Mermaid Alyce

Project 15 of my Simply Betty Stamps Challenge: Color every image in the Simply Betty Collection. That's over 500 images not including the new releases this year. Wow! I can't believe I'm at 15 already. I think I'm on a roll. I have been coloring like a madman. Come join my blog and cheer me on while I work my way through the Simply Betty Catalog. 

For this project, I found inspiration from two places.

First, Simply Betty's monthly challenge is to try something new or something that is difficult for you. I struggle with long hair. For some reason I can't seem to get the shading quite right. In this image, Mermaid Alyce, I went with lighter colors to help my blending. 

In addition, Kit and Clowder's challenge is fantasy. I love mermaids, dragons, zombies and more, but mermaids are my favorite, so Mermaid Alyce fit right into the fantasy challenge. 

To complete her look, I used a water splash brad and 3D stickers. The sentiment is from Pretty Cute Stamps, the Sea Life set. 

Challenges Entered

Simply Betty Stamps - Something Difficult (see FB group)

Kit and Clowder - Fantasy

Crafting for All Seasons - Girly, Girl

Avenue 613: AG + Aquamarine

Laural Craft Challenge: Embellishments

Hot Like Wasabi

I horde SVG files. I can't get enough, especially the fun and creative ones.

Pretty Papers, Pretty Ribbons has this great set right now called Silly Sushi, and their sister company Pretty Cute Stamps has a set called Sushi Sentiments. Of course, I had to have these. 

For this card, I used the bowl of rice (it is popped up twice for the different layers), and the cute "wasabi" sentiment. I added photo corners from Cricut's Cartridge, Picturesque. 

I just love the way this turned out, and it was super easy to put together. 

Challenges Entered
Pretty Papers, Pretty Ribbon: Anything Goes
Crimbo Crackers: Make Me Laugh
Cute Card Thursday: Die Cuts

Love Bites

My husband loves all things related to sharks. He has an extensive shark tooth collection and a library of books about sharks. He can watch sharks swim at the aquarium all day. Today, I decided to give him a different shark image (lol). I love this image from Slinky Tart (this image is now retired) of the girl in a shark onsie. I had to color it for him. 

Copics:
Hair - B01, B02, B04
Skin - E000, E00, E11, E04, R20, R22
Shark Onsie - C0, C1, C3, C5, C7

I used my Pretty Cute Stamp set Jawsome for the sentiment (can I just say how much I love this stamp set). 

Then, it was a scavenger hunt through my stash... what would I find. 
The star and water spurts are from an old beach-themed scrapbooking kit that I found tucked away in a pile, and the fish are little felt applications to put on clothing. They were in the bottom of a draw full of animal "stuff." I was lucky to find the orange fish appliqué because  blue and teal with orange is m favorite combination right now. 

Challenges Entered:
Gem of a Challenge: CAS
Throwback Thursday: AG
Crafty Sentiments: CAS
Cuddle Bug Mania: Down by the Beach
PDE Linky Party: Animals

Jawesome

ScrapbookerPhD

Challenge #20: CAS (with a stamp)

It's time for another challenge at ScrapbookerPhD, and to share my project. Our sponsor is Pretty Cute Stamps, and I am featuring their stamp set Jawsome. I just LOVE sharks. To create this card, I first stamped the shark, then I masked him and misted the card with Tim Holtz Distress Spray in Salty Sea. Next, I stamped the sentiment. I colored the shark in blues from Spectrum Noir. Then added a few floating bubbles to finish the card. Check out Pretty Cute Stamps. They have some great variety and unique stamp sets. 

You are Fintastic!

This crafting-year is all about coloring! I'm destined for coloring certification from both Spectrum Noir and Copics. How can you do that too? Just go to Kit and Clowder and sign up for your first class. I started with skin and hair. After weeks of practicing my "flicking" and cast shadows, I'm super proud of my latest project. This is a digital mermaid stamp from Simply Betty Stamps. There is a phenomenal collection of stamps at Simply Betty. 

I always start with the skin and hair on every image. Her hair is a combination of Spectrum Noir markers: BT1, BT3, BT4, BT5, BT7. I decided to go with pink skin and it is a combination of Spectrum Noir markers: PP3, PP4, PP5, PP6. Then, I blended some purples together for the tail and fin: PL1, PL2, PL3, PL4, PL5.

To put the card together, I lined the bottom of the square card with coral in various colors. The main coral is from Pretty Papers, Pretty Ribbons Sea Life cutting file. To add dimension I added white paint dots around the coral. The sentiment is from Pretty Cute Stamps, the Sea Life Sentiments set. 

Lastly, I added the wooden sun swirl. I was looking to add some wood to this project to fulfill the challenge at 50 Craft Challenges. 

Fintastic Birthday

When it comes to birthday cards, I generally like to have a little fun, but since I have so many cards to make, I try to keep them CAS (clean and simple). For my friend's birthday this week, I decided to play around with puns! I used this fintastic sentiment by Pretty Cute Stamps, Sea Life Sentiments. The patterned paper is by Recollections. I cut the sharks out of shiny, dotted cardstock from Cricut's Life's a Beach cartridge.

Jawesome Birthday

Today is the day! Another great challenge at DoubleClick Skittles. The theme this week is circles. How versatile. How many ways can you use circles? 

For my project, I thought about making something for my husband's birthday. I am making several extra cards for him so that everyone in the family has a customized birthday card for him. I made him a baseball card recently (HERE), and now it was onto sharks. Yes, sharks. Ken just loves sharks, and he has a collection of shark artifacts. How perfect is it that Pretty Cute Stamps has a stamp set called Jawesome. I bought that just two weeks ago. The best part of the stamps - they come with SVG files. 

I knew right away that I wanted this cute shark on layered circles with a wave cutting through the bottom. That gave me just enough room for the birthday sentiment. To add more circles, I embossed the background with a bubbles embossing folder. I added gray gems to the shark circle and three sailboat blue Skittles to the top. I hope he loves it. 

Challenges Entered
Crafty Catz: Anything Goes
Allsorts: Masculine
The ABC Challenge: W is for Water
Bunny Zoe's Crafts: Animals
Fairytale Stampers: Something New (stamp set)

Fight Like a Girl

Boy do I have some fabulous news for my crafting friends. Lisa Norris the founder of Pretty Papers, Pretty Ribbons (a fabulous place to shop for SVG files) has now opened Pretty Cute Stamps!! I purchased the Fight Like a Girl stamp set in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Today, I want to share with you the card that I made using the Fight Like a Girl stamp set. 

The chevron shiny paper is from Recollections.
The pink patterned paper is from The Blossom Song Stack by DCWV.
I used my Sizzix circle dies to create the circle layers. 

I chose not to color the images this time because I thought the pink of the background would stand out more. 

Why should you check out these great new stamps?

• First of all, many of the sets come with coordinating SVG files. Yes! The end to fussy cutting!!

• Second, the stamps ink fabulously. The set that I used had beautiful fine lines, and the inking was perfect. 

• Third, the stamps are well-priced, and Lisa ships them out almost immediately. 

Challenges Entered
Die Cuttin Divas: Think Pink
Die-Versions: Think Pink Blog Hop
Lauralcraft: Mostly Pink
The Crafting Cafe: Think Pink
In the Pink: Stripes
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie: Photo Challenge