Wink Wink Ink 'Jewel'

Hello! Today I have a different Wink Wink Ink image to show you,; it's called 'Jewel' and it comes in black and white and pre-colored and also with several different sentiments. I really like all the different sentiments this image comes with and also the 'Gothic' font.

To make my card, I used the Splitcoaststampers Sketch SC303 and DCWV 'The Cafe Mediterranean Stack' paper. I colored my image with Copic Markers and put Crystal Effects on the jewel to make it shiny. The main image panel, sentiment, and green panel are all mounted up on dimensionals. I put adhesive crystals underneath the sentiment and used a Bazzil Jewel Template to create the crystal swirl. Here is a close up of the image and crystals.

And here is a close up of the sentiment so you can see the unique font better.

Have a great day! Amy

Digital Tuesday Challenge 'Use Anything That You Would Not Normally Use For Papercrafting"

Hello! And welcome to another Digital Tuesday Challenge! This week's Challenge is quite a Challenge, even I struggled with it, but isn't that what challenges are for: to push us out of our comfort zone and try something different? The challenge this week is to 'Use anything that you would not normally use for paper crafting; such as, something from your kitchen, outside, etc.' Our sponsor this week is Doodle Pantry and they are giving away a $10.00 gift certificate to one lucky randomly chosen winner.

To make my card, I used the Doodle Pantry image 'Pirate Birdie'. Oh, did I fall in love with this image! It comes with several fun sentiments: I chose 'Ahoy Matey' for the outside of the card, and the inside reads 'Hope ye's birthday is overflowin' wit' lott!' Isn't that cute? I really, really struggled coming up with an idea for this challenge. At first I tried feathers from my real, live, molting birds...but that didn't work. They I played with real coins, but they just seemed to big for the image. Then I remembered I had some sea shells beads left over from a sea shell necklace I made in a beading class I took. They already have pre-drilled holes in them, so I threaded them on a piece of hemp, then stuck a large glue dot on the back of each one to hold them in place. I really like the result, but I'm not quite sure how they will hold up when they go through the U.S. Post Office! LOL! I will probably have to wrap the card in bubble wrap before I mail it! All the paper is from DCWV 'All About Boy's Stack'. The ship image was already on the paper, it's not part of the Doodle Pantry Set. I colored the image with Copics, then used a gold glitter pen on the coins, so its very sparkly in real life. Here's a close up so you can see the image, seashells, and coloring better.

If you'd like to play along with us this week, simply click on the Digital Tuesday Challenge Blinkie in my sidebar and it will take you directly to the Challenge Site with further instructions.

Have a great day! Amy

Super Simple Masculine Card

I debated whether or not to even show this card on my blog since its SO SIMPLE, but then I thought, why not, just about everyone is looking for easy to make, fast, masculine card ideas. I know I am! I do a card ministry at my church where I have to send out birthday, anniversary, get well, sympathy, encouragement, new baby, etc. cards to members of our congregation, and every single time I have to send a card to a man, I NEVER have one already done in my stash. Why? Because I tend to make cutesy or feminine cards, since that's my style. So, when I looked at my birthday list last week and realized I had to send a card to a grown man and had nothing in my stash, I thought, 'Shoot, I'm going to have to quickly make one before I leave for work'. I literally threw this card together in about 15 minutes. I know, it looks it. LOL! I knew this gentleman loved sports, and played golf, so I chose this image that I bought from the dollar bin at JoAnn's. I barely colored it at all, so that was a huge time saver! The sentiment is computer generated. The paper is DCWV 'All About Guys' Stack. The only embellies I added were a bit of ribbon and some brads. The main image panel is up on dimensionals. See, I told you it was simple! But I'm sure he liked it!

Have a great day! Amy