Fight Like A Girl!

Today we are honoring the Lou Daubney, our fearless Design Team Leader at Tiddly Inks.  She's got a battle going on, but we have no doubt she's going to come out the winner.

To let her know just how amazing and strong she is, Christy Croll has created this image "Lou-Fight Like A Girl" for us all to use and cheer our courageous Lou onto victory.  It is a freebie. You can find it here in the Tiddly Inks shop.

To make this card, I  printed the image and colored with Copic markers.  The ribbon image is from A Jillian Vance and the sentiment is from Stampabilities.  The border of patterned paper is from a scrap.  I have no idea who made it, lol.

Because of the Peanuts Postage Stamps

When I heard that the post office was going to make the Peanuts gang a part of their Christmas stamps release, I knew it was a sign to make a Peanuts Christmas card this year.

This is my official 2015 Christmas card.  It was a quick design, which was a bonus.  The stamp is from Stampabilities.  The sentiment die is from Memory Box.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog this Christmas.  May your heart be filled with love today.

Another Snoopy Card

Another Snoopy card.  It's the result of some scraps, which is always fun to use.

I stamped Snoopy from Stampabilities with Versafine Onyx Black onto a circle panel. I covered Snoopy with masking film, and sponged Distress Ink Tumbled Glass for the sky. The ground was colored with Copic markers.

I framed the circle with a black circle, and placed onto a square card panel (sorry, it was a scrap---unknown source). I added three enamel dots, and stamped my sentiment from A Jillian Vance Design onto the card with Versafine Onyx Black.


Makes for a cute card, I think.  No sense throwing scraps away.

Thank You Snoopy

Somewhat a departure for me, but still fun.  This is a thank you card I made with Distress Inks.

I rubbed and smeared my Distress Ink Scattered Straw and Distress Ink Wild Honey ink pads onto a sheet of acetate.  I misted with water then smooched the acetate onto watercolor paper.  Once I liked the look, I set the paper aside to dry.

In the meantime, I stamped "Happy Snoopy" from Stampabilites with Versafine Onyx Black onto white cardstock and fussy cut.  I adhered Snoopy to my watercolor panel.  Then, I stamped the sentiment from A Jillian Vance Design with Versafine Onyx Black. 

Sometimes it is just fun to play and experiment.  That's what this card was all about, Charlie Brown.

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Lobster Bake

Living in Ohio, I didn't even know what a lobster bake was until Googling the phrase and seeing some pictures.   I'm a very picky eater so I doubt if I would want to go to one anyway, LOL.  But, I thought I'd through my name in for the current CAS DT search over on Splitcoast...as a guest designer, because I had such fun doing it for the spring term. 

The challenge was to design a card using the typical colors associated with a lobster bake...red, yellow, and aqua or navy.  I seem to take these challenges so literally,  so I had to find a lobster image.  Believe it or not, I have none.   I did found this lobster image on children's coloring page from twistynoodle.com.  I printed the lobster onto X-Press It cardstock and colored with Copic markers.  I did a little shading with a Prismacolor pencil.  Then, I cut around him with detailed scissors.  On a piece of white cardstock, I stamped a swirl from Stampabilities with Adirondack Sunshine Yellow dye and sponged around the image.  I stamped a wave from Taylored Expressions with Distress Ink Tumbled Glass and sponged as well.  I added some crystal Stickles for the highlights.

The sentiment was cut with black cardstock from a Cuttlebug die.  I just thought it looked good...not sure I will ever need a thank you card with a lobster on it, LOL.   Perhaps I should have made a "thanks, but no thanks" card. 

But, THANKS for visiting my blog today!