Morgan's Artworld Tiger

Time to let the wild side show at Morgan's Artworld!  I used so many different colors that I couldn't keep track.  I wanted to give this animal enough variation in color and shading to make it come alive and I am happy with the result.  I was afraid to add too much that would muddle the colors, but just enough to look decently realistic.

Another look 

The Morgan's Artworld Open Challenge is always "Anything Goes" 

Challenge dates are May 1st through May 27th, 2019 

on Australian Eastern time (Sydney).  

You can use any image or project you have created and enter up to three (3) times.

Be sure to check out and join the Morgan’s Artworld Facebook Group too. 

Supplies:

Morgan's Artworld Wild 3

I'm entering the following challenges:

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 21 - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart Challenge - “Anything Goes” (weekly UK)
Creative Moments - #169 - Anything Goes

Flowers for May and Mothers

I did make a Mother's Day Card and wanted to show it off after I gave it away.  It was quite sunny when I took the photo so it's a bit, well, a lot of yellow and sunshine yellow to deal with in the photo.  In real life, it's NOT as  bright as it looks here.

This first photo shows the finished card and the second photo shows how I worked from oranges and yellows to black, oranges and yellows.

This second card shows the actual shade of yellows so you can see how the addition of the edging made this card fell more complete.

Supplies:
Bugaboo Make it Snappy - Floral Moms Day

Spellbinders edges (no idea of the name)

Copic markers

Washi tape

Vagabond die cut machine

Happy Road Trip 50th Birthday

A2Z Scrapbooking has a monthly challenge of "May Flowers".  Please join in and even though I didn't make a flower card, I've got my Birthday card ready. 

Definitely a guy card.  The sun was shining so brightly that  the white and black seemed to glare back at me.  The Route 50 sign is inside a balloon with a silver bow popped where the string is tied to the balloon.  I was at a loss on the kind of card I wanted to make until I went searching through my printed images from the A2Z digital kits for something entirely unrelated and BOOM, I had my idea.  It's simple and to the point for a guy who is turning the BIG 50.

Supplies:

A2Z Digital Road Trip kit

Balloons cut from my Cameo

Voila mini bow from stash

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Vagabond die cut and embossing machine for balloons

Bugaboo's Spring Window

There is still time to join in the Die Cut Divas' challenge to use flowers in your project.  May has 31 days, so you still have days to create and enter.  Die Cut Divas has a great challenge every month!

I created a black and white brick background to set this window in.  I can't even make a straight line or anything looking like brick, but I think with the sassy cat in the window, it sort of works.  It was fun to say the least. 

The reason I wanted to add brick was because I had first colored the inside of the house with the cat looking back out the window as an outside view with floating clouds.  Then I realized that the cat was indoors and the flowers were outdoors, so coloring clouds on the inside was NOT ideal.  I am hoping the inside represents wall paper now.  Oh well.

Close-up below

Supplies:

Bugaboo Spring Window

Elizabeth Craft Designs Garden Notes Stitched Rectangles

Copic markers

Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss - Red Berry & Ebony Black

Vagabond die cut machine

Card Chain Challenge May Fast Food Fun

This is my first card using this fun stamp set that I couldn't resist at Sunny Studio and what's a stamp without a die?   I went for a simple design that was crisp and fun.  The sentiments in this set are lots of fun.  I used two of these sentiments for my Card Chain Challenge partner, Greta and I think she will find the card fun too.

I used R24, R,25 and R29 on the ketchup bottle and outside of the cola cup.  I found R59 to be great for the actual cola color.   I had to move my markers and I don't have all the colors I used, but E01 was a basic color with which to start on the bun and other brown items.

Close-up below

Supplies:

Sunny Studio Fast Food Fun Stamps

Sunny Studio Fast Food Fun  Dies

Elizabeth Craft Designs Garden Patch 1 1/2in

Copic markers

Nuvo Red Berry (ketchup on hot dog)

Nuvo Dandelion Yellow (mustard on burger)

Glue Dots to give a lift to all the food goodies

Vagabond

Smile, It's a May full of Flowers for A2Z Scrapbooking

I thought this yellow flower would be perfect for the month of May and just a nice way to say "hi" to a friend who might need a smile.  It's bright and sunny which I feel should bring the sun to anyone.  The die cut piece on the left side of the flower reminds me of a vine growing up a trellis.  I hope you like this little creation.

Close-up below.

Be sure to visit A2Z Scrapbooking to join in the monthly challenge for May.  My post for A2Z is right here.

         

Please join in this month’s "May Flowers" challenge for your chance at a free digital stamp set AND, if you used Hero Arts or Sugartree Stamps, a $20 gift card to the A2Z etsy store
          
The a2z scrapbooking store carries a wide variety of Hero Arts products as well as a nice selection of digital stamps! Get discounted new releases, sales, grab bags & more. Proceeds from the store benefit Celiac & Behcets disease foundations. Use my discount code Arlene15 to get 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. If you're looking for a Hero Arts product you don't see in store, use the Request Custom Order button from with-in the shop.

• Hero Arts Magnolia
• Hero Arts Magnolia die cut at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Copic markers Y00, Y02, Y04, Y19, YG00, YG03, YG05 & YG09
• The Stamp Doctor Spellbinders Side Step Card Die
• Elizabeth Craft Designs sentiment (Smile)
• Leafy die unknown 
• Vagabond die cut machine

Bugaboo Floral Trio Times 3

Check out Die Cut Divas to enter the Flower Challenge this month.  I printed this trio three times and colored one of each flower while leaving the others black and white.  I thought a scallop edge would work with the squares.  I used the same Copic colors on the sentiments that I used on the flowers and added Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Close-up below

Supplies:

Bugaboo Floral Trio Frame 1
QuicKutz Scalloped Squares Nested dies
Die-Namics Blueprints 11 (smile & TODAY)
Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss Red Berry and Nuvo Crystal Drops Violet Galaxy
Vagabond die cut machine

Magnolia in Purple for A2Z Scrapbooking

While I was looking for magnolias on Pinterest, I saw some purple, YES Purple, magnolias.  Mine did not turn out quite like the ones I saw, but I'll claim artistic license.  I ran some Washi tape diagonally  and added a sentiment.  Have fun with your flower entries for this month.

Close-up below

        
 Please join in this month’s "May Flowers" challenge at A2Z Scrapbooking for your chance at a free digital stamp set AND, if you used Hero Arts or Sugartree Stamps, a $20 gift card to the A2Z etsy store.     
     

  Use my discount code Arlene15t o get 15% off your purchase of $25 or more.

 

• Hero Arts Magnolia (wood or clear)
• Hero Arts Magnolia die-cut at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Copic markers
• Washi tape
• Hero Arts sentiment (I put the stamp set away too soon and now I can't find which set it is)
• Vagabond die cut machine

Bugaboo Flower Shelf

I've been practicing coloring to show light shining on different shaped surfaces and I had a lot of fun with this particular image with lots of shapes to practice coloring.  First I made the card without a sentiment, but felt it was missing something and it was.  This would work for a Mother's Day card for a friend. 

First card without sentiment

Card with sentiment below

Supplies:

Bugaboo Flower Shelf

Art Impressions Live Laugh Love (sentiment)

Copic markers

Elizabeth Craft Designs Garden Notes Stitched Rectangles

QuicKutz Nesting Rectangles

Vagabond die cut machine

Paper in my stash

Spring/Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop And A2Z Scrapbooking

The Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

When:  Friday, May 3, 2019  – Friday, May 10, 2019

Starts at 6:00 am pacific

Theme:  Spring or Summer

One of the sponsors for this great blog hop is none other than A2Z Scrapbooking, so head on over to A2Z to see what the gals at A2Z have been cooking up and be sure to enter the Sprint/Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop at Coffee Loving Card Makers.

I made a masculine card with a somewhat feminine sentiment, but guys need hugs too.

Close-up below

Supplies:

Sugartree Hug in a Mug digital stamp set

Elizabeth Craft Designs paper - wood - scrap from another card

Old Hero Arts tag die

Vagabond die cut machine

A2Z Scrapbooking Flower Frame

I was in the mood for something simple and fun to color.   May is usually associated with flowers after April showers and A2Z Scrapbooking has a challenge this month in tune with May flowers.  I used light touches of color and used Y00 to shade in the framing.  I really like the simplicity of this card.

Have fun and color in your flowers at the A2Z Scrapbooking challenge.

          Please join in this month’s "May Flowers" challenge at A2Z Scrapbooking for your chance at a free digital stamp set AND, if you used Hero Arts or Sugartree Stamps, a $20 gift card to the A2Z etsy store.
      Proceeds from the A2Z store benefit Celiac & Behcets disease foundations. Use my discount code Arlene15 to get 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. If you're looking for a Hero Arts product you don't see in store, use the Request Custom Order button from with-in the shop.
 
Supplies:
Sugartree Stamps - Mother's Day stamps at A2Z Scrapbooking
Die-namics Stitched Square STAX
Heidi Swapp Washi tape
Copic markers
Olive cardstock from stash
Vagabond die cut machine

A Bugaboo Flower Challenge at Die Cut Divas

It's all Flowers for the May Challenge at Die Cut Divas this month, so please visit Die Cut Divas to enter the challenge right here.

I've used a digital stamp from Bugaboo Digi Stamps for my card.  I just love the hats on these Sunbonnet images and have such fun selecting colors.

Supplies:

Bugaboo Digi Stamp Sunbonnet Flowers

Kaisercraft Best Friends sentiment stamp

Die-namic Stitched square dies

Copic markers

Vagabond die cut machine