World Card Making Day with the Drunken Stampers!

Welcome! Today is an extra special day--it is Saturday so it is time for a new challenge at Drunken Stampers  and it is World Cardmaking Day! Wait until you see what my fellow Tropical Hooters at Drunken Stampers have created for this out of the world challenge- lots of out space fun! 

Today's challenge is a person- Neil Armstrong! OK- so I know this sweet gal from My Favorite Things

http://www.mftstamps.com/blog/ does not look like Neil but she is so stinkin' cute and she is an astronaut so I could not refuse to use her!  I make most of my cards to send to Operation Write Home so I am super careful about my use of glitter. I do not use loose glitter on any of my cards but I love shimmer so I used a glitter paper that is sealed for the mat and the stars. I coated her helmet with a few layers of glossy accents to give it a glass like look. I placed my 'Neil -wanna- be' on an Action Wobble and she is floating in space! Did you just say 'what is an Action Wobble?'  Really- where have you been- in outer space? A totally fun item that brings movement to your card- what child can resist? Take a look at my super-short, super non-Academy Award contender movie clip below to see her trip to the moon. (Have you seen the movie Gravity yet?)

                       

Fun, right? What are your plans for today? There are so many wonderful sites with ideas and techniques to celebrate WCMD. I plan to hang out with a tall glass of diet Pepsi and visit with the Drunken Stampers, the gals at Operation Write Home and of course checking out all the cards at  http://www.worldcardmakingday.com/index.html. 

I have another post today with a card for OWH- a thank you card. 

Hope you enjoy the weekend, thanks for stopping by and after all of the inspiration all over the web- how can you help but craft on!

Take care, Diane

Another Rainy Day in :London!

It is Saturday- do you know what that means?
Another Drunken Stampers challenge! Yeah baby- our place this week is LONDON! Or we can use red,white and blue- so I did both! 

When I think of London I think of rain, the Olympics, Big Ben, rain, the royal family, rain, castles, double-decker buses, history, cool telephone booths, rain... so I pulled out some older stamps! The London postage stamp is by Hero Arts and my umbrella gal is from The Greeting Farm; she was colored with Copics. I paper pieced her clothing and the umbrella. The brad buttons were white and I used a red Copic to make them match her skirt. I made the postage stamp frame longer by the way I placed my cutting pads on my Big Kick.
You have to go to Drunken Stampers and see what the rest of the Tropical Hooters team came up with for this challenge- be ready to laugh out loud! Go-what are you waiting for???

Have a wonderful weekend and craft on,
Diane

Oh My! Can you stand it?

I got home today to a nice surprise...I won the Drunken Stampers Challenge....again- yup I am the Life of the Party! Can ya stand it???  I truly have a great time creating cards for these challenges....I really have to think long and hard to come up with something that fits the theme for the week....always based on a movie! Too fun...why are you not joining us over at Drunken Stampers?

I look forward to Paula's monthly post at OperationWriteHome.org for the  Design Bootcamp. This month the topic is repitition. Paula's tutorials are always  clear and helpful! Putting all her ideas into one card....let's just say-not every card comes out how it appears in my head...but I keep trying!

This card uses an assortment of polkadot papers and I repeated the main colors- orange, green and blue and repeated the dots with the fuzzy brads, I even embossed the striped piece of paper with tiny dots...overkill? And this cutie stamp is from Sweetnsassystamps.com! A really adorable set! I have seen some of their stamps on blogs but the stamp show is the first time I saw them in person! And the folks at the show- wonderfully nice!!

Want to see what Paige created the other nite? I guess she is now my 2nd guest designer- lol! The cupcake is from CTMH and the sign holding gorilla is from QKR Stampede-another new to me company- great unmounted red rubber stamps! It is a great and detailed stamp- but will you just look at the coloring of that ape? And this was her first time using Copics! I made a card with the gorilla too- but that can wait- just take in the glory of Paige's cards!! 

Have a wonderful week!

Craft on!

Diane

Drunken Stampers

Howdy! It is week 2 of my reign time as the Designated Guest Designer at Drunken Stampers and the movie theme this week is Porky's or farm animals.

So- I decided to use the stinkin cute cow from Paper Smooches! I loved the cow so much I had to use it 3 times! Come play along at Drunken Stampers- everyone is very nice and the challenges rock! You have until the 17th to post your Porky's card! Plus- I am your queen Guest Designer for the month-so you must join in the fun!




Paper Smooches cow stamp
MFT barbed wire fence
DCVW card stock
Queen and Co gems
Copics on Xpress it paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Fiskars grass punch
Cloud paper- freebie from Quick Cards Magazine- Let's Fly Away paper stack
sentiment computer generated
adhesive ATG
hats from scraps in my stash
House/barn- not sure who this stamp is made by!



Take care and craft on,

Diane

Drunken Stampers!

Well- I must say this has been a good week for me creatively! I am the Drunken Stamper's Life of the Party again this week for my Twilight card- that makes 3 times! I thought they would be sick of me by now- but no--- what do they do? They ask me to be the Designated Guest Designer for May! I am honored! (And don't tell anyone- I do not drink alcohol so I will be the designated any time they ask! LOL)  I have fun playing with the Drunken Stampers challenges- all based on movies! http://drunkenstampers.wordpress.com/
The themes sometimes stump me, sometimes they excite me- but mostly- they force me to really think outside my comfort zone. Yup- this is me- surprised by the request to be the guest designer!

Ok- I know you came to see a card...so here goes....the challenge is:

I loved the movie and when I think of a Scotsman, I first think of Jamie Fraser from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series! Swoon.

The stamp is from HighlanderCelticStamps.com

They have some great red rubber stamps highlighting Scottish and Irish heritage- makes me wish I could do the fancy Irish dancing! The gallant swordsman was colored with copics, the key was airbrushed. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things and rest...from my stash of mystery items!

OK- so I will be back next week- yup- a whole month being the Designated GD..... can ya stand it??

Thanks for stopping by and craft on!

Diane



Twilight....

Yesterday, my little boy from Mo Manning was a sweet, All American boy- doing his best to get a hit.  Today's card- the image is also from Mo.....a creature of the night- doing his best to get a nibble! Can you believe that the same person drew both of these digital stamps???  I am not a huge Twilight fan- I did read the first book...but I have not seen any of the movies. I really wanted to participate in this week's challenge at Drinken Stampers.... Twilight or Creatures of the Night and I think Mr. 'Come Hither' is perfect! I love his swirling cape! (His shirt reminds me of Jerry Seinfeld's puffy shirt-- only a vampire could get away with the ruffles!)
 http://drunkenstampers.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/drunken-stampers-challenge-124-twilight/

papers are from various My Minds Eye 6x6 inch paper pads.
Gems are from Queen and Co
Sentiment-computer generated
Heart-LifeStyle Crafts
Solid black and green cardstock: Bazzill
Come Hither digital stamp- Mo's Digital Pencil Too
Copics: YG95, E40, BV000, C1,3,5,7, R37,39,59  black 100

I wish I could capture the twinkle of the gems around the heart- they are black and give off a spooky kind of shimmer!

Thanks for stopping by-have a great week and craft on!

Diane