It's Tuesday, and time for a new challenge at Crafty Sentiments Designs. The theme this week is, "For Someone Special".
I colored up this adorable Crafty Sentiments Designs rubber stamp for this week's challenge. This is "Delightful Flowers."
I colored Delightful Flowers with watercolor pencils, then used a variety of circle dies to create the card. I hope you like it!
This is my last post (at least for now) for Crafty Sentiments Designs. Working full-time and recovering from cancer has proven too much to keep all my design teams going. I will miss the team and the fun of working with Crafty Sentiments Designs!
This is a first for me! I'm posting a day late for QKR Stampede's challenge. This week's optional theme is, "Keep Your Eye on the Ball." You can always enter Anything Goes, if you prefer.
We have a new Golden Retriever puppy in the house, so this card seems perfect:
This card uses 2 QKR Stampede digi stamps -- Happy Puppy (Q-digi17400) and Warm Puppy (Q-digi11301).
I colored Happy Puppy with Copic markers. I used some new dies I bought from Stampendous to make the card base and layers. Papers are digital. They are the Echo Park Bark Collection, purchased from Snap Click Supply. I printed the Warm Puppy sentiment on one of the digital Bark Collection papers. The tennis ball was cut out on my Silhouette Cameo with a file I found in the Silhouette Design Store.
I hope you can join us this week at QKR Stampede for our "Keep Your Eye on the Ball" challenge. It runs until Friday, Sept. 1.
Today is the last day of New Releases at MHKDesigns. Start at the MHKDesigns blog for your chance to win the set! It's an awesome one!
Today, the MHKDesigns design team is showcasing 'Sassy Sayings', and the sayings are just that! Sassy!
Fun, right?!? Don't you have a friend in mind to send this to?
I colored one of the vintage images with just a bit of bright color using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. I printed the image on Kraft so I already had the skin tone. I added the Sassy Saying, and I had my card. Fun!
I made the easel card using a Sizzix die and digital papers from MHKDesigns. They are from the Damsel in Distress digital paper pack.
MHKDesigns products used on this card:
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.
It's time to showcase another MHKDesigns New Release. This one is 'Pet Puns'. Being a dog lover, it's perfect for me and many of my dog loving friends!
I used the dog image of the Pet Puns set and colored it with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. The sentiment, also from the Pet Puns set, was cut out with a round punch and secured with a paw brad from my stash. The paw print paper is from MHKDesigns. It's the Pawsitively Purrfect digital paper pack.
The card base was cut out on my Silhouette Cameo with a file found in the Silhouette Design Store.
MHKDesigns products used on this card:
It's Friday again! These weeks keep on rolling, rolling, rolling! When it's Friday, it's time for another challenge at QKR Stampede challenge blog. This week's optional theme is "shaped cards (anything but square or rectangle)", but you can always enter Anything Goes. I love shaped cards! They are one of my favorite things to make! Combine them with a flower image -- my favorite thing to color, and I'm a very happy card maker!
This card uses 2 digi stamps from QKR Stampede's sister company, Eureka Stamps, Pansies (ES-digi9304), and I'm Praying for You (ES-digi13107).
I colored Pansies (ES-digi9304) with Copic markers. The shaped card was created with a set of cutting dies from Stampendous. They made the construction of this shaped card, including the sentiment (ES-digi13107) very easy. The yellow background paper was found at Pixel Scrapper.
I hope you join the challenge this week at QKR Stampede. I'd love to see your shaped card, and we've got great prizes you might win!
Skunks, flowers, and a dragonfly. This one digital stamp has it all! I found this super cute stamp set in the Pickled Potpourri Online Store, along with a wonderful sentiment, found in another great set.
The digital stamp set is Shy Skunks, colored with Copic markers.
Here's the image, when I got it colored:
I used some metallic gel pens on the dragonfly and decided not to color the skunk. I though she was perfect just the way she was!
Here's the Shy Skunk made into a card, with the addition of one of the sentiments from the Forever Friends digital stamp set...
Pickled Potpourri Products used on this card:
I hope you enjoyed today's Shy Skunk!
Hello fellow crafters! I have a gorgeous digi to share with you today from Bloom Arts Stamps. It's titled simply, Swallowtail on Coneflower.
I colored up Swallowtail on Coneflower with Copic markers, then used a die from Top Dog dies to cut it out. The background paper is from MHKDesigns. The card base is an SVG file from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons. The crinkle ribbon is from 3 Girl JAM.
I'm not a huge violet person, but I really like how this turned out. Maybe it's the orange and purple together that makes for a striking combination.
Bloom Arts Stamps has many great digital and clear stamps that are wonderful for whatever your favorite coloring medium it. Make sure and check them out!
Today, the MHKDesigners are showcasing another fantastic New Release! Start on the MHKDesigns blog
for inspiration and a chance to win the set for yourself!
Flowers are my favorite thing to color. I love to experiment with different color combinations.
I'm featuring the New Release, 'Marvelous' Digital stamp set on today's card, along with one paper from the MHKDesigns Radiant Rainbow digital paper pack...
I colored the flower from the Marvelous stamp set with Copic markers, then used a Spellbinders die to cut it out. The sentiment is also from the Marvelous Stamp Set. The card base is a cut file from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons. The lace and crinkle ribbon are by 3 Girl JAM.
MHKDesigns Products used on this card:
Have you entered the MHKDesigns challenge yet? You still have plenty of time, as it runs all month. Use an MHKDesigns image, and it's Anything Goes!
It's Tuesday, and there's a Back To School theme at the Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge blog this week. It's perfect timing, and kids are getting ready for school just about everywhere!
I have created a card with Isobel, and she is Hitting the Books. This is Crafty Sentiments Designs rubber stamp, Isobel - Hitting the Books.
I colored Crafty Sentiments Designs rubber stamp, Isobel - Hitting the Books with Copic markers. It was so fun to color this design!
I found the designer paper of book covers at Pixel Scrapper. The silver glimmer trim is from Close To My Heart, and so is the sentiment. The tag that the sentiment is stamped on is from Paper Wishes.
I hope you join in on the Back to School challenge this week at Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog. I'd love to see what you make!
Hello, crafty friends! I'm posting today on the Pickled Potpourri blog. You'll find my full post here on Friday, but I wanted to give you a sneak peek today. Here it is 😀
It's Fri------------Daaaaaaay! And time for a new challenge at QKR Stampede Challenge blog. This week's optional theme is "Inspired by Music" or you can use an 'Anything Goes' theme.
Here's my project for this week's challenge:
This card uses QKR Stampede digi Cat Calling (Q-digi14516), colored with Copic markers. The sentiment is computer generated. The papers were found at Pixel Scrapper. The crinkle ribbon is from 3 Girl JAM, and the paw print brad is from my stash.
I hope you can join us this week at QKR Stampede. You may win some of the awesome digis for yourself, and I'd love to see what you make! Don't forget our optional 'Inspired by Music' theme!
August 10 -- time for more New Release inspiration, starting on the MHKDesigns blog. Today, we're showcasing the MHKDesigns New Release, 'Light of the World'.
Visit the MHKDesigns blog to start your journey of all the talented designers. Leave comments on each designers blog and you could win this set (or all the New Releases!) for yourself. Don't forget about the MHKDesigns challenge. It's just getting started. It's anything goes, if you use an MHKDesigns image, and it runs all month.
"We wish you a merry Christmas. We wish you a merry Christmas. We wish you a merry Christmas, and a happy new year!" Are you singing yet? At least humming to yourself? Well, you should be because it's time for New Releases at MHKDesigns and that's reason to sing, shout, and jump up & down!
Today, the design team are showcasing "Christmas Frames." It's a great vintage set with some traditional Christmas sentiments that a perfect for cards and tags. I have one more card ready for the 2017 Christmas season!
I used Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils on the Christmas Frames digital stamp set, nicely tucking the sentiment inside the frame (included with the set). I used soft greens to keep with the vintage feel. Papers for this card, also from MHKDesigns, are the Simply Seasonal digital papers.
MHKDesigns products used on this card:
Visit the MHKDesigns blog to start your journey of all the talented designers. Leave comments on each designers blog and you could win this set (or all the New Releases!) for yourself. Don't forget about the MHKDesigns challenge. It's just getting started. It's anything goes, if you use an MHKDesigns image, and it runs all month.
Another Friday, another challenge -- at QKR Stampede Challenge blog! I love our optional theme this week. It's "Make it Humorous". This is the absolutely perfect theme for QKR Stampede as they have so many cute, quirky stamps that work for this theme! Take this Bikini Frog (Q-digi8204) for instance...
I colored Q-digi8204 Bikini Frog with Copic markers, then fussy cut it out. I made the background by inking repeatedly a piece of wavy cut cardstock then moving it down, inking again, moving it down, inking again, repeat, all the way down the background paper. The sentiment is computer generated.
I plan to send this to a very good friend who is having surgery on Monday, donating one of her kidneys to her brother. I thought a little levity might go a long way under the circumstances.
I hope you can join us this week for our optional "make it humorous" challenge at QKR Stampede. I'd love to see what you make!
Another month, another Christmas card! It's time for a new challenge at The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up. This month, the optional theme is 'Traditional Christmas Colors.'
Our guest sponsor this month is Kitten Scraps. I had the fun of working with Christmas Balls Clipart.
The Christmas balls come in a .png version, so I could play with them and layer them the way I wanted. I created this montage for the focal point of my card using the Christmas Balls Clipart set. Papers on this card are from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles. I used 2 sets -- Glitterati II, and Cute Christmas.
I hope you can join us this month at The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up. You can link up any Christmas design, and I'd love to see what you make!
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.
It's Tuesday, and that means it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog. This week's theme is always a favorite: Anything Goes! This is also New Release week at Crafty Sentiments Designs and I have a New Release digi to share with you today. This is Christmas Melodies, sized to fit my card perfectly!
I colored Christmas Melodies with Copic markers, then used 2 sizes of a Spellbinders label die to create the card. Papers and glimmer trim are from Close To My Heart.
Join us this week at Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog -- it's Anything Goes!
