Another Note

Another Just a Note card, and another easel card.  The finished look of an easel card is just so beautiful!  The image is from Stitchy Bear and is colored with Copics, with the wings covered with Star Dust Stickles.  The dp is from Pink Paislee, the rose is from Magnolia, and the pearls were made with a Viva Decor Pearl Pen.

Cutie Pie Challenge - #22 Glitter and Bling
Divas By Design - #44 Anything Goes
Paper Pretties - PWC215 - Bling It On
Truly Madly Crafty Challenges - July Animals
Dream Valley Challenges - #36 Anything but Square
One Stitch At A Time - #122 Anything Goes

Picnic Time

Terrific Tuesday is here again, the skies above are clear again, so let's sing a song of cheer again, Happy Days are here again!!!
Thank goodness you can't hear my singing right now - it would probably scare you away if you could!! Summer is here and this sweet little girl has packed up her picnic basket with a bounty of her special Cinnamon Sugar cupcakes!! Wouldn't you love to join her?

This is Whimsy Stamps Cinnamon Sugar from artist Elisabeth Bell, which I have colored with Copics. I have layered several sizes of Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circles Small and the Grand Scalloped Circles to make this adorable easel card. The dp is from the Hello Sunshine collection by Bo Bunny, and the flourishes are Memory Box's Elegant Scrollwork die. The center circle on the inside is also a Spellbinder die, and the felt flowers are from my stash.

You still have lots of time to enter this month's challenge theme of BBQ/Food to win an awesome prize from One Crazy Stamper, so get crafting and enter!!!

Art Impressions Stamps - #71 Easel or More Than One Fold
Cupcake Craftroom - July Layers
Oozak - #4 Bright Colors
Make It Monday - #98 Anything Goes
Stamp and Create - July Hands Full of Love

Flowers Whisper......

The sun is finally hiding behind the clouds today, hopefully rain is in the forecast to bring some relief from the past nine days of heat.  This is the first year in a long, long time that the weather has been nice for the entire 10 days of Calgary Stampede, we usually get some wild weather, but today is the last day and so far so good!

My card today features the Kraftin' Kimmie image "Poppy" from the creative mind of artist Annie Rodrigue, who was one of the first stamp lines I fell in love with after being introduced to Copics.   Don't even ask me how many of her stamps I own - the count is so high that I need to find a bigger case to store the images!! 

The image was colored with Copics then matted and mounted on to the designer paper.  The edges of the first layer of dp were decorated with a Martha Stewart punch, then popped up on the card front dp.  Poppies are cut with a Memory Box die, the sentiment is included with the image, and the sentiment frame is from the Spellbinders Fancy Tags Three.  The edges of the dp and sentiment were inked with Ranger's Rusty Hinge distress ink.

Samuel Taylors - July - Use Die Cuts

All That Scraps - Anything Goes

Stamp n Doodle - Monochrome

Whimsy Stamps Inspiration - #47 Monochromatic

Hoedown Time is Here Again

Only 2 more days of Stampede fun in Calgary, and the annual Stampede was my inspiration for my "Anything But a Card" project for this week's challenge at MayzyArt.   

This is my July page for next years calendar featuring MayzyArt's Line Dancer digital image.  The image is colored with Copics, cut with Spellbinders Label 4 and mounted on denim paper from my stash.  The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Stamps, buttons are Jesse James, and the twine is also from my stash.

The challenge at MayzyArt runs for two weeks, and we would love to see your wonderful projects for the theme of "Anything but a Card".  Hop on over to the challenge blog, check out the rest of the design teams stunning creations, and enter to win!!!

The Poodles Parlour - Use a Digi

Just a Note ( from my little birdie friend )!

Just a short post of one of the cards I am currently making for my SIL's

Aunt.  My SIL recently sent her Aunt another one of my cards, and the Aunt fell in love, and wants 10 to 12 Just a Note cards, so I now have 6 completed, all different designs.  I really like how this cute Mo's Digital Pencil image turned out. all colored up with Copics, mounted on dp from Authentique, and tied up with seam binding that was inked with Tim Holtz Faded Jeans Distress Ink.

Colour Me Creative Challenge - #47 Navy Blue/Dark Blue
The Poodles Parlour - Use a Digi
Stamping with the Dragon - Ribbons and Bows
Bronte and Bellas Challenge - #143 Dancing & Singing

Color Your World!!

Isn't she adorable?!!!  This is one of Jennifer Nilsson's wonderful digital images availabe at her etsy store, The Doodle Garden.  She's called "Groovy Love" and I've colored her with Copics, glittered her heart, and added Diamond Glaze to her glasses and the heart.  The dp is an oldie from Kaiser Craft called Allsorts Blue Heaven, the flower button is a Jesse James, and the star burst was made with a Viva Decor Pearl Pen with a Kaiser pearl in the center.

Crafty Creations Challenges - #178 Free For All
Stamp 'n Plus - #2 July Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - #106 Hot Colors
It's All About the Vintage Challenge - #23 Anything Goes
Oozak - #4 Bright Colors

You still have a couple of days to participate in The Doodle Garden's first challenge -

the theme is Under the Sea, and you can find all the details here.

Summer Lovin'

It's time for a new weekly challenge at The Paper Shelter with the theme of Pearls and Swirls.

I colored the image "Enchanted Love" with my copics ( what else is there? ), then matted it and placed on an older Prima paper.  The swirls are made with the Memory Box elegant scrollwork die, flowers are from Prima, and the pearls are from my stash.

The Paper Shelter is offering a terrific prize of $20.00 to spend on whatever you like at the online store, if you use one of their images. If you do not use one of their images, you can still enter the challenge to win 3 of their images of your choice.

The Paper Shelter is also running a design team challenge at the same time as the weekly challenges.  We are looking for a few new members to join in the fun we all have on the challenge blog, so if you're interested check it out here.