A Birthday Rose -- for We Are 3 Digital Shop

We Are 3 Digital Shop has an awesome selection of digital papers, digital images, and digital sentiments.  You'll find something for any project you are working on in the We Are 3 Etsy Shop. 

I recently needed a quick birthday card, and used a digital image along with 2 digital papers, and made a quick birthday party, all with We Are 3 Digital Shop products:

The Rose Bud digital image comes in both black & white and pre-colored, and both jpg and png.  I used the pre-colored version here.

The Happy Birthday papers match it perfectly, and I used 2 of them from the set on this card. There are 8 altogether in the pack. 

The 2 dies that I used are from Paper Wishes.  I used a water based ink from Spectrum Noir (Harmony) in Winter Rose to ink around the image. A little Timeless Twine finishes it off. 

I hope you check out all the awesome products at We Are 3 Digital Shop.  You won't be disappointed! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Outlawz Festive Fridays -- Birthday
Word Art Wednesday -- ATG
Daisy Chain Challenges -- For the Girls

I'm Nuts About Books! for Bugaboo Stamps

It's Wednesday, and every Wednesday is "Humor Me Wednesday" on the Catch the Bug Blog.  Did you know that October 22 was both Nut Day AND Smart is Cool Day? I did not want two such important milestones to go unnoticed, so I created this bookmark for the occasion!

I used Nuts About - Books, colored him up with Copic markers, then fussy cut him out.  

I found the fun books paper at Pixel Scrapper.  The sentiment is my own, and was computer generated.  The fibers are retired, from Close To My Heart.  All the die cuts on this project are dies from Paper Wishes. 

There will be other significantly {humorous} days that the Bugaboo Stamps design team honors on the Catch the Bug Blog.  Please take a look to pay homage!   

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday -- ATG
AUD Sentiment -- for a child
Dream Valley Challenges -- ATG

A Glittery Hello -- for Di's Digi Designs Challenges

It's Saturday, and it's time for a new challenge at Di's Digi Designs Challenges.  For the next 2 weeks, the theme is "Add Glitter" -- it can be glitter, glitter glue, glitter paper, liquid pearls -- however you want to make your project sparkle!

I just love coloring up Di's Digi Stamp images, and there are so many wonderful ones in the Di's Digi Stamp Store!  I used Hide & Seek Mice to create this: 

I made this tag by first coloring the Hide & Seek Mice image with Copic markers. I then added Stickles glitter glue (Christmas red) to the poppies and added a clear Wink of Stella pen to the mushroom.  

Papers on the tag are from Heartfelt Creations.  The tag dies used to build the tag creation are by Paper Wishes.  The fibers are retired from Close To My Heart. 

Di's Digi Designs Challenges has the best prizes!  You can win images from the Di's Digi Stamp Store -- some of the cutest digital stamps around!  I hope you enter our "add some glitter" challenge this next 2 weeks.  I'd love to see what you make!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Outlawz Monday Greeting Challenge -- Flowers
Outlawz Sunday Songs & Rhymes -- Butterfly
Brown Sugar -- Flowers

Fly High! for SheepSki Designs Challenge blog

It's April 1, and it's time for a new challenge on the SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog.  This month, the theme is "Wings".  There are many different ways to go with this theme, and many wonderful images in the SheepSki Designs Etsy Shop to use for the challenge.  Come join in the fun!

I loved Andrea's Daisy Panel, and couldn't wait to color it up, so I used it, and added some butterflies to get the wings to meet the challenge theme:

I thought the Daisy Panel could be colored in many different colors.   I decided to go for one of my favorite Copic combinations -- R81, R83, R85, and R89.  I think they make some pretty Daisies, and I can't wait until they are blooming near me!

Papers on this card are from We Are 3 Digital Shop.  Those pretty daisies are from the Miss Daisy paper collection. The ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  The card base and layers were made from a Spellbinders label die set.  The butterflies are dies from Paper Wishes. 

I hope you can join us this month at SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog.  I'd love to see your take on the Wings theme, and there are wonderful digis you can win -- like this one! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiments Challenge -- ATG
AUD Sentiments -- Anything but "happy birthday"
Outlawz Twisted Thursday -- Favorite Product (ribbon, digis, digital paper, Copics, and dies)
Outlawz Saturday ala Mode -- Shaped Cards
TTCRD -- ATG

Reading is Dreaming with Open Eyes -- a Bugaboo Stamps Friday Freebie

Friiiidaaaayyyyyyy!  That means FRREEEEEEE-day at Bugaboo Stamps! 

I love to read, closing in on 50 books so far this year.  My goal was 25, but I'd met that goal by March, so I've upped it to 52.  I'll have that met in a week or two.  Like I said, I love to read!  That's why today's Friday Freebie from Bugaboo Stamps is particularly fun for me! 

This is Big Books Girl.  It comes with a different sentiment, but this is one of my favorite quote about books, so I used it instead.

I colored Big Books Girl with Copic markers.  I used cutting dies from Paper Wishes to make the bookmark.  The papers and the fibers are from Close To My Heart, and have been retired for quite some time.

The Catch The Bug blog has some other great examples of what can be done with this Big Books Girl on it today, so check it out.  Then, pick up the freebie, and enter the Catch the Bug Challenges.  Join the fun! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Polkadoodles -- ATG
Not Just Cards -- ATG
Crafting with Attitude -- ATG
Southern Girls Challenge -- Tag, You're It

Life is Sweet -- for Scribbles Designs

Hey, hey crafty friends.  Happy Monday to you all!  This month is cruising right along, although spring is taking it's time at arriving here in the Northwoods.  We still have lots of snow to melt, but we made a bit of progress this weekend, with temperatures a little bit warmer than they've been.  Yes!

I'm posting today for Scribbles Designs, where I have the honor of being a part-time team member, posting every 23rd of the month. That's today!  I have 2 projects for my inspiration post on the Scribbles Designs blog today.  Here they are: 

This first card uses flower pot 2 and the 'Life is Sweet' sentiment from Words 3...

I sized the flower pot 2 image large enough to fit the sentiment, then colored it with Copic markers.   I found the blue dotted background paper in my stash.  I thought the twine went well with the twine around the pot in the image.  

The second project, the tag, uses Farrah Flamingo:

Farrah Flamingo is a hottie, isn't she?  You know where she stand in the flock!  She is also colored with Copic markers.  Papers on this tag are from Imagine That Digistamp.  The sentiment is computer generated, and just seems to fit.  The fibers are long retired from Close To My Heart.  I've had them for years, but keep reaching for them.  

I'm enjoying my chance to play with Scribbles Designs images.  I'm finding so many fun ones in the Scribbles Designs store.  You really  owe it to yourself to explore the store. 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Dragonfly Journeys Challenge #116 -- April Showers Bring May Flowers
Not Just Cards -- April challenge
D.L. Art -- April linky party
IDCB -- ATG

Sending Love to Dawn Blog Hop -- with MHKDesigns

Sometimes life can be tough.  That's when you need your friends.  Recently one of the MHKDesigners, Dawn, lost her mother-in-law. To make things worse, she's been ill herself.  The MHKDesigners have banded together to show our support and send her some cyber love.  Dawn, may you feel surrounded by tenderness today and know that I care.  I've been there.  I've lost my mother, my father, and my father-in-law and been through serious illness.  It hurts.  Friends make the burden lighter.  So does our faith, and I know yours is strong.  Keep praying, friend, and God we see you through to the other side!

Today's blog hop begin's at the MHKDesigns blog, if you get lost along the way. 

You should have come here from Jess'es blog.  Wasn't her card beautiful?

Dawn, this card is for you:

This card used the following MHKDesigns products:

Sentimental Lily

Get Well Flowers digital paper set

There's more inspiration ahead, so hop along to the uber talented Em!  

Happy Winter, Happy 2018! for QKR Stampede

It's the last Friday in 2017, and the new year is soon upon us.  This is my last blog post I've got planned for 2017, so I'll take this opportunity to wish all my readers a happy and creative 2018!

Since it's Friday, it's also time for a new challenge at QKR Stampede challenge blog. It's our last challenge with an optional theme.  Next year, all our challenge will be Anything Goes, so I hope you link up often to join the fun! 

This week's optional QKR Stampede theme is 'Snowman or 'Snowflakes'.  I used both on this winter card: 

This adorable little snowman, is called Catching Snowflakes (Q-digi21304), colored with Copic markers.  

The snowflake card base was found in the Silhouette Online Store, and was cut out with my Silhouette Cameo.  The snowflake dies, from Paper Wishes, were cut out with gold paper to add a festive touch.  The sentiment was computer generated. 

Speaking of snowmen -- what did the snowman say to the other snowman?  Do you smell carrots? Bwahahahaha!

I hope to see you often in 2018!  Join us at QKR Stampede for this week's optional Snowman or Snowflake challenge.  I'd love to see what you make!

Snowy Christmas Tag -- for QKR Stampede Challenge Blog

Ho! Ho! Ho!  The month of December is upon us!  Let the festivities begin!  We've begun decorating the nursing home this week (inside, that is -- outside began a couple weeks ago whenever the weather was nice and we had a few spare minutes).  This evening, the first of many groups will be at the nursing home for their annual Christmas festivities.  This evening, it's the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts and their families.  It will be a great event!

Speaking of events, there's a new challenge starting today at QKR Stampede challenge blog.  This week's optional theme is 'Christmas Tags', or you can enter an 'Anything Goes' project, too.  I love making tags, so I had fun with this one!

This tag uses the digital stamp Snowy Christmas Tree (ES-digi39401), colored with Faber-Castell colored pencils.  

The background paper, the musical notes, is a digital paper found at Snap Click Supply.  It's by Cosmo Cricket.  All the dies used on this tag are by Paper Wishes.  The fibers are from Close To My Heart. 

I hope you can join us this week at QKR Stampede for our Christmas Tags optional theme.  I'd love to see your entry, and we have great prizes to win! 

A Touch of Gold -- for QKR Stampede

I'd like to take a moment to thank all the Veterans that have served our country as you are honored officially today, and again tomorrow, on the traditional day.  This country owes our freedom to you!

It's Friday, and time for another challenge at QKR Stampede Challenge Blog. This week's optional theme is "A Touch of Gold", or you can enter anything you'd like.

I used QKR Stampede's Acorn Accent digi on this (Q-digi19403), and the sentiment is "Large Thanks" (ES-digi4402).  The papers, also digital, are by BoBunny, and were purchased at Snap Click Supply.  The touch of gold is added with a piece of gold foil paper cut out with a Paper Wishes die.  The crinkle ribbon is from my stash.

I hope you can join us this week at QKR Stampede for our optional "A Touch of Gold" challenge.  We have great digi prizes you can win, and I'd love to see what you make!!

I Love Books -- an Imagine That! Digi Stamp New Release

Have you seen all the great manatee New Releases at Imagine That! Digi Stamp?!?  They are so cute!  You HAVE to check them all out!  Wonderful!  Varied!  So fun!

I made a bookmark because I always have my nose buried in a book and you can never have too many bookmarks.  This uses the New Release Manatee Reader With Bow.

I colored the book loving manatee with Copic markers, then used a variety of dies from Paper Wishes to create the bookmark.  The sentiment is part of the Manatee Reader with Bow set.  The papers used on this bookmark are also from Imagine That! Digistamp.  They are the Beach Combing papers.  Fibers added to the tag are from Close To My Heart.

Manatee Reader with Bow

Beach Combing Digi Papers

Have you joined the monthly challenge in the Creative Playground yet?  There's still time!

Beach Babe! for Imagine That! Digistamp

Greetings, fellow crafters!  I hope you are enjoying these last days of summer.  And, I hope you are enjoying the weekend!  

It's time for some mid-month inspiration at the Imagine That! Digistamp Creative Playground.  Challenges are Anything Goes.  If you use an Imagine That! Digistamp image, you get a free set!  This month's set is Flamingo Dress Up!  It is so much fun!  Here's what I created with it!

I colored the beach-themed flamingo from the Flamingo Dress Up set with Copic markers, then made her into a tag.  Doesn't she make you smile? Papers on this tag, also from Imagine That! Digi Stamp,  are the Tropical Breeze Digital Paper Pack. 

Flamingo Dress-Up (free this month!)

Tropical Breeze Digital Paper Pack

The challenge this month goes until Sept. 1, so you still have lots of  time to link up and win this adorable set.  Join us at the Creative Playground!

Find the Beauty in Small Things -- for MHKDesigns

It's August 1 (where has the summer gone?) and it's time for a new challenge at MHKDesigns.  Challenges run for a month, and if you use an MHKDesigns image, it's Anything Goes.  There's an inspiration board if you'd like to use it, or if you don't use an MHKDesigns image.

I made a tag for this month's challenge, using the colors of August's inspiration board:

I used the MHKDesigns digital stamp set, Beauty, on this tag. I colored the daisy image with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils.  The sentiment is also from the Beauty stamp set. 

Papers on this tag are also from MHKDesigns.  They are the Get Well Flowers Paper Pack. 

Here's the inspiration board for the MHKDesigns August challenge:

I hope you can join us this month for the MHKDesigns Challenge.  I'd love to see what you make!  This is also New Release month, so visit the MHKDesigns blog on August 5, 10, 15, 20, & 25 to see some great inspiration for the new releases.  You'll find the new releases, and all the great MHKDesigns, in the Etsy Shop.

Dare to be Fabulous -- an MHKDesigns New Release

Woohoo!  It's New Release time at MHKDesigns!  I just love it when the 5 new releases hit the MHKDesigns Etsy Shop!  You'll see what the designers have done throughout the month, every 5 days, starting today.  The fun starts on the MHKDesigns blog. 

Today's showcase is MHKDesigns' Fabulous Flowers.  It lives up to it's name!

I colored the Fabulous Flowers image with Lyra Rembrandt watercolor pencils.  Designer papers for this card, also from MHKDesigns, are the Rosy Posy digital papers. 

 MHKDesigns products used on this card:

Fabulous Flowers 

Rosy Posy

We have a great challenge going on all month at MHKDesigns.  It's Anything Goes if you use an MHKDesigns image.  Please join us!

Have a Paw-some Christmas! for the 12 Months of Christmas

June 1? Really?  That means it's time for a new challenge at the 12 Months of Christmas Link Up.  It also means I have 1 more card ready for this year's Christmas card stash!  This month's guest sponsor is Imagine That! Digistamp.  Always, Decosse's Dynamite Doodles made fantastic papers for us to work with.  This month's optional theme is "Fur, Fluff, Feathers, or Fins".  Enter a card that fits the category to be eligible for the prize from this month's guest sponsor.  Enter 2 cards to be eligible for the papers from Lisa.

Here's my Fur, Fluff, Feathers, and Fins inspiration.  Being a dog lover, I concentrated on the fur, of course! 😊

I used a pre-colored image of the Imagine That! Digistamp's set, Happy Howl-idays.  The sentiment is part of the set.  The Paw-some papers used on this card are designed by Decosse's Dynamite Doodles, just for this Fur, Fluff, Feathers, or Fins challenge.

Happy Howl-idays digi stamp set

Sponsors for this challenge:

The challenge at The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up runs all month, so you have plenty of time to get something made.  Just remember, Christmas is coming!