Tooty Fruity Tuesday

Today isn't going to be a tutorial (I'm at a standstill with those at the moment). I am going to fill in on my Tuesdays with some "rootin' tootin'" project instead. If you come up with something that you'd like to learn about SCAL, please comment or contact me. I'd love to help you out and add it to the tutorials on here. :)

Today, I'd like to share a card that I made for the Friday F4A (free for all) Challenge at SCS. The challenge was to create something with the main image being something from the garden. Easy ... right? It was tons of fun for me!

Here's my submission ...



Stamps : Autumn Critters, Leaf Whimsey - both from Clear Dollar Stamps
Paper : GP white, CDS (Tangelo, Smoothie, Mossy Woods, Hot Cocoa, Night Eclipse), Martha Stewart dp
Ink : Memento Black, Basic Brown (distressing), Copics (YR00, YR04, YR07, E11, E15, E31, E33, E37, B21
Accessories : Cricut, SCAL, Shaplies (by Penny Duncan, like Nesties for the Cricut and SCAL), ribbon (HL), acrylic leaves, pop dots, sewing machine
Technique : sewing, distressing


I'd love to hear what you have to say!


Have a fantabulous Tuesday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow!


~*Shell*~

Mojo Monday

Happy Monday!!! I love Monday; how about you? My Monday is generally spent at home educating my kids, recovering from my weekend, doing laundry, recovering from my weekend, stamping, and, yes, recovering from my weekend. No, I'm not a partier, but my weekends are almost always much busier than I really intend for them to be. I'm very involved in my church, so Sundays are often packed with church-related activities and responsibilities.

This weekend was one of those filled with activity and events. Because I knew that was going to happen, I created early. Ok, so, part of the reason I created early was because it was my precious hubby's birthday weekend, but I *did* create early. :)

This card was created for my hubby's birthday as well as for the Ways To Use It- Stick It Challenge on SCS. The challenge was to use pins or sticks on the project. Some suggestions were ...
Piercing
Use of pins, hat pins etc. as embellishments
Use of an image that is a STICK, limb or etc.
Sewing pins or needles or sewing images
Sewing directly onto a card

So, I chose to sew directly on my card. I've never done that, and I really love the look. I thought I'd have a go at it.



I used a zig-zag stitch around the card and thought that worked really well with the feel of it.











I wanted to set off that adorable spider with the fun polka dots and bright colors.











Stamps : Spider Greetings from Clear Dollar Stamps
Paper : SU (chocolate chip, gable green, black), GP (white), A Paper Studio (dp)
Ink : Memento black, basic brown (SU - for distressing green), Copics (Y17, Y11, R32, G00, G02, G05, E11, E15)
Accessories : Ribbon, pop dots, circle punches, corner punch, sewing machine
Technique : Distressing, sewing on card


Find a challenge to try today!! It's fun and gets your mojo moving!! SCS has a different challenge every day of the week.


Have an magnificent Monday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow.



~*Shell*~

Clearly Inspired Challenge #16 and Free File Friday

Whew! What a week!! I'm sorry about the blog posts. Hopefully, that is going to get better. We started school this week, and with one in kindergarten and the other in high school, things get a little crazy around here. We just have to get our routine down and then, it will all fall into place .... I hope.


Clearly Inspired Challenge #16 is all about Cute and Fuzzy! My submission for this is not as fuzzy as I'd like, but I really thought it all turned out cute. :)




This started out as a submission for the Clean and Simple challenge (polka dots), but when I was finished, it didn't look very clean to me. I still liked the card, though, so here it is as my Cute and Fuzzy sample.











Stamps : Autumn Critters (CDS)
Paper :CDS - Pucker Up, Mossy Woods, Deep Sea, Wild Ginger, Cottonball White, SU - basic gray
Ink : Memento Black, Copics (Toasted Almond (E31), E33, Mud Pie (E37), Y38, Bee Pollen (Y17), G21, G24, B21
Accessories : Circle punches, SCAL, Cricut, buttons, ribbon (Mud Pie), buttons, pop dots, linen thread



And, as promised, here's your free file for the week. It's the petal to the Cherokee Rose. Use 5 of these to make one for yourself.
You can have fun with this, and I'd love to see what you do with it.


Have a freakishly fantastic Friday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow!!



~*Shell*~

Clean and Simple

The Clean and Simple challenge on SCS inspired me today when I finally made it to the Haven. I am not particularly good at clean or simple cards, so it was indeed a challenge for me.




I thought about using dp for the dots, but decided that wasn't really clean or simple for me. The Cuttlebug folder, Swiss Dots, was perfect, but ... I couldn't use it at the top of the card (it's a one layer card). AH! The dotted edge folder that came in one of the border sets works wonderfully!!

I'm in love with this spider from Spider Greetings released on August 1st at Clear Dollar Stamps. He's so CUTE! On my card, he hangs from a piece of PTI ribbon and is colored with Copics.

Stamps : Spider Greetings

Paper : MM White

Ink : Memento Black, Copics (BV00, BV08, C3)

Accessories : Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug folders, ribbon (PTI)

Technique : Clean and Simple

I've also entered this card in the Black and White challenge on Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings!

Sorry I didn't get anything posted yesterday. I ... ummm ... got stuck in my 14 year old son's closet for most of the day. Wow. Glad, so glad, to be out of there!

Hopefully, I will be posting a challenge for you tomorrow. :)

Have a wonderful Wednesday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow.



~*Shell*~

Mojo Monday

What inspired you this weekend?? VSN mini was Friday night - for those who aren't well-acquainted with SCS, that's Virtual Stamp Night Mini. From 6 PM until 10 PM on Friday night, the hostesses presented us with challenges, one every hour. We had 45 minutes (during the challenge or later, if we needed to wait) to complete our project for that challenge. All challenge items have to be uploaded by 10 PM tonight (Monday) to be considered for the 'challenges.' This event was wonderful for the Mojo!!! I had a great time and created some very 'out-of-the-box' (for me) cards. Go here if you'd like to use the challenges to jump-start your mojo!



For this card, the challenge was state flowers. We needed to complete a project themed around our state, province, county, etc. flower. My state flower is the Cherokee Rose. Here's a picture of one.



The project features NO stamping, but is a shaped card using the Cricut and SCAL. A picture of a real Cherokee Rose was used to create the petals for my rose. Each petal is adhered separately to allow for dimension. Fibers were used to created the center of the rose.








I will post the jpg file for the petals on Friday.



The main event, VSN for August 2010, will be held on August 27th and 28th at www.splitcoaststampers.com. It's a great time with a lot of chatter, mojo, challenges, and inspiration. JOIN US!!!!


Hope you have a magnificent Monday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow.


****Note - there will be no tutorial tomorrow, but I will post a project. If you have something that you'd like for me to highlight on Tooty Fruity Tuesday, please let me know. I'm running low on tutorial ideas!! :)


~*Shell*~