Art Impression Challenge "Pop It Up"

Well, I'm back after having a very nasty cold for 3 weeks.  I didn't accomplish much during that time, but feeling much, much better.  Today's card is for the Art Impression Challenge "Pop It Up".  They want to see lots of layers, so for my image & sentiment I am using the Art Impression Golden Oldies "Golfers" stamp set.  I stamped the image 3 times for the gal, gent and bag of golf clubs.  I colored each image with Copics, paper pieced the pants and shirt using the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Two "Breeze" pattern paper 6x6 pack.  I die cut different shaped clouds using the My Favorite Things Die-namics Cloud Trio.  Using the die cuts I created my sky background and the clouds for the sentiment.  The grass I just hand colored.  The gal was popped up on one layer of pop dots.  The guy I doubled the layers except on his shoulder, so it looks like he has his arm around the gal.  And then another layer with the golf bag.  

I am entering this card in the following challenges.
Art Impressions Challenge #127 - Pop It Up
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Here is my card...

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Art Impressions Birthday Couple

Well, I hope you all are having a great start to the New Year.  We made it to Florida, but spent hours in traffic through Georgia & Florida.  So we were really glad when we got here.  My first card for 2014 is using the Art Impressions stamp "Birthday Couple".  At the Art Impression blog this week they have a challenge "Expect the Unexpected".   The challenge is to pull out those items you purchased, but have been sitting around and forgotten. So I dug out one of my first stamps I purchased from AI.  I have never inked this one up, so I thought it would be perfect for the challenge.  The sentiment is also from their Golden Oldies collection called "You First", which also was never used.  I love both this stamp & sentiment.  The paper I used is from Echo Park called "This & That".  

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Art Impressions Challenge #125 - Expect the Unexpected
Challenges 4 Everybody #37 - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - 12/31 - 1/6 - Anything Goes

Here is my card for this week...

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Creative Knockouts Challenge #17 - Anything Goes

I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays and managing the weather we are having here in the states.  We had 8" of snow on Sunday and it seems to be snowing everyday since.  I'm sad to say this will be my last card as a design team member for Creative Knockouts.  We are going to Florida to enjoy the warmer climate for the winter.  Since I won't have access to all my supplies I didn't want to commit to anything at this time.  It's been about a year and I thank Kelly and the design team members for letting me join the group.  I have really enjoyed my time there.

This week at Creative Knockouts we have an "Anything Goes Challenge" with Bugaboo as our sponsor.  As many of you know I love Stella & Gus, so for my last card on the design team I picked the Bugaboo image "Stella Birthday - One More Candle".  I colored the image with Copics and added Stickles to the candles and her hat.  The papers were from the 6x6 pack from Ki called Growing Garden.  

Here is my card...

Hope you can join us this week for the Anything Goes Challenge.

I will taking some time off till we get settled and will be posting again in the new year...

Creative Knockouts Challenge #15 - Tis The Season

This weeks challenge at Creative Knockouts is "Tis the Season".  So if you are like me and really haven't finished up all your holiday cards this is the perfect challenge to add one of your creations.  Our sponsor for today's challenge is Robyn's Fetish.  The design team has some really great ideas for some inspiration using their wonderful images.  For my card I used the cute image from Robyn's Fetish called " Paul Penguin Sleighing".  I colored the image with my Copics, added some Stickles and fussy cut it out.  The snowflake pattern paper was from my stash and the snow hills are from the DCWV Glitter Mat Stack.  I edged the hills with some blue ink, just to give them some definition.  I also die cut extra snowflakes from the same glitter paper using the Cuttlebug 2x2 Single Die - Snowflake #2 and added some gems for a little bling.  The sentiment is from Whipper Snapper Designs "Think Snow" set and was cut using the Fishtail Flags Stax from MFT.  

Here is my card for this week's challenge.

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Never Underestimate the Power of this Woman Card

Just a quick post today with a card using the Art Impression stamp "Maude" and sentiment "Never Underestimate the Power of this Woman".  I just love this image, since I'm not a morning person I can relate.  The papers are from the Embellish by Dena 6x6 pack and gems from Michaels.  I colored the image with Copics, added some distressing with Antique Linen Distress Ink and cut her out using the Spellbinders Oval and Scallop Ovals dies.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Challenges4Everybody - Anything Goes
Use It Tuesday - Anything Goes
(The blue card stock was a leftover piece in my scrap bin and the gem stones I have had for ages.  They were from the dollar bin at Michaels.

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Creative Knockouts Challenge - TicTacToe

This week at Creative Knockouts we have a slightly different version of the TicTacToe board.  You need to choose one thing from row 1, two things from row 2 and three things from row 3.  We also have a new sponsor for this challenge Dilly Beans Stamps.  So I hope you will be able to join us this week.

EMBOSSING	DISTRESSING	SHAPED CARD
STAMPS	SENTIMENT	DIES
FLOWERS	PEARLS/BLING	RIBBON/TWINE

For my card I used the Dilly Beans digi image "Amalia's Daisy Crown".  I printed the image twice, colored the first and just the daisy crown on the second.  I fussy cut the daisy crown  and added to the colored image for more dimension.  As for the TicTacToe board I distressed the edges of the image and sentiment using Antique Linen Distress Ink.  For the second row I used the sentiment stamp from Printworks called "I'm so Glad".  The dies I used were the Nestabilities Circle and Scallop Circle Dies and MFT Die-namics Rounded Banner Stax.  For the third row I added gem stones from Ki, ribbon from my stash and flowers using a small punch from Fiskars.  The paper is from My Mind's Eye Collectable "Remarkable" 6x6 pack.  Here is my card for this week's challenge.

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Creative Knockouts - Make It Sparkle

At Creative Knockouts this week the theme is "Make It Sparkle", so get out your glitter, Stickles and gems for this week's challenge.  We have a lot of sparkle from the Design Team this week using images from our sponsor Saturated Canary.  Krista's images are super, super sweet - I love them all, so it was hard to pick just one.  I finally decided on "Whispy" for my card - I thought her wings would be perfect for adding some sparkle.  The papers are from the Heidi Grace line "Sunshowers" that I picked up at Joann's.  The flourishes were diecut using the Allegro Corner Die from Simon Says Stamp with paper from DCWV Glitter Stack.  I added Stickles to the wings and underskirt on her dress and added gems to the flowers in the die cuts and bobbles that dangled from the leaves on her dress.  

Here is my card for this week... 

This should be a really fun challenge, so I hope you will be able to join us this week.