Owl friends

     Today I'm sharing a couple of cutie patootie owls from Purple Onion Designs, Ruby and Shadow.  Their sweet little faces just make me smile and I thought they'd be a fun birthday card.

     Have a blessed Wednesday!

Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Bramble Rose", Bazzill, Recollections
Stamps--Purple Onion Designs "Ruby" from Stacey Yacula's A Beautiful Day collection, "Shadow" from her "A Sweet Summer" collection, "Happy Birthday--BBM" sentiment
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol
Tools--Perfect Paper Crafating Mini Perfect Layers tool
Miscellaneous--Queen and Co. pearls, Glossy Accents

Pacaderm love

     Second Thursday of the month and time for a new challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil.  Our fearless leader Pat has given us the challenge of "CAS".  I am as slow as Christmas when it comes to card making, but this one came together in a snap.  I think the "I Forgot" ellie is so sweet.  I colored it with Copics and then a little bit of Prismas.  The sketch is from Retro Sketches.

Copics Used:

elephant W1, W3, W5, E000, E00, E93

flower YG95, YG03, Y11, Y21, YR23, YR68

grounding E41, E42, E43, E47

     CAS is easy peasy so come play along this week at Mo's.  We've changed things up a bit for this week.  Here's what the prize will be--a set of clear stamps!

     Be blessed!

Supplies:
Papers--My Mind's Eye "Lost and Found 2--Breeze", Recollections, Bazzill, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Mo's Digital Pencil "I Forgot", sentiment from Verve Stamps "Take Note"
Ink:  Prismacolor Pencils and OMS
Tools--EK Success Corner Rounder, Perfect Paper Crafting Mini Perfect Layers Tool
Miscellaneous--Kraft Outlet Hang Tag String, buttons from my stash

Hello Autumn

     Happy Wednesday everyone!  Today I'm sharing the last card I have made as Guest Designer for Creative Inspirations Challenge blog.  It's been wonderful playing along with the DT.  A big thanks to Rene for asking me and Natalie for letting me.  LOL

     This weeks theme is "Autumn Colors" and the sponsor is Crafts U Love.

     I've used an adorable Tiddly Inks image on my card and the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch.

Copics Used:

skin E000, E00, E11, E13, R20, R22, R30

hair E51, E53, E55, E57

hat, dress, and shoes Y11, Y21, YR21, YR23, R35, R37,

R39, E39, E95, E97, E08, BG11, BG72, BG75

flowers E93, E95, E97

shading BG000, WI, W3, W5

     See you tomorrow with my post for Mo's Digital Pencil.

     Be blessed!

Supplies:
Paper--Simple Stories "Harvest Lane", Bazzill, Kraft Outlet Light Kraft, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Tiddly Inks "Sunshine Annabelle", sentiment from Verve Stamps "Take Note"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura White gel pen
Tools--Perfect Paper Crafting Mini Perfect Layers Tool, Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Sentiment Flag
Miscellaneous:  Wink of Stella Clear Glitter pen

Tim the Toolman?

     Now if you trade out his hammer and drill for a broom and dustpan this would be me.  LOL  For some reason the spring cleaning bug has hit me in the fall.  I have been doing some major de-cluttering of my house.  I don't know, maybe it's because I'm almost fifty, but I'm ready for a streamlined, easy access, easy clean house.  Wish me luck!

     This guy is so much fun.  He's the "Weekend Warrior" from Art Impressions Stamps.  He had all those tools so I gave him some note and graph paper, and a ruler to help him along.  It's kind of hard to see in the photo but I inked the hinges with silver and then distressed them a bit with some Vintage Photo Distress ink.

Copics Used:

skin E00, E11, E13

shirt G99, BG93, BG96

pants B93, B95, B97

hat E71, E74, E79

gloves E33, E39, E95, E97

tool belt E31, YR21, YR23, YR24

shoes E53, E55, E57

tools E08, E95, E97, R24, R39, E21, E23, E25, E27, N1, N3

     Here's the inside of the card.

     Hope you enjoyed this hard working guy.
     Be blessed!

Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Adventure", Kraft Outlet Light Kraft, Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Art Impressions "Weekend Warrior", Verve "Graph Paper and Notebook Paper" stamps, Precious Remembrance Shop "Positive Thoughts"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Vintage Photo Distress ink, Brilliance Starlite Silver, Memento Summer Sky, Colorbox Scarlet, Ranger Jet Black Archival ink
Tools--Verve Rounded Rectangle die, Spellbinders Double Ended tags die, Perfect Paper Crafting Mini Perfect Layers tool
Miscellaneous--Recollections brads, Tim Holtz ruler tape

Texting Frenzy

     Happy Monday everyone!  Hope you had a great weekend.

     I have another Art Impressions project to share with you today.  This set is called "Texting BFF's".  I couldn't resist using the telephone paper for the background and all those quote marks too.  Is there such a thing as carpel thumb?.  LOL  Bet these girls will have it if there is.

Copics Used:

skin E000, E00, E11, E13, R20, R30

hair left E33, E35, YR23, Y21

hair right E21, E23, E25, E29

clothing left BG10, BG11, BG53, BG57

clothing right R02, R22, R24, W1, W3, W5

stools N3, N5, N7

     Hope you day is filled with blessings!

Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Cut and Paste-Flair", Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Art Impressions "Texting BFF's"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Jet Black Archival ink
Tools--Perfect Paper Crafting Mini Perfect Layers tool, Nestabilities Standard Circles die, Fiskars Circle Cutter

Sprinkled with fun!

     Whew!  Are you all finding that this summer seems to be especially busy.  The more I try to get ahead the further I seem to get behind.  I've been working on some cards for Art Impressions and will have several to share with you over the next few weeks.  I'm going to try to spread them out a bit.  I'm finding that spare time for commenting is in short abundance and I'm sure it is for you too so I won't drown you in posts.

     This image is called "Cupcake BFF's".  The new line of BFF characters is so much fun.  The cards I'm making are supposed to be used for displays at the craft shows so I'm not embellishing them very heavily since they need to be travel/packing friendly.  I found some cute candle stickers to add a little extra on this card.

Copics Used

skin E000, E00, E11, R20, R30

hair E33, E35, YR23, Y21

shirt and shoes G40, G43, G46, YG11

pants N5, N7, N9

cupcake E31, E33, E51, R20, R22, R24

     Have a wonderful week!

Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Sweet Girl", Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Art Impressions "Cupcake BFF's"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Jet Black Archival ink, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter pen
Tools--MFT Die-namics Fishtail Stax, Perfect Paper Crafting Mini Perfect Layers tool, sewing machine
Miscellaneous--Glossy Accents, Jolee's Boutique stickers

SugarPea Designs/Perfect Paper Crafting Blog Hop

Today, the SugarPeas are teaming up with the Perfect Paper Crafting design team to bring you a fabulous blog hop filled with SugarPea Designs sweetness and sweet crafting tools from our friends at Perfect Paper Crafting. You are sure to be inspired and you could WIN a fabulous prize!!

     For my project I have used the Hug-a-Bull stamp set and broke out my Prismacolor pencils.  The Mini Perfect Layers tool made matting all the panels super easy and quick.  It's a breeze to use.

     Here's a closer look at the image.

So let's talk about hop details!

I hope you will join our Blog Hop today - I promise that you will find TONS of inspiration - as well as a chance to win a $50 Gift Certificate to the SugarPea Designs Online Shoppe.  Perfect Paper Crafting is also giving away a $50 Gift Certificate to their store!  All you have to do is leave a comment on each designers blog to be entered to win either prize!  Winners will be chosen at random and announced on theSugarPea Designs Blog on May 1st. 

Below is a list of participating designers, happy hopping!

Perfect Paper Crafting - Laura Lynn

SugarPea Designs - Wendy Ramlakhan

Jenny Gropp

Kim O'Connell

Jenn Cochran

Tracy Valure

Roxie Glaza

Jenny Peterson

Jeanie Witmer

Sarah Gough

Tracy MacDonald (you are here)

Anita Madden

Mary Johnson

Here's a look at the stamp set I've used on my card.

Have fun hopping!

Supplies:
Paper--Studio Calico "Snippets", Bazzill, Recollections
Stamps--SugarPea Designs "Hug-a-Bull"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Prismacolor pencils, OMS, Versamark,, Sakura gold gel pen
Tools--Perfect Paper Crafting Mini Perfect Layers tool, Nestabilities Lacey Circles, Marcy Uchida circle punch, MFT Die-namics Fishtail Flags Stax, Marvy Uchida heat gun
Miscellaneous--Wal-mart button, Kraft Outlet Hang Tag String, Stampendous white embossing powder, Gold Stickles