Shoot for the Moon

     Another Friday and another Anything Goes challenge at QKR Stampede.  As always, we also offer you an optional twist on the theme if you want to use it and this week the twist is "Up, up and Away."  I chose this cute QKR image called "Star Catcher" and a QKR sentiment called "Shoot for the Moon."

     I colored with ProMarkers (astronaut) and chalks (sky and stars), then cut the image with a stitched rectangle die by Die-namics.  The frame is cut from dark blue CS with another stitched die from that same set.

     I used a kraft card base and a scrap of dp which has text on it but the text is very hard to see.  I added glittery twine and a sparkly gold star to which I added a blue gemstone star.  I thought that amount of sparkle was OK on an otherwise cute but sort of masculine card.  Or maybe it's just that it's so CAS.

     FYI, this is the 'blue card' I promised as a way to make up for the green one I did when I had in mind my blogging buddy, Lynn.  I knew when I did that other card that blue is her favorite color but that card just needed to be green.   This one works with blue, obviously.  :-D

     Challenges:
AAA Cards
Chalk n Stock
Crafting From the Heart
Cutie Pie
Die Cuttin' Divas
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Outlawz Greetings
Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Ribbon Girl
Through the Craft Room Door
Time Out
Tuesday Throwdown

     Tomorrow is the first of the month and I'll have three posts for you!  They are all DT creations so please stop by to see each one.  You won't want to miss any of those challenges including the new one for celebrating "Critters."  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Going Home

     One more Mother's Day card, this time with a whole scene and lots of texture.  :-D  I adore images from Di's Digi Designs and have been slowly collecting them.  This is yet another image from them and I'm entering the card in their challenge.  Isn't that just the sweetest bear?  I love all his little forest friends, too.

I took most of the colors from Catch the Bug's color challenge.

 
     I colored the image with my ProMarkers, and cut it with a stitched die from Memory Box.  I do love my ProMarkers, and for all of my practicing with pencils, chalks, and other media, I love the way alcohol markers flow and blend.  They just do that better than anything else I've found.

     The sentiment was also cut with a smaller die from that same set, as was the cloud.  I die cut several tiny mice in two different colors, cutting them from heavy CS, which added to the texture on the card.  I used two different ribbons which I found in my stash, one deep Navy blue and one polka dot for the bow.  Again, more texture!  The tiny butterfly was saved in my stash and, off the top of my head, I don't remember who made that die but I think it's from Presscut.

     Challenges:
As You Like It
Aud Sentiments
Crafting When We Can
Cut It Up
Glitter n Sparkle
Outlawz Festive Friday
Send a Smile 4 Kids
Southern Girls

     Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Cute (?) Easter Chick

     I have such fun playing along in the Progressive Challenges at Limited Runs (their Facebook page) and the most recent image from there has me smiling from ear to ear.  I decided that it should be used on an Easter card.  What do you think?

     I colored the silly emu, named Elmo, and his background with ProMarkers then used a die from Cheery Lynn to cut both the image and the frame.  I mounted them onto a green card base and added the sentiment.

     I knew I wanted this card to be CAS so the only embellishment I added was the little black bow.

     Challenges:
AAA Cards
Addicted to Stamps
Angie's Digital Stamps
Come and Get It
Hiding in My Craft Room
Jo's Scrap Shack
Outlawz CAS
Polkadoodles
Send a Smile 4 Kids

     We've reached the half-way point in our week and it's all downhill now to the weekend.  Hooray!  I don't know if you have plans for the weekend but I have a long list of spring things to do and not one of them includes cleaning in any form!  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Corner Full of Roses

     I'm going to start by telling you that I LOVE THIS CARD!!  You know how every once in a while you create something and the more you look at it, the more it grows on you?  Well, this is one of those.  It wasn't what I had in mind when I started coloring the image, but it evolved into something I consider nearly perfect.  :-D

     We're starting a new challenge today at Ike's World and, as always, our theme is Anything Goes but we offer an optional twist if you want to use it: 'In the Garden.'  I chose Ike's gorgeous "Rose Corner" image and my favorite color, purple.  If you look at the image in the store, you'll see that Ike designed it to go in the top corner but it works just as well in a bottom corner.

     I colored it with ProMarkers, using chalk markers on the leaves, and cut it with a large square die from Spellbinders.  I wrapped the top half of the square with wide, lace ribbon and added two layers of both sheer and very narrow, polka dot ribbon, tying a triple bow with the narrow ribbon.

     I bordered the square on two sides with mulberry paper and layered that entire piece onto a background made from white CS and a triangle of scrap dp.  I hand-stamped the sentiment.  At first, I wasn't sure it was 'finished' but I set it aside to look at it again the next day and, at that point, it definitely looked finished.  I looked at it again a few days later and realized that I liked it even more than I had the day I made it.  Taking it out again today to write up this post, I find that it pleases me as much as any card I've made in the last 7 years and that's saying something!

     Challenges:
A Bit More Time to Craft
Chalk n Stock
Craft-Dee BowZ
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper
Creative Ladybirds
Kreativeinkauf
Morgan's Artworld
Not Just Cards