ANIMAL VALENTINE CHALLENGE

HEY BLOGGIES,

I am participating in The Paper Players challenge that calls for any animal on a valentine card.  I have this cute little Lawn Fawn set called "Whale You Be Mine?"  and knew it would be perfect for this challenge.

These are little 3 x 3 3/4 cards.  Cute little Valentines to hand out to a few friends.

Soft Sky and Coastal Cabana are the two blues I used.  I used Copic gray markers to color the whales, with blush flesh Blendability for the stomach.

I reversed the card stock and water piece colors on this card.  Just wanted to mix it up a bit.  And added a cute little bow in a stripe for a special gal.

Thanks for stopping by.  Stop back again soon.

MY FIRST DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

HEY BLOGGIES,

Today I have an AWESOME card to share with you.  My stamping friend, Tammy, showed me some tips and tricks for MDS cards.  She is a whiz at the Silhouette and all that goes into printing, cutting and creating with digital downloads.  I created the sketch this week for SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY and wanted to create an OVER THE TOP CARD.  Tammy helped that come true with all her talent and tips.

I have also entered it at Technostamper Monday Challenge, Retrosketches,  and The Paper Players Challenge.

First, here is the sketch I created at SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY for this week:

Now here is our card:

 This flip card or swing card as some people call them, is such a fun card to make.  First we used the World Map digital stamp and then distressed it with crumb cake and baked brown sugar inks.  The base of the card is early espresso card stock. With eyelets we attached the Happy Father's Day banner and the jute knot.

 The stamped ship from ON THE SEA stamp set was stamped several times on very vanilla card stock and fussy cut to make the sails in several layers so they billow in the breeze.  The ship was also stamped on soft sky card stock for the back layer so the sky would show through the sales.,

 This closeup is so you can see that the water was the same stamped image on soft sky and then ran through an embossing folder for texture and movement,

Behind the ship is a piece of burlap with lots of threads pulled out so the early espresso card stock shows through. And one more time the ship was stamped on red card stock for the top flag on the tallest mast.  That was Tammy's idea and it certainly finished off all the sails, doesn't it?!!

One more photo of the whole card.  The compass rose is a Silhouette download made from early espresso, island indigo, coastal cabana, real red and cajun craze card stocks and paper pieced together.  The very center is an Antique Brad that just looks like it was  made for the center of this Compass Rose.

Won't you hop over to SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY and participate by making a card with the sketch this week?  We would love to see your card.

Thanks for visiting.

p.s.  I was chosen for weekly picks at:

PAPER PLAYERS CHALLENGE

Well, it is amazing to me, but I actually am participating EARLY in some challenges today!!  I usually have great INTENTIONS of participating and either don't get to it in time, or come in under the wire!! ( I am SURE that never happens to you, right?!)

The PAPER PLAYERS CHALLENGE for this week is SEWING.  Something to do with sewing.  That's pretty broad and easy, right?

Here is what I came up with:

 A spool of thread, buttons and scissors.  How much more SEWING can you get, huh?  I free handed the spool shaped card and then embossed at the top and bottom so it would look like wood.  I traced my little snips and cut those out of card stock and attached with an antique brad.

I LOVED this stamp set when it came out and it was gone way too fast for me!! I put some bakers twine on my spool, which is almost empty because THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS TO ME WHEN I AM SEWING!!  And added fun designer brads on the button card to look like buttons.

Hope you enjoyed my interpretation of the PAPER PLAYERS CHALLENGE this week.  Won't you leave me a comment?