SMC Challenge #19 Anything Goes

Hurray, it's Friday, and time for another SMC challenge. This week Anything Goes folks, so let's see what you got! This weeks sponsor is Stitchy Bear Stamps and the winner will receiver 3 free digis from them.

Here is what I've come up with this week. If you were here at all earlier in the week you know I ran out of Neenah paper for copics. On Tuesday, I decided I needed to start thinking of what else I could do. Coloring on craft paper is what I came up with. I wouldn't have thought of this on my own...it just happens to be the challenge at copic creations right now.

Here is a close-up of the top of the box and the image I used called ' Hershey Praying' available at Sew Many Cards. I just love this image, it is so precious! I envisioned this little girl looking outside her window, toward Heaven, saying her prayers before bed. I didn't have a window , so I drew one myself. I've added little bit's of stickles to her where I thought the light might hit her. The little pink dots on the border of the box are pink stickles. With the top of this being craft, I really didn't think it looked right with bunches of stuff around it so I kept it pretty simple. There is a drawer that opens, sorry I forgot to photograph that...I will try to do that later.

Well, I think that about covers it. I'm sorry, I completely forgot to write down my copics. I believe the purples were V17,15,&12. The Pinks are R81, 83, &85. I do not remember the browns or her hair colors. The blues in the window are B99, 95, &93. Oh, i should also mention I put a clear gloss on the window so it would look more like a real window. Ok, now I'm done, lol! Make sure you stop by the rest of the DT blogs and see what they've come up with.

Have a wonderful weekend!

xxAutumn

Challenges:

Pollycraft Monday: ABC with Lace and Glitter (my brown border and pink stickles)

Copic Creations: Color on 'Other' paper

Hershey Bath from SMC

Hey all! Today I have Hershey Bath from SMC to share with you. I have been working on this card all day and though I thought it was going it be a cinch to put together, it proved quite difficult. I had it colored and the papers picked out before I started today, but it was just not coming together the way I saw it in my head. UUggghhh, don't you hate it when that happens. Anyway, here is the card.

This is a gate-fold card, my first, and I don't think it turned out too bad. I have stitched around the image and the DP and added some brads. All of the papers have been distressed and inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in vintage photo. I'm sure this could use some more embellies, but I was striking out with everything I tried, but that could just be because I was looking at the thing off and on all day, lol. I may have to revisit this one later. I had to think outside the box this week as I had earlier told you I ran out of Neenah paper. By Tuesday I figured I had to come up with something, so I printed this out on craft paper and gave it a go. I discovered you could do this st the copic creations blog and of course the DT make it look really easy, but for someone who's only been using copics for a few month I did find it a bit difficult.

Here's the inside. I know there's still a lot to be done, but it will wait till I find something to use it for. I can see really liking this type of card and I'll have to try another one soon! The bulk of this is made out of craft paper the one DF is some really old DCWV. the bubbles are a mixture of a white paint pen and stickles and I've even glossed up the water on the bottom below the tub.
Well, that about covers it. I'll be back real soon with anther SMC project.

xxAutumn

Challenges:
Copic Creations: Coloring on 'Other' paper
Wild Flower Patch: Fancy Fold
Fab 'n' Funky: Sew'n' Sew

Tulle Skirt Tilda

Hello everyone! Today I have another Maggie for you! I just got this stamp in the mail on Saturday and I had to find a way to get it colored...I'm out of my Neenah paper...uuugghhh! Anyway, I keep every scrap of that stuff that I don't use, and managed to find a piece big enough to stamp this darling little girl!

I based this card off of a sketch(shown below) from Stampin For The Weekend. They were also having a color challenge of Yellow and Blue...hence the colors.

I am not completely sold on this card, but if I stare at it any longer I'll probably end up really screwing the thing up and I put a lot into coloring it, so I don't want to do that.

Here's a close-up of Tilda. I've actually got a bunch of stickles on there, but they are not showing up very well. The little fence I have her sitting on is from the Spring Swiss Pixies set from C.C. Designs. I have attached Tilda with a hot glue gun... first making small beads so she sticks out a bit from the fence. I actually stamped that fence on DCWV cardstock from the Garden Party stack...it's got a blueish tint to it if you can't see. This was the first time I've done that and I'm a little surprised it worked.

Here's a close-up of the flowers...I've got stickels on them too~ The flowers are from Wild Orchid and the little swirly things were made from their stems...I wrapped them around a pencil to shape. I thought the swirlies looked ok as is, but then I thought they might look kind of pretty with some pearls. What do you think, the pearls ok?

Well, I think that about covers it for my card. The papers are all plain card stock...the white and yellow were embossed with my cuttlebug. Thanks for stopping by.

Hope you are having a wonderful day!

xxAutumn

Challenges:

Stamping for the Weekend: Sketch and colors Blue& Yellow

Crazy 4 Challenges: Paper flowers

Simple Doodles: Fun in the Sun

Magnolia Down Under- Embossing

Just Magnolia- In the Garden

Whimsical Wednesdays- Photo Inspiration

Copic Creations: 'Other' Paper

SMC #18- Fancy Fold with a theme

TGIF!!! Hello everyone!! It's time again for another challenge over at Sew Many Challenges. This week we want to see a Fancy Fold with a 4th of July/Americana/Military theme. The sponsor this week is McMahon Five Designs and the winner will receive a $15 store voucher. WOW, how about that! If you're not familiar with their work be sure to check them out and I will also have a sample for you in a few days. On to the card then!

Since I had no clue what to make for a 4th of July card I decided on a military theme...something I know all too well, and a Joy Fold Card. I followed these instructions here, but I tweaked it a little for my size of card.

My image is Army Baby from Sew Many Cards. Isn't he just the cutest! What an adorable little guy! I've actually got pictures quite similar to this, I may be using this one in a scrapbook!

The copics in the last cube there are the ones I used...sorry I didn't get that edited. The papers are just plain cardstock from different companies. The dog-tag stickers I've had around for a while. That's it for now. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for stopping by,
xxAutumn

Hello Butterfly...

Good evening all! I was hoping to have this on a little sooner, but I was having difficulty finding my mojo today. Hope you all have been having a wonderful week and have a great weekend a head! Today's card is 'Jayden with Butterfly' from Sew Many Cards.

My card follows the sketch below from The Pink Elephant. I hope I have made it close enough to the sketch.

Here is a close-up of Jayden.

Jayden is colored with copics, but the blue sky background is chalk. I think I may have overdone it a little on the lower shading, but live and learn, I guess...I'm sure I'll get the hang of it soon enough. Well, I guess that's it for now. I'll be back real soon with our next SMC challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!

xxAutumn



hallenges:
The Pink Elephant: Sketch
Whimsical Wednesdays: Photo Inspiration
Spoon Full of Sugar: Fun in the Sun

Diaper Cake

Have you heard of a diaper cake? Have you seen how expensive they are? Unbelievably expensive!! I'd never actually seen one, but my mom-in-law is always buying them for people. I had a baby shower to go to this past weekend and I thought, I wonder how hard it is to make one of those things...not hard at all. I think the most difficult part wast getting all those diapers to stay rolled up. Anyway, you'd probably see something like this selling for like $75,

I made it for $25

Here's what it looked like wrapped up. I really wasn't sure how to present this, but the site I looked at to get ideas said they came wrapped in tulle...so I decided to go with that.

Well, I just thought I'd share this cause

I think they're pretty cool and so simple to make you all should know.

Have a good night, I'll be back tomorrow with another card.
xxAutumn

Bee-utiful Day!

Hello, everyone! I hope you all had a good Monday. It was rainy and yucky all day here, but I did get to take DS#2 to the doctor to find out that his collar bone is all healed! Yay, for him! OMGoodness, today, I awoke to my son's saying, "we found the cat, she's in our room!" For reasons beyond me they're a little scared of her, but anyway, she's a cat that kind of adopted us so she mostly stays in the garage. We discovered a bit ago that she is most likely pregnant...she was looking quite thin this morning, so after some searching I found 4 kittens under my sons bed...he has a drawer under there. What a day so far! Ok, ok sorry for the blabbering, here is my card.

The adorable images used on this card are from The Cutting Cafe` our current SMC challenge sponsor. The words are from the Bug Circle Words collection and the bee is from the Cute Critters collection. My card follows the sketch at Paper Sundaes(i did add the embellies to the upper corners)...this is one of my new favs, so simple even I couldn't mess it up, and doesn't it make a nice little card.

Here is a close-up of the little bee. I opted to leave him black and white as I thought it would look good against a yellow sparkly flower...I think I was right. That flower was cut with my Create a Critter cartridge, I put stickles on the bee's wings, and embossed the white paper with my cuttlebug. Ribbon is from Hobby Lobby and the black rhinestones are from Kaisercraft. That's it for me for now, but I'll be back later with pics of the Diaper Cake I made for the baby shower I went to on Sunday. Thanks for stopping by and make sure to enter our ABC christmas themed challege at SMC for your chance to win some of the awesome digis from

The Cutting Cafe`.

Have a great day!
xxAutumn

Challenges:
Paper Sundaes: Sketch
Crafty Catz: Embossing
Meljens: Sparkle, Glitter, Bling