Speekski Designs at Do-Al(l) Kreatives AND A FREEBIE!

I won the fabulous Do-Al(l) Kreatives challenge recently, and part of the prize is guest designing this month!  Thank you for inviting me, DAK designers!
This month's sponsor is Sheepski Designs and the theme is:

Feminine + Monochromatic

My 5x7 card features Andrea Norris' pretty pensive Coffee Break digital stamp.



Colored with Blue tone Copic Markers, I die cut an enlarged image to make a close up of this lovely stamp.



More of my Great Aunt's 1930's vintage lace was used. It always makes me feel close to her using her sewing stash from long ago. How nice it was the perfect color for my card! Of course, I could not pass up adding a little glitter to the sentiment and leaves.



Card interior:

Products Used:

• Sheepski Designs Coffee Break digital stamp
• Papers: Mariposa Matstack, Aqua, White
• Glitter (clear with a little aqua added)
• Punches: MS Decco Fans edge, MS 3-in-1 Hydrangea, SU Label, SU corner rounder
• Dies: Surprise Creation pierced scallops, SB Bitty Blossoms
• Prills
• Tumbled Glass Distress Ink

A little gift to you:

I have made a freebie digital sentiment for you to use on the inside or outside of your projects. NOT for commercial use, please. Use it on any of your projects, including projects involving any design teams you might be on.

Click on the image to bring it to full size, then right click and do a SAVE.

Enjoy! One is for birthday, and the other for any day.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Challenges I would like to play in please:

1. Sheepski Designs FB Challenge AG + Option Love 2/19
2. World Wide Open DT Challenge   AG DT 3/15
3. QKR Stampede Challenge #385 AG 2/20
4. Alphabet Challenge Blog (2-14) Challenge W Anything you Wish 2/28 (birthday wishes)
5. Digi Choosday Craft Challenge Wk 6 (Feb 11) AG 2/23
6. Classic Crafty FB Challenge (Feb) AG 3/1 (30% off)
7. Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2006 AG 2/17
8. The Paper Girls Challenge #193 Birthdays 2/16
9. Allsorts Challenge Blog #559 Use Dies and/or Punches 2/22 (Punches: MS Decco Fans edge, MS 3-in-1 Hydrangea, SU Label, SU corner rounder -- Dies: Surprise Creation pierced scallops, SB Bitty Blossoms)
10. A Bit More Time to Craft #110 AG 3/1

stamping hugs,

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Snow People

Hello, everyone!
Thank you for dropping by.
Today, I'm cooling off from our very hot and humid Florida temperatures with a fun-loving Snow Person who is making Snow Angels!
Ahhhh, cools me off just thinking about it.

Today begins a new challenge at 

Christmas at Sweet Stampin'!

My brilliant teammates have fantastic samples to share! The challenge is ANYTHING GOES for ANY Christmas theme craft project. August's Challenge has an optional theme of Snow People!

My project features SheepSki Designs "Snow Happy" image!
This digi stamp makes me laugh! Can you picture it animated? I can!


"Happy" was colored with Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 Color Pencils and Gamsol, and then he was die cut:


I wanted to distress the interior of the panel without any of the embossed detail around the edges have blue on it. So Post-It Tape came to the rescue:


Double Sided Tape was placed on the under side of the frame, and dredged with clear glitter from the top:


The panel behind was dry embossed and distressed with the same two distress ink colors. An old Martha Stewart Starlight edge punch was used on one side. Again, on the underside, double stick tape was applied to the star edge, and dredged with navy glitter.


He is so cute!

Some Products Used:

• Stamps: Andrea Norris SheepSki Designs "Snow Happy", Hero Arts Seasonal Sentiments CL722
• Dies: Sue Wilson Ornate Pierced Design CED5507, MS Starlight Punch
• Colored: Distress Inks (BluePrint and Mermaid Lagoon) and Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 Color Pencils with Gamsol (in blues and turquoise blends)
• Clear Glitter (for border), Blue Glitter for stars

Challenges I'm submitting this card to:

1. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #54 AG Christmas 8/25
2. Cute N Crafty Christmas #16 Anything Christmas Goes 8/25
3. ScrapyLand Challenges #119 AG SL Dies (Sue Wilson) 8/17
4. Merry Little Christmas Challenge #13 Anything Christmas Goes 9/1 (check 9/5)
5. SheepSki Designs Facebook Challenge #38 Fave Embellishments - (my favorite embellishments are to put glitter or embossing powder on die cuts, creating dimension on a flat card using that glitter and/or embossing powder) 8/19
6. 52 Christmas Card Throwdown color challenge 8/17 (sep post)
7. Dream Valley Challenges #207 Hand Coloured Image 8/25 (sep post)
8. Sparkles Christmas Challenge #103 "It's Snowtime!" 9/1

Stamping Hugs,

2 Crafty Critter Crazies with SheepSki Designs - freebie

Wow! August already! Here in Florida, August and especially September are our two hottest, ickiest months. Then again, we do have AC to help make things more comfy.

So how about you way Down Under? Are you cold?
And what about my northern friends? I hope you are enjoying a great summer.

I have a rather gaudy card share today.

Charming... 

       Sweet...

               but maybe a tad too many flowers? (giggle) -
                        is that possible?

At any rate, I love it and can smell the fragrance of those dimensional flowers wafting through the breeze where my bear friends are enjoying a lovey afternoon.

AND HAVE YOU GUESSED?

It's time for a new Challenge at Two Crafty Critter Crazies 
where we love to celebrate any project with a critter on it! Critters include mythical creatures, animal toys and everything alive (except humans and flora)!

Our very generous sponsor this month is:
Andrea Norris of SheepSki Designs


She has such a unique style and wonderful characters.
My card features the delightful "Fuzzy Friends" Teddy Bears and her beautiful Wild Roses stem (I've turned into an autumn frame)

First I colored in Wild Roses stem in a salmony-golden-orange like color with Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 Color Pencils. ALL RIGHT! I ADMIT IT! I "cheated" by scanning the flower, and arranging it into a border for my beary sweet, fuzzy friends to enjoy.

I printed the frame out twice so that many of the flowers could be cut out, shaped and placed on top of the flat flowers, for a little dimension:


Using three dies from SueWilson's Ornate Pierced Rectangles, three shapes were cut. Double Sided Tape behind the filagree holds a pretty coppery brown glitter. Fun Foam holds the colored panel up to give a little dimension.

Thanks for popping by - we "crazies" hope to see your critter projects at the challenge! Help us celebrate the diversity of animal life on our dear planet!
Two Crafty Critter Crazies

Interior:



Are you a flower lover? If so, I have made a freebie digital sentiment for you in a sweet font. NOT for commercial use, please. Use it on any of your projects, including projects involving any design teams you might be on.
Click on the image to bring it to full size, then right click and do a SAVE.
Enjoy!

Products:

• Stamps: Sheepski "Fuzzy Friends" and Wild Roses stem
• Sentiment: (Mini Hero Arts), interior - computer generated.
• Dies: SW Ornate Pierced Rectangles
• Colored With: Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 Color Pencils and Gamsol, and Prismacolor Markers, Mowed Lawn and Scattered Straw Distress inks, Nocturne Black VF Clair
• Misc: Double Sided Tape, white fun foam, white and pale yellow cardstock, brown glitter, tiny tags, twine 

Challenges I'd like to play in please:

1. Addicted to Stamps #352 Make Your Mark (Colored Pencils, Gamsol, Inks) 8/6
2. Crafting With an Attitude #54 AG 9/5
3. Crafty Animals #29 AG with Animals 8/28 (sep post)
4. Crafty Creations #395 AG 8/12
5. Crafty Rocket Challenges #62 - Anything Goes 9/1
6. Love to Craft #37 Anything Goes 9/1 (check 9/5)
7. Pearly Sparkle's Challenge #43 Something Beginning with "B" (bears and blossoms) 9/1 sep post
8. ScrapyLand Challenge #118 AG SL dies (Sue Wilson) 8/7
9. SheepSki Designs Challenges #29 Critters 9/1 (sep post 9/15)
10. SheepSki Designs Facebook Challenge #38 Fave Embellishments - (my favorite embellishments are to put glitter or embossing powder on die cuts, and to create dimension on a flat card using glitter and/or embossing powder) 8/19
11. World Wide Open DT #7 Anything Goes DT - technique with digital stamps - 8/15

Stamping Hugs,

That Spring Feeling at Moving Along With The Times Challenge

Does it feel like Spring yet for all of you in the northern hemisphere?
We had about 2 weeks of Spring here in early March where everything bloomed ahead of schedule. (I wrote this post in mid-March). Even our May-June caladiums have been popping up since the first week of March! Especially the "Little Miss Muffets" have been popping up prolifically. Yikes! Still, it's a welcome site compared to frosted ice and too much snow...

That Spring Feeling is what I wish for you this week:

It's time to share a Project for the new Moving Along With The Times Challenge!

Challenge #95's theme is THAT SPRING FEELING - for the next 2 weeks upload your creations that feature Spring in some way!

My card features SheepSki Designs Wild Roses, colored with Copic and Prismacolor markers. The coral color from DLArt Spring Combo crinkled ribbon set was woven through Tonic Ribbons and Bow die set.
The green and Coral background layers were embossed and inked, with a little distressing on the coral done in Irish Spring Embossing Powder which contains a liberal amount of glitter:

The glittery leaves are bursting from the scene (as opposed to the seams).


Lastly, a coordinating corner was created for the inside of the card using the same image:

Some Products Used: Images: SheepSki Designs Wild Roses, SNS Ornate Greetings - Embossing Folders: Craftwell Delicate Dots, Craftwell Love Triangles Other: Irish Spring Embossing Powder (distressing edges), White Brilliance Ink, Mowed Lawn Distress Ink, Ribbon: DLArt Spring Combo, Dies: Tonic Ribbons and Bow set, Spellbinders Foliage Shapeabilities.

Challenges I'd like to play in please:

SheepSki Designs FB Challenges  (3-20 4-19)  AG Sheepski    5/1
ScrapyLand Challenges #111 AG SL dies (SB, TS) 4/24
Creative Craft Cottage #117 No Patterned Paper (my layers are inked and embossed) 5/5


Thanks for stopping by (like my impish smile below?)
Stamping Hugs,

Pretty Roses by Sheepski

Hello, my sweet blogging friends!

Hope you are doing well, and enjoying all your endeavors.

It's my very great pleasure to Guest Design for SheepSki Designs this month!

The Facebook Challenge lasts from April 20 until May 19. 

Challenge 23 has an Optional Twist of "Use Only Two Colors" 

(but can also have black, white and skin tones).

Come join in the fun!

Andrea's very lovely Wild Roses Image was pure joy to play with!

 

I opted for CAS - Yes, I know it's not really CAS because it has layers, and not very much white space, but for me, it's as close as I can get. But I'll keep on trying. It certainly helped working with an image so thoroughly lovely.

Colored with Copic Markers, and distressed with Mowed Lawn ink, this card sports a very old butterfly punch coated in Sunny Daze Glitter and a VIRGINAL Spellbinders die set called Venise Lace 5x7. 

This image has been flipped both horizontally and vertically:

Also used on this card is...

My very first stamp set!

Ornate Greetings Rubber Stamp Set 

(available digitally as well)

Thanks for dropping by today. I hope you'll be able to join in the challenge!

Products:

• SheepSki Designs Wild Roses Image
• Sparkle N Sprinkle Ornate Greetings Digital Set
• Sparkle N Sprinkle Sunny Daze Glitter
• Craftwell Delicate Dots embossing Folder
• Spellbinders Venise Lace 5x7 die set
• Memory Box Butterfly Body die

Challenges I'd like to play in please:

1. Craft Rocket Challenges #47 "Flowers" 5/1
2. Crafting from the Heart Challenges #202 "Anything Goes" 4/22
3. Double D Challenge (Apr 18) "Friendship" 5/1
4. Love to Scrap Challenge Blog #108 April Showers Bring May Flowers 5/1
5. Moving Along With the Times #69 "Springtime" 4/26
6. Scrapyland Challenge Blog #88 Die Cut (Spellbinders, also a Memory Box Butterfly Body)

hugs,

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Bunnies, SheepSki Designs, and 2 Crafty Critter Crazies

Hello, Critter Loving Friends!
Can you believe it is already February?
Here in subtropical Florida, we have intermittently thawed out of our series of "deep freezes." Still, it is nothing compared to what Canada and the upper US have been experiencing. So grateful to live where we do!

It is my pleasure is to Design for the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge Blog today!

If you love critters - ANY kind of critter - this is a fun challenge made for you.
The ABCs: From Ants to Anteaters, Butterflies to Buffalos, Crocodiles to Cardinals
you get the picture.

SheepSki Designs is sponsoring February's challenge, so get hopping and show us your projects using critters!

Any style, any theme, any technique - just be sure to have a critter on it!

I'm featuring this dramatic, multi-purpose Rocket and Rosie image; great for just about any theme, but I am especially focusing on "love":

Colored with Copic Markers, and distressed with both water-based and pigment inks, my card uses LOTS AND LOTS of oldies from my stash! Sigh... I love using my hoarded goodies.

(like brads, ribbons, dies, papers, inks)

Do you find a certain SPECIAL ENJOYMENT using your older products? 

It's like running into an old friend, and reliving good times.

Like this amazing Spellbinders die. It's been crying out forever to be used, and it surely is an amazing die! I love all the possibilities with this set.

To make the intricate pop up, cut 4 frames, inking one of them:

Adhere the four frames. A bead of glue using Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive with fine tip around the very thin edge of this frame and the innermost part of the frame produces this look:

A little Brushable Glue on the Foliage and dredged with Beach Ultrafine Glitter gives a bit of texture and visual interest to the floral spray.

Thanks for popping by and don't forget to let us seeing your critter creations!

On A Personal Note:

Did you see the Super Blue Blood Moon the past few nights?
Amazing - it looks like dawn all night long with all the trees, grass, shrubs, etc.  illuminated brightly!

We keep our thermostat rather "cold", but thought you might like to look at the outdoor temperature:

Inside:

Outside:

Ice everywhere! On the roof, wherever trees did not protect the grass and pasture, from the downspout onto the driveway:

The deer don't have much grazing area:

Ice everywhere - I was unable to capture the glistening whiteness with the camera - the Crepe Myrtle trees are covered with icy limbs:

Does not look very subtropical, does it?

Thanks for visiting our little homestead.

Products Used:

• Rocket and Rosie from Sheepski Designs
• Spellbinders Lovin' Diamonds S6-019 die set, and Foliage Leaf set
• Memory Box Chloe Dies, and Flourish Vine
• Copic Markers, Distress Inks, Pigment Inks
• DLArt Rose colored crinkle ribbon
• Craftwell Modern Stripes Embossing Folder
• Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive with fine tip
• Brushable Glue
• Beach Ultrafine Glitter G1111
• White, pink, tan, brown cardstock
• Flowers

Challenges I'd like to support with this pretty card:

1. Cardz 4 Galz #64 Think Pink 2/15
2. Craft Rocket Challenges #45 "Love" 3/1
3. Crafty Creations #359 Anything Goes 2/14
4. DLArt Thankful Thursday #221 "Love" 2/8
5. Moving Along With the Times #64 "love" 2/15
6. Scrapy Land #82 Use Dies SL Sells (2 SB, 2MB listed above) 2/2
7. Sheepski Blog Challenge #11 Love 2/15
8. Sheepski FB Challenges #20 ends 2/20
9. The Crazy Challenge #267 "Love" 2/12
10. Tic Tac Toe Challenge #33 Diagonally - heart.die cut.ribbon (lots of hearts throughout my frame)

hugs,