Have a sunny day with Summer Luka

Here is another card for this weekend.....

I drew inspiration from Paper Makeup Stamps again this week and used the sun from Jen's Sunshine.
The theme at Paper Makeup Stamps was "keep cool". I have had Summer Luka (La-La Land Crafts) for a little while now and wanted to use him, so after looking at the La-La Land Craft Blog, I saw a beautiful card by Debra James with an awesome background of beach huts, with Summer Luka and the sentiment "have a sunny day!" I tried to draw a beach hut, but then I remembered I had this palm tree stamp from Nitwit Collections (freebie with my Australian Simply Cards magazine).

Summer Luka is digitally stamped on to x-press it paper, as is the sun. The palm tree is stamped directly on to the card, which reminds me that I should adhere a piece of paper to the underside! I have also coloured the background with blues for the sky and yellows for the "sand".
The Copics pens I have used for Summer Luka are:

• skin - E00, E11, E02
• hair - YR20, E33, E35, E37
• clothes - R35, R37, B02, B05
• floaties - Y02, Y15, YG03, YG63
• turtle - G02, G05, Y00, Y15
• flippers - Y02, Y15
• goggles/snorkel - BG000, BG10, BG15

For the sun, I used: Y11, Y15, Y17, R02 (cheeks), E02 (tongue).

For the palm tree, I used: E35 & E37 (trunk), E08 (coconuts), G02, G05 (leaves).

For the background sky, I used a combination of BG10, BG000 and B00. For the sand, I used Y02.

The sentiment is hand written in pitch black Spica pen.

This card will also be displayed in the La-La Land Crafts Customer Gallery and on the La-La Land Crafts Facebook page.

This card will be for sale on Etsy in my shop: JemLou Productions. The link to follow.

Thanks for looking! :)

Sunflowers Birthday Card

Here is my card for this week:

I have drawn inspiration from Cupcake Inspirations Challenge: Cupcake Inspirations #172. Here is the inspirational photo:

I also used a sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches: TMS #158 and the twist: Birthday!

I have used:

• a white square card and envelope from Envelope Solutions
• Chef Marci and some sunflowers (both from La-La Land Crafts) digitally stamped on to X-press it paper, hand coloured with Copics pens and fussy cut.
• a triangular piece of paper from a Spring Stack (DCWV) from quite a few years ago!
• "good friends eat cake" stamp (polka doodles - freebie from Australian Simply Cards) stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink
• four rhinestones from KaiserCraft coloured with Copics

The Copics Pens I used were:

• skin: E00, E11, E02, lipstick Spica pen
• hair: YR20, E33, E35, E37
• clothes: BG000, BG10, BG13, BG15
• cake: Y00, Y02, G05, RV14, lipstick Spica pen
• piping bag: Y00, Y02
• background: V000
• sunflowers: Y02, YR07, Y28, E37, G05
• rhinestones: BG15, BG13, RV14, Y02

This card will also be displayed on the La-La Land Crafts Customer Gallery and the La-La Land Crafts Facebook page.
This card will be for sale on Etsy in my shop: JemLou Productions. Link to follow (as usual, I need some better photos!)

Thanks for looking! :)

Riding by to say Hi with Tricycle Marci

Here is my latest creation using inspiration from Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #171 for the colours: blue and yellow, Cupcake Craft Challenge #203 and Paper Makeup Stamps Challenge #47 for the theme: The Great Outdoors and Endless Summer, respectively.
So here is my card:

Here is the inspirational photo from Cupcake Inspirations:

I have used a square white card and envelope from Envelope Solutions.
I have digitally stamped Tricycle Marci, the sentiment "Riding by to say Hi" and the fence from La-La Land Crafts and the sun from Jen's Sunshine, part of a set of digital stamps for charity from Paper Makeup Stamps.

I have printed on X-press It paper and coloured everything with Copics pens.
The Copic pens I used are:

• Tricycle Marci 
• skin: E50, E51 and lipstick Spica pen
• hair - E31, E35, E37
• shorts/headband - B02, B05
• top/hair bow - Y11, Y15, Y17
• bike - BG000, BG10, BG15, C1, C3, C5
• basket - E31, E35
• panda - C1, C3, C5, R20, lipstick Spica pen
• Fence
• wood - E31, E35, E37
• stones - W1, W3, W5, E35
• grass - YG63, YG67
• Sun
• Y11, Y15, Y17
• cheeks - R02
• tongue - E02

Everything was coloured on the edge with B00.

I also made an addition to this card, as I thought it was lacking something in the middle!

I digitally stamped the sunflowers from La-La Land Crafts, then coloured them with the following Copic pens:

• stems/leaves - YG03, YG63
• flowers - Y02, YR07, Y28, E37

I think next time, I'll add the sunflowers and fence together before I print! Too much fussy cutting!! :)

This card is for sale on Etsy in my shop: JemLou Productions. Here is the listing: Riding By to Say Hi! Card.

This card will also be displayed in a few places:  La-La Land Customer Gallery and the La-La Land Crafts Facebook page.

Christmas in July Scavenger Hunt

CHRISTMAS IN JULY SCAVENGER HUNT!
Over $360 in prizes to be won!
The contest will begin at 9:00am EST on July 21st, and will run until midnight July 31st
There are 34 participating shops, and all will have a hidden picture, in one of their listings, that you will have to "hunt" to find! Each of these shops has donated a prize worth at least $10; that is a minimum of $360 in prizes!!! There are 7 prize packs available to be won, each worth a minimum of $50. Winners will be chosen at random by random.org, based upon the number of complete entries received.

********************HOW TO ENTER*******************
First go to: pcfteam.blogspot.ca and look for the link for the starting shop. Find the candle image in one of the listings and then follow the link to the next shop on the scavenger hunt list! Every time you find the hidden picture, that item description will give you a link to the next shop. As you go through the shops, make a list of all shops in the order that you are given them. At the very last shop, you will be given an email address; you will send your completed list to this address. If anything is incorrect, you will be notified, and given a chance to re-do the hunt again to get it right!

***********WANT MORE CHANCES TO WIN? READ ON!!!**************
Everyone who sends a complete shop list, in the correct order, will receive one entry to win a prize pack.
If you "FAV" all the shops in the hunt, you get another entry.
If you "FAV" one item from each of the shops in the hunt, you will get a third entry.
If you promote the event on your Blog, on Facebook, Twitter, etc, and send Nichole (kidd.robin [!at] ymail.com) a link to the promotion, you will get 5 extra entries!

****SUPER DUPER PRIZE PACK DETAILS- MINIMUM $360 VALUE *****
In addition, all the participating shops have donated second prize! All 36 prizes have been combined into one HUGE prize pack. This pack is valued at a minimum of $360!!! The winner of this super duper prize pack will be drawn from entries made by shopping at PCF Team (Promoting Creative Friends Team) shops during this event. Each dollar spent at a PCF Team shop during this event will earn you one entry...each dollar spent at one of the 36 shops in the hunt will earn you 2 entries. The more you shop, and the more you shop the more chances you have to win! Please send transaction links of all purchases to Nichole at kidd.robin [!at] ymail.com. Please include the transaction links, dollar amounts for each purchase, and the shop name you purchased from.

Winners will be chosen on Aug 3rd :) They will be announced on Nichole's blog at: ciaraandcompanybowtique.blogspot.com/, on the PCF Team blog at: http://pcfteam.blogspot.ca/ and on the PCF Team Facebook page at www.facebook.com/#!/pcfteam, and will also be notified via email.
Good luck and have a very Merry Christmas in July!
Go to www.pcfteam.blogspot.ca to learn the starting point.

***** all entries and PCF shop purchases must be submitted by midnight July 31st....and NO entries will be accepted after this time***

Afternoon Tea Invitation

I made an invitation for a High Tea for my mum's birthday.
I printed this fantastic stamp from JustInkLined on x-press it paper and then coloured the cupcakes with Copics pens. I then adhered the image to a gold square card.
Here is the finished card:

Here is a close up of the colouring:

I used the following Copics pens:

• cupcake papers: RV10, B00
• cupcakes with cherry: R27, V000
• cupcakes with strawberry: R27, E50
• cupcakes with lemon icing, choc bits and lime: Y00, E35, YG00
• cupcake with chocolate swirls: E50, E35, E37
• cupcake with pink icing and marshmallows: R20, V12
• cupcakes with apricot icing at the back: E93
• cupcake with blue icing at the back: B00

The actual invitation, I printed on vellum and adhered on to the inside of the card.

I think I'll print some more and play around with the colouring of the plate! And perhaps add the tea pot from the stamp set.

Thanks for looking! :)

Christmas in July event

Use CIJ10OFF to receive 10 % off your order at JemLou Productions. This includes custom orders.
Shipping is reduced too for the Christmas in July events.
Also there is a Christmas in July Scavenger Hunt starting Saturday 9 am EST.
Come along and enjoy the fun! :)

Good Friends Eat Cake

Here is my latest card using inspiration from Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 169.
Here is the photo:

and here is my take on it:

Here is a close up of the coloured stamp:

I have used a freebie stamp from Australian Simply Cards by polka doodles, including the sentiment.
Both were stamped with Memento tuxedo black ink.
The stamp with the girl and cupcake was stamped on to x-press it paper and coloured with Copics pens.
The Copics pens I used were:

• skin: E00, E02
• hair: Y15, Y17, E11
• dress and hat: RV10, RV13
• cake: Y00, V000, B00, V12
• roses: YG67, R20, R22
• shadow: C1
• around the heart and on the sentiment: Black Spica pen

I have used a Kraft card from Envelope Solutions.

Also, I attached three Rhinestones from KaiserCraft, that I coloured with V12, B00 and RV13.

This card is for sale in my Etsy shop: JemLou Productions. Here is the link: Good Friends Eat Cake Card.

Thanks for looking! :)