Spots and Stripes

It's Friday so that means it's time for another fun challenge from Totally Papercrafts. This week's challenge is "Spots and Stripes".  While cleaning out my craft room, I found some cute yellow and aqua spotted Amuse notecards. (Not sure when or where I bought them. Eek!) I was anxious to use of one my new Your Next Stamp (YNS) stamps, so I decided to pair the YNS chick with a yellow Amuse notecard. I had to cheat a bit on the stripe part of the challenge - if you look carefully at the mat behind the little chick, you'll notice the subtle stripes in this Wild Asparagus paper.

Other challenges I'm entering:
Cupcake Craft Room - anything goes
My Mums Craft Shop Challenges - something new (the YNS chick)

I've recently rediscovered my Prismacolor pencils. As much as I love my Copics, I do still love the feel of laying down colored pencil on paper. And I love the shading I can get when I use OMS (odorless mineral spirits) with the pencils. I guess I never did outgrow my love of coloring. :)

I"m also happy that I think I've finally figured out a good arrangement for my light box and light. I am plagued with a house that doesn't have a single good place to photograph with natural light. I found a tip online to use clamp on work lights from the hardware store along with full spectrum light bulbs (GE "Reveal", for example). Ta-da - lighting success! I hardly had to fiddle with Photoshop at all!

Head on over to the Totally Papercrafts blog and check out the other Spots and Stripes samples. And be sure to play along for a chance at a great prize from Alota Stamps!
Lisa

The Sweetest Thing

We had a snow day today so I got to spend lots of time in my craft room - yay! I finally got a chance to participate in the current sketch challenge at The Sweetest Thing blog.

I used the adorable Valentine Willow from the current DSB offer of the month. Other supplies include dp from The Paper Studio (HL), Scarlet cs (TAC), Fiskars scallop border punch, Creative Memories cutting system, Copics, glossy accents (on balloon) and rhinestones (Michaels).

I'll be back tomorrow with two posts - the newest challenge from Totally Papercrafts as well as my entry into the "Friends" Tiddly Inks blog hop. See you then!
Lisa

January Images Are Up!

There are several new releases available over in the DigiStamp Boutique, including a cute new Valentines image collection. (You can buy the images separately, but the collection set is an awesome bargain!) I used the little Valentine bunny image for this card:

Supplies: Valentine bunny (DSB), bitty dots dp (PTI), Copic markers, border punch (Martha Stewart), ribbon, Hibiscus Burst cs (PTI), red and light pink cs, oval pattern Custom Cutting System (Creative Memories), scalloped die (Nestabilities), pink glitter, white fun flock (bunny's tail) and "I love you" sentiment stamp (TAC).

Isn't he sweet? I'm entering him in the "Something New" challenge over at the My Mums Craft Shop challenges blog.

Head on over to the DSB store to see the rest of the new releases including a fun birthday animal set, the Snuggles.
Lisa

Meet Wryn!

I'm a fan of Tiddly Inks images and love this new character, Wryn. She is just the sweetest! I am entering my card in this week's Tiddly Inks "Celebration" challenge.

I've been spending a lot of time cleaning out my craft room and am very committed to using up some of my stash, especially my paper scraps. I did have to cut a new sheet of cardstock (boo hoo!) for the brick colored background layer but I'm proud to say all the other paper was from my scrap collection. Yay!

Have a great week!
Lisa

Welcome back!

After a holiday break, I'm back with the new challenge from Totally Papercrafts. This week's challenge is a sketch challenge:

My take on the sketch:

I'll admit I'm not usually a big fan of the criss-cross in the middle type of sketch but I did have fun with this one. I bought this Miss Anya Lounge set ages ago and haven't used it, but I thought one of the Anyas would be just perfect for this card. This week's Totally Papercrafts sponsor is the awesome Simon Says Stamp, which carries this and other stamps by The Greeting Farm as well as the Bo Bunny Snowfall paper that I used.

I am entering the beautiful Miss Anya in the following challenges:
TGF Farm Fresh Challenge blog - blue + white + one other color (brown)
Pile It On - Anything Goes
Crafts And Me - Anything Goes
iCopic - Smooth, shiny hair

Head on over to Totally Papercrafts and check out the other great DT cards. And be sure to play along for a chance at a great prize from Simon Says Stamp!

Lisa

Off to a Sweet Start!

The Lili's Little Fairies challenge blog is offering up some wonderful blog candy to start out the new year, including a gift voucher to the Lili of the Valley store.  I love their stamps - they are so cute!

There are several other vendors' prizes being given away. Definitely check out the challenge blog!
Lisa

Happy New Year! Happy New Sale!

For one week only, all images in the DigiStamp Boutique are on sale - 30 percent off. Head on over and pick up some great images like this cute Hattie and her dog:

I'll be back soon with another card before I have to head back to work (blech!). Hope your holidays were good ones!

Lisa