TFS - Meow

I'm over on the Topflight Stamps blog with a 5x7 card. So much space to play!

DB - Fairy Jar

I'm so fairy happy to be over on the Doodle Bugs blog today!

TFS - Kiss

I'm over on the Topflight Stamps blog today!

The Details:  Visible Image Creative Chaos, Aall and Create Textures #50, Aall and Create Quadrilaterals Stencil, Alexandra Renke Kiss the Cook Stencil, Peerless Watercolors, Distress Ink Mustard Yellow, Distress Oxide Black Soot and Mermaid Lagoon, Versafine Onyx Black, Dreamweaver Glossy White Embossing Paste, Copic Opaque White, Brusho Ultramarine, Turquoise and Brilliant Red, Ranger Archival Ink Potting Soil, Liquid Frisket

BRI - Fairy Wishing

I'm over on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog wishing you the best day ever!

The Details: Pink Fresh Spring Floral Die, Mama Elephant Little Fairy Agenda and Wishing You, Distress Oxide Salty Ocean, Worn Lipstick, Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn, Versamark, Ranger Gold Embossing Powder, Versafine Onyx Black, Copics, Ranger Multi Medium Matte and Glossy Accents, Love Cynthia Sequins

TFS - Poppies

I'm over on the Topflight Stamps blog getting all sorts of messy!

The Details:  Darkroom Door Pretty Poppies and White Crayon, Visible Image Meshing Around, Hero Arts With Sympathy, Versafine Vintage Sepia, Zig Realbrush Watercolor Markers, Black Gelly Roll Pen, Copic Multiliner Brush M, Tim Holtz Mini Brick Stencil, Distress Oxide Black Soot and Fired Brick

TFS - Night Wings

I'm up on the Topflight Stamps blog today!

The Details:  PaperArtsy Alison Bomber Wings and Flight 11, PaperArtsy Eclectica Tracy Scott 24, Lavinia Three Dancing Fairies, Lavinia Twilight, That's Crafty ATC Coins Set 6, Visible Image Meshing Around, Distress Inks and Oxides, Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black

TFS - Rain, Rain

I'm up on the Topflight Stamps blog today!

The Details:  Aall and Create Quack the Duck, Lawn Fawn Portrait Rainy Backdrop, Versafine Onyx Black, Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock, Impress Umbrella Die, MFT Pierced Circles dies, Distress Oxide Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, Chipped Sapphire and Shaded Lilac, Zig 032, 052, 083, 092, and 220, Copic 100

Whimsy M1 - Baby Dragon

Oh, my goodness! The Dragon Egg image is simply adorable! And quite a timely Whimsy release for me since I just learned of another pregnancy at the office. They say they come in threes so I best prepare myself for one more baby card this year!

I started the card by diecutting the Up in the Clouds dies. See how they are both stitched on the outside and pierced on the cloud itself?  So brilliant!

I sponged the background using Distress Oxide Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers. I spattered that with water before adhering a few of the pierced clouds with Ranger Multi Medium Matte.

I colored up the Dragon Egg image using Copics and nestled him down into the largest cloud diecut. Isn't he so cute!

Dragon Egg

Up in the Clouds

Coffee x 3

I'm over on the Doodle Bugs blog today!

The Details:  Honey Bee Coffee Cup Gift Holder, Altenew Coffee Talk, Lawn Fawn Candy Hearts and Polka Hearts Portrait dies, Doodlebug Design Cream and Sugar 6x6 Paper, Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark, Ranger Gold Embossing Powder, Distress Oxide Vintage Photo, Ground Espresso, Barn Door and Chipped Sapphire, Distress Ink Candied Apple, Gelli print

Dancing Mice

I'm over on the Doodle Bugs blog today!

The Details: MFT It's a Mice Time to Celebrate, Lawn Fawn Polka Heart Portrait Backdrop and Simple Grassy Hillsides dies, Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers, Mustard Seed and Wilted Violet, MFT Gray and White Basics 6x6 Paper, PTI Banner Die, Copics, Ranger Multi Medium Matte

SOSS #120 - P is for Pink Halloween

We're all about the pink and all about the Halloween this fortnight at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.  What a combo, huh?  Easier than you may think to do.

For my card, I created a lovely Autumnal background using Distress Oxides.  The skeleton was embossed on a piece of sponged cardstock that I had discarded from another project. The sentiment popped into my head the moment I saw this stamp.  What question is scarier than this one?  And I love the look at the owl's face:  I dare you to answer.  LOL!

The Details:  Oxford Impressions Danse Macabre, Distress Oxides, Versamark, Ranger Black and Gold embossing powder, Memento Tuxedo Black, P-touch label tape,

CDD June Release Day 5

On the last day of the CDD June release sneaks, we're featuring my favorite of the bunch, the Fintastic Friends set. So flippin' cute! 

I created a slider for my first card.  I love how the submarine boop boop boops across the card.  Check my IG account for a video (I hope--the cat kept trying to head-bump me so I need to remove the cursing--LOL).

The Details:  CDD Fintastic Friends, Waving Hello, Mermaid Trolls, Merman Lagoon, Ocean Border Dies, Distress Oxide Salty Ocean, Broken China and Twisted Citron, Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder and Multi Medium Matte, Copics

For my second card I created an underwater Christmas scene.  So cute!  I used the tree from the Scene Builder dies for the "tree."  And isn't scuba-diving troll Santa adorable?  I thought about adding a beard by using his hair (picture it--it would totally work!) and then his hair I would color red for his hat.  Ack, next time!

The Details:  CDD Fintastic Friends, Christmas Wishes, Scene Builder Dies, Star and Moon Dies, Party Dies, Beach Scene, Scenery Dies, Ranger Glossy Accents, Distress Oxide Salty Ocean, Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder, Copics

Waving Hello

Merman Lagoon

Mermaid Trolls

Christmas Wishes

Beach Scene

Ocean Border Dies

Party Dies

 Scene Builder Dies

Scenery Dies

Star and Moon Dies

Cat's Birthday

I'll be posting a card next week that uses the negatives of this card front.  Can't let a perfectly good scrap go to waste, now can I.

My nephew's birthday is coming up and he's at the age where cute is still okay but not TOO cute.  You totally know what I mean.  I had the idea of having it appear that we're the fish looking at the cats looking at us in our aquarium. I particularly love the cat with the monocle peering in for a closer look. I think the coral I used is fantastic but visually busier than anticipated so I kept the sea creatures white.  Plus, I was tired of coloring.  Too many cats! Oh, yes, this cat lady said it!

I'm entering this in The Male Room #87 Little Boys 

The Details:  Mama Elephant Cat's Meow, Newton's Nook Shark Bites (sentiment), Lawn Fawn Porthole Frames, Taylored Expressions Build a Scene Underwater, Memory Box Curious Octopi, Twisting Tentacle and Small Alder Tree, Copics, Ranger Multi Medium Matte, Transparency Acetate, Distress Oxide Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers

Mini Joy

I am finally using the minis from one of my fav holiday sets last year!  They're so cute, aren't they?  The background is done with Distress Oxides, spattered with water, then spattered with Copic Opaque White.  Lots of great depth to it.

I'm entering this in Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes, Watercooler Wednesday #163 All About Christmas

The Details:  Pretty Pink Posh Joy Shaker Die, Mama Elephant Me and My  Yeti, Yeti Sentiments, Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron, Copic Opaque White, Copics, Ranger Multi Medium Matte, Memento Luxe Love Letter, Memento Tuxedo Black

Fairy Sweet

A simpler card using the fairies that I will also have as a make n take next weekend.  These fairies are killing me with cuteness!

I'm entering this in Addicted to Stamps and More #284 CAS

The Details: The Greeting Farm Fairy Happy, Avery Elle Pixie Dust (sentiment), SImon Says Circle of Leaves die, Distress Oxide Squeezed Lemonade, Worn Lipstick, Picked Rasperry, Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Impress Sequin Flower Kit, Ranger Multi Medium Matte, Gmund Savanna Limba Coverstock

CDD February Release Day 3

I'm over on the Craftin Desert Divas Blog featuring some new products from the February Release (Friend in Me, Donut Party and Sorted Shapes 2 Stencil). Everything is so flippin' cute!  All the new products will be available Friday. Can't wait? I've used some of my other favorite products that are available right this very minute!

The Details:  Craftin Desert Divas Friend in Me, Donut Party, Sorted Shapes 2 stencil, Party Dies, Party Border Dies, Distress Oxide, Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaFine Onyx Black, Scor-Tape, Ranger Multi Medium Matte, Copics, Lawn Fawn Black/White Hemp Cord

Party Dies

Party Border Dies

Distress Oxide

Celebrate the Season

Experimenting with creating snowy hill layers. I haven't used the Martha Stewart punch in ages and had forgotten how much I like it. I love regular dies but sometimes using that punch is therapeutic!

I'm entering this in Simon Says Wednesday Layer It Up, Watercooler Wednesday #154 All About Christmas

The Details: Right at Home Peace Love Joy, Martha Stewart branch punch, Lawn Fawn Plaid Paper, Versafine Onyx Black, various Distress Oxides, Simon Says Stitched Rectangle Die

Noel

Have you seen this die from Lil' Inkers?  I had to have it!  So cute and clever with lots and lots of design possibilites.  I went ultra simple here with an iridescent ink tree ring (I wish you could see it!) and Rudolph. Done!

I'm entering this in Color Throwdown #476,  Simon Says Wednesday Add a Sentiment, Watercooler Wednesday #153 Masculine Anything Goes

The Details:  Concord and Ninth Tree Ring, Lil' Inker Noel die, Doodlebug Designs Enamel Dot, Brilliance Pearlescent Ice Blue ink, PTI kraft cardstock

Cards in Envy Jingle All the Way

It's Cards in Envy time again and this time we'd like to see a bell on your card. Could be the focus or an accent like on my card.

I brushed Distress Oxides onto my main panel then spattered with water. While that was drying I colored up Avery Elle holiday images from this year and last. I love how well they coordinate. I put together the card using a pine bough die and frame to contain the woodland critters. The snowflake tag was the perfect size for the sentiment and bells. Adorable!

I’m entering this in Shopping Our Stash 371 Snow Much Fun, Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes

The Details:  Lawn Fawn Tiny Tag Sayings and Winter Tag dies, Avery Elle Kitsch Christmas and Winter Woodland Wonders, Memory Box Pine Needle Border, Distress Oxides Broken China and Worn Lipstick, Copic Opaque White, Wink of Stella Clear, Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics

CDD November Mood Board 2

My last Autumnal card although it felt like Autumn was a over a couple of weeks ago in my neck of the woods because it snowed.  S.N.O.W.  Craziness!  But I'm going to pretend it's still harvest time with my take on the CDD November Mood Board Social Media Challenge (use #CDDMonthly when you post to join in).  

I made this card twice.  The first try is above. Love the results but felt the balance was a bit off with the competing height of the cornstalks and scarecrow so I reworked it. I really wanted to reuse the background of the first card but that glue tape is stiiiiiicky. Beyond that, I like the balance much better in the new version.  How about you?

The Details:  Craftin Desert Divas  Harvest Happiness and Fall Border Dies, Distress Inks and Distress Oxides, Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Versamark, Ranger Detail White Embossing Powder, painter's tape to mask
 

 Harvest Happiness

Fall Border Dies

Distress Oxide

Memento Tuxedo Black