Corrosive Challenge 171 - Spring Fling

Happy Easter blog land!  Hope the bunny was good to everyone.  I have had a busy week.  Monday my son and I were in Florida visiting with my Mother and Step-Dad (we arrived Thurs), Tuesday we flew back home, Weds was back to work for the rest of the week trying to catch up.  It is always so much fun to visit, a lot of sadness to leave, but some gratefulness this time to come back to what seems to finally be the start of spring!  Phew!  Perfect timing for our new challenge at The Corrosive Challenge:  SPRING FLING.  We want to see your best spring themed project:  Easter, flowers, sunshine, bring on the warm weather.  Our fantastic sponsor is Delicious Doodles.  Teri the artist has a little something for everyone.  She is even having a SALE until midnight on Sunday!

Teri very generously offered the DT some images to choose from, and I was inspired by Rosalee.  Isn't she just lovely?

Rosalee is colored with Copics and fussy cat and mounted with foam squares.  I added a little bit of red glitter to the roses on the image, and added lots of paper roses around her (W.O.C. and Recollections).

Papers:  Crate Paper - Pretty Party "Stitch", MME - Howdy Doody "Like" Wild Flowers

Embellies:  SU - "Blushing Bride" Ribbon pleated satin, Recollections pearls, cloth brads from stash

I think I am still trying to catch up to being gone for a few days, but I am almost there.  Looking forward to some egg hunts and family get togethers for Easter.  Hopefully spring and the warmer weather is here for good.  Be sure to share all your spring-y creations over at The Corrosive Challenge!

Jasmine

Corrosive Challenge 170 - Just Dance

I don't know about anyone else, but there are few things that are more fun than blasting your favorite music, and busting some dance moves.  I used to do a lot more of it before I had my son, I went to Boston almost every weekend to hear different DJ's play electronic music, and get my groove on with the hubby.  We had a blast!  Now most of the dancing I do is playing a Wii game or hopping around the living room with my son, but it's still a good time.  Since I am such a fan of dancing, I was excited about our new challenge:  Just Dance.  Create a project with a dance themed image or inspired by dance or music.

A new challenge at The Corrosive Challenge means a new sponsor with a fabulous new prize! We are super excited to welcome back Mayzy Art as our sponsor this month! Mayzy is offering up 5 of her awesome digis as a prize to our winner! Mayzy has tons of fantastic images that are perfect for the challenge.

 

I started out with Break Dance, available in the Mayzy Art shop.  She is colored with Copics, cut with an oval Nestabilities, and sponged a little with yellow ink.

I popped up the image with foam squares and added the flowers and Tim Holtz Adage Ticket as the final touch.

Sketch was courtesy of Graphicat Sketches.  They used to scare me a little because they have a lot going on sometimes, but I am loving their sketches lately, and I will even be able to enter the challenge!

Papers:  Cosmo Cricket the Boyfriend "Art Appreciation"

Embellies:  WOC Roses, brads and ribbon from stash.

This was a super fun challenge, and I hope to see lots of entries.  C'mon and get your groove on over at The Corrosive Challenge!

Jasmine

Corrosive Challenge169 - Sparkle and Shine

I feel like it was just yesterday that I couldn't believe it was already February, and now it's March!  Not that I am complaining.  After several late winter storms, I am SO READY for winter to be over.  Enough of the gray, gloomy skies, cold weather and nasty brown piles of snow.  At least we have a new challenge to look forward to!  

This week we have a brand new sponsor over at The Corrosive Challenge...Rick St Dennis!  He has so many unique and varied stamps available, and fresh challenges and ideas over at the Rick St Dennis Blog.  He very generously let the team each choose an image, and it was not an easy choice!  I ended up choosing  Dragon.  How cool is this guy!?  

The new challenge, in honor of Rick's Blog named "Sparkle and Glitter", is to add Sparkle and Shine to your project.

I started with Dragon, and colored him with Copics, then added tons of stickles and glitter.  Some of the stickles are a little more dull in color, but they add a lot of texture and shine in the right light.  The word Dragon was part of the image, so I chose to cut that out and center it.

While I generally try to use a sketch for the most part, I ended up winging this one a bit.  I wanted the image to really stick out, so I decided to just go right off the page and have it stick out.  I cut the image out using Labels 8 Spellbinders Die Cut, and sponged with some bronze colored ink.

Papers:  Bo Bunny "Serenity", "Serenity back to backs Blossoms", MME "All Spice" 6x6 pad.
Embellies:  Recollections - Lace on a roll, and brads.  Hemptique "Metallic Classic" twine, charm from stash.  Tim Holz Distress Stickles "Aged Mahogony", Studio g yellow glitter glue.

Looking forward to seeing some major sparkle and shine in your entries, and check back on Monday to see our fabulous winners from our Rainbow Bright Challenge.  Here's hoping some springy weather is right around the corner!

Jasmine

Corrosive Challenge 168 - Rainbow Bright

That time again folks!  A new fortnight, and a new Corrosive Challenge.  Be sure to check on Monday as well to see our winners post!  There were so many amazing entries for our Heart and Flowers Challenge.  This time around, we want you to use your favorite color combo, anything under the rainbow.

We also have yet another fantastic sponsor:  Kenny K!  These are my go to choice for any card for my hubby.  They are the perfect mix of cute, sassy and sexy.  This one I'll probably not give to my husband, but I adore the image, Frieda Flapper available in the store.  Isn't she so fun!  She makes me want to put on my dancin' shoes.

 

To be totally honest, I'm not sure I have a favorite color scheme, but I do feel like I tend to go for bright, bold colors, rather than a softer color palette.  So I went with pink and green for this one.  I had just bought the striped paper on sale at Michaels, then I found the big flourish in my stash, part of a K&Co designer die-cuts set.

Frieda is colored with Copics, with added touches of glossy accents and stickles. 

Sketch was once again an older one from Mojo Monday.  One of these days I'll be better about using current sketches so I can actually enter other challenges but until then, I tend to dig through my stash of printed ones.  Pretty sure I've used this one before...hey, if it ain't broke, right? 

Papers:  Bazzill Basics - Two Scoops "Mint Chip", Basic Grey - Pattern Paper "Sultry", other from stash.
Embellies:  WOC, and Recollections flowers, ribbon and gems from stash.

It's probably wishful thinking, but seeing these bright colors, and with February speeding along, I feel like the end of winter is in sight.  I am daydreaming of flowers, and GREEN trees and grass.  Sigh.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine Week, and I can't wait to see all the colors of the rainbow in your entries in the new Corrosive Challenge.
Happy School Vacation to all of you with kiddos, hopefully you can find a few moments to craft!

Jasmine

Adore Me

Well THAT was quite the storm.  We didn't take an official snow measurement, but we definitely got at least 2 feet.  The cars were buried, my son couldn't even play in it, there were some drifts up to my 6ft tall husband's chest!  I hope everyone is getting successfully unburied and is warm and with power.

During the week I had a chance to work on a Valentine's card for the hubby.  We don't really do much for Valentine's Day, but I do have to make him a card, of course.  I started out with the fantastic Cabaret from Kenny K.  She is colored with Copics and I added glossy accents to her lips and eyes.

Sketch was #21 courtesy of Graphicat.  My fellow DT member Regan is now a member of the Graphicat team as well!  This was a great sketch, and worked perfectly with my image.

The rest-
Papers:  From DCWV Lady Couture paper stack.
Embellies:  Tim Holtz Adage Ticket, Recollections Lace on a roll and Adhesive Rhinestones.  Recollections, Michaels and WOC flowers.

Keeping my fingers crossed they are wrong about 2 MORE storms headed our way!  There is no where to put any more snow! 

Jasmine

Love Gives Me Wings

Just a quick post to share today.  I made this tag for my grandmother after she gifted all of her grand kids Apple stock.  She had bought shares many years ago, and her accountant told her she was able to gift some shares now that her stock had grown.  Pretty awesome.  I'm not great with numbers and investing, but even I know that Apple does very well.  My Gram is a wonderful lady, and she loves getting my cards, so I knew this would be a perfect little thank you for her.

 

I just love this digi stamp from Dilly Beans, and was excited to be able to use her.

 

She is colored with Copics, with glossy accents added to her big beautiful eyes, and her lips.

 

The butterflies are from a small punch, and the leaves are from a die cut.  Flowers are Recollections, ribbon, lace and pin from stash.  The ticket is Tim Holtz.

 

I will be entering in the new Dilly Beans Challenge, "Love Gives me Wings" (the butterflies).

 

Hope every one's February is off to a good start!

 

Thanks for taking a look.

 

Jasmine

 

Corrosive Challenge - Hearts and Flowers

Holy moly, can you believe it's February already?!  I feel like just the other day I was looking at my Christmas tree still.  At least we're that much closer to springtime and warmer weather, and of course, with February comes Valentine's Day.  I don't really feel strongly about this holiday one way or another, but I do think it's cute when kids give each other Valentine's.  I'm hoping my son will be able to exchange them in his class this year.

In honor of the holiday, The Corrosive Challenge wants to see some "Hearts and Flowers", you must use both hearts and flowers on your project.  We are pleased to welcome back an awesome sponsor for the occasion, Sassy Studio Designs.  They have so many perfect images for Valentine's Day, whether you are looking for something sexy, sweet, or romantic you will be able to find something to suit your needs.  I chose to go a little bit naughty, and use sexy Nurse Heather for my card.

 She is colored with Copics, printed larger and cropped to suit my layout.  The sentiment was computer generated, courtesy of a google search for funny nurse quotes.

I added glossy accents to her eyes, lips and the needle, and gave her some sparkly eyeshadow.  I think she looks like she is ready for some Valentine's mischief!

Papers:  Stampin' Up from several years ago, Lady Couture stack
Embellies:  Recollections and WOC roses, stick pin made from stash, Queen & Co gems, ribbon from Michaels Halloween collection.
 
So there we go.  Break out your flowers and hearts, and join The Corrosive Challenge team with our new challenge, for a chance to win some fabulous Sassy Studio Designs images.

Jasmine