Lucy on a Card with Flowers

Ok the titles kind of dorky but I couldn't resist. This little angel's name is Lucy and you can get her here at Scrapper's Delights.  The card is an A2, which means its 4 1/4 inches by 5 1/2 inches. I needed to print out Lucy quite small to fit onto the card and I thought that would make her difficult to color. The first run through with my copic markers didn't work so well, but freshly sharpened colored pencils and Gamsol for blending worked just beautifully. I was able to match her dress with the center of the large chipboard flower that dominates the card.  I chose to make her a blonde because I wanted her to POP! This was to make sure that even though she isn't the largest element on the card she is the focal point.  I hope you give this a try.  Grab an A2 card, some large chip board elements, patterned paper and Lucy and see how much fun it is to make her PoP!
Have a great weekend and don't forget to check out the challenge blog! Janice has some birthday fun coming up!
Cheers
Laurie

What do you do when its too hot to go outside?

Hey Peeps!  Its summer time over here in Sunny California.  During the summer when it too hot to go outside (108 degrees), I like to find the coolest place in the house and just play with my crafting supplies.  This week I decided to dig out my colored pencils. I like using these on intricate images because I can keep them very sharp.  I used this border from the Scrappers Delights Borders and Corners  set. If you haven't checked out this set, you're missing out, Janice has created a very versatile and oh so useful.  This set is going into my Go To file!

As you can see on this 5 1/4" by 6" image the vines and leaves are very delicate and in many places just ohhh sooo tiny. Using a colored pencil allows you to keep the lead super sharp so you can get into those tiny spots and have the details shine through.  I then colored in the hearts with a glitter pen.  The sentiment was from my standard issue MS Word program (no fancy fonts there) and I used my new glitter tape on the bottom.  The card base was a 6 1/4" by 10 3/4" folded in half. Don't forget to score the fold so that it looks crisp.  Also I made a cute little bow with the washi tape by cutting a 2 1/2 " piece and folding them so that the ends meet in the middle. I then placed with is on the border and added a gem stone to finish the bow off.

Please feel free to comments or ask questions about any of the techniques I have used. And as always I can be reached through my blog at www.lauriescraftingblog.blogspot.com

Cheers

Laurie

The 4th of July and Operation Write Home

Hi everyone,
With the 4th of July right around the corner, it makes me thing of the men and women who protect our freedom. I was one the Operation Write Home  blog this morning and I decided to challenge myself. I am going to do 25 cards from now until the 11:59 on July 4th. These I will send out to Operation Write Home before the end of the week.  Do you care to join me on this challenge?
Let me know.....leave a comment and I will keep you all updated on my progress! Please check out Laurel's Blog for more information and guidelines.

Cheers and Happy 4th!
May God Bless the USA!
Laurie

Guitars for Guys and Girls

Hi Everyone! I hope you are all having a great summer. Mine has yet to actually start. LOL  Been living in the car or backstage this month.  Siena has three days of showcase this week and Ani has paper crafts and soccer camp this week as well. Its a pretty light week compared to last week. Hopefully I will get to experiment with my new copics?  

So here is my creation for this week. This cute guitar is from Scrappers Delights! This is our Guitar digital stamp and while the traditional colors are black and grey....well I have girls so, Siena picked out the hot pink and Ani picked out the neon green. I added the purple because Prince's Purple Rain was on the radio!  Isn't fun how colors come together? I just did a simple card to have on hand for those birthday parties that spring up out of no where. You know the ones...at 11pm the night before... "Mom don't forget I need a present for "so and so's" birthday party tomorrow morning. This guitar is perfect to have in your arsenal of digital stamps. It can be used for girly and all boy cards. I printed the quote right on the Copic Card Stock in neon green and then outlined it with my hot pink marker. I added neon green bracket stickers and whaaaa laaaah! Now remember if you want this super cute guitar click the link here. And for only a dollar its a great staple to have in your collection!

Cheers and See You Next Month

Laurie

www.lauriescraftingblog.blogspot.com

Messy Coloring?

Hey everyone! I was playing around with the Roses and Butterflies digital stamps from Scrappers Delights and I decorated this cigar box for my daughter. She needed something to put her dance competition pins in, and this box was the perfect size. I printed out multiple copies of  the roses and the butterflies and then colored them in with my Copic Markers. I tried to make a video explaining "Messy Coloring". Its my first video so please be gentle. = ) Here is the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2sGFMmOc8E 

I left the inside as it was because I know my 11 year old will trash it, but I did cover the outside with this pretty distressed paper.  Once the paper was decoupaged into place and dried. I cut out all the roses and butterflies.  I decoupaged these onto the top and front of the box. I then added the little bow. Now she has a     decent sized box for her current and future pins.

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Cheers

Laurie

Gotta Luv Those Goth Girlz

Hey Everyone!  Are you all ready for Summer break? I know I am!  As you know we are having a Goth contest here at Scrapper's Delights.  This is what I came up with.  I really like the clean and simple approach to cards and scrap booking. That being said I have found that some themes such as vintage to be a really difficult look to achieve within the Clean and Simple (CAS) aesthetic. So when I began working with our Little Goth Girl, I almost went into panic mode.  But guess what? She fit into that style perfectly.  So I could go outside my comfort zone but still stay within it.  Take a look at what I did with her and I will point out how I kept within the CAS look but still kept this card nicely "GOTH".

The first rule of CAS design is to use no more than 3 embellishments. As you can see I have three on this card, the ribbon, the gemstone and the black bead runner between the text. I also used only two colors, the purple and teal, and two neutrals..the black and white.  Except for the scalloped circle on which our little girl is showcased, all other lines are straight rectangles.  To keep the sentiment simple and within our theme I found this really cool font called "chiller" online and I was able to download it for free. I printed it out on white card stock, matted it onto the purple card stock, added the beading and my Goth Card was finished and it is both GOTH and CAS. 

Here are the rules for Clean and Simple Design

1. No more than three embellishments.

2. No more than two colors (Hair color does not count)

3) No more than two Neutrals (these are black, white, cream, beige, taupe  and so on)

4) No more than two edge types...on this card we have mainly straight lines and one item has a round scalloped edge.

5) No more than two patterned papers.  On this project I chose not to use any.

Keep to those simple guidelines and your projects will be perfectly balanced and Clean and Simple.

Ya'all have a great weekend!

Laurie

  Can you believe there is only 13 days left of school? If you're like me you volunteer quite a bit in your kid's school. I have five classes of kids that I work with and I like to make my last day with them special.  This year I decided (mainly because my schedule is insane busy) to give the kids candy bars.  Draco was perfect for this because the boys will like it too. You can get Drago here.  So I put Draco and this cute quote about dragons onto card stock. I cut straight across the bottom and top of the quote but stopping when I got to Draco. I then fussy cutted the top and bottom of Draco so that he would pop up out of the wrapper. I used Copic's to color him in.  This is a fast and easy way to make a cute candy bar wrappers. Since I have 129 of these to make, I better get going. You all have a wonderful weekend and keep crafting. And if you're looking for a great digital stamp to work with head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Store and if you need inspiration head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Paper Craft Blog!

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Cheers
Laurie