Southern Scraps

I needed to get a card made for my Daddy and I was about to run out of time. I pulled a Phindy's Place image from my stash that I had already colored this morning and turned to some challenges for some inspiration. I used the sketch over at CPS and some jute twine for the Crazy4Challenges call for twine, floss, or string. I thought this was a nice masculine touch. I also played Simon Says bingo . I used the bottom row - shape (Nesties label), ribbon and sentiment. I colored my image with the following Copics: C4, N9, G29,E39, E35, E07, B24, B18, C10,C6,G85,YG67, Y17, E17.  Papers are from K&Co. I used sentiment stamps from Stampendous and Stamping Bella. Do you stampers ever combine images or sentiments from different companies on a project or stick to the same line for each company? Thanks for stopping by!

Mother's Day is a day set aside to show mother's they are special and to honor them. If you happen to be curious about it's history, there some information HERE along with poems and craft ideas. Here's the card I made for my mother-in-law this year. This is just one big stamped image colored with Copics. The image is a GinaK Designs stamp by Melanie Muenchinger . I used the following Copic colors: R22, R24, R29, G29, YG67, YG13, Y17, G05, G14, RV19, RV34, R83, BG11. Aren't you impressed that I actually wrote them down for you. I love Copics for blending and shading. I colored the trim around the sentiment with a metallic silver Prismacolor pencil. I even added a little something to the inside of this card. These are colored with Marvy Markers. They were already on hand in my basket of stamped and colored images. I cut them out and layered them inside. This is the perfect image to use for my mother-in-law. She loves gardening and grows the most beau...

What else could a mother want for Mother's Day besides hugs and kisses? Here's the card I made for my mother. I used the sketch from The Sweet Stop and combined some challenges for Just Magnolia (to use buttons, bows, and bling) and Crazy4Challenges to use 3 different papers, 2 flowers, and 1 button). I used a Tilda with flowers image from Magnolia Stamps . I colored her with Copics. Papers are from K&Co. Other items: Flowers : Prima Sentiment: MFT heart bling : K&Co. Martha Stewart lace doily punch, Nestabilities, Bazzill cardstock, ribbon

I created some gift card holders .  For design inspiration, I turned to some of  my favorite sketch sites. The first card is created with this week's sketch from The Sweet Stop . I turned the sketch sideways. Image is from Heather Ellis- Pure Innocence and is colored with copic markers. Papers are from Cosmo Cricket. Next is a card/gift card holder   using the sketch from CPS . I put the sentiment tag on the opposite side. I thought it worked better on this card there. This image is one of the Darling Sisters by The Greeting Farm . Image is colored with Copics. Papers are by K&Co. Here's a little tip for making those corners. Punch a scalloped circle with a 1 1/4 inch scalloped circle punch. Cut in half and then in half again to make four corners. Thanks for stopping by. I may be linking these to the parties on the side.

I'm popping in with a card I made for a couple of challenges. I am not playing with the challenges nearly as much as I used to be but I am working on my Christmas cards and I'm incorporating a challenge here and there when I can. Charisma Cardz and Critter Sketch both issued challenges for Christmas cards. I made this  Christmas card  using MFT stamps ( Santa Baby) and Basic Grey papers. It's a fun little card for your special guy- the inside reads "All I Want for Christmas is you." Papers: BasicGrey Eskimo kisses Stamps: MFT Tools: Nestibilities label, Copics Accents: ribbon, flower, button

I'm sharing a card I've created with Spring Dress Emma for the Phindy's Place challenge - I went with the May flowers part of it. I've colored the image with copics, using the colors called for by Copic Colour challenge . The layout of my card is based on Sketch Saturday's sketch . I'm also submitting this for PaperTake Weekly's shiny and sparkle challenge and Delightful sketches punches cha llenge. Here is my card: Papers: Bazzill, We R Memory Keepers Stamps: Phindy's digi image, MFT sentiment Tools: Copics; Nestabilities, Martha Stewart border punch Accents: Flowers, brads

I've done more yardwork today and then came it to cool off and relax by making a card. This one uses the sketch at Anyone for Anya and one of the Darling Sisters from TGF. I've also made it for lots of other challenges, all listed below. Pile It On- Make it sweet- I went with a "sweet" gesture and image Paper Sundaes - recipe Stampin Sisters in Christ - Mother's Day Stamptacular Sunday - For someone special and sewing A Spoonful of Sugar- 3D Creative Inspirations - Easel Simon Says - Buttons, bows, bling Copic Colour B02, BV02, YG03 Dutch Dare- Easel and repeat something- I repeated the bling OCC - Mother's Day

One more card to share for the evening. This one features a Flourishes daisy stamp in a "twinchie" two inch focal point. I have never done the inchies but I like this size because I have a punch for it. I've colored my flowers with R81, R83, and R89 copics. This card is also for the following challenges: Copic Creations - Flowers Charisma Cardz - Thank you Cute Card Thursday - monochromatic Taylored Expressions sketch

and all dressed up! I've used this Miss Anya dressy for the sketch challenge at Club Anya . I colored here with copics, BG49, Y17, and E39. Those were the closest colors I had for the Copic Colour challenge this week. Thanks for looking and have a great weekend! I'm cutting it short 'cause I gotta go to work.

We are almost over the hump and by tomorrow the weekend will be even closer. I hope everyone is having a great week. Tonight's card is probably my last Easter card. A couple of challenge blogs are still having Easter challenges- Stampin' for the Weekend and Dare U to Digi Stamp . My card features a cute puppy with egg digi from Karen's Doodles. I've colored him with copics. I made the card based on the Inspirational Card Sketches sketch and I punched the squares out of some scraps for the Digital Tuesday "Scrap It' Challenge . I did some doodling with black marker for the Stamp Something Challenge . I've got pastels for TPE and last but not least, this fits Pile it On - Animals. Papertake Weekly has an open theme so I added some bling and pearls. Whew. That was a lot. Thanks for stickin' through to the end.

This creation is for Simon Says Easter or Spring with some glitter and Charisma spring challenge. I've used the sketch at Inspirational Card Sketches . And I've got a Flutterby. I made the flowers with a punch, glitter, and Alene's Paper Glaze. I covered a foam dot with glitter for the centers. Stamp: Pure Innocence digi Paper: We R Memory Keepers Tools: Nestabilities; Martha Stewart border punch; Copics Accents: Handmade glitter flowers

Whiff of Joy and ATS challenged their readers to easel cards this week. Since ATS carried this WOJ stamp I used I'm submitting one for both. I've also used the Copic Colour Challenge colors to color my image with and used my favorited copic techniques- skin and brunette hair (I'm still learning the hair and I improvise because I don't have some of the colors the tutorials call for) for the Copic Creations challenge . I also threw in some distressing for the Stamp Something challenge and used the sketch from Friday Sketchers for my card front. Stamp: Whiff of Joy Melinda Hugging Heart; Inkadinkado sentiment Paper: BasicGrey Wisteria Tools: Nestabilities label four Accents: Pearls, Prima flowers Here are the Copics I used to color:

FLourishes is having a celebration and has had a week full of challenges. I made this card for Timeless Tuesday celebration theme and for Cute Card Thursday . Most celebrations involve gifts, so I've used an image from All Wrapped Up. My colors come from Color Throwdown's color chall enge and the layout of my card is from Friday Sketchers . Here is my card: Stamps: Flourishes Paper: BasicGrey Tools: Copics; Nestabilities Accents: Prima flowers, rhinestones, brad Here are the copics I used: Thanks for looking and sharing your comments! Don't forget to spring forward! At this hour, I am going to really miss my hour tomorrow.

This lovely fairy has lots of sparkle and shine. The image is from All That Scraps C.C. Designs (Sparkle Thistleweed). She's been colored with Copics and the papers are from We R Memory Keepers. The ribbon is from Michael's and the flowers are Primas. This card was made for the following challenges: All That Scraps- Dots and Stripes Copic Colour challenge Charisma Cardz- Fairies SFYTT

I am loving this color challenge issued by Whiff of Joy . It is so vintage looking. I also thought this was the perfect image for these colors. I've combined this with Simon Says Girly/feminine challenge and Stamp Somethings Girly challenge . I also used the lace, pearls, and pin for the challenge at Creative Inspirations (although I may be a wee bit late due to time zone differences). I used Mercy's sketch . Papers are by K&Co. and the image was colored with Copics.

Here is cute little Sun Fun Maggie from Digital Delights . I've used her for their kids themed challenge , along with a scalloped circle for Digital Tuesday . I pierced the scallops since Crazy4Challenges has challenged us to use paper piercing. I also used the sketch from OCC . I colored her with Copics and used K&CO papers. Sorry for the short post, it's bedtime.

Here is a card that I made for a few challenges. Verve is having a spring fling with challenges and I made this one for the first challenge "clean and simple with flowers". I've used flowers from Wishful Elegance by Verve. I colored them with copics and cut them out. I don't know if you can see but I embossed the top of the card with swiss dots cuttlebug folder. I also made this card for the Embellish Magazine borders color challenge. And I'm submitting it for Moxie Fab's Olympics of Stamping Challenge (Birthday). The layout was based on CPS 157.

Stamp: Phindy's Place - Lots of Luck to You Paper: Cosmo Cricket Tools: Nestabiliies Accents: Ribbon, button (Michael's); brads, flowers Isn't she precious? This one reminds me of a coworker's daughter, so she had to have red hair. This was a lot of fun to color too! This card was made for the following challenges: Friday Sketchers Papertake Weekly - buttons, bows, brads, bling The Pink Elephant - Greens Pile it On - Lucky Me Cute Card Thursday - Green Copic Creations -Greens Here are the copics I used:

Here is my Sketch Saturday card combined with the Cute Card Thursday metal challenge. I used circle clips and brads for the metal. Stamps: Stamping Bella Cruisabella; MFT sentiment Paper: Doodlebug Design, Bazzill cardstock Tools: Copics, cirle punch, Nestabilities Accents: circle clips, brads

Just a quick post before bed... This is my card for the Flutterby challenge 97 using Mercy's sketch 61 . The image is by Whiff of Joy and I've colored it with copics. Papers are by We R Memory Keepers. I sponged some angel pink ink by Memento around the edges of the image. Here are the Copics I used Thanks for stopping by!