Surfin’ U.S.A. with Poppi Penguin

Hi there, this is the second week of the Karaoke song challenge at  Clear it Out I hope you will come over and join in the fun. The image I chose from Bugaboo stamps was Poppi Surf, as soon as I saw it thought of the Beach Boys and Surfin’ U.S.A.  I coloured Poppi with pencil crayons and oms and coloured the sunglasses with a spica glitter pen, .I also used paper glaze on the lenses of the glasses.  Although it doesn’t show in the picture the white stripe on the surfboard was coloured with a clear spica glitter pen.
What I used from my stash was the blue cardstock, the last of that colour and the white fleur dis lis die cut was from the white cardstock left from cutting  out the image.
                             
You still have time  to join the challenge at Clear it Out and perhaps win some digis from Bugaboo Stamps
                                 
"Always do what you are afraid to do."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Singing Happy Birthday to You!!!

I made this card for a friend of mine that loves Black, White and Red together. The image is from Graphicat Designs, I won a prize on a blog hop there and this was one of the many stamps plus other items in the “surprise” box. The background paper was also out of the box. I hope you will drop by Graphicat Designs and see the great stamps and lots of other items in their store. What is really great about them is they are a Canadian  company. The image was coloured with prisma pencils and oms. I cut the image and scalloped edge with my long rectangles then added the black satin ribbon.
                          
Thanks for stopping by today to see what I have been crafting and come back again real soon.
Just to remind you there is a song challenge going on right now at Clear it Out Tuesday, I hope you will stop by there and join in the fun.
"A picture is worth a thousand words."
Fred R. Bernard

Doing a little Driftin’ with Dude Time Doodles

Hi, so nice to see you visiting my blog to check out what I have done with the digi from Dude Time Doodles who is the sponsor of the challenge] at Clear it Out Tuesday.
The digi I used is called Driftin’ Denton and it was the perfect image to use for a birthday card for my son, when he was young he just loved to fish and would spend 10 or more hours fishing. Are you getting the idea that the theme is Sports and Leisure. but with a twist to use punched shapes. Here is my card for the challenge.
                          
The image is from Dude Time Doodles and was  coloured with prismas and odourless mineral spirits. I used a marine blue base, the white is Georgia Pacific and the DSP is from a nautical pack retired from Stampin;up. Copper porthole is cut with spellbinders, I added the copper covered eyelets to the porthole with my crop-a-dilel. I have had both copper items are very old and from the dollar store. The sentiment was punched with the curly label punch from Stampin’ up.
Please join us at the Clear it Out challenge and show us your Sport and Leisure card but don’t  forget to use your punched shapes. You just might win a digi from Dude Time Doodles.
"A picture is worth a thousand words."
Fred R. Bernard

Show Your Easter Colours…..

Easter is just around the corner so for this challenge at Clear it Out we are using our stash of pastel papers plain or patterned or both if you have some. I used a discontinued Stampin’up colour called pale plum, I bought extra before it was retired and will be sad when it is gone.
As part of the design team I was given an image from A Day for Daisies to use. The image  called Dancing with a Boy was coloured with prismas and odourless mineral spirits and is so cute, I thought it would make a great “prom” card or even a wedding card. The pale plum was embossed with the birds and swirls folder, the scalloped frame is done with concord grape card stock and the flowers from my growing stash of flowers.(I’m sure they multiply in the jars)
                        
Thanks for stopping by  please join us at Clear it Out Tuesday for our Easter challenge  sponsored by A Day for Daisies.

Spring is Just Around the Corner………

I needed to make a “get well”  card for one of our Friday bowling members that was having surgery, The image I chose is from Flourishes they have the most awesome flowers and lots of other fabulous stamps. I coloured the image with prisma pencils and odourless mineral spirits, the base is 5 1/4 X 5 1/4 Wisteria cardstock. The white layer is embossed with the cherry blossom folder, The dark cardstock is Concord Grape and the frame is cut with the square spellbinder die Fleur dis Lis.
                         
Thanks for stopping by today and come back again soon.
"There is more to life than increasing its speed."
Mahatma Gandhi

You Make me Smile with a twist……..

Welcome back, I hope you joined us for the Birthday Bash February 21. The winner of my blog candy was comment number 12, Luanne.
Now on with the new challenge. The theme is You Make me Smile and the twist is to use something that is not from your craft room. Here are a few suggestions, pop tabs, twist ties perhaps even a washer. The image I am using is from My Grafico, what a lovely collection of First Communion digi stamps and if you post a project on Clear it out challenge Blog you might just win the set.
                            
For my card I chose  a soft blue base, The fleur dis lis rectangle and  regular rectangle spellbinder dies. I wanted a touch of blue behind the image so I cut and embossed it so I could cut the edge off to put on the blue layer. The flower is from the Stampin’up pretties set, I layered three petals, my twist is I used a hat pin that was floating around in my sewing box plus a couple of beads from a box I bought at a yard sale last year. I used prisma colour pencils and odourless mineral spirits to colour the hair. I’m not sure if it shows or not but I watered down some white opal liquid pearls and painted the veil and dress to give it a shimmer.
Thanks for stopping by today and please join us at Clear it Out I would love to see your project.
"Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out."
James Conant

CLEAR IT OUT BIRTHDAY BASH!!!

Welcome to the CLEAR IT OUT BIRTHDAY BASH! Clear it  out is celebrating it’s one year anniversary with a fun filled, prize giving, blog hop! If you arrived from Lynn’s you are in the right place! If not, you might want to start back at the beginning at the Clear it Out Challenge Blog to make sure you are eligible for all the prizes.
The image I received for the hop is Dottie Cake from Bugaboo. Here is my birthday card using some bling from my stash.
                           
I made an easel card using Tempting Turquoise as the base, the designer paper is from a DCW stack, the bling is from my huge stash. Dottie and the  cake were coloured with pencil crayons and odourless mineral spirits. I printed two images one to use as a base the other I cut Dottie and the icing out and popped them up.
I am giving away a oval shim to use with embossing folders in your pressure machine along with some bling and printed flowers as a prize. All you have to do is to leave your name in the comments to be eligible. Don’t forget to also make a card and enter it on the main page for your chance to win some more fabulous prizes from our sponsors!
Your next stop on the hop is Lorrie, if you get lost just go back to the Clear it Out Challenge Blog.to get back on track.