Week 2 of Billie and Monika background - BOKEH

Monday March 9, 2015

 

oops I posted too soon.. sorry Monika

 

Week 2  Billie and Monika  background   My choice BOKEH (sounds like bouquet)

 

Well I survived week 1 of the background challenge between Monika and myself.  For week 2 we are challenging each other to do a BOKEH technique.. Now I did not even know what it was as Monika mentioned it.. So I went to my favorite source of info... U-TUBE..  What an awesome look and technique.  This is my first try.. This is my third try the first two were with darker colors and my first one I made too many white spots and it overtook and lost the look I was trying to get. The second one just too many again.. So back to U-TUBE and watch a few different videos and went back to my craft room while it was fresh in my head. Went with lighter colors and less white spots, kind a kept with 3 large, 3 medium, and I think about 5 smaller ones and a couple of really tiny ones. It's suppose to have that look you see in photography with bubble backgrounds.. It's hard to explain.. suggest U-TUBE.  I used water color paper and three re-inkers watered down. I wet the water color paper and then dropped with my paint brush the spots of ink and let it move around on it's own. You want to cover the whole water color paper.. Also remember let it go on dark because when it dries it softens out and it's not as dark. I let it dry overnight and the next night I took a piece of x-ray film and my circle dies and die cut the circles so I had a template. Then take your white ink pad and sponge dauber and placed the circle template over it and daubed the circles to get the effect below. I then let it dry again overnight and next night added the sentiment and sequins.  I layered it onto a black, green, and curry card base.  I will be doing this again.. I will also still use my rejects on some other cards as I cant throw anything away and it would make for a nice background with an image over it so you cant tell the mistakes..

 

Please go over to Monika's blog and see her BOKEH card. 

 

Challenges:
Artistic inspirations #126 - atg w/twist of green
Party time Tuesday #196 - atg
Scrappers delights #42 - atg
Word art Wednesday #173 - atg
Allsorts #301 - spring is in the air (spring colors)
Sweet stampin - green for st patricks day
Creative fingers #70 - atg
QKR stampede #129 - bring on the green
Pile it on #59 - green
613 Avenue create #114 - atg /opt twist aquamarine
A*muse - green

recipe: stampin up card stock, water color paper, simon says sentiment, sequins, su re-inkers positively pink, kiwi kiss, crushed curry, black hero arts

Catch the bug Saturday challenge -ATG / a house is not a home

Saturday March 7, 2015

 

Welcome to another challenge ATG at Catch the bug / Bugaboo

 

 

This is my card using the image from Bugaboo / Catch the bug.. Kidz boy puppy  Isn't he cute?  I love the dog to and the masculine look to the card. The sentiment I don't remember who it is by but I love the saying. I can not image our house with out a dog.. fur baby.. I know when we lost our Lakeland a year and half ago, dh said when our Charlie passes he doesn't want any more dogs.. I cant imagine it and guess well cross that road when the time comes. In the mean time I cherish every moment with my fur baby.. No back to the card I made. I needed to get a lot of those colors in the card so I did my strips down the side again and used some of the colors in the cloths. I love using scraps for that purpose. I am such a hoarder / lover of papers I cant throw them away.. no matter how small. I just might get a punched flower out of that little piece. Any how this is my card. I hope you play along and enter your card over at Catch the bug.

Challenge:
Loves rubberstamps #141 - atg
Inky impressions #199 - dots or stripes
Word art Wednesday #173 - atg
Creative inspirations #303 - something old (sentiment)
Sister act #96 - atg
Creative fingers #70 - atg
Scrapping 4 fun #37 - atg
Just us girls #283 - word week/masculine
Challenge up your life #10 - masculine

recipe:  kidz boy puppy/bugaboo, kraft base, various scraps, bg paper (teal and vertical strip) sb die, corner chomper, sentiment??, copics, stickles

Catch the bug Free Friday / Thank you for your kindness

Friday March 6, 2015

 

It's Free Friday at Catch the bug  The free image is called Bobble Head Angel

 

 

 

 This is the sweet image. I once again made my background paper. I used the Kuretake Garsai Tambi water colors. I just bought them and love the way they paint. They are so nice and creamy. I wet the watercolor paper and then just added a few colors to get the effect I wanted. I dried the paper then added some white splats to give a little added look. I colored the image with Copics and used glitter on her wings.  I colored the sentiment paper with copics and then white embossed the sentiment from Simon Says and added the heart. The card base is Stampin up.

 

Challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations #300 - sparkle
IDIC #253 - use a digi
Come and get it - embossing
Papertake weekly -atg (option -homemade flower)
Loves rubberstamps #141 - atg
Clear it out - atg
Creative card crew #82 - green
Stampin royalty #269 - embossing
The paper shelter #193 - away with the fairies
Word art Wednesday #173 - atg
Simon Wednesday - special lady / girly
QKR stampede #129 - show us your green


recipe: bobble head angel, su base, water color paper, su heart, ss sentiment, copics, tansi ganmi water colors

Fitztown #69 challenge

Thursday March 5, 2015

 

Welcome to another month long challenge #69 at Fitztown where it's always ANYTHING GOES with a twist USE GREEN

 

 

This is the card I made using the image from Fitztown called Easter 5  it's such a cute little bunny.
I thought with Easter coming that it would be a great card for a grandchild..  I was looking through some paint strips I have in a box.. so I chose the green (which is part of the challenge twist) which is also paint chip card and used my spellbinder die to cut it out.. then looking further for a color theme to go with green and saw this awesome purple paint card.. I love the graduation of colors on the card.. If you look on the left side you can see the paint name by the star.. I cut it down and added another designer paper to give a little more contrast to the kraft card base. I have this variegated ribbon and used it to help add colors and a star button over the knot.  This card makes me smile.

 

Challenge:
Sweet stampin - all or nothing -one layer or more
Suzy bee's bloomin #69 - atg /twist- wet or dry embossing
Sentimental Sunday #248 - atg
IDIC - #253 - use a digi
Come and get it - embossing
Crafts galore encore March - atg
The artistic stamper - spring is coming
Papertake weekly - atg (opt. homemade flower)
Loves rubberstamps #141 - atg
Clear it out - atg
Creative card crew #82 - green
Inky impressions #199 - dots or stripes
Stampin royalty #269 - embossing
Word art Wednesday #173 - atg
Simon Wednesday - special lady / girly
Creative Inspirations #303 - something old (paint swatch and sentiment)
4 crafty chicks #236 - green
Moving along with the times - show us your bunny
QKR stampede #129 - bring on the green

recipe: easter 5 fitztown, paint chips, ribbon, sb die, white embossing powder, cottage stamper sentiment, button star, copics, dcwv paper.

Inspiration Destination #23 - ATG / Hello thinking of you

Wednesday March 4, 2015

 

Inspiration Destination #23 ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES

 

TWO sponsors this week

 

 

This is our other sponsor this week..

My whimsical little world

 

This is my card I made.. I couldn't find her in the etsy store so I am calling her Hula hoop girl.. I really wanted so bright colors and lots of different designer papers prints so I dug through my stash and found the simple stories pad and just laid out some different papers and kind a covered the Kraft base. I used black behind the prints to give some pop. I then chose those colors to color her up.  I used a glitter pen to color in the hula hoop. The sentiment is so old I have no idea who it's by.

Challenges:
Sweet stampin - all or nothing - one or more layers
Glitter n sparkle #126 - atg
Corrosive challenge #219 - follow your heart
Quirky crafts #5 - pretty in pink
Lil patch of crafty friends #5 - atg
That craft place - mothers day /or atg
Lacy sunshine #53 - passion for fashion
Craft your passion #251 - atg
Crafts galore encore March - atg
The artistic stamper - spring is coming
Papertake weekly - atg (opt. homemade flower)
Loves rubberstamps #141 - atg

recipe: hula hoop girl mwlw/ kraft base from kraft journal store, simple stories dp, scraps, sentiment??, copics, acrylic heart

Inspiration Destination # 23 - Always anything goes - Love and kisses

Wednesday March 4, 2015

 

Inspiration Destination #23 ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES

 

We have two sponsors this week

 

One sponsor this week is The Stamping Boutique

 

I got the to use this cute image called LIPSTICK CHICK for my card. I thought the swishes that are suppose to represent lipstick was great for the background. I know I have a kissing lips stamp but I could not find it anywhere so thought this would work and I think I like it better than the lips would of been. I used three different su colors for the swishes and then colored the lipstick in a similar color. I used wink of stella on the tube of lipstick but it never shows up on the computer.. This was a fun card to make. The sentiment is an unmarked stamp but thought this went well with the image.

Challenges:
Corrosive Challenges #219 - follow your heart
Quirky crafts #5 - pretty in pink
Lil patch of crafty friends #5 - atg
That crafty place - mothers day /and or atg
Papertake weekly - atg (option flowers)
Loves rubberstamps #141 - atg
Clear it out - atg


recipe: lipstick chick the stamping boutique, copics, mft swishes, sentiment ?, su base, white su. wink of stella

Catch the bug New release / Sending hugs

Tuesday March 3, 2015

 

Catch the bug Tuesday is New Release day So today we have Sign it girl

 

 

 

this is my card using the image Sign it girl... I stamped Sending hugs in the center with a Simon Says sentiment.  I was trying to figure out a background so I took the same color card stock and cut a bunch of zig zag strips from a MFT die. I then adhered them all over the card base. I added some sequins and a flower and leaves..  Cute huh?

 

Challenges:
Sentimental Sunday #248 - atg
IDIC #253 - use a digi
Glitter n sparkle #126 - atg
Craft your passion #251 - atg
Papertake weekly - atg (option homemade flower)
Loves rubberstamps #141 - atg


recipe: sign it girl, su card stock, scraps, te die, mft die, qq flower, sequins, copics, white gel pen, bg brad