Flight of Indifferent electronics (Sparkle N Sprinkle November)

Ever had one of those days when you scanner doesn't want to play nice and you can't find a camera cord to save your life?  So here is my entry in the Sparkle and Sprinkle November Sketch Challenge that was finally scanned 51 minutes after the entry deadline.  The Sparkle n Sprinkle stamps I used came from Set 418 Nesties Ornaments and I also used G1033 Lacy Lilac Glitter.  The ornaments were colored with Copic markers BV00, BV02 and BV04.  The sparkle ribbon is from Michael's Celebrate it collection and the star jewel from Darice.  I also used a McGill tag punch. I stamped with Memento Elderberry ink.  Papers were in my stash.  Next month I should not wait until the final day.

Flight of Challenge (Sparkle N Sprinkle October)

 So... I have been getting around to the Sparkle N Sprinkle challenges for a long time, but never really got around to them.
I finally got "a round tuit".  You can see the challenge sketch to the right and my entry below.  In order to get the stamp and background papers to come out true to color it is a bit over exposed.  I tried photographing outside the house in the yard (which really ticked off the neighbor dog, but that doesn't take much!) but that didn't help any.

This card features Sparkle N Sprinkle products Stamp Set 418 Nesties Ornaments and Red Tomato Glitter Tinsel.

The Christmas ornament stamp was cut out using Spellbinders Nestabilities 2010 Heirloom Ornament die.  The tree was cut from a green flocked cardstock (unknown) using Sizzix Framelets Banners, Pennant Scallop.  I used the Sizzix Big Shot to cut both.

The stamps were stamped with Memento ink, Lady bug Red and Tuxedo Black.

I cut and "sculpted" the Poinsettias using Nellie Snellen Floral Punches, 012, 013, 014 using Neenah Solar white card stock. (I stamped on that card stock too.)

The stamp and punched poinsettias were colored using Copic markers.  I used G07, Y13, R24, R27 and R29.

The card base is from American Crafts Christmas "Treetops Glisten". The tree trunk is from a Basic Grey basics kraft paper pad.

The red gems are from KaiserCraft.  The star gem is from Darice.  The ornament is "hanging" from a piece of Aunt Lydia's Crochet Thread colored with Copics.  Other than my trusty Beacon 3 in 1 glue I think that completes my product list.

Flight of ORANGE

Here we have Buster (Bunny) and Riley (Moose) out for an autumn walk.  They have traded in their spring blossoms for "leaves on a stick".  The challenge this week on the Riley and Company blog is to use Orange.  I've got orange popping up all over. 

The background is from Northwoods, colored with Copic airbrushing.  "Crisp Autumn Days" is part of a stamp by Impression Obsession.  The card is made with a manila card stock and the background mounted on orange card stock, both of unknown origin.  The leaves were cut off a decorative leaf chain also of unknown origin.

Good thing Riley is blending in with the background.  After all, it is hunting season!  Be careful Riley!

Flight of a Scrapling

Wow!  Imagine that.  A blog just vegetating for almost  a year while life got in the way.  Yet suddenly I felt motivated to breathe a breath of life into it and enter this week's challenge on the Riley and Company blog.  It must be the scent of fall in the air and the perpetual "cuteness" of Riley the Moose that made me do it.  So without further ado, let me introduce you to the challenge of the scrapling as described on the Riley  blog:

"this week we are creatingScraplings for the challenge. 

So what are scraplings???? Scraplings are normally 1.25" x 4.25" because they are often made from the off cuts you get when you make a square card (4.25" square) from a piece of card that is 4.25" x 5.5". However if you are like me your scraplings may be a little wider depending on what you are working on at the time. Now for me 1.25" is way too narrow and I normally have wider card then that left over so you can makes yours wider .... BUT for this challenge they cannot be any wider then 2.5 inches that is for the base of the scrapling ... you can have wider pieces hanging off your scrapling if you like, but that is up to you."

Riley The Moose "Under The Tree"

In my scraps I first found the brown card stock, 2 1/2" by 11".  That can be my card.  Then I spied an irregular piece of yellow that had been "attacked by a Cricut".  I managed to salvage a piece a little under 2 1/2" by 5 1/2" to serve as the scrapling base.  Next I pondered a Riley image.  There was Riley "Under The Tree".  I quickly stamped out two of these with Momento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah Solar white card stock and colored both with my Copics.  One I left intact and the other I started cutting up.  I cut out Riley's arm, belly and legs into one piece which I foam taped on top of the first image to give Riley his cute little round belly look.  Then I started cutting out the leaf clusters and applied some on the ground, to cover the flower in the base image and to cover the butterfly in the base image.  Next I pawed through the "tree and leaf" stamp drawer where I found the "leaves are falling" image from studio g.  I stamped that directly onto the yellow scrapling using "Rich Cocoa" Momento ink and colored it too with Copics.  Looking through the embossing folder stash I found a bare tree limb folder in the Cuttlebug "Give a Hoot" collection and used it to emboss about the top 3/4 of the yellow scrapling using the Big Shot.  Next I glued my base Riley image into place before mounting the scrapling onto the brown card.  This didn't quite look finished so it was back to the stamp drawer where I found the Aspen leaf by Alexstamping.  It got stamped three times onto Neenah Solar white with Momento Rich Cocoa and colored with Copics before being mounted on onto the scrapling with foam tape.
Then I promptly went outside and photographed it, where else, under the tree.  I took a closer photo too to better show the detail.  

So what you see is my SCRAPLING featuring Riley the Moose.  Enjoy!

And a bit bigger for you to see!

Flight of Celebration

Happy Birthday to the Texas branch of the Fine Feathered Friends of Flamingos!  The card is in the mail.  Gotta love those Viva Las Vegas Stamps!

Flight of Autumn

It is already mid-October and the leaves are taking their time changing in my neck of the woods.  I saw this image in the UK magazine Simply Cards & Papercrafts (Issue 88) and I had to use it.  It is in the digi-stamps and sentiments by David Parkins page insert.  Though the photo doesn't show the dimension well the little leaves are some I pulled off an oak leaf mini garland and are actually silk.  The ribbon was floating loose in the drawer so I don't remember its source.  The same goes for the light blue card paper.  The light brown paper is a page out of an old Sizzix catalog and was just the right color.  Every thing else was colored with Copic markers.

Squirrel: E31, E33, E35, E37, E39
Shadows:  W1, W3
Highlights: Y0000
Ground coloring:  G45, E27
Ground airbrushing: E13, E27
Acorns:  YR21, YR23, E55, E33
Sky airbrushing: BG10

Now if it would only stop raining so the squirrels around here can start strutting around juggling acorns!

Flight of a closed door, day nine

Today brings us to the end of the Door ATC series. This one is called Door & Poultry. This all started on August 2, 2001 so you can go back to that post to see the stamp credits. I recently read that today only 16% of Americans are considered to be living in "Rural America". You don't know what you are missing living in the city. I have a black and white cat( and many others in a rainbow of colors) outside my door quite often. I've had a brown dog outside my door and a Dalmatian used to live across the street. There are horses and chickens next door. Pigs and cows live nearby. Quite a few hamburgers and BBQs are in the area. I didn't make an ATC with a peacock or an ostrich or a slug or a frog or a praying mantis outside the door, but I've had them all. I've lived in other rural areas and had deer regularly outside my door. Once there was a bear. Some days it's the Schwan's man at the door, or the Watkin's lady, or the Avon lady, or the "Church" lady or man. In years past I've even had a student asking for help with their homework! Grab a door stamp and create your own Door ATC series!