Good Morning Friends

Hope your week is off to a good start!

  This week at Tuesday Throwdown Team B has a Sketch for you to use.

 

 Our Sponsor My Grafico has given us a fun Set Pretty Mermaid to use.

 My granddaughter turns 8 Friday so I have made this card for her. They live in Oahu and 

I cant be there for her birthday so Im hoping she will enjoy her card.  I have taken 

quite a bit of liberty with the sketch as you can see. I used the wall of seaweed for the 

strip and the fish for the button. The rest of the seaweed 

 and sweet Mermaid for the second square. After printing

 and coloring all the pieces I cut them out. The base is colored with Gelatos, 

embossed and stitched on the aqua base. After attaching all the pieces I added 

the jewels and stickles to the sentiment.

Check out all the fun ideas my Teamies came up with!!

You have until next Monday eve to join in the fun...

Welcome August....

Another month and the worst of summer will be over!!

Cooler evenings coming, and I can't wait. So here we are another

 new Friends of Speedy TV Challenge. A woven background is the challenge

 this week.My card is a pretty quick cas of sorts. My time has been very limited 

since I'm caring for my friends cat. He has to be fed and medicated 5 times a day. 

Im also taking care of her house, plants and other kitties while she is  gone for surgery. 

The fortunate perk is she is also my boss so I can leave work to do it. I do have 

to say  it  is a blessing to be able to help even if it keeps me extra busy.

I used three different dps in green for the woven part, sort of staggering

 them so they dont make a perfect square.. The Morning Glory image is 

from the Friends Set colored and cut out. The mat is a embossed 

Spellbinder Scalloped Circle. The butterfly was a punched one from a

 friend I embossed and added the antennae.  

The sentiment is from the  Tiger Lilies Set.

Do Stop by and check out all the other beautiful inspiration

my teammates have created!!

New Saturday Challenge

Good Morning Friends!! Today at Speedy TV and Friends 

we are challenging you to Doodle a Frame.

I have used the Hydrangea Image and taken a little liberty with it.

 I've never seen a peach colored Hydrangea but you are seeing one now! 

I used water color pencils and Copics to color the image.

 I have used a older scrap of Pink Paislee dp and a piece of 

some very cool recycled cardboard for a

  border. I wanted my frame to have a more vintage look 

that blended in with the dp instead of being bold. For that look

I doodled with a Stampin Up Soft Suede marker instead of black.

 A little stitching for embellishment and the Sentiment is

from the      Set  with a bit of doodling on it also.

This is such a fun and easy  Challenge I hope you 

all will hop on over and join us this week!! 

Also all my teamies did different things with this

Challenge so you can check out all their fabulous creations

to give you a little extra inspiration.

Happy Tuesday!!

It's that time again...Tuesday Throwdown Challenge.

 The Theme is Christmas in July SO you can get a head start this year!! 

 I haven't participated for a couple weeks because my printer died, but Yippe, looks 

like a friend has got it revived!! Our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps and my image is

 Ava Mistletoe Angel! After coloring I cut her out and attached to an embossed oval.

Some stitching, string and a bell for a little embellishment. The snowflake to go 

with the dp and a quick sentiment for a fast Christmas card. My first for the 

year, at least Im ahead of last year lol!!

Stop over and join us in this weeks Challenge

Happy Saturday!!

A Beach Scene is the Challenge at Speedy Fox and Friends this week! I have used

two different images for the card. Part of two inside and one on the outside. Ran thru the dotted swiss embossing folder too.

Whats your favorite color??

 All you need to join the Challenge at Speedy Fox and Friends 

this week is a piece of colored paper and some white embossing powder!!

 Additionally you are to high light your image. I have chosen to use a piece of 

maroon paper with my white powder. MY image is from the  Coneflower Set. After 

embossing the flowers I used the bleach method to high light my image.

 Interestingly as you can see from the close up above it turned it 

  an unexpected pale green!  A thin white mate to separate it
from the base. The borders were cut with the  

Spellbinder border die and stitched on. The center  was dry
embossed with the SU Square Lattice folder. The sentiment is
from the Friends Set was punched out with a
 Marvy circle and foam dotted on.
 Its quick and easy so join us this week!!  

Happy 4th of July to my US Friends!

Today starts a new Challenge at Speedy Fox and Friends. 

The Challenge is to Cut Away Embossing and  no I didnt make a Patriotic card today,

 When making the card I forgot it was the fourth! For this challenge I used the trellis 

embossing folder and used a Spellbinder Edgeability Die to make my cut aways. The flowers are individual blossoms from the Hydrangea Set.First the Sentiment from the

 Rose Set was stamped onto the base then the embossed pieces were added. 

Next a little cheesecloth was added then the  blossoms and leaves were layered on top.

 Lastly the purple border was cut with two of the Spellbinder Edgeabilities and stitched on.

 A fun card with all kinds of possibilities. We would be so happy to have 

you stop by and join the fun this week.

 My teammates have lots of pretty inspiration for you too!!

Masked Stripes

That is the Challenge today at Speedy Fox and Friends. You can find the tutorial Here.

I did mine diagonal with two colors for a simple background. It was stitched

onto the purple base and then

The gears cut from a Memory Box.die were added along with a few sparkly jewels.

The sentiment is from the Sunflower Set and cut with a Spellbinder

Scalloped Oval. The butterfly is from a friend cut with a SU punch.

The Stripes can be used in such a variety of ways you are sure to be delighted with

all the different ones my teammates have used.

We would love to have you stop by and join our Challenge this week!!

New Saturday Challenge

Good Morning my friends! Today at Speedy Fox and Friends we are challenging you to use Kraft paper and White Embossing Powder!  I have used the Hydrangea from the same Set. After embossing it I cut it out as you can see. The white mat was cut with the Spellbinder  Fancy Squares Die and the Hydrangea foam dotted on. I have doodled around it with a brown pen.The

Speedy Fox and Friends invite

you to join in our Challenge this week. Use only the corners, how simple is that!! 

I have used the Pansy image from the Happy Thoughts set. The background was embossed

 with a Stampin Up embossing folder then different inks added. The corner Die is a Memory Box.

Be sure to stop by and join us this week.

Happy Tuesday to you all!!

Its that time again! A new Challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and team B's turn. 

Our Challenge is to Frame It and our sponsor is A Day for Daisys. They have lots 

of awesome images and have given us each one to work with. I love my beautiful

 image called Poppy In My Hair.After coloring my image I cut her out with a

 Spellbinder die. I used another Spellbinder to make a frame for her. 

The background was made with some paste and a Heidi Swapp  butterfly stencil. 

After letting the stencil dry I added several different inks . Although it doesnt 

show much of the background is the same green as the base of the card. 

A little stitching to attach it all. The Birthday sentiment was cut with a

Spellbinder Scalloped circle and foam dotted on. My talented teamies 

have lots of great Creations to inspire you. Stop by and join the fun

 and you may be the winner of some of the lovely A Day for Daisys images!!