pretty in pink

pretty in pink
Originally uploaded by lesleyworth

having so much fun this weekend...just playing around with stuff for the first time in a long while...not anything for any assignment...just for fun....ahhhh...

now this card started as me just playing around with some digi's that I bought from The Greeting Farm (LOVE THEM...just really started looking for digi's the other day...and WOW...LOVE LOVE LOVE TGF!)...and before too long...I was building a card and actually using one of the images! I have been practicing coloring hair and skin...and I definitely need to expand my collection of Copics for that purpose alone! Her hair is still a little "striped" but I'm loving it more than my first few attempts! I incorporated some challenges into the card...and well...I think it makes a great little cutesy Valentine!

Challenges:
Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge -- MTSC58
Copic Colour Challenge -- Challenge #49 E31, R02, E00 (I used E33 in place of E31)
Little Red Wagon -- Challenge #13 Hearts
Corrosive Challenge Blog -- #49 Love

Supplies: Paper - Basic Grey Euphoria; Image - The Greeting Farm, Odette; Sentiment and Hearts - CTMH February; Ink - CTMH Hollyhock; Stickles - Cotton Candy; Ribbon - BasicBasic; Button - unknown; Flower - Making Memories
Copics: E31, E35, E37, E29, R01, R02, E00, E02, RV21, RV23, RV25

it's pure sugar baby...

So on occasion my dear friend Tracey and I will issue each other a challenge...sometimes the results are better than others...and i'm pretty happy with these results...we used a sketch from Pencil Lines (#55)...randomly selected two colors (blue and cream) and then Tracey selected buttons as the MUST use embellishment...put it all together and here it is!

Supplies:  Paper - BoBunny; Snowflakes - Maya Road; Paint - Apple Barrel English lace; Bling - Prima; Title - Prima sugar alpha chipboard; Buttons - unknown

It's a game...

Long story short...my daughter got her words a little mixed up and thought that Trivial Pursuit was Trivial Sir-Poot...we all had a good laugh! Anywho this is for a Simply Scrapping sketch challenge that they were doing...the sketch was really cute...and I was trapped inside due to weather...so here goes:

 Supplies: Paper - Sassafrass; Cardstock - Bazzil; Flowers - prima; Bling - Prima; Flower Centers - unknown; Stamps - Studio 490; Ink - CTMH Topiary; Title - Thickers Gift Box

not a fan of the freeze...

....been raining all night here...and the trees are starting to ice up a bit...not too bad on the roads...yet...so this just re-emphasizes my plan to stay home and get scrap happy!

and because i'm still not all together with it...

here is the closeup of the flowers:

woohoo Vintage!

Today's pics are pre-crash...thankfully I had uploaded some of my projects to flickr! This is for this weeks Fashionista Friday challenge (#20) over at the Shoe! The theme is VINTAGE! I love playing with the idea of vintage...how long before the 80's will be "vintage" I wonder! LOL! Anyways...had a lot of fun playing with this stuff...the flowers are grunge and inspired by Wendy Vecchi...she has a tutorial out there (unfortunately I lost my links in the crash) from around August of last year I think...so if you get the chance and are feeling inspired...check it out!

Supplies: Grungepaper; Studio 490 stamps - Rose Art and backgrounds from several other sets; Ink - Distress ink: brushed corduroy, peeled paint, walnut stain, antique linen, aged mahogany, spiced marmalade and faded jeans; Distress crackle paint in old paper; sentiment also from Studio 490 stamps; bling...no clue...had it in my stash; bird - clear accents from CTMH.

woohoo! back online...sort of...

ok...so tore up a hard drive...and since it was my third PC with massive issues in 5-7 years...well we threw in the towel...i'm posting this from my new iMac...so far I'm liking it ALOT...but it's going to take some time to really get used to it!  Not to mention all of my software that was Microsoft based...well...now i have to swap to Mac based...hopefully that won't be long...then I can get back to using my camera and getting actual pictures posted...

all in all...outside of the crash and burn of the previous computer...this week is pretty freaking awesome!  see my previous post for additional details!

some days are cooler than others...

...and today is a wayyy cool day!  can't say much right now...gotta get my rear moving towards work!  but check this out...Sally Lynn McDonald's website Inkyheart...hopefully more later...off to work I go!

another one bites the dust...

computer that is...Satuirday my computer started acting really funny...the power had gone out and come back on in an instant...few hours later i tried to restart the puter (it's on a surge protector) and it wouldn't restart...Sunday morning had a friend take a look at it...HARD DRIVE FAILURE!!!!!!!!  ACKKKKKKK!  terrible news!  i'm bad...haven't backed up my hard drive in months..if not a year or so...all my pics...gone...BUT...good news...we should be able to recover the pics at least...won't know for a few days...my access to edit software...gone until we can get the drive replaced...so i shall create away...and maybe get a few not so fantabulous photos up...but we shall see!

a whole bunch of stuff at once!

time to get caught up!  had a few projects i wasn't home for or didn't have time to get posted in the past few weeks...so had to get on here and get them all done in one swoop!  that way i can start fresh with something new!  i'm looking forward to getting some crafting done...it's been awhile...and the only other plan i have this weekend is grocery shopping...and i'm in no hurry to get that done! 

this first LO is from last week's Fashionista Friday challenge at the Shoe...Fashionista Friday #18...

this next was from Simply Scrapping's week 2 challenge...paper piecing...i completed all of the January projects before i made the decision to step down from the SSDT...

and last but not least I created this LO for Simply Scrapping's January color challenge...SSColor101...

Supplies:

FF#18: Basic Grey Eva; Flowers by the paper studio; leaves by Prima; icicle stickles; cricut for title

Paper Piecing: Basic Grey Lemondade; Bazzil Cardstock; Stamps by Darcies; Ribbon unknown

SSColor101: Sketch by Judy Law; Paper: Crate Paper; Bazzil cardstock; bling and flowers from Prima; adore tickets by idea-ology; tattered angels glimmer mist in pearl; fram and title done using cricut; journal tag by CTMH; ranger Glossy Accents

sad heart...

Well...some of you may know this already...but I have left the Simply Scrapping design team...and it kinda bites to have had to decide this...but my life is a little crazy right now...and committing myself to so many projects a month, outside of what i want to do for "fun" each month...just doesn't compute anymore.  this isn't a bad thing...it's actually a good thing...i recently was promoted at work...and have so many projects going on at work...that i've been brining work home so much lately...that scrapping hasn't really been on my mind.  HOWEVER...i've decided that i need to STOP bringing work home (as best as i can)...and on my weekends spend time scrapping for the enjoyment of it.  I am still a part (and owner/founding member) of the SHOE...nothing can part me from that...so my work will still be "out there" just not quite as much as before!  Looking forward to a scrappy type weekend...see ya soon!

how time flies...

i haven't dropped off the face of the earth...yet...but so much has been going on the past week and a half that i have had zero time to post.  hope to be back in the running again by the end of the week! 

It's Thursday and I'm so excited!!!

Because the BIG GAME is tonight!!!!!!  But...have to get through the rest of the day first...so here is the latest and greatest challenge happening over at Simply Scrapping Crafts!  This week's challenge (hosted by me!) is a sketch any way you like it!  There is both a LO sketch and card sketch...and you can do whatever you'd like with either!  SOOOO FUN!  Here is the card sketch:

Here is what I did with it:

Enjoy! 

Supplies:  Paper - Cosmo Cricket; Cardstock - Bazzil; Stamps - Verve; Ink - Memento; Stickles - Icicle; Ribbon - unknown; Pearls - CTMH

simple thank you...

It really must be time for me to get back to work...because I think I actually need to leave my craft room for a little while!  Or I may run the risk of scrap burnout!  LOL!  I've been working on lots of upcoming DT assignments and in between project completion...I work on something just for fun!  For my latest...I hopped across some more blogs for challenge inspiration...Pile it On, CPS, C.R.A.F.T, OCC, Little Red Wagon and There She Goes...and here goes my card:

Challenges:
CPS - CPS 148 Sketch
C.R.A.F.T. - Week 31 Thank You
OCC - OCCC Clean and Simple
Little Red Wagon - Challenge #9 Flowers
There She Goes - TSG35 Flowers
Pile It On - Challenge #30 Crystal Clear (my little flower blingies)

Supplies: Cardstock - Bazzil, Georgia Pacific, Nina; Images - Verve Floral Symphony, CTMH Just Because; Ink - CTMH Citrus Leaf, Memento Black Tuxedo; Flower Bling - Heidi Swapp; Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder; Ribbon - unknown; Copics:

Sunday morning Mojo!

So I was not sure what to do this morning...until I remembered I hadn't played on the Mojo Monday site in awhile...so off I went...I was really feeling the color teal today...so here is what came of it all:

I've been playing around with my photo's lately...trying to decide what and how is the best way for me to photo my projects...and of course playing around with PSE editor to try and expand my knowledge.  So this particular photo was shot in full sunlight...and only edits were cropping the photo and adding the watermark.  My cardstock doesn't appear quite as teal in the photo as it does in person. 

Supplies: Cardstock - Bazzil, American Crafts, Georgia Pacific; Stamps - Verve, Bountiful Backgrounds and Just for You; Ink - Memento Black Tuxedo and CTMH Ocean; Flowers - Bazzil and Prima; Pin - Making Memories; Spellbinder Nestabilities; Gem and Ribbon - unknown

Challenges: MOJO119

color happy!

Pulled out the copics today...after taking a serious look at my stamps and my LACK of good images for coloring...i have lots of images...just not so many that are good for COLORING!  so i took a trip to the LSS this morning...love going there...and picked up a few more markers and some stamps good for coloring!  they have the latest Hero Arts releases and i found a few perfect for coloring!  so...i have markers...some fun images...now what...BLOG HOP!!!!  So I started bouncing from blog to blog to see what challenges were out there to play with...and combined three to help inspire my card.  I used the Cute Card Thursday sketch...added some polka dots from Crazy4Challenges, and used the Copic Colour Challenge to help me decide my color pallette!  Here goes:

Challenges:
Crazy4Challenges: C4C18 Polka Dots
Cute Card Thursday: Challenge #93 Sketch
Copic Colour Challenge: Challenge #45 YG03, BV02, B93

Supplies:  Paper - Basic Grey; Cardstock - Bazzil; Image and sentiment - Hero Arts; Ink - Tsukineko Tuxedo Black; Flowers - Prima; Pearls - CTMH; Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder; Ribbon and button - unknown.  Copics...well here you go:

Viva!

Woohoo...Viva la Verve is switching it up a little for the new year!  They are offering not only the sketch...but the new "twist" is a series of photos, all related to the home!  I was instantly inspired by one of the pics...and away I went!  here is my take on the challenge:

Supplies:  Cardstock and Paper - CTMH; Ink - CTMH Colonial White and Chocolate; Flowers - Prima; Flower Pins - Making Memories; Sentiment - Verve, Wishing You; Glimmer Mist - Wheatfield; Distress Crackle paint in Vintage Photo; Distress Stickles - Rock Candy; Pearls and ribbon - unknown

Happy 2010!

WOW!  Happy New Year everyone!  Over at the Shoe we are celebrating the New Year with a fun new Fashionista Friday (#16) challenge based on the number 10 (as in 2010!).  Your project must contain 10 of one embellishment, as in, 10 brads, 10 pieces of ribbon, 10 buttons, etc.  I had fun with this one!  My 10 are 10 flowers and 10 gems for the centers of the flowers:

Supplies:  Cardstock - Bazzil, Flowers - Prima; Ribbon  and gems- unknown; Cricut - Lyrical Letters; Stickles - Diamond; Glossy Accents; Dymo Label Maker