The Scrappy Chick

Club Anime Color Challenge

This months color challenge at the Club Anime Blog is an assortment of Christmas colors.  My colors are just a bit off, but this was the best I could come up with to match and still like the final product!  I used papers from Bo Bunny's St Nick collection and Dotted cardstocks and Sandy is colored in to match.

Sandy is available over at InStyle Stamps.  Isn't she absolutely adorable?!!  I added a bit of Polar White Flower Soft to the fur on her hat.  Ribbon is also by Bo Bunny.  The sentiment is from the set "Merry Messages" from Stampendous. 

My computer/printer connection has been acting up the last week or so and since I was running pretty last minute I kept the card simple, BUT I did manage to sneak in 2 cards!  The next one isn't for the challenge but I was just in the mood to do something with the cute Kitty-Cat image!

Kitty-Cat is also available from InStyle Stamps.  Mine is digi, so I blew it up quite a bit :)  The sentiment is from a different Stampendous set, this one is from "Festive Fluffles".  Papers for this card are from the Colorful Christmas collection by My Minds Eye.

Alrighty.  My first Saturday with nothing planned in months.  I have to get busy!  Have a great weekend :)  Thanks for stopping by, please don't forget to say hi!  (And don't forget to start reading and following  my new blog...click ---> HERE!)

-Cyndi

Club Anime sketch #4

I am finally back in town!  Whew, I forgot just how exhausting Disney can be.  Now I have to catch up on everything from laundry to blog posts!  Today is the 4th monthly installment of the Club Anime sketch challenge!  BUT this month is special!  Go over to the InStyle Stamps Club Anime blog and enter this challenge for a chance to be a January/February guest designer for InStyle Stamps!

Here is my card for the challenge.  You can also see the rest of the DT's cards over at the blog!  I used Crystal (a digi image from InStyle Stamps)  for my card...she will be released shortly!  All papers are from Crate Paper's North Pole collection (as are the brads and rubons)  Crystal was colored with copics and Spicas.  Border punch is by EK Success, ribbon is May Arts I think (from my stash).

So what are you waiting for?  Go create a card with the skecth and enter to win a guest DT spot!  Thanks for stopping by and Good luck!  Have a great week :)  -Cyndi

InStyle Stamps Blog Hop!

Its Black Friday.  Its my Birthday.  And hopefully I am in line at Magic Kingdom for Space Mountain!  BUT...its also the last Friday of the month which means its time for the InStyle Stamps blog hop!  and since I am first on the hopping order I won't make you wait any longer to get the eye candy started! (If you wandered here by accident, go start back at the ISS blog :) )

This months challenge for the DT was to create an ornament.  I had seen a really cute one made with the Bo Bunny treat packaging at someones blog.  I didn't have that, but I did have an empty button package from Bo Bunny which is basically the same thing! 

I hand cut a large circle from my first pattern, then cut out the inside with a Circle Nestabilites slightly larger than the raised area on the plastic.  I cut out a second pattern (the green) with just a bit of a border and laid that over the first.  Myron (one of the new Anime images from InStyle stamps) is stamped, then cut out and adhered to a third pattern.  This was cut to the same size as the whole ornament.

All of my pattern papers are from the newest Crate Paper Holiday collection...the North Pole collection kit.  The "jolly" sticker is also from the same kit.  I hand cut the top of the ornament, adding a hanger and a bow then attaching the whole thing with some brads.  Lastly I added some stickles on the edges for a bit of sparkle. 

OK, thats it here!  Next in the hop is the terrifically talented Lana...so go check out what amazing ornament she has to show you!  Enjoy the rest of the hop and don't go out and spend too much money on sales at the mall today...save a bit back and spend some on new stamps over at InStyle!  Thanks for stopping by!  -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Myron digi-stamp (InStyle Stamps)
• Paper: North Pole collection (Crate paper); Neenah Solar Crest White
• Ink: HP ink cartridge
• Accessories: Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); button packaging (Bo Bunny); Frosted Lace Stickles; brads & stickers (Crate paper); ribbon (Bo Bunny &  Michaels); copics: E11, E00, E000, R24, R29, BG02, BG05, YG05,YG17, E25, R20

Gate Fold card Challenge

OK, so I haven't done a challenge in forever.  and even though I am trying to finish up other stuff I thought I would do the challenge on the InStyle Stamps blog...a Gate fold card.  Haven't done one of those in ages either.

So, I grabbed my Rainy Cynthia image from InStyle Stamps that I started coloring a while back.  I finished coloring her to match this newish paper from Cosmo Cricket.  The mushrooms are just perfect together  !I held the card closed by attaching the flower/button assembly only to the right panel so that the center panel "tucks" underneath and holds it all closed :)

Pretty cool, huh?  I also left the sentiment off cause I couldn't decide what I wanted to do with it, so I will use it as a generic card later when I need one.

OK, back to the design work.  Almost done.  whew.  Thanks for visiting!  -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Rainy Cynthia digi (InStyle Stamps)
• Paper: pp (Cosmo Cricket); vanilla cs (SU!); white cs (Neenah)
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Pastel Pink, Chestnut Roan cats eye (Clearsnap)
• Accessories: flowers (Prima); button & brown ribbon (Fancy Pants); Linen thread (SU!); copic markers: G21, G24, B00, R00, R02, R05, E000, E00, E79, Y21, Y26, E50; Airbrush system

Weiman Wranglers

A few days ago Melissa at Pink Cat Studio released some new digi-images of Billy and Lily called Weiman Wranglers.  Read on below to find out about these special stamps.

Here is what Melissa wrote on the PCS blog:

"Today we are releasing these new digital stamps to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation in honor of Ethan Weiman. Little Ethan passed away on June 12th from Neuroblastoma cancer. Ethan was a true cowboy and loved horses, balloons and Knock Knock jokes. By purchasing these digital stamps you will help brighten the day of a sick child as the money we raise will go towards making one of their dreams come true.

Please visit http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/Stamps/WeimanWranglers/WeimanWranglers.htm to purchase these digital stamps and help the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Last week Lauren Meader, a member of my DT, contacted me to ask if I could make some digi stamps to help raise some money in order to honor Ethan and the Weiman family. I thought that was such a wonderful idea and got right to designing. Lauren told me that Ethan loved my Cowboy Billy stamp so she suggested that I design a new Cowboy stamp for Ethan and one for his little sister Ava too. Ethan loved horses and balloons so that is how we came up with the design of the kiddies riding their horses and holding a balloon.

We would be so grateful if you would help us to raise some money in Ethan’s honor. All proceeds from the sale of the stamps, after Paypal fees are deducted, will go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois as requested by Alicia and Dave Weiman."

I downloaded the stamps and have a card with Lily to share with you today.

As I said its been a full week, so not too complicted.  I used last weeks challenge from Cute Card Thursday...to do a tag. And this weeks Papertake Weekly Challenge is to use a download!  Papers are from Creative Imagination, charm is Karen Foster.

So here you go :)  Be sure to check out the link and order these adorable stamps for a great cause.  So far PCS has raised over $1500 for the Make a Wish Foundation!

Thanks for stopping in today!  I will be scarce tomorrow....I finally get to go to Durham and get Copic certified.....WooHoo!!!!!!

-Cyndi

I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese...I really think so...

  I am totally not going to do song lyrics for every post...only the uber-creative Shannan can do that, but it was just so fitting!

I uploaded a bunch of stuff last night, but I just now realized  that I never got around to editing my pics, urgh.   BUT, luckily I have a couple of things I haven't shown you yet.

First up is Geisha Anya, a digi image from The Greeting Farm.  There are tons of new images coming out there...last week and next week, most in rubber, but also a couple of new digis too.

For this I pulled out my trusty old SEI black Orchid pad and colored her with copics.  Pretty straightforward.

Here's another  did a couple of weeks back for work.  The tree stamp is by Hero Arts...sentiment by Verve.  I added a bit of sewing and a flower but wanted to keep the look really simple in keeping with the Asian style.  (paper is Basic Grey Ambrosia line)

Thats it for this morning!  Have a great Monday:)    -Cyndi

Just Because

  Good morning!  This is Dottie:)  I found her at Charmed Cards & Crafts...a link from somewhere or another sent me there.  Its a British company that doesn't ship overseas, but they do have digi-downloads...and this one was the test download.

The layout comes from this weeks sketch over at Papertake Weekly.  Always great sketches and challenges:)

They have TONS of digi-files, some are MEGA-cheap so go check it out!  I am off to work...sorry for the short post!  -Cyndi

• Supplies:

• Stamps: Dottie digi (Chrmed Cards & Crafts); sentiment (CTMH)

• Ink: Palette Noir, computer

• Paper: pp (Scenic Route); cs (Bazill)

• Accessories: Labels 1 Nestabilities (Spellbinders); orange ribbon (stash); brads (Basic Grey); markers (Copic)