Fabulous & Beautiful -- for MHKDesigns

Happy Monday, everyone!  A week ago today, I had my first chemo treatment.  Two weeks off, and I'll have another.  Interesting changes, this chemo makes in your body, but I'm plugging on!

Today starts a new challenge at MHKDesigns.  The Nov/December challenge is now underway.  There's an inspiration board you can use, or, if you use an MHKDesigns image, it's Anything Goes!!!

First, my card, then a pic of the inspiration board I used:

I used the MHKDesigns Fabulously Fall digital stamp set to create this card.  I colored the blackberry branch from the Fabulously Fall set with Lyra Rembrandt colored pencils.  The designer paper behind the image is an MHKDesigns digital paper -- Deck the Halls

Challenge inspiration board

Fabulous Fall

Deck the Halls

I hope you join us this month at MHKDesigns!  I'd love to see what you make!

Merry Christmas Wishes -- for Imagine That! Digistamp

It's time for a bit of mid-month inspiration over at the Imagine That! Creative Playground.  Have you found time to play along yet? This month's challenge goes until December 2, and the theme is - Christmas is Coming!  And, yes, it is!  Waaaaay faster than I'm ready for this year.  Uff dah!

I used one of my favorite Imagine That! Digistamp images and some of my favorite Christmas papers (also from Imagine That! Digistamp) to create this Christmas card:

This card uses Imagine That! Digistamp Christmas Bird Trio (there are several sentiment options to choose from, and one without a sentiment at all, if you prefer), and Bella's Beauties Merry & Bright Digital Papers. 

Christmas  Bird Trio

Merry & Bright Digital Papers

I colored the Christmas Bird Trio with Copic markers, then used some Icicle and gold Stickles on them to sparkle them up a bit.  I printed the Christmas Bird Trio 3 more times onto Merry & Bright Digital Papers, fussy cutting their hats, and glueing them on their heads.  A spot of red ribbon, and the card is DONE!  Yea! Add it to the stash.  Hey, I have to start thinking about mailing these Christmas cards out soon, don't I?  Geesh!

Come join the Christmas card fun at the Imagine That! Creative Playground.  Link up those Christmas cards!  You have until December 2. 

Pumpkin Puppy -- for Great Impressions Stamps

Happy Friday, everyone!  It's almost the weekend!  Here in Northwest Wisconsin where I live, deer hunting starts tomorrow.  It's nearly a sacred event around these parts.  Life comes to a screeching halt for 9 days while the hunters descend on the woods and the deer try to figure out what the heck happened!  I stay in town and keep the dog close to my side.

But, that's not the point of this post, is it?  The point is that I'm posting today for Great Impressions Stamps, and it's nearly Thanksgiving, and I have an adorable stamp to share with you -- one of my favorites from Great Impressions Stamps!  This card is created with H259-Pumpkin Puppy:

I colored H259 - Pumpkin Puppy with Copic markers.  That puppy looks like it's having so much fun, chasing those falling leaves!

Papers for the card are by Echo Park.  The leaves are cut out with a die by Sizzix.  The banner die was won in some blog candy (don't know the brand).  Circle dies are by Lifestyle Crafts.

Have you entered the Anything Goes challenge yet at Great Impressions Stamps?  It goes all month, so there's still plenty of time.  I hope you link up!  If you use a Great Impressions Stamp, please enter it in the customer gallery. 


Lastly, don't forget to shop in the wonderful Great Impressions Stamps Store!  You'll find more great stamps just like this one. 

I Believe in Magic -- for Crafty Sentiments Designs

It's Tuesday, and time for a new challenge on the Crafty Sentiments Challenge blog.  Our challenges are weekly.  This week, the theme is Snowflakes. 

I love hedgehogs, and Crafty Sentiments Designs has some adorable rubber stamp ones.  This card uses rubber stamp, Hedgehog - Christmas Tree:

I colored Hedgehog - Christmas Tree with Copic markers.   The sentiment, also from Crafty Sentiments Designs,  is from the Christmas Circles digital set.

Papers for this card are from Echo Park.  A variety of circle dies were used to create the card from Lifestyle Crafts and Craftin' Desert Divas.  The snowflake dies are from Hot Off the Press.

I hope you can join us this week at Crafty Sentiments Challenges for our Snowflake challenge.  I'd love to see what you make, and we have great prizes for you to win!  

Lo, I am with you always....for MHKDesigns

Hello, crafty friends!  It has been quite a week.  As some of you know, I have recently been diagnosed with Lymphoma.  I finally got to see an oncologist this week.  It has been a whirlwind --having even more tests, a minor surgical procedure to get a port put in, some training done, and everything ready to begin chemotherapy.  I'm ready!  Let's beat this!  

I'm posting today for MHKDesigns, and I made a card to help me through the rough times I'm experiencing.  It was created using one of my favorite Bible verses -- Matthew 18:20...

I used the beautiful MHKDesigns set, Mum's the Word on this card.  

Taking the mum image from the Mum digital stamp set, I colored it with Lyra Rembrandt color pencils.  Background papers, also from MHKDesigns, are French Country.  I seem to use these papers often.  They are beautiful for flowers, and I do love to color flowers!

I cut the card base out on my Silhouette Cameo, and used some stitched oval dies from Die-namics to complete the card.  The crinkle ribbon is from 3 Girl JAM.

Mum's the Word

French Country

You'll find these and many more beautiful digital sets in the MHKDesigns Etsy Store. There's a challenge going on on the MHKDesigns blog, and tons of inspiration on the blog, too. Lastly, there's an MHKDesigners & Friends Facebook group you don't want to miss for even more inspiration and news!

Thanks for stopping by!

Gratitude Each Day -- for Great Impressions Stamps

It's Friday (yea!) and I'm posting today for Great Impressions Stamps.  It always makes me happy to play with my favorite stamps!  This is Veteran's Day.  I thank all the Veterans out there for serving our country.  We owe you our respect and much more. 

With Thanksgiving so close, and with a spirit of gratitude in my heart, I made a card I really enjoyed creating for today's post.  Here it is:

This card uses two rubber stamps from Great Impressions Stamps -- F169 - Harvest Mouse, and D451 - Gratitude.

I colored F169- Harvest Mouse with Copic markers, then stamped D451 - Gratitude nearby.

Papers and leaf stickers are from Photo Play.  The card stock base is from Close To My Heart.

Have you entered the Anything Goes challenge yet at Great Impressions Stamps?  It's just getting underway, and goes all month, so please link up!  If you use a Great Impressions Stamp, please enter it in the customer gallery. 

Lastly, don't forget to shop in the wonderful Great Impressions Stamps Store!  You'll find more great stamps just like these two. 

Thank You -- for Path of Positivity

It's Monday, and time to start a new challenge at the Path of Positivity Challenge Blog. The challenges are month long, and this month's theme is 'Appreciation'.  I think this is a great theme for the month of Thanksgiving (at least here in the U.S.)!

I appreciate our wonderful guest sponsors this month, and I'll tell you more about them after I show you the card I made using a digi from A Day for Daisies.  I used Sunflowers in Mason Jar to create this:

I used watercolor paints on this card, and a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.  Papers are from Echo Park.  The sequins are from Close To My Heart.

A Day For Daisies is one of our wonderful sponsors this month.  One lucky challenge entry will get a $12 gift certificate to the Day For Daisies Store.

Kitten Scraps is our other guest sponsor.  One lucky challenge winner will get a $20 gift certificate to the Kitten Scraps store.

Thanks, also to our regular sponsors, Creative Bug Digital Stamps & Decosse's Dynamite Doodles.

I hope you can join in on our 'Appreciation' themed challenge this month at Path of Positivity.  It goes until Dec. 4, so there's plenty of time to link up!