Pretty Lashes -- for All Dressed Up Stamps

 Hello. crafty friends, and happy February!  It's the month of love, and after a short break, All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group is starting their first challenge of the year with the month-long theme of Hearts &/or Flowers.  I think that's a great one for Valentine's or Galentine's Day. The challenge starts today and runs all month.  You'll find a folder in the Facebook group for your entries. 

I used an image a beautiful image with flowers on it, then added a heart to fit this month's Hearts &/or Flowers theme.  This is Pretty Lashes: 

I colored Pretty Lashes with a combination of Copic and Olo markers, then fussy cut her out.  The background paper is digital.  I found it from scouring through long ago design team companies that have long since gone out of business. I thought the colors went well with my image and large die cut heart.  The hearts were cut out withdies from Taylored Expresseions.  The sentiment is also from them.  

I hope you like Pretty Lashes and feel inspired to enter the challenge yourself! I'd love to see your creations!

Let's Ride! for All Dressed Up Stamps

 It's December, and it's time for a new challenge in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group.  You get a choice of themes this month:  either choose summer or snow.  Since I live in cold, snowy Wisconsin, I choose snow!

One of my favorite All Dressed Up Stamps images is Sledging Pup.  I color it up any chance I get.  This seemed like a great chance to put some ink to it yet again: 

I colored Sledging Pup with Copic markers, then fussy cut the image.  The snowflake background paper is from AMB Illustrations. The sentiment is from Altenew.  I created the snow using glitter paper by Pink & Main and a set of dies by Close To My Heart. That Sledging Pup is zipping right down that slope!  Let's ride, little pup, Let's ride!

I hope you can join our Summer/Snow challenge this month over at the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group.  I'd love to see what you create! 

First Prize -- for All Dressed Up Stamps

 September 1 -- there are signs of Fall and signs of kids returning to school.  There are also signs that there is a new challenge at All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Challenge.  It starts today and runs the month of September.  The theme is 'Free for All' (Anything Goes).

I have a young friend that I have been pen pals with for many years.  It all began when I was going through cancer and her grandmother (a friend of mine), thought it would be a good experience for her to send me some encouragement and cute artwork.  Well, 8 years later, we're still writing each other!  She is a very special young woman who should have dumped this old lady long ago!  One of her passions is horses.  She shows themselves, takes riding lessons, spends as much time with them as she can, and probably loves her horses more than most people.  I made this card for her using an old, but very appropriate, All Dressed Up image called, First Prize:

I colored First Prize with Copic markers. I cut the image out and backed it with dies from LDRS Creative. The papers are part of a nautical paper pack from Pink & Main,  The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions.  The star sequins I used to embellish the card are from my stash.

I hope you can join us this month for our Free For All challenge in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Group.  I'd love to see what you make! 

Strawberry Season -- for All Dressed Up Stamps

 Hello, fellow crafters, and welcome to August!  A new month means a new challenge in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Group. The challenge starts today and runs all month.  It has the theme of 'Favorite time of the year'.  You must use an All Dressed Up Stamps image to enter. 

I love strawberries and strawberry season!  It's a short season but we make the most of it here in NW WI where I live.  There was numerous places to pick your own berries, various strawberry stands to buy them by the bucket, and a good share of strawberry festivals install towns around here.  We love our berries!  In honoring this special time of year, I colored up and designed with the very cute image, Strawberry Season: 

I colored Strawberry Season with Copic markers, then using nesting oval dies by Hero arts to cut out the image and back her.  The designer strawberry papers are by AMB Illustrations.  Aren't they perfect for this card?  I decided to go 'old school' and add a little ribbon to this.  It's been so long, I forgot where my ribbon was! The 'sweet' sentiment is part of a new set I got from Concord & 9th. 

I hope you can join us this month at All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Group for our Favorite Time of Year challenge.  I'd love to see your creations! 

Little Ladybird -- for All Dressed Up Stamps

 July -- a new month, and a new challenge in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Group.  The theme this month is "We Have Wings". The challenge starts today and goes all month.  Enter as many times as you'd like, as long as you use an All Dressed Up Stamps image. 

I have colored up a lot of All Dressed Up Stamps images through the years.  When I can, I try to find something new to challenge myself with.  I found this darling Little Ladybird image and thought, why haven't I ever colored this before? It's been around so long, I had to have Wendy put it back in the shop. But, it sure is sweet!

I colored Little Ladybird with a combination of Copic and Olo markers.  I used some oblong oval dies from Taylored Expressions tout out the Little Ladybird image, back her, and create the shaped card base. Everything else I used to create the card is from Pink & Main:  the cute designer daisy and ladybug paper, the ladybug die cut, the sentiment and the banner it's stamped on, and the little clay ladybugs I glued on here and there on the image and sentiment.

I hope you join us this month for our All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook challenge.  There's also another challenge on the ADU Challenge Blog.  I'd love to see your creations!  

Wake Up. Hug Dog. Have a Good Day. For All Dressed Up Stamps

 Happy June, blog readers!  Thanks for stopping by!  It's the first of the month, so it's time for a new challenge in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group. The theme for the month of June is 'My Favorite Things'.  You don't have to know me too well to know that my card will have something to do with dogs.  They will always be among my most favorite things!  Paws down!

Using one of the images in the Dogs in Shades set, I created my card for this month's challenge: 

There is is!  One of the Dogs in Shades images, blown up quite large, colored with a combination of Copic and Olo markers, then fussy cut. 

I don't know where I got this paws stencil, but I love it and use it often.  What could be better than a rainbow of paw prints dancing across the page?  The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions, and is part of a whole set of fun dog expressions.  You can never have too many dog sentiments when most of your friends are as dog obsessed as you are. 

Here's the reason I'm so dog obsessed.  This is my sweet boy, Winter.  He will be 7 soon, and is the best boy, ever! I am with him most of my waking moments.  He is truly my favorite thing!

I hope you can join our Favorite Things challenge at All Dressed Up Facebook Challenges this month. I'd love to see what your favorite things are!

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

Passion for Markers -- 4-Legged Friends

Allsorts Birthday Challenge (Congrats!) -- ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends -- ATG

We Love To Create -- AT Mixed Media Goes 

Festival Boy

 It's May, and that means a new challenge is starting in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group challenge.  The theme this month is "Boy Time", and you must use an All Dressed Up image to enter. 

Boy Time -- I found a darling image for this theme!  And, it fits me and my love of music to a tee!  Here's Festival Boy: 

I colored Festival Boy with Copic markers. I think the boy and his dog, along with his guitar is just so heart warming!  It tells a story! 

I used dies by Spellbinders to cut out the image and back it.  The paper with musical symbols on it is by AMB Illustrations.   I thought the sentiment fit the image so well.  It is from Taylored Expressions.  The sticky back pearls are from Pink & Main. 

Thank you for visiting my blog today.  I hope you can join our "Boy Time" challenge this month in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Group. I'd love to see what you make!

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

AS You Like it Challenges -- soft or bold (I've always liked soft, almost a watercolor look when I color)

Creative Inspirations Challenge -- ATG

DigiChoosday - ATG

Thanks a Bunch -- For All Dressed Up Stamps

A new month, a new challenge!  It's April, and time for a new challenge in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Group.  The challenge starts today and runs the whole month of April.  The theme is 'We love flowers'. An All Dressed Up Stamps image is required. 

For my DT inspiration using flowers, I colored up the lovely Thanks a Bunch image: 

I colored Thanks a Bunch with Olo markers.  I inked the edges of the stitched panel with a soft blue ink. I cut out the postage stamp panel with a die from my stash.  The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions. 

I hope you can join us this month for our 'We love flowers' challenge.  I'd love to see what you create!

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

Passion for Markers -- Anything but birthdays

A Perfect Time to Craft -- ATG

Two Little Mice -- for All Dressed Up Stamps

 Thanks for visiting my blog today!  I can't believe that we are to March already.  These years never slow down.  March 1 means a new challenge has started the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group.  The theme this month is, "Animals All Around".  I've been wanting to color up these two cute mice, so this was the perfect opportunity.  Here is 'Two Little Mice'.

I colored Two Little Mice with Copic markers.  I used two dies from a Hero Arts square die stacking set.  I created a frame with them. The designer papers are old ones from Crafter's Companion.  The flowers in 2 of the corners were made with dies by Spellbinders.  They have a best flower dies! The darling sentiment is part of a Hero Arts stamp set. 

I hope you can join us this month in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group.  I'd love to see what you create with our 'Animals all Over' theme. 

 

Snowy Day -- For All Dressed Up Stamps

 It's February 1, and it's time for the first challenge of the year at All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Group.  The theme of the challenge this month is 'For the Girls'.  Wendy has dozens and dozens of adorable images that fit this theme in the ADU Store.  Check them out!

Since it's bitterly cold where I live this time of year (-11F today with windchills of -24), I wanted to work on an image that would fit my mood.  Snowy Days fit the challenge theme and my cold, cold feet, lol! 

I colored Snowy Days with a combination of Copic markers and Olo Markers.  I was originally going to cut her out, but I didn't want to lost the snowflakes that adorn the image.  I cut her out with a stitched rectangle die from Taylored Expressions instead.  I made the background using a piece of Arctic card stock from Hero Arts.  I blended 3 shades of Taylored Expressions inks around the outside edges, then used Unicorn White pigment ink by Hero Arts and a small dotted stencil from Taylored Expressions.  The sentiment and the backer are from Pink & Main.  I thought it was perfect for this image. 

The challenge ate All Dressed Up Stamps facebook group goes all February.  I hope you can join in the fun! I'd love to see your creations. 

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

Cards for Gals -- Anything but Square

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends -- ATG

Polkadoodles -- ATG

Digichoosday -- ATG

Skater -- for All Dressed Up Stamps

December 1, can you believe it?  Thanks for stopping by my blog during this busy season.

Since it's the first of the month, there is a new challenge starting over in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group. The challenge will run for the whole month.  The theme is 'Celebrations'.   I made one more Christmas card that may be used as a Winter card instead.  We'll see. 

The All Dressed Up Stamps image I used for this challenge is Skater. 

I colored Skater with a combination of Copic and Olo markers. I used a couple of wonky stitched oval dies by Memory Box to cut her out and frame her. The tiny die cut snowflakes on the card are fromLawn Fawn and the sentiment is from a Taylored Expressions set. 

I hope you can join our challenge this month at All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group. I'd love to see what you create!

Christmas Deer -- for all Dressed Up Stamps

 Greetings, fellow crafters. Thanks for visiting today.  It's November 1, and it's time for a new challenge in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group.  The theme this month is "Christmas is Coming".  It is, isn't it?  It's coming all too fast.  I've been busy making Christmas cards, but it will soon be time to send Christmas cards.  Eek!  I'm not ready for the busy-ness of it all.

Christmas is coming.  With that theme in mind, I made a card to add to my Christmas stash using the beautiful Christmas Deer image, found in the ADU Etsy shop. Here's my inspiration card...

I colored Christmas Deer using Copic markers.  I used some stitched arch dies from Pink & Main th frame it.  The dotted paper is from a Christmas paper pack from Crafter's Companion.  The holly & berry dies were from a one-day card making retreat sponsored by Scrapbook & Cards today.  I don't know what company made the dies for the class. The 'Joy' sentiment is by Taylored Expressions. 

I hope you can join us this month for the 'Christmas is Coming' challenge found in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group. It runs all month.

Little Pumpkin -- For All Dressed Up Stamps

 It's October 1, and it's time for a new challenge in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group. The theme this month is Autumn or Halloween.  I'm not big on making Halloween cards, so I made an Autumned themed card for the challenge.  Here's my inspiration for you using Little Pumpkin:

I colored Little Pumpkin with Copic Markers, then used a wonky stitched circle die from My Favorite Things.  I used 2 designer papers from Brutus Monroe, and used a die from Taylored Expressions to cut the papers out and use them as the base layer of my design.  The sentiment is from a Fall set from Taylored Expressions.  I added some bling to finish off the card. 

I hope you enjoyed your visit to my blog.  I also hope you enjoyed my card and are inspired to enter our challenge in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group.  You'll find many images that would fit the challenge theme in the ADU Etsy Shop. 

Apple Picker -- for All Dressed Up Stamps

 It's September !  Hurray!  I love September!  The temperatures are starting to cool down, the sun isn't quite so intense, and the leaves are starting to turn.  These are all sign of Autumn, which I love.

September first also means a new challenge is underway in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group. The challenge runs all month and this month's theme is CAS or Layers.  There are many, many digis in the All Dressed Up Stamps Etsy Shop that will work perfectly for this challenge. 

I used the darling image, Apple Picker for the challenge:

I colored Apple Picker with Copic markers, then started designing the card.  I had a CAS card in my head, but as I started designing it, It ended up with more than one layer, and then a frame and some die cut apples.  So, I guess I followed the 'Layers' portion of the challenge.

The frame is a die from Taylored Expressions.  The apples are cut out with a die from Spellbinders Paper Arts.  The sentiment stamp and coordinating die are from Brutus Monroe.  

I hope you can join us this month for the CAS or Layers challenge at All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group. I'd love to see what you create!

New Hair Do -- for All Dressed Up Stamps

 Hello crafty friend!  Thanks for stopping by my blog.

It's a new month, and that means a new challenge at the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group.  The theme this month is 'Girls Rule'.   Yeah, I like that theme! 

I used the darling ADU image, New Hair do for my card:

I colored New Hairdo with Copic markers, then I used a sketch I found on Pink & Main.  The papers and flowers are from Pink & Main. The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions, and seemed to fit the monthly theme well. 

I hope you can join us this month for the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group. I'd love to see what you make!

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

Creative Inspirations Challenge -- ATG

Simon Says Stamp, Wednesday Challenge -- Add a Sentiment

Word Art Wednesday -- ATG

Hello Summer - for the Season Challenge at All Dressed Up Stamps

 It's a new month, which means a new challenge starts today in the All Dressed Up Stamps facebook Group. The theme of the challenge is "Seasons", and it runs all month.  You do need to use an All Dressed Up Stamps image to participate.  Find them here.

I just love the digital stamp Daisy Fairy.  I've colored her up many times trough the years.  The pretty color combinations are endless with her.  Here's is how I choose to color her this time: 

I colored Daisy Fairy with Copic markers, then made her into a mini slimline card using dies from Trinity Stamps.  The sentiment is from a set of mini strip sentiments by Taylored Expressions.  The flowers and stem die cuts are by Spellbinders. 

I hope you can join us this month in theAll Dressed Up Stamps FB group.  I'd love to see what you create! 

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

A Place to Start -- ATG

Dream Valley Challenges -- summer colors

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends -- ATG

Butterfly Hairdo -- for All Dressed Up Stamps

  Hello, and happy June!  Thanks for visiting my blog.

June first starts a new challenge in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group. The theme for June is 'wings/tails/paws'. This does include fairies. There are many, many ADU images that fit this theme.  You will find them in the All Dressed Up Stamps Etsy Shop. 

My card for the challenge uses the digital stamp, 'Butterfly Hair'. 

I colored Butterfly Hair with a combination of Copic and Olo markers.

I designed the card using dies from Memory Box to cut out the image and back her.  The papers on this card are from Crafter's Companion.  The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions.  The butterfly die cuts are from Cheery Lynn, with foil paper from Anna Griffin. 

I hope you can enter the ADU FB challenge.  I'd love to see what you create! 

Life is Short -- For All Dressed Up Stamps

 Greetings, fellow stamp lovers!  Thanks for visiting my blog.  I've been recovering from surgery on my big toe, so most of life is spent elevating and icing my foot.  It's healing though, and I am making progress. 

It's a new month!  May is my favorite month of the year.  I love all the bird nesting and spring flowers blooming.  Plus, the warm weather is nice too!  It's also the start of a new challenge in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group.  The theme this month is "One for the Boys".  Wendy has many images that fit this theme is the All Dressed Up Stamps Etsy Shop. I used a freebie found on the All Dressed Up Challenge blog called "Cute Just Got Cuter".

I colored Cute Just Got Cuter with Copic markers, then fussy cut the dog.  I used a cloud stencil for the background (Taylored Expressions), and cloud dies (Crafter's Companion and Lawn Fawn).  The sentiment is by Taylored Expressions.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my card.  Join us for the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook challenge.  It runs the whole month!

Country Girl -- For All Dressed Up Stamps

 Hello, crafty cardmakers, and happy April!  I hope spring is well underway where you live.

Today is a new month, and a new challenge in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group. It was from today to April 30.  This month, the theme is"Florals".  The florals can be in the image or added to the project.

I love the All Dressed Up Stamps image, Country Girl. Since she has flowers on and around her, I thought it would fit the 'Florals' theme very well.

Here's my version of Country Girl:

Flowers and more flowers.  Isn't Country Girl so very cute?!?

I colored Country Girl with Copic markers. I found the pink floral paper in a 6x6 pad by Newton's Nook. All the dies used on this card are by Taylored Expressions. The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions also. 

I hope you can join us this month for the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook challenge!  I'd love to see what you create! 

Always Time for a Cuddle

 Hello blog friends, and happy March!  On the first day of the month, a new challenge starts in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group.  That's today!  The theme this month is "for a child".  There are lots of great All Dressed Up images that will fit this theme.  Create with one anyway you want, and join the challenge!

For this month's "for a child" challenge, I used the darling image, 'Always Time for a Cuddle':

 I used Copic markers and Olo markers to color up this image.  Then I used wide oval dies from Spellbinders to cut out the image and back it.  I stenciled the paw prints on the backing oval.  The Love sentiment is a die from Kat Scrappiness.  I did a little paper piecing on it,  And, that's my simple 'For a Child' card.  

I hope to see you entered in the challenge!