Bugaboo Tulip Blocks

Hello, it is time again for the BugaBoo Crafty Challenge over

at the Crafting Circle.  The challenges starts on the 15th

of each month and runs for a month so you have

plenty time to join in.

You need to use a Bugaboo image for this challenge but that

should not be a problem as all the images are adorable, plus

there is always a Friday Freebie. 

This month I chose to work with a 4 square 

Tulip Block.

I printed the image on Strathmore Bristol paper and colored it using my

Zig Clean Color pens and water.  I cut the center of the green panel using

a Gina Marie in and out dies.   The die is pretty cool as it cuts out a piece that has

a dotted border and then leaves behind and "window" with a dotted border. 

And that is my card, so you have have plenty time to come on over and

join in at the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge 

Challenges entered:

DigiChooseDay - anything goes - ends 8/29

LemonShortbread - anything goes - ends 8/27

Stamp Art Papel - anything goes - ends 8/22

A Very Large Poppy

Hi, I have a couple cards to share with you today that are using the

same stamp.  The poppy stamp is from IndiGo Blu and is very large.

The first one I stamped and heat embossed in black on watercolor

paper and then let the water and my Zig Clean Color do the

magic and work together.

The colors look so much brighter in person.  After it was all colored I

hand cut around it and then pop dotted it onto black card stock.  I mounted

the whole thing onto some salmon colored card stock to pick up some of the colors from the poppy.

The second card was also stamped onto watercolor paper and this time heat embossed in gold.  I am not real wild about it embossed in gold as there is so

much detail on this stamp that you just lose some of the definition.

Ths one I colored using Ken Oliver Color Burst powders.   I think I will have to try this again using a different color embossing.  I like to heat emboss when I use

water and watercolor as it somewhat contains the colors when they flow. 

I stamped the birthday wishes then cut them using a Gina Marie die and pop mounted them.

Well thanks for stopping by and checking out my two cards using the same stamp

but with totally different looks.

Challenges entered:

Pink Gem Challenges - birthday wishes - ends 8/17

Crafty Friends - anything goes - ends 8/24

Scrappers Delight - anything goes - ends 8/21

Beautiful You Flowers

Hi I have a shaped card to share with you today.

I love how it turned out.

I set up the cut file in Cricut Design space and cut it out with my Explore.

I then used temporary adhesive and stacked the 3 white pieces and stamped them

with stamps from the Catherine Pooler "Beautiful You" stamp set.

I stamped and heat embossed in white then using a technique I learned from

I thought from Laurel Beard but I could not find it to link it here.

Anywho, I randomly scribbled down colors I wanted to use then liberally sprayed it with water and let the colors move and blend on their own.

I then layered the white pieces onto the matted pink layer.

And that is it, hope you like my card, would love to hear your thoughts.

Teeny, Tiny Stamps

Hi, this was a fun card to create.

Over at StampNation they had a challenge to use those

tiny, tiny stamps that come in stamp sets.  You know the little filler

stamps that a lot of the time you never even notice.

So the challenge was to use those tiny stamps

to make a card.  I used the tiny stamps

from Catherine Pooler's Lovely Flowers stamp set and

a few from the Perfect Reason stamp set.

The card was also made following the sketch this week at

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge. 

I am really happy with how the left side of the card came out using

the tiny stamps.  I am not very good at random stamps but I think I

pulled this one off.

Well thanks for stopping by, would love to hear from you. 

KittyBee Easel Card

Well here we are the 1st of August already, time is flying by.

Since it is the 1st of the month that means it is time for a new

 Crafty Awesomeness Challenge over at the Crafting Circle.

This month our sponsor is KittyBee Designs, they are so adorable

be sure and check them out.

I created this card following a sketch from a sketch challenge

I like to do.  The sketch reminded me of an easel card so that is what I

went with.

I imported the cute Love Bug Flower image, that I colored with my Copics, into Cricut Design Space and printed it onto a circle and had the Explore cut it out.  Then using Design Space again I designed the easel card file just using some

basic shapes.  Doing it on the Explore makes it so easy.

The "Hap-BEE birthday" is a stamp.

So go ahead and color up any image and join in the

Crafty Awesomeness Challenge, you have until the end of the month to enter.

Believe Sunflower

Hi today I have a card to share with you that I made following

the sketch this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

It has been a while since I got to play along at TMS but hope

I can do it more often now.

Oh, how I love this stamp!  This stamp was one of the ones

that came in the Unity Stamps - Kit of the Month for July.

I just love the way the stem spells the word believe.

I colored the stamp using my Prisma Pencils.

The papers are from as DCWV Fall stack that came out a few years ago.

I added a couple Gina Marie dies cuts out of green to coincide with

the sketch. 

Challenges entered:

City Crafter -  Something with an S - ends - 7/31

Tuesday Morning Sketches - sketch - ends 7/30

Crafty Sentiments - anything goes - ends 7/30

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes - ends 7/31

A couple fun cards for boys

Hi, hope everyone has great plans for the weekend.

Not much going on here, but we need the rest since we had 

a very busy week last week with family here.

Today I have a couple quick cards to share with you.

I made them a few weeks ago as I had to make a little boy birthday card.

I'll explain later why I made 2.

Both cards were made using digital files from

NitWits Digital Collections.

It was so fun and easy to create this card using the 

From the Sea collection and my Cricut Explore.

The entire card is made using elements from this collection, even the papers.

I imported all the pieces into my DesignSpace and arranged them the way I wanted.  The "water" paper I used to fill a rectangle then added the octopus

and the sea weed leaving part of the sea weed hanging over the edge.  I then did print then cut with my Explore.  The other pieces were all print then cut with the Explore.  I stamped the sentiment using a Rubbernecker stamp.

I made this card for a little boy that is like a grandson to us that wasturning 3.  When I showed it to my hubby he said I should have made him a

card having to do with a farm, since he lives on a place that has animals

and tractors and such. 

So here is what I came up with, again using NitWits Collections.

They have horses and chickens so I had to incorporate them into the card.

For this card, I used the "Funny Farm" collection.

Again all the papers and patterns are from the Funny Farm collection.

The sentiment is also a Rubbernecker stamp.

I so love how these 2 cards came out and thanks to NitWits and my 

Cricut Explore they were pretty easy to create.

I would love hear what you think of my 2 cards, we all know

sometimes making a boy card can be difficult these collections made

it easy. 

Life in Color - Bugaboo

Hello, it's that time again.  A new BugaBoo Crafty Challenge starts today over at the CraftingCircle.

The BugaBoo Crafty Challenges runs from the 15th of each

month through the 14th of the next month.  It is a challenge to use

exclusively Bugaboo images, so head on over and color up a

Bugaboo to join in the fun. 

So for this month I chose to use an image called 

Life in Color.

I created the background using Distress Oxide inks in the colors,

Wilted Violet, Broken China and Cracked Pistachio.  I colored the

image first using the same colors/inks but it was too blah so I went

over them with Sakura Gel pens so now they are all glittery.

I die cut the happy birthday flourish using a 

Wild Rose Studio die. 

That's it!  Hope you like my card and can join in over

at the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge. 

Enjoy the Simple Things - Unity

Hi, I love working on kraft paper but many times forget about

using it.  The effects you can get coloring on it is fabulous so

today I have a card to share with you that I stamped using a

Unity stamps from last month's Kit of the Month and colored

it with PolyChromo pencils. 

I love how large this flower stamp is, actually most of Unity Stamps

are large, which makes them easier to color.  I used white and a pale

yellow color on the flower, and then a couple different greens on the

leaves.  The sentiment is also
a Unity stamp from the same KOTM.
  I distressed the edges of the kraft paper with my 

Tim Holtz Distressing Tool.  I added a strip of loopy jute like

string I recently picked at Michaels.

All and all I am pretty pleased with how this one turned out.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peak, I love to read 

your comments.

Hugs & Happy Thoughts

It is that time again for a new challenge over at the

Crafty Awesomeness Challenge.

Here is my project I created using a Unity Stamp from

the "Remembering You Blooms" and background

paper from A Bit More Time to Craft.

I was able to combine both my 1st of the month DT projects into one,

love when that happens.

I stamped the flowers and heat embossed them in gold, then watercolored them 

with a combination of Catherine Pooler Inks and my Zig Clean Color markers.

I backed the image using an oval die from Gina Marie dies. 

I cut the tab/banner at the bottom using another Gina Marie die and stamped

it and heat embossed it in white.  I edged the pattern paper using a Fiskars

punch to give it a bit of interest.

And that's it!.  So head on over to the

Crafty Awesomeness Challenge and join in the fun.

Also, make sure you go and check out the great digital papers over

at A Bit More Time to Craft and join in the challenge there.