My Two Sweet Boys

Christmas Eve 2015

Lucas, age three and Ethan, 9 months

First Xmas Card for 2016

I am trying to slowly get back into card making.  Here's hoping 2016 is nothing like 2015 was!  I used this cute freebie from Power Poppy.  I  really need to get back in the swing of coloring...practice, practice!

I am entering this in the following challenge:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Card Challenge  Anything Christmas Goes

Di's Digi Designs  Anything Christmas

Inspiration Destination #52

For this week's challenge I used this cute sentiment, Under the Weather and image, Rainy Day Duck from Eureka.  The papers are from my stash and I colored the image with Copics.

Birthday Card for Erin

 I made this card for our Office Manager's birthday.  Our gift is a bunch of Starbucks cards.  She loves Starbucks.  So I decided to do a cup themed card to go with the gift cards.  The tea cup digi was a freebie at Beyond the Fringe Crafts.  I chose five different digital prints from Carina Gardner and made them smaller.  Then I printed the card images over them.  I also printed two sets of plain white cups.  One I used as a base and the other I cut out the white portion of the cups to paper piece.  I used the a full size Carina Gardner print for the background paper.  This was actually quite a bit of fun!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments  Anything Goes with a Sentiment
Crafty Girls Creations  Anything Goes
Card Mania  Pastel Colors
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterened Paper 
Cute as a Button  Anything Goes
Through the Purple Haze  Happy Birthday
City Crafter  Paper Piecing
Through the Craftroom Door  Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers Flower Embellishments
Dragonfly Dreams   Let's Get Girly
Pile It On  Birthday
Love to Scrap  At Least 2 Patterned Papers
Crafting with an Attitude  Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination #51

One of our sponsors this week is Art by Miran.  I chose this adorable image Stephanie Brings Surprises.  I used a paper from my stash and colored her dress to natch the polka dots on the paper.

I am entering this card in the following xhallenges:

7 Kids College Fund  Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion  Anything Goes

Karleigh Sue Challenge  Ribbon and/or Flowers

Garden Fireworks

 This lovely image is from Power Poppy.  I absolutely love their digital flower images.  This image is called, Garden Fireworks, and is available here.   I colored the image with Copics.  The papers are very old ones from my stash.

 I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Craft your Passion  Always Anything Goes

Make my Monday  Something Beginning with the Letter F

613 Avenue Create   Anything Goes

Eclectic Ellapu  Something Old from Stash

Glitter 'n Sparkle  Anything Goes

Crafty Catz  Anything Goes

Southern Girls  Flower Power

2 Creative Chicks  Anything Goes  
Crafts Galore Encore  Anything Goes
DigiStamps 4 Joy  Anything Goes       

Inspiration Destination #49

One of this week's sponsors at Inspiration Destination is The Paper Shelter.  I chose this cute little fairy, A Little Bit Grumpy.  I colored her with Copic markers and added a little Stickles.  The beautiful digital papers are from MyeDeLeon. The piece of lace is from my stash.  I've had it so long I no longer remember where it came from.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Cleat It Out    Must Use Item from Stash
Crafting by Designs   Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp  Make it colorful

Inspiration Destination #48

Just Inklined is one of this week's sponsors at Inspiration Destination.  I love their lifelike animal images and have just about all of them.  Most of you know how I feel about coloring animals.  This image is Golden Retriever on Guard, available here.  I colored the image with Copics.  The papers are from my stash.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Cards and More   Cards for Men

Deep Ocean Challenge For the Boys

Doodle Pantry  Anything Digital

Ike's World  Pets/Animals

Through the Craftroom Door  Anything Goes

Artistic Inspirations  Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion  Anything Goes

Eureka Stamps  Button

Love to Scrap  Anything Goes

Ohh La La Creations  Anything Goes

Inspiratiom Destination # 47

This adorable image, Angelica at the Hop, is from Inky Impressions, and is available here.  This card gave me a major workout.  I have so much difficulty with the Silhouette.  It took me two days and nearly throwing the Silhouette out the window before I finished this.  I do feel like it was worth  the effort.  She is "dang cute."  I colored her with Copic markers.  The digital papers are from Basic Grey.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments Design  Anything Goes
Doodle Pantry  Anything Digital
Through the Craftroom Door   Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations  Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion  Anything Goes
Cutie Pie Challenge  Cute and Girly
Lost Coast Portal to Creativity  Circles
Love to Scrap  Anything Goes
Use Your Stuff  Anything Goes
All Dressed Up  Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore  Anything Goes
Cute as a Button  Anything Goes
DigiStamps4Joy  Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create  Anything Goes
Simply Create Too  Anything Goes
Sister Act  Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination #44

 

 This week's sponsor at Inspiration Destination id Rick St. Dennis.  I chose the image 

November Mum.   I colored her with Copics.  The paper is from my stash. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Girls Corner  Anything Goes

Simon Says  Anything Goes

Sparkle and Glitter  Anything Goes

Artistic Inspirations  Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion   Anything Goes

Eureka   Anything Goes

Inspiratiom Destinatiom #41

 

I  just love this image from Sweet 'n Sassy.  I used Lighthouse and Light Sentiments & Scripture.  The digital papers are from Cosmo Cricket and Vectoria Designs (Etsy).  I colored the image with Copics.  The sky was done with Pan Pastels.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations  Anything Goes
Card Mania  Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion  Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challemge  Distressing
Make My Monday  The Sea
Use Your Stuff  Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly  Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door  Anything Goes
   

Inspiration Destinatiom #40

 

This week's sponsors at Inspiration Destination are Pattie's Creations and the Stamping Boutique and as always the theme is Anything Goes.  I chose this cute image from Pattie's Creations, Wooden Shoes with Tulips.  I colored the i,age with Copics.  I had an absolutely terrible time photographing this image.  I guess the lighting must have been off.  Most of my images ended up blurry,  The ones that weren't appeared to be very bright.  The shoes are not actually the electric blue depicted.

 

 I am entering this card in the following challenges:

The Cheerful Stamp Pad  Shoes
Crafting by Design  Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty  Anything Goes
 

Birthday Party Time

I found a new artist on Etsy that I really like, Zuri Digital Stamps.  Here is the link to this image, Erika.  Lots of cute digis available!  I colored this with Copics. The papers are from my daughter's stash that she was clearing out.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion  Anything Goes
Get Creative Challenges  Flowers
Love to Scrap  Anything Goes
Ooh La La Creations  Birthday
Thr Paper Challenge  Happy Birthday
Pink Elephant  Anything Goes
Use Your Stuff  Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create  Anything Goes/Twist Pearls or Rose
Eclectic Ellapu  Anything goes
Fairytale Stampers  Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations  Dies and Punches
Creative Corner  Happy Birthday
Kitty Bee Designs   Birthday

Inspiration Destination Challenge #39

 One of this week's sponsors at Inspiration Destination is Stitchy Bear.  I chose the image Fanciful Bouquet, available here.  I colored the image with Copic markers.  The papers are from my stash.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion   Anything Goes
Love to Scrap   Anything Goes
Ooh La La Creations   Happy Birthday
The Paper Girls   Happy Birthday
Fairytale Stampers   Anything Goes
Scribble and Scrap   Anything Goes
Doodle Pantry  Digital Image
Through the Craftroom Door  Anything Goes

A Baby Boy!

It feels so good to make a card again!  I had my surgery this past Tuesday and am starting to feel back to normal.  I start radiation in a couple weeks so we'll see how that goes.  I've heard it's not too bad. I made this card intending to use it for a challenge that has Stitchy Bear as a sponsor.  When I went to look up the link I found out Stitchy Bear no longer sells this image.  It figures!  I still love it, though.  There was not very much to color on this image so it was a good card to start back with.  The paper is from Doodle Pantry.

Copics:  C1, C2, E21, G24, R00, R01

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

A Crafter's Cafe  Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Corner  The Great Outdoors
Doodle Pantry  Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly  Something for the Boys
Shopping Our Stash  Cute Critter Alert
Through the Craftroom Door  Anything Goes
ABC Challenge  K is for Kritters
Crafts Galore Encore  Anything Goes
The Ribbon Girls  Animals

This card also won Best In Show at our Mohave County Fair.

Rick St. Dennis Progressive Challenge May 2015

This is my EDT card for the Sparkle and Glitter May Progressive Challenge.  I used the image Q of H 2015..  I really love this image.  I colored it twice.  The first time I did it I loved how it turned out.  Then I tried to get a little fancy with some Liquid Pearls.  That was not a good idea.  I totally messed it up so there are none on this version.  Don't you just hate it when you're 95% done with something and mess it up!

I used my Silhouette to cut the flower.  I purchased just about all of their 3D flowers, but this is the first time I'm using one.  The paper is from Stampin' Up.  The silk ribbon is from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store and the lace is from JoAnn's.  The image is colored with Copics.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:  

2 Cute Ink   Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion  Anything Goes
Love to Scrap  Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp  Anything Goes
Vintage Stamping Challenge  Handmade Flowers
Through the Craftroom Door  Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs  Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks  Anything Goes
Outlaws Challenge-Twisted Thursday  Anything Goes
Scrap & Craft  Ribbon or Twine
Art by Miran  Anything Goes
Brown Sugar  Anything Goes
Simply Create Too  Pretty Woman
Sister Act  Anything Goes

                                     

Rick St. Dennis-Cotillion Hat

 This image is Cotillion Hat by Rick St. Dennis available here.  I colored her with Copic markers.  The doily was cut with the Silhouette,

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Cards Galore Encore  Make a Card for April
Ladybug Crafts  Anything Goes
Mema's Crafts  Anything Goes/Use a Die or Punch
Sisters of Craft  Anything Goes
Lia Strampz  Use a Ribbon
Simply Create Too  Pretty Woman
The Stamping Boutique  Ribbon and/or Lace
Crafter's Cafe  Ribbon and/or Lace
Crafty Girls Corner   Girks, Girls, Girls

 

Inspiration Destination-RSD

This week's sponsor at Inspiration Destination is Rick St. Dennis.  I chose this lovely image Ascot Hat from his Zibbet shop, Rick St. Dennis MFA.  There are over 1000 images available, from his beautiful ladies to some very dark images.  A little something for everyone.  

I colored this image with Copic markers.  The digital paper is from AZ RedHead on Etsy.  I need to write the digital paper down when I use it.  I always spend so much time trying to go back and figure out what paper I used. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Party Time Tuesday  Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door  Anything Goes
2 Crafty Girls  Springtime
Craft Your Passion  Anything Goes
Card Mania  Flowers
Love to Scrap  Anything goes
Crafty Catz  Girly
Sister Act  Anything Goes
7 Kids College Fund  Anything Goes
Crafting by Design   Mother's Day
Crafty Girls Corner  Girls, Girls, Girls
Chocolate, coffee & Cards  Use a Die Cut

Green Lady-ADFD

 Our sponsor this week at Inspiration Destination is A Day for Daisies.  I chose this really lovely image Green Lady.  I colored her with Copics.  The digital paper is from Wild With Abandon on Etsy

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create   Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations  Flowers
Craft Your Passion  Anything Goes
Get Creative Challenges  Die Cut
Imagination Crafts  Anything Goes
Make My Monday  Flowers
Mema's Challenge  Anything Goes
The Crazy Challenge   Floral
Pink Elephant  Anything Goes
Through the Purple Haze  Anything Goes

Sunflower-Thinking of You

The sponsor's for this week's challenge at Inspiration Destination are The Cutting Cafe and Robyn's Fetish.  I chose the image Sunflower 2 from Robyn's Fetish.  I wanted to work on something really simple and fresh looking.  The digital paper is a leftover from my stash.  The image was colored with Copics.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Party Time Tuesday  Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door  Anything Goes
Tip Top Tuesday  Anything Goes
Eureka Stamps  Think Spring
Make My Monday  Green
Love to Scrap  Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs  Flowers