Challenge #31- What's In Your Easter Basket?

Happy Monday Crafty Friends!!

Welcome to Eureka Stamps' 31st Challenge!

We are really excited that you have Joined us this week!

Thank you so much to Everyone who joined us for our challenge last week!! We really loved seeing all the gorgeous creations!! 

Our Winner For Challenge #30 Via Random.org is:
 51. Mian Hahne 

Congratulations! Please Email Tina with the words Eureka Challenge Winner in the Subject Line! Please go to the Eureka Stamps Site & Pick out the two digital Images of your Choice! 

* Also, don't forget to Grab the Winner Badge from our Side Bar for for your Blog!!

Our Top 5 Entries For this Week Are:
in no specific Order
18. Laurie   

38. scrappellen    

 55. Anat (tshupile)

 63. Katie Tate 

   46. Tracy MacDonald 

Congratulations! Please Grab The Top 5 Badge From our Side Bar to Display on your Blog!

**** The Prize for Winning Our Challenge is 2 Digital Images from our Store of YOUR Choice. However, if you play and Win with a Eureka Stamps Image, You will win Your Choice of 5 Digital Images****

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THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE IS:

What's in Your Easter Basket?

Please join us, welcome our Guest Designer for March

Juliemaire Morgan 

My name is Juelmarie Morgan, I am a mother of 3 awesome kids (1 son and 2 daughters) -- a Financial Advisor by day and absolutely love my job. I get to help people achieve their financial dreams! And in the evening I am a crazy crafter!! Yes, as most of you probably agree -- it is an obsession!! I even purchased a bigger home to have a large craft room. I try to stay fit by exercising and I play the piano......Well, that's about it - that's me in a nutshell!! Yes, I am the NUT!

Here is Juliemarie's Card showcasing Image:

digi2001 Elephant Bow Nose 

 

Now, Here is some inspiration from our Design Team!!

Louise 
digi3307 Easter Bunny 
digi3701 Happy Easter

 Karen 

 digi3406(544) Chicks in Egg

Soma
digi3402(544) Bunny with Egg

Kristie
 3406(544) Lg Chicks in Egg

Cheryl
digi28504 Bunch of Eggs

Sara
digi3406(544) Chicks in Egg

Vicky
digi3307 Easter Bunny 

Paula
digi3406(544) Chicks in Egg 

Tina

 digi26404 Flower Girl

 Marji 
digi3406(544) Chicks in Egg 

Jacki
using digi 3503 Lamb in Egg

For full details on the designers' cards you can click on their name which is linked to their blogs! We love to hear from you, so you are always welcome to visit, we would love to receive your comments!

Reminder:

To play along with us, please post a direct link to the card/project on your blog using inlinkz and link back to our challenge from your blog! 

You can join in as many other challenges with ours as you like! You can only enter our challenge a MAXIMUM of 3 times per challenge. Please do NOT backlink to other cards you have previously Posted.

    
 

Challenge #30- Spring Has Sprung

Happy Monday Crafty Friends!!

Welcome to Eureka Stamps' 30th Challenge!

We are really excited that you have Joined us this week!

Thank you so much to Everyone who joined us for our challenge last week!! We really loved seeing all the gorgeous creations!! 

Our Winner For Challenge #29 Via Random.org is:
 5. Pauline G

Congratulations! Please Email Tina with the words Eureka Challenge Winner in the Subject Line! Please go to the Eureka Stamps Site & Pick out the two digital Images of your Choice! 

* Also, don't forget to Grab the Winner Badge from our Side Bar for for your Blog!!

Our Top 5 Entries For this Week Are:
in no specific Order

 10. Pat K.  
 3. Elizabeth H. 

 11. Stephanie W 

 6. Shelly Schmidt    

13. Dorothy S 

Congratulations! Please Grab The Top 5 Badge From our Side Bar to Display on your Blog!

**** The Prize for Winning Our Challenge is 2 Digital Images from our Store of YOUR Choice. However, if you play and Win with a Eureka Stamps Image, You will win Your Choice of 5 Digital Images****

FREEBIE ALERT
Please Go to our Facebook page MONDAY March 11th (ONLY) For our Fan Freebie!! Hurry Up and Don't Miss Out!!

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THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE IS:

Spring Has Sprung


Please join us, welcome our Guest Designer for March
Juliemaire Morgan

My name is Juelmarie Morgan, I am a mother of 3 awesome kids (1 son and 2 daughters) -- a Financial Advisor by day and absolutely love my job. I get to help people achieve their financial dreams! And in the evening I am a crazy crafter!! Yes, as most of you probably agree -- it is an obsession!! I even purchased a bigger home to have a large craft room. I try to stay fit by exercising and I play the piano......Well, that's about it - that's me in a nutshell!! Yes, I am the NUT!

Juliemaire's fabulous card using 

Moose in a box  digi 11604

 Here is some inspiration from our Design Team!!

Jacki

digi20801 Butterfly & Sunflower

 digi13506(196) Whenever I Think

Soma

digi14002 Swinging 

 

 Karen 

digi14002 Swinging 

digi8804(528) Spring Has Sprung

Louise 

 digi8804(528) Spring Has Sprung

Digi38205 Sm Spring Cube

Cheryl

digi14002 Swinging 

Vicky

 digi13703(459) Bunny with Flowers

Kristie

 13403(547)Lg Cross with Flowers

Paula

 digi26404 Flower Girl

  Marji 

 digi13703(459) Bunny with Flowers

For full details on the designers' cards you can click on their name which is linked to their blogs! We love to hear from you, so you are always welcome to visit, we would love to receive your comments!

Reminder:

To play along with us, please post a direct link to the card/project on your blog using inlinkz and link back to our challenge from your blog! 

You can join in as many other challenges with ours as you like! You can only enter our challenge a MAXIMUM of 3 times per challenge. Please do NOT backlink to other cards you have previously Posted.

 

Orchid Paper Sculpture

Have you ever heard of paper sculpture? If you Google the term, you'll find that paper sculpture runs from the simple to the extreme, and that paper artists perfect a myriad of techniques to sculpt their projects. It shouldn't have been a surprise for me to learn that QKR Stampede and Eureka Stamps have made beautiful and do-able paper sculpting projects available to us. Deb here today with paper sculpture as the topic for this week's Technique and Tutorial posting.

When you order a digi or rubber paper sculpting image from the choices at QKR or Eureka, you'll also receive a full set of instructions to complete your project. I won't repeat those instructions but, in this short post, I'll tell you what I did outside the instructions.

The Orchid was my selection, and I knew I wanted this beautiful flower to decorate the top of a small gift box. My first step was to choose two patterned cardstock sheets for the box along with a coordinating sheet in a solid color for the flower.

I trimmed my solid sheet to 8 1/2 x 11 inches to fit the printer, and printed the orchid in grey, rather than black, at 4 inches wide.

After cutting out each petal, I painted them with a Mica powder mixture (2 parts Mica, 1 part Binder, 1 part water) with red in the centres fading to a purple iridescent at the ends.

I set aside the petals to dry while I made a simple 4 inch square box and a die cut doily shape. I beaded three head pins (from my jewellery stash) to use for the stamen - looking at it now, I think it's a bit heavy and one probably would have done the trick.

I shaped the flowers with my fingers and the tools pictured. The flowers hadn't totally dried yet, and moisture made the paper more pliable and made for easier shaping. As I glued each piece, I held it in place with a small clip until the glue set.

When the flower was dry, I set it all alone - without ribbon or further embellishment to steal its thunder - on the box top.

I hope you give paper sculpting a try cause it's easier than it first looks and gives beautiful results. I completed this project in less than an hour, even with a bad chest cold hampering my thought processes and pretty much eliminating my patience - lol. I do suggest printing or stamping your image onto a scrap paper first so you can play with the construction process and get to understand how the pieces fit together before working with your good paper.

As always, after you have a good look here, you are welcome to visit my personal blog for more ideas.

Challenge #29- 2 of Everything

Happy Monday Crafty Friends!!

Welcome to Eureka Stamps' 29th Challenge!

We are really excited that you have Joined us this week!

Thank you so much to Everyone who joined us for our challenge last week!! We really loved seeing all the gorgeous creations!! 

Our Winner For Challenge #26 Via Random.org is:
 31. Gloria Shirr 

Congratulations! Please Email Tina with the words Eureka Challenge Winner in the Subject Line! Please go to the Eureka Stamps Site & Pick out the two digital Images of your Choice! 

* Also, don't forget to Grab the Winner Badge from our Side Bar for for your Blog!!

Our Top 5 Entries For this Week Are:
in no specific Order

 

 16. Sue bearhouse 

 6. R Meyers  

 21. Maggie S 

  63. Jackie Wallace 

 61. Katie Tate 

 

Congratulations! Please Grab The Top 5 Badge From our Side Bar to Display on your Blog!

**** The Prize for Winning Our Challenge is 2 Digital Images from our Store of YOUR Choice. However, if you play and Win with a Eureka Stamps Image, You will win Your Choice of 5 Digital Images****

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THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE IS:

2 of Everything
2 Images (one can be sentiment) 2 Designer Papers, 2 embellishments

Please join us, welcome our Guest Designer for March
Juliemaire Morgan

My name is Juelmarie Morgan, I am a mother of 3 awesome kids (1 son and 2 daughters) -- a Financial Advisor by day and absolutely love my job. I get to help people achieve their financial dreams! And in the evening I am a crazy crafter!! Yes, as most of you probably agree -- it is an obsession!! I even purchased a bigger home to have a large craft room. I try to stay fit by exercising and I play the piano......Well, that's about it - that's me in a nutshell!! Yes, I am the NUT!

Juliemaire's  fabulous card using

digi 2006 Raining Day Duck 

digi 2007 Feeling under the weather sentiment 

 Here is some inspiration from our Design Team!!

Louise 
digi10301 Owl 
digi10302 Whooo Cares 
digi10303 I Care 

 Karen 
 digi40101 Baby Feet
digi40005 We're Here

Cheryl
 digi13802 Crying Lamb
digi4605 I Miss You

Vicky
 digi28802 Shamrock Lily

Tina 
 digi24501 Girl with Bunny
 digi17701 Hoppy Birthday

 Kristie
 58902 Sm Lacy Butterfly

Soma
 digi5903(412) Best Friends

Sara

digi55401 Dogwood Legend 
digi18701 Dogwood Cross 
digi3705 He is Risen 

Back Side (Too Pretty not to share!)

Paula
digi25001 Barrel of Monkeys
 digi25004 Time Together

  Marji 
 digi1305 Heart Flowers Border

For full details on the designers' cards you can click on their name which is linked to their blogs! We love to hear from you, so you are always welcome to visit, we would love to receive your comments!

Reminder:

To play along with us, please post a direct link to the card/project on your blog using inlinkz and link back to our challenge from your blog! 

You can join in as many other challenges with ours as you like! You can only enter our challenge a MAXIMUM of 3 times per challenge. Please do NOT backlink to other cards you have previously Posted.

If you are interested in Joining us for a month long Guest Designer Spot, Please put GDT next to your name on your entry! If you do not advertise your email address on your blog, please send an email to Jackie with Eureka GDT in subject line!

Thanks Again For Playing With Us!

     

    

Color It Up

It's Wednesday, and that's Technique and Tutorial Day again at QKR Stampede and Eureka Stamps. Deb with you today and I'll be focusing on another technique for your paper flower stash - changing their color. I'll be working with flowers available with these links at both Eureka and QKR. If you're used to seeing my post pop up on the two blogs earlier in the day, sorry about that - chest cold had me totally forgetting what day it was yesterday. If you see any errors in this post, I hope you'll be forgiving - lol.

So, I'm working today with the same purple selection of flowers today as I used in my post two weeks ago. As I mentioned then, you get a generous amount of flowers in each selection, so you can do a lot of experimenting. I've used four basic methods of coloring here: Copics, Distress Re-Inkers, Distress Pads and Smooch Spritz. Let's look at the results with each method.

I applied the Copic marker directly to the flower. Colors used here are: YR 20, 21, 23, 24.

A really easy way to add saturated color is to spritz the inside of a small baggie and add a drop or two of Distress Re-Inker. Spritz each flower with a bit of water, add them to the bag and massage till the flower is well colored. Remove the flower carefully as it will be very delicate when wet. The following photos show the results of this technique.

With this next flower, watch how the dark tips stay dark:



And with this flower, using Squeezed Lemonade, the centre goes to a perfect brown.

Fingers are getting more and more inky as I do small flowers for the centres...

For this one, I applied the Distress Ink Pad directly to the flower, then spritzed the flower with water.

And finally, I tried Smooch spray. I didn't think of this until my card was completed, so this flower is not in the bouquet.

After the flowers were completely dry, I added dots of Liquid Pearls and some glitter. Here's a close up of the results. By the way, the vase was cut with a Spellbinder Christmas ornament, run through an embossing folder, sponged with a VersaMark pad and heat embossed with clear powder. The leaves were all cut with various Spellbinders.



I hope you take the time to do more exploring here on the Eureka Blog and, when you're done, pop on over to my personal blog for more projects.