Chillin' Charlie

Here's Summer Fun Charlies in turquoise and
pumpkin. I watercolored him this time.
Love this sentiment! Kinda went for a clean and simple look and added some brads, a button w/ hemp and strip I punched out w/ my new loopy punch.

Amethyst aliens are here!

This was made for the CDS August Guest Designer Challenge! This is an 8x4 card. I colored the spaceship w/ copics and the aliens w/ SU markers. I rarely use my Amethyst cs, so I thought, hmmm, why not some little purple aliens! The spaceship is up on pop dots. The square brads had a pewter like finish, but I colored them w/ a black slick writer and like that they ended up looking dark purplish. Lots of faux stitching to finish it off.

Thanks for looking!!!!

Happy Gladiolas!

Here's a sweet little elegant card I made using
one of July's new sets from CDS, Gladiolas. The flowers were colored w/ copics and everything else was watercolored. The main image is up on dimensionals.
How ya like that loopy punch??! It's one of the
new Martha Stewart punches and I love it!
It was hard to resist buying all of the punches,
but I did! This comes w/ a coordinating corner punch that I hope to get next week! Thanks for stopping by! And don't forget, sneak peeks for the new CDS stamps being released in August have already started on the DT's blogs!!!!

What have you done this summer?

I don't know about you, but I've been soaking up a little bit sun lately. We've had a little break from baseball (Hallelujah!!!) and have enjoyed taking it easy. We'll be heading out of town for a few days, but not to worry ~ I'll have some auto posts set up for the rest of the week ;}. On to the card~
I colored Charlie, or is it Charlene, w/ copic and SU markers. The grass was done w/ a copic, then I drew lines on it (so it looked 'grassier') w/ my olive SU marker. The sky was done by sponging using turquoise ink. This also uses some of the new SU In Color cardstock (love that some of them match this new Basic Grey dp called Lemonade!). Hope you like it and OH!!! Go check out what the CDS Design Team is up to ~ August Sneak Peeks!!!!!!! Too cute!!!!!!!!

Beam me up!

Ha, so whatcha think? The CDS color challenge at PCP (Paper Craft Planet) over the weekend was basic grey, teal and orange. I already knew I was going to paper piece the spaceship w/ this dp. As I was working on it, this idea came to mind. The orange is cut at an angle, not sure if you can tell, so that it looks like a beam of light coming from the spaceship! Another one of those cards that's way cuter IRL! The window of the ship is coated w/ crystal effects, as are the stars near the sentiment. The stars and dp are up on dimensionals. This would fit in a standard A2 envelope.







card info: stamps ~ CDS. paper ~ orange, dp, ww. ink ~ black, pumpkin. access. ~ crystal effects, markers.

Gladiolas on a grid

If you haven't tried this technique, I suggest you do because it turns out so cool!! Doncha think??! I wanted these Gladiolas from CDS to be the focus, so I kept everything black and white except for the image.
Thanks for stopping by! My latest Elzybell sneak peek is in the post below ~~~

Chillin' Charlie

This is what the boys have been wanting to do all summer ~ chill at the pool across the street (it's the neighborhood pool)!! This Summer Fun Charlie is, well, FUN!!! I paper pieced his swimsuit and his floatie, except the floatie is up on dimensionals. The sentiment is from the same set, thought it's not curved ~ I curved it on the block before I inked it up and stamped it because I knew I wanted to punch it out w/ a circle punch. Used up some SU retired dp that I still have plenty of, added piercing and brads. Husband is off work today so, yes, we'll be chillin' at the pool shortly! Have a good one!


card info:
stamps ~ Summer Fun Charlie by CDS. paper ~ bashful, red, olive, ww, dp. ink ~ black. access. ~ copics E31 and E33, brads, piercer, punches, dimensionals.

Lavendar aliens!

What??!!! Didn't you know aliens are lavendar and all sparkly?? hehe! I had so much fun w/ this new set from CDS! I used a copic and SU marker to color them, covered their eyes w/ crystal effects and the rest of them w/ stickles! Their spaceship was embossed w/ clear ep on the banana layer ~ look closely, it's there! Went w/ a tag theme for Flourishes blog challenge.

TFL!!!

Apricot Gladiolas are tempting!

Hi all!! Here's my first card using one of the newly released sets over at CDS ! This set is called Gladiola ~ August flower of the month. Ain't it beautiful?!!! The image was mostly colored w/ SU markers and is up on dimensionals. I watercolored the sky w/ turquoise ink and an aquapainter. The lower left flower is cut out and popped up (because I made a coloring mistake, hehe!). The layer to the left was done using the emboss resist technique. For the sentiment, I used the large oval and word window punches. Some bling and ribbon finish it off.
Thanks for stopping by!!


hugs,

CDS color challenge on PCP

Every Friday, CDS hosts a color challenge on Paper Craft Planet. Check out this weeks' challenge here: PCP CHALLENGE. This week, we were to make a card using Barely Banana, Real Red and Baja Breeze. This is such a cool set to make easy boy/guy cards! The 4-wheeler is up on pop dots and was colored w/ SU markers and also watercolored. I had to add a little something else to it, but didn't want it to be "girly", so I went w/ a small ribbon tab and star brad. And of course, some piercing. Thanks for stopping by and check out the "BLOG CANDY" post below!!!!!!!!!!

hugs,





card info: stamps: CDS set Dirt Rides. paper ~ baja, red, banana, ww, dp. ink ~ black, basic grey, baja. access. ~ markers, piercer, brad, ribbon, markers.