#292 - Craft Roulette Challenge ....Radiant Resilience by Unity Stamps

 

Hello card makers!  Today I have card for the current Craft Roulette Challenge #292.  This card just fell together with this weeks parameters.  I just love when that happens.

The parameters are:

    Project: Encouragement Card

    Colors: Sophisticated

    Element: House Pet(s)

    Random: Thread or Twine

For this card, I used the Radiant Resilience Stamp by Unity Stamp Co.  I love sunflowers but my favorite piece of this set is the sentiment.  One of the things I love about stamps from Unity is that they have a lot of detail on them, so they are a very quick color.  I let the details in the stamp do most of the work and then I just add in a bit of color.  

I used the following Copic colors for the sunflower:

• Y08, Y13, Y35, YR16
• E17, E18, E39
• For the house pet element, I want to keep it subtle, so I used the Dog Silhouette Die by Waffle Flower Stamps.  I cut him from brown cardstock and then dusted the edges with a little Ground Espresso Distress Oxide Ink.  

I am so pleased with the way that this card turned out and I will save it for just the right moment.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have an amazing day!

Sandy

Small Town Season's Greetings

 Hello friends.  I have another card made with the Season Of Giving digital stamps from Sweet November Stamps.  I am having just the best time coloring these little friends.  

When I first started working on this card, I had printed two copies.  The first copy that I worked on, I colored in most of the characters but was really struggling to figure out a good background.  Then I had the crazy idea of making the building front brick. I didn't like my first attempt, so I used my second copy and started with the background first.  I found this a lot easier to select the colors for the clothing on my little family and bell ringer.  I used a ruler and a pencil to draw in my bricks.  I like the way it turned out.  

I used Copic Markers for my coloring in the following colors:

• E41, E42, E43 - Awning
• E08, E09 - Brick
• C5 - Mortar
• N1, N2, N4 - Window Trim
• B0000- Window
• G21, YG63, G94 - Garland
• B0000 - Window
• C0, C1, C3 - Beard
• B34, B97, B99 - Jeans
• E33, E35, E39 - Shoes & Purse
• E000, E00, E11, E21 - Skin
• RV11, RV32, RV93 - Little Girl’s Coat
• YR30, E60, E51 - Little Girl’s Scarf & Hat
• Y21, Y15, YR23 - Hair, Packages
• YR23, Y26 - Bell, Coins
• BV11, V25M V28 - Mom’s Coat
• BV000, BV01, BV11 - Mom’s Hat, Scarf, Coat Trim
• W0, W2, W4 - Sidewalk

Once I had my scene colored, I cut it down to 5.25" x 4.0".  I adhered it to a piece of cardstock cut to 5.5" x 4.25 and then adhered it to a card base.

I love the way this card turned out.  It reminds me of shopping is a small town for Christmas.

Thank you so much fro stopping by today!

Sandy

Season Of Giving - Craft Roulette 291

 

Hello and Happy November!  Today I have a card for the current Craft Roulette Challenge #291.  I was really excited to make this card because I love the new Season Of Giving Collection by Sweet November Stamps.  This collection is digital and I love digital stamps because I am able to resize and manipulate them so easily in my software.  

This card has a whole lot of mistakes, but they were good ones because I learned a lot and hopefully won't make them again.  Sometimes I think that we are too hard on ourselves and expect perfection, at least I do. I need to remember that I make cards for the joy of it and they don't have to be perfect.  

The parameters for this weeks challenge are:

• Project: Postcard
• Colors: Easter - The little girls outfit and the packages are pastel-ish colors.
• Element: Pack(s)(ing) - I stretched it to packages.  😉
• Random: Shiney - the windows and the giving bucket.

I used Copic markers in the following colors:

G21, G24, G28 - awning, building trim, man't shirt

W0, W2, W3, W5 - sidewalk

BG10, BG11, BG23 - scarf, hat trim, purse, mittens

B0000 - widows

C0, C2, C3, C5, C7 - vest & sign

E08, E09, E19 - building

R81, RV34, RV56 - coat

Y00, Y06, Y19 - packages

E000, E00, E21, R00, R20 - skin

B000, B21, B23, B24 - jeans

R05, R24, R39 bucket

E33, E35, E37 - shoes, hair

Okay, now for the goofs on this card.....I wanted to antique the edges, so I used my Copic spray system with a E33 marker installed.  I was in a hurry, so rather than use mint tape to mask off  the left side of my postcard, I just covered that side with a piece of scrap cardstock.  Once I had the right side done, I didn't like the way the left side looked.  I thought that I would just spray the edges.  I wasn't paying attention to my scrap mask, and accidentally sprayed so that there is a harsh line on the upper left corner of the card.  That is where it all came tumbling down.  LOL!  Before I knew it, I had spray everywhere.  I probably could have added more color to the upper left corner, but I stopped trying to fix it before I totally ruined it.  I don't think it's horrible, and I like everything about it except for that line, but it definitely isn't what I had pictured in my mind.  Oh well.  

Since I had to print out my image anyway, I typed the sentiment using a couple of different fonts.  The postage stamp is from Postage Collage North Pole Stamp Set by Waffle Flower.  

Even with the oopsies, I still love this card. 

Thank you for stopping by today and happy card making.

Sandy

Peeking Over Puppies - Craft Roulette #290

 Awww!  Who wouldn't just love to be pals with these two puppies?  I know that my Quincy and I would.

Today I have a card that I created for the Craft Roulette Challenge #290.  This is the third week that I have been able to create a card, fairly easily, with the parameters decided by "the Wheel".  Thank you wheel. 

This weeks parameters:

• Project:  Card For Friend(s)
• Element:  Happy
• Colors: Bright Colors
• Random: Partial Image 

For this card, I used a couple of Gerda Steiner Designs Stamp Sets.  I was a guest designer on this latest release and am excited to be able to play with them again.  The stamp sets are Peeking Over Puppies and Puppies and Cake.  

After I had stamped and masked the scene, I used Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink.

I colored these guys with Copic markers in the following colors:

• W1, W3, W5, W7 - Fence, Noses
• R11, R21 - Tongues
• YR20, E13, E17, E39 - Dog On Left and Cake
• TY30, YR20, E21, E53, E34 - Dog On Right
• R17, R29, R39 - Reds
• Y06, Y15, T38 - Yellows

Even though the Puppies and Cake stamp set has not only a cake, candles and number candles included, I thought that I would decorate it with a few dog bones.

For the sentiment on this card, I used the sentiment from Trinity Stamps, Puppy Party, which I believe is retired.  

This card just make me smile and I hope it makes you also.

Thanks for stopping by and happy card making.

Sandy