Beary Butterfly -- for Di's Digistamps Challenges

 Happy Saturday!  Saturday is a good day because a new challenge starts on the Di's Digistamp Challenge Blog.  The challenges run for 2 weeks.  The theme for the next 2 weeks is 'Use die cuts &/or Punches'. We love to see Di's images being used, but it's not a requirement.

Di has some new bear images in her shop, and I colored up one of those for today's challenge.  Isn't he Beary sweet? 

This is Beary Butterfly, colored with a combination of Copic and Olo markers. There is a pre-colored version of Beary Butterfly available also. 

After I finished coloring Beary Butterfly, I got to work using die cuts on my card.  I don't have many punches anymore.  I used to have a lot of them, but they took up so much room that I got rid of most all of them.  I cut and backed the Beary Butterfly  image with some old Spellbinders scalloped dies.  The 'Sending Cheer' sentiment is from Pink & Main, and so is the flag backer.  The lacy butterfly was one of the first dies I ever bought.  It is by Cheery Lynn and it's still my favorite of all the butterfly dies I own.   To finish the card off, I stamped an all over dot pattern by Taylored Expressions on the base of the card.

That's it for today's 'Use Die cuts or punches' card.  I hope you can join our challenge.  I'd love to see what you create! 

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

Passion for Markers -- for a child

Craft Rocket Challenge -- Animals

Creative Inspirations Challenge -- ATG

Elliebelle's Garden Party -- Anything in or from a garden

Mouse Ahoy! for Di's Digistamps Challenges

 It's Saturday, and it's time for a new challenge at Di's Digistamps Challenges.  The challenge runs for the next 2 weeks.  The theme of the challenge is Summer Fun (include a sun or water or both on your project).  You don't have to use a Di's Digistamps image, but we sure do like to see them when you do. 

I used both a sun and water on my challenge card, and an absolutely darling Di's Digistamps image called Dreamboat Mice.  This is the black & white version.  There is also a pre-colored version. 

I colored Dreamboat Mice with a combination of Copic and Olo markers, then fussy cut the image.  The water was created using 2 dies.  One was part of a rainbow die from Taylored Expressions.  The other was a die from Close To My Heart (retired).  The sun die is from Spellbinders Paper Arts.  The sentiment is from Colorado Stamp Company. 

I hope you can join us these next two weeks for our Summer Fun challenge at Di's Digistamps Challenges. I'd love to see what you create!

Use Stash Items -- a New Challenge at Di's Digistamps Challenges

 It's Saturday, and that means a challenge is underway at Dis Digistamps Challenges. The challenge will run for the next two weeks.  Use a Di's Digistamps image and increase your chances of winning awesome prizes!! She has so many great ones in her Etsy Shop! The theme for the next 2 weeks is 'use stash items'.  Most of us have been crafting long enough we have a serious amount of items in our stash!  This should be an easy challenge!

Di has some new Fairies in her shop, and I decided to use one of those for this challenge.  I chose 'Sleeping Moon Fairy'.  It comes in both black & white and pre-colored, but I chose the black and white version, so I could color it. I also thought it would be fun to make it into a rocking card: 

I colored Sleeping Moon Fairy  with Copic markers, a long-time stash item for me.  Then, I fussy cut her out using my favorite detail scissors from Close To My Heart that I've had for years (so, another stash item).  The circle die she is mounted on is from Hero Arts.  I have many of their nesting dies in my stash and use them all the time. Some of the first dies I ever bought were from Spellbinders.  I thought it only right that I use a Spellbinders die on this project, so the scalloped circle die is from that company.  The sentiment is from one of my favorite companies, Taylored Expressions.  I stamped it, then used the coordinating die to cut it out several times. 

That's my card for the 'Use Stash Items' challenge at Di's Digistamps Challenges. Please join us!  I'd love to see your creations! 

Wishing You a Day of Calm -- for Di's Digistamps Challenges

 Wake up. Take bath.  Read a book.  Stay calm.  Now, that's my idea of the perfect day!  I cannot remember the last time I did it, but I can always dream!  

A new challenge starts today at Di's Digistamps Challenges.  The challenge will run for two weeks, and the theme is 'Animals acting like humans'. Many of us have stamps that fit that category, and Di has a store full of darling images of animals doing human-like things!  Take a look, pick something out, color it up, (or buy pre-colored) and join the challenge. I used Teacup Mouse for my challenge card:

I colored Teacup Mouse using both Olo and Copic markers.  That scene is so sweet, it makes me giggle! I found the sentiment in a set of Spellbinders clear stamps.  Lucky for me it had a backer to cut it out.  The paper behind the sentiment and the scalloped paper are from Pink & Main.  All the other card stock is from Taylored Expressions.  The bubble-like gems are from Concord & 9th. 

I hope you can join us this next 2 weeks.  I would love to see your take on 'Animals acting like humans"!

Hold On! for The Paper Shelter

 Hold on!  It's almost the end of May, can you believe it?!? The month's are marching by!

A new challenge starts today at The Paper Shelter.  Challenges start every Wednesday, running for a week.  Each week, there is an optional theme.  This week, the optional theme is Enjoy the Outdoors. There is no place I'd rather be than outdoors with my husband and my dog, so this was an easy theme for me! You can always choose to enter our challenges with an anything goes theme.  Your choice!

I found a darling image that I thought would be great for spring.  It was a super windy day the day I colored the image and created the card, and I thought the sentiment was perfect for a "hold on to your hats" kind of spring day:

The image is called Ducklings.  I colored Ducklings with a combination of Copic and Olo markers, then proceeded to make it into a mini slim card (3.5x6).  The sentiment is by Colorado Stamp Company.  The clouds and sun are from Spellbinders, and the mini slim die was from Taylored Expressions. 

Here's a graphic of our prizes for the challenge.  Use one of our images  You could win big!

I hope you can join us this week for our Great Outdoors  or anything goes challenge.  I'd love to see what you create!

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

Green Apples Cutie -- for The Paper Shelter

 Hello, and welcome to my blog!  I can't believe we're at the last day of the month already.  Woosh!  Another month has flown by!

A new challenge starts today at The Paper Shelter Challenges. The challenge will run for 1 week and has the optional theme of "cuties".  Since almost all the TPS images are cute, this should be easy to stick to this theme. But, you can always enter ATG. 

For my card this week, using the cutie theme, I've chosen the Green Apples digital stamp.

 I color her using Copic markers,  then used a set of Spellbinders Oval dies to cut her out and back her.  The papers are digital, from AMB Illustrations.  The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions. It's a new one to me and I really like the font. 

I hope you can join us this week.  I'd love to see what you create, and the TPS prizes are so wonderful! Here's a graphic of the prizes: 

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

Crafty Gals Corner -- Anything you think is Adorable

Word Art Wednesday -- ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends -- ATG

Bunny Hugs -- a New Release for All Dressed Up Stamps

 Hello, and welcome to some New Release inspiration from All Dressed Up Stamps. I love New Release days!  It's always so fun to create with Wendy Burns' wonderful digital images.I had the fun this month of creating with Bunny Hugs:

I created a mini slim card with this darling Bunny Hugs image.  I colored it with Copic markers, then used mini slim dies from Trinity Stamps and Spellbinders to create the card.  The floral background paper is digital.  It is from AMB Illustrations.  The sentiment is from Pink & Main, and the sequins are flat backed ones from Spellbinders. 

You'll find 3 NR images in the All Dressed Up Stamps Etsy Shop. The design team has new release inspiration in the ADU Facebook group and on the ADU Challenge blog.  Please, check it out. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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

Passion for Markers -- Add a sentiment

Word Art Wednesday -- ATG

With Love -- for The Paper Shelter

Greetings, and thanks for visiting my blog today!   It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Shelter.  New challenges start each Wednesday, and run for a month. The theme this week is 'With Love'.

I thought one of the coloring books from The Paper Shelter would have a perfect loved theme image, and the Flowers Coloring Book had many images that fit the theme. I used this image from page 6 of the book: 

I colored this Flowers image with a combination of Olo and Copic markers.  I used a clear stamp from Waffle Flower for the sentiment, and cut and backed the image with dies from Spellbinders. A few gems from my stash finish the card.

The graphic below explains the prizes you could win from The Paper Shelter:

I hope you can join us this week at The Paper Shelter challenge for our 'With Love' challenge.  I'd love to see what you create! 

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

Passion for Markers -- use gems

AUD Sentiments -- Love

Word Art Wednesday -- ATG

I Love You -- For Di's Digistamps Challenges

February 1 -- the month we celebrate love.  February 1 is also the start of a new challenge at Di's Digi Designs Challenge.  The theme for the next 2 weeks is "Have a Heart" (use at least 1 heart on your project).  You don't need to use a Di's Digistamps image, but we sure like it when we do!

I used the darling Di's image, Have the Micest Day for the "Have a Heart" theme challenge.  The image is available in both black & white and colored.  This is the black and white version: 

I colored Have the Micest Day with Copic markers. Aren't they adorable little mice? I recently found a mouse in my garage, and I have to admit, my first thought was NOT "how cute!"

I used a stitched rectangle die from Taylored Expression to cut this out, then backed it with a tiny hearts digital paper from AMB Illustrations.  I heat embossed the sentiment and the tiny red hearts with a stamp set from Spellbinders.  I small stitched heart from Pink & Main was the perfect size for the sentiment.  I heart embossed with white pigment ink and super fine white embossing powder.  It's my favorite way to heat emboss with white.  

I hope you enjoyed my card and your visit to my blog.  Please join in with our "have a heart" challenge at Di's Digi Designs Challenges.   I'd love to see what you create!

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

Creative Fingers -- ATG

Cut It Up Challenges -- Have a Heart

Festive Fridays -- Valentines

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)

Digichoosday -- ATG

Elliebelle's Crafty Corner -- ATG

Word Art Wednesday -- ATG

AUD Sentiments -- Winter, with a sentiment

Promarker Challenge -- Mega Christmas Challenge

Snow Ride -- a New Release from All Dressed Up Stamps

 Greetings, crafty friends!  Today is the day New Release images are showcase for All Dressed Up Stamps.  You'll find inspiration in the ADU Facebook group and on the All Dressed Up Stamps Challenge blog.  There are 3 new releases this month.  You'll find the new releases, and all Wendy's sweet images in the ADU Etsy Shop. 

I had the fun of creating with the Snow Ride image.

I colored Snow Ride with a combination of Copic and Olo markers.  I really like this color combo, and have use it on several other Christmas cards this season.

I used some layers dies by Spellbinders to make this mini slim card.  The wintery background paper and the shimmery layer are both by Crafter's Companion.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts.  Some bling from Taylored Expressions finished off the card.

Thanks for stopping by, and please check out the other inspiration.

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

Creative Fingers - ATG

Cut it Up Challenge -- Favorite Colors (lilac/pink)

CRAFT challenge -- Christmas

Craft Rocket Challenge -- Christmas or Winter

Give Thanks -- for Di's Digistamps Challenge

 Hello, everyone.  Thanks for stopping by today!  I'm excited to once again be on the Di's Digistamps Challenge team.  I was on it some years ago, but needed to drop for health reasons.  I'm pleased to say I am feeling well again, and am back on board.  I just love Di's super sweet images.  They are so fun to create with!

Di's Digistamps challenges run for 2 weeks.  They always start on a Saturday.  This time, the theme is 'Thankful or Happy Harvest'.  As long as you stick with the theme, you can use any image, but if you use a Di's Digistamps image, you get a bigger prize.  Her images can be found in the Di's Digistamps Etsy shop.

Following the 'Thankful' theme, I used the darling Squirrel Fun image to create this: 

I colored Squirrel Fun using a mix of Copic markers.  Once I got Squirrel Fun  colored the way I wanted it, I used a set of Spellbinders dies to cut it out and back it.  The background paper with the leaves and acorns is from Brutus Monroe.  The sentiment, matching die, and sticky back pearls are from Taylored Expressions.

I hope you can join us at Di's Digistamps Challenges this fortnight. There are so many darling images in the shop that fit this theme, and I'd love to see what you create!

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

Aloha Friday -- Thankful

Creative Fingers Challenge -- ATG

Cut it Up -- Grateful or Thankful

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends -- ATG

As You Like It Challenge -- Favorite Animal (and why). We feed squirrels and watch them for entertainment.  

The Sisterhood of Crafters -- Leaves/Autumn

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!

Gnome With a Daisy -- For The Paper Shelter

 Hello, and thanks for stopping by my blog today!

There's a new challenge that starts today at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog.  The challenge runs for a week, and the theme is "Enjoy the Summer Sun" (colors or activity).  That's a great theme for hot, hot, hot August.

I think the digital stamp 'Gnome with a Daisy' from The Paper Shelter is just adorable.  I love gnomes, and this one was very fun to color up!

I colored Gnome with a Daisy with Copic markers.  The stitched frame die is by Taylored Expressions and the sun and cloud dies are from Spellbinders.  The sentiment and sentiment die are both from Taylored Expressions.

I hope you can join us for our Enjoy the Summer Sun challenge.  I'd love to see what your create.  The graphic above explains the prizes offered for the challenge. 

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

A Perfect Time to Craft -- ATG

Beautiful Blossoms -- Anything Flowers Goes

Classic Design Challenge -- ATG

Crafts Galore Encore -- ATG

Dream Valley Challenges -- hand colored image

Hello Summer -- for The Paper Shelter

 Hello, and happy Wednesday!  Thank you for stopping by my blog.

It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Shelter. This challenge is a little different than the usual ones.  First, the theme is Anything Goes. Also, the challenge will last a month and both teams are participating.

I used the darling TPS image, Sunshine, and created this mini slim card: 

I colored Sunshinewith Copic markers, then set about creating the card.

I used a die set from LDRS Creative to create the base of the mini slim card and the layers.  The patterned papers are from Crafter's Companion, while the solid card stock colors are Taylored Expressions. The sun and clouds are from Spellbinders, and the sentiment strip is from Taylored Expressions.

Here are the prizes you can win entering the Paper Shelter challenge! 

You have a whole month this time to join us, so I hope to see you in the challenge!

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

DigiChoosday -- ATG

A Place to Start -- ATG

Dream Valley Challenge -- Summer Colors

Polkadoodle challenge -- ATG

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge -- add a sentiment

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

Paws Down -- All Dressed Up Stamps

 Hello, and happy February!  It's been brutally cold for parts of January, so February makes me feel like we're closer to spring.

February 1st, that also means a new challenge is starting in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group. The theme this month is Cuteness Overload, and the challenge runs the month of February.  You even get an extra day this month!

When searching for an image to color up for this challenge, I remembered Winter Pups.  I took one of the 3 images in the Winter Pups set, colored him up with Copic markers, and created this:

After coloring up the Winter Pup, I fussy cut him.  Looking through my heart shaped cutting dies, I found several that I thought I could combine to make a heart-shaped card.  The heart dies are from Spellbinders. 

I hope you can join this month's Facebook challenge.  There are many, many images in the All Dressed Up Stamps Etsy Shop that will work wonderfully for the challenge.  I'll be looking for your cute entries!

Perfect Day for a Walk -- for All Dressed Up Stamps

 Any day is the perfect day for a walk!  It's also the perfect day for a new challenge at All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Group. The challenge starts today, July 1 and runs through July 31.  The theme this month is Anything You Want.  Woohoo!  Go for it! 

I have long wanted to color up this Perfect Walk image.  This challenge theme seemed like the perfect time to create with Perfect Walk!

I colored Perfect Walk with Copic markers.  I used some new dies I purchased from The Stamp Market.  They cut out and backed the image with an arch shape.  The arched shape stamp is also from The Stamp Market.  The fancy umbrella is a Spellbinders die, and the clouds are part of a Crafter's Companion set.  The background paper is from my stash, but is probably from Crafter's Companion. 

Thanks for visiting my blog!

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

Allsorts Challenge -- Summertime

Crafty Catz Challenge -- ATG (embossed the words on the arch)

Craft Rocket Challenge -- ATG

Wellie Boots -- A New Release for All Dressed Up Stamps

 It's New Release day at All Dressed Up Stamps!  You can find great inspiration from the design team on Facebook, and on the ADU challenge blog. You'll find inspiration for 3 incredible new releases!

I had the joy of being able to create with Wellie Boots.  What could be cuter than a creation with this Wellie Boots digital stamp? 

I colored Wellie Boots with Copic markers. I then used a new set of stacking dies from Spellbinders to cut her out and layer her on the shaped card.  The papers are from AMB Illustrations and the watering can is from Crafter's Companion.  The sentiment is from a Pink & Main stamp set. 

I hope you check out the other great inspiration from the talented DT, and join us in our challenges.  I'd love to see what you create with this, or any other ADU image.

Happy crafting!

I'm entering this in the:

Passion For Markers challenge -- dies & or punches (dies)

The Paper Funday -- ATG/optional twist -- no squares 

Word Art Wednesday -- ATG

Digichoosday -- ATG