2S4Y Fond Farewell Challenge

Happy snowy Thursday peeps...I was saddened the other day when I received the e-mail that 2S4Y are closing their doors for their challenges...I have always loved the inspiration from the team over these past couple of years....not to mention all of the darling sketches...I wish Kazan and Laura the best in their futures...I'm sure it holds alot of wonderful things ahead.......ENJOY!!!! and here's what I made using Kazan's sketch...gotta love me some of those Valentine's foam stamps from Making Memories that I stamped onto Grunge paper from Tim Holtz....do you remember those things...I just dug them out and make the wings (which is actually a heart on the center) and a set of lips that I coated with red tiny beads....Making Memories ribbon and lace, staples...Spellbinders die...I made the cloud pattern using a die cut from Sizzix...added some Ranger Stickles....I did use a paper bag for my canvas to....

just a closer view of the lips with the beads on it....I added silver stickles to the inside of the lips......well I just wanted to pop in here and post this challenge...I hope that you will all stop by 2s4y and play along...this is their last challenge e-vah........Hugs from a snowed in Charm City..

2S4Y and Tiddly Ink Challenge Cards

Happy Saturday everyone. It's been such a long week for me over here on my part of bloggland. I've been so sick with bronchitis and it's finally starting to give me some relief. Although I haven't been able to sleep much lately with all of the coughing. My throat's on fire and I feel like I have pulled muscles in my belly from the chronic coughing. Not to mention I don't have a voice right now. So this morning, which I've been up since about 1 a.m. , I was able to make a couple cards for some challenges and I wanted to share them .....Enjoy!!!!

This card I made for 2S4Y. It's Kazan's sketch #55...I found this really fun to play with. It's been awhile since I've been able to play with them over there to. I used a stamp that I had to dust off from Paper Artsy and layered it 3 times and added glossy accents to the top layers, added some feathers, a bow, flower and some star bling...the paper is from My Mind's Eye.....I have to say that I really do like how this card turned out to..

This card I made for Tiddy Inks embellishment challenge. We were to use lace or buttons or both. I used a couple of Christy's digi's on this and turned them into shrinky dinks. I just opened MS Word and made my images about 3 times bigger than they were. Because you know how shrinky dinks shrink after they have been heated. I also lightened the contrast before I printed them off, and colored in the images with chalk, added a cute little acrylic heart onto the froggie from Heidi Grace....

just a close view of Mr. Froggie and the teenie tiny heart....this was the perfect size too.....

and here's a little closer view of the digi going swimming. Isn't she just soo cute in her tire tube....this so reminded me of our little one so I just had to have her....if you have been over to Tiddly Inks you should. She have just the cutest digi's. Christy has a sale going on right now to....

Well that's all I have for today. I'm going to try and work on some more challenges. I hope you all have a wonderful afternoon....hugs from Charm City

2S4Y Kazan's Sketch

How's it going peeps? Thank goodness this week is over. It's been one hard week for us here. I just hope that your week has been better than ours. I just wanted to pop in here real fast and post this card I made using Kazan's sketch from 2 sketches 4 you . I had alot of fun playing with this. It's a little out of the ordinary but I really love how it turned out. Enjoy!!! you can click on the photos for a better view I got this stamp from a dear friend Betty (the Scrappy Witch). It's one of Kraftin Kimmie's stamps. If you look at her face, look at how she looks like she's in so much pain with all of the little kiddies she has...lol...my first instinct was to use it as a Mother's Day card with matching envelope. So I used Kazan's sketh this week to make a Mother's Day card. The paper is from Cosmo Cricket (earth love and the boyfriend), DCWV stitch rub ons, Stampin Up heart punch, buttons and some pearls on the inside of the hearts. I used Prisma pencils to color in the image. There are other stamps that Kimmie makes and are all just as adorable as this one...I can't wait to use some more of her stamps.

the outside of the card..here I added some stickles for some added glitz.

this is the inside..I thought this was just so fitting. I used EK Success corner punches and printed the saying off the computer.

this is the outside of the envelope. I left it blank in case I wanted to mail it in the mail.

this is the back side of the envelope...

Well I hope everyone has a wonderful evening. I think we are going to get a couple movies and chill for the night. It's just been a long week. Hugs from Charm City

Happy New Year and 2S4U Challenge

Happy 20-10 everyone. How are you going to say it, 2010 or 20-10? For me, I'm liking the 20-10. This is a debate in our home right now. DH and our little one is going with 2010. But I really like to be different. Hense the 20-10...lol.... We had a lovely time during the holidays. So much family and food it wasn't even funny. Not to mention, WORK!!! YUK!!! But hey, someone has to do it right. I hope everyone had a wonderful time with your families and got that ever lovin present that you had been dying to get all year long. DH really surprised me with one that was way out in left field. But I really do love it. It was a Craftsman 12 volt Lithium-Ion Cordless Multi-Tool set. This thing rocks. This past summer I got a table jig saw and this just fits right in with what I really need to finish off my projects. I can't wait to be able to get back to playing with the jig saw as I have so many ideas using my Cricut machine. Onto this lovely sketch from Laura over at 2S4Y. We were also asked to use the colors red, black and silver for a new year. I went alittle farther and made this into a love card for DH. Everything I used is "OLD" supplies. Meaning I have had these for over a year in my stash. I really have been eying up my zipper packs and wanted to use one on this card. So what do you think? Laura sketch #42

side view

front view

inside ...I don't know about you, but for me--if I dont do the inside of the card right away, it doesn't get finished.

Well that's it for now. I'll be back tomorrow with a few more cards that I have made. I hope everyone has a lovelt evening....hugs from Charm City

2S4Y and C4C6 Challenge

Just a quick post tonight. I am off to bed here soon. I've been up since 1:30 a.m. and am very tired. I wanted to get this card I made for Laura's sketch 36 over at 2S4Y . I have missed playing along with the sketch challenges lately and wanted to make sure I did this fun one. Here's the card I made. I used Heidi Grace's Halloween papers along with Quick Kutz embossed spider webb--Cuttlebug dots folder---and a 2" circle (8 of them to make the flower) origami flower and used black glass beads for the center. I also added black rhinestones as little accents. This is a card for the C4C6 challenge over at Crazy for Challenges. The challenge was to do a Thankful/Thanks kind of card. I used the stamps from Inkadinado and added some glittler glue to them. The saying was from Inque Boutique. This is so not me, but you know, I really like the simplicity of it. I've been working on a circle journal book lately and I'm almost finished so I can send it off this week to the first person. I am sooooo excited about this swap. I have always wanted to do a swap like this but could never find anyone who wanted to do it. The theme for my book is none other than "sketches"...I thought this would be such a handy tool to have on my desk to get inspiration from. I can't wait to see what everyone else has come up with. I'll post my book sometime this week. Well, have a great Saturday evening and I'll see ya soon!!!! Hugs from Charm City

2S4Y--Kazan's Sketch 34 Challenge

Happy Saturday all. I can't believe I finally finished this card for Kazan's sketch this week. I really enjoyed the sketch to. It seems like the sketches are gettin easier and easier for me to do. And I'm really liking the out come of them. Pop on over to 2 Sketches 4 You and see what other inspiration there is.... OMGosh....they are rockin the house right now. Here's the sketch here's the inspiration..I forgot to grab the link where I found this photo....sorry

and here's my card that I made. I really challenged myself this time. I don't normaly use yellow or rubber stamps (not for the whole project) , but I did here. The background was stamped with clear resist, added clear embossing and heated, then I sprayed Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (lemon zest) to the top layer. And when they say lemon zest, they really mean it. I also added a second layer of the chandilier with pop dots behind it. The flower was one of those really huge ones from the craft store. I did a gathering stitch in the cented of it to make it abit smaller and added a couple layers of the glimmer mist to it so it could match the paper. I'm really thinking it needs something around the sides, but I'm trying to resist the urge and not add anything more to this card.

Well, I'm off for now. Think I might go and do some of my weekend chores. Like take a nap or something....lol...have a beautiful day....hugs from a very sunny Charm City

2S4Y--Kazon #32--Grandma's Secret Cookie Recipe

Happy Saturday everyone. Here's a card I made this week for Kazon's sketch over at 2S4Y. I had alot of fun making this card. I thought this would be a fun way to send Grandma's secret cookie recipe to our DD that lives in Michigan. I used one of those coin envies that you get from the stationary shop. The stitching around the edges didn't turn out so good, but I kind of like it. It reminds me of it being aged by the stitching falling out. Thanks for a great sketch to play with Kazon.

I made a double sided pocket to go inside the envie to hold the ingredients on one side and the how to on the other side.

I have to show you these really (I think) cool photos that I made using a couple programs. Next week is DD's birthday. We decided to get her her own digi camera. This morning I opened the box and some software came in it. I wanted to load everything so when she got her camera she would be ready to go. Well, there was this really cool program called Morpheus on it. So I started playing around with an old photo just to see what it would do. I just love it. I am invisioning myself using this program alot to distort photos...lol...the first photo I made using the program. The other photos I used Paint Shop Pro on top of the first photo using different effects that come with the program. I have been up since about 2am this morning and this is what I have been playing with. ...lol...click here and you can download a free trial version of this software. Just a little tidbit, I did notice that it took the photo and did an automatic sizing. I had to go into the timeline drop down menu at the top and changed it to the biggest size available to be able to print a nice size photo. You can save to avi files, animation or just a plain jpeg. There are other ones there to, but these were the one's that I was interested in. So if you try this software out, I'd love to see what you make with it. It's really alot of fun to play with.

above photo is the original

above photo is how I distorted it using the Morpheus program

the above photo I used pencil in the effects menu using Paint Shop Pro. I also added starbursts and sunlight to the second layer before changing it to pencil...

above photo I used topography in the effects menu using Paint Shop Pro

Thanks for stopping in this morning and I hope you all ahve a lovely weekend. Hugs from a very muggy Charm City

Our Little Secret

I finally took the plunge. My first ever card sketch card. I don't know why, but I have always stayed away from sketches due to thinking I will make something that doesn't go with the sketch. So this morning I decided to make this card for the 2 sketches 4 you-- 1st annual anniversary ultimate card show down Laura's sketch 27. Congrats Laura and Kazan. They are offering some awesom and I mean awesom blog candy to go along with this showdown. So pop on over and check it out and see what everyone else has posted. They are all just awesom...

Here's what I came up with....you can click on each photo to see a better view...

I turned the sketch on it's side and used some really fun but old goodies. The stamp I've had like forever and really wanted to use her.

Here's what I used to color Betty in. I used Prisma pencils, liquid applique for her hair and then used black chalk to color it in. I love how it looks like black velvet. I also used red glitter to color in the dots on her scarf to give it alittle more sparkle. I also used my Big E storybook cartridge for the circle and marque, felt flower ribbon, pearl bead ribbon and DCWV La Creme stack for the pattern papers.

here's a little close up of the liquid applique. I just noticed the black chalk that rubbed off onto her face...

(Tip) color your image first before using the applique and heat emboss. My first image, the face had gotten alot of black chalk on it around the edges...I also put a few layers of chalk to get her hair really black to cover up the white.

Well that's it. I hope I used the sketch right. Good luck to everyone that enters...

Hugs from a very warm Charm City