Butterfly Garden

The current sponsor for the Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog is Sasayaki Glitter. I chose Butterfly Garden for my Design Team inspirational card.

Butterfly Garden was colored using Prismacolor Pencils and merged with various pieces and a background in the Craft Artist 2 program.

I hope my card will inspire you to participate in the Classic Design Team Open Challenge, where "anything goes."

Bianca's Birthday Card

The current sponsor of A Snowflakes Promise is Oddball Art Co. Stamps by Lizzy Love. I chose to use Bianca for my inspirational Design Team card. She was colored using Prismacolor Pencils and merged with elements from the CS Country digikit in the Craft Artist 2 program.

I hope you plan to join our challenge and make a card reflecting the lovely season we are in!

Skater Sassy

Sassy Studio is currently sponsoring Crafting from the Heart. I chose to use Skater Sassy for my Design Team inspirational card.

Skater is colored using Copic Markers and then placed in the Craft Artist 2 program, where it was merged with a background created by my husband Sandy Brooke. Skater is standing on A1A in front of Sally's Ice Cream, in Flagler Beach, Florida!

I hope you are inspired to participate in the challenge at Crafting from the Heart, where anything goes.

Beach Sweet Hearts

It's time for my Scrapper's Delights Mid Inspirational Design Team card. It's almost Summer here in Florida, it kind of seems to be skipping Spring and I'm not at all sure, if we even had a winter! So in honor of Summer 2016, here are the Beach Sweet Hearts, a Scrapper's Delights image. The lovely blue cloudy sky is another Scrapper's Delights product...Natures Little Wonders Paper Pack.

The cute couple on the bench was colored using Faber-Castell Polychromos. The colored image and the sky paper were placed in the Craft Artist 2 program and merged with other background pieces from the Craft Scapes Summer Seaside digikit and along with some text.

The scene was printed twice. I cut the Beach Sweet Hearts colored image out and used soft pads to adhere it to the top of the scene.

I'm looking forward to seeing some new challenge entries at Scrapper's Delights.
Challenges:
 http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/challenge-29.html
http://lacysunshine.blogspot.com/
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.nl/2016/05/challenge-21.html?m=0
 http://avenue613.blogspot.com/2016/05/challenge-176-anything-goes.html
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/2016/05/challenge-312-always-anything-goes.html
http://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com/2016/05/challenge-65-anything-goes_13.html

Back to School

The current challenge at A Snowflakes Promise is sponsored by Joanna Sheen. Since the theme is anything goes, I am getting in some practice with the "Copic Coloring Guide." Here's a sweet boy with his backpack ready to start the new school year. It kind of reminds me of my grandson. His family has recently moved and he will be starting a new school in the fall.

This cutie was color using Copic Markers and I design the plaid shirt, following the guide. For the rest of the color check my list below"
Hair - E21, E23, E25
Skin - E30, E21
Shirt - B24, B34, YG13
Pants -  B24, B37
Shoes - B41
Edge of Shoes - C7
Book - RV29, RV69
Pages - Y21
Backpck - YG67

The boy was cut out leaving a narrow white edge and then layered over several sheet of scrapbook card stock.

The background of this card is made up of various pieces from the "An ABC Primer" stack from Graphic 45.

Check out the challenge at A Snowflakes Promise where the current theme is anything goes.

Floral Frame

 Scrap N Dipty is the sponsor of the current challenge at Crafty Girlz. I chose the Floral Frame to use for my Design Team Inspirational card.

I colored the image using Prismacolor Pencils. I placed the colored image in the Craft artist 2 program, where it was merged with a patterned background.

I hope my card has inspired you to try your luck in the challenge at Crafty Girls, where anything goes.

Daisy Frame

The new releases are out today at Digistamps4joy. As soon as I saw the Daisy Frame, I knew it would be my Design Team Inspirational card. When Jen Lee designed the image, she must have had this Florida girl in mind!

I colored the floral frame with Prismacolor Pencils and put it in the Craft Artist 2 program, where I merged it with the green background color.

Check out the new releases at Digistamps4joy, there is sure to be one that you will think was designed with you in mind!
Challenges:
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/05/hi-everyone-how-you-all-doing-huge.html
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/05/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-277.html
http://avenue613.blogspot.com/2016/05/challenge-176-anything-goes.html

Fae 3 Sparkles!

There is a new challenge at Morgan's Artworld and the theme is to add "Sparkle". I picked Fae 3 for my Design Team inspirational card.

This lovely image was colored using Prismacolor Pencils and a blender pen. The colored image was placed in the Craft artist 2 Program and merged with a sparkling background from the Pin Up Starlets digikit.

I hope this lovely sparkling card will inspire you to join us in the current challenge at Morgan's Artworld.
Challenges:
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.nl/2016/05/challenge-20.html?m=0
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/challenge-15.html
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/challenge-28.html
http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.co.id/2016/05/challenge-128-flowers-everywhere.html

Chaplin Bookmark

There's a new challenge at Mari Digis and I decided to design a bookmark using one of the unique images available at either the Facebook group or at the shop.

I chose to use Charlie Chaplin B44, part of the Cinema Collection, for my Design Team inspirational bookmark. I colored him with Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils and Prismacolor Blender. I cut him out and made a background bookmark from bits and pieces of left over Graph 45, Curtain Call scrap book paper. I adhered the colored image to the bookmark.

 
This original layered bookmark was then scanned, printed,  and laminated. The final step was to punch a hole at the top and embellish with ribbon.

I hope you're inspired by my Charlie Chaplin bookmark and enter your own project in the Mari Digi Challenge, where anything goes.
Challenges:
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.nl/2016/05/challenge-20.html?m=0
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/challenge-15.html
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/challenge-28.html
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/05/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-277.html

Water Fairy

I used the Water Fairy digi from Fabrika Fantasy Digital Stamps for my latest Design Team cards.

This lovely fanciful image was colored with Copic Marker. The first card, I planned to use in the current Zodiac Kaleidoscope Contest at Fabrika Fantasy on Facebook. The colored image was placed in the Craft Artist 2 program and merged with a background made from the Water Garden digikit.

I cut out the lovely colored Water Fairy for the second card. I layered it on top of a pink die cut sheet, which is over a deep pink card base. I embellished the card with assorted small adhesive pearls.

I hope these two colorful cards have inspired you to participate in the Zodiac Kaleidoscope Contest at Fabrika Fantasy on Facebook.
Challenges:
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/05/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-277.html

The Lady in Pink

Here's another card with my Copic Marker practice! The image is from the Copic Coloring Guide book and disk. For the markers I used check the list below. Here again my Copic collection doesn't include some of the recommended colors, but using some on line favorite color combination have worked well so far.

After working on the shading and coloring of this young lady, I cut her out leaving a narrow white edge. I used a pretty print paper dotted with rhinestones to adhere the colored image to. A solid purple was used a a mat for the print and was adhered to the white base card.

Skin tones: E30, E21, E11
Lips: RV34
Hair: E13, E15, E18
Dress: R81, R83, R85

I hope you are enjoying my practice pieces. Come back again soon.

Steampunk Telsa

There is a new challenge beginning today at the Crafting from the Heart. the sponsor for this month is Spellbinding Stamps by Nikki Burnette. I chose Steampunk Telsa for my Design Team Inspirational card.

The image was colored using Prismacolor Pencils and a bit of Gelly Roll metallic pens. The colored image was put in the Craft artist 2 program and merged with a background and pieces from the Steampunk Adventures digikit.

I hope this card has inspired you to take part in the Crafting From the Heart, where "anything goes."
Challenges:
 http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.nl/2016/05/challenge-20.html?m=0
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/challenge-15.html
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/challenge-28.html

Happy Birthday Boy

I'm still finding my way using Copic Markers. I borrowed a book and disk set (Copic Coloring Guide Level 3) from a friend to help me continue on that journey. This boy is shown in the book and I printed him from the disk. Some Copic Markers were suggested for the boys face, but since I didn't have all, I made some substitutions. Check my list below. They worked out fine. For the rest of him, I used suggested combination that I found on line. Check my list.

Skin: E11, E13, YR00
Sweater: R24, R29, R39
Jeans: B34, B37, B39
Shoes: B32, C3, C5
Hair: Y13, Y15,  Y17
Ball: V17, BV11, BV08

I cut the little fellow out leaving a narrow white edge, happy birthday was cut on the Cricut Cutting Machine. I layered printed paper over card stock and adhered it over the blue card base. The boy and the sentiment were added last.

Come again and see more of my Copic journey!!
Challenges:
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2016/05/anything-goes-challenge.html
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/05/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-276-and-dt.html
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.nl/2016/05/challenge-20.html?m=0
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/challenge-15.html
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/challenge-28.html

Falling for Chocolate!

There's a new challenge at Scrapper's Delights and I'm on the Design Team! For my inspirational card, I used 2 Scrapper's Delights products. These are Fruity Babies Strawberry and CU - Paper 1-2.

I colored this cute image with Copic Markers and placed it in the Craft artist 2 program, where I merged it with 1-2 of the CU - Paper pack. I printed the scene and printed a second Strawberry Baby. I cute this one out and applied soft pads to adhere it to the top of the scenic Strawberry.

There are several Fruity Babies and all are adorable. The CU - Paper Pack is wonderful, as backgrounds for many different images. I'm looking forward to seeing other examples of these being used in the current challenge at Scrapper's Delights.
 Challenges:
http://lacysunshine.blogspot.com/2016/05/april-30th-anything-goes-challenge-and.html
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/05/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-276-and-dt.html
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2016/05/anything-goes-challenge.html
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/challenge-28.html

Wings and Pearls too!

I am honored to be the Guest Designer for this month's Pearly Sparkles Challenge. this month's theme is Wings and Pearls. Fae 9 from Morgan's Artworld fits the bill.

This lovely young Fae was colored using Prismacolor Pencils and a Prismacolor Blender Markers. The colored image was placed in the Craft Artist 2 program and merged with a background color, embossing, text and of course pearls.

I hope you will enjoy my card and participate in the challenge at Pearly Sparkles.
Challenges:
http://lacysunshine.blogspot.com/2016/05/april-30th-anything-goes-challenge-and.html
http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/challenge-9-spotty-dotty.html
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/05/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-276-and-dt.html
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2016/05/anything-goes-challenge.html

A Floral Garden

Design Team Members of the Creative Lady Birds Challenge Blog have offered some inspirational card for fun! I chose Con Fong's Spring Flowers for my inspirational Design Team card.

I colored this adorable image with Prismacolor Pencils. The colored image was put in the Craft Artist 2 program and merged with a background created with elements from the Craft Scapes Country Garden Digikit.

I hope my card will inspire you to participate in the Creative Lady Birds Challenge, where anything goes.

I'm looking forward to seeing your work.
Challenges:
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-155.html
http://avenue613.blogspot.com/2016/05/challenge-174-anything-goes-woptional.html
http://lauralcraft.weebly.com/dragonfly-dreams-challenge/summertime
http://lacysunshine.blogspot.com/2016/05/april-30th-anything-goes-challenge-and.html
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/2016/05/challenge-310-always-anything-goes.html

Ankle Deep

It's time for some new releases at Digistamps4joy. There are so many beautiful ones, it's too hard to choose, but in the end, it was Ankle Deep, which won me over. When you live 7 miles from the beach, Salt Life gets in your blood!

For my Design Team inspirational card, I put Ankle Deep in the Craft artist 2 program and merged the PNG image with a scene from the Natural Landscapes digikit and a couple of items from the CS Summer Seaside digikit. After printing the scene I colored it using Prismacolor Pencils.

Check out the new digis at Digistamps4joy. You will want to pick one for the next challenge you plan to enter.
Challenges:
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/04/challenge-155.html
http://avenue613.blogspot.com/2016/05/challenge-174-anything-goes-woptional.html
http://lauralcraft.weebly.com/dragonfly-dreams-challenge/summertime

Ribbon/Tag

I am enjoying working with the Digistamps4Joy Design Team. For the current challenge, I chose Art Deco Beauty, a lovely butterfly for my inspirational project. The theme of this challenge is anything goes with the option of adding a ribbon.

I colored the butterfly using Derwent Inktense Pencils. I cut out the image leaving a white edge and adhered sticky pearls to the wings.

The tag was cut twice using the Graphic 45 Secret Garden paper stack. One tag was cut at 7" and the other at 7 1/2". I cut the tag on top of the smaller tag, so it goes straight across. The 2 tags were layered and the butterfly was partially glued on top. Small punched butterflies were added along with a yellow ribbon bow and a green ribbon loop.

I hope you will join us in the challenge at Digistamps4Joy, where the theme is anything goes and the twist is to add a ribbon.

Challenges:
http://avenue613.blogspot.com/2016/05/challenge-174-anything-goes-woptional.html
http://lauralcraft.weebly.com/dragonfly-dreams-challenge/summertime
http://lacysunshine.blogspot.com/2016/05/april-30th-anything-goes-challenge-and.html