Flamingo Fun!

It’s Friday and time for the Colour Crazy Challenge. This challenge is “Anything Goes” but adds one requirement- the creation needs to include coloring in “any colouring medium you like, onto any project you like, and in any colours you like.” I’ve never outgrown my love for coloring… which is why making cards is stress therapy for me!!

This week’s sponsor is Knitty Kitty. and my DT card features a sweet image from a set of skating flamingos named Build A Snow Scene. I printed off copies of a flamingo, flipping one of them so that I could glue them together to create a two-sided image. Bright pink coloring and some pretty pastel pink feathers help to bring the beauty (I think her name is Felicia) to life! The base of my card, with the circle cutout and inside sentiment “Joy” is from a boxed set that I found at an after Christmas sale last year. The cutout provided the perfect frame for the skater. I replaced the red ribbon with burgundy, which looks better with the pink flamingo, and added a blue circle cut from a plastic document folder to the inside of the card on top of the sentiment. It provides some contrast so that Felicia really pops! (Note- Plastic document folders come in a pack of assorted colors and can be found in the office supply section of most stores and from some dollar stores! I really like using them on my cards because they're cheaper than colored vellum and are more translucent.  You can write on them with a fine-line permanent marker or white gel pen. The plastic is also easy to fussy-cut with a nice, sharp pair of scissors. And then can be adhered to a card with small strips of double-stick tape.) 

I attached the skater to the opening by cutting a thin strip of acetate taping a strip and taping it to the backside of the card front, and covering the tape with a piece of scrapbook paper with a circle cutout. I then attached the Felicia images to the acetate with double-stick tape, tucking feathers down between the image and the acetate strip. Took some finagling, but I like the results. The final touch was adding a gentle flurry of bright blue snowflake stickers to the card.

Supplies: 
·   Digi- Knitty Kitty (Build A Snow Scene)
·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen
·   Snowflake Stickers- Hobby Lobby
·   Scrapbook paper, acetate strip, ribbon, and boxed Christmas card from my stash

Entered into: 
Simon Says Monday Challenge- Happy Holidays                         
Power Poppy- Creative Confetti- Let It Snow                    
Crafty Catz Challenge- Anything Goes #528 
Dragonfly Dreams- Christmas/Winter
The Paper Shelter- #450 Use a Digi

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge- Blue Monochrome

This card was created for a wonderful annual event at Beccy’s Place named the Month of Holiday Cards Challenge (not just Christmas cards, you can make cards for ANY holiday.) This is my third year of participating, and I’m honored to now be a member of Beccy’s DT (called a Contributor!) and am blessed to have a large collection of Beccy’s amazing artwork! The 8th annual Challenge goes on all month, with drawings for daily challenges, for posting comments, and even random entry numbers!  Stop in HERE to learn more.  Most of the challenges follow an A-Z theme… with a few other topics thrown in to cover all 31 days of November. This card is for the letter “K” as in Kraft Cardstock. I printed Stanley Claus onto kraft cardstock, colored and fussy-cut the handsome bear before placing him on a Tri-fold Shutter card base. The holly sequins were from my sweet mom's craft stash. I know she would have loved seeing them add some bling to Stanleys card. (Speaking of Stanley. I attempted to make him look fluffy by sponging on a bit of white pigment ink. But I fear that it just makes him look like he is molting!! Or, in the words of Christopher Robin, maybe he’s just a “Silly OLD bear!”)

Supplies: 

·   Digi and Sentiments- Beccy’s Place Digital Stamp (Stanley Claus)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers, Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen, and white pigment ink

·   Instructions for Tri-Fold Shutter Card HERE

·   Cardstock, background papers, white furry fabric, holly sequins and circle template from my stash

Entered into:  

Beccy’s Place- 8th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge- K is for Kraft

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Christmas

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #466-467 Anything Goes 

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays  

Outlawz Challenge- Inlinks Challenge

My final card this post features the November Progressive Challenge Freebie at Outlawz. It is named “Ellie with Kittens” from Paper Nest Dolls. I also used the Outlawz current Wednesday Sketch when creating my card.  I am entering my card into several other challenges including Outlawz Tuesday TicTacToe (my card fits into the middle column (includes flowers, kittens and a heart-shaped barrette).  

 

Supplies:  · Digi- Paper Nest Dolls (Ellie With Kittens)

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

·   Front Sentiment “Happy Purr-thday” from an Imagine That digi set (Kitty Lapping Milk)

·   Inside Sentiment- maxammadestudio.com (Happy Day)

·   Cardstock and assorted background papers from my stash

Entered into: 

Outlawz Challenges- Progressive Freebie- Paper Nest Dolls  (Ellie with Kittens)

Outlawz Challenges- Tuesday Color Challenge- TicTacToe        

Outlawz Challenges- Wednesday Sketch        
Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- November  

Spectrum Noir Community Group (FB)- Nov- Anything Goes