Pumpkin stack

     I had mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was waiting on a box of goodies from Art Impressions for the newest release.  Well it made it and I have been busy making cards.

     The first one I am sharing is from the Halloween Magic Set.  Art Impressions always lets the retailers who carry their products sell them first before adding them in their own store so you can find this set and the others I will share at online stores like Simon Says Stamp now.

      I added an extra banner to match the one in the image and fussy cut the image itself.

Copics Used:

pumpkins Y17, Y38, YR07, YR16, YR68, E25

banners BV02, BV04, BV13, YG93, YG95, YG97

mice E31, E55, E23, C2

     It's raining cats and dogs here, but I hope the sun is shining where you are  Happy weekend!
Tracy

Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Wicked", Unknown, Neenah, Recollections
Stamps--Art Impressions "Halloween Magic Set"
Ink--Simon Says Stamp, Versafine Onyx Black, Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol
Tools--Art Impressions Circle Double Stitched dies, My Craft Spot Tiny Banners
Miscellaneous--Bakers twine

Valerie Bunny

     This is my final Easter card for this year.  I've made my Friday Mo's Digital Pencil share with Valerie Bunny.  I used my Copics for this one.  I'm hoping the embossed panel mimics an Easter basket...sort of.  LOL

Copics Used:

skin E00, E11, E13, R22, R30

hair N5

dress RV14, R43, R32

jacket and ears C0, C2, C4, R22, R30

basket E21, E23, E29

eggs YG25, BG01BG05, YR68, Y17, B63

grass YG17, YG23, YG21

     You still have time to join in March's Anything Goes with a Mo image challenge.
     Happy Easter to all!!!!

Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Ooh La La for Her", Bazzill, Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Mo's Digital Pencil "Valerie Bunny"
Ink--Sakura white gel pen
Tools--MFT Die-namics Notched Border die, My Craft Spot Tiny Banners and Toppers dies(no longer in business), Cuttlebug Argyle embossing folder
Miscellaneous--Crafters Square hemp cord

Babies, babies everywhere

Don't know about where you live but we seem to have new babies popping up every week or two.  The DT at Mo's Digital Pencil has had a baby of their own arrive on the scene.  Our lovely and talented Franz recently gave birth to a handsome little boy named Filippo.  We decided to throw her a virtual baby shower over at the Clubhouse blog.  You can find our cards posted there throughout the week and some adorable pictures of the new little Italian heart throb.

We're also hosting a new contest.  Bet you can't guess what the theme is.....

Babies!!!!!

We'd love to see your baby cards created with any of Mo's baby images, girl or boy.  There's a rubber stamp prize up for grabs.

I've used Happy.   I think you can even see the Wink of Stella I put on the die cut letters before I covered them in Glossy Accents.

Copics Used:

skin E000, E00, E11, E13, R20, R21, R30

hair E21, E23, E25, E29

diaper W1, W3, W5

     Hope you have an amazing week to come.  Be blessed!

Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Lost and Found--Breeze", Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Mo's Digital Pencil "Happy Baby", sentiment from Verve "Take Note"
Ink--Versafine Black Onyx, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter pen
Tools--My Craft Spot Small Alphabet dies
Miscellaneous--Crafters Square Hemp cord, Glossy Accents, buttons from my stash

The musician's birthday

     Happy Sunday all!  It's my turn to share some Mo's Digital Pencil goodness with you.  One of the young men in our church has a birthday today.  We have a large number of his extended family that are members and they are VERY musically talented.  I decided to create his birthday card with Mo's Johan.

     I wanted to create a bit of a fun background so I used a stencil and some texture paste tinted with Distress inks to create a brick wall behind him.

Copics Used:

skin E000, E00, E11, E13

hair N3, N5, N7

coat and hat E31, E33, E35

scarf Y11, Y21, YR23

shirt B95, B97, B99, R35, R37

backpack G82, G94, G99

satchel E23, E25

belt and guitar case N3, N5, N7

jeans B93, B95, B97

boots E71, E74, E79

sidewalk W3, W5

     Here's the inside.

     Don't forget that we have started a brand new challenge over at Mo's DP2.  We have switched to monthly challenges so you have lots of time to play along.  We have an optional theme of "Green" this time if you'd like to use it or you can use our standard "Anything Goes".
     Be blessed!

Supplies:  
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Collectable--Remarkable", Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Mo's Digital Pencil "Johan"
Ink--Aged Mahogany, Vintage Photo and Weathered Wood Distress inks
Tools--My Craft Spot Tiny Banners and Toppers die, Want 2 Scrap Brick stencil
Miscellaneous--Wendy Vecchi Embossing paste

Run the good race

     It's March and that mean we're starting to shake things up at Mo's Digital Pencil.  Each member of the team has been assigned a day to share a Mo creation on their own blogs and at the Clubhouse on FB.  Also, starting on the 12th we will be changing over to a monthly challenge.  After March those challenges will start on the first of the month.

      My posting day is Sunday so here is my card using the awesome "5K"  This card will be going to one of my Sunday School students who has a birthday this week.  She's very athletic.

Copics Used:

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

hair Y21, E31, E33

clothing B93, B95, B97, Y11, Y17, Y21, 

shoes N1, N3, N5

     Mo is still tweaking things with the new stuff so we'll let you in on each one as they get polished up.  Meanwhile you can check out the Clubhouse or the DT blogs for more details on the cards we post on our assigned days.
     Have a blessed Sunday!

Supplies:  
Paper--Simple Stories "Awesome", Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Mo's Digital Pencil "5K", sentiment from Penny Black "Critter Party"
Ink--Versafine Onyx Black
Tools--My Craft Spot Tiny Banners and Toppers dies, Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Duo #1 dies, MFT Die-namics Mini Tabs Quartet dies, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher
Miscellaneous--Crafters Square hemp cord, Twill Tape, Studio Calico wooden stars

Thanks

     Happy Thursday all!  It's time for a brand new challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil.  Our lovely Lis has chosen a theme of "Thanks" which is very timely.  I've used the sweet Girly Girl Candy for my card.  My matting and the thanks letters are actually chocolate brown to match the dots in the paper.  My camera always makes it look black.

     Anyway I used some great little alphabet dies from My Craft Spot to create the sentiment.  I cut them three times, layered them, and covered them with Glossy Accents.  For the diagonal panel I used my new Pretty Pink Posh Border Dies #2 to add the stitching to the edges.  Of course I had to throw a few sequins in too.  hee hee

Copics Used:

skin E00, E11, E13, R20, R22

hair E23, E27, E29

bows YR65, YR68

dress BG11, BG53, BG57, BG72, YR68

shoes/socks BG11, BG53, BG72, C00, C2

grounding E40, E42, E43

     Hope you'll come play along with the challenge and don't forget you can visit the FB Clubhouse anytime and share you Mo creations with us all.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Dream It Up--Thankful and thoughtful
Sisterhood of Crafters--thankful
Sketch Saturday--sketch

     Be blessed!

Supplies:
Paper--Hampton Arts Ki "Argyle", Bazzill, Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamp--Mo's Digital Pencil "Girly Girl Candy"
Ink--Sakura Clear Stardust gel pen
Tools--Pretty Pink Posh Border Dies #2, My Craft Spot Small Alphabet Metal dies
Miscellaneous--Pretty Pink Posh 4mm and 6mm Sparkling Clear sequins, Glossy Accents, Cotton Candy Stickles

Flower Girl

     I told you that I recently got a load of new goodies from Stamping Bella.  Well, here's one of them, the gorgeous Fiona Loves Flowers.  She's colored in Copics and her blooms have been given a nice wash of Wink of Stella Clear Glitter pen.  I scored he base panel on my MS scoring board.  Michael's has started carrying some really nice 110# weight cardstock in white, black, and ivory.  It's really nice and I love that I can use their coupon to stock up.
     Here's an up close shot of Fiona.

Copics Used:

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

hair E21, E23, E25, E29

dress BG11, BG53, BG72

flowers Y11, Y21, YR23, E93, E95, E97, E08, BG72, BG78

leaves YG03, YG93

     Here's a small taste of the lovely glimmer on the flowers.

     Here's the inside of the card.

     I'm really coming down to the wire to enter this in the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge.
     Hope you enjoyed her.  Be blessed!

Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Collectable--Notable", Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Stamping Bella "Fiona Loves Flowers"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter pen
Tools--Martha Stewart Scoring Board
Miscellaneous--My Craft Spot Orange Jute Twine, Kaisercraft rhinestones, Orange Stickles

Cupcake Birthday

     Thanks so much to all of you who played along with our Amanda challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil last time AND to those of you who purchased the stamp in her honor.

     This week we have a theme of Pearls and Lace.  Super easy cause we all have those in our stash.  For my card I've used Birthday Fairy Lee.  I went a bit crazy with the pearls.  hee hee

Copics Used:

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

hair E42, E43, E47

clothing/shoes BG10, BG11, BG53, BG57, BG72, E11, E15, E71, E74, E79

wings B0000, B000, B00

cupcake G40, G43, Y11, YR21, YR23, E31, E33, E35, E50, E74

     I actually managed to get a picture where you can see the Wink of Stella.  It's so pretty.

     There's a $5.00 gift voucher up for grabs at Mo's store for the challenge winner.  mo is steadily adding new images to the store so you won't have a hard time finding something.  Come play along!
     Be blessed!

Supplies:
Paper--Hampton Arts Ki Memories "Vintage Charm", Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Mo's Digital Pencil "Birthday Fairy Lee", sentiment from There She Goes Clear Stamps "A Little Treat"
Ink--Versamark
Tools--MFT Die-namics Simply Scallops die, Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily die, Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders #1, My Craft Spot Small Alphabet dies
Miscellaneous--The Paper Studio and Recollections pearls, Ranger Black embossing powder, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter pen, lace from my stash, Yellow Stickles

Pie anyone?

     Ah fall.  The temperatures have finally gotten comfortable here.  It's just a shame that just about everything is brown and crunchy.  It is a wonderful time for yummy cooking though.  Just take a look at these pies.  The image is Lulu's Two Pies from Stamping Bella.  Did ya go shopping in the new store? Did ya? Did ya?  I did and am waiting on pins and needles to get all my new stamps.

     Today's card was made using the inspiration photo Em posted for last weeks challenge.

     I think the Lulu stamps have such sweet faces.

Copics Used:

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

dress and shoes R35, R37, R39. Y19, YG03

bow and sash E93, E95, E97, E08, E19

oven mitts BG57, BG70, BG72

pies YG03, YG95, E31, E33, E35, E50

     The new challenge is this fun sketch.

     Come join in the fun with a current (check the website) Stamping Bella image and the sketch.  Mail your project to Em by next Thursday and you will be included in the monthly drawing for a $50.00 gift voucher to the Stamping Bella store.  Pop over the the revamped SB blog to see what my team mates have created.
     Be blessed!

Supplies:
Paper--Simple Stories Harvest Lane, Bazzill, Recollections, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Stamping Bella "Lulu's Two Pies"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Vintage Photo and Dried Marigold Distress inks
Tools--Nestabilities Labels Eighteen, Cuttlebug Leaves die
Miscellaneous--My Craft Spot jute twine, button from my stash, Glossy Accents

The decision

Oh how I would love to be able to eat all those goodies and still look like her.  LOL  I have a card for you today showcasing one of the brand new Stamping Bella rubbah releases that are being sneak peeked.  Have you made your list yet for when the Stamping Bella store re-opens.  Boy have I!

This stamp is called "Chandler makes a choice".  Which one do you think she'll choose?  I think I'd go for the one right in front of her.  I adorrrre cake!

Her dress is covered in Wink of Stella Clear Glitter pen and looks so amazing IRL.

     Here's the inside of the card.  Yep, I actually completed the whole thing.  LOL

     Have a fantastic weekend!  I'm going to a craft festival and a wedding.  WOOHOO!
     Be blessed!


Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Lost and Found--Market Street", Recollections, Bazzill, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Stamping Bella "Chandler Makes A Choice"
Ink--Copics, Sakura white and gold gel pens, Copic multiliner pen
Miscellaneous--Glossy Accents, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter pen, My Craft Spot jute twine, button from my stash

Wildly Cute Giraffe

     Are you all ready for some cuteness to start your week out with?  Giraffe's are my fave wild animal and Art Impressions has come out with a series of four baby animal stamps called Zoo Babies.  I'm going to share the cards I made for their new catalog.  This one is called "Wildly Cute".

     Art Impressions normally gives their retail distributors first dibs at selling their stamps so they won't be in the actual AI store til November but you can find them now at online stores like Simon Says Stamp and Oozak.

     I created the background using a stencil and distress inks.  Here's what it looked like before I toned it down a bit with the vellum.

     Hope this cutie brought a smile to your face today.
     Be blessed!

Supplies:
Paper--Georgia Pacific, Bazzill, Recollections, The Paper Studio vellum, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Art Impressions "Zoo Babies--Wildly Cute"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Vintage Photo and Wild Honey Distress inks

Copics Used:

Giraffe body E35, Y21, YR20, YR21, YR23, YR24

Giraffe spots E31, E33, E35

Giraffe horns and feet E71, E74, E79

bow R35, R37, R39, R43

Tools--Plaid Pebble Background Stencil, sewing machine
Miscellaneous--Ranger gold embossing powder, My Craft Spot jute twine, buttons from my stash,, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter pen

A sad goodbye

     I am so heavy hearted today.  My wonderful friend and team mate, Amanda Reed, has passed away unexpectedly.  Amanda and I got to be friends before she joined the Mo's Digital Pencil team with me.  She was such a talented artist.  Not only talented, but a wonderful friend.  She was a tremendous help to me during my health issues.  She was a nurse and played doctor for me with lots of great advice an encouragement to go along with what my own docs were telling me.  I was so thrilled for her back in the spring when she got to take her dream trip to England.  Amanda didn't have any children, but she does leave behind her husband and her cat babies.

     My sweet friend Alyce Keegan had also become very be close friends with Amanda.  She has set up a fundraiser with the proceeds to go to Amanda's husband Joe.  You can find it here.

     Today is Bellarific Friday and I am dedicating my card using Ramona and Her Wagon to my cherished friend.  Amanda was a member of the Stamping Bella DT before my time.  She was special in so many ways.  I'm going to miss her dearly.

Copics Used:

skin E000, E00, E11

hair Y11, YR21, YR23

jacket BG93, BG96

skirt B0000, B93, B95, B97

pants E41, E42, E43, R37

shoes N3, N5, N7

wagon E35, E37, E39

flowers Y15, YR68, E09, E93, E95, E97

bird B0000, B21, B24

grounding W1, W3, W5

     You can find the wonderful cards my fella Bellas have created over at Blogabella.  Hext week's challenge is this cool color inspiration.

     Grab some of your Stamping Bella goodies and join in the fun!

     Have a blessed day!

Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Sunny", Georgia Pacific, Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamps--Stamping Bella "Ramona and Her Wagon", Verve Stamps "Take Note"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black
Tools--My Craft Spot "Tiny Banners and Toppers"
Miscellaneous--My Craft Spot Jute Twine

A meow meow woof woof cluck cluck here

     Happy Wednesday everyone!  I'm back with my second card as Guest Designer for Creative Inspirations Challenge.

This weeks sponsor is Robyn's Fetish so I've used their adorable "Friends Forever" image on my card.  I just love these critter friends.  The challenge is "Anything Goes with a sketch option".

     I'm thinking that these three are actually singing something.  I wonder what it could be?  :-)  Maybe a little Taylor Swift Shake It Off???? I mean they have to have haters saying they shouldn't be hanging out together don't ya think.  LOL  Okay it's late and I'm being silly, just shake it off.  hee hee

Copics Used:

dog  E31, E33, E35, E000, E93, BG53, BG72

cat C00, C2, C4, C6, C8, E000, E93, E95, R22

chicken E08, E31, E93, E95, E97, Y11, Y21, YR21, TR23, YR24

grounding YG03, YG93, YG95, YG97, E41, E42, E43

     All kidding aside, the ladies at Creative Inspirations would love to have you come join in the challenge this week.  This sketch is super fun to work with with all those layers in there if you choose to use it.
     Have an awesome day!

Supplies:
Paper--My Mind's Eye "Handsome Boy", Bazzill, Copic XPress-it BLending card
Stamps--Robyn's Fetish "Friends Forever", sentiment from TPC Studios "Greetings"
Ink--Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Sakura silver gel pen
Tools--Memory Box Fabulous Phlox dies
Miscellaneous--My Craft Spot jute twine, button from my stash, The Paper Studio pearls, Zing clear embossing powder