TGF Mystery Monday

The All That Scraps store recently had an awesome sale, so it was the perfect excuse to pick up a few stamps I've had my eye on for a while. This Princess No. 3 Anya was one of the many purchases.

I just love her fun gown and her meatball head hair. Its soo adorable. And her crown just screams at me to whip out some of my spica glitter and stardream pens for some extra sparkle. I used TGF's Farm Fresh Challenge Mystery Monday (and isnt that a mouthful) to case the layout. And since I did buy it from the ATS store, it was almost kismet that this week's Wednesday Challenge was Anything Goes.


Stamps: TGF Princess Anya No. 3, Pure Innocence Fairy Girl
Paper: MB notecard, MME lime twist happy go lucky
Ink: Memento black, Copics, Spica glitter, Stardust
Accessories: MFT poppy and dizzy doily die, PTI hs button, Smooches clear

Hello...Emma

Happy Cinco de Mayo! I wish I had an in-themed card to share today but instead I have a nice fall-ish one to share. I've heard rumors that its supposed to be spring, but looking outside - cold, dark and rainy, it seems more like fall.

Anyway, this week's episode of ATS Wednesday Challenge was all about whatevers. Well officially its called "Anything Goes" but I occassionally revert to high school vernacular. So I pulled out Spring Emma and paired her with fall papers. Aint it great? And its going to the MIL in the forever summer state (aka Hawaii). Perhaps I should've embellished with a bit of snowflakes just to complete the whole seasonal theme.

My sentiment is from Verve and let me just soapbox for a bit. I totally love their fonts. That "hello" is just soo pretty. Wouldnt it be awesome if I could type all my work emails in that font? Unprofessional? Probably. Pretty? Definitely.


The Dets:
Stamps: ATS Spring Emma and Pixie stool, Verve Always in my heart
Paper: PTI true black & kraft, BG pyrus paper pack
Ink: Memento black, copics, Brilliance graphite black, PTI tea dye
Accessories: Cuttlebug polka dots embossing folder, fancy square punch, ribbon, rectangle spellbinders

Baby, its cold outside

I've had zero motivation, mojo and whatever else you can name. But when I saw this week's ATS Wednesday song inspired challenge (even before I saw Traci's awesome card) the Baby its cold outside immediately popped into my head. Glee's Kurt and Blaine version of course. Wasnt that just the cutest thing?

I got out my Cocoa Emma and colored her up in copics. Her boots reminded me of Uggs, which N has a new obsession for, so I tried coloring it in the like. I added some liquid applique to the whites of her outfit and topped it off with glitter before I heated it.

Merry Christmas!

The Dets:

Stamps: CC Designs Cocoa Emma

Paper: MB notecards, Cosmo Cricket mitten weather, kraft

Ink: Memento, Copics, multiliner

Accessories: PTI aqua mist button, PTI pure poppy ribbon, MFT scallops, oval nesties, snowflake embossing folder

A Fruit Filled Challenge

So this week's ATS challenge was all about fruit. Either fruit in your dp or stamps or something. I completely forgot to think outside the box and that my Kiki has a wee little cherry on top her ice cream cone. But I wanted to ink up my Mushroom Friends anyway. Does a mushroom count as a fruit?

Probably not.

So I got out my Cosmo Cricket garden variety paper pack just to be on the safe side. Imagine my dismay when there was only one sheet that really had fruit. But I decided what the heck (b/c I also didnt have any other plans for it). I stamped up the lil' shroom bunny and colored him (or her) in copics. I think the brown's a bit too dark but oh well. I thought long and hard about what sentiment I wanted to use. Well to be honest it was more of a "what sentiment will fit in the little panel that I already cut and sponged." Then inspiration struck when I came across my freebie MFT road trip set. Its a little off the wall but totally fits my humor I suppose (randomness).


The Dets:
Stamps: CC Designs Mushroom Friends, MFT Clearly Sentimental about Summer Vacation
Paper: MB vanilla bean notecard, Cosmo Cricket garden variety
Ink: Memento black, summer sky, pear tart & bamboo leaves, copics
Accessories: PTI pure poppy ribbon, divine twine, spellbinders labels one, kaiser pearls

Quickie Card

Today was the best day ever. My in-laws are coming to town, which will probably limit my stamping time. So I took the day off to "clean." Which I did a bit of but mostly I tried finished a few stamping projects.

This week's ATS challenge was a sketch challenge. I decided to use my brand new Handkerchief Birgitta. When I first got her I thought she'd be perfect for a bookmark. So I inked her up twice and made both a card and bookmark.

I used a bunch of Cosmo Cricket garden variety papers. I dusted off my spellbinders eight for both as well. I added some glossy accents to her boots but I dont think you can tell from the pictures.


Here's a close up of the card...


The Dets:
Stamps: CC Designs Handkerchief Birigitta
Paper: PTI pure poppy & black, Cosmo Cricket garden variety
Ink: Memento black, Copics
Accessories: Spellbinders eight, circle punch, ribbons, candy dots

Cracked up challenge

So this week's ATS Challenge is using the cracked glass technique. I've never done it before but thought it would be interesting to try something new. I know most people take the whole cracked glass in the vintagey, sepia direction, but I thought of doing something that was more...icey and frosty like. But I didnt do very well. It just came out kinda lilac-y.

Anyway, for my card I brought out my new Sweet November Darby. She's just too adorable and soo much fun to color. I colored her in copics then went over certain areas w/ a stardust pen. But over all the embossing glaze, it didnt show up too well (or at all) in the pix. The embossing glaze took forever but it was a bit fun. It took a while to fashion something where I could set the image down and heat. I've tried pointing my heat gun direction on my crafting mat, but that's a really bad idea. I ended up covering a toaster oven stone tray with some foil and that worked perfectly.

I thought it'd crack a bit faster when I put it in the freezer. But even after twenty minutes it wasnt really cracking so I gave up and went to bed, leaving it overnight. Afterwards, I added some lulu lavender to the cracks to accentuate certain areas, but I avoided all the colored parts.

The Dets:

Stamps: Sweet November Darby, PTI Giga Guidelines

Ink: Memento black & lulu lavender, Copics, Stardust pen

Paper: MB notecard, Basic Grey kioshi dp

Accessories: Spellbinders ovals, PTI flower die, felt, kaiser jewels, embossing powder

ATS Pixie Challenge

Don't go for second best, baby, put your love to the test...

I just got the Glee's Power of Madonna cd and wow...the cd is awesome. But that was probably one of my favoritest episodes. Santana singing...Emma singin...Kurt & Mercedes duet. And I'm still super impressed w/ Sue's singing. I wish they'd have clips of just the music & dancing...

Oh yeah...so the card...

The current ATS Wednesday Challenge was to use pink and brown. You only have to glance at my blog to know that pink is one of my favoritest colors. So with that being said, I just had to participate this week. I inked up my Swiss Pixie Birgitta and embossed her with some clear powder. Then I colored her w/ copics, but I went over the petals of her flower w/ moonlight smooch. It added just the prettiest hint of sparkle. I sponged the edges w/ some Memento angel pink and mounted it on some BG pattern paper.


A little close-up of the flowers...


The Dets:
Stamps: ATS Swiss Pixie Birgitta, PTI Daily Designs Sentiments
Paper: MB vanilla bean, BG nook & pantry
Ink: Brilliance graphite black, Memento angel pink, Copics
Accessories: spellbinder tag trio & label eight, smooch moonlight, embossing powder, kaiser pearls

Swing Time...

So the last time I was home I picked up the new Swiss Pixie's Nora on a Swing. She is sooo cute. And instead of leaving her uninked and lonely for months, I decided to do this week's ATS Wednesday Challenge.

This week's challenge was distressing. So I used my PTI chai tea inks for edging each of the panels. I tried sanding the edges of my dp, but now I want those distressing scissors. I also inked the edges of the vellum flowers I punched. And the scalloped circle panel was some brown felt I got from my LSS.

The Dets:

Stamps: CC Designs Nora on the Swing, Amuse senti, MB flourish

Paper: MB vanilla bean notecard, BG porcelain paper

Ink: Memento ink, copics, PTI chai tea inks, Brilliance pearlescent chocolate

Accessories: MS punch, kaiser pearls, spellbinders circle, felt