Sweet Stamps- Bleached

 This week the Sweet Stamps Challenge is Bleached:

  I had fun with this challenge- can you tell?  I got out my Technique Junkies listing and found 12/05 Brayered Bleach- with three variations- so I did method three- background plus.
  I used Shades Ink- In the Pink HERE.  I brayered the ink on over the stamped images and then used bleach in an aqua painter to remove the color. The Butterfly image is HERE.  I did stamping with the Ring Around the Rosey border image found HERE- to add background dimension.  I added a light touch of Fairy Dust Creative Inspirations paint over the top of each of the butterflies to add shimmer- CI paint is HERE.
  The Seam binding just happened to be on my desk left over from a prior project- I do love pink.......  I cannot tell you what colors I used to die this. 
  Happy Birthday-found HERE-  is stamped in black and mounted it to mimic the BG of the card- and I added an outline of sewing to finish off the card.

   I hope you will join in the challenge!  Every entry qualifies you for a chance to win $20 of items from the store at  Sweet Stamps, and if you use a Sweet Stamps image- you will receive an additional chance to win! Please note- there is a limit of 10 challenges for each entry.The winner is chosen by Random.org- so everyone has a chance to win!

 Stop by the Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog HERE to see what the rest of the DT has created for the Double Dutch Fold Challenge.

Sweet Stamps Design Team:

*   Bonnie  *  Dawn B  *  Dawn L  *

*  Jacqueline  *  Jacki  *  Jenn  *  Joni  *

                                       *  Kendra  *  Linda  *  Nazeema "Calypso"  *                                              

                                          *  Shelly  (you are here)  *  Tamara  *

Challenges:
Creative Inspirations Paint- Inspired by Butterflies
Fashionista- Simply Summer
Lexi's Creations- Happy Birthday
Paper Pretties- your favorite color- Oh that would be Pink...!
Cutie Pie Challenge- Stitching
Sweet Stampin- All Stitched Up
Card Crafters Circle- Monochromatic
Frosted Designs- Stitching

Thanks for stopping by!
 Shelly

Bloggers Challenge- Anniversary

My daughter graduated again this year from Ohio State University with her Master's Degree in Education!  (Last year, she graduated with her BA).  So, on this Anniversary- taking creative liberties here- I made a card using Technique Junkies techniques called Depth of Field and layer up.
 The Red (Crimson), Gray and Black are The Ohio State University school colors. Images are Grad hat is Stampin Up (retired) and sentiment Close to My Heart.
  To join in the Bloggers Challenge for this week, join in Mr Linky Below.  BC 'Mom' Lisa's Blog can be located HERE. 
  It was very hot- a blazing 90 degree day and a 3 hour ceremony- the grads were sitting in the hot sun.....

 Here we are prior to the ceremony. I had to take a fun pic of Katie's from the side:

 At The Ohio State University, the ENTIRE class graduates together- all Bachelor's candidates, all Masters, Doctors, PhD's....etc  There were over 10,000 grads in the ceremony- here they are filling up the end zone. It is amazing to see this process of the grads coming in- the PhD's get their names called individually, the rest are awarded their diploma's in the 'exit march'. 

I love the flag raising ceremony:

And finally, in the sea of graduates, here is Katie receiving her diploma:

Wahoo!!!  What an accomplishment!  We sure are proud parents!!!



Thanks for stopping by!
 Shelly

 I made a CASE of a card of my own- using an Iris image- just changed up the color:

 The image and sentiment and all of the dies are from Sweet Stamps.
Iris HERE
Sentiment HERE
Border -Dancing Doily Lace HERE - I think this looks like tatting- my favorite border die!
Marinne Design dies- Ana Corner and Anja Edge HERE

The ribbon and image are colored with Copic markers, I added Creative Inspirations Fairy Dust paint to the bow for some sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by!
 Shelly

Sweet Stamps-For Dad

 This week the Sweet Stamps Challenge is For Dad.

    I had a little brayering fun on this card. Here are the supplies I used:
Stamps: 2 Horse Silhouette, Horseshoe both found HERE, and Dad found HERE.
Inks: Shades Die Inks- found HERE ,  Distress Ink- clear embossing Ink HERE
Embossing Powder: Clear and Fantasy Ivory HERE
Die: Nellie Snellen Rectangle Multi frame HERE
Cardstock: Coordinations Sandy Tans HERE
DSP for rosettes: Bo Bunny Vicki HERE

 I found the ribbon in Breckenridge Colorado last summer- perfect! I wish you could see the glittery gold sparkle from the Fantasy Ivory EP I used on Dad and the horseshoe.  The Horse Silhouette was stamped using the Rock and Roll technique, then stamped into the embossing ink and clear embossed so I could brayer over it. The card measures 5 1/4" x 5 1/4".

With the Belmont Stakes coming up this weekend, I thought a horse themed card would be perfect!  I’ll Have Another has a chance to win- and the last time we had a Triple Crown winner was Affirmed - and that was 34 years ago!  So, lets all cheer on I’ll Have Another........!!!

  I hope you will join in the challenge!  Every entry qualifies you for a chance to win $20 of items from the store at  Sweet Stamps, and if you use a Sweet Stamps image- you will receive an additional chance to win! Please note- there is a limit of 10 challenges for each entry.The winner is chosen by Random.org- so everyone has a chance to win!

 Stop by the Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog HERE to see what the rest of the DT has created for the Double Dutch Fold Challenge.

Sweet Stamps Design Team:

*   Bonnie  *  Dawn B  *  Dawn L  *

*  Jacqueline  *  Jacki  *  Jenn  *  Joni  *

                                       *  Kendra  *  Linda  *  Nazeema "Calypso"  *                                              

                                          *  Shelly  (you are here)  *  Tamara  *

Challenges:
Card Positioning Sketches-Sketch
Bunny Zoe's Crafts- Anything Goes
Cards for Men- Father's Day
Crafty Bloggers Network- 3D paper folding
Lexi's Creation- For the Man or Boy in our lives
Love to Create- Father's Day or for a Special Guy in Your Life
The Ribbon Reel Challenge - Use a die cut

Thanks for stopping by!
 Shelly

Mcmahon Five Designs New Release 6/1/12

I got a package in the mail from McMahon Five Designs today- and I had to make a card! 

 I used a new release digi by Solocosmo called Annalise Lane. I colored the image with Copics- and used a new Technique Junkies technique called Dotty Edges. I used Cryogen White cardstock which has a shimmer to it and takes the color from the Copics beautifully. If you have been thinking of trying this cardstock- check it out now- BIG SALE!
 New at McMahon Five Designs are Memory Box Dies- I used the Butterfly Delights Die for the small butterflies on the Lt border of my card. I used the Fancy Blossom Die and the Tender Leaves Die using the Prima DSP for the flowers.

 I used Prima Songbird DSP for the card and all of the die cuts. I added some Prima lace- love this lace- it is also on sale....  Next, I used Prima Songbird Say it in Pearls- I used just portions of the pearls as you can tell. I distressed to the edges of the DSP and added stitching and Kraft cardstock to bring out the browns in the DSP.

Can you believe it is June already???  McMahon Five Designs is going to give the designers a break for the summer, and we are going to have our releases less frequently-we'll still be around......just not as frequently. Sue will still post flashbacks- so check out the M5D blog and sign up to follow to keep up with the store!  

Challenges:

Charisma- Bling

Crop Stop- Pretty Pearls

Paper Shelter- Vintage/Shabby Chic

Truly Scruptious- Pink

365 Cards-day 92-Wear and Tear/Distressed edge

Crafty Cardmakers-Distress it

Thanks for Stopping By!

Shelly

McMahon Five Designs New Releases 6/1/12

Here are the new releases for 6/1/12 at McMahon Five Designs. Stop by M5D store and blog for some great sales!

Annalise Lane JPG and PNG

Link to Original Artwork

Card by: Christine

Prima Songbird Paper, Prima Songbird Wood Buttons

Card by: Shelly

Prima Songbird Paper, Warm Grey Lace, Prima Songbird Swirl Pearls, 

Memory Box Fancy Blossoms Dies, Memory Box Tender Leaves Dies

Just Ducky JPG and PNG

Card by: Shawne

Card by: Shawne

No Time To Stop - Must Shop!  

Card by: Fran

Close Up by: Fran

I Will Give Unto Him JPG

Card by: Sue
Cherry Real Wood Paper, Vivienne Butterfly, Darla Butterfly, Honeysuckle Vine

Growing An Old Friend  JPG and PNG

Card by: Paige
Butterfly Swirl Pearls, Warm Grey Lace

Card by: Michelle A

For more details on the projects above, visit the Design Team blogs!

Angie

Carolyn

Christine

Fran
Jeni
Kelly

Kristine

Michelle A

Michelle P
Paige

Shawne

Shelly

Sue

Thanks for stopping by! Shelly

Sweet Stamps- Sketch Challenge

 We have a Sketch challenge this week's challenge at Sweet Stamps:

  Here is the Sketch:

  I had fun creating with Dies again this week.
 I used DSP- Authentique Genuine  .   I also used cardstock from the Coordinations Sandy Tans line.

Dies:
Cheery Lynn:
Small Lace Faerie Queen with Angel Wing (the angel wing is the Navy backing).
Dancing Doily Lace Border   (My favorite die!).
Cuties 3 flower die
Nellie Snellen:
Oval Multi Frame Die

I used Creative Inspirations Fairy Dust Paint on the butterfly.

In the centers of the flowers, I added  microbeads colored with Yellow Copic.

I added some Zig-Zag stitching to add a pop of color. The flowers and Yellow panel use a technique from the Technique Junkies called Salt n Pepper- from the June 2004 Newsletter.

Join us in this challenge for a chance to win $20 of rubber stamps from SweetStamps.orghttp://shop.sweetstamps.com/main.schttp://shop.sweetstamps.com/main.sc  Rules are listed on the challenge blog in the sidebar. Winner is chosen by Random.org- and if you use a Sweet Stamps image- you will get two entries in the draw.

 Please take a moment to drop by the blog to see all of the DT cards!

Sweet Stamps Design Team:

*   Bonnie  *  Dawn B  *  Dawn L  *

*  Jacqueline  *  Jacki  *  Jenn  *  Joni  *

*  Kendra  *  Linda  *  Nazeema "Calypso"  *

*  Shelly (you are Here)  *  Tamara   *

Thanks for stopping by!

Shelly

McMahon Five Designs New Releases w/ a freebie!

I am late this week for the McMahon Five Designs new releases- I am blaming it on jet lag........ the release this week includes a cute freebie digi that coordinates perfectly for the weather here in Chicago! Check out what the DT made this week:

Patched Up Accessories  FREEBIE

Waterfall card by: Paige

Card by: Fran

Card by: Kelly

Family Time JPG and PNG

Card by: Paige

For more details on the projects above, visit the Design Team blogs!

Angie

Carolyn

Christine

Fran
Jeni
Kelly

Kristine

Michelle A

Michelle P
Paige

Shawne

Sue

Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly

Sweet Stamps-Anything Goes

Anything goes is this week's challenge at Sweet Stamps- we would love to see what you create!  Please take a moment to drop by the blog to see all of the DT cards for inspiration!

 I had a blast challenging myself to create with no stamping........ I used some great Dragonfly stickers mounted onto a sticky sheet and micro fine glitter was added to the sticky area.  I cut out around the edges of the dragonflies.  Next, I colored the dragonflies with Copic markers- using yellow, green and a yellow/red color.  I added dimensionals under the wings (close to the body) to give the dragonfly wings 3-D dimension.

 The flower and leaf die cuts are by Marianne Designs. The flower is from white cardstock and colored with R32 Copic marker. For the bottom layer, I used the negative of the flower die and traced it on the  Coordinations cardstock  Berry Reds-Raspberry and cut it out.  The top of the flower has shimmer added with a Copic Spica in clear.  Over that, I added sugar microbeads glued on with Crystal effects.

 The bottom brown color is Coordinations cardstock  in Sandy Tans. The DSP is Bo Bunny Vicki.
The stitching in brown is to accent the brown in the DSP. The ribbon is SU.

 *Join us in this challenge for a chance to win $20 of rubber stamps from Sweet Stamps. Rules are listed on the challenge blog in the sidebar. Winner is chosen by Random.org- and if you use a Sweet Stamps image- you will get two entries in the draw.*

Challenges:
365 Cards challenge- 5 colors of Spring (pink, yellow, orange, green, coral-colors of flowers)
Always Crafting #8- stitching
Crazy Challenge- 3-D
Stampin Sisters in Christ- layer it
Ribbon Carousel- Fancy Flowers

 Thanks for stopping by!
 Shelly

Blog Candy WInner

Thanks to my daughter Stephanie for posting my blog candy while I was in China- I really appreciate it! 

The winner was chosen by Random.org

Leanne said...

Sometime's its nice to take a break! I hope you enjoy yours! I'll be here when you get back! I wanted these inks back when they were released and didn't get to order them!! Thank you so much for the chance to win them! Hugs, Leanne
tobusyscrapping at bellsouth dot net

Congrats Leanne- and Thank you to everyone that stopped by and joined in my candy!

 Shelly