Love You to Pieces -- for the Path of Positivity

It's time for a new challenge at the Path of Positivity Challenge Blog. The alternate theme this month is "Faith, Hope, Love".  It runs from today until July 2.  Or, enter any uplifting project. 

One of our sponsors is Decosse's Dynamite Doodles.  I used 3 of her awesome papers and a sentiment she created just for this card to make this:

The Decosses' Dynamite Doodles papers used on this card are from the Simple Beauty collection.  As stated above, I used 3 of them -- one for the puzzle pieces, and 2 for the card layering. 

The puzzle piece die is from Tattered Lace.  I got the card idea, along with the free die, from their most recent magazine.

I hope you can join us this month at Path of Positivity Challenge Blog.  You have until July 2!

Dare to be Fabulous -- an MHKDesigns New Release

Woohoo!  It's New Release time at MHKDesigns!  I just love it when the 5 new releases hit the MHKDesigns Etsy Shop!  You'll see what the designers have done throughout the month, every 5 days, starting today.  The fun starts on the MHKDesigns blog. 

Today's showcase is MHKDesigns' Fabulous Flowers.  It lives up to it's name!

I colored the Fabulous Flowers image with Lyra Rembrandt watercolor pencils.  Designer papers for this card, also from MHKDesigns, are the Rosy Posy digital papers. 

 MHKDesigns products used on this card:

Fabulous Flowers 

Rosy Posy

We have a great challenge going on all month at MHKDesigns.  It's Anything Goes if you use an MHKDesigns image.  Please join us!

Happy Summer Days -- for Great Impressions Stamps

Greetings, fellow stamp lovers!  It's June, and we have finally hit 80 degrees here where I live.  We hit 70 one day and 80 the next, then crashed back into the 60's.  I hope that wasn't summer, LOL!  

There's a new challenge starting today over on the Great Impressions Stamps blog.  With Father's Day this month, the theme is 'masculine'.  I made this card with my dog-loving husband in mind:

This card uses two rubber stamps from Great Impressions Stamps.  They are: E896 Dog Wearing Sunglasses and B213 Happy Summer Days.

I colored E896 Dog Wearing Sunglasses with Copic markers, then fussy cut it out. 

The paw border card was cut out on my Silhouette Cameo with a file I altered, found in the Silhouette Design Store.  The plaid designer paper is from Lawn Fawn. Dies are from Spellbinders. 

The masculine challenge at Great Impressions Stamps blog runs all month.  We've got great prizes, so I sure hope you join us!  I'd love to see what you make, and I sure hope you use a Great Impressions Stamps image. 

Born to Ride -- for The Cutting Cafe

Hello, crafty friends!  It's riding season!  We're celebrating road trip time at The Cutting Cafe.   You'll see all sorts of creations celebrating summertime and road trips this week!

Since my husband and I like to spend as much time on the Harley as possible, that's the theme I decided to go with:

I used the Cutting Cafe file "It's Road Trip Time" printable stamp set.  It also comes with a couple of sag files for the sign shaped cards, one of which I used here. 

The motorcycle and sentiment are from Raisin Boat. They're going out of business and all the sets remaining are 60% off, so if you like this, shop quick!  

The orange paper -- as close to Harley orange as I could find -- is some old My Mind's Eye paper I've had in my stash forever.  The ribbon is from my stash. 

Check out all the great Road trip inspiration from other team members this week at our Cutting Cafe Be Inspired Facebook Group. Read The Cutting Cafe blog post to see the whole group.  Leave a comment for your chance to win 3 sets of your choice!

Botanical Thank You -- for Pickled Potpourri

Hello, and happy Friday!  June already.  Wow! 

I've been working on thank you cards and using watercolor mediums.  I have a card to share with you today using the fabulous Pickled Potpourri Botanical Minis and artist crayons.  I also used some digital papers from the Pickled Potpourri shop for the designer papers in the background.
  

Here's a close up of the image.  This is one of 4 that comes in the Botanical Minis digital set. The sentiment is one of many beautiful ones in the Rose Sentiment Digital Set. 

The papers I used were Pickled Potpourri Distressed Black & White.

Botanical Minis

Distressed Black & White papers

Rose Sentiment Digital Set

I hope this card inspires you to try the fantastic digis  and papers at Pickled Potpourris Designs.  There is truly something for everyone in the store.  

Have a Paw-some Christmas! for the 12 Months of Christmas

June 1? Really?  That means it's time for a new challenge at the 12 Months of Christmas Link Up.  It also means I have 1 more card ready for this year's Christmas card stash!  This month's guest sponsor is Imagine That! Digistamp.  Always, Decosse's Dynamite Doodles made fantastic papers for us to work with.  This month's optional theme is "Fur, Fluff, Feathers, or Fins".  Enter a card that fits the category to be eligible for the prize from this month's guest sponsor.  Enter 2 cards to be eligible for the papers from Lisa.

Here's my Fur, Fluff, Feathers, and Fins inspiration.  Being a dog lover, I concentrated on the fur, of course! 😊

I used a pre-colored image of the Imagine That! Digistamp's set, Happy Howl-idays.  The sentiment is part of the set.  The Paw-some papers used on this card are designed by Decosse's Dynamite Doodles, just for this Fur, Fluff, Feathers, or Fins challenge.

Happy Howl-idays digi stamp set

Sponsors for this challenge:

The challenge at The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up runs all month, so you have plenty of time to get something made.  Just remember, Christmas is coming!

Happy Bird Day! for MHKDesigns June Challenge

My mother-in-law celebrated her birthday yesterday.  She loves birds.  She's one of those fanatics that travels the world to add birds to her life list.  So, I made this card for her birthday, and for the new challenge that starts today at MHKDesigns. 

This card uses several sets found in the MHKDesigns Etsy Shop: 
Sea Creatures Digital Stamp Set  and Serene Seaside Patterned Digital Papers.

I colored the bird from the Sea Creatures set with Caran D'ache Neocolor II artist's crayons and a paint brush. 

Sets used on this card:

Sea Creatures Digital Stamp Set

Serene Seaside Patterned Digi Papers

MHKDesigns challenges are always anything goes, if you use an MHKDesigns image.  If you choose to use something else, here's a mood board for inspiration: 

The challenge runs all month, so you have lots of time to join the fun!  There's great prizes to win, and I'd love to see what you make!