Snow Mouse

 

 

Yes, February is finally over! And yes, they are  calling for more snow this weekend! I am so done with the snow!  The Friday Alcohol Marker challenge over at The Outlawz was "Anything Goes" with and optional Christmas Twist. So, I did this cute little snowmouse.

A musical challenge

 

 

For the color challenge this week at The Outlawz we were provided with five colors and needed to choose 3 to work with. The inspiration for the colors came from a picture of the Beatles, so all the colors had names of Beatles incorporated into them. I chose to use John Yellow, Ringo Pink, and Mystery Green. The twist was to make it "Musical". The piano is from Sparkle-n-Sprinkle.  

New Proverb

 

Being the last week of the month, the Monday Greeting challenge was "Anything Goes." It is so nice when my greeting is part of my stamp.

Sunday CAS

 

 

The Sunday CAS challenge at The Outlawz was flowers. I used this image from Hero Arts and colored it with copics. I did the frame using a nestability and embossed it with a cuttlebug folder.

Flowers

The Saturday Paper A La Mode challenge at The Outlawz was flowers. This very simple image from Paper Trey Ink was stamped with Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder. I then colored it with copics. I have been in a very CAS mood this week!

Paper Trey Ink February challenge - Sweet Spring

 

 

The Paper Trey Ink February blog hop challenge was "Sweet Spring." I stamped this image using versamark and embossed with white EP. I then colored on top of the embossing powder with copics. Thanks for stopping by.

Things with Wings

The alcohol ink challenge for The Outlawz this past Friday was "Things with Wings." I chose to do a CAS card using a sixxix embossing folder and adding just one butterfly. The butterfly was cut out twice with the second one being popped up. I drew on his antennas and used a pearl pen for the ends of the antennas.

Threesome

 

The Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz was to use three of something on your card. I used three owls. They are all part of the same stamp. I colored them with copics and did the basecard with an embossing folder.

Wednesday sketch

 

 

Wednesday sketch challenge for The Outlawz. I fussy cut the owl from fabric. The stripes were embossed with a cuttlebug folder.

Color challenge

Todays color challenge at The Outlawz was to use Deep Owl Grey, Pale Owl Grey, and Palest Grassland. The bird was sitting on my desk and easy to add just cool grey and a pale yellow green copic to for color. I then layered it on top of greys and the green cardbase.

Animal Planet

The Monday Greeting challenge for The Outlawz was to make a card with animals on it. The images are from Paper Trey Ink. I stamped them in black and used Spellbinders nestabilities to make the circles.

White with a Splash of Red

 

The Friday alcohol ink marker challenge at The Outlawz was inspired by a photo. I used an embossing folder for the frame and a Spellbinders Nested Hearts die for the heart. I colored the heart with copics.

Black and White

The Sunday CAS challenge at The Outlawz was to make a card using only Black and White. This was a Sixxix embossing folder. I added the thank you and lined it with the black paper.

Mixed Media at the Cozy Crop House

This weekend I had the opportunity to a Mix Media Weekend at the Cozy Crop House.  Kate taught this project using using soda cans and alcohol ink. We colored the back of the cans with alcohol ink, cut them out (I used "Tattered Flowers" by Tim Holtz), and ran them through embossing folders. I then made layers of flowers using thick pop-dots.

We started out Friday night making an ATC. The background was done using Tim Holtz Distress Paints. Some stamping and punchinella was added. The butterfly is from a napkin.

This is the book that we altered to make sleeves to add tags to with techniques.  It was taught by Teresa. We covered the book with gesso and then painted it with Tim Holtz Distress Paints.  Added lots of layers with stamps stencils, and punchinella. The bird was made using grunge board. We added distress crackle on top of it.

Another project taught by Teresa was this canvas. We tore a lot of DP to use for the background. We then added music, dictionary paper, pattern paper, and tissue paper. The girl, birds and words were then added. Finally, we added rub-ons

The final project was a white on white canvas. This was taught to us by Tami. We started by using a stencil and molding paste. After letting that dry overnight, we painted everything with gesso and then started layering and gluing things down. This would make a great wedding gift if done on a larger canvas and you could leave a space for a wedding picture.

 

The final thing we did was play with a gelli plate. That was a lot of fun and very messy.

Now I have tons of unique background papers to use on my cards. Check out my friend Kerri's blog to see her projects.

 

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Add a Flower

 

The Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz this week was to Add a Flower. The flowers I used on this card were on the "free" table at Stamp Camp one year. It was an a flower with adhesive on the back. I used a cuttlebug folder for the background.

Red, Black, and White

 

 

The Tuesday Color challenge at The Outlawz this week gave us Red as a starting color. The two colors I added were Black and White. I love that combination. My twist was to use ribbon. The image is from DRS designs.

Valentine

 

 

The Saturday Paper A la Mode challenge at The Outlawz was "Valentine". The image is from Lockhart Stamp Company. I used spellbinders nested hearts to cut out the layers of hearts. I used a cuttlebug embossing folder for the background.

Valentine/Love

 

 

The Friday Alcohol Marker Challenge on The Outlawz this past was Friday was "Valentine/Love". The image is from Outlines Rubber Stamps. I colored it with copics and added stickles and glossy accents to the hearts. I did the "X and O" with glitter.

Paper Trey Ink Stripes Challenge

Today's challenge for PTI was to make a card with stripes. I used washi taped or my stripes.    I used the PTI ice cream for my image. 

PTI Seventh Anniversary - Sketches and Colors Challenge - Take 3

This is the third card I did for this PTI challenge.

 

I die cut the whales out in three of the colors. I used an embossing folder for the background.

PTI Seventh Anniversary - Sketches and Colors Challenge Take 2

This is the second card I did for the sketches and colors challenge at Paper Trey Ink.

 

I used copic markers to color the flowers in my interpretation of the colors. The colors I used were based on the colors that PTI sells sets for that match each color of their paper.

Paper Trey Ink Seventh Anniversary - Sketches and Colors Challenge

The first day of challenges for Paper Trey Inks Seventh Anniversary Celebration provided readers with color combinations and sketches. You can combine any of the colors and sketches. This is the first card I did for this challenge.

 

All stamps and papers are PTI. The embossed image was done with a Cuttlebug folder.

PTI Anniversary Challenge

 

Today Paper Trey Ink challenged us to make a card using words as the focal point. I used the Happy Birthday from the "Big Favorites" Number 12 set. Rapsberry Fizz PP and CS were used. I painted the flowers using Dylusions sprays.

In the Air

 

The theme for the CAS challenge at The Outlawz this week was "Love is in the Air". You needed to create a card where your images were "In the Air". I used these balloons from PTI. I colored them with copics and added a touch of glitter. The smallest one is popped up.

 

Valentine's Day

 

The Friday Alcohol Marker challenge at The Outlawz this past week was to make a card for Valentine's Day. I used this car set from Sparkle-n-Sprinkle for my masculine birthday card. I embossed the background using two different embossing folders.

PTI birthday

 

The challenge for Paper Trey Ink today was to make a birthday card to help them celebrate their seventh birthday. I used the "Wishes Come True" set for the candles and the "happy". The birthday was cut out using a PTI die. I used various colors of ink to stamp the candles and added some glitter to each. Yes, they are intentionally not straight on the paper!

Valentine

 

 

The Twist for Twisted Thursday this week at The Outlawz was to make a Valentine card. This is Luka from LaLa Land Stamps.

PTI 3x4 challenge

 

 

Today's challenge for the Paper Trey Ink Seventh Anniversary celebration was to make a 3x4 card. I made my card using the 'Reasons to Smile' set. I used versamark ink to stamp the images and added liquid pearls in the center of the flowers. The butterfly is a brad that was in my stash.

Sketch Challenge

 

 

Sketch challenge for The Outlawz this week. I used pieces of fabric that had been die cut for my image.

Hugs and Kisses

 

 

The Saturday Paper Ala Mode challenge at The Outlawz this week was "Hugs and Kisses." My image is from Penny Black and colored with copics.

PTI time challenge

Today's challenge for the PTI anniversary was to select 7 elements I seven minutes. You then had 17 minutes to make your card. My 7 items were: stamp set (PTI), versacolor ink, card stock, Spellbinders labels 9, ribbon, glossy accents, and a sticker.  The two smaller flowers were popped up. 

Valentine Color Challenge

 

 

The color challenge at The Outlawz this week was to use Candy Pink, Funky Purple, and Cool Turquoise. The Twist was to make it a Valentine. I used Spellbinders nested hearts to cut out the pink hearts. I then attached them to the Turquoise paper and embossed the paper using a folder that has a lot of hearts in it. The purple heart is done with the Spellbinders die and embossed. It is on a wobble.

Thank Ewe

 

 

The Sunday CAS challenge at The Outlawz was to make a Thank You card. I had this fabric full of sheep and the words just went perfectly with it.

PTI seventh anniversary printables challenge card 2

 

 

This is the second card I did for today's Paper Trey Ink challenge. The PTI papers I used were Pure Poppy and Hawaiian Shore. I used a cuttlebug embossing folder for my background and ran a piece of gold ribbon behind the sentiment.

PTI Seventh anniversary challenge

 

 

This month Paper Trey Ink celebrates its Seventh Anniversary. In honor of that they are having several challenges. For todays challenge you were provided with a sheet of "printables".  You need to use at least one PTI product on your project. The stamp I used is a PTI stampe and my cardbase is melon berry from PTI.

Masculine birthday

 

The CAS challenge on The Outlawz this week was to make a masculine card. The stamps I used are from Sparkle-n-Sprinkle.

Snowmen

 

 

The Alcohol Marker challenge at The Outlawz this week was "Anything Goes" with an optional Christmas Twist. The image is from Northwoods.

Gratitude

 

 

The Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz was "Anything Goes" with and optional twist of "Anything Goes". I have been making cards with images that are just laying around. This was one of those images. It is from Hero Arts.

Happy Birthday

 

Wednesday sketch challenge for The Outlawz. The cake is from Outlines Rubber stamps. I used pearl pens to add the decoration to the cake. The beaded flourishes are from Prima.