Happy Birthday Judy !!!

Woohoo...it's Friday!!!!

A good friend has a birthday in a couple of days and ...she is a brilliant card maker. 

Do you feel funny about sending handmade cards to someone who also makes them? Does your family and friends refrain from getting you cards because you make them?  I love sending cards because no two are ever alike, and love getting them, because they give me new ideas (store bought or hand made).

I had to come up with something unique that I have never seen her do in her artwork.

So......How about a floating butterfly?

This card is made like a box so it folds flat for mailing, but when you push in the sides of the card, it turns back into a box shape....and it stands with no problems.

With a little magic from some acetate, you have a butterfly that appears to be floating inside the box.

Happy Birthday Judy!!!

Hope this is your best year ever!!!!

Sorry...couldn't help but use a Penny Black stamp on this card.

(She has her own column on Saturdays on the Penny Black Blog...Runs With Scissors. Not only does she make the most fantastic cards, her humor will leave you smiling all weekend)

Let's go Shopping:

Stamps:  Letter Background (Penny Black), Embroidered Bouquet (W Plus 9)

Inks: Radiant neon Electric Pink, Yellow & Green. Delicata Silvery Shimmer. irRESISTible in Angel Pink (Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko)

Die: Isabella & Pippi Butterflies (Memory Box)

Crackle Embossing Folder (Darice)

Enamel Dots (My Mind's Eye)

Faux Pearls (Michaels)

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Every Friday I love to recognize newbies to my blog. Thank you so much for the kudo comments and I even had a couple of questions this past week. Looking for new inspiration? Several of these new followers have blogs of their own...check them out.

Please WELCOME:

April Story

JoAnn P

Sandybear76

Karen McAlpine

Sue K

Donna Idlet

Susan Brown

Linsey

Cheri Weston

Kiddlescarol

Each Friday I will give a shout out to all new Followers (click on "Join This Site" Button on the right side) and if you have a blog, I will make a link to you also.

Thanks for stamping by, and an extra special {mwah} for leaving a comment and/or following my blog....

s{ick}

Hey cupcake.....

Playing along today at Card Challenge Corner. The challenge this week is a Get Well card.

Also playing at Tiddly Inks with their Pastels challenge.

&

Spectrum Noir challenge for May is: Flowers

As you know, I love to color and this little cutie (her name is Wryn) wants to offer someone a cupcake. Cupcakes and chocolate make everything better..don't you agree?

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Wryn - Eat More Cake (Tiddly Inks)

Sentiment - Word Play (Stampin' Up)

Colored her with Spectrum Noir markers

Papers are Spring & Grace 6 x 6 pads (Authentique)

Speech Bubbles die (Silhouette Online Store)

Enamel dots (Doodlebug)

Ribbon (May Arts)

Versafine Black Onyx ink (Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko)

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Thanks for stamping by, and an extra special {mwah} for leaving a comment and/or following my blog....

Sympathy with Flowers

For Operation Write Home Blog Hop...Click here.

Hello...

Wow, what a busy day this has been.

I am posting this card just under the wire at Avery Elle.

Their challenge is:

I have a lot of their sentiment stamps, but I just knew I didn't have any flowers stamps....WRONG!

After I downloaded their Freebie flower stamp and made the card, I discovered the sentiment I wanted had tiny little flowers included in the set...oops!

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Freebie Flowers (Avery Elle)

Sentiment from Oh Happy Day stamp set (Avery Elle)

I colored the flowers with Memento markers Summer Sky, Danube Blue and Dandelion (Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko)

Butterfly die is Flutters (Penny Black)

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OWH Memorial Day Blog Hop

For the Viva Las VegaStamps! Blog Hop ...Click Here

OWH Sketch #151 used for card layout.

It's blog hop weekend at Operation Write Home.

Click on banner to go to beginning of hop.

A little Red, White & Blue to honor current servicemen and women and veterans alike.

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Also participating in the hop as part of the Words 2 Scrap By Design Team:

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Thanks for stamping by, and an extra special {mwah} for leaving a comment and/or following my blog....

Viva Las VegaStamps! Blog Hop

 

 Welcome to the IMAGINE Crafts and Viva Las VegaStamps! Blog Hop.  For the next week, our two design teams will be featuring some amazing projects featuring products from both our companies.   Amazing stamps require amazing ink, right?

Mixed Media Prize Package

We're proud to announce your chance to win one of three different Mixed Media Prize Packages from IMAGINE Crafts and Viva Las VegaStamps!  You have until midnight PST on Sunday, May 31st 2014  to comment on as many of the Design Team Blog Posts from this week as possible. On Monday, June 1st  we’ll draw three random blog posts and one comment from each of those posts will win a prize package!

Ready for some inspiration from our artists?

Here's today's posts from IMAGINE Crafts:

Penny Ward  (you are here)

Maureen Cronin

And from Viva Las VegaStamps!:

DeeDee Catron

***Blog Hop Hint - if you click on a link that takes you to a page saying something like, “Sorry this page cannot be found” just click on the header at the top of the blog (usually a picture or the blog’s name) and it will take you to that blog’s most recent post. That post *should* be our hop. If not, you can probably scroll down a short way to find the hop post.

Supplies:

• Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Inks; Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Luxe Bahama Blue & Rose Bud. irRESISTible Spray Danube Blue & Lilac Posies. Memento Markers Dandelion, Love Letter, Danube Blue, Lilac Posies, Cottage Ivy & Grape Jelly.
• Viva Las Vegas Stamps! : Plate 1435
• Lil Inkers: Stitched Mat Circles
• Bo Bunny: Brad
• Martha Stewart: Tourmaline Glass Beads
• $1 Store: Mini Nail Art, Sequins, Mini buttons
• Craftwell: Ebosser
• Miscellaneous: Foam Adhesive, Foam craft sheets, adhesive, Clear plastic card stock

Tutorial:

1)  Make a base card from white card stock to measure 5.5 x 4.25 when folded. Set aside.

2)  Cut white card stock same size as base card. Die cut next to largest circle in the center. Stamp small color wheel with Bahama Blue and Rose Bud. Stamp sentiment as shown with Versafine Black Onyx. Using irRESISTible, flick spots of color across the card front. Adhere Clear card stock to back of opening. Set aside.

3)  Apply Memento markers to color wheel stamp (I colored every other). Stamp onto white card stock. Die cut with largest circle die.

4) Die cut foam craft sheet two times with the large circle die, trim and adhere to stamped color wheel. Die cut two small circles for the center section. Add glass beads, sequins, buttons etc. to center area. Apply glue onto the foam ring and adhere card front. Attach brad to center of shaker panel.

5)  Apply foam adhesive to the back of the shaker panel and adhere to card base.

Leave a comment to enter the GIVEAWAY!

Now onto Maureen's Blog for more goodness!!!

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Thanks for stamping by, and an extra special {mwah} for leaving a comment and/or following my blog....

Happy Trails

Hello and happy Friday....

Playing along with a couple of challenges today at:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Travel

&

Case Study Challenge using this card as inspiration:

I spy..Metallic Gold, butterfly, dots, stripes and a lot of words.

Used my Silhouette Cameo for the "signs".

 Memento Luxe Teal Zeal & Radiant Neon Electric Green inks (Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko)

irRESISTible  Spray Teal Zeal (Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko)

Happy Trails from the Back in the Saddle stamp set (Waltzingmouse)

Flower punch (Martha Stewart)

Flutters die (Penny Black)

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It's Friday and I would like to recognize a few newbies to the blog. Thanks for the kudos and questions.

Please WELCOME:

Sabrina Radican

Patricia B.

Ava Gavloski

Anita Gambrell
Mary

Each Friday I will give a shout out to all new Followers (click on "Join This Site" Button on the right side) and if you have a blog, I will make a link to you also.

Thanks for stamping by, and an extra special {mwah} for leaving a comment and/or following my blog....

Best Dad Ever

Hey peeps...

Are you on Crafter's Companion email list? Well I am, and this month they are having a contest for "Crafting for Men". Also in their newsletter were 4 FREE papers and embellies that I immediately downloaded to my Silhouette Cameo.

I have used two of the papers on this card...sweet!

I also embossed the top part of the card with a Diamond Plate folder (Darice).

I cut the clipboard with my Silhouette Cameo, then inked with Memento Luxe Rich Cocoa and Espresso Truffle, clamp is inked with Delicata Silvery Shimmer (Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko).

Splats of color are irRESISTible Paris Dusk (Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko)

Greeting is from The Man stamp set (Avery Elle) 

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Fly

Hello friends.....

In keeping with the watercolor technique which is all the rage in the paper crafting world.....I just have to tell you how absolutely I am loving this background made with Radiant Neon inks.

Smooshed ( is this a word?) the inks on my craft mat, spritzed with water and swirled my watercolor paper until I was happy.

LOVE!!!!!

Playing along at Reverse Confetti using this color palate as inspiration:

Water-colored the paper crane also.

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I used RC Arrow die, as well as the Paper Crane stamp set.

Radiant Neon inks - Electric Orange & Pink, Memento Luxe Rose Bud (Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko)

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Sunny Birthday Wishes

Hey friends....

Looking for a couple of challenges to participate in and I decided on four.

Reverse Confetti May Color Challenge:

 Case Study using this card as inspiration:

I spy...pink, dark pink & handwritten words

and

and the

  Botanical Challenge at Simon Says Stamp

The sunflower is from the Sunny Hello stamp set (Penny Black)

Sentiment is from the All About You stamp set (Reverse Confetti)

Copics

 Flower center - Earth (Flower Soft)

Splatters are Angel Pink irRESISTible (Imagine Crafts/Tsukienko)

Each Friday I will give a shout out to all new Followers (click on "Join This Site" Button on the right side) and if you have a blog, I will make a link to you also.

Thanks for stamping by, and an extra special {mwah} for leaving a comment and/or following my blog....

Neon Elements with Stampendous

 

 Welcome to a week of fantastic collaboration between IMAGINE Crafts and Stampendous! We have to admit that our two companies were made for each other and we're proud to have shared a long relationship of working together.  After all, what are stamps with out ink?  The projects created by our artists this week feature IMAGINE Crafts Radiant Neon™ inks paired perfectly with coordinating colors of Fran•táge Color Fragments from Stampendous, along with some of their newest stamp designs and Stack Art kits.

Prizes galore for participating in the Blog Hop this week!

We'll be giving three prize packages of 3 Radiant Neon inks and 3 Fran•táge Color Fragments (we'll choose your colors). There will be a bright crafting future ahead of you! Each day we’ll post that day's participating artists.  Visit their blog and leave a comment by midnight PST May 25th.  We ‘ll randomly select three different blogs from the five days, then randomly draw one commenter from each blog. You must have a U.S. mailing address to win, but we’d love for everyone to hop and comment! You can check out the Official Rules for all our contests if you have questions.

On the card above, I started with the stencil included in the stamp set Wired using modeling paste and topping that with Hot Orange Fragments. Circle from the stamp set was stamped with Radiant Neons Electric Blue & Yellow.

Sentiment from the Encouraging Words stamp set in Radiant Neon Electric Green. Hot pink ribbon adorned with a chipboard heart covered in Hot Lime Fragments. All of this attached to a small strip of black card stock that was stamped with Neon Electric Orange.

Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB	Stampendous Cling Stamp WIRED	Stampendous ENCOURAGING WORDS	Liquitex MODELING PASTE	HOT ORANGE Fragments	Stampendous HOT LIME
Cutterbee Scissors	Fiskars Stamp Press	Radiant Neon Electric Yellow	Radiant Neon Electric Orange	Radiant Neon Electric Blue	FOAM SQUARES Adhesive

 So are you ready for some more exciting inspiration? 
Here's who is hopping today:

Kristine Reynolds

Isha Gupta

Tobi Crawford

Penny Ward (You are here)

Janelle Stollfus

Linda Lucas

Tina McDonald

***Blog Hop Hint - if you click on a link that takes you to a page saying something like, “Sorry this page cannot be found,” just click on the header at the top of the blog (usually a picture, or the blog’s name), and it will take you to that blog’s most recent post. That post *should* be our hop. If not, you can probably scroll down a short way to find the hop post.

Each Friday I will give a shout out to all new Followers (click on "Join This Site" Button on the right side) and if you have a blog, I will make a link to you also.

Thanks for stamping by, and an extra special {mwah} for leaving a comment and/or following my blog....