Snow Fun

Another Christmas card to show you today!  This cutie is "In the Snow" from Penny Black stamps, that I have colored with Copics.  The snowflake die is from Joy Craft and the sentiment is from Hero Arts.

I Need a Hero!!

Happy Canada Day everyone!  I hope everyone is spending the day celebrating with family and friends and enjoying the day!!

 

I have an adorable card to share with you all today to usher in the July challenge for One Crazy Stamper.  This month we want to see your Anything Goes projects - just don't use a digital image is your project!  

 

This is Tiny Town Hayley the Hero from Stamping Bella that I have stamped and then colored with Copic markers.  The sentiment is included with the stamp and the dp is from Bo Bunny.

 

Card Recipe

Skin - E01, E11, E13

Cape - YR04, YR07, YR09

Greens - YG21, YG23, YG25

Pinks - RV04, RV06, RV09

Jades - BG10, BG11, BG13

Hair/Center of Flower - E23, E27, E29

Ground - C3

 

Please hop on over to the design team blog to check out the rest of the ladies fabulous designs.

You Are My Everything

The big day is fast approaching - Valentine's is just a few days away and in honor of that special day my card today is a perfect fit.  When I made the card I kept in non specific ( no Valentine reference ) so that it can be used for several special occasions such as an anniversary.

 

The image is from Lili of the Valley and is called Secretly Yours - I have colored it with Copics and then paired it with papers from Bo Bunny.  The mats were all cut with a Spellbinder die, while the ribbon and sentiment are from my stash.

Chocolate Coffee & Cards Challenge - #84 Love is In the Air
Loves Rubberstamps - #138 - Show Me Some Red

Just Wanta Squeeze You and Hug You!!!

Welcome to another installment of Terrific Tuesday, and boy do I have a card to share with you!

 

 

Isn't this one of the cutest images you have ever seen?!!!!!!!  This cutie is "SENIOR-ita" Wanda from Stamping Bella, and it just reminds of that favorite relative we all have experienced sometime in our life.  I have colored her up with my Copics and Prismacolor pencils, paired her with some older Bo Bunny paper, added the included sentiment that came with the image, and created this one of a kind card!  Gotta love it!!

 

Card Recipe -

Copics

Skin - E00, E01, E11, R20

Lips - R85, R17, R29

Dress - BG05, BG07, BG09

Flower outline - Y11

Flowers - R02, R05

Flower Centers - BG09

Leaves - YG21, YG25

Hair - E07, E09, E18

Prismacolor Pencils

PC937 Tuscan Red

PC905 Aquamarine

PC938 White

PC939- Peach

 

 

Enjoy your day - we are finally experiencing some sunshine and springtime weather here in Alberta, and it feels great!!

 



Friends are like........

 

Since the weather outside is extremely cold ( -27C with a wind chill making it feel like -40C ), there is no better way to spend the day, then coloring and making cards.  And my card today may make us believe that summer is just a few short months away - keeping my fingers crossed because I think we are all really tired of this winter!!

 

Don't you just love this image - as soon as I saw it I had to have it!!!  This is Senior-itas Mildred and Maude from Stamping Bella, that I have colored with Copic Sketch Markers, then matted and attached to some wonderful Bo Bunny paper.  The sentiment is included with the image and adds the finishing touch to this amusing card!

Back On Your Feet

Where did the month of February go???  It's hard to believe that the month is almost over and my card today is my last post for this month's Anything Goes challenge at One Crazy Stamper.

 

My card features another adorable image from our sponsor this month HIGH HOPES and is entitled Smiling Shelby and can be found here.  I colored the image with Copics, then fussy cut it out and layered it over some scraps of Bo Bunny paper.  The sentiment is from my stash.

 

Card Recipe

Body - G21, G24, G28

Spots - YG21, YG23, YG25

Shell - YR14, YR16, YR18

 

There are still a couple of days left to enter this month's challenge for your chance to win a great prize!!!

Sunshine Lollipops

 The brutal winter weather has returned to Alberta today, and the long range forecast is not looking that great, so today's card features a bright summery image to remind us all that the warmer weather is coming!!

 



My image is the Mo Manning image Brady and Chloe, that I have printed on watercolor paper, and then painted with Distress Inks reinkers from Ranger.  The dp's are from Bo Bunny and My Mind's Eye, and the sentiment is from my stash.

 



Under the Sea!!

New month, new challenge theme for One Crazy Stamper, and this month we are looking for your ANYTHING GOES projects.  The design team has the chance this month to work with a wonderful sponsor, so all of our cards will feature images from HIGH HOPES STAMPS!

 

 My first card this month has the adorable "Willy's Sandcastle" image available here.  I have colored the image with Copics, then used Judikins Diamond Glaze to give the googles the look of glass.  To create the shaker card I have used several sizes of the Spellbinders circles dies, some acrylic and diamond dust, and 3d foam tape.  The dp is from Bo Bunny's Key Lime collection.

Card Recipe
Oranges - YR12, YR14, YR16
Reds - R22, R24, R27
Greens - YG11, YG13, YG17
Scuba Gear - BG53, BG45, BG49
Scuba Glass - BG13
Stars - Y19
Sand - E31, 34, 35
Bubbles - BG18
Background - BG11

 

 Hop on over to the design team blog and check out the rest of the teams creations.  All of the details to enter this month's challenge and the fabulous prize available to be won are listed there.

 

Just BEE-ing Me

One full week into the new year, and I hope everyone had a great holiday season and are ready to get to creating wonderful projects.  For this week's Terrific Tuesday post for One Crazy Stamper I have a super cute card!

 

My card features an image and sentiment from YOUR NEXT STAMP Smiley Happy Critter Crew Set Three.  I stamped the bee on Copic X-press It cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored with my Copic sketch markers, then added Judikins Diamond Glaze to the eyes, and Stardust Stickles to the wings for added dimension.  After fussy cutting the image I matted it with black cardstock and popped it up on the card front with pop dots.  The card front and interior feature dp from Bo Bunny's Zip-a-dee-doodle collection.  The bee's flight path was created with a black Viva Decor Pearl Pen, while the border was created by embossing a strip of black cardstock, and then highlighting the design with the jade Viva Decor Inka Gold.

 

Card Recipe

Yellow - Y11, Y15, Y17

Black - 100

Wings - BG0000, BG02, RV10

 

Pop on over to the One Crazy Stamper blog and check out the details for this month's Anything Goes challenge, then get creating and enter to win a fabulous prize. 

Building a Snowman

 

Welcome to another Terrifi Tuesday for One Crazy Stamper, and in keeping with the monthly challenge theme of WINTER/HOLIDAY, my card today features one of the adorable Wild Rose Studio stamps entitled Building a Snowman.

 



 

After coloring the image with Copic Sketch Markers, I used several designer papers from Bo Bunny Powder Mountain collection, and a Memory Box die - Frostyville Border to add depth and dimension.

 

You still have plenty of time to enter a project in this month's challenge to win a fabulous prize, so check out the rest of the design teams wonderful creations, then get busy and enter to win!!!

Another Advent Calendar Done!!!!

I finally finished the second version of the Kaisercraft Advent calendar, and as promised last week, here's the photos.



 

This version is for my son who loves winter outdoor sports, so I used Bo Bunny's Powder Mountain collection of paper with a white and blue theme.  The center features a gnome ornament holding on to skis, sitting on snowballs - you can't get any more wintery than this!!  Here's a close up of the center -

 

 

 



Hooray!!! It''s time for those Ugly Sweaters!!!

Tis the season for those lovely UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATERS to be dug out from the back of your closet, and to be proudly worn for every one's pleasure.  My card today features this annual event with the use of the Art Impressions Ugly Sweater Stamp set. 

 

 After coloring the image with my Copic Sketch Markers, I used a Copic Multiliner to draw the lines on the bells back in, then fussy cut the image and mounted it on the inside of the card with an Action Wobbler.  The image is framed with a cut-out made with a Spellbinders die.  An older  Bo Bunny dp is the card front and inside.  The awesome sentiment is included with the image stamp. 

 

Card Recipe -

Reds - R22, R24, R27

Greens - G84, G94, G99

Lips - R27

Skin - E51, E53, BV000

Hair - C6

Pants - B01, B02, B04

Gold Metallic Pen   

 

You still have a couple of days left to enter the monthly challenge at One Crazy Stamper with your Christmas themed project.

How Old Are You?

Older than the Earth maybe?  For this weeks card at One Crazy Stamper's monthly challenge ( and the theme this month is Birthday!!! ) I've used a High Hopes stamp that I have owned for awhile, but never inked and colored till now!!

The image is Birthday Belle that I inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Copic Xpress It cardstock, and then colored with Copic Sketch Markers.   I then cut and matted the image with a Spellbinder die then mounted it on dp from Bo Bunny's Mama-razzi2 collection.  The charm, ribbon, sentiment and Tim Holtz film strip are all from my stash!!!

 

 

Here`s the colors that I used to color this image -

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the design team's wonderful creations and enter the monthly challenge to win a fabulous Memory Box die.  One Crazy Stamper is also looking for some creative folks to join us as a guest designer, so check out the details on the blog here.

 

 

Totally Fintastic Sepia

So for my last post this month for One Crazy Stamper I've tried a new technique - using just two colors of Prismacolor pencils to create an all Sepia colored image on Kraft cardstock!  I first saw the technique on a Designed to Color showcase here, and since I love the sepia look I had to give it a try.

 

 

For my first attempt at this technique I think it turned out okay, maybe a little bit darker then I would really like, but practice makes perfect.  The image is "Bella" from Whimsy Stamps, that I stamped on kraft cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I then used Prismacolor PC938 White and PC 948 Sepia to color the highlights and shadows, and blended the colors together with Gamsol and two blending stumps.  The dp is Bo Bunny's Key Lime Making Waves.

It's a Shore Thing....

Wow, it's the middle of the month already, but you still have plenty of time to create a Krafty project for One Crazy Stamper's challenge theme.  For the month of July we are asking you to get "KRAFTY" and use kraft cardstock, the color kraft, kraft embellishments - the list is endless of what you can use to enter to win a fabulous prize of four High Hopes Stamps.  For full details click here to be taken to the One Crazy Stamper challenge blog.

 

My card this week started with a base of kraft cardstock then a layer of dp from Bo Bunny's Key Lime collection.  I then used a couple of colors of torn Tim Holtz Kraft Core cardstock to add some layers.  On the top strip of kraft core cardstock, I placed an older Spellbinders Impressibilites template, then used Tsukineko VersaMark ink and Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder to bring out the design of the Impressibility.  The image "The Little Captain" from Whimsy Stamps was colored with Copics, then matted with more kraft cardstock.



Wedding Days

Okay, the procrastinator in me has really been working overtime this past year!!! My youngest niece was married last June, and as part of her wedding gift I told her that I would do a scrapbook album featuring the big event - fast forward to May of 2013, and I have finally completed not one but a total of three albums - just in time for their first anniversary!!

Since the theme this month at One Crazy Stamper is black and white plus one other color, I've chosen to show you just a few of the pages from the albums.

Flowers for My Sweet

It is the month of Love, and today's card is my latest attempt at distress ink painting!

 

The cute image is "On the Garden Wall" from Lili of the Valley, which is stamped on watercolor paper and then painted with various distress ink colors.  The dp is an older Bo Bunny collection, the border is a Martha Stewart punch, and the ribbon and the sentiment are from my stash.

They call it Puppy Love

Did anyone else get the Christmas issue of Magnolia Ink?   If you were one of the lucky people to purchase this fabulous magazine, you were also lucky enough to receive this adorable Magnolia image free with the magazine.  Now I know that it is suppose to be a Christmas image, but nothing on it yells Christmas, so I have colored her up, and transformed her into a Valentine image.  A girl and her new puppy - its definetly puppy love!!!

 



 

The image is colored with Copics and mounted on dp from Bo Bunny's Love Letters collection.  The heart border is a Memory Box die, the sentiment is from My Favorite Things Die-namics First Class Friend set, and the resin heart is from Webster's Pages.

Snow Traveller

Terrific Tuesday time again for One Crazy Stamper, and this time I have colored up the image Jet Setter by Whimsy Stamps artist Kenny K.

 

 

 The image is colored with Copics, then cut and matted with Spellbinders Label 14 dies.  The dp's are both from Bo Bunny's Powder Mountain collection, sentiment is from the Flourishes Snow Days set, and the snowflake die border is from Whimsy Stamps.

You still have just over a week left to enter to win a great set of stamps in the One Crazy Stamper challenge!!!



Attitude Anyone?

 I am trying to STOP making Christmas themed cards, and having a really hard time not reaching for those adorable holiday stamps, so I thought I'd have a go at something different.  How about a sweet little girl with a lot of attitude!!

 



 

For the mom's out there, I am sure that this image sparks many memories of our own daughters giving us the attitude!!!  This is "Talk to the Bear" by Mo Manning for Stamping Bella, colored with Copics, then matted and mounted on dp from the Love Letters collection by Bo Bunny.