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

Club Anime Color Challenge

OK, really fast post this morning!  I am late for work and have a BIG class this afternoon!  I will post my blog candy winner tonight!

In the meantime, this card is for todays color challenge over at the InStyle Stamps Club anime blog...kiwi, coral, and chocolate!  I usee one of the new Club anime images, not quite available yet...this is Jana!  Isn't she a doll?!  I will update my post tonight as well with a supply list :)  Have  a great one...be sure to head to the Club Anime blog for the challenge!  -Cyndi

OHBCGA

OHBCGA??  What on earth is that you ask?  Its "Over the Hump Day Blog candy Give away" over at the InStyle Stamps blog!!  So go check out all the Design team's samples and leave a comment for a chance to win!

Our theme today was "Snow".  So I used my new "Scarf Chick" image from InStyle stamps.  You all know how I love digi images because you can resize the, flip them, etc.  On this one I printed her twice...once on Copic paper to color, and once on pattern paper to paper-piece.  I used my new Icicles punch from Martha Stewart (adding of course a bit of stickles to that!) and also used Create a Flake 2 from Spellbinders for my snowflakes.  I picked up the new pp from Kaiser Kraft yesterday at a local store.  She couldn't get it out of the box fast enough for me!

OK, so head over to the ISS blog for your chance to win!  And while you are at it, scroll down for a chance at my Blog candy give away this week!  Thanks for visiting!   -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Scarf Chick (InStyle Stamps); sentiment (CC Designs);
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Bamboo (Versacolor)
• paper: Aqua cs (Core'dinations); white cs (Neenah); pp (Kaiser Kraft)
• Accessories: Create a Flake 2, Hexagon Nesatbilites (SPellbinders); Frosted Lace stickles; buttons (My Minds Eye); markers & Airbrush system (Copic); tab punch (SU!); Icicle border punch (Martha Stewart)

InStyle Stamps

Good morning!  I am off to work and scheduling the post to hit around noon, but I have news!

I will be joining InStyle Stamps Anime Design Team for the next 3 months!  Virginia had already asked me to do some design work for CHA for her, but I applied to do the Anime team too since I just love InStyle's images!  I will have lots to show you soon!  Thanks Virginia and Melissa!  (Click on the InStyle category to see a few samples I made last month :) )

Here is a list of the other new DT members.  Be sure to go check out their blogs:

Lana Clarke

http://sweetpeaspapercreations.blogspot.com

Cyndi Bundy

http://www.scrappychick.typepad.com/

Jodi Stanisch  
http://jodimommyto4.blogspot.com

Genevieve Samson

Kimberley Blakey

http://poppy-petal-designs.blogspot.com/

Margie Cortina
http://ohbumbleismemargie.blogspot.com/

Julie Gastelum

http://www.creationsbyjulie.blogspot.com/

Janelle Stollfus
http://rainpuddlesdesign.blogspot.com/

Guest Design Team, Nov-Dec

Angélique Nederpel

http://www.scrappin-angel.blogspot.com/

Linda Algodin http://lindaspysselblogg.wordpress.com

This announcement will also be made at the InStyle Stamps blog today, so if you have never been there go check it out too.  There are lots of fun challenges every week!

Toodles!  Have a great Friday!  I am looking forward to stamping tomorrow!

-Cyndi

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

Alyssa

Heres another cute Anime digi image for you from InStyle Stamps.  This is Alyssa.  I kept wishing last year that someone would come up with some cute anime stamps...and voila!  InStyle has actually even launched a new kit of the month called Club Anime...go HERE and check it out!  Too totally cool!

For this card I used some old baseball paper from Reminisce.  The colors were pulled from that then colored with my copic markers.  She is cut out with Nestabilites Labels4 and the sentiment (stamps from Hero ARts) is cut with Ribbon Tag Trio, also by Spellbinders.

Thats it for tonight!  I am exhausted.  Nisey is out at work after surgery for a number of weeks.  Of course I volunteered for extra hours (need the money)  But I am soooo not used to working over 40 hours a week!  PLUS I have LOTS of fun top-secret design stuff I have been working on that you can't see for a while.  So, this was a bit of fun stamping tonight and I am off to get the little guy to bed then read a bit.

Thanks for stopping in!  Have a great week :0  -Cyndi

InStyle Stamps

Good morning on this bleary rainy Monday.  My one hope is that my daughter's tennis match will get postponed...otherwise my day is going to be oh so hectic.

Enough whining, on to the card.  This is a digital anime image that I downloaded from InStyle Stamps.  I got an email out of the blue from Virginia asking me to do some design work for her for CHA!  How cool is that?? 

AFter browsing through the website I went ahead and downloaded a few things to play with whole I wait for my design stuff to arrive.This one is called Mellie.  Isn't she sweet?  she is colored with copics to match some old Heidi Grace Halloween paper that was on my desk that day.  Nothing super fancy, but I do love those digi-images!  So easy to download, no storage, and you can make them any size you want!

OK, off for the day!  Have a great one :)   Cyndi