I also used colors that I really use (well, I use brown A LOT, but the other two colors are not ones I use very much). I don't know if they really even work well together, but I kind of like it. The ribbon I used is actually some scrapbooking trim I picked up at a closeout store. It is like suede, thick and has a rubber backing. I like the look of it, but it sure is hard to tie...probably why it ended up in the closeout store!! lol I also colored Dew Drops with a Sharpie to get the brown I wanted. I am so cheap....I buy most of my embellishments in clear, white and cream and color them myself to make them match.
Materials: PAPER: Colormates-Light Glorious Green, Doublemates-Autumn Red, Cascata - Coffee (WorldWin Papers) STAMPS: Home (Artistic Outpost) INK: Versafine - Vintage Sepia (Tsukineko), Ancient Page-Bordeaux (Clearsnap) OTHER: Heritage Trim (Karen Foster Designs), Dew Drops (Robin's Nest), Brown Sharpie, Pop Dots, Edge Distresser (Tonic), Tape N Roller Plus (Kokuyo), Paper Trimmer/Scissors (Fiskars)
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I just adore the Miss Anya stamps!! I can't get enough of these. I got a little crazy with this card and layered way more than I normally do, but I had FUN! I started with this polka dot ribbon as my inspiration and went from there. I colored Anya with Prismacolor pencils/Gamsol. I used a red glaze pen on her boots, pleather skirt (lol) and earrings. I also used the pen to add polka dots to her purse. I used the Treading Water punch to add slits on each side of the image. I threaded pink and embossed turqoise cardstock and ribbon through that. I also punched a red strip to put down the middle with a turqoise embossed strip. Cut red triangles and embossed for corners on the main panel. Tied a big bow for the bottom and it was done.
Yes, it is another Greeting Farm image. BUT....it is because The Greeting Farm is sponsoring this week's challenge!! They are generously offering an adorable set of stamps to the winner. They also were very generous and donated digi images to the dt to use for our challenges. I have used mine in other things and chose to use one of their regular stamped images for this challenge. This is one of the adorable Miss Anya stamps. There are 3 sweet girls in the set. I think of my girls when I look at them...they are pre-teen/teenage looking little divas!! lol She is all done shopping for the day!
I have to give credit to my daughter Shanyn. I was making the card and she said that it would be super cute to add the little flower on Anya's headband. She told me that I had better tell all my friends that it was her idea and that the card wasn't quite right until I added that little tiny flower. lol!!!!
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I cut out the black card with the Curved Rectangle Nestie. Then, I cut a red panel with the next size down and embossed with the music note Sizzix texture plate. I stamped and colored Anya with Prismacolor pencils/gamsol. Cut her out with a circle Nestie and stamped "ROCK". Inked edges with red ink. Cut out a piece of Basic Grey's Scarlet's Letter paper with scalloped Nestie. Tied ribbons around the card and added the Anya piece. Added punched notes (out of silver mirror cardstock). Covered a chipboard "U" with BG paper and inked.
I created Emerald City with strips of green cardstock and Stickles. Some of the strips are on pop dots for dimension. Added a door with brown cardstock. I then took a piece of yellow cardstock and lined it up under the door to get the width. Cut it away to make it appear to descend toward the door. Drew the bricks and attached it to the bottom of the card and folded the bottom so the card became "L" shaped. I added Flower Soft for the fields leading up to Emerald City. Then, I took a piece of black cardstock 4" x 4.25" and folded 1/2" of it over. I attached this to back with 3.5" coming toward the front. Folded 1" of the yellow brick road up and added double stick tape to the back of it. Lining up the two edges of cardstock, I pressed them together to create the hill in the road. Then, I printed out Dorothy Anya and Toto and colored them with Prismacolor Pencils/Gamsol. Glued them to a stiffer cardstock with spray adhesive and cut them out. I made little tiny triangles of yellow cardstock to create stands for them. Glued them to the back of them and then to the road. 
This will give you a better view of the depth of the card and the Flower Soft fields.
And where would Dorothy be without her ruby slippers?!?!?!
I made a bookmark. My girls are such huge readers and Shanyn is always requesting a new bookmark to use. She likes to alternate them alot. Since it is a bookmark, I didn't use alot of embellishing. I also forgot to be a good recipe follower. Much like when I am in a real kitchen, I kind of strayed. I did stamp...the owl is a stamp. But, once I got it all done, I realized that I hadn't used punches or embossing like I should have. I 'technically' have them both on here....the Nestabilities are embossed and I punched a hole to put the snap eyelet in for the fibers and I rounded the corners with a corner rounder punch. So, they are both there, just not jumping out at you! The words are computer generated.
I also decided to make a small album to put all of our 2009 Easter pictures in. I used lots of bright papers with glitter in it. I cut out chipboard with tabs (2) and covered them with the paper. Cut out the pink plaid paper with my Nestabilities. Die cut the bunny in white and inked the edges with charcoal ink. Cut out the feet pads, ears and nose with pink polka dotted paper. Assembled the bunny and added her to the to the cover. I die cut eggs and added them. Punched grass and added it along the bottom. Punched a butterfly and added that. I then cut out the 'Easter' and '2009' on my Silhouette. Added them to the cover and colored with Stickles. Added Stickles to the butterfly and yellow parts of eggs. I stamped [memories] and cut out with label Nestabilities. Added it to the back cover tab. Cut 4 yellow pages and 4 green pages and alternated them for the inside pages. Punched and bound with Bind It All.
As you can see, there is just enough room for me in the room. It is a bit decieving though. At the end of my table, there is about 2 feet of space in front of the cabinet. It doesn't go right up to the cabinets. And across from my table, there is a paper storage unit and there is about 1.5 feet in front of that cabinet. So, the floor space is shaped like a "T". Hard to see in this picture, but the shelves that dh put in are filled to the ceiling at the far end with magazines, books, Xyron, etc. You can see that easier in the next two pictures. The right cabinet is ribbon, glitters, beads, embellishments, etc. Above is my decorative scissors in a utensil spinny thingie and more paint, floor wax, kosher salt, spackle and other random stuff for various techniques.
Above is a picture of the small entertainment center I bought for my die cutting station. These are intended to be stacked on top of each other for stereo equipment, etc. But, I just bought one and it works perfectly for my die cutting needs. The baskets on top hold my small embossing folders and my rhinestones and pearls are in the other. Next shelf down: left side is my A2 embossing folders and behind it is all of my plates, cutting mats, shims, embossing mats, etc. Middle shelf is a crate that holds all of my Spellbinders dies in cd cases and my original Sizzix dies. Standing up beside the crate are all of my texture plates and my Nesties that are too long for cd cases. Right shelf is my Wizard. I don't use it as often as my CB, so I keep it in the box.
I stamped her on watercolor paper and colored her with Inktense watercolor pencils. Then, I added polka dots to her ribbon and highlights to her eyes with white gel pen. I then used Distress Inks to add the grunge. I distressed the edges and rolled them up at the corners. I used a clipiola and ran bright, cheerful ribbon through it, wrapping it around a black piece of cardstock the I distressed like crazy. Layered it onto an embossed blue card that I inked with black ink. Finally, I stamped the sentiment on watercolor paper, distressed the edges and inked. I added it to a blue piece with a piece of ribbon attached to the back. It is pop dotted on the card for dimension. Very easy card. 
