Two for the price of one

Actually both posts are free. there will be 2 for today

Item #2013112001 $5.50 USD

This was supposed to be the 2nd image from the CDAC Progressive Challenge . Read about it the CDAC here. However I never did the rainbow image in it just the greeting.Can you tell i love love my new flourish die ? LOL . If you can't now , you will be able to in my next post. submitted to CDAC - anything goes #111

Grand Opening of Ibalady Gallery Sales

Today officially starts the availability for cards to be purchased. Any of the cards you see here,  are for sale  . I haven't started numbering them. once I do I will indicate how many remaining to be sold along with the item # and description. I will try to keep atleast one on hand @all times . i might even provide access to my photobucket account.  you can send   your request  to ibaladysgallery@gmail.com. All sales will be final. I will not publish or sell your information to 3rd parties

Concept for next submission for CDAC

Item #2013111001 $7.50 USD

I guess i'll put this in the "anything goes" category. to make it meet the challenge details would entail changing too much. I like it the way it is . the next one I can put a rainbow in .

Im entering the above in the following challenges

CDAC - Anything Goes

Love To Scrap - Cut it out 

Card Mania- punches/die cuts

Forever Friends -die cuts/punches

Make it Monday-Anything goes

Mygrafico- Anything Goes

Without Words

CDAC progressive challenge submission

starting with the card: base some shade of blue from stash, Patterned paper DCWV . which collection I dont know . its old and it was one of those 3 of each sheet.solid color background behind images ....cherry cobbler from SU, Images; Ballroom babe SSD, umbrella Nana Vic of CDAC,
raindrop brads from eyelet outlet, I think . Check out this link to see more of CDAC Progressive Challenge forApril-June 2013

Finished image

now to give credit for the imagery.Ballroom Babe SSD,Umbrella Nana Vic of CDAC. the rest was done by me with paint.net. finishing the challenge will be next .

My last ballroom babe for the day

Not bad for computer shading

Now she has beautiful gray eyes

That was fun. now to try some other effects

Same image with "metalized "effect

and all I was trying to do is make her silver shoes have a metallic sheen. look what i got instead

No complaints though !!!!



Metalize a couple more times and you get this lovely hair color

 

My ballroom babe

this is my first origami dahlia

under-exposed

I think I have more to upload then post . see ya then

Looks like im sideways too . i dont overly like this pic. however the eyes and lips turned out nice . my skin looks all splotchy . it wasnt . Now for the brats. I think those need the backgrounds cropped out before I post

test....woo hoo ....we can post again

On that note . i have a bunch of new items that need posting. All the ladies are SSD images. most are colored with colored pencils . I put fishnets on both the french maid and Cupid . Yes I know the top 2 are sideways, turn your head LOL

re-post of missing post

Lingerie Linday image -SSD 

Don't Worry Y'all

I got several things to show you. seems like something or someone is always stealing my crafting time. I added an exercise program . that seems to be the culprit . its a fair trade off . I enjoy both tremendously . So Keep an eye out for something(s) new.
Ya would think that a two week challenge would be sufficient time to get your entry in. I have come to find out its not . @the outlaws they give 2 weeks and 2 images , only have to make one , and they give you 2 more images . i think the images I have are from 4 to 6 weeks ago or maybe longer . I hope not 

This isnt the card I teased about last post . I sold it and didnt get a pic . sorry . I made this one for my DH. lets see credit where credits due: image Sexy Cupid from SSD, nestabilities die cut, bling from my stash, ribbon from BB Crafts,Greeting somewhere off the web , mica paper from Marcopaper, ink real red from SU, also sponged with Real Red

Valentines and a Teaser

Here's my most recent. and a teaser for my next

Items Used:
Card1: SSD image, smooch stamp, PP, plum grosgrain ribbon,lovely acrylic emerald colored bling, colored pencils
Card 2: Ann Fenton image, black grosgrain ribbon, deep purple satin ribbon, a little bit of bling, the true love heart from my stash, not the original heart of the image
Teaser 1: Greeting
Teaser2: Recent FFF image from SSD date 02082013

I'm entering Chloe in the following challenges:
Outlaws CFC 1/26-2/10 CFC#12813
Party Time Tuesdays  PTT#106 Love and Romance

Blog Hop Feb 2 and 3

Don’t you just LOVE Blog Hops?

And what better time to host one then the Season of Love!

The Weekend of Feb 2 and 3

We are a group of ladies from SplitCoastStampers who formed Paper Bloggers Unite!

We want to inspire your Season Of Love projects… whether it’s creating something for that special someone or just because you want to play.

To be inspired,
1. simply click on each of the links below to see what the Paper Bloggers have come up with, 
2. become a  follower
3.  leave a comment.
 Looking  forward to seeing you there

Some of the ladies have Blog Candy to give away to one lucky person leaving a comment.

But there’s more! Our  coordinator , Kelly , will put all the names (yes, from all the comments across the hop) into one big drawing for a Little Bit of Everything package.

 We have products by:Terry Medaris Art Stamps (Thanks Terry!),Darice Embossing Essentials,Studio 18, MyMindsEyeAnd more!

Mine follow in the next post .

We have a step card, a pop up card and a shaped card. Now go visit the rest of the ladies and be inspired

Here are the links to each of the Paper Bloggers Unite Blogs:

Kelly – Kelly’s Creative Dreams

Maggie – Maggie’s CatHouse

Brenda – Disney Girl

Jackie – Kreate With Me 2

Brandy – ibalady’s Gallery Blog --thats me

VikkiJo – VikkiJo’s Corner

Nancy – My Little Spot in the Universe

this post will stay on top thru Feb 11th, when the winners are announced 

Season of Love Blog Hop

the image is Sassy Shady from SassyStudio
Designs. its a step card. to find the tutorial for making the step , check out the resource section @splitcoaststampers. the hair, the outfit (what there is of it) and shoes were paper pierced. The background scallop is a Spellbinders Scalloped circle. the foamy stamp is from my stash. The card stock used is cherry from some company , i cant think of the name right now  and red chrome coat again from my stash

 This is a pop up card. the card base is red 110 lb wt from my stash. the structure that holds up the pop up is hot pink . see that little piece of pink? thats it . The patterned paper behind the large foam heart is from the chocolate collection . It was a gift from my niece. the patterned paper that covers the majority of the pop up structure is self created. I took a sheet of shiny white paper, stamped some smooches allover it, sponged it, let it dry and then added the words Happy Valentines Day between the smooches
 This is my shaped card . its needs a folded piece of card stock , the die, making sure not to cut the
fold , as that makes your hinge and run it thru your die cut machine.  The image again is from Sassy Studio Designs and called simply Sassy Devil. the shine is from my sakura stardust pen clear. she was colored simply using colored pencils. and the bling came from the childrens bedazzle section @wal-mart . The flash brings out the detail better than without it . She is rocking her LBD(little black dress )with her high-heeled boots

If you started here , the blog actually started with kelly's blog . you definitely want to start from there .

First Valentine card of 2013. She's called Shady Sassy from SSD

envelope

front

Inside: POP UP

bump

Finally got my last freebie from Outlawz challenge done . its been so long that I dont remember which one I used to play in regularly. anyway the image is by the one and only
 Anne Fenton. the fish used to make the frame,I owe  someone credit. so if its yours fess up and i'll give you credit

Announcing the PBU Blog Hop Feb 2-3

Just in time for Valentine's Day . There will be blog candy and some 0f the individual hoppers will have their own blog candy . Hope to see you there

2nd scrapbook page

Simple Colorb block  design. see below for the individual squares up close and in more detail

2 pics will be added here. Isn't that a cute soda w/straw?

and look at the candy bar. its 3d

here's the journalling in my chicken scratch

These are the actual tickets that were purchased that day

RE-Post of Scrapbook page

Got rid of the background noise . now the scrapbook is the clear focal image

Scrapbook Page

Call it a change of pace. and I thought it was  hard to make a card, I had forgotten about scrapbook pages. You get this idea and then you realize that you were thinking waaaay bigger than 12x12. when i first start my titles end up taking life half the page. Oops. Start Over.
Build the background and borders first. that part i got . now I might borrow somebody's sketch for the layout . then the pics

Just a few more baby shower cards

Oh, what the heck why not multiple posts in one day ?

 the front and inside of the 2nd card

Bet y'all thought I hadnt gotten anything

Accomplished since my last post . alas, you would be wrong . I made several baby shower cards. if I only could create thumbnails for y'all. then I could get all of them in one post in a reasonable amount of space.

I made a new card but

I gave it away before i took a pic . i'll see if i can get the recipient to post it for me . either way it probably wont post till at least Monday. Y'all have a happy thanksgiving . I'll be in Austin. 4 day weekend. woo hoo
hugs
brandy