Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Dr Digi - Hard Weekend Retirement

Hello Dr Digi friends!  I'm here today with my Dr Digi post.   I've been in and out of town for the past month.  I'm just getting back from visiting my family finally, it's been 3 years and it was much needed.  Today I'm sharing a retirement card.


This image reminded me of my dad, this is Remote Control Colin.  What man hasn't done this?  Sitting in his recliner, remote in hand and a beverage in the other hand, just relaxing.  If you think it looks like Colin has a farmer's tan, you are right.  All that yard work gives you this wonderful tan and it seemed fitting for Colin.  This image was colored with my colored pencils.   I also used Links backing paper for my background.  I really like these funky paper prints that Dr Digi has.


Here's the inside.  I used Funny Sentiment Sheet 2 from Dr Digi.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:



stamps: Dr Digi: Remote Control Colin
paper: the Paper Studio: white & kraft, Dr Digi: Links, scrap green paper
embellishments: RRR: twine, 3GJ: vintage buttons, SU: button

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Monday, July 4, 2016

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog - #81 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Hello crafty friends!!  Right now I'm in Illinois enjoying some family time.  I'll still be coloring up a storm while I'm there, if and when possible.  So, if you need something to do, join in the new challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  For the next 2 weeks, we want to see your creations with a "Star" on them.  Remember there must be some stamping on your projects, either rubber and/or digital.

We have 3 wonderful sponsors and that means the DT will pick 3 wonderful winners.

Winner will receive $10 gift certificate.

Winner will receive 2 images of choice.

Winner will receive $10 gift certificate.


I worked with this adorable sponsor image A Star Is Born from All Dressed Up.  Trying to get ahead on my Christmas cards this year...I don't think it's really working.  Somehow I still have several hundred to do right before Christmas.


The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I like to use different colors for Christmas, just to make things different.


Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:



stamps: All Dressed Up: A Star Is Born, Unity: Unto Us (inside sentiment)
paper: MFT: berrylicious & blu raspberry, Bazzill, the Paper Studio: white & turquoise gothic stripe
die-cuts: MFT: oval stax 1 & stax 2
embellishments: 3 Girl Jam: aqua splash ribbon, the Paper Studio: lace scrap pack, Recollections: cross brad, Stampendous: fran-tage embossing powder





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Friday, July 1, 2016

House of Cards - Cheers

Hello crafty friends!  I can't believe it's July already!!!  Many of you will being traveling during this holiday weekend, please be safe.  Yes, I'll be one of those crazies traveling the road this weekend, so stay out of my waaay..... please :o)

We have a new monthly challenge at House of Cards using this inspirational picture.  You need to create a card using "Fruit/Drink Image and/or Colors" from this pic.



I created a card from an old image that I thought would be fun to use (many of my stamps never get used).  It's called Martinis On Me from MFT (My Favorite Things).  The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I try to incorporate as many of the colors as I could, but I do have the drink part down.



Here's the inside.

Hope to see you in the challenge.

thanks for looking and reading :o)




stamps: MFT: Martinis On Me
paper: discounted paper, Stampin'Up
die-cuts: MFT: oval stax 1 & stax 2, traditional tag stax
embellishments: Recollections: adhesive rhinestones, Timeless Twine, Really Reasonable Ribbon


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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Dr Digi - Happy Birthday Loud and Clear

Hello Dr Digi Friends!  I'm here today with my Dr Digi post.  We are still celebrating Dr Digi's birthday month over on facebook.


The winner will receive 4 images,  "I Love Tea" badge, and exclusive Dr Digi mug (like the one pictured above).


I created a card using Dr Digi's Mr Speaker, this way you can hear him loud and clear.  It's a birthday celebration!!!  The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I used the new funky backing paper from Dr Digi called Olives.  Truth be told...I can eat some olives...straight out of the jar.  I'm not picky about the type of olive either.  Since the birthday challenge is that some tea element must be in your creation.  I was sneaky by adding the Tea & Bickies backing paper too.


Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:



stamp:  Dr Digi: Mr Speaker
paper:  Coordinations: elephant, Bazzill, Dr Digi: Olives & Tea & Bickies
embellishment: Spare Parts: brads




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Thursday, June 23, 2016

Scrapping4Fun - #68 Quotes/Sentiments

Hello crafty friends!  It's starting to get busy around this house.  Boys going here and there, plus trying to spend time with family that lives SO far away.  The older boys have their birthdays this month and they are only a week apart.  In fact, one was last Friday and one this Friday...busy, busy.

Even when it's busy, there's still time to craft up something.  We have a new challenge at Scrapping4fun and hopefully you can join us.  For the next 2 weeks, we want to see creations that have quotes/sentiments as the main focus.

Are wonderful sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo.



I was given this beautiful image and quote to work with.  It's called Friend Flower Doodles.  I could have left the doodles alone, but I like to color.  A friend could use a little cheering up with some bright colors to go with the sentiment.  I kept this design very simple, since the quote is the main focus.


Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:



stamp: Bugaboo: Friend Flower Doodles
paper: Bazzill, Crate Paper: Oh, Darling
embellishments: Celebrate It: vintage blush ribbon, the Paper Studio: petite flowers




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Monday, June 20, 2016

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog - #80 Anything Goes

Hello crafty friends!!  It's been smokin' hot here, upper 90s and 100s....I'm not complaining.  I really don't mind summer, maybe because I'm a summer baby.  Hopefully everyone is staying cool by being crafty.  If you need something to do, you can join in our latest challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog... Anything Goes.  Remember, we want to see some stamping on your project, being rubber or digital.

We have 3 wonderful sponsors and that means the DT will pick 3 wonderful winners.

$10 gift certificate to the winner

3 images  to the winner

3 images of choice to the winner



For this challenge I worked with sponsor image Gardening Girl from Lemon Shortbread.  This is such a precious image, maybe because I love working in my flowerbeds and garden.


The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  The little purple butterflies are my favorite to see in the summer.


Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:



stamps: Lemon Shortbread: Gardening Girl, MFT: Stylish Friends (outside sentiment) & sentiment (inside)
paper: Bazzill, MME: alphabet soup girl, MFT: grout gray
die-cut: Spellbinders: resplendent rectangles
embellishments: Prima: madrigal flower, Celebrate It: Ribbon





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Sunday, June 19, 2016

Friends and Secrets

Hello crafty friends!  I'm here's today showing off Christopher Kerry's new mermaid package.  They are ALL beautiful images, but this one is just too cute.  It's called "The Secret".  Even mermaids have secrets that they need to tell their best fishy friends.  Christopher's images are just beautifully detailed and drawn.  This image is a free image: The Secret....so grab this cutie.


The image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I had different color schemes in my head, but the hot pink really just needed to be done.  I saw a black cherry car and decided my tail needed something to that effect.  As you can see, the images are beautifully detailed.  I loved coloring this.


This smaller image was colored for a card.  I added a touch of pink with the ribbon, but kept it sea worthy in the colors.


Found the perfect sentiment from Unity for the inside of the card.


I colored the image a 2nd time, but bigger.  It's slightly different, because it's easier to add details and more color in bigger areas and sometimes you see things and want to make it different. (I did lighter details on the tail on this one, but the light pink didn't show up too well).

Check out Christopher's online coloring classes: Color Academy Ink.  He will release the mermaid images from class later on, if you just want the images and/or an image.  Christopher is an amazing teacher and has the background in teaching.  Even if you think you know how to color, you can still learn new techniques.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this cute card in the following challenges:



stamps: Christopher Kerry: The Secret, Unity: A friend loves you just the same
papers: Bazzill, Glitz It Now: rebel teal distressed
embellishments: gauze, 3 Girl Jam: cherry lipstick ribbon, bead gallery, traditions:seashells, ribbon from a friend
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Dr Digi - Father's Day

Hello Dr Digi Friends!  Today my post for Dr Digi and we are celebrating 4 years of Dr Digi images with a special celebration.


You can enter your Dr Digi creation on Dr Digi Facebook page, but your creation must have a Dr Digi and Tea in it.  If you enter a creation, you can win 4 images, "I Love Tea" badge and EXCLUSIVE Dr Digi mug (yes, like the one pictured above).  How awesome!!!


I used Dr Digi image Perfect Sunday to created a Father's Day card.  The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I also added a little bit of Tea & Bickies paper from Dr Digi to keep with the "Tea theme".

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:


stamps: Dr Digi: Perfect Sunday, Tolead: tiny nymphs, SU; Something to Celebrate
paper: Bazill, SU: design paper, Dr Digi: Tea & Bickies
die-cuts: MFT: fishtail flag stax, sentiment strips
embellishment: the Paper Studio: round brads
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Christmas with Crafting by Designs

Hello Crafty Friends!!!  Today I'm excited to be Guest Designing for Crafting By Designs, YAH!!!



This challenge we are helping you to get ready for Christmas.  Many of us cardmakers have SO many Christmas cards to make every year.  It's hard to find the time, so making them here and there really helps to get them done before the big rush of Christmas.  So join us by getting one more Christmas card done.


I love vintage stamps and images.  I went ahead and colored the image with my color pencils, but it would look great uncolored too.  Maybe stamped in a vintage brown color.  Some lace, distressing of the paper and metal corner pieces to finish out the design.  I even added some glitter gems.  Now I have 2 Christmas cards done and only 38 more to go....lol.

Here's the inside. (the rainbow came through my window)

Please check out the DT for more inspiration.  Thank you Crafting by Designs for asking me to GDT for you in this challenge :o)

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:



stamps: Flonz: Happy Family,  Stampin' Up: Snow Swirled
paper: Bazzill: cream, Pion Design: grandma's schoolbook, swing to the clouds, MR Designs: Christmas Time
embellishments: Celebrate It: lace, Martha Stewart: metal corners, Your Next Stamp: gumdrops


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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Scrapping4fun #67 - Travel/Holiday

Hello crafty friends!  Summer is here with all the hot temperatures we have been having, but I'm not complaining.  I love summer :o)  I'm here today with our new challenge at Scrapping4fun.  It's summer and everyone is traveling and taking their vacations.  Guess what our new challenge is?...Travel/Holiday.

Julia Spiri is our sponsor for this challenge.  Check out her cute digital stamps at her etsy shop.



I got to work with the beautiful stamp from Julia Spiri called Love in Paris from her "The Paris Collection".  I've been working on my French, in hopes that one day I'll make it to France.  I colored the image with my color pencils.  The little charm under the bow, is also of the Eiffel Tower.


Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:



stamps: Julia Spiri: Love in Paris, MFT: Love Sentiments
paper: the Paper Studio: black & white, MME: Traveler & Lost & Found
embellishments: Bead Landing: found objects charm, Simplicity: lace, 3 Girl Jam: rustic country ribbon



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