My Creative Therapy

Hi all!  Just a quick post tonight.  I have a card this week for a special friend who is missed and needs encouragement  :)   My color inspiration came from the Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog.

papers by The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby), stamps by Verve from the Blue Skies set

inside of card

Thanks for stopping in!   <3  Kathi

Challenges:
The Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog - DD#22 Cherry Cobbler & Your Choice
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes
Creative Stamp Friends (Diekreativen Stempelfreunde) #61 Autumn Colors
Forever Friends Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Tammy's Srapin Corner - Fall Colors
Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes
Crafts and Me Challenges - #104 My Sentiments Exactly!
Just Keep On Creating - Anything Goes

Hi All!

Quick post today!  This is my first time following an MFT sketch...I know right...where have I been?  I always say "Ooh I like that sketch" but never up end up using it but not this time!  Voila!  Here is my creation  :)

of course I had to rotate the sketch counter clockwise...you know I always have to change something a little or crop it etc etc  LOL!  That's just me  :)

I wish I had inked the edges with black ink, would have made the layers pop more but oh well...too late now  :)

Supplies:  My Mind's Eye (On The Bright Side), scrap misc papers, MFT - Vanity license plate Die-Namics & Stamp set, flower from Michael's collection, dots are CANDI.

I would like to also enter this card in the following challenges:
Mema's Crafts - Those Bloomin' Flowers
The Crafty Pad - #190 Floral
The Order of the Opus Gluei - #140 A Little Sketchy
Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Emerald Faeries - #33 Flowers
Clear It Out Challenge - Anything Goes (orange,purple or black)
Deep Ocean Challenge - More Than 2 Colours
Papertake Weekly (5th Bday celebration) - Anything Goes
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes
              

Hi all!!
This week at Jacksons Digital Expressions our challenge is to create a project using the color pink or a project supporting Breast Cancer Awareness (pink, ribbon, sentiments, etc).  And members of the DT and supporters have decided to donate .25 per entry to go to BC treatment.  So far we are up to $1.25 per entry!  We are not asking for donations we are simply asking to create an item and enter in the challenge at JDE this week.  Please feel free to advertise this on your own blogs because the more entries = more $ donated!

So onto my projects for the week.  First is a card I created using the Awareness Walk digi and I cropped just one girl from the group.

Hi all!

It's Clean And Simple Anything Goes #23 this week!  We are sponsored again by the awesome Bugaboo Stamps so I have two cards for you this week!  First is a new release image by Robert called Sunday Suit.

The floral paper is by Glitz Design called French Kiss Floral,  Spellbinders die Picot Edge Circles, I used Copics & Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.

Now for the Bugaboo card.  I used the Stella Says Sketch #119 for this weeks challenge at Catch The Bug Challenge Blog it's called Bugaboo Brats - Best Friends. 

Plaid paper by Doodlebug called Sew Plaid, pink polka dot is washi tape for $1 at AC Moore, scalloped border is an SVG and I used one of the new Darice embossing folders then touched the dots with Stickles.

Colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.  Stickle accents.

Sentiment by Ginger's House she has daily freebies and a great sense of humor!

Well that's it for this week!  Come join us at Jackson's Digital Expressions for another challenge and prizes!

Kathi  :)

Challenges:
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Try It On Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Clear It Out Challenge Blog - Children

Happy Tuesday...I know back to work after a long weekend here in the states...ugh...

This week at Jackson's Digital Expressions it's time for the Altered Art Challenge.  It's still Anything Goes and our sponsor this week is My Heart Pieces.  I've chosen to cover a notepad for my project.  I used a Robert Jackson new release image called Back to School.

Note paper stamp with matching die and sentiment all by Verve.  Scalloped bottom by Spellbinders.  And ruler washi tape I picked up at AC Moore for $1 and a 5 pack of notepads at Dollar Tree for $1

Hi all,
Today I have a card I made for my friend Gina and we affectionately refer to each as GB which stands for gutter buddy.  Well because our minds are always in the gutter!!  LOL!!  She has had the worst year possible and most recently she was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in her spine.  She has had 2 spinal surgeries in the last month and they think they have gotten it all now.  Humor has always been a wonderful coping technique and I love to make her laugh.  Well mission accomplished because I put the bra on a wobble so the boobs wiggle LOL!  She loved it  :)  This awesome digi is by Meljen's Designs.   This would be great for Breast Cancer Awareness month in October.

Floral paper by Martha Stewart and scalloped circle by Spellbinders. Colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.

Glossy accents used on the heart and a Jolee's hotfix crystal

wobble...love these things!

Hi Friends!  This week Jackson's Digital Expressions Anything Goes Challenge #20 has an optional Sketch you can use.

I used the Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol to blend them.  Stickles on the flowers and the "toenails"...actually now that I think of it this is EDWARD!  LOL!  That's too funny...oh well it's a gender neutral elephant!

On the letters I colored the bottoms of the letters and used the blending stump with Gamsol to pull the color up to the top and then highlighted with Stickles.  I love how they came out!  Crystals are Jolee's Hotfix Crystals.

Time for another challenge at JDE!  This week it's the Inks and Such team (basically use any coloring techniques to strut your stuff!) and we are sponsored by The Cutting Cafe.  I decorated a large magnetic paperclip holder.  I used the Lil Back To School II image, found HERE , and I incorporated the clock from The Cutting Cafe's It's About Time set found HERE.

Just when you thought I was done with the graduation stuff I finally finished the thank yous!  The shirt die is from MFT and the Thank you stamp and the Jotted Heart Die are from one of my favorite stamp companies Verve.  And Verve is having their 5th Anni-Verve-sary Sale!  You can save 10-50% off stamps and dies.  Sale ends 8/24.  I'll be entering this card in their Customer Card Carnival and maybe I can win some new stamps!  Whoo hoo!

My daughter's friend Alyssa just celebrated her 18th birthday and she LOVES hippos so I made her this sign  :)  Challenge #123 at Meljen's Designs is "Tie a Ribbon".  The digi is called Hearty Hippo, colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.  It's hard to see in the pics but I used Glossy Accents on the teeth, "toe nails" and the heart.  The letter stamps are from Close To My Heart - Chocolate Alphabet small.  PP by We R Memory Keepers - Peep Easter Basket.

Hi again,

This week at JDE we have a color challenge for you and our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps.  She has some of the cutest images!  I chose Theodore Birthday Sign.

Hi!  This week is another Anything Goes Challenge at JDE.  This week is Clean and Simple (CAS) style with a twist to use brads or eyelets.  So feel free to join us with whatever your creative heart desires!  Jacksons Digital Expressions  This week I made a back to school tag using the School Bus image found HERE. The file card is an SVG from Lori Whitlock's Life Cards series.


Well that's it for now hope you can join us!

Kathi  :)

Challenges:
 http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/   Back to School Projects