Thank You - Woof!

Hi there - I'm sharing a card I made this week for my puppy's breeder. He'll be coming home on the May 4th weekend and I made this for her. She's been so good and patient with all my questions, emails and calls - and I'm sure it's only the beginning!! I don't even have him yet!!! Can't wait to show you a picture, his name is Sampson, Sammy for short and he'll be 10 weeks old when he comes home. He's getting a ride here from Winnipeg with a handler who is coming up that weekend for a show and I absolutely can't wait for him to get here!! It's been a long wait, since last summer when I first contacted the breeder. He's an airedale by the way and I tried to make the dog in the center look like an airedale by adding a few scruffy hairs and a dark patch to his chest :)

I'm entering this in Paper Sundae's Challenge #116 - Anything Goes.

Stamps:  Stamping Bella Woofin' It Up
Paper:  Basic Grey Max & Whiskers
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Vintage Photo Distress Ink, copics
Accessories:  Stampin Up So Saffron ribbon, Bazzil rub-ons, Basic Grey brads, Taylored Expressions Large Scallop Border Die, nestabilites, Sakura Black Glaze pen

Merry & Bright

Another Christmas card to share. This one had mailing in mind so I kept it pretty flat. Just a few layers :) I used this week's Sweet Stop Sketch #138. I'm also entering this in Paper Sundaes Challenge #99 - Anything Christmas and Paper Variety's Challenge - Anything Goes.

Stamps: Stampin Up Merry & Type
Paper: Stampin Up Merry Moments dp, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla cs
Ink: Stampin Up Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Stamping Up Dazzling Diamonds, Label Punch

You Are Truly Amazing

I needed another card for a friend and co-worker who's husband has just been diagnosed with a form of brain cancer called glioblastoma. They are a young family, with two daughters, one born just a few months ago and I want her to know I'm thinking of her and I'm so amazed by her strength and positive outlook! And I am sending her all my positive thoughts as well!!

I've had this one sheet of paper from October Afternoon's Modern Homemaker line for quite some time and it just fitted perfectly with the cheeriness of this card. It made my colouring the image pretty easy too as I just stuck with the same colours. I used Stamping Bella's Little Peep's Heart and coloured her with copics and paper peiced the heart with the backside of the background paper on the card. I added a tiny CTMH Sparkle to her hair and Diamond Stickles to the ruffles on the heart which were coloured with copics.

Paper: October Afternoon Modern Homemaker dp, Stampin Up Very Vanilla cs
Stamps: Stamping Bella Little Peep's Heart, Hero Arts Thinking of You
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, copics
Accessories: Stampin Up So Saffron ribbon, CTMH Sparkles, Diamond Stickles

I'm entering this in Stamping Bella's Bellarific Friday's Fall Colour Challenge and Paper Sundae's Challenge #88 Anything Goes.

Happy Birthday

Another birthday card for August!! This one is for my father-in-law. He is an avid outdoors man and hunter and beleive it - this is the closest thing to outdoors I had in my stash of stamps. Will have to fix that!!

Anyway, I used an owl from The Greeting Farm's Hoo Loves You set, some Stampin Up dp and some CTMH buttons. That's about it, other than a little sparkle from my Clear Spica Glitter Pen and some Glossy Accents on the little guys beak

By the way, I coloured the owl using Stampin Up inks and a blender pen.

Stamps: The Greeting Farm Hoo Loves You, Amy R's Birthday Sentiments
Paper: Stampin Up Le Jardin cs, Always Artichoke
Ink: StazOn Timber Brown, Stampin Up Always Artichoke, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Creamy Caramel and Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Corner rounder punch, CTMH paper piercer, embroidery thread and buttons, Spica Clear Glitter Pen, Glossy Accents, Stampin Up blender pen

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes Challenge #83 - Sundae Bar (Green, Buttons, Banners, Twine)

The Greeting Farm's Which One Wednesday - Boy Colours

All That Scraps - Earth Tones

Anyone For Anya - Vintage Vibe

Catch the Bug Challenge - Summer is for the Birds and the Bees

You're Fin-Tabulous!

Hello - well before I'm off to enjoy this beautiful long weekend I wanted to share a birthday card I made for a friend last night. I used last week's Sweet Stop Sketch but unfortunately I was too late to enter :(

No worries though, it was the perfect sketch for this card. I am entering this into Paper Sundaes Challenge #79 - Beachy or Summer and the Crafty Calendar Challenge for July - Under the Sea or Water.

This is my first time inking up Arianna from Kraftin Kimmie and using Amy R's Summer Sentiments. I used my new paper pack from Bo Bunny - Barefoot and Bliss. The sparkly starfish is from their matching button collection as well.

Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie Arianna, Amy R's Summer Sentiments
Paper: Bo Bunny Barefoot and Bliss, Stampin Up Night of Navy and Marina Mist cs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, StazOn Jet Black, Copics
Accessories: Crystal Stickles, Prima Crystals. twine from stash

The Crafty Pad Challenge #115 - Flowers

Hello!! Guess What??!! I have been asked to be a guest designer this month over at The Crafty Pad's Challenge Blog, and I couldn’t be more flattered! This is my first gig!!

The Challenge this week is 'flowers' and I used this adorable image called ‘Cat in Window’ from The Crafty Pad, which you can find here. The sponser this week is Crafty Emma's Store. Hope you can join in!

For my card I wanted to use this pretty paper - Mabel by My Mind's Eye Stella Rose Collection and I used The Sweet Stop's Sketch 98. I thought the sentiment from CTMH's Sensational Season was perfect. Did you notice I paper peiced the curtains? I thought it provided so much more interest than just colouring them. Not sure if you can tell by the photo, but I used a bit of my Spica Clear Glitter pen on the flowers and the heart on the kitty's chest.

Paper: My Mind's Eye Mabel, Stampin Up Crumb Cake and Not Quite Navy

Stamp: My Crafty Pad's Cat in Window (Digital), CTMH Sensational Season

Ink: Copics, Wild Honey and Vintage Photo DistDistress Ink, SU Not Quite Navy

Accessories: Stampin Up Scallop Punch, CTMH Pearl Opaques, Prisma flowers , Spica Clear Glitter Pen

This card is dedicated to Su Ling and Mingo (my two Siamese Cats who are no longer with me).

I'm entering this card in Paper Sundaes Challenge #63 Spring Blossoms and Catch the Bug's Anything Goes as well.

Small Wonder

Hello! This is Stamping Bella's Babycarriageabella! I love this image and couldn't wait to make this card! I've been meaning to make a card for my friend at work who is expecting. She's due next month already and as soon as I saw the sketch at Bellerific Fridays, I knew it would be for this card.

I used Cosmo Cricket's Togetherness dp, love the colours on these papers!! The tiny buttons are from CTMH and the image was coloured with copics.
I'm also entering this in The Crafty Pad's Challenge #112 - Buttons and Paper Sundaes Challenge #60 - Keep It Simple.
Paper: Cosmo Cricket Togetherness, Kraft cs
Stamps: Stamping Bella's Babycarriageabella, Stampin Up Whimsical Words
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: Dress, Carriage & Presents - BG72, 75, R22, 24, Presents - Y21, YR23, Skin - E50, 21, R21, r20, Hair - E31, 34, Shadows - R000, W00, 2, 3
Accessories: CTMH Buttons, Nestabilites

Valentine Goodies

I made a couple goodie bags for me nieces today. Just a couple brown paper bags spruced up to be all girly and valentiny! I used a Martha Stewart punch for the top and some Pretty in Pink Taffeta Stampin Up ribbon on one and some glittery red ribbon on the other. The image is Sparkle Creations Cupid Emily which I won a while back and I've used her more than any stamp I own I think!! She is so much fun to colour and so versatile. The dp is Bo Bunny Crazy Love. I added a Prima flower to each with a tiny heart brad and of course some Crystal Stickles and rhinestones for bling. I'm not sure if you can tell but I used some Stampin Up Pretty in Pink ink around the images after cutting and embossing the nestabilites.

I'm entering these in The Crafty Pads Challenge #108 - Hearts and Paper Sundaes Challenge #56 - Pick Your Toppings. I picked Pink and Flowers.

Lots & Lots of Love

My daughter had surgery yesterday, in her mouth - one tooth pulled and another uncovered from under her palet (behind her top front teeth) and a brace attached. This will be connected to her braces, lots of stitches. She was so brave and she's doing well. She'll be back to herself in no time. I made this sweet card to cheer her up today. She saw me colouring little Lucy this week and loved the colours so I decided to make the card for her. I used Basic Grey's Max and Whiskers paper and my new copic markers that match perfectly I think. After I coloured her, I decided to use W3 on her outfit after colouring it to dull the colour a bit. I love how she turned out. I went over her hair with a Sakura black glaze pen and the edge of her dress as well, and I used the Sakura clear glaze pen on her shoes. And - for a little more bling, Rock Candy Stickles on her wings :-)

I'm entering this card in Stamping Bella's Bellerific Fridays and Paper Sundaes Birthday Celebration Challenge. I used one of the recent challenges, #51 Circles.
Paper: Basic Grey Max and Whiskers, Stampin Up Really Rust, Bella white cs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Ink Wild Honey, Stampin Up Really Rust, Copics
Stamp: Stamping Bella Lucy Ketto, Hero Arts Valentine Sayings
Accessories: Nestabilieties Circle and Blossom, Basic Grey brads, rhinestone sticker from stash, Rock Candy Stickles, Sakura Black Glaze and Clear Glaze Pens

You Know You Love Me

This is my first Valentine card for this year. I had my hubby in mind when making it :-).

So this is Betty! I love this paper pad, Bo Bunny Crazy Love and I always knew I'd use Kraftin Kimmie's Betty with it. The little pearls are mocha coloured Opaques from CTMH and that adorable brad is from the coordinating set of brads from Bo Bunny's Crazy Love line. The Hugs and Kisses image is from the Hero Arts Valentine Sayings set. I used some Ranger Distress Ink to distress the sentiment and the background to Betty. Betty was cut out and adhered to the background and then I used some pop-up dots to adhere the image to the card. I also used some really cool adhesive called Kool Tak Micro. It is adhesive dotted sheets which were recommended to me at one of my card classes at Dat's. I used it to adhere the two ribbons and the bottom half of the image. The cotton lace ribbon is from one of the local dollar stores. Can't beat that!! I used some Crystal Stickles on Betty's eyelids and the flower on her sleeve and then my clear Glitter Spica Atyou Pen on her stockings. She's pretty hot I think!!

I used this weeks Sketch #136 from Friday's Sketchers.

I'm also entering this card for Paper Sundaes Challenge #51 - Circles. If you look closely you'll see the background dp is full of all kinds of little circles.

Paper: Bo Bunny's Crazy Love dp, Stampin Up Close to Cocoa and Pretty in Pink cs
Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie's Betty, Hero Arts Valentine Sayings
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Vintage Phota and Antique Linen Ranger Distress Ink VintCopics
Accessories: Bo Bunny brad, CTMH Mocha Opaques, ribbon from stash, Crystal Stickles, Clear Atyou Spica glitter pen

Happy Birthday - Cosmobella Style

Another birthday card here!! This time for my girlfriend. I've had Cosmobella for a while and have been anxious to use her. I knew I wanted to use this paper called Girls Night Out from We R Memory Keepers for her as well and this card was the perfect reason. This card idea has been floating around in my mind for a while, lol. I also knew I'd somehow incorporate the black glitter cs. I decided to try paper piecing her outfit since I wanted to match her outfit to the dp, I added a bit of Tiara Stickles to her belt and flip flops and then added some Glossy Accents to her cosmo. I'm going to enter this card in Paper Sundae's Challenge #50 - Something New.

Paper: Black cs, We R Memory Keepers Girls Night Out cs, glitter cs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Black Stazon, Stampin Up Rose Red, copics
Stamps: Stamping Bella Cosmobella, AmyR Big Words and Handy Additions
Accessories: Nestabilites, Prima flowers, Tiara Stickles, Glossy Accents, corner rounder punch,

Happy Birthday again!!

Another birthday card, this time for my daughter's friend. I enjoyed making this card so much. The stamp is from the CTMH set called Happy Forever. I love this little guy and there's four cute images of him in the set. I got the tips for colouring him with the copics from this tutorial by Suzy Haghighi at Papermonkey. She's colouring a mouse but the idea still worked on this little hedgehog. The background was stamped with the Friend Definintion stamp from Hero Arts. Glossy Accents was added to the balloons for a little shine. I'm entering this card in Paper Sundaes Challenge #50 - Something New since this is the first time inking up both the Friend Definition stamp the the CTMH set.

Paper: Stampin Up Tempting Turquoise and Pink Passion Textured cs, My Mind's Eye Love Me Do dp
Stamps: Hero Arts Friend Definition, CTMH Happy Forever and Piece of Cake
Copics: hedgehog E31, 33, 25; balloons V15, 17, G05, 07, RV17, 34
Accessories: Nestabilites Large Labels, ribbon from stash