Dirt Bike Mike Card

I made this card for Kenny K's current 'Anything Goes' challenge (they've also got a blog hop with some great prizes).

I printed the Dirt Bike Mike image from Kenny K out around Christmas and then wasn't sure what to do with it.  I started today by cutting it out by hand, keeping in all the extras (mud splatter and speed lines).  I then coloured it with Copic markers (I'm just learning how to use these, hence why the red bled into a lot of the yellow's spaces).  I've only got a handful of markers to try them out and see if I can use them well enough to justify a greater commitment.

I added a few Crayola markers to fill in for greys I didn't have, so the bike's got a bit more colour.

The base card is black (you can't see it as my background is also black).  I slanted the red cardstock on top so it's a little offset.  I embossed the red panel with a flame pattern.  I had a few Silhouette cut gears (in black) leftover from a previous project and punched a few in yellow and then stamped gear images on top so they would look less like flowers (the punch is designed as a brad cover, but I liked how similar it looked to gears).

I also did a triple twist of thin metal wire.

I glued one gear under the red panel and the rest on top, used hot glue to keep the metal twist in place and covered the glue spot with the biker, which was attached with pop dots.

Purple Iris Card

I made this card for JustRite's Friday Challenge, Color it Pretty.

I stamped the iris image from Botanical Medallions and Banners then die cut it out using Vintage Labels die 7.  I very lightly inked the edges of the die with purple ink before removing it, then coloured the image with pencil crayons.

I stamped one of the labels from Ribbon and Swags Vintage 7 Labels set and die cut it out, layering it under my iris image.

For the card base, I stamped a ribbon border from the above stamp set, and added a piece of ribbon. Then I attached the labels.

Heart Anniversary Card

I got the idea for this card from a craft company's catalogue.  I started out by die cutting half of the heart die out of my card base.  I then used the inside line of the die to guide my gold pen for a full heart shape.  I die cut a second, smaller heart for the sentiment, which I stamped in gold ink and hand drew a gold heart around.  I used two sizes of punches to make flowers out of gold metallic cardstock to edge part of the heart and added mini pearls to the centers.  I used the same paper to edge the inside of the card so the hearts would stand out more.  I added another smaller heart inside the card so there's a white space to write a greeting on.  To finish off the card I punched three tiny hearts on the bottom left and added 2 mini pearls.

I'm submitting this to Simon Says Stamp's Die Crazy challenge.

Metallic Flowers Card

This was a fairly easy card to make.  I die cut the silver edged panel, then die cut 3 Spellbinders cut-fold-tuck dies to make the flowers (the large flower is 2 on top of each other).  The flowers were cut from the same silver cardstock as the panel, then coloured with a blue copic marker.  The front parts shimmer and the back parts have a matt blue look.  I attached the flowers and then added black pearls to the centers.

Orchid Birthday Card

I made this card for Simon Says Stamp's Spring Flowers challenge.

I started out by stamping the Clearly Besotted Stamps orchid on white cardstock with versamark ink.  I then heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  I carefully dabbed two shades of purple ink on the flower petals, leaving the edges white.  Then I coloured the stem with a light green copic marker and did some shadowing with a light blue copic marker.

To finish the card I added a piece of purple ribbon and stamped Happy Birthday.

Arigato Sushi

I've wanted a good sushi stamp set for ages, so when I saw Lawn Fawn's Let's Roll, I knew I had to get it.  My husband LOVES sushi, as do several other people I know.  

I was going for a simple design here, so I started out by stamping my sushi on the cardstock with the add in faces, and the sentiment.  I wanted something a little extra as it seemed too plain, so die cut the panels out of Japanese paper (I stamped the flowers on the gold flecked paper using the same stamp set).  I coloured the sushi, used pop dots to add the panels and then put in some heart stickers for a cute effect. 

Dancing Cat Best Wishes

This was a quick, easy card to make.  I stamped the kitty, stamped the sentiment, and added a piece of gold glitter ribbon.