Wednesday, January 22, 2025

So Doggone Sweet -- for The Paper Shelter

Our Christmas break is over at The Paper Shelter. We are back with weekly challenge for you to participate in. I hope you can join us!

The theme for our first challenge of 2025 is 'embellish it'.  As always, if you use a TPS image and you are chosen the winner, the prize is considerably better.  But, you can enter any challenge you would like. 

For the 'embellish it' theme, I have used the darling image A Walk in Style

I colored A Walk in Style with Copic markers.  Then I used a set of dies from Taylored Expressions to cutout the image and to back them.  The paw print paper is a digital paper from AMB Illustrations.  They ave some great pet papers! I found the paw print embellishments in my stash.  They are from The Paper Studio.  The sentiment is a clear stamp from Close To My Heart.  It is part of a set. 

Below is a graphic explaining the prize structure:

I hope you like my Walk in Style. I really enjoyed creating this 5x7 card. I also hope I see ou entered in The Paper Shelter challenge.  I'd love to see what you create. 


Promarker Challenge -- Favorite colors (teal & pink)
I Spy with my Little Eye -- feather or fur (fur)


Saturday, January 18, 2025

Snugglecan Ted -- for Di's Digistamps Challenge

 Greetings, fellow card makers! Thanks for visiting my blog today.  It's Saturday, and it's time for a new challenge at Di's Digistamps Challenges.   The challenge will run for 2 weeks, with the theme of 'Winter Wonderland'.

I found those awesome image, Snugglecan Ted, in the Di's Digistamps Etsy Shop.  It was sooooo fun to color!  It is available in a black & white version and a colored version.

Here's Snugglecan Ted

I colored Snugglecan Ted using a combination of Copic and Altenew Artist markers.  I love to color rust!  It is one of my favorite things to color! I enjoyed this whole image.  The scarf and hat, the bird, it was all so fun!  

I decided to keep the rest of the card simple to really focus the viewer's eye on Snugglecan Ted.

I hope you can join our Winter Wonderland challenge at Di's Digistamps challenges this week!  You can use any image, but a Di's Digi will get you more of a prize if you win!


I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Allsorts Challenge -- Close to Nature

Saturday, January 4, 2025

Three Chilly Penguins -- for Di's Digistamps Challenge

 Hello, and welcome to 2025!  It's going to be a crafty. inspiring year!!

Today is the first day of the new challenge at Di's Digistamps Challenges.  Our month-long break is over, and it's back to the fun of creating. The theme for the next 2 weeks is "hand colored image".  You can use any image you want, but you'll be entered into a separate drawing if you use a Di's Digistamps image.  She has sooooooo many cute ones in her online Etsy shop.  When I wrote this post on 1-2-25, everything in the store was 50% off.  I hope you get in on the sale!!

For the hand colored image challenge, I colored up Three Chilly Penguins.  I had so much fun with this!


Three Chilly Penguins -- darling, aren't they? I colored the image with a combination of Copic markers and Altenew Artistry markers.  I used a mini slimline die from Spellbinders to cut out the Three Chilly Penguins.  The sentiment is from Pink & Main.  The gems are from my stash.

I hope you can join our challenge this next 2 weeks.  I'd love to see what you create! 


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

ABC Christmas challenge -- favorite color (rainbow) and animals (penguins)
AUD Sentiments -- Winter, with a sentiment
Promarker Challenge -- Mega Christmas Challenge