequins from the kit.

My second card used the black and pink Argile-style paper, and used up some more of my favorite paper as a banner to match the chalk-board banner piece. Paired that with the yellow-heart paper, all matted on hot pink to make them stand out. Hot-pink embroidery floss again, hand stitched across the top and finished with a few more sequins from the kit, matted on pink, and placed on a top-folding card base!

The next one I make, I like so much, that I made a second one very similar to the first!  I loved the way the cupcake paper matched with the cupcake on the chalk-board piece. I used some yellow Stickles to accentuate the candles on the cake piece.

Another lovely Birthday card using this heart chalk board piece. The heart was gilded with the Nuvo flakes in the kit. I used the Gold Peel-offs around the edges.

Look, a Non-Birthday Card!! I felt that the Be Dazzling cut apart went great with the diamond paperclip and the gold-mirror pieces. I love how all the elements of this design came together!

Another CAS style card! I like the simple design with just the 3 colors.

 I loved the combination of these colors and the chunky glitter.  Paired it with the Celebrate cut-apart, and some of the pink ribbon from the kit.















Love your Fabulous Self! Paired the cut apart with the Harlequin design paper and black & white striped paper. Finished it with the gold peel-aparts and  gold banner piece from the glitter card-stock.










This is probably my favorite card from the whole set. I loved this ombre striped paper. The cloud piece was created with Broken China Distress Oxide ink. Love this spinner design with the balloon!

 I liked the way this paper matched the Celebrate the Everyday Moments cut-apart. I accentuared the side-bars with some of the gold peel-aparts. I finished it all off with the narrow lime-ribbon, a small banner cut with the die in the kit, and some pink Nuvo drops, also from the kit.

The last 2 cards did not turn out as well as I would've liked, so I didn't inlcude them in my "10"...they're extras. The majority of these balloons were cut with a Stampin Up punch. I colored the white Happy Birthday sticker to match...however, I don't like the way it looked. Oh well! The balloons with the numbers were stamped with Stampin Up ink, then embossed in white with Lizi's stamps.










I really liked this pink champagne bubble paper and thought the banner dies would be a great use of some of the scraps of paper. I also used the Happy Birthday die from the kit for the sentiment. I just didn't like the way the banners looked. Again, you live and learn--or in this case, CRAFT and learn! LOL









 So these were the first 10 +2 cards that I made and revealed in my YouTube video! I have also made 10 more cards for a total of 22 cards with this kit (possibly 1-2 more in the works, we'll have to see!) So please check back and be sure to check the Love From Lizi Facebook page and Blog page to see the rest of my February cards!

Cutest Happy Easter Card EVER!!

Hello Friends!!

This week's sponsor at Sketch Saturday is Sasayaki Glitter Digital Stamps and boy! Do they have some adorable images! 

We are on Sketch #504 this week, which I managed to tweak only a little--adding a bow over the horizontal piece rather than an embellishment to the top of the circle and changing the circle to an Egg shape! Well, and not including a sentiment on the front of the card--but who's counting!

I colored this super cute Easter bunny and chicks with Copic Markers.

Rabbit: E15, E33, E31; R11 (R32 for the little hearts)

Bow: RV17, RV10

Chicks: Y17, Y15; YR04 & YR23 for beak

Egg: N0, N1 (N3 for the speckles)

Rabbit's Outline: BG10

Grass sprigs & Shadow on Grass: G94

The sky was created using a stencil cut from cardstock with a cloud die, then brushing Broken China Distress Oxide Ink with ClarityStamp Blending Brushes--the BG10 matched the Broken China perfectly. I don't yet have a Distress Ink for grass, so I used Sweet Leaf from Close to My Heart.

I used my ScanN Cut to cut the egg shapes, since I don't have dies. (I also used the SNC to cut the mask for the image so I could blend the background.) I used fun-foam to lift the egg-shaped panel and give space for the pretty pink ribbon to lay behind it. The Pattern paper is from the Fresh Floral Stack from DCWV.

As usual, I chose to print my card base as this gives me unlimited options on sentiments! I kept this fairly simple and non-descript so it can be sent to a variety of recipients.
I'm sure the other DT members have some great card-inspiration to share as well, so be sure to head over to Sketch Saturday, and join the fun!

I have also entered this card in the following Challenges:

Crazy4Challenges - C4C425 (Poultry Day!)

Jo's Scrap Shack

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps 

Crafting with Dragonflies Challenge Blog

My Time to Craft Challenge Blog

 Brown Sugar Challenge Blog

Crafter's Castle

Imagine That Digistamp

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

500th Sketch at Sketch Saturday!

Today is the 500th sketch at Sketch Saturday, which means it's time to celebrate! There are a TON of prizes up for grabs on the Sketch Saturday blog--so be sure to head over and join in for a chance to win!

 I have 2 cards to share for this sketch!

 

 The first card is primary colors, made with papers from my scrap drawer. The banner was cut using a Thinlets die from Sizzix.

 I used the same image in both cards, from Di's DigiStamps. I thought this cute little image was perfect for a Celebration card! It was colored with Copic Markers.

WINDMILL: YG17, YG13, YR04, YR07, B24, Y15, Y17

FLAG: R37, R29

BALL: Y17, Y35, YG17

MOUSE SHIRT: B24, B29

 

The characters were all colored the same: 

MOUSE: N0, N1, N3, R20

HEDGEHOG: W1, W3, W5, E31, E35

MOLE: W1, W3, C5, C7

BIRD: B12, B21 

GROUND: E43    GRASS: YG17

WINDMILL: YG00, YG21, BG13, BG15, YG03, YG06, G02, G05

SHIRT: BG13, BG15

FLAG: B24, B 29

BALL: YG00, G02

The second was done in blues and greens. I knew I wanted to use the kaleidoscope paper for the background, so the other colors were picked to match that.  The base was raised on 2 layers of foam tape so I could make this a shaker card, using some green chunky-glitter and matching beads. Both bees were also topped with some Wink of Stella and Accent Essentials. The background was sponged with Broken China Distress Oxide ink.

 I decided to put them both on Birthday bases that I printed on my HP printer.

Thanks for looking! And as always please be sure to head over to Sketch Saturday to see what the other DT ladies produced!