It is Challenge time again

You got it, a post full of online challenges! And the first one is just in time for Easter.So far, the Colour Q color challenges that I have checked in on are just plain IRRESISTIBLE! Don't you even want those cute little booties! I combined my effort with the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger because that was also pretty irrestible this week. And with Easter around the corner, I created a little candy treat bag.

You can see here how this has a couple little candy bars tucked inside.

I created my egg to match the wonderful eggs that are pictured in the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger.

1. I started with my Judi Kins damask stamp.

2. I stamped it with a white stamp pad on white cardstock.

3. That was embossed with Clear embossing powder. (for my first try, I embossed it with white embossing powder but I wasn't as happy with the result. The white embossed image seems to want to hold onto more of the purple ink instead of resisting it like I wanted)

4. I then rubbed my paper with a purple Fluid chalk stamp pad. I did this enough to color my white cardstock purple.

5. The embossed image acts as a resist, I rubbed the stamp pad ink off of the image.

6. I then sprayed this piece with purple Glimmer Mist. This made the purple more intense and gave the slight glimmer that comes with Glimmer Mist.

7. This was then cut out in an oval or egg shape.

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Now onto the Unscripted Sketches sketch #48 for this week.

I pulled out some Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker stamps and papers. I also turned the sketch upside down because it just seemed to work best for me that way.
My little row of houses are stamped with white stamp pad ink and embossed with white embossing powder. The little dotted border piece is a piece of Core'dinations Chocolate Box cardstock embossed with a Swiss Dot embossing folder.
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And, the Card Patterns sketch #57 for this week. I just changed the size of my card.

All of the flowers are rub-ons by Creative Imaginations.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

EASTER EGG CANDY HOLDER card
Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinationsCurious Iridescent Cryogen White/CutCardStock.com
Patterned paper – Cosmo Cricket
Damask stamp – Judi Kins
Apron Lace border punch – Fiskars
Embossing folder – Stampin’ Up
Fluid chalk stamp pad – Clearsnap
Purple Glimmer Mist – Tattered Angels
Martha Stewart Score Tool
Scallop scissors – Family Treasures
Self Adhesive rhinestones – Queen & Co.
Ribbon



LITTLE HOUSES card
Materials list:
Cardstock – The Chocolate Box/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Ellie’s Day Out/Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker
Stamps – Victoria’s Secret/Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker
3D Foam squares – Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder
Martha Stewart border punch
Sandpaper
White stamp pad – Joann Craft store
White embossing powder – Stamp n’ Stuff
Ribbon
Machine sewing


LOVE YOU GRANDMA card
Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – We R Memory Keepers and My Mind’s Eye
Rub-on flowers – Creative Imaginations
Scallop circle punch – Marvy
Border punch – Martha Stewart
Mini brads – White Tulip 3-D Fashion paint
3D Foam squares – Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
Mini sticker letters - Sticko
Sandpaper

Bring on Spring - colors and challenges

Colour Q did it again - an amazing color combo and just looks like Spring! I just had to play.

This is my card using that great combo of colors, just in time for Easter and Spring. I stamped the bunny, the egg and the sentiment with a brown Memento stamp pad and quickly embossed that with clear embossing powder. The bunnies on the patterned paper by Jillibean Soup are outlines with brown so I wanted to keep with that look. Plus, my card base is new Core'dinations Core Impressions from Cosmo Cricket. It is a woodgrain design and it is soooo cool.

I wanted my egg to look like a chocolate egg because what other kind would a bunny want so I colored it with three Copic colors. I just love using the Curious Iridescent Cryogen White that I get at CutCardStock.com. I love the way the colors seem to melt together with this cardstock. I decorated the egg with white dots of Tulips 3-D Fashion paint and the bow is accented with some Aleene's Paper Glaze.

This gives you a better view of my grass accent. I just cut many little cuts into this green patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket.

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Next I used this weeks sketch at Unscripted Sketches and they added another little challenge to the sketch - using a paint chip. Since I really like using paint chips this was exciting for me to use.

I love these multi color paint chips that I picked up at Lowe's but the last time I checked for them, they weren't using this kind anymore. I loved how well this paint chip went with these BasicGrey patterned papers.

The cardstock I used is BRAND NEW from Core'dinations - GemStone. Can you see that wonderful gleem on the embossed piece on the front of the card? This cardstock embosses so neat.

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Next is my card that I submitted to the CARDS blog, the challenge was to make a card using at least 8 colors! I knew that brads were going to make this easy to do. The results of this challenge should be up tomorrow at the CARDS blog.

I used an embossing folder by Quickutz that is a series of circles. This design allowed me to add brads to the middles of some of the circles. I ended up using 9 brads so that my design was balanced. That meant I used a total of 10 colors.
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And, last but not least! I worked with the 2 Sketches 4 You sketch, again with some spring colors.

This adorable cupcake is a digi stamp from Digital Stamp Boutique. I fell in love with this cute frosting with flowers. I opened up a Word document and inserted the digital element in that, that lets me size it to the size I want and then I printed it out on the Curious Iridescent Cryogen White that I get at CutCardStock.com. Again, I love how well this cardstock prints and I love using my Copic markers on it. I used some Ultra Fine Flower Soft to accent the frosting and I used some Chunky Glitter from Impress Rubber Stamps to accent the flowers. The chunky glitter was added to the card with Aleene's Paper Glaze, it is the perfect glue for something like this.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

HIPPETY HOPPETY card
Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Impressions-Cosmo Cricket/Core’dinations
Curious Iridescent Cryogen White/CutCardStock.com
Patterned paper – Cosmo Cricket and Jillibean Soup
Stamps – Kim Hughes/Cornish Hertage Farms
Brown Mementos stamp pad
Clear embossing powder
Coluzzle circle template
Scallop circle punch – Papershapers/EK Success
Copic Makers
Tulip White 3-D Fashion paint
Clear Paper Glaze – Aleene’s®
Sandpaper
3D Foam squares – Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
Self Adhesive pearl – Queen & Co.

IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES card
Materials list:
Cardstock – Gemstone/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Origins/BasicGrey (both sides)
Cuttlebug embossing plate – Provo Craft
Paint Chip
Border punch – EK Success
Machine Sewing
Flowers – Prima
Button – PaperTrey, Inc.
Pearl brad – Doodlebug
Rub-on sentiment – Making Memories
Sandpaper

COLORFUL BLISS card
Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Essentials and Vintage/Core’dinations
Embossing plate – Quickutz
Brads - Recollections
Sandpaper

MAKE A WISH card
Materials list:
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Curious Iridescent Cryogen White/CutCardStock.com
Patterned paper – Cosmo Cricket
Martha Stewart border punch
Digital cupcake stamp – Digital Stamp Boutique
Copic markers
Ultra Fine Flower Soft

Tacky Glue – Aleene’s®

Paper Glaze– Aleene’s®
Chunky glitter – Impress Rubber Stamps
3D Foam squares – Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
Sticker words – SRM
Sandpaper

Lots of good stuff

Just gotta share some serious goodness...

This is a little box of candy with a cute wrapper to make it a fun gift. It is about 6" long.

I created my little bee with punches! I just started creating and this is what I came up with.

I embossed this great Core'dinations cardstock with a Fiskars texture plate. The texture plates will work with a Cuttlebug and the right layer of plates, etc. I love this honeycomb design.

Next a card using Card Patterns Sketch #48

This card includes many neat things. ONE, a new piece of Jenni Bowlin Embossed Core'dinations cardstock. That is the card base. All I had to do is sand the pattern, it is from the Whitewash collection.

Next is a really neat stamp by Pink Persimmon. It is meant to be a button but I just love it for a medallion kind of design. I colored it with Copic markers and the other really great accent to notice is the Ultra Fine Flower Soft! See my fluffy dots? I used Aleene's Tacky Glue to adhere the Flower Soft. That is what the company suggests works the best. It dries just right so that the Flower Soft is still soft when it is dry and it grabs the little flakes just right. Rhinestones finish off my piece.
And this next card is posted at the CARDS blog today. The challenge this week was LOVE cards without using red or pink and that is soooo hard. You have to check out the amazing cards that are posted there because they will take your breath away.

The chipboard piece is sprayed with Glimmer Mist. Love the copper look.

Notice this great piece of Jenni Bowlin embossed cardstock by Core'dinations.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

BE MINE candy wrapper
Materials:
Cardstock –Core Essentials and Black Magic/Core’dinations
Patterned papers – Times Square/Downtown Collection/Pebbles Inc.
Texture plate – Fiskars
Swiss dot embossing plate - Cuttlebug
Sandpaper
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars
Scallop circle and circle punches – Marvy
Primitive heart punch – Emaginations
Be Mine chipboard – Scenic Route
Heart brad

GREETINGS card
Materials:
Cardstock – Curious Iridescent Cryogen White/CutCardStock.com and Black Magic, Jenni Bowlin Embossed cardstock/Core’dinations
Button stamp – You’re a Jewel set/Pink Persimmon stamps
Patterned paper – Cosmo Cricket
Versafine black stamp pad
Clear embossing powder
Copic markers
Ultra Fine Flower Soft – Citrus Crush
Aleene's Tacky Glue
Rhinestones
Fluid chalk stamp pads – Clearsnap
Sandpaper
Martha Stewart border punch

ADORE YOU card
Materials:
Cardstock –Black Magic and Jenni Bowlin cardstock/Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Vintage Black Branch, Black Micro Dot and Black Finial/Jenni Bowlin
Rub-on letters – Jenni Bowlin
Chipboard shape and spray – Glimmer Mist/Tattered Angels
Fluid chalk stamp pads – Clearsnap
Border punch – EK Success
Self adhesive rhinestones – Mark Richards
Sandpaper