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.

Multi challenge waterlily card

Ok, here's the run down of all the challenges this card was made for:

FTTC25 ~ add shimmer
CC228 ~ pink, rust, navy
WT228 ~ add a charm
DTDG09KrystieLee ~ add something clear
DTGD09eggette ~ something w/ wings
DTGD09Becca_Stamps ~ use die cuts/punches
DTGD09Lauraly ~ use ribbon
DTGD09One_Happy_Stamper ~ this sketch

Yep, that's 8 challenges on one card!!!! Everything just seemed so easy to add, that it just all fell together. The waterlilies were spritzed w/ Gold Glimmer Mist (I don't have any Shimmerz). The stamped using my navy marker, then again in versamark and embossed w/ clear ep. The gems are clear domes. Not much of the rust on here, but I used a rust marker on my flowers (click on the picture and you may be able to tell). Thanks for stopping by! I'm working on more Dare To Get Dirty challenges and will have some Clear Dollar Stamps card to post soon, so don't go far!

It's a Sunny release day!!!

It's RELEASE DAY!!!!!!!!! Here's my final sneak peek for you using a different image from the same Mini Messages set that I used yesterday.


This also uses yesterdays' Sketch Challenge on SCS. The beach balls are up on dimensionals and I colored them w/ my SU markers. I love using up retired dp rather than just seeing it sit in my room!! Used a border punch on the bottom black strip, pierced the top black strip, added a little gingham and a sentiment from the same Mini Messages set and voila! Clean and simple w/ a pop of color!! Ok, now RUN to the Elzybell store (link on the sidebar--->) and see the full sets! Which ones are you getting???!!!
Thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoyed the peeks! Also, this is my last new release as an Elzybell DT member. It's been wonderful and I can't thank Elizabeth enough for giving me, someone not well known in the "stamping world" (didn't want to use your exact words, debi!), a chance to a be a part of her team. I've really enjoyed getting to know everyone else on the team and will continue to follow their work and stalk their blogs *wink*.

hugs,