Bloomin' Bears

Happy Friday!

I am a bit late sharing my challenge card for this weeks  Twisted Thursday Challenge group at The Outlawz . This week our twist is "Teddy Bears".



This little guy is a Lili of the Valley image called Blooming Lovely.  The sentiment came along with the image. I used copics to color the image, R02, 05, 20/G82, 85/Y21, 23, 32/BG0000, 000/E30, 31, 33, 40, 41, 71, 74, 77, 95, 97, 99. After I colored the teddy bear, I took an old cloth and squirted a bit of my colorless blending solution on it then dabbed the teddy bear to make it look like his fur had texture. I think I dabbed a bit too much on the top of his head and paws because they turned out lighter than I wanted.

I added stickles to the sunflower petals, leaves, hearts, the wing of the butterfly and the bee.

Be sure to stop by the TT Challenge Group to see my DT Sistah's cards. They are fantastic! I even requested a tutorial on how they colored their bears ;^)

I hope the rest of your Friday is Fabulous!
Thanks for stopping by!

Day full of happiness

Hiya!

My card today uses another image I had colored quite awhile ago and set aside only to be forgotten :(

I am not going to tell you how many other of these forgotten images I have, but my goal is to use them before I color anymore...ya...we'll see how well I do with that goal ;o)

This little sweetie is Millie from Lili of the Valley. She is colored with copics - YG00, 03, 25/E0000, 000, 23, 25, 27, 31, 35, 40, 41/R20, 22, 24/YR0000, 000, 00, 01, 20. I added stickles to the edge of her shirt and the flower. Her shoes got a coat of crystal lacquer as did the center of the flower.
The sentiment is also a Lili of the Valley - Dreamy Days Circle Sentiments.

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Lili of the Valley - Millie Flower Power & Dreamy Days Circle Sentiments
Ink: Memento, SU
Paper: Gina K, SU, Cryogen, My Minds Eye - Miss Carolina - Howdy Doody
Other: Stickles, Crystal Lacquer, Cheery Lynn Die - Tropical Flourish, WOC Flowers, Lace, Copics

Enjoy your day and THANK YOU for stopping by!

Things with wings

Hi and happy Thursday!
It's time for another Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz. This week's challenge theme is Things With Wings.
This is my sample for the challenge.

I used a few different stamp sets to create this card. The silhoutte is from Layers of Colors - Fairy Wishes. The Post Card tucked in the back is also a Layers of Colors stamp. The sentiment is from The Crafts Meow Sent with Love. The fairy is one of my things with wings. I added a fews small butterflies next to the bottom cluster of roses to add more things with wings to my card.
The papers are My Minds Eye - Honeycake. Have you seen the new My Minds Eye papers? I am in love <3!
Card Supplies:
Stamps: The Craft's Meow - Sent with Love, Layers of Colors - Fairy Wishes & Post Card
Ink: Versamark, Memento
Paper: SU, Gina K Designs, MME - 6x6 Honeycake
Other: MS Butterfly Punch, Lace Ribbon, Charcoal EP, WOC Flowers, Cuttlebug Script EF, Sewing Machine, Cheery Lynn Die - Fern, Spellbinders - Labels 23, Labels 17, Postage Stamp, Squares

I invite you to check out the rest of the DT's creations - they are amazing. You can find the challenge here in Twisted Thursday discussion groups. I hope you will be inspired to play along with us and be sure check out the prizes are up for grabs.

Thank you for visiting me today and stop back again soon!

Snowman all a glitter

Hi!!

Today I would like to share my sample card for this weeks Twisted Thursday's challenge going on over at The Outlawz. The challenge for this week is to include a snowman and glitter on you project.

The snowman I used is a Lili of the Valley stamp called Mr Snowman. I colored him with a combination of copics and prisma pencils. I added a lot of glitter so Mr Snowman is quite sparkly!

His scarf took an interesting journey. I colored it with copics, shaded it with the pencils and covered it with crystal stickles. The stickles took on an odd shade of green which I did not like so I covered that with dazzling diamonds glitter. It definitely has a lot of sparkle but it also looks like it's fuzzy which is what made it interesting. 

The snow is flowersoft and while the glue was still wet, I sprinkled glitter over the flower soft to give the snow a subtle sparkle. 

I wanted the snowflakes to have some dimension and sparkle so I punched them out, coated them with white liquid applique, which I heat until puffy, then I applied stickles over the puffed up liquid applique.  

Yes, that's a lot of glitter, of you can never have to much glitter right? ;)

If you want to see some more snowman/glitter eye candy, head on over to the TT challenge and check out what my fellow DT gals have created! And of course we would love for you to play along with us :)

Card Supplies:

Stamps: LOTV - Mr Snowman,

Ink: Memento, SU, Copics - E23, 25, 27/YR12, 16/yg91, 93, 95, 97/B000, 01, 52/R22, 24, 27/W00, 0/C00, 0, 1, 5, 7, 8, 9

Paper: SU

Other: Prisma Pencils, OMS, Stickles, Glitter, Flower Soft, Rhinestones, Twine, MS Snowflake Punch, Cheery Lynn Dutch Scallop Square Frame Die, Spellbinders - Tags & Squares

Thank you so much for stopping by to visit me!!!

Holiday Tree Ornament

Hi!

Every Saturday at The Outlawz is a new challenge for the Paper Ala Mode group. This week I thrilled to be a part of the PAM challenge.

The PAM challenge this week is - Create a Holiday Tree Ornament Project!! You could make an actual ornament, or make a card/project with an ornament on it!

I went with a card for my sample.

Card Supplies:

Stamps: SU - Holiday Happiness, PTI - Holiday Tags, LOTV - Grunge Music, GKD - Winter foliage/Papers: SU, Webster's Pages/Ink: SU, Versamark/Other: Spellbinders - Ovals & Circles Nestibilities, Ribbon, Lace, Stickles, MFT - File Tab Die, Cheery Lynn Doily Die

I bought my very first Stampin' Up stamp set, Holiday Happiness, 9 years ago. Every year I buy more Christmas Stamp sets but have always gone back to this set and created at least one Christmas Card with it. I just love the ornaments in this set :) 

I wanted the ornament to match the colors of my papers so I inked the stamp with versamark, then inked over the versamark with SU's Rose Red before heat embossing the image with clear embossing powder. I added stickles to the ornament to make it sparkly.

The green doily behind the ornament is a Cheery Lynn Doily Die. I love these doily dies and this is the first time I have cut one out with pattern paper. It gives it a different look doesn't it?

Be sure to check out all of the other DT samples for the PAM Challenge and we hope you will be inspired to play along with us this week!

Thank you so much for visiting and stop back for another visit real soon!

Hugs,

Happy Baubles

Happy Friday friends!!
I can not believe it's December already! Where does the time go?!

I finally had a chance to take pictures of the Christmas cards I have been working on for my Mom so I can start sharing them with you :)

The ornament image is Lili of the Valley's Christmas Baubles. I stamped the image with versamark and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I water colored the image with Distressed Inks which is something I haven't done in ages. I think I will try it again only with a large image to color. It was a bit of a challenge to add the shading to those small ornaments, flowers and holly leaves ;)
The sentiment is Happy Circular Sentiments and is also a Lili of the Valley stamp.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Enjoy your day!



Supplies:
Stamps - Lili of the Valley
Ink: Versamark, Distressed Inks
Paper: Watercolor paper, Gina K Designs
Other: Gold Embossing Powder, Cuttlebug Dots Embossing Folder, Ribbon, Pearls, Lacey Eyelet Border Die, Spellbinders.

Live like there's no tomorrow

Hi!

I have some fun news to share...I was the Customer Spotlight this past Sunday on the Sweet n Sassy Blog. If you want to check it out here is the link.

I didn't get any crafting in again last night but I am happy to say the homework went much better :-)
I have been practicing color people type images with my prisma pencils and I finally have one that is decent enough to share :-P
I have been practicing color people type images with my prisma pencils and I finally have one that is decent enough to share :-P
The image is Lili of the Valley's Little Ballerina. This little sweetie reminds me of Abbi when she was taking ballet classes.

Thank you so much for your visits and comments! Enjoy your day!

Card Supplies: Stamps: LOTV, Whimsy Stamps ~ Ink: SU ~ Paper: SU, Bazzill, Cryogen ~ Other: Ribbon, Lace, Paper Doily, Prima Flowers, Stickles, Rhinestones, Spellbinders Labes 7, Prisma Pencils, OMS

Recipe for Friendship

Hiya friends!

It's Twisted Thursday at The Outlawz today! The challenge for Twisted Thursday is to create a card or project using a sentiment only, no images.

This is my sample for the challenge. The sentiment I used is Recipe Sentiments by Lili of the Valley. The matting's behind the sentiment were made using spellbinders labels 18 and 20.

The pattern paper is DCVW Citrus Matstack.

The scalloped border is MFT's Jumbo Scallop die.

We would love for you to play along with us this week. I'll see you over at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge group!

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Card Supplies:

Stamps: Lili of the Valley - Recipe Sentiments

Paper: SU, DCWV - Citrus Matstack

Ink: SU

Other: Lace, Rhinestones, Spellbinders Label 18 & 20, MFT Jumbo Scalloped Die

Fun with Fabric

Happy Friday!!
Another work week is over and what an interesting one it has been!!
I did not get a chance to post all week and really wanted to share this card with you yesterday as I made if for The Outlawz Thursday Challenge. The challenge this week is to use fabric on your creation. How fun is that?! I know the DT sure had fun with it and we are seeing some very creative creations using fabric in the challenge gallery!
The fabric on my card is the fabric rolled rose. My dear friend Sue showed me how to make them. The rolled rose on top the ribbon rose and in the upper right were made with velvet paper.
The card shape was made by folding the largest grand scalloped oval in half. The pattern papers are MME - Lost & Found Portabella Road. I love the Lost & Found paper packs!

Now that we have gotten the card out of the way I want to tell you about some changes we have made to our Thursday challenge...We have changed the name of our Thursday Challenge from POM to Twisted Thursday! We thought that name was appropriate because we have added a twist to our challenges and we are allowing you to now use Copic Markers or any other alcohol based markers. The twist is that you can only color your images using 50% copic markers. The rest can be any other medium. Woo Hoo!!! Now that doesn't mean we won't throw in another twist here and there to mix it up a bit ;o)
We hope you will come check out the Twisted Thursday challenge and we would love to have you play along with us!!!

Have a fabulous Friday evening!!


Card Supplies:
Stamps: Lili of the Valley - Happy Circle Sentiments
Paper: Gina K Designs, SU, MME Lost & Found
Ink: Memento, Vivid
Other: Spellbinders - Grand Scalloped Oval & Circles, Ribbon, Lace, Pearls, Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish Die, Jumbo Eyelet, MFT Rolled Rose Dies, EK Border Punch

He Loves Me...

Hi!
I hope you are having a great week so far!!
I am still very busy at work and also my home life.
I have to share a proud Mom moment with you. Abbi has never taken swim lessons what so ever and after 6 lessons she has advanced up two levels! I have a little fish on my hands! She is very excited about moving up and wants to continue with the lessons which I am thankful for.
Let me share my card with you before I am off and running to her yoga class :)
This image is by The Craft's Meow and is called Little Freida's Daisy. I colored her with copics which I listed below. She reminds me of a girls picking petal off a flower saying, he loves me, he loves me not :)
The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley Happy Circular Sentiments set.
The pattern papers are MME Lime Twist - Life of the Party. I love my MME papers!!
The flourish if a Cheery Lynn Die called Fanciful Flourish. I pick it up at a lss but you could maybe find them on line.

Enjoy the rest of your day and thank you for stopping by to visit!!



Card Supplies:
Stamps: The Craft's Meow, Lili of the Valley
Ink: Memento, Copics - E000. E00, E23, E25, E27, E30, E31, E33, E35, E40, E41, E42, E50, E51, E53/YR20/Y11, Y13, Y15/R00, R20, R21, R22, R24, R27, R29/W00
Paper: MME Lime Twist - Life of the Party, SU, Gina K Designs, Cryogen
Other: Cheery Lynn Designs Die, Spellbinders - rectangles and circles, clear glitter pen, clear glaze pen

A special day

Happy Friday Friends!
I just adore all of the Lili of the Valley stamps! This cutie is no exception. She is called Pom Pom and I colored her with copics R0000, R000, R00, R81, R83, R85/E000, E00, E11, E25, E31, E34, E50/Y000, Y00, Y00/G20, G24, G40.
The sentiment from Whimsy Stamps Party Mini Letter Seals and that is sitting on some SU felt flowers that I have had forever! The flourish is the Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish Die.

The pattern paper is Basic Greys Sweet Threads that I picked up a couple of weeks ago when SCACD had their paper sale.

I hope you have fun plans for your Friday afternoon and evening! It's date night for my hubby and I. We do not get date nights very often so I am really looking forward to tonight!

Thank you for stopping by and have a fabulous afternoon and evening!!


Card Supplies:
Stamps: Lili of the Valley, Whimsy Stamps
Paper: SU, Basic Grey, Copic xpress it blending,
Ink: Memento, SU, Copics
Other: MS Border Punch, Cuttlebug EF, Cheery Lynn Designs Die, Spellbinders Squares and Lacey Squares, Felt Flowers, Glitter, Circle Punch

Happy Mail

Hi!

I hope your weekend is going well and you have some fun things planned!

I picked up Marianne Walkers Shadow & Shading book to see if I could learn about light source and shading when I color my images. It's a good book and I learned a few things now I just need to practice, practice and practice!

This is the first image I colored using the book as a guide.

This is Little Frieda at the Seashore by The Crafts Meow. She is colored with copics - R21, R22, R24, R27, R29, B32, B34, B37, B39, YR20, E000, E00, E30, E31, E33, E35, E40, E41, E42, E43.

The sentiment is Lili of the Valley's Ticket sentiments. The pattern papers are Basic Greys Life of the Party.


I am entering this card in The Crafts Meow July Sketch Challenge.

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy your day!






Card Details:
Stamps: Crafts Meow, Lili of the Valley
Ink: Memento, SU, Copics
Paper: SU, Gina K Designs, Cryogen, Basic Grey - Life of the Party
Other: MFT Star Die, Spellbinders Classic and Scalloped Rectangles, Sewing Machine

Beary Special Birthday

Hi!
Whew! Is it hot here? I hope your weather is much better than what we have! We have had excessive heat warnings all week and they go through tomorrow night...YUCK!!
I have been so busy between work and home life that I have not anytime to spend at my craft table or here on my blog!
Finally today I had a bit of a break to check before I am off and running to get Abbi to swimming lessons.
I need to keep this short so if you have any questions on my card, please leave them in a comment or send them in an email...K
This sweetie is Birthday Fairy by Lili of the Valley. She is colored with copics, R11, R20, R21, R22, B0000, B00, B11, B25, B31, B33, E000, E00, E11, E25, E31, E33, E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, and E50. It does not show up very well in the picture but I added glitter to her skirt, wings, hair tie and the pom poms. The sentiment is Happy Circular Sentiments, also a Lili of the Valley stamp. The pattern papers are Basic Grey's Nook & Pantry.
I added texture to my leaves by embossing them with a sizzix embossing folder. I really like that look how about you?

Thank you so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!


Card Supplies:
Stamps: Lili of the Valley
Ink: Copics, Memento
Paper: SU, Gina K Designs, Basic Grey
Other: Wild Orchid Flowers and Prima Flower, Lace, Ribbon, SU Branch punch, Glitter, Crystal Lacquer, Spellbinders - Pinking Circles, Rectangles

Happy Everything!

Happy Friday my crafty friends!!

I found another free digi stamp over at The Outlawz digi group.
The lily is another Digi that Anne Fenton drew and has out in the freebie group.
I colored the lily with copics - YG0000, YG00, YG01/Y13, Y15, Y17. I added glitter to the petal but it isn't showing up so well in the picture.
The sentiment is Lili of the Valley's Happy Circular Sentiments. The pattern paper is Basic Greys Hello Luscious.
I wanted to keep the focus on the lily so my only embellishments are pearls.

Thanks for visiting me today! Have an awesome rest of your Friday!!



Card Supplies:
Stamps: Anne's Digital Art - Freebie, Lili of the Valley
Ink: Memento, SU, Copics
Paper: Gina K Designs, Basic Grey
Other: MS border punch, Spellbinders Circles and Lacey circles, Glitter, Pearls

Happy Happy Birthday

Hiya Friends!!
Happy Friday and Happy Canadian Day to my Canadian friends!!
I have a quick post for you today as I have a lot to do so I can enjoy my long weekend away from work!
I have a quite a few birthday coming up, mostly for nephews and I thought this image from Lili of the Valley would be perfect for one of the younger boys birthday card. I colored "Big Present" with copics and paper pieced the present. The copics I used are: E000, E00, E01/E40, E41, E42, E43, E44/E25, E27, E30, E31/B91, B93, B95/C2, C3.
The pattern papers are MME. The sentiment and postcard stamp are also Lili of the Valley, Grunge Postcard and Happy Circular Sentiments.

I am entering my card in the following challenges -
Stampavie and More - More than 3 layers
Lili of the Valley - Celebrate
Just for Fun - Anything Goes
Paper Pals Art - Favorite Technique
Crafts and Me Challenges - Birthdays
Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for stopping by!



Card Supplies:
Stamps: Lili of the Valley
Paper: SU, Copic X-press It Blending, MME
Ink: Memento, Vivid, Copic
Other: Twine, Hardware, Spellbinders - Deckled Rectangles & Pinking Circles

A Flower for you

Hiya!!

It's Thursday and one day closer to Friday and the weekend! It also means we have a new challenge for you in the POM group at The Outlawz. This week the challenge is Anything Goes and you can read about it here.

Here is my sample for the challenge.
That adorable image is from Lili of the Valley. I colored Teddy with Flower with Prisma Pencils and OMS. I added stickles to the flower for some sparkle.
I used a Spellbinder die from the Lattice Pendant to make the butterfly. For the antenna's I used stems from a couple of my WOC rose and used pearls for the body. The flower is a die from Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Pendants which is cut out two of to layer under the crochet flower. Yup, I made the crochet flower. They are really easy to make. I found the pattern for them by just googling crochet flowers.
The papers are MME - Lime Twist Life of the Party.

I hope you will check out the challenge and play along with us. There are a couple of prize that you could win. A $50.00 gift certificate to Oozaks and 3 digi images from Anne's Digital Art.
Wait to you see what prizes we have for the challenges in July...all I can say is WOW!!

Enjoy your day!

Card Supplies:

Stamps: Lili of the Valley

Paper: MME, SU,

Ink: Memento

Other: Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Pendant, Pearls, Ribbon, Prisma Pencils, OMS, Blending Stump, Crochet Flower, Stickles

Flower Girl

Hello!

I have a quick post today to share a card I made for this weeks Lily of the Valley Challenge. This is challenge#99 and it is Punch it Up where we are asked to use punches and dies.
Here is my card for the challenge. I used several dies and a punch on my card. The dies punches are spellbinders Lacey and classic squares, sizzix Vine die and a MS border punch.
The little gal with the bouquet of flowers is Rosie Posie. She is colored with copics - R0000, R00, R30, R32, R35/E31, E35, E41, E42, E43, E44/R11, R13, R15/YR20/G20, G24/W00, W1, W3, W5. I added stickles to her skirt, bows, buttons, and flowers. She has a thick coat of crystal Lacquer on her shoes.
The sentiment is from the Whimsy Stamp set called Treasured Moments Tickets.

Thanks so much for visiting me today! Enjoy the rest of your day!



Card Supplies:
Stamps: Whimsy Stamps, LOTV
Ink: Copics, Mementos, Vivid
Paper: SU, Gina K Designs, MME - Stella Rose Gertie
Other: Spellbinders - Lacey Rectangles, Classic Rectangles, Sizzix - Vine die, MS Border Punch, Prima Flower, WOC Roses, Stickles, Crystal Lacquer