All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge

Well when I saw what had been made there seemed to be a strong mermaid theme going on and I did not want to ruin that!! So I quickly got a mermaid digi stamp from C.C. Designs who is called "Coral". What fun to colour and to add glitter to her tail.... yes I crossed boundaries by adding the "you're fintastic" - but oh well I think it suits the card :). The paper that really suits is from Imaginisce and the line is "Splash Dance" I also used one of my cuttlebug embossing folders and inked the bubbles to give a bit of water effect behind her. The shapes were cut from Spellbinder dies which are so good for cards. And yes I had fun colouring her with copic markers!! The phrase is a stamp from C.C. Designs too. Hope you like her!!

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

I love the hedgehogs!! This was fun to do make and fun to colour, especially the blues for the watering can - I used BG32 and BG72 from my copic markers. I also really like the small butterfly punches to just add that extra dimension to my cards. The smaller butterfly is a Marvy punch and the other is from Martha Stewart.

Other supplies used:

stamp - Penny Black "yearning"

phrase - Cloud 9 sentiment sticker

paper - Basic Grey 'Olivia"

...already told you copics :)

Taylored Expressions Challenge

This was a very fun challenge to do - really liked the design of it!!I love this mouse from Stampavie and it is so fun to colour with copics!!!! Hope you enjoy it too!!
Supplies used:
stamp - Stampavie
pattern paper - a mix of DCW "Flower Shack" and some scraps I had around
bling - Kaiser rhinestones and Adirondack dimesional pearls "cranberry" for flourish
phrase stamp - C.C. Designs

Friday Sketchers

Well a new challenge for me to enter...although I see there are a ton of entries for this one!! But fun anyways to try and to use the sketch to make another family card...okay lots of family birthdys and anniversaries for August :) And oh a shock I did not colour on this one!!!
Supplies used"
stamp - Great Impressions
pattern paper - Memory Box "Spearmint"
phrase stamp - C.C. Designs
buttons - Basic Grey
Stamped the image with black versafine and then emobssed with clear embossin powder to make it stand out more.

What else I love to do!!

My husband built a raised garden for me - he's awesome!! So here are some before & after photos to show what else I love to do :)

Mercy's Tuesday Challenge MTSC81

Well this has been a busy day of blogging for me.... guess I should go make some dinner for my family now :). But it has been so fun to have the time off to get going on some of these challenges again and do the double duty of getting some family cards made too!! I had been so busy teaching copic classes in Calgary that there was not much time for some of my own cards to be completed - but YEAH for holiday time!! Thanks Mercy for this challenge!! I enjoyed it even if I did turn the sketch around...

Products used:

stamp- Greeting Farm

paper - Kaiser "Utopia" collection

shapes - Spellbinders

sentiment stamps - Northwood and MSE

ink..... hmmmm maybe Copics!!!

Papertake Weekly Challenge

Fun to enter a new challenge with Papertake!! I love the fact that you can think of special days coming up for family and use the challenges to create cards and get me thinking - how good can it get?? Yes there is an anniversary coming up and I thought this couple from Mo Manning would be fun to use for sure!!

Products used:

paper - Basic Grey "Capella"

stamp - Stampavie - Mo Manning

flowers - Prima minis

lace - picked up along the way somewhere...

And you know it ...copics!

Just some summer fun!!!

Here are a couple of fun cards I made for a class that I was teaching and want to share them with you, maybe you have some summer cards that you need to make for someone special and hopefully these can give you some ideas!! Both of the images are C.C. Design stamps which I think are adorable! A little Diamond Glaze added to the surfboard makes it stand out more and look a little more real. The palm tree is cut out on the Cricut from the Stretch Your Imagaination cartridge. For the surfer girl the paper is from Fancy Pants and the other card is Bo Bunny paper. Happy Summer to you all!!

Mojo Monday Challenge

This card was so very fun to do and it is for one of my nieces for her birthday! Thanks for the challenge to do it up differently. The stamp is a digital one from - http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/

I thought this fairy was kind of spunky and that is similar to my niece!! Hope you enjoy it too.

Products used:

paper - Kaiser Craft Utopia Collection

stamp - Stitchy Bears digital

bling - Imaginisce

shapes - Spellbinders

...and you know me copics of course!!!