Top Tip Tuesday Focus on the Ribbon Card

Hello and welcome here!  Are you enjoying the Olympics?  We are at our house...except for our 4 year old, he'd rather watch cartoons:)  It's time for another Top Tip Tuesday Challenge, and we want to see your ribbon...lots of it, or even making your own ribbon roses, or weaving it etc. We'd love to see your ideas for ribbon.

Challenge - Focus on the Ribbon

DT Tips

Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

A big thanks to Delicious Doodles for letting me use the digital image Mythical Pegasus. I envisioned lots of ribbon for this image, what little girl doesn't like ribbons and glitter.  And my Tip to share with you is if you want texture without overloading your image, use Organza Ribbon, it has such a soft, light feel to it.

Sponsor's

For a chance at the following prizes, be sure to link your creation to the Focus on the Ribbon  at Top Tip Tuesday, you can enter up to 3 times!! For a chance at an extra prize leave a tip on your blog and be sure to leave 'tip' after your name in Mr. Linky.
Don't forget the challenge runs for 2 weeks.

Sew Sweet - £10.00 voucher

Delicious Doodles - 

The Ribbon Carousel -

I added Stickles to the lighter areas of Pegasus, and after it dried I realized I should have used a fine glitter, there's always next time:)  I love the Spellbinders Lacey Ovals, you can tie ribbon on the loops. 

Copics Used:
Pegasus - R000, R00, BV31
Sky - BG0000
Ground - W1, W3
Outline - C1

Recipe:  Digital Image-Delicious Doodles Mythical Pegasus, PP-BoBunny Vicki B Perky, CTMH CS-White Daisy, Spellbinders-Classic Ovals Large & Lacey Ovals, Cuttlebug EF-Heritage, White Organza Ribbon, White Polka Dot Organza Ribbon, Pink Organza Ribbon, Recollections Glitter Shapes, Stickles Crystal Ice, Foam Squares, Rhinestones, Copics.

Be sure to check out the rest of DT's creations for more inspiration!  There links are in my sidebar, or head on over to Top Tip Tuesday.

Enjoy,

Deneen

Challenges Entered:
Digi Designs Challenge -  Mystical Creatures
Pattie's Creations Design Challenges - Animal or Insect

Pretty In Pink Scripture Card

Hello and welcome here.  I have another card to share with you today.  I'm creating like crazy to have lots for my stash. 

Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

I've seen many cards with scallops along the bottom, and so I decided to give it a try too.  And of course I'm loving the Floral Ovals, so I had to use them too, lol.  For some reason the lighting makes the pink in the paper look different, but the pink of the seam binding matches really well to the paper in real life. I shared the card I used scripture on, but I also made 2 with Happy Birthday in the oval.

Inside:

Recipe:  PP-My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Dolled Up "Cute" Garden Paper, Cornish Heritage Farms SS-Thomas Kincade Scripture I & Beautiful, Verve SS-Circular Sayings, CTMH Ink-Black & Creme Brulee, Spellbinders-Classic Ovals Small & Floral Ovals, Martha Stewart Vintage Doily Border Punch, Wild Orchid Rose Petal Vintage Seam Binding, Recollections Pearl Brads, Foam Squares.

Enjoy,
Deneen

Challenges Entered:
365 Cards - Something Delicate
Crafts and Me - Challenge #92 R'nB Ribbon and a Bow
Perfect Sentiments - PSC41 Anything Goes
Whimsy Stamps Challenge - #48 Punches and Edgers
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #37 Uplifting Sentiment
Sassy Cheryl's Digi Stamps Challenge - #124 Fancy Borders

Cornish Heritage Farms Summer Theme Challenge

Hello and welcome here!  It's time for another Cornish Heritage Farms Challenge,
 

The winner receives:

 $10 Gift Certificate and a Winner's Badge to put on your Blog.  

 The Challenge runs for 2 weeks, so you have lots of time to join!

  Anne has chosen:

Summer Theme Challenge. 

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.)

Once you have created your card/project go to the CHF Blog and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF04. We can't wait to see what you create!

Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

I used this awesome CHF digital image called Swinging! It's available in the store right now, just click on the link to take you directly there. I added my own sentiment using MS Word.  Remember how high you could swing, it felt like at any moment you would fly right out into the sky.

I added foam squares behind the window frame to give it some dimension.  I finished it off with a sparkly star and some rhinestones.

Copics Used:

Skin - E00, E11

Shirt - BG10, BG15

Jeans - B91, B93, B95

Shoes - E40

Swing - R05, R08, Y18

Tree - E25, E27, YG03, YG25

Sky - BG0000

Recipe:  CHF Digital SS-Swinging, PP-Prima Pastiche "Love Letter", CTMH CS-Juniper & White Daisy, Memory Box-Grand Madison Frame, Martha Stewart-Grass Border Punch, Rhinestones, Foam Squares, Teresa Collins Ty's Stars Blingage.

Cornish Heritage Farms Blog Link

Cornish Heritage Farms Store Link

Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's Summer Theme creations for more inspiration, their links are in my sidebar! 

 

Enjoy,

Deneen

 

Challenges Entered:

 The Squirrel and The Fox - Challenge #22 Kids or Babies

Crafty Calender Challenge - Fun In the Sun

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - #37 Summertime

Stempelsonnen Challenges - Summer/Holiday

Top Tip Tuesday is Going in Circles:)

Hello and welcome here!  I've had so much fun creating since I've been on holidays, I can't believe how time flies, it's already been 3 weeks.

It's time for another Top Tip Tuesday Challenge, and this time it's All About Circles, we want to see projects involving circles.  If you're needing some inspiration you need to check out the rest of the DT, their links are in my sidebar, or pop over to TTT...you'll see more than just cards for this challenge!

Challenge - All About Circles

Tutorial - Tammy Louise

Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

Another guy card...but I've been on a roll, lol, so since I find inspiration for masculine cards difficult I decided to focus on getting a variety done for my stash.  This one was inspired by one I saw online, but of course I didn't write down where I found it and now when I Google it, I can't find it.  So big thanks to whoever you are in blog world:) I used Spellbinders Circles to cut out my circles.  Easy peasy:)

Inside:

I continued the circle theme inside my card as well.

Recipe:  PP-My Mind's Eye Indie Chic Nutmeg "Family" Laurel Burst Paper, BoBunny Ambrosia Lily & My Mind's Eye On the Bright Side "Stitched" Paper, CTMH SS-A Little Everything, Happy Birthday & Star Struck, CTMH CS-White Daisy, CTMH Ink-Black, Outdoor Denim & Sweet Leaf, Spellbinders-Standard Circles Large, Foam Squares, Rhinestones.

Sponsor's

For a chance at the following prizes, be sure to link your creation to the All About Circles  at Top Tip Tuesday, you can enter up to 3 times!! For a chance at an extra prize leave a tip on your blog and be sure to leave 'tip' after your name in Mr. Linky.
Don't forget the challenge runs for 2 weeks.

Redonkulous Designs - 16000 Redonkulous rewards points

to spend on any mix of Digital Stamps, Papers and clip art.

 Fred She Said $20 voucher!

 

 Ooh La La Creations is offering you any 1 of their CDs!

 

Enjoy,

Deneen

Challenges Entered:

Aways Crafting - For Men 

Speedy Fox & Friends - Challenge 116 Masculine Birthday

Pink Happy Birthday Window Card

Hello and welcome here.  I've been busy making cards again, and today I have a feminine birthday card to share with you. I usually layer 'up' my images ore sentiments, and often forget that you can make a window and pop that up while the sentiment or image remains on the card base. It came together quickly, gotta love that!

Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

For some added interest I embossed the frame after I cut the window in my CS.  I stamped the sentiment by Flourishes in black, and for the flourish I used 3rd generation ink (it just means I stamped on a piece of paper twice, before I stamped on the sentiment). I finished off the card with a bow in the corner, and to even things out I added pearls in the opposite corner. 

Inside:

Recipe:  Flourishes SS-Happy Birthday, CHF SS- Beautiful, CTMH SS-Tender Tags & Card Chatter, PP-My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks "Home" Dotted Paper, CTMH CS-White Daisy, Distress Ink-Aged Mahogany, CTMH Ink-Black, EF-Craft Concepts Budding Vine, Spellbinders-Labels 20, Wild Orchid Crafts Rose Petal Vintage Seam Binding, Recollections Floral Embellishments, Pearls, Foam Squares.

Enjoy,
Deneen

Challenges Entered:
Delightful Challenges - Bling & Bows
Celebrate The Occasion - Happy Birthday
Flourishes - #177 Use a Sentiment as the Focus
Totally Stampalicious - Fave Embellishment (my favourite is pearls!)

Young Masculine Card

Hello, and welcome here!  I have another masculine card to share with you.  I was almost out of masculine cards so I needed to create some more for my stash.  I needed a few younger masculine cards, and because I love this stamp set from Close To My Heart, I designed my card around it.

Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

Instead of making 4 cards with 1 image, I made 2 of each....2 guys on bike, 2 guys on skateboard.  The image was looking a little empty so as I was wondering what to do about it, I pulled out the stamp set I was going to use on the inside...which is a splatter (see inside of card below)....that's when I had an 'aha' moment.  I used some of the splatter to look like dirt/mud under the image...ya gotta love that when it happens:)

As I was thinking of matting the image, I wanted to do something a little different and thought matting just the corners would work, so I used a some black scraps I had, and it ended up being a better look, so I continue using them rather than cutting them to fit just the corners.

Inside:

Recipe:  PP-Basic Grey Marolain Black Forest Strata, CTMH SS-X-Treme & You Rock, CS-Bazzil Black Mono & Bazzil Cream Prismatics, CTMH Ink-Black & Desert Sand, Spellbinders-Labels 22, Stampin' Up-Label Punch, Rhinestones, Foam Squares.

Enjoy,

Deneen

A Wedding, and a Retirement Card

Hello and welcome here!  It's been a long while since I've posted something other than for the Design Teams I'm on, partly because I didn't want to be tied to the computer so much, and partly because I just wasn't creating anything.  But since work is done for the summer (I work in a school), I've had time to myself and have been bitten by the creative bug again!

Here are two cards I made for work.  One lady was getting married, and the other was retiring.  The cards  needed to be bigger so that everyone could sign them.

Card Size: 5" x 7"

All white cards are always so hard for me to photograph and edit.  It tends to overexpose when I lighten it up a bit, so I have to leave them a little darker so that you can see the details. I kept it Clean & Simple to reflect elegance.  The image I used is a digital image I found HERE, at Wedding Girl Blog.

Recipe: Digital Image-Wedding Girl Blog Bride Silhouette, CTMH CS-White Daisy & Spring Iris, Spellbinders-Labels 10, EF-Craft Concepts Budding Vine, White Grosgrain Ribbon, White Satin Edge Ribbon, Pearls, Foam Squares.

Card #1 Challenges Entered:

Paper Craft Star - Embossing

Ruby's Rainbow - Emboss It

Creative Card Crew - Swirls and Pearls

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - Girly w/ a digi image

Card Size: 5" x 7"

This card was for a teacher who was retiring, so I wanted it to be a little extra special.  I love the lacy feel of the Floral Frames and Romantic Rectangles by Spellbinders, and I was able to layer them up because of the large size of card I needed to use.

Recipe:  CTMH SS-Sweet Flowers, CTMH CS-White Daisy, Sweet Leaf & New England Ivy, CTMH Ink-Creme Brulee, Blush, Vineyard Berry, New England Ivy & Olive, Spellbinders-Romantic Rectangles & Floral Frames, Foam Squares, Pearls.

Card #2 Challenges Entered:

Paper Pretties - Celebrate-Any Occasion Card\

Scrapbook Sisters - 1 Stamp

Papercraft Star - No Designer Paper

Enjoy,

Deneen

Cornish Heritage Farms Birthday Challenge

Hello and welcome here to my second post today! It's time for another Cornish Heritage Farms Challenge.

The winner receives:

 $10 Gift Certificate and a Winner's Badge to put on your Blog.  

 The Challenge runs for 2 weeks, so you have lots of time to join!

 Lisa has chosen:

Happy Birthday Card or Tag. 

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.)

Once you have created your card/project go to the CHF Blog and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF03. We can't wait to see what you create!

Here is my creation for some birthday inspiration.

Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

I love this lighthouse, it's a digital stamp and is called Lighthouse 3, it's available in the store right now!  I chose my papers first which determined what colours I was going to use (and no, I didn't realize that the design was centered so nicely, lol). I chose cooler colours as opposed to warm colours.  I also chose to make a frame, and cutout for my card.  I used vellum, coloured clouds onto it, and placed it over the cutout.  You can see the effect of the light shining through the card below.

So when the card stands open on display, light will shine through...of course not as much as I'm showing here, but it gives it a nice glow.

Here are the different layers.  I cut out the lighthouse and added foam squares behind it to give dimension. I also added them to the frame.

Here's the inside of the cover.  I don't usually like a messy look, but I figured if they see a few foam squares it's not the end of the world...I think the outside more than makes up for the few they'll see.

Recipe: CHF Digital SS-Lighthouse 3, CTMH SS-Happy Birthday, PP-Echo Park Paper Co. A Boys Life Suave,CTMH CS-Outdoor Denim & White Daisy, CTMH Vellum, Spellbinders-Labels 18, Tonic Studio Ticket Corner Punch, Stampin' Up Label Punch, Rhinestones, Foam Squares, Copics.

Copics Used:

Lighthouse - C0, C1, C3, Y11

House - C1, C3, N7

Grass - G40, G82

Sky - BG0000, BG000, BG01

Cornish Heritage Farms Blog Link

Cornish Heritage Farms Store Link

Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's Birthday creations for more inspiration, their links are in my sidebar! Enjoy,

Deneen

P.S. Don't forget that CHF has added Thomas Kincade Cling stamps to the store!!!

Challenges Entered:
Creative Stamp Friends - Party
Cards for Men - Happy Birthday
The Cutie Pie Challenge - One for the Boys
The Paper Shelter - Punches and/or Dies
Scrapalicious USA - What Do You Do In The Summertime?
{PIN}-spirational Challenge - Photo Challenge

YAY!
 

Top Tip Tuesday Masculine Challenge

Hello and welcome here!  Thanks to all those who replied to my plea for Blogger help, lol.  I'm not sure exactly which of the things I tried, but it seems to be posting to Reader and the Blog Rolls etc. again, yay! So you probably ended up with quite a few Posts from me, lol:)  See, I had been posting, I just didn't realize none of you were reading it...unless you came directly to my blog.

On to the Top Tip Tuesday Challenge!  This time it's for the men, anything masculine! And the DT are sharing their Tips with you.

Challenge - Masculine

DT Tips

Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

I totally lifted this card from Misty over at Misty's Scrapbook Corner.  I have had this plaid paper forever just waiting for the perfect project, and when I saw Misty's masculine card I pulled it out to use it for my own masculine card...of course I've tweaked it Deneen style:)  Don't ya just love the internet? You can get so many great ideas...even I need inspiration once in a while, lol.

Tip:  When making masculine cards you don't always need an image, a sentiment can work well on its own.

Sponsor's

For a chance at the following prizes, be sure to link your creation to the Maculine Challenge  at Top Tip Tuesday, you can enter up to 3 times!! For a chance at an extra prize leave a tip on your blog and be sure to leave 'tip' after your name in Mr. Linky.
Don't forget the challenge runs for 2 weeks.

Simon Says Stamp - $20 gift voucher

The Crafty Pad - 2 Digi Images

Inside:

Recipe: CTMH SS-Happy Birthday, Card Chatter-Sympathy & Wonderful Friend, Flourishes SS-Tag Lines, CTMH CS-Black, New England Ivy & Colonial White, PP-Graphic 45 A Proper Gentleman Collection (2010), CTMH Ink-Black & New England Ivy, EK Success Fountain of Fun Corner Punch, Foam Squares, Antique Copper Brads.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's masculine creations for inspiration, their links are in my sidebar!  Enjoy,

Deneen

Challenges Entered:
Cards for Men - Happy Birthday
Here Come The Boys - Metal and/or Embossing (metal brads)
The Cutie Pie Challenge - One for the Boys
stamp &  fun = CREATIVITY - no girls allowed
Just Some Lines - Keep It Clean and Simple
Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Clean and Simple

Happy Canada Day!

Yup, love being Canadian.



Enjoy,
Deneen