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.

Birthday Card for my Brother

 

This card uses an image by QKR Stampede, I believe.  It is colored with Copic markers.  The paper is from Stampin' Up.  I think my brother will enjoy the sentiment.  

Pretty Christmas Cluster

 

I have been wanting to color this image for years.  I was always intimidated by it.  I finally decided to try and tackle it and am happy with the results.  The image is from Power Poppy.  It is colored with Copic markers.  Thr paper is from Stampin' Up.

 

Christmas Stash (D)

This card was made with a Stampin' Up die set. The snowflakes were punched with a 

Martha Stewart punch.

 

 

This card uses an image by Power Poppy.  It is colored with Copic markers and Polychromos pencils .  

 

 

 

  I can never seem to get my cards lined up correctly.  Oh well, this will have to co.  These cards were made from one of Stampin' Ups Christmas sets from last year. 

 

 

  

 

                                                

April 2026 Entry #2 for Splitcoaststampers CCC

 

This is another entry for the April CCC with the theme Evergreens.  I didn't even realize when I made it that I cold use it for that theme.  The image is from Power Poppy.  They have so many Christmas images that I love.  Quite a few of them seem to be no longer available on their website.  I'm glad I got them when I did.  The image is colored with Copic markers and the papers are from Stampin' Up.

Misc. Birthday Card

 

Just a little something to do while I was bored.  This image is from my stash.  It is listed as going in my Flowers folder in March 2010.  I have no idea where it came from.  I colored the image with Copic markers.The papers are from Stampin' Up.

I Brought the Wreath! for Splicoast CCC 2026

 

This door and girl image are from Mo's Digital Pencil.  The image i colored with Copic markers and Prismacolor Pencils.  The paper is from my stash.

Rustic Door for March Splitcoast CCC 2026

                                                                                     

  I decided to use a Mo's Digital Pencil image on a Christmas card. I absolutely loved the simplicity of this image. I then started thinking about what it would look like with a bow on the wreath. I want to enter one of them in the Splitcoast Christmas Card Challenge. I tried making an actual bow with ribbon. I could not tie it small enough.  I finally gave up and drew a bow and cut it out. I glued it on so now I will have to color another  if I decide to go bow-less. It only took a few minutes to color, though.