Crafting When We Can Challenge #47!

Good morning!

We are on Challenge #47 and our theme this week is Keep It Simple. This is ALWAYS a huge challenge for me... I have a hard time doing simple LOL So here goes:

I used an image from Lacy Sunshine - Scrappin Sue. I colored her using Copic and I layered her just a little bit. The squares are from an old wooden stamp that I had. I believe that stamp is from Club Scrap. And well.. that's it LOL White cardstock card base.

Copic Used:
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11
Scissors: T1, T3, T5, T7
Marker: C00, C1, C3, C5, B05, B06
Hair: E21, E39, E59, E97, E99
Dress: BG32, BG34, BG49, V04, V05, Y11, Y13, Y15
Shoes: E55, E57, E59
Pants: E31, E33, E35
Pencil: Y11, Y13, Y18, Y21, Y23

Challenges:

• Challenge #106: Geometric Shapes @ Shopping Our Stash.
• TTCRD Challenge June 18-June 24: Anything Goes @ Through The Craftroom Door.
• Challenge #85: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
• IIC #113: Anything Goes @ Inky Impressions Challenges.
• Challenge #12: Anything Goes @ Sister Act Card Challenge.
• F4A174: A Quick One @ Splitcoast Stampers Free For All.
• Anything Goes @ Crafter's Digital Art Center Anything Goes Challenge Room
• Challenge #43: Anything Goes @ Lia Stampz.
• J For Jiffy (CAS) @ Alphabet Challenge Blog.
• Use A Digi Stamp @ My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge
• Anything Goes @ Stampin With the Dragon.
• Day #66: White Space @ 365 Cards.
• Challenge #11: Always Anything Goes @ Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog.
• RCS #42: Going Digital @ Red Carpet Studio.

Mad About Markers at Crafting When We Can

Good morning! And happy Sunday! Last weekend my hubby and I suffered from that awful stomach bug. Night before last he started feeling it again!! Yesterday I spent the time bleaching everything!! I scrubbed the bathroom, door knobs, light fixtures, where we touch the tv to turn it, the remote controls, mice LOL You name it ... anything I could think of I wiped down with bleach. I also bought some hand sanitizer to go on top of our regular soap washing..  I'm a big soap and water hand washer.. I work in the health industry.. makes sense ;) I stripped the bed again and washed it and the towels. LOL So there you have it... I've cleaned and cleaned. He didn't get anything full on, so I'm happy about that. Now.. on to our challenge :) Have a great rest of your weekend everyone!

Today is Challenge #46 at Crafting When We Can. Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is Lacy Sunshine. The theme for this challenge is Mad About Markers. So get your markers out, Copic, Spectrum Noir, whatever you use and start coloring!

I used my copic markers on the wonderful Olivia Otter from Lacy Sunshine. I also used two different shades of green gems from my stash, a rhinestone swirl, ribbon, buttons and twine. I punched a scalloped circle which I added my sentiment to, Your Otter This World. I used brown and green cardstock from my stash. I embossed the brown with dots. The patterned papers are from Animal Crackers Matstack from DCWV. And I think that is it. I love all the papers in that matstack.

Copic:
Cattails - E15, E17, E18
Body - E71, E74, E77
Water - B0000, BG0000, BG000
Nose/Pads - W5, W7, W9
Eyes - B02, B04, B05
Flower - Y00, Y02, Y04, R000, R30, R32
Leaves: YG01, YG05, YG09

Challenges:

• June Challenge: Sketch @ Cards Galore Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #165: Haberdashery Items (Buttons) @ Craft Your Passion Challenges
• Challenge #56: Splish Splash Splosh @ LEJ Designs Challenge Blog
• Inspired By Natures @ Ooh La La Creations Challenges.
• The Letter S (Swirl, Scalloped Circle) @ Simon Says Stamp And Show.
• Use Your Scraps @ Craft Room Challenge.
• Anything Goes @ Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog.
• Anything Goes @ Through The Craftroom Door.
• Challenge #150: Embossing @ Tuesday Throwdown.
• Challenge #18: Lots of Layers @ Creative Moments.
• Challenge #19: Anything Goes with Ribbon @ 3 Girl Jam Challenge.
• Challenge #90: Bling It On @ Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge.
• GL Critters of the Sea (Sea Otter) @ Gingerloft Challenges.
• Challenge #10: Bingo (Ribbon, Flower, Bow) @ No Matter Which Challenges.
• June Anything Goes w/Twist of Embossed Background @ Sandy's Crafty Creations.
• Challenge #11: Tie A Ribbon @ Connie Can Crop.
• Anything Goes @ Crafter's Digital Art Center Anything Goes Challenge Room.
• Day #114: Word Wednesday *Soft* (Velvet Ribbon) @ 365 Cards.
• Technique Tuesday: Ribbon @ Sketches For All/Weekly Challenge Group
• Whimsical Wednesday #6 @ The Memory Nest.
• Challenge #83: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
• Anything Goes @ AUD Sentiments Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #22: Tons of Layers @ Charisma Cardz Challenge.
• June Anything Goes @ DL Dot Art.
• Twisted Thursday: Animals Twist @ The Outlawz Twisted Thursday.
• I for Image @ Alphabet Challenge Blog.
• Anything Goes @ Digi Haven.
• Challenge #42: Ribbons and Bows @ QKR Stampede.
• Challenge #83: Emboss It @ A Gem Of A Challenge.
• Challenge #22: Anything Goes @ Challenges 4 Everybody
• Bingo (Pink, Ribbon, Buttons) @ Crafty Friends Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #10: Anything Goes @ Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #176: Animal Antics @ The Corrosive Challenge Blog. 
  

Crafting When We Can Challenge #40

Happy Sunday everyone :)  Today begins a new challenge at Crafting When We Can! This is Challenge #40 and it is a sketch! This was a fun sketch to work with and an awesome image from Lacy Sunshine - Pickles and Waldo. I love them!! I made two cards since I had two colored. Here is the sketch we are using for this challenge:

Here is my card for our challenge:

For this one I used Copic to color the image. I used scrap papers from Club Scrap and cardstock. I used several dies: two of them Spellbinders and the other Memory Box. I distressed some edges, added some bone buttons which I have had forever! I think I have buttons in every color and shape LOL I must have collected them when I first started crafting. I created the sentiment for the outside and inside of the card. I thought it was fitting :) I also used some ribbon across the top. 

Challenges:

• Challenge #5: Anything Goes @ Paper Playtime.
• Buttons or Bows @ Whoopsi Daisy Challenge.
• Use Scallops @ Hambo Hoedown.
• Challenge #10: Masculine Birthday @ Seize The Birthday.
• Challenge #162: Add A Sentiment @ Fab 'n' Funky Challenge.
• Challenge #71: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
• Challenge #260: Anything Goes @ Cute Card Thursday.
• Here's One For The Boys @ Delightful Challenge.
• Die Cuts @ Clearly I Stamp.
• Paper Ala Mode: Anything Goes @ The Outlawz.
• Challenge #52: Diecuts, Punches and Cutouts @ Use It Tuesday.
• Challenge #47: Cute and Cuddly @ Deep Ocean Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #75: Our Four-Legged Friends @ Use Your Stuff.
• Challenge #56: Boys Only @ Little Miss Muffet Challenges.
• Challenge #174: Are You Up For A Laugh @ Crafty Catz
• CMC #16: Lots of Layers @ Card Mania Challenges.
• Challenge #52: Anything Goes @ Tuesday Alchemy.
• One For The Boys @ Crafty Ribbons Challenge.
• Challenge #7: Anything Goes @ Lady Anne's Challenges Sentimental Friday.
• Challenge #22: Free Style @ A Blog Named Hero.
• Challenge #7: Diecuts @ Natalie and Amy's Challenge.
• March Anything Goes Challenge @ One Crazy Stamper.Com.
• Monthly Challenge #8: Happy Birthday @ Connie Can Crop.
• Anything Goes @ Crafter's Digital Art Center Anything Goes Challenge Room.
• Challenge #4: Anything Goes @ Lady Anne's Challenges Vickie's Challenges.
• Challenge #7: Anything Goes @ Pin & Tack Handcrafted Delights.
• Fur or Feathers @ Stamp and Create.
• Challenge #9: Masculine Theme @ V's Sweet Ideas.
• Challenge #6 @ Lady Anne's Challenges Stamp Challenge.
• Challenge #5: For The Boys @ Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges.

Here is my 2nd card with the same image:

For this one I used a lot of the same. I used several dies... including the scalloped square by Spellbinders, the flower spray is Memory Box and the label is from My Favorite Things. I colored this image using Prismacolor pencils and Copic for the ground. I distressed several of the papers and I used the same sentiment that I designed for this card. I only used two bone buttons on this one as well.

Challenges:

• MIM #131 @ Make It Monday.
• TTCRD Challenge Mar 12-18: Anything Goes @ Through The Craftroom Door.
• CYDI? Challenge #31: Male Birthdays @ Can You Digi It.
• Challenge #12: Add A Sentiment @ Creative Moments.
• Challenge #103: Anything Goes @ Art Impressions Blog.
• Challenge #118: Ribbons and Diecuts @ Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #147: Anything Goes @ MyGrafico Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #220: Anything Goes @ One Stop Craft Challenge.
• Challenge #7: Anything Goes @ No Matter Which Challenges.
• Challenge #4: Layer It Up @ Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog.
• Day #43: Two For Tuesday @ 365 Cards.

Thanks so much for coming by! :)  It's good to be feeling better. And the weather this weekend is amazing. I have a garden box in the back yard. The kids and I worked on it yesterday. We added some soil and soil conditioner and got it all leveled out. I need to go to Walmart after church today and pick up a few more bags to add to the last section of the box. I planted onion in one section. I really can't plant anything else yet. I believe it is going to be getting really cold again and I don't want to kill everything before I get it going. I'm going to try for some tomato, cucumber, radish, peas, onion and zucchini. I believe that was it. I'm excited to be able to plant a garden!! I couldn't do that in the apartment!

We also got our driveway poured yesterday! FINALLY!! It has been really terrible driving on the rock and dirt. I can't drive on it for a week, but it is poured so that is great!

I'm not 100% well yet, but I am feeling really good!! It's good to be feeling better :) I missed a day and a half of work and I NEVER miss work LOL But all is good.

I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday. We will be heading off to church in a bit. Happy Sunday everyone!!!