Happy Easter

It’s Friday which means it is time for another challenge over at The Lounge. This week it is a sketch!

Since I had Hoppin’ Into Spring still sitting out, I used another image and sentiment from the set. Colored with copics and added black dots. Flower is actually a brad.



Play along with us this week and be entered to WIN!  That’s right!  More important than bragging rights, (although who doesn’t love bragging rights?!)  you are entered to WIN a $20 gift certificate from  Our Craft Lounge. You have until 11:59pm Thursday, March 1st to enter.   Participate as many times as you like!   A random winner will be selected and posted here on the OCL blog at the beginning of next month. Rules are posted at The Lounge.

This is also for the Free For All 105 challenge over at SCS, add a little "character" to your creation

        Thanks for stopping by!

                     Amber

Merry Fish-mas

Decided to play in the Our Craft Lounge challenge this week which is a sketch:

Used Sea-sons Greetings for my card along with Ski Slope design paper. Colored images with copics, added Sugar Sparkly Fluff to the hat. For some added fun I used MuddPuddles Christmas Lights Sea Glass on the image.
The turtle is on dimensions as is the entire scallop layer.  Stamped sentiment in the corner.

 

Also for the F486 – Cards with Character.

Come join us over at The Lounge and show us your card using the sketch. Can’t wait to see it!

        Thanks for stopping by!

                       Amber

OCL84 challenge–Design Paper

So this week’s challenge over at The Lounge is to use Pattern Paper.



I haven’t played along in a while so I made two cards as I love to use design paper.

I used the newly released Winter Wishes by Our Craft Lounge. I went with a blue theme as last week’s F4A82 was to use mostly blue. I added stickles and twinkling H2O to the border (picture doesn’t show it too well). I used two different design papers for my backgrounds. This is also last week’s sketch over at SCS.

For my second card, I went with a Halloween card using the newly released Scaredy Cat also by Our Craft Lounge. I did the “no line stamping” again, stamped in blush blossom and colored with copics. The purple diamond design paper is layered onto black sparkle paper as is the kitty. This is for last week’s CAS135 challenge which was a sketch.

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                   Amber

Such a Sweetie

Sorry my blog posts are late today. We had no internet all of the sudden yesterday afternoon until just now! Don’t know how I survived!

Today is the last day of the sneaks over at Paper and Such! Now you can start buying your stamps that you have enjoyed seeing. Today’s set is Butter. He is just too cute.

Colored him with copics and paper pieced his blanket. Stamped his teddy twice and attached it with glue dots for some dimension.



Is also for the Free for All81 as it is Paper Pieced.  Layout is from Clean & Simple 156.

       Thanks for stopping by!

                      Amber

Ribbit

It’s time for another OCL Challenge over at The Lounge! This time it is a supply challenge of using punches/die cuts.

I used The Pond by Our Craft Lounge and the sketch329 from this week over at SCS. I colored my frogs orange so that the card would qualify for the Free 4 All 61 of using orange. Frogs and lily pads are attached with Glue Dots.  Design paper is from DCWV the Café Mediterranean and green rhinestones in the corner.

This is also for the following challenges:

Make it Monday - anything goes
Little Claire’s – animals
Fun with Shapes and more – animals
Papertake – Spots and Stripes


          Thanks for stopping by!

                       Amber

OCL60 - Two for Tea

It’s Friday and that means it’s time for another challenge over at The Lounge.    Photo Inspiration is the challenge for the week of April 8th and here is the photo:

I combined the OCL challenge with the F4A59 challenge of Embedded Embossing. I used the set Tea Time from Our Craft Lounge.

I wanted to keep a white base like the cake and just add some color to the card. Used the Swiss Dot cuttlebug folder and a border punch for the scallop edging. Colored only the flowers with copics and added sparkly black pen to the middles. The tea cups are up on dimensions.  I have such a hard time not layering that I had to add a layer behind the white when I was all done with the layout.

                Thanks for stopping by!

                           Amber

HB2U!

It’s Friday so it’s time for another challenge over at The Lounge. This week it is a sketch challenge.

Going to a 16th birthday party tonight so I whipped up a card for the birthday boy using Bear-ly Fishin’. Sentiment is from The Botz Family. Both sets are from Our Craft Lounge.  The fish is on a dimension. BasicGrey Aged & Confused  Sublime Collection paper was used and layered on brown cardstock along with a brown ribbon. The button is a lime green color that isn’t showing up really well here.

There was some talk a while back on Facebook about not using eyelets much anymore So I pulled them out to use on my card. I need to pull those neglected little guys out more often!

This is also for the F4A57 challenge over at SCS. The theme was to be Inspired by the Sun.


         Thanks for stopping by!

                      Amber

OCL challenge day–Clean & Simple

It’s Friday! That means it’s time for a new Our Craft Lounge challenge. Clean & Simple with embossing!  Check out The Lounge for all the details.



I combined a couple of challenges for my OCL card today. Color Challenge 314 which was Soft Suede, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake and Neutral. Free for All 56 which was “How does YOUR garden grow? What makes you thing of a garden and happy springtime??”

Clear embossed Whispy Patterns onto the background. Clear embossed flower from Whispy Blooms and colored with copics. Added Chunky Crystal crafty sparkles to the middle of the flowers. Sentiment is embossed in clear too.


Layout is from Tuesday Morning Sketch #85. And the card is also in the following challenges:

Scrap-Creations - Anything Goes
Pink Elephant - Spring Time
PaperPlay - Embossing
MyGrafico - Anything Goes
Amber's Crafts and Stuff - Anything Goes

I also have a second card for you using OCL images. I made this during the week for the Featured Stamper 214 but never got around to posting it. It is also clean and simple but no embossing. I cased this card of Bridget’s. Changing images but keeping layout the same. I used Bees Knees and colored with copics. Images are attached with Glue Dots. Curved the sentiment more to fit in the space.



Also entered in the following challenges:

PaperCrafting Journey - Up in the Air
MyGrafico - Anything Goes
Amber's Crafts and Stuff - Anything Goes
Scrap-Creations - Anything Goes
Pink Elephant - Spring Time

     
        Thanks for stopping by!

 
                   Amber

Paper Pretties sneak peek

I have a little sneak peek for you today as Paper Pretties is releasing 4 brand new stamp sets that will be available in the Paper Pretties store on Wednesday 9th February. They will be previewing one set each day until release day over at the Paper Pretties blog.

Today’s sneak peek comes from a set called “Irish Blessings”. I used design paper from DCWV Amber Autumn and layered it with black. Cut the sentiment out with spellbinders, sponged the paper before removing the nestie. Border punch and black rhinestones finish it off.



The IC270 challenge works for my card and so I went with this paperweight. And it also works for the F4A50 Almost Monochrome which was  use either white or vanilla cardstock, Plus, you may use ONE neutral (gray, brown, black, kraft, etc.) cardstock, AND, you may use ONE other color of cardstock, ALL stamping must be in the same color – the main image, background image and sentiment must match.

       Thanks for stopping by!

 
                   Amber

I love coloring

A few weeks ago I got some goodies from Outlaw Women Scrapbook Emporium, the cheapest place so far I have found for copics! See what I added to my poor little collection of 21 copics:

 
Aren’t they beautiful? 31 more shades which brings my total up to 52 colors! woohoo 

This weekend is CHA out in LA. My mom is lucky enough to be going while I’m stuck here at home. So to try to keep my mind off of all the fun she is having, I sat down last night and colored and colored and colored some digi images. Okay, who am I kidding? I’m bawling cause I didn’t get to go! lol 

It’s my day to post over at the Sweet ‘n Sassy blog so I thought I’d show you the card I posted there:


Isn’t he cute? This is Jacob loves Reading and the sentiment is from Birds and Roses. The background is really a hunter green but I couldn’t get the color to turn out in the pictures.

And since I had colored last night, I happened to have an image that fit in with the Free For All 49 – Warm Fuzzies (warm colors and something fuzzy on it). All I had to do was add some Sparkly Fluff to the blanket and slippers which I had already planned on doing.  This is Bedtime Molly also from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps.  The design paper is from Dream Street.



Close up of the Sparkly Fluff:


If you have noticed my little banner at the top.. my birthday is coming very soon and I have something fun that I will be having for blog candy! Check back this weekend.

       Thanks for stopping by!

    
                 Amber

OCL #49 - Be Mine!

It’s Friday! Time for another challenge over at The Lounge:

I combined the OCL challenge with the F4A48 challenge of using a sentiment to create your background. 

I used So In Love by Our Craft Lounge. I embossed “be mine” in clear on vanilla and then stamped a few in distress fired brick and embossed them also in clear.  Stamped the heart outline in distress ink fired brick then positioned the image “love heart” inside it stamped in distress ink vintage photo. Cut it out and layered it onto black. Added some ribbon with a bow made by using the bow easy and layered the background on DoubleMates Berry Red cardstock before layering it all onto black.


supplies: So In Love – OCL, clear embossing powder, versamark and distress fired brick ink, black, red berry & vanilla cardstock, ribbon and bow easy


Also for the following challenges:

Delightful Challenge - Celebration
PaperPlay - Back to Black
Tuesday Throwdown - Valentines
Aud Sentiments - Love Theme
365 Cards - Word of Day LOVE
Paper Cutz - Your Choice
Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings - Heart theme


          Thanks for stopping by!

                Amber

Melanie Mouse is ready for Valentines

A CAS (clean and simple) card for today’s Free For All 47 challenge over at SCS as I have other projects I need to work on and all the kiddies are gone for the day so I need to get as much done as I can in this rare moment of peace and quiet!

I used Melanie Mouse from Sweet ‘n Sassy. The great thing about this image is it is a COLORED DIGI!! So all you have to do is print it and make your card! No worries about coloring it as Korin has done that for you. How cool is that?

I used sketch 315  from this week at SCS too. Embossed the white and red panels with cuttlebug folders and some DCWV design paper in the middle. Melanie is on a faux layer created with a black marker. A flocked heart brad in the bottom and some sparkly floss at the top finishes of this sweet Valentine card.

 

Also for the following challenges:
CES Challenge Blog - All Creatures Great & Small
Some Odd Girl - Embossing
Winter Wonderland - Paws for Thought

           Thanks for stopping by!

                   
                         Amber

Happy Birthday, All Star!

So is everyone ready for Christmas? I’m not. Haven’t even finished my Christmas cards or started shopping! Hey, I have plenty of time.. right? It’s only SEVEN days away!!! eeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkk

So why am I not sharing a Christmas card?  Because I needed a birthday card! My son was invited to a birthday party tonight so I whipped up this 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 card for him to take.



Background is cuttlebug'd with the swiss dot folder. Colored Cocoa loves Soccer (digital) by Sweet ‘n Sassy with Prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless minerals. Cocoa is cut out of the circle and also cut out with a circle Spellbinder and then layered onto a scalloped circle Spellbinder. Entire layer is on dimensions. Did a faux layer, by using a black marker, around the digital Sports Sentiments. On the inside I wrote "Happy Birthday, All Star!" Added a ribbon tied in a knot at the top to finish off my card.

This is also for the Free for All 43 challenge of Christmas Break:

“Time to take a break from making those last minute Christmas cards. The challenge this week is to make a Birthday card. Big kid, little kid, your Aunt Sally... doesn't matter, just make it a birthday theme.”  The layout is from this week’s CAS97 – sketch inspired by Biggan.

This is also entered in the following challenges;

Totally Stampalicious – Clean and Simple
Craft Your Days Away – Punch it Out (punches/die cuts)
Cute Card Thursday – One for the Kids


             Thanks for stopping by

                           and

              Merry Christmas!!

            
                          Amber

I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas!

One of my favorite songs during the Holidays. Love it so much that I have it set as my text ring tone so I can hear it all the time. hehe  You can find the song here and here is a little background on it:
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas is a Christmas novelty song written by John Rox (1902–1957) and performed by Gayla Peevey (10 years old at the time) in 1953.

So when I was shown the digi image at Sweet ‘n Sassy… well, I just had to have it!!

I used copics to color the hippo and highlighted with prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits. Made a faux black layer with a black marker. Used DCWV Latte matstock paper. The image is on dimensions.

Layout is from a very old SCS sketch challenge… like as in Sketch #10!! For F4A37 Waggin Tails and WT295 Green.




           Thanks for stopping by!
                     Amber

Sitting Chloe

InStyle Stamps is having a release this week and asked me to help out with a sample. Even though I’m having a busy week with the cupcakes I couldn’t say no.

Sitting Chloe is colored with prismacolor pencils and copics and cut out just a little at the bottom of the oval. How do you like my heart button?  Looks like a real button, doesn’t it? It’s really a cardboard button that I colored with a copic and added Crystal Effects over top of it.

I used InStyle’s September Sketch for my card and also for Free for All31 Scallops!


Stop by InStyle Stamps to see what the Design Team has done with Chloe. 

           Thanks for stopping by!

                        Amber

OCLDT28 sketch

Our Craft Lounge sketch this week is such a cute one that I had to play. I used one of the new sets, Under the Misletoad, and combined it with a few challenges on SplitCoastStampers: Try New Technique287 – Sparkly Stained Glass and Free For All27 – Think Snow….Man. (it was hard to get a good picture of the card because of the acetate)

I used so much glitter on the frog, it wasn’t funny, green, brown, black, blue, red, white! Used Helmar V2 Vellum spray to attach my acetate to my nestie. On the nestie I stamped the tree and colored with copics, added some stickles to the star and balls/stripes on the tree. using a white gel pen I made some ‘snowflakes’ in the background. On the front of the acetate, I added some Sugar SparklyFluff for my snow.  The gifts are on pop dot, colored with copics and added white with gel pen.  Used ColorCore Cardstock for middle piece that I used my “man” tool on, Sandpaper, to distress the snowflakes to show the core color of the paper.

Come play with us over at The Lounge.

          Thanks for stopping by!
                 
                  Amber

Princess card

Jorden was invited to her cousin’s 5th birthday party yesterday. Of course she needed a card so I whipped this one up using Primsy Princess at MyGrafico.com.   It is also for the Free 4 All 20 in that we were suppose to use the most recent item we had received that hadn’t been used.

I used prismacolor pencils and odorless mineral spirits and a copic for the skin tone. Spica pens for the wand and some stickles on her crown and around the sentiment. The sentiment is a SU stamp. Scallop circle nesties were used with coluzzle circles used on top. On the top of her crown there is actually a heart which i covered with a heart bling. Design paper is Tea Party from SU.  Layout is Sketch Challenge 288.

Primsy Princess digi

Ink: copic (skin)

Paper: Tea Party, white

Acces: stickles, spica pens, prismacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, nesties, coluzzle

          Thanks for stopping by!
        
                       Amber

Happy 4th July!

I’ve got a darn nasty summer cold so this card took me a little longer today then usual. It’s for the Featured Stamper178 and for the Free for All 19 (using stars and gold).  I cased this card of cookiebaker. Changed colors, added star eyelets, kept image a girl (and her name is Lilly too!) and changed flower to a star ‘flower’ instead.

The image I used is a Digi image from Mygrafico and is called Patriotic Lilly Stamp 2.  I used copics to color her and mini scallop scissors to cut out the layers behind her.  Used Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Border (my Joann’s find yesterday on clearance for $7.97!) behind the layered image. My gold stars are actually silver but I colored them with my gold leafing pen!

 
Supplies used:

Digi Stamp: Patriotic Lilly stamp 2

Paper: red, blue, design paper

Acces: eyelets, leafing pen, star punch, ribbon, scallop scissors, spellbinders

Ink: black, copics

Don’t forget the sale going on at Mygrafico TODAY ONLY:

        Thanks for stopping by!

                  Amber

OCL Sketch #19

 
Here is my card for the OCL Sketch Challenge #19, it also qualifies for the Free For All challenge18 which was to be inspired by this poem:

Ice Cream Poem

I like ice cream. Yes I do!
One scoop for me?
No! Make it two!
Hmmm two scoops of ice cream,
I want more
How about three?
No, make that four!
1, 2, 3, 4,
Splat! "oh no! It's on the floor!"

Here is the sketch:
  

I combined two sets, Whale of a Tale with Lil’ Pea-Nut for my card. Now little octopus has a flower in ‘her’ hair: 

  But this card is going to a little boy for his birthday tonight so I stamped the birthday hat from Lil’ Pea-Nut, colored it with copics, cut it out and attached it over the flower making the little octopus into a  “he”.     

Next I added brown Sparkly Fluff to his suction cups, stamped/colored balloons, present and ice cream from Lil’ Pea-Nut and attached them with Helmar ZapDots.  I used twine in place of the ribbon and the ice cream in place of the button. Paper is BasicGrey archaic pad.

Stamps: Whale of a Tale, Lil’ Pea-Nut

Paper: browns, Basic Grey archaic, white

Ink: black, copics

Accs: sparkly fluff, helmar zapdots, googly eyes

       
         Thanks for stopping by!

                Amber