Floral Thanks -- For The Paper Shelter

 It's Wednesday, and there's a new challenge starting over at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog. The theme this week is "Colour It".  Any hand colored image will qualify you to link up to the challenge! The challenge will run for 1 week.

The Paper Shelter has such wonderful images, and so much variety!  Truly, there is something for everyone!  Every file purchased comes with a black & white image, and pre-colored image, digital paper, and a composition.  They are so fun to create with!

I've been enjoying watercolors lately, and flowers lend themselves well to that medium, so for today's Colour It theme, I used Wild Rose, colored with watercolor pencils:

I got out my Prismacolor watercolor pencils for this, coloring the image, then dampening it with a paintbrush.

I've also jumped on the slimline card bandwagon, and thought this image lent itself well to a slimline card.  After coloring Wild Rose, I cut it out with a cross stitch oval die by The Scrapping Cottage.

The slimline dies are by Anna Griffin.  The designer papers are by Crafter's Companion.  The bee is a die I've had for so long, I no longer remember who it's by.  I think it's a freebie from a magazine.  I computer generated the sentiment and cut it out twice with a die from Crafter's Companion. 

I hope you join us this week at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog for our Colour It Challenge. If you use a Paper Shelter image, and are the lucky winner of the challenge, you'll get a $30 gift certificate. Use any other image, and the prize is any 3 images from The Paper Shelter Store.  Awesome prizes! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Morgan's Artworld -- ATG

D.L. Art -- August Linky Party

A Perfect Time to Craft -- ATG

A Bit More Time to Craft -- ATG

ABMTTC Extra -- ATG

Worldwide Open Design Team Challenge -- ATG

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG with a hand colored image

Heartfelt Thanks -- for Paper ala Mode Challenges

 It's Saturday, and that means it's time for a new challenge at The Outlawz! It's the Paper ala Mode Challenge time! The challenge runs for 2 weeks, and the theme is "thinking of you". 

We Are 3 Digital Shop is the sponsor of the challenge.  You could win a gift certificate to the We Are 3 Digital Shop by entering the challenge! 

I tweaked the theme just slightly, and made a thank you card.  All the products on this card are by We Are 3 Digital Shop:

The papers on this card are from the Shirley's Roses collection.  The sentiment is part of the Sending You Sentiment Set. 

The dies on this card are from Anna Griffin, except for the stitched circle die that the sentiment is on.  That is from Crafter's Companion. The floral embellishment is part of a card kit from Anna Griffin.

I hope you can join us the next 2 weeks at Outlawz Paper ala Mode for our Thinking of You Challenge.  I'd love to see your creations, and you could win a prize from our wonderful sponsor -- We Are 3 Digital Shop. 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

D.L. Art -- April Linky Party

A Bit More Time to Craft -- ATG

A Perfect Time to Craft -- ATG

A Bit More Time to Craft Extra -- ATG

Classic Design Challenge -- ATG

Let's Create & Craft -- AG + add flowers

He Will Bless Them -- Guest Designing for Word Art Wednesday

I've had the honor of guest designing at Word Art Wednesday this month of March.  It has been my pleasure, and I thank Karen Letchworth and her team for the opportunity.

Today's challenge will run for 2 weeks, and is sponsored by Art Glitter.  

I was given the scripture verse Psalm 115:13 to create with for today's challenge.  Here's what I made:

I used designer papers by Crafter's Companion, and dies from Anna Griffin.

Here's a close up of the scripture verse:

I hope you can join in at Word Art Wednesday these next 2 weeks for their challenge. They are always Anything Goes! 

Some Bunny Loves You -- for All Dressed Up Stamps

It's March (already!) and it's time for a new challenge in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Group. This month's theme is "my favorite color".  You'd think that would be an easy one, but I always  way over think this. My favorite color changes with the season, it changes with what medium I'm using to color, and even what kind of paper I'm using.  See? I make it way too hard.  In general though, I prefer blue and pink in life, so that's what I chose for today's card.

Using All Dressed Up Stamp's image, Some Bunny Loves Me, I created this:

I colored Some Bunny Loves Me with Copic markers in my favorite pinks and blues, then used dies from Anna Griffin to create the card base.  The papers on the card are from Close To My Heart. The pretty blue ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

You have all month to enter the "favorite color" challenge in the All Dressed Up Facebook Group. Visit the All Dressed Up Stamps Shop to pick out your favorite image, color it up with your favorite color(s), and enter it in the challenge. I'd love to see what you create! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
D.L. Art-- March Linky Party
A Gem of a Challenge -- ATG
Send a Smile 4 Kids --Easter or Spring
Outlawz Festive Fridays' -- ATG

Cupid's Heart -- for All Dressed Up Stamps

All Dressed Up Stamps and Kit and Clowder are having a joint event, and you get the prize.  This new release image from All Dressed Up Stamps is free. All you need to do to get it is join the Kit and Clowder group and the All Dressed Up Facebook Group, and the image is yours.  If you color it up this month, you can enter it in the All Dressed Up Facebook Challenge and in the All Dressed Up Blog Challenge.  You could win more ADU stamps!

Here's the adorable "Cupid's Heart", all colored up:

Since this card is for Valentine's Day, I just wanted to color her in shades of pink, and then I couldn't resist using my favorite teal colors.  Isn't she awesome?  It's certainly worth a visit to both the Kit and Clowder Group and the All Dressed Up Group to pick her up for free. 

I colored Cupid's Heart with Copic markers. The sentiment is computer generated and printed on paper by We Are 3 Digital Shop.  Both designer papers on this card are from the Romantic Hearts papers.  The stitched heart dies are by Close To My Heart and are cut out on metallic matte gold paper from Anna Griffin. The layer of gold mat behind Cupid's Heart is the same paper. 

I hope you join the fun event going on with All Dressed Up Stamps! This stamp is free until February 14th.  After that it will be for sale in the All Dressed Up Stamps Etsy Shop.

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
D.L. Art Thankful Thursday - Valentine 
Outlawz Saturday Paper ala Mode -- Valentines
Outlawz Monday Greetings -- Love
Polkadoodles -- ATG
QKS Stampede -- ATG
TTCRD --ATG
Creations in Pink -- ATG as they are mainly pink

Last Minute Christmas Cards -- for We Are 3 Digital Shop

Are you in need of a few last minute Christmas cards, but you'd like them to be homemade?  We Are 3 Digital Shop to the rescue!  We Are 3 Digital Shop not only has beautiful papers, but they have wonderful printable, that can be sized, printed, cut, and placed on your card for a very easy (nearly instant) card.  Like this!

and like this:

Both these cards use the Christmas Fun Printables (there are 4 of them on the set) and the Christmas Fun Papers.  I have used 2 of the 8 in the set.  All of the papers have wonderful, small patterns, perfect for card making. 

I used a set of well used circle dies from Lifestyle Crafts, some silver foil paper to back the two on the bottom card, and an ornament hanger from Spellbinders, also on the 2nd card.  All solid colored card stock is from Close To My Heart.

These cards were easy peasy to make.  It will take me longer to write the Christmas messages than it did to make the cards! 

Take a look around at the We Are 3 Digital Shop!  You'll be glad you did!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
D.L. Art -- December Linky Party
Outlawz Festive Fridays -- Christmas

3 Kings Noel -- for Lavinia World Challenges

It's Thursday, and it's been 2 weeks, so it's time for another challenge at Lavinia World Challenges.  It seems like this all just got started, and here we are at challenge #13 already.  The challenges are always anything goes, as long as you use an acrylic or rubber stamp -- no digital images allowed. Of course, we'd love to see your Lavinia Stamps being used!  One $15 gift certificate will be awarded each challenge.

I'm thinking Christmas cards this time of years I used the beautiful Three Kings stamp to create this: 

I used 2 different shades of VersaFine Clair inks to obtain the color of green that I wanted.  I have this "thing" about green.  There seem to be many shades of it, but rarely is it the shade I want!  So, I first stamped with Green Oasis, then Rain Forest, repeating back and forth until I got the shade I wanted.  You'll find many shades of VersaFine Clair ink in the Lavinia World Store. 

Designer papers on this card are from the We Are 3 Digital Shop.  The dies are all from Queen & Company, except for the sentiment die.  That is from Diamond Press. 

Three Kings-- perfect for Christmas cards!  Come shop the Lavinia World Store, then join us at Lavinia World Challenges.  I'd love to see what you create, and you could be the lucky winner of the $15 gift certificate, or one of the designer choice awards! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday -- ATG
D.L. Art -- November Linky Party
AUD Sentiment -- ATG with a sentiment
Outlawz Festive Fridays -- Christmas