Think Pink

 Was it a beautiful day for you too? It was absolutely gorgeous here in southern Manitoba.  About 20 degrees C, a slight wind and SUNNY!

Today I'm going to show you a pink card I made this weekend.

It's distressed in a couple of ways. Since I can't find my distressing tool  (where do these things hide anyway?!)  I used the edge of my scissors to distress the edges of the card. I also sponged some of my TH distress ink onto the edges of my image and once it was colored, I added some glossy crackle to it.  I left it to dry overnight and when I saw it in the morning, I was so upset. It was all curled and ugly looking. I managed to salvage it though, by pressing it under some heavy books for a day.  That's a good tip for me to remember for another time.  The image is a Prairie Fairy image--Nurse Gillian. 

I hope you like it. I'm entering this card in a number of challenges:

Prairie Fairy Fun Fridays--distressed pink
Paper Sundaes--lots of layers
CES Challenge blog
Let's Ink It Up--think pink
Just Yolie Just create--Link up for Pink
I {heart} 2 stamp

She pursued big realities

I've been working on this canvas for about a week, and am really happy with how it turned out.  I've been inspired by Julie Fei-Fan Balzar and have signed up for her Stencil 101 class.  I can hardly wait for my stencils to arrive, but I've been trying out her techniques and playing around with canvas.

The saying is really very meaningful to me, and I've chosen a Tiddly Inks digi stamp to use with it.  I've used acrylic paints, tissue paper for texture, modge podge, Papertreyink alpha stamps, stazon ink, and glossy accents, along with my copics and a sakura clear sparkle pen.

It's going to be displayed in my classsroom sometime this year.  It's my canvas/inspiration display I'm working on.

Thanks for popping by.
Janet

Challenges:
Fussy and Fancy Fridays--new technique
Crafts 4 Eternity
CES Challenges--gorjuss girls
Simon Says Stamp--anything goes
Tiddly Inks Challenge--acrylic

Make A Wish!

I'm honored to have been chosen as Guest Designer for the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #130.  Here is this week's inspiration picture:

What gorgeous colors!  The green really caught my eye as you will see on my card.

I used an MFT stamp called Birthday Girl.  It's the first time I've inked up this stamp, and I really like it.  She's colored with copics.

Be sure to pop  over to the Cupcake Inspirations blog to see all the wonderful creations from the DT and to learn all the details for this week's challenge. 

We're sponsored by: 

One lucky person will win a $15 gift certificate to Doodle Pantry! WOW!   Thanks to them for sponsoring this challenge!!!

 Challenges for this card: 

Paper Sundaes--lots of layers
Crafts for Eternity--#39
Simon Says Stamp--anything goes
CES Challenge Blog--girly
Creatalicious Challenge--anything goes
Freshly Brewed--autumn
Crafting for all seasons--fall colors
Totally Papercrafts

Anything But A Card Challenge at Paperworks Co.

Today at Paperworks Co, it's Anything But a Card Sunday. Here's my creation:

I used the test tube tutorial found here at Splitcoaststampers.com   I don't really make anything special for Halloween, but I love these test tubes, so I thought I would make one as a special gift.  The template is really easy to follow, so give it a try. 

I used the called VDay Bunny stamp and I also used copics to color her up. I  added stickles for some bling on the heart and used the Bo Bunny paper I got at my LSS.  I filled the test tube with smarties--who doesn't love smarties?!

It would be great to see your ABAC creations.  Will you join us?

Janet

Crafting When We Can

It's sunday, which means that there is a new challenge over at the Crafting When We Can blog.  Be sure to pop over there to see all the gorgeous DT creations.  This week, our sponsor is is Sew Many Cards--what great images they have.  I've chosen a really cute one.....you're gonna love it!

Our challenge for the next two weeks is a bingo challenge:

Here's my card:

I chose to do the top row, so of course, my card is pink and lime green. I've added a 'happy' sentiment and it's a Christmas card.

Please come and join us......it's tons of fun.

Janet

Featuring Penny Black

Another vision in pink......I'm in love with these bunnies. They are so cute.  I had a great World Card Making Day. You'll be seeing my creations this week.  I'm off to bed, since it's the CIBC Run for the Cure tomorrow and it's going to be a busy day for me.

Challenges for this card:
The Penny Black WCM Day Challenge
The Classroom WCM Sketch Challenge
JustYolie Just Create 1st Annual Link Up For Pink
Paper Sundaes--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp--anything goes
The Paper Shelter--for the girls

Congratulations Peggy!

It's Peggy's wedding day today and I wanted to send a quick congratulations to her and her new hubby. I hope they are enjoying a wonderful time in Hawaii!

It's also World  Card Making Day and all of the DT at Paperworks Co are issuing challenges.  Join in on any of the challenges and you just may win a prize.  EACH challenge will have a prize of a $5 Gift Certificate going to a randomly picked winner. All challenges will be open until 11:59MST on October 7th; winners will be posted October 8th.

So---here's my challenge:  Create a MONOCHROMATIC card.  Use one color and post your card (s) here.

Challenges for this card:
Paper Sundaes
Janet