Make it Crafty: FUNKY MOTHER

Happy Sunday everyone! It's Rosie here today. Before I get to my card, I wanted to remind you that there is still time to enter this month's challenge at Make it Crafty which is: Dew Drops. You can link up your creations HERE. Zoe has included a couple of awesome video tutorials on the challenge post to guide you along. Also, if you do a google search on how to color water droplets, you will find a lot of inspiration on the web.

This weekend, Make it Crafty released a few images perfect for Mother's Day or any occasion really: Country Mother, Funky Mother and Hammock Escape. They are available for purchase HERE. For my card today, I used the Funky Mother Digi Stamp. I think she's gorgeous! I printed her on Cryogen Cardstock and colored her with Copic Markers.

Copics: 

Skin: E51, E21, E11, E13, E15 

Hair: C2, C7, Black 

Pink: R81, R83, R85, R39 

Teal: BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18

I decided to go with a floral theme for this card. You know I love flowers and bows! The flowers are from I Am Roses. The paper/sentiment is from DCWV Vintage Collector 12x12 Paper Pad. The oval scallop was cut out using a My Favorite Things Die.

Have an awesome Sunday! Don't forget to share your creations with us in the MiC Facebook Group! We would love to oooooh and aaaah over your work!

Hugs, Rosie

Dies R Us: Dropping By To Say Hello featuring Gorjuss Girl Fly Away With Me!

Happy Thursday everyone! I'm dropping in with my first ever post as part of the Dies R Us Design Team. Dies R Us is an online store that carries a wide range of dies from various manufacturers at some of the lowest prices! In addition, they are always running specials and flash sales!! Sign up for their newsletter so you can get the flash sale info.

 I'm so excited and thrilled to be a part of this amazing team! The ladies are all very talented and very supportive of each other! It's awesome!! I also LOVE that I'll have more opportunities to used some of these dies I've been collecting, or as my hubby says hoarding....hahaha! :)

I have been a lover of Gorjuss girls for a very long time, so I was thrilled when they came out with these awesome Gorjuss Paper Doll Dies! The great thing is that you don't have to color anything. The die set contains all of the separate pieces of the doll. It also comes with a few sheets of two different patterns of paper and a magnet sheet to store your dies on. The die set I'm working with today is called Fly Away With Me.

At the top of the magnet sheet, you can see the patterned papers included in this die set. There are 4 sheets of yellow and 4 sheets with the stripes. I cut the main shape and hair from black cardstock. Next, I cut the doll out of cream cardstock. The dress and balloon were cut from the yellow paper shown. If you look closely, you can see that the dress has little embossed stars. The die for the socks actually cuts out little rectangles so if you are cutting from solid cardstock it will form stripes. Since the paper included already had stripes, I traced around the sock die-cut with a pencil and used my scissors to cut out a new pair of socks.

I gave this doll some rosy cheeks using pink chalk. To distress the edges of her dress and socks (seen in the photo of the assembled doll), I used Black Soot Distress Ink. Next, I highlighted the embossed stars on her dress with the Uni-Ball Signo Pen-White. Finally, I used a Zig Glue Pen for the assembly process, starting with her socks and working my way up to her hair.

After assembling the doll, I glued her to the black silhouette piece. Then I added the white star to the balloon and glued that on last.

I used the Lawn Fawn Snowy Backdrop Die to create my starry background scene. The large "hello" was cut out using the Lawn Fawn Scripty Hello Die. The "Dropping By To Say" sentiment is from Lawn Fawn For You, Deer Stamps. To give the card some added dimension, I used Thermoweb 3D Foam Squares behind the girl, balloon, and sentiment.

Boom! A pretty easy die-cut card that required no coloring. :)

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Here are the Dies R Us products used:

Gorjuss Fly Away With Me Die

Lawn Fawn Snowy Backdrop Die

Lawn Fawn Scripty Hello Die

Lawn Fawn For You, Deer Stamps

Black Soot Distress Ink

Uni-Ball Signo Pen-White

Zig Glue Pen

Thermoweb 3D Foam Squares

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For more inspiration, come join the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month, and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

Come check these out! Click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

Have an AWESOME Thursday!

Rosemary

The Greeting Farm Stamp Feature: MAKE A SPLASH!

  It's Wednesday, and I'm back today with the last Stamp Feature from The Greeting Farm featuring this mermazing set called MAKE A SPLASH! I'm telling you this new release definitely needs to be a part of your collection! You have a few more hours to join in our BLOG HOP where one lucky commenter will win the entire April Release!! It's a very short hop so it won't take much time at all.

 

I decided to create another scene to give these fabulous mermaids and mermen their spotlight!

Copics:

Skin 1: E000, E51, E21, E11, E15

Skin 2: E11, E13, E15

Hair with Teal: Black, C7, BG13

Hair with Purple: Black, C7, V15

Tails: BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18, V15, V09

 

I used decorative paper from Doodlebug Design Under The Sea 6x6 Paper Pad. The ribbon is from Walmart. The dies used to create the waves and sun are from C.C. Designs.

  Don't forget all the new stamps are available to purchase now! However, there is a chance to win the entire release by participating in the current BLOG HOP. But hurry, because it ends in a few hours.

 

Have an awesome week!

Rosie

The Greeting Farm Stamp Feature: SING IT!

 Happy Tuesday everyone! The Greeting Farm just had another awesome release on April 15th! I'm telling you they just get better and better. Today, I'm sharing a card featuring SING IT. I think these singing monkeys are so stinkin' ADORABLE!

 

I decided to create a Polaroid scene to give that awesome girl monkey a stage to sing on. She deserves it! 

 

 Copics:

Monkeys: E23, E25, E29, E41, E42, E43, R11

Red: R24, R27, R29, R59

Black Hat: C6, C7, C9

Blue: B000

Gold Sharpie

 

I used decorative paper and enamel dots from my stash. The ribbon is from Walmart. The Polaroid Die is from My Favorite Things.

 

Don't forget all the new stamps are available to purchase now! However, there is currently a short Blog Hop you can participate in where one lucky person will win all 3 of the new sets! Check it out HERE.

 

Have an awesome week!

Rosie

The Greeting Farm Stamp Feature: SAVE THE DAY

 Happy Monday everyone! I hope you had a fabulous weekend! The Greeting Farm just had another awesome release on April 15th! I'm telling you they just get better and better. Today, I'm sharing a card featuring SAVE THE DAY. I love the versatility and cuteness of this set. I also LOVE that TGF includes various elements to help you build a scene. I feel like you get the complete story when you purchase one of their sets because you get the characters, scene elements, and sentiments all together.

I created a scene card using a Lawn Fawn Die called Stitched Hillside Backdrop Landscape. I colored all my characters and elements with Copic Markers.

 

Copics:
Girl Skin: E000, E51, E21, E11, E13, E15
Hair: E42, E77, E49
Purple: V12, V15, V17, V09
Teal: BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18 , BG75

Green: YR23,  Yr25, YG17, G28

Gray: C2, C3, C5

Yellow: Y32, YR21, YR23

Castle Door: E23, E25, E29

Gold Sharpie Paint Pen

 

I used decorative paper and enamel dots from my stash. The ribbon is from Walmart. For the flowers, I used Liquid Pearls in various colors.

 

 

Don't forget all the new stamps are available to purchase now! However, there is currently a short Blog Hop you can participate in where one lucky person will win all 3 of the new sets! Check it out HERE.

 

Have an awesome week!
Rosie

I Am Roses APRIL Challenge: ANYTHING GOES!

  

It's the 15th of the month so you know what that means....a new ANYTHING GOES Challenge! The rules are still the same, and we have 4 prizes up for grabs!

Here is the breakdown:
WINNER (Chosen at Random) $50 Voucher
Top 3 (1st Place) $30 Voucher
Top 3 (2nd/3rd Place) $25 Voucher

Isn't that fantastic! If that's not motivation to enter then we don't know what is! Can't wait to see your creations using I Am Roses Flowers! First, here are the Rules:

Here are the Details/Rules

• Contest runs APRIL 15th - MAY 8th (Ends 11:55pm PST)
• Theme: "Anything Goes"
• Minimum (2) I Am Roses Products
• One project submission per participant
• One winner will be chosen
• Participants will upload their project to their blog or forum, Label it “APR IAR Challenge”
• Participants will add a direct link to their project using the InLinkz tool provided. (*if you are unable to use the tool, leave a comment to this blog post and leave a direct link to your project)
• Must Subscribe/or be a Follower of the IAR Challenge Blog
• Winner will be announced alongside the next NEW monthly challenge on the 15th

Today's card features this absolutely gorgeous digital image from Conie Fong called Bow Tie In My Hair. My mom loves purple and so does my Mother-in-law. Since Mother's Day is coming up soon, I figured I better get started on their cards. I don't use purple normally, and I don't know why because I think she turned out beautiful in purple!!

 

 Copics:
Skin: E000, E51, E21, E11, E13, E15

Hair: E43, E77, E49

Purple: V12, V15, V17, V09

White: C2, C3, C5, Colorless Blender

 

These are the gorgeous I Am Roses flowers on my card.

 

R43-427 Mixed Rainbow Color Paper Roses

S3-601 Mixed Purple Color Cherry Blossoms

S10-604 Small Purple and Pink Flowers

S10-15 Small White Flowers

L(0S)-1 Small Green Roses Leaves

 

 

I used a Scalloped Square Die from C.C. Designs to make the shape of the card. Both the stitched and scalloped ovals were also made from C.C. Designs Dies. The purple decorative papers came from an older Prima Marketing 6x6 Paper Pad called Meadow Lark. The sentiment is from The Greeting Farm's I Love Mom Stamp Set.

 

Don't forget, you have until MAY 8th to link up your project, but remember you must use at least 2 items from I Am Roses.

 

Hugs,

Rosie

The Greeting Farm APRIL NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP!

It’s the 15th, and that means the new APRIL Stamps are NOW available for purchase in The Greeting Farm Store. Our first set, SAVE THE DAY, introduced fairy-tale characters and scene elements. Next, we showed off some adorable, singing monkey in SING IT. And finally, we had some awesome mermaids and mermen in MAKE A SPLASH. All of the new stamps are perfect for your cards, journals/planners, gift packages, and scrapbook layouts.

To celebrate we are having a BLOG HOP, where one lucky fan will take home all 3 sets!! Pretty AMAZING! Be sure to leave a comment on each designer’s blog, and then head back to The Greeting Farm Blog to let us know you completed the hop. 

You have until Wednesday, APRIL 18th at 12pm CST to leave your comments.

We will announce the random winner later in the week.

TGF Design Team:

AMY

ANITA

CYNTHIA

JESSIE

MARTHA

STEPHANIE

THE GREETING FARM BLOG 

You must leave a comment on each Designer's Blog to be eligible for the prize drawing. It's a short hop so it's definitely worth playing along! And if you can't wait for the hop to be over, you can purchase these stamps along with their coordinating dies HERE.

Don't forget, we also released our new Faith Stamp called PRECIOUS today (instead of waiting until the end of the month)! This stamp set is not part of the Blog Hop prize, but it is available for purchase in The Greeting Farm Store along with the rest of the New Release.

We will have more cards featuring the new stamps from our Design Team Leaders starting the 16th so be sure to stop back by to see more inspiration.

Happy Hopping!

Rosie

The Greeting Farm Cheeky Darling Digi + Cards and Colour Giveaway!!

Happy Tuesday everyone! I'm back today to introduce you to a brand new digital image from The Greeting Farm called CHEEKY DARLING!! I love the cheeky line and it's been a while since Marie has created a cheeky so I'm over the moon excited to show off this adorable and sassy girl!! Do you want a chance to win her?!!

This week, the Cards and Colour Facebook Group is giving their followers a chance to win a TGF Digi! Head over to the Cards and Colour Facebook Group, find this banner, and leave a comment in the comment section. Three people will win a digi of their choice!

Since this is a digi and can be printed at any size, I decided to make a wall hanging for my craft studio.  I colored her with Copic Markers and wrote the saying at the bottom with a Tombow Calligraphy Pen.

 Copics: 

Skin: E000, E51, E21, E11, E13, E15

Hair: C3, C7, Black

Teal: BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18, BG75

Here she is all framed up. I forgot most frames are 8x10 and the picture I made was on a full sheet of paper 8 1/2 x 11. I had to resort to buying a document frame so it's not as pretty. Next time I will print her smaller, trim the paper to 8x10 and then write the saying.

If you want to purchase this digi she's available NOW, but if you want to try and win her head over to the Cards and Colour Facebook Group. Have an awesome week my friends!

Hugs,

Rosie

Simon Says Stamp 9th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!

Happy Tuesday everyone! I'm popping in with a special card to celebration Simon Says Stamp's 9th Birthday! They introduced a challenge last Wednesday with a Birthday theme so I'm coming in under the wire to enter the Wednesday Challenge: HAPPY BIRTHDAY. You still have a few more hours to enter so go make something really quick!! There are 9....yes I said NINE $50 Gift Certificates up for grabs!!

For my card I used a SSS exclusive stamp set called BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. Kind of appropriate I think, haha! Isn't that elephant adorable?! I also stamped and paper-pieced 9 balloons....cause you know....they are celebrating 9 years. :)

Copics:

Elephant: C3, C5, C7, C9

Ears: R11, R20, R22

Stardust Stickles

Liquid Applique

I used papers from an older Echo Park 6x6 Paper Pad called Party Time. The circle frame around the sentiment was created using MFT Stitched Circle Scallop Frames Die. 

The cupcakes were cut out from a patterned 12x12 sheet of paper. The ribbon and enamel dots are from my stash.

You still have another day to enter the SSS Wednesday Challenge so make a birthday card and link it up. Remember, there are 9 chances to win! I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed!!

Hugs,

Rosie

The Greeting Farm Faith Release Preview: PRECIOUS

Happy Monday everyone! We have a new Faith Stamp coming to The Greeting Farm on April 15th! I can't tell you how much I love these stamp sets! Every month, we will introduce 1 new faith-based stamp, but as you will see these stamps can be used for all different types of projects! They are so versatile and perfect for cards, Bible Journaling, bookmarks, scrapbook layouts and planners.

We are doing things a little differently starting this month. We will be previewing the new Faith Release on the Sunday prior to the 15th, and then releasing the new faith stamp in The Greeting Farm Store on the 15th with the regular release. That way you can add it to your cart at the same time as your regular release order instead of having to wait until the end of the month! That should make things a lot easier. Don't forget, these girls from the Hallelujah set were released at the end of March and definitely need to be a part of your TGF Collection. :)

Today's set is called PRECIOUS!! There are so many amazing uses and variations using this set. You should see the card my DT sister Joni made using just the jewels in this set....AMAZING!! You can see all the awesome DT projects on the Blog HERE.

I used the Angel and stamped her 3 times and then colored her with different skin tones. I love the sentiments that also come in this set. I altered one of the sentiments by covering parts of it with post-it notes as I was stamping so I could form a continuous line.

Copics:

Girl 1 Skin: E000, E51, E21, E11, E13

Girl 2 Skin: E13, E15, E18, E29

Girl 3 Skin: E11, E13, E15

Hair: C3, C7, Black

Wings: BG10, BG11, BG13

White: C0, C3, Colorless Blender

Pink: R02, R06, R09

Star Dust Stickles

Don't forget, this will be available in The Greeting Farm Store for purchase on the 15th! We will start Day 1 of Previews for the regular release on the 11th at 12am EST. Be sure to check the TGF Blog to see all the sneak peeks of what's coming to the store on the 15th! It's another AMAZING release!!

I'm entering this into Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: A Trio Of Something

Hugs,

Rosie

Make it Crafty APRIL Challenge: DEW DROPS!

Happy Thursday everyone! If you haven't seen the news yet....I'M BAAAAAACK!! I'm so thrilled to be a part of the Make it Crafty Inspiration Team again!! Thank you Zoe and the other wonderful ladies on the team for welcoming me back with open arms!!

The new Coloring Challenge for the month of April is Dew Drops. You can link up your creations HERE. Zoe has included a couple of awesome video tutorials on the challenge post to guide you along. Also, if you do a google search on how to color water droplets, you will find a lot of inspiration on the web.

For my card I used the Frangipani Digi Stamp. I printed it on Copic Xpress It Blending Card. I started the dew drops on the leaves so I could start with larger drops. On the leaves, I used a pencil and made an outline of the droplets. I think the key to making them look realistic is to make sure not to do uniform circles. I started off doing circles, but as you will see the ones that look the most realistic are the ones that are more oblong. I then colored the top of the drops dark and went lighter towards the bottom. Next, I added a drop shadow along the bottom of the dew drop using gray markers.

 

Copics: 

Dew Drops and Leaf Color: YG23, YG25, YG17, YG67, G28 

Drop Shadow along bottom of dew drops: C3, C5, C6

I did a little different technique on the flowers since they would require smaller droplets. I actually colored the flowers completely first. Then I came in with my colorless blender marker and lightened circles inside the petals. I had to press the colorless blender into the petals several times to get the areas light enough to make dew drops, but for me that was easier since I was doing two-tone flowers. You can also see my pink marker exploded (top left), but I wasn't about to start over so I fussy cut the image out to make my card.

Now, what really makes the droplets POP and look dimensional are the white highlights! I first lightened the bottom of the droplets with white pencil. I couldn't find my white copic ink so I improvised. I had a white paint marker and just rubbed some of it on a piece of plastic. Next I used a thin paintbrush and added a line and a couple of dots on the top area of the dew drop. As you can see, the white highlights are the key!

Copics for flowers: 

Pink: RV09, RV06, RV02, RV10 

Yellow: Y32, Y21, YR21, YR23, YR24 

Drop Shadow: C3, C1 

Colorless Blender

Here is my completed card! The word Hi is an older chippie that MiC used to carry. I need to restock my Chipboard with all the new stuff!

I hope to see all of you playing along with this challenge! I know it's hard to believe, but all of us on the team have our fears with each challenge Zoe gives us. But I guarantee if you try it, you will find that it is less intimidating the more you get into it. When I look back, I've noticed that my best coloring has come out of these challenges. There are NO failed attempts if you try. You will always learn something from the process! And remember, Zoe and the rest of us are always here to help. All you have to do is ask!!

Have an awesome Thursday! I can't wait to see what you create!

Hugs, 

Rosie