That Means You Chick!

Don't you just adore this stamp by Penny Black? Makes me smile everytime I look at it.

Another attempt with my new Copic markers. Awning is cut from Martha Stewart's Garden Trellis punch.

Love doing ribbons this way, punch two holes, feed ribbon from fron to back, cross over and feed through opposite holes to front. Saying is from a clear stamp set called Bird Assortment from Inkadinkado.

I'm sure who ever ends up with this will smile when they get it.

Spread Your Wings

I recently stumbled across a blog called Marjie's Malarkies, she has oodles of darling drawings on her blog that's she shares with everyone. This little duck is one of them. I printed him three times so I could have a family.

This is one of the first ones I've done using my new Copic markers. So far I'm lovin' them. I have oodles to learn but I really like how they blend with no streaks or spots. Wonderful!!  I also used them to color the button.  Worked like a charm.

I used the Cuttlebug to emboss the background circles and the saying is a rub on from Sentiments Exactly. Striped paper is DCWV - Songbird pak

Butterfly Thoughts

I made this for the using Color Chef Challenge #41 Kraft, Black and Blue

Chipboard butterflies are from KC & Company, sentiment Inkadinkado

The Sweetest Treat

Forever Friends Inspiration Challenge was perfect for this card I made today.  Here's the photo I was using for inspiration: 

I just love this House Mouse stamp and I used my brand new Copics to color it in, I'm lovin' them! The little chipboard piece is from KC and Company's Handmade Sweet Friends collection. I used the Cuttlebug to emboss the Black and White mats.

The pink floral paper is Sweet Treats from DCWV.

What Hill?

This is for the Darling Cardmakers Challenge - Here Comes the Sun where you were to use the colors, orange, red and yellow, well I think I have that one covered!

And for the Res-Q-Challenge Heartbeats 2 - where you were to use something digital (which the Bugaboo stamp is).

This is another of those adorable Bugaboo Stamps! I opted to use a rub on from My Sentiments Exactly instead of their printed verse which were almost identical. This cards for a dear friend who is turning 60 shortly, appropo don't ya think??

I colored Stella with my Marvy markers and used Glossy Accents on the tip of the hat, her shoes, glasses and flower. The papers I believer are KC and Company, they came from a friend and I'm sure that's what she said. The little heart is also from KC and Company the Handmade Sweet Friends chipboard set.

Inside of the card reads: Just remember once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed!!

Boys Will Be Boys

I just fell in love with these papers, and unfortunately they were a gift from a friend (loose) and I have no idea whose they are (if you recognize them please tell me so I can give credit here). I modeled them after the sketch at Oh, Alice! for the Challenge CHAPTER TWO: Running in a SKETCHY circle...

And for the Quixotic Challenge - One For the Boys.

The little chipboard sticker is from Kelly Panacci and the Brad from imaginisce - Sweet Treats, rub on My Sentiments Exactly.

Sympathy Easel Card

Well this was definitely a fun card to make. I've made a couple of other easel cards but this one just flowed together.

It's for our weekly challenge at the  Crafty Card Creators Yahoo group - making a sympathy card.
As well as for these Challenges:
Humble Pie Challenge - Making an Easel Card, which has a fab tut for it here.
Pals Paper Arts Inspiration Challenge #31   using these 4 images on the right as inspiration, which was perfect for my papers: 
Lexi's Creations Challenge #8 - Anything Goes.
Incy Wincy Designs - Challenge #31 - A Touchy Feely Card  
Crafty Creations Challenge - Cut it Out - Pop it Up 
Sophisti Cat Challenge - Embossing
Hand Full of Stamps - Using the word WISH

The nest is a stamp a friend let me borrow, it was embossed with copper then place behind the cut out circle (paper from the Mariposa Paper Stack from DCWV). I cut a few pieces of the leaves so they would lay over the top to create a 3D effect. The little butterfly is also cut from this paper pad, two butterflies one atop the other to give dimension.

The little bird is a chipboard sticker from KC and Company, the sentiment from My Sentiments Exactly rub ons.

Diva Darling

Yesterday my friend Marsha and I had a play date. We got together and oohed and ahhed over what the other had bought in the recent weeks, you know addicted people like to stick together! She showed me this darling stamp she'd gotten at Michaels, hmmm same one I looked at but put back, (I may be making a return trip soon.

The following two cards are for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge - Ribbon-Tastic    I used the bleach on this card as well (see explanation on the next card) but it didn't react as well with this paper and looked ugly and washed out so I painted it back in with a blue ink and my water pen.  I added the ribbon in the same way as the other card with the two holes but this time I just pulled it to the front side and added this darling little flower from KC and Company.  The Fabulous stamp is from a clear set from Fiskars.

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Marsha had seen this technique where you emboss and then use a water pen filled with bleach to bleach out portions that hadn't been embossed. That's why the dress above shows lighter between the embossing.

I attached the bow with a method I'd seen Gina K use, by punching two holes taking the ribbon from the front to the back through the holes, crossing over and coming to the front in the opposite hole, I love this technique. This beautiful Princess rub on is one I've had in my stash from Basic Grey. This is also my entry into the Theme Thursday Challenge - Flourish

This dress also has the bleaching technique used on it.  I've added a couple more rub ons from that same Basic Grey set and the stones are new ones I got from Martha Stewart, the side punch is EK Success.

You Old Bird

I'm so loving this stamp set I got from Inkadinkado.

Gingersnap Creations is celebrating their first anniversary with a Happy Birthday Challenge and I thought this sweetheart more than qualified.

I used a Spellbinders Nestie to cut the oval, ribbon is Michaels, bird is colored with gel pens, background paper from the Sunshine Paper Pad from Me and My Big Ideas.

I Can't Imagine

Flutter By Wednesday has a challenge #98 right now to use a butterfly, fairy or angel on your card. I thought this would be perfect. 

I've also entered this in the Raise the Bar Challenge where you were to use NO Stamping except for the sentiment.  Well I made it with no stamping, lol since this is a rub on. 

This butterfly is a from the digital kit called Butterfly Wings 3 and is sold at Cottage Arts All I did was enlarge it to fit the front of my card. Then I took Glossy Accents and colored the body and stuck the hemp string into it to create the antenna, I also put a few dots of Accents down each dot on the wings to bring them more to life.

The sentiment reads I Can't Imagine ... & on the inside  ...in all the world a better friend than you. This is a rub on from My Sentiments Exactly.

The card base front was embossed with my Cuttlebug and the dot folder.