Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog Challenge #14 - Run for the Border

Welcome to a new challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  For the next two weeks we are running a border challenge.  You must stamp, punch or fancy cut a border on your project.  Remember you must have a stamp or digi image or sentiment on your project.  

This challenge is being sponsored by The Paper Nest Dolls.  The winner will recieve a $25 gift certificate to their online store.  They have adorable images, so take a look!

For this challenge, I made a card using Rainy Day Friends (this comes in rubber and digital).  It's always good to have a friend by your side when life sends thunderstorms your way.  I just wish I had one near by, because it's just a pouring some days.  This is image is perfect for best friends.

I colored the image using my handy dandy water colorpencils and finishing it up with regular colorpencils  I couldn't really decide what border to use for this project, but went with a Martha Stewart punch.  The sentiment came from a MFT stamp set called Friendship is Shelter (this might be discontinued), which I thought looked perfect on a cloud.  

To make the puddle look like water, some glossy accent was used.  Even on the raindrops I used some glossy accent.  To make it girlie I added some rhinestones to the umbrella.

Here is the inside of the card.

Hope to see you entry the Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog Challenge!

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps used: The Paper Nest Dolls - Rainy Day Friends, MFT Friendship is Shelter

paper used: SU

die-cuts used: Martha Stewart punch, MFT cloud trio

embellishments used: Really Reasonable Ribbons, Adhesive Rhinestones, Glossy Accents

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #13 - Anything Goes

It's time for another great challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  This one seems to be a favorite....Anything Goes.  Remember, it must have a stamped (digi is fine) image or sentiment on the project. 

We are being sponsored by Lacy Sunshine Stamps.  The winner will receive a $20 gift certificate for the store.  This is one of my favorites, I have quite a few digi stamps from Lacy Sunshine.  I find the girls cute and sassy!  

I have completed two projects for this challenge, so it's a long post. The first project is a card using Molly's Big Fish. 

As women we should tell our men how wonderful they are in our lives and that we love to be by their sides.  There are many fish in the sea, but it takes one man to treat you with respect and like a women, to me he is a great catch!   When I picked this image so many months back, I wasn't for sure how I was going to use it.  I found the paper at Hobby Lobby (the blue and dp).  It all just came together.  I had the fishing lure for awhile, all I know is that it came from Michael's all those years ago.  The fish brads I had, thinking I was going to use for a different project.  The sentiment came from MFT Fred Bear Goes Fishing (this is a discontinued line), just prefect for this card and for that one special man.   The image was colored with water colorpencils and regular color pencils.  

Here's the inside of the perfect catch.  The same paper was used inside, just added the wave die-cuts.

Challenges I'm entering the card into:

Aud Sentiments - Challenge 88 any sentiment

Sister Act Card Challenge - Challenge #22 anything goes

Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Anything Goes

For my second project, I couldn't help but think of a special little girl when I saw this image and imagined it on a trinket box.  Girls love to have boxes to put special things to keep.  My dad gave me a jewelry box when I was 6 or 7 for Christmas, and to this day I still have it.  Very special to me.  

For this project I used Eleanor's Wishes.  

Penny is a girlie girl, so pink was in order.  I colored the image first and went from there.  Added flowers and ribbon.  The ribbon was heated with a heat gun to crinkle it up some.  I know girls like bling, so a row bling was added to the outer edge.  For some reason I thought a key was appropriate, like she can lock up all her wishes.  

In this photo you can see the shimmer of the Smooch sprintz I sprayed on the paper before I decoupage it to the lid.  

I added a lace that I thought was beautiful and hung below the edge of the lid.  The lace I bought many years ago, I'm thinking like 12-13 years, just waiting for the right time to be used. I used paisley paper for the bottom and added gems to the center of the flowers for more bling.

It's be a long while since I've used my paints and I got to paint the inside of this box.  The inside needed to be done too.  Bright pink for the inside with a trim of ribbon on the top.

For the inside of the lid, I stamped a little sentiment and added some stars that I stickled.  Everything had to be finished. I'm hoping it's perfect!

Here's the before pic of the box...what a difference!!

I hope you join us at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog !

Challenges I'm entering the box into:

Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - Challenge 64 - For a Child

Simon Says - Anything Goes

thanks for looking and reading :o)

supplies for the card:

stamps used: Lacy Sunshine Stamp - Molly Big Fish, MFT Fred Bear Goes Fishing

paper used: Hobby Lobby - Blue, SU-Old Olive, The Paper Studio-Turtle&Fish Patchwork

die-cuts: MFT Mini Album Bracket Stax, MFT Fishtail Flag Stax, MFT Catch a Wave

embellishments: Recollections Fish Brads

supplies for the box:

stamps used: Lacy Sunshine Stamp-Eleanor's Wishes, inside sentiment Unity-Empowered Words

paper used: MFT Cotton Candy, The Paper Studio Baby Pink Paisley

die-cuts used: MFT You Move Me, MFT Cloud Trio, MFT Star Stax

embellishments: Recollections Rhinestone on Roll, Pearl Stickers, Adhesive Rhinestones, Lace on Roll, Prima Flowers, K&Company Keys Metal Art, Smooch Spritz Vanilla Shimmer, Ribbon Martha Stewart and Really Reasonable Ribbon, Stickles Blueberry Ice, Star Dust, Diamond, Pink and Yellow