Flourishes Christmas in July

I have not been feeling very creative lately, but challenge me to make a Christmas card and I'm in all the way.  Love, love to make Christmas cards.

The stamp did not indicate what type of birds these are and there wasn't anything in the Flourishes gallery, so I decided they should be Robins, although you'll never see one in Iowa during the Winter season.

I've colored the image with Copics and touched it up with some Prisma pencils.  I needed to lengthen the Marianne die to fit the image, so I covered up the cut with a Martha Stewart pine leaf punch.  The center step card was made with my Silhouette Cameo and the side panels were embossed with a Fiskers folder.

I am entering this in the Flouishes Christmas in July card (FTTC230).

Furry Fairies

Aren't these guys the cutest ever!

This is one of A Day For Daisies newest digi's.  I colored my kitties with Copics, cut them out and mounted them using Spellbinder dies. The sentiment is computer generated.

I am entering my furry fairs in:
A Day For Daisies July club kit take 2 challenge #74 - Use a die cut!

Wish me luck. I really want all of the new releases.

Fall in a Window

I've recently rediscovered my Silhouette Cameo.  Step cards are now sooo easy.

I colored this Flourishes Autumn Blossoms stamp with a combo of Copic and Prisma markers. I cut the image out, which left some of the details a little frail, so I reinforced it from the back using some Diamond Glaze.  The corner dies were snipped from a larger Cheery Lynn die and the little butterfly in the corner is a Fiskers punch.

Two post in 2 days!  I'm on a roll!

Great Day!

Today I am the guest designer for Great Impressions Stamps .  What an honor.  I am so pumped that Jenny has asked me to be a guest designer.  Great Impressions Stamps has something for everyone from cute little mice to elegant flowers. For my card, I have chosen the beautiful Wildfire Silhouette.

The first thing I did was to print my computer generated sentiment.  Using my Stamp-a-ma-jug I stamped it once then again ever so softly for a shadow effect. I then added a little color with my Copics then topped it off with Stickles and a little sponging.  Using my new Spellbinders Floral Ovals, I cut it out and layered it on some pastel card stock.  The pretty butterfly die is from Cheery Lynn Designs. 

Have a wonderfully creative day!

Father's Day

Our American Bulldog, Lulu, is now 1 year old.  There were many times we wondered if we would survive the puppy stage and this bread is known for being stubborn.  So it was a matter of wills between one stubborn man verses one stubborn bulldog.  You be the judge of who won out.

This was a new chair before Lulu. Notice the handle.

When the kids were growing up, they knew when Dad came into the room, they were to get up from Dads chair when he entered the room.

Lulu's owns this!

Dad's Chair

Happy Father's Day. Love Lulu!!

Lulu has been the best dog since taking possession of the chair.

Stamps: Flourishes

Ebossing folder: Cuttlebug

Die:  Spellbinders

Colored with Copics and Primsa pencils. 

I love to color

It's a good thing I don't make a cards for a living.  Not that the card takes so long to make. It just takes me forever to make up my mind on how to bring it all together.  

This image is a free digi from Beccy's place. I just loved coloring this with my Copics.

Stamp:           Beccy's Place & Hampton Art (Sentiment)
Paper:            K&Company
Accessories:   Sizzix Embossing Folder, Marianne Die, Pearls

A New Look. A new commitment.

If your new to my blog, Welcome.  If you follow my blog, you may have thought that I'm not making cards.  Well, I've been hanging out at Splitcoast Stampers.  But now I am ready to recommit to my blog, and to visiting you, who have supported me.  Big thanks to everyone of you gifted and wonderful friends.  

So here is my Tah Dah!

Isn't this Hambo stamp and sentiment a hoot?  I used a Spellbinders die to mount it and then added a grass die.  (My friend gave me the grass).  

I paper pieced her shirt and pants from scraps I have and colored the rest with Copics and Prisma pencils.

Have a glorious week everyone!