HLS January Watercolour Challenge

Hello friends!   I 'm happy to announce that I will be joining the new watercolor challenge over at Happy Little Stampers     This month it's anything goes with an optional twist to use a stencil.   Here is my take on the challenge featuring an image and sentiment from Butterfly Birthday. For the background I used a chevron stencil by Papertrey Ink and Color Burst colors...

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Merry & Bright

  Hello all!   Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas!   Today is Papertrey's December Blog Hop and below is the gorgeous photo Nichole has chosen for us to draw inspiration from.     Here is my take using the What the Doodle Ornament mini set and coordinating dies. The ornament were colored in with Gelatos. I sponged the background with distress ink and...

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Joy

Good morning!    Today I created a photo card of my grandson taken at Christmas 2014. It's one of my favorite pics of him when he was a baby. He will be three this coming May and he hasn't changed that much since this pic was taken. I have linked this card up for this week's Papertrey Ink MIM Challenge - Holiday Photo Cards.   Here are the supplies I used:   Holiday...

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Happy Holidays

 Good morning all!   My New Years resolution this year is to spend less on craft supplies. I have been slowy reorganizing my craft room and have noticed I have quite a few unopened stamp sets from varies companies. Some sets have only been used once. My card today features the set Winter Wonderland by WPlus9 which I inked up once since the set came out three years ago.   The...

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Christmas Card Challenges #2

 Good morning and welcome to challenge #2.   For the next two weeks we have a photo to get your creative juices flowing.    Here is my take featuring this older image by Stampendous. The little angels are singing Deck the Halls even though there are no musical notes.   Now its your turn. We would love to see your take on the challenge. Stop by and play along...

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Happy Birthday

Hey there!   I created todays card for my brother-in-law's upcoming birthday featuring the newly released set by Theresa Momber called Framescape Winter Trees for Gina K. Designs. A fabulous set that allows you to create beautiful outdoor scenes. I did a little sponging in the background with various dye inks by Gina K. Designs.   Have a fabulous day!  -CHALLENGES-   Simon...

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Winter Coffee Lovers Bog Hop - Card #6

 Good afternoon All!  I have one more card to share that I have entered into the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. For this one I stamped a coffee cup image from Christmas Critters by PTI and pine sprigs by Gina K. Designs.   Thanks for dropping by!   ...

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Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - Card #5

   Hello all!   I'm back again with card #5 for the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. I used random images from PTI and colored them in with my Zig Real Brush Markers.   Have a super day!    ...

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Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - Card #4

  Hello Again!   Here is my fourth card for the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. This time I'm using images from Christmas Critters by PTI. I  stenciled the background with Dot Fade by Tim Holtz.   Have a super day!    ...

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Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - Card #3

Thanks for dropping by!   Here is the third card I made using an image and sentiment from A Cup of Cheer by PTI. I'm on a roll with this set. I don't have a whole lot of sets or images that includes a beverage of some sort. I will have to invest in another set or two for the next hop.   Take care!  ...

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Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - Card #2

  Hello and thanks for stopping by!   I have another card for the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. Since I had my set A Cup of Cheer by PTI laying on my craft table I went ahead and stamped this card up with a different image from the set. The background is a stencil by Tim Holt.   Have a great day and happy hopping!   &nbs...

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Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

  Hello there!   I'm playing along in the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. My card today features an image from  a Cup of Cheer and a sentiment from On Ice by PTI. I stenciled the background with distress ink.   Have a super day and stay warm!    ...

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I Love You

   Good morning all!    This month for PTI's  Create Along With Us Challenge I was inspired by Maile's card pictured below. I love her clean and simple style and all that white space.       Here is the card I created featuring an older set by Maile called Quilled Elegance and an image from Ombre Builders. I did change it up a bit and added...

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Addicted to Stamps and More #224 - Clean and Simple

Hello friends!   It's time for a new challenge over at ATSM. Clean and Simple Scroll down to see this week's prize.   I chose a sentiment as my focal point from the set Birthday Ombre Sentiments by Papertrey Ink. The flourish stencil by Tim Holtz was used for my background. I lightly brushed various dye inks with my  Clarity stencil brushes.     Sponsor     Happy...

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Peace on Earth

Good Evening all!   I love creating winter scenes! My card today features tree images from The Northwoods and a sentiment from Dashing by Gina K. Designs. Background was sponged with distress inks.   Thanks for dropping by!     Mod Squad Challenge - Trees and Snow  Winter Wonderland# Frame It or night Scene   Love to Craft #5 Anything goes Simon...

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Merry and Bright

Good afternoon all!    We are in the middle of a major Midwestern snow storm here in Wisconsin. Expecting up to a foot of snow! Perfect stamping weather.   I stamped this card earlier today featuring the Funky Flakes dies by Cas-ual Fridays. Glitter was added and a sentiment from Bright Baubles by Neat and Tangled. The background was sponged with distress inks and water splatters.   Thanks...

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Let It Snow

Good evening all! I'm so glad you dropped by.   I have a fun Christmas card to share with you all featuring images and coordinating dies from the Home for the Holidays Stamp TV kit by Gina K. Designs. I collect snowmen and I am simply in love with this jolly little fella. The sentiment is from Compliments of the Season also by Gina K.   I created the background with Yupo paper...

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Just A Note

 Good morning!   I whipped up this card for this week's Papertrey Ink MIM Challenge  Embossed + Outlined Backgrounds Here are the supplies I used: Tropics Stamp Set  Scalloped A2 Vertical Die Dot Fade Layering Stencil by Tim Holtz   I outlined the white embossed images with  an E02 Fruit Pink Copic marker. The die cut Note is from the kit Don't Forget...

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Christmas Card Challenges #1

  Good morning all!   This week we would like to see candy canes on your cards!     Here is my take on the challenge featuring a candy cane image by Winnie & Walter along with a pinecone image and sentiment from Peaceful Pinecones by PTI.   Hope you will find time to play along and see what the rest of the designers created.    We have several...

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Traditional Christmas Tag

Hello all!   Usually I like to make Christmas cards and tags using non-traditional colors but today I created one with red and green.   Here are the supplies I used:   What the Doodle Snowflake What the Doodle Ornament - sentiment Tag Sale #1 Die Ombre Stripes Patterned Paper   My tag was entered into Papertrey Ink's MIM Challenge    #268: Double-Layer Tags Thanks...

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Addicted To Stamps And More #222 - Make Your Mark

Hello all! This week's challenge at ATSM is MAKE YOUR MARK This week's sponsor is Paper Smooches Set your creativity free with our fun and whimsical stamps and dies. We embrace all paper crafting styles and pride ourselves in creating unique stamps and dies every month. Blog: http://papersmooches.blogspot.ca Prize: $25.00 gift certificate Here is my take on the challenge featuring...

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Christmas Card Challenge #50

Hello!   It's ANYTHING GOES this week at Christmas Card Challenges.   For my card today I created a winter scene using products by Gina K. Designs.   penguin - Tis the Sea-Sun trees - Dashing bird and snowfakes - Ian Moose   The background was sponged on a stitched rectangle wafer die by Simon Says Stamp using various dye inks.   Stop by and play along and...

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