No Brown or Orange??

When I saw the second Viva la Verve challenge for October (a sketch challenge with the twist of no brown or orange on the card) I thought, "How hard can it be to not use those 2 colors?" HaHa! It took me 2 days of looking through my papers to settle on something appropriate! Every time I got excited about the stamp set and papers I had chosen I realized there was either brown or orange (or both!) on those papers! I finally realized I could easily stay away form brown and orange if I stamped a Peacock!! (I love brown and orange so I probably easily could have added them too if allowed!!) Actually, my lovely daughter, reading over my shoulder has just pointed out that there is brown on this card. I am going to pretend that there is NOT!

I have been admiring The Dark Mermaid's work with Twinkling H2O's and was telling her I have not been happy with my work when I paint with them. I feel a little guilty because of the money I spent so I decided to paint my cardstock with some this time so that I get some use out of them. The cardstock base and mats are Night of Navy with some T H2O's over it and the embossed panel is Not Quite Navy that has also been painted with T H2O's.

The Details:
Stamps: Swan Song and Wishing You - Verve
Paper: My Mind's Eye, Night of Navy, Not Quite Navy, PTI White
Copics: B28,B39,B02,BG05,BG09,YG95
Misc: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Twinkling H2O's, Darice Gems

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope this is the beginning of a fabulous week for you!
:-)Traci

2 Cards Today!

WooHoo it's Friday! Yeah! And I have 2 cards to show today! The first is a Halloween card using Gingerbell the cat from The Greeting Farm and the Jack-o-Lantern head from the Spooktacular set (also from TGF!)

The Details:
Stamps: Gingerbell and Spooktacular - The Greeting Farm
Paper: American Crafts, Elegant Eggplant, Basic Black, PTI White
Copics:
Cat: C5,C7,C9,R20,R22
Pumpkin: Y35,Y38,E08
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Dew Drop Brilliance Lightning Black (distressing on the fence)

My second card has a completely different feel and is for the first October Viva La Verve challenge. This was a sketch challenge with the twist of "make it shabby chic". That does not come naturally to me, so I hope this is acceptably shabby chic!


The Details:
Stamps: Wishing You, Because of You - Verve
Paper: Retired Baja Breeze paper pack, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla
Ink: Distress Inks in Tea Dye and Vintage Photo, Baja Breeze
Misc: Prima Flowers, Darice jewels, Martha Stewart border punch, Choc Chip Grosgrain ribbon

Thanks so much for visiting me today! I hope your day is wonderful!
:-)Traci

A Pink Halloween Kitty

My daughter loves this online game called ToonTown. Her character is a pink cat and she loves this cat. She draws pictures of it and makes up stories about it. Last year for Christmas I made her a stuffed toy version of it and this year she has decided that is what she wants to be for Halloween. (I need to get to work on that costume, I guess!) So I have had this Sugar Nellie image since last Spring and I decided I would make a pink Halloween card with it for her. The backgound panel (pink with the big spider web) was drawn with a VersaMark pen and then embossed with Iridescent Ice embossing powder. It wasn't quite as sparkly as I wanted it so I went over it a little more with Diamond Stickles. The little spider on the sentiment is an EK Success punch and I put a pink rhinestone on it's back. I love how this looks in real life (I think it's my favorite part of the card) but it doesn't show very well in the picture.

The Details:
Stamp: Luca and Nellie Halloween Collection
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, Whisper White, PTI WHite
Copics:
Skin:R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair:E21,E25,E27,E29
Costume:R81,R83,R85,C0,C1,C3,C5,C7
Misc: Stickles, EK Success Punches - Spider, Skull and Crossbones, Spiderweb border, VersaMark pen, Iridescent Ice embossing powder, pink rhinestone

Thnaks so much for stopping by to see me!
:-)Traci

Undead in the Graveyard

Hi! I have another Halloween card today! I am having so much fun making these but I have to stop soon so I can get them in the mail! For today's card I wanted to make a creepy/cute graveyard scene using the mummy and the vampire from the Spooktacular set from The Greeting Farm. And look! I finally got to use my graveyard border punch! I just had to have it and then I had a hard time using it....I drew the two bigger headstones and used some brown flock to be freshly dug up graves. I hope it looks like the vampire is flying - I had a really hard time placing him. The big tree is also hand cut.


Other Details:
Stamps: Spooktacular - The Greeting Farm
Paper: K&Co, Basic Black, PTI White
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair and Clothes: C0,C1,C3,C5,C7,C9
Misc: EK Success Bat Punch, Martha Stewart (I think - it may be EK Success - I think they make the MS ones anyway!) graveyard border punch, Brown Flocking

Thank you for visiting today!
:-)Traci

A "Wicked" Witch

I love this new digital witch from Whimsy Doodles! She reminds me so much of my friend Danielle (although Danielle would tell me she needs to be a round woman!) Dani is a member of "The Wicked Pixies" (our Ren-faire booth name that I stole for my blog) and she has her own business called "The Red Witch" (she makes custom hats, like wizard or princess hats.) So this witch is dressed in red and has red hair in honor of Danielle.

I made a frame for her to be popped up on by taking the guide off of a fancy corner punch and punching repeatedly around the square of black. I hand snipped any area that was still connected afterward. It is difficult to make it nice and straight (for me it was impossible!) but I don't think it really detracts too much in this case. And the frame really is on the purple base straight, but the angle of the picture makes it look mounted crooked! I used a clear Spica glitter pen on her hat so it is sparkly and her glasses have crystal effects on them to mimic real glasses. The sentiment (which also came with the witch) was cut out with an oval Nestability and sponged with several purple inks. I then rubbed a little gold stickles over it.

The Details:
Stamps: Witchy Girl - Whimsy Doodles
Paper: DCWV, Elegant Eggplant, Basic Black, PTI White
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: E02,E07,E09,E18
Clothes:R24,R27,R29,R39,R89,C1,C3,C5,C7,C9
Broom:Y21,Y23,Y26,Y28,E55,E57,E59
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant
Misc: Fiskars Corner Punch, Spica Clear Glitter Pen, Crystal Effects, Gold Stickles, Oval Nestabilities, Red Rhinestone Stickers

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful day!
:-)Traci

Feeling a Little Witch-y!

Did you all have a lot of fun on World Card Making Day (Saturday)? I am so sad that I didn't get to stamp that day. I just had way too much going on. I did manage to visit a few blogs and see some fantastic creations and I got to stamp a little bit on Sunday. I also went to see The Lion King and that was AMAZING!

I made this card yesterday during my little bit of stamping time. I am really in a witch-y mood lately and I have several different witch stamps so you may be seeing a few over the next couple of days!! This one uses an older image from Stamping Bella. The swirls behind the main image were cut with my Cricut and then I added lots of black glitter.


The Details:
Stamp: WitchyBella - Stamping Bella
Paper: Cosmo Cricket, Basic Black, More Mustard, PTI White
Copics:Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: E02,E07
Clothes: C3,C5,C7,C9,V04,V06,V09,G21,G24,YG67
Pumpkin: Y17,YR14,E07
Misc: Fiskars Corner Punch, Cricut Swirls, Stickles, Black Stick on Jewels (Darice)

Thank you so much for stopping by!
:-)Traci

A Get Well Viva la Verve Card

Hello! Just a quick post today with a card I made for a former co-worker who is having surgery on her foot today. I used the Viva la Verve September Sketch #5 and the twist (because there is always a twist with these!) was to use Specialty paper. I don't have a lot of specialty paper, but I have had this lilac flocked paper for close to 10 years, so I was thrilled to finally use it!! I know I got it at Micheals, but it doesn't have any brand name on it, just a barcode...

The Details:
Stamps: Swan Song and Wishing You - Verve
Paper: Lilac?, Black and White prints - GCD Studios, Basic Black, Whisper White, PTI White
Copics: BV000, BV01,BV02
Misc: SU Scallop Border Punch, Nestabilities, Stardust Stickles, Pearls -?

Thanks for stopping by today - I hope your day is Great!
:-)Traci