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StampTV Challenge Diva!

Happy Sunday, everyone! I'm just scootin' by with this sneak preview of tomorrow's StampTV Mix It Up Monday Challenge I'm hosting . . . a little sketch I whipped up:

It will officially be posted this evening a little after 8pm Central over in StampTV's Challenge Forum -- just in case you might like to do a little creating this evening instead of watching the big football game! Here's the sample I made with the sketch:

I used last month's release, Scooter Diva by Debbie Corbari for Gina K Designs. I'm lovin' this whole Diva series and am looking forward to another Gina K release on February 28! 

I stamped Diva with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Gina's Ivory Heavy Base Weight cardstock and colored her with these Copic markers:

Skin: (E00, E11); pants & hair: (E31, E33, E25); scooter, lips, helmet, purse: (R22, R24); scooter fenders & ground shadows: (W0, W1, W3); tires & scooter seat: (T4, T6).

Copic Tip: What color should you use for shadows? I used the W's here, due to the warm colors of the kraft card base and red/tan in the Love Letters patterned paper I used.

I added the street stripes with Versamark on the red flag accent and then pierced a row of holes as an accent above the red flag. I hope you'll play along with my sketch challenge -- you have all week, until next Sunday, February 10th at 8pm to do so!

~ Sharon

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JustRite Friday Challenge Time!

A new Friday Challenge has been posted over at the JustRite Inspiration blog today . . . we hope you’ll join in and play along!  The challenge is to make your own flower embellishment for a papercrafted project using JustRite Stamps!  Here’s my 6-inch scrapbook page of my youngest daughter I made for the challenge:

Banners are a hot trend right now and I wanted to incorporate one into this page.  I discovered JustRite’s Myriad Pro 50-pt Font fits perfectly inside Spellbinders new Banner Basics die sets!  I stamped the letters with Memento Rich Cocoa ink to spell out SWEET onto these gorgeous BasicGrey Hello Luscious solid papers and then die cut them all at once with Banner Basics One dies in the Grand Calibur:

The letter panels are popped up with foam tape onto the banner base and then the whole banner popped up on foam tape and “hung” with twine at the top of the page:

These dies have so much fun dimension to them –- love those tassels!  The raspberry zigzag piece I used to frame the photo is also from the Banner Basics One die set – I like the more petite scale and think it will work fabulously for smaller scrapbook pages like this one, or cards!

To create the flower embellishment, I used both Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities Large and Small die sets to cut solid and patterned papers:

One pass through the Grand Calibur and all the pieces were cut!  No need to emboss the circles, just move on to the next step.

Next, I used Tonic’s Tim Holtz Paper Distresser to rough up the edges of the circles:

Then, crumple the circles and work with them until they are no longer stiff and layer them together with foam tape and you have this quick and easy flower:

My intention was to use all of the paper pieces I die cut, but the patterned papers were making the flower look a little too busy, so I only used the smallest one for the center of my flower, topped with a button.  And I also have those leftover patterned paper pieces to make another flower for a different project!

A Foliage die cut finishes this page.  I hope you have a fabulous weekend and take time to play along with this challenge –- you could win some wonderful Spellbinders dies and JustRite stamps if you do!

JustRite Stampers: Myriad Pro 50-pt Font,
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Banner Basics One, Classic Circle Nestabilities, Foliage die templates & Grand Calibur,
Paper: BasicGrey Hello Luscious,
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Ranger Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink,
Accessories: Tonic Tim Holtz Paper Distresser, Ranger Ink Blending Tool, The Twinery-Caribbean twine, yellow button, foam tape

JustRite Valentine & Tuesday Trigger

Today's new JustRite Friday Challenge #048 is to follow this sketch I created:

Here's my sample I created:

 

These fun papers are from Basic Grey's new Hopscotch 6x6 pad -- love them!  I used a sentiment from JustRite's Friendship Nested Frames that I thought would work well as a Valentine for a dear friend!  I stamped it with Ranger Espresso Adirondack dye ink onto dotted Hopscotch paper and then used Spellbinders Labels Fourteen to die cut a frame to pop up over the sentiment.  JustRite just made the announcement that they are now carrying a selection of Spellbinders dies that coordinate with many of their stamps!  You can find them here and more shapes will be added to their web store as they arrive in their warehouse.

 

The heart border is Martha Stewart's Doily Hearts Edger punched from chocolate cardstock and topped with more Hopscotch paper. Some pink seam binding and a Maya Road chipboard heart (covered with Hopscotch paper) finish it off.  

I also used Moxie Fab's Tuesday Trigger (photo below) as inspiration, mimicking the swirly paper with the swirls in the sentiment, the scalloped box with my scalloped heart border, and the pink & brown colors, and of course the hearts!

I hope you'll join in with this new JustRite Friday Challenge -- there are some fabulous prizes up for grabs!  You can see the prize packages and find more sketch samples from the JustRite design team over at the JustRite Inspiration blog today.

I hope you stay warm over the weekend. I hope to get my February calendar made to share with you, as it's been in the teens here in Texas all week and we've been covered with ice and stuck in the house since Monday night!  6 inches of new snow overnight is keeping the kiddos busy today, so I'm staying in my warm studio and stamping!

 

Stamps: JustRite Stampers Friendship Nested Sentiments,  
Paper: Basic Grey Hopscotch 6x6 paper, PTI Chocolate cardstock
Ink: Ranger Espresso Adirondack dye ink,
Tools: Spellbinders Labels Fourteen, Martha Stewart Doily Hearts Edger Punch,
Accessories: Maya Road Chipboard Heart set, 7 Gypsies Victoria (pink) seam binding, EK Success 3D Foam Dots,

 

Moxie Fab Metallics Color Inspiration

There have been some fun color inspiration for card makers challenges going on over at the Moxie Fab blog, so I thought I would play along in the metallics one that uses these colors:

 

Fun, right?!!  The Bazzill equivalents are Gold Leaf Metallic, Satin Wedding White and Pinkini -- none of which I have, so I made do with what I had . . . Here's what I came up with:

 

I used Lockhart Stamp Company's Queen of Hearts Crown, stamped onto Copic's X-Press It Blending Card and colored with Copic markers R81-Rose Pink, R83-Rose Mist, Y28-Lionet Gold.  I die cut and embossed the crown with a Spellbinders Nested Hearts die and then rubbed gold metallic paste onto the embossed areas (it's actually the same color as the gold cardstock, but it's looking a little coppery in this photo!):

 

Rhinestones accent the crown.  I backed the die cut heart with a heart doily and then mounted the hearts onto a square of gold metallic cardstock.  The Lockhart "Queen of Hearts" sentiment was zig-zag stitched onto the gold cardstock.  The pretty Echo Park Be Mine pink patterned paper was distressed and machine stitched to the 5.25" square card base.  Some cream mini rose trim finishes off this valentine that will probably go to one of my sweet daughters!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Remember, you still have until this Thursday to enter my 4th Blogoversary Giveaway (in the post below this one), and today is my official blogoversary date!

 

Stamps: Lockhart Stamp Company-Queen of Hearts Crown & Queen of Hearts sentiment,  
Paper: Copic X-Press It Blending Card, Echo Park-Be Mine, Stampin' Up gold metallic cardstock
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
Copic Markers: R81-Rose Pink, R83-Rose Mist, Y28-Lionet Gold
Tools: Spellbinders Nested Hearts S4-296,
Accessories: Tonic Tim Holtz Paper Distresser, cream mini rose trim, Craft-T Metallic Rub-Ons (gold), KaiserCraft rhinestones, heart doily (Target dollar spot)