Faux Stitching

Hi ya!

Today's card is all about faux stitching.  I'm so not the kind of gal who'll pull out the sewing machine, for a card, but I envy those talented ladies that do.  I can't sew straight (much to my grandmother's dismay) but boy my faux stitching is pretty awesome! It's also much straighter than my regular sewing and it's so much faster!  (hahaha)  I'm glad I finally finished this card.  It was just waiting for the right layout and it came in the form of the current Deconstructed Sketch.  It made me smile when I was done.

Today's card features Winter Yumi.  I've been on this blue and green kick for some time now.  (They are two of my favorite colors) and once I figure out what to do with the other colored images I'll share.  As you can see I've done faux stitching on almost every part of the card as well as Yumi's hat.  The patterned papers are scraps from K&Company (Jubilee) & Confetti by Colorbok and I like how the colors seems to pull together even with the hot pinks.  The sentiment stamped on to the white banner is from Make It Crafty and yes I faux stitched it with blue ink. hehehe...

Anyone playing in any of the March Madness pools?  I stopped doing that several years ago since I don't watch college basketball like I used to.  I have no clue who's good or bad nowadays and you can't always rely on the #1 team making it to the finals as they always seem to get knocked out early. (Knock on wood)  Well good luck to you if you are.  Hopefully I'll get to watch a few minutes of some of the games in between enjoying the weekend, but for now, I'll settle for getting this post up.  :) Okie dokes, thanks for stopping by today, have a terrific day!

*Seize the Birthday challenge

A CAS Thank you card

Hello,

Today's card is a CAS one I made for one of my co-workers who's last day was Friday.  I used the current Deconstructed Sketch (#137) for the layout and some older pattern papers from MME (Darling Dear).  The papers were masculine and fun and I liked that I had a sketch to follow.  With a few Spellbinders, embossing folders and a cool stamp I was able to create this pretty cool card.

Besides papers from the MME paper pad I used kraft & white cardstock.  Used a regular black pen to add some faux stitching to the banner and the smaller circle.  Now I know it's not polite to point, but in this case it's ok.  The stamp is part of an MME clear stamp set I recently found in my stash.  (score!)  There are some other cool stamps in the set that I plan to use.  (For anyone interested the set is called Lost & Found 3 - "Ruby".)  Yes, I did distress some of the papers to give it more color and last I popped on a laser cut die sentiment from Island Scrapbooking.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Hugs,
L

KBD Aloha Friday Challenge #14 - Christmas Challenge

Hello everyone!!

Are you ready for a new challenge from Kitty Bee Designs?  Today the Bees and I are sharing our inspirations for our last challenge of 2013:

CHALLENGE #14

CHRISTMAS

Pretty easy right?  All you have to do is create a project with a Christmas theme.  That should be fairly easy to do since most of us are all in the middle of making projects for this wonderful time of year.  Make sure you stop on over to the Kitty Bee Designs blog to see the adorable creations from the Bees team.  I can't stop smiling over how creative this team is and neither will you... :) 

For my project I decided to make a card.  I was inspired by the new Deconstructed Sketch (#129)  because I love the CAS layout and Jen's adorable sample.  I used some of my new dies from MFT, a few sheets of patterned paper and an adorable Christmas Owl from Kitty Bee Designs and came up with this...

Merry Christmas owl - KBD

Don't ask me how I got the snow to fall, it was something that I was able to copy when I uploaded my picture.  Cute yea? (hehe)  The card base is white Neenah cardstock that was embossed with a Darice snowflake embossing folder.  On top of that I used an MFT tag & framed greetings die-namics dies.  The patterned paper is from a very old and still useful DCWV Christmas paper pad.  The owl was colored with Copics, and I used a circle Spellbinder to cut it out.  Matted it to a red circle and for the finishing touches I added that cute white pom-pom to the end of the Santa elf hat, some glitter snow to the trim and blue pearl pen dots for the berries.  The last parts were the ribbon, button and twine to finish off the tag.  The sentiment is an AmyR one which was nice and simple, yet perfectly fits my card theme.  (yay!)

Christmas owl

Alrighty, the challenge ends on Friday, December 20th and the winner will be announced on December 22nd.  Ho plenty of time to play so after you ooohh and aaahh over at the Kitty Bee Designs blog, upload your project so we can do the same! :)

Mahalo for stopping by.  Hope you all have a wonderful Aloha Friday and a great start to your weekend!! 

Hugs,

Leanne 

Challenge: DS129

A Sweet Little Autumn Girl

Hello again...

Thanks for the lovely comments from yesterday.  I guess I'm slowly getting my mojo back from vacation.  (hahaha)  Today I'm sharing another card using another All Dressed Up image and I had a bit of fun with the colors, papers and layout.  This little girl is from the Three Little Autumn Girls set and I think she is sweet and of course I LOVE her hair!! @^.^@

A sweet little Autumn girl

I had fun coloring this up with some fun fall colors.  I used the current Deconstructed Sketch 121, but changed it up a bit.  Instead of the square in the center I used a doily, but I think the basic concept is still there.  So glad that there is a site to go to where you can find a layout when you're just "stuck".  I didn't add a sentiment this time, thinking it could be used for anything at this point, but there is a nice spot if I wanted to add one. This is definitely another outside of the box for me as I tend to have an issue with mismatched papers, but I'm cool with this one, it actually turned out nice.  Quite possibly one of my favorites to date.  :)

One of the Three Little Autumn Girls

Yay, another card to add to my collection.  I think I'll link this to the current All Dressed Up challenge, you can add up to 3 projects, so this will be my second.  Hey why not right?  I think I'll also link up to the DS121 and hope Jen is ok with my little switch out and maybe a couple others.  Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to come and play along with us at Yumi & Fumi Handmade.  You've got until Friday to link up.  For more details click HERE.

Have a lovely day!

Hugs,
Leanne

CHALLENGES:
All Dressed Up - Anything Goes (#2 entry)
Deconstructed Sketch - #121
Designed to Color - Use a die (#2 entry)
Oozak.com - Anything Goes (#2 entry)

LFF #60 ~ DCS #100

Hello!

Happy Aloha Friday!!  It's Friday and I'm excited for the weekend to start.  With Mother's Day on Sunday I need to finish my project and card for my mama.  Are any of you still working on yours?

Today the card I'm sharing for Lilo's Fun Friday is the one I made for the Deconstructed Sketch 100th sketch celebration.  Pop on over to Jen's blog to see how you can win some awesome prizes and also leave her a message congratulating her on her accomplishment.   Congratulations Jen and cheers to many more! Here's the sketch it's pretty cool...

Here's my take on the sketch.  I kept it as close to the sketch as possible. 

Chose a black & white theme for the card and I thought little Miss Fumi Panda (Kigurumi series) from Yumi & Fumi Handmade was perfect for it.  Instead of using the full image of Fumi Panda I used a square Spellbinder die to put her in a "window".  I did stick to traditional panda colors for her outfit, love how fast she is to color.

Thank you so very much for stopping by, ya'll have a great Aloha Friday and a fabulous weekend!!

xx,
Lilo 

Hello....

Hello!

Today I'd like to share another Y&FH image, this is Fumi with Bear Backpack.  I haven't given her much love since the B2S series was released so inked her up and colored her up.  I wanted to try a different hair color, so I grabbed some reds and "went to town."   Love how it turned out.  Gave her some blue green eyes and a nice porcelain skin.  {lol}

I used the latest Jen Shults DS83 sketch because I was inspired by the adorable card that Denice used on her Tuesday post at Y&FH.  Please stop by to check it out, you'll be entertained by the really funny story she shared.  :)  The dp is from MME, with dark chocolate accents.  I handwrote the sentiment on the bottom and added half pearls here and there.

Time for me to check out.  I hope you're having a wonderful day.  Mahalo for stopping by.  We'll see you again tomorrow.

Hugs,

Leanne

Kimono Marci for Momma

Hello!
Woo hoo!  Two days in a row for me!  Yay!  hahaha!!  It's been tough to get any cards done lately.  Work has been pretty hectic and all I wanna do when I get home is either read or watch tv.  I'm slowly finding my groove so to speak and hopefully will be able to get more crafting done this weekend.  So for today I wanted to share the card I made for my momma.  She is now officially retired!!!  She's not sure yet what she's going to do, but I think sleeping in will probably take priority for now.  lol!  Let's see how long that lasts.  Hopefully she will decide to take a long over due vacation back to Hawaii.  We shall see, in the meantime I think she will definitely enjoy doing nothing for a few weeks. :)

This cutie pie is Kimono Marci from La-La Land Crafts.  I think she might be one of my favorites from the last release.  So I colored her up with Copics in shades of browns and greens.  I printed her on white cs (Neenah) then used a circle Spellbinder to cut her out. Left the die on and using Distress inks (wild honey & crushed olives) created the frame around her.  Love how it makes her "glow" and I love the white border around her.  I love adding a really dark contrasting coloring as an accent and this time I used black.  Added that beautiful green/gold origami paper, green & yellow paper roses and some gold cs.  The other new things I've added are the roses and the black floss.  The layout is the Deconstructed Sketch #54, well sort of.  I just realized I missed a panel, but the rest of it looks about right. lol...  I actually love how this one turned out and my mom was pretty excited to add it to her collection.

I kept her kimono really simple, no designs or flourishes and had fun with her umbrella and hair.  Well I better get to bed, it's going to be a movie day again, most likely MIB3.  My mom thinks Snow White and the Huntsman is going to be too dark.  I guess I'll have to go watch it on my own.  lol...  Have a great Saturday... hoping if we get back early I can continue working on some crafty stuff.  Take care and Mahalo for stopping by!
;)

Hugs,
Leanne

Supplies not listed above:
Black Tsumugi cs & origami paper (Hanko Designs)
Gold cs (Stardream)
Flowers (Recollections)
Black floss (DMC)
Doily circle die (Spellbinder)
Copics:
Hair: E79, E74
Skin: E50, E51, E01, E21
Kimono/getas/hairbands: YG03, G43, N10
Umbrella: E47, G40, G43, G46

FBW #200 - A very special Deconstructed Sketch

Hey everybody!!

As most of you know by now, Danni has decided that today will be the last day of challenges at Flutterby Wednesday.  I wanted to say Mahalo to Danni for being so kind by asking me to be a guest designer and then eventually a team member with this fantastic team of talented ladies who love all things with wings.  It's been such a wonderful experience and working with Danni has been awesome.  I won't be going far from her, she's one of my go-to daily blogs that I visit and we are FB buddies so she's not getting rid of me that easily.  lol..  So for our last Flutterby Challenge #200, we're going out on top with a bang and this amazing Deconstructed Sketch by Jen Shults.  

How cool is that?!  Now we want you all to participate and let's see how many cards we can link up.  Feel free to link up as many as you like just remember to add your butterfly, fairy or angel.  Make sure to head on over to the Flutterby Wednesday blog and hop on over to all the DT's blogs and see what they created for our last challenge.  We are all definitely going out with a bang!  :)

I changed up my card because I was inspired to make two.  For the first card I didn't use a colored image.  Just papers, a chipboard piece and a sentiment.  It's my first Mother's Day card and I love how it turned out.  Hope you do too.  (Sorry I did post this earlier, but changed it up, the butterfly is different.)

The dp is from Heidi Grace and one of my new favorites!!  The butterfly is chipboard from K&Company and the sentiment is from AmyR Stamps, All About Mom.

For the second card I printed out Heartfelt Love Wryn from Tiddly Inks to make a Thank you card.  I used the same Heidi Grace dp & K&Company chipboard butterfly, just flipped it.  I hand wrote the words in the hearts. 

I'm planning to send this second card to Danni as a Thank you for letting me be a part of this really amazing team. 

 Wow, can't believe how fast it came, but it's been a total blast for me.  Thanks to Danni again and I wanted to also say Thank you to the DT for all their support, encouragement and inspirations.  Thank you ladies for your friendship and for making these past months so much fun.  I will definitely be seeing you all in blogland.  Alright, I really hope you get to play with us for the last sketch and challenge for Flutterby Wednesday.  And make sure to leave some love for the DT, they've been so amazing.

Mahalo for stopping by! 

Hugs,

Leanne

Challenges:

Tiddly Inks: A Million Ways To Say Thank You 

The Pixie Cottage: Sketch or Mother's Day

Supplies not listed above:

White & Kraft cs (Neenah)

DP Daydream (Heidi Grace Designs)

Butterfly chipboard BW Flora & Fauna Silhouette adhesive (K&Company) 

Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, R20

Hair: E70, E71, E74

Blue: B21

Pink: RV52

100

E34

Lilo's Fun Friday #15

Good morning and Happy Aloha Friday!!
Woo hoo!!  Who else is ready for the weekend besides me?  I bet we all are right?  Are you doing anything fun?  Well if you you are, I hope you share. :)  As for me, hopefully it will be a relaxing weekend.  Maybe get some crafting in that's not DT related or watch a movie or paint a wall or four.  (hehehe)

Anyhoos, enough rambling!!  Today for my Fun Friday share I used a new image from... Sister Stamps, release #5!!  Yay!  As you know I recently received some happy mail this week, I needed another Thank you card for a guy so it was easy to choose  to ink up cutie Keitaro.  He's one of 3 new valentine images from Sister Stamps and he is adorable.  (For more info on the new release and where you can buy the stamps head on over to the Sister Stamp blog.   ATS is now carrying them as well).

Keitaro card with origami heart & samurai hat

  
Jenny's sister really did a terrific job with Keitaro.  The details are awesome!  I love his samurai hat and the origami heart.  I had to try to make them myself!  I did go online and searched for links to make origami hearts and a samurai hat.  I love origami.  So many cool things you can make with one sheet of paper.  I found a website with free downloads of instructions.  If you're in the mood to paper fold click HERE to be directly linked to Origami That's Fun & Easy.  I used mulberry paper to make the heart and samurai hat. Here are a few pictures of the card...

Sentiments read: Domo ARIGATO Gozaimasu!  Thank you very much!

I love the chain of hearts too!  Can you see I spelled out ARIGATO inside the hearts?   It was a really nice surprise that I could fit that inside.  Me likey!  Now I wish I knew how to make one of those heart chains.  I guess I could Google  or You Tube it and maybe I will once I have more time.  Used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the backdrop and some origami paper to accent behind Keitaro.  For my layout I used the Desconstructed Sketch #35:

Here is a close up of the bottom part of the card featuring the sentiment.  I cut out a paper heart and added some blue ribbon to mimic the top of Keitaro's hat.  Hand wrote the sentiment on kraft cs and mounted it on to some of the same origami paper.



Paper heart cut out on the sentiment, see the cool zig-zags,
I used pinking shears for that!



ARIGATO!


I love how it looks like he's on a banner.  I cut a small strip of kraft and adhered it to the bottom to break up it up so as to follow the sketch.  I had a hard time with his hair.  I know it's only a small space to color, but my E29 was giving me problems and I really didn't want to color all over again.  No biggie for me so I left it.  See the zig-zags on the bottom?  I used pinking shears for that!  Hey you can find lot of craft tools if you just use your imagination.  :)

Alrighty, time for me to sign off.  I hope you enjoyed my share for today.  Have a terrific Friday and Domo Arigato Gozaimasu for stopping by!!  (hahaha!)

Challenges:
ATS - Color challenge
Deconstructed Sketch - #35

Hugs,
Lilo


Supplies not listed in post:
brown memento ink, dark brown cs, kraft cs, Xpress It paper, blue paper ribbon

Hello

Well it's been a couple of days and I just can't stay away from my TGF stamps!  hahaha!  That is a happy circumstance for me and one that I hope to keep with me always.

I made this card for my co-worker Erica.  Her birthday was on Friday.  She loves to shop, especially for shoes and purses.  So I thought the perfect stamp would be one of the Miss Bags Anya stamps.  I did a swap and loved how it turned out.  Was looking fiddling with a layout and decided to look around for one.  I found the perfect one at the Deconstructed Sketch blog.  I'm so happy that I get to finally play in one.  Although it's not one for a prize I am still going to link it up.  If you haven't yet discovered Jen Shults' blog then head on over there and check it out.  She's got a sketch challenge each week and if you're ever stuck on a layout and need something fun to use you can always count on her.

Here's the sketch (#21) that I used:

Here's what I made using a wonderful Basic Grey patterned paper.

I flipped the sketch because I liked her positioned under the flowers and I love how the other side shows all the pretty flowers and the butterflies flying in the wind.  I used a white sheer ribbon so that you could still see the pretty flowers behind it.  The sentiment stamp is another one of AmyR's and I think it's just perfect here.
The butterflies are courtesy of my MS punch, and I used Viva pearl pen to accent it.  As you can see I'm still working on my pleats, this time not to shabby, but will definitely keep practicing.

Well Mahalo for stopping by.  I know I've been talking about posting a birthday candy and although September was my birthday month I just might do something for October instead.  Anyhoos, please keep coming back you never know when I'll decide to do it.  Who am I kidding, neither will I!  hahaha!

Hugs,
Lilo