Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog #14: Seahorse Christmas

Hello crafty friends!  Last post of the sister blogs today.  This post is for Merry Little Christmas! Challenge Blog, where it's Christmas all year long.

Tropical Christmas cards can be great, because it's not winter everywhere during Christmas.  This is a Lacy Sunshine image called Beauregard Seahorse Christmas.  The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I found some great tropical snowflake paper to go with it.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: #30 Anything Goes with critter
• Country Views: Sept '19: Under the Sea

stamps: Lacy Sunshine: Beauregard Seahorse Christmas, SU

paper: Bazzill, Recollections

die-cut: MFT: sentiments

embellishments: Recollections: brads

Mix It Up Challenge Blog #29: Zebra Bag

Hello crafty friends!  This is another sister blog post.  This post is for Mix It Up! Challenge Blog, where we like to try new techniques or ideas out in our projects.

This month"s challenge is about 3-D projects.

Kit and Clowder offered these animal canvas bags to color up.  I'm all about the environment and like taking my own bags to stores, it should be cute.  You can purchase 3 different animal bags or buy them together.  I have all 3 bags and the zebra is the first one to be colored up.

Yes, this is a canvas bag and it's colored with Prismacolor pencils. Even though I ironed it, darn creases would not come out....lol  Maybe over time they will disappear.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• 2 Crafty Critters Crazies: #30 Anything Goes with a critter
• Classic DT Challenge Blog: #9 Anything Goes
• Crafty Animals: #30 Anything with an animal
• Kleuren met Potloden: Anything Goes
• Not Just Cards: Anything Goes

Love to Craft! Challenge Blog # 38: Mousing Around

Hello crafty friends!  Today is the day for 4 posts of the sister's blog.  I'm here for Love to Craft! Challenge Blog, where it's Anything Goes every month.  Show us what you have been creating.

It's been awhile since I shared a Kit and Clowder coloring of the month project.  Every month we learn new techniques and we get to vote for a extra bonus class of a different technique.  Even if you know how to coloring, it's good practice, to use techniques you might not use very often or to learn new ones.   I'm a little behind on getting some of the months finished, but I had to do this cute mouse image.  I haven't decided if I want to make a mix media project or a card, you might see it again as a finish project.  This is June's pencil coloring class, the image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.

Thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this coloring page into the following challenges:

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: #30 Anything Goes with Critters
• Crafty Animals: #30 Anything Goes with animal
• Kleuren met Potloden: Anything Goes
• Not Just Cards: Anything Goes

stamp: Di Digis: K&C love to sew

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #125: WTF Fantastic

Hello crafty friends!  Today is the post for the 4 sister's blogs, so pour the cup of coffee or hot tea and sit back for some inspiration. 

This post is for Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  We have a wonderful sponsor for this Anything Goes challenge.

The winner will receive a $15 gift certificate.

I used the WTF2 stamp set from Cas-ual Fridays..  This is a fun set of stamps.  I used two stamps stacked on top of each other.   The WTF I decided to stamp on some scrap paper to make it stand out.  Kept it clean to let the stamp set be center stage

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Bastel-Traum: #80 Sentiment

stamps: Cas-ual Fridays: WTF2
paper: Bazzill, MME: Lost & Found, Breaking Free, scraps
embellishments: making memories: brads

Dr Digi Giddy UP

Hello crafty friends!  I'm here today with my Dr Digi post.

Dr Digi always has some fun images.  This here is Debbie's Donkey Derby image and Debbie looks like she is the life of the party.  The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I also had some scrap pieces of Dr Digi backing paper for the side panel.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps: Dr Digi: Debbie's Donkey Derby, Unity: Cowgirl Up (sentiment)
paper: Bazzill, Recollections, Dr Digi: Distressed Diamonds, Luchador
die-cuts: MFT
embellishments: twine, embossing powder

Mix it Up! Challenge Blog #28: Triple Stamping

Hello crafty friends!  I'm here with my post from Mix It Up! Challenge Blog.    This blog is about trying some new techniques, maybe getting those motto juices flowing.

Honestly, I love the look of 3 time stamping technique, but I have never tried it until now.  Finding a good stamp to use for this method can be hard.  I used a wooden stamp that I've had laying around for years.  I wanted to do it on kraft paper, because coloring on kraft paper can really pop.   The image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps: there is no company name on the stamp copyright 2000 PSX
paper: Bazzill, kraft

Dr Digi: There's Hope With Tea

Hello crafty friends!  I'm here with my Dr Digi post today, you can always check things out on Facebook. 

I wanted to play with my new cutting machine a little, by trying out those fancy shaped cards.  I used the Coffee Cup file from The Cutting Cafe.   I love the sentiments from Dr Digi's Tea Time Sentiment sheet. Using an image is great, but sometimes keeping it plain and simple, so the sentiment can really shine, can be a challenge for me. This is why I want to do the shape card :o) 

Here is the inside, which holds a couple tea bags.    The cute little biscuit paper is also from Dr Digi

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps: Dr Digi: Tea Time Sentiment sheet
paper: kraft, white, Dr Digi: Tea & Bickies backing paper

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog #13: Vintage Candy Canes

Hello crafty friends :o)  Here's my post with sister blog Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog, where it's Christmas all year around. 

This beautiful image Candy Cane Classic is from Power Poppy (I love the detailed images).  The image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I used distress ink around the image to make it look vintage.   Kept the design very simple by using some scrap paper.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps: Power Poppy: Candy Cane Classic, Unity: Entwined Poinsettia (sentiment)
paper: Kraft, Carta Bella: Christmas Day
die-cut: MFT

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #124: You Have My Heart

Hello crafty friends :o)  I'm here today with my project for Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  This month it's all about shapes.  We want to see cards in different shapes.

We have a wonderful sponsor and the winner will receive 3 digital stamps.

I love vintage things and I had this image Summertime Retro Style from The Paper Shelter, just needed to be used.   The image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  Now for the shape, I really wanted to use a surfboard, but I printed off the image long before I thought about the shape.  The surfboard was not wide enough :o(   I found a Beachball shape file from the Cutting Cafe.....a circle it was.

Here's the inside.

I'm very new with my cutting machine, lots of practice will be needed (no I'm not complaining).  I really wanted the beachball to show on the front, but because of the image......I had to put the hard work of the beachball inside.   The reason I say hard work, because I had to resize each piece and I'm sure there is a trick somewhere.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps: The Paper Shelter: Summertime Retro Style, Unity: George & Scarlett (sentiment)
paper: Bazzill, Martha Stewart: yellowjacket, Recollections: white, scraps
die-cut: MFT: circle & clouds, The Cutting Cafe: Beachball svg file
embellishments: Recolletcions: stickers, twine

Dr Digi: My Special Friend

Hello crafty friends!   I'm here today with my Dr Digi post.   

Everyone has that one "special" friend that we just love.  They make us laugh a little more and just enjoy life.

I created this colorful and fun card using the Dr Digi image Dr Demento.  The image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  The background was created using distress spray and a toothpick for those hard to reach and spray areas.    I typed up the sentiment.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps: Dr Digi: Dr Demento

paper: Recollections, MME: Perfect Circles, scraps

die-cut: MFT

embellishments: Distress Spray, Stickles