March Theme Week and Challenge ~ Day 4 with Cassandra and Annie!!

It's time for another Theme Week!
This time its all about using POLKA DOTS!

We would love for you to participate with us in our THEME WEEK, and its quite easy to do so!  Simply create a project using ANY Stamp Anniething product (as your main focal point) in the set "theme" for that month. Post your project to the corresponding album over at our Face Book Group page (Stamp Anniething Stampers)!  You may enter as many projects as you wish, but you will only be counted as ONE entry person.  A minimum of 5 people (not including DT Members) is needed in order for a prize to be given.

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So here we go for March's Theme Week!

Make ANY project using Polka Dots!!!

All projects must be uploaded by midnight PST April 8th to qualify

Again, a min of FIVE entries for a prize win!
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Here's what Cassandra created for March:

When I saw that the theme for this month was Polka Dots, I immediately thought of Minnie Mouse!  Hee!  So that was my inspiration for this card.  This is the darling Stamp Anniething ~ Kelly : You're Purrfect.  In her original state, she's dressed up for Halloween, but I changed her up a bit for this card.  I colored her skin and hair with Copic Sketch Markers.  And then I paper pieced her outfit and mouse ears headband.  All of the papers, the balloons and the "magic" sentiment are from the Simple Stories ~  Say Cheese collections.  I cut the blue piece in the background using the Jaded Blossom ~ Stitched Square Dies.  The "believe in the" sentiment is from the Jaded Blossom ~ Easter Treats 2.

Copic Sketch Colors

skin ~ E50, E51, E93

hair ~ E50, Y21, Y26

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Here is what Annie created for March:

I took the super sassy Jessica and put her on a standard A2 card that I matted with the Card Mat Dies.  Again I used the Wine Tag die and Label dies to jazz it up!  A Sentiment Thank You Die finishes it off!

I hope you will play along with us in our Monthly Theme Week! You can see and post all your projects in our Facebook Group HERE

I hope you all liked my project for today and thanks for visiting!

Polka Dot March Challenge Day #3!

It's time for another Theme Week!
This time its all about using POLKA DOTS!

We would love for you to participate with us in our THEME WEEK, and its quite easy to do so!
Simply create a project using ANY Stamp Anniething product (as your main focal point) in the set "theme" for that month.

Post your project to the corresponding album over at our Face Book Group page (Stamp Anniething Stampers)!

You may enter as many projects as you wish, but you will only be counted as ONE entry person.

A minimum of 5 people (not including DT Members) is needed in order for a prize to be given.

So here we go for March's Theme Week!

Make ANY project using Polka Dots!!!

All projects must be uploaded by midnight PST April 8th to qualify

Again, a min of FIVE entries for a prize win!
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Here's my project for the challenge!

I decided to use James - You're So Hip because, well, he's one of my favorite cuties from Stamp Anniething and he's just too adorable NOT to use, don't you think?

I know it's a Polka Dot challenge, but I thought that, instead of creating polka dots out of his clothes, I would search my stash for some perfect polka dot paper to compliment my card. So I decided to use some beloved Basic Gray paper I've had in my stash for a while! Totally perfect, right?!

Please be sure to check out my blog for more details on how I created this card!

I hope you have a chance to play along with our Polka Dot challenge! Remember you have until April 8th to create something and play along! Thanks so much for stopping by!

March Theme Week- Day #2- GiGi and Annie on the blog

It's time for another Theme Week!
This time its all about using POLKA DOTS!

We would love for you to participate with us in our THEME WEEK, and its quite easy to do so!
Simply create a project using ANY Stamp Anniething product (as your main focal point) in the set "theme" for that month.

Post your project to the corresponding album over at our Face Book Group page (Stamp Anniething Stampers)!

You may enter as many projects as you wish, but you will only be counted as ONE entry person.

A minimum of 5 people (not including DT Members) is needed in order for a prize to be given.

So here we go for March's Theme Week!

Make ANY project using Polka Dots!!!

All projects must be uploaded by midnight PST April 8th to qualify

Again, a min of FIVE entries for a prize win!
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Hi everyone! This is GiGi from The Cricut Bug and I have a fun card to share. 

I used the Diana-Lets Do Lunch stamp set for my Polka Dot challenge card.

I started this card with a standard A2 card base and added the mat cut with the Jaded Blossom Card Mat Dies.
I stamped Diana onto a mat cut with the Fancy Topper Die and colored her with Copic Markers.
I added a decorative strip in yellow to the side, stamped the sentiment from the Dream In Color stamp set, and added gems.

 I hope you will play along with us in our Monthly Theme Week! You can see and post all your projects in our Facebook Group HERE
I hope you all liked my project for today and thanks for visiting!

Have a great day!
GiGi

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And now lets see what Annie made for today!

I started this card with a standard A2 card base and added the mat cut with the Jaded Blossom Card Mat Dies.

I then took Brooke and scan and cut her and placed her on the Wine Tag Die.  Some Doodlebug Design buttons and a sentiment Joy die finish her off! 

 I hope you will play along with us in our Monthly Theme Week! You can see and post all your projects in our Facebook Group HERE

I hope you all liked my project for today and thanks for visiting!

Stamp Anniething March Challenge - POLKA DOTS!!!! Day #1 with Cindy and Annie

It's time for another Theme Week!
This time its all about using POLKA DOTS!

We would love for you to participate with us in our THEME WEEK, and its quite easy to do so!

Simply create a project using ANY Stamp Anniething product (as your main focal point) in the set "theme" for that month.

Post your project to the corresponding album over at our Face Book Group page

(Stamp Anniething Stampers)!

You may enter as many projects as you wish, but you will only be counted as ONE entry person.

A minimum of 5 people (not including DT Members) is needed in order for a prize to be given.

So here we go for March's Theme Week!

Make ANY project using Polka Dots!!!

All projects must be uploaded by midnight PST April 8th to qualify

Again, a min of FIVE entries for a prize win!
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So today is Easter Monday so my card is Easter theme, Hope you all had an AWESOME Easter with your family. Here is my card... I used Stamp AnnieThing! Melanie -Need a hug for the sweet girl and from Jaded Blossom I used Card Mat Dies for the bottom layers, the Spring Dies for the eggs and the grass and Honey Bunny for the sentiment.

 Hope you like my card for this challenge!!! :)

 Supplies I Used for my Card:

Stamp AnnieThing!

Melanie -Need a hug

Jaded Blossom

Card Mat Dies

Spring Dies

Honey Bunny

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And here is Annie's project for today!

I made Lorraine, one of our very first stamps!

I put her on the Wine Tag Die and Card Mat dies, 

I added a fun doodlebug designs button on a label die and a hugs sentiment die.

I hope you will play along with us in our Monthly Theme Week! You can see and post all your projects in our Facebook Group HERE

I hope you all liked my project for today and thanks for visiting!

Fluffy Bunny

Hello and happy weekend!

Today I'm showing a card I created for my mother. My mother grew up taking care of many animals  she has always had chickens, parrots, pigs, cows and horses among other critters. When I was a young child I remember having rabbits and turtles too. To this day my mom still has lots of chickens and a bunny. She had a very soft white bunny named Capullo (pronounced Kah-poo-yo)
it went under the fence and she never found it again... now she has one that my baby named Henrietta. Henrietta is sort of grayish brown color and my kids love being around her especially my youngest daughter Daenerys. 

I created this card using the stamp Melanie - Need a Hug. I felt this was the perfect image to make a card my mom and color Melanie as my daughter and no she doesn't have purple hair but I'm sure she wouldn't mind that. LOL  

stamp: Melanie -Need a Hug

I used Copic markers to color her. 

I came up with this purple hair combo which is one of my favorites to use

V04, V06, V09 and V17

For the bunny I used E70, W0, W1, W3, and a very tiny bit amount of W5.

The paper is from Wild Rose Studio and it's called Blackberry Lane

and I printed the poem on top. 

The poem/song is from a Spanish Gatorade commercial called "Conejito Pelucita" which translates to Fluffy Bunny but I'm not sure who wrote the poem.... It's a really cute though!

Here is a close-up of my coloring and paper piecing.

Thank you for looking.

Have a wonderful day.

Katya Bess

Pink Bunny Tag

Hello! Melissa here with you today with a new project. I made this cute tag for an Easter Basket with For Peeps Sake Stamps.  The background for the rabbit was made with the egg stamp. Copic Markers were used to color the rabbit and eggs.  A Luggage Tag die from Jaded Blossom is used for the base.

 

Here is a closer look at the Pink Bunny Tag. 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Happy Easter

Hello everyone!  This is Cassandra from Creating with Color by Cassandra.  And today I have a sweet little Easter card to share with you.

This is the sweet little Stamp Anniething ~ For Peeps Sake.  I colored my little scene with Copic Sketch Markers.  I cut the two square pieces using the Jaded Blossom ~ Stitched Square Dies.  The little pink label at the top is cut with the Jaded Blossom ~ Label Dies.  And the sentiment is also from the Stamp Anniething ~ For Peeps Sake.  The pretty patterned paper is from the Doodlebug Design ~ Hello Sunshine collection.

Copic Sketch Colors

bunny ~ W00, W0, W1, W2, W3, W5, W6, R81, R83

tie ~ V17, V15, V06

grass ~ YG03, YG17, YG67

background ~ BG000

Well my creative friends, that's it for me today.  I will see you all again soon.  Have a great day everyone!

I See You

Hi everyone!

JoAnn from JoBoogie Stamping here with a new card to share with you this week! I used Megan (Glasses)  for my project and although I've used her before on previous cards, I haven't used her with her adorable glasses! I just love the way she looks!

I think this is one of my favorite more recent cards and I think she's SOOOO me. Black hair, glasses, and in pink - totally me!

For more info, check out my blog! Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful week!

Picture Perfect

Hi everyone! This is GiGi from The Cricut Bug and I have a fun card to share. 

I used the Chloe and Sam-Love You stamp set for this card.

I started this card with a standard A2 card base and added the mat cut with the Jaded Blossom Card Mat Dies.
I stamped and colored Chole and Sam with Copic Markers and cut them out. I layered them behind a frame I cut with the Layered Frame and Journal Die.
I added a film strip to the side I cut with the Film Dies and stars cut with the Star Dies.
To finish, I stamped the sentiment from the Lights, Camera, Action stamp set.


I hope you all liked my card for today and thanks for visiting!

Have a great day!
GiGi

Fun in the sun....

 

 

Hi My Friendly Bloggers!

This is Cindy from Cindy's Scraptastic Designs,  It's my day to post over
 at Stamp Anniething!!! 

For today I made a summer time themed base card, I am so looking ford to summer!!!

I used Stamp AnnieThing! the Lorraine- Sunshine for the girl and from SVG Cutting Files

I used Wide Scallop Card for the card base and from Jaded Blossom I used Happy Summer

for the sentiment and the Spring Dies 2 for the sun.
Hope you like my card for today!!! :)

 

 Supplies I Used for my Card:

Stamp AnnieThing!

Lorraine- Sunshine

SVG Cutting Files

Wide Scallop Card

Jaded Blossom

Happy Summer

Spring Dies 2

 

Thank you for stopping by and have a GREAT week!!! :)

 

 



Make a Splash Audrina

      Hello Crafty friends,

Katya Bess, here and I'm showing you a card I made with

Audrina - Make a Splash.

As I sat here and thought to myself,

 "Hmmm what colors should I use today?"

I have some "go-to" colors but I try not color the same 

all of the time since I like to challenge myself

the only problem is, this method 

takes longer than usual to finish- although very fun

and relaxing it's still time consuming.

So some strategies I have for myself is to choose one

of these: chose realistic colors, go monochromatic, pick

analogous colors (which means colors that are next to each other in the color wheel)

or I go with complimentary colors (colors opposite to each other) 

and sometimes not exactly the opposite but still complimentary

(colors that are analogous to the complimentary color.)

I hope I didn't confuse you. :P

So, since I chose this lime green hair I chose a purpley 

mermaid tail with various pinks... I don't know

I think it goes together okay...  

I was going to go with a bluish or greenish hue

for the skin and then thought we have been 

having blackouts because of the storm here in the Bay Area. LOL  

This is how I also chose my coloring... the weather and upcoming events. 

(haha yea don't laugh)

Alright... too much rambling on my behalf

here is my card...

Audrina - Make a Splash  was so much fun to color! 

Since it was raining so much all I could think about was 

WATER and I chose to color a little mermaid for you all. :)

I chose Copic BG01 for the water making sure

that I gave it at least 3 coats- that is very important so it doesn't look

too streaky and doesn't really matter if it doesn't look

completely the same color since some areas will touch and 

it will have more that 3 coats, it is under water after all and 

water is constantly in motion and reflects lights and shadows in different directions.

Now for the bubbles you wants to use a much lighter color

I chose Copic B000, this sort of bleaches some of the color out

but not completely... just draw some random circles and fill them in

and they don't have to be perfect

in fact, making them a little more wonky will make them somewhat realistic.

Lastly where ever your light source is coming from you want to use

the Copic Blender (Copic 0) and highlight and finalize that water bubble look - 

I chose my light to come from the left and 

I don't always follow light source since light is tricky but I try.

I hope you get to try it out some day with this cutie. 

Here is a closer look at her and the subtle water bubbles too. :)

I used one of my favorite pens - Sakura Clear Star Gellyroll

to give her some sparkle on her star and the pearls on her hair.

I used Copic Opaque White to highlight her eyes

I don't know why I keep using the brush it comes with 

I made a big glob on her eye and had to make the eye-lights

different than I normally do. LOL   

I usually don't talk this much in person... 

(just in my crazy head. LOL) 

I hope you have a lovely weekend

enjoy it to the max!!! 

Thanks for stopping by,

Katya Bess

I Spy a Bunny

Hello! Melissa from Doxie Mel Designs with a new post for you.  Here is a new card created with For Peep Sake stamps. This set has three rabbits to choose from and many accessory stamps to delight any rabbit (or human).  I created a background with a sentiment and carrot stamp. A stitched circle die from Jaded Blossom was used to cut a hole for the cute rabbit.

Here is a closer look at the rabbit. 

Copic Markers

rabbit - E50 E53 R20

grass - YG17 YG25

carrots - Y35 YR14 YR07

carrot tops YG17 YG25 YG23 

dies, Jaded Blossom Card Mat Dies, Stitched Circle Dies

Have a wonderful day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hello everyone!  This is Cassandra from Creating with Color by Cassandra.  And I have a fun little St. Patrick's Day card to share with you today.  :)

This is a fun 4.25 x 4.25 size card.  She is the cute little Stamp Anniething ~ Diana : Let's Do Lunch.  I colored her in with Copic Sketch Markers and paper pieced her hair bow.  I cut the background using the Jaded Blossom ~ Stitched Square Dies and the Jaded Blossom ~Scallop Circle Dies.  The sentiment is from the Jaded Blossom ~ Lucky Treats.

Copic Sketch Colors

skin ~ E50, E51, E93

hair ~ YR31, YR14, YR 18, E19

shirt ~ YG 03, YG17, YG 67

Well my creative friends, that it for me today.  Have a great day everyone!  I will see you all again soon.

Howdy

Hi everyone! This is GiGi from The Cricut Bug and I have a fun card to share. 

I used the Savannah-Howdy Partner stamp set for this card.

I started this card with a standard A2 card base and added the mat in Neenah Dessert Sand cut with the Jaded Blossom Card Mat Dies.
I stamped Savannah directly onto the kraft paper and colored her with Copic markers. The colors are alot different on this type of paper so I had to experiment a little to get this final look.
I used a white gel pen to add all the highlights and outlined her in a light color.
I added some banners to the corner cut with the Flag Dies 2 and used staples on the corners of the card.
To finish, I added the "howdy" sentiment cut with the Alphabet Dies.

I hope you all liked my card for today and thanks for visiting!

Have a great day!
GiGi

Abigail - Lucky friend

Hello Crafty Friends,

Katya Bess here with a little card I made using Abigail - Glad We're Friends.

I wanted to create a scene expressing the little sentiment on the card 

and also a theme for the month of March.

Abigail looks so cute with her pigtails sitting on the "floor" so I decided 

to sit her out in a field of grass and flowers. 

I stamped her first, then I masked her with "stamping mask paper"

from Inkadinkado. It's simple and much cleaner than with masking fluid, 

after that I stamped the background, lastly I colored her up.

Then I realized I wanted to draw a little four leaf clover on the grass.

Very easy to create a full scene. 

Abigail - Glad We're Friends

I chose a contrasting color to the grass like a red shirt and a red layer

but it doesn't look Christmasy.

Here is a close-up of Abigail - Glad We're Friends

the background and the little four leaf clover I hand-drew.

There are a few more details on my blog.

I hope you liked it

and I hope you have a fabulous weekend.

Katya Bess

A Smile from a Fairy

Hello Everyone! Melissa from Doxie Mel Designs with a new post.  For my card today, I colored one of the stamps from the last release, Kelsey - Believe.  Kelsey is colored with Copic Markers.  The "smile" is a new die from Little Yellow Bicycle that I purchased at Hobby Lobby.  I layered a few of them for a little more depth. Well, to be honest, I thought purple first but it looked a little washed out. I liked leaving a hint of the purple behind the teal blue paper. ;)  To finish the card off, sequins! All fairies love the sparkle of sequins. 

Stamp Anniething

Kelsey - Believe 

Copic Markers

dies - (word die) Little Yellow Bicycle, Lawn Fawn

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a wonderful weekend!

Smile

Hello everyone! This is Cassandra from Creating with Color by Cassandra.  And today I went a little clean and simple.

This is a little "head shot" of the Stamp Anniething ~ Julie : Enjoy the Ride.  Doesn't she look cute peeking out there?  I colored her in with Copic Sketch Markers.  I cut the background with the Jaded Blossom ~ Card Mat Dies.  And I used the Jaded Blossom ~ Stitched Square Dies to cut the little peek-a-boo window. 

Copic Sketch Colors

R81, R89

T0, T1, T2, T3, T5, T7, T9

Well my creative friends, that's it for me today.  I will see you all again soon.  Have a great day everyone!