Sunday's With Crissy - Beat the Mid-Winter Blues

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Welcome to my card for this month's theme at Sundays with Crissy, which is Beat the Mid-Winter Blues.  The theme has many different approaches - blue card, fun in winter card or maybe like me you want to make a card to remind you of warm weather.  The image is Swingin' Emmylou, an image Crissy created for Kraftin Kimmie Stamps.  I colored the image with Copics, fussy cut it out, added Flower Soft to add dimension, and adhered it to an acrylic card base that I embossed with a butterfly folder and my Cuttlebug.  Cherry Lynn dies were used to cut the decorative flourish and butterflies, and the sentiment if from Whimsy Stamps Spring Letter Seals set.  The dp is from Prima's Celebrate! Jack and Jill paper collection.  Pop over to Sundays with Crissy to check out the other lovely projects by the rest of the design team, and then get creative and enter to win this month's challenge.

Lollipop Crafts - #64 Wing It

Stamp and Create - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps Challenge - #22 Summer in Winter

Let's Ink It Up - #19 Anything Goes

2 Sisters Challenge - #75 Embossing

Frosted Designs - Fabulous Friday - Use Vellum, Acrylic or Transparency

Non-traditional Christmas Colors

It's my turn for this month's challenge at Sundays with Crissy, and I have used "Little Artist", one of Crissy's newest digital images available from Whimsy Stamps.  This little sweetheart has been busy painting the decorations on the trees.  The challenge this month is to make a Christmas card with non-traditional colors, and I had just purchased the Saint Nick collection of papers from Fancy Pants, which has wonderful prints using yellow, so here's my take on the non-traditional.  The image was colored with Copics, fussy cut and mounted onto the dp.  Since you are not suppose to use any green or red on your card, I used Pink Smooch to color any red on the dp.  The snowflake corner die is from Memory Box, and the snowflake is a Spellbinders die.  Check out the challenge and enter to win five digital images from Crissy here.

Entering this card into the following:

4 Crafty Chicks - Snowflakes

Charisma Cardz - Snowflakes

Act of Kindness

Good morning everybody!  I hope you are all having a wonderful day - do you realize that Christmas is only two months away?  Wow, how time flies when you're busy coloring!!  Today it's my turn to post a card on the Sundays with Crissy blog and the theme for October is Thanks or Thanksgiving.  Since the Canadian Thanksgiving was celebrated a couple of weeks ago, I decided to make a Thank You card using the digital image "Rose Butterfly" available here at Whimsy Stamps.

The image was colored with Copics, cut with Spellbinders Label 15 leaving the wings on the right outside of the die.  The orange dp is from Bo Bunnys Forever Fall 6 x 6 paper pad, and the sheet music is from Authentiques Glowing collection.  I distressed the edges of the dp's and inked all the elements with brown.  The ribbon is seam binding that was inked, wrapped with jute, and I attached a heart charm from my stash.  The sentiments are from a Flourishes stamp set. 

Head on over to Sundays with Crissy, check out the other design team members beautiful creations and enter the challenge to win 5 digital images.
Challenges for this card:
Die Cut Dreams - #101 So Charming
Stamps R Us Challenges - Nature's Gift
Scrappy Frogs Challenge - Something that Flies
Sugar Creek Hollow - Colors of Fall
Wags n Whiskers - #65 Fall Colors

Hide and Seek

It's Saturday so it must be time for my next dt card for Sundays with Crissy - what???!!

Okay, what's really happening is that I get to post my card as a design team member for Sundays with Crissy on the 24th of each month, so for this month that means today is my big day!!

The theme for this month is FRIENDSHIP and I have always loved this adorable image Crissy created entitled Roger and Jo Pumpkin Fun for Squigglefly.  I colored the image with Copics , mounted on black cardstock and popped up on the card front.  The dp paper is Authentique's Glowing 6 x 6 bundle, sentiment is from an old Autumn Leaves set, and the black mesh ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbons.

Now it's your turn to show us your K.I.S.S. cards!!

There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's images, either from her rubber or digital collections will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted

You have until the end of August to link your finished project, so go to Sarah's post HERE, find the blue Linky button and click on that to add you project.

Challenges I am entering this card into:
4 Crafty Chicks - #56 Fall/Autumn
Delightful Sketches - Happy Fall Y'all
I Brake For Challenges - IBFCC#10 Fallin' For You
Paper Pretties - PWC172 Fall
Pennys Challenges - #62 Fall
Scrapbook Sisters - #53 Autumn Colors
Tuesday Throwdown - #67 Fall
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #101 Autumn

My Turn!!

Yeah, it is finally my big day as one of the newest members of the Sundays With Crissy design team!!!  The theme for this months challenge is K.I.S.S. - Keep It Simple Stamper and I have choosen the lovely image "Ophelia" by Crissy Armstrong which is available through Kraftin Kimmie Stamps.

I decided that it was time for a change in coloring medium so out came the distress inks, I love the look of the watercolor effect.  Her wings were glittered with Smooch Pearlized Top Coat and the stitching lines were hand drawn with a Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen.  The dp is from K & Company's Julianne paper collection, and the ribbon is from my stash.

Now it's your turn to show us your K.I.S.S. cards!!

There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's images, either from her rubber or digital collections will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted

You have until the end of August to link your finished project, so go to Sarah's post HERE, find the blue Linky button and click on that to add you project.

Entering this card into:

Hooked on Craft Challenge - #6 Things With Wings

Paper Pretties Monday Challenge  - #6 Blue, Brown and Choice

Stamps and Fun = Creativity - #61 Mythical Creatures

Sentimental Sundays - #69 Happy Birthday

The Emerald Faeries - #2 Birthdays

A Sweetheart

Wow, where has the past week gone!!  Hard to believe that I haven't posted since last Friday, but life got a little hectic!  Anyhow, the card I am featuring today is the one that I did for my first post for Sundays with Crissy (which will be on August 24th ), but I have changed my mind as so many of the other members of the dt have used this image as well.  So what image am I going to use for my first dt post???  Check back on the 24th!!

This beautiful image is "Forget Me Not" and is available from Whimsy Stamps - it is a digital image from artist Crissy Armstrong.  The best part of using a digital image is that you control the finished size, and I did print this out as a larger image.  I colored her with Copics and added the small flower detail on the hem and sleeves of the dress.  The dp is from K & Company's Julianne collection, border punch is a Martha Stewart, and the Stickles and flowers are from my stash.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Craft Us Crazy - #15 Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey - #17 Anything Goes

Paper Playtime - #53 Anything Goes

Cupcake Craft Room - Soft and Sweet

Summer Sweet Sarah

If you haven't guessed by now, I love Crissy Armstrong images.  I have quite a collection of stamps and digitals all created by Crissy, and this card features a digital from Whimsy entitled "Sweet Sarah".  This sweetie is colored with Copics, cut with a Spellbinder die, and mounted on to 1 of the 2 design papers used on this card.  The dp is from Basic Grey Kioshi collection, the butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch which was glittered, and both the butterfly body and the bottom edge of the card feature pearls made with Viva Decor pearl pens.  The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley, and the flowers are from the local big box craft store.  And yes Linda, those are your favorite YR colors on her dress!!! ( Thanks for the tip ).

I am entering this card into Sundays With Crissy dt call and the following challenges:

One Crazy Stamper - July Recipe - 1 image, 2 dps, 3 embellishments

Ladybug Crafts - Summer Birthday

Colour Me Creative Copics Challenge - Favorite Copic Technique

Copic Creations - #54 Pastel Colors

Phindy's Place Challenge - #63 Pretty Pastels

Here's a close up of the copic technique I used - using the colorless blender to make dots on her dress!

Time for Howling!!

This is one of my all time favorite images - probably because I am a dog lover ( but don't tell my two cats that )!!  This is a digital image by artist Crissy Armstrong for Whimsy Stamps entitled "Dog Song" colored with Copics, and even the sentiment comes from a digital set from Whimsy.  I made the flower embellishment from some left over paw print ribbon, and then accented it with another paw print ribbon to make the leaves.  I am entering this card into Sundays with Crissy dt call and the following challenges:

Diecut Dreams - #94 Animal Antics

KB Cute Monday - #22 Use a digital stamp

Corrosive Challenges - #125 Let the Music Play

My Sheri Crafts - #64 Faithful Companions

Tiffany Doodles = TD14 All Creatures Great and Small

This card won the following award:

You Give Me Wings

Wooohooo, two cards in one day!!  This pretty little fairy is from artist Crissy Armstrong's collection by Whimsy Stamps and is entitled "Fairy Day Dreams".

She is stamped on Copic Xpress- it paper with Memento ink, and then colored with Copics.  Her wings were glittered with Star Dust Stickles, the image was cut out with Spellbinders Classic Scallop Circles small, and then popped up with pop dots.  The dp is from one of my favorite 6 x 6 paper pads - Prima's Fairy Flora and ribbon is from my stash.  Sentiment is from Kraftin Kimmie and was cut out with a Spellbinders label.

I am entering this card into Sundays with Crissy dt call

and Stampin for the Weekend Challenge #12 Wings & Things.

Princess??!!!

Time for Challenge #11 at Dream Valley and this time the design team was asked to come up with a project for a "Summer Theme".  I had just won this sexy "Beach Baby Jayme" from Whimsy Digital Stamps and knew that this was the image I wanted to play with.  I colored her with Copics, and made her nice and slick with a coat of Judikins Diamond Glaze, because after all she is a frog!!!  The dp is from Fancy Pants Beach Babe collection, as is the sentiment ( and when you check out the Dream Valley Challenge blog you'll see that great minds think alike - another member of the dt used the same paper ).  Ribbon and embellishments are all from my stash of course - someday my stash may run out, but I think I'm safe for at least a few years yet - LOL!!!
Color Recipe
Frog - YG21, YG23, YG25 and her lips R89
Swimsuit - B00, B02, B04/ R81, R83, R85/ RV000, RV00, RV02/ YR12, YR16, YR18
Umbrella - Y11, Y13, Y15, Y19/ E55, E57, E59
Ground - C0, C1
Sky - B0000

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
2 Sisters - #47 Summer Fun
Crazy 4 Challenges - #C4C95 Summer Themed
Totally Gorjuss - #88 Summertime
Card Makin' Mamas - #24 Summertime

I am also entering this card into Sundays with Crissy dt call. 

Hope that someone is enjoying summer weather somewhere, and don't forget, check out Dream Valley Challenges and play along with us this fortnight.