Fishing Expert

It's time for another Tiddy Tuesday.  We have a color challenge for the month.  Go to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog for all of the details and join in on the fun.

My card features the adorable digital image Wryn Fishing Expert.  I printed it onto X-Press It cardstock and colored with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils.  I added some Nuvo Crystal Drops and Nuvo Glitter Drops to the fish (I couldn't decide which to use so I used both, lol). The sentiment is from a set from Taylored Expressions and was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.  Can't have enough birthday cards, right?

Don't forget to head on over to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog.  You'll see there are a couple of very talented guest designers playing in all the fun.

Happy Birthday, Succa!

I squealed when Crissy Croll drew a cactus for Tiddly Inks because you know how much I love them.  In fact, she drew a bunch of cacti in this digital image set Cute Cactus.

It's a Tiddly Tuesday on this first day of May.  The challenge for this month is to create a Tiddly Inks project with Florals or Plants.  You can read all about the challenge and see some BEAUTIFUL creations on the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog.

For my card, I used one cactus from Cute Cactus.  I printed it onto X-Press It cardstock and colored with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils. 

The sentiment cracks me up.  It is from A Jillian Vance Design and was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.

A strip of pattern paper from an unknown source is along the side of the card panel.

Don't be a succa!  Join us at Tiddly Inks this month for all of the fun!

Colorful Birthday Balloons

So much fun playing with Distress Oxides and water on glossy paper, then rubbed with Distress Micro Glaze.  Loving the vibrant colors that seem to magically appear.

These cards use the Happy Birthday Stamp Set and the Balloon Trio Die Set, both from A Jillian Vance Design.

Check out the post on the AJVD blog today for all the details about these cards.

Molly Celebrates

It's time for another Tiddly Tuesday!  Our March challenge is to use a Molly image from Tiddly Inks.  Such a hard challenge because it is so hard to choose which one to use.

I finally decided on the Tiddly Inks digital image Molly Celebrates.  Makes for the perfect birthday card, don't you think?  I printed the image onto X-Press It cardstock and colored with Copic markers.  I fussy cut Molly and placed her onto a card panel that was dry embossed with an embossing folder.  The strip along the side of the panel is some patterned paper from Lasting Impressions.  A few little pink sequins complete the details of this festive card.

Sure hope you join us during this Molly March!  Make sure to stop by the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to get inspired and see all of the possibilities.

Celebrate Balloons

I'm celebrating a day off, lol.

This card is featured today on the A Jillian Vance Design blog.  Make sure you head on over and read all the details.

My stamp room is a total wreck.  I got the idea to get rid of some stuff this weekend and now it actually looks worse.  Good thing I am off today.

Yappy Birthday

I just LOVE and adore this digital image from Sassy Cheryl's.  It is called Heartfelt Hands.  I've had it for a few months now and I am delighted that I had a chance to color it this past weekend.  I printed the image onto Hammermill Color Copy and colored it with Copic markers. 

The patterned paper is something I've hoarded for years.  It is from Kaisercraft.  The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions and was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.

I'd like to think that is Sloopy and me (yes, I still see myself as that young, LOL).  I plan on giving this to my Dad later this month.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Cupcake Fun

I have a couple cards to share with you today, both of which use an adorable image from Sassy Cheryl's Cupcake Fun digital stamp set. 

The card shown above was printed onto X-Press It cardstock and colored with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils.  I framed the image with black cardstock and placed onto a scrap of patterned paper.

The card below uses the same image, though printed smaller onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers.  I made a bow with a die from A Jillian Vance Design. The sentiment is also from A Jillian Vance Design.  A few sequins complete the details on this card.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today.  Another post tomorrow.

Starry Birthday

It's Tuesday, August 1st.  Time for another Tiddly Tuesday.  This time around we have a color challenge over on the Tiddly Inks Challenge blog.  Go on over to see all the details. Sure hope you can join in on the fun sometime during the month.

My card features the digital image of Starry Birthday.  I printed it onto X-Press It cardstock and Colored with Copic markers.  The sentiment is also a part of this digital set.  I added some Glossy Accents to the balloons.  The card panel and circle sentiment were cut from SSS dies.  The card is framed with patterned paper from Bo Bunny. 

Can never have too many birthday cards in the stash, right?  Have a pleasant day, and please know I sure appreciate you stopping by my blog.

Hopping With Fun

My friend needs a birthday card for her son who likes frogs.  I found this image I colored almost two years ago that I never made into a card.  Sometimes things just work perfectly when you don't plan things. 

The image is from the older stamp set "Rainy Day Fun" from Kraftin' Kimmie.  The sentiment is from DRS Designs. 

Here's hoping your upcoming week is hopping with fun.

Monkey Around

 

Here's a fab card for a Fab Friday at Tiddly Inks!

Yes, that's right.  I'm thinking this one is fabulous.  Am I allowed to say that?

I kept this card very CAS, because I truly didn't want to distract from this adorable digital image from Tiddly Inks called "Monkey Around".  I printed it onto X-Press It cardstock and colored it with Copic markers. I added some little dots with Willow dye ink from Simon Says Stamps using a stamp from Stamps By Judith.  Just to give the background a bit of interest.

The sentiment is from A Jillian Vance Design.

And there you have it.  My fabulous contribution for Fab Friday.  (Gee, I wish I could say that all the time, LOL).

Two Dachshund Cards

My Mom's birthday is later this week, so I took advantage of this day off to get a card in the mail to her.  No worries, she doesn't read this blog. 

This card features the Whimsy Stamps image of Dachshund Balloon.  I stamped the image and colored with Copic markers.  I used a clarity stencil brush for the first time and applied some Simon Says Stamp Lake Shores dye ink in the background.  I added some Glossy Accents to the balloons and added a few sequins.  The sentiment is also from the Dachshund Balloon stamp set.  On the inside I stamped an additional sentiment....Stretch out the celebration as looooooooong as you can. 

Also posted is a card very similar.  Just doodled an extra balloon and some grass.

Spell on Ya

It's another Fab Friday over on the Tiddly Inks Challenge blog.  For my contribution, I decided to have some fun coloring the adorable digital image of "Spell on Ya". 

You know the drill...X-Press It cardstock, Copic markers, some shading with Prismacolor pencils. 

The sentiment is from a little miniature dollar stamp from Michael's, from many, many seasons ago.  The strip of patterned paper along the side of the card is from K&Company.

Make sure you visit the challenge blog.  The design team knocks it out of the park with each and every creation.

Orange Balloon on Kraft

Sometimes, I just fall in love with the negative of a die cut.  That's what happened here.  I made this card last week and noticed that the negative die cut would serve well on a card.  And so, this card was born.  I framed the negative with black cardstock and placed on a cardstock panel.  I added a fun orange balloon too.

This card was made possible with Copic markers and dies from A Jillian Vance Design.  Today, this card is featured on the AJVD blog.  You should really go and take a look.

Thanks bunches for visiting my blog.  Tiddly Tuesday is tomorrow so you'd better come back here for that.

Balloons

I'm liking how this one turned out.

I die cut many white balloons for the background, creating a bit of texture.  I am loving the single red balloon colored with Copic markers.  The sentiment is also colored with Copic markers.  All I did was do a rainbow scribble with Copic markers and cut with the word die.

You can read all about this card on the A Jillian Vance Design blog today.  Because without the AJVD dies, this card would not have been possible.  No stamping on this one.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today.  I do appreciate it. 

Happy Birthday, USA!

This card is featured on the A Jillian Vance Design blog today!  Go take a look in between the picnics and fireworks. 

Make it a great day, everyone!  Safe and fun!

I'll be back again tomorrow for Tiddly Tuesday.

Get Carried Away on Your Birthday

In just a couple of hours it will be Tuesday, so it is now time for the reveal of this week's colors on Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge.  It is so fun guest designing during the month of June for this challenge.

This week we are to use the colors Perfect Plum, Smokey Slate and Pink Pirouette.  For my card, I stamped the elephant from Taylored Expressions "Balloon Buddies" stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and used a die cut to cut around the image.  The sentiment is also from "Balloon Buddies" and was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black onto a scrap of unknown patterned paper.  I framed this sentiment with black cardstock.

On a white card panel, I stamped an old image from My Favorite Things to create the skyline.  I used Copic markers to add a bit of color to the sky. 

And there you have it.  A fun birthday card ready to go.  Can't have enough of these in the stash. 

Sure hope you can join us over at Splitcoaststampers this week for  Color Challenge #588. 

Happy Bee Day

It's time for another Fab Friday post for Tiddly Inks.  And for those of you who know me, you know how totally FABULOUS this day really is.  S-U-M-M-E-R!!!

I'll admit, I like the way this card turned out.  It features the digital Tiddly Inks image of "Happy Bee Day".  I printed the image and sentiment onto X-Press It cardstock.  I then printed on some masking film, and masked the image.  I sponged Distress Ink Scattered Straw and Distress Ink Wild Honey using a stencil.  I then removed the mask and proceeded to color the image with Copic markers.  I framed the image panel with kraft cardstock.

Bee Happy!  I'll be making a lot of cards during the next 2 1/2 months.  WOOT!

Hoppy Birthday

This adorable frog from Tiddly Inks is helping me with Tiddly Tuesday.  His name is "Froggie Thoughts" and he's a freebie over at Tiddly Inks.  I adore him.  I do.  Might be his lime green color, which is my favorite you know.   Love my YG03!!!!

The challenge this round is to make a birthday card.  So froggie here is helping me with this birthday greeting.  You decide if he's acting as the letter "a" or "o".  I colored froggie with Copic markers and fussy cut.

The letters are from a Penny Black alphabet set and was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and a MISTI.  The speech bubble and the word birthday is from A Jillian Vance Design.  I did a little scoring along the bottom with my Scor-It.

I'm liking it.  I hope you do too.  And I can guarantee you'll love the Tiddly Inks goodness over on the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog today!  The Design Team hit it out of the park. 

Otterly Great

This card represents a couple of things I just had to have at first sight. 

I had to have the adorable sea otter image and sentiment from Lawn Fawn. 

I had to have the Big Splash border die from Memory Box.

I'll go ahead and tell you how long I've had these things...at least a year.  And this is the first time using them.  WHY AM I LIKE THIS?   I tend to buy and then look at things for a long time, thinking I'm not worthy of such cute and beautiful things...that I won't do them justice.

I like how this card turned out.  Even more, I like that I finally put these purchases to use. 

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

I'll Be Darned

I'll be darned.  It's another card using my Derwent Inktense Pencils.  I'm loving the bright colors and how easy it is to add a background color to a scene. And for whatever reason, I really like the look I can accomplish on those spools of thread.

You can read all about this card over on the A Jillian Vance Blog today. This card features the set "I'll Be Darned" designed by Becky Schultea for AJVD.  Here's the inside of the card:

Perfect for a belated birthday wish.

Speaking of belated...I'm thinking spring is rather belated.  We had ANOTHER weekend of snow here.  So. Done. With. Winter.