It's On!

I made a Christmas card.  There's no stopping me now.  I want to do Christmas cards all day, every day.  

While looking through Pinterest, I came across a beautiful print by Janet Stever.  It reminded me of this Stampendous stamp, but it didn't have any background. You can check my inspiration out here.

This is the stamp

I added my own background.

I love this guy and his pals.  I used my new favorite die Memory Box Stitched Square Layers, then mounted with paper from K&Company then again with some dark brown card stock.

The corners were done with a Cheery Lynn die and the bow in the corner is from Paper Studio.

Merry Christmas!

For the Love of Sunflowers

I just love sunflowers.  Leave the roses with the florist and bring me a sunflower.

Now I resisted this pretty stamp, until Power Poppy had a 24 hr. sale.  And of course, I fell in love and their pretty cone flower jumped in my cart with the sunflower.

I opened the digi in MS word and used the sepia format to print it.  I then scanned the word document and imported into my Silhouette Cameo to make a perfect cut file.  I know that's a few too many steps for most, but it's now in my library for future use.  And I will definitely use it again!

The sunflower was colored with Copics and Prisma Brush markers. I also cut and colored one petal to fall away from the bloom.  The image is mounted on paper from K&Company which was die cut with Memory Box's Stitched Square Layers. The gingham is from Simple Stories. The card is framed with a Martha Stewart punch.

I am entering this card in Passionate Paper Creations and Friends weekend challenge for a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to Power Poppy Shop!! There are going to be 2 lucky winners!!! I just looked and the competition has overwhelming beauties.

Now I leaving to clean up the mess I've made.

Lion Love

Couldn't you just squeeze this QKR image?

This is a digi that I cut with my Silhouette Cameo.

I was able to trace it, then copy and flip the outline to make the shaped card.

It was luck that I had black pearls for his eyes.  I ran his body and ears thru a Stampin Up embossing folder. The "Love" tag was cut separately and popped up with dimensional foam. I trimmed his mane out with Stickles.

Colored with:
Prisma Brush Makers:  PB201 Cinnamon Toast, PB72 Eggshell, PB90 Walnut
Copic Sketch Maker: R32 Peach

Challenge: qkr-stampede-challenge-151-anything-goe

Happy Tuesday!

Fussy Chic

Those of you that know me, know I rarely use those pretty papers and I don't layer very well.
I hope this (barely) qualifies as "Shabby Chic".  I really wanted to enter the Power Poppy Shabby Chic challenge.  I have the lace, the pearls, the flowers and butterflies.  I don't have the layers of pretty papers or ribbon, but I do really like how this turned out.

My new printer allows me to print on thin watercolor paper and I've rediscover how fun it is to paint.  I fussed over this for a couple of hours and decided I needed to quit before I ruined it.

Challenge:  Power Poppy a-little-shabby-little-chic

Stamps: Power Poppy digi, Verve (Sentiment)
Die:  Sue Wilson
Accessories:  Pearls, Martha Stewart Butterfly punch

Brag a Little

I've had this Mo Manning image for quite some time now.  The image was colored with Copics. I drew in the ticking with a blue Micron 05 pen. The background was shaded with Prisma Pencils.  I used a Memory Box die to frame the image and mounted it with some pretty gingham paper from Authientique. I am entering my card in Mos Digital Challenge-Anything-Goes,

This guy is a more recent and the digi captured him perfectly. Yup, I  pretty proud Grandma.  I have two granddaughters and one grandson and I am super proud of them all.

Is he not squeezable?