Challenge #10 Clear It Out

Welcome friends.  So good to see you.  I'm a tad late in posting this card.  With all the illness and such going on around here, I'm a bit addle brained.  There is a new challenge going on over at Clear It Out and you still have a few more days to get in the challenge. 

Theme: Layer it Up

Stash: Designer Papers

Our Sponsor this week is Stamp Art by Kathryne and you can find her artwork at Whimsy Stamps.  I decided to work with Alannah.  I think she's so cute.  The image comes with two sentiments, also.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I am so sorry this late.  I hope y'all keep warm today.  It's cold, cold, cold here in Pennsylvania today.  God bless y'all.

Recipe: 

Image:  Alannah (Stamp Art by Kathryne)

Sentiment: from set

Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol, Sakura Clear Star glitter pen

Cardstock: Light Blue, Medium Blue (Recollections), White (Colorbok) Neenah Solar White

Papers: DCWV

Extras: Stickles Frosted Lace

Tools: Fiskar's Trimmer, ATG Gun, pop dots 

Challenges:
Craftin' Desert Diva's--Winter

Day 5 of the 12 Days of Creepmas

Welcome to Day 5.  Have y'all been hopping along the blog roll and seeing all these amazing creations? Aren't they spectacular?  We have some amazingly talented people posting projects.  

If you need the list, I have posted it for the duration of this hop on the right hand side of my blog.  Make sure to stop in and see Terra also for the deets.

Today I have a kinda romantic Christmas Creepmas card.  I used and image from Crafty Moments Cardmaking.  Vince is an amazing artist and has designed some fantastic digis.

Isn't this just the sweetest couple.  LOL.  I found these two beautiful Christmas papers in my stash. Where, oh where had these beauts been hiding.  I think they have a vintage, romantic feel to them.  I printed the image on Neenah card stock and colored them with Crayolas.  I'm still hoping for Prismas for Christmas.  I inked the edges with DI Vintage Photo and matted it onto some Dark Green Recollections card stock.  I printed out the sentiment and used the same ink and card stock to match the image.

I really like the way it turned out and I hope y'all do too.  Have a great day and I'll be back on the 11th with another Creepmas card.  Have a creeptastic day!

Challenges for this card:
Created with Love--Anything Goes
Parade Your Crafts--#10  Christmas

A Spoonful of Friendship

Hi there.  Welcome back to my blog.  Getting up at 6 am must have energized me.  I got four cards done before 11 am.  I have two more in the process of being put together.

This one uses an image from Meljen's. 

What a cute little poodle.  I printed out the image on Neenah card stock and used my Spectrum Noir pens to add the color.  I rounded the corners and matted the image on a pink panel from Colorbok.  I made the card base from the same pink and it measures 5.5" square.  I added two different DPs from K and Co. and the panel of green card stock is from Colobok.  I had those two flowers in my stash so I stuck them on.  I took a Sakura Glitter pen and added some sparkle in different places.

I colored the "icing" on the little poodle's head with pink, but it blends in with the body color in the picture.

Thanks again for stopping by.  I hope y'all are having a great Wednesday.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Meljen's Designs--Sketch Challenge #150

Digi Darla Challenge #48

It's Monday again, and guess what that means?  It's challenge day over on Digi Darla.  This week's challenge is to us  YOUR STYLE.  Whatever you think  your style is, we want to see it.  Is it Shabby Chic, Clean and Simple, Eclectic, or something else.  There are many different styles out there and each person's style is different and special.  One winner will received 5 Digi Darla images and any entry that uses a DD image will get entered into a SECOND drawing for 3 images, so you could possibly win 8 images.  Very cool right? 

So, how would I describe my style?  I really have no idea.  I have a very eclectic style.  It all depends on what the card is for, who it's for, if it's a challenge, or my mood.  I create everything from CAS to way out in left field.  But, the one thing that I incorporate on almost all of my cards is my coloring pencils.  I love to do my images this way.  I am trying to get more practice in with my Spectrum Noir pens, but I feel way more comfortable with the colored pencils.  

I used this cute little angel from DD to create this card.  I decided to make her in shades of purple.  I used three different shades of purple card stock and one DP.  I used my Nestabilities for the mat.  The background was run through my Cuttlebug with the Allegro Embossing Folder.  The sentiment is just a little bit of scripture.  I made the flower using the same shades of purple and sprayed them with Cork Glimmer Mist.  The large jeweled brad is from my stash.

I hope that you decide to join us over on Digi Darla for this week's challenge.  Click HERE to be directed to the blog so you can enter into the challenge.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope y'all stay tuned to see what else I have in store.  God bless y'all.

Rock On

Hello there.  I hope everyone is having a great day.  I have another card that is going to be entered into two different challenges.  The first challenge, Chocolate, Coffee and Cards has a Rock On challenge.  The second, Shelly's Images, has a 1-2-3 Challenge.  You have to use one sentiment, 2 pieces of patterned paper and 3 pieces of bling.

For this card, I used a cute image I found online for free when I first started using digi stamps.  I Googled Free Digi Stamps, and she popped up.  I wasn't keeping track of who designed them back then, so unfortunately I cannot give proper credit.  If I find out who designed this cutie, I will update my post with the artist's name.  

I colored her with my colored pencils and OMS.  I then fussy cut her out so that I could use pop dots to adhere her to the card.  

I used Daffodil Delight (SU) for the A2 card base.  The two DPs are from DCWV's Glam Girl stack.  I cut the butterfly paper to 3.5"x2.5"  and notched the ends.  I trimmed the striped paper to 4"x3".  I inked both papers with DI Vintage Photo.  The sentiment is from Stampedous' You Rock set. I used Memento Tangelo ink to stamp it and cut it out with my EK Success Label punch.  I added three large gems (Queen and Co.)  to the bottom left corner to complete the card.

Thank you so much for stopping by to check out my hippie chick.  Have a wonderful day.  God bless you.

Jonah 2:2

Hello my friends.  I found this cool site during my searching for some new challenge blogs.  Shop Our Stash blog challenges you to use up your hoarded materials.  It's a great way to pull out things you haven't used in a while or have been hoarding for one reason or another. I participated in the challenge last week too.   This week's challenge was to use some of your oldest ribbon.

I made this one a get well card.  It seems I have needing alot of those lately.  This dang flu has everyone down and out.  I found this cute little Nurse Mouse online during one of my many searches for free digis.  I used my colored pencils and OMS to color the image.  I trimmed it down, rounded the edges and inked them in Bahama Blue by Memento.  I matted it onto a piece of stormy blue card stock by Colorbok.  The sentiment is from Dee's Bugaboo Boutique.  She has tons of Scripture Verses and Quotes on her site.  I found this one and thought it was very fitting for a get well card.  I did the same techniques to the sentiment as I did the focal image.  I used two pieces of scrap DP for the background.  They are both from DCWV.  I used a 6x6 card base made from Cornflower Blue from Colorbok.  The piece of blue glitter ribbon was hiding way down in the bottom of my blue ribbon bucket.  I thought the corners needed something extra so I added some cream colored flat back pearls to finish off this card.

I sure hope you liked this card.  Thanks so much for stopping in today and I pray blessings upon each and every one of you.  God bless you.

Hoppy Birthday

Hello there.  How are ya today?  I am sitting here at 8pm watching it snow.  Now, I am sure you are asking me how I am watching it snow when it's dark outside.  Well, we have a big flood light on the corner of our house and it's very sensitive.  We just let the dog out, he triggered the light and I can see the snow falling.  We were only supposed to get a dusting.  Yeah, think they were wrong.

On to crafting.  The card today is for a 5 year old named Mikey whose family attends out church.  His mother, Megan, and I are friends and they just a had a new baby in Jun of last year.  Mike, the dad and husband, does wonderful photography.  Look him up on FB under Class A Photography.  You will be amazed, especially when you see the Christmas card that he made for this past year.

So, Mikey is 5 and a typical boy.  Like to wrestle with my husband on Sundays after church, likes to play outside and tries to catch every bug possible.  So, I thought this image would be just right for him.  It's from Dearie Dolls and this card is going to be entered into the Melonheadz Friends challenge which is Use a Digi.  It's their first challenge ever.  Let's make some noise for Melonheadz.  They have really cute images and some are free.  

I used two papers from American Crafts for the background.  I cut out the image using my cutter, then matted it on a piece of Olive Green and then a piece of Kraft.  I printed out the sentiment on the computer and cut it into little strips, inking them in Spanish Olive before adhering them to the right hand side of the focal image. I matted the focal image after inking it, onto two pieces of DP from American Crafts.   I colored the image with my colored pencils and OMS.  After adhering the image, I added three little frogs from the Recollections 3/D sticker collection.  

For the inside, I use the same DP as on the front and a piece of GP White for the journaling spot.  I hand wrote the sentiment and the thought bubbles.  The little fat frog is a Cricut die cut and I used my BIC markers and White Gel Pen for enhancement. 

I always forget to take the pictures before I write the sentiments.  I don't know I just do.  I hope you all liked this one.  I love little frogs and definitely love this card.  Have a wonderful day and God bless.

Blissful Day

Howdy!  Hope everyone had a great day today.  I did.  I had some quiet time this evening while my mother in law took my daughter and her cousin to Disney on Ice 100th Year Anniversary show.  I was able to do some card making while listening to a James Patterson book on CD.  I love my quiet time.

This card is a 6x6 square card.   The little mouse image is from Beary Wishes.  I colored it with my colored pencils and OMS.  I added some glitter gel pen to the roses and the little flower on the mouse and the swirls on the cup. I trimmed the image to slightly less than 4x4 and matted it on a 4.25x4.25  tan piece of card stock.  The background is made from strips of rose patterned paper cut to  1" and matted on strips of brown card stock cut to 1 1/8".  I staggered them according to a sketch from Feeling Sketchy.  I printed off the sentiment and trimmed it down, matted it on the tan card stock and placed it in the bottom right hand side.  I used pop dots for the focal image.  I inked the edges of the focal image and sentiment with Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink. I used a dark red card stock from Colorbok for the card base.  To finish off the card, I added some ruby red pearls to the top right and bottom left corners.

I am entering this card into the Feeling Sketchy #42 challenge for this week.  I just recently found this site and this is the first time I am entering one of my cards. I am also entering this one in the Through the Craft Room Door challenge for this week..Anything Goes.

Thank you for stopping in today.  I hope you have a great weekend.  God bless  you.

Penny's Paper Crafty #110

Howdy ya'll.  How is everyone today?  I am cruisin' right along with my card making.  Since I have been feeling better, I am able to sit longer which means I can craft longer.  I am still on limited duty, but the time is getting longer and I am loving being back in my crafting mode.

Today's card is for the Penny's Paper Crafty challenge #110.  The theme is Teddy Bears.  This cute image is Deacon and his teddy from Bugaboo Stamps.  Isn't it just the cutest?  I used BIC markers to color in this one.  I'm still learning how to use alcohol markers, so bear with me..no pun intended. :)  I used a red glitter pen on the two hearts.  I inked the edges of both the image and the sentiment, which was printed out on the computer, with DI Vintage Photo.  I then matted both on a very dark green card stock from Colorbok.  The Kraft card stock is from Recollections.  The plaid DP is from DCWV which is matted again on the dark green.  The card base is Old Olive from SU.  I decided to make this sort of CAS since it is for a boy.  I didn't want to make it too frilly or blingy.

This is a standard A2 size card, so all of the card stock pieces and DP piece are cut accordingly.   I hope you all have enjoyed the project for today.  I will be back over the weekend with more crafty cards.  Thanks so much for taking the time to stop in and check out my work.  Thanks in advance, too, for any comments that you choose to leave.  I love reading them, so please feel free.  God bless you.

Mojo Monday #276

Welcome back friends.  Today's card is for this week's sketch.  I turned the sketch and in order to fit my image, I enlarged the card a little bit.  It's an odd size card,  4" x 6.5".  The image is a Digi Darla stamp that I colored in with my colored pencils and OMS.  I used a glitter gel pen to color in the stars and curly Q's.

The sentiment is a freebie that I found online.  One of these days I will remember to write down the designer when I print them out.  I have them all saved on my computer by illustrators, but do you think I could find it..nnnoooo.  When I do, I will come back and update this post to give proper credit.  I matted the sentiment on a piece of Gold card stock from Gina K.  The same Gold card stock is behind the focal image.  The blue star DP is from DCWV.  I used the Fiskar's Scalloped Border Punch to do the navy blue card stock and the white card stock, both by Colorbok.  I used a white gel pen to add faux stitched on the navy blue.  I used pop dots on both the sentiment and the image, which was cut using Spellbinders Classic Circles Large.  Both are also inked with TCP Silver ink.

Thanks for stopping in today.  I hope you all have a blessed day.

Digi Darla Challenge #45

Welcome back friends.  This week over on Digi Darla the theme is Anything Goes.  The cool thing about Darla's site is you don't have to use one of their images, but if you do, you get two entries.  The image I chose this week is a Digi Darla image.  This little girl is just a cutie patootie.

This is a standard A2 size card made from black card stock.  I found a piece of Holstein cow DP in my stash and just had to use it since it matched her skirt.  I cut the DP to 5.25" x 4".  I then chose a piece of black, red and white striped DP and cut it to 4" x 1.5" and adhered it to the center of the card.  I used Spellbinders Label 10 dies to cut out the image and used DI Wild Honey to shade.  I colored in the image with my colored pencils and OMS.  After adhering the image with pop dots, I added six clear rhinestones to the image and three red ones to the bottom right corner.  I hand wrote the greeting,  inked it with DI Vintage Photo and used pop dots to adhere it.

Thanks for stopping in today and I look forward to reading your comments.  God bless ya'll.

Created with Love Challenge

Hello there.  Hope all of you are having a great day.  First off, I have some great news.  I had my first x-ray since my surgery and met with the surgeon today.  Everything is going perfect.  The doctor said my neck is healing perfectly.  The bone is growing around the screws and cage.  The natural curve of my neck is perfect.  Whatever I am doing, he said to keep doing because it's working.  YIPPEE!!  I was doing the happy dance on the way out of the office.   Starting February 17th I can start taking off the collar for one hour a day for two days.  Then I move to two hours a day for two days, then three hours for two days, etc.  I have to go back around the 17th of March for another x-ray.  So far so good.  Can  you say Praise the Lord??  I sure can.

So, onto today's card.  Created with Love #24 challenge is Critter Birthday.  I chose this adorable digi stamp that I received from a friend of mine and unfortunately I don't know who designed it.  I colored the image with my colored pencils and OMS.  I added some glitter pen on the roses and on the little mouse's bow.  I inked the edges of the image with Memento London Fog and matted it on Colorbok Pink and then Stampin' Up Gray. I tilted it just a little wonky for interest. The DP is from my stash and the card base is made from SU Gray.  The card is 5x5.  I printed out the sentiment from the computer and used the same matting sequence.  I used pop dots on the sentiment.  I added  a triple layer paper flower with two mint green leaf sprays and a mint brad to finish it off.

I sure hope you all enjoyed today's card.  Stop on over to the Created with Love blog and check out some of the beautiful work as well as the fun challenges.  God bless ya'll and have a wonderful weekend.

Saturday Sketch

Hello peeps.  How is everyone this snow covered morn?  I woke up this morning to about 3 inches of snow.  Granted it's not alot compared to what Utah just received last week, but for me, it's plenty.  

Today's card was made to enter the Sketch Saturday Challenge.  I used an image from the internet for free.  I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers.  I used Spellbinders to cut out the image.  The sentiment is from a new stamp set I just bought from Gina K Designs called Heartily Yours.  The background paper is from my stash and the card base is Gina K's 120#: base weight white.  I added some sparkle twine for accent.  The image is inked in DI Vintage Photo and the sentiment is inked in Lady Bug from Memento.

I think it turned out pretty cute.  If any of you know who designed this digi stamp, I would love to know.  I cannot remember where I got it from so I can't give proper credit.  Thanks for stopping in today to see my latest creation.  Have a blessed day!

Some New Work

Howdy everyone.  It's been a long time since I have posted any new cards.  I have truly missed blogging and showing my work.  I have also missed crafting.  I wasn't able to craft for the whole month of November and most of December.  I have been doing a little at the time.  I still have to take it easy because of my neck, but it's getting easier to sit for longer periods of time.  I go  back to the surgeon on the 17th for a check up and an x-ray to see how I am healing.  I'm believing for a complete healing that confounds the doctor.  Thank You, Jesus!

For my first card, I made it for the Mojo Monday Challenge and Through the Craftroom Door weekly challenge.  I made it for my dad who had a knee replacement on October 29th.  He had some major issues after surgery and I have been keeping up with him by phone, but thought he might like a little cheering up.  I thought the card was appropriate considering.

Isn't this little turtle too cute?  I am not sure who is from.  I spent 30 minutes looking through my computer to find him and I can't.  I know he's on there somewhere.  Anyways,  I colored him with colored pencils and OMS.  I fussy cut the grass and put the little guy behind it.  I chalked the background before adding the turtle and grass.  I stamped the butterfly (Recollections Garden Gnome set) and used my BIC markers to color it in.  I added a little bit of Sakura Clear Star glitter pen on the butterfly trail.  I printed out the sentiment, inked the edges and pop dotted it onto the image.  The patterned paper is from Gina K's Wisteria Lane paper pack.  The card base and the strip of cs are from my stash.  I inked the edges in Distress Ink Vintage Photo.

I really like this card and I hope my dad does too.  Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you guys haven't forgotten me since I have been gone for so long.  God bless you and have a wonderful weekend.