Easter Blessings

Good morning, it's a President's Day here so a holiday. It is great to have a long weekend with family.

Today is also the start of a new challenge over at Jan's Digital Stamps Challenge. She has some gorgeous new releases this month and my card today is showcasing Cottontail Easter a cute set that is ideal for your Easter crafts:

What I Did:

I used my graphics program to build the scene of the bunny, the eggs and the sentiment all of which are included in the set. I then printed this onto stamping card and colored with Copic markers. I recorded my first ever You Tube video while coloring which you can view here.
I then matted an 8x8 in Card base with Yellow cardstock and a spring like paper. I also matted a smaller Easter paper with the yellow card and positioned this on my card
I added my matted image with using foam tape to give dimension. A few nuvo drops just balanced the design.

What I Used:
Jan Mahew: Cottontail Easter digital stamp collection
Stamping card: X-press It
White Card Base: Craft UK
Yellow cardstock: Core'Dinations
Green floral paper: Lili Of the Valley (Retired)
Easter Paper: Digital download (unknown)
Nuvo Drops: Tonic, English Mustard

The challenge runs for 2 weeks and is an anything goes challenge so if you make and create there is no reason not to come and join us!

Thanks for stopping by check out the Challenge blog for more inspiration from my teamies.

Crafty Friend

Good morning - it looks a gorgeous morning here but it is sooo cold!

A good day to stay in and craft which brings me to my inspiration card for Scrapper's Delights. Don't forget they have a challenge running over on the blog where you could win yourself some money to buy their gorgeous digital stamps.

Meet Crafty Honey who is about to use her markers:

She's not like me - I need a desk to color on - I could never lay on the floor!

She has been colored using Copic Markers and then I have used Polychromo pencils to deepen the shading. 

I made a 7x5 inch card base and matted this with turquoise card and patterned paper. I then die cut the scribble and the circle frame for my sentiment in the same card. Once I adhered these to my card I fussy cut Honey and added her. The sentiment is part of the digital stamp bundle and I resized this so it would fit in the frame and printed in white card adding it to the center of the round frame.

A few dots of Nuvo drops just balanced the design.

Head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Store to see all of their stunning images

We also have a monthly challenge where you can enter any makes you do

Why not stop by the Scrapper's Delight Facebook page for regular news on and inspiration from my Teamies and keep your eyes peeled on my blog for new releases from them!

Always be Kind

Good morning! Busy day for me today so starting early

My post today is the second card I made for the Riley and Company Card Bonanza blog post

I have used Riley and he's all in Birthday mode:

I colored Birthday Cake Riley with my alcohol markers - I tried a different color combo on him today I thought the lighter color would give the look of reflected candle light. Once colored I stamped the Being Kind sentiment using an ombre set of inks. I love this brush script and think we should bring more stamps using it. I then matted a yellow spotty card base with green and added my image. A few yellow nuvo drops just completed the CAS card.

 Thank you for stopping by, for more inspiration check out the Riley and Company Blog. Or for more news about what the Moose and his pals are up to head on over to the company Facebook page 

Pretty little Mushroom house

Good afternoon - arte you ready for some more Mushroom Lane cuteness from Riley and Company?

I used the last little house in the new release to make a pretty card House with a Clothes Line:

I colored the image with alcohol markers adding pencil to give the shading more dimension. I used chalks for the sky and ground. I then die cut the image using a lacy edge die. 

I made a card blank and fed this through with the same die, leaving one edge of the die hanging over so it didn't cut into the folded edge of the base card. I made this into an easel card and matted it with the pink card. Another of the new releases - May all Your Troubles sentiment stamp was then stamped onto white card and die cut with the same lacy die. Some Crystal drops just finished off the look

 Thank you for stopping by, to see all the new release stamps head on over to the new release section of the Riley and Company online store, they still have all the new release offers on:

For more inspiration check out the Riley and Company Blog. Or for more news about what the Moose and his pals are up to head on over to the company Facebook page 

New Year's Resolutions

Welcome to my 2nd post of the day, who has made a New Year's resolution? Are you still on plan with it?

Riley has thought about it and and come up with this conclusion:

So live like a turtle and enjoy a long life!!

I colored Floating Riley with alcohol Markers and stamped the Lessons Learned sentiment  in black ink. I then inked the edges on both and matted with yellow card. I used a white card base and matted it with yellow card and some blue and yellow dotty paper. I used some crystal drops to finish off my design.

Thank you for stopping by, for more inspiration check out the Riley and Company Blog. 

Or for more news about what the Moose and his pals are up to head on over to the company Facebook page 

Thanksgiving Week Day 2

Good morning and welcome to the second day of my Thanksgiving inspiration using Riley and Company Stamps

So what is the main dish for your Thanksgiving dinner??

Hope you all said turkey! Today's card is about that turkey:

Isn't that sentiment just the best - Turkey Hunting in the grocery store 😆  So I used Turkey Riley - all dressed in his founders hat - and colored him with Copic Markers. I stamped my sentiment and then matted both my image and sentiment with black card. I chose a leafy design paper and matted my card base with this and black card. I then die cut a leafy border again in black card. a few black crystal drops just balance my design.

Thank you for stopping by, for more inspiration check out the Riley and Company Blog. Or for more news about what the Moose and his pals are up to head on over to the company Facebook page 

Smile you are on Camera

Good morning! The weather here is hot hot hot! which would be nice however the humidity is also very high so it's difficult to be outside for long   

Today I is my turn to showcase over at Scrap n' Dipity and I have a cute image for you today.

Meet Reid and Rose an adorable couple who are posing to have their photo taken

I have colored them with my alcohol markers and used the colors from their clothes for my card design.

I matted my card blank with purple card and some cute floral design paper. Using a coordinating paper I made 2 small mats and placed these in opposing angles.

I then matted my image with the same purple card and adhered this using foam tape for dimension.

The flowers are a tuck in die again cut from the same card along with the Smile sentiment.

A few pearls made from crystal drops just balance the design.

Thank you for stopping by  - for more inspiration please check out the Scrap N' Dipity Facebook fan group 

We also have a challenge blog where you can win some of the gorgeous digi-stamps.

Ingredients used

Scrap n' Dipity Reid and Rose digital Stamp

Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth cardstock

Copic Markers

Purple card

Flowered design papers

Scalloped 8x8 card blank

Flower Tuck in Die

Smile word die - from my stash

Crushed Grape Nuvo Crystal Drops

Mermaids home

Good afternoon, it's a lazy Saturday for me not going much planned, it's the last weekend before school starts so making sure everything is ready for 7am on Monday 

It's also the last weekend of the month so time for an exciting new release from Scrapper's Delights. We are carrying on with the under the sea theme from last month and there are some great props for you to add to your mermaids and fish themes.

I have used Sea Rock 1 - I chose to use the png file so I could add Pearl Mermaid 2 peeking out from the middle of the rock

I colored the image using alcohol markers then went over the top of all of it with an aqua colored marker to make it look as though it was all under water.

As I had used a deep red for the coral I chose the same to use as my matting card. 

I made a 6x6 inch card blank, matted this with the same red card and some digital design paper that looks like water. I recolored a piece of this to tine in with the image and matted this onto the same red card to contrast under my image.

A bubble die cut and some clear dimension drops just finished off the design.

Ingredients used

Sea Rock 1 Digi stamp

Pearl Mermaid 1 Digistamp

Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Cardstock

Copic Markers

Spectrum Noir Markers

Red card

Design paper from Craft Artist

Tuck in die

Nuvo Crystal Drops

Head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Store to see all of the new releases.
We also have a monthly challenge where you can enter any makes you do
Why not stop by the Scrapper's Delight Facebook page for regular news on and inspiration from my Teamies and keep your eyes peeled on my blog for new releases from them!
I am entering these  cards into the following challenges:

Elliebelles Creative Moments -Color Challenge

The Pencil Case - Anything Goes 

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes 

                                                  

Water water everywhere!

Hello, things have been a bit crazy this month so not many posts but kids back at school next week so hopefully I can get back on track

Over at Craftin Desert Divas Digital stamp team they are having a water coloring challenge this month and if you participate you get a code for a free digi of your choice from the huge selection in the store.

I'm not a confident water colorist but I do give it a try. So here's my showcase for the challenge

I have used Bubble Time which is a cute little mouse having a bubble bath - better watch out that it doesn't over-flow!

I started by water coloring card for the background with a mix of pink and purple. Then I printed the image once the paper was dry. I the colored this with my Zig clean color pens blending them with water.

 I added dimension to the bubbles as well as a few extra with clear Nuvo Drops.

I chose a bright and flowery design paper which I felt went really well with the image colors and matted this and the image with a bright green card.

I few die cut bubbles tucked behind the image just carried the image theme through the design.

You can enter the challenge by placing your make into the photo album on the Craftin Desert Diva's Facebook page. Whilst you are there why not check out all the fun and inspiration that is happening over there.

We also have a blog, Instagram page and Pinterest page for more inspiration