A-Muse-A-Palooza Challenge

I have a card to share today. It's one that i made for Amuse Palooza challenge host by Taylor VanBruggen. The challenge was to create a card with an Amuse stamp and it has to have some bling on it. On saturday i had some time so i decided to play along and make something. In the last Secret girlfriend swap that i joined over at SCS, my secret sis sent me a whole box of goodies and in it was an Amuse stamp, spring chick by elzybells. So it was perfect to use for this challenge.



It took some time to put the little rhinstones on each scalloped area of the square. They don't have adhesive on the back of them, so i used my quickie glue pen to adhere them. The rhinestones were bought from Taylored Expressions called Tiny Twinkles. She doesn't have any more in stock, but i think she might get somemore soon. Image is colored with copics. I love my copics. They make coloring images so easy and look so good! I'm really happy how this card turned out. It's such a cheery color. Hope this card made you smile!

Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Polka Dot Basics, Spring chick by Elzybells
Ink: PTI Summer Sunrise, Brilliance Black
Paper: GP White, PTI Summer Sunrise
Accessories: Square Nestibilities, ribbons from ROBOM(Ribbons and bows oh my!), copics

I do have to try to post more often. I have so many pictures of cards i've made, but never got around to editing it and posting. This one was made for Mother's Day. I love this set by PaperTrey, Garden of Life. It is such a versatile set and because it's clear, it's easy to line the images up.

Stamps: PTI Garden of Life, PTI Beautiful Bloom
Cardstock: PTI Summer Sunrise, Lemon Tart, White CS
Ink: PTI Summer Sunrise, SU Certainly Celery
Embellishments: PTI Lemon Tart Satin Ribbon, glitter

This is another card i did with the penguin image. He's so perfect for summer! As i finished up the last card, i spied a bottle of sand out of the corner of my eye. It was in a corner among all my craft stuff. About a year ago, we were on a beach somewhere in the north shore where turtles come up to sun and i had taken some sand from the beach to use on a card someday. Well, this is the day! LOL.. I used terrifically tacky tape on the edges of the patterned paper. I love that tape. That's the best thing to use if you want a permanent bond. Have a wonderful week!

May's Card

I'm the host for May in the monthly card swap i'm in. I chose this penguin stamp which i got from ATS. Isn't he cute? And that paper is from ATS too. Stamp is by imaginisce and paper by Flair Design.



Card base is SU! Barely Banana, image is layered with SU! Close to Cocoa, image is colored with copics. I love copics! They make coloring so much easier and i love the vibrant colors they come in. Patterned paper is sponged with brilliance brown ink to give some contrast with the card base.

I had extra images which I've colored and i've just got a great idea in my head! Gonna go try it out now. I'll let you know how it went. Sometimes ideas in the head looks better than when you actually put it to paper. Til then, Thanks for looking!

Monthly Card Swap

Each month, a designated person sends 5 other people in their group a set of images, patterned paper. And each of us makes a card with the given images and patterned paper and sent it to the rest of the group. This is my April card.



Cardstock used is PTI sweet blush and berry sorbet paper and SU chocolate chip.

Monkeys!

Here's a card to share which i made for an animal card swap a few weeks ago. I've been so busy since i last posted the card and i have more lined up to share for the next couple of days. We were going on a trip of a lifetime to Disneyland 2 weeks ago and I've been wanting to go there since my last trip there when i was 3! LOL.. But, i didnt realise that all the swaps i've signed up for months ago was due the day before i leave. Yikes!



Stamp Set: Mindy's Zoo by Autumn Leaves
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa, White
Ink: Brilliance Black
Others: Copic markers, Dew drops

I would like to share another card today. I bought this set from My Favorite Things a few months ago and it has yet to see ink. So i thought i'll blow the dust off it and ink up a couple of images. When i saw the sentiment for this set, i knew i had to make a card with that sentiment for my sister. "Sisters and Chocolate make life bearable" It brings back memories of my sister and I having chocolate fondue in a Haagen Dazs cafe many years ago. Yumm! Just thinking about it made my mouth water!
They brought us a selection of fruits (strawberries, apples, blueberries, grapes, banana) together with cubes of your favorite ice cream and a nice warm pot of chocolate sauce. Oooooh...
And what makes this card even better is a card scent from Simply Sista's. Bought the Pikake scent and Hot Cocoa. Oh my goodness.. when it came, i was blown away by how real they smell! The Hot Cocoa scent would be perrrrfect! for this card!



Supplies:

Stamps: MFT -How Sweet it is
Cardstock: Barely Banana; SU!, Bazzil Black, Stampers Select White; PaperTrey
Patterned Paper: Basic Gray
Ink: Brilliance Black, Copic Markers
Others: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Felt flowers; Maya road, Brads ;Pinkhedgehog