Friday, December 28, 2018

Greeting Farm Card

I was lucky enough to snag the newest stamp collection celebrating The Greeting Farm 10 year anniversary.  I inked one of these up and colored it up for a card. I colored it with my Copics and used a retired die from CC Designs and some stickers from my collection.




I will be entering this one into the following challenges:
Color My Heart Color Dare-Bold or Pastels  (going for Pastels on mine) 



Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Tiddly Ink Tag

Finishing up my final Christmas items here. Today I showing a simple tag I made for one of my daughter's teachers and I will add it gift card to it.


The tag die I used is from Gina Marie Designs and the image is a stamp I have in my collection from Tiddly Inks. 

I will be entering this one into the following challenges:







Sunday, December 16, 2018

Paper Rosette Wreath

I finally got the chance to make a paper rosette wreath to decorate the door of the my office. I used a packet of papers from Photo Play that I purchased at a a scrapbook expo. The center is a sign from a dollar store. The stickers are also from the packet. I mounted it on a cardboard circle and then glued a ribbon on the back. 



I will submit this to the following challenges:


Thursday, October 11, 2018

Halloween/Fall theme Card

I have been trying to do more of my own scenes for cards recently and gave this one a shot.  I colored the tree and then the leaves in a fall inspired color scheme and then colored the rest of the image with my Copics.


I will be entering this one into the following challenges:

Outlawz Challenge-Tuesday Color Challenge 




Monday, October 8, 2018

Conie Fong Birthday Card

Today I am showcasing one of the Birthday theme card I made over for the Passionate Paper Creations Group with one of our sponsors, Conie Fong. I used a stamp from Rubbernecker Stamps as a border for this image and then colored the image with my Copics.


I will be entering this one into the following challenges:





Thursday, October 4, 2018

Halloween Treat Purse

Finally got around to making some treat bags for Halloween for some friends.  This is made with a paper bag base and then embellished to be a purse. 



The image I used is from Kraftin Kimmie.  I colored it up with my Copics. Want to see how I made this super simple style "purse" check out the tutorial over at my youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vmlVvZmTjc


I will be entering this one into the following challenges:





Kraftin Kimmie Love Pulls Together

I recently got my hands on more retired images from Kraftin Kimmie from a destash group I am in and I thought this set would be perfect.  Not even sure what this stamp was called.  This week we are being sponsored by Kraftin Kimmie over at Passionate Paper Creations Facebook page and used this stamp to create this card. 


I will be entering this one into the following challenges:


Monday, September 24, 2018

Time for Tea DT Cards

Today I am showcasing two recent cards I made with Time for Tea Digital Stamps. With Fall finally in the air here in the East Coast of the USA, I thought both of these cards were perfect for this time of year. 

This image is called Fall Leaves 


As usual, colored both images with my Copics. This image is called Conkers

If you love Time for Tea Images, don't forget to join in over at our Facebook group for our monthly challenge.




Saturday, September 22, 2018

Sweet November is BACK!

I have many Sweet November stamps when CC Designs used to make them and now the artist Amy Young is back creating digis for 7 Kids Craft Store.  I had to get the first set and color on up this lovely one called Prue Pumpkin.  Do you want how I did the grass and the sky. Stop by my channel to see how I colored this up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1TcA6M87Dk
I used my Copics to color this one up to create a scene out of it.





Friday, September 14, 2018

Stamping Bella Fall Card

Fall has always been my favorite season....love the weather, the rich colors and the ability to slap on a sweatshirt and be comfortable. Today I am showcasing a card I did with one of the Stamping Bella images I have in my stash.

I colored the image with my Copics and used Distress Inks for the background. The sentiment comes with the stamp set.

I will be entering this one into the following challenges:


CC Designs Card

Over on the Passionate Paper Creations Facebook page, our sponsor this week is CC Designs.  I made this card with one of the stamps from their store


As usual, I colored the image with my Copics and then I used my Distress Inks to color up the wood sentiment I had in my stash.  The paper is a combo of papers I had in my stash. 

I will be entering this one into the following challenges:


Monday, September 3, 2018

Monday Morning Inspiration-Bubbles Time for Tea

Good morning everyone. To those in the USA, Happy Labor Day. Today I am sharing a recent card I made with some of the clear stamps.  This image is called Bubbles and there are still some in stock.


As many of you know, I started using my YouTube channel so I uploading two coloring videos to go along with this card. I will be trying to do that more often.

 Part Two: Hair & Clothing 

I will also be entering this one into the following challenges: 



Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Ching-Chou Kuik Card

Over at Passionate Paper Creations Facebook group, our weekly sponsor is Ching-Chou Kuik.  This is a card I made with one of her gorgeous images.


As usual, it is colored with my Copics. I used some doilies from my stash and since I don't like to waste it is actually one doily cut in half.  I sponged the edge and for the image itself I used a die set from CC Designs.  Love the stitching it offers.  I will be a few more cards with that set soon on creative ways to use your dies. 


I will be entering this one into the following challenges:


Sunday, August 26, 2018

Sunburst Card Series and Tutorial

Hey everyone.  I created a set of cards using a technique I just call Sunburst.  I made this three different cards and guess what....no stamps!!  I used the same technique but decided to stop the "burst part" at different points.

I recently started to create videos over at my YouTube channel and show some different techniques/crafts that I have been doing over the years. I did make a tutorial on this video and hope you stop by and decide to subscribe.  Video is linked here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B392NKI20uY&t=1s


I will be entering these cards into the following challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends-Anything Goes 
Craft Rocket Challenge-Anything Goes 
Crafting with Attitude-Anything Goes 
Crafting by Designs-Anything Goes 
Creative Moments-Anything Goes 


Sunday, August 19, 2018

Some Odd Girls Friends

So one of the great things about digital stamps is the ability to manipulate them. For this card, I decided to take the same image and mirror it to create the two girls you see.  I played around with some different color palettes as well for this one.  I already have Fall in my mind (one of my favorite seasons).


I will also be entering this one into the following challenges:



Saturday, August 18, 2018

Jessica-The Greeting Farm Digital Stamp

One of my favorite stamp companies are The Greeting Farms. I ordered some new stamps and noticed they also had digis so decided to buy a few of those as well. 

I decided to color this one up and put it into a card. 





I will be entering this one into the following challenges:







Sunday, August 5, 2018

TIddly Inks Anything Goes

With the thoughts of school in my head, I decided to color up this card. I was going with my lighter ones in my head when I colored it with my Copics.

I will be entering this into the following challenges: 


Friday, July 27, 2018

Kraftin Kimmie Hello

Ahh so I got another image colored up on the daily color challenge and got it onto a card.  This one I also made my own sentiment but using a piece of white paper and distress inks and then once done I cut a die cut to get the sentiment on this card.  It went perfectly with my card. 



As usual, I colored the image with my Copics and used some papers from my stash. 

I will be entering this one into the following challenges:



Monday, July 23, 2018

Beachy Dreams-Time for Tea

With it being some beautiful summer weather here in my part of the world, thought it was time to craft up a summer theme card. This adorable image is by Time for Tea called Sun Worshipper

 I colored her up with my Copics and then use some distress inks to make the sky. I also had a bunch of summer theme stickers in my stash that I thought went very well with my theme. 

I will be entering this into the following challenges:

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Kraftin Kimmie Daily Coloring Challenge

On the Kraftin Kimmie challenge there has been a number of daily coloring challenges that I have been joining in. Last night I had the opportunity to get at least a few of these images on cards.  Today I am showcasing one of them that is a recent rereleased set called

I will be entering this into the following challenges:




Monday, July 16, 2018

Fairy

I discovered a new artist on Etsy, Christine Karron, who makes some great fairy and mermaid images. I had to opportunity to color this one up and decided to enter it into some challenges. 


I will be entering this one into the following challenges:



Sunday, July 15, 2018

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Ruby Card

I love it when I discover some new items/artists.  I saw this cool line of images from Polkadoodles called the Ruby line and I was instantly drawn to them.  So I got two and merge them together to create this card.


I will be entering this one into the following challenges:

Monday, July 9, 2018

Kraftin Kimmie Book Lover

Recently had the chance to color up some of the recently images I got from Kraftin Kimmie stamp.  My daughter is a huge reader and went I saw this, I knew I had to grab it.


As usual, I colored this with my Copics.

I will be entering this one into the following challenges:


Tuesday, June 26, 2018

June Release for Time for Tea

Today I am showcasing two cards I created using some of the new release images and stamps from Time for Tea.


Aren't these the cutest!! Be sure to stop by the shop and see what other amazing stamps are available. 



Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Time for Tea Designs Card

Hello everyone.  Today I am showcasing one of my DT cards that I made for Time for Tea.  This lovely one is called Sunflower.


I pair it with some papers from Echo Park and as usual colored with my Copics. I was playing around with doing patterns on my dress.  Really enjoyed that so going to play around some more for future cards. 

I will be entering this one into the following challenges:
CraftaholicsRUs-Anything Goes


Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Greeting Farm Card

So I am grabbing out some of my new stamps I received by Greeting Farm and finally getting around to using them. I have adored this one for some time and knew I had to finally use it.

 As usual, I colored the image with my Copics, used some Echo Park paper and then added some wood embellishments I have in my stash.

I will be entering this one into the following challenges:


TTCRD-ANything Goes
CAS Colours & Sketches
Crafting From the Heart-Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations-Anything Goes
A Perfect Time to Craft-Anything Goes
Create and Inspire-Anything Goes
Love to Craft Challenge-Anything Goes



Friday, May 25, 2018

Butterflies

It is sad to see some companies go.  I have always adored the images from Crafts&Me but they did recently decide to close their doors. I snatched up a number of stamps before they did and today I am showcasing one by the artist Hannah Lynn.


As usual, I used
my Copics to color the image.  
I will be entering this one into the following challenges:


Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Mermaid MAY

May always reminds me of Mermaids...not sure why,  may it is the sun finally coming out and it feeling like the summer is approaching.

Today, I will showcasing one of the images from Some Odd Girl that I used and put on one of my notebooks.  I am the kind that has millions of little notepads around to write stuff down so thought I would decorate one up.


As usual, I used my Copics to color up the image.  I had a bunch of sea theme stickers in my stash so added those to the cover as well. 

I will also be entering this one into the following challenges: 


Monday, May 21, 2018

Time for Tea Birthday Surprise

It is time for my weekly DT inspiration for Time for Tea. This week, I am using this adorable image called Heart Balloon Girl .  I am sticking with the blues right now so decided to try some diy pattern on her dress



I will also be entering this one into the following challenges:



Sunday, May 20, 2018

Kraftin Kimmie Blues

I am so sorry everyone. Yes, I have neglected you but hit a bit of a rut but I am back on the crafty bandwagon.

Today I am sharing a new card from a Kraftin Kimmie stamp set that I got. The weekly challenge was to use blue so here it is my creation.  As usual, I colored with my Copics and added some stickles to one of my wood embellishments I got.

I will be entering this one into the following challenges:

Crafty Friends Challenge-Letter B is for (going to say Blue for me) 


Wednesday, April 25, 2018

SOG Spring

It is finally starting to feel like Spring around these parts and I decided to create a Spring theme scene. For this project, I merged two images called  Shy Mae and Summer Kaylee.

I decided to use some of the techniques I learned in the Kit & Clowder class (the field/sidewalk and sky).  As usual, I colored with my Copic Markers.  

I will be entering this one into the following challenges:


Thursday, April 12, 2018