Tangle Tuesday

 

Welcome to Tangle Tuesday. This week's art was a piece I made for my brother's 70th birthday. He is a part-time birder. Leaving in LSD (lower slower Delaware) there are numerous state parks to watch birds. 

 This piece was inspired by artist Scott Partridge. His bird illustrations inspired the string just waiting to be filled with all sorts of tangles.

After I finished the inking in, it was time for color.

Thanks for checking in to Tangle Tuesday.

Tangle Tuesday

Welcome to Tangle Tuesday. Today i am tangling one of my favorite things. A dove/bird as a string.

 

 

I chose colors on the cooler end of the rainbow.

I tangled first, then added a gold watercolor shimmer, before adding the color.

I am a card maker as well as a tangler and every year I send handmade cards out with a dove. I decided to use the same string to create a Christmas dove.

This dove string has endless possibilities.

 

Mama said....

Today is week 2 at Cupcake Inspirations for a color challenge using the most beautiful color in the world- GREEN!! 

 

And we have a wonderful sponsor for this challenge:

Craftyscrappers

Craftyscrappers is giving the prize of this adorable digital stamp to the randomly drawn winner!

My card today used just the wee birdy out on a limb with one you just did a bit to much partying last night!

Too inspire you, I couldn't help but to add a bit of musical inspiration.

You have one more week to play along with our green challenge at Cupcake Inspirations.

Hummingbirds

Happy Monday! Today starts a new challenge at Inky Paws. The challenge is a fun beachy color scheme.

We would like you to use teal, yellow, white and green in your creations.

My card today uses the Hummingbird stamp set from Newton's Nook and the basket weave stencil also from NN. Have you ever seen a hummingbird. I love bird watching but have only seen a few over the years. It is quite a treat when I do come across one.

Come and join our theme of beachy color challenge at Inky Paws.  We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.
The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday, August 27, 2021 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

Grumpy bird

Hey all! Today at Cupcake Inspirations we are letting you know you still have time to "put a bird on it"!

My card features a very old stamps from Inkadinkado. I think they are no longer in business. But the grumpy cardinal in this set just makes me laugh! And the sentiment is perfect with him or her.

You have one more week to put you best bird forward  at Cupcake Inspirations!

 

Fireworks

Today, I am featuring a transition card at Cupcake Inspirations. I am moving from our red, white, and blue challenge to our new challenge of "oh birdie".

My card today is for my husband for 4thbof July. Because even after 34 years he still gives me fireworks. My birds are from Pretty Pink Posh, "Hummingbird Thanks" and the fireworks and sentiment are from My Favorite Things. 

So as they say in Portlandia- "put a bird on it" and join us at Cupcake Inspirations for our "oh birdie" challenge. You have two weeks to play along.

Love birds

 

Yet another Valentine card to share with you. Something old, some new, and something.... mauve? Today starts a new color challenge at The Rainbow Card Challenge. 

We are asking to use "mostly mauve". Mauve is a hard color to figure out. It's a pale purpley color. Looks more pinkish rose to me. 

For my card today I used the "Heart Sprinkle" die by Simon Says Stamp, and the "Love Birds" By Wplus9. (no longer available)

 

I didn't even bother to look for songs with mauve in the title, if we cant figure out exactly what color it is, we really can't write a song about it huh? So today's musical inspiration is one of my top 10 most romantic songs out there. 

A Thousand Years by Christine Perri

 

You have all month to play along with our intriguing mauve challenge at The Rainbow Card Challenge. And I would love to know what your favorite love song is?

 

Unconventional Colors

 Hi everyone. Welcome to the glorious start of another week. Today starts a new challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. I gotta say, I was a little skeptical about this one It's a very unconventional color challenge. We are asking you to use:

I am on several challenge teams and when I am faced with what I a "true challenge", the first thing I do is start going through all my stamps to see what I think might work. It also gives me the chance to use stamps that haven't been shown some inky love in awhile.

For my card today I pulled out a very old Papertrey Ink stamp set called "Songbirds". I was pleasently surprized to see that All the colors did work well together.

So don't ever be afarid of a challenge. Just start going through your stamps and something will jump out! I cannot wait to see what you all come up with! You have two weeks to play along with our unconventional color challenge at Cupcake Inspirations!

She's a rainbow

Every once in awhile you make a card and you just sit back and think "Wow!!! I made that!" Well... that is exactly how I feel about this card. I just love the pastel rainbow of flamingos. It just makes me smile. besides, who doesn't love a rainbow?!!? Laura Bassen has made a career out of rainbows!!

That is why I expect lots of players this month at The Rainbow Card Challenge!! All month long we want you to use a pastel rainbow in your creations.

I used Rubbernecker's "Splash Party". Disclaimer here- this is a tricky stamp to use. It took me several tries to get the beaks in place. You all think we designers just whip out our cards, but you never see all the cards in the trash. This perfect sentiment is from Altenew's "Birds of a Feather". 

Today's music inspiration is a classic from The Stones- The Rolling Stones: "She's a Rainbow".

You have all month to play along with our pastel rainbow card challenge at The Rainbow Card Challenge. 

a wee birdie......

Happy Today everyone. really though, today is Monday for those who like me have no idea anymore what day of the week it is. Even though I am still working some how the says of the week have all lost meaning. Are you all feeling that?

I found this on FB and it really sums up how many of us feel.

Thisday means that we are in our second week of our birthday challenge at Inky Paws . Not a huge showing yet. Come on folks, its a birthday challenge, we all need birthday cards.

My card today features a fun little set from Newton's Nook called Newton's Birthday Flutter and cloud stencil also from Newton's Nook. I don't usually do anything special for the inside of my cards, but I just had to for this card.

It just makes me laugh, something we all need to do more of.

Please continue to stay safe, healthy, and enjoy the time at home crafting and join our birthday  challenge at Inky Paws! You have one more week to play with our birthday challenge at Inky Paws! We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.

The deadline to enter today's challenge is this Friday, April 24, 2020 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.