Lilyboo Designs I don't wanna go...

I have a Lilyboo Designs card for you today!

This digital image is called I Don't Wanna Go... 

I had fun coloring it with Copic markers:

Jeans - B91, B93, B95

Shirt - YR04, YR15, YR16

Hair - YR24, E23, E34, E37

Skin - E00, E01, E11, R21

Shoes - C0, C1

Dog - E40, E41, E42

Grass - YG03, YG17, YG23

Background - B0000, B000, B01

I started with a sketch for my layout, the papers used are Astrobrights Eclipse Black, Stampin' Up! Brocade Blue, X Press It and Basic Grey Lime Rickey designer paper in orange.  The dies I used are by Papertrey Ink and Die-namics as well as the sentiment being from PTI.  

Another fun boys birthday card for my stash!

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I hope you'll join me tomorrow for the Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps/Stampers Best skip.

CAS Die-namics Birthday

I have a clean and simple birthday card to share today using a Die-namics Chevron die and a Papertrey Ink birthday sentiment.  The strips of colored card stock are from my scraps beside my paper trimmer, the dark blue was large enough to cut a mat for around the white panel and I stamped "happy birthday" in Stampin' Up! Night of Navy classic ink.  

Quick simple and fun!

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Paper Smooches My Guy

I have a fun Paper Smooches card to share today.  I have just a couple more masculine birthday cards to complete and this weeks Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps sketch challenge was perfect for my layout!

I saw banner tails where the two panels are under the focal panel.

After coloring the cute Paper Smooches golf cart from the My Guy stamp set I went looking for masculine papers and found a Making Memories "Just Chillin'" paper pad in my stash - perfect!  I'd colored three golf carts and the paper pad had coordinating papers so I went for it.  Using just three 8 X 8 sheets of the patterned papers I was able to have three cards that are the same yet different and not much scrap left over.  

To color the golf cart I used Copic markers:

Golf Cart - E40, E41, E30

Seat - E42, E43, E44

Golf Bag 0 B21, B23

Clubs - C00, C2

Misc. - R27, Y00

Background - B0000, B01

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Challenges:

Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps - Sketch #162

Papertrey Ink Fillable Frames Sentiments

My card today is for the project I've been working on for our church, birthday and anniversary cards.

I used Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps sketch challenge #159 for my clean and simple layout.

The heart is an old Stampin' Up! punch that I cut out the negative piece with a Spellbinders Circle die then matted on a red circle from the die set popped using foam tape.  I then cut out two Papertrey Ink Double Ended banner dies in red and white and stamped "anniversary wishes" in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  The red band at the bottom is a strip of the Neenah Red Pepper Linen card stock.  

My second card uses basically the same design but I made it flat for easier mailing.  The border die is by MFT Die-namics and I trimmed it to fit across my card.

Here's the sketch:

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Challenges:

Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps - Sketch #159

Verve Stamps Smallest Things

My card is C.A.S.E.d from Bridget at Bridget's Paper Blessings.

I saw her card on the CASology challenge blog awhile back and thought it was just gorgeous.

Then I realized I have the MFT Chevron die that she used so I can try to make one too.

Bridget used white textured card stock and in my minds eye I saw a pop of color.  The sentiment is a stamp from Verve Visual called Smallest Things, the hearts are from another MFT die-namics heart border die.

It's President's Day weekend and Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps is hosting a Virtual Card making party!  There are many different hostesses with the main thread and links to the hostesses challenges on the OWH Stars & Stamps blog here.   A new challenge hostess will be posted every few hours this Saturday and Sunday -

Erika is hosting the first challenge on her blog Scrappin' Intervention and it's to make cards 

using zig zags, oh ya, I have zig zags =)

Thanks for all your nice comments I have a few links to the Chevron die for you, I found it here , here, on E Bay and My Favorite Things sells the die too.

I hope you all have a nice long weekend and have some time to do the things you enjoy,

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Challenges: 

OWH - Scrappin' Intervention - Zig Zags
CASology - Red 

 

Hambo Stamps Plate Spinner

I have a fun Hambo Hoedown card to share with you using Hambo Stamps Plate Spinner, isn't he cute?!  The challenge is to make a round card and add spirals and/or swirls.  My embossing folder has beautiful swirls on it but is pretty covered up so I had fun making paper spirals using a Q Tip that was on the table.  You know one of those left overs from coloring with my Copic markers that's till too good to throw away! 

I used Spellbinders Grands Circles to make my card base and regular Ovals to cut out my cute image.

The Plate Spinner is colored with Copic markers:

N7, N5, N3, N1

E00, E01, E11, R21

BG45, BG49

E43, E42

B60, B63

BG0000

I hope you'll stop by the Hambo Hoedown and see all the fun cards from our design team and accept the challenge too!

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Hambo Stamps Refrigerator

Are you ready for this week's Hambo Hoedown!

If you played along last week you received the Hambo Stamps Refrigerator in your e mail and just found out the challenge is to use "Left Overs", lol. 

I have the usual pile of scraps beside my paper trimmer so I went through them and found these digital papers I'd printed, polka dots and zebra stripes and thought oh boy here we go!  I decided I'd like my new refrigerator to be red so I printed it on Neenah Red Pepper Linen card stock and cut it out.  I reprinted it on Stampin' Up! Basic Gray and again on Mohawk Bright White to be able to cut out the details.  I used a few Copic markers to add color to the school art work and cut out my sentiment with a Die-namics Fishtail Flags die.  My layout is Splitcoast Stampers sketch #418.

We were asked if we'd show where our left overs came from too:

A couple of cards I made for my Operation Write Home box using another favorite Splitcoast Stampers sketch.

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Challenges:

Splitcoast Stampers - Sketch #418

Lilyboo Designs Safari Jake In The Jungle Scene

I have a fun Lilyboo Designs card to share today!

I used Lilyboo's Safari Jake Sitting Pretty & In The Jungle Scene digital images and merged them to make my scene.  I've been wanting to color more of the Lilyboo scenes but feel a little intimidated by coloring an entire scene.  When I'm finished I always think, "that was fun!" so I just need to keep coloring and enjoying myself!

I used almost the entire card front for the scene because when the images are really small they are harder for me to see and color.  Since there was a nice space between Jake and the tree I wanted to add a sentiment & made my own on the computer to match the font for the birthday sentiment on the inside of my card, sorry I didn't take a picture of the inside. It's not very exciting, just plain with the birthday sentiment, coloring the tree again for the inside might have been fun - next time!  I used the Die-namics Fishtail Flags Stax dies to cut out my sentiment.  The two layers don't really line up the way it looks on my card, I trimmed the edges off of the brown colored card stock to fit my preference.  I wanted to add a little something extra to an otherwise simple card so I wound a piece of jute twine around the sentiment flag.  To curl the ends I wrapped the jute twine around a Q Tip that was on the table from blending my background.

The card stock colors I used are Mohawk Bright White for the card base and sentiment, Copic X Press It Blending Card for the coloring & Astrobrights Jupiter Java as a matting layer.

The Copic markers I used are:

Skin - E00, E01, E11

Hair - E30, E31, E33, Y32

Clothes - YG91, YG93, YG95, E81, E84

Tree Trunk - E30, E31, E34, E37

Leaves - G40, G43, G46, BG90, BG93, BG96, G21, 

G24, G28, YG01, YG13, YG25, YG67

Rope - E40, E41, E42, E43, E44

Background/Outline - B0000, B01

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Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes

Hambo Stamps Penguin Snowball

Are you ready for this week's Hambo Hoedown?!

The challenge is to use felt on your cards along with this cute Hambo Stamps digital Penguin Snowball set or any other Hambo Stamp you may have.  

I knew I had felt I'd stashed somewhere and I found it.  I had a few different colors to choose from and picked this one because if I were a Copic marker I'd be a part of the Blue Green family!  

This cute penguin is colored with Copic markers:

Hat & Scarf - BG53, BG45, BG49

Hat trim, beak & feet - Y13, Y15, Y17

Penguin Black - N3, N5, N7

Snow - G0000

I didn't know if my Die-namics Chevron die would cut through the felt so I tested it out and was very pleased.  I also tried cutting it with my paper trimmer but couldn't get a nice straight cut so I gave up on that idea.  My layout is Operation Write Home's sketch challenge #153 flipped.  

I've been thinking about challenging myself to complete all of the Operation Write Home sketch challenges for 2013...  I know it's a lofty goal, what do you think?

My cardstock choices are Astrobrights Eclipse Black & Galaxy Gold as well as Copic X Press It blending card for the coloring.  I put a full sheet of the Astrobrights Galaxy Gold through my printer to add the sentiment to my card front.  Don't you just love digital stamps!!  The felt came from Papertrey Ink and I used a Die-namics Cheveron die as well as my trusty We R Memory Keepers 1/8th inch Corner Chomper.

I also have exciting news from Hambo Stamps today -

We are having a Design Team Call for our new term, which begins in February. We would LOVE to have you apply! Read all about it HERE.
AND.........
Don't forget about the awesome SALE going on right HERE! We are making room for some AMAZING new stuff to be revealed soon!
AND.........
New STAMPING SUPPLIES have been added to the Hambo Store! Be sure to check out the available inks, acrylic blocks, and accessories for all your stamping needs!
AND......... 

It’s a Hambo Blog Hop! And you can join us!

Our jammin’ theme is “Name That Toon.” Using any Hambo image, either rubber or digital, create a project that represents and depicts a comic strip! Maybe it’s your favorite one you read as a kid, or maybe it’s one that you don’t even like! Whatever it is, we want to see your comic strip creations!

The hop is scheduled for Friday, January 18, and is set to go live at 7:00 AM CST.  All blog hop posts must stay at the top of the page for that whole day.  A prize will be awarded to the customer whose comic strip-themed creation tickles the Bacon Bits’ fancy in a hammin’ jammin’ way!  The winner will be announced on the Hoedown blog, as well as on the Hambo blog on Wednesday, January 23.

If you are interested in participating, please email Judy at hambodesignteam@gmail.com by 11:00 PM CST on Wednesday, January 14.  The blog hop order will be emailed to you on January 16.

Sample blog copy for the hop will be available after you sign up, if you desire to use it.

Come "Name That Toon" with us!

 

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Challenges

Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps - Sketch #153

Lilyboo One More Flower

I have a fun new release that is coming soon from Cuddly Buddly, a Lilyboo Designs digital image to share with you today!

This cutie is called One More Flower and I colored it with Copic markers:

Bear - E35, E33, Y21, Y32, RV10

Tree - E30, E33, E37

Grass - YG01, YG13, YG25, YG67

Basket - E40, E41, E42

Flowers - R81, R83, R85, R35, R46, R59

Background/Outline - B0000, B00

The papers I used are by Neenah - Red Pepper Linen and Krarft, my image is printed on Copic X Press It blending card.  To make the frame I used two Spellbinders square dies and the hearts border is a die from the Die-namics line.  I also used a Sizzix Tim Holtz wood embossing folder for added interest.

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Challenges:

Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps - Spring Flowers

Lilyboo Dress Up Angel

I have a Lilyboo Designs card to share with you today!

My card is for Operation Write Home's Midweek Throwdown challenge and also uses Operation Write Home's Sketch #150 covering two challenges for this week.

I colored this cute Lilyboo digital image called Dress Up Angel with Copic markers:

Skin - E000, E00, E01, R20

Hair - W3, W5, W7, W9

Dress - G12, G21, G24, BV01, Y08, Y13

Wings - G0000, B0000

Glow - YR30, YR1

The OWH Midweek Throwdown challenge had an optional part to the challenge - to use punches or dies.  I used a new Banners Die-namics die and trimmed it then rounded the end corners with a We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper to mirror the other rounded corners.

My paper choices are mostly old Stampin' Up! colors, Certainly Celery, Garden Green & More Mustard.  I also used Copic X Press It and Via Vellum Black.  The sentiment is from the Papertrey Ink Fillable Frames Sentiment clear set.

Into my Operation Write Home box you go -

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Challenges:

Opearation Write Home - Midweek Throwdown Challenge

Operation Write Home - Sketch Challenge

Hambo Stamps Pig Tangle

Are you ready for the Hambo Hoedown this week?!

Our challenge is to make an Easel Card using a Hambo Stamps rubber stamp or digital image.

I used this week's digital stamp set called Pig Tangle and colored it with Copic markers:

Pig Skin - YR0000, YR000, YR00, R01, E11

Santa Suit - R000, R35, R46, R59

Lights - N3, YG93, B00, B01, Y35, Y28, YG13, YG25, R32, R35

Outline/Shadow - B0000

Hey have you heard the news at Hambo Stamps??? 
Starting now Hambo Stamps is carrying stamping supplies, you can check it out here!

I hope you'll have time to play along with us, be sure to stop by the Hambo Hoedown to be inspired by our design team creations!

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Challenges:

Hambo Hoedown - Easel Card

LIlyboo Designs Autumn Clean Up

I've been intrigued by this little elf boy for awhile now but wasn't sure I could do him justice, I have to say he was really fun to color.  You may be seeing more of him from now on!  He's by Lilyboo Designs and is called Autumn Leaf Clean Up.  He's colored with Copic markers:

G99, G94, G82, G12, YG01, YG03, YG23, E30, E31, E33, E07, R17, YR14, YR21, YR24, E00, E01, E11, R20, E41, E42, E43, BG000, BG01, W1, W3, W5

My layout is another sketch I found on Pinterest.

The cardstock colors are Via Vellum Black, Stampin' Up! More Mustard, Ruby Red & Garden Green along with Copic X Press It.  I used the Tim Holtz Woodgrain embossing folder for texture and three black half pearls.  The dies I used are a Die-namics postage border, Papertrey Ink Double Ended Banner & a Spellbinders rectangle.  

Hey, it's Black Friday!  Do you go shopping for all the deals today or do you stay home and recover from Thanksgiving?  I have to say I've never been out Black Friday shopping.  The main reason is I used to always have to work today, now that I stay home with our kids I just never have.  

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Challenges:

Bugaboo Stamps November Calendar Page

Happy Thanksgiving!

I have my November 2012 Mini Calendar page to share with you today!

I used two of Jodie's Bugaboo Stamps Bobble Heads and colored with Copic markers E44, E43, E41, E81, YT24, YR21, Y21, N5, N3, N1, E47, E44, E17, E0000, E15, YR14, YR16, YG21, YG23, YG25, Y04, YR02, YR04, YR07, C00.

My papers colors are Via Vellum Basic Black, Neenah Kraft, Copic X Press It.  I also used a border die from My Favorite Things and added a scrap of grossgrain ribbon.  All I need to do now is punch the holes with my Bind It All...

 

I hope you are having a wonderful holiday today with family and friends.  Our family is going out for dinner this afternoon with family.  None of us have a big enough house anymore to host everyone so we thought this might be the next best thing - leaving the dishes to someone else sounds good too!

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Challenges:

Hambo Stamps Lawn Mower

Have you heard?!  Tomorrow is Tim's birthday and our Hambo Stamps design team is starting the celebration a day early!!  

Happy Birthday Timbo!!

We were asked to make a birthday card this week because he DRAWS all these delightfully fun images! 

I used Hambo Stamps Lawn Mower for my card, the Mower Love sentiment and I also used the birthday sentiment from the Dr. Needle digital stamp set for my card.  

I colored this cute image with Copic markers:

R35, R46, R59, C1, T2, T5, B0000, B01

I hope you'll stop by our Hambo Hoedown blog and join in our fun challenge and wish Tim an early Happy Birthday in the comments section.

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Challenges:
Cards For Men - Anything Goes

Paper Smooches Zoo Crew

I have a fun card to share today using the Paper Smooches Zoo Crew stamp set.

My card is actually for their Sparks challenge, the theme is Picture Perfect.

I've included the inspiration photo.

The parts of the photo that played in my mind are the oval shaped mirror frame, the light blue color and the green pears or apples in the vase.  

The odd thing perhaps that I added is the Chevron die but it reminded me of the alligators back repeating the zig zag pattern.

After coloring the blue around the alligator I went to find blue paper and didn't have anything the right shade.  I LOVE Copic markers!  I added some B0000 reinker to a Mini Mister and spritzed it onto a panel of white X Press It and have beautifully matching paper now.

Here's what the Mini Mister's look like.  I think they're quite handy filled with Copic marker refill inks.

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Challenges:

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge - Picture Perfect

Verve Visual Grace

My card today is C.A.S.E.d from Bridget at Bridget's Paper Blessings.

I saw her card on the CASology challenge blog last week and thought it was just gorgeous.

Then I realized I have the MFT Chevron die that she used so I can try to make one too.

Bridget used white textured card stock and the only light colored linen card stock I have is cream so I went with that.  The sentiment is a stamp from Verve Visual called Grace, the hearts are from another MFT die-namics heart border die.

I've been trying to make more clean and simple cards and found the CASology challenge blog very inspirational, hopefully I'll be playing in their challenges soon.

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Challenges:
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Friendship Encouragement
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant - Chevrons or Hexagons 

Hambo Stamps Bird Balloon

I have a bright fun Hambo Hoedown card to share today!

This digital image is called Bird Balloon and is the free image if you played along in the last Hambo Hoedown.  I colored this fun bird with Copic markers:

Bird - Y00, Y11, Y13, Y15

Feet & Beak - YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09, T9

Balloon - B00, B02, B04

Ground - W1, W3, W5, W7

The challenge is to use a Hambo Stamps image and add Chevron's to your card.  My chevrons are dies made by My Favorite Things called Die-namics.  The card stock colors are Astrobrights Solar Yellow, Via Vellum Black, Neenah Cyan and Copic X Press It.

Are you ready for our Hambo Stamps Broadway Bound blog hop?  

It's just a couple of days away on Friday, September 21st - I hope to see you there!

In the mean time I hope you'll play along in our Hambo Hoedown this week.

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Challenges:

Love To Create Challenge - Things With Wings
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Tammy's Scrapin' Corner - Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday - Things With Wings
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Hero Arts OWH Happy Birthday

I have an Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps sketch card to share today using today's OWH sketch!

I used the new Hero Arts OWH Happy Birthday clear set for my card coloring with Copic markers:

B23, B24, B28

R35, R46, R59

B0000, B01, R000

My card stock choices are Neenah Red Pepper Linen, Astrobrights Blast Off Blue & Copic X Press It.

I hope you'll go and see all the eye candy from our OWH blog team today and play along in our sketch challenge too!

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Challenges:

Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps - Sketch #138

Paper Smooches Circle of Honor

I can't seem to get enough of this stamp set by Paper Smooches called Circle of Honor, 

just one more card...

It's an Any Hero card for my Operation Write Home box and I also made it for the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge using a designer draft pictured below:

Much to my delight designer drafts are sketches, I love sketches!

I stamped the stars on Copic X Press It and colored them with Copic markers:

Red - R35, R46, R59

White - R000, B0000

Blue - B23, B24, B28

matted the strip on Astrobrights Blast Off Blue, attached that to another panel of Copic X Press It, stamped "Hero".  Added a Papertrey Ink Double Ended Banner die, trimmed the end and added a large silver eyelet.  I next trimmed the white panel and attached it to a blue panel to finish my card.

Have a great weekend and thanks for visiting my blog today!

Challenges:

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge - Designer Drafts