Two Cards I Forgot to Post

I am off my craft desk for a few days.  This is killing me already.  We had to rearrange the furniture in my craft room to get an appliance delivery through the room on Friday.   I had to take my husband to the emergency room on Friday and missed the delivery.  They rescheduled the delivery for this week so I don't want to rearrange the furniture until after it's here.  We thought my husband might have had a blood clot after his surgery a week ago.  We went to the emergency room because his left hand was extremely swollen.  Surgery was on his left side. they put new wires in his heart and a new pacemaker in.  When we first got to the ER they did every test imaginable.  They also thought he had a blood clot.  They even thought they may have seen a spot on his lungs that looked like maybe piece of a clot broke off.  Turns out after additional testing.  The is no blood clot, thank goodness.  His hand is still swollen, just not as much.  It appears to be cause by the sling he has to wear.  The adventures never end when you get older!

I get such a kick out of this card every year.  It may be in poor taste, but I love it.  The image is from Whimsy and it's colored with Copics.

 This is another Whimsy image that I found while I was looking for the above image.  I thought I might as well complete her also.  She is also colored with Copics.  The paper is from Stampin' Up.

Birthday Tulips

 

This was a fun and surprisingly fast image to color.  It's from Power Poppy.  Yesterday I printed off about twenty of their images.  I thought I'd try to get away from Christmas cards for a couple weeks.  I colored this image with Copic markers.  

 

 

 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Digi Choosday - ATG

Little Red Wagon - Celebration 

Paper Funday - ATG 

Crafty Catz - ATG 

Creative Fingers - ATG 

Craft Rocket Challenge - Flowers 

Ellibelle's Garden Party - Anything from a Garden 

TicTacToe Challenge - Pink/Sentiment Strip/Patterned Paper 

A Perfect Time to Craft - ATG 

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral 

Classic Design Challenge - ATG 

Crafter's Cafe - For  the Girls

Crafts Galore Encore - ATG 

Hearts Quest Celebration of Love - Birthdays 

Moving Along with the Times - Floral 

Triple B -Birds, Blooms or Butterflies

A Place to Start - ATG 

613 Avenue Create - ATG 

Drummer Boy 2026

 

I have done this image before, but for some reason, I really enjoyed doing it this time.I got this image back in 2009, I believe.  I colored the image with Copic markers   and the paper is from Stampin' Up.  I actually have enough cards now for doing my mailing list four times over.  I think I may consider doing a craft sale in town this year to try to sell some.  I am switching to birthday cards for a while.

I am entering this card in the following challenges: 

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Christmas 

12 Months of Christmas - Anything Goes 

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes 

Peace On Earth - Anything Goes Christmas 

Krafty Chicks- CAS 

 

 

Antique Santa

 

 

 

I made this card for the June Christmas Card challenge at Splitcoast Stampers.  The challenge for June is "Enormous."  This image fills up pretty much of the card.  So I'm classifying it as enormous.  The image is from Mo's digital Pencil.  I colored it with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils.

 

 

Christmas Stash (G)

 I'm still working on my Christmas cards for Splitcoaststampers Christmas Card Challenge.  I am very far ahead at this point.  Tom had surgery this week and it's been somewhat stressful.  He's not allowed to drive, lift, or do most things.  Wires from his pacemaker had broken recently he found out at his last checkup so they said it needed to be replaced immediately and new wires put in.  It's the new wires that were the hastle.  He's in a sling for two weeks while the area where the wires were inserted into the heart heals.  So I'm basically responsible for doing pretty much everything.  Fun, fun.  If I didn't have a collapsed spine it wouldn't be so bad.  Also , my vision is getting bad and I gave up driving a few months ago.  Well, I'm back driving.  As long as I drive in daylight I seem to be okay.  On the positive side, card making relieves my stress.  Therefor, I am in major card making mode.

 

This card is for the July CCC, Enjoyment.  Things that we enjoyed about the holidays.  Visiting Santa is on the list.  This image is by Mo's Digital Pencil.  I colored it with copic markers and pastels.The paper is from my stash.

 

 

 

I was told that this is me with my grandfather, who had a job playing Santa. I proudly announced that Santa was my grandpa to everyone waiting on the line! 

This image is also from Mo's Digital Pencil.  I didn't like how empty the corners looked on this image so I cut them off.  I don't know if that was a good decision or not.  Once they were cut off I had to figure out how to fill out the areas.  I used a few different washi tapes to make up the difference.

Another fun part of Christmas has always been decorating.  This image is by Mo's Digital Pencil.  I colored it with Copic markers.  The paper is from my stash.  

 

 This is my favorite card of the bunch.  I just love this Power Poppy image.  I colored it with Copics.  Spreading holiday cheer also brings enjoyment.

 This is another image from Power Poppy.  I saw it done in bright colors and decided to go for it.  This one is definitely on the bright side.  It is colored with Copic markers. Relation to enjoyment...presents!

Power Poppy image.

 

This is another addition to my male birthday cards.  I finally have enough made for the year.  There are 12 males on my birthday card list (not including the five grandsons.)  I now have enough for them all.  This image is from Power Poppy and is colored with Copic markers.  The paper is from Stampin' Up, I believe.

Baby Forest Critters

 

I have always loved this image.  I have a whole set of baby animals done by the same artist, Angels Landing.  They even come with a coloring diagram to follow to make the coloring easier.    Unfortunately, with all the 300 or so Copic markers I have, I was still missing five or six that the diagram recommended.  I just substituted  something close.  The paper is from Stampin' Up. 

 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

 Polka Doodles - Anything Goes

Crafty Katz - Anything Goes 

Creative Fingers Challenge  Anything Goes  

A Perfect Time to Craft -Anything Goes 

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes 

Crafty Animals- Must Include Animal 

Critter Crazy Challenges - Anything Goes w/ Featured Critter Theme 

Love to Craft - Anything Goes 

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes 

Passion for Markers - don't be Square 

Unicorn Challenge - Animals 

A Place to Start - Anything Goes, Twist - Small Critters

 

 

A Couple of Men's Birthday Cards

 

This image if from Sheepski Designs.  I thought he was adorable.  I colored him with Copic markers.  The paper is from Stampin' Up.

I'm not sure who this lighthouse design is from.  It is colored with Copic markers.  I cannot figure out who this image is from.  I printed in, nut now when I look back I can't find it.  Not surprising, I have about 12,000 images.

 

Cute Little Birdhouse Design

 

I got this cute little card design as a freebie this week.  It was quite easy to cut out and put together.  It has a door that opens and two pockets. 

 

Christmas Stash (F)

 

I love the Precious Moments images.  I have a lot of statues.  I also have a huge nativity set.  About thirty or so years ago I had just finished putting my nativity set up on my mantle in the family room.  I went and sat down n the living room to take a break.  All of a sudden I repeatedly heard ceramics breaking.  I ran to the family room and saw one of our cats on the mantle walking along intentionally pushing the nativity pieces off one at a time.  They had been very expensive and I must have had thirty pieces.  She had broken two of the three wisemen, Mary, an angel, a shepherd, a goat, one of the camels, and more. I feel bad now, but I took the cat to the shelter the next morning.  It cost hundreds of dollars to replace the pieces she broke.  She also loved to break glass.  I collect antique milk bottles, medicine bottles and lots of others. She had a field day with those occasionally.  She also broke drinking glasses if they were left on the counter.  I had finally had it.  I can no longer put the set out.  We had a fire and it destroyed our mantle and we decided to go without so the nativity set no longer has a place to be.

This Nutcracker was made from a die set from Spellbinder's.  I love him, but he was a pain to put together.  They should really include a blank backing for him to be assembled on.  It was difficult putting him together in that some of the pieces don't overlap enough to put a adequate amount of glue on the joints.  I may make my own next time to ease in construction.  This has not been a good cardmaking week.

Valentines's for the Littles!

 

I am struggling to get my Valentine's card out this year.  Iplanned cards using the Silhouette this year.  That was a major fail.  I have been having so many problems with my machine.  When I fix one thing something else goes wrong.  I finally through the attempted cards away and decided to color some images.  These I had in a set of freebie images from way back.  I stii have to make two cards for the older boys.  I hope the Silhouette behaves.

Country Birthday Card

This image is from Power Poppy.  I have recently enjoyed coloring their images once again.  This is colored with Copic markers.  The paper is from The Paper Studio.  It is a wonderful pack of country papers.  I thought this pic was so unusual combining persimmons and flowers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I am entering this card in the following challenges::

 

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes 

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Anything Goes 

Craft Rocket Challenge - Flowers 

Creative Inspirations Challenge - Anything Goes 

Ellibelle's Corner - Garden Party

Krafty Chicks Challenge - Birthday 

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes 

A Place to Start - Anything Goes 

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes 

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - Anything Florals Goes 

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes 

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes 

Farm Quest General Store Challenge -  Anything Farm/Country Goes

Love to Craft - Anything Goes 

Moving Along with the Times -Floral

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes 

Creative Crafters - Anything Goes 

Triple B - Birds, Bees or Butterflies 

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

 

Fruit Wreath for 2026

 

  

I do this fruit wreath every couple of years.  I always try to color it slightly different from previous years.  This year I cannot get the image to stick to the background.  That gold corrugated paper is almost impossible to stick anything to.  I have used it in the past and don't remember having that difficulty.

Anyways, the image is from Isabella's Sketchbook which I believe no longer exists online.  I colored the image with Copic markers.   

Christmas Stash (E)

 

 

This is my next batch of cards for Splitcoaststampers Christmas Card 

Challenge.  The picture above is from Power Poppy.  I colored it with Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils and a white pen.  The paper is from my stash.

 

 

 

This is another image from Power Poppy.   I colored it with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils.

 Number three this week is also from Power Poppy.  I have such a large amount of their digital images and haven't used them in so long.  This image was colored with Copic markers.

  

This card took me hours and hours to complete.  It is done with the Spellbinder's Glimmer machine.  I honestly had forgotten how to use it, it's been so long.  Lots of not so nice words were flying around my craft room.  I finally resorted to You Tube to figure out how to use it again.  I found a series of courses that take you through how to use the machine.  My biggest problem was getting everything to stay in one place before it gets through the BigShot.  I finally watched the video about hinging the pieces together.  That solved my problem, thank goodness.