C4C314

SQUARE

The challenge this week at Crazy 4 Challenges is Square.

My card base is 4.25" x 4.25".

I truly love coloring birds. This little fellow is no exception. I used water color pencils. 

Enjoy the challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges HERE!

C4C310

Today I played with the ladies at Crazy4Challenges challenge #310 holiday or Christmas themed card. 

So as you can see I started off with a plain white background. I wasn't pleased.

So then just to test I placed a piece of red cs behind my card to photograph it. Liked it better, however I still wasn't pleased.

3rd times the charm! I added some glitter paper behind my card front and Voila! Bingo, Boingo! I was finally happy!!!

I love my Sleigh Ride dies from Stampin' Up! I've played with them over and over. I have yet to create something that I didn't love.

If you need a little something to pick you up and get you into the 'spirit' of Christmas, go play with the C4C challenge. It's sure to get your mojo a workin'!

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Betty J Schaub

C4C291

Crazy4Challenges #291 -- Triptic. I have loved this stamp for such a LONG time. It's Stampin' Up! On the Grow set. I used my Prisma Color pencils to color. It is a fun little image to color. It totally puts me in the mood for summer fun. This card is entered in the C4C #291 challenge.

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Betty J Schaub

C4C223

Crazy4Challenges #223 - sketch.

I am crazy 4 challenges!!! I loved this sketch. So fun and I recently purchased a Grand Calibur machine and some new dies and embossing folders. The flourishes on my card are one of the "free" dies that came with my purchase. It's a tree. I just poked the trunks up underneath my panels, added some bows and seed beads and I'm lovin' it!
I sponged some SU Strawberry Slush ink and spritzed with some Old Olive ink mixed with alcohol, and Champagne Mist. I used my markers to dab ink onto my stamp and then huffed and stamped.

If you enjoy challenges or sketches or both, head on over to Crazy 4 Challenges.

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Betty J Schaub

C4C211nFMS11

Crazy 4 Challenges and Freshly Made Sketches

What a cute sketch from the Crazies!!! And Freshly Made challenges us to use frames. So I used my Unity Stamp Co SOTW which already had it's own little stitched frame and I added some SU shimmer paper for a little pizzazz!

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Betty J Schaub

MOJO313andC4C205

MOJO MONDAY 313
Crazy4Challenges 205  - BOWS
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Betty J Schaub

C4C202DD69

Dynamic Duo #69 -- Old Olive & Pacific Point

Crazy 4 Challenges -- Flowers & Pearls

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Betty J Schaub

TSG222C4C200

There She Goes challenge #222. Cute sketch. I chose an old There She Goes Stamp set to play along with the sketch. It's called You're A Hoot! I colored my owl with Copics markers and then placed him on a Spellbinders die and ran it through my Big Shot. I added a sentiment as part of the 3 banners in the sketch. I had some metal accents so I attached them with some rhinestone brads. Did some faux stitching anf called this one complete. Hope you like it! Why don't you hop on over to There She Goes and play along with the sketch. In the creating process I realized this card also works for the Crazy 4 Challenges #200 this week.
I won't tell you what the C4C challenge is. You'll have to go visit their blog to find out.

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Betty J Schaub

C4C177

Crazy4Challenges#177- sketch. I twisted the sketch. My image is a digital from Whimsy Stamps. Isn't she just the cutest little green fairy? I colored her entirely with Copics. Since Sunday is St. Patrick's Day I did her up all in green. Which was hard for me because my favorite color is GREEN so my green Copics are drying up from so much use. :O) Anyway, the sketch was fun and I loved coloring the image so I through this altogether and made my card.

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Betty J Schaub

C4C175

Crazy4Challenges #175 - Windows

I used a Spellbinders die to create my window. The stamps used are Sweet n Sassy Light of the World.

I stamp was stamped in Ranger Adirondack Pitch Black. Then colored with Copics.

Be sure and check out the C4C DT's windows!
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Betty J Schaub

C4C162

O' Come All Ye Faithful - Love that Christmas carol! It was a toss up for me though as my favorite all time Christmas carol is a version of Oh Happy Day. I guess too in this case We Three Kings would have worked.

This card has been entered into the Crazy4Challenges Blog Challenge this week. This dsp has a faint shimmer to it and it's got a distressed look as well with a faint varied pattern in a grid. I've stamped my image in Staz-On Hunter Green. Then with my Tombow glue I have drawn out lines for my sky and the flourish up top. I sprinked glitter in these areas - flourish is green and sky is blue. My sentiment is computer generated using the font - Pristina. My little glittered star of Bethlehem is punched using the NEW SU punch Pack - Merry Minis #126882.

Now I challenge you to pop on over to the C4C blog and create something using YOUR favorite Christmas carol.

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Betty J Schaub
www.bettystampstx.stampinup.net

 

C4C160

Crazy 4 Challenges #160 is a sketch! I love playing with sketches when creating my cards. I teaked this one a bit but I think I stuck pretty close to the sketch. Love this little bear. Isn't she adorable?!

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Betty J Schaub
www.bettystampstx.stampinup.net
 

SPT22

SoftPencil Tuesday #22 - this time we are featuring some NEW digital images from SoftPencil, her Halloween collection. Love these little designs. So much fun to color!!!

I'm also entering this card in the Crazy 4 Challenges #152 - Halloween colors - purple, orange and green. Yep, I got it covered!

Michu takes flight on her little broomstick over the moon and the little bat has settled on the moon. With little black star brads for Michu's eyes and little round green brads for the bat's eyes this one is all about the images and the color combo.

You can visit the SoftPencil Studios HERE.
You can see my fellow DT mates creations HERE.
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Betty J Schaub
www.bettystampstx.stampinup.net

C4C #151

Crazy4Challenges has a sketch for us to play with this week, brought to us curtesy of Silke Ledlow.
Love this Cardinal scene. I stamped with Archiver's Black and then I colored with Pearls metallic paints, water and paintbrush on glossy cs.

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Betty J Schaub
www.bettystampstx.stampinup.net
 

C4C & Freshly Made

Crazy 4 Challenges#149 - All White

These challenges always fascinate me. I love an all white card. I chose to play with my dies and cut some intricate patterns. My stamps are from Stampin' Up! Language of Friendship (both sentiment and the little bird). Check out the beautiful creations the DT has on display at

Crazy 4 Challenges #149.

This card is entered in the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches #47. It's a nice sketch. I seem to have a hard time with their theme of "Fresh" though. I think I always overdo. I have to learn less is more. Anyhoo, here's my card and below it is the sketch.

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Betty J Schaub
www.bettystampstx.stampinup.net

C4C125

Crazy4Challenges #125 2 layer card.

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Betty J Schaub
www.bettystampstx.stampinup.net

C4C101 - BINGO

Crazy 4 Challenges has us playing Bingo this week!

I'm still in the Halloween mode. I love this dsp from my stash. They have been "haunting" me for about a year. Get it! LOL

Anyhoo, for my creation I chose to follow the Bingo from top left to bottom right --- Square Card, Die Cuts and 2 or more dsp. My little ghostie is on a spring so he looks like he is floating out of the grave.

Hope you enjoyed looking.
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Betty aka ZacksNana
Betty Stamps TX (SHOP ME) 24/7

All I have seen - C4C82

All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson. Crazy4Challenges#82 - color combo of brown, green and cream. The stamps used on this card are from Stampin' Up! Because I Care (hydrangea) and sentiment All I Have Seen. I stamped the hydrangea in Old Olive and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Then I colored with my SU markers - Wild Wasabi, Blush Blossom and Pink Pirouette. The sentiment is stamped in Pear Pizzaz.

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Betty aka ZacksNana
Betty Stamps TX

dream - C4C78

dream - Inspired by Silke Kittman's Crazy4Challenges challenge this week - use a tree for International Earth Day. This card is just stamps that I have stamped several times on top of each other. I used some Sweet N Sassy stamps and a Unity stamp. The sentiment is from a stamp given to me by my friend Deb. I added the ribbon, Signo white gel pen and some little pearls. The background dp and die cut borders were also gifts from Deb. All ink is Stampin' Up! I distressed the edges with Tea Stain Vintage Ink Spot from SU.

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Betty aka ZacksNana
Betty Stamps TX

Poinsettia - C4C66

Poinsettia - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Crazy4Challenges #66 using Cindy's sketch.
Ok I pulled out a lot of scraps and stuff from my stash. Poinsettia stamp is one from a couple years ago (it is not SU). The dp is a little scrap from a set I bought last year or maybe longer. The card came in a kit about a year ago. It actually is a tri-fold card with an oval window. I simply adhered one solid side to the back of the oval and made that my card face. Then with my Top Note die I cut the two pieces of dp and my Cherry Cobbler cardstock. Added some of the yummy Tensil Trim #120994, for the ribbon effect. It's a little difficult to see (aged look), but I stamped "Blessed" sentiment from Grateful Greetings set #116511 in bashful blue on my Cherry Cobbler cardstock. I stamped the poinsettias in Cherry Cobbler #119669 then I stamped the overlay in Bashful Blue #105209 and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. I used the Round Tab Extra Large punch #119864 to attach my sentiment from Grateful Greetings #116511. This one may not sound like it but it is very CAS. If you're interested in any of the Stampin' Up! products used in my creations you can shop with my HERE. Thanks!!!
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Betty aka ZacksNana
Betty Stamps TX