Diane's Country Cards & Crafts
Morgan's ArtWorld July 2025
July 2025 Special Cards
I made this card for my son-in-law Gabriel. He is commissioning into the Arizona Army National Guard Reserves as a Chaplin Candidate. He has been working on his Divinity Degree for a number of years and doesn't have long to go.When he completes his Masters in a few months, I believe. He will be a Chaplin. When he met my daughter he was in the Army training for Explosive Ordinance Disposal (Bomb Squad.)
My other projects this month are the Fourth of July cards for my five grandsons. It is a tradition now that I make a crda for each grandson on every holiday. I add a ten dollar bill in each one. It''s not a lot, but it is 50.00 every holiday. My oldest daughter shows them the cards and puts them back in the envelopes with the money so when they get older and understand about money they will have a little stash to spend on the fun things in life.
All images below are from Silhouette. It saves a lot of time to use pre-printed images when I have to make so many.
Lucas, age 12
Aidan, age 2
Splitcoast Dirty Dozen December 2024
The Dirty Dozen theme for December 2024 was Wintergreen.
The above image is from the Spellbinder's Betterpress Collection.
It is colored with pencils.
This is another image from the Spellbinder's Betterpress Collection.
It is colored with pencils.
Lastly, is another Betterpress image. I have a stencil for this image,
but I preferred to color it with pencils.
I actually ended up being two cards short. I had re-injured my back.
Lighthouse
I used a lighthouse image that I got from Etsy. I got a whole set and hey were very inexpensive! I use the when I need a quick birthday card that involves almost no work.
Morgan's ArtWorld Challenge Blog June 2025
I chose this beagle image for my card this month. It is available at Morgan Fitzsimons Art Studio. I colored the image with Copic markers.
Card for Aunt Katy
I made this birthday card for my Aunt Katy. She's my favorite aunt. Funny story, my second daughter was named after my Aunt Katy Brown, although I spelled it differently. Of course, my daughter had the last name Ahlers. She ended up marrying someone with the name Brown. Now there are two Katie Browns in my family! Anyways I got my love of country decorating from my aunt. I decided to make her a quilt card. This was cut with my silhouette. I went through mu stash of embellishments and found these cute flowers and bow already tied up perfectly.
Splitcoast Dirty Dozen-November 2024
I was on the design team for Morgan's ArtWorld for several years. I have a very large collection of her images due to design team work. This is one that I have done before. I have recently begun working on using pencils to add to areas with hair or fur. I like this one quite a bit better than the last time I colored it. I really enjoy learning new techniques, I study the work of artists I like. Then I try to replicate how they color. I don't copy their images just apply their techniques to whatever I want to color. This image was colored with Copics, Prismacolor pencils and pastels. The theme is "Into the Woods." I had almost forgotten how much I used to love coloring animals. Maybe you'll see a lot more of them.
Christmas Cabin
I have had this Power Poppy image for quite a while. I had never colored it. When I saw the theme could include a cabin I remembered it right away. I added some Stickles to the snow. The small rope came with a hummingbird I bought last week. I had it sitting on my craft desk trying to figure out what to do with it. The light bulb finally turned on and I thought of using it to frame the image. It worked perfectly!
For Eileen
I loved coloring this image. I have colored it several times over the years. She's just so adorable. The image is by Mo's Digital Pencil . I colored it with Copics This is for my sister-in-law's mother. Unfortunately, she is nearing the end of life. I have been making cards and sending them to her over the past year. Unfortunately, she has recently lost her vision so she won't be able to see this darling baby fairy.
Looking for Her Prince
I thought of this image
by Mo's Digital Pencil instantly when the theme was "In the Woods." It includes frogs.and a hollowed out tree This is
another image that I have never colored. I am so happy that I am
getting to use images that I hadn't used yet.This was colored with Copics. I used a Spellbinder's die to frame this pretty little princess.
I love this "Into the Woods" theme. My passion has always been coloring animals. When I saw that animals were one of the things we could use I was thrilled. I haven't colored animals in so long. I had almost given up card making. The Dirty Dozen has brought joy back to my card making.
This is my final card for the "In the Woods" theme. Seemingly looks like a blizzard is taking place. I was a little heavy handed on the snowflakes! The image is from Lili of the Valley He is such a sweet little snowman. It is colored with Copic markers and Carbothello pastel pencils. I'm not sure who the paper is from. The sentiment is from LOTV, also.
This card doesn't use the in the woods theme, but does use the card layout for November. I used a Whimsy image and colored it with Copic markers.
Ari's First Birthday!
Our fifth grandson, Ari, is turning one. I used this Mo's digital image that I've had for years. I've gotten to use it a lot with five grandsons. I colored the image with Copic markers and used Spellbinber's dies to cut the card and papers.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
AAA Birthday - Anything Goes
A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
Craft Galore Encore - Anything Goes
Crafty Animals - Must Include an Animal
Love to Craft - Anything goes
Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
Morgans ArtWorld Challenge Blog May 2025
I chose the image Tiger 1 for the May 2025 challenge. I have used this image a few other times. I colored the image with Copic markers. The paper is from Stampin' Up.
I am entering this card in the following challenges - Birthday
Krafty Chick - Birthday
Passion for Markers - Birthday
Digi Choosday - Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenge - Four Legged Friends
Some Cardinal Cards for Xmas
Dirty Dozen/ October 2024 (I had to wait 6 months to post)
This is a digital image purchased on Etsy from Coloring Books 2020. I finally got around to coloring her. She is colored with Luminance and Polychromos pencils. The papers are from Stampin' Up.
I've had this stamp for a while and haven't used it. This is perfect for the current theme. I met all these wonderful ladies when I worked in Manzanita Elementary. We worked together for over twenty years and we became quite good friends. This stamp reminds me of a get together we had at my house years ago. We got together and I made homemade pizzas and everyone brought something wonderful to eat. We decided to play with my kids' Nintendo system. We did bowling, tennis and a few other games. A bunch of older ladies trying to learn how to play the Nintendo. One of the funniest memories was Miss Christine always letting go of the bowling ball while her hand was moving back. We would all scream as if the ball was actually going to hit us. We never laughed so hard,
My brother has ridden motorcycles since he was about ten. He still does. Last year he went to Sturgis, South Dakota for the motorcycle rally. This was the first year my sister-in-law went along. Well, actually she flew out there from New Jersey and flew back, but she did ride around Sturgis with him in his sidecar. I don't blame her for not wanting to cross the country in the sidecar. The motorcycle rider looks quite like my brother. My sister-in-law is going to kill me when she sees her image. Not really, she will take it well. After all, I did not draw the image!
My final card for October used their sample layout. It's a Halloween card for my grandson Ethan. I used images from Bontik Vintage Designs on Etsy. The ghosts and bats are from Spellbinder's dies.
Birthday Card for Ethan
I finished this card right before leaving for Ethan's birthday party so I completely forgot to photograph it. It's nice to have a picture of him holding it, though. This was a quickie cut with my Silhouette Cameo. His mom just redid his bedroom in a space theme as his birthday gift.
Easter Cards for the Grandkids 2025
Morgan's ArtWorld April 2025
Splitcoast Dirty Dozen/September 2024
I had to wait six months after entering my cards in the Dirty Dozen group at Splitcoast. September was my first month posting on Splitcoast so I finally get to share them.
This image is from a digi company that is no longer in business, Karen's Doodles. The colors were chosen from a card using this image that I had completed fourteen years ago. The image is colored with Copics. The shirt incorporates different colors than the original.I decided to frame the picture with straw. What a mess that created. I'm still finding little pieces of straw!
This is the female version of the above image from Karen's Doodles.. She is so cute! I used the provided sketch as a background for this stamp. I didn't change the colors although, I suppose I should have. I previously made a card called Birthday Rooster. The background was blue and white gingham. It incorporated many of the colors used on this card.
For this card I used one of my quilt dies. I bought them used on Etsy so I don't know who the manufacturer was. I have about six or seven of them. I used a combo from the Splitcoast Color
Combinations Challenge CC463.
I used an image from Karen's Doodles, once again. It os colored with Copic markers and I used pencils for shading. I designed a sign "Eat More Beef." My husband had absolutely no idea why the sign said that! Geez.
I think I got this image for DT work, I don't remember where it came from exactly. Anyways, I have used it a few times. The image is colored with Copics.
I got this image on Etsy, I believe. I could be wrong, though. I have so many images it's hard to keep track of them. This is colored with Copics. I used a Spellbinder's die for the frame.
Morgan's ArtWorld July 2025
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