Would you like to Swing on a Star?

This is for a challenge I entered at SCS.

This is a Cuddly Buddly digi that I colored with Prisma Colors and Gamsol. cut and embossed with Life Style Crafts die, and mount on DCWV DP. The little flowers and button were from my stash.

Hope everyone is staying warm. It's cold here in Iowa!!

What have I been up to?

Every since I started blogging, I have been torn between my blog and Splitcoast Stampers gallery.
I can do one on a regular basis, but then the other gets neglected.  So I have been haning out at SCS.

This does not mean I am going to close shop since I still have blogs that I follow and this will allow me to stay in contact.  I just decided to do one BIG post each month.  You can find me at Splitcoast any time as GAILNM. (Really creative name :))

Products used can be found by visiting me at GAILNM at Splitcoast Stampers.

See ya in a few weeks!

Hello! Anybody there?

I have really neglected this blog. I just hope someone will stop by to say hi. I will try to be a better blogger.

That said, here is my latest Cuddly Buddly treasured digi.

Stamp - Karen Middleton Digi Stamp - Hedgehog Delivery
Stamp - Hero Arts Sentiment
Coloring Medium  - Prisma Pencils and Gamsol
Martha Stewart Punch (blue paper)
Stampin Up punch (white card stock)
DP - Unknown
Accessories - Gems & Ribbon.

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Here is a "little" something to make you smile.

 

 

No this wasn't staged.  She actually sits like this occasionally.  So what do you suppose Lulu is thinking? 

 

Cuddly Buddly Free Starter Kit

I am so excited to show you Cuddly Buddly's new FREE Apry starter Set, which comes in 9 different color combos! WOW! And Cuddly Buddly has made it even easier to download your purchases. Cuddly Buddly now has 859 digi's to choose from.

Here is the card that I made with this background.  I did made a slight mistake in that I had my printer set to print grey scale.  But as it turns out it was a happy accident, because it went perfectly with this adorable Cuddly Buddly digi I had colored.

 

Here's the Recipe:

 

Cuddly Buddly - Bestest Friend

Cuddly Buddly - Kims Digi ARPY Starter Set

 

Spellbinder Label Die

Martha Stewart Punhes (2)

Cuttle Bug Snowflake Die

DCWV - Preppy Princes

Copics

 

Twinkle Little Star

Here is another pretty digi from Cuddly Buddly.

Stamp -http://cuddlybuddly.com/shop/v13034-karen-middleton-digi-stamp-little-star/
Stamp - Hero Arts
Spellbinder Label Die
Spellbinder Star Die
Marianne Holly Die
Paper - DCWV Preppy Princes
Copics
Gems
K&Company flower embellishment
 

I'm Innocent!

That was a really long walk and I am so tired.

 

 

I will have to work on this later!

 

 

Remember Me?

Sorry, I haven't been around.  You know sometimes life just gets in the way of things we want to accomplish. 

 

Pretty little blue bird!

 

RECIPE

 

Cuddly Buddly - lilyboo-designs-digi-stamp-a-winter-gift

Cuddly Buddly - kims-digi-stamps-twelve-round-greetings-mixed

DP - DCWV Preppy Princes

Martha Stewart Punch

Copics

Flowers from my Shash

 

 

 

 

 

Hello Fall

Today I have another Cuddly Buddly multi digi card.  Fall is my favorite time of year and these Cuddly Buddly digis are just wonderful to work with.

Cuddly Buddly - chrysanthemum-corner
Cuddly Buddly - spring-deer/

Copics
Martha Stewart Punch
Pearls

Chrysanthemum

Yup! I used spell check for "Chrysanthemum".  

I am so in love with digi's.  Would someone tell me how I still manage to get ink on my fingers??
Look what I did with this Cuddly Buddly corner didgi.

 

 

I just kept flipping and turning the image until I got the results I wanted.  Awesome!

 

Digi - Cuddly Buddly

Stamp - Hero Arts

Spellbinder Fleur de Lis Squares

Pearls

 

 

 

 

R&R

I took a couple days off from work to just relax and catch up on blogging and cards.  After one day, I feel renewed! I didn't even call into my work computer.

Here is something I put together today.  Acctually I made 2.  Maybe I'll post the other one tomorrow.

I used the Gina K "A Year of Flowers" set for the flowers which I cut and colored with my pencils and  placed in the basket.  I've had this Spellbinders basket die for several years and have never used it.  I used a Martha Stewart punch for my linen table cloth.

The Thinking of You is a Sampendous stamp and the tiny blutterfliues are a Fiskers punch.

Smiles to all...
Gail

Peace on Earth

Another Christmas card using a Cuddly Buddly image.  I love the way this one turned out.
Those little mice are just so cute and they look as if they just ate the figgy pudding.

Stamp - Cuddly Buddly digi Peace-Mice

Coloring Medium - Copics

Spellbinders Die

Martha Stewart Punch

Pop Dots

Jewels

A little pottery

I post everything I make at Splitcoast.  You can see my gallery here.  Here are a couple of cards that I forgot to post to my blog.  I used the same stamp for both cards and came up with very different results.

I did this one for a Splitcoast CAS challenge to use dark blue and white. Maybe the blues were not so dark, but that's a rather nice think about Splitcoast, they don't call you out on every detail.  I did a side step card for this and did a little freehand on the side panels.

Card #1

Stamp - Serendipity

Sentiment - Hero Arts

Coloring Medium - Prisma Pencils and Gamsol

 

 

 

 

 

Again here is the same stamp only a little more colorful and with some DP and die cuts. I actually like the one better.

 

Card #2

Stamp - Serendipity

Sentiment - A Muse Stamp

Coloring Medium - Copics

Die Cut - Spellbinders

Die Cut - (Flowers) Die-Namics ??

Rhinestone - Recolections

 

Candlelight Friends

Here is another fabulous digi that I've used to make a Christmas card. I now have 21 Christmas cards. I am so glad I signed up for this Splitcoast challenge.

Digi - Cuddly Buddly Candlelight Friends

Spellbinder Die

Sizzix Embossing folder

Pop dots

Martha Stewart punch

Early Fall

Well it has finally cooled down hear in Iowa.  The lack of rain has many tree's turning brown.  Last year this area along the Missouri River we suffered devastating floods, this year it's been drought and heat. Say some prayers for our Farmers.

On a lighter note, here is my first Autumn card.

Stamp: Cuddly Buddly - Shall We Dance

Sentiment: Computer Generated

Coloring Medium: Colored Pencil and Gamsol touched up with Copics.

Embossing Folder: Fiskers

The leaf punch has no name on it.

Snowman from Heaven

July is the first month that I didn't make my 3 card per month Christmas Card Challenge at Splitcoast.

Here is #3.  Now I can start on August. 

I fell in love with this little guy and the sentiment was perfect.  I bought this fabulous book years ago "The Ultimate Guide to the Perfect Card" by Linda LaTourelle. It is just filled with the best poems and sentiments for every occasion.

Didgi - Cuddly Buddly

Card Stock - DCWV Preppy Princes

Sentiment - Computer generated 

Spellbinder dies

Stickles

I don't have any idea where I got the red flower.

The Border Fence

Lulu is not allowed beyond this point.  She stays on our four seasons porch. Don't feel too bad for her. That's where hubby spends most of his time too.  When she's properly trained, she will be allowed in the rest of the house.

Pic is a little fuzzy.  She doesn't stay still for long.

Yes, she has gotten her head stuck.

Now that's a BIG paw !!!!

Lots of bobbles

So, I'm almost out of time to finish my July 3 card commitment for the Splitcoast Christmas Card Challenge.
Cuddly Buddly came to my aid with the pretty didgi.

Again, look at how versatile a digi can be.   I pasted the digi into my Word document 3 times and inverted the outer panels. It may be a little quirky, but then so am I. 

I am entering this in the Less is More Challenge - sketch-week-78.

Product list:

Digi - Cuddly Buddly Christmas Pud Panel

Sentiment - Hero Arts

Martha Stewart Punch

Medium - Pencils and Gamsol - (Red is Copic R20)

Meet the new princes

This is Lulu. She is a 9 wk old American Bulldog. She was given to my husband by a friend.  "Friend" now owes us new carpet. Still she is pretty cute. She was a discount puppy because she has one blue eye.  Discounts are a good thing, right?

I needed to make a thank you card for her and this Cuddly Buddly digi is just perfect.

Here is my product list:

Cuddly Buddly Puppy Treats

Thank you sentiment is StampinUp

DCWV Preppy Princes

Spellbinder's Scalloped circle die

Marianne Die Branch

Prisma Pencil for the puppy

Copic RV00 & RV14

Wedding Pics

As promised here is a wedding picture of my handsome son with his new bride holding their daughter.

And here is Emersyn with her aunt and BFF.

My granddaughter (on the right) with her her aunt who is 1 year younger than her. I have to tell you this sweet memorable thing that happened.  My granddaughter who is 2-1/2 was to be the flower girl, which we knew may or may not happen.  So my son is standing at the front of the churchr waiting for Emmy and the bride to walk down the isle and we hear this wailing.  We waited and waited until here comes Emmy an here aunt holding hands running down the isle together.  When they get right up behind us, Emmy sees a little boy she goes to preschool with. She stopped, gave him a hug and continued on up to our son.  

Generous Snow Buddy

I am so late with this card. Did you ever have a day where you have to continually do, undo and redo?  Well, I've had a week of that.  That's what you get for working 50 hrs a week and then try to work from home on the weekend.  I think I'm getting too old for this.

Here is my overdue DT weekly card.  

I love snowmen and easel cards.  The sentiment is computer generated.

Digi Stamp:  Cuddly Buddly Generous Snow Buddy

Spellbinder label die

Martha Stewart Punch

Snowflakes are from my stash and I don't know where I got them

Colored with Copics and shaded with Prisma Colors.

Stickles 

Liquid Pearls

Do stop by the Cuddly Buddly site.  They even have some free digi's to tryout.

I should have a couple of wedding photos for my next post.

With a Cherry on Top

I love this teddy from Cuddly Buddly

I colored my Cuddly Buddly digi with Copics. You can get yours here.

Cuddly Buddly - kims-digi-stamp-with-a-cherry-on-top
Cuddly Buddly - DP
Liquid Pearl
Organza Ribbon
Copic - B60, R46, YG06, YR21, Y26

The Wedding

My son got married.  What a great and wonderful day!

Stamp: A Day for Daisies

Dies: Memory Box, Spellbinder and W Plus 9

DP: Basic Grey

Pictures to follow!

4th of July Fireworks

I have been admiring this digi for a long time.  One thing that kept me from purchasing it, is that I couldn't come close to coloring it up the way I've seen the DT members do it. But that's why they are on team. Anyway here is my 4th of July take on it.

I just colored Mo's digi,Ragged-Romeo with Prisma pencils and Gamsol, then mounted it up on red white & blue.

I am entering this in Mo's Straight from the Heart Challenge.

It's Christmas again

I just remembered last night that I owed 1 more card to the Splitcoast Christmas Card Challenge. So it was Toby Tumbler to the rescue. Isn't he cute?

I colored this Cuddly Buddly image with Copics and cut him out with a Spellbinders die, then mounted it on some black card stock.  Then I printed this fabulous Digi DP, also from Cuddly Buddly. The DP was cut using a Fisckers punch. The DP was also mounted on black cardstock, which was also mounted on white cardstock, which was also punched with Fiskers.  I then put some silver Stickles on the silver bells.

 

As Promised

As promised this post is not about Christmas.  Today I have three cards to demonstrate how versatile a digi can be.  These cards were all done with Cuddly Buddly digi Pachala Studio's Spring Bouquet.

This card was colored with Prisma Pencils and cut out with a Spellbinders die. I mounted the image on white card stock that was embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

I really went bold with this one and blew the digi up to make a huge bouquet.  I colored this one with Copics and mounted it with some red card stock and some gingham DP from DCWV Preppy Princes.

This one, I've scaled down a bit to show more of the same DP.  This one was colored with Prisma pencils. I used the same DP DCWV Preppy Princes and added a sentiment from Hero Arts.

So the couple of weeks I've shown you some very different digi's from Cuddly Buddly.  They have nearly 800 to choose from and are periodically adding more.  Shopping is easy.

Another Christmas Card?

I know, it's 90 deg. in Iowa and I'm on a Christmas card kick. I'm just trying to fill my Christmas Card Challenge of (3) per month.  I promise,  the next card will not be Christmas.  But be honest aren't these digi's from Cuddly Buddly just irresistible?

Digi stamp:  Cuddly Buddly Going Down

Paper: DCWV from the Preppy Princes Stack

Copics: R46, E04, E00,Y21,B60

Spellbinder's Snowflake die set 

Martha Stewart Punch

Stickles

Pencil