Rock Dude - Kenny K

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz has a new challenge!  The theme for the next week is  'Your All Time Favourite Kenny K Image' and the challenge is sponsored by Kenny K and Michelle's Scrapbooking & More.  I'm not sure I can say this is my favourite because I like so many of them but Rock Dude is right up at the top of the list.

I don't know who makes this paper because there is no name on it but it's a perfect print.  It was another of my Ebay finds and I wish I'd bought more.  I coloured the image with Copics and sponged Tim Holtz's Tumbled Glass around the edge for shading.  All the papers are distressed and I used Tim Holtz's Black Soot for that.  The sentiment was printed directly onto the cardstock and the fibers around the stars were a local scrapbook store purchase and sadly, again there is no name to refer you to. 

In My Garden - Whimsy Stamps

Today's card is another of the new digis released by Whimsy Stamps for September.  This one is In My Garden and is one of a set of 6 designed by Raindrop Echo Designs.  Sheesh... isn't that funny how you examine something closely but it's not until you go to post it on the internet that you realize the ribbon is crooked... darn it!  I'll straighten it but I must get this posted and get myself to bed soon.  I used one of the Cuttlebug embossing strips for the design on the top and bottom and then took some chalks and brushed in a little colour.  The butterflies were cut with a Martha Stewart punch.  This card was very quick and easy... add some colour with Copics, sponge in some shading and it's done.  Love those sentiments and images together!  You'll also want to check out the Inspiration Blog and see what the design team has been creating with this new release.

New Frog Friend - Whimsy Challenge

Whew... I simply don't know where my time is going to but it seems like I'm always busy but am always behind and this week is no exception.  Today is Wednesday and that means there's a new challenge over at Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenges and the theme this week is 'green is the main colour'. The talented ladies have come up with some fabulous creations for you to check out.  I chose one of Chrissy's September releases called New Frog Friend and I think this little fellow is so darned cute.   I used paper from My Mind's Eye and some woven jute that I ran over a brown ink pad for colour; then coloured the image with Copics and sponged in the sky with Tim Holtz's Tumbled Glass.  The dragonflies are Make it Crafty Chipboard - I love that chipboard... you just tap it into an ink pad and voila!  The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps Circle Postmark Sentiments. 

I have to tell you about a fab little parcel arrived today and am chompin at the bit to try them... from Whimsy Stamps I received the Bottle Cap die, Bottle Cap Sentiments, Film Marker die and Film Marker Sentiments.  I know I am on the Whimsy DT and you would expect to hear something like this from me but honestly, I've been using Whimsy dies and sentiments for ages and I love them.  The stamps give crisp, clear and perfect images and I use a Cuttlebug for the dies and never have any trouble.

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots - Anything Goes

Craft Spot - Friends are the Best

Crafting When We Can - Anything Goes

Stamp Something - Digi Day

Thinker Leslie - Stamps R Us Challenge

Time for another challenge at Stamps R Us which is sponsored by Karber Digital Images.  So, for the next two weeks your mission is to complete a project/s which have a 'friendship' theme.  This little gal is Leslie Thinker.  I used one of my favourite colours which in case you haven't guessed by now, is purple, purple, purple!  I used Copics to colour Leslie and the sentiment is from a fab set I got from Lili of the Valley called Set 10 A5 Verses (this is a wonderful assortment of sentiments and I use them a lot).  The paper is SEI (my new fave) and the little hearts and the 'hugs & kisses' sentiment were cut from a Cuttlebug die which I have had forever.  It doesn't show up so well but I filled in her glasses lens with Glossy accents.  Then sadly, I had a couple little glue bombs happen where that darned glue pen seemed to have wings.  Can't get it off... if you try it with a little spit, off comes the paper.. dang it!  So I guess that's why they make pearls, right?  These perfect purple pearls arrived in a DT package from Kenny K not more than a week before the glue had it's own brain and they disguised some of the boo-boos perfectly.  Plus, I actually like the card better with them than without.

Steampunk Brianna Blaster - Kenny K

There's a new challenge over at Kenny K's Krafty Girls plus he is showcasing his second Steampunk release.  The theme this week is Victorian Grunge and is sponsored by Kenny K and Bearly Mine.  Now to be perfectly honest with you, I really wasn't sure what Victorian Grunge is and don't know if I got it right but when I was scooting around the internet, it seemed to me these papers, sprockets and clock would work.  This gal is called Brianna Blaster and I like it!  Copics were used for all the colouring except I added some glitter for all the buttons and some lines on her skirt with a gold glitter pen.  The brown paper is Bo Bunny and the dark accent pieces are Graphic 45.  I love those gears/sprockets with the jewels in them... I found them on Ebay and they are 7 Gypsies.  I've seen lots of the plain ones but liked the gem in these.  The clock and hands are Tim Holtz hardware and the sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps Film Strip Sentiments set.