Lizzie Anne's Weekly Challenge.

Lizzie Anne Designs posted their weekly challenge in their forum last week. It was a nice sketch with a twist, to use it and create a masculine Valentine's card. That is indeed a challenge. I have (and I'll bet most of you guys do as well) so many "foofy" (is that a word LOL, it's a Mariaism as my DH would say) stamps which I love but always forget to think about masculine ones.


Anyhow, here is what I came up with. I decided to go with a red and black theme for color. I pulled out my distress inks from Ranger to create the look that I stamped the main image on. The background papers are from Cosmo Cricket and Daisy D's. I felt like it needed something more so I added the black buttons. For some reason today I was having issues getting a good photo, maybe because I used dark papers. That's it the dark papers, that's my story and I'm sticking to it! LOLOL. Anyhow, I hope you can view it ok. Thanks for looking.

Lizzie Anne Weekly Sketch Challenge

I made this using the challenge sketch over at LAD. They post one each week and it's alot of fun to play along. I just love love this darling ballerina stamp, it's one of their new singles.

I embossed the background SU paper using my swirls embossing folder for the Cuttlebug. The background paper is from a DCWV stack pack. I colored this cutie in using markers and adhered it to a darker pink background. On a recent trip to Michael's I picked up some great bling bling in the dollar section and that is what I put on the four corners. I think this came out very simple but cute. Part of the challenge was to use the sketch but to also incorporate stitches! Oh, my cute little craft sewing machine is still sitting there because I can't figure it out! (I've never been one to sew and I've never used a sewing machine:-) ) Soo... I went with faux stitches, or tried... I know this gal needs a sentiment added but I decided to leave it simple.

Lizzie Anne's Weekly Challenge

Here it is my version of LAD's weekly challenge. This week it was a sketch with a twist... to use pink and green! At first I was just like hum.... interesting. But I like how my turned out. I used two sets. The small butterfly is from the Blissful Blossom set and the larger one is from the L'Amour set. I used Rose Red and Mellow Moss card stock (Stampin Up). The ribbon is from Michael's and the paper flowers were from the Target $1 spot. I embossed the background Mellow Moss with my Cuttlebug and added a nice patterned paper under the butterflies. Finally I added ribbon from Michael's. This photo does not show the glitter details but the middle of the small butterflies I used Stickles and on the trim as well as parts of the large butterfly I used my new Gel Pens from BJ's. I also mounted with pop dots the middle butterfly so it would stand out.

Lizzie Anne Designs - Weekly Sketch Challenge

Here is the first sketch challenge for 2008 from Lizzie Anne Designs. This is using the L'Amour set. I figured it's time for some Valentine's cards. In the sketch she used circles I changed it up a bit to make use of these great hearts. I used my cuttlebug for the background embossed look. The patterned paper is from Target's $1 spot, gotta love that! I added stickles to the hearts and the middle heart is on a pop dot a bit hard to tell in the photo.

Can't wait for their new releases next week. This week is preview week, check it out!

Lizzie Anne Weekly Challenge

OK here it is the weekly challenge at LAD on SCS. The challenge... NO LAYERS! That is definitely a challenge but that's OK right? I masked the flowers, colored using markers and added stickles for the glitter. The LAD set I used was Blissful Blossoms.

I was having trouble getting a good shot of it with the camera. I think it looks better in person. What do you think? I know Meredith said no layers, so I wondered about using embellishments. Did no layers just mean paper layers etc? Well, I just decided to say yes and go with that which made it more challenging. I think the white background is a bit boring, but I didn't get a chance to redo or try and fix. Let me know what you think.

Lizzie Anne Designs Challenge

This is my creation for the LAD challenge at SCS this week. The challenge was to have an element pop out. The heart is what is popped out. The set is called L'Amour, this is a great Valentine's Day Stamp.

Lizzie Anne Designs Weekly Challenge

This week LAD sketch challenge had diagonals! I have to say I was a spaz with it. I tried different papers, have so many scraps all over. I couldn't cut the paper to fit right, I don't know what was wrong. Anyhow, in the end I decided to use my cool Christmas ribbon. I think it came out ok. I love my background using my new friend the Cuttlebug. The LAD set that I used is Christmas in the City. I love how my stamped portion came out. I stamped the three trees and the snowman but I cut out the snowman and using pop dots stuck him in the middle so he stands out. After all the spaziness (can I use that?) I like how it turned out.

So speaking of the Cuttlebug, I need to get some nestabilities now. So off I go to find a good place to order some, or at least one set for now! :-)

Till later.....

Lizzie Anne Weekly Challenge

Each week at Splitcoast, LAD hosts a challenge. This week it was to use your scrap pieces of papers. Ok, at first I looked at the sketch and the samples and was like ohhh, I dont think I like this one. But I said NO it's a challenge so challenge yourself. I started gathering pieces and organizing according to the sketch. AND like what happens all the time, I loved doing it and loved how it turned out. Somehow I surprise myself everytime. I'm not saying it's the best piece of artwork, but I thought in the end it wasn't too bad. I was happy and I did enjoy making it. I think I may use the sketch again. I mostly like the middle scrap section where I used 4 pieces to make the square.

The set that I used is Christmas In the City. I love LAD stamps, they are all so cute, whimsical and just plan fun to play with. I still have a Valentine set I haven't even started playing with yet.

So here it is:

Lizzie Anne's Weekly Challenge

Here is my card from week 2 of LAD's weekly challenge on Splitcoast Stampers. Gotta love these great sets. The best part is that they are not mounted on wood and they come in their own little Jewel (CD) cases! Perfect for storage! This week Craft Critique did an awesome write up about the company, check it out.

I have to say I love these weekly challenges. I used two stamps from two sets for this challenge: Funky Floral and Blissful Blossoms! Yes I do like the floral sets.

Lizzie anne Designs Sketch Challenge

Weekly on Splitcoast Stampers Lizzie anne Designs offers a sketch challenge. I love the sketch challenges! I used my Funky Floral set for this cool challenge. This is a great floral set, I've always been a fan of the flower sets for some reason. I do think I will have to check out their other sets. I was pretty psyched to see these sets at my local stamp store! I may be back for more. Thanks to Lizzie anne for posting this challenge.