demure: adjective

reserved, modest

 

affectedly modest, reserved, or serious : coy

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It's time for our new challenge which is Angels and Demons. Now I'm not much on demons, but I love me some angels and this little gal has been so sweet in offering to sacrifice her girlish figure in the honor of your birthday! lol Thank you Dilly Beans for letting us use such great digis, they were so much fun to use and play with!

Our sponsor _ Dilly Bean Stamps

Using the digital image -#381 - Isabella Fairy

  

Just love this image, the only thing I had to add was an angelic halo...after all she is a saint for what she did...right? lol

I stamped her wings twice, glittering both sets, fussy cut out one, cut a slit under her puffy sleeves and then slid a little bit of the wing underneath.

 

Ranger - Dylusional Spray, stickles

watercolor pencil

Faber Castell - PITT pen

Golden - Archival Varnish - satin- ( good for ink jet printers!! )

entering this in:
Fab 'n' Funky - #175 Birthday
Cute Card Thursday - Once Upon a Time
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Transport ( her wings transport her )
 

fawn: verb



to show affection — used especially of a dog

 

 to court favor by a cringing or flattering manner

 

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When I saw this image being used by one of their DT members over at Card Makin' Mama's, I just knew I had to have it. It's a digital stamp offered by From the Heart Digital Art Stamps called Martini Chicks. I think it will be a big hit at the store and couldn't wait to try it out. Very easy to color it in too!

 

Card Making Mama's - On the Farm challenge

 

I colored in the images with distress stains using my water pen...and I was done...gotta love easy!

 

Ranger

From the Heart Digital Art Stamps

gymkhana: noun

 a meet featuring sports contests or athletic skills: as 

 competitive games on horseback

 a festival featuring gymnastics and athletic showmanship and often including pageantry

 a timed contest for automobiles featuring a series of events designed to test driving skill



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Have you ever made a card just because you couldn't resist the image, only to find yourself with no place to add a sentiment? Well, that happened to me but I'll bag it up and see if it sells, lol It was a free Cricut Craft Room cut ages ago and I've been holding onto it, trying to figure out what to do with the darn thing. I'm tired of thinking about it though, so off it goes!

Card Makin' Mama's - On the Farm
Sister Act Card Challenge- #11

I love her glittery nose ring. I applied the stickles on her before adding the muzzle layer, that way I didn't have to worry about getting stickles on her face.

EDIT: Uhm, evidently I don't know my cow "parts" very well, I inadvertently referred to it as a "he" when it is a "she", thanks Francesca for pointing that out. Made me laugh when I opened my comments up this morning, you are udderly correct!

millefleur: adjective

 having an allover pattern of small flowers and plants

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( How copacetic is this? The WOTD is an apt description of the background paper I used for my card. )
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Cards Create Challenge Blog -  June

Little Yellow Bicycle - Special Summer Challenge

blue suede shoes:Elvis  ( 1955 )

Blue Suede Shoes  ( 1956 )

Blue Moon of Kentucky ( 1954 )

Since we could be creative with how we interpret the 50 challenge, I went with the music of Elvis Presley from the 50's.Evidently he was a little blue during the 50's ( oh, and how I was in love with him! If I had been old enough I would have thrown my panties up on stage for him....just sayin'. lol ) So I decided to go with a blue monochromatic card in honor of the King himself.

And here is my card with it's millefleur background:

I admit, I love to hand stitch around my cards, I think it's a left over urge from my cross stitch days. I used 3 variations of the running stitch. The outside border is the dusky blue, the oval is stitched in white. Then the sentiment strip is offset with alternating blue and white floss. It's a great way to add both dimension and detail to your cards without adding bulk if you are mailing it.

The butterfly is a clear cut which I completely covered the back with glue and adhered it to a piece of white card stock and then fussy cut it out. That way the different pattern papers aren't showing through the delicate image.

 

also entering this in:

 

Fab 'n' Funky - #175 Birthday

Little Yellow Bicycle - Elizabeth Park,  ( the millefleur background paper ) Saturdays ( butterfly ) Fern and Forest Boy ( the 2 remaining pattern papers and the chipboard cloud )
Petunia Bounce - font

sandbag: verb

to bank, stop up, or weight with sandbags

 

  to hit or stun with or as if with a sandbag

 

 to treat unfairly or harshly 

 

 to coerce by crude means

 

 to conceal or misrepresent one's true position, potential, or intent especially in order to take advantage of : to hide the truth about oneself so as to gain an advantage over another

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Digi Haven - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Transportation
Fab 'n' Funky - #175 Birthday

Paper Smooches  - June 10-16 Designer Drafts challenge

I did have to add on longer legs to the sand piper or his beak would have been up the shrimps hoo hoo. lol And we wouldn't want that, would we?

The glue for the bicycle clear cuts is under the hubs,basket and seat so it doesn't show. The banner has a small dollop of LSD under it so it won't flatten out when it's mailed.

Paper Smooches - Surf and Turf stamps
Little Yellow Bicycle - bicycle clear cut
Really Reasonable Ribbon - twine
everything else from my scrap paper stash

Rx: noun

something (such as a recommendation) resembling a doctor's prescription
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Craft-room challenge - Here comes summer

( One of the things that I look for in summer are the male American Goldfinches molting out of their dull  olive green coat for a bright yellow look.That's a sure sign of summer, plus flowers too! )

Challenges 4 Everybody - #22 Anything Goes

Ranger - Seasonal Color Palette: June
Distress Paints - Broken China, Antique Linen
Distress stain - Broken China, Black Soot
Dylusions Ink Spray - Lemon Zest

I love being able to color in the bird using the stains and my water brush.

You can't see because the flower covers it up but the birdcage is sewn through the paper. The flower stems are paper that was torn using the water technique and then once glued onto the canvas is then rolled using your finger tips.

other products:

Little Yellow Bicycle - paper, canvas bird, sticker border and sentiment

Petaloo - flowers

charm - misc.

hoise: verb

lift, raise; especially : to raise into position by or as if by means of tackle

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Welcome to WOYWW, a slightly different version today. Instead of my boring desk, I will share with you one of my favorite crafting storage areas. It's located right behind my desk and has a lot of products that I use on a continual basis. If I had a massive desk, they would be up on it...somehow. From this shot you can see that I just swivel my chair to access anything back there.

I like to think of it as "organized chaos".

My white wooden stand is a laundry shelf that was made to go in between a dryer and washing machine. It's also on wheels so it can be moved easily if need be. The contraption that holds my foam paint brushes is an old toothpaste holder that is usually inside those medicine cabinets.

 I go go into a lot more detail of the things back there, but I don't want to bore you because I know you have a lot of desk to visit today, so happy snooping!

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