Birds of a feather HOOT together!

I hosted my first swap this month, yay! I chose the theme "Birds of a feather flock together", use two or more birds on your card. As I was looking through my stamps I found this older Pink Cat Studio set, QT Hooty Owl and thought it would be perfect for my swap!! 

I don't know about you, but for me it's fun to go through stamps and find ones you'd forgotten about and get them inky!!

Have the most marvelous day!!

Stamps~ Pink Cat Studio~ QT Hooty Owl,
Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black,
Cardstock~ Copic Xpress-it, SU Crumb Cake,
Designer Paper~ Jillibean Soup~Apple Cheddar Soup,
Other Goodies~ copics, MFT A2 Stitched Rectangles STAX set 1, MFT Stitched Mini Scallop Rectangle STAX, Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen, SU Basic Pearls,

Trick or Treat!

A Halloween swap card to share today! I used an older stamp set from Pink Cat Studio called Itty Bitty Halloween. A fun set!

Thanks for stopping by and have a crafty day!

Stamps~ Pink Cat Studio~ Itty Bitty Halloween,
Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black,
Cardstock~ Copic Xpress-it, SU Pumpkin Pie,
Designer Paper~ Doodlebug~ Haunted Manor,
Other Goodies~ copics, SU Spider Web doily, La La Land Nested Stitched Circles, Kaisercraft Black rhinestones, 

Splashing by

I had such a wonderful visit with my Dad and family, seems so odd to not be getting together with them today! But they had to leave to visit some other relatives so now it's back to our summer routine. 

While my Dad was here we went swimming for the first time this year. That got me in the "summer time" mood so I thought Lily at the beach would be fun to ink up today! And this cute set is even on sale!! You know you want it!

I used a sketch I found at CPS-Card Sketches, CPS170. 

Isn't Lily just too cute?? I used Viva Decor Transparent Gloss Gel on her goggles to make them appear more realistic.

supplies:

• card size: 5 x 5
• stamps: Lily at the beach,
• paper: Basic Grey Kioshi, SU cardstock,
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,
• others: copics, CM stencil/template ruler, SU marker, metallic dew drops-on sale, glue dots, Viva Decor Transparent Gloss Gel,

Lily Butterfly

Bet it comes as no surprise that I had to have this CUTE Pink Cat Studio stamp, Lily Butterfly! Hehe! And lookie, her and her friends- Lily Ladybug, and Lily Bee on sale right now...if you don't have her, why not order her with some fab paper and Viva Decor Pens!!

supplies:

• card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
• stamps: Lily Butterfly,
• paper: Basic Grey Euphoria scraps, SU cardstock,
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,
• others: copics, Creative Inspirations Paint-tutu pink, pearls/baubles I made with Viva Decor Paper Pen and Viva Decor Gloss Pen with glitter, glue dots, Viva Decor Glitter Liner, stickles, SU marker, Martha Stewart butterfly punch,

Susana has new goodies in the store!! Check them out!! Maya Road Chipboard!

 

A Touch of Christmas Thursday's # 6

It's time for another A Touch of Christmas Thursday's! Be sure to check out Kimberly's blog to see what she came up with!
I'm really trying to use up some of the images I already have colored so that's where I found all of these images. I made a few cards to make up for missing last week. I kept them pretty simple so they'd mail without extra postage.
I used a sketch from SCS, SC194 for the Snowbunnybella card.

supplies:

• card sizes: 5 1/2 X 4 1/4, 5 x 5,
• stamps: images from RAK, Snowbunnybella
• paper: scraps,SU cardstock, some from my stash,
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU soft suede,
• others: copics, prismacolors, OMS, sparkly fluff,CM fine tip markers,Martha Stewart punch, metallic dew drop, glue dots, SU markers, Fiskars Texture plates, copic glitter pens, American Crafts glitter buttons, scrappers floss, nestabilities, punches, bella flowers, diamond glaze,

A Touch of Christmas Thursday's #2

If you missed last week's A Touch of Christmas Thursday post that explained what this is~~click here to see! I was happy to see a few of you play along with Kimberly and myself! Fun!!
Be sure to visit Kimberly today and see what she created too!! 
Here's what I had fun creating for today~~I used a sketch I found at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge-Challenge #41, for inspiration as once I began working with it I changed some of the elements!

supplies:

• card size: 5 x 5
  
• stamps: Winter Lily,
• paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses, SU cardstock,
  
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Rich Razzleberry,
  
• others: copics, new American Crafts pink glitter pen (really nice pen!!), copic glitter pens, sugar sparkly fluff, Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses buttons, pink scrappers floss, snowflake charm, glue dots,
  

Remember to leave us a comment if you play along so we can see what you've created!

Birds of a feather.....

A "just because" card.....

supplies:

• card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
  
• stamps: Q.T. Hooty Owl,
• paper: SU cardstock, some from my stash,
  
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU close to cocoa, 
  
• others: copics, Cricut Storybook cartridge, Petaloo Dazzlers, stardust pens, copic glitter pens, stardust stickles,
  

What I did:

• stamped my image twice onto my cardstock with memento ink and then colored one full image and only the hats on the other one with copics
• cut out the colored hats and popped them up on the other image for dimension
• I sponged close to cocoa onto the edges of the image and designer paper
  
• the little corner swirlie doodads were made on my cricut and sponged with close to cocoa ink then I added a dazzler on each
• I finished the card with touches of stardust pen, copic glitter pens and stickles to the hats
  

Flutter By Wednesday #85

Welcome to another Flutter By Wednesday!! So glad you are here!

Our challenge this week is to use a circle or circles with your butterfly, fairy or angel! 

Leave a direct link to your creation in Mister Linky, (I reserve the right to remove any links not appropriate or linked to blogs vs. entries.) If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use the keyword, FBW. Can't wait to see what YOU create!!

Please be sure to visit the Flutter By Team's blogs to see their wonderful fluttering creations! Links are on my sidebar.


Here's my creation for this week~

supplies:

• card size: 5 x 5
  
• stamps: Lily Snowflake Fairy,
  
• paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses,
  
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Pixie Dust, Palette Belle Rose,
  
• others: copics, nestabilities, Creative Inspiration paints, SU punches, Martha Stewart punch, stickles (stardust, cotton candy, icicle ), Kaisercraft Blush pearls,
  

What I did:
I stamped Lily onto my cardstock with Memento ink and colored with copics. I  cut Lily out with my nesties and while the image was still in the nestie I sponged ink around the edges. 
I painted her wings with Pink Highlights Inspiration paint and accented her dress with Tutu Pink Inspiration paint.
Next I freaked out. LOL! I am so horrible at figuring out layouts for cards, so I went searching online and in my folder of saved sketches to see what I could find.
I finally found a great sketch at The Sweet Stop, an older one, you can see it here. And though I didn't follow it exactly, it was at least inspiration to get started! LOL!
I picked papers, embellishments and then put it all together. At the end I added stickles to the snowflakes, both on the image and the punched ones. I put the snowflakes and sentiment on popdots too for some dimension.

For Henry

I'm not a big fan of digi stamps as I just don't have the best luck with them but I had to purchase this cute digi for Henry. You can read about it here.
The kids colored one each and I made a card. I must admit, it was hard not to tear up while making this knowing why this image was made. I kept this card super simple as it's going in the mail.

 

Hug those near and dear to you!!


supplies:

• card size: 4 x 6
  
• stamps: Digi stamp for Henry,
• paper: DCWV Baby scrapbook in a stack,
  
• ink:
• others: copics, 

 

Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential #1

I'm so excited for Vicki as her new challenge blog gets started today!! If you haven't heard of it yet, where have you been? But seriously, check it out, very neat challenge blog!! You can get there by clicking HERE!
The first challenge is to create a Halloween card without using Halloween images! EEK!! LOL!
I actually had several ideas for this but finally came up with this~~

supplies:
card size:5 1/2 x 4 1/4
stamps: TAC Some Bunny, sentiment from Itty Bitty Halloween,
paper: Neenah Solar White cardstock, TAC FingerPaints,
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Palette Orangerie,
others: copics, oval nestibilities, SU modern label punch, SU word window punch, brads, mini buttons, orange souflee pen, spiced marmalade stickles,

TIOT # 38-- Fall/Halloween Fun

Our Try It Out Tuesday challenge got pushed to Friday this week with the FAB new releases of the Elisabeth Bell Special Edition Ornament Collection for SCACD and the Victoria Case Everyday Gals for SCACD!
Our challenge this week was to make a fall or Halloween themed card. I hope you'll stop by Susana's store blog, Follow Your Heart to see the rest of the FAB design teams creations and to see how you can play along.
Oh my, the choices for this challenge!! I finally had to do eeny meany miney mo between these choices:

• Autumn
• Susan--don't you think she'd look fab in autumn colors?
• Alexa--again, picture the warm toned colors of autumn!
• Fairy Friends--I thought of the mushroom house in browns with one of the fairies overhead in autumn tones
• Itty Bitty Halloween
• Bryony--I bet she'd be stunning in browns, oranges and rust colors!

Okay, so you get the idea....my mojo is back and the ideas are just running wild! LOL! So here's what I ended up with~~

supplies:
card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
stamps: Fairy Friends,
paper: SU Whisper White, Basic Grey Indian Summer, SU cardstock,
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,
others: prismacolors, OMS, Autumn flower soft, leaves from my stash--no idea where they came from, Sunflower seed teardrops, orange copic glitter pen, stardust stickles,

More Itty Bitty Halloween

Seriously these Itty Bitty Halloween stamps are just too cute and fun! I thought it would be neat to make both my kids bookmarks using them.

supplies:
bookmark size: 2 1/2 x 5
stamps: Itty Bitty Halloween,
paper:
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,
others: copics, Azure Smooch, black copic glitter pen,

Itty Bitty Halloween

Have you seen the new adorable Itty Bitty Halloween stamps by Pink Cat Studio? Way too cute and Susana has them in stock ready to be shipped to your home!!! While you're there ordering these cuties, be sure to check out the new Inspiration paints!! these are just awesome!! Like a mix of smooch and shimmerz!
She also has the NEW Basic Grey paper pads in stock!! So be sure to head over there and treat yourself to some new goodies!!

supplies:
card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
stamps: Itty Bitty Halloween,
paper: Basic Grey Ambrosia,
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,
others: Copics, black copic glitter pen, metallic dew drops, large oval and scallop oval nestabilities,

Sweet Pea

I just love the Sweet Pea Plate #2 from Pink Cat Studio. They are some of the cutest images! Plus they are all so versatile!
Here's a cutie I've had colored for a while..figured she needed turned into a card. I just want to tickle her little belly button!!

supplies:
card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
stamps: Sweet Pea Plate #2, SU Teeny Tiny Wishes,
paper: DCWV Pocket Full of Posies stack,
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Rich Razzleberry,
others: copics, CM cutting system, SU Rich Razzleberry marker, Petaloo Dazzlers,

Ribbit...

Another RAK image...how fun is Billy with his frog? Just a cute little card I'll probably sneak into Matthew's room sometime for him to find to say I love you and you're one awesome kid!

supplies:
card size: 3 x 3
stamps: image from RAK
paper: from my scraps
ink:
others: prismacolors, OMS,

TIOT #25 - Red, White and Blue

Our challenge this week was a 4th of July color challenge. We're to use only red, white and blue! How totally fun!
Be sure to check out Susana's store blog, Follow Your Heart, to see how to play along and also to see the other wonderful design team members FAB creations!!
I thought Lily at the beach would be a fun set to use for red, white and blue. If it would stop raining here I know my kids would love to go swimming. Bad part of this area is having the monsoon~rainy season the end of June, beginning of July each year.

You can see the sparkle from the copic glitter pens in this photo a little bit.

supplies:
card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
stamps: Lily at the Beach,
paper: Neenah Solar White,
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,
others: copics (blonde 2 bundle), copic glitter pens, Cricut, white pen (like this one),

Flutter By Wednesday #58

Happy Wednesday!! and Happy Flutter By Day! Hope that you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!!

This week's challenge is to use at least 2 designer/patterned papers with a butterfly or fairy. I'd love to see your creations!! Leave a direct link to your creation in Mister Linky at the end of this post! If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use the keyword FBW. Can't wait to see what you create!

Our guest designer this week is Jodi Collins! I've been an admirer of her work for a while. I just love her style! Be sure to stop by her blog and leave her some love! Here's her wonderful creation~~

Our featured team member this week is Stef! I am still getting to know this fabulous lady but one thing I know is that her passion for creating sure comes through in her work! Be sure to stop by her blog and the other team members blogs (on my sidebar) to see all their wonderful creations! Here's two creations from Stef this week~

And here's my creation for the week~~

supplies:
card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
stamps: Sweet Pea Plate #2,
paper: some from my stash,
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,
others: copics, black copic glitter pen, sunflower shimmerz, angel wings shimmerz, Nestabilities Labels 3, butterfly punch, Prima Destiny Daisy Crazy, white dew drops, fruit punch stickles,
I give up...now Mister Linky is missing! Please just leave a comment with a link to your creation.(edited Thursday May 21)

Try It Out Tuesday #17~ Mom's Day

Our challenge this week was to create a Mother's Day card and gift. Hmm. I really had to think about this one.
My mom loves chicken themed items, hummingbird themed items and the color purple. Well, I can do the purple. But then I thought about it and she reads my blog so I couldn't post anything I made for her. So this is for an imaginary mom. Maybe it will inspire you to create something for your mom!
With summer coming, I thought it would be fun to do a summer themed card/gift. I chose to use my new Lily at the Beach set! Yup, Susana is carrying Pink Cat Studio stamps now!! I decided to make a card and then a bookmark as many Mom's would like a bookmark to keep their place while they are enjoying some summer sun. It might not be your traditional mom's day card/gift but I still bet Mom would like it!
For the card I used a sketch from SCS, SC211.
Don't forget to stop by Susana's store blog, Follow Your Heart, to see all the other design team members wonderful creations and also to see how you can play along!

Supplies:
card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
bookmark size: 2 1/2 x 5
stamps: Lily at the Beach, TAC Curls and Swirls-on inside,
paper: some I've had for awhile-I think it's Making Memories,
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Tea Leaves,
others: copics ( Blonde 2 copic bundle), Petaloo Dazzlers, celery shimmerz, diamond stickles, corner punches,

Time to get them into cards.....

When I go to my friends house to color images, I come home and put them on my magnetic board on my cube that sits on my desk. Well, I can only stare at them so long before it annoys me and I have to make them into cards.

So that's what these cards are from....the images I colored at Jennifer's. I ruined one so into the recycling it went.

I'm taking a break from listing all the products I used but if you would like to know something, just ask!! The bunny stamp is from TAC-Some Bunny, The nesties are from Susana's store and the other two are Enchanted Lily from Pink Cat Studio.