Rainy Day Dance

Happy Wednesday to everyone and welcome to my day to show off some High Hopes stamps from One Crazy Stamper!  Today's card features the adorable image "Mary Angel" available here.

I have colored the image with Prismacolor pencils on kraft cardstock.  The card front features paper from Bo Bunny and a sentiment that is computer generated.  I added black stitching detail with a fine tip black marker, some twine from my stash and life like water droplets with Nuvo Jewel Drops in Sea Breeze.

Prismacolor pencils - 140 Eggshell, 1080 Beige Sienna, 1052 30% Warm Grey, 923 Scarlet Lake, 924 Crimson Red, 925 Crimson Lake, 1009 Dahlia Purple, 1079 Blue Violet Lake, 902 Ultramarine, 208 Indanthrone Blue, 938 White, 935 Black, 992 Light Aqua, 1011 Deco Yellow, 905 Aquamarine, 105 Cobalt Turquoise, 941 Light Umber, 946 Dark Brown, 1099 Espresso, 940 Sand, 916 Canary Yellow and 1034 Goldenrod

Backyard Boss

June brings us Father's Day, and for me - I have several male birthdays that I need cards for, so I thought I'd share a masculine card today using one of the Ai Heroes from Art Impressions: "Backyard Boss"

There's just something about a leaf blower... when the men in my family put ours on, it's like they're ready to destroy any alien life forms that may happen to walk into the backyard (smile) - and this stamp totally reminds me of this!!

Lora has all kinds of masculine stamps in the One Crazy Stamper store - so head on over and check them out!  OCS products used:  Art Impressions Backyard Boss

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Bo Bunny Souvenir Collection 6x6 paper pad

Copics used: Skin tones - E13, E11, E00, E000

Greys - W7, W5, W3, W1, W00

Oranges - YR18, YR16, YR15, YR12, YR00

Greens - G46, G43, G41

Blues - B97, B95, B93, B91

Reds - R24, R22, R20

Browns - E18, E15, E13, E11

Just Wanta Squeeze You and Hug You!!!

Welcome to another installment of Terrific Tuesday, and boy do I have a card to share with you!

 

Isn't this one of the cutest images you have ever seen?!!!!!!! This cutie is "SENIOR-ita" Wanda from Stamping Bella, and it just reminds of that favorite relative we all have experienced sometime in our life. I have colored her up with my Copics and Prismacolor pencils, paired her with some older Bo Bunny paper, added the included sentiment that came with the image, and created this one of a kind card! Gotta love it!!

Card Recipe -

Copics

Skin - E00, E01, E11, R20

Lips - R85, R17, R29

Dress - BG05, BG07, BG09

Flower outline - Y11

Flowers - R02, R05

Flower Centers - BG09

Leaves - YG21, YG25

Hair - E07, E09, E18

Prismacolor Pencils

PC937 Tuscan Red

PC905 Aquamarine

PC938 White

PC939- Peach

 

Enjoy your day - we are finally experiencing some sunshine and springtime weather here in Alberta, and it feels great!!

 

 

Smiling Shelby

Where did the month of February go??? It's hard to believe that the month is almost over and my card today is my last post for this month's Anything Goes challenge at One Crazy Stamper.

My card features another adorable image from our sponsor this month HIGH HOPES and is entitled Smiling Shelby and can be found here. I colored the image with Copics, then fussy cut it out and layered it over some scraps of Bo Bunny paper. The sentiment is from my stash.

Card Recipe

Body - G21, G24, G28

Spots - YG21, YG23, YG25

Shell - YR14, YR16, YR18

There are still a couple of days left to enter this month's challenge for your chance to win a great prize!!!

Just BEE-cause!

One full week into the new year, and I hope everyone had a great holiday season and are ready to get to creating wonderful projects. For this week's Terrific Tuesday post for One Crazy Stamper I have a super cute card!

My card features an image and sentiment from YOUR NEXT STAMP Critter Crew Set Three. I stamped the bee on Copic X-press It cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored with my Copic sketch markers, then added Judikins Diamond Glaze to the eyes, and Stardust Stickles to the wings for added dimension. After fussy cutting the image I matted it with black cardstock and popped it up on the card front with pop dots. The card front and interior feature dp from Bo Bunny's Zip-a-dee-doodle collection. The bee's flight path was created with a black Viva Decor Pearl Pen, while the border was created by embossing a strip of black cardstock, and then highlighting the design with the jade Viva Decor Inka Gold.

Card Recipe

Yellow - Y11, Y15, Y17

Black - 100

Wings - BG0000, BG02, RV10

 

Check out the rest of the design teams wonderful YOUR NEXT STAMP creations, and then get busy creating your project to enter this month's challenge to win!!!

Building a Snowman

Welcome to another Terrific Tuesday for One Crazy Stamper, and in keeping with the monthly challenge theme of WINTER or HOLIDAY , my card today features one of the adorable Wild Rose Studio stamps entitled Building a Snowman.



After coloring the image with Copic Sketch Markers, I used several designer papers from Bo Bunny Powder Mountain collection, and a Memory Box die - Frostyville Border to add depth and dimension.

You still have plenty of time to enter a project in this month's challenge to win a fabulous prize, so check out the rest of the design teams wonderful creations, then get busy and enter to win!!!

 

 

The Happiest Time of the Year!!!

Tis the season for those lovely UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATERS to be dug out from the back of your closet, and to be proudly worn for every one's pleasure.  My card today features this annual event with the use of the Art Impressions Ugly Sweater Stamp set. 

 

 After coloring the image with my Copic Sketch Markers, I used a Copic Multiliner to draw the lines on the bells back in, then fussy cut the image and mounted it on the inside of the card with an Action Wobbler.  The image is framed with a cut-out made with a Spellbinders die.  An older  Bo Bunny dp is the card front and inside.  The awesome sentiment is included with the image stamp. 

 

Card Recipe -

Reds - R22, R24, R27

Greens - G84, G94, G99

Lips - R27

Skin - E51, E53, BV000

Hair - C6

Pants - B01, B02, B04

Gold Metallic Pen   

 

You still have a couple of days left to enter the monthly challenge at One Crazy Stamper with your Christmas themed project.

How Old Are You?

Older than the Earth maybe? For this weeks card here at One Crazy Stamper's monthly challenge ( and the theme this month is Birthday!!! ) I've used a High Hopes stamp that I have owned for awhile, but never inked and colored till now!!

The image is Birthday Belle that I inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Copic Xpress It cardstock, and then colored with Copic Sketch Markers. I then cut and matted the image with a Spellbinder die then mounted it on dp from Bo Bunny's Mama-razzi2 collection. The charm, ribbon, sentiment and Tim Holtz film strip are all from my stash!!!

 

  Here's the colors that I used to color this cutie -

 

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the design team's wonderful creations and enter the monthly challenge to win a fabulous Memory Box die. One Crazy Stamper is also looking for some creative folks to join us as a guest designer, so check out the details just by clicking on the icon at the top of this blog.

 

Totally Fintastic Sepia!!!

So for my last post this month here at One Crazy Stamper I've tried a new technique - using just two colors of Prismacolor pencils to create an all Sepia colored image on Kraft cardstock! I first saw the technique on a Designed to Color showcase here, and since I love the sepia look I had to give it a try.

For my first attempt at this technique I think it turned out okay, maybe a little bit darker then I would really like, but practice makes perfect. The image is "Bella" from Whimsy Stamps, that I stamped on kraft cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black ink. I then used Prismacolor PC938 White and PC 948 Sepia to color the highlights and shadows, and blended the colors together with Gamsol and two blending stumps. The dp is Bo Bunny's Key Lime Making Waves.

 

 

It's a Shore Thing......

Wow, it's the middle of the month already, but you still have plenty of time to create a Krafty project for One Crazy Stamper's challenge theme. For the month of July we are asking you to get "KRAFTY" and use kraft cardstock, the color kraft, kraft embellishments - the list is endless of what you can use to enter to win a fabulous prize of four High Hopes Stamps.  

My card this week started with a base of kraft cardstock then a layer of dp from Bo Bunny's Key Lime collection. I then used a couple of colors of torn Tim Holtz Kraft Core cardstock to add some layers. On the top strip of kraft core cardstock, I placed an older Spellbinders Impressibilites template, then used Tsukineko VersaMark ink and Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder to bring out the design of the Impressibility. The image "The Little Captain" from Whimsy Stamps was colored with Copics, then matted with more kraft cardstock.

 

 

Black and White Wedding

Okay, the procrastinator in me has really been working overtime this past year!!!  My youngest niece was married last June, and as part of her wedding gift I told her that I would do a scrapbook album featuring the big event - fast forward to May of 2013, and I have finally completed not one but a total of three albums - just in time for their first anniversary!!

 

Since the theme this month here at One Crazy Stamper is black and white plus one other color, I've chosen to show you just a few of the pages from the albums.

 

The professional photographer produced so many beautiful photos, that it was hard to choose just some of the 2300 that she took.

 

You still have a couple of weeks left to enter the challenge here at One Crazy Stamper, just click on the icon at the top of this blog for all of the details.

 

 

Hearts and Hugs

There is only a couple of days left before Valentine's Day arrives, and I just couldn't resist coloring up this adorable Free Hugs image from Saturated Canary, and making it work as a card for the big day!!! So here's my card for One Crazy Stamper's challenge of Love.

After stamping the image on Copic Xpress It cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I colored her with Copics. The image was cut with a Spellbinders die and then attached to the card front, which was also cut with a Spellbinder Grand die. Several heart shaped punchs are used to frame the image, and to compliment the inside of the card. The dp on the inside of the card is from Bo Bunny's Love Letters collection, and the sentiment is an oldie from my stash. A small piece of velcro tape holds the card closed.



This months challenge at One Crazy Stamper is Love, and we would love to see your fabulous creations! 

11 Months Till Christmas!!

Hello and Happy Friday!  Did you know it is only 11 Month Till Christmas!!!???  Again this year I have decided make a goal to complete 2 Christmas cards a month so that I can stop the stress of completing all my cards in time for the special season at the last second and I will be posting them on my blog every 25th of each month. 

One Crazy Stamper has an amazing selection of Winter and Christmas stamps to choose from all year round, so there is never any reason why you can not get a head start on your cards too!

Are you excited???  I know I am!  I have made two Christmas cards to share with you today, here is my first card using the adorable "Heidi" from Wee Stamps....

OCS SUPPLIES USED:
* Image: Wee Stamps, Heidi, Copic Xpress Paper, Copic Markers, Memento Inks: Tuxedo Black & Nautical Blue (feel free to visit my blog for the full details)

Here is a look at the inside of the card....

Here is a close up of the gorgeous Heidi to show you the Copic colours used....

COPIC COLOURS USED:
* Skin:  E11, E00, E000, Hair:  E29,E27, E25, E21, Blues:  B99, B97, B95, Browns:  E47, E44, E43, E42, E41, E40, Snow: B91, 0 

Now on to my second card where I used a High Hopes Image called "Bearly Swooshin'"....

OCS SUPPLIES USED:
*  Image: High Hopes, Bearly Swooshin', Copic Xpress Paper, Copic Markers, Memento Inks: Tuxedo Black & Teal Zeal, Glossy Accents (feel free to visit my blog for the full details)

Here is a look at the inside....

Here is a close up of the fun skiing bear to see the Copic colours used....

COPIC COLOURS USED:
* Bear:  E42,E41, E40, Nose:  E44, E43 + Glossy Accents, Blue/Greens:  BG78, BG75, BG72, BG11, BG10, Snow:  BG10

I hope that I may have inspired you to get a head start on your Christmas cards this year as well.

Be sure to pop over to my blog as this year I am going to continue the fun little Christmas Hop like last year, but with a little twist - Pop over to follow the hop and get inspired to create your own Christmas projects early! 

Until Next Time, Keep Crafting!

Hugs;

Shari

Snow Traveller

Terrific Tuesday time again for One Crazy Stamper, and this time I have colored up the image Jet Setter by Whimsy Stamps artist Kenny K.

The image is colored with Copics, then cut and matted with Spellbinders Label 14 dies. The dp's are both from Bo Bunny's Powder Mountain collection, sentiment is from the Flourishes Snow Days set, and the snowflake die border is from Whimsy Stamps.

You still have just over a week left to enter to win a great set of stamps in the One Crazy Stamper challenge!!!  Just click on the icon at the top of this page to enter your project in our Anything Goes challenge.



Look Ma, No Stamps!!!

That's right today's card does not include one single stamp, not even the sentiment, and not a drop of Copic coloring!!!

For today's post for One Crazy Stamper I've used just paper, dies, charms and a computer generated sentiment!!

Using this month's challenge sketch and the "Holiday"theme, I've used a couple of dp's from the new Bo Bunny Powder Mountain collection to form the card base. Charms that were purchased from the local big box craft store, and Maya Road twine are mounted on the left side of the card, while the gorgeous tree on the right was cut using Dee's Distinctively Christmas Tree #1 die. The die was coated with Diamond Dust to add a glow!!

Don't forget that this month's challenge at One Crazy Stamper has two different themes for you to participate in - either follow the sketch OR make a "Holiday" theme. There's still lots of time to enter to win a fabulous stamp prize package!!!

Whimsy Raindrops Echo Designs

A Touch of Elegance

Hi everyone Cindy here Welcome to my One Crazy Stamper card. 

What I used:

• Whimsy Raindrops Echo Designs ( A Touch of Elegance)
• Paper (Bo Bunny – Serenity)
• Pearls

May OCS Challenge is "Mother's". We want to see your "Mom" themed cards. We can't wait to see your projects!

The Rules:
You have until the end of the month to join in. Only new projects (no back linking to old projects). You must link us in your post. You may combine with other challenges. Only 5 entries per person each month.
One lucky participant will win a from the OCS store!!!!
Hugs Cindy xoxo

Baby Kiki Fairy

Dana here and I've got one of my all time favorite images to share with you today.  I found the artist Mo Manning almost as soon as I started making cards and quickly fell in love with her images. Now many of her most popular images are available in rubber. Case in point, check out Baby Kiki Fairy available through Stampavie:

Even though I've colored her many times before every time I try something new and push myself to improve in some small way. This time I tried to get more realistic baby skin tones and I did that by adding quite a bit of R30 (copics).  I also wanted to try to get the wings to look how I wanted without the use of Stickles. Here's a close up:

After stamping with Memento Ink I used these colors:

I did use a Sakura Stardust pen to add those sparkly bits around her wings and hat. I never noticed before that her lil' hat looks like a strawberry, so that's why I went with the reds. 

My patterned papers are from Bo' Bunny. I think the only other touches are my Spellbinders and some flat back pearls. My sentiment is from Amy R of CC Designs.  I don't see that particular set at the moment but LOTS of other cute ones to chose from!!

Thanks so much for looking and I hope you have joined our sketch challenge this month : )

Hugs~

Fall Forever!!!

Hi Everyone...so glad you stopped by the OCS Blog today. I am Lora the owner of OCS, you might just find me posting on the blog every now and again. Today I have made up this 2 page layout using the new Bo Bunny Forever Fall papers...oh gosh I'm in love with them. When this paper arrived in the store some went directly into the Lora stash bin. I thought it would take me forever to get around to being able to use them with the Grand Opening of the new OCS brick and mortar store coming soon...but....I found the time...somehow.

The story behind the pic's.....We have this beautiful chestnut tree in our backyard..okay it's beautiful till the leaves dump in the fall and we need to rake up 12 bags. So we came up with this "Family Tradition" when our daughter was 3 to make it a family leaf raking day. Our son Rian who is 12 years older than his sister didn't think the "Family Tradition" thing was very cool...simply put, to him it was just work! But judging by the pictures I take every year of this little event they have a great time!! This set of pic's goes back to 2008...yes I'm that far behind..even further actually but oh well.

I have used a ton of distressing on this layout along with Goosebumps & Fireworks (Desert Sand Rhubarb Stalk & Rich Cocoa). I also added Frayed Burlap Distress ink to all the edges of the distressed areas. The Goosebumps really adds some wonderful texture and sheen to the paper & I really like that. The ribbon was sprayed with Fireworks as well.


Hope you like it!! Don't forget to check out the awesome Blog Candy we are giving away this month to celebrate my new store opening...you can find it HERE!

Have a wonderful day!!!

Cheers,

Banjo Maya - La La Land Crafts

And a Wonderful Wednesday to all.  Madge here, with a La La Land Crafts image called Banjo Maya.    I must admit, this one had me stumped – but here is what I came up with. 

I stamped the image onto Xpress It blend cardstock (especially for copics), and dug in with my copics. C0; C1; C4, W0; BV23; BV25; BV29; BV31; R00; R95; Y18; G07; and BG24.

The Designer Paper is from a BoBunny “Ad Lib” 6 x 6 pad which I thought my Maya needed to brighten her up.

  


I decided to make a run for crazy colors to change her from drab to “fab”!  lol  When I got finished with the pleats on her dress, I thought she looked drab, so I drew in some polka dots and colored them to match the paper.   Excuse the pun – but Cow-a-bunga!  Just what Maya needed.
Supplies used:  Xpress It Cardstock, copic markers, SU Cardstock, BoBunny DP, Spellbinders Scalloped Circles and Circles dies

PS:  What does a cow wear to a party??  A Moo Moo of course!!  lol

Thanks for looking, and don’t forget to get in on the Fun in the Sun challenge at One Crazy Stamper for the month of August