Do You Stack Up? Challenge #34

Hello everyone.  Today is Thursday and the beginning of a new challenge at Do You Stack Up?

This week's Sponsors:

Digi Darla One Month's Membership in our Digital Stamp Club

Stitchy Bear $10 Gift Voucher for Stitchy Stamps, Panda Bear Designs and Dezina World

Stamping Boutique Winner’s Choice of 5 Digis

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The image I used this week is from The Stamping Boutique and it is called 'Prince Lonnie Latte'.

He makes a great summer card:

Just to get out of the Designer paper rut, I decided to make my own background using a resist technique with some flame stamps and Ranger Distress inks.  First I sponged on a yellow(I've forgotten the name at the moment) ink and then orange(Marmalade) over part of the yellow.  Then I Clear embossed the flame stamps. I sponged more orange and then red(Fired Brick) before ironing off the embossing.  Then more sponging of the red & burgundy inks. Can you tell I love sponging?!

Boy, Lonnie is really in the heat! Lonnie doesn't get out much to grill (that's why he is so pale) so he has done a terrible job and burned his burger.  And he is in a pissy mood so he is waving away his beloved latte.  His wife is probably yelling at him to drink his latte so she can take over the grilling!  I know I would be!!

Gee, such a happy story I've dreamed up!  LOL

Back to reality. I have found the following challenges to enter this card:

Craft Us Crazy  - Anything goes in August

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Digi's With Attitude! - anything goes

Just Some Lines - Embossing 

Paper Playtime - Anything Goes

Stamps R Us - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown -Dimension and Texture

Challenge Up Your Life - No patterned paper
Crafty Calendar -  August: Hot Colours!
  Marks Finest Papers - Emboss it
One Stop Craft - #145 Bold and Bright
Paper Creator's Crafts  Red and Blue  
Sparkles Forum - For The Boys 
Creative Inspirations Paint - CAS
Stamping Scrapping Central - Summer
Victorine Originals - Summer
Stamp with Fun - Summer
Cards For Men - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Masculine Card
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenges -Primary Colour Challenge
 
This is going to be the last challenge I am involved in as a member of DYSU's DT.  My son has met the love of his live this summer and he is going to get married before the end of the year. THIS year! Needless to say, I'm going to be busy.

Anyway, in light of all the activity that is starting to take place in trying to plan and arrange for this wedding, I am stepping down from my DT position. I'm going to miss it terribly and especially all the wonderful ladies on the team!!  
*okay, I'm getting misty*

I will still be making cards now and then, as that keeps me sane!

Thanks for coming by and please look at the rest of the Design Team's contributions here.

PeggySue 

Do You Stack Up? Challenge #25

We have a color challenge this week at Do You Stack Up?

MAUVE, MUSTARD & PINK

Yes, this is a little bit out of the ordinary, but if I can do it, you can do it!

We have two sponsors this week and they are:

  CoCo Dingo Stamps is giving four digital images

Whimsy Stamps is giving five digital images

These are great prizes, so get busy creating so you can get in the challenge!! Hurry!

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I chose a beautiful image by CoCo Dingo Stamps called "Butterfly in Lavender".  I think you will agree.

Did you notice all the shine in the snippet picture at the top of this post?  I used some Glossy Accents on the butterfly body and Purple Stickles on the lavender. I painted the image with Ranger Distress ink first of course.  The butterfly additionally has gold Ranger Perfect Pearls painted on the wings.

I went the extra mile and made a mask for the image so I could do a resist technique on the background.  I clear embossed a script stamp and then sponged Tattered Rose & Spun Sugar distress inks.

Challenges appropriate for this card:
Bearly Mine - summer is here
Bee Crafty - summer's here
Fab n Funky - summer lovin
Crafty Creations - let it shine
CES - lots of sparkly flowers
Delicious Doodles - things that flutter

PeggySue

Do You Stack Up? Challenge #24

This week the challenge over at Do You Stack Up? is to use a star.

Again we have three sponsors!

Little Musings Stamps will give the winner a choice of three digital stamp kits.

JLJ Designs will award a $10 gift certificate to the store to the winner.

Pixie Dust Studio is giving the winner a choice of three digis.

My contribution for your inspiration for the week is:

I chose an image by Little Musings called "Starlit 5" that says 'Catch a falling star'.

Its quite the star lit night in my world, and I'm catching the brightest, most sparkling star!

I used the basic resist technique of stamping various stars (Autumn Leaves) in Versamark watermark ink and embossing with clear embossing powder. I sponged a light coat of Ranger Distress Faded Jeans ink over the whole card.  Then I added some more stars in the same fashion as before.  After that came the intense sponging of Faded Jeans, Weathered Wood and a touch of Black Soot around the edges.

By this time, I could bearly see the image!  But, I had printed it twice, I colored the other image with Distress inks and cut it out.  The yellow star got a couple of coats of Iridescent medium for super sparkle. I pop dotted the star and net over the original image.  I used a black marker to trace the sentiment so everyone could see it.  

My fingers were quite blue when I finished, but it sure was fun.

Challenges for this card:
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Crafts and Me -  bling it on
Scrap-Creations - anything goes

You will want to go to the challenge blog and drool over the DT's creations 'cuz they are gorgeous!

PeggySue

Look! Gummy Worms

EEuuuuu, worms!  But, these are cute worms by Doodle Pantry.  Apparently they enjoy chewing gum and blowing bubbles.
I used Prismacolor pencils to color the image.  I used a resist technique on the small pieces of cardstock in the corners.  What you can barely see are faint leaves that were embossed and covered with lots of inks.  I had fun!

I made this card for a slew of challenges:

• Just Us Girls - Envy of the Envies (see--->)
• Cute Card Thurs. - Out with the Old 
• Delightful Challenges - buttons
• Stamp Something - Use a digi
• Double Delight - Doodle Pantry + color
• Doodle Pantry Digital Doodles - Use a DP image
• Mark's Finest Papers - Embossing (leaves)
• Catch the Bug - Emboss it (leaves)
• Sketch Saturday - Sketch
• Really Reasonable Ribbons - Something new (buttons) plus ribbon
• Pollycraft Monday - New things (buttons)  

Thanks for dropping by!

PeggySue

New stamps

I inked up for the 1st time another couple of stamps from the set I received from Mark's Finest Papers.  They have some great stamps and I hope to get more in the future.

I used a resist technique to get the faint birds in the background, that you may, or may not see.  They are subtle, you can't deny that!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Mark's finest Papers - something new
Catch the Bug - anything goes
Pile it on - Brand Spankin' New
Paper Sundaes -  something new
Simon Says Stamp & Show - new stamp
Sketch and Stash - sketch & new stash

Thanks for looking!

PeggySue