Crazy Bird Thoughts for Friday Mashup

This week at the Friday Mashup Cynthia has a sketch for us and would also like us to throw in some pets on our projects....this could be a cat, dog, bird, any animal you might have as a pet!

I pulled out the Tim Holtz Bird Crazy stamp set. I just love these funky birds but hadn't inked up the set since getting it. This challenge gave me the perfect excuse to pull them out. The Bird Crazy set is terrific for the pet theme because my in-laws used to raise exotic birds and the first time he ever brought me home to meet his family I thought I had entered a crazy place. The sound from all the birds was insane. I always joke with my husband that right then and there I should have just turned and ran ;)

Since the sketch has a word bubble at the top I grabbed the bird that is glancing up and colored him with Copics on a panel of Neenah Solar White cardstock. Using a die from SU's Adorning Accents I cut across the top of the panel to give it some sort of word bubble look. I took this panel and popped it up on a card base of Neenah Solar White and above the cut panel I stamped the sentiment, which came from a set I had won a few years ago. To finish off the card I added some sequins to help tie in the word bubble concept and then called it good. The card is a little different from what I normally do but I really like how it turned out!

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup to see what the rest of the team did and then play along with us!

This weeks Mashup Challenge:

• Create a project with the "Sketch"
• Create a project with a "Pet Theme"
• or Mash it Up and create a project using "the Sketch and a Pet Theme"

Stamps: Bird Crazy (Stampers Anonymous), sentiment from Serendipity Stamps

Paper: Neenah Solar White

Ink: Mememto Tuxedo Black

Copics: B02, B04, B06, Y04, Y13, Y21

Accessories: Big Shot, SU Adorning Accents (retired), Pretty Pink Posh Charcoal Sequins

Butterflies and Lace for Friday Mashup

This week at The Friday Mashup Cynthia is our hostess and she'd like to see projects with butterflies and lace on them.

I thought for sure I had some lace left over from my cross stitching days but as I dug through my drawers I began to get worried. Finally, wayyyyyy down in the recesses of my thread drawer I found some blue lace that matched the Night of Navy DSP I had pulled out. It was a big bigger than I had wanted but I made it work.

I embossed a piece of Whisper White with the retired Framed Tulips TIEF and adhered it to a card base of Night of Navy. I used some retired Night of Navy DSP to cover up the bottom half of the card. I then adhered the lace across the card.

I used the Butterflies Thinlets to make 2 butterflies, one in Daffodil Delight and one in Night of Navy. They were popped up with dimensionals on the card.

Make sure and head over to The Friday Mashup blog to see what the rest of the DT created and then play along with us!

-Create a project using a "butterflies"

-Create a project "with lace on it". 

-or Mash it Up! and create a project using " butterflies and lace". 

Stamps: none

Paper: Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Night of Navy DSP (retired)

Ink: none

Accessories: Big Shot, Butterflies Thinlets, Framed Tulips TIEF, Lace, dimensionals

Coloring Critters for Friday Mashup

It's Friday, woohooo! I took last night and tonight off from work so I have a 4 day weekend. Sometimes you just need to take time to yourself to regroup, and that's what I'm doing!

Cynthia is our host this week at The Friday Mashup and she would like us to use the colors So Saffron, Pool Party and Calypso Coral, plus she she would like to see Easter critters on our projects!

I don't celebrate Easter so looking through all of my stamps I didn't have much in way of Easter critters. Thankfully the Cheerful Critters set from the Occasions catalog had 2 images that worked and I went with the one that looks like a little chick. I colored him in with So Saffron and used Pool Party for his little shirt (?). I used the stamp set Kinda Eclectic to stamp the sun and border across the card and then I popped up the little chick in front of them. To finish off the card I paper pierced the edges.

Head over to The Friday Mashup blog to see what the rest of the DT did and then play along with us!

• Create a project using " So Saffron, Calypso Coral & Pool Party*". 
• Create a project using "Easter Critters".
• or Mash it Up! and create a project with "Easter critters and the colors above".

Stamps: Cheerful Critters, Kinda Eclectic

Paper: Pool Party, Whisper White

Ink: Pool Party, So Saffron, Calypso Coral

Accessories: Paper Piercer, dimensionals