Spectember Continues!

My first card in this posting was created for the Spectember Day 18 Challenge named Under the Sea. I used a sweet digi image from LeeAnn’s  World 101 named Thessa. I colored Thessa with Spectrum Noir Coloring System alcohol markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen. After fussy-cutting the colored image, I adhered her atop patterned paper and a rectangle of blue plastic document folder. (NOTE- you can find details about this wonderful office supply staple in one of my blog posts last month. You can find it HERE.)  The sentiments are from a Bugaboo digi set named Under the Sea, and the anchor image on the inside of the card is from a Beccy’s Place digi set named “Smooth Seas.” I added shimmer to her scales with Spectrum Noir gold and silver Sparkle Pens and added water bubbles with Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal drops.

 

Entered into:  

Spectember Day 18 Under the Sea

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #114 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge- #475 Anything Goes 

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- Sept                                 

This weeks challenge at the wecraftcards Forum was to create a card that represented the where we live. I had fun making this slider card... that represents Wisconsin's many dairy farms! I've had this paper clay cow since the late '90s. I made it when I was selling Stampin' Up and recently found it when cleaning out (i.e. organizing) my collection of card stuff. The background of the card is upcycled from an old calendar page. I used instructions found HERE to create the slider pull card. The Happy Birthday Sentiment is from an Imagine That Digi set named “Butter to my toast” and the little maple leaves are from an Imagine That digi set named “Autumn.” You can find both of these items HERE. The inside sentiment is one of the first wood mount stamps I ever owned from a company named Azadi Earles.

 

Entered into: 

We Craft Cards Monday Challenge- Regional Birthday

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-Interactive                                      

Pink Gem Challenge- Week 18 Anything Goes

Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Inspiration & Challenge- Fall   

For my final card, I pulled out another old stamp. I pulled the rubber from the wood mount a while ago, but I think it is from a company named Uptown Stamps. I colored the sweet image with Spectrum Noir Coloring System alcohol markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen, focusing on using shades of grey, pink and yellow (so I can enter it into the Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge.) I didn’t have a sentiment that would fit on the banner, so hand-printed Happy Birthday. Since I was making use of old items, I decided to used one of my Fiskars decorative scissors to add some interest to the card’s corners and inside liner. The inside sentiment is from Petersen Rubber Stamps (a small husband and wife in-home business in South Dakota in the late 1990’s. They were nice people!)  

 

Entered into: 

Outlawz Challenges- Tuesday Color Challenge

Polkadoodles Challenge- Week 38-Anything Goes                                 

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays