May 27 2008
2 challenges, a Treasure Hunt and some changes!
Whew! Hang on to your seats! There’s a lot to talk about today! 
First of all there are some changes being made to the Rubbernecker weekly challenge. Starting today it will be combined with the Tuesday Treasure Hunt, and the rules have changed to allow for a lot more leeway in your designs and a lot more opportunities to enter for a chance to win. To check out all the details, please see this post of Jeanne’s: Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge Changes
Today is also the Treasure Hunt at Rubberneckers. You can read all the details and find the first clue to lead you to the treasure on the Rubbernecker Home Page.
And Kittie and I have blog candy today! To win some Rubbernecker Bucks from me, just leave me a comment and tell me what your favorite technique is.
Now on to today’s challenge. Oooh, this is so much fun! The challenge is to use the paper piecing technique. For any of you unsure of how to do this, Jeanne has a couple of great tutorials on her blog. When you take the challenge and upload your card to the SCS gallery, be sure to add the keyword RBC11 so you can be entered in the monthly drawing to win $25 in Rubbernecker Bucks!
I knew I wanted to play with these adorable little mice and they’re just perfect for this technique!
I stamped these cuties 3 times on white cardstock with Ranger Distress black soot ink. I colored the first image completely with my Copic markers. On the second image, I colored and cut out the entire top of the cupcake (all but the wrapper), the mouse heads 
and the cherries. From the third one, I used the frosting with the cherry on top. That’s a lot of coloring and cutting, but the result is just so darn cute! This is a large 5-1/2″ square card.
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Stamps: Mice with Cupcake (#1049SO), Make a Wish (#60-14 UP) – Rubbernecker Stamp Co.
Paper: white, old olive, real red, Summer Picnic DSP
Ink: Ranger Distress ink – black soot
Accessories: Copic markers, paper piercer & mat, ticket corner punch, slot punch, brads, ribbon, Ranger Glossy Accents
Copics used: W1, W3, E31, E33, RV14, RV34, R24, R29, B21, B24,
YG06, G94
Don’t forget to check out these DT members for their challenge cards today:
Kittie -blog candy too!
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Today I also have a Jacksonbelle Design Team challenge card.
Lynda Benden issued this fun challenge. We are to use the sketch located here, and some of the new Prima products. You’re welcome to play along too. When you upload in the SCS gallery, just add the keyword JBE004.
I chose to use the new Prima Urban Cosmos paper and the Inkadinkado Garden Delight stamp set. And here’s my card:
The Happy Birthday sentiment is stamped in chocolate chip ink on a small piece of acetate which is attached under the small chocolate paper strip.
There are 3 layers to the flower and 2 layers to the dragonfly. The second layer of the dragonfly is on acetate and is heat embossed with kaleidoscope EP. You can click on the photo to get a closer look.
This card is 5″ square.
Be sure to check out these other DT members cards:
Thanks for stopping by and sticking around to read all of this! I hope you have a great week!
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Stamps: Garden Delight, Happy Birthday – Inkadinkado
Paper: shimmery vanilla, chocolate chip, acetate, Prima Urban Cosmos – Colony and Cosmo
Ink: Rose Red, Purely Pomegranate, Chocolate Chip, Adirondack Lettuce
Accessories: SU markers – Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Kaleidoscope EP, heat gun, glue dots, mounting tape, circle Nestabilities die, Cuttlebug
All items highlighted in green are from Jacksonbelle Embellishments.
36 responses so far
They’re both gorgeous cards! Love those mice. They’re just too cute!
My favorite technique right now is watercoloring my images. But the more I’m seeing the gorgeous colors that the copics provide, the more I’m wanting to give copics a try.
Both are Fabulous Broni!!
I love both of these! Those little mice are so cute and colored beautiful! Paper piecing is my favorite technique (my friends laugh at how much I love to cut out little things, I think it takes me back to my paperdoll days- teeheehee)! Your Prima card is gorgeous and enabling me to see if Lindsey has anymore of the line!
For a favorite technique it is a toss up between watercoloring and colored pencils (depends on the image and my time).
Both cards are wonderful in totally different ways!!!! LOVE Them!
Do you know that I don’t even recall seeing that cute cupcake stamp with the mice before? Gasp….. Anyway, it’s darling and your gaden is just gorgeous with such rich colors!
Your micey card is so stinkin’ cute!!! My favorite technique is sponging right now…but I switch favorites at least weekly! LOL! Thanks for the chance to win!!!
Michelle Adams
OOOH Gorgeous Broni!! I LOVE the paper and stamps you used! Fantastic job! I LOVE the RN card you did too! 😀
Broni that cupcake card is absolutely adorable and beautiful card for Jacksonbelle! WOWZERS girls — had a weekend of stamping huh!
Both cards are great! Love the cupcake….and I love the sketch challenge card!
SO beautiful Broni! You used the same paper as me!!! I LOVE that paper! I love your glittery dragonfly!
Also, your Rubbernecker cupcake card is just darling! Your coloring is wonderful and the DP you chose goes perfectly!
My favorite technique is direct to stamp watercoloring pencils.
Cute card.
So cute!! Those mice are adorable!! Great prima paper too!! 🙂
Right now my favorite technique is using alcohol inks. I love creating my own backgrounds & using it to create pieces of my images that I use to paper piece onto the original stamped image on white cardstock. I love that each background is totally different, no 2 are alike! Thanks for the chance to win some blog candy–your cards are great!
What an adorable card! I actually hadn’t seen the images in that folder until today and bought two! I can’t wait to get them and start creating.
I’m having a fabulous day! I became an aunt this morning for the first time. My brother and his wife had twin boys this morning and I am flying high!
I love embossing!
Gretchen
What an adorable card! My favorite technique (right now) is using colored pencils and mineral oil.
Both cards are great! That RN image is adorable and your coloring fab! I love the colors and design of the JB challenge card too-love that dragonfly!! The technique which I use most often and really love is distressing…inking, tearing, crumpling, painting…you name it!!
You rocked both of these cards Broni!!!
Wow! Both cards are amazing! My favorite technique right now is sewing on my cards. Lovin’ my new Janome sew mini!
p.s. I hear that you, Sherry and Jeanne are heading to Florida next month to meet up with Kittie for the Stamp show. I’m so jealous!
Just did a little treasure hunting and found that sweet lil girl and some other little friends to play with! I can’t wait to ink them up! 🙂 I love your card its sooo sweet 🙂 hmmm my fav. tech. at the moment is paper piecing it take a little bit but I love the effect it gives! 🙂
Happy Treasure Tuesday!
That is a cute new stamp…I like embossing with my Cuttlebug…Thanks for sharing, Kathy Hering…
My favorites are everywhere! But I’ll say embossing resist.
love your mice… I love to color my images in with either copics, watercolor crayons, or gamsol and prisma pencils
Wonderful cards Broni! My favorite thing at the moment is w/c with TH20’s.
As usual great cards. Love them all.
Retired hether
hi again. I forgot to say that my favorite technique at the moment is painting with H20s. They glimmer and shimmer and blend fantastically. Love em all…but I need more.
Retired Heather again
LOVE that cupcake card–I think my favorite technique is probably paper piecing, or just masking something and adding other stamps to it—thanks for the chance
Your mice are adorable! My fav technique is emboss and water color. But I love the 3 D too! It’s hard to choose just one!
Both of your cards are lovely! I especially like the cupcake one with the popped up frosting and those glazed cherries! It looks so yummy! I love the sparkley dragonfly on your other card too!
Great job on both cards. Love the mice toooooo cute. My fav tech right now is anything with my brayer. I am trying to become one with this tool. TFS
Fabulous cards!! But my heart goes to the tiny little mice on the cupcake and I hope they will arrive here this week!
Oh wow, Broni! These are both fabulous! I love those little mice and the dimension on the cupcake! And I *love* that new Prima paper on the second one!!! Gorgeous card!!
I love both of these, Broni!! Your little mice are so adorable, and I love your yummy cupcake and cherries!!
I love the dimension on your butterfly and flower, and your paper is beautiful!! Gorgeous card!!
WOW, these are both stunning! Love the dimension on that cupcake and the flower card is just beautiful!
Oh those mice are sooooo cute!
Those mice are too cute, Broni! I have been having fun popping up parts of the images lately too. You are right…it is worth the effort!
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