Season's Greetings!

Hello, I made this for the release challenge on the GinaK forum, GKDAUGTM hosted by TheresaCC, it's a sketch challenge.

It also counts as 1 down on my Christmas card list! lol The card base is always artichoke, with a layer of shimmery white & then SU dp.

I stamped the poinsetta from 'A year of flowers' onto the shimmery white with burnt umber & then used my water brush to pick up ink from the lid of my ink pads to shade in the veins! I cut out 2 flowers & layered them. The center is little tiny clear beads, and then a bit of stickles on top!

The shimmery paper is so pretty, but it's really hard to get a picture of it!

Have a Great Evening!

Laurie

Hello, I made this for 2 challenges, the Friday challenge on the Hanna Stamps forum HSC83, we were to make a birthday card. The 2nd was Fridays limited supply challenge LSC235 a gift card/money holder including chocolate chip & butterflies!

I found the tutorial for this card/gift card holder on Adela's blog, I thought it was so cool, using an envelope to make a pouch! So I had to give it a try!

I finally got to ink up painting Riley for the 1st time, and thought he would be perfect for a Michael's gift card! I coloured Riley with prisma pencils & oms. I stamped his head again & popped it up. I also added crystal effects to the paint & brush. The butterflies are made with the Martha Stewart punch.

I wasn't quite sure how I wanted the inside tags to look, so after playing around, I ended up with 2 looks. One card has the sentiment and a place to sign. The other holds a Michael's gift card!Thanks for looking and Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Charlie Makes Me Smile! Entry for Guest Designer Spot!

Hello, this is my entry for Clear Dollar Stamps Guest Designer Challenge CDSGDC0909. I combined the sketch & colours provided for the challenge.

Charlie is so cute, you can't help but smile at him! My card base is not quite navy, with a layer of chocolate chip, and then dp from basic greys Mellow. The part circle is also from the basic grey mellow pkg, & embossed with the leafy branch EF.

I used Charlie Autumn and stamped him with burnt umber palette onto very vanilla. I also stamped the leaves on the bottom a 2nd time, and the sentiment. Charlie & the leaves were coloured with copics. I cut out the leaves & popped them up. The images & sentiment were cut using the oval/scallop nesties. The maple leaf was made with a fiskars punch.

Wish me luck and Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Happy Birthday & Pendant Holder!

Hello, this is a card & gift holder I made for my Girlfriend for her birthday! I was really happy with the way this turned out! I had also made the card for a challenge to make a card with a window. That took alot of thought & patients to line up, but I finally did it!


The card base is tempting turquiose. The bottom front is a piece of coredinations (love that stuff) embossed with the swiss dot EF, and lightly sanded. On the top, I used a stamp from SU garden silouette, and stamped in versamark. Then I used embossing powder from Michael's called Marcasite, it's black with sparkle in it! The window was made with the nestie curved rectangle mega dies. The sentiment is from SU Great Friend, I cut it out by hand. The black layer behind it was made with the matchbox die.
I didn't take a pic of the inside..oops! But the girls are from the Breast Cancer Hanna set. I coloured them with copics, and added dp for the dresses.

One of my favorite places to visit is Faith's blog, aka Markie's Mom. She had a fabulous tutorial on making this nestie box/bag. I loved it so much I had to buy the nestie set & give it a try, and as it turned out, it was the perfect holder for my gift!

I used the SU Garden Silouette set again here. The londer branches are stamped in just black, and the smaller ones are done in versamark & EP the same as above. All the butterflies are made with a Martha Stewart punch, and I added tiny gems to the centers.

This is the pendant holder. I just cut the cardstock to fit the pendant & fit inside nicely so it didn't move around too much. The top tab is made with the tab punch & helps to easily pull it out!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

School Sophie & a New Link!

Hello, well in my quest to catch up after being away for a week, I managed to include 3 challenges on this one!

This is the new School Girl Sophie, isn't she cute! I love the little tilt of her head.

I combined the Friday challenge on the Hanna Stamps forum HSC83 to use dew drops, with the colour challenge CC232 using cocoa, vanilla teal, and the sketch challenge SC241!

I used the #'s and letters from the Teacher Hanna set for the background. Sophie was coloured with copics.

A while back I added a link to my Husbands ebay store. Today I added a link to the Craft Items in the store. You can find it on the right sidebar. He always has different items so keep checking, he may have something you're looking for!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Macho Riley Rides a Harley!

and he needs a good soak in the tub to easy his aching muscles! I had this idea in my head a couple days before the last challenge was due! Unfortunately I didn't have time to make it before I went away, but the idea wouldn't go away so I had to make it!

This also fits the Friday challenge on the Hanna Stamps forum HSC82, hosted by Nikki, aka bunny-zoe. We were to use a distressing technique. I used the SU distressing tool, and on the card I crumpled up the 2 black stripes to get a worn leathery look.

I found the recipe for the bath salts online, they're pretty easy.

1 cup epsom salts

1/4 cup sea salt

2-3 tbsp baking soda

scented oil (soap isle at Michaels)

You can also colour it by adding food colouring, but I chose not to because I figured orange would be too much orange, and black just didn't seem appealing! lol

I found the mug at a new $ store that just opened here, Dollar Giant. They had a whole isle of scrapbooking stuff too!

So there you have it, a nice gift for the macho guy in your life!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

3rd Entry for Hanna Stamps Guest Designer Challenge

Hello, I made this for the Guest Designer Challenge on the Hanna Stamps forum. This is the 3rd round, and we were to make something 3D. This is a card that will fold flat & then pop up to look like a cake! I copied the pattern from a card I received (store bought) and took apart!

I'll be honest, I'm not thrilled about this, and I didn't get the bath salts finished that were to go along with it!

Check out the other entries here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?si=HSGDC3&x=12&y=8

I am on vacation for the 1st time ever! with my family, so you won't be hearing from me again for about a week! Hope you have a great one!

Laurie