Finally!

Spring is here!
         No it's not!
               Spring is here!

It has been the most unusual spring.  Yesterday it was 80 last week was 40's and 50's.   Mid March, we had 70 deg. on Tuesday and on Thursday we got 14 inches of snow.

I feel fairly confident in saying spring has sprung.  (knock on wood).

I'm getting in under the wire with this QKR stampede challenge-186-spring-has-Sprung!

Stamps - QKR Rag Doll with Hoe & "Thank You" Stampin-Up sentiment

Dies - Spellbinder's Marvelous Squares & Floral Border

Coloring Medium - Copic Markers & Stickles on the heart

Heart of Gold

I made this card for a Splitcoast CAS challenge, then I realized it would fit the Dies R Us Challenge to use scallops.

I've always wanted to suspend something in the middle of a card.  I used fishing line and it was rather hard to work with. Next time I think I will just use thread.

The Splitcoast challenge was to use chipboard or if you didn't have any you could use layers.
The heart has (6) card stock layers and (2) layers of gold wrapping paper.

I used Spellbinders Divine Floral die to display the card on.

Dies Used:
Cheery Lynn Dutch Scallop Square
Penny Black Flower Heart
Life Style Crafts Square

Dies R Us challenge-46-use-scallops

Hello again!

Did you think I left for good?  You would think a person that hasn't posted for a few months would have a clean craft room.  Not so much.  I can't tell you how many times I started to create and just couldn't bring it to the finish line.  I'm hoping this post will start the creative juices flowing again.

Power Poppy inspired me with their three marker challenge .  This dose not mean that I didn't make a huge mess. 

Stamp:  Power Poppy - sunflower-power

Dies: Memory Box, Marianne Designs, Cheery Lynn, Sue Wilson

Paper:  Craft Smith Wedding Neutrals, White Cardstock & Stripes from my stash 

Hello Color!

Yup!  I did it and I might do it again.  I got all crazy and used some pretty wild paper. 

The Stamp is Penny Black's Centerpiece.  I can't say this was a fast card to make.  I can color forever on a piece and I  find it so relaxing.  Then there's the other thing with the paper.  You would never believe how many times I start a project and I pull out my modest stash and end up not using one small piece.  For this card, I even had my "safe" gingham out.  I just threw caution to the wind.

What's next?  Pink hair?

Stamp:  Penny Black Centerpiece

Spellbinder die, Majestic Squares

Memory Box die. Hello

Paper:  Cosmo Cricket, Salt Air

Sending Love

This is a card and envelope that I made for the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers.  Check out my inspiration piece HERE.

This envelope is one of the very first designs that I purchased, but this is my first time using it.
After I had cut the envelope, I cropped one of the corners to duplicate the design on the card.
The "Love" is a Silhouette design also.  The large white heart is a Penny Black die.  I finished the card with some score lines.

I've never made very many Valentine cards, but this may be a little nudge to get my mojo going.

Precious!

Poppy Power has a new challenge "Stretch Yourself" which is to make a tall card. This was a real challenge for a gal whose cards are 99% square. This is a double challenge to try a new technique using a new product.  I may have "stretched" a little on this part.  My new product is the border die. I saw Leslie Miller turn one at an angle on a card and I borrowed the idea.

One of the benefits of having a Silhouette machine  is I can dismantle a sentiment and arrange everything on the card then print it.  For this card I only used the Silhouette to design and print.

I used my Prisma pencils and odorless mineral spirits to color the pretty bouquet.  

Power Poppy - Winter Pick-Me-Up

Power Poppy - Gerbera Daisies (Sentiment) 

Spellbinder - A2 Scalloped Borders Three

Cheery Lynn - Exotic Butterfly small #2

Pearls 

He's Back

Yup, me and Frosty still chillin.

If you haven't been here in the last 3 weeks, you probably didn't hear about Frosty and me.  I think Hubby may be getting suspicious.  

I colored him up with Copics and framed him in this beautiful Spellbinder Die, The Poinsettia spray is from Memory Box and the small Holly die is from Marianne Dies. This time I chose to enter him in Power Poppy's challenge Power Poppy Challenge - Time to Rewind - Bits & Pieces.

This is for Linda S
Linda S. commented on the Frosty I colored on Kraft paper.  I couldn't follow a link back to a blog, so I hope she stops back. Linda wanted to know if I had any tips on coloring on Kraft paper.  

The paper was some cheap Kraft paper that I bought long ago and it was not very smooth. I used Prisma Scholar pencils.  I have a few Derwent and I think I almost like them better, but only have a few. In large areas I color lightly holding the pencil at an angle and build up the color. In a smaller area like the snow on his harms, I hold the pencil a less of an angle and use more pressure. Frosty was colored with cream an the snow on the arms is done with white. 

Linda also wanted to know why I switched to Tombow makers on the die cuts. I tried the pencils, but didn't like the way they looked with the embossed edges.

I hope this answers everything.  If not, my email address is listed in "About Me".

Merry Christmas!