Whimsical Wednesday Week 15

This week's sketch challenge #15......



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**THERE IS A Sweet PRIZE THIS WEEK FOR PARTICIPATING!
Read below for details.

It is week 15 of the Diedrich Dare's Whimsical Wednesday challenges!! This week is another simple, but clever sketch challenge by Jessica's son, Jack! This week's hostess is the wonderful Debbie Lee, so be sure to check out the DD blog for her feature!

I have a prize this week!! Participate in this week's Dare challenge and submit your link to Mr. Linky on the Diedrich Dare blog and you will eligible. One random winner will recieve:

A single unmounted stamp from Sweet Pea Stamps Fantasy Art Collection by Ching-Chou Kuik (image will be my choice) and one of my stamped cards (my choice).

You have two weeks to play!! See my note below. If you play along, please link up your creation to Mr. Linky at the Diedrich Dare Blog or with keyword DDSC15 over at Splitcoaststampers.com

Please be sure to check out the rest of our Daredevil crew:

Cassie Larson

Darla Wilson

Debbie Lee

Heather Schlatter

Jacqueline Nordaune

Jacquie Peifer

Jessica Diedrich *Jess has an amazing TGF prize giveaway!*

Kim Ross

Kris Palakiko

Rebecca Ednie

Val Urtiaga

Be sure to check out Jessica's blog here! She has an awesome TGF giveaway running until 12/25!

My card was inspired by this beautiful card I saw at SCS today, here.

Supplies:
Sweet Pea Stamps Ching-Chou Kuik's Fantasy Art Collection 'It's My Birthday'
Copic Markers, Spica glitter pen clear
DP: Cosmo Earth Love
Cuttlebug butterfly die (butterly stamped and embossed with Papertreyink Butterfly Kisses)

Have fun creating!! Thanks for participating!

**NOTE: This week's challenge will run for 2 weeks. There will be no Dare next Wednesday 12/23/09. The Dare will be back on 12/30/09... So you have a full 2 weeks to join in!

TGF Farm Fresh Friday Challenge: KISS

*PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR CLUB ANYA HOLIDAY BLOG HOP POST!*

This weeks Farm Fresh Friday Challenge at The Greeting Farm blog is K.I.S.S.

Here are the RULES:

Create a card using the K.I.S.S. technique: KEEP IT SIMPLY SHAPED.

This means NO Die cuts, Nesties, and no more than ONE punch. You MAY create layers, but all shapes must be cut with a straight trimmer aka squares/ rectangles. You MAY embellish, but don't go crazy, k?*You have through WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16th, 2009 to upload your card or creation using TGF STAMPS to TGF Galleria>Contests/Challenges>FFF>K.I.S.S.

*ONE lucky winner will receive the OUTDOORSY or SWEET MESSAGE set-your choice, from The Greeting Farm!

Have fun and good luck!

I did a reverse mask to stamp the snowflakes on Anya's dress.

Supplies:

The Greeting Farm: Princess Anya, Forest Friends

Papertreyink: Snowflake Serenade

Copic Markers: B00, G000, V000, V91, YR0000, YG11, W3, E31

Spica glitter pen clear

DP: BG Wisteria

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Ocean Depth, SU! Soft Sky

Prima bling

Marvy heart punch

Club Anya Holiday Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Club Anya Holiday Blog Hop! For a full list of participants go to the Club Anya blog, here.

Here's the first version...it was missing something..it just wasn't altered enough for me. Hence the new version above!

Supplies:

The Greeting Farm: Wild Sprouts-Dahlia, Xmas Sweeties, My House

Copic Markers, Spica glitter pen clear

Snow Writer, MS chunky glitter

Tattered Angels glimmer mist: Snow Angel

A Ten Minute Mermaid!?!?

Another ATC with Sweet Pea Stamps image: 'Ocean Fantasy'

© ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art sheet 2 (plate 21)

Although I can get lost for hours coloring these beautiful mermaid images, I can also make quick cards with them, too. Just to show you that it is possible to make a quick card without coloring in every single detail.....
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For this card, I colored the entire image with my Copic Marker in BG11, Moon White. I then added just a few colors here and there, and some Spica glitter pen in clear, and my image was finished in under 10 minutes.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!!

Supplies:
Sweet Pea Stamps: © ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art sheet 2 (plate 21)
Copic Markers
Spica glitter pen clear
EK starfish punch
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Versamagic Ink, Turquoise Gem, Ocean Depth; Brilliance: Starlite Silver

To view or purchase Ching-Chou Kuik's amazing ACEO artwork please visit her website :

Whimsical Wednesday ...Wizards?!?!

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It is week 14 of the Diedrich Dare's Whimsical Wednesday challenges!! This week is an inspiration challenge. Jessica's daugther, Madelynn is really into Wizards of Waverly Place right now and she loves the fun, funky style of Alex, the main character. She saw this plate online and thought the colors, etc. would be super fun to create from. This week's hostess is the fabulous Darla Wilson, so be sure to check out the DD blog for her feature!

If you play along, please link up your creation to Mr. Linky at the Diedrich Dare Blog or with keyword DDSC14 over at Splitcoaststampers.com

Please be sure to check out the rest of our Daredevil crew:

Cassie Larson
Darla Wilson
Heather Schlatter
Jacquie Peifer
Jessica Diedrich
Kim Ross
Kris Palakiko
Rebecca Ednie
Sandra MacLean

And, please welcome our two newest Daredevil additions:

JACQUIE NORDAUNE
http://jacquiemakescards.blogspot.com/
and
VALERIE URTIAGA
http://www.pixiedreamdesigns.blogspot.com/

I am so thrilled to finally be working with the SUPER talented and fellow Twi-girlie, Jacquie!!! YAY!! And, I'm so excited to have Sassy Studio designer extraordinaire, Valerie on the team! Welcome girls!

Now on to this weeks Inspiration Challenge................


Supplies:
The Greeting Farm: Wild Sprouts Dahlia
Crafty Secrets: Fairyland; Technique Tuesday
Copic Markers
Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust Clear pen



"Winterberry"
Another Sweet Pea ATC from: ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Sheet 1

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY! HOPE YOU PLAY ALONG WITH THE DARE THIS WEEK!

Stamping Bella Birthday Bash Blog Hop!

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Welcome to STAMPING BELLA's Birthday Blog Hop!!!

The beginning of the birthday blog hop starts at the one and only Em's blog: Bloggabella

Prizes:
Three gift certificates for $100 in Bella Bucks will be hidden along the hop, but we’re not telling you where so be sure to leave some love as you hop!!!

Birthday Bash Contest:
Let your creativity guide you to create a project that celebrates Bella's 3rd Birthday. You must use *ONLY* Stamping Bella stamps in your creation and you can choose to use any of the lines that Stamping Bella offers. Upload your project to Splitcoast using the keyword "BELLABDAY3" before the deadline of 10pm EST on Saturday, December 5th. The Bella Babes will scour the gallery for the most delish project in Bellaland. Only projects that are uploaded to the Splitcoast Gallery before the deadline, using the keyword, will be considered for the grand prize.

New Releases:
Em has an awesome release planned for the Stamping Bella Birthday on December 7th featuring a little bit from MOST of the artists!! So be sure to pop onto Bloggabella on December 7th to see all the new rubbah goodness along with the winners of the Birthday Bash blog hop and contest.

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Here are some more of those detachable Artist Trading Cards (ATCs). ATCs are fun because they are collectable, tradeable or displayable! The only rule is that they measure 2.5" x 3.5". I made the ATCs by stamping the main image first in black, masking it, and stamping the adorable skull and crossbones in a lighter shade.

I used more of that Japanese washi masking tape, which makes the ATCs removable.
See my post regarding the tape and where to buy it, here.


Supplies:
Stamping Bella stamps: Lulu Ketto, Maisy Ketto, Skully Ketto
Copic Markers, Spica Glitter Pen-Mint
Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust Clear pen, Sakura Glaze-orange
Amuse notecards
Glimmer Mist

Japanese Washi Masking Tape
Ink: Memento Tuxedo: Black, Ladybug; Versafine: Smokey Gray, Versamagic: Red Magic, Perfect Plumeria; Colorbox: Harbor


Thanks for stopping by and good luck on the hop!!!!

Complete list of blog hop participants here.

NEXT BLOG on your hop: Mary - Cr8ive ME

Whimsical Wednesday with TGF Elves

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It is week 13 of the Diedrich Dare's Whimsical Wednesday challenges!! This week's challenge is a super fun sketch brought to us by Jessica's talented son, Nicky! This week's hostess is the fabulous Cassie Larson, so be sure to check out the DD blog for her feature!

Please check the DD blog for last week's random winner for a prize from our sponsor Club Anya!!

If you play along, please link up your creation to Mr. Linky at the Diedrich Dare Blog or with keyword DDSC13 over at Splitcoaststampers.com

Big thanks again, to everyone that participated last week!!

Please be sure to check out the rest of our Daredevil crew:

Cassie Larson
Darla Wilson
Heather Schlatter
Jacquie Peifer
Jessica Diedrich
Kim Ross
Rebecca Ednie
Sandra MacLean

and join me in a warm welcome to our newest member Kris Palakiko!!

This week's sketch:

This week I created some helpers for Santa Ian. And you know how much I love using my Mermaid and Flutter Anya! I used the Santa's hat from the Santa Ian in the Xmas Sweeties set. You can use this hat with almost all the Anya and Ian images! FUN! These 2 cards are part of my upcoming class at Paper Tales.

So another question I get a lot is what is my favorite skin color. E50 is my fav, E00 is my second fav. On the fairy above I used E00 and on the mermaid below I used E50.

Supplies:
The Greeting Farm: Mermaid Anya, Flutter Anya, Xmas Sweeties
Cuttelbug embossing folders
Copic Markers
Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust Clear pen
Marvy circle punches
EK snowflake punch
Stickles: Icicles
Martha Stewart glitter