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,

Lavinia World - Light As a Feather

Greetings, Blogging Friends!
Hope this finds you well, and enjoying life.
I had a very difficult time photographing today's project, but hopefully you'll be able to see what I did.

IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER Lavinia World Challenge!
Details of our challenge:

Challenges begin every other Thursday with an Anything-Goes theme for chances to win a $15 gift certificate to the store, and badges for your blog. Use ANY brand clear or rubber stamp - no digitals. If your project features Lavinia World stamps, your chances to win double.

While "our" Lavinia World store is located in the US, it ships worldwide. Buy $25 and get free shipping! Lavinia World carries other coordinating products for your convenience (like Brushos, inks, art supplies and dies).

Store -- Facebook -- Challenge -- Instagram

Today's project is sparkly and full of shiny details. First, a background was created using watercolor pigments and metallics, and then stamped with Distress inks and Distress Oxide inks using the Feather stamp. This stamp's detail is exquisite!

I trimmed it down, die cut a frame from royal blue mirror cardstock to coordinate with the blue feather die cut. Various copper colored ribbons and twine were wrapped around the background paper:

The little Fairy Forager was stamped with Blue Belle Versafine Clair ink and heat set with clear detail embossing powder. Stamped on a little piece of left over background paper and loosely fussy cut, the fairy was placed on the slant, as though she is resting on the copper twine. 

The Feather, stamped in Warm Breeze Versafine Clair ink, was stamped once on turquoise vellum, and once on plain vellum, heat set with white detail powder containing glitter, and clear detail powder. The detail is extraordinary, and I apologize for the poor photography, unable to capture the crisp embossed images.



The vellum (with heat set feathers) is actually shiny and glistening, but when I photographed them, the camera picked up more shine than detail. Feathers were die cut from the blue mirror cardstock, and the copper glossy cardstock - each providing a complementary texture.

This photo was taken in the dark, without lights and no flash on the camera, to better show the stamp details:



The sentiment is PoppyStamps Fairy Loose Script, and was cut once from the blue mirror CS and once from white cardstock to help show it off. The "wings" portion was computer generated and lined with White Galaxy Opaque Marker.

I learned a lot making this project because it was full of new-to-me ingredients, and many unused items from my stash! Because I kept dropping things during my creative process, I deliberately adhered the framed panel on an angle:



Thanks for visiting! Hope I didn't write too much, but I also wanted to convey what was done to each layer.

Wishing you a lovely week-end, and many happy fairy days ahead!
Remember! ANY brand rubber or clear stamp is acceptable in the challenge, so hop on over and play!

Products:

• Lavinia World Feather, 
• Lavinia World Fairy Foragers
• Ken Oliver Liquid Metals, Colorburst Powders
• Inks: assorted Distress Inks and Oxides including Wilted Violet Distress Oxide, Warm Breeze and Blue Belle Versafine Clair inks
• Dies: SB "Feathers" S4-428, SB Grand Labels 23, PoppyStamps Fairy Loose Script
• Embossing Powders: Clear Detail, White detail with glitter
• Papers: Turquoise Vellum, White Vellum, Royal Blue Mirror, Copper Glossy, Copper cardstock (and white cardstock for the background)
• Misc: Copper ribbons and twine - Computer generated "wings" word.

Challenges I'd like to play in please:

1. Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe (JOSTTT007) Last Column Copper Twine--Die Cut--Heat Embossing 8/3
2. Die Cuttin' Divas #429 Embossing Heat or Dry (dry embossed both SB feathers, heat embossed the two stamped feathers and the stamped fairy) 7/23 bottom of post
3. Creative Fingers Challenge #168 Anything Goes 8/12 (check chal 170)
4. Creative Crafters #17 Anything Goes 8/15
5. A Perfect Time to Craft #7 Anything Goes 8/1
6. ScrapyLand Challenge #117 Anything Goes SL dies (SB and PS listed above) 8/1
7. World Wide Open DT Challenge #7 AG DT 8/15
8. Dragonfly Dreams Challenge (July 7) Things With Wings 8/7

Stamping Hugs,

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de

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - A Little Sunshine

Hello, Christmas Lovers!
If it snowed in Florida, would we still be called The Sunshine State?
I hope so, and so do my little characters today.

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. July's Challenge is open until August 10 and has an optional theme of Sunshine!

This cute Snow Couple was colored with Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 Color Pencils and Gamsol.  Such a loving couple, I cannot help but be attracted to them. 



The sunshine is stenciled, contrary to our Florida Sunshine, which is vibrant all year!

• Bugaboo Snowmen Couple
• Dies: SB Scallop Labels One, SB Grand Scallop Squares
• Inks: Adirondack Stonewashed Denim and Pool, Distress Lemonade and Straw, Memento Tuxedo Black
• Colored with: Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 Color Pencils and Gamsol

Challenges I'd like to play in please:

1. Merry Little Christmas Challenge #12 Anything Christmas Goes 8/1
2. Cute N Crafty Challenge #29 Christmas in July 7/28 (sep post)
3. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #52 Anything Goes Christmas 7/28
4. Kerst Christmas FB Challenge #7 AG Christmas 8/2
5. Crafty Calendar Challenge (July) Christmas in July 8/3
6. Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge #445 Christmas 7/14
7. CCC Digi Creations #105 Christmas in July 8/3
8. Jingle Belles Rock (July 5) Tie-Tac-Toe (diagonal Snowman, Red or Green, Diecuts) 7/18

Wishing you a great day!