Color Challenge

The new color challenge at Lily Pad Cards is sponspored by Tiffany Doodles. 

Each DT got to choose a digital stamp and I chose the Fawn Set which includes some very sweet deer images.

Kathy chose these colors for us to play with

I used the 3 colors but in a softer tone,  especially for the green color, for my inspirational card here. 

I first sized the sentiment and the Tiffany Doodle image as I wanted - then printed on a piece of  copy paper for a guide as to where I should stamp the background. I then stamped the background on a sheet of Hero Arts Eggshell notecard and ran this through the printer again - now printing the images onto the stamped part. I printed the deer image onto white cardstock and colored this in (simple coloring) with copic markers. 

(it probably wouldn't have made much of a difference stamping after printing with the soft bg - but I was not too sure about it).

 I used Ranger Enamels (black for the nose and white for the dots) for some added dimension. The yellow color is represented in the pearls/gems.

Stamps: Tiffany Doodles Fawn set, Hero Arts Lauderdale Trees

Font: LemonChicken

Other: HA gems & pearls, heart punch, May Arts ribbon (colored with Ranger Rusty Hinge distress ink, Ranger Enamel accents, copic makers.

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Be sure to check out the details about the challenge at the pond for a chance to win a fabulous prize!

World Cardmaking Day & a Giveaway

Hi all cardmakers & stampers!

Today is World Cardmaking Day! I am here with some x-mas tags and a matching card. 

Unfortunately I will not be making cards today - so these are made a while ago.

I really like the combination of pool, red and kraft for holiday cards. The tag is a silhouette die cut.

 Stamps: Hero Arts Artistic Circle, Hero Arts Dots cling, Hero Arts Chrismas Reindeer

Paper: Bazzill kraft, hero arts pool notecard, Basic Grey Nordic Holiday.

To celebrate this fabulous day I have a giveaway for you!! For my last Hero Arts win I ordered 2 of the same stamp set to give one away. Namely this gorgeous set - the butterflies and wildflowers from Hero Arts / Basic Grey:

Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win this sweet sweet set! Deadline: 10.10.2011.

Thanks for stopping by!

HAVE A GREAT WORLD CARD MAKING DAY!

Bling Bling

Bling is a new Challenge at Lily Pad Cards, up today.

Here is my card ... I am actually not really a bling person - so my card is a mixture of natural colors and a bit of bling using some Martha Stewart glitter to cover that die cut border and some silver embossing on the christmas trees.

The card base is a white embossed Classic Fabric Design distressed with antique linen at the edges towards the center leaving a bit of white space...

 Supplies:
HA stamps: CL540, CG245, CL343
Other: MFT open scallop die, Fiskars punch, MS glitter, twine,
HA gems, HA embossing powders white & silver

When I was in New York a couple of years ago I bought some glittery letters at the Tinsel Trading Company - they were sort of vintage looking and I was inspired by these when I created the border for this card - distressing the edges & adding that piece of lace behind it.

Hero Arts Sketch Challenge

Another sketch challenge is up at Lily Pad Cards. Our sponspor is Hero Arts - YAY!!

Here is the sketch...

And here is the card I made using some gorgeous Hero Arts stamps - generously provided by Hero Arts.  I stamped 3 lines of text for the vertical lines of the sketch and used an ornament as the round feature.  

Hero Arts CL551 Decorate your holiday

Distress inks fired brick, walnut stain, Memories dye ink white.

Bazzill kraft, Hero Arts notecard , May Arts Ribbon

shine on kraft

Just a quick share with one of those cards which went through a loong process and ended up entirely different than planned. I actually wanted to make a yellow card - but I had to squeeze in some kraft - you know me ;) I added some shine to that kraft, too, after stamping the background..

Stamps: Hero Arts Live Life, Hero Arts Lotus Background

Paper: MME Darling Deer, Bazzill kraft cs.

The sentiment is from the lovely set Live Life, stamped in Hero Arts Chalk ink latte.

Here you can see some of the shine...

Today Jan & I took the day off and went to a lovely restaurant on board a ship down at the harbor.
We ordered a surprise lunch and look what we got as a starter - my favorite ... scallops!! Yummy!

Eventhough the weather was not the best - they are saying the remaing effect of the hurricane Katia will hit Denmark today ... we still enjoyed the view from the ship. Just look at that old ship sailing through the bridge!!!

a lady-like card

This turned out very lady like with that big bow ;) Could be used for a wedding also,  I guess. 

The resist embossed flower is stamped twice for some added dimension in the center.  

I thought the white dots on the background would be a fine match for the dots of the flower...

Hero Arts stamps: 

From to Petals , Life of the Party Dots, Find Joy , Notebook paper

Papers; 

Basic Grey, Hero Arts notecard, Bazzill kraft cs.

Other:

May Arts silk ribbon, embossing powder, foam dots.

Have a great week!! Thanks for stopping by!

Another color challenge at Lily Pad Cards...

Sorry for the late post of my latest card for the color challenge at Lily Pads. 

I was not feeling well yesterday and I missed the date for this....

I love the colors Kathy chose for this one.  The sponsor is A Day for Daisies. They have some really cute images for coloring. You have to check it out ;)

I feel a bit humble showing this amongst such great coloring talent on the Lily Pad Cards blog - I am not any way near the skills those girls have.... 

So here is my inspirational card - I chose an Autumnal image - with some fuzzy flowers.. I thought the birds looked like housemartins ...

A Day for Daisies "Barrell of Blossoms"  

MME paper pad Vanity Fair, Watercolor paper, Copics ,

MS tag punch