Nuts about you ....

.... Morning all!  Hope your weekend is going well.  I've a fun and funky card to share with you this morning:

Stamps: Rick St Dennis Digi - Robotics 2 Out of this World; Stampin' Up! - Just Sayin'; Lil Inkers - Pieces of Me
Inks: Archival - Jet Black
Dies: Lil Inkers - Stitched Rectangles #5; SU/Sizzix - Word Bubbles Framelits
Accessories: White Lustre Card; Kanban DP - Industriana; Copic Markers

I'm submitting this to Less is More - LIM#182, where the recipe is "Anything Goes".  This card is about as clean and simple as it gets.  I don't have white space, but I do have grey space with rivets - so I'm not sure whether the LIM Ladies will allow it, but it is CAS!  I'm also submitting to the Rick St Dennis Facebook Challenge where anything goes as long as you use a RSD image.  I love this fun, funky fembot; I coloured her with Copic markers and then fussy cut her out.  I adhered her directly to the card.  I covered the card base with this industrial design paper, which I think goes perfectly with the robot.  I made the sentiment on my PC using two fonts - CK Chemistry (top line) and Baby Lexi (bottom line).  The word bubble frame comes from SU Just Sayin' and I cut it out with the coordinating die; it's attached with dimensional tape.  On the inside I cut mat layer in the same design paper and die cut a white panel on which I stamped a fun sentiment.

You've probably guessed that I made this for Jonathan.  He was at a photo shoot in West Michigan yesterday and I missed him!!  Yes, I do know I'm soft :)  That's all for now.

For my little monster ....

....  Hello!  Time has got away from me again!!  I've been doing house stuff and watching the football and tennis (but more of that later).  Today I've got a fun card to share with you:

Stamps: Rick St Dennis Digi - Aliens & Mutants; Stampin' Up! - Just Sayin'
Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black, Majestic Blue
Dies: SU/Sizzix - Word Bubbles Framelits
Accessories: White Lustre Card; Copic Markers; Cuttlebug EF - Distressed Stripes

I saw the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch! - CTS#82 yesterday and immediately knew what I wanted to make.  A card for my little monster, to be fair Ben's not that little any more, however he's still a bit of a monster.  But he's my monster and I love him to bits!

I recently discovered the art of Rick St Dennis - he has a wonderful collection of digi images for all occasions and I bought the Aliens & Mutants sheet which includes the cute guy above.  I printed it on white card and coloured with Copic markers, then cut him out and ran him through my Xyron to make him self-adhesive.  I cut a panel of white card and embossed it for some texture, adding a touch of colour to define the edge.  I want Ben to know that no matter how far away he is, I love him.  I made the thought bubble using the Just Sayin' set - I changed out the sentiment to fit what I wanted.  The inside has been left blank for a message from me.  I'm submitting this card to the Rick St Dennis Facebook Challenge - Anything Goes and also to the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes. 

I mentioned earlier that I'd been watching the football World Cup.  England has already gone home, so as I'm living in the US I'm supporting them.  Yesterday USA played Germany in their final match of the group.  The first half was really good and USA were holding Germany, but sadly Germany scored in the second half.  The final score was 1 - 0 to Germany, but as the group stage goes on points and goal difference - USA are through to the final sixteen.

I'm also being distracted by the tennis at Wimbledon.  There have been some really good matches and it is really lovely to see Wimbledon.  We have really good coverage here, better than I expected.  It's been a while since I actually went and watched matches there, but maybe when we go back to the UK that's something we'll do.  There was a really good match today between Petra Kvitova and Venus Williams, sadly Venus lost in three sets: 5-7, 7-6, 7-5.  There's plenty more to come!  That's all for today - see you tomorrow with my cards for 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown and also Waltzingmouse Fanatics.  Bye for now!!

Dreamer .....

.....  Good morning everyone!  Today is Kathryn's last day, well strictly morning, at school - then it's holidays for 12 weeks!!!!  Today's card has been made using a couple of challenges:

• The Paper Players - PP#199
• Rick St Dennis - Red, White & Blue - Facebook challenge

Stamps: Rick St Dennis Digi - 20 Winks; Dare 2B Artzy - Graduation
Inks: Versamark
Dies: Spellbinders - Mega Scalloped Rectangles (S4-143) #5
Accessories: White Lustre Card; Kaisercraft DP - Suga Pop; Stampin' Up! Card - Night of Navy; White Embossing Powder; Copics; Wink of Stella Clear

I only recently came across the amazing digi images drawn by Rick St Dennis, but I think they are fab and I purchased a few (and will be getting more).  Rick has a personal challenge on the RSD Facebook page and that's to use the colours red, white and blue on one of his images and I'm submitting this.  It also fits in with this week's Paper Players challenge. 

I printed the image onto white card, coloured with Copic markers, cut it out and then added a touch of sparkle using my Wink of Stella clear brush.  To make the card I covered the base with the pale blue dotty design paper and added a dark blue panel down the centre.  I adhered the image directly to the panel and finished with a fun sentiment.  Even fairies have to sleep!!!  I've left the inside blank.

Bye for now!