Good evening, crafters! MFT has a sketch challenge that was too fun to pass up! I used their radiating rays stencil along with Tim Holt’s Antique Linen, Tattered Rose and Dusty Concord for the background. BB Adorable Elephants with some simple copic coloring and glossy accents finished the card.

Keep smiling!

Welcome, Weekend Crafters!!! I have for you today a little girl and her doll taking a stroll through the park. I’m not sure what I will use this card for, perhaps Mother’s Day? This card was inspired by the lovely people over at Double Trouble Paper Crafting along with Allsorts Challenge.. Momenta’s Intricate Heart Tree was used to create my background. Craftin’ Desert Diva’s “Happy Girls” stamp set provided my image. She was stamped with Momento brown ink and colored with Copic markers. I paper pieced the carriage using wicker card stock along with Prismacolor pencils to add some dimension. I added some small embellishments with a red gel pen (the polka dots), White Nuvo drops (look carefully, she is wearing a pear bracelet), Irrredescent heart sequins (the wheels of the carriage), and a red heart (center of the hairbow).

Have a fantastic evening, everyone!

Copics used: E50, E51, W0,W1,R85,G12,100,E55,E57,E59

Prismacolors used: Burnt Umber, Mustard, Sepia, Gold

Good Morning, crafters! It’s a pastel heart sort of morning. I cannot help but think of this cute Rosie and Bernie stamp by Stamping Bella anytime I think of hearts of Valentines Day. I stamped the image with Versafine Onxy Black Ink on some Strathmore colored pencil 80lb paper. The sentiment is from a retired MayMayMade It set and stamped with Versafine Ink as well. Rosie and Bernie were colored with BlackWidow pencils. A yellow gel pen added the polka dots to the dress. Nuvo drops in rhubarb crumble were used for the heart ears. A little bit of Spectrum Noir clear was used on Bernie’s horn and hooves along with some white metallic watercolor for his mane. The background is done with pencil shavings.

Virtually Hug a Friend today!

Happy Weekend, crafters! I created this card for a Fabulous Friend this week. Although I craft for my family, I enjoy sending happy mail to my friends. The card was inspired by SSS’s Wednesday Challenge this week, Anything Goes featuring Stamping Bella. I adore the Oddball stamps from Stamping Bella and received a complete Alice in Wonderland set for my birthday last year. The Mad Hatter is just too cute. I made him a bit more festive using bright colors, like Disney’s 1950s animated version. The sentiment is from Kindred Stamps Tea Friends. I used Strathmore colored pencil paper and Versamark Onxy Black ink to stamp my image and sentiment. I then used white charcoal pencil and a combination of Prismacolor and Black Widow pencils to color the Mad Hatter. The inked shading is Lime Rickety from Catherine Pooler.

A very merry unbirthday to you!

Hello colorists! I saw this dragon coloring page and just had to color him. I am really enjoying the BlackWidow Monarch set of pencils. The page was printed on Grey Tone paper and colored in the pencils shown. White chalk was used prior to coloring to help with the shading. I added the sentiment YIKES from the Kindred stamp set “All The Feels” with some Ranger white embossing powder.

Happy Hump Day, y’all!

Is it too early for Christmas? I hope not. This is a completely Lawn Fawn inspired card. It is fairly clean and simple and truly easy to make. Lawn Fawn’s stiched rectangle die and hill die were used for the sky and snow. Fast and easy white embossing of the tress and snowflakes give a simple and tailored scene. The sentiment is embossed in Candy Apple red embossing powder. The Lawn Fawn sets used were Holiday Helpers and Snow Day.

Enjoy and stay safe, y’all!

Good morning crafters! A little bit of lavender to start the day. The great group over at AAA card challenge’s current theme is a single layer with a silhouette. So, I thought of this little fairy tending to the flowers. The flowers were done with an embossing folder tinted with Milled Lavender ink. The fairy is a stamp from my stash that was inked with Ink on 3 and then colored with Prismacolored pencils to get a silhouette. The sentiment on the bottom is stamped in Milled Lavender as well. Fairy simple to make! 😁

Have a fairy good day, y’all!

Happy Weekend, Crafters and Colorists! I found a new challenge this week, “Double Trouble Paper Crafting”. Their challenge is a combination of music with a zoo animal. What a fabulous way to combine three of my favorite hobbies: Disney, coloring and crafting. Gazelle from Disney’s Zootopia was a perfect match for this challenge. I imported an SVG of Gazelle to Cricut and added the notes background from stock images. Gazelle was printed and the notes were foiled using the Cricut. Gazelle was colored using Black Widow and Prismacolor pencils. The coloring was inspired by Lisa Mitrokhin’s art. You can check out her art and instruction over at Youtube: Lisa Mitrokhin.

Enjoy some coloring, y’all!

Hello Crafters! Today I’d like to share a card inspired by The Card Concept and Tim Holtz. I have always loved all the layers Tim Holtz uses; however, I’ve always been to “scared” it would look bad and wouldn’t give it a try. So, I gave it a go for this freestyle-collage card. I started with craft colored card stock. I used aged mahogany Distressed Oxide on a gel place and a globe stamp and lifted the first layer. I then stamped the globe stamp with ground expresso Distressed Ink. I used a stencil from my stash for the leaves using a blending brush and forest moss Distressed Oxide. The travel stamps were various stamps from Tim Holtz’s kits that were stamped in black Versafine Onxy Black ink. The sentiment was from a Craftin’ Dessert Diva’s set embossed with Vintage White. I figure, this would work well for a boy’s graduation card later this spring.

Thanks for stopping by, y’all!

Good morning crafters! The good people over at the Color Throwdown challenge(ctd626) have a color combination of plum, cream and black this week. I’ve been wanting to use Tim Holtz’s Funny Farm. I “Tokidokized” the farm animals to match the backgrounds. The background paper is from Tokidoki. I have some digital backgounds from Tokidoki that I printed on cream paper for my first card. The second card is Tokidoki origami paper. I then used hearts from Lawn Fawn to add some color to the animals and the bow is from Lawn Fawn’s Charge Me Up.

Enjoy your day, y’all!