What better to chase of the Monday Blues, and a very-wet-overcast-flash-flood-type of Monday, than thoughts of Paris in the Spring?! My little grey friend is in Paris posing for a selfie early morning with beautiful green trees in the background. His thought is “May your day be filled with sunshine”. This was incredibly fun to make and oh-so-easy as well. The background is a stamp from the Ton stamped in Memento Black ink. The stamp is then inked with Memento London Fog. The sky is then inked with London Fog, Cottage Ivy and Hero Arts Unicorn White using a MFT cloud stencil. A final touch to the background comes from Copic markers: C0, C1,C3, YG61,YG67. My green-eyed friend comes from my stash. DD15 colored him some time ago and doesn’t remember where he comes from; I’m fairly certain Lawn Fawn. My sentiment is embossed in silver Ranger embossing powder.

“Always be positive. Enjoy the music of rain on a rainy day.”

Welcome back weekend crafters and card makers!! My first Christmas card this calendar year along with my first use of MissInk Stamps! ❄🎄❄ Their Little Angel set is the base for this card; it was stamped, of course, with my favorite Ink on 3 disappearing ink and brought to life with Prismacolor pencils. Hero Arts added the tree in the background with a little help from Iceberg embossing powder from Emerald Creek. A little white frame and some jewels finish it up.

“Friends are angles that lift us up when we forget how to fly.”

Throwback Thursday to little girls and ponies. Oh how I miss watching my little ones and their pony, Black Tie Affair. He was the BES!. Although, he was not cream colored like the pony above; he was practically perfect in every way. My current favorite medium for coloring is pencils. This cute pair was done all in Black Widow pencils. They are embellished with a little black and white gel pens.

Keep Calm and Gallop On!

Challengs entered:

Calling all Harry Potter fans! I was wanting to create a graduation card from DD who is a major HP fan. Challenge taken. I created this card using nothing but rectangular and square dies. The sentiment is from Lawnfawn and embossed in silver.

“When in doubt, go to the library.” — Ron Weasley

Tom cat here cheering on a purr-fect job! Tom came from Clair Joy and was stamped with Ink On 3 disappearing ink and tinted with Copic NO and Prismacolor pencils. A little gold accents with the butterfly, cord and sentiment (Craftin’ Desert Divas). A simple way to start a Wednesday. I thought this might make a cute graduation card. What do you think??

“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”

Cat and Holly are hear to remind us to “Stay Fabulous, Darlings!” Double Trouble has challenged me to be “girly.” You can’t get more feminine than Miss Holly Golightly. I found this precious image on Etsy and just had to have her. She is colored in a combination of Copic markers and Promarkers with a few added embellishments: white and black sparkle gel pen, white and silver nuvo drops and just a few pearls. You can’t have Breakfast at Tiffany’s without pearls?! Right??? Miss Golightly’s background are patterned digital papers cut with a little help from Lawnfawn.

💎“Of course,personally,I think it’d be tacky to wear diamonds before I’m forty”💎

Happy Sunday afternoon, card makers! Slinky dog has a hug to share with us today! He is stamped in Ink on 3 disappearing ink and brought to life with Prismacolor and Black Widow pencils. He is standing on a green pastel pencil grass. The little guy blended perfectly with Anna Griffin-Cricut paper.

“Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen“

A playful little card for the crafters and colorists this evening. This card was a self imposed challenge to see if I could color with only 7 pencils. I found this cute digital stamp over at Whimsy Stamps and thought it would work well. It is colored completely in Prismacolor pencils. A fun floral circle was used to cut it out. The patterned paper came from my stash. I added some unusual embellishments for me: ribbon, pearls, flowers. I used one ribbon to wrap around the card and another as a bow behind the flower on the upper right. I don’t use a lot of ribbon but love the look.

Good evening crafters and card makers. My friend Rocky here was visiting my friends in Tokidoki-land. Donetella was busy making her infamous sweets when he stopped by. He chose this delicious looking red-glazed donut for a snack. YUM!!! What a lucky guy. I wouldn’t mind that right about now. Maybe with a little port or moscato??? Hmm….. Better yet, a mimosa….. What would you pair with such a delightful dessert? (BTW, I’d probably actually have a nice cold glass of milk…shhhhh). Sleep well!!

Stamp set used: Rabbit Hole Designs

Copic Colors: C0,C1,C3,R27,R29,E55

Embossing powder: Ranger: Grey

Good evening all my crafty peeps! I have for you a sweet wolf serenading a few birds in the trees. To me this is a calm, sweet scene, seen perhaps on an unusually wintery fall night in the woods of Wisconsin. You know, when it snows too early and it is that beautiful white, light, fluffy stuff?! Wolfy is happy and is showing his appreciation with his song. Imagine, if you can, being up in the trees, looking down at this amazing picture. If only!?

Ok, perhaps as a child, I spent WAY too much time outside just eating up nature. Or not? This card was made with a ton of layering. Stamps came from all over: MayMay Made It, Lavinia, Gina K, Inkadinkado, and a few unknown stash items. The layers involved make it yet another mixed media card. Versaclair inks, Memento inks, along with Distressed Oxide and Distressed Ink to round out the inky part. Embellishments came through with white gauche, Gansai Tambi Champaign Gold, White and gold gel pen, and last, but not least, green pan pastel.

“When snow falls, nature listens!”