My Pinkie Is Inkie in Boxertown: February 2014

Friday, February 28, 2014

Speedy Fox and Friends - Use Metal

The Speedy Fox and Friends challenge this week is to make a card and use metal. I used Stazon and stamped the pocket watch on a coke can. I cute the image out and dry embossed it to give it some texture and placed it on black card stock. Don't worry about your scissors when you cut the metal of the Coke can, it does not damage the scissors, it actually makes them sharper. I used Silver embossing poweder on the pocket watch background.I used the Mark's Finest Paper stamps "Take Time" and "Pocket Watches" to make my card.

Thanks for coming by today.

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Inspiration Challenge - Cute Surfers

We are still using the Surf City theme over at the Speedy TV Inspiration challenge this week. I found some really cute surfer dogs for everyone to draw their inspiration from. One of the dog surfers was a boxer so naturally with me being a boxer lover, I chose that picture. I changed the colors a little so could have some wild colors in the surf board. This boxer looks like my first boxer, Savannah Rose. I think she looks pretty cool on her surf board. :) Savannah really picked up quickly with the "surfin" slang, too. She just hit a knarly (which means choppy or hard) wave.

This is also for the CCEE challenge for the theme of chocolate, could be color or the chocolate with lots of calories. Savannah was fawn which is considered brown so I hope this qualifies.

Here is the picture that I chose for inspiration:

Come on over to Speedy TV and join us for the challenge.

Friday, February 21, 2014

Speedy Fox Challenge - Anything, but a card

The Speedy Fox challenge this week is to make anything, but a card. This was a hard one for me
because cards are my passion. I had an idea picked out to alter something, but my search at thrift stores, for the item I had in mind, was not successful. I decided to come home and stamp on a candle.
To do the candle stamping, you need to color your image on tissue paper. Cut the image out, place it on your candle in the place you want the image, take a large piece of wax paper and wrap it around the candle with your image in place. Once I had my image in place, I took my heat gun and heated the image. You will be able to tell when the image is done, the wax paper takes on a little different look.
Be careful and don't burn your fingers or hand while doing this.

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to go over to Speedy Fox to see what my teamie's have made.

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Speedy TV Inspiration Challenge - Surfboards

The Inspiration challenge is to make a card from pictures of Surfboard's this week. I am still having fun with our February Speedy TV Surf City Inspiration. Be sure and come over to the Speedy TV Inspiration challenge to see the pictures. Here is the surfboard I got my inspiration from:

I thought this was a pretty cool looking board, what do you think? It had nice bright colors to give me inspiration for my card.

Copics used: YR 04, 07, 09, R05, Y08

CCEE Stampers - Delft Tile

This week the challenge for the CCEE Stampers is to make a card using the Delft Tile technique. This is a new technique for me. Here is the tutorial on Splitcoast stampers. I used a SU celebration set from last year called "Feeling Sentimental". I also used a ODBD "Grunge Cross" background stamp. I used SU Pool Party ink and papers.

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty - Stay off my truck and we will be friends.

Here is a card I made for the Teapot Party over at Splitcoast stampers. I love this cute Squigglefly image by Enid Barnes. As a matter of fact, I love all her images and have purchaseds several lately.
We inherited a cat a few years ago and it is a great cat, but I sure do not like him getting on my truck.
I don't think I can ever get him to stay off of it so I guess I will have to accept it.

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Monday, February 17, 2014

Squigglefly - Use a digital image and sentiment

Rhonda's Rowdy Rascal's are giving the challenge over at the Squigglefly blog.
The challenge is to make a card using both a digital image and sentiment. I chose to use this Great Dane image by Enid Barnes. Enid is a new artist at Squigglefly and I am really enjoying her images. The circle sentiment is by Jess Holland. You can find these stamps
HERE. I made the bottom strip to look like a collar, but it does not show up well in this pic.

Friday, February 14, 2014

Speedy Fox and Friends - Use Chalk

The Speedy Fox and Friends challenge is to make a card using chalks. When I first started stamping, I used chalks a lot. I never seemed to work much magic with chalks. I never seem to get enough color with them. This is my favorite chalk creation. I stamped my image with white ink, then I pounced chalk colors over the ink while it was still a little wet.

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Mark's Finest Paper February Blog Hop - Day six - Lucky Duck

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

February Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Featured Feb. 9

Foo Dogs

Featured Feb. 10

Birds of the Orient

Featured Feb. 11

Birdcages

Featured Feb. 12

Medallions

Featured Feb. 13

Fairies

Featured Feb. 14

Lucky Duck

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All six winners will be announced on

Feb. 15, 2014 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for

commenting is 10 PM EST on Friday Feb. 14, 2014

Here is the card I made with the Lucky Duck stamp set.

Here's the Design Team:

Kelli Jo

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Speedy TV Inspiration Challenge-Surf City "Woodies"

The Speedy TV Inspiration challenge is Surf City Woodies this week. I found pictures of some neat old "Woodies" to get our inspiration from. I used the Mark's Finest Paper "Your a Classic" stamp set for my card. Woodies were known to be a car with a wood look panel down the side of it. I drew lines on the side of the classic car to make it look like a old Woodie.

Here are the pictures I chose for the inspiration: