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Naughty or Nice Challenge: Hello Cupcake

Hiya! Hiya! Hiya!

Lovely Jo (aka: Dotty Jo) asked me to guest design over at the Naughty or Nice Challenge Blog, and I was quite excited to do so. If you've not been over there before, their monthly card challenge asks for either a nice card or a naughty one.

Now I have to admit that I find this concept intriguing. I mean, for years now I've made hundreds of cards that are uplifting and cheerful and nice. The thought of making a card that is rude or cranky or filled with innuendo or a flirty double-entendre... well, I had a marvelous time making my card!

The Naughty or Nice theme this month is Hello, Cupcake, and you have until the 25th to link your card.

Obviously, I had to make my own sentiment because "You can cup my cake"©️ isn't on a rubber stamp. It's not even on a tee-shirt. (I know this because I did a search for cupcake quotes and there were no references to cupping cake out there.)  

But I bet there will be now!  😜

I also had to remove the pie our cheeky girl was holding. I replaced the pie with a retired Hero Arts cupcake. My lettering is a little rusty, and I had to do this card base THREE times because the white ink pen played me false on the first two attempts. I switched over to colored pencil rather than take any further risks, and I do like the way it looks like chalk.

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Card Stock: Hawaiian Shores (PTI); Stamps: Cheeky Cherry Pie (The Greeting Farm), cupcake (Hero Arts) Ink: Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko); Accents: pearl (Doodlebug Designs); Other: Prismacolor colored pencils, foam dimensional tape; Tools: paper trimmer, detail scissors, corner rounder, Scor-Buddy, teflon bone folder  

I  N  S  T  R  U  C  T  I  O  N  S

1. Make 4.25” x 5.5” card base.
2. Stamp images, color, and fussy cut.
3. Remove pie and hair from left side of image and snip arm free.
4. Hand-letter sentiment and color.
5. Adhere cheeky girl with dimensional tape and insert cupcake.
6. Adhere pearl on scarf.

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

*This is an international card exchange - you send a handmade card to the person above you on the list, and you receive one from the person below you on the list. If that's not enough of a win-win, I also randomly draw a prize winner each month. I do a reveal of all the cards with links to the challenge participants' blogs or online photo galleries - which is a great way to increase exposure to your blog or photo gallery!. Please read the Rules and FAQ's if you want to play along. :~D

See a past CCC reveal.

Total cards exchanged as of May 1, 2016: 2,038

Come join a fun and rewarding international card exchange! Send a handmade card to the person above you on the list, and get one from the person below you. In addition, you may be the randomly drawn winner of the sponsor's prize! All cards are showcased in a reveal post with links to their makers' blogs or online photo galleries. It's a win-win, so sign up now!

Hampton Art Card: Christmas Magic

Hello, Stampin' Addicts!

Today's card features clear stamps from a set by Art Impressions that are licensed through Hampton Art.

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Card Stock: white, marigold; Patterned Paper: 6" x 6" Christmas Carol (Graphic 45); Clear Stamp Sets: Reindeer Games (Art Impressions for Hampton Art); Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine); Colored Pencils: Prismacolor; Stickles: Green, Turquoise, Xmas Red; Tools: paper cutter, scoreboard, bone folder, corner rounder  

I  N  S  T  R  U  C  T  I  O  N  S

1. Make card base for a 3.75” x 5” marigold card and round bottom corners.
2. Cut 3.25" x 4.5" white card stock panel and round corners.
3. Cut 3.5" x 4.75 PP panel, round corners, and adhere to card front.
4. Stamp cat on panel and color with pencils.
5. Adhere stamped panel to card front.
6. Cut square of marigold card stock, round corners, stamp sentiment, and adhere to stamped panel.
7. Draw a string of light bulbs around the sentiment square.
8. Apply Stickles to light bulbs and allow to dry.

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You don't have to be an artist to do a little creative embellishment for a stamp set. Case in point: this great stamp of a cat tangled up Christmas lights - all drawn in a loose sketchy style.

If there was ever an example of something anybody can draw to further a great idea, it's gotta be this stamp's Christmas lights, right?

My sentiment was really sticking out like a sore thumb until I decided to draw a few squiggly lines with some tiny rectangles followed by some ovals. Upon looking at it further, I realize that I stopped too early, perhaps. I could/should have drawn that strand right down to the cat's tangle. 

So go for it! Draw a simple "addition" to a stamp set and see if you don't feel right sharp!

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!
Deborah

 

Freebie Docs to Record Colored Pencil Usage!

Okay, so I was having some trouble remembering which Spectrum Noir colored pencils I was using for my projects. Part of this is because they have numbers (as opposed to names) and part of this is because the 120 colors are separated into five sets: Essentials, Florals, Marine, Necessities and Primaries.

So I made a chart, and my life has gotten a whole LOT easier!

The page contains 8 tables of 5 columns (1 for each set) x 24 rows. I've used the first initial of each set to head the columns and each pencil in the set is in its own cell. You can either color the cell with the appropriate pencil or simply check the box or circle the number. Each table also has a place where you can write down the name of the project.

When you've finished a project, take a photo of the table and post it on your blog rather than type all of those pencil numbers. Your readers will also be able to tell very quickly which color belongs to which set.

And since I also like Prismacolor colored pencils, I thought I'd go ahead and make a PDF for those as well. The cells are bigger since these pencil colors have names, so there's only room for four tables on a page.

Download Spectrum Noir Pencil Charts 

Download PrismaColor Pencils

Now how easy is that?

These documents are both PDF for easy downloading. If you want to share these charts with others, please direct them here to download it. Thanks!

Hope you have fun with these.... ;~D

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

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Silver-Shod Sweetie

So I have a few cards that did not get their own post because I was busy doing other things, and I feel I've done them a terrible injustice. 

(Okay, am I the only one who gets so attached to her cards they start to seem like her children? Please, somebody answer in the affirmative!)

I had a very hard time letting go of this little beauty because I just loved the way she turned out. I colored her while at the spring Cincinnati crafting retreat. I covered her shoes with some superfine Elizabeth Crafts glitter that my dear friend and bunkie, Kelly Booth, gave me. (This is not, btw, my own stroke of genius - this is pure Kelly! Kelly will glitter anything that can take a heat gun and will stand still long enough for her to zap it! Ask me about a certain banana I know.)

But I digress.

I did manage to send this card to Lisa in Massachusetts for the April CCC, and she has been taking care of "my baby" ever since - lol!

S U P P L I E S

Paper: Cougar 80# white cardstock, Nina Desert Storm Kraft 110# cardstock, green scrap; Stamps: Pure Innocence, Paper Smooches (sentiment); Dies: Memory Box (clouds), Lawn Fawn (grass), Li'l Inker ("stitched" rectangle); Inks: Ranger Distress, VersaFine; Colored Pencils (PrismaColor); Glitter (Elizabeth Crafts); ribbon and silver pearls (Recollections)

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When you fussy-cut an image, cut the hard-to-reach areas and small parts first. Example: I cut out the areas around her fingers and between her legs before I cut anything else. If I had cut everthing else first, I would have a very fragile piece of paper in my hands as I attacked the most difficult areas to cut.

Also, run a black brush marker along the outer edges of the fussy-cut image to finish it. It makes a HUGE difference in how your image looks. 

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

Gotcha! My CCC Card for Joy

I am not necessarily attracted to cute stamps. But when I saw today's stamp on a card, I had to have it. I didn't even know what kind of an animal it was. (Turns out it's a hampster - how perfect is that?)

When I drew Joy as the recipient for my card in this month's CCC, I thought it was perfect timing and the perfect opportunity to ink him up because Joy appreciates the absurd. She's quiet and comes across as rather shy at first, but don't be fooled by that mild demeanor....

Inside, her heart is beating to a Monty Python drum kit.

Joy has a deliciously wicked sense of humor and comes up with some real BAH-ZINGAS! She is the perfect person to give something as wonderfully absurd and silly as a hamster cupid!

Hampster cupid... who thinks of that?

Brilliant.

I had a wonderful time coloring this little guy with my pencils and loved the way he turned out! (Is that stamp stinkin' adorable or what?!)

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Prismacolor pencils: Beige, Black, Celadon Green, Chocolate, Espresso, French Grey @ 50%, Goldenrod, Grey Green, Light Aqua, Light Umber, Pale Vermillion, Parrot Green, Salmon Pink, Sepia 

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

Memory Box: Vertical Merry Christmas

The new Memory Box stamps are a treat, and I used two of them in today's card for our Outside the Box blog. I wanted my card to resemble those old-fashioned holiday postcards of long ago. I like my overall result but feel there is something missing....

I wonder... do you think it would look better if the right side of the card had a punched border, too?

I N S T R U C T I O N S

1. Cut Antique Gold SSP 4.25" x 11", score and fold to create card base.
2. Cut 3.75" x 5.25" panel of PP.
3. Stamp and emboss Vertical Merry Christmas and Poinsettia Stem on PP panel.
4. Color poinsettia image with PrismaColor pencils.
5. Border punch Jupiter SSP and adhere to card.
6. Adhere PP panel to card.
7. Adhere pearls to flower center. 

See a complete list of supplies here.

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

Unity Suzi Blue - Be the Poem

I'm rather fond of these Suzi Blue stamps. This is another card I found in a long-buried folder on my C Drive labeled To Post.

Supplies: Unity stamp; kraft card stock; Memento ink; Ranger Distress ink; Signo white pen; PrismaColor pencils; Gamsol; lace; American Craft ribbon; Making Memory brad; Prima paper flowers; Hero Arts and Recollections pearls; Tools: Cuttlebug embossing folder, Nestabilities dies, corner chomper.