Just A Sketch!

This week at Guylous Inimitability our challenge is coming to us from Carmen at Piece of Paper. She always comes up with an interesting sketch for us to work with, as you can see:

It is never just one or two layers from the wonderfully, creative Carmen, it is multiple that make us think about how everything will work and flow with each other. Thank you Carmen for getting our creative juices going! It is a fantastic sketch!

Here is the card I made:

I used the image "Farha". When I saw Carmen's sketch I new I wanted to go with a monochromatic look. Just figured with all of the different layers it would look cool. Now this is hard for me...I have seen so many cards out there that look wonderful with all the different papers but as soon as I start laying them out I don't like how it looks....BUT this one I think turned out pretty good! To be perfectly honest though it took me almost an hour just to decide on the papers! Didn't take me that long to decide on the image! That was the easy part! LOL

I used Copics but added the clear Spica pen to her dress edges, dots, and jewels. I wanted to have that little bit of sparkle! Then added some bling. The picture does not do it justice.

Check out the DT projects you know they will all kick butt! And don't forget to check out our guest designer, Aunty Sue's (http://auntysuescraftcavern.blogspot.com)blog as well! Starts today and ends at 10PM (est) on September 1st...so what are you waiting for? HUGS

Can You Follow A Recipe???

Can you follow a recipe??? Well I have one for you! I am the lucky one who got to choose the challenge for this week at Guylou's Inimitability! So I decided to go with a one, two, three challenge....so you need to have 1 lace or ribbon.....2 pieces of decorated paper....and 3 or more pieces of bling....(I chose to add the or more because sometimes it is hard to stop with the bling) So it is as easy as 1, 2 ,3! Now get to it.
Here is a bit of inspiration for you from me!

Make sure you check out the DT blogs to see what each of them have created! They are listed to your left! I am sure you will be insipred beyond belief! Leave them some love.

Now for the deets:

A random winner will be selected from all the qualifying entries. Please make sure you follow our Challenge Guidelines listed on the challenge site here. The winner will be awarded a $5 gift certificate from Guylou's Inimitability Store and will also be invited to be a Guest Designer on an upcoming challenge.

 

You will have until July 28th, 10:00 pm to enter your cards or projects. One entry per participant, please. Be sure to add the link to your entry and not your whole blog as this makes it much easier on the team to find your creations. Thanks for participating!

CDAC Challenge!

Guylou's Inimitability is sponsoring the Other Themed Challenge called The Three B Girly Girl Recipe Challenge at CDAC. So go check it out...there is an adorable freebie that happens to have found it's way onto my card! This is a recipe challenge so you have a few things that need to be added to your project! You gotta have bows, buttons and bling! Here is my card:

I hand stamped the background, colored her with copics and added silver for the sparkler! I wasn't sure how that would come out but it seems to work!

Sweet Summertime Challenge!

Whew, is it hot outside or what??? It hit 103* here today and when you are already feeling the heat at 8 am, it always makes me want to go home and eat some ice cold watermelon! Yum...I may just do that today! Talking about watermelon brings me to our next challenge at Guylou's Inimitability! Our host this week is Gina! She is one heck of an amazing woman with mad coloring skills...and if you don't believe me, just check out her blog! Miss Gina felt we needed to show our sweet side and make a summer themed project that MUST include not only the word "SWEET" on the front of the card but must also have a summertime theme, i.e. watermelon, ice cream, popsicles, (making myself hungry) flip flops, bathing suit, beach, sand, you get the drift right?


Here is my take on it....

I used Chuck Eating A Watermelon, made my own watermelons, and those black things are little ants! I really like this image, Chuck is so cute! Make sure you check out all the design teams creations. All the wonderfully talented women are listed on my side bar! My sweet sentiment came from our very own Tracy S. Thank gosh she is around to come up with some "sweet" sayings! Thank you Tracy!

Now make sure you follow the theme...."SWEET" and summertime things....and follow the guidelines as well! Check them out here. What would a challenge be without a prize. The winner will be awarded a $5 gift certificate from Guylou's Inimitability Store and will also be invited to be a Guest Designer on an upcoming challenge.

You will have until June 30th, 10:00 pm (EST or click here to find out the corresponding time where you are) to enter your cards or projects here. Be sure to add the link to your entry and not your whole blog as this makes it much easier on the team to find your creations. Thanks for participating!

Another Teaser!

And just to keep your excitement going here's another teaser for you!

 It feels so good to be sooooo mean!

Just To Tease You!

Guylou's Inimitability is going to be releasing some new digital stamps come the first of May! And I am here to tell you that they are fintastic...I mean fantastic! Here's a little teaser!

April Showers

It's raining, It's pouring,

the old man is snoring.

He went to bed, bumped his head

and couldn't get up in the morning!

Guylou’s Inimitability has a challenge starting today and going on until April 21^st. Now this is going to be  fun and different! And like with any challenge you need to follow the guide lines. And the main guideline to this challenge is: you have to incorporate an umbrella into your card or project. See fun and different! Told ya!

Do you have an umbrella? Is it a small compact one that you can keep just about anywhere? Or is it one of those long black ones that you always see the heroine in a movie carrying? Do you have an umbrella stand? I have one umbrella; a compact one with roses on it. It came with a bag that I got from one of those book deals. You know the ones you have to order so many per month? Well I got the bag and umbrella for free for signing up. Oh, and we have no stand, just a coat rack. You would think growing up in Florida that I had several, but believe it or not I did not. No wellies or rubber boots either. Kinda funny when you think about it.

Anyway back to the challenge…we got to play around with Ben. Now Ben is a cute and curious little boy that like any kid likes to play in the rain! I still like to jump in puddles myself…with the right shoes of course! Here is the card that I made using Ben:

I used:
My Minds Eye...Stella and Rose ~ Hattie
Dimensional Glaze for the drops and the puddle
Copics:
Sidewalk: N4, N3, N2, N1 Puddle: B23, B32, B0000, B21 Sky: B93, C3, C1
Skin: E00 Hair: E13 Slicker, Boots & Hat: Y18, Y15 Pants: E55 Shirt: B95, B45

You need to check out all of the design team blogs and of course check out our guest designers blog as well. To make it easier for you here are their links. Brenda, Carmen, Gina, Guylou, Tracy, Trina and our guest designer Crystal. And I want to welcome our newest design team member....Sara...check out her blog here.

Don’t forget to follow the challenge policy; which you can find on Guylou’s Blog. You can win free digis if you follow all of the rules and use a Guylou image. What is that? You say you don’t have one? Well get to her store right away or check out her group on CDAC. Can I just say FREEBIE! Can’t wait to see your projects!

close up and the inside!

I See Dots

I see dots. Do you?

Well you should! This next challenge from GI is all about dots. The design team got to use the kitty with fish digi. It is so cute. You can just see that darn cat is thinking:  how can I get to one of these fish!

I wanted to keep the card simple and the colors a little more subdued because I wanted the goldfish to pop off the page. I ended up printing the image 3 times and layered them to make it stand off the page a bit.  Ok I feel like I am writing in circles. ARRRRRG Anyway here is my card:

I used:

Cat: T1, T2, T3, T4, T0 for blending on the last cat layer I colored it C2, C3, C4, C6 C0 for blending    Bowl: C2, BG15   Goldfish: Orange Peel & black Diamond Stickles   Paper: Daisy Dear by Heidi Grace (both dotted papers) Cocoa Mint by Cloud 9 Designs (brown)

charm from Oriental Trading
bead from my mom's stash!

Now you know the routine...enter any new card or project and link to Guylou's Inimitability, make sure it has dots somewhere on it, and follow the rules posted on the left side of GI's blog. You can win images by using one of Guylou's images. If you don't have one you can get one from her store or by getting a freebie from her group on CDAC. Make sure you check out all of the Design Team's projects and our guest designer Sara Iadanza. Have fun, I can't wait to see what you come up with!
You have until the 31st to get your project entered and posted at the Challenge Blog.