Bud Shootout 2009!!

Yipeee!! After the long winter break, NASCAR season is back in swing. Tonight at 8 p.m. EST is the Bud Shootout! You better believe we'll be tuned in and filling the room with the sound of cars! Ahhhh, I've missed that sound.

My good friend (and fellow race fan!) Dawn Easton and I thought it would be fun to make a couple racing-related cards today to celebrate the season being back underway...well, it's the Shootout, so I guess it's the UNofficial official start of the season. Anyhooo...be sure to check out Dawn's card too. I'm anxious to see it myself!! I'll bet it's super cute. Oh, and give her an extra little {cyber hug} because she's not feeling well.

Feel free to play along with us if you'd like! Dawn even came up with a keyword for SCS uploads. Just make a card that has something to do with racing and upload to SCS with keyword NASCAR1. Oh, and we're going to do this again next Sunday for the Daytona 500!



My card is a 5.25" square card....and it's KEVIN HARVICK themed...of course! {smile} The colors on my card are the same colors as his Shell Pennzoil car, if you look closely at the red panel you'll see I stamped some shells on there, and his number is there too. I made the checkered flag with Rose Ann's Ribbon Weaving Technique...finally got a chance to try it. Fun!...and great for making checkered flags!

The yellow circle with the #29 is up on Dimensionals and so is the punched sentiment. Both were stamped in white Craft ink and heat embossed with red embossing powder. I made the #29 and *Go Kevin* sentiment with my JustRite Brayton font and circle stamper. Did you know you can get the JustRite products, including this Brayton font and the wooden stampers, at both Stamper's Dream and Taylored Expressions? You can! Matter of fact, you can get the Classic Red Prism Paper at both stores too!

Thank you, Jodi, for the awesome May Arts ribbon!! It goes perfectly with Kevin's colors!

Here's what the inside of the card looks like:

SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: JustRite Brayton Font, Crafty Secrets Seaside
Paper: PTI White, SU Summer Sun, SU Basic Black, Prism Classic Red
Ink: Versamark, White Craft
Accessories: May Arts Red/Yellow Ribbon, Black and White Satin Ribbon, SU Word Window Punch, dimensionals, Piercing Tool & SU Mat Pack, Red Embossing Powder
Technique: Heat Embossing, Ribbon Weaving, Piercing
Card Size: 5.25" Square

So, are you a race fan? Who are you rooting for tonight??


...you know who I'll be rooting for! GO KEVIN! {smile}

OCC Sketch Challenge

Today's OCC Challenge is a sketch, brought to you by...well...me! I hope you like it! :)

Stop by the OCC blog to see the sketch, the beautiful samples from the rest of the OCC girls, AND to see what the amazingly talented Jami Bova (sgtstamper) has created. She's our special guest designer this week and her sample blew my socks off. Check it out! Thanks so much for being our guest this week, Jami!! :)

Today I thought I'd use some of my new Crafty Secrets stamps and cotton scraps. This is the first time I've used the cotton scraps and they're really cool!! The main image is part of their Romance Cotton Scraps sheet. The black and white photo has a pink tint to it that's really cool. I love it! It's very sweet.

The heart from the Large Cherish set was stamped in Versamark onto SU Basic Gray CS and then heat embossed with pink embossing powder. I cut it out and popped it up on dimensionals. I layered some pink striped organdy ribbon from Pink Hedgehog Paper Crafts in front of some black grosgrain ribbon. The pink swarovski crystals were glued down with a small dot of Crystal Effects.

The inside of the card uses more stamps from the Large Cherish set. I love these little accent stamps...so pretty!

RECIPE ~
Stamps: Large Cherish (Crafty Secrets)
Paper: SU Pink Pirouette, SU Basic Gray, SU Basic Black, SU Bella Rose DP
Ink: Versamark, Versafine Black Onyx
Accessories: Romance Cotton Scraps, Pink Embossing Powder, Striped Organdy Ribbon, Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Pink Swarovski Crystals, Dimensionals, Crystal Effects
Technique: Heat Embossing

Later all!

Crafty Secrets Halloween

Isn't this little girl from the new Crafty Secrets set CUUUTE?!! I love her! My youngest daughter was a cute little witch last year for Halloween, so when I saw this little girl, I ordered the set right away.

I followed Sketch Challenge #SC188 on SCS for the layout.

Yesterday's Crafty Secrets Challenge was to use your initials when picking items for your card/project. My initials are DRM. I used Designer Paper for the D, Ribbon for the R, and Markers for the M.

The orange mat panel behind the main image is up on 3-D Glue Dots. The inside of the card has a white panel with cob webs (also from the new Crafty Secrets set) stamped in Versafine Black in the lower left and upper right corners.

*Edited to Add*
I watercolored her skin with Blush Blossom Classic Ink.

The image was colored with Copic markers...all from Box D:

E43 Dull Ivory and E49 Dark Bark for her hair
Y28 Lionet Gold for her broomstick
Y38 Honey and YR68 Orange for her cape
V91 Pale Grape and V95 Light Grape for her dress, socks and hat
W-7 Warm Gray to fill in her shoes

Recipe ~
Stamps: Crafty Secrets Halloween Fun Medium
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Georgia Pacific White, Creepy Crawly DP (black circle print and black matting)
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Copics, Blush Blossom
Accessories: Pumpkin Grosgrain Ribbon, Oval and Scallop Oval Nestabilities (sentiment), 3-D Glue Dots, Piercing Tool and Mat Pack
Technique: Faux Stitching
Card Size: 4.25" x 4.25" Square

Thanks for stopping by!
Denise

Family Album

Yesterday's Featured Stamper on SCS was Michelle (Chelemom). Check out her awesome gallery if you haven't already done so. Man, can the girl color or what?!?! Awesome cards!

I chose THIS gorgeous card of hers to CASE.

I bought the Seaside and Story of Me sets from Crafty Secrets a while back, but this is the first time I got to ink up the Story of Me set. What took me so long?...I have no idea!

My card measures 4.25" x 4.25" square. The scallop Chocolate Chip circle is up on a layer of dimensionals, with the white image circle on a second layer over that. The white sentiment oval is up on a layer of dimensionals, with the Chocolate Chip oval behind it up on a second layer too. The image was watercolored with inkpads (by smashing the ink in the lid).

The inside of the card includes a strip of the DP over white CS, then matted with a Chocolate Chip panel again. My good friend, Janice (catcrazy), got me this cute DP. It's a whole pack of 6x6 double-sided DP. So nice of you, Janice, thanks!!

Recipe ~
Stamps: Crafty Secrets Story of Me
Paper: Barely Banana, Chocolate Chip, White, Making Memories Cosmopolitan Collection DP
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, StazOn Timber Brown, Basic Brown, Bashful Blue, Barely Banana, Blush Blossom
Accessories: Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Sm and Lg Oval Punches, Brown Half-Backed Pearls, Dimensionals, Primas
Technique: Watercoloring

Thanks for stopping by my blog, and I'll see you tomorrow!

Our Creative Corner - Challenge #1

We're having our first challenge today over on the Our Creative Corner blog.

It's a sketch challenge, hosted by Cindy Haffner!!

Come on over and play along in the challenge. Just be sure to leave a comment on the OCC challenge post with a link to your card on your blog or SCS gallery. If you upload to Splitcoast, use keyword OCCC so all the submissions are grouped in one place. :)

*ETA* ...please bear with us while we're working out some bugs. When uploading to SCS, please use keyword OCCC (with THREE c's). We found out today that there are already a bunch of uploads using keyword OCC that aren't part of the Our Creative Corner blog. Sorry for the inconvenience. {smile}

For my card, I used my new Great Impressions Lighthouse stamp that I bought last weekend while shopping with LeAnne, Jen and Wendy (hi girls!).

I stamped the lighthouse in Black Colorbox ink and then heat embossed it in clear EP. I watercolored the image using inkpads, masked the lighthouse, and then sponged Bashful Blue all around the sky. I also added highlights with my Sakura sparkle pen to the lighthouse and water. There's a close-up picture of the sparkle below.

The inside of the card includes a white panel with So Saffron sponged around all four sides. Then I stamped the rope and knot stamps from Crafty Secrets Seaside in Chocolate Chip to make a border around the entire panel.

Recipe ~
Stamps: Great Impressions Lighthouse, Gina K Kindred Sentiments for Her, Craft Secrets Seaside
Paper: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, White
Ink: Colorbox Black, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Creamy Caramel, Basic Black, Real Red, Sakura Sparkle Pen
Accessories: Yellow Brads, Brown Satin Ribbon, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Clear Embossing Powder
Technique: Sponging, Heat Embossing

Thanks for visiting my blog today, and I hope you're enjoying your weekend so far

Seagulls

Yay, it's sketch challenge Wednesday on SCS! Here's the link to today's sketch from Roxie. I like it!!

The awesome seagull image is one that my friend Janice brought along this past weekend for us to play with. I'm sorry, I don't have the name of the stamp, but it's by Inkadinkadoo and I believe she said she found it at AC Moore. Thanks Janice!!

The image was colored with a combination of copic markers and prisma pencils. The prisma pencils were blended with gamsol and stumps that I FINALLY bought at the stamp show this past weekend. Up until then, I had been using baby oil to blend prismas...either product works just fine, but I think I like the gamsol just a little more now that I've tried the two ways. Oh, and the gamsol that I bought from Inky Antics at the show does NOT have any odor or fumes. {smile}

I stamped the image twice so I could use one for the base image and one for popping up on dimensionals. The larger white base layer is sponged in creamy caramel, and then I used the speckle stamp from the Itty Bitty Backgrounds set stamped in Basic Brown.

The edges of the inside panel are sponged in Creamy Caramel, and then I stamped some starfish, sand dollars, and shells in So Saffron and Basic Brown from the Crafty Secrets Seaside set.

Recipe ~
Stamps: Inkadinkadoo Seagulls (not sure of exact name), SU Itty Bitty Backgrounds, Crafty Secrets Seaside
Paper: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, White, Real Red
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Copics
Accessories: Prisma Pencils with Gamsol and stumps, White Brads, Real Red Striped Ribbon, Dimensionals, Horizontal Slot Punch, Sponge
Technique: Gamsol, Sponging

Happy Hump Day!

Seaside Sally

...that's what I'm calling her anyway, LOL! Happy Hump Day! In case you haven't figured it out, I'm in a pretty giddy mood today. I'm going away with a couple stamping girlfriends to the beach this weekend!!...two days...can't wait!! That also inspired the seaside theme for my card today.

This card is a combination of today's SCS Sketch Challenge #SC176, Beate's Inspiration Challenge from Tuesday (very pretty browns and blues), and the SCS Technique Challenge from Monday (combine an embossed image with watercoloring).

The main image is stamped in Versamark on Very Vanilla, heat embossed in dark brown embossing powder, and then watercolored with ink pads. The edges of the top half of the main panel are sponged in Soft Sky, and the edges of the bottom half were sponged in Basic Brown. The sentiment was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in dark brown embossing powder, then I sponged Basic Brown around the edges. The starfish and sand dollars were stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I added a Very Vanilla panel on the inside of the card with Basic Brown sponged around the entire border. Along the bottom of the panel I stamped a seagull, some shells, and a crab in Basic Brown and Creamy Caramel.

Recipe ~
Stamps: Crafty Secrets Seaside
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Soft Sky
Ink: Versamark, Creamy Caramel, Basic Brown, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou
Accessories: Blue Bayou Double-Stitched Ribbon, Hodgepodge Hardware, Clear Embossing Powder, Dark Brown Embossing Powder
Technique: Heat Embossing, Watercoloring with Ink Pads, Sponging

Hope you're enjoying your day!!


P.S. The finger is healing just fine. I've downsized from a huge, ugly gauze "finger sock" to a regular bandaid....and obviously it's not keeping me from making cards, LOL!

Seaside Inspiration

I just got this new Crafty Secrets Seaside clear set. I love it!!! My card today follows Roxie's Sketch Challenge #SC173...I just had to flip the sketch so the horizontal image would fit....she said flipping was okay. I double checked! {smile} The theme and colors were inspired by Beate's Inspiration Challenge #10...Beate's picture can be seen below. Are those great colors, or what??!!

I used the shaving cream technique to get the watercolor feel in Beate's inspiration piece. The reinker colors I used in the shaving cream were Marigold Morning, Wild Wasabi, Basic Brown (which I think is actually now hidden with the "friend" sentiment), and Cool Caribbean. The main image was water colored with reinkers and ink pads. The sentiment was glued behind the main image, and then the whole panel was put up on dimensionals.

Here's Beate's Inspiration Piece...

Recipe ~
Stamps: Craft Secrets Seaside (medium), Gina K Kindred Greetings for Her
Paper: Chocolate Chip, White, Glossy White, Cool Caribbean
Ink: Basic Brown, Creamy Caramel, Cool Caribbean, Marigold Morning, Wild Wasabi
Accessories: American Crafts polka dot ribbon, dimensionals, glue dot (for ribbon)
Technique: Shaving Cream, Watercoloring

Thanks for stopping by my blog...come back again soon!