We are having a wonderful challenge over at Tellen's Place - let's see some texture and y'all know how fun that is! The fabulous design team has made a bunch of crafty cards to delight and inspire you!
Ally is my favorite digital image that my son draws and she fit perfectly with the pink color scheme. I just love organza ribbon and those cute little flowers from...darn, I can't remember if they are recollections or the other place stationed in the UK.
I adhered the little rose on top of a button that was affixed atop the organza bow. Don't you just love polka dots?
Well, y'all head on over to Tellen's Place because I'll be giving away some delicious blog candy on Monday to end the month.
Well, it's the weekend again and I know those that work outside the home are thrilled to have some free time so that they can do what they wanna do....like crafting!
Today starts another challenge over at Tellen's Place, my other blog that features digital images drawn by my son, Markus. This challenge is simple - we just need to see embellishments! Now how easy is that? I made this diagonal fold card from a tutorial I found on Split Coast Stampers. It was really easy to make with one sheet of card stock - I used K& Company. For my two embellishments, I used Prima Flowers, applied Crystal Effects around the punched flowers to give them a bit of shine and then added the string of beads around the edges to give them a bit of dimension.
This kind of card allows two pockets where you can make tags or insert gift cards. The tag with the TPD image is "Ally-Fairy", one of our signature images. Each tag is reversible (same pattern as the pocket card).
The TP Divas have also made some really cool stuff - why not check 'em out. They're just a click away! :-) Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend!
Don't you just love Fridays? It ends the week and starts the weekend!
King Mufasa had to go to Morocco because his father is in the hospital and has to have heart surgery. It's weird not having him around but the place is nice and tidy! ;-) You know you have to make a joke so you don't cry because you miss him more than you thought you would!
Tellen's Place, my other blog, is having a challenge this week - buttons! I love buttons but the Divas really made some great designs with their buttons - you can check them out here.
I used my art journal for this project, using MS's border punch on the papers. My SU scallop punches always come in handy for those sentiments. My image is a TPD digital image drawn by my son Markus. You can see more of these images at the store.
I hope you have a wonderful day and super fun weekend! Happy Crafting! :-)
It is already the second week of January and though I've taken on a sewing project, I am also doing mini albums and think it's time to do something different. Art Journal:
The front of this blank card stock spiral book is decorated with Mariposa paper - isn't it gorgeous? I added these beautiful butterflies that were sent to me from the UK by my good friend, Diva Sandra!
Tellen's Place is having a fabulous challenge this week - ribbons! I was the lucky recipient of a huge bag of ribbon as a prize from AAM challenge last year and let me tell you, I am forever using it.
Typically, the art journal is filled with artistic designs from the user like what I doodled below.
However, I am using this book to make my design team submissions (see above for the Diva in pink) since I don't always have a recipient for the cards I've been making (except to send the lot to the troops). Whatever the reason, these blank books are perfect for all of your crafting needs! One of my DT's is going to do the same but she's using a scrap book - very cool isn't it?!
With the air being that of Halloween, Tellen's Place is having a fantastic challenge involving this fun activity, "Trick or Treat" - it's all about Halloween, isn't it?
This is an envelope that I sealed closed and used a circle punch to make the half-circle opening. My friend, Essence, had sent me a bunch of these lovely envelopes in the spring and I wanted to make more cards with it. With this one, I used my MS iron gate border punch, that lovely MS spider punch and SU rub-ons.
Yikes, look at the dark and creepy creature peeking out at you! Oh, it's just Egreth, one of my son, Markus' wonderful dark creations. There's more of these at the store - check 'em out.
If you enter your Halloween card into the challenge at Tellen's Place, you have a chance to win your choice of some of these fun hand drawn images! You know what they say - "Ghouls just want to have fun!" (SU rub-on - how cool, huh?)
I'll be entering this ghoul into the following challenges:
I am struggling to keep up these days; have gotten behind in my blogging duties - so sorry but I will make it around to everyone shortly!
Tellen's Place is having a wonderful challenge today - perfect for Halloween:
TRICK OR TREAT!
This is Spidy Ally, a new image - isn't she cute in her spider costume? I added stickles to the MS spider punches - don't they look creepy? The spider web is a rub-on from my SU! Demonstrator, Lisa! She's another crafty friend who is always encouraging me too! :-) She has a cool hostess program and I love the gifts she sends with the product - yum, yum!
I love my MS spider punch...well, they really creep me out but aren't they cool on a card? I found the stamp at Michael's for a dollar. The sentiment and little spiders are rub-ons I received from Lisa!
My son, Markus, has been busy cranking out a zillion images - more than I can list up at the store! Earlier, Tellen's Place show cased a bunch of new images and I wanted to show you my version of the Mummy! I added glossy accents to the eyes to give it that watery effect and really deepen the red eyes.
Look at that tree - isn't it gorgeous? My friend, Diane (1 Card Creator) sent that to me along with a bunch of other cool die cuts and the leaves! I was dying to use it - so glad she sent me more than one tree! See that border? Yes, those are hearts - from my friend, Sandra (Rose Petal Creations) in the UK and a Tellen's Place Diva Designer! I am hooked on those strips - they really add texture and frame the card in a really delightful way. The orange strip is a MS iron gate border punch that she sent me too. I know...I have some really awesome friends - they are very giving and always encouraging me! ;-) Check out their blogs - they're super crafty, too!
I hope you enjoyed these - there are more at my Etsy store and we would love it if you could join in on the challenge; it's a lot of fun over there! We have a new member - Susan (Susan's Crafty Chaos) and she's awesome with digital - check us out! ;-)
I'm off to my Copics Certification class this morning with two lovelies that I met at a class at the local craft store. KT was the teacher and a fabulous one at that. I've learned so much from her and she has a fabulous blog. Alice, her helper, is coming as well! How cool is that? Alice is KT's helper - she would have all the cards and papers cut for us so that we could just dive in, following the instructions...and help us "oldies" when we got lost! LOL!
This card was a delight to create. Isn't the paper just fabulous? I received it in a swap and boy was that exciting! The cupcake die cut is from K&Company though I had purchased the cupcakes after getting the paper. I sprinkled diamond dust all over the sweeties. My new Stampin' Up! scallop punch was used to place the sentiment (used another Stampin' Up! punch). The image is a Tellen's Place Design image - isn't Jessica cute? We have a challenge happening right now - "Anything Goes" and this card would fit...go check it out. :-)
With so many digital artists in the digital universe these days, I've decided to promote my challenge blog more as well as some of the other digi's I've grown to love, so stay tuned - maybe I'll tap into a favorite of yours!
Hello there, Tellen's Place will be hosting their last challenge this week but not their last post. The design team is being given a summer break to refuel and relax. But the blog will be going full blast all week long, so stay tuned for some really fun stuff happening there. This week's challenge is summertime....here's what I created:
I kept the front of my card relatively plain.
But there's a party going on in the inside...look at Ally in her sunglasses, the baby on the ball, Sophie in her swimsuit and Jessica looking like she can just jump for joy that summer is here. Edward, the ever present, Mr. Cool, is just letting the sun give him a gorgeous tan..haha...This stair step card was made following this "stair step fold" tutorial here.
Come join the fun and check out what the design team divas have made to inspire you. There is a groovy prize and will be more - so head on over there and do your thing! :-)
This week at Tellen's Place, we are winding down, getting ready for summer, which brings us to a new challenge: "Going to the Chapel - Time for Weddings."
There is never an end to June weddings and my first marriage, I actually wed on June 16th (so many years ago). King Mufasa and I celebrated in January (but wasn't approved by the judge until February - we had a beautiful Moroccan wedding in Morocco).
For this challenge, I did a traditional design, completing the picture with paper piecing using textured card stock so that you can see the dress better.
I added stickles to the pin flower and looped pearls underneath it. I love my paper - Stampin' Up! I didn't have to think twice, just reversed it and there I had a coordinated patterned paper to enhance the burgundy, which I topped with a die cut from my lovely blogger friend, Diane, who sent me a boat load of gorgeous dies - you'll see more of these soon enough. I added tule as her veil, topped with some paper flowers I received in a swap. Isn't it gorgeous?
Typically, I do not enhance the inside of cards (too much work) but I couldn't resist using a reverse side of my Stampin' Up! designer paper. Don't you love it? I punched out hearts with the other side of the paper...man, I was in paper heaven!
I made these for another DT - a trio of wedding cards.
This is a wedding card to send to the bride and groom-to-be. I used K&Company die cuts, embossing some squares for the background - pretty elegant, I'd say.
This is the wedding invitation.
The inside of the invitation - a trifold.
This is a Thank You note the bride would send to those gift-givers.
This the inside of that Thank You note.
Check out Tellen's Place Divas - they really did a great job creating some lovely designs (and not just cards) for this challenge. We hope you'll join us in the fun!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a groovy Wednesday! :-)
This week, Tellen's Place has a fun challenge: Two patterned papers. How easy is that?
So, I had to "get busy" for the lack thereof at Tellen's Place (one designer is out because of her computer, another is out due to vacation and...well, you know how it is when you have to fill an empty space).
This memory box was made just like the other one (featured on Challenger's Delight). I used two (or more) patterned K&Company papers. I added lace, ribbon and a TD image - this fairy is just too cute. I made the roses and added a butterfly (found this at Michael's).
I actually did similar notecards for Glue, Scissors, Paper challenge where we could only use five products. Here, I just made simple notecards to use when I join in on swaps - quick cards that are cute and handmade and envelopes using "The Enveloper" from "The Ultimate Companion." This is a great tool to use; especially when you have scraps of paper (remember my organizing posts about 6 x 6 papers and ATC papers...). I used the 6 x 6 paper, cut down to 5 1/2" to make the envelope. I also used the 6 x 6 paper to cut in half to make the card - easy as pie! :-)
This card is one I love because of the paper. I am a paper fiend - just love patterned papers. This paper is from Stampin' Up! I am in the Hostess program courtesy of my fabulous Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, Lisa Lisa. This program is a great way to slowly buy the thins on your wish list and we all have one for Stampin' Up products, I bet! I love their papers; everything is always well coordinated (ribbons, inks, etc.). This ribbon was from a swap (Life on the Scrap Beach) and the buttons and jute from my stash.
Do stop by Tellen's Place and join the challenge if you have time. We are close to 200 followers and a lot of prizes will be given (not just the two posted). So check it out! :-)
It's time for another challenge at Tellen's Place and this week, the challenge is a color combination: pink and brown!
I love the paper (Prima - The Sasha Paper Collection). I inked up my TPD's image in ballerina pink, added some pink dew drops and had ribbon from a challenge I won at AAM - it matched perfectly with the colors. The buckle is from a stash of die cuts from my friend and fellow design team member, Lyn (I love these die-cuts). Of course, the flowers are from Prima. I bought the Ultimate Crafter's Companion on HSN during National Scrapbooking Week for half the cost and made the box. It's such a cool tool! :-)
I hope you visit Tellen's Place and see the lovely designs by the wonderful Divas there - they are so crafty and talented! While you're there, why not join in on the challenge? There's a great prize and just a great way to show case your talent too! :-)
This week at Tellen's Place, the challenge will take you into summer, so get your swimsuits on, y'all; it's Beach Party time!
I spent 15 years in San Diego, raising my sons, who took to the beach like a duck to water - we always had sand in the car and there were always wet trunks drying on the line. Check out my little piece of water pleasure.
Yes, it's a simple card but so were those days at the beach where we relaxed and just enjoyed the sun and the water. Those waves are contrived using diamond dust on top of Aileen's Tacky Glue. The sand castle, sun and clouds are stickers and the images are from my son, Markus, who supplies our images at the Tellen's Place Designs store. The design team really did another fabulous job with their beautiful paper crafts for this challenge - go check it out - click here.
I hope you join our challenge for the fun of it! Get out your tanning lotion and go for it!
Tellen's Place is having a fun challenge this week - Tag, You're it! We are looking for a tag in your project or just a tag - so simple to do, isn't it?
I really like making tags - they are so simple - similar to ATC's; a small canvas upon which to fill creative things.
This little fairy is our latest creation in the dark side of the store. She isn't a dark image at all but she is different than our signature line. I had to stickle her wings and her dress; isn't she cute? The paper did most of the cuteness and I added a few embellishments.
This is another TPD image; so I had to do a boy - the paper was perfect for it; added a button and that buckle is a die-cut from my friend, Lyn in the UK, who sent me loads of goodies! Yum, yum! ;-)
This little "goth girl" is too cute. I loved the paper and had to do something with it; check out her sparkly shoes, y'all! The cute little envelope is also from Lyn - she knows how much I love die-cuts - I just had a field day! :-)
Some come join us over at Tellen's Place and see the wonderful tags the design team made. They will certainly inspire you to join our lovely challenge.
This week at Tellen's Place, the challenge is ink distressing! I've been getting into that act a bit lately, what with the many swaps I've gotten involved in, so my inking has become a little more organized and smooth.
I inked up Ally and her teddy with Copics awhile back, hoping to use this image but didn't. It's nice to have an image already ready to go and just set up the design of the card/project, isn't it? I added a flower that was part of a RAK from a blogger friend in the UK. I used my MS flower border punch, added pink polka dotted ribbon and a red bow. I put both images up on foam dots, as well as the chipboard (which I stamped "hello" onto). I ink distressed all my edges.
It was an easy card for an easy challenge. I hope you'll stop by and join us and see all the fun things Tellen's Place Divas have come up with.
