Hedgehog Flower -- For All Dressed Up Stamps

May day, May day!  It's the first day of May!   It's time for a new challenge in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group.  The theme for May is Flower Power.  Easy peasy, right?  There are many amazing All Dressed Up Stamps images you could use to fit this theme. 

I love the Hedgehog Flower digital image, and used it for my challenge card:

I colored Hedgehog Flower with Copic markers,  then cut it out and layered it with dies from Pink & Main.  

I used digital papers from We Are 3 Digital Shop.  These are the Spring Fling papers. I used them on each layer of the card, and also to create the die cut flowers.  Dies used are from Queen & Company. I decorated them up with some gems from Pinkfresh Studios. 

I hope you enjoy Hedgehog Flower.  I'd love to see what you create! 

It's Snowing -- a new challenge at All Dressed Up Stamps

 Happy December, crafty friends!  Here we go -- the busiest month of the year.  Do you have your Christmas cards done?  I'm going to send mine out the next few days.

December -- that means there is a new challenge starting in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group.  The theme for this month is 'Clean & Simple'.  Plus, you must use an All Dressed Up Stamps image.

Is CAS easy for you, or a challenge?  I think most of the cards I make are CAS, since I like to make the image front and center.  But then, when it's a CAS challenge, I am unsure of the definition and am never sure if the card I made actually fits the theme or not.  Such insecurity!

Here's my interpretation of a CAS card using the darling image, It's Snowing: 

I kept it simple, just backing the image with a snowflake paper (from Crafter's Companion), colored yardstick, and an inked 6x6 card base. 

I colored It's Snowing with Copic markers, adding in a few snowdrifts.  I love to use blue violet colors when coloring snow.  Living in Wisconsin, I have plenty of time to observe snow and it's shadows every winter.  In fact, we've had snow on the ground for a couple weeks now.

I used dies from Queen & Company to cut out the image and the backing layers. The snowflake sequins are by Hero Arts. I heat embossed the Warm Wishes sentiment -- also by Hero Arts. 

I hope you find time to join us this month for our Clean & Simple challenge at All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group. I'd love to see your interpretation of CAS!

Cafe -- an All Dressed Up Stamps New Release

 Hey, hey, crafty friends! It's new release day at All Dressed Up Stamps!  There are 3 new releases.  I was fortunate enough to be able to play with Cafe. It's the perfect image for Fall & Winter (or dog lovers). 

Here's what I created with Cafe: 

I colored Cafe with Copic markers.  I realized I had sized her to perfectly fit on a mini slimline card, so that's what I created.  There's a bit of ink blending on the card base, then a piece of snowflake paper from AMB Illustrations.  I used a couple stitched mini slimline dies from Queen & Company.  The sentiment is a stamp from Hero Arts.  I heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I added some drip drops from Taylored Expressions to finish off the card.

Check out the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group, and the All Dressed Up Stamps Challenge blog for more great New Release inspiration! 

Shine with Love -- for All Dressed Up Stamps

 It's February 1, and the month of love is upon us!  A new challenge begins today in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Group. The themes Romance, Red, &/or Hearts. Just use an All Dressed Up Stamps image, have your project fit the theme, and you're ready to enter the challenge! 

I've loved All Dressed Stamps for many years now. The digi that I used on today's card is the first ADU image that I ever acquired.  It was back in January, 2015.  My collection has grown since then, lol!

Here's my lovely Abi Ballerina...

I colored Abi Ballerina with Copic markers, using some shades of red that I don't normally use.  The stitched oval and hearts dies are from Queen & Company. 

The background paper is from We Are 3 Digital Shop. It is one of the Sweetheart papers. 

I computer generated the sentiment and added the flowers from my stash. 

I hope you visit the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group and join us for this month's Romance, Red, &/or Hearts challenge. 

A Christmas Tree -- For Ching-Chou Kuik

 It's Tuesday, and this is my day to post for the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration & Challenge Blog.  We've recently started a new challenge with the theme of "Tis the Season, or Christmas, or Winter".  I hope you can join us! 

For today's inspiration card, I'm using the delightful digital image, A Christmas Tree, colored with Copic markers. 

After coloring the image, I fussy cut her, then use a set of dies from Queen & Company to construct the card.  The sentiment is a die from Crafter's Companion.

The papers on this card are from We Are 3 Digital Shop.  They are from the Fairy Holiday papers. 

Some sequins and twine from my stash finished off the card.

I hope you visit the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration Blog often to see the talent there.  Then, also check out the CCK Facebook group for another challenge and even more inspiration. 

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

D.L. Art --December Linky Challenge

Passion for Markers -- ATG

A Bit More Time to Craft -- ATG

A Bit More Time to Craft Extra -- ATG

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG

From Our Gnomes to Yours -- and SheepSki Designs Challenges

It's the first of the month, and a new challenge starts today at SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog. Our theme this month is "Embellish It". The challenge runs for the month of December.

I have been wanting to color up the awesome Garden Party image, so took advantage of today's challenge to do just that! 

I wanted to make the Garden Party image look like Christmas, so I used my Copic markers and colored it with Christmas colors. 

That awesome red checked paper helped with the festive feel, too.   It's from We Are 3 Digital Shop.  It's one of the papers in the Winter Plaid Collection. 

I computer generated the sentiment and cut it out and backed it with a die from Queen & Company.  The snowflake dies are by Frantic Stamper and Lawn Fawn. 

I hope you can join us for our "Embellish It" Challenge at SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog. I'd love to see what you create, and you could win some of Andrea's awesome images -- like this one! 

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

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG with a hand colored image

DigiChoosday -- ATG

Crafty Sentiments -- ATG

12 Months of Christmas -- AT Christmas

Elegant Christmas --for The Paper ala Mode Challenge

 It's Saturday, and it's time for another challenge for The Outlawz Paper ala Mode Challenges. All this year, our challenges have been sponsored by We Are 3 Digital Shop.  One lucky participant will win a gift certificate to the We Are 3 Shop! For the next 2 weeks, our theme is Christmas.  Now's the time to finish up those cards and other projects!

The design team was given some beautiful products to work with for today's inspiration.  They are very elegant. I made 2 very similar cards with the papers and printables...

I started by printing some papers from 2 collections -- Dreamy Creamy papers and Elegant Textures papers.  The pretty floral printable is Christmas Banners. There are 4 in the set, and the sentiment is part of the printable. 

I used dies and a sketch from Queen & Company.  Once I got all the layers die cut, it was simply a matter of assembling it.

Here's the 2nd card:

The printable is in a little different location, but other than that, they are the same.

I hope you can join us this challenge at The Outlawz Paper ala Mode for our Christmas Challenge. I'd love to see what you create! 

Dance like its your Birthday -- for The Paper Shelter

 It's Wednesday, and that means there's a new challenge starting over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog. Challenges run for a week.  This week, the theme is "Party Time!!"  That's a fun one!  If you use a Paper Shelter image and you're the random winner of the challenge, you get a $30 gift certificate to The Paper Shelter Store.  How great is that?  Use any image, and get 3 images of your choice.  Either way, it's pretty awesome!

Party time!  I went with a birthday theme for my design team card for this challenge.  I thought this Go Go Girl was so darn cute!

I think I hear the Bee Gees all the way from the 80's!

I colored Go Go Girl with a combination of Copic and Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. The tags are from Close To My Heart.  The sentiment is computer generated. The papers are from Crafter's Companion.  The sequins are from Queen & Company.  I finished the card off with some Timeless Twine. 

I hope you can join us this week at The Paper Shelter challenge blog, for our Party Time- themed challenge.  I'd love to see what you create!

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

D.L. Art -- September Linky Party

Morgan's Artworld -- ATG

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG with a hand colored image

Cutie Pie Challenge -- Birthday 

Dream Valley Challenge -- 2 or more patterned papers

Dragonfly Dreams -- Happy birthday

Snow Friends -- for Cute Card Thursday

 It's the first Thursday of the month, so that means it's time for a new challenge at Cute Card Thursday Challenges. Challenge now are month-long.  They are Anything Goes with an optional theme.  This month's twist is Bright Colors.  I like that!

One of our sponsors each month is Whimsy Stamps. They have so many great products, including a digital release each month.  Today, I'm freaturing this Snowman & Bird by CC Designs, found at Whimsy Stamps. 

I colored Snowman and Bird with a combination of Spectrum Noir and Copic markers, using bright colors to fit the challenge theme.  The card base is a die from Sizzix.  The designer paper is from We Are 3 Digital Shop. The panels are from the Color Me Christmas Collection.  I computer generated the sentiment and cut it out with a die from Queen and Company.  The snowflakes are dies from Lawn Fawn. 

I hope you join us this month at Cute Card Thursday for our Anything Goes with the optional twist Bright Colors challenge. 

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

Passion for Markers -- Favorite Colors (teal and bright pink)

DigiChoosday -- ATG

Crafty Sentiments -- ATG

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG with a Colored image

12 Months of Christmas Link Up -- Warm Winter Wear

Life's Short -- for SheepSki Designs

The first of the month, and time for a new challenge at SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog. The challenge will run all month, and the theme is 'Let's be Cute'.  You'll find many images in the SheepSki Designs Etsy Shop that will work for the challenge, or you can use any image you would like.

Let's be cute -- I  really like the many gnomes in the SheepSki Designs Store, and decided to color up the darling Ryder.

I colored Ryder with Copic markers, cut it out with a set of dies from a company no longer in business (Top Dog Dies), and inked the edges with Tim Holtz Distress ink.  The leafy paper behind Ryder is from Crafter's companion, as is the green pearl card.  I computer generated the sentiment and cut it out and backed it with a die from Queen & Company. 

I hope you can join us this month at SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog for our 'Make it Cute' Challenge.  I'd love to see what you create, and you could win awesome digis -- like this one!

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

A Perfect Time to Craft -- ATG

2 Crafty Critter Crazies -- ATG with a Critter

Crafty Animals -- ATG with an Animal

D.L. Art -- August Linky Party

Toucan do Anything -- for Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

 It's the first Sunday of the month, and that means the start of a new challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.  The challenge will run for the next 2 weeks, and it's always Anything Goes!

For this challenge, we are sponsored by the awesome SheepSki Designs.  You'll find many, many awesome digital images in the SheepSki Designs Etsy Shop. Enter our Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge for a chance to win images from the shop.

I used the delightful image, Tropical, to make my card for today's challenge...

I colored Tropical with a combination of Copic and Spectrum Noir alcohol markers.  Papers on this card are by We Are 3 Digital Shop.  They are from the Tropical Delight Collection and the Mostly Dots papers.

The sentiment is computer generated. I mounted in on dies from Queen & Company.  The cluster of tropical ephemera is from a Spellbinders card kit. 

I hope you can join us the next 2 weeks for our Anything Goes Challenge at Lil Patch or Crafty Friends!  I'd love to see what you create! 

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

Passion for Markers challenge -- Make it Bloom

Classic Design Challenge -- ATG

Love To Craft -- ATG

Noah's Big Flower -- for Cute Card Thursday

 It's Thursday, and that means there's a new challenge over at Cute Card Thursday Challenge Blog.  However, starting today, the Cute Card Thursday Challenge will be monthly, with the challenge starting on the 1st Thursday of the month.  Challenges will be Anything Goes from here on in, with an optional theme.
 That's right -- Anything Goes!  We will also have 2 sponsors for twice the wins each month.   Cute Card Thursday will be sponsored each month by All Dressed Up Stamps & Whimsy Stamps!  That is so awesome!!  That's 2 incredible sponsors!  Every challenge!!! 

Whimsy Stamps has some great digital images, including this one called Noah's Big Flower!

I colored Noah's Big Flower with Copic markers.  I used a variety of cutting dies to make this slimline card.  The card base and the outer dies are by Anna Griffin.  The heart base die is by Scrapbook.com.  The die that Noah is on is by Tutti Designs.  The blue stitches hearts are from Queen & Company.  The Sentiment is part of a stamp set by Tonic Studios. 

Now that Cute Card Thursday Challenges are month-long, I hope you find time to join us!  Remember, they are Anything Goes, with an optional theme of transportation.  I guess Noah is using his feet to deliver is his flower!!!

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

Passion for Markers -- Make it Cute

Word Art Wednesday -- ATG

The House that Stamps Built (Repeat Impressions Challenge)-- All About the Boys

Little Red Wagon -- Make it Masculine

Simon Says Stamp -- Masculine

Watercooler Wednesdays -- Make it Masculine

Wishing you Happiness -- for SheepSki Designs Challenges

 It's the first of the month, and that means there's a new challenge getting underway today over on the SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog.  Challenges run the whole month, and have a theme.  This month, the theme is 'Layer it Up'.  Using a SheepSki Designs image isn't a requirement, but we sure like to see them! 

Layer it up!  That's kind of an Anything Goes theme.  You can use any image you want, just add a few layers, and you're good to go.  You'll find many wonderful SheepSki Designs images in the SheepSki Designs Etsy Shop  that will fit this theme and any occasion.  Check it out!

I've been wanting to color up the truly lovely Butterfly Hair and used this challenge and my reason to do so.  Here's what I created...

I colored Butterfly Hair with Copic markers.  The papers and banner are from Crafter's Companion.  The stitched butterfly is a die from Queen & Company.  The gems are from my stash. 

'Layer it Up'!  I hope you join us for our challenge this month at SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog. 

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

Morgan's Artworld -- ATG

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG

Worldwide Open Design Challenge -- ATG

Crafts Galore Encore -- ATG

Try it on Tuesdays -- Butterflies

Stay Paw-sitive! for Ching-Chou Kuik

 Happy Tuesday, fellow crafters!  It's my day to post over on the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration & Challenge Blog.  Our 4-legged Friends challenge is still going for another 10 days, so I hope you are able to join us!

I like many 4-legged creatures, but dogs are my absolute favorite.  I find myself gravitating towards all the amazing doggy images in the GJZCCK Etsy Shop.  Like this one!

This is Yorkshire Terrier, available in a black & white digital image.  I colored the image with Copic markers, then fussy cut it out.  The swath of paw prints is a die by Elizabeth Craft, purchased at Dies R Us.  The sentiment is an acrylic stamp by Close To My Heart, stamped on a die cut by Queen & Company.

For more great inspiration, check out the CCK Inspiration blog often.  For another challenge, and even more great inspiration, visit the Ching-Chou Kuik Facebook Group. 

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

D.L. Art -- April Linky Party

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG with a colored image

Morgan's Artworld -- ATG

2 Crafty Critter Crazies -- ATG

Crafty Animals challenge -- ATG

Happy Easter to Ewe! for Bugaboo Stamps & Cute Card Thursday

 It's Thursday!  It's nearly Easter, and Thursday's mean a couple of things.  There's always a new challenge at Cute Card Thursday. The theme this week is Easter.  It's also always Oldie but Goodie day at Catch the Bug Challenges for Bugaboo Stamps. 

I found this darling older stamps at Bugaboo Stamps that I thought would work for both design teams, and thus, both posts, so I am combining them here.  It just so happens Bugaboo Stamps is the awesome sponsor of this week's challenge at Cute Card Thursday! 

Here's Happy Easter to Ewe:

I colored Happy Easter to Ewe with Copic markers, then found a sketch I liked at Sketch Saturday and used it for this card.  The papers are from AMB Illustrations.  The sentiment comes with the Happy Easter to Ewe image. 

Check out what the other talented Bugaboo Stamps designer made for Oldie but Goodie Thursday over on the Catch the Bug Blog. 

I hope you can join us at Cute Card Thursday for our Easter Challenge. You'll find many awesome Easter images in the Bugaboo Stamps Store.  They are such an awesome sponsor! 

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

Crafty Creations -- ATG

The Sisterhood of Crafters -- Easter/Spring

Crafty Animals -- ATG with an animal

Word Art Wednesday -- ATG

AUD Sentiment -- Animals + a sentiment

D.L. Art -- March Linky Party

Snow Much Love -- For Bugaboo Stamps

 It's Thursday, and that's Oldie but Goodie day over on the Catch the Bug Blog for Bugaboo Stamps.  There are literally hundreds -- maybe thousands of digis that would be considered Oldies, but certainly goodies in the Bugaboo Stamps Store. 

Since Valentine's Day is just around the corner, I thought I'd feature something with a sweetheart theme for today.  How about a couple of cute snow people?  How about this Snowman 2 Couple?

I colored Snowman 2 Couple with Copic markers, then used dies by Spellbinders to cut them out and back them.

The papers on this card are from Crafter's Companion.  The sentiment is computer generated and cut out with a die from Queen & Company.  The snowflakes are dies from Lawn Fawn. 

That's it for my Oldie but Goodie.  Visit the Catch the Bug Blog to see what the other talented Bugaboo designer have created over at Catch the Bug!

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

Cute Card Thursday -- Valentines

QKR Stampede -- ATG

DigiChoosday -- ATG

Crafty Sentiments -- ATG

TTCRD -- ATG

D.L. Art -- January Linky Party

Holiday Chaos, Day 3 at Bugaboo Stamps

 Reindeer Games continues today with an Anything But a Card Challenge.  Use your creativity -- boxes, bags, tags, scrapbook layouts, whatever you want (as long as it's not a card) is the theme today at Catch the Bug Challenges. 

What's Christmas without tags?  So, that's what I made for today's challenge:

These tags use the adorable Bugaboo Stamps digis called AKV Reindeer Names Tags.  I used the pre-colored versions on these tags.

I cut them out with dies form Queen & Company, and used some twine I purchased at Really Reasonable Ribbon. 

Join us all week at Catch the Bug Challenges!  Today, it's Anything But a Card. 

Sweet Holiday Wishes -- for JDS Challenges

 It's the first Monday of the month, so that means there's a new challenge starting over on the JDS Challenge Blog (Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge Blog).  The challenges run for a month, and they are always anything goes!  Anything!!!!! 

There will be 2 gift certificates awarded.  One will be random, and one will be for a project using a Jan Mayhew image.  So, shop Jan's Store!  All her Christmas digis are on sale through Christmas. 

When I saw this mouse in the Peppermint Mice set, I fell in love!  I thought she was so darn cute, I just had to use her in a card!

This adorable Mrs. Peppermint Mouse is a pre-colored image.  The set comes with a black & white image, and a Mr. Mouse in a teapot, and various sentiments, including the one I used here. 

The papers that I used on this card are from We Are 3 Digital Shop.  They are from the Peppermint Collection.

I hope you can join us this month for our Anything Goes challenge at JDS Challenges! I'd love to see what you make! 

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

Crafty Animals Challenges -- ATG

2 Crafty Crazy Critter Challenges -- ATG

Pink Gem Challenge -- ATG

Rejoice! For JDS Challenges

 It's the first Monday of the month, and that can only mean one thing:  there's a new challenge starting at Jan's Digi Stamp's Challenges (or JDS Challenges, as we like to say!). Challenges run all month, and they are always anything goes.  We love to see anything!  Knitting, gardening (well, not this time of year in Wisconsin), quilting, scrapbooking, quilling, whatever you are working on, we'd like to see it! 

Last month, Jan Mayhew released this darling Christmas set called Caroling. For me, Christmas  is all about the music, so this set really resonates with me.  I had to create it with! 

I used one of the pre-colored images that come with the Caroling set because it's better than I could do.  The sentiment is also part of the set.  There's also black & white images, and each of the carolers are separated for you, plus various sentiments.  It's a great set!

I used papers from We Are 3 Digital Shop. These are from the Holiday Letters Collection. 

I hope you join us this month at JDS Challenges.  There are 2 gift certificates given away.  One for anyone who enters, and one for someone using a Jan's Digi Stamps image.  There are also 3 designer choice awards. 

Have you signed up for the JDS newsletter yet?  If you have, you've gotten a gift certificate for a turkey buck, worth $1off any stamp set -- even sale ones!  It would be worth it, just to get this cutie at a reduced rate!

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

12 Months of Christmas -- for the Boys

Merry Little Christmas Challenge -- ATG

QKR Stampede -- ATG

Dragonfly Dreams -- Christmas/Winter

Falling for Fall -- a New Release at All Dressed Up Stamps

 Every month at All Dressed Up Stamps, Wendy draws up 4 fantastic new release images.  I swear they just keep getting better and better.  I don't know how she does it month after month, year after year!  Today, I had the great privilege of coloring up Look At Me, found in the All Dressed Up Stamps Etsy Shop. 

Look At Me!

I colored Look At Me with Copic markers.  Doesn't she take you right back to childhood?  I had a tree just like this in my backyard, and I spent hours dangling upside down, watching the world, the clouds, the neighborhood.  I thought it was a great perspective.  Now, I couldn't do it for 30 seconds!

That awesome leaf edger die is from Crafter's Companion.  I did a bunch of paper piecing on it.  The background paper is from We Are 3 Digital Shop. It is one of the Autumn Woodlands papers.  The sentiment is also from We Are 3 Digital Shop. It is part of the Itty Bitty - Fall Sentiment set.

All 4 new releases will be featured today.  You can find what members of the design team created with them on the All Dressed Up Stamps blog  and in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Group.  You'll also find challenges both places.  Check out all the great inspiration!

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

Cute Card Thursday -- Stamping (in this case, digital)

Digichoosday -- ATG

AUD Sentiment -- Fall with a sentiment

Cards 4 Galz -- Fall/Autumn

Word Art Wednesday -- ATG

D.L. Art -- October Linky Party