Thursday, July 31, 2014

Bloomers hanging in the wind - LOL!!

There's no real reason for this card today...just the fact that I liked the image and had to use it!  It's one of Deedee's Digi's.....the image is from the set "Loads of Love".






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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Winter Friends

It's hard to think about snowmen and winter right now - but I know it's coming.  I do love seeing the snow and Christmas of course.  But I do hate driving in it and gee, I'm lucky to walk upright on dry ground much less on snow and ice. 

The card I'm sharing today is for winter...so obviously this one isn't in the mail yet.  LOL!!  But it will be in a few months!!!  The image is "Winter Friends" from From The Heart Stamps.  It's so cute!!  Add some ribbon, bling, and paper from the stash - and this is what I came up with:


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Friday, July 25, 2014

Flowers

I just realized that I'm really bad at naming my posts - LOL!!

It's Mid-Inspiration time at Aloha Friday Challenges for Kitty Bee Designs.  The challenge is "Favorite Color Combo" and the sponsor for the challenge is Dilly Beans Digi Stamps.

Picking a favorite color combo isn't easy for me because I love so many.  But one that I found I really do like (and honestly it shocked me that I did) is purple and green.  I was shocked when I saw it used and then realized "Hey - that looks pretty cool!"...so it's become one of my faves.  Here's the card I made using "Daisy Watercan"...even though I didn't keep the daisies white and yellow:


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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Christmas in July

It's time to get started on Christmas cards...can you believe it?  It comes so fast and I'm never ready....so hopefully getting started in July will mean by the time late November comes around I'm not scrambling to finish cards!  Oh who am I kidding?  LOL!!!  This image is a digi I found somewhere - I can't even remember where.  I wanted to use colors that weren't really "Christmas" or at least not the first thing you think about when you think "Christmas". 


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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Black/White - Monochromatic

Black & White (skin color & grey allowed) - that's the theme for challenge #97 at Digistamps4Joy!  I've been wanting to use this image for a while and thought this was a good time to pull it out.  She's so sweet and reminds me that prayer is certainly the answer!  She's colored with markers and the paper is from the stash as is the ribbon.....


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Monday, July 21, 2014

101 Dalmatians....ok, just 1 Dalmatian!

Yes, I'm a cat person.  But I do love all animals and so thought I should use a dog image.  The image is from Meljen's...who just happens to have a theme this week of "Bookworm" so why not make a card with a Dalmatian dog for "101 Dalmatians".  The image is colored with pencils and the paper is some I've had in the stash.


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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Black & White Chalkboard

I'm blessed to be part of a group on SCS where we get an envie of items every month and then make cards with those items.  It always amazes me that we get the same things but the cards are so different.  These cards were from last months envie.  I love black & white cards!!!!



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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Enjoying the outdoors

July is almost half over...summer is almost half over. Soon it will start to cool down and before we know it - that white stuff will be back.  UGH!!!  So since I'm still in Summer mode I wanted to share an early summer card - maybe even late spring but still it's the outdoors and reminds me of those nice lazy vacation days.  :)  The image is a Penny Black image I believe.  This was a card kit I received - I just love card kits!!!!




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Sunday, July 13, 2014

Tres Chic

It's Sunday Release time at Digistamps4Joy!  You just have to go check out the new images released today!  They are all so wonderful!!!  I had the honor of working with new release "Tres Chic".  I thought she was so beautiful and of course I couldn't do her justice...but I tried.  I colored the image with markers and then used some paper from my stash.  Hmmm, wonder if those stacks and stacks of paper will ever start looking less?  LOL!!!  I added some ribbon (2 layered) and then a few flowers and this is what I came up with:


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Saturday, July 12, 2014

Ice Cream Bear

It's that time again - the second Saturday of the month and that means it's my DT Spotlight at Kitty Bee Designs!

Summer is in full swing and when it gets warm I want ice cream.  Oh, well, the truth is that I want ice cream all the time (yes, it is my vice).  But Summer seems to bring that craving out even more.  When I saw this little Ice Cream Bear - I knew he had to be the image I used this month.  I colored him with Spectrum Noir markers and then used some paper, ribbon, and buttons from my stash:


If you like this little bear, you'll have to check out all the amazing images at Kitty Bee Designs.  Oh - and don't forget to join us on Fridays for our Aloha Friday Challenges (there's a new one starting this coming Friday!).

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Friday, July 11, 2014

Aloha Friday - Mid Challenge Inspiration

YAY!  It's Friday!!!  Only 8 more hours of work and then it's the weekend....ah, gotta love the weekends! 

Friday's also means that it's Aloha Challenge time over at Kitty Bee Designs.  This week is the Mid-Challenge Inspiration for our Stars and/or Stripes Challenge.  Our sponsor is Kenny K who generously giving the winner of the challenge 5 digis of their choice!  WOW!!!

I used "Mouse digital stamp" - I thought he was so cute!!!  Of course I had paper in my stash that would work out perfect for this challenge....and then just added a black sparkly ribbon from a previous project - and voila!  This is what I came up with:


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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Just Chillin'

July's Digi of the Month Challenge is "So Cool" - what a cute set!!  If you hop on over to Deedee's Digis you can enter the challenge and find the store to purchase the cute set! 

I just love this little penguin and how adorable to be in a bath!!!  I used some papers I had and an extra piece of ribbon from another project:


Now check out the whole set:



Remember if you enter this month's challenge, you will get next months set for FREE!

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

A Whopper?

Lately I've been trying to go outside of my box and throw in a masculine card here and there.  I'm not sure why I find them so hard to make...but I do.  Our theme at Digistamps4Joy is "For The Boys" so this fits right in for me.  There are some wonderful masculine images at the Digistamps4Joy Shop.  I used "The Catch" which is fantastic because it comes with 2 fish!  I decided to try to put some gills on the fish and then pop him with a pop dot.  This is what I ended up with:


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Sunday, July 6, 2014

Saturday in the Craft Room

I was able to spend a few minutes in the craft room yesterday (even though I should have been cleaning - LOL!!).  I have three to share today.

First is a card made with the freebie this weekend at MelJen's.  Don't you just love freebies?  The cupcake just screamed out SPARKLE to me so I had to add lots of Stickles.  The icing is actually white using icicle Stickles but it came up looking blue in the photo...to figure!


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Next up is a more realistic image from Eureka Stamps.  I love this duck and needed a masculine card to send out this week.  The buttons were from my stash.

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Lastly, I made a card specifically for the challenge over at Sweet n Sassy Stamps - Big Blooms.  I used Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Tulip Flower Block and colored it using pencils.  Colored pencils is still my favorite coloring medium I think (even though I don't do it much anymore).


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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Another Patriotic card

I've never been one to make 4th of July cards....but seems like this year I've made a few.  This one comes from a card kit.  I've been waiting for July to pull this one out and make these cards!  I just love card kits!!!


The only thing I used that was mine was the banner paper and then the blue backing of the image...oh, and of course the card base.

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