Hats Off to You

     The Rick St. Dennis Sparkle n Glitter challenge has a theme of  'Anything Goes' (with an image from RSD) and an option of  'Hats' if you want to use it.  I adore this RSD image "1935 Hat" and thought it would be perfect.

I started with sketch # 360 from Sketch Saturday

but I reversed it (side to side.)

     I loved the idea of just black and white with a tiny pop of a single color so I printed the image directly onto the card front, then used my ProMarkers to color only the roses, her lips, and her earring.  I used one of my Memory Box dies and cut black CS with it, then laid it onto the card front, using it to surround the image with a "frame."  I used a few of the negative pieces from the die cut as embellishment along the right border.  Finally, I added the sentiment and a tiny, black ribbon bow with one shiny pearl.

     Challenges:
Digi Choosday
Double D
House that Stamps Built
Lemon Shortbread
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Stamping Sensations
TTCRD
Tuesday Throwdown

     While you're reading this, I'm in San Diego enjoying cooler weather.  I'm hoping to have morning fog and evening sea breezes, with mild sunny days in between.  Then maybe I can face the heat again when I come home.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Whoo Loves Ya, Baby?

     Hey, look, a shaped card !  I do those so rarely because, although I love dies, I have very few which work as the overall shape for a card, size being the primary problem.  But this is a new-to-me Tonic Studios die set and I couldn't wait to use it.

     The owl is the current image from the progressive challenge at Limited Runs.  I used polychromos pencils and ProMarkers to color him, then die cut the image with a simple circle die from QuicKutz.  I cut the card shape with the largest die from the Tonic Studios set, just the outer circle.  Then I used that same die plus one of the smaller half circles to cut the yellow, polka dot dp which I layered onto the card front.  Lastly, I added the image circle and the bow.   I wanted to keep it as simple as possible so that the die work would shine.

     Challenges:
Aloha Friday
Brown Sugar
Colour Crazy
Crafty Catz
Cute Card Thursday
Cut It Up
Outlawz CAS
Polkadoodles
Time Out

     How can it be almost the end of July, for goodness sake?  2017 is more than half gone, many of us are already thinking about the Back to School sales and kids' fall clothes.  It'll be Halloween/ Thanksgiving/ harvest festivals before we know it, and then the Christmas madhouse will land on our doorstep.  Whew!  I think I'll leave for another two weeks of travel and pretend that it's still last spring.  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Down on the Farm

     It's Friday again and that means another "Anything Goes" challenge has begun at QKR Stampede.  Even though our primary theme is always "Anything Goes" we offer an optional twist if you want to use it.  This week, it's "Down on the Farm."  I used this fun and funny image from QKR called "Farmer."

     Farmer Pig (along with his 'moonshine' jug) is colored with ProMarkers, die cut with border dies from Spellbinders and the edges were inked with Promarkers, too.  The polka dot paper is from SU and the polka dot ribbon came from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  The fabric flower was in my stash and I added a tiny scrap of gingham ribbon to it before layering it onto the other ribbon.

     Challenges:
Addicted to Stamps & More
Crafty Gals Corner
Creative Inspirations
Creative Moments
I {heart} ProMarkers
Kraftin' Kimmie
Paper Shelter
Scrapy Land
Simon Says Stamp
Sisterhood of Crafters

     I hope we're going to see you playing along this week.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie