Too Long

Our challenge at Creative Knockouts is to create a funny card.  I love puns, so I thought this was the perfect image for this challenge.

I used Long-Necked Giraffe from JustMe Digital Stamps for my project.  This is a new artist for me, and I am totally sold!  There are so many punny and adorable images in the shop!  This one comes with 4 different images and two sentiments.  I colored the image with Copic markers and used the silhouette to cut it out.  I oversized it to give the illusion of height.  With that long neck, the punny sentiment is perfect!

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Card measures 4.25" x 5.5"

Spellbinders Elegant Ovals dies

American Crafts ribbon

I Am Roses flower

Recollections pearls

Missing You

With my hubby away, the challenge this week is right up my alley!  Your project must have a Missing You theme.  I wanted to use the newest releases but they were all for Halloween.  What's a girl to do?!  Why get punny of course!

I colored the image, Jar of Eyeballs, using Copic markers.  The sentiment was computer generated because I certainly don't have a stamp THAT punny.  This card will be winging it's way across the Atlantic to my special someone that "eye" can't wait to see!!

Card measures 5.5" x 4.25"
Cuttlebug Spots and Dots embossing folder
Stampin' Up cotton twill ribbon
brads and pearls from my stash

Anything Goes at Meljen's Designs

It's Thursday so that means it's time for another challenge at Meljen's Designs.  The challenge this week is everyone's favorite: Anything Goes!  Just remember that the new requirement is to use a Meljen's Designs image for your project.  You can pop over to the shop and find a few freebies in addition to the Dollar Digis.  Pick up a couple of images and come play!

I used Gruffy Little Gnome and Missing You Heart for my card.  I plan to send it to my hubby, so I kept it free of frilly embellishments.  Mr. Mojo was playing hide and seek with me this week and the lack of frilly embellishments made this card difficult for me.  I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils blended with baby oil.  I used my new Tim Holtz Retractable Craft Pick to do some piercing.  A little twine and a rhinestone colored to match and the card is finished.

Card measures 4.25" x 5.5"
Twinery cappuccino twine
rhinestone from my stash colored with copic marker

August Guest Designer!

I am so excited because I have been asked to be a guest designer at Meljen's Designs for the month of August!  I couldn't believe it when I got the email.  My family couldn't figure out why I fell out of my chair at the computer!

I have been thinking about how to use up some of my many scraps.  I had been thinking about making some 3 x 3 mini cards and thought this was the perfect opportunity to give it a try.  All of the cards shown below measure 3 x 3 and were made using scraps of cardstock, paper, and ribbon.  No new pieces were harmed in the making of this blog post!  I love the fact that I could resize the images to fit the mini cards perfectly.

I have shown each of the cards in more detail below along with the list of supplies used for each card.  All of the images were colored using colored pencils and baby oil.

Left:  I used the image Little Layered Flowers-Stitched Lotus and Stitched Leaf.  You can get these images as part of a set or individually.  I printed the Stitched Lotus twice to layer it and folded the top flower petals slightly for some dimension.  I embossed the brown cardstock with D'Vine Swirls.

Right:  I used the image Little Bug Line.

Left:  I used the image Johnny Bird Boots and the freebie sentiment Friends.  I used some paper flowers and pearls in addition to some baker's twine from the Twinery.

Right:  I used the freebie image Giraffe's Necktie, which is available in a freebie pack you can download here, and the freebie sentiment Stitched Hello.  I cut the border using Lattice Rectangles from Spellbinders.  The polka dots were stamped using the Polka Dot Background from DeNami Design.  The image was punched out using a punch from Stampin' Up.

Left:  I used the image Double Scoop Ice Cream and the freebie sentiment Sweet (available in the freebie pack).  The rhinestones were colored to match using Copic markers.  The ovals were punched with punches from Stampin' Up.  The scalloped circle was cut using a die from Lifestyle Crafts.  The mat pieces were punched from a piece of cardstock embossed with the Tiny Bubbles embossing folder.

Right:  I used the image Cuddle Bug and the freebie sentiment Thinking of You (available in the freebie pack) printed inside the freebie Little Stitched Cloud.  The background was embossed using the Flourish Texturz Plate from Stampin' Up.

Left:  I used the freebie image Stitched Country Heart and the freebie sentiment Thinking of You (available in the freebie pack).

Right:  I used the image Simple Little Butterfly.  The background was stamped with the steam curl from the Espresso Stamp Set from DeNami Design.  The small button brads are from the Paper Studio.

Left:  I used the image Smile Flowers.  The blue strip was punched using the Pinking Hearts border punch from Stampin' Up.  The yellow flowers were punched using a mini punch I got in the dollar bin at Michaels.

Right:  I used the image Little Pocket Mice.  The background was stamped using a stamp from the Sprinkles stamp set from Stampin' Up.  The circle and scallop were cut using dies from Lifestyle Crafts.  The button brad is from the Paper Studio.

Whew!  That was a really long post!  Thank you for sticking with me until the end of this post.  I hope I have inspired you to create your own mini cards!

Ahoy!

The Embellish Magazine blog has a nautical theme for their challenge.  I decided to play along.

I used the image Sail Away Sailor from Meljen's Designs.  I colored it using colored pencils and baby oil.  The sentiment was a freebie on the Meljen's Designs blog.  You can find it here.  I used an embossing folder with Core'dinations cardstock and sanded it to make the weathered wood background.  The button came from a can of buttons that I have had for years!

Card measures 5.5" x 4.25"
Cuttlebug emobssing folder-Forest Branches

Bear Waving

The challenge this week at Meljen's Designs is Coastal Fun.  This is my card for the challenge.

I used a new image called Sail Away Sailor.  I was free over Memorial Day Weekend, but now you can find it here in the Whimsy Stamps store.  I colored the image using colored pencils blended with baby oil.  The steam curl stamp on the background and the sentiment are both from DeNami Design.

Card measures 5.5" x 4.25"
Lifestyle crafts scalloped circle die
1" circle punch