Real Life Valentine--Tickled Pink Vintage Challenge

Happy Feb 1st there blogland...I don't know about where you might live but if it's here in the east/north we are getting some freezing conditions. I simply just can't believe how much we have already endured for this season already. I really feel sorry for all of you that live north...you have gotten it worse than we have....just stay safe...

Today I'd like to share a card I made for the Vintage Challenge over at Tickled Pink Stamps. ...ENJOY!!!!!

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Here's the little ditty that I made using Lilith....she looks so sad...lol...I used distress inks for coloring....MS leaf punch...paper from My Mind's Eye...the little twist tie is from I Kan'dee (real life)...I got the quote off the net somewhere...I so thought it fit this photo to.... and here's the inside....on the left I printed the quote and added little cupid that I got from the Graphics Factory for FREE...all I did was add you better run on the inside using MS Word before I printed off the image..... added a few corner and circle punches,, rhinestones and black pearls..... just thought I'd do a close-up of the twist tie.....I don't even know if they sell these still...I think they are cute little add ons.... Well that's all I have for now...... I hope everyone has a sunny day...please send it our way....Hugs from Charm City.......

PaperTake Weekly Sketch 52 Challenge

Good Morning Blogland....it's Tuesday morning here in Charm City...it's a pretty mild morning considering the past few days we've had that has been chilly willy...lol....today I'd love to share my card I made for PTW...this weeks challenge is sketch #52....it's a pretty good sketch to play with....we are also being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp...so make sure you stop on over there...they have some fabulous items for sale in the store.....

I would like to say that this is my last post for PTW as a design team member....I have decided to step down. I would however like to say that you all are simply amazing. I've enjoyed all of the challenges each week and all of the wonderful inspiration from the team. You all are awesome!!! Thank you Dawny for inviting me to be a part of your team these past couple years...you are such a gem girlie....Thank you!!!!.......

Here's the sketch......ENJOY!!!!!!

and here's my little card...doesn't this make you happy happy?...lol...it does me....Lil Fashionette is such a little cutie...all decked out in her sunny and fun clothes...she's from Tickled Pink Stamps...Kelly is having a followers giveaway right now on the blog....hop over there and read all about it........I paired her up with the Rainbow Dreams Set from Tiddly Inks. It's the colored image and I used a Spellbinder die, added MS border punch and some stickles.....I made the background using Distress inks and just sponged it around a cloud template.... Well I do hope that you stop by and check out the rest of the teams work....they are always so inspiring.....Thanks for stopping by and have a sunny day!!!! Hugs from Charm City.....

Challenge #15 Favorite Burton Film

This week's challenge from the Dolls at TBD is to create a card/project based upon your FAVORITE BURTON FILM. And speaking of favorites, we are sponsored by one of our absolute faves, Tickled Pink Stamps! Kellie is just a blessing to us, providing us with these fabulous images every month! Thank you, Kellie!!!!!

This week the Dolls worked with 50s Lilith and 80s Sookie from the Lil Lolita Boutique collection! I used 50s Lilith. Doesn't she have such an attitude? I love images with 'tude.......lol....So hop over to the Boutique and grab yourself some of these darling images......and on your way stop by the other blogs from the Dolls and give them some love on their creations....ENJOY!!!!!!!!!

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Here she is, all decked out ready to go to the sock hop....and look at her darling little Glo Skullz she has on her skirt....and even the bigger one....one of the Darling Dolls makes these (by hand I might add)...if you like, you can get some over at Simply Betty Stamps store.....so what the heck are you waiting for? Run girlfriend!!!! And grab some of those most adorable stamps that Miss Betty has to.......I about died when I received my package from Glow in the mail and had these hot little babies in my hands...Glow told me to go and make something on her note packaged inside, so I did....lol........these are just tooooooo cute.....thanks Glow......you are way to clever girl......

see...lookie--lookie....lol....these's the big guy..........and there's that ribbon I have been dying to get my hands on...it came from across the miles too....I can't seem to find it here in the states where I live so Debbie offered to send me some....WOOT WOOT!!!!......thanks girl---you're a Doll (no pun intended)..........I absolutely love it!!!!! I jsut had to use it right away......I colored in the image using Copics and distress refills....added alot of bling for the challenge over at Lil Lolita Boutique....the challenge is to "Bling it Up"......outside of the bling on the card, I've also added some to the hair bow, earring and the eye on the skullz.....

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Well that all I have for now.....make sure you stop by later for my post from PTW.....Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!

TBD Challenge #11

'Wood" you like to be in a movie? Create a card/project in black and white a la Ed Wood for this week's challenge at Burtonesque Dolls blog and we are being sponsored by Tickled Pink Stamps. I used the 30's Lylah image to create my card. Although it's a super simple card, I like how it turned out. I don't think it really fits with the movie though...sorry.....so come on over to TBD challenge blog. We would love for you to play along with us this week.........Have a wonderful Tuesday and remember my second post will be here shortly....Hugs from Charm City

Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #7

Welcome to a new week and a new challenge over at The Burtonesque Doll's Blog. Our challenge for this week is---A creepy Birthday to you! Make a birthday card and creep it out Burton Style!Our sponsor this week is Tickled pink Stamps. Pop over and check out the awesome stamps that she has in the store. The one pictured below is Lylah. Isn't she just too cute...I thought this would be a great image to make a birthday card ....instead of a card I made a box to put goodies inside. Then on the inside lid I thought I would add a greeting there when I decided who was going to get this box so I left it blank for now....Well I hope you will join us this week for the challenge at TBD blog. Thanks for stopping by today....Hugs from Charm City.... I colored the image in with Prisma pencils and the background,stars, keys and the skull with distess re-inkers...I didn't want to add glam because I was thinking this could be a guy card/box... I also used wet glue as it makes your cardstock/paper so much harder when it dry's...a nifty little tidbit instead of using chipboard to make the box...I used one of Tim Holtz' hitch to go through the eye of the skull...wanted to give the illusion of a sword...

here on the side I used Tim Holtz' grunge board keys for my closures...and the buttons are strung together to keep the sides together...I opted for this instead of a regular box ...just wanted to make something different.....

Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #3

Happy Challenge Tuesday all you Burtonesque Dolls followers. Today marks for a new challenge. Are ya ready? We were sponsored this week by Tickled Pink Stamps. The stamp I used was from the Lil Lolita collection --Lilith. And let me tell you, these stamps are just way to fun. I want them all...lol....so hop on over and check them out. You are going to go crazy for them. They so fit right in here with the challenges.... So onto this weeks challenge over at TBD. We were asked to make a card using skulls and black flowers and this is what I came up with.....Enjoy!!! I made this into a 6X6 easel card. I also used alot of nesties, the ribbon tag and flourish accents from Spellbinders and Martha border punches/branch leaves....the skull is from Tim Holtz grungeboard and I added a bunch of stickles and rhinestones...I also used distress inks to color the image in....this image reminds me of someone truly missing a friend....what do you think? this is just the side view....to make the card cut a 12X6 and score 3" on the 12" side and fold at 6"...then take another piece of cardstock and cut it to be 6X6 and adhere only to the 3" score line as shown in the photo above....you can click on the photos to make them larger if you would like...

I really love this border punch from Martha Stewert with the birds....

for the flower I used the dahlia flower nestie from Spellbinders and added some white ink (also on the birds) to give it a little highlight....Well that's all I have for you today...hop on over to TBD blog and take the challenge..I'd love to see what you come up with......Hugs from a soon to be drowning Charm City....

2nd Post for today

I just wanted to pop in here and mention that the Tickled Pink Stamper has some blog candy on their blog right now. There is only a few things you need to do. And while you're there, make sure you check out their DT postings...the work that the team is sharing is simply just amazing. So much eye candy there you have simply just got to run over and check it out. Here's a link to check out their blog.... Tickled Pink Stamper Have a great Monday!!!!