Over the Rainbow

If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. ~ Dolly Parton

Boy, do I hope that saying is true because I am due for that rainbow! I'm so glad this stressful, crazy week is over! And I'm also glad that I finally finished my card for this week's It's a Rainbow challenge for Totally Papercrafts. Fortunately, the TP girls are such a wonderful and understanding design team. :)

Coincidentally, this week's inspiration challenge on the Dancing in Pajamas TCP blog also had a rainbow theme - a perfect excuse to break out those adorable TCP penguins!

I also thought it would be a good challenge to try out the herringbone technique over at SplitCoastStampers. This technique was so much fun! I can't wait to try it again.


If you play along with the It's a Rainbow challenge on the Totally Papercrafts blog, you could win a great prize from our sponsor, Delicious Doodles. Also be sure to stop by the blog to check out all the other (timely!) DT members' cards. :)
Lisa

Fab Friday - Favorites

I found a few favorite challenges this week to participate in. I entered this first card in the current SplitCoastStampers sketch challenge (#318), The Greeting Farm's FFF Hat's Off challenge and in 365Cards Day 337 Ad Inspired challenge. I really loved this week's SCS sketch because it's so simple and straightforward. (I'm not a fan of lots of circles, too many shapes, etc.) And I loved the 365Cards Ad challenge because it has my favorite color combo - pink and brown!

Supplies: Audrey digital stamp (The Greeting Farm), pink swirl dp (the Paper Studio), Copics, pink self-adhesive rhinestones, sheer brown ribbon, brown cs from scrap stash.

Oh and you know what those nice ladies at 365Cards did? They picked me as one of their Spotlight Designers for my Bliss card! (And now I've got a nifty little badge in my sidebar to prove it.) Wow, I'm honored. :) That made my day.

Next up is another favorite sketch from this week. It's Sketch 100 from the CardPatterns Weekly Sketch Blog. Just like the SCS sketch, this one was also simple and straightforward. Just my kind of sketch. :)

Supplies: Bear's Big Gift (Designed2Delight), stripe/turquoise paper (Wild Asparagus), Copics, button (Buttons Galore), twine, paper piercing tool, brown cs & a scrap of some old CM scrapbook paper. 

Isn't that bear the cutest? I thought this would make a good "guy card".

Whew! I'm off to do a little shopping on the Kraftin' Kimmie site. It's the last day of the birthday sale - get 40% off any purchase of $50 or more. I've been wanting a few more KK stamps so this is a good time to expand my collection!

Lisa

Wintry Wednesday with Wings

This week's card features this adorable snowwoman from Merriest Wishes. (Sorry - there's no way that's a snowman in that hat! lol!)

It's also my entry for the "Pink Holidays" challenge, part of the Hope You Can Cling To challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.

I kept the layout really simple and played around with my Scor-Pal and Scor-Bug. The Scor-Bug is a littler trickier to use than I thought it would be but I love the effect. I added the big, sheer bow and pink rhinestones to bling it up a bit.

Magnolia

This is my card for the Magnolia Meets Stampavie "Mothers' Day" Challenge:


I originally created this card for their sketch challenge, but I had the dates mixed up and I missed the deadline. However, she was the perfect Magnolia for Mothers' day with her tray of fresh homemade cookies. (My mother loves to bake!) Here's a closeup of Tilda. I used my clear Spica glitter pen on her wings and used pink & red hole less beads as "sprinkles" for her cookies.

I haven't always been happy with my attempts at sponging the edges of my images. I read this great tutorial from Beate Johns over on SCS and learned I'd been doing it wrong. I sponged the ink Beate's way and was much happier with the results!

Supplies: Baking Tilda (Magnolia), COPIC markers, Fiskars Threading Water border punch, printed paper from Target, clear Spica glitter pen, hole less beads, Palette Bella Rose ink, pink foam heart glitter stickers from Hobby Lobby, TONIC corner rounder.