Rainy Days

It's Wednesday! So time for another challenge at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog where challenges are always Anything Goes and prizes are awarded from one or more sponsors.  Stop by the blog to check it out!

The sponsor this week is Lemon Shortbread and my DT card features the sweet image “Rainy Days Girl.’” I knew I wanted to create a reflection in the water so copied an extra image, cropped off all but the boots, and flipped them in reverse. After coloring the image and the extra set of boots, I fussy cut the extra boots and set them aside. Decorative chalks, a makeup sponge, and a cloud template cut from a paper scrap helped me create a cloudy sky behind the umbrella girl. When finished, I used an Exacto knife to trim around the bottom of her boots, then positioned and adhered the reversed boots to the bottom of the page. Next, I positioned a scrap of vellum over the reversed boots, sliding it up under the girl’s boots. I colored the vellum, adding ripples with several shades of blue markers and a white gel pen. The final touch of realism was to add highlights to all the beautiful raindrops falling from the sky and bouncing off her umbrella and on the water puddles with a white gel pen. So fun!

  

 Supplies: 

·   Digi- Lemon Shortbread (Rainy Days Girl)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Sentiments “Let’s Celebrate Today” and “Just Thinking of You”- Buddly Crafts (Sentiments 1)

·   Butterfly- Bugaboo Digital Image (Frame it HAPPINESS)

·   Cloud template cut from scrap paper, decorative chalks and a makeup sponge

·   Assorted cardstock and scrap of vellum from my stash

Entered into:  

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Bright and Cheerful

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #446-447 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge- Anything Goes #513

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays

I wanted to create a card for the Power Poppy Challenge “Rock the Mojo” which required that I find a source of inspiration and let it “help my mojo to bubble up to the surface to create!” I looked through my photo files and found one that inspired me, it even features a Power Poppy digi set. I was thrilled when I just discovered that it was created by one of my favorite Power Poppy DT's, Julie Koerber! I also wanted to make a card for the Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge- Red, White and a touch of green and knew that this sweet digi from Di’s Digi’s was the perfect fit! (After I was finished I decided I might have added more than a touch of green… but I do like the way it turned out!)

 

  

Supplies: 

·   Inspiration Photo using a Power Poppy Digi set can be found HERE.

·   Digi- Di’s Digital Stamps (Candy Cane Bear)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Inside sentiment- Birdscards Freebie (Wishing You a Magical Christmas)

·   Snowflakes- Cheery Lynn Designs Die (C146 Snowflakes- available at several shops on the web)

·   Assorted background paper, doily and black enamel dots from my stash

Entered into:  

Power Poppy- Creative Confetti- Rock the Mojo

Outlawz Challenges- Tuesday Color Challenge- Red, White and a touch of green
   Since I’m a DT for Sheepski, I’m entering this challenge just for fun!

Di’s Digi Stamps- Christmas in July
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #135 Christmas in July (Week 1)

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge- Christmas In July
Besties Challenge- July Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #497 Anything Goes

2craftycrittercrazies Challenge- July 2020 #40

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- July

My final card for this posting went together pretty quickly. I had found this free sentiment from Tlc Creations some time ago, and decided that it was time to put it to use. Decided that I wanted to paper piece a sock monkey. After a little research, plus memories of the sock monkey that my mom made for me about 6 decades ago, I came up with a sketch that served as my template. When looking for paper I could use, I was excited to discover that I had a grey paper that resembled the mottled texture of a real sock monkey! I wanted to be able to easily mail this card to my youngest sister (who also had a beloved sock monkey) I punched circles from black cardstock to make “buttons” for the eyes, using a mini-punch to add the holes. I then sewed these on with thin white string. His nose and eye stitches were added with a black marker, and red yarn finishes adds texture and realism to the fun toy.

Supplies: 

·   Paper Pieced Sock Monkey- developed with scraps from my stash

·   Inside  sentiment- TlcCreations Freebie (Only My Sock Monkey)

·   White string and red yarn from my dear mom’s stash

·   Mini paper punch and Fine-line Sharpie black marker from my stash

Entered into:  

Double D’s Challenge- Stitches

Cute Card Thursday- Challenge #641 Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft 2020-Anything Goes- July Challenge #7-2020