The Warmest Nests

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darciesbirds
i coloured this cute darcie’s stamp with derwent inktense pencils, but i stamped the umbrella twice so i would have a pink one to cut and cover the black one. i lightly sponged around the edges, added white gel dots to the raindrops and cut the sentiment in half to work with papertake weekly sketch #86.

i’d also like to submit this card to these challenges:

the cutie pie – #68 april showers bring cute may flowers
divas by design – april showers
crafty little fairies – in the garden

thanks for popping by.

Somebunny Loves You

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whimsy bunnies

if you know me, i can’t resist cute bunny images so i had to get crissy armstrong’s funny bunnies digi stamp set. i combined two images to create this adorable couple that is watercoloured with distress ink pads. i used pink stickles on the shorts and die cut hearts and white flocking on their tails.

i’d like to submit it to these challenges:
whimsy inspirations challenge No. 70 anything goes
crafty little fairies – furry friends
great impressions – pink, polka dots, glitter

thanks for popping by.

Easel Card Calendar

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easel calendar card

you might remember that i won daniela’s blog candy (stempelbavaria) in february and these mini calendars were included. my creativity schedule usually depends on my RA, but i was voluntold to be on a committee with a very aggressive project timeline until the end of june so my fun time is limited and i apologize for not keeping up with my commenting. i did finally manage to create an easel card calendar and i don’t think the recipient will mind that it’s april already. i die cut the tiny green memory box birds to put at the top and stamped the thanks from the impression obsession hydrangea set on the tab from MFT die-namics blueprints 9.

i’d like to submit this to these challenges:
loves rubberstamps – challenge #100 fancy folds
papercrafting journey – easel card
a little bit crafty – the birds and the bees
crafty hazelnut’s patterned paper – anything goes
crafty sentiments design – fancy folds
craft your passion challenges – pretty pastels

thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More Mid April

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penny black chicadee blossoms

this is my mid month card for the penny black and more challenge for this month’s blossoms and blooms theme. i coloured the penny black image, Chic-a-dee Blossoms 202K, with derwent inktense pencils and added stickles to the flower centres. just a reminder that you can use any companies stamped image for your focal point, just no digis, to play along with us for some fabulous prizes;  i hope you’ll join the fun. thanks for popping by.

From The Heart

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penny black rose

welcome to a new follower; thank you so much for taking an interest in what i create.

i discovered a new unique challenge, poppy sketches, that is a sketch and colour challenge; i was curious to see how the red would work with teal and gray and i like how it turned out. i stamped the penny black image on a gesso covered piece of the dark gray paper and coloured with derwent inktense pencils which, as their name implies, are intense. if you haven’t tried them, they’re used the same as watercolour pencils, but they’re permanent ink so colours won’t get muddy. i tore the dark and light gray mats, stamped the flourishes sentiment and cut the heart from a whimsy paper pattern to make this note card. thanks for popping by.

Easter Bunny

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cheery lynn bunny

making a tent card has been on my ‘must try this’ list for some time and i finally got around to making one; i followed beate’s tutorial and liked her window card so much that i borrowed that idea too. i’m submitting this to the cheery lynn designs challenge for their anything goes theme this week since i used two cheery lynn designs dies: the nesting egg dies and grass border. i added some pink to the bunny’s ears, a black dot for his eye and a white pom pom to his tail.

i’m also playing along with simply create too #59 no digis or stamped images.

every year i mention how bunnies should not be purchased for easter unless someone is willing to make a ten year commitment, so it’s time for another round of awareness with easter approaching.

A-rabbit-is-for-lifethanks for popping by.

 

Penny Black And More – Blossoms And Blooms

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it’s the first sunday of the month and time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge and we’d like to see blossoms and blooms. this is my DT card and it is one of the fastest cards i’ve ever made; i used a floral sticker from the penny black stickeroos collage flowers #10-147 sheet, stamped the penny black letter background 1999L in black ink on the pink paper, distressed the edges and added a strip of floral paper on the bottom.

remember, you can use any company’s image for your focal point; just no digis, so come and join us! for inspiration from my very creative teammates, and to check out the fabulous prizes, visit the blog here. thanks for popping by.

Flowers For You

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digistamp boutique easter bunny
i watercoloured this adorable digistamp boutique bunny image with twinkling H2Os, added stickles to the flower centres and flower soft to the tail.

i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
digistamp boutique march competition
papertake weekly: sketchie free for all and i used sketch No. 79
simply create too: No.58 easter or use bunnies
addicted to stamps and more: No. 88 holiday
graph’it colour crazy: springtime pastels
brown sugar: No. 87 easter

thanks for popping by.

Winter Friends

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yay, i had time to play! i watercoloured this cute image with twinkling H2Os and it was so much fun to colour. i added some pink frantage, sponged the poinsettias and the edge of the image with distress inks and popped the image on foam squares. i used sketch No. 85 at the papertake weekly challenge since this week it’s a sketchie free for all. i’m also playing along with the one crazy stamper March “Anything Goes and Whimsy Stamps” Challenge since i actually bought this stamp from OCS. i’d also like to submit this to the stamping sensations pretty in pink challenge theme for march. thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More Mid Month – So Sweet

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a tender hug!

i had a lot of fun creating this DT card as a mid-month reminder for the penny black and more challenge; this month we’d like to see anything so sweet – images, food, etc. and to me, this is one of the sweetest penny black hedgie images and it’s called a tender hug! i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os, added yellow stickles to the flower centres and some punched flowers to the memory box corner die. be sure and visit the challenge blog for some creative inspiration from my talented team mates and to see what prizes are available; remember, you can use any company’s stamped image as the focal point, just no digis. thanks for popping by.

Egg-cited For Spring

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even though more snow is predicted, i am trying to shift into spring so i thought an easter card with bright colours might help. i coloured everything with twinkling H2Os, added flower soft to the cuffs and tail and i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
kraftin’ kimmie wonderful wednesday anything goes challenge
my favorite things palette colour challenge for march
stamp and create – ready for spring
as you like it – favourite colouring medium and why: watercolouring, usually with distress ink pads and/or twinkling H2Os, is the easiest medium for me because it requires less pressure on my wrist and hands, which doesn’t aggravate my RA. painting images is so relaxing that i sometimes lose track of time when i’m ‘in the zone.’

thanks for popping by.

Sweet Wishes

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welcome to some new followers; i appreciate your interest!

this week’s simon says stamp challenge theme is tag it! i love how my team mate ellie stitches on her cards, but sewing is another hobby i gave up because of my RA so i’ve invested in some stitched dies. i used a paper smooches die to create this tag with bits of kaisercraft papers, added stickles to the dots on the cupcake and pearls to the punched flower and cupcake on the front:

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i added stickles to the flowers on the back, punched and attached a pink flower and stamped the penny black ‘sweet wishes’ sentiment.

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i’m also submitting this tag to  these challenges:
Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge theme of anything goes
seize the birthday – anything goes
papertake weekly – anything goes

thanks for popping by.

Twinkling Hydrangea

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the impression obsession challenge is ‘favourite technique’ and mine is watercolouring. i used twinkling H2Os to create a wash on some watercolour paper to die cut the petals with the IO hydrangea die (DIE044-Y); i painted the leaves and using the same twinks, i painted the edges of watercolour paper to create the mat and had fun splattering the leftovers on cardstock. finally, i added blue stickles to the petal centres.

i’m also submitting this card to these other challenges:
stamp and create – ready for spring
little red wagon – #226 yearning for spring!
virginia’s vew challenge #1 – watercolouring
loves rubberstamps – anything goes

thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More – So Sweet

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penny black mimi bunny slippers

it’s the first sunday of march so it’s time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge; this month we’d like to see something ‘so sweet’ like a sweet image or sweet food. i coloured this penny black sweet dreams image (4245H) with twinkling H2Os, added stickles to the blanket and stamped the sentiment from penny black betsy bluebell (30-053). visit the blog for some very creative inspiration from my team mates and to take a peek at all the fabulous prizes and remember, you can use any company’s stamped image for your focal point, just no digis please. i hope you’ll come and play along! thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More Mid February Card

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penny black hedgies

i made another DT card for the penny black and more february challenge theme of ‘make it sparkle.’ with a record amount of snow here, i thought i’d use these sledding hedgies – i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os and distress inks and added stickles on their hats, flowers soft for snow and some green gems. to play along for some fabulous prizes, remember you can use any company’s stamped image for your focal point (just no digis please); check out what my talented team mates have done and read all the rules at the challenge blog here.

i’d like to submit this card to your next stamp challenge; i rotated their sketch.

thanks for popping by.

Festive Foliage

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i painted the background with twinkling H2Os on watercolour paper, then stamped the hero arts holly and painted the leaves with the same twinks and added red stickles to the berries. i used red glitter paper to mat the image and attached it to the paper that i distressed the edges of. i’m submitting this to the christmas at sweet stampin’ challenge theme of festive foliage and the country view crafts challenge theme of painty pleasures. thanks for popping by.

Happy Mail

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i don’t have a card to share today, but i wanted to post some pics of blog candy that i received all the way from bavaria. thank you daniela! it was a lot of fun opening the presents and there’s a lovely variety of crafting goodies and some yummy refreshments; the lindt chocolates are my favourite chocolates, but having an abscessed tooth to be extracted on monday means i can’t open them yet. anyway, please pop over to daniela’s blog and enjoy browsing through her amazing creations. thanks for popping by.

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Time Flies

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before i get to my card for today, i want to thank laura love, loves rubberstamps store owner and design team member of crafty sentiments designs for featuring my ‘all bundled up’ card on the crafty sentiments designs inspirational blog today; it was my final card as january’s guest designer at loves rubberstamps challenge and i used a crafty sentiments digi – cold christmas.

today’s card features ‘senior-ita dolores’ from stamping bella by illustrator christine grove; i love her sense of humour and when i get my scooter, i think i might just have to decorate it. i watercoloured the image with twinkling H2Os using the inspiration colours from this week’s stamping bella challenge:

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i’d also like to submit this to these challenges:
loves rubberstamps – anything goes #89
try it on tuesday – travel
simply create too – mother’s day or for a female
papertake weekly – anything goes
as you like it – showcase and explain your favourite style (my favourite style is cute and fun with few embellishments as i want the focus to be on the image, which is watercoloured 99% of the time).

thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More Make It Sparkle

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we’re into february already and that means a new challenge theme at penny black and more; this month we’d like to see some sparkle. for my DT card, i chose to watercolour this cute penny black penguin from the ‘cold nose warm heart’ clear set with twinkling H2Os and i painted the sky with distress ink pads. the glitter on the snowballs is stampendous flocking mixed with stampendous ultra fine glitter.

there are some fabulous prizes on offer from our generous sponsors, so come and play along! remember, you can use any company’s stamped image as your focal point (just no digis please) and if you’d like to be considered as a guest designer, use a penny black stamp. for all the rules and some more inspiration from my talented teamies, visit the challenge blog.

thanks for popping by.

A Tiny Christmas Greeting

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when i saw the jingle belles prompt to make cards featuring inchies or twinchies, i realized just how challenging this was and it has taken me almost two weeks to come up with something and the deadline is only hours away. the penny black chick was die cut into an inchie, matted and framed with a twinchie and watercoloured with twinkling H2Os. i added stickles to the hat, embossed and sanded the border and lines and added a hand-tied bow; silly me, i thought it would be faster than my bow tool. thanks for popping by.

Bundled Up

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it’s tuesday and time for a new theme at the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge – use lace and it’s sponsored by Crafty Sentiments Designs. this is my last GDT card and i’d like to thank laura love, owner of Loves Rubberstamps, for inviting me and holly flores for being a great DT Coordinator; it was a lot of fun, i was challenged and it was a great learning experience.

Supplies i used on this card:

My Favorite Things Die-Namics Dainty Lace Border Die
My Favorite Things Die-Namics Let It Snowflake Die
Polar White Diamond Range Flower Soft
Stampendous Frantage Embossing Kit Vintage
Distress Ink pads
Twinkling H2Os (coming soon!)
Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool & Foam
Tombow MONO MULTI LIQUID GLUE
Crafty Sentiments Designs
Kaisercraft paper

i watercoloured this cute Crafty Sentiments Designs image with distress ink pads and twinkling H2Os and lightly sponged the green dotted paper with distress inks. i added flower soft, frantage and my favorite things die-namics dainty lace border and let it snowflake dies. there are some fabulous prizes on offer, plus a chance to be a guest designer for a month – just put GDT if you’re interested. you can read all the rules and find some amazing inspiration by the DT at the challenge blog – i hope you’ll play along! thanks for popping by.

Hugs

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it’s tuesday, so it’s time for a new challenge at Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog; this week’s theme is to CASE yourself or a design team member and it’s being sponsored by Aurora Wings. i cased one of my clean and simple hedgie cards:

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but i used this sweet critter image from the Penny Black Hugs Clear Stamp Set available from Loves Rubberstamps and i watercoloured with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads and twinkling H2Os (coming soon!). i love pink and green together and i love the pretty patterns in the Wild Rose Studio – ANNABELLE’S MEADOW PAPER PACK 6×6 Patterned Paper. i used Tombow MONO MULTI LIQUID GLUE to attach the Memory Box Alphabet Die letters

check out the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog for the fabulous DT creations and remember – you can use any stamps and products that you would like, you can enter as many times as you want and just add GDT after your name if you’d like to be considered for a guest designer position – i’d love for you to play along too!

i’d like to submit this to these challenges:
CAS on Sunday – challenge #25 lovely dovey
great impressions – something new (new papers)
graph’it marker – anything goes

thanks for popping by.

Love Is In The Air At Penny Black And More

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this is my mid-month DT card to remind you that you have until january 29 to play along with the love and romance theme this month at the penny black and more challenge. i used one of the images from the penny black ‘every which way’ clear set and painted the sky with my new water-soluble wax pastels and then i used coloured pencil, distress ink pads, twinkling H2Os to colour everything else. this is my valentine card for my husband, who loves scrabble; i found these tiny scrabble letters in a clearance bin years ago, but the dotted paper is new from whimsy stamps and so is the corrugated DCWV paper.

i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
great impressions: use something new (water-soluble wax pastels, whimsy stamps & DCWV papers)
whimsy stamps inspirations:  #67 something new
the squirrel and the fox: #61 show off your new stuff
penny’s paper-crafty: embellishments
DRS Designs: love and marriage
penny black: sending hugs

thanks for popping by.

Snow Friends

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i couldn’t resist the kraftin’ kimmie stamps boxing week sale where i found this cute snowman image and i’d like to enter this card into the wonderful wednesday challenge where anything goes and the krafty guest contest that has a sparkle theme. i painted the sky with distress ink pads and watercoloured everything else with twinkling H2Os, added stickles to the hat, falling snow and snow on the ground, black stickles to the buttons, flower soft on the bunny’s tail and glitter paper for the dark blue mat and memory box die ribbon slide – finally, i added sequins to the snowflakes and used a beige shimmer paper for the base and second image mat. thanks for popping by.

Extreme Fun

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Kenny K Extreme Stamp
Echo Park – A Boy’s Life
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads
Tombow MONO MULTI LIQUID GLUE
 Derwent Inktense Pencils

it’s time for a new challenge at Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog; this week’s theme is to use something metal on your project and it’s being sponsored by Kenny K. i’ve used this Kenny K Extreme Stamp, available in rubber from Loves Rubberstamps that was so much fun to colour; i used distress ink pads and derwent inktense pencils and added some picture frame hangers.

you’ll want to pop over to the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog to check out the fabulous creations the DT have made and remember – the challenge is open to everyone, you can use any stamps and products that you would like, and you can enter as many times as you want – how easy is that?! i’d love for you to play along too! thanks for popping by.

Loves Rubberstamps Guest Designer

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I’m very excited to have the opportunity to be a Guest Designer for the weekly Loves Rubberstamps Challenge for January; Laura, the owner, and everyone on the design team has made me feel very welcome.

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Items Used:
Wild Rose Studio – BELLA’S BIRTHDAY Clear Stamp 
Wild Rose Studio – ANNABELLE’S MEADOW PAPER PACK 6×6 Patterned Paper
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads
Tombow MONO MULTI LIQUID GLUE
Penny Black sweet wishes 30-104
Memory Box Simple Banner
Ranger Archival Black Ink
Ranger Diamond Stickles
Twinkling H2Os

this week’s theme is anything goes, so i chose to make a side-step birthday card with bella that i coloured with distress ink pads and twinkling H2Os. click here to the distress ink pads page and you’ll find a distress ink colour swatch chart to download. tip: i attach one inch squares of watercolour paper to the chart to make my colour swatches.

the challenge is open to everyone, you can use any stamps and products that you would like, and you can enter as many times as you want – how easy is that? there are some fabulous prizes to be won – vouchers to the loves rubberstamps store and a prize from this week’s sponsor the cutting cafe, plus a chance to be a guest designer – just put GDT after your name. i hope you’ll play along! thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More – January Love And Romance

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it’s the first sunday of the month so it’s time for a new penny black and more challenge; this month we’d like to see what love and romance means to you. i water coloured this penny black ‘love tail’ image with twinkling H2Os and distress ink pads and i used the sentiments from the papers. to play along for some fabulous prizes, remember you can use any company’s image, just no digis please. visit the challenge blog for some beautiful projects by my team mates and for the full rules – i look forward to seeing what you come up with. thanks for popping by.

Holiday Planner

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i finally made a holiday planner and it didn’t take as long as i thought it would. i created this one from a red file folder for my daughter for christmas in her favourite colours and designs and i found some alphabet stickers in my stash that were just the right size and colour. i downloaded and printed the ‘pocket planner pages’ from organized christmas, but they also have full size binder sheets and there are several links to different planners.

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now i have to make one for myself.

i’d like to submit this to these challenges:
little claire’s designs – make a gift
one crazy stamper – winter/holiday
crafting for all seasons – anything christmas but a card
heck of a challenge – colourful christmas

thanks for popping by.

Visions Of Sugarplums

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i have another christmas card to share; i coloured this penny black mouse with distress ink pads and twinkling H2Os, added stickles to the stocking trim and added a sentiment and bow.

i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
christmas cards all year round – christmas stockings
one crazy stamper – winter/holiday
loves rubber stamps – #83 holiday blitz anything goes
heck of a challenge – colourful christmas
natalie and amy’s – cute and cuddly
jingle belles – linkfest

thanks for popping by.

Christmas Caroler

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although it wasn’t shown on the crafter’s companion challenge blog and i wasn’t given any explanation, this is my guest designer creation for december to use ribbon, twine or string. i coloured this mouse from the makey bakey ‘christmas carols’ stamp set with distress inks, added flock to his hat and coat trim and decoupaged the song book and his paws. i added snow and used stickles for the snow on the ground; the sentiment is a sticker and i added the memory box die cut numbers and a Dee’s Distinctively Dies tree.

i’d like to submit this to these challenges:
winter wonderland – numbers
cut it up – christmas and include a die cut
christmas at sweet stampin’ – snow
a little bit crafty – christmas cheer
one crazy stmper – winter/holiday
cute card thursday – celebrations
jingle belles – linkfest

thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More December Mid-Month

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this is my DT creation for this month’s traditional christmas colours theme at the penny black and more challenge.

i cut a tag from graphic 45’s december ‘place in time’ sheet, stamped the bird from penny black jolly friends 30-058 clear set, coloured with coloured pencils and added red stickles to the berries. remember, you can play along by using any stamp company’s image for your focal point, just no digis please and there are some fabulous prizes on offer. visit the blog for more inspiration from my teamies. i’m also submitting this to the jingle belles linkfest. thanks for popping by.