More Challenges for Today :)

Wow, my second post for today :) Can you tell we didn't have volleyball, soccer, track or anything else today :)

Three more challenge cards to show you. If you like challenges, you should go to the Daily Dare blog. Each day they have a listing of newly posted challenges. I have a notebook that I write them down in, so I can keep the sketches. Then I can go into my studio and just create!

This one was done for Amy Rysavy's sketch challenge.

Supplies:
Stamps: Quotes - 2RedBananas
Paper: October Afternoon - Hometown Collection
Ink: Versafine Onyx black, Chalk Ink - Aquamarine
Other: May Arts ribbon, Dew Drops - Fresh Mowed Grass, Prima flowers


This one was made for Jen del Muro's Sketch for You to Try. I love sketches because each time I use them, they look so different.

Supplies:

Stamps: Just Ducky - 2RedBananas

Ink: Versafine Onyx black, Chalk Ink - Creamy Brown, Ice Blue, Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: October Afternoon - Hometown Collection

Other: May Arts ribbon, gems, stitching, Copic markers, Inkssentials white pen, spica glitter pen

And finally, this one is for Friday Sketcher's Sketch #43. Another sketch challenge :)

Here is a close up so you can see how sparkly the Shimmerz really is :)

Supplies:

Stamps: Heartfelt Friends - 2RedBananas

Ink: Memento Tuxedo black, Chalk ink - Warm Red

Paper: Bazzill, Imaginisce - Loves Me Collection

Other: Shimmerz - Royal Red, Dew Drops - Water, Copic markers, Inkssentials white pen, Scrapworks glitter hearts, corner rounder

Okay, I think I'm finished for today, although there are challenges I haven't gotten to yet....... :) Thanks for coming back again! :)

Challenge card to show you :)

Wow, it's been a LONG week! Lots to get done and sometimes feeling like I'm spinning my wheels but not going anywhere. I did, however, get some challenge cards made :)

This first one is for today's Inspiration Challenge on SCS. I used the Caring Critters and Wrapped in His Love sets. I just love the apple blossom stamp, I keep using it over and over. I also love the bird stamp, she's just so cute!

Supplies:
Stamps: Wrapped in His Love and Caring Critters - 2RedBananas
Ink: Versafine Onyx black, Chalk ink - burnt sienna, yellow cadmium, VersaMagic - pumpkin spice
Paper: Daisy D's, Prism
Other: Prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits, ribbon, Dew Drops - Fresh Mowed Grass


This one was made for the Verve Visual sketch with a twist. The twist is to make a birthday card. I combined it with the No Time to Stamp challenge of using a white mat.
Supplies:
Stamps: Fancy Florals - Verve Visual
Ink: Versafine Onyx black, Chalk Ink - Orchid Pastel
Paper: Basic Grey - Urban Prairie, Bazzill
Other: Ribbon, Shimmerz - Bubblegum, Metallic Dew Drops - Mardi Gras


This one was made for the Ways to Use it Challenge and also for the Cute Card Thursday challenge. The Ways to Use it was a 'green' challenge. You can use the color green and/or recycled items. I did both, I used the ATC that I made last week and used green :) The Cute Card Thursday challenge is a sketch challenge, very fun!


Supplies:
Stamps: Louie - 2RedBananas
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Chalk ink, Lime Pastel
Paper: Reminisce, plain cardstock
Other: May Arts ribbon, Metallic Dew Drops, Fiskars border punch, Quickutz die, Shimmerz - Celery, Prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits

Our quote for the day: "Beauty to me is being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick - red lipstick." - Gwyneth Paltrow

Thanks so much for stopping by. Remembers the 2RedBananas blog will start a new challenge tomorrow and this one has a prize :) Have a great weekend!!

Wrapped in His Love - Thank You

Hi! I thought I was going to have two cards to show you today, but so far just one.

I made this one for the SCS Sketch Challenge. What I love about this card is that I used stamps from the "Wrapped in His Love" set that aren't even the main stamp. This is such a wonderful set!
All three stamps that I used are from that set. I used old paper from SEI and my nesties, my paper piercer, a pink Souffle pen and the MS Butterfly punch with some pearl gems. That's all! And I used the back and front of the same piece of dp too :)

This post is going to be short so I can get back to work on being creative :)

Our quote for the day: "To love someone means to see him as God intended him." - Fedor Dostoevsky

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Banana Split Sunday....

Hi! I hope you're having a wonderful warm day :) Yes, I know yesterday was Sunday, but well.... you know......I'm blaming it on the time change.....yes, it's because of the time change that I'm so slow in posting ;)

Yesterday on the 2RedBananas blog, Jami posted our most recent news. We are starting a challenge - every Sunday a new challenge will be posted on the 2RedBananas blog, and the challenge is called Banana Split Sunday :) Isn't that such a fun name!?! It's on the blog right now! I'll let you jump over there to read all the details. This is my card for this week's challenge. It's a sketch challenge:

I used Bazzill paper, Imaginisce - the Baby Powder line - Fuzzy Jammies paper,

Imaginisce flowers, May Arts ribbon and some acetate.

I cut two scalloped circles with my Quickutz flower cookie cutter dies out of the Fuzzy Jammies paper and one from acetate. Then I cut the center out of one of the Fuzzy Jammies paper circles. I adhered the acetate to the back of the Fuzzy Jammies paper circle that I cut the center out of, so it looks like a window and then I attached my image and smaller flowers to the second Fuzzy Jammies paper circle. I put 1/2 of a pop - dot on each of the scallops and then sandwiched them together to make the 'shaker box'.

Once again, this card was made with one piece of dp, using both sides :) I just love that!

Okay, now it's your turn to play, go to the 2RedBananas blog and make your project using the sketch. Then use Mr Linky to post it so we can see too :)

Our quote for the day: "Be strong, be true, be forever who you are." - Karla, Tarzan II

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Yellow and Blue make Green

Hi! I can't seem to catch up with my posting so I'm posting two cards again today. Hope that's okay with everyone :)

This first card is a layout I've used before, but I really like it and I LOVE this little HouseMouse stamp, he's called Easter Surprise. I used Imaginisce For Peeps Sake line - Pretty New Dress and Drapin' Daisies papers. They're fun papers because they already have a little bit of glitter on them. I stamped the image on white with Versafine Onyx black . I colored it with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits and then added some extrafine glitter on the egg shell with a Quickie glue pen, if you haven't used one of these before, the great thing about them is that the wet glue is dispensed through a roller ball pen tip so you can get really fine lines of glitter if you want to. I tied the yellow twinkle ribbon in knots and then layered the other papers on. I love this twinkle ribbon when I use it tone on tone. I tried the blue ribbon on this card first, but I just didn't like it as much. This yellow ribbon really shimmers against the yellow background, I love the way it looks :)

To finish the card, I added some gems that I had in my stash. It is really an easy card to make but it works really well with smaller images that you want to focus on especially by using dp that has a small print on it :)

This second project is not really a card.....yet. Oh and here is where the title "Yellow and Blue make Green" comes in, the first card was yellow and blue and now you get the green :)
This is an ATC (Artist Trading Card) that I made for the SplitCoastStampers challenge for today. I've been wanting to make some of these for a really long time and just haven't done it. They are little cards 2 1/2" X 3 1/2". Many people make and trade these and then use them on a regular sized card. Well, I won't be trading them, I'm doing well keeping up with making my stuff, but I had fun making it and I think it would be fun to have some on hand so when my mojo isn't with me, I can just grab one and make the card based on it.


I used old Reminisce paper that I had in my stash. I stamped one of the images from the "Louie" set and colored him with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits, then I added celery shimmerz to his outfit. The gold paper is cut with the Quickutz diamond cookie cutter die. I used just a bit of ribbon across the corner of the card and then put metallic gold dew drops on the top of the ribbon. I will be making more ATC's, it was fun :)

Our quote for the day: "Some people walk in the rain...others just get wet." - Roger Miller

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Challenges

Wow, today was a great day despite being interupted to do important things, I got 2 challenge cards finished!!! I haven't been doing many challenge cards for the past week or so, so I was itching to get back into it! We are going to start hosting our own challenges on the 2RedBananas blog so be sure to look for more information there :)



This cards was made for the Technique Challenge on SCS. I used an envelope for part of it, very cool. I also got to use 2 of the newly released stamp sets. Both from Jami Bova, Wrapped in His Love and Caring Critters. I thought they worked really well together. I also used prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits, celery Shimmerz, pop-dots, a glaze pen, ribbon, a crimper, and a Quickutz diamond die.



It was really fun to make, and I can see myself making more in the future. I think this one will get sent out in the mail tomorrow :)



This second card was made for House Mouse Challenge 27. The challenge is to incorporate chipboard onto your card, so this is what I came up with. I have a tendency to forget about chipboard so this was a fun challenge for me. I used 2 House Mouse stamps, Sweet Dreams and Smell the Flowers. The papers I used are from Bazzill Basics and Webster's Pages - purple majesty. I colored the image with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits (surprise, surprise :) and then painted the lilac with lilac Shimmerz. I used grosgrain ribbon, and hero arts flowers, and then because I didn't put any dew drops on the last card, I used 6 of them on this one :) Some from the Grapes and Leaves collection and some from the Fresh Mowed Grass collection.







This is a fun challenge that they post every Monday and you have until the following Sunday I think to get your card posted. Sometimes they have a prize sometimes they don't. But you should check it out if you love House Mouse and Friends stamps.

Our quote for the day: "Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it." - Swedish Proverb

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful evening!

Bunnies & Eggs

Good Morning! It's the last day of our sneak peeks, which means all nine stamp sets will be available in the 2RedBananas store tomorrow - Woo Hoo!! I know you're going to love them.

Today's card is made with the set "Bunnies and Eggs" illustrated by Abbey Westemeyer. It's a fun, whimsical set with 3 images and a sentiment. I used the bunny holding the basket (obviously) and the sentiment. This was a fun and easy card to make. I started with a purple base and used some lime green and soft blue cardstock. The dp I used, I've had in my stash for a while, but I really like the softness it added to the card. I used the Fiskars Threading Water punch at the bottom of the dp and threaded some soft blue fiber through the holes and tied a little blow. My only other embellishment is the metallic dew drops, these are FUN!! These are from the Mardi Gras set, but if you really know Mardi Gras, the set comes with this soft purple, gold, and turquoise (not green). They're really look good together though, so it's okay :)

Oh, I did color my image with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits and highlighted with Inkssentials white pen.

You can see other projects made with this set on Teresa's blog and Maraya's blog. You can then go to the 2RedBananas blog to enter to win your choice of one of the newly released stamp sets :)

Our quote for the day: "My eyes are an ocean in which my dreams are reflected."

- Anna M. Uhlich

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!