Sunglasses

     She's got hers on, do you?  LOL  Bit of a bright card isn't it.  Well, there's a couple of reasons.  Our wonderful Kat has chosen a theme of "Summer is coming" at Mo's Digital Pencil and Linda chose a "Yellow" theme at the Catered Crop.  Summer--yellow---I couldn't help but combine the two.
     I knew the theme was yellow at Catered Crop but I popped over there to read Linda's write up and nearly started my project all over again.  She explains how you can pair the yellow with any color and it will pop EXCEPT red which will make it look like mustard and ketchup.  AI YAI YAI!  I hope my card doesn't look like it belongs on a plate!  LOL  I did try going with blue mats instead of red but it just didn't work for me so I stuck with the red pulling it out of the fun ice cream/popsicle paper.
     How do you like her shades?  Found them in the Michaels $1 bin.  They're just thick chipboard.  I painted them with gesso and orange acrylic paint, added some white gesso dots that got totally covered up with the bling I added, and covered them with Glossy Accents.  The clouds and sun are new dies I just got from Lil' Inker Designs.
     You can find "Summer Girl" in Mo's store and if you haven't been browsing there lately you should really check it out.  Mo's has added several new images the last week or so.  Don't forget about our kids challenge coming up next week.  Get your little ones involved in our crafty fun.

     I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Crafting with Dragonflies--one for the girls
Creative Moments--lots of layers
Simon Says Stamp--anything goes
Party Time Tuesday--anything goes
Twisted Tuesday--children plus yellow
Card Mania--spots and/or stripes
Make It Monday--anything goes
613 Avenue Create--anything goes
Creative Inspirations Paint--anything goes
Joanna Sheen--girls, girls, girls
The Squirrel and the Fox--here come the girls
Send a Smile 4 Kids--pastels

     Happy Thursday!

Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye, Bazzill, Georgia Pacific, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Mo's Digital Pencil "Summer Girl", Papertrey Ink "Friends Til the End"
Ink--Faber Castell black pen, Copics (skin E000, E00, E11, E13, R20, R30) (hair E21, E23, E25, E27) (clothes Y00, Y32, YR21, YR23, E93, E95, E97, E99) (sunglasses Y00, Y04, Y08, B52, E95) (ground E40, E42, E43) (shadow B0000, B000)
Tools-- Nestabilities Scalloped Squares, MFT Die-namics Sentiment Strips, Lil' Inker Designs "Rainbows and Clouds" and "Small Sunshine" dies
Miscellaneous--Diamond and Yellow Stickles, Glossy Accents, mesh ribbon from my stash, Chipboard sunglasses from Michaels, Liquitex Gesso, Orange Acrylic paint, Recollections bling

Shake your booty

     Arrrrrr is definitely the word of the day with this card.  I'm not happy with it at all, but here it is.  Our fabulous Mary J has chosen the theme of "circles" for the new challenge at TSG.  It took me forever just to come up with with the tent card idea.  Then I was concentrating so hard on not getting the score tape on the tent base stuck anywhere it wasn't supposed to be that I turned the dumb thing upside down and attached it the wrong way. grrrrr  The pirate ship paper is cute, but I think a bit too busy.  At least I'm happy with the hunky muscular pirate.  LOL (I'm more of a Johnny Depp with NICE teeth pirate girl) ☺
     I'm sure you can all find much better ways to use circles on your projects and play along with our challenge for a chance at a $5.00 gift certificate to the TSG store.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Little Red Wagon--make it punny

     I've been super busy all weekend so haven't been able to do my visiting.  Hope to be back on track tomorrow.  Wishing all my US friends a wonderful Memorial Day!

Supplies:
Paper--The Paper Studio, Recollections, Copic Press-it Blending card
Stamps--There She Goes Clear Stamps "Shiver Me Timbers" and "Ship Happens"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Sakura gold and Stardust gel pens
Tools--Nestabilities Standard Circles, sewing machine
Miscellaneous:  Scribble White Mist paint, Recollections brads

TSG Blog Hop--Day 4--You Are Loved

If you missed my earlier post, we have a blog hop of past and present Trendsetters who made cards celebrating the birthday of TSG's owner, Jessica Knutsen.  If you're up for lots of great TSG cards click here to go to my post with my card and the list of participants.

     Have you noticed that I'm in a pink mood this week for my TSG projects.  LOL  Today's the last day of our sneak peeks from the new releases at There She Goes Clear Stamps and we have some lovely floral images from our sweet Torico.

You Are Loved is a 4x4 set that includes a total of 5 stamps and will sell for $12.00.

     I was trying for a real girly and feminine look on this card.  The shimmery ribbon makes it very hard to photograph.  Hope you enjoyed the hop!
     Would you like to win the new You Are Loved stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.
     You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, May 25th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.


Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Bloom", Bazzill, Georgia Pacific, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--There She Goes Clear Stamps "You Are Loved" and "Ginger"
Ink--Copics R000, R00, R02, R12, R14, G40, G82, YG11, YG93, YG95, YG99; Ranger Archival Jet Black
Tools--Nestabilities Classic Squares, sewing machine
Miscellaneous--ribbon from Hobby Lobby, Recollections pearls

Happy Birthday to Jessica Knutsen!

     It's a special day for There She Goes owner Jessica Knutsen.  It's her birthday!  Present and past Trendsetters have come together with a blog hop to celebrate her special day.    She could use a nice happy birthday since she's about to be moving soon.
     I've used a reverse version of the Seize the Birthday sketch this week.  I also did a lot of fussy cutting.  The cake icing is up on pop dots and Miss Chef is three layers deep.  Here's a close up so you can see the layering better.

     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Stempelsonnen--from the bakery
Totally Papercrafts--buttons
Crafty Sentiments--buttons
Make It Monday--anything goes
Great Impressions--celebrations

     Have fun checking out all the birthday cards created in Jessica's honor.  :-)


Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye "The Sweetest Thing--Bluebell", Kraft Outlet Light Kraft, Bazzill, Copic Xpress-it Blending card
Stamps--There She Goes Clear Stamps "A Little Treat"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Faber-Castell Pitt Artist pen, Copics (skin E000, E00, E11, R20)(hair E31, E35, YR21, Y32)(clothes C00, C0, C2, C4, N1, N3, N5, N7, R35, R37, R39, R43)(cake E40, E42, E43, BG70, BG72, BG75, YR21, YR23, YR68, Y32, Y11)
Tools--There She Goes Clear Stamps Just For You banner die
Miscellaneous--Glossy Accents, Kraft Outlet Hang Tag String, Canvas Corp twine, Wal-mart buttons

TSG Blog Hop--Day 3--Gloria

If you missed my earlier post today for 

Mo's Digital Pencil please click here.

     Today I have another friend of Larry and Phyllis to share with you.  This is Gloria and she's a whole ton of huggable from Wendy Leach.

Gloria is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 3 stamps and will sell for $9.00. This set will be available for purchase on Saturday, May 25^th at 11pmEST.

     Smile and stripes, what more could you ask for!  I used Karen Giron's awesome Sweet Sunday Sketch for this card.

     Would you like to win the new Gloria stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

     You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, May 25^th  with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Nostalgia", Recollections, Kraft Outlet Light Kraft, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--There She Goes Clear Stamps "Gloria"
Ink--Copics  E00, E40, E42, E43, R00, R20, R22, R24, RV11
Tools--Nestabilities Standard Circles, MFT Die-namics Fishtail Stax
Miscellaneous--Offray ribbon, button from my stash

Bee thankful

     Buzz....buzzzz.  Our bee keeper has moved his nursery hives out for the year, but I had this cutie buzzing around my craft table.  He's called "Baby Fairy Bee".
     Our hostess this week at Mo's Digital Pencil is our sweet DT sistah, Debbie, and she wants to see "Thank You" projects.  I used a sketch from a couple of weeks back at Bearly Mine making yellow and black the primary colors in keeping with the bee theme.  Lots of punched and hand layered flowers that I gave a light coating of Creative Inspirations paint to for a little shimmer and shine.  I added a Memory Box Corner Bow die cut so the top left corner wasn't so bare.  The butterfly was made by punching it out in yellow and black.  I then cut the center out of the black one and glued it to the back of the yellow one slightly off to give the wings a black edging.  Both the butterfly and flowers were embossed for dimension with my EK Success embossing tool.
     Why not try for a chance at winning a $5.00 gift voucher to Mo's store this week by finding a Mo image in your stash and creating a Thank You card for the challenge.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Bearly Mine--anything goes
Everybody-Art-Challenge--flowers
Make It Monday--anything goes
Songbird Challenge--flowers
Creative Inspirations Paint--anything goes
Eclectic Ellapu--anything goes
No Matter Which--things with wings
My Sheri Crafts--flower power

     Happy Thursday!

Supplies:
Paper--The Paper Studio, Recollections, Bazzill, Georgia Pacific, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Mo's Digital Pencil "Baby Fairy Bee", TPC Studio "Greetings"
Ink--Ranger Jet Black Archival ink, Copics (skin E000, E00, E11, R20)(hair E31, E35, YR21, Y32)(clothes N1, N3, N5,N7, YR21, YR23, Y11, Y32)(wings C00, C0, C2)(flower C2, E95, E97, YG11, YG93, YG95, YG97, YR68)
Tools--Tim Holtz Alterations Tattered Florals die, EK Success Retro Flower punch, Martha Stewart Frond and Butterfly punches, Memory Box Corner Bow die, Lil' Inkers Designs Stitched Sentiment Flag, Nestabilities Lacey Circles, Crop-a-dile
Miscellaneous--Creative Inspirations Fairy Dust paint, Kaisercraft rhinestones, Recollections pearls, Glossy Accents

TSG Blog Hop--Day 2--Amalia Ballerina and Poppy

     It's day 2 of our sneak peeks and we have two sets for today, Amalia Ballerina and Poppy, both by Megan Suarez.

Amalia Ballerina is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 3 stamps, and will sell for $9.00.

Poppy is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 5 stamps and will sell for $9.00.
Both sets will be available on Saturday, May 25^th at 11pmEST.

     I've used Amalia for my card and made another CAS design.  She has Stickles on her tutu and some fun little star gems cause she's just a sparkly kinda girl.  A bit of Washi tape, some doodling and a banner and button finish off the card.

     Would you like to win both the new sets from Megan Suarez? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.
     You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, May 25th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Supplies:
Paper--Bazzill, Kraft Outlet Light Kraft, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--There She Goes Clear Stamps "Amalia Ballerina"
Ink--Copics (hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29)(skin E000, E00, E11, R20)(clothes R00, R22, R24, RV11, YG95, G40)(ground E40, E42, E43)
Tools--Lil Inker Designs Stitched Sentiment Flag
Miscellaneous--Recollections star gems, Cotton Candy Stickles, button from my stash, Kraft Outlet Hang Tag String, Chickydoddle washi tape

TSG Blog Hop--Day 1--Aquaholic

Thoughts and prayers with the people of Oklahoma.

     Are you ready for summer?  Well our first day of new release sneak peeks from There She Goes Clear Stamps starts with some super cute water themed stamps from Melyssa Connolly.

Aquaholic is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 26 stamps and will sell for $24.00.

This set will be available for purchase at 11pmEST on Saturday, May 25^th.

     For my card I've used three of the images and a sentiment from the set.  I used a card base of navy blue and then layered some water patterned DP up on pop dots.  I had cut the two circles with my Nesties and then cut the holes in the mat a little larger.  The circles themselves are glued down to the base of the card.  The diver and critters are also popped up on foam.  I know this is VERY CAS but the stamps are so cute and I am over the moon with how the bubbles turned out.  The larger ones are dew drops and then I added some smaller ones with Glossy Accents.  There's some more GA on the fish eyes, jelly fish spots and the goggles.  Fun huh!

     Would you like to win the new Aquaholic stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

     You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, May 25th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Supplies:
Paper--The Paper Studio, Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--There She Goes Clear Stamps "Aquaholic"
Ink--Copics (hair E31, E35, YR21, Y32)(skin E000, E00, E11)(dive gear C0, N1, N3, N5, N7, R35, R37, R39, R59, YR61, YR65, YR68)(fish Y00, Y11, YR21, YR23, N3, N5)(jellyfish G00, G40, G82, G85, G94)
Tools--Nestabilities Standard Circles, Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Sentiment Flag
Miscellaneous--Glossy Accents and Clear Dewdrops

Keep calm and pedal on

     Can you believe it!  I made a stair step card!  LOL  Had this fun Girlfriends image inked up and stamped laying on my work table.  I knew I wanted to "make a scene"(pun intended  hee hee).  It just took me a little while to figure out how I was going to go about it.  I used one of Beate Johns fantastic tutorials at Splitcoast Stampers here to make the base and then created the scene for my biking gals.  Here's a side view.

     It's kind of hard to see but the gray mat has some scored lines in it to make it look like a sidewalk.  The girls are attached to this layer.  The next layer back is grass, a fence and some tiny little flowers.  I used my embosser to give the flowers a little shape and then added rhinestones colored with Copics for their centers.  The last layer is the sky, complete with some puffy white clouds and one of the sentiments from the Pedal Pushers stamp set from Art Impressions.  All I can say is that gal in the pink needs to go to the Olympics.  LOL
     I'd like to enter my card in these challenges:

Great Impressions--celebrations
Joanna Sheen--girls, girls, girls
The Squirrel and the Fox--here come the girls
4 Crafty Chicks--birthday
Creatalicious--for the girls
Mad for Markers--one for the girls

     Hope I gave you a smile to start off your week.

Supplies:
Paper--Bazzill, Recollections, Georgia Pacific, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Art Impressions "Pedal Pushers"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Sakura gold and silver gel pens
Tools--Memory Box Puffy Clouds and Rounded Fence dies, Recollections flower punch, Fiskars Grass punch
Miscellaneous--Recollections rhinestones

Oh snap!

     It's There She Goes Again Friday so all the Trendsetters are sharing new creations with the older sets that have been showcased this week.  I've used stamps from the "Oh Snap" set and the color palette from the Play Date Cafe challenge.  The sketch is from Cards in Envy.
     Pop over to the TSG blog and check out all the new cards using stamps from the "On the Move", "Oh Snap", and "ConGRADulations" sets.
     Have a fabulous weekend!

Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Quite Contrary--Jack and Jill", Bazzill, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--There She Goes Clear Stamps "Oh Snap"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura white gel pen, Copics BG10, BG11, BG13, R35, R37, R39, R43, N1, N3, N5, N7, W1, W3, W5
Tools--EK Success Corner Rounder
Miscellaneous--Celebrate It ribbon, Michael's buttons, Glossy Accents

Ten-hut!

     This is a red, white, and blue kind of week at Mo's Digital Pencil.  Our wonderful DT sistah Tine hails from Norway and that country will be celebrating it's national day on the 17th.  As our hostess for this weeks challenge, Tine wants to see projects in Norwegian flag colors.
     I've used one of the sailor boys from the Sailor Boy set in Mo's store and I added the soldiers from the set too.  Lots of red, white, and blue as you can see.  We're also having a "Use fabric" theme over at the Catered Crop so I pulled out some cheesecloth and cut my banner pieces from sticky backed canvas.  The flags are adhered to chipboard for stability.  I also added some chipboard stars covered with crackle paint.
     Two fun challenges for you to join in this week.  We also have something fun coming up at Mo's.

"A challenge for "children" of all ages!! Please watch Mo's Challenge Blog for more details!"

     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion--child's play
Digi Sketch Challenge--for the boys
Make It Monday--anything goes
Make It Monday with Kraft Outlet--red, white, or blue

Happy Thursday!

Supplies:
Paper--The Paper Studio, Bazzill, Kraft Outlet chipboard, Copic Xpress-it Blending card
Stamps--Mo's Digital Pencil "Sailor Boy" and "Soldiers"
Ink--Sakura gold gel pen, Copics:  (skin E000, E00, E11, R20)(hair E31, E35, YR21, Y32)(clothing B91, B93, B95, B97, R35, R37, R39, R43, COO, CO, C2, C4, N1,N3, N5, N7, N9)(shadowing W1, W3, W5)(soldiers B24, Y28, N3, N5, N7, R37, R35, E11)
Tools--Sizzix Stars #2
Miscellaneous--Michaels buttons, Kraft Outlet Jewel Tone Hemp Cord, Clauding Hellmuth Sticky Backed Canvas, Dritz cheesecloth, Picket Fence Crackle paint, Liquitex Gesso

Movin' right along

     Time for a new challenge at There She Goes and we are "Movin' On".  What does that mean?  Whether leaving the home for college, getting married, moving to a new town or apartment, getting a new job…just make a card for the person “moving on” in your life.
     This is my second attempt at making a card for this theme.  My first one was made during the missing mojo time frame last week that I mentioned.  I won't even show you the first card it was so bad.  I like this one MUCH better and it was fun to put together.
     I've used a couple of the stamps from Torico's "On the Move" set from TSG.  Lots of layering and I pulled out my sewing machine for some real stitching.  Lots of die cuts on this one.  Hope you'll come play along with us.
     For those of you who visited and read my post on my mom's Mother's Day card you might be interested in knowing that she had just come in from the store when I brought her gift and card over and she unloaded TWO bags of ice cream.  LOL
     Have a fantastic week!
 Supplies:
Paper--Simple Stories "Generations", Bazzill, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--There She Goes Clear Stamps "On the Move"
Ink--Copics:  (skin E000, E00, E11, R20)(hair E31, E35, Y32, YR21)(clothing E04, E07, E08, E11, YG93, YG95, YG97, E51, E53, E55)(dolly E21, E23, N1, N3, N5, N7)(packages E11, E13, E15, E21, E23, E25, E27, E29, E40, E41, E42, E43, E47, E71, E74, E79)
Tools--MFT Die-namics Sentiment Strips, Nestabilities Classic Squares, Crop-a-dile, sewing machine
Miscellaneous--Wal-mart button, Kraft Outlet Hang Tag String, Recollections brads

Mom loves ice cream

     Here I am down to the wire creating my mom's Mother's Day card.  Had a bit of crafty mojo depletion the last few days.  Now you may look at this and think it's a pretty weird image choice for a Mother's Day card, but if you knew just how much my mom LOVES ice cream it wouldn't seem weird at all.  The Stamping Bella Uptown Girl image is even called "Isabella Loves Her Ice Cream".  Substitute my moms name, Mary, and there you go.  LOL
     I've used the new sketch up today at Sketch Saturday and went a bit on the bright side with the papers, mainly because that bottom mat is full of ice cream and popsicles.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday--sketch
Chocolate, Coffee, and Cards--for mom
Crafty Catz--anything goes
Jellypark--girly
Stampin' for the Weekend--button it up
Stempelsonne--mother/father
Inky Impressions--Mother's Day/for a lady
Little Red Wagon--mom
Celebrate the Occasion--Happy mother's Day
Cuttin' and Stampin'--Mother's Day
Going Grey with Scrap Creations--Mother's Day
Loves Rubber Stamps--anything goes
Party Time Tuesday--Mother's Day
Tuesday Throwdown--My Mother, my friend
Eureka Stamps--Mother's Day
Love to Create--for mom or a special lady
Make It Monday--anything goes
My Craft Spot--for mom
Tammy's Scrapin Corner--Mother's Day
The Pink Elephant--Mother's Day

     Wishing you all a wonderful Mother's Day!

Supplies:  
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Sunny", Bazzill, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Stamping Bella "Uptown Girl Isabella Loves Her Ice Cream", Papertrey Ink "Mixed Messages"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura white gel pen, Copics (hair E21, E23, E25, E29)(skin E000, E00, E11, R20)(clothing Y00, Y11, Y32, YR21, YR23)(chair C0, C2, C4, N1, N3, N5, R35, R37, R43)(ice cream R35, R37, R43, Y00, Y04, Y06, Y32, YR21, YR23, B0000, B00, B02, BG70, BG72, BG75, E31, E33, E51)(ground G40, YG93, YG95, YG97, YG99)(shadowing B0000, B00)
Tools--Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Nestabilities Classic Ovals and Classic Scalloped Ovals, Memory Box Delicate Fern, Marvy Uchida Daisy punches, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Miscellaneous--Celebrate It ribbon, buttons and lace from my stash, Recollections and Paper Studio pearls, Star Dust Stickles

You take the cake!

     How fun is this cupcake thief?  I think I could find myself falling into her line of work very easily.  LOL
     This week at Mo's Digital Pencil my super sweet AND talented DT sistah, Anja, is our hostess and she's asked for "CAS" cards. Yikey poo!  You guys know that I am in the process of learning to do CAS well with my TSG projects.  It's definitely an ongoing thing and NOT something I practice on my Mo cards.  These are the ones where I raid every drawer of my stash and have a card that's rarely under a 1/2 "-3/4" thick.
     I picked the "Cupcake Thief" because I thought it could carry the card all by itself.  I have to give credit where credit is due and tell you that a LOT of my inspiration for this card came from two amazing card makers and they are polar opposites of one another in style.  The first is Alice Wertz.  This lady is a perfect example of a signature style.  I never have to guess about who made her cards when I see them.  Her style is unique and I sooooo admire her work.  She has the ability to make every image she uses carry her cards all by themselves with very little embellishment.  You can see her version of this image on a card here.
     The second artist is Vili.  I just found her blog recently and have been filling up my "Inspiring Cards" Pinterest board with her creations.  She uses some of the most unique layouts and designs on her cards and her coloring in out of this world.  I got my design idea for having the image on both panels and some of the coloring ideas from her card here.
     I know most of you who visit here are not normally CAS card makers, but we'd love for you to challenge yourself and join in the fun at Mo's this week.  Just use a Mo image and if you don't have one pop over to Mo's store.  You can definitely find a thing or two...or three that you'll love.
     I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Moving Along with the Times--CAS
Divas by Design--anything goes
Flutterby Wednesdays--open + butterfly or fairy
Simon Says Stamp--things with wings
Loves Rubber Stamps--anything goes
Twisted Tuesday--free for all
Love to Scrap--anything goes
Make It Monday--anything goes
613 Avenue Create--anything goes
Addicted to Stamps--beautiful button
Cupcake Inspirations--fairies
Eclectic Ellapu--anything goes
No Matter Which--things with wings
PanPastelUK--fairyland

     Happy Thursday!

Supplies:  Paper--Echo Park "This and That--Graceful",  Georgia Pacific, Copic XPress-it Blending card; Stamps--Mo's Digital Pencil "Cupcake Thief", sentiment from There She goes Clear Stamps "A Little Treat"; Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics: (hair E29, E25, E23, E51)(skin E000, E00, E11, R20)(dress mask,and wings RV11, 220, R22, R24, N3, N5, N7, BG000, BG10, BG11, BG13) (cupcakes E23, E25, E27, E29, E31, E35, E41, E51, E71, E79, BG10, BG11, BG13, RV11, R20, R22, R24, YR21, YR23, Y00, Y11) (cherry YG95, R35, R37, R39, R43) (shading W1, W3, W5); Tools--Lil' Inkers Designs Stitched Sentiment Flag; Miscellaneous--Kraft Outlet Hang Tag String, button from my stash

Fly me to the moon Iron Man!

     Hope you were ready for another Girlfriends card cause here it is.  LOL  I received the new release stamps that I won and picked this one to color up first.  Bet they're ogling Tony Stark don't you think.  hee hee
     This super fun stamp from Art Impressions is called "At the Movies".  The girls are colored up with Copics and as an after thought I added some Liquid Applique to their popcorn for some fun dimension. The ticket was a blank one from Making Memories.  I added the "Admit One" with my computer and used a silver star paper clip to hold it on the card.
     Here's the inside of the card.

     Nothing fancy.  I just finished it with some cream cards stock for the personalized message and some more of the DP.  Another doctored blank ticket and swirl paper clip.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Make It Monday--anything goes

     Hope you enjoy the card!

Supplies:  Paper--My Mind's Eye "Sunshine", Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card; Stamps--Art Impressions "At the Movies", Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics; Tools--Stampin' Up small ticket corner punch, MFT Die-namics Fishtail Banner Stax; Miscellaneous--Recollections brads, paper clips from my stash, Making Memories tickets

Promise me

     Monday, Monday...time for the new challenge at There She Goes.  This week Wendy is hosting and she's chosen a "paper piecing" theme for the challenge.
     I've used the sketch from Deconstructing Sketches and broke out this sweet little "The Beary Best" set to use on my card.  The flower is paper pieced as well as her dress.  Very little Copic coloring here.  Just a stem and her fur.  I used a wash cloth and some colorless blender to make her fuzzy.
     Hope you'll come join in our fun!

Supplies:  Paper--My Mind's Eye "Nostalgia", Bazzill, Georgia Pacific, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--There She Goes Clear Stamps "The Beary Best"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics (E23, E31, E57, E79, C6, C8)
Tools--EK Success corner rounder, Nestabilities Labels One, MFT Die-namics Fishtail Stax 
Miscellaneous--Celebrate It ribbon, button from my stash, Kraft Outlet Hang Tag String, Orange Stickles

Hi Friend!

     Have you ever finished up a project, sat back, and said, "I should have stopped an hour ago."  LOL  I'm not sure I like everything I've done on this card  It feels a bit OVER-done, but it is what it is.
   Our new challenge over at the Catered Crop is embossing.  Linda has a ton of great inspiration pieces posted for you to peruse.  You'll see that the embossing she is referring to is dry embossing, but I couldn't help but add a bit of wet style too.  Most of my dry embossing got covered up, but it's there, I promise.  The main mat and the yellow piece at the bottom were both run through my Cuttlebug in embossing folders and the Spellbinders die cut I cut in half to frame the image and the image itself were embossed around the edges.  I added a bit of Frayed Burlap Distress ink to try to make the raised areas show up a little better.
     Been a while since you've seen me color up a Saturated Canary image huh.  LOL  I have a LOT of them, but to be honest, they intimidate me a bit.  The hair coloring always has me shaking in my shoes.  This one is called "Thank You" and I think she's just adorable.  I'm happy enough with the hair and the rest of her was  pretty easy to color.  Not so sure about the Liquid Pearl dots (that's one of those add-ons in the questionable last hour).
     I added some rolled flowers glittered up with Stickles, lots of leaf punches, and broke out my still unopened jar of white embossing enamel for a little zing to the tag and yellow embossed panel.
     I'm sure you all have an embossing folder or two in your stash so whip something up and hop on over to the Catered Crop to link up.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Saturated Canary—all things bright and beautiful
Simon Says Stamp—happy mail

Sisterhood of Crafters—free for all

The Perfect Sentiment--make it feminine

Bearly Mine—anything goes

Deep Ocean Challenge—fave color combo

Die Cuttin Divas—anything goes

Party Time Tuesday—anything goes

Pinspirational—inspiration photo

Love to Create—punches and/or dies

Make It Monday--anything goes

Addicted to Stamps—beautiful button

Creative Inspirations Paint—anything goes

Mad for Markers--female

CLP Sketch Challenge--sketch

Copics Used

Skin:  E000, E00, E11, R20

Hair:  E23, E25, E27, E29, E51

Clothing:  BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78, Y00, Y11, YR21, YR23

     Have a great weekend!

Supplies:  Paper--My Mind's Eye "The Sweetest Thin--Bluebell", Bazzill, Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card; Stamps--Saturated Canary "Thank You", sentiment from There She Goes Clear Stamps "Nutmeg"; Ink---Copics, Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Frayed Burlap Distress ink, Sakura white gel pen; Tools--Martha Stewart Frond, Branch, and Deco Fan punches, Nestabilities Standard Circles, Classic Squares, and Romantic Rectangles, Memory Box Tender Leaves, MFT Mini Tab Quartet, The Paper Studio Quatrefoil EF, Cuttlebug Houndstooth EF; Miscellaneous--Bisque Liquid Pearls, Star Dust Stickles, Krafy Outlet Hang Tag String, buttons  and ribbon from my stash, Recollections pearls, Michaels trims and chipboard tag, Ranger White Embossing enamel

This ain't my first rodeo

     Howdy cowpokes!  This here little lady is ready come what may cause it ain't her first rodeo.  LOL This is "Howdy" and I picked her to make my card for this weeks "Anything Goes" challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil.
     For my card I used some woodgrain for the background and then stamped some swirls in Vintage Sepia for some interest.  I die cut some chipboard stars and covered them with DP and used a chipboard buckle that I covered with Distress Ink and Crackle Accents.  I then cut a strip of grunge paper and used Distress on it also, threading it through the buckle.
  Anything goes is easy peasy so get out a Mo image and come join in the fun for your chance at a $5.00 gift voucher to Mo's store.
  Wanted to thank everyone for the encouragement about my announcement yesterday and thought I'd share this photo of my backyard after yesterday's huge thunderstorms.  I think we got 4-6 inches in about five or six hours.  Lots of flash flooding.  Hubby's poor garden lies beyond the scuppanong vines in the background or at least it did before it floated away to the Gulf.  It's supposed to rain some more today.  YAY!

     I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks--stars
Make It Monday--anything goes

     Happy Thursday!

Supplies:  Paper--My Mind's Eye "Howdy Doody", Recollections, Bazzill, Kraft Outlet Brown Kraft and chipboard, Copic XPress-it Blending card; Stamp--Mo's Digital Pencil "Howdy", Tim Holtz "Urban Grunge", sentiment from There She Goes Clear Stamps "Giddy Up"; Ink--Copics, Ranger Archival Jet Black, Versafine Vintage Sepia, Micron Sepia pen, VIntage Photo, Walnut Stain, and Weathered Wood Distress inks; Tools--Sizzix Stars #2, MFT Die-namics Sentiment Strips and Fishtail Banners, Nestabilities Standard Circles; Miscellaneous--Crackle Accents, Recollections brads, Tim Holtz grunge board, Colorbok chipboard buckle