A New Challenge at Kenny K's Krafty Krew

Hello again, everybody! It feels good to be posting twice in the same week. If you read my last post, you know that I have been busy, busy packing, having garage sales and preparing to move. What a drudgery!! I would almost rather be flogged than have to move but it must be done so I'm trying very hard to make the best of it and use it as an opportunity to downsize and get rid of things that I have held onto far too long.

All that aside, today is the start of a brand new challenge at Kenny K's Krafty Krew.  The new theme is "Favorite Ice Cream". This wasn't an easy thing for me because I have several favorite ice cream flavors and it was difficult to choose just one! So I went with an easy one... Raspberry Sherbet!

The image I used is called "Da Bomb" and you can find her as well as the newly released images here. I love this sassy young lady and thought she would be perfect for my color scheme as she reminds me a little of one of my favorite performers, Pink!

I couldn't resist coloring her hair raspberry pink in honor of the daring and dangerous chanteuse after whom I fashioned her. Check out those boots! Wouldn't you love to have a pair of boots with flames on the toes? I would!!

The patterned paper is from The Paper Studio's Paris Apartment stack.

I tied this luscious bow with strips of hot pink and pale pink organza ribbons and I colored the rose and rosebuds with Shock Pink Copic ink. The self-adhesive gems are by Darice.

And here's the inside of the card, which is not quite finished. I may cover the other side and I'll be adding a solid color oval or circle where I can stamp a sentiment and leave space enough for a personal message to the recipient. I included this pic primarily so you can see how the patterned paper looks with nothing covering it.  It just screams "ice cream" to me! LOL!

I hope you'll decide to participate in our little challenge, despite your busy summer schedules. We'd love to see what you create and there is always a fabulous prize for the winner, which is chosen randomly.... so you have as good a chance as anyone at winning.

That's all I have for you today but I'll be posting as often as I can during this transitional period. It just won't be as regularly as I normally post until I get settled into my new place in Houston. Wish me luck!  Until next time...

Happy crafting!
Anniebee

Happy St. Paddy's Day and Another New Card

Good morning, ya'll!  If you have been following my blog from the beginning, you'll remember the 3 variations of cards I made using the same stamped image.  If not, you can find them here.  I stated in that post that I had colored about a dozen copies of that image after I got my Copic markers so I could experiment with all the beautiful colors and to practice my technique as I have had no training in how to use them.  Here is another variation of that same rose.  I have been building up my card stash and making items to enter into some of the cool challenges I have found all around Blogland.  I still have 2 or 3 more roses to do something with but I promise the next card will use a different image! LOL

The first 3 cards were relatively simple in design and used softer, more muted colors, whereas lately I have been using more bright and bold colors and more complicated designs.  I think my psyche was longing for springtime and so I have been leaning more toward the warm side of the spectrum.  The main colors on this card are yellow, peachy orange and pink.  The inside sentiment says "Life is Special with Friends like You".

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Southern Girls Challenge - flowers

Little Claire's - flowers

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays - Spring

The Cheerful Stamp Pad - Spring

GingerloftChallenge - flowers

One Stitch At A Time - glitter and gems

Cupcake Crafts Challenges - Up in the air ( my butterfly)

Stamp-n-Doodle - 2 "G" embellishments (mine are gems, glitter and garden)

Woodware USA Clear Stamps - Spring

Flourishes - Butterflies

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Triple Tastic (3 yellow and pink blossoms & 3 patterned paper panels)

My Grafico Crafts - anything goes

By the Cute and Girly Challenges - Springtime

DYSU Challenge Blog  - Add a Bow

Catered Crop  - Top Chef Quick Fire (the ingredients I used were: Spring pastel colors, flower stamp, Copic markers, flower embellishments and circle shape.  The spices I added were ribbon, brads, and a butterfly).

Scrapbook Sisters - Card Challenge #27 - Spring flowers

Thanks so much for looking!

Anniebee

My First Design Team Project

Okay, so today Amber at Amber's Crafts and Stuff launched her first challenge and my first official project as a member of her Design Team is posted there to help inspire people to participate in the weekly challenges.  The theme of this week's challenge is "stash buster/ anything goes" and except for the stamped image, every piece of paper and cardstock I used was from my scrap box.  I tend to save even small pieces, especially when it comes to designer papers and specialty cardstock.  I like using Core'dinations as the base of my cards because it doesn't crack when you score and fold it.  Here is the card I created as a sample.  I really like the combination of the orange, yellow and turquoise. It feels very tropical to me.

If you haven't already, why not stop by Amber's blog and see what the other talented members of her design team have created.  Then kick your mojo into high gear and create your own project to enter into our challenge.  As always, I appreciate your comments.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Thursday!

Anniebee