One More For Monday!

I've recently been playing with Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and have enjoyed it - sometimes we need a little kick in the pants to think outside our comfy boxes.

This week's challenge is "Whatever the Weather" and I decided to make a shaped card, something that I rarely do. I love rainbows and this one is from Honey Bee called Rainbow Dreams.

This is certainly a sparkly rainbow - I used some terrific glitter paper (glitter flakes are not allowed in my house!). I don't see a bucket of gold anywhere, do you? Ha! I guess that happens next month for St. Patty's Day.

Have a colorful day and thanks for the visit!

 Whatever the Weather

Good morning! I have another post for the current Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. This stamp is a very old, long retired stamp from Hero Arts. I was one of that wonderful company's first customers (Yes, I am old!) and I have never been able to get rid of this stamp. I've always loved cities and, in fact, my career was city planning.

I thought it would be fun to add some silliness to the cloudy sky. The rainbow is watercolored and so happy!

Have a great day and thanks for the visit!

 All Kinds of Weather

This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is "Whatever the Weather". it sure has been a year of crazy and problematic weather in so many places.

This little fella makes my heart happy and I enjoyed coloring it with Copic markers. I used both some inking techniques and some patterned paper for the background and added some clouds with "silver linings".

Have a sunny day and thanks for the visit!

With Wheels

 This week’s Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is “Things With Wheels”. This gave me the perfect excuse to get out my new Elizabeth Crafts Dogs Dies and stamps. The detail on these dies is amazing and the cute dogs are such fun to put together.

I blended Distress Inks onto the background and the dog. The Lawn Fawn Brick Stencil and Simon Says Stamp Flashy Flare 3D Embossing Folder (with touches of Sizzix Luster Wax) add depth and texture to the background.

My dog is a skater dude with a baseball hat, reflective sunglasses and an attitude!

The heat-embossed gold sentiment is from the Dog Days Sentiments.

 These sets have so much to offer and endless possibilities.

Thanks for the visit, 

With Wings 3

Hello again!

Here I am with my third card headed to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, "With Wings". I didn't realize that I need a separate blog for each entry. 

This is a fun min-slimline card made with a simple canary and some fun paper strips.

Thanks, 

With Wings 2

 Hello again!

I just learned that I need a separate blog post for each entry so here is this again!

My bright and cheery bumble bee with fun colors and some interesting dimension.

This is headed to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, "With Wings".

Thanks so much, 

 With Wings

I was inspired to resurrect my blog with the current Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. I'm not an instagram person, so this is my only format for posting cards. It has been about a year since I've posted....I decided that I really didn't need a job, which is what this became. But here I am!

I have 3 cards to share consistent with the challenge "Things With Wings". As my friends know I don't do floral cards. I am a critter gal, but I also love doing bugs, butterflies, birds and airplanes so I thought this would be fun to enter. And revisiting my blogging skills isn't a bad idea.

This first card is a clean and simple one with an adorable water-colored birdie, a simple sentiment and some splatter.

This bumble bee is bright and cheery! I rarely use yellow, but I love the way color works on this card and it has fun dimension.

Again, I rarely make a mini-slimline but this design, using strips of cute paper, just needed to be this shape and size. Another fairly simple image and design.

I am happy to share these. I hope you are having a good New Year - we are one month closer to Spring!

Thanks for the visit, 

Getting Sketchy

 Hello, Bloggin' Buddies!

Yes, it has been a long time since I've posted. I have actually moved on to other things but a recent challenge by MFT had me so inspired that I dusted off my website to post my card. I haven't done a challenge in so long, but with the brunt of the holidays over I needed some new inspiration.

I have LOVED the MFT critters of so many years. For this card I used the set "Cute Critters" and, boy, are they! My theme came from one of the sentiments in the set "Sending You Hearts". The sweet paper is from the MFT "Plaid Patterns Merry & Bright" 6" x 6" tablet......so darn adorable. I colored the critters with Copics, added some foam squares and Stickles for dimension and sparkle, and added a handful of die-cute tiny hearts.

Thanks for the visit - come and play along!

Another Day at the Beach!

 Hi, Bloggin' Buddies!!

As long as I had the cute MFT Beach Bungalow set and the colored card stock that goes with the current MFT Color Challenge out on my work table I decided to make another (but very different0 card with them. This time I paired up the set with the Beach Bungalow Accessories and the Shady Palm (I love those cute coconuts!) Die-Namics. Once again I used a sentiment from the Itty Bitty Summer sentiment set. I managed to get in all of the colors (Limelight is my very favorite!) plus I added a little black for some punch and some kraft for the tree and the sand.

Rather than using the plain die cuts as I did before, this time I gave them some added dimension with some ink blending, a touch of Copic coloring and some snippets of patterned paper. I sure love the result! I could play with this set all day long!

Have a terrific Summer! Thanks for the visit, 

Beach Time!!

Hi, Bloggin' Buddies!

Here I go! I've been waiting for many cold months to be able to break out this adorable Beach Bungalow set from My Favorite Things. And, since I did, I decided to play along with the current Color Challenge which is to use some terrific spring colors : Limelight (my all-time favorite), Grapesicle, Summer Splash and Cotton Candy.

I used Summer Splash for my background which is stenciled with the MFT Slimline Cloud Edges stencil and I used the other colors on this cute little neighborhood of Beach Bungalows. I added some vellum behind the roof vents and I added some kraft sand. The sweet sentiment is from Itty Bitty Summer. I want to move right in!

Of course, I had to add a Limelight mini slimline envelope to make this complete.

Thanks for the visit!