A thousand sheets of paper: lily pad challenge

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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Cool color throwdown

Oy!
So did everyone else enjoy Blogger's mini crash yesterday? It was weird because with so many of the usual blogs that I check out being hosted by Blogger the world felt eerily quiet, LOL! What a relief to have it back in action with everyone being able to share again... whew! :)

I had planned on posting this card yesterday but since that was a no-go hopefully I still have time today to get it entered into the Color Throw down challenge over at Lily Pad Cards. This time it is a beautiful soft palette of aquas, cream, spring green and fig brown and as soon as I saw it I new the exact papers that I was going to use... some classic KI Memories that I've been hoarding away for just the right occasion. And as if that wasn't incentive enough, the challenge is also being sponsored by The Greeting Farm... yeah! So even though it isn't a requirement to use a TGF stamp for the challenge it was the perfect excuse for me to play with the lovely Wild Sprout Elena that I just got. ;)
You may notice that she is looking a bit different from her norm and that is because I did some altering to open up her winking eye and once I had done that I needed to straighten out her arm because otherwise it looked like the poor girl was poking herself in the eye, LOL!
I used my go-to altering technique that you can see here and now I had an Elena who was bright eyed and ready to head off to the country club... at least that is how I picture her anyway... must be the polo and capris... :)

Ok, well it's been great getting to chat at'cha again but it is time for me to head off to work. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Supply list:

cardstock- Bazzill and PTI

paper/stickers- KI Memories (My Guy)

stamps- The Greeting Farm (Wild Sprout Elena), Verve (sentiment)

ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown

Shabby Green Door twine

CC Designs butterfly dies

My Favorite Things doily die

buttons

Sakura clear glaze pen

Copic Spica glitter pen

Copic markers:

skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

hair- E51, E53, E55, E35

clothes- B14, B16, BG45, B0000, B000, B00, B02, G20, G40, G82, YG11, E50, Y00, Y11, 0, E81, E87

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

You're a Daisy if you do...

Anyone recognize which movie that line is from? Que Jeopardy music here... LOL It was Tombstone... I can remember that movie came out when I was a junior in high school and my friends and I went to see it a couple different times in the rinky dink little theater in town. I think I may have had a crush on Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday character, he just had the best lines! The other one that I really remember and quote quite often is, "I'll be your huckleberry." Heeheehee yes I think I've firmly established how much of a nerd I am by now. ;) Anway, this crazy cute little Daisy Sprout from TGF is what caused my little sidetrack moment down memory lane, isn't she a doll? As soon as I saw her with that wild, tweaked out hair she brought to mind Chef Anne Burrell from the Food Network channel so of course Daisy had to be a blond too, LOL! I did do just a smidge of altering by wiping away her large ruffled collar before stamping and drew in the rest of her sleeves to fill in the space. And I'm envious at how well she is pulling off that culottes look... I don't ever remember feeling that cute the few times my mom made me wear some back in the day. LOL So crazy Daisy is also entering a couple of challenges today... all of the colors in this card came from Lily Pad Cards' first ever Color Throwdown challenge. Anything with orange in it is a winner in my book and I had the perfect papers too! And as it was coming together I thought that the colors were very Spring looking all together so I'm also entering this card into the Farm Fresh W.O.W Swing into Spring challenge. Whew! A two-fer... that doesn't happen often around the ol' thousand sheets bloggity blog! ;) Ok, time for me to scoot my boot... TTYL!

Supply list:

cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It

paper- Making Memories (plaid and greens), Creative Imaginations (purple)

stamps- The Greeting Farm (Wild Sprout Daisy), Hero Arts (sentiment)

ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown

Prima flowers

buttons

Kaiser Craft gems

Marvy Giga circle scallop punch

Copic markers:

skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

hair- E50, E51, E53, 0

clothes- Y11, Y13, Y15, Y35, Y38, YG00, YG01, YG03, BG11, BG13, BV02, BV04, Y000

Monday, March 28, 2011

Hello and welcome Lily Pad cards!

Hey there friends! I'm so excited this morning because I have been asked to participate in the Grand Opening blog hop for the new Lily Pad Cards challenge blog! I am stop #3 on this first day of the week long hop so if you have come here from Donna's blog then you are on the right track. Everything kicks off today and the hop will feature seven blogs per day until it culminates on Friday, April 1, with the grand opening of Lily Pad Cards! Lily Pad Cards is a new challenge blog that will feature interviews, articles, videos, challenges, great prizes, and more! :)

Although Lily Pad doesn’t officially bloom until April 1, 2011, you’ll be able to see a new sneak peek every day until then. And you’ll definitely want to drop by because there are three prize packages with a total retail value of over $800 - including a $100 gift certificate to a very popular online store! Go here for specific prize details and contest rules.

The hop’s theme is "Welcome" because not only are we welcoming Lily Pad Cards to the neighborhood, but we’re also welcoming all of you to come in and join all of the fun. :)

I used Princess Isadora on my card today because I thought it would be fun to alter her a bit and have her 'welcoming' a little froggy friend (in honor of Lily Pad challenges) rather than the original bird that normally perches on her finger. Then I just about threw everything but the kitchen sink onto the card, LOL! Seriously though, with that great floral print that kinda reminded me of a secret garden I wanted to continue that theme through to the embellishments as well.

Ok, time for me to send you on your way... thanks so much for stopping by! The next stop on the hop is Pia’s blog... enjoy all of the inspiration today and be sure to mark your calendars for Lily Pad Cards on April 1st!

Toodles! :)