Phantasi

The second challenge is up and running at the Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog. The sponsor for this Design Team member challenge is Digistamps4joy. I chose to make two cards with images by Jen.

Phantasi 1 was colored using Prismacolor Pencils and a blender pen and merged with a pattern background in the Craft Artist 2 program.

Phantasi 3 was colored using Prismacolor Pencils and Derwent Inktense Pencils and merged with a background in the Craft Artist 2 program.

I hope you will enjoy my cards and participate in the Classic Design Team Open Challenge, for DT members. Theme for the challenge is always "Anything Goes."

Fairy-Tale Princess

Card #1

Card #2

Card #3

Here I am back again with another fabulous Fabrikfantasy Digi. This time I worked with royalty! This Fair-Tale Princess was a delight to color using my Copic Markers.

For card #1, I cut out the colored princess and adhered her to two pieces of card stock on a white base card. I embellished the card with two Adhesive Glitter Shapes from Recollections.

Cards #2 and #3 were made with a scan of the colored image placed in the Craft Artist 2 program. The princess was merged with parts from the Craft Scapes Stately Home digikit, for both cards.

Come again, I'm sure to have fun with another Fabrikafantasy image!
Challenge:
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com/2016/04/this-weeks-theme-theme-nature-birds.html
http://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-62-feminine.html
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2016/04/birthday-challenge.html
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-309-always-anything-goes.html

Beach Nanny 3D

The Beach Nanny image was created by Mo's Digital Pencil. This PNG image was placed in the Craft Artist 2 program and merged with the scenic background, which came with the Beach Baby image. I added a sailboat to the scene.

The scene was printed and colored using Prismacolor Pencils and a Prismacolor Blender marker. I scanned the colored scene back to the computer. Using the Craft Artist 2 edited image, I printed it twice and cut away the scene to have just the nanny and a bit of sand and towel .

I cut around the nanny, sand and towel for one print layer ad then cut mostly around the nanny for the top layer. I layered the pieces together with soft pads creating a 3D image.

This was such a fun card to work on.
Challenges:
http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.co.id/2016/04/challenge-127-dots-andor-stripes.html#comment-form
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/challenge-262-anything-goes-with-mo.html
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-155.html

Beach Baby 3D

The Beach Baby image was created by Mo's Digital Pencil. This PNG image was placed in the Craft Artist 2 program and merged with the scenic background, which came with the Beach Baby image. I added a sailboat and pail with a shovel to the scene.

The scene was printed and colored using Prismacolor Pencils and a Prismacolor Blender marker. I scanned the colored scene back to the computer. Using the Craft Artist 2 edited image, I printed it twice and cut away the scene to have just the baby and a bit of sand and towel .

I cut around the baby, sand and towel for one print layer ad then cut mostly around the baby for the top layer. I layered the pieces together with soft pads creating a 3D image.

This was such a fun card to work on, I plan to go back and get the Beach Nanny and see how she turns out. Come back and check out to see if it works as well as the Beach Baby does!
Challenges:
http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.co.id/2016/04/challenge-127-dots-andor-stripes.html#comment-form
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/challenge-262-anything-goes-with-mo.html

You Rock!

Card #1

Card #2

Card #3

Have I told you lately how much I am lovin Fabrikafantasy Digis? Well if I did, I am telling you again! This Pirate Parrot #3  little girl is the cutest ever!

For card #1 I colored this cutie with Copic Markers and and cut her out. I adhered her to 2 pieces of card stock on a base card. The text was cut on the Cricut die cutting machine.

Cards #2 and #3 were made with a scan of the colored image placed in the Craft Artist 2 program. For card #2 she was merged with a background of a diner in St. Augustine, Florida, created by my husband Sandy Brooke. I added the record player from a Craft Artist 2 digikit. The little girl in card #3, was also merged with a background frame, which I had found online, using Craft Artist 2.
For additional information email: hello@fabrikafantasy.com.

Come back often, I can't wait to get my next wonderful image from Fabrikafantasy Digis!
Challenges:
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-129-anything-goes.html
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2016/04/anything-goes-challenge.html
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-274.html
http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.co.id/2016/04/challenge-127-dots-andor-stripes.html#comment-form

Floral Trio for Mom's Day

Bugaboo is the current sponsor of the challenge at A Snowflakes Promise. Since we are going with a seasonal theme, I chose Floral Trio Frame 1 for my Design Team inspirational card.

The lovely floral squares were colored using Derwent Inktense pencils and water. The sheet of 3 colored floral squares were put in the Craft Artist 2 program and merged with pieces from digikits including background color, ribbon, lace and text.

I hope my floral card has inspired you to participate in the challenge at A Snowflakes Promise, where the season is the theme.

Craft Store Find and Tattoo Cutie

It's always fun to shop at the craft store with my friend. Although the store is around the corner and I go there often, when I am with Vickie we usually find something new and unusual to use in creating our cards. Well this last visit we found Recollections Decorate It Die Cut sheets. They come in paper pads of a couple of sizes and I bought the small 5"x7.5". The pad of 24 sheets has several cut designs in pink and green papers.

When I got home and wanted to use  sheet, I found they were slightly larger than my 5"x6.5" base card. I trimmed the edges on 3 sides and cut a strip near the middle of the die cut sheet. Then I covered the front of the base card with black card stock and adhered the 2 pieces of pink die cut to the black meeting near the middle. A pretty ribbon conceals the match up.

I decided this would be a lovely background for Digistamps4joy's new release Tattoo Cutie by Jen. Lovely Tattoo Cutie was colored using Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils and a Prismacolor Blender Marker. I cut her out and adhered her to the background of the card using soft pad to give her a 3D look.

Would it be wonderful for this new digital to win in the challenge at Digistamps4joy? She very cute!
Challenges:
 http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-14.html
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-154.html
http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-124.html
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-129-anything-goes.html

Keep Calm and Add More Lipstick! Freebie Friday Plus Challenge Team Card

You must have noticed that there are two cards at the top of this blog post. The first is the card for Freebie Friday April 15th and the second for the challenge blog - Mid Inspiration April 16th. I've left the Freebie Friday Team and have joined the challenge team! We'll talk about the Freebie Friday card first.

Ah it's Freebie Friday once again at Scrapper's Delights and these lipstick images plus lips is available for  group members of Scrapper's Delights on Facebook!

I chose to use 2 of the 3 images, which comes as  set for my Design Team inspirational card. They were colored using Prismacolor Pencils and a red metallic Gelly Roll Pen was used for the detail. The colored images were merged with an embossed background color, image and text. It was printed and a second set of lipstick images were printed and cut out and adhered to the top with soft pads to form a 3D image.

Get your Freebie by going to the group and asking for it. Follow up by showing off your finished project in the Facebook Group challenge for Scrapper's Delights. I'm looking forward to seeing all the wonderful creations!

My challenge team Mid Inspirational card uses three images designed by Janice for Scrapper's Delights. These are Crafty Honey Ruler, Room 2 and Craft Table. Each image was colored using Prismacolor Pencils. After coloring Room 2, I cut out the windows and taped a print of cloud paper behind it. All 3 colored images were placed in the Craft Artist 2 program and merged. Texted was added and the scene was printed. A second Honey figure was printed, cut and adhered to the scene with soft pads, forming a 3D image.

I hope you are inspired to try your luck in the challenge at Scrapper's Delights.
Challenges:
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-14.html
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-154.html
http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-124.html
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-129-anything-goes.html
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2016/04/anything-goes-challenge_12.html
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/04/31-april-challenge.html
http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2016/04/himcr-246-super-scraps-saturday.html

Birthday Frame

The current sponsor of the Crafty Girlz challenge is Bugaboo. For my Design Team inspirational card, I chose the Birthday Frame.

The image was colored using Prismacolor Pencils and then put into the Craft Artist 2 program where it was layered with mats of two colors.

I hope my card will inspire you to take part in the challenge at Crafty Girlz, where "Anything Goes."

Dark Blue Fae

This is Dark Fae by Morgan's Artworld. Doesn't she look fabulous in blue? The theme for the current challenge at Morgan's Artworld is Monochrome. the blue was my choice for the Design Team inspirational card.

I'm a beginner using Copic markers and I truly enjoyed working on this image. After I colored the Dark Fae in blues, I placed it in the Craft Artist 2 program. There it was merged with a background and text.

I hope my card has encouraged you to try your luck in the Monochrome challenge at Morgan's Artworld.

Fabrikafantasy Digis

Pirate Parrot 2 Boarding Ship

Pirate Parrot 2 with backing card stock

Pirate Parrot 1 Treasure Island

Pirate Parrot 1 with backing paper

I just became a member of the FabrikaFantasy Digi Design Team! I'm truly honored to have a place on the team. These digis are wonderful to print. They are clear and have nice crisp lines. The quality of these images is excellent.

I was so taken with the Pirate Parrots, that I just have to own all three. I've only just begun to use Copic Markers and have enjoyed working their magic on these fabulous images. I used the precolored dititals as my model.

Each digital stamp download includes 5 files:
1 colored image in .jpg format
1 colored image in .png format
1 black and white digital stamp in .jpg format
1 black and white digital stamp in .png
1 bonus image in .jpg format

For additional information email: hello@fabrikafantasy.com
Join the Facebook Group for fun contests and free digis!

My card information:
Pirate Parrot 2 Boarding Ship:
The parrot was colored using Copic Markers and merged (Craft Artist 2 program) with a background by my husband Sandy Brooke.

 Pirate Parrot 2 with backing card stock:
The parrot colored original image was cut out and adhered to 2 pieces of printed card stock on a base card and the text was cut using a Cricut Die Cutting Machine.

 Pirate Parrot 1 Treasure Island:
The parrot was colored using Copic Markers and merged (Craft Artist 2 program) with a background  created with pieces from the Pirates digikit.

 Pirate Parrot 1 with backing paper:
The parrot colored original image was cut out and adhered to a printed paper on a base card.

Come back soon, the next image I work with will be a girl parrot!

Challenges:
http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-3-anything-goes.html
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-14.html
http://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-62-anything-goes.html

Frida Kahlo Mexican Artist

  I really enjoy making Design Team inspirational cards using images from history, especially art history. This is a Mari Digis Stamp of Frida Kahlo (B54). She was  Mexican self-portrait artist and is still admired as  feminist icon.

The image was colored using Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils and a bit of metallic Gelly Roll pen. This colorful image was cut out and placed on soft pads. A printed card stock background was adhered to a base card and the image was placed on top giving the card design a 3D look. Dimensional flower stickers were add to embellish the card.

After working on this card, I decided it was a bit too plain for this artist's card and so I cut the front edge around the flowers and added a contrasting strip of scrapbook paper to the inside edge.

 Frida and other fabulous images are available in the shop at Mari Digis.

I hope my card will encourage you to try your luck in the Mari Digis Challenge, where anything goes.
Challenges:
http://lacysunshine.blogspot.com/2016/04/gnomes-inspirations-anything-goes.html
http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-3-anything-goes.html
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2016/04/no-fools-here-anything-goes-for-april.html

Sand Castle

Dr. Digi is the current sponsor of the Crafting from the Heart challenge. Dr. Digi has wonderful digital images in both line drawings and pre-colored images. I chose the pre-colored sand castle to use in my Design Team inspirational card.
I placed the castle image in the Craft Artist 2 program and merged it with a background of Flagler Beach, Florida created by my husband Sandy Brooke.
I look forward to seeing your work as part of the challenge at Crafting from the Heart, where anything goes.

Bubble Gum on the Boardwalk

Sassy Studio is currently sponsoring the challenge at Simply Papercraft. I chose Bubble Gum as the image to use for my Design Team inspirational card.

The image was colored using Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils and a Prismacolor Blender. The colored image was placed in the Craft Artist 2 program, where it was merged with a Flagler Beach, Florida background created by my husband Sandy Brooke.

I hope this card will encourage you to enter the challenge at Simply Papercraft, where anything goes.

Pretty Geisha

The current sponsor of A Snowflakes Promise is SLS Lines. Since seasonal themes are now being used Pretty Geisha will be perfect for my Spring themed Design Team Inspirational card.

This lovely lady was colored using Prismacolor Pencils and a metallic Gelly Roll Pen.

I scanned a printed piece of origami paper into the Craft Artist 2 program and merged it with the Pretty Geisha image. To give it some depth a shadow was added to one side of the image.

I hope my inspirational card has encouraged you to participate in the challenge at A Snowflakes Promise, where the theme is Spring.
Challenges:
 http://lacysunshine.blogspot.com/2016/04/gnomes-inspirations-anything-goes.html
http://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2016/03/challenge-105-umbrella-photo.html
http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-3-anything-goes.html
http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.com/2016/03/challenge-12.html

My Fair Lady

 I'm honored to have been chosen as a Guest Designer for the month of April, for the Unicorn Challenge Blog. The current theme is to pick your favorite time of year. Mine is fall. Fall in London is lovely!

I chose the My Fair Lady image designed by Sassy Studio for my inspirational GD card. She was colored with Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils and a bit of metallic Gelly Roll Pen for the earrings. The colored image was merged with a background from the London Landmarks digikit in the Craft Artist 2 program. Check out Big Ben in the background!

I hope my card will inspire you to pick your favorite time of year and participate in the challenge at Unicorn.
Challenges:
http://lacysunshine.blogspot.com/2016/04/gnomes-inspirations-anything-goes.html
http://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2016/03/challenge-105-umbrella-photo.html
http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-3-anything-goes.html

Fairy Day Dream (Freebie Friday)

Ah it's Freebie Friday and this adorable little Fairy Day Dream can be yours! She was designed by Scrapper's Delights.

Day Dream is colored using Prismacolor Pencils. She w merged with a background from the My Craft Studio, Midsummer Garden disc using the Craft Artist 2 program. I printed the fairy a second time alone and cut her out and adhered her to the top of the card with soft pads.

If you are a member of the Scrapper's Delights Group on Facebook, you can receive this little fairy for a limit time free. Design your own lovely card and share it in the Scrapper's Delights Challenge Blog.

I'm looking forward to seeing some lovely creations!
Challenges:
 http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/03/challenge-153.html
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/03/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-271.html
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.nl/2016/03/challenge-17.html?m=0
 http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/challenge-30.html
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2016/04/no-fools-here-anything-goes-for-april.html
http://lacysunshine.blogspot.com/2016/03/octavia-melancholy-moppet_30.html
http://yourscrapbookplace.blogspot.com/2016/04/its-two-challenge-month-welcome-april.html

Annabella Quinn

This is Annabella Quinn by Jen for Digistamps4Joy. She is my first card for this Design Team. I am honored to have been accepted as a new team member of Digistamps4Joy.

I used Prismacolor Pencils to color this cutie and put her in the Craft Artist 2 program, where she was merged with a background, butterflies and embossing from the Butterfly Paradise digikit.

The new challenge is anything goes with the twist of added butterflies. I hope my card will inspire you to try your luck in the challenge at Digistamps4Joy.
Challenges:
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/03/challenge-153.html
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/03/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-271.html
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.nl/2016/03/challenge-17.html?m=0
http://lacysunshine.blogspot.com/2016/03/octavia-melancholy-moppet_30.html
http://yourscrapbookplace.blogspot.com/2016/04/its-two-challenge-month-welcome-april.html