i created this card for the final papercraft star challenge; i was inspired to use the gorgeous colours in the inspiration photo and watercoloured this cute molly blooms stamp with twinkling H2Os. i got brave and tried the stampendous embossing enamel for the first time – fun stuff, but next time i’ll use a bit less.
i’m also submitting this card to christmas at sweet stampin‘s snow theme and the jingle belles linkfest. thanks for popping by.
i’m still making christmas cards; i read on someone’s blog that as long as they’re postmarked before the 25th it’s ok so i feel better now. this cute little bird is a molly blooms stamp that i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os and distress ink pads. i added snow after i painted the sky, added stickles to the hat and made some poinsettias.
i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
my time to craft – christmas birds
cute card thursday – christmas catch up
papercrafting journey – it’s christmas time
loves rubber stamps – # 82 anything goes christmas
papertake weekly – christmas creatures
Bunny Zoe’s Crafts Monthly Challenge – wings
stamp and create – anything goes
the artistic stamper – anything goes
ladybug crafts – christmas/winter
christmas cards all year round – christmas stockings thanks to gail’s suggestion
jingle belles – linkfest
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the stamping bella challenge this week is a sketch challenge, which i tweaked just a bit so i could use this SB cake image. i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os, added stickles to the icing and glossy accents to the plate and candles.
i’d also like to enter these challenges:
whimsy inspirations: party time
the paper shelter: special birthday
4 crafty chicks: food and drink
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the newton’s nook designs: inky paws challenge #5 is a sketch challenge; there are some really cute freebies that you can download to play along (and cute clear stamps to purchase) so i used the mittens to make this card. i coloured with pencil crayons, added red stickles to the hearts and used some leftover scraps that were the perfect size to complete this card. thanks for popping by.
this is the card i made for my dad. i used two memory box dies: the grand merry christmas, perfectly sized for an A2 card, and the winterberry sprig along with the spellbinders poinsettia die and of course i added stickles.
i’d like to submit it to these challenges:
little claire’s designs – christmas theme
a creative romance – sparkle at christmas
creative corner – traditional christmas
papercrafting journey – it’s christmas time!
DRS Designs – glitter it up
songbird – die another day
ladybug crafts – christmas/winter
jingle belles – linkfest
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it’s the first sunday of december already and time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge. this month we’d like to see ‘traditional christmas colours’ and remember, you can use any company’s stamp image for your focal point, just no digis.
i watercoloured this penny black hedgie (christmas critters 30-006) with distress ink pads, stamped the penny black text (christmas story 40-164) in white and used a sentiment from flonz (happy birthday greetings.wishes 354-08-014-0). i added some flocking to his hat and of course the scene needed some snow. thanks for popping by.
this is my second creation for this week’s less is more challenge to make a christmas card and use a bird, but this one is eligible.
in addition to my RA, i’ve had other health issues the last couple of weeks so i’ve not had much time to play. i submitted the first bird card with several tabs open for challenges, but i wasn’t concentrating and forgot to check the rules; oops, but a couple of designers at less is more were kind enough to leave some comments along with a gentle reminder. so, here’s another card using another cute penny black chick coloured with coloured pencils, flower soft on his hat, and stickles on the ground. the snow globe die is from memory box.
i’d also like to submit this to little claire’s designs – christmas theme.
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i haven’t been well enough to create as much as i’d like to or *need* to, but i managed to make a very CAS christmas card.
i coloured this little penny black chick with coloured pencils, added flower soft to his hat, stickles to the ground and i used washi tape for the first time – fun and much more precise than my sentiment stamping.
i’m submitting this to the following challenges:
sandra’s last rudolph day challenge for the year – to make holiday cards on the 25th of every month
little claire’s designs – christmas theme
stampin’ for the weekend – feeling festive
addicted to stamps and more – make your mark (colouring)
CAS on sunday – winter theme
one crazy stamper – christmas (2nd entry)
designed to color – christmas/winter
less is more – christmas and use a bird
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this is my mid-november design team creation for the penny black and more challenge theme of anything goes!
i watercoloured this tiny mouse image from the penny black jolly friends clear set (30-058) with distress inks and added some snow dots and stickles on the pom pom. there are some fabulous prizes and remember that to be eligible, your focal point has to be a stamped image and it can be any company’s stamped image, just no digis.
i also made this for the current jingle belles prompt by guest star and regular participant Marie Bingaman, who suggested family holiday traditions which, for marie, changed after the passing of her grandfather and then her father. christmas, like many other holidays, is more painful without a loved one and many families no longer participate in traditions or they create new ones. when my son passed away four years ago, everything changed and i had to force myself to accept the ‘new normal.’ our christmas is now a scaled down version so my tiny tag was inspired by the tiny tree, tiny ornaments and much smaller dinner.
since i used a tag from the cheery lynn designs (B261) which measures about 1 and 1/2″ tall, i’m also submitting this to the cheery lynn designs challenge blog.
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there were a few hiccups with the october crafter’s companion challenge theme of baby, so the october challenge has been re-posted and now i can post my guest designer card. i coloured the mice from the ‘celebration parade‘ set with distress inks, made all the paper buttons, added a memory box die cut banner and some stickers to spell baby; the papers are all from echo park.
so, now you can play along with the october baby challenge AND the november christmas/winter theme challenge for some fabulous prizes. thanks for popping by.
i won a guest designer spot for the crafter’s companion challenge blog for october to december, but there were a few hiccups with the blog; this is my november card for the christmas/winter theme. i watercoloured this makey bakey mouse with distress inks and twinkling H2Os, added red glass beads to the holly, flower soft on the coat and stickles around the edge of the image rectangle. the red star was die cut from glitter paper and the december 25 star sentiment was stamped from the makey bakey mouse festive fun & frolics set and cut out by hand. the papers are doodlebug’s home for the holidays. thanks for popping by.
this is my DT card for this month’s penny black and more challenge, which is anything goes! i enjoy making christmas cards year round, but i’m making more lately because they’ll have to be mailed off in a month already. i watercoloured this image with twinkling H2Os and the tiniest of paintbrushes. i stamped the sentiment, created the corners by die cutting four times, and then i matted everything. there are some fabulous prizes to be won and remember, you can use any company’s image for your focal point, just no digis. my team mates have made some gorgeous creations which you’ll find at the challenge blog. thanks for popping by.
i’m really cutting it close to the deadline for this week’s cheery lynn design challenge to use borders and edgers. i cut the wreath strip border die 4 times and attached the branches to die cut circles; each layer was popped with foam tape and i added stickles and some red glass seed beads. i used the frame 141 window die to create the window panels, which i lightly sponged with distress ink and then i trimmed the window frame and attached it to another rectangle which is also on foam tape. finally, i added a red bow.
i’d also like to submit this to the one crazy stamper challenge christmas theme this month, the allsorts challenge theme of christmas cheer and the crafty calendar challenge november theme of all things christmas. thanks for popping by.
whew! it’s been a very busy month, mostly due to volunteer activities so it was fun and relaxing to teach a class on saturday at papercraft cafe using twinkling H2Os; the ladies did a fabulous job and i love how each project was so unique, despite all of us using the same stamps.
well i’m not ready for snow, but penguins like playing in it and the current jingle belles prompt is ‘not a creature was stirring… i cut around the image freehand, watercoloured with distress inks, matted it and added the memory box border – another quick and easy holiday card.
this is also my rudolph day card for sandra’s challenge to create holiday cards on the 25th of every month; she’d like to see something festive this month – maybe this penguin is going somewhere festive with that top hat. thanks for popping by.
i’d never be able to walk a 5K with my RA, but my daughter just participated in her first walk-a-thon so i made this card for her. i coloured the stamping bella shoes with twinkling H2Os, added the 5K stickers from my stash and followed last week’s SB sketch theme. thanks for popping by.
this is my mid month DT card for the penny black and more challenge theme of anything goes! i coloured the penny black ‘be very scared’ image with distress inks, twinkling H2Os and coloured pencils and stamped some cobwebs from the ‘trick or treat’ clear stamp set. there are some fabulous prizes to be won and remember, you can use any company’s image for your focal point, just no digis; i hope you’ll play along.
i’d like to submit my card to these challenges:
papercraft star: inspiration photo
simply create too #48 – halloween
crafty calendar – halloween
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i was commissioned to make a card for someone who saw my pink calla lilies card and wanted something similar but in different colours. the hydrangea is in the same stamp-it australia set as the calla lilies and available at crafter’s companion; they stamp beautifully and i love the detailed thin lines. i watercoloured the image with twinkling H2Os, added stickles to the centres and die cut the embellishments out of gold mirri.
i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
city crafter – #181 give thanks
cards galore – flowers
stampin’ for the weekend – anything goes
one crazy stamper – thankful/autumn
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we’re starting to see the leaves changing colours and they’re just so pretty, vivid and inspiring; perfect for the colours of fall impression obsession challenge theme. i stamped the I.O. quote, D5529, onto white cardstock and sponged it and the patterned paper with distress inks. all the leaves, DIE030-S and DIE095-D were die cut from leftover watercolour paper that was already coloured with twinkling H2Os for another fall card i made; i just sponged the edges.
i was lucky enough to be the random winner of the $25.00 gift certificate from impression obsession just by playing along with their challenge last month so i chose something for spring because i saw some very cute cards by the design team…
something for fall because i love the larger leaves die i already have and i’m impressed with how deeply they emboss, even the tiniest…
and something for winter because i love snowmen and this snowman on the ground has been on my wish list for some time.
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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 this month it’s anything goes! for my DT card, i chose this cute penny black ‘hedgy gift’ image because it’s fall, it’s apple season and we just made some apple crisp – yum! i coloured with distress ink pads, cut out the apples, heated with versamark and clear ep and popped them on foam tape. there are some fabulous prizes to be won and you can use any company’s image for your focal point, just no digis. you’ll be impressed when you check out what the rest of the design team did at the blog; i hope you’ll play along.
i’d also like to submit this card to these challenges:
one crazy stamper – autumn
simply create too – fall/autumn
papercraft star – inspiration photo – fall
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i’m playing along with the jingle belles and their current prompt to ‘shape-up for the holidays.’ i made a clean and simple round card, using black glossy paper for santa’s belt and the white is a mulberry paper with strands of gold, although it doesn’t show well in the photo. thanks for popping by.
this month’s magenta challenge is anything goes so i decided to make a christmas card; i watercoloured the robins and sky with twinkling H2Os, added a ribbon and i have another CAS card for my stash. i’m also submitting this card to these challenges:
rudolph day – to make christmas cards on the 25th of every month
emma’s crafty challenge – birds
one crazy stamper – christmas
addicted to stamps and more – CAS
get inky! – song about the birds and the bees
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i created this card for the september crafter’s companion challenge theme of embossing. i watercoloured the calla lilies from the Stamp-It-Australia Floral Fancies stamp set (available in the US) with twinkling H2Os; i used the same twinks to create some matching mats with watercolour paper. i embossed a portion of the green paper, sanded the debossed side and added the memory box die cut ribbon slide. i decided not to put a sentiment on the front so i can use it for any occasion. thanks for popping by.
welcome to a new follower! thank you for taking an interest in what i create.
i haven’t had much time lately to create or comment: DH has been on vacation and we’ve had day trips, out of town visits to family, i’ve had volunteer work, commissions, taking classes, and prepping a class to teach. there are never enough hours in the day and since fatigue is a big part of my RA, i can’t always accomplish as much as i’d like.
anyway, this is my DT card for papercraft cafe; i used the same impression obsession die cut stencil i made for a recent card, but i added the memory box die cut letters instead of stamping on this one and the colours are a bit different. thanks for popping by; i hope to find time soon to pop by all those bloggers who inspire me, make me smile, and take time to comment.
i’m playing along with the ‘circles’ challenge theme at stamping bella this week; i used circle dies, the dots embossing folder and coloured with distress ink pads and twinkling H2Os.
this happy koala is one of two stamps i bought when stamping bella introduced illustrator christine grove’s characters in june; i was lucky enough to recently win a $20.00 gift certificate, so i bought a third character that i still have to colour and some general use stamps. thanks for popping by.
i haven’t had much time for papercrafting lately, but i thought i could make a quick and easy project for the impression obsession die challenge this week; the paper looked like denim so this is what i came up with. i used the house die DIE009-Z, trimmed a bit off the bottom and flipped it to make a pocket, then i cut another one, trimmed it, scored along the edges and popped it on foam tape to hold a gift card. i stamped the sentiment from clear set CL41 and added some gold dots that were die cut from the largest of the snowflake die set DIE024-X because i didn’t have just the right size punches. i added the faux stitching with a fine marker. thanks for popping by.
the less is more challenge this week is to use a rubber stamp and watercolour (my favourite technique) so i used three different watercolour media to colour this penny black image: watercolour crayons, twinkling H2Os and distress ink pads. i cut out one lemon, added stickles to the edge and popped it on foam tape. thanks for popping by.
i don’t know where the time goes, but it’s the first sunday of the month and time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge; this month we’d like to see fall colours or a sketch by the talented Brenda or both, so you have several options. i stamped this ‘sunny’ penny black cling stamp with twinkling H20s, added some splatters and used permanent markers to colour the peel off corners to match the distress ink i used to sponge the background paper.
there are some fabulous prizes to be won, along with a chance to be a guest designer so i hope you’ll play along. thanks for popping by.
this was a fun christmas card to make; i coloured the image with letraset aquamarkers, painted the sky with twinkling H2Os, added flowersoft to her hat and coat trim and stickles to the snow drifts i created. i’m submitting this to a couple of challenges: i used the layout at the sweet sketch wednesday, played bingo with the jingle belles (snowman/woman, stamping, red or green) and this is my august rudolph day card.
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welcome to a couple of new followers and thank you for taking an interest in my creations.
i’ve been playing along with some international challenge blogs and they have a translator widget on their blogs, so i’ve added one to mine at the top of my sidebar on the right; you can click on your country for the link. thanks for popping by.
this is my DT card just to remind you that you still have plenty of time to play along with our ‘in the garden’ theme this month at the penny black and more challenge; and remember, you can use any company’s stamped image for your focal point, just no digis please. as always, there are some fabulous prizes to be won plus a chance of being a guest designer.
i coloured this cute mouse from penny black garden critters with distress inks and twinkling h2os, added stickles to the butterfly, die cut the sun with MFT die-namics and added a sentiment from penny black micey day clear stamp set.
i’d like to submit this to these challenges:
little red wagon #198 – use a sun
kreativeinkauf – summer, sun, beach
heck of a challenge – summer holidays
a little bit crafty – summer sun
just for fun #1 – anything goes
aud sentiments – anything but a birthday card with sentiment
whimsy inspiration #62 – clean and simple
animal friends #5 – summer
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i was commissioned to make a card for someone who wanted bright, cute, cheerful and with mice; it was so much fun to colour these penny black mice images from the ‘homemade’ set. as usual, i coloured with distress ink pads and twinkling H2Os and i masked the sentiment to stamp half on the first panel and the other half on the second; i added a blank white panel to the the final section of the s-fold as requested for a hand written note after i took this photo. i lightly sponged the image panels with distress ink and used patterned paper from pink pettitcoat; i was inspired by sally’s adorable lemonade card.
i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
crafty ribbons challenge – three of something
a little bit crafty – summer sun ends august 30
animal friends #5 – summer ends august 31
crafting when we can – lemon and lime ends august 17
a warm welcome to a new follower! thank you for taking an interest in my creations. the august magenta challenge theme is a garden party colour combo based on some beautiful garden photos. i water coloured the magenta wildflowers image with twinkling H2Os and added stickles to all the flower centres; the sentiment and tag are from flourishes.
i’m also submitting this card to these challenges:
one crazy stamper – birthday
crafty ribbons challenge 56 – anything goes with ribbon
southern girls – things that begin with F – flowers
ladybug crafts – something floral
stempelsonnen – anything goes
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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; this month we’d like to see ‘in the garden’ creations. i coloured this penny black ‘break for cake’ image with distress ink pads and die cut the sentiment from the ‘in the garden’ clear set. i made my own flowers again with dies and punches and used my memory box ribbon slide die and added stickles to it.
i’d love for you to play along and remember – you can use any company’s images as your focal point, just no digis please. for some fabulous prizes and inspiration from the rest of the design team, visit the challenge blog here.
i’d also like to submit this card to these challenges:
one crazy stamper – birthday
a little bit crafty – summer sun
just for fun – anything goes
penny black – beat the heat
Birthday Card Challenge in the Moxie Fab World – birthday
seize the birthday – anything goes birthday linky party
thanks for popping by.
the current jingle belles prompt of ‘Sleigh Belles Ring’ was suggested by talented guest star jessi fogan; we could make a card with a sleigh, or bells or sheet music, but i challenged myself to use all three. i coloured this penny black sleigh image with distress ink pads and twinkling H2Os, added some clear embossed musical notes from penny black’s clearly in love set and added a row of memory box jingle bells.
i’m also submitting this card to:
sandra’s rudolph day challenge
penny black’s beat the heat challenge – the thought of snow has a cooling effect
penny black saturday – christmas in july
stamp and create – christmas in july
winter wonderland – ding dong merrily on high; use bells
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i created this birthday card for a very special someone who loves elephants; this is my first bella stamp by wild rose studio and i think she’s just so cute. i followed the sketch at a die for a sketch challenge #14 (flipped vertically), coloured with distress inks and twinkling H2Os, made my own flowers with dies and punches and of course added stickles wherever i could.
i’d also like to submit this card to these challenges:
Birthday Card Challenge in the Moxie Fab World
stamp with fun #217 celebrate
the cutie pie – pretty in pink
a little bit crafty ‘die-ing for it’
the paper girls – watercolours
wordplay saturday july – birthdays
seize the birthday – anything goes
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