Fuzzy Peach Elixirs - More Than Just a Candy

Salutations. Today the Guardian of Glitter and I spent a relaxing afternoon at Natsume Farm picking peaches. These were no ordinary peaches though. Natsume Farm grows magically enhanced elixir peaches that infuse you with healing tonics, filling up not only your HP but also your MP. They are more practical when adventuring, as glass vials filled with your traditional elixir potions tend to break rather easily when jostled.

I started this bookmark by cutting the peach using the Just Because Cards cartridge and inking the pieces a little before gluing everything together. Instead of using patterned paper for the background I hunted through my VAST embossing folder stash and chose some big dots to emboss it with. I have a serious problem when it comes to buying embossing folders...I have over 70 of them! The other fruit I stamped using the Stampin’ Up “Tart and Tangy” set. Instead of using ink pads though, I coloured the stamps using Distress Markers so I could get different colours on the same image. So coloured ‘em up, gave ‘em the ‘ol huff-huff and stamped them. It worked better than I thought it would! This earned me +129 moisture exp points, which I’m not entirely sure what I will do with.

This fuzzy peach will hold a place in the following challenges:

Incy Wincy Designs: Read All About It

Fabtabulous Cricut Challenge #170: Fruit Salad

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #111: I don’t really need another one (embossing folders!!)

Milk Coffee Emboss It Challenge

Simon Says: Summer Food and/or Drink

Friends of SpeedyTV Challenge #82: No Designer Paper

Simply Create Too Challenge #42: Anything But a Card

Challenges 4 Everybody #25: Anything Goes

Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger: (the minty/peachy colours inspired my bookmark)

The Lady Commander of Copics refused to join Nikki and I on our fruit picking trip, as she will have nothing to do with “juice” or “fruit products”. She will be sorry however, that she missed seeing the adorable large eyed cows, pigs and sheep at Natsume Farm.

~ Guild Master Crystal ~

Project Robotz: Part 5

We have finally created the fifth bot we needed for the robot army we were building to strike the evil Shrieking Harpies for what they did to the Crafters Guild. The final bot we created for our mechanical army was a healing bot. We would need something that was able to mend not only the broken bots, but offer healing to us Guildys as well. We constructed them with wheels instead of two legs, so they could get to the wounded faster, zipping in between their robot brethren on the battlefield. I installed a compassion chip into these little fellows, so they would be less mechanical and have some “bedside manner” when dealing with the humans who were fighting. 

This is the fifth and final card in my robot series. You can see the other four here, here, here and here. All that’s left now is to make a box to house them all. But let’s talk about this card. This one I started out by stamping the robot image from Stampin’ Up “Lots of Bots” set. I’ve now used all the robots from this set! Woot woot. I coloured him with Distress Markers and inked around the edge with Shabby Shutters Distress Ink to match the patterned paper. The sentiment also came from the “Lots of Bots” set. I embossed the background with my Cuttlebug using a metal patterned folder. Lastly I stamped the edge with the “binary numbers” using the “Lots of Bots” set.

On the inside I stamped the sentiment using the Lawn Fawn “Love ‘n Breakfast” set. I then added some nuts and bolts using the “Lots of Bots” set and Shabby Shutters Distress Ink.

On the envelope I stamped the same binary numbers as on the front to make it more roboty, earning me +391 tech exp points.

This caring bot will roll on into the following challenges:

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge #59: Anything Goes

Love to Create Challenge #72: Condolence and Support

Simon Says Stamp and Show: Anything Goes

Crafts and Me Challenge #138: Anything Goes

Love To Scrap! Challenge #9: Anything Goes

Catch the Bug July Anything Goes Challenge

Jo’s Scrap Shack FFC#7: Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge #214: Favourite Thing (Cuttlebug - love to add embossing to projects!)

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #149: Dry Embossing

Divas By Design: Cute

Cuttlebug Mania: What’s In a Name (“C” for Crystal - used Cuttlebug and Circle Punch)

It seems I may have to tweak the compassion chip a little, as the first bot I tested, was so concerned with the patient's feelings and comfort, bringing them flowers, pillows and extra blankets, it completely neglected to attend to the rest of the injured. Once this bot was perfected, we simply needed to construct a leader for all these soldiers and we would be ready to strike!

See the box and all five cards in Project Robotz: The Final Battle!

~ Guild Master Crystal ~

Project Robotz: Part 3

Preparations continue in the construction of our robot fleet. The scout bots were done and ready to go, and after working out all the wiring kinks with the battle bots, they too were set. For our third fleet, we attempted to make some agile bots that would be good not only on the battlefield, but also nimble enough for infiltration missions. Unfortunately, we had some construction issues in trying to build the bots skinnier than normal. Various appendages kept falling off and we were forced to use a heavy amount of binding runes to keep the poor fellows together.

This card is the third in the five card robot set I’m making. You can see the first one here and the second one here. I stamped the image using the Stampin Up “Lots of Bots” set - the second time I’ve used it since buying it last year (the first time was to make card #2 of this set - lol). I then coloured him up using Distress Markers and my Hydra Brush of Xtreme Wettiness and inked the edges using Shabby Shutters Distress Ink. The sentiment I stamped using the “Lots of Bots” set as well. I embossed the textured white paper using my Cuttlebug and the Robotz cartridge companion folder.

On the inside I stamped the sentiment using the Lawn Fawn “On the Mend” set and added the nuts and bolts using the “Lots of Bots” set. I love how the Shabby Shutters ink matches that patterned paper!

I stamped some more nuts and bolts on the envelope earning me +597 mechanical exp points.

This bot will break down in the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge #83: Emboss It

Milk Coffee Challenge: Father’s Day or Male Inspired Card

Tammy’s Scrapin Corner Challenge #66: Manly Card/Father’s Day

Love to Scrap! Challenge #7: Rockin Rubbah

MFPSpeedyTV Friends of Speedy TV Challenge #76: Get Well Soon

Love Rubberstamps Challenge #56: Masculine Theme

Crafty Sentiments Challenge: For a Male

MFPSpeedyTV Simple Salutations Challenge #49: Get Well

The Perfect Sentiment Challenge #83: For the Boys

Simply Create Too Challenge #39: Father’s Day/For a Male

Challenges 4 Everybody #22: Anything Goes

Use It Tuesday Challenge #57: Masculine

Crafting For All Seasons Challenge #54: One for the Guys

Penny Black and More June Challenge: CAS

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge #103: Masculine

We had to use some dark magics, but we finally got our nimble bots up to par with no limbs detaching. This class of bots will do well infiltrating the enemy base and making sneak attacks. Their high agility will also allow them to not only dodge blows in open combat, but land more strikes as well. Only two more bot classes to go and our army would be ready to strike the Shrieking Harpies!

See the fourth card in Project Robotz: Part 4!
See the fifth card in Project Robotz: Part 5! 
See the box and all five cards in Project Robotz: The Final Battle! 

~ Guild Master Crystal ~

Project Robotz: Part 2

With the first set of scout robots completed, we were ready to move onto the second fleet. We made the next model of bots rotund so they would have a high defence value in battles. Their plating was infused with liquid titanium and runes of strength to provide maximum effectiveness against all attacks. Unfortunately, there was a glitch when we were wiring the brains and for some reason, instead of laying waste upon our enemies, the first five we built were only interested in party planning! I don’t know what happened, but we had to take another look at the schematics. 

This card is the second in a set of five robots cards I’m making. You can see the first one here. I started by cutting the tag using the Art Philosophy cartridge. I then stamped the image using the Stampin’ Up “Lots of Bots” set. I got this set at a garage sale last summer and have yet to use it! No time like the present. Actually - this stamp set is what motivated me to make this set of robot cards! I coloured him in using Distress Markers and my Hydra Brush of +88 wetness. I then stamped the sentiment using the same set and inked around the edges using Shabby Shutters Distress Ink. I embossed the white strip using my Cuttlebug, earning myself +79 texturization exp points.

The sentiment on the inside I stamped using the Technique Tuesday “Tin Man” set. The little nuts and bolts came from the “Lots of Bots” set.

On the envelope I stamped some gears using the Unity “Nuts and Bolts” set.

This bot will party on in the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge #83: Emboss It

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge #56: Masculine Theme

Crafty Sentiments: For a Male

The Perfect Sentiment Challenge #83: For the Boys

Divas By Design: Happy Birthday

Use It Tuesday Challenge #57: Masculine

Crafting For All Seasons Challenge #54: One for the Guys

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge #103: Masculine TIP: I don’t know if this is common knowledge, but I just found this out - store you Distress Markers HORIZONTALLY! I was storing mine vertically in the container they came in, and after switching, some markers I thought were dead came back to life! ZOMBIE MARKERS!

The malfunctioning robots had planned and executed such a lovely party, it seemed a shame for it to go to waste. As such, the Guardian of Glitter, Lady Commander of Copics and I took a break from building our robot army and had some cake, played some party games and opened some presents (I’m still not sure where all this stuff came from).

See the third card in Project Robotz: Part 3!
See the fourth card in Project Robotz: Part 4! 
See the fifth card in Project Robotz: Part 5! 
See the box and all five cards in Project Robotz: The Final Battle! 

~ Guild Master Crystal ~

The Legend of Natsuko

Welcome to the Guild Hall. Thank you for stopping by today on your crafty travels. A special welcome to anyone who may be popping over from the Use It Tuesday Guild. Come in from the cold and warm yourself by the fire; the direwolves won’t bite.

Last week we were visited by a mysterious woman from the far eastern realm of Aziana. She was passing through the land and stopped at the Guild Hall along with her nest of slithering snakes. She introduced herself as Natsuko and performed some impressive magics using numerous rare and foreign powders and stones. We were fortunate enough that she was willing to trade some of these magical supplies with us, as they are extremely difficult to obtain in these parts.

I started this card by stamping “Natsuko” by Kraftin’ Kimmie and colouring her with Prismacolors. Because 2013 is the Chinese year of the snake, I cut out some snake silhouettes using the Four Legged Friends cartridge. I cracked open the packing on my lantern embossing folder to emboss the gold paper using the Cuttlebug, then embossed the red paper with a cherry blossom pattern, earning myself +55 impression exp points. The banner was stamped using Lawn Fawn’s “Bannerific” and “Jessie’s ABCs” sets then inked with Wild Honey Distress Ink.

On the inside I used a sentiment from the My Pink Stamper “Biggie Christmas Sentiments” set. The other two images came from the Stampin’ Up “Dream Gardens” set.

I stamped the woman from the “Dream Gardens” set on the envelope to make it all matchy-match.

I created this project as a guest designer for the Use It Tuesday challenge “2013”, but this eastern delight will be appearing in the following challenges:
Divas By Design Challenge #66: Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew Challenge #26: Chinese New Year
Challenges 4 Everybody Challenge #10: Anything Goes
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge #52: Anything Goes
Winter Wonderland Challenge: New Beginnings
Card Crafter’s Circle Challenge #55: Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes
Pixie Dust Studio Challenge: Any Celebration
Stampotique Designers Challenge #80: Out with the Old, In with the New
Spark Your Creativity Now! Challenge #4: Anything Goes

With the rare ingredients we received from our mysterious visitor, we will be able to create some powerful magics which will aid us in our upcoming quests in the next sun cycle. Now to break the news to the Lady Commander of Copics, that she cannot keep Natsuko...*sighhh*

~ Guild Master Crystal ~