Give Me Mo' Stamping Time!

I spent last night getting crafty and it felt so good! There are several "anything goes" challenges going on right now (my favorite when I'm pressed for time), so I decided to play along with the current "Anything Goes" challenge on Mo Manning's DP2 Challenge blog. I bought this image *ages* ago and never used her. This is going to be a birthday card for my friend Pam - the inside will read "We may be a year older, but we don't have to like it! Happy Birthday!".

Supplies:  "Two Jill" (My Manning), Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky 6X6 pad (My Minds Eye), ribbon, Copics. Layout: Sketch SC241 from SplitCoastStampers.

Have a great day! I'll see you again on Friday with a totally new challenge from Totally Papercrafts!
Lisa

Anything Goes

Yay! Things have finally calmed down so that I am able to make cards more often! After checking out a few of my regular challenge blog stops, I came up with this card:

Supplies: Mr. Fix It (Mo Manning's Digital Pencil Too), ruler twill tape (Ribbon Carousel), paper from stash, Copic markers, antique pewter brads.

For my layout, I used the current sketch at Sketch Saturday:

I'm entering Mr. Fixit in several challenges:
Digital Pencil Too - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (optional theme: Father's Day/male)
Sketch Saturday - sketch
Phindy's Place - Father's Day/masculine
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Father's Day/masculine

Have a great week!
Lisa

What a Stitch!

The challenge this week at Mo Manning's DP2 Challenge blog is "Stitching (Real or Faux)". I've mastered straight stitching on cards with my sewing machine, so I decided to go for it and try using zig zag stitch on my card:

One of my bosses is having surgery next week to remove some plaque from his carotid artery. So, most "get well" images didn't fit - he didn't have a stuffy nose, or a headache and he wasn't going to come home from the hospital with a cast. And anything "cutesy" definitely wasn't a fit for my Mr. Outdoors, Mr. Fixit, Bill Nye the Science Guy boss. (He's the head of our high school Science dept.) Ever since he and his wife had a new home built a few years ago, Dan has a never ending list of home projects. So, I chose this Mo image and typed up an inside sentiment of "Hope the doctor gets you all fixed soon!". Obviously, girly extras were out, so I used some hardware and twine to embellish Mr. Fixit.

I also made a second card for his Biology Club kids to sign:

Our school colors are purple and gold, hence the color scheme. :)

I'll be back on Friday with a new Totally Papercrafts challenge card. See you then!
Lisa

Keeping It Simple with Mo

So much for having lots of time over the 3 day weekend to stamp. Ha! However, I did get the bulk of my craft room clean up done and could even vacuum it today, I don't normally get excited about vacuuming, but in this case, it was an exciting accomplishment! ;-)

I did, however, have time to put together a quick card for this week's Digital Pencil/Mo Manning challenge - Clean & Simple. This has always been one of my favorite Mo images, yet I've never made a card with it. However, as part of my craft room clean up, I challenged myself to only use an image I'd already printed/stamped and to only use paper from my scrap stash. (Believe me, with as many scraps as I have this was not a hardship! lol!)

This project started out as a birthday card. However, while going through my word stamps, I found this old phrase stamp from The Angel Company and I thought it fit this image so perfectly. So, now it's a thank you card with "Thanks!" typed on the inside. :) I am also entering this card in the following challenges:
Sentimental Sundays - Ribbon (and a sentiment)
Crafts and Me Challenges - Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - You're Having a Laugh

Well, no more fun in my nice clean stamping room tonight. (And, yes, I did clean up after myself!) Back to work tomorrow - yuck! At least it's a short one.

Have a great week!
Lisa

Favorite Mo

This week's challenge on the Digital Pencil Challenge blog was a simple one - use your favorite Mo Manning image and a sentiment. As the mom of two girls, I'm not normally drawn to boy images. However, this has to be one of my favorite Mo Manning images because it reminds me of my dog, Dixie, when she thinks she can guilt trip you into sharing a treat with her:

The image is called Bronte and Louis and it makes me smile every time I see it. :)

The layout is based on the current sketch over at The House That Stamps Built

I'm also entering this card into the "Free For All" challenge on the Wee Memories blog.

See you on Friday for a Fab Friday post! (Whew, this week is going by quickly!)

Lisa

Simply Pink

The challenge this week on the DP2 Challenge blog was "Clean n Simple". I'm not a very "frou-frou" stamper, but this was a bit bare bones even for me! It made my choice of image really easy though. I chose "End of Summer" because the image is so complex - there are so many areas to color. It was also the perfect excuse to use pink (my favorite color) on my card. Several of my Copic markers went dry and I missed being able to use my favorite Begonia Pink and Tender Pink markers. I finally ordered some refills from Oozak & couldn't wait to break out my newly inked pinks! :)

(I used Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol on the sky and grass - my Copic collection is still pretty limited.)

DP2 Challenge #18

Things have settled down and I'm happy to be back participating in challenges again. Last week, I was able to participate in Mo Manning's DP2 Challenge and waited anxiously for the this week's challenge to be announced. Oh no! The new challenge was a color challenge - use red, white and pink along with a heart on your card. I love it! The problem was THIS was my card last week. Hmm, seems the red/pink/white/heart thing had just been done...

I still wanted to participate but didn't want to make a traditional Valentine card again. So, I came up with this card:


This is Valentines Day card that I'll put away to give my teenage daughter next year. I wanted the dog and cat to resemble our pets, so the dog has yellow Lab coloring and the cat resembles our cat Tiger. (That's Tiger you see up top in my blog banner. You can see a picture of Dixie on this post.) I had a lot of fun coloring in this image!

DP2 Challenge #15

Here's another Mo Manning Digital Pencil image. This card is for the current color challenge on Mo's DP2 Challenge blog, as well as the ethnic skin tones challenge on the Copic Creations challenge blog.. I used the adorable Keisha image on my card.

Isn't she sweet?

Warm Wednesday Wishes

Welcome to another Sweet Sketch Wednesday! This week's sponsor is the uber talented Mo Manning of Digital Pencil Too. Stop by the SSW blog to check out the other design team members' great cards and then come join us in the challenge! You can win a $10 gift code to Mo's store - a great prize for sure!

First, our sketch:


When I emailed Mo for an image, we were in the midst of a brutal cold snap. I knew just which image I wanted to use for my card:

This image is entitled "End of Summer" but it sure felt warm and summery to me when we were longing for days of double digit temps! The patterned papers I used are from the "Penny Lane" collection of My Minds' Eye. I like finding a line of papers that all coordinate together. Makes putting together a well coordinated card so much easier!

Have a wonderful Wednesday with lots of warm thoughts! :)

Christmas Crush!

The countdown to Christmas is in full swing, so it has been so hard to find time to post! I have been stamping/creating, though. I made a few gifts for my daughter Jessica to give her friends (several candy bar wrappers and I stamped the plain white mat in a photo frame to make it pretty. My most ambitious undertaking was compiling some favorite Christmas recipes into little cook/scrapbooks for my mother and MIL. I used this adorable image from Mo Manning of Digital Pencil Too. It's called Louis and Bronte and it was just so appropriate for a recipe book of Christmas cookies! I don't know if Mo has this one in the shop or not, but I got it as a freebie for being a member of the Digital Pencil Too group on Paper Craft Planet.

I made one brunette and one blonde Louis:


(I used Paint Shop Pro to temporarily remove the frog on Louis' shorts. I then cut & pasted the image into a Word document without saving the changes to Mo's original artwork.)

After laminating all of the pages, I used my Bind It All to make 2 6X6 recipe books. I'll try to get a photo of one of the finished products. (The one for my mom is wrapped & ready to ship off to NJ tomorrow.)