Doodle Dragon & Designed to Color Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Spring Fling Hop with Doodle Dragon Crew and Design to Color!  You should have hopped from Lisa's fabby blog.  If not, please start back at DTC so you don't miss out on any of the fun projects...or chances to win!  ;O)

 We are so happy you could join us for this special occasion. It is also Dustin Pikes 4 year Blogaversary!  Woohoo!  You won't want to miss out on the deals he is offering!  Some of the crew used images from the new set, so hop around and get inspired.  Don't forget to check out the blogaversary sets on his blog and in the store HERE!

Today I decided "SPRING" backwards and use an image from the March 2012 Members Only file.  The number on this image is Mar12MO10B.  I printed him out on Neenah card stock and paired him with some EP polka dot paper and some BoBunny card stock.  The cute little flower card stock sticker is from Cosmo Cricket that I picked up on clearance at my LSS.  I colored this BEE-utififul image with my trusty Copics, which I have listed for you below.  The sentiment is a rubber stamp from CC Designs that I blinged up with a little help from my Gelly Roll Stardust pen in clear.  I wish you could see the subtle sparkle on his wings...it's so pretty IRL!
FUR: E42, E43, E84
BEE SUIT: YR31, Y21, Y38
NOSE: T5, T7, 100
FLOWER: RV13, RV14, BG11, BG13, BG15
WORM: YG01, YG03, YG07
WINGS: BG10, 0

 Leaving a comment and some love will get you a chance of winning some cool stuff.   Both Designed to Color and Dustin Pike have some goodies to give away.  Hopping is open until the 25th and winners will be announced by the 29th.  So hop on over to Lizzie's Blog and don't forget to leave some love!  If you have gotten lost the hop links are below.  Hop along now!  MWAH!!!

Designed to Color
Jenn
Lori
Veronica
Kerri
Gramma
Lisa
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Lizzie
Jan
Rhea
Charlotte
Leah
Ginny
Taylor
Crafty Girl
Dustin

Farewell to Pixie Dust Studio

Hello all and happy Saturday!  I'm back with my second project for the Forest Friends Release at Pixie Dust Studio.  Today I have merged three images for my card.  I  just couldn't choose!  I used Forest Bella, Forest Fella and Forest Finds.  I colored them up with my Copics and for the life of me I could not get the lightest pinks to show in my photos!  Grrr!  I ended up selecting them in Photoshop and recoloring...this was after I tried to adjust the colors.  It's a mess, but you get the idea.  LOL!

Check them out and shop away!  Thanks so much for stopping by this weekend!  MWAH!!!

Doodle Dragon Challenge

Ho! Ho! Ho!  Yep, that's right!  It's time for Doodle Dragon Studio's first Christmas challenge of the year!  Use any DDS image and join us for holiday themed fun!  Pike's Playground

I used this so sweet Snowman (12Goody48)...I have a thing for them, you know!  He's all bundled up for a cold, cold winter!  I used papers called Flakey Friends...I thought they went well with our flakey friend, Mr. Snowman!

You know you want to come play along with us!  Thanks for popping in to see me!  MWAH!!!

Happy Birthday, Joni!

Good morning, friends!  I'm peeking in this morning to send 60th birthday wishes to my friend and Can You Digi It? DT sister, Joni Mastronardi.  Won't you stop by her blog and wish her a happy birthday today?  I know she would LOVE IT!

Happy birthday, sweetie!

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For my card I used a ton of gems from the Crystal Wheel along with the ever amazing Embellie Gellie.  The image is retired from the CYDI? Store.  The papers and ribbon are from a DCWV paper pack.

Check out what some of the other girls from the CYDI? team made for Joni's milestone birthday too!  MWAH!!!

April

Cynthia 

Nancy

Feel Better Soon

Good morning all!  Today is the 1st day of Middle School - 7th grade - for my youngest.  She was terribly excited and I guess I was too.  I was up at 3AM after tossing and turning all night.  She followed shortly behind and got up at about 4:45AM.  I took her to breakfast since we had so much time and I will share pictures later!

The reason for my post today is a new challenge over at the Can You Digi It? blog.  The next 2 weeks is all about PURPLE PLEASE!  Check out the amazing inspiration board and be inspired...join us for your chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the CYDI? Store!

I used a super cute image from Mike Eustis called XO.  Don't you just love those extra long legs?  I also used a digital paper pack called Passion for Purple along with some Bazzill card stock.  The sentiment is a stamp from CTMH.

Thanks so much for popping in to see what I've been up to.  Come join us...the challenge is running until August 27!  MWAH!!!

New Artist at CYDI?!

Today, we welcome Mike Eustis to the Can You Digi It? artist family!  Just WAIT until you see what he has in the store for you, but first a little about the artist:

Mike is a children's illustrator based in Seattle, WA, where the sun is ALWAYS shining on him.  He has been doing this for 12 years now.  When he's not drawing fabulous images, he likes to feed the birds, cook, and read historical fiction novels.

Maybe that's where the variety in his images comes from?  Today, we are debuting 8 of Mike's fabulous images.  Check them out before you head for the shop!

Bird Watching:

Happy Toilet Training:

Kitchen Help:

Les Paleontologists:

Little Scuba:

Off We Go:

Saturday AM Wizardry:

Something's Fishy:

The Design Team got to play with the image, Off We Go, early, and I sure had a ball with it!  What a fun image!  I had something made up in record time.  I also used Embellie Gellie, Crystal Wheel, Smooch in Kiwi & Best Glue Ever for my card.

Thanks so much for popping in to check out what I've been up to!  Keep on coming by too...we have some exciting things brewing at CYDI?!  MWAH!!!

Christmas in July?

Christmas in July?  You betcha!  Welcome to another challenge for Can You Digi It?!  April has challenged us to make a Christmas project using a non-holiday themed stamp.  Check out the cool ideas on this inspiration board!

This was a fun challenge and I really wanted to make sure I used non-traditional colors and an image that no one else would use...I believe I succeeded!  :O)  I used the image Hen Pecked from LilyPink Designs.  I didn't think the cute sentiment around the frame went with Christmas (though it certainly could), so I colored the band around the outside in black.  I used one of my fave stamps from CTMH for the sentiment.  Everything is colored with Copics.  I used some Embellie Gellie to grab the cute little pearls from the Zva Creative Pearl Wheel and added those to the corner of the card with the Best Glue Ever.

Come on over and join in this fun challenge.  You have until July 16th to link up on the CYDI? blog for your chance to win a $10 gift certificate for digital goodness at the CYDI? Store!  Thanks so much for popping in!  MWAH!!!

Pixie Post

Good afternoon everyone!  Today starts a new challenge for the Pixies...what is it you ask?  Use 3 or more patterned papers in your project!  You can do it!  I know you can!

I have a couple of Pixie Dust Studio projects to share with you today.  First up is a cute layout using Oh Happy Day.  This was actually for the challenge last week, but I never got it posted.  *shhhhhhh*

Next up is a card I made for a sweet little girl named Gabrielle. She is very sweet and in a constant battle for health.  She is in a low spot in her health and is not able to attend school at the moment.  Her high point in her day is walking to the mailbox to get the mail (if she feels well enough to make the walk).  I am wanting to spread the word and get her to have fun getting the mail each day.  I would LOVE if you all would send her one of your cards with some happy messages attached.  Spread the word and get the news out that she would love mail from our sweet crafting community!!  She LOVES zebras.  So if you have any zebra cards she would love them!
Her addy is:
Gabrielle Rothwell
46396 Grandview Dr.
Perham, MN 56573

Thanks so much for peeking in today!  MWAH!!!

Miss Rio Collection - Released!

Good evening all! Simply B Stamps were planning on releasing the Rio Collection of images next week, but with Betty being out of action, that's left the Simply B Stamp Store in the hands of Miss Rio and our fearless DT Coordinator, Suzi! They thought you might all want to have some new images to play along with over the weekend...they decided to release the Rio Collection today instead of waiting any longer.

I have 2 images to show you tonight and more to come!  First up is Ice Skate Rio.  Yes, another layout.  I know I have pictures for every occasion, don't I?  LOL!  This is my daughter ice skating (and falling) right near the ocean at Hotel del Coronado in CA.  :O)

Next up is Rock n Roll Rio...is she bad ass, or what?  No, not like the honey badger!  Way cooler than that!  Bwahahaha!  Watch her crack it!  I used the latest and greatest sketch from Mojo Monday as well.

I hope you all get a chance to see my late night post and go over to shop, shop, shop!  Come on back tomorrow for more samples!  MWAH!!!

Simply B Stamps Preview - Lifeguard Christian

On to preview day #4 at Simply B Stamps!  Are you loving these new Teen Scenes?  Here's the snippit that was  prepared and posted on Facebook...

Our fourth image is Lifeguard Christian, and he's ready for any beach emergency...although I'm not sure there is a cure for the pitter-patter of a young girl's heart when she looks upon this cutie pie!  I used some Echo Park and Pink Paislee DP for this one.  I followed the sketch over at Card Patterns this week.

Meet me back here tomorrow for another fun preview!  MWAH!!!

DICC #30

It's the first of May, so I'd like to wish you all a very happy May Day!  I hope the weather is treating you kindly and you're all well.  It's time for another challenge at Desert Islands Craft Challenge!  Our latest DT member, Trudie Howard, has very kindly created the itinerary for our new challenge.  Please remember to use at least items from the list when you join us!

1. Shaped card. (no square or rectangle bases!)
2. Die cut shapes
3. Punched shapes
4. Bright colors 
5. Twine
6. Buttons
7. 2 images
8. One word sentiment
9. Tree
10. Clouds

I love the look of shaped cards, but I find myself very rarely making one, so I was happy to see it used for the itinerary today.  :O)  The image is an old one from The Digi Shack (no longer open) that I colored with my Copics and cut out.  I used numbers 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 for my card.

Thanks so much for coming by today!  MWAH!!!

Pixie Dust Studio Sneak Peek - Ahoy

Hi there, my sweet cupcakes!  I'm back with day 2 of previews from Pixie Dust Studio!  Today I'm sharing Lil' Mermaid.  She's so sweet!  I used some DCWV glitter paper and card stock from the Fun in the Sun Stack.  Colored with Copics...I also colored the doily and the rhinestones to match.  A scalloped nestie and some TH distress ink made the clouds behind her.

Thanks so much for your visit today...I do hope you'll be stopping back by tomorrow for release day at PDS!  MWAH!!!

SBS - Lucy Lycan & Lex *ON SALE NOW!

Is there a full moon tonight at Simply B Stamps? If there is, you'll find Lucy Lycan and Lex having a wild old time in their beloved woodland home. Lucy is a bit of a mystery, as we don't know much about her family, we just know she seems to have an affinity with wolves, foxes and other canines! Don't ask her too many questions tho, as she has a tendancy to bite when annoyed!

I know you won't be annoyed by this...the Spunky Spooks are available for sale RIGHT NOW!  I know we said Friday, but we know you can't wait to play with these awesome images!  Head on over to the Simply B Stamps Store to get them for yourself!

Here's Lucy Lycan and Lex...I used some of my stash of BoBunny papers for this one.  Colored with Copics, Lucy looks more like a fox now that I've colored her to match her buddy Lex.  She IS rather foxy if you ask me!

Check back again tomorrow...I'm on a roll!  MWAH!

SBS Preview - Lorna Loch & Nessie

Having fun with us at Simply B Stamps so far? Today we are traveling to the mysterious Highlands of Scotland to meet Lorna Loch and her friend Nessie. Yes, you read correctly, Nessie, the Loch Ness monster does exist, and she loves to frolic around the Loch with her friend Lorna.

Here's Lorna Loch and Nessie...aren't they FINtastic?  That sentiment is from an Ippity set that I got from a fabby girlfriend.  :O)

Be sure to check out all the creations from the DT and leave them some love for your chance to win this image!  Hope to see you back again tomorrow for one of my faves in this line!  MWAH!

SBS Preview - Betty Bolts and Baxter

Hey all!  I am so excited to show off the first day of previews for a brand new line from Simply B Stamps...Spunky Spooks!!!  These are all so fun and I know you will love them!

We're starting off with a peek at Betty Bolts and her buddy Baxter!  Colored with Copics to match this fun paper...love it!

Check back in again tomorrow, dolls!  MWAH!!!

Pixie Dust Studio Release Day!

Good morning!  I made it, I made it!  My son is home from school today since they have to be 24 hours fever free before they can go back to school.  Oh, the joys of parenthood!

I'm here, as promised, with my release day project for the latest line "7" by Pixie Dust Studio!  Today I'm showing off Doc and done a double duty him...it's also used for the PDS Challenge that is live right now!  NUMBERS.  Use numbers any way you like on your project and play along with us!  The inside of my card (which I failed to take a picture of) says...and call me in the morning!  Isn't he the cutest little doctor?

Thanks so much for popping in today to see what I've been working on!  Don't forget...all 7 of the little dwarfs are on sale right now at the PDS Shop!  MWAH!

GRINNING KITTIES...Simply B Stamps sneak peek!

Good evening all!  I told you I'd be back with another post today!  I'm here to show you a little sneaky peekof the Cheshire Cat from the Alice in Wonderland Chibis line over at Simply B Stamps!  How fun, indeed!

I used some paper from Making Memories and my Copics to color him up.  Nesties made the circle and scallop, as well as the yellow clouds in the background that I'm hoping you can see.  The sentiment comes from a PTI set, the gems and card stock from my stash.  :O)

Be sure to check back in tomorrow for another sneak peek...featuring my dear daughter, Ariel!