Sweetie Pie

Good morning all!  Change of plans for me today.  I was expecting a contractor, to do some repairs on my east deck, but it appears he won't be here until tomorrow.  Instead, I plan on heading up to Peterborough to pick up my youngest grand son for a sleep-over.  The summer is just flying by, and if I don't do it now...he'll be back at school.  This little guy likes to craft, so I just may get into my craft room later!

First, a card, this time with an image from Digi Stamp 4 Joy, coloured with copics.  Some die cuts and flowers, with some pearls and a fancy button for the flower centres.  The background is simply some ink smudged over an embossed card blank, with an inked doily to match.

Enjoy your day, and thanks for visiting.

Some challenges for my card:

Sketchy Colors - #220 Color Challenge

Creative Knockouts  -#49 Doily Fun

Through the Purple Haze - #54 Anything Goes

Fan-tastic Tuesday - #48 Anything Goes

Natalie and Amy - #23 Die cuts & Flowers

Fitztown Challenge - #47 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - #45 Anything Goes

The Squirrel and the Fox - #75 Anything goes

A Birthday Wish

A quick post today, as my visitors should be here any minute, from England!  My house is all clean and tidy and my gardens are done....I'm ready for a vacation!  Here I have a  pretty image from Digi Stamps 4 Joy, which was really a treat to colour.  Copics again, and some pretty paper to complement.

Other supplies:
Image - Romany
DP from Paper Mania - Burleigh Blue collection
Spellbinder's die - Labels Eighteen
Whimsy die - Birthday Sentimentables
Cheery Lynn die - City Girl Edger
Marianne's die - Swirls and Leaves
Ribbon and flowers from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by, and hoping you have a wonderful day!

Some challenges for my card:

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - #93 Girly / Feminine

Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenges - #71 Two or More Die Cuts

Emerald Faeries Challenge - #55 Flowers, Ribbon & or Lace

Fitztown Challenge - #37 Celebration  Top Picks

Party Time Tuesdays - #174 Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT - Monochrome

Inky Impressions - #161 Anything Goes

Lacy Sunshine - Dies and/or Punches

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes

The Squirrel and the Fox - #70 Let's hear it for the girls

Be sure to wear flowers in your hair....

How many of you remember that song?   Of course now the tune keeps playing in my head....but it brings back good memories so that's okay.

Something a little different today.  My card this time has a vintage feel, due in part to the soft floral paper which I found in my stash.  The image, Butterfly Belle, is from Digi Stamp 4 Joy, and I've coloured it up with Prismas and OMS, with glitter pen for the flowers.

The fancy frame is made from pink cardstock using a Nellie Snellen die, but I've added a technique.  Using Versamark, I used a crackle stamp and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  When dry, I painted over it with gold paint, then with a paper towel, I removed whatever paint had adhered to the embossed areas.  I was pleased with the effect....it turned out okay!

A couple of flowers with pearl centres, and a gold filigree corner piece finish it off...... oh yeah,  and a bit of distress ink for the edges.

Have yourself a wonderful Easter Weekend!

Some Challenges to enter:

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - #17 Swirls and Pearls

One Stitch at a Time - #58 Make It Sassy

Birthday Sundaes - #5 Anything Goes Birthday

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT - #24 Anything Goes

A Spoon Full of Sugar - #148 Let's Celebrate

Top Tip Tuesday - #30 Open Challenge

Scrap-Creations - Digital

Simon Says Stamp! - Emboss It

The Stampman Challenges - #20 Embossing

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #99 Flowers

Spring Fairy

Hi there.  Here's hoping you've had a great weekend and you are all refreshed and revitalized for the coming week! Well, for tomorrow anyway...

For today's card I've used this week's sketch from Pixie Cottage for my layout, and the Spring Fairy image from Digi Stamps 4 Joy.  She was a lot of fun to work up, as I could use all those bright spring colours!  I've tried to keep the design clean and simple, so just some stickles and ribbon have been added. 

Tools used:  MS border punch, Nestibilities dies - beaded circles & labels 8.

I've found a number of challenges to enter, so if you need some inspiration, be sure to check them out!  Thanks once again for visiting, and have a wonderful day!

The Pixie Cottage - #62 Sketch and/or Sparkle

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - #15 Clean and Simple

Creatalicious Challenges - #20 Two Tone/Colours Scrap-Creations - Spring has Sprung Papertake Weekly - It’s A Mom Thing/or Girlie Simon Says Stamps Challenge - MOTHER'S DAY/GIRLIE Delightful Challenges - Pastels and Ribbon Charisma Cardz - #12 Birthday for a Teen One Stop Craft Challenge - #124 Angels & Fairies Stamp Something - Spring Somethings

Fairie Fun Fridays - #49 OH SO SPRING!

By the Cute and Girly - Springtime

First Card and Latest Card

Good morning everyone!  I don't know where the time goes, but can you believe it.....it's already the second of January!  Spring is coming.....though I really can't complain, yesterday we had rain and a high of 9 degrees C, or 48 degrees F.  It seems that everyone else is getting our snow again this year, and that suits me just fine!

Here you see my latest card, which worked up quite quickly and is perfect for a young girl's birthday.  I've coloured the image with a number of different mediums....Copics for the skin, Prismas for the hair and Tombow markers and glitter pen for the flowers.

And here you see my very first card, which I made for my husband a couple of years ago.  These two cards are submissions for the latest challenge at Crafty Cardmakers, definitely something a little different!  Be sure to check it out.

Supplies used on latest card:
Stamps - Flower Child from Digi Stamps for Joy
Paper - Basic Grey (Eskimo Kisses line), cardstock
Tools - MS punches, Nestibilities die
Other - Flowers from Fred She Said, gems

Other challenges that I've entered:
Digi Stamp 4 Joy - #9 Anything Goes
The Crazy Challenge - #47 Punch It
Digital Tuesday Challenge - #91 Anything Goes
Fab & Funky Challenges - #53 Quick and Easy Does It
Simon Says Stamps Challenge - Time to Party/Celebrate
Moving Along with the Times - #79 Birthday and Circles
Totally Papercrafts - #47 - Time to Party