Happy Friday

     Have anything fun and exciting planned for the weekend?  Here in the states it's a long holiday weekend; one that traditionally marks the end of summer vacation and start of the school year.  Since autumn is right around the corner,  I felt like squeezing in one more summer card.  I've chosen to make a card using the digi image Violet by Hannah Lynn and available at Crafts and Me.  There's an Anything Goes Challenge at Through the Craftroom Door and one of the prizes is 3 digis from Crafts and Me!

     I've colored the image using Copics, and brushed some Star Dust Stickles on the sheer part of her outfit and her fins.  Stop by and join our challenge and check out the online magazine Through the Craftroom Door!

The Monthly sponsor at TTCRD is Ippity by AJ Designs. The monthly winner will be a random drawing from all the creations entered for the month of August.

Ippity -AJ's Designs

$14.50 Gift Certificate

We have two fabulous sponsors for this week!

Digi Stamps 4 Joy

3 Digi's

Crafts & Me

3 Digi's

Get Cozy!

I can't believe it's already late August; the summer has really flown by.  This will be me in the cooler weather:

This is Cozy Gilli a stamp by anaRy!  Over at House of Gilli the challenge is to design a card with your favorite color combo.  I can't choose favorite colors because I love variety too much.  I do love the look of black with any color so that is what I've done for this challenge.  Stop by have a look and join us!!!

I've paper-pieced Gilli's outfit and then shaded it with Copics, and I've colored the remainder with Copics as well.  Isn't she cute ~ she's one of my favorites!  Thanks for stopping by.
I'm entering my card in the following challenges:
Made Especially for You ~ Paper Piecing
Make it Monday ~ Always Anything Goes
Paper Playtime ~ Polka Dots & Sentiment

Get Ready for School!!!

     Through the Craftroom Door's challenge is to create a back-to-school card or project.  I've used an image from our sponsor Bugaboo:

     I printed the digi image onto watercolor paper and colored with Distress Markers and Twinkling H2O's.  I'm hoping you join our challenge; you'll have the chance of winning:  7 digis from Bugaboo, or a $10 gift card to Floppy Latte, or a $14.50 gift certificate from our monthly sponsor Ippity from AJ's Design!  Just hop on over to TTCRD to join the fun.  Also be sure to check out the online magazine Through the Craftroom Door for lots of inspiring craft ideas. :)

House of Gilli: Challenge 39

     The Challenge over at House of Gilli is to add a sentiment to your card.  I've used one of the cute little butterfly stamps from Gilli Rubber Stamps for my cards:

      The butterflies were embossed with Recollections powder and then some Stardust Stickles were added:

       The little butterflies would be cute and sweet with a variety of sentiments; I just happen to need some thank you cards right now.

        Should you like to order some Gilli stamps, you may do so at orders@anary.com.  Be sure to come and join us for the challenge!  Thanks for stopping by.  :)

Through the Craftroom Door

     There's a new challenge up at TTCRD; use white with two other colors (natural hair and skin colors are okay and don't count toward your two colors).   Hop on over and check it out here.....our terrific sponsors: 

Ippity -AJ's Designs
$14.50 Gift Certificate

Dude Time Doodles

Prizes: $10.00 Gift Certificate

     Have you gotten the chance to have a look at Through the Craftroom Door Magazine?  A craft magazine with numerous tutorials and crafting ideas.  I had a little tutorial in the spring edition; this fun treasure chest:

     In the magazine I listed the steps taken to make this little chest; starting with a plain paper mache box.

     The magazine comes with free digi images and the current issue has 7 free digis!  Also in the current issue is a tutorial on how to cut digi images with your Cameo ~  I need to study this tutorial because this will be really handy.

     Hope to see you over at TTCRD Challenge and you check out the magazine!  Thanks for stopping by.  :)  I've added instructions with steps to making this treasure box here.

Happy Day!

I have a card to share with you and this little Tiddlyinks digi image looks like she's wishing everyone a happy day doesn't she?!  

  

The image is called Wryn Fairy and I've colored her with Copics, and added stickles to her wings.

The dp is Echo Park/Summer Days, and to add a little more sparkle to the card, I added Stickles to the ice cream cone paper, as well as, adding a tiny bit of shading with a Micron pen.

Have a great day; thanks for stopping by.  :)

I'm entering my card in the following challenges:
Oozak ~ Bright Colors
The Crafty Bloggers ~ Anything Goes
Great Impressions Stamps ~ Show us your Best Coloring
The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan ~ Ice Cream
Inspire Me Fridays ~ Anything Goes

Back to School with Gilli

     There's still a month left of summer vacation in my neck of the woods, but some of you may be getting started back soon or already in school.  To get everyone excited about the school year we're having a back to school theme over at House of Gilli.  I inked up Balloon Gilli for the occasion:

     I colored Gilli with Copics and made little block balloons for the back-to-school theme using the computer program paint.  After adding the lettering using picmonkey, I colored the blocks using copics and added a little sparkle to them using gel glitter pens over the letters.

You can use Gilli stamps as/is or add little details to the stamps.  Here, I've added a few details to her dress.  If you'd like to order a Gilli stamp you may do so at:  orders@anary.com   I hope you join us for our fun challenge!  :)

Under the Sea

     Our newest challenge at Through the Craftroom Door Challenge Blog is to make a project inspired by life under the sea.  I have colored Ava Mermaid with Copics; a digi image by our generous sponsor Bugaboo Stamps.

     We have two fabulous prizes for this challenge:  a $12 gc to A Day for Daisies and 7 free digis from Bugaboo Stamps.  So hurry on over to enter the challenge here!
     Have you looked at the exciting magazine Through the Craftroom Door?....filled with craft ideas and tutorials?!  If you subscribe to the magazine, you will also receive free digis!  Last issue had 6 free digis!!!  :)
     Here's a little info on my TTCRD project; I did some experimenting with this challenge.

     I used sheets of plastic and Copic refills to create an ocean look.  First I worked with the blues and dropped a few different colors onto the plastic and then let the ink flow from side to side.  This can get messy so make sure you have some newspaper or something to catch the overflow of ink.  After this dried,  I dropped some greens and oranges to create the ocean floor.  To give the floor some definition I took a paper towel and dabbed it here and there over the green and orange inks.  After allowing this to dry, I took a mini-mister filled with rubbing alcohol and gave it a little spritz.  While the inks were still wet, I sprinkled a little Diamond Dust:

     The little fish were created by painting strips of paper with Silks Acrylic Glaze in Emperor's Gold and Ginger Peach.  When dry I punched out the fish shape with a MS punch, then painted the stripes with Blue Flame and added Star Dust Stickles.  The borders were made using Copic ink in the same shades I used on the plastic.  When dry I punched using MS border, then added a coating of Silks Acrylic Glaze Ice.  It's hard to photograph but in real life there's a lot of shimmer on the project:

     I used Diamond Glaze to adhere everything in this project.  Hope you liked this and thanks for stopping by!
I'm entering this project in the following challenges:
CMC ~ Navy Blue/Dark Blue
Great Impressions ~ Your Best Coloring
That Craft Place ~ Anything Goes
Inky Impressions ~ The Great Outdoors
Paper Pretties ~ Try a New Technique
The Joyful Stamper ~ Anything Goes