February at Ike’s World Challenges!

It’s time for Ike’s World Challenges #153 Anything Goes with an Option of Valentine’s Day!  I worked with Ike’s Art’s Stitchy Cats!  My mom had a ceramic shop for years and the craze for a few years was ceramic stuffed animals just like these two kitties!  It made me so happy having a play with this delightful image!

I made my sentiment in Procreate and used some papers from a travel paper pad.  I colored up the kitties with Copics and fussy cut them out.  A few foam dots, a box and some shiny hearts and it was done!  I hope you can play with us this month at Ike’s World Challenges!  We can’t wait to visit your blogs and leave you some Valentine’s love!

I am also entering this card in the Outlawz Wednesday Sketch Challenge!

A Charming Christmas and Winter Fantasy!

 I had the pleasure t.A Charming Christmas Hop + Challenge presented by LeighSBDesigns and all the details and linky party are here!  Ito work with Ike’s Art’s Snow Deer last weekend and was going to blog it for Leigh’s A Charming Christmas Hop + Challenge and the Outlawz Festive Friday Challenge Tuesday when it was scheduled for Ike’s World Challenges!!!  What a lot of talk to say I totally forgot to schedule this blog!  So here goes!

I had such fun frosting up this lovely scene with tons of snow glitter!  This one goes to A Charming Christmas Hop + Challenge presented by LeighSBDesigns and all the details and linky party are here!  It also goes to the Outlawz Festive Friday Challenge in the Winter Fantasy category!

Midway Post for Ike's World Challenges #148

It's that time again!  Midway time for Ike's World Challenges #148 Anything Goes/ Fall or Autumn!  We have actually had about 5 days here and there when the humidity was down a bit and it was heavenly!  To celebrate the eventual arrival of fall I made a wall hanging using Ike's gorgeous Leaves Set!   

Steps:

1. Print out leaves in 3 x 5 size on yellow, red and tan cardstock

2.  Sponge Distress Inks on the leaves and cut out

3. Use Cricut Design Space for sentiment and use Cricut to cut out

4. Glue everything on sheet of designer paper

You still have tons of time to join us this month and we hope you will!  Play Anything Goes or take a dive into some cooler brain waves and work on some fall pieces!  

August 17th Steampunk Serengeti Blog Hop!

This is my project for the midway post at Ike's World Challenges. The theme is always Anything Goes and this month we have a optional Animals theme that fits in perfectly with our Blog Hop!  Play with us and Ike's World Challenges this month!  I love giraffes...I just love them!  These two are from Ike's Art Animal Silhouette Set.

Distress Oxide Sprays and a couple of other sprays from my stash make up this background.  The tree is a freebie from a magazine...also the paper at the bottom.  The sentiment is a clear stamp from a magazine freebie set!  After these two eat their breakfast they will amble on over to the Steampunk Serengeti Blog Hop hosted by LeighSBDesigns!  All the deets and linky party are HERE!

August 10th Steampunk Serengeti Blog Hop with Leigh!

I was printing off some images for my design team project for Ike's World Challenges, where the theme is Anything Goes with an option to use Animals so why not combine your make for the Steampunk Serengeti Blog Hop with Ike's!  I had an idea to try Ike's Elephant  from the African Animals Silhouettes Set in some digital play!  Ike is working to reopen the Ike's Art after Zibbet changed owners!  What a bummer!  I used Leigh's Gears and Leaves Layered Steampunk Elements Cutz Set as a layer and added the sentiment from the Steampunk Serengeti Grunge Sent Set that is part of the digital releases for this Steampunk Serengeti Collection!

I used Photoshop and a LOT of help from Noel to keep my layers from disappearing on me!  It was worth having to ask for help (again and again!!!) cause I love the finished project!  Now let me herd the elephants over the Steampunk Serengeti Blog Hop presented by LeighSBDesigns!  All the details and the linky party can be found HERE!

 

Ike’s World Challenges Christmas in July/Anything Goes!

 Can you believe that it is mid-July?!?  I can but only because it is hot as blazes here🥵. But on to more important matters!  We are at the halfway mark for Ike’s World Challenges #146 Anything Goes or Christmas in July!   My humble offering this month stars the total cuties Corner Xmas Dog and Kitty and they are ready for Santa to arrive!

I made a sort of gatefold card with red cardstock and Christmas papers.  I colored up the sweeties with Spectrum Noir markers then fussy cut out.  The sentiment was typed up in Photoshop.  I added a few gems for some sparkle and fun!

I do hope you will come play with us this month!  We don't care which theme you choose....Christmas, Halloween, Anything your heart desires!  Just get crafty and let us see your projects!  P.S. The more you enter the more time I get to spend under the AC visiting your blogs and that is a good thing! 😋

 

June Midway Ike's World Challenge

 

IKE's WORLD CHALLENGES #145

 ANYTHING GOES/option of 

FOOD & DRINK

June is here and hot so why not retreat to the craft room and have some fun?  Then, of course!, drop it at Ike's World Challenges HERE for a chance to win a happy and have us come by your blog for a glass of ice cold tea!  June is known for weddings although why anyone would want to brave these hot temperatures that we have here bewilders me!  (I have also put no wedding months in my daughter's upcoming nuptial planning!)  Excuse my wandering thoughts and back to the challenge!  I love the  Wedding Cake at Ike's Art and have wanted to work with it for ages!  My plans for a paper pieced project were smashed when I realized it was the LAST day to post my make!  Procreate swooped in like the hero and I was able to use a background of marbled paper that I had made and saved months ago!  Then I loosely colored the image in Procreate and yes, I did want the cake green :)  

So here we sit waiting for the next opportunity to visit a wonderful blog and I hope it is yours!

Good Vibes Kitty for SUYP Challenge April!

 

I colored this little kitty up in January and he has sadly been tossed about and had things piled up on him since then.  His fur got a little bit our of hand and I had never colored a balloon with markers so I wasn't thrilled with him.  As I realized April had gotten away from me and I hadn't entered Ike's Show Us Your Pussycats Challenge, I decided to stamp a sentiment on him (park lane clear stamp) and give him the bright colorful background he needed to soar in!  He has grown on me! 😽  The cutie is by Polkadoodles and he is a freebie!  Purr-fect Wishes!