Lucky You -- for Bugaboo Stamps

 It's Sunday, and it's time for another Stella Says Sketch Challenge for Bugaboo Stamps. It all happens over on the Catch the Bug Blog!  It begins today and runs for two weeks. 

With St. Patrick's Day just around the corner, I'm making cards for the holiday.  I decided to add another one to my stash using today's sketch for Stella Says Sketch.

Using Edward St. Patrick's Day,  I created this:

I colored Edward St. Patrick's Day with Copic markers, then followed the current sketch to create my card.  Here's the sketch:

The  shamrock paper is by AMB Illustrations.

I hope you can join us the next to weeks at Catch the Bug Blog for the newest Stella Says Sketch Challenge.  I'd love to see what you create!

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

D.L. Art -- Feb. Linky Party

Crafty Animals Challenge -- ATG with an animal

Polkadoodles Challenge -- ATG

Send a Smile 4 Kids -- Spring cards 4 Kids

Outside Looking In -- for Paper ala Mode Challenges

 It's Saturday, and it's time for a new challenge at The Outlawz Saturday Paper ala Mode Challenges. Challenges run for 2 weeks, and are always sponsored by We Are 3 Digital Shop. Today's challenge has the theme of "Outside Looking In".  You can interpret this however you'd like.  Use those window dies that you own.  Make an outdoor scene, if you wish.  I used the awesome Window View and Window Layer from the We Are 3 Digital Shop.  Layer everything together, I created this:

The deer looking in the window is from Window Layers Collection. The window frame with the floral bouquet is part of the Window View Collection.

I framed the whole card with a die from a company no longer in business (Craftin' Desert Divas), I cut it out with a piece of paper from the Happy Birthday Collection.  The pretty pink textured paper is from the Sentimental Canvas Paper Pack.

The banner die and stamp are by Crafter's Companion. 

I hope you can join us this next 2 week's for our Outside Looking In Challenge.  I'd love to see how you interpret this, and we have great prize for you to win!

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

Crafty Animals Challenges -- ATG with an animal

A Gem of a Challenge -- ATG

D.L. Art -- February Link Party

Spring Blooms -- We Are 3 & Cute Card Thursday

 It's Thursday, and you can always see what's happening over at Cute Card Thursday today.  You know there will be an awesome sponsor, and it's worth making something to enter for a chance at the awesome prizes! Since I have made this super feminine card uses a We Are 3 Digital Shop printable image, and sine Feminine is the theme at Cute Card Thursday this week, I'm doing double duty with this one!

This card uses Floral Blooms by We Are 3 Digital Shop.  It comes in a 8.5 x 3.5 version, and a 6x6 version.  I obviously used the slimline version here:

I colored the Floral Blooms printable image with Copic markers.  There are so many possibilities with this printable!  I know it would turn out differently every time you colored it!

The trellis background die is by Tutti Designs, and was purchased in the Dies R Us Store. The butterfly, sentiment, and banner are all by Crafter's Companion.

You'll find so many treasures in the We Are 3 Digital Shop. From digital papers, to sentiments, to printables, you'll find what you need for every and any project.

Join us this week at Cute Card Thursday!  This week's sponsor is Oddball Art Company. 

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

AUD Sentiments -- Spring + a Sentiment

Digichoosday -- ATG

Classic Design Challenge -- ATG

Promarker Challenge -- Feminine

D.L. Art -- February Linky Party

Crafty Sentiments -- ATG

TTCRD -- ATG

Love Pup -- An All Dressed Up Stamps New Release

 It's the 22nd of the month, and that means the All Dressed Up Stamps design team is showcasing this month's New Releases today.  Every 7th and 22nd of the month, you can find some inspiration for the new releases from the All Dressed Up Stamps Etsy Shop.  This month, there are 3 new releases being showcased.

You know I love dogs, so I went a bit wild when Wendy, the talented artist of All Dressed Up Stamps first showed me one of this month's New Releases -- Woof You. I was so pleased when it was sent my way to design with.

Here is my version of Woof You...

I colored Woof You with Copic markers.  The papers on this card are by We Are 3 Digital Shop. They are the Muddy Paws Papers, the papers that Bonnie created in honor of my birthday last year.  I can't tell you how much I adore them!  The paw print border is a die from Frantic Stamper.  The sentiment and large paw print are from a set of dies by Kat Scrappiness. 

You can see what the other talented designers created with the New Releases in the All Dressed Up Facebook Group, and on the All Dressed Up Stamps blog. 

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

D.L. Art -- February Linky Party

2 Crafty Critter Crazies -- ATG with a Critter

Crafty Animals -- ATG with an Animal

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG with a colored image

Sing in the Rain -- for Jan's Digi Stamp Challenges

 It's time for a little mid-month inspiration for Jan's Digi Stamps Challenges.  Challenges are always Anything Goes.  This month's challenge will run until February 28, so there's still plenty of time to get those entries in!

It's still very much winter where I live, but I've been craving some color -- something beside snow and gray.  So, I took the opportunity to color up an awesome springtime digital image I found in the Jan Mayhew Store called April Showers Promise. 

As always, Jan's digital sets come with both black & white and pre-colored images.  There are several options of projects to make in each set, and also several sentiments.  Here's what I created with April Showers Promise:

I've got this thing for rubber boots, or galoshes, as my friends across the pond call them.  They make wet weather seem much more fun than it actually is! This pair, in their bright green, definitely look like they would make splashing through puddles an adventure!

I colored April Showers Promise with Copic markers, then fussy cut the image.  The sentiment is also part of the set.

Papers on this card are from We Are 3 Digital Shop.  I used both the Rainbow Gingham and the Dotted Swiss papers. The rhinestones are from my stash. The stitched circle dies are by Crafter's Companion. 

Have you entered the JDS Challenge yet this month?  If you use a Jan Mayhew image, you increase your chances of winning one of the awesome gift certificates.  Woohoo!  Come link up! 

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

D.L. Art -- February Linky Party

AUD Sentiments -- ATG + a Sentiment

Morgan's Artworld -- ATG

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG

Snowman Slimline (wouldn't you want to be a slim snowman?)

 I'm posting today for both Bugaboo Stamps and Cute Card Thursday.  It's Oldie But Goodie Day on the Catch the Bug Blog, and I colored up one of my favorite little Bugaboo Stamps Snowman.  The theme this week at Cute Card Thursday is Slimline Cards, so I made my adorable little snowman into a slimline card.  Why fit one theme when you can make it fit 2? 

I created this slimline card with a file I found in the Silhouette Design Store and this Snowflake Snowman Digital Stamp...

I colored Snowflake Snowman with Copic markers.  Once the card was cut out on my Silhouette Cameo 3, it was only a matter of constructing it. That cute Snowflake Snowman makes the card, doesn't he?

There will be other fun Oldie but Goodies on the Catch the Bug Blog, so please check it out. If you make a slimline card this week, link it up at Cute Card Thursday!  The sponsor is Stamper's Delights.

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

Crafty Catz -- ATG

Pink Gem Challenge -- ATG

Word Art Wednesday -- ATG

D.L. Art -- February Linky Party

Love Lilies -- for Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps

 It's Tuesday, and I'm posting today on the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration & Challenge Blog.  The theme all month has been, "All You Need is Love".  There is a challenge with that same theme, and I'd love for you to join us!

Today, I used an absolutely beautiful digital image called Lily's Lullaby. 

I colored Lily's Lullaby with Copic markers, and Spectrum Noir Tricolor Brush pens. I used an embossing folder by Crafter's Companion and inked the edged.  The crinkle ribbon is from 3 Girl JAM, a company that went out of business long ago, but I'm still well stocked.  The sentiment is from Spellbinders dies. 

You can find many beautiful images in the GJZCCK Etsy Shop. For great inspiration, check out the CCK Inspiration & Challenge Blog each day. For even more inspiration, and another challenge, check out the CCK Facebook Group. 

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

Passion for Markers -- Celebrations (Valentine's Day)

Morgan's Artworld -- ATG

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG

D.L. Art -- Feb. Linky Party