Challenge No. 3 at "Craft Us Crazy" - Nature Theme

Good Morning and Welcome ---

It's time for Challenge No. 3 at http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.com/.  This time it is a Nature Theme.  The challenge runs from March 3rd to March 16th.   Our sponsor is Coco Dingo.   The winning prize is 4 designs of your choice.  I love birds so I just had to have this image.  Please check out the images at her website.  She has such wonderful designs and here is a message from her:

CocoDingo

Hi my name is Corinne and my nickname is frenchie on the forums  ( I am orginally from France ).  Lauretta's one of my best friends, and we created the Craft Your Passion challenge blog, together.  My drawing artist name is CocoDingo. My blog of digital stamps is CocoDingo.  You can view/purchase my images at:

http://cocodingo.blogspot.com/.  I am also with the design team of karmascrap.  I’m a stampin’up demonstrator since last year. You can visit my personal blog

at:  http://passionscorinne.blogspot.com/. Here,   You will find all of my passions on this blog: scrapbooking, cards, drawings and jewelery.

Material Used:
Martha Stewart Punch

Prima Roses Flowers
Cuttlebug:  Swiss Dots with Color Chalk (Rouge)

Recollections Mulberry Leave from Michael's

Liquid Pearls:  Flamingo

Copic Markers :  R81, R83, R85,G40, G82, YG63, E40, E41, E42, E43,E44, E49, E25, E53

Please join us at http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.com/.  I am waiting to see your designs.   Don't forget that our monthly sponsor is Stitchy Bear Stamps and you can find their logo to the right.   The are giving a $10.00 gift certificate to the winner. 

I appreciate comments, so if you are in the mood please drop me a line or two.

Challenge No. 2 at "Craft Us Crazy"

Hello Everyone.  I hope you join us for Challenge 2 at Craft Us Crazy.   The theme is "Winter".  This challenge is sponsored by Meljen's Designs and I used Cozy Winter Owl for this card.  I know we are probably all tired of winter but this owl is just too cute.  I tried something with copics that I have not done before and that is colored the background.  I used the Warm Gray tones on the white cardstock and it really softened the look.  I hope you will join in on the fun and can't wait to see your creations.

Material Used:
Copics: W00,W1,W3,R20,R,R24,R27,R29,E25,E43,E49,E44,Y38,YG63
Stickles: Crystal
Nestabilities:  Large Deckled Rectangles
Color Box Pigment:  Brown
Paper:  The Paper Company - Berry.  Stash - white and brown cardstock.
Liquid Pearls:  White Opal

Don't forget to check out the Monthly sponsors at Craft Us Crazy.  You will find them on the right side bar.

New Mini Album

Well I have fallen in love with Graphic45 papers.  I know their are alot of you out there that share in my joy working with them.  I just wish I would have known about them before they sold out of "Domestic Goddess".  lol  

This is the cover on my new mini-album.  I have no idea what I am going to do with this album, but I sure do like working on them.  These papers are from the "Botanical" and "Steampunk Debutante" papers.   That picture frame was repurposed using paint and copic markers.  This is the first time I tried this and I really like the results.  The bling was a clear rhinestone that I colored with copics.  You can really get the color you want that way. 

Thank you for looking. 

Inaugural Opening at "Craft Us Crazy"

Welcome to the opening of a new Blog.   I am so excited to part of the Jerri's design team and want all of you to enter your designs at  CRAFT US CRAZY.  Craft Us Crazy have awesome prizes and a great group of women who will inspire you, delight you, and drive you crazy with their talents.

This week's challenge theme is "Anything Goes" and our sponsor is Digital Delights.   You are going to love her designs.  When I first saw this digi I thought about "baby" and this is what I came up with.  Come join in on the fun and use up your stash because anything goes on this challenge.  I can't wait to see your creations.  So if you are new to challenges or an experienced pro, come join us.   I can't wait to see your work. 

Materials Used:
Digital Stamp from Digital Delights:  Dilly Duck and Ladybug
Copic Markers:  Y00, Y06, Y11, Y15, Y21, YG05, YG06, YG07, YR04, and YR18, E40
Microsoft Word:  Title "Hello Little One" made with WordArt
Martha Stewart:  Lady Bug punch
Ribbon:  Sugar and Spice and yellow scalloped from my stash.
Cardstock:  From my stash and tissue paper.
Candle:  Michaels

Don't forget to check out the monthly sponsors located on the sidebar.

New Item For Me To Play With

Hello.  I hope everyone is doing well and crafting away.   Since we got 11 inches of snow I have been housebound and slowly going crazy.  But crafting is keeping me sane.  lol

I just got this in the mail today and needed to make a card right away.  This is "Carly", the new Cuttlebug Embossing PLUS folder.  Now some of you may already be familiar with this, but this is new to me.  All I did was use the "A" plate, "B" plate, embossing plus folder with cardstock sandwiched inside and the second "B" plate.    You do not need the tan embossing mat with this one.  Then I printed out Baptism, placed it in the oval cut out, and inked the edges.  The central oval is embossed too and you can use it or save it for another project.    Now that I found out how wonderful these are I guess I am going to have to buy the other ones too.  LOL   Shopping is endless in the crafting world !!!!!!  I think I am going to have to play with this design.  Can you just imagine this colored with copics, acrylic paint or chalked? 

Enjoy and please leave me some love.  Thanks.





 



Closer Look



Helpful Hint

Do any of you have tons (I know I am exaggerating) of supplies that don't match or you don't know what to do with them or they are just plain ugly?  Well I do.  So I got some UTEE (ultra thick embossing enamel) and with the help of the ladies on youtube I repurposed a chipboard frame.   Of course, this is going to lead me to repurpose alot of my items.  lol  You might know about this technique already, but for those of us just learning I will walk you through the steps I used. 

1.   Stamp Versamark all over the chipboard and lay on a piece of paper (which you will use to pour UTEE back into the original container).
2.   Pour a generous amount of UTEE (any color your want) on top of the chipboard.
3.   Pour off excess and put back in UTEE container.
4.   Heat using heat gun just like you would for regular embossing powders and watch the magic happen. 

Note:  I have seen some of the ladies use little seed pearls, beads, etc. and added them to give more texture to the chipboard.   Possibilities are endless.



Before UTEE



After UTEE

I hope it helped someone.  Hugs.

Mary



Something New You Will Not Want To Miss Out On

Good Morning - I am so happy to announce that I have been picked to be one of the ladies to be on the Design Team at http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.com/.   This is a brand new website with wonderful people and excited challenges.  Our DT are from all over the world which will add a whole new dimension to crafting ideas.  So join in the fun and start today.  Don't be shy because we are all crafters who share in the same passion.   I can't wait to see your work and be inspired by your designs.  The challenges are going to be bi-weekly so their is no excuse not to join.  LOL  So I am wishing you a big WELCOME at http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.com/