CHAPTER 22: Dancing under the Sea...

"Will you walk a little faster?" said the whiting to the snail;


"There's a porpoise right behind us and he's treading on my tail!
See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance!


They are waiting on the shingle, will you come and join the dance?
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you-WILL you join the dance?"


Hello everyone!  Greetings from here in Wonderland...or maybe today it's UNDERland?  As in Under the Sea, perhaps ;)


So, today's challenge involves all things sea-worthy and we at Oh, Alice are challenging YOU to create a card or project using sea life!  Turtles, whales, dolphins are fabulous as are other sea creatures as in merfolk and those deep, dark creatures you sometimes hear about but seldom see.... the possibilities are as endless as the ocean itself!

We also have a FUN prize for you this week!  One lucky winner will receive a Sweet Pea Rubber Stamp courtesy of Oh, Alice!  These stamps are large and BEAUTIFULLY detailed and we just happened to have one 'swimmin' around!'  Will YOU be the lucky winner?  ;)


Be sure to upload your card or creation using InLinkz here!  You have until Friday, July 23rd at 8pm CST to enter the challenge, so have fun and we'll see you back next week! enter your submission to be considered for the prize!   If you are uploading to a public gallery, be sure to include keyword OAC22.   


Thanks and enjoy the summer sun and sea!

Card details:
Stamps: Mermaid Anya from The Greeting Farm, Wallflower background from Clear & Simple Stamps
Cardstock: Raspberry Fizz, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black, Confetti White
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers
Accessories: Ribbon from Clear & Simple Stamps, Kaiser Scrapbook Rhinestones

Oh, Alice! Chapter 9

CHAPTER 9: Somewhere in the Sunny, Sketchy, Afternoon...

Alice in Wonderland, how do you get to Wonderland? 
Over the hill or underland, or just behind the tree? 
When clouds go rolling by, they roll away and leave the sky. 
Where is the land beyond the eye, that people can not see, where can it be? 
Where do stars go, where is the crescent moon? 
They must be somewhere in the sunny afternoon. 
Alice in Wonderland, where is the path to Wonderland? 
Over the hill or here or there, I wonder where. 

Hello!  Hopefully it's a Sunny, Golden afternoon in your neck of this Wonderland!   We have a Sketch Challenge for you today brought to you by our very own TASHA!  Here's the sketch:

We hope you'll join us this week down the Rabbit Hole for this fun sketch.   What's more?  There is a VERY generous prize offering this week from The BEARY SCRAP!   The Beary Scrap is a sweet one-stop shop for all of your papercrafting needs and are offering an AMAZING $20 Gift Voucher for one lucky winner this week!

So let's get started!  Finish that tea and get crafting!  There's no time limit to use this FABULOUS sketch, but if you want to throw your MAD HAT into the ring for the $20 Gift Voucher, please link your entry at the Oh, Alice Challenge blog by Friday, April 23rd at 8pm CST!  The winner will be announced on Saturday, April 24th with our next Challenge!  Good luck!

Card details:
Stamps: Birthday Ian by The Greeting Farm, Handwritten Notes by Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: Old Olive, Night of Navy, Persian Floral by Chatterbox Inc, Chocolate Chip
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Accessories: Oval Nestabilities, Paper Piercer, Enchanted Evening ribbon

Oh, Alice! & Announcement

I am thrilled today to announce that the Mad Hatter, Jessica had invited me, yes, little ol' me- to be an  

April Tea Party Guest!!!  

I have had a blast playing along with these challenges and am amazed every week at the creations that the design team & players come up with.

Thank you Jessica, and to the rest of the design team who welcomed me with open arms!

Without further ado, your challenge for this week if you should choose to accept is:

CHAPTER 7: We're ALL M.A.D Here...
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here..."

This week, we are gettin' our M.A.D on with THE GREETING FARM!!   The sweet and generous Marie has generously offered her new line of Alice-inspired stamps, The Creepy Cakes to the DT and a FABULOUS prize of THREE FREE Creepy Cakes Digital Images OR ONE Rubber Single to ONE LUCKY WINNER!   Thanks Marie!

Our Design Team has some wonderfully M.A.D (Monochromatic and Distressed!)  examples using the CREEPY CAKES digital images and we're M.A.D about them!  In fact, we liked them SO much that we hope you'll get M.A.D. with us, too!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to come up with your OWN M.A.D. creation:   

Monochromatic and Distressed! 

And remember, one lucky winner will be randomly drawn at the end of this week to win the FABULOUS prize of THREE FREE Creepy Cakes Digital Images OR ONE Rubber Single of their choice from The Greeting Farm!  You have until Friday, April 9th at 8pm CST to enter using Mr. Linky.  The winner will be chosen and announced during next week's challenge right here on the blog!  If you upload to a public gallery please link back here using keyword OAC7.

Thanks, good luck, and GO M.A.D.!

Card details:
Stamp: Twisted Tea Digital Image from The Greeting Farm
Cardstock: Pixie Pink and Hibiscus Burst, Papertrey Ink Stamper's Select
Inks: Copics, Hibiscus Burst
Accessories: Melissa Frances Vintage Attic Treasures Rhinestones, ribbon unknown, EK Success Parisian punch

CHAPTER TWO: Running in a SKETCHY circle...

This week on the Oh, Alice! challenge blog Jessica AKA Mad Hatter challenged everyone to use this sketch created by Mary Giles.

I had this image colored from awhile ago and although it's a bit bigger than the sketch offered, I think it worked out fine.  I pulled some scraps out of my scrap bin and used those to coordinate with my image.

Check out the Oh, Alice! blog, there are some mighty creative ladies over there!!!  And the images they are using are fantastic!

Card details:

Stamps:  Hi Girlfriend by Amuse, Wild Sprouts Megan by the Greeting Farm

Cardstock: Whisper White, Kaleidoscope "Princess" Flower/Aqua Paper & "Sisters" flower/Melon Paper, Green Galore, pink unknown

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Accessories: Making Memories button, Janome Sewing, Scalloped border punch

Wild Sprouts Megan

While at CHA with my friends, we had a Copic coloring session (ha, the 3 of us anyway) where were getting some tips from our friendly pro, Kerry.  This was one I colored before she got to the room and I liked it so wanted to make a card with it.

I love this Basic Grey paper.  Ha!  Who am I kidding, even the Basic Grey paper I don't like I have to have.  I need to start using it quicker so I don't have such a big stack.  Bittersweet is perfect for Valentine's so I'm hoping to make some cards for the kids using it.

This card uses Mercy's Sketch from last week which was nice & easy to use with a larger image.  I got the opportunity to meet Jessica with The Greeting Farm at CHA and seeing stamps in person is always so much different than looking at them online.  I loved a lot of the stamps I saw when browsing their booth!

Card details:
Stamp Set:  Wild Sprouts Megan by The Greeting Farm
Cardstock: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Bittersweet by Basic Grey
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers
Accessories: Martha Stewart Punch, Amuse Creative Candy

Going on to Round 2

The other night while chatting with Vicki Douglas, Ms. Queen Kat herself from Queen Kat Designs asked me if I was going to enter her contest.  I had forgotten about it as I was on vacation when the call was made and I didn't have any stamp supplies with me.  So, I still had time and threw in 2 of my favorite cards.  I was fortunate enough to make it into the 2nd round so here I go :-)

We were asked to make a card and an altered item.  I got my card done and am still thinking on my altered item but hope by the end of the week to have that done.

I picked out Rock Star Anya from The Greeting Farm to practice my coloring on.  I've been realizing that I don't have a lot of bold open faced stamps to really do a large amount of coloring with.  Don't get me wrong, I love the ones I have to color with, just need to keep in mind when shopping that I might want some larger stamps.

I combined this card with one of QKD sketch challenges and took a few liberties with it.  First, I rotated the sketch 90 degrees to the left..  I decided instead of corner rivet I would do a prima with rhinestone but added it to Anya's headband.  I also did not do random stamping on my one strip (and the paper is embossed, I can only dream my embossing looks that good!)

Visit the Queen Kat Designs website and give me a shout out and show me some support.  You can see all the ladies work who are in the 2nd round here in the Mr. Linky section.  I've got tough competition!

Card details:

Stamp Set:  Rockstar Anya, Technique Tuesday "Gee Whiz"

Cardstock: Basic Black, Stamper's Select, SEI Black Orchid Paper

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics (sorry, I put them away without snapping pics)

Accessories:  Prima colored with Black copic, Rhinestone Brads Fire Circles

Go CM Raiders!

My son's baseball season is coming to a close this weekend with a tournament in Tennessee. Unfortunately his season came to an end almost 4 weeks ago when he broke his arm, he still wanted to go to TN to cheer on his team. I made these little goody bags for all the kids filled with sunflower seeds, gum and a Kool Aid packet.

I used Batter Ian from The Greeting Farm as the focal image and used my Just Rite Stamper to create the team name on the tags. I created the baseball using one of my circle punches by taking a scrap I punched a little piece out of each side as my template to trace the seams.

I wrote all the kids names on the tags and colored all the Ian's to match the kids hair on the team. The bag is a template I followed off SCS which can be found here.

I love baseball season and we have really missed watching ours play lately!!! I know he misses playing as well so hoping he's having a good time with his friends this weekend.

Don't forget I have blog candy to offer here.

Friends are Tougher

This was another challenge completed for the Stampin' Out Alzheimer's. This one was a sketch from Gina K Designs. Loved the sketch and already had the start chipboard completed so just added the other stuff.

Come join us, you have until May 31rst to join in the challenges for some fabulous new prizes!

Card Details:
Stamp Set: Best Mates by The Greeting Farm
Cardstock: Wild Asparagus "play" stripe/blue paper & polka dot/orange DSP
Inks: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black, Aegean Blue Versamagic
Accessories: Nestabilities scallop circle, 1/4" and 3/4" circle punch, Janome Sewing, Kaiser Rhinestones, copic markers

Sweet Sunday Sketch- Baseball Ian

I did a quick card using one of the new Ian images (digital) that I got from The Greeting Farm. I absolutely fell in love with this Ian, believe it or not, the first Ian I've purchased. I was already in love with Anya and love seeing the Ian creations. You would think with 2 boys I would HAVE to have it, not sure why I never bought it.

I love Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketches and chose to use this although my circle is a lot larger on my card that on her sketch. I of course used Kristina Werner's color inspiration again with this card.

My oldest plays travel ball and I knew as soon as I saw this one that a card would be perfect. I colored this guy with the team colors and the logo I cut out after printing it out on the computer. The little "Go Raiders" was done using my Stamp Rite stamps. I don't know about anyone else that own these but whether I use tweezers for the letters or not, they take FOREVER to put on there. Doesn't help that my nails have broke so I'm working with stubs :-)

It's very hard to tell but the little black strip was run through the Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder.

Have a good one! I *love* baseball season!

Mermaid Anya

I was on a roll this week, I stamped a little each night and managed a few cards. Why can't I be that productive on the weekends? Instead I want to crawl in to bed at 10 p.m. and SLEEP!!!

This was an interesting card. I colored my Anya with my copics and then chose the papers. I had this velvet looking paper that my friend had given me that I thought might look good with these colors. I combined it with a sketch from a few weeks ago from Paper Craft Planet.

Card details:
Stamp sets: Mermaid Anya by The Greeting Farm, sentiment from Princess set
Cardstock: Gerti Flower Velvet, Almost Amethyst, PTI White
Inks: Memento Black
Accessories: Kaiser Rhinestones, Stickles, White Ribbon

Sketch for Candy

Decided to participate in Marie's Sketch for Candy. I haven't used my Rock Star Anya in awhile so decided she could use some coloring ;-)

I'm still recovering from my wisdom teeth removal on Monday. I really want a piece of greasy cheese pizza but so far have settled for Chicken Noodle soup and Ramen noodles. My mouth is still hurting a bit so hopefully by this weekend will be good to eat some regular food.

Stamp Set: Rock Star Anya, Mini Mates by Stampin'Up!
Cardstock: Rose Red, Cool Carribean, Basic Black, Basic Grey Urban Prairie
Accessories: Nestabilities and Copic Markers

Technostamper's Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge

This will be a very quick post so let me know if you any questions about the card. I'm headed out to get my wisdom teeth removed so think I'll be out of commission for at least a day or two. Prepping my bedroom for catching up on TIVO and SLEEP!!!

This is for MJ's Lunchtime Sketch Challenge using The Greeting Farm (formerly Pink Poison) Best Mates set. Join us by checking out MJ's sketch!

Kim

Rock Star Anya

I had pre-ordered a few Anya's and had a chance to mess around with Rock Star Anya this weekend. I didn't complete the layout I started with which was from Leigh's TCP Sketch but that's only because I didn't make the card big enough.

I'm really missing stamping but I have been swamped with work, football playoffs for the oldest, tennis and did I mention work?

Card Details:
Stamps: Rock Star Anya by Pink Poison, Cutie Pie by Hero Arts
Cardstock: Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise, Apricot Appeal, Rainbow Sherbert DSP
Inks: Versafine Onyx Black, Green Galore reinker, Blush Blossom reinker, Apricot Appeal reinker, Going Gray reinker, Pumpkin Pie reinker
Accessories: Apple ribbon, punches by SU, aquapainters

Technostamper's Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge

Easy sketch? I thought so! As soon as I saw what Mary Jo had in store for us this week, I went to work. I already had everything in my head on how I wanted to do it. I love when that happens for me!

It did help that I was working with one of the color challenges posted this week at All That Scraps Design Team Challenge (Bravo Burgundy, Sahara Sand and Old Olive).

Make sure to join in on the sketch challenge and post your creation to Mary Jo's original post or to SCS with keyword TSSC41. Would love to see your creation!

Card Details:
Stamp Sets: Ahoy Matey by Kim Hughes for Cornish Heritage Farms, Best Mates by Pink Poison
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink Stamper's Select White Cardstock, SU! Sahara Sand, Old Olive and Bravo Burgundy
Inks: Bravo Burgundy, Old Olive, Sahara Sand, Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Circle Nestabilities

Mermaid Anya & Bloggers Challenge 70

Yeah! My new Pink Poison stamps arrived yesterday and I got to work on stamping! I had to make a little gift holder for a party Tristan is going to today and also it's Friday (okay, 1 day late) for Blogger's Challenge. This was for a pre-order so they will not be available until Nov. 1rst but you can see some sneaks at Marie's blog.

I came across this template from Andrea Walford and thought it would make a perfect little jewelry holder which is what I needed. This was so easy to make although the cover with acetate was a little more difficult as it was hard for me to see the score lines, but overall, I ended up making 2 quick ones (one I will share later). I also added a little bellyband with some ribbon to it. The box was made using some of my new Granola Basic Grey paper. We also got her a little coin purse which I wanted to put the jewelry in in the box but it was to big

I used a simple layout for the birthday card with Mermaid Anya. I colored her using my refills & Aquapainter as well as my colored pencils. I accented her hair with some silver stickles. I also added some primas with silver brads and rhinestone. I layered my Basic Grey Granola paper (which I thought this sheet looked like shells) on Regal Rose and Vintage Violet.

Sorry for the horrible lighting in the pictures, it's been dreary and rainy here but is supposed to be a lot nicer today (hope so, we are headed to football in a few minutes).

Best Mates

I got a little creative energy this week so I broke out one of
my new favorites- Best Mates by Pink Poison . I had colored the images to match the unknown patterned paper that my friend left over here for me. I love these colors together!!!

I typed the sentiment on the first card and it reads "Friends are a diamond in the rough" with CK Sloppy Font and I used my new scallop punch along with some Kaiser Scrapbook Rhinestones that I bought at Great Scraps when I was up in MD.

This first card is using an old sketch from Unity Stamp Company (USC6).

Believe it or not I also already completed my sketch challenge for Technostamper's Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge so be on the lookout for that on Monday!

Bloggers Challenge #68: Inspiration Piece

This weeks blogger's challenge was to use the inspiration piece above to create our card. As soon as I saw it I knew I wanted to use my new sets Ahoy Matey (another of my Kim Hughes favorite...and I bought 2 others as well as her cute Mocha Chica Paper Pack) and Best Mates . I'm in love with both of these illustrators and their creative stamps...so cute!!!

I based my card off one of Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #31 which can be seen here.

I used the exact colors in the picture, Basic Black, Real Red and Papertrey Ink's Stampers Select White. I used the Versafine Onyx Black ink and my real red reinker with the Aquapainter. I have been using my Janome sewing machine a bit more and LOVED seeing samples with the curvy sewing and thought that would be perfect for this card. I used some basic black brads along with my oval punches for the sentiment. I colored my ribbon with a black permanent marker as that seemed a little sharper than my SU! marker did and hoping the smell of it doesn't knock someone over ;-)

Please check out the other Blogger's Challenge girls here to see their fabulous creations, they never cease to amaze me with how different everyone's creations are.