Update: Woohoo! I made into the top 15 for Hanna Stamps Guest Designer. Now for Round 2. I can't wait to see what we get to design with.
TGIF! I'm soooo ready for the weekend. For today's card I have a Moose Pirate. Riley Moose to be specific and you can find him at
Hanna Stamps. I made this card for the
Hanna Stamps Guest Designer call. They are looking for 6 designers to serve 2 month terms beginning in September. If you ever wanted to be part of a deign team this is a great opportunity. I really must have lost my head...LOL!...because I keep forgetting to grab my detail information so that is my priority this weekend. Update the past three posts with the details. On this card I used the
2Sketches4You Top 30 Sketch as the inspiration. I think that layout is really cool. I did however move the sentiment down because mine was so big but I HAD to use it. The sentiment is from the
Doodle Factory Tropics collection. One of the things that I love to do with my sentiments is to give it a cliped tail either one side or both. If I do both most of the time I will make the center pop-up a little. I will cut the sentiment the use my bone folder to make the setiment curl a bit and then anchor either side with glue dots. Kind of like when you curl ribbon with scissors. I just like the effect it gives. I colored Riley up with copics and sponged the edges with tea dye distress ink. Because of the rule that black pants and brown shoes are not suppose to go together I added the blue color to kind of marry the two together and add a little pop. Of those yellow pants on Riley add quite the pop but I had to tie in the parrot beak somehow. I drew the lines for the shirt and the pant leg and waistband. Oh and every Pirate needs treasure so I added pearls in the scallops. I hope you enjoy the card and your weekend.
Moose: E33, E35, E25, E27
Bird: Y21, YR23, G12, G07, R29
Clothes: Y21, YR23, R29, C1, B21, B26, W1, E35, E25, E33
Paper: K&company, Stampin' Up
Stamps: Hanna Stamp Pirate Riley, Doodle Factory Tropics Collection
Sorry for such a late post. Apparantly cough syrup before bed and setting an alarm clock for work don't go hand in hand. Needless to say I was 2 hours late today. I made this card for a monthly swap group that I am in on SCS called the Sisterhood of the Traveling Cards. Each month there is a different hostess and theme. This month's theme was to make a card around a lesser known Holiday or celebration. My word there was some really good ones like "Talk like a pirate day". How fun. I finally decided to pick something that was around my daughter's birthday in May. Did you know that there was such a thing as the Great American Grump Out? When I saw that I immediately thought of Sfen from the Doodle Factory at Starving Artist. Then I decided to pair him with some cheerful Sassafrass Lass DP. The sentiment is computer generated and uses the ACME font from 1001freefonts. The layout was inspired from the Nov/Dec 2009 Paper Crafts Magazine on page 22. The only thing I did different was the keep the right hand side straight instead of decorative. If this card doesn't make you smile and get your grump out then I don't know what will. LOL. Thanks for visiting me today and don't forget to make a comment for my blogaversary candy listed in my right hand side bar for your chance to win.
Well, our FIRST EVER release Blog Hop is tomorrow and starts on the TGF Blog! We will show you all the new releases in full here tomorrow and then send you on your way through our "Flyin' with the Farm" Blog Hop!
TGIF! I'm soooo ready for the weekend. For today's card I have a Moose Pirate. Riley Moose to be specific and you can find him at Hanna Stamps. I made this card for the Hanna Stamps Guest Designer call. They are looking for 6 designers to serve 2 month terms beginning in September. If you ever wanted to be part of a deign team this is a great opportunity. I really must have lost my head...LOL!...because I keep forgetting to grab my detail information so that is my priority this weekend. Update the past three posts with the details. On this card I used the 2Sketches4You Top 30 Sketch as the inspiration. I think that layout is really cool. I did however move the sentiment down because mine was so big but I HAD to use it. The sentiment is from the Doodle Factory Tropics collection. One of the things that I love to do with my sentiments is to give it a cliped tail either one side or both. If I do both most of the time I will make the center pop-up a little. I will cut the sentiment the use my bone folder to make the setiment curl a bit and then anchor either side with glue dots. Kind of like when you curl ribbon with scissors. I just like the effect it gives. I colored Riley up with copics and sponged the edges with tea dye distress ink. Because of the rule that black pants and brown shoes are not suppose to go together I added the blue color to kind of marry the two together and add a little pop. Of those yellow pants on Riley add quite the pop but I had to tie in the parrot beak somehow. I drew the lines for the shirt and the pant leg and waistband. Oh and every Pirate needs treasure so I added pearls in the scallops. I hope you enjoy the card and your weekend.
Here is my second card to show you today. I used Mojo86 and this week's SCS color challenge of So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, and Bashful Blue as inspiration. The coffee cups and the kitty are popped-up. I again used water coloring on this card but used an aqua painter instead. This card actually got made before the Rain card and my bright idea of using a paint brush. I have been wanting to make this kitty and those coffee cups(received this Amuse stamp from Miss Kadie a loooong time ago) into a card for a while and the stars aligned for me tonight. Of course it is 1:45 am right now so I will probably need those two cups of coffee and pretty much look like that too. LOL! Enjoy and have a great weekend.
