AiFactory Challenge 11, Any stamp will do plus bonus card

I was so excited to have 50 followers well now I am at 58! Wowsers! I am thrilled to have so many want to keep up with me. Let's get to the important part now and the reason you all come to visit me!

First is my card for AiFactory!!!! The challenge was to use a freebie at the store and either brads or eyelets!!! I used the Yummy Cake digi in the link above. Let's show it to you.

Supplies:

Stamp:

Yummy Cake digi

Paper:

DCWV & Bazzill

Ribbon:

Stampin Up!

Brads:

??

Shapes:

Creative Memories

I colored the image that was "fixed" by my DT coordinator De! She removed some color for me plus other stuff to make it like I wanted it. I was able to color it with my Prismacolor pencils
blending it with Gamsol. I love this technique!!! I do need to get moving with my Copics.

Next I want to show you my card for the sketch challenge at Any Stamp Will Do. This is the sketch group I run!!!! This weeks sketch was by my oldest, Taylor!!!! She designed it all by herself. She then whipped out like 5 cards using it! I will show my sample of this:

Supplies:

Stamp:

Hero Arts exclusively for Archiver's

Paper:

DCWV & SU

Ribbon:

Stampin Up

Punch:

Marvy

Rhinestones:

Hero Arts exclusively for Archiver's

Embossing Powder:

Ranger

My next card I made for Jack's little brothers birthday! I used my Cardmaker's Birthday Sketch Book. I love their books! Anyway, let me show you the card.

Supplies:

Stamp:

Cornish Hertiage Farms

Paper:

American Craft Celebration, SU and others unknown

Punch:

Creative Memories

Brads:

Karen Foster (I think)

Ink:

Memento & Sugarloaf

Floss

Of course I used my pencils again with Gamsol. Did I tell you I love this technique?

Well I am gonna finish up now! Thanks for stopping and remember I will have a card ready for The Character Cafe for Friday!

I will offer you all a challenge! Visit one of my DT's and do a challenge post it there, let them know I sent you and come back to my blog to tell me you visited. I will put all the names in a hat on Tuesday, November 17th to draw a winner. I know there will be in the rak a stamp from Clear Dollar Stamps, something from Bazzill, something from Scor-pal and a few other goodies! I will try and post a picture to entice you to do a challenge! Maybe look for it on Friday! Remember only until the 17th!!

Thank you all for visiting me!

Blog Hoppin' with my Character Cafe chicks!

It is time for a new release!!! These girls have out done themselves from last time! The images are fun, detailed, gorgeous and plain ole great!!!! I promise you will love them all! Better yet if you comment on each blog then return to the main blog The Character Cafe leave a comment and become a follower if you already are not but I am sure you because you are smart enough to know we are rockin'!!!!! You will have a chance to win the ENTIRE COLLECTION!!! Now what is better than that????? At each blog, when you leave a comment, you have a chance to win the image the designer used on their project (all winners to be drawn and posted on Wednesday the 11th). ou also get the chance for a limited time to get 40% at the store by using the code "Remember" Think you can remember that!? Hee hee So are you ready to get hoppin? You should have come from the very talented Deanna!

Well you have been waiting so on to my project! I decided to do another gift bag with the fabulous image Bernard Bear! I just think this is adorable and was so easy and fun to color!

Let's show you a picture!




Supplies:

Stamp:
The Character Cafe Bernard Bear

Paper:
DCWV- Animal Crackers & Glitter Stock and SU

Ribbon:
Great Value (Joann's)

Embellies:
Word-Joann's
Rhinestones-?

I colored this cute little bear with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol! I inked the edges as well with Stampin up Green. I wanted to make this fun so I added the rhinestones and Celebration rectangle. I had so much fun with this and pretty sure I will have a girl to give it too! I told Jack I was gonna use it for his birthday coming up! LOL

Well I am tired of boring you all so I will move you on to the next talented designer that rocks, the infamous Rachel! I am fortunate enough to design with her and Lola at AiFactory. You will be blown away with her project! I promise!

Leave me some love so you have a chance to win Bernard Bear! Hugs to you all! Make sure you give love to all The gals!

*If you post about the blog hop on the web, let us know for another chance in the cat tree to win the collection. Also make sure you grab the freebie at the blog!

AiFactory alter challenge

We would allowed to use any image for our project but we had to alter something! So that put the Fink brain into pain since I had to think hard! LOL but I decided that I wanted to do a plain white gift bag! I have teacher gifts that I will be doing so I need to have bags! This was perfect.

Let me show it to you now:

Supplies:

White Bag

Stamp: Welcome Winter by Softpencil

Crystal Snowflakes: Dress it up Holiday collection

Ribbon: Holiday Accents

Paper: Stampin Up!, DCWV & Karen Fosters Recycled

I as usual used my Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol to color my choice of image, Welcome Winter. I just thought this was to dog gone cute! Check out our site for many awesome images and even freebies!

Well my friends please come out and play with us at all of my places! I promise there is plenty of fun. Challenge Masters you have all month to play along. AiFactory is every Tuesday, The Character Cafe has tutorial Tuesday and the challenge on Fridays! Any Stamp will do, I have a sketch on Mondays with more announcements coming soon. Doodle Street is kinda in a halt right now. I hope you join us since there is fun!

Make sure you check back because The Character Cafe has a new release and are they cute cute images!!!!! We have a blog hop this weekend as well! You will see outstanding projects! Hugs my friends! See you soon

Challenge Masters & Stamp by step projects

Hey my friends!


I am so excited because I am up to 50 followers! Now if 1/3rd of them would comment. : (

Let's start with Challenge Masters. The card challenge was to make a round or scalloped round card with some blue! Make sure you play along since there is a great prize. All the directions can be found at the link.


This is my first ever round card as well as a shaker card! I went online to learn how to do a shaker and used my scallop Bigz die from Sizzix. I used my Big Shot and cut 3 scallops at the same time just to ensure they would line up. That was supposed to be my card but i decided I would try a shaker! LOL More work for me but when I was finished it came out nice!!!!


Supplies:

Stamp: The Character Cafe Stewie Snowman Digi

Color: Prismapencils blended with Gamsol

Punch: Bigz scallop die

Snowflakes: Dress it up buttons

Glitter, foam tape, ribbon

Acetate: SU

Paper: DCWV

I used the ribbon to hold it together. It does stand by the way!! My 3rd shape I cut was for the inside of the card and it is stamped with Wishing you a warm holiday! Hee hee warm! Get it?

My next two cards are for my Guest Design gig! I am thrilled that Cheryl of Stamp by Step asked me to do the month of November. I have a blurb on her front page as well as in her newsletter. She was kind and sent me a package from her store to work with.

Here is what I did.

Supplies:

Stamp: Stampendous

Ink: Sugarloaf

Ribbon: SU & American Crafts

Paper: Piggy Tales & Double Mate

Embellies: Brads & Metal dots

This card on the left I use my Joy of card book for the sketch and the card right I used Billie's sketch from the The Character Cafe DT! I hope she does not mind! LOL

Please remember to try the challenges at Challenge Masters, The Character Cafe and Aifactory! I would love to see you there! I promise it is fabulous stuff you will see!

Also, I am allowed to tell you about my new DT! I am a new designer at Any Stamps will do! It is a Ning site! Check us out there too!

Hugs Fink

Feature Friday Recipe Challenge

Hello all-

I sure would love to have you all play with us this week at The Character Cafe Feature Friday! It is an awesome challenge and always a great prize! Please give it a try! Also you have to check us out for Tek/tutorial Tuesday because those girls come up with some wonderful things! Not wonderful but amazing things!!!!!! Check out the girls that did the Recipe challenge. I was to do a challenge in blog land this week. This weeks prize is Petra Pilgrim and Tom Turkey, the Harvest Pumpkins sets and blog button. This is not it!!! Plus a 15% off coupon for the store.

You know what since I am praising TCC, I would like you to know that Kendra and Kelly have some outstanding images for purchase at the store! I purchased some of the past images and love them! You will, I believe the one used on this weeks card is a past image. I made this for my Dad's birthday using the sketch at Spoon Full of Sugar. Unfortunately this particular challenge is now over there. Bummer!


To my card:

Stamp:
Balloon Bearing Simon The Character Cafe
Clear Dollar Stamps

Paper:
SU & ?

Embossing Folder:
Swiss Dots

Ribbon:
SU

Is this not the cutest image! I know we have a release next week and a blog hop and I can tell you this I can't wait to see our new images!!!! Oh yeah, I colored it of course with my Prismacolor and glended with Gamsol, what a surprise!!! LOL

Well that is all in Fink land for you today! Please stop back to see my card for Challenge Masters on Sunday. This is a rocking places my friends with all kinds of challenges and various groups! It is a cool Ning site! Also I will have the cards to show you for my guest DT gig at Stamp by Step . I got a great stamp to work with as well as plenty of accessories. Cheryl is a wonderful person and was generous with her package. I am looking forward to working with her in November! Check back this weekend for my blog update.

Wow, I am thrilled! Why? Check it out! AIfactory Card too

*Edited at 4:30

The prize at AiFactory is the digi Bee stamp donated by Elizabeth (Softpencil). Also check it out I was the Featured Card! : ) Also please check out The Character Cafe blog for Tek Tuesday! Sorry I forgot to mention this!

Hello-

I have a lot to share with you all! You probably read my title and said "Why is she thrilled?" It is because I have been excepted to a few more design teams! I am happy to say that I have been chosen for AiFactory, Ch{all}enge Master and another that I can't disclose at this time! I had tried for AI earlier but all positions were filled. Unfortunately one of the members has to leave and I will be taking her place. There is fun, awesome challenges here! I hope you check us out at AIFactory blog. You will find so much information here, I promise!

Ch{all}enge Masters is a new ning site that is going to be filled with lots of fun & many many challenges! There is an extensive design team for all kinds of projects! If you are looking for 3d, card sketches, stamps and more it is here! This is going to be a hopping, fun group! No doubt about it! I am so thrilled to be chosen for this team!!!!! I can't begin to tell you all. I sure hope you join us! I would love to have you say "Fink" sent me! : )

My other place is still hush hush yet so I can't tell you much about it! It is also a ning site and proves to be pretty fun! I will update you all when I can! You will have to take a look in the near future!

Well I have a card to show you for my new DT Aifactory:

Supplies:

Stamp:

AiFactory Bee and Flower

Paper:

Scrappy Cat & SU

Punch:

Martha Stewart

Pins:

Making Memories

Ink:

Sugarloaf

I decided to use word art by Microsoft to put the lettering on! I also used Stickles on the wings to make them look fun! You can't really see it in the photo. I enjoyed this image and you can see it and others at the store! Well please go visit the other ladies! You can find them at the AIfactory Ning site! If you check back I will have all the girls links on my blog shortly! But check out the site!

Well it is late here so I am going to bed! It was a great day with all my news and my dad's birthday celebration! I hope you will leave me some love! Also give the challenges a try at AiFactory, Challenge Masters and don't forget about The Character Cafe! I would love to see your wonderful work there!

Hugs my friends and good night! : )

Character Cafe Feature Friday & Blog hop

Hey all-

I promise to get my blog post earlier on Fridays!! I made a card last night and needed to get a picture during the day! I recently bought a photo studio box with lighting so I can do indoor shots! I need to practice working with it.

This week at The Character Cafe was a color challenge by Rachel! She picked some great colors that I knew would be a challenge for me! I was a little nervous but I came up with a plan! LOL

Here is my card:

Supplies:

Stamp:

Cheer set

Paper:

Stampin Up!

Embellishments:

K & G

The wording around the stamp is word art from Microsoft. I also used a sketch from the Joy of Cardmaking! I love this book! It has all the sketches in it from the Joy of Cards.

I colored the Cheer image with Prismacolor pencils & blended it with Gamsol. The pom poms where the white is Stickles but it is hard to tell. I hope that you all will give this challenge a try! The prize is always outstanding & the images are just wonderful!

I also have a card to show you for a blog hop for my friend Heather! She recently had to seperate from Doodle Street but wants to keep her Fresh Brewed shop active. So she is having a few of us do a blog hop for her! I was lucky enough to get some awesome images and had a hard time choosing! I ended up using Decorate the tree with me.

Let me so you now:

Supplies:

Stamp:

Decorate the tree w me from Fresh Brewed designs

Paper:

DCWV & Bazzil

Pencils & Pens:

Prismacolor & Sugar loaf

Embellies:

Metal Dots, Holiday Times & Stickles

I also used another sketch of course this one from my brand new books Cardmaker's Sketch Book! I love the sketches but the book is done cheaply this time!

Now I will send you to Mary! She has another image to show you! I hope you all support Heather's shop! Be sure to check out her new releases!!!! Also, you have a chance to win a free image here and a grand prize is being offered of $20 for her shop! Now that should make you want to check it out!

I have another card to show you that I made for Doodle Street. We are going through a few changes there so until it is reorganized we are in waiting. I will show you the card I did.

Supplies:

Paper:

Recollections

Stamp:

Doodle Street Designs

Ribbon:

Offray

Brads & Halloween Sticker

This is my first attempt with my Copics! I figured I could use them on a simple image to see how they work! I need to start looking for tutorials! I am taking a Copic Class in Novemeber since I won the prize at ICS for the My Creative Classroom! I was so excited to win!!!! This school has some great classes so check them out!

Okay well busy week for me! I will not blab since I just want to relax. Please check out all the great places! Remember to check out The Character Cafe for a great challenge and chance to win!!!!!! Please give it a try!!!!!

Hugs my friends!