Bee Happy

Made another card using the new Beatrice image by C.C. Designs. I was lucky to win this image along with the Strawberry Beatrice too. She is so cute! Played along the challenge at Cleary iStamp and hand wrote the sentiment. Thanks for visiting!!

Ingredients:


-Image by C.C. Designs 'Honey Bee-trice'
-Sentiment is handwritten
-Copics (E000, E00, E11, E33, E35, E37, Y02, Y06, C3, C5, C7, 100)
-Spellbinders circle and lacey circle
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Pilot G-2 pen
-Dew drops
-Glossy accents
-Dot paper
-Corner rounder
-Recollections paper
-Border accent from stash

We go together...

Made a simple love themed card again...but can be used for anytime. :) I had to have this set with the smiling salt and pepper shakers! Too cute! Hard to tell in the pic but I cut them out and popped them up on dimensionals. Thanks for visiting and hope you're having a great week so far!

Challenges:

Clean & Simple - sketch

Lawn Fawn - Embossing (heat or dry)

Ingredients:


-Image and sentiment by Lawn Fawn love 'n breakfast set 
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Black sharpie multiliner pen
-Copics (C1, C3, C5)
-Dew drops
-Spellbinders scalloped hearts
-Versacolor 'Cardinal' ink
-Cuttlebug heart embossing folder
-Dot paper
-Recollections cardstock

Lollipop Crafts Challenge #82

Hello! Today starts another challenge at Lollipop Crafts! Since today is Memorial Day, our theme this week is "With Deepest Sympathy - in observance of Memorial Day". I decided to make a sympathy card and tried to use cheerful colors and used the sketch from here.

Please check out the rest of the DT creations here. Hope you can play along with us! :)

Ingredients:
-Image by The Greeting Farm
-Sentiment unknown
-Copics (E000, E00, E11, E50, E51, E53, R81, R85, Y06, BG10)
-Stickles
-Glossy accents
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Tim Holtz distress ink
-Martha Stewart border punch
-Half pearls from Michael's
-Cardstock from Micahel's
-My Mind's Eye 'Miss Caroline Dolled Up' DP

A cup of love...

Made a love-themed card but it doesn't have to be for Valentine's Day. Thought I'd be cool to add some blue. Used the sketch at Clean & Simple. Hope you're all getting a great start to the long weekend!

Ingredients:
-Image and sentiment by Two Scoops Rice Designs
-Copics (RV21, RV23, BG01, BG05)
-Memento Tuxedo black ink
-Tim Holtz distress ink
-Glossy accents
-Stampin' Up circle and scalloped circle paper punch
-Martha Stewart border punch
-Cardstock by Recollections
-Half pearls from Michael's
-We R Memory Keepers 'Love Struck' DP

You're Sweet As Can Be

If you know me, if an image as anything to do with strawberries...I gotta have it! :) I was lucky to win this stamp from All That Scraps!! She is Strawberry Beatrice! Did a sketch challenge at Fetch a Sketch. Hope you all have a great 3 day weekend...I'll be working! :O Thanks for visiting me and your sweet comments!

Ingredients:
-Image by C.C. Designs 'Strawberry Beatrice'
-Sentiment by Pure Innocence
-Copics (E000, E00, E11, E33, E35, E37, RV34, R81, YG03, Y06, Y02, B00, B02)
-C.C. Designs 'Ric Rac' die
-Buttons
-Glossy accents
-My Mind's Eye Six by Six 'Dwell' DP
-Memento Tuxedo black ink
-Cardstock by Recollections
-Black Sharpie multiliner pen 

That was berry sweet of you...

Slowly trying to make cards for my stash! So many things to do...so little time! :( Used a PI image that I just got...didn't realize I was missing this strawberry themed stamp for my collection!! I paperpieced her dress and did the sketch challenge at The Craft's Meow.

I also wanted to share the cute easel card I received from Charleen from April's card swap...

Hope you're all having a great week so far! Thanks for stopping by!


Ingredients:
-Image and sentiment by Pure Innocence
-Tim Holtz distress ink
-Copics (E000, E00, E11, E33, E35, EG03, R14, Y15, E31)
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Corner rounder
-Half pearls from Michael's
-My Mind's Eye 'Stella Rose Gertle' DP
-Cardstock from Michael's

Yoshimi...

Just a quick post to share this card  before I'm off to work! :) I already had her inked up so I thought it would match well with the new DP I got. Wish I had more time to craft these days! :( But when I get the chance, it's relaxing! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Challenges:

All That Scraps - Anything Goes

Sketch For You To Try - sketch

Ingredients:
-Image by Sister Stamps "Yoshimi"
-Memento Tuxedo black ink
-Copics (E000, E00, E11, C5, C7, 100, YG03, YG23, R22, R32, YR02, YR04)
-Basic Grey 'Konnichiwa' DP
-Dew drops
-Glossy accents
-Cherry blossom paper punch from an RAK
-EK success flower punch
-Cardstock from Michael's

Lollipop Crafts Challenge #81

Hello! Today starts another challenge week at Lollipop Crafts! Our theme is "Making a Splash - card/project must have 'water' on it". For my interpretation of the challenge, I tried to make an underwater scene! :)

All the colored images are on foam tape. I don't have a wave die so I drew it and cut it out myself. (Came out weird but it'll have to do.) :O Hope you can join us with this fun challenge...makes me cool off thinking about water! :) Please check out the rest of the DT creations here.

Ingredients:
-Images and sentiment by Your Next Stamp
-Copics
-Stickles
-Glossy accents
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Rhinestones from Michael's
-Cardstock from Michael's

Happy Birthday

I finally got to make a card this week! Work's been keeping me busy and had guests visiting so I was taking them around. Hopefully I can craft more soon...when you don't do it on a regular basis, your "mojo" goes on vacation! Not sure when he's coming back! :) Made a simple birthday card! Have a great weekend everyone!

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Clean and Simple

Clean and Simple - sketch

Ingredients:
-Image by TGF
-Sentiment by Stampin' Up
-Copics (E33, E35, E50, E51, E53, B02, B12, R81, R85, Y06, Y08, YG03, YG23)
-Basic Grey 'Lemonade' DP
-Memento Tuxedo black ink
-Black Sharpie multiliner pen
-Glossy accents
-Half pearls from Michael's

Sponsor Spotlight at Lollipop Crafts

Hello! Today is Sponsor Spotlight at Lollipop Crafts! This week our wonderful sponsor is Karber Stamps. Here's some info about their company...

KARBER is a company created by Karla Barradas and Berenice Rendon. All began for passion to art and crafts, as friends we decided to join our different talents. In July 2010 that journey would lead us from hobby to a business and “Karber Digital Images” was created.  Recently, Karber Digital Images expanded to offer it's customers rubber stamps available through Sparkle Creations Store (http://www.shop-sparklecreationsrubberstamps.com/category/karber) and therefore,  have changed their name simply to Karber Stamps.  Visit Karber Stamps store at http://www.karberdigital.com/ or their blog at http://karbers.blogspot.com/.  


I made a card using an image from the Karber Strawberry set...had to make it since it's strawberries!! Got the sketch from here.

Please check out the rest of the DT creations here. And hope you can play along with us this week. You still have time to make a masculine card.


Have a wonderful day!!


Ingredients:
-Image by Karber Stamps
-Copics
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Glossy accents
-Basic Grey 'Nook and Pantry' DP
-Dew drops
-Cardstock from Michael's
-Doily die from MFT
-White galaxy marker

Life is short, eat dessert first!

Made a card using another cute image by Taylored Expressions! It's ironic how I love dessert/candy images but I'm not a sweets person in real life! (Only eat from time to time.)
 Hope you're having a great Wednesday! If I don't post again by Sunday, Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there!

Challenge: Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge

Ingredients:
-Image and sentiment by Taylored Expressions - Cuppie in the Kitchen set
-Glossy accents
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Copics (R17, R14, RV21, RV23, E35, E37, BG11, BG13, C1, C3)
-Paper piercing tool
-Grossgrain ribbon
-Red Pilot G-2 pen
-Spellbinders (Rectangle and scalloped rectangle)
-Basic Grey 'Hello Luscious' DP
-Half pearls from Michael's
-Gingham paper

Congrats on your baby girl...

Made this baby girl just to have in my stash! My goal is to try to have a least a couple cards of every occasion/holiday! (More for the common ones!) Used the sketch from none other than Clean & Simple! Good to not color for a change...very fast and easy as the Cricut giraffe was from Cely! Thanks Cely, it gave me motivation and inspiration to make a quick baby card!
Hope you all had a wonderful day...weather here is weird again. I finished work and there was thunder and lightning! :O

Ingredients:
-Sentiment by Lawn Fawn
-Dew drops
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Cricut giraffe from Cely
-Brown Pilot G-2 pen
-Cardstock from Michael's
-K & Company 'Itsy Bitsy' DP
-Spellbinders (Square and lacey squares nestabilities)

Lollipop Crafts Challenge #79

Hello! Today starts a new challenge at Lollipop Crafts. This week our theme is "Mama Mia- mother's day cards/projects". I can't believe how fast May came by! I used a cute neglected Pure Innocence image for my card...

Got the sketch from here. I hope you can play along with us this week...especially if you have not made your Mother's day card/project yet! :) Please check out the rest of the DT creations here.

Have a wonderful Monday! :)

Ingredients:

-Image and sentiment by Pure Innocence

-Dew drops

-Copics

-Memento tuxedo black ink

-Handmade dyed seam binding from Kim

-Basic Grey Plumeria DP

-Glossy accents

Sending You Snow Kisses

Just made it for the Sweet Sunday sketch challenge! Yup, made another Christmas card!! And used yet another uninked image by Pure Innocence!! :( I paper pieced the pocket, scarf and middle part of the hat with the same blueish DP in the background. 

I also wanted to share the card I received from Jayne (Michigan) from Shirl's card swap! 

So beautiful and creative!! Thanks Jayne! (And for the extra goodies too!)

Hope you all are having a great week so far! Thanks for visiting!!

Ingredients:

-Dew drops

-Image and sentiment by Pure Innocence

-Copics (BG10, BG13, E51, E53, R20, R14, R17, YG06, YG09, RV13, RV14)

-Stickles

-Black Sharpie multiliner pen

-Paper piercing tool 

-Martha Stewart snowflake punch

-My Mind's Eye '12 days of Christmas' DP

-Spellbinders (rectangle and scalloped rectangle)

Sweater Ian

Made another Christmas card! :) Kept it simple to look more masculine/boyish. (I think this is my first card of this type.) Thought it would also be good to make a Christmas card so I think of chilly weather since it's been getting pretty warm here in the desert! :O My first year experiencing living in this. Good thing I work in ac. Did the sketch challenge atFarm Fresh Friday! Hope you're all having a great week so far! Thanks for visiting...I will visit you all soon too!

Ingredients:
-Image by TGF (Sweater Ian)
-Copics (B97, B95, E33, E35, E37, E000, E00, E11, C3, C5, R59, R46, YG17, YG23)
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Dew drops
-Baker's twine
-Martha Stewart border punch
-Echo Park "Winter Park" DP