Make Your Own Paper at Michelle Perkett

This week's challenge at Michelle Perkett Studio is a bit different. It's "Make Your Own Pattern Paper" challenge. It's the first time I'll play for the group and I've been wanting to make a card for the lovely freebie I received last Mother's Day-the Rose Stamp. If you don't have this one yet, go over to Papercraft Planet, join the group or you can get it here. The challenge will run from May 24-30, 2011.
From the Rose stamp freebie, I picked the four roses from the lady's dress and head accessory as the design for the pattern paper. To do this, a little know-how on digital techniques will be useful. You can use Adobe Photoshop or other similar application. I copied the roses repeatedly until I filled up one sheet of paper. I printed it on a cream board paper for a colored background. I then colored each roses and leaves with Promarker pens. Here's the finished pattern paper:

 I also put some glitter glue on the roses for a bit of sparkle. 

I paper-pieced the dress of the Rose stamp, colored the rest of the image and cut. I then die-cut 2 pieces of petite scalloped oval frames from Spellbinders and glued the image. For embellishments, I paper-punched 3 green flowers and used them as leaves for the mini fabric roses.

 The sentiment is a freebie from TlcCreations. I glued a pink crystal gem on the letter o to emphasize the word "crown". 

Here's my finished card:

Challenges:
Stamp Something- Something Sentimental Challenge
Digi Doodle Shop's Best-Challenge #60 Anything Goes

ALL White + ONE Color Challenge at D2D

As part of my guest designing stint at Delightful Inspiration, I got the chance also of making an inspiration card for the Saturday's Design Team Challenge which is: ALL White + ONE Color. Details of the challenge can be found here.

This is a real challenge for me because I love coloring images, so I chose an image which I think would stand out even with only a bit of color- Fairy Kaela. She's available for purchase at Designed2Delight digital stamps. Isn't she cute? 

For my card, I made a different kind of card style- a Side Stepper Card. I've seen some cards made with this style so I watched some tutorials on how to make one. There's also a free template at Cardmaking & Papercraft here. Here's my finished card:

Here's a different view of my card to better see the stepper card style:

I inserted a wand (downloaded from a coloring page) for Fairy Kaela to add balance to the frame and team up with the sentiment I chose. For dimension, I added a star bubble sticker. For sparkles, I used glitter glue for the image and crystal gems for the frame.

 This sentiment is a freebie from TlcCreations:

The lovely daisies are from Layered Accents from K&Company  which I decorated with yellow mini craft balls on the center of each flower while the metal buckle and ribbon is from a local craft store.

Challenges:

OSAAT- Bling It On

Truly Scrumptious- Anything Goes

Crafty Emma's-Embellish It

I'm a Guest Designer at Delightful Inspiration

Woohoo! I'm so thrilled because it's the first time I've been invited as Guest Designer for the week to one of the wonderful blog-Delightful Inspiration and on-line store of Designed2Delight digital stamps. Please visit the link here.
As a guest designer, I had the chance to make a sample card of the next freebie image "Summer Days" for the Progressive Challenge. "Summer Days" is an adorable bear image and I designed a special kind of card-a Slider Card. This took me a while to make because I had to design a special construction for the slider. After much trial and error, I am glad to finally finished this one:

Notice the small tab on top of the sun? Pulling the tab up or down will make the sun rise or hide behind the bear. This is the view when the sun is down:

The sun and the trees are from the Spring Stuff set of The Scrapping Sisters. The designer papers are from the Fairy Dots set of Pink Petticoat. The sentiment "Here comes the sun" from the song of The Beatles with same title, is my own design.

And because it's summer, I colored the bear with a little blush on the cheeks. I also placed mini black gems on the flowers for dimension.

Hope you like it.

Skater Boy by Designed2Delight

Check out this week's freebie Image Challenge at Delightful Inspiration. It's called " Skater Boy" and available at Designed2Delight digital stamps.
I made a very simple sketch for my card. At one part of my sketch, I made a script background paper with different skateboard terms. Did some surfing on the web for some of these terms and played with some of the fonts I have. Here's my card:

The script background:

The band-aid I used is from an Eno Band sticky memo mini pads which my daughter bought from a local bookstore:

The sentiment is a freebie from Jedi Scrapbooking:

Materials used:

Board paper: Metallic Navy blue

Board Paper: White

Designer paper: DCWV Glitter Stack set

Eno Band sticky memos

Arrow and button chipboards

Promarkers: Vanilla, Pastel Pink, Cornflower, Ice Grey2, Ice Grey4

Tria Markers: G457, G159, O377, B534, C719, Y156

Quilt card for Designed2Delight

I was so glad our internet line got fixed! Everyone in the house panicked when our line went dead yesterday! My 2 teens need a connection for most of their schoolwork and of course fb, twitter and what have you. Can't live without it these days!

Anyway, before the internet disruption, I was making this post for this week's Progressive challenge at Delightful Inspiration. Because it's the first challenge for the month of May, everyone is free to grab the " Pail of Flowers" digital stamp at Delightful Inspiration blog. Create a card with the free image and you will be emailed the next digital stamp for free. If you missed playing along this week, this and other cute images are available at Designed2Delight digital stamps.

For my card, I focused on the quilted linen under the pail of flowers. I used a quilted background paper from Nitwit Collections. The sentiment "Sewn in Love" is from Meljen's Designs.

I decoupaged the flowers and glued yellow mini craft balls for the centers. I paper-pieced (it's my favorite technique) the quilted linen with the same paper I used as background. Same thing I did with the buttons. It took me some time to cut the mini buttons and glue them one by one on the frame and on the scalloped hem of the card but I'm pretty pleased with the result. I also coordinated a stitched ribbon as accent. 

Materials used:

Cream cardstock

Nitwit Collections from the Bear Necessities kit

Promarkers: Shale, Gold, Vanilla, Ice Grey2, Ice Grey4, Pastel Pink

Letraset Tria : R738,Y156, IG02

Mini craft balls: yellow

Stitched Chocolate and cream ribbon

Flutterby Fairy

My entry for this week's Progressive Challenge at Delightful Inspirations is a floral easel card using the lovely Flutterby Fairy freebie. This and other wonderful Designed2Delight digital stamps are available  here. Using Creatables LR0112 stencils for die-cutting and embossing by Marianne Design, I made 2 floral frames. I then printed the Flutterby Fairy on a pink background and added a circular frame about the same size of the floral center. I tilted the image a little for a flying effect.

After coloring the image, I made 3 flowers as embellishments. I used the flower freebie from Bullfrogs & Butterflies file and printed it at 3 different sizes to create the layer.

 Here's a clearer view of the flowers. I also made a layer of the butterfly's wings for a fluttering effect.

For the inside page of the card, I also made a circular frame and made a border of the flower freebies. To make the easel card stand, I glued a butterfly embellishment. The sentiment is a freebie from TlcCreations.

Materials used:

Creatables stencil & embossing die by Marianne Design

Board paper-Chocolate brown

Promarker pens: Ruby,Coral,Blossom, Spice, Pastel Pink

Tria Markers: O528, R424

Butterfly bead

Glitters

Bullfrogs & Butterflies

We're back from Guam and just in time to make my card for this week's Delightful Inspiration challenge. This week's image is "Bullfrogs & Butterflies". You can see more of the many wonderful Designed2Delight Digital stamps here. For this image, I thought at once the googly eyes I have in my stack of embellishments and just perfect for the bullfrog's  eyes! I made a simple layout for my card 'cause I'm thinking of a card for a guy. I always make girls' cards and only a few for young boys or guys. Generous of Faith to include sentiments for this week's image and good for me 'cause I don't have to spend time searching for the right sentiment. I only have a day to make my card and I think "Oh Hoppy Day" is just so cute for my design. And tadahh, here's my card:

I love paper-piecing flowers because it gives them texture and life. This time however, I doubled the petals and just attached the center with a brad on the second one. The polka dot design was in plain white and black dots so I just colored them to match the background paper. I think this would really be useful because I can always color it according to the color scheme of my projects. For the bullfrog's eyes, I intended to use a different set which is really perfect for this image. It was with green lids and black lashes and smaller in size. But poor me, while I was letting the twinkling H20's dry on the bullfrog, I lost one of the pair and couldn't find it. I only have one set so I have to settle for the plain one with no lids and lashes.

Materials used:

Light Blue plain cardstock

Black glittered cardstock

Jershey Shore papers by Gina K Designs

Twinkling H2O's : Tahitian blue, Pear Blossom

Letraset Promarkers & Tria: Pastel Green, B346, C646, G159, C719

Brads: Black & Powder Blue

Googly eyes

Glitters
Striped ribbon

Shaker card

Today is Palm Sunday, the start of the Lenten Season. After hearing mass, had our Palms blessed, I started to work on my entry for the Delightful Inspiration Progressive Challenge this week. I had to start making my entry a little earlier than usual because my family and I are going for a vacation outside the country. Since it's a progressive challenge, I don't wanna miss the next freebie image which I'm sure is another cute one.
This week's freebie is a Ladybug Balancing Act available at Designed2Delight digital stamps. For my design, I made a flower shaker card. I've been wanting to make a shaker card and I finally made one! The sentiment is from TlcCreations. Here's my card:

To make this, I colored the ladybugs, stem, leaves and grass and paper-pieced the flower on the first layer. Before attaching the second layer of the flower and ladybugs, I had to make the shaker container for the flower center. I did this by cutting a strip of peach board paper, glued the ends together like a ring. The thickness of the ring should be about the same height of the foam adhesives to be used for the ladybugs for equal dimensions. I then glued the ring to the first layer and fill it with seed beads. I used only few beads so they will move around when I shake the card. To make the window cover of the shaker, I paper-pieced another flower, cut the center and cover it with plastic transparency at the back. I then glued it to the ring. For the ladybugs, I cut 3 images sans the antennae and legs and stick with foam adhesives.

Materials used:

Peach board paper

Designer paper- Gina K Designs neapolitan set

Promarkers: R738,G457,G159, Shale

Glitter glue

Peach seed beads

Foam adhesives

Garden Party freebie

This week's freebie for the Progressive challenge at Delightful Inspiration is a cute Garden Party image. It's one of the many wonderful images at Designed2Delight digital stamps. For my design, I chose bright red with bit of yellow and green for the color theme. I decoupaged the flowers for dimension. I also paper punched an open gate to both sides of the image as some sort of welcome to the garden party.
Here's the finished card: 

My daughter Athena, just loved my coloring technique on the flowers. I'm surprised because she's not much into floral prints and design. I'm so glad she liked it. And aren't these two mice and bug cute? I bet they couldn't wait to eat that yummy cupcake. 

To also set the mood for the garden party, I paper-pieced this banner, a freebie from Lindsay Stamp Stuff, as decor with the word CELEBRATE. 

I also made this card using the Garden Party image and Ladybug Kaela with the hat. I found this really great sentiment from TlcCreations which is so perfect for Ladybug Kaela. 

Delightful Inspiration Challenge

Finally I'll be able to join a Progressive Challenge at Delightful Inspiration! This week's freebie is a lovely Spotty Dotty Watering Can by Designed 2 Delight digital stamps. Everyone who plays win a digital stamp. How cool is that! I recently purchased some of their digital stamps particularly Kaela and Drew sets and I really love them! And because I'm so excited to use them, for my entry this week, I combined the freebie watering can and Ladybug Kaela. I think they are perfect pair for the easel card design I had in mind. Here's my D2D easel card:

Here's a close-up of Ladybug Kaela and Spotty Dotty Watering Can (the sentiment is a freebie from Scrapalicious Times) :

 A view of the easel card when folded:

I have another card which was the first one I did but mistakenly glued the background design. I planned it as an easel card but due to my mistake I just made it a regular card. Here's another version: