Silvery Blues and Tiddly Toos

After what seems like forever, I'm finally back with an entry for this week's Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog. This week's challenge was to create a project using some variation or all of the following colors.

First thing I went looking for papers in my Digital Paper Notebook. I found this free kit from Shabby Princess called Moody Blues. It met all of the colors except the silver. I added some silver twine and some bluish silver shiny paper.

Then for the hard part, picking 1 image to use on this card. After scanning through my Tiddly Ink folder of images, I finally selected this image called Wizardette. I thought the bubbles went really well with the papers. I've colored her with my Copics. Please check out the Tiddly Inks store as Christy as recently added some adorable new images.

Of course, if she's a wizardette, then she's casting a spell, thus the sentiment which I created in Photoshop. Please feel free to grab it if you'd like.

Pink with an Inspiration

Now knowing how I love the color Pink, it does not make me happy to know that I've been so busy this past month with getting ready for my Fall Camp Taz and a visit from our daughter and MonkeyMoo, that I have not participated in the first 3 Pink Challenges on the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. I can positively report that the girls have had their annual squeezing though and that's a really good thing.  This week's challenge had as an added addition to the Pink an inspirational picture provided by the Sassy Miss Dawn. This is the picture that she posted.

I loved the shapes of the plates as well as the colors, so I decided to use the plates and the colors for my inspiration. First off, my task was to duplicate the shape of the smaller plates. Using a die cut shape from Penny Duncan Creations and doing some overlaying and cutting to create the small plate shape. The papers were all out of my scrap box and that's a REALLY good thing.

I had printed out 5 images to choose from for my card, but none of them was right for the plate shape. If you're focusing on plates, then you have to do food. It's a given.  I used this image called Birthday Cake Desire(and don't we all desire a good piece of cake). I've colored it with lots of Copics(see my SMT post if you don't beleive me). Sassy Cheryl has been on a roll of creating new images so be sure to come and check them out to the Sassy Cheryls Digi Store. She also has a store for colored images called Sassy Cheryls Illustrations for those times when you don't have time to color or you need to produce multiple cards.

The sentiment is a rubber stamp from Stampabilities stamped on more scrap paper, glued to a toothpick and stuck under the image.

I think I met the challenge and am more than happy with the results.

SMT 48 or Creative Chaos

It's once again time to for a nosey around in every one's lives or work spaces over on the Sassy Cheryl Blog. To enter for a chance at a free Sassy Cheryl image, all you have to do is post a picture(or in my case two, three or however many I want) of either your workspace or what you have going on in your life each week. Now for a chance at a free image and even better a chance to poke around in other people's spaces, how can you lose?

Thankfully, I am happy to report after almost 3 weeks of no challenge creations, I am back in TM creating challenge cards. High School get together is done for this year, DD and DGS have visited and returned home, and the annual Fall Camp Taz is officially over, so it's crafty time again until Christmas rolls around(my neighbor is having us over for Thanksgiving).

I wish I could say that I was a neat crafter, but I have to be honest. When I'm working on a creation, the honest truth is CHAOS REIGNS. Below are pictures of me working on my SC Challenge card for this week.

In this first picture is my coloring area, and YES, I did use every one of those Copics to color my image(I had put the ones up I used on my last creation). You'll notice there are many SC images to color. Can you see my smiling face?

This picture shows my scrap box through which I dug to find the papers for my challenge card. I have to be honest and say some of the paper under the box is left over from my last 3 cards.

This final picture is the area in front of my Black Cat and you can get a glimpse of my finished card. I'm blogging it next. I have a mess going on their because I used it my baby to create my card.

So now I guess I better go fix my afternoon latte, and come back and clean up this mess in order to create the next one.

Three Isn't Making Me Feel Blue

I did it! I got three cards made for the Phindy's Place Challenge this week. If you use a Phindy's image in your project you get two entries and a better chance at winning. I just can't figure out why EVERYONE doesn't use a Phindy's image. I want to own every last one of them.

This time the image I've selected is yet another of Phindy's Winter Cuties and is called Big Box. I'm betting whatever is in the box won't be nearly as entertaining or as fun as the box itself, given his young age. He's colored with my Copics. You really need to check out all the wonderful images at the Phindy's Place Store.

Again I've gone for digital papers. The main papers are from a kit by Jeanine Baechtold called American Made at Computer Scrapbook Dot Com. I also used some of the leftover papers from my previous two cards.
The sentiment is one I created in Photoshop and thought it was appropriate for a Baby's First Christmas. Please feel free to grab it.

Let's Make It Two for Blue

After a two week(three for some challenges) hiatus from making cards, I was so happy to actually get two made yesterday for the Phindy's Place Challenge Blog.  In case you didn't read my previous post, the theme this week is Blue Christmas.

This cute little fellow from the Phindy's Place Store's Winter Cuties is called Delivery Man. I can so sympathize with him on the difficulty of delivering a plate of Christmas cookies(especially Chocolate Chips) without doing a taste test. You really need to know they taste all right before you give them to someone else. I've colored him with Copics.

I truly have a love affair going on with Digital Papers. I love that they come in coordinating packs. I can file them by Designer in folders on my computer and they don't take up any physical space. Each kit will have a one page preview of all the papers included in the kit. I've printed those out each preview and have them filed alphabetically in a 3 ring binder, so that when I can flip through one notebook and find what I'm looking for. It doesn't hurt that there are tons of free kits out there, but there are also tons of inexpensive kits. Add to the fact, that with a continuous ink system on my printer, it is such  a total win for me. The papers I used on this card are from a free kit called Brisk that was designed by Jeanine Baechtold for Computer Scrapbook Dot Com.

The sentiment was a quick design in Photoshop, so feel free to help yourself.

Hopefully there will be time for a 3rd card for the Challenge, but I have some other chores that I have to do first.

It's a Blue Christmas at Phindy's Place

That's the challenge over on the Phindy's Place Challenge Blog this week.. I am so happy to be back at my crafting. After a month of really not being able to craft like I wanted to, I am dancing a jig to be back in TazMania.

This first card is using one of Phindy's latest Winter Cuties, called First Snow. Isn't she adorable? Of course given the right colors, I guess she could be a he. I have a fondness for little girls, so a girl she is. She's colored with Copics. Be sure to check out all the wonderful images at the Phindy's Place store.

The papers are digital and are from a kit called appropriately enough Winter Bliss by Rachel Dickson found on Computer Scrapbook dot Com. The snowflake embellishments are Christmas decorations for a mini tree that I bought at Hobby Lobby on clearance last year.

I created the sentiment in Photoshop, and it's posted below. Feel free to grab it

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SMT #47 and A Camp Wrap Up

I'm so happy to be taking part in the Show Me Thursday over at Sassy Cheryl's Blog. For a chance at a free Sassy Cheryl's image, all you have to do is post what you've got going on in your work space or your life over on the Sassy Cheryl's Blog.  It's great fun  having a nosey in everyone's life. You never know what you'll see or learn.

I have a group of friends that I made over on the Weight Watcher's board on a group called the 10K Challenge. They were online friends to begin with, but in the Spring of 2004, I had a couple that came for a visit. In the Spring of 2005 there were 5 of us and that was the year Camp Taz was born. My nickname is Taz(think of the Tasmanian Devil). The first camps started as a long weekend in the spring of each year. Now it's a semi-annual event and lasts from Wednesday through til the next Tuesday. We spend the week preparing points friendly and very healthy Weight Watcher foods, truly discussing the Program and walking, kayaking, laughing, dancing, and even playing the Wii.  It's a twice a year kick in the seat of the pants and a chance to refocus. With the exception of one(she's only 40 and got in being the neighbor of one of our Posse members), we're all now 60 or older, but you'd never know it. I'm going to  post pictures with captions of pictures from this past week's camp. It ended today, and I have to say that it was a huge success.

The group invading MonkeyMoo's Tree House

Chicken Piccata and No Noodle Lasagna and a Salad Dessert was a French Apple Tart that didn't stay on the plate long enough to photograph.

Fall CT Campers at Noxubee Refuge

Alligator spotted sunning himself at Noxubee Refuge( a super zoom lens was used in the making of this picture)

Barley, Grape Tomato and Arugula Saute, Lemon Shrimp Linguine and a salad

Sunday morning sunrise kayaking

Spider webs spotted on a kayaking run

Great Blue Heron

Sunset kayaking on Monday afternoon(you can see that Fall is happening)

Thanks for stopping by. Now hurry and post a pic on Sassy Cheryl's Blog. Oh and don't forget to check out the spaces of the other challenge participants.