Be Yourself Kid's Encouragement Card featuring Rubbernecker and Technique Junkies stamps

I'm back today with a unique envelope card in one of my fav color combos. It's a kid's/children's encouragement Card featuring Rubbernecker and Technique Junkies stamps.

The cute girl is a stamp by Rubbernecker. The image is stamped on Copic X-Press It Blending Card and colored with Copics. The sentiments are both from Technique Junkies.

The cardstock is from my stash and the bling is from Recollections. I hope you enjoyed this quick post. Thanks for your kind comments and for sharing this post.

La-Vie

Challenges:

• Dragons Lair Designs Challenge Blog - Hearts and Flowers
• ArtbyMiran -  Anything goes
• Docerela Creations - Include a heart*
• Kitty Bee Designs - favorite color combo
• Sister Act Card Challenge - Always anything goes
• STAMPlorations - stamps and hearts

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A Best Friend... Rubbernecker and Impression Obsession Stamps

Do you make friendship cards? How do you successfully use up patterned paper you don't like? Well, I have found that making cards for friends is so enjoyable.  It's been a way to express the sassy, funny side of crafting - a real way for my personality to come in. These corresponding stamps by Rubbernecker really fit the bill. And, I was able to use paper I didn't prefer by using a distressed Impression Obsession background stamp on top. My favorite technique these days is coloring with Copic Markers.

A  seemingly innocent image becomes sinister once the sentiment is expressed. I love it! 

Supplies:

• Recollections 110 lb white cardstock 
• Stampin' Up! patterned cardstock
• Copic X-press It Blending Card
• Rubbernecker - sentiment ( a best friend) and main image (best friend)
• Impression Obsession - sunburst background stamp
• Stash - enamel dots
• Copic Markers
• Memento - Tuxedo Black ink
• Colorbox - chalk ink

A  seemingly innocent image becomes sinister once the sentiment is expressed. I love it! 

Thanks for stopping by!

La-Vie

Challenges

• Crafts Galore Encore - Use a Stamp or Digi
• Craftyhazelnut Patterned Paper Challenge
• SLSlines - Anything goes
• The Crafting Cafe - Use your fav technique
• Sister of Craft - Anything goes

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Day 6 (of 12) Days of Christmas - Winter Fairy

It's day six of the Honeybearz Designs Annual 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!! 

I will continue to post a new project daily (for a total of 12 days) along with many talented bloggers and guest designers. 

What's in it for you? Well... boundless inspiration, generous craft companies/sponsors and giveaways galore! 

If you've arrived here form Miranda's blog you're in the right place! If not please feel free to start from the beginning of the hop by clicking here.

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As far as Copics are concerned, red is the hardest color to blend but I never back down from a challenge! Nooooo. I learned the best tip from Kristina Werner who uses brown as the darkest color when blending red. That was ALL I needed! It was 'on and poppin' after that! I have been blending red like a pro ever since. 

This card features a stamp called winter fairy from The Rubber Cafe. I have been collecting images to color long before I knew how to shade with Copics and I am overjoyed I have the skills now to create to my heart's content. Believe it or not, I was actually scared, afraid, even frightened to even try coloring just a year ago.

Supplies:

·       The Rubber Café – winter fairy

·       Inkadinkado – Warm winter wishes – Peace

·       My Pink Stamper – Biggie Christmas – sentiment inside the card

·       Memento Tuxedo black ink

·       Tim Holtz Grid Blocks

·       Recollections 110 white cardstock

·       DCWV red metallic cardstock

·       Copic X-Press It blending card

·       Anna Griffin/cuttlebug embossing folder – snow flurry

·       eBosser

·       Martha Stewart Scoring Board

·       Creative Memories Guillotine, corner rounder

·       Cutterpillar pro

·       Encore ultimate metallic gold ink

·       Stampin’ Up! Gold Glory embossing powder, embossing buddy

·       Nicole Heat tool

·       American crafts gold ribbon

·       Wink of Stella - gold

·       Copics –

o   Hair – E25, 37, 29

o   Skin – E11, 13, 15

o   Shawl – Y28 and gold wink of stella pen

o   Dress – R20, 24, 29 and E18

o   Lip – Zig Clean Color brush pen – carmine red

o   Dress trim – white liquid applique

o   Highlight W1

This card is technique heavy! I dabbled in dry embossing, heat embossing, stamping, masking, Wink of Stella over Copics, Sequins, ribbon, etc. It was definitely a labor of love. 

My fav gold embossing powder is by Stampin' Up! As a failsafe I stamp in Encore Ultimate Metallic gold ink to emboss (rather than VersaMark) to ensure full coverage if I miss any spots with the powder.

The finishing touch was to add liquid appliqué. Once it's heated, it puffs up and gives the appearance of fur. I tried to show you the dimension by taking several views. I hope you try this technique soon!

Thanks for hopping by! Don't forget to leave me a nice comment to be entered into the drawings. Good luck and please hop next to Sandy's blog!!

The entire lineup for today is:

1. Lisa ~ http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

Guest Designer -Julie - www.simplysilhouette.com

2. Scrappin Madge ~ www.thescrappinlounge.com

3. Beth McGee ~ http://thecraftyscrapyard.blogspot.com

4. Amy E. ~ http://www.scrapthissavethat.com/

5. Denise ~ www.craftconfectionery.com

7. Cely ~ http://hawaiipaperparty.blogspot.com

8. Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/

9. Alicia ~ http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com/

10. Anna- http://www.stampanna.com

11. An'Jenic- http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/

12. Angela- http://www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com/

13. Heather- www.paper-junkie.blogspot.com

14. Jessica -http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com/

15. Miranda - www.nanasscrapspot.com/

YOU ARE HERE 16. La-Vie Borde-Perry ~ http://www.cestla-viedesigns.blogspot.com/

17. Sandy- http://www.scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com

18. Carla ~ http://racincrafts.blogspot.com

19. Lori ~ http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com

20. Ashley W ~ http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com

21. Robin L. ~ http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by! See you tomorrow!! You won't want to miss a thing!!

Join in on the FB invite. Amazingly, there's extra games and giveaways. https://www.facebook.com/events/888469727838902/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

La-Vie

DCWV and Prima Doll 4th Grade Back to School Layout

Today I completed a scrapbook layout of my daughter's first day of school. I was inspired by a Page Maps sketch, a Julie Nutting Prima Dolls stamp and the Die Cuts With A View (DCWV) Edumacation Stack. 

Here's the Prima Doll Copic-colored and styled to match my daughter's American Girl outfit; which in turn matches the outfit her American Girl doll Cecile is wearing.

And here's the whole layout.

Supplies:

• DCWV - The timeless type stack, The Edumacation Stack
• Julie Nutting Prima Doll stamp
• Stamps of Life - branches4flowers
• Tim Holtz Grid Blocks
• Copics - 0, 100, C: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9   E: 13, 15 
• Xyron sticker maker 1" and 2.5"
• Memento ink - Tangelo, Tuxedo Black, Bahama Blue, Bamboo Leaves
• Copic Mutliliners - 0.3 black, 0.5 red, 0.5 blue
• Copic X-press it blending card
• Scotch ATG
• Sharpie extra-fine point metallic gold paint pen
• Martha Stewart scallop dot punch
• Reminisce Making the Grade - 4th grade and Kindergarten dimensional stickers
• Mary Engelbreit Scrapbook Stickers by Creative Imaginations - apples, School Days 
• American Crafts Thickers - Paperback patterned fabric letters stickers
• Scrapbook Page Maps by Becky Fleck - 12x12 layout: 4 photo sketch 

The first page features 4 patterns of cardstock from DCWV Edumacation stack and a collage of stickers from Creative Imaginations and Reminisce to create a striking title.

The second scrapbook page shows my daughter alongside the Prima Doll and her American Girl doll.     To mimic the tulle flowers on her skirt, I stamped a tiny flower image from The Stamps of Life onto the Prima Doll's skirt. An extra-fine point Sharpie metallic gold paint pen was used to create the necklace.

This is my daughter's last year of elementary school so it's an important year for her. Big girl on campus so to speak... she has many clubs and activities that are now available to her. And this is the first year she can play an instrument. She has chosen the clarinet. I will definitely document all these experiences.

I hope to you enjoyed this presentation! I'd love to hear what you think of my work. Thanks so much!

La-Vie

Challenges:

More One-Layer Lunchbox Notes

I'm back with a quick post. I have created some more lunchbox notes for my kiddos using Memento Ink. My youngest could care less... but my oldest appreciates and looks forward to it.

For my son, I created this note with a lot of movement. I used the Masculine Collage stamp set from Hot off the Press. I like that this set is all about the fellas and has many tiny stamps that work well together.

This sunflower was perfect for my daughter. The stamps is from Recollections and the sentiment is from Crayons2Stamp by The Stamps of Life. I experimented with some Copic coloring and even though it didn't come out the way I intended, it was still treasured by my kid. Hey, life is short. I figured obsessing over the wrong things is whack! Spread love and leave perfectionism alone.

Well, I'm off my soap box! Thanks for stopping by! Do you make lunch box notes for your kids? Do you think I should continue to make them for my 5 year old? He doesn't seem to care.... LOL.

La-Vie

Heartfelt Creations - Dutch Iris

Here's my latest creation - a thinking of you card stamp by Heartfelt Creations. I think this is a retired stamp but I'm glad I purchased it a while ago. It's a great ready to go card front. I used Copics to color it (which took quite a while), but I could see coloring it with watercolors, or wink of stella in the future. The possibilities are endless!

Supplies:

• Heartfelt Creations - Dutch Iris (retired)
• American Crafts - 5x7 card (green)
• The Paper Cut - Mirricard (purple)
• The Paper Studio - Yellow polka dot ribbon
• Memento - Tuxedo Black
• Wink of Stella - Clear
• Tim Holtz - Grid Blocks
• Copic X-press It Blending Card
• Copic Markers - YG: 61, 63, 67  V: 12, 15, 17   Y: 00, 15    

Thanks for stopping by! Do you love Heartfelt Creations? Id love to hear about it. Please leave me a comment!

La-Vie

Challenges:

• Crafting from the Heart #33 - ATG
• Fan-Tastic Tuesday #50 - ATG using a square or rectangle
• Inky Impressions Challenges #174 - ATG use a stamp or digi
• Cute Card Thursday #336 - ATG
• Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #109 - ATG
• Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #46 - ATG
• Delightful Challenges - Layer it (use layers)
• The squirrel and the fox #76 - Spring or Autumn
• Creative Corner Challenges - ATG

Use a Physical or Digital Stamp - Cards Galore Encore Monthly Challenge

Welcome back to another Crafts Galore Encore monthly challenge! July's challenge: make a project using a stamp or digital stamp!

emma and rosey digi

July's sponsor is Fred She Said Designs, which offers a wide variety of digital products with a floral flair and cute characters too - Digi's, Pre-coloured images, Papers, Sets, Fred's Flower Kits, and even digital cutting files. Have some fun with Fred!

Fun indeed, cuz if you win, you'll get a generous prize of $15 credit to spend at the Fred She Said Designs store!!! 

I was given the Emma & Rosey digi which comes with or without the butterflies. The digi comes in a singular image and in a sheet of 4 to print out.  I love choices! The page included 4 images, 2 with butterflies and 2 without. That way I didn't waste any of my special card stock and had a couple of images to practice on before deciding on my coloring implements. 

For the first time I colored a digi using only Wink of Stella brush markers by Zig. Well, I had to use a Copic for the skin but other than that it's Wink of Stella. I decided to go with the butterflies and love how it came out. I did a minimal amount of shading and it was very quick to complete the project that way. Freedom!!!

Here's a slanted view so you can see the unique shimmer Wink of Stella pens create. Now I am going to blow your minds.... guess what? I used a spellbinder's die to cut out the image in my cuttlebug for the first   time! AND.... I added the background (card stock was white) AFTER I colored with the Wink of Stella. "What?" you say?? 

YES I DID. It was a risk. I had no mask. I could've messed up all the effort I put in. But guess what? Wink of Stella dries quickly and doesn't pick up the Distress Ink. I used a dauber to get it on there and a water brush to soften it. In the process of trying to steer clear of my images I created that white halo around the image that makes it look good (by accident) score!! Then I stamped the sentiment full strength in the same Distress Ink used for the sky. This was a time saver for sure. Give it a try!

Supplies:

• spellbinders die - fleur de lis rectangles (largest rectangle)
• Copic X-press it blending card
• Copic E11
• Zig - Wink of Stella
• Recollections 100 lb white cardstock
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Stormy Sky, Mowed Lawn
• The Stamps of Life - Crayons2Stamp "hello"
• waterbrush
• bone folder 
• CutterPillarPro
• Scotch ATG adhesive

Here's the back view. I simply cut a rectangle of 100 lb Recollection card stock about an inch longer than the card (A2) scored, folded and flattened it so I could adhere it to the back of the card front. Voila! I hope you enjoyed this presentation and will join in on this month's challenge!


La-Vie



Challenges:

Crafting for All Seasons - Whatever the weather 

Crafty Girlz - ATG   

Inky Impressions #165 - ATG 

Crafting by Designs - here comes summer   

Cute Card Thursday #327 - circles 

Brown Sugar Challenges #100 - Color challenge

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #237 - ATG 

Creative Fingers #41 - ATG 

Fussy and Fancy Challenge #117 - Summertime 

QKR Stampede #94 - Include a dog 

Wags 'n Whiskers #132 Summer Fun 

JW Scrapshack - #56 In the Garden 

Suzy Bees Bloomin Challenge #35 - ATG 

Little Scrap Pieces - Show it off Sat. Linky Party 

Pile it on Challenges #26 - Outdoor Fun 

The Pink Elephant #257 - ATG 

Scrapbook Blessings - ATG/June use a digi 

Cutie Pie Challenge #72 - Cute girls 

Cheerful Stamp Pad #89 - Weekend Activities

April Challenge - Crafts Galore Encore: fav color

It's time to announce the April challenge for Crafts Galore Encore! You're going to love this one! Include your favorite color in your project. Our sponsor for this month is Kenny K Downloads  Two winners (one chosen at random and one chosen based on their submission) will be able to choose two Kenny K digis each.

My fav color for male-oriented digis is red! I started with Kenny K's digi called J-Cool. I was excited to color this image because I have not colored many men at all - specifically not African-American ones. I really had fun with this one!

J-Cool

Copics:

• Skin - E13, E15
• Hair - E29, E79
• Hankie - C3
• Glasses - R29, Y06, Y15
• Shoes - B93, R29, Signo ball white pen
• Earrings/chain - Y15
• Sweatshirt - R29, R59
• Shirt B93
• Jeans - B0000, B34, B45, B93, B95, B99
• Copic multiliner black

Once I had colored J-Cool, I looked into my stash and found a Sizzix movers and shapers Circle flip-it card designed by Stephanie Barnard of The Stamps of Life. I just knew it was the setting for J-Cool. Then I thought, let me add some brick texture, so I pulled out my brickyard Cuttlebug embossing folder and my Cuttlebug to make that happen. I added stamping and thought I was almost done.

But then I was stumped! J-Cool looked too corny by himself with the clean bricks and I had to reach out to crafty friends to help me get a clue of which direction to go in next. Shout out and thanks to Lyne, Anna, Carol, Ellen, Leila for sparking my creativity. They suggested a boom box, graffiti and street light/signs. I marinated on that for a day and then went about my task. I love the result! I wrote all the names of my household on the walls of the card.  I may have found a new way to sign my cards...who knows.

Additional supplies:

• 2" boom box  - rock princess - DCWV black adhesive cardstock, Bazzill White, silver from my stash
• 4" traffic light - Artiste - Bazzill yellow, red and green
• Core'dinations - VC Ruby and whitewashed collection
• Brickyard cuttlebug folder
• Kenny K Digi - J-Cool
• ATG, Xyron, Zig 2 way
• No Fear, Play Hard - CTMH Later Sk8r - stamped in Chipped Sapphire distress ink
• Background (card interior) - CTMH Later Sk8r - stamped in Broken China distress ink
• Sunburst, Trophy - CTMH Cricut Artiste Collection: Kudos
• 100 Copic black and Uniball Signo white opaque pen for graffiti
• EK Success powder tool
• Copic Xpress it blending card

La-Vie

Challenges:

1. The Crafting Cafe - One for the boys
2. DL.ART - April Linky Party
3. Crafting by Designs - ATG
4.