Water Color Fuschia and Butterfly

AAahh..... the end of the weekend.... :-(

I thought I would post one more card......

This is a Technique Tuesday stamp called Fuschia. I stamped it with Ranger Archival Ink on Strathmoore Cold Press paper. I used Tombow Dual Brush marker ink and a waterbrush to color the image. This color combination in the real plant world is called "Dark Eyes" and was my mom's favorite fuschia. I added Pretty Pink Posh's sequins and droplets. The butterfly is from Lawn Fawn's Critters in the 'Burbs set. I used My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle Die-Namics.

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Watercolor Flowers and a Butterfly

This card is stamped with Technique Tuesday's Bleeding Heart.

It is watercolored with Tombow Dual Brush Markers. I used Stampendous White Detail embossing powder. The butterfly is from Lawn Fawn's Critters in the 'Burbs set. I die cut the watercolor paper and gray card stock with My Favorite Things Rectangle Die-Namics. I also added droplets and sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

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Thanksgiving - Three

This sweet little card is for my granddaughter.  I love Lawn Fawn's Thankful Mice and Pretty Pink Posh's Storybook 1 die!

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I am thinking about Halloween!!!

I am so excited to get back into my craft room after a very busy summer!!! I have been watching all the new releases and checking my existing stamps, dies and supplies.  I am trying to plan!!!!

Here is the card that I have been wanting to work on.....

I used all MFT stamps and dies plus a little Copics and Stickles!

The MFT dies are a Spooky Scene and Pure Innocence Mummy stamp and die set.

It is good to be back!

This card will be entered in the challenge:

MFT Superstar

One Layer Card

This is a one layer card on kraft paper colored with Copics - WHEW! It wa a challenge just to describe it!!!! 

I added Glossy Accents to the middle of the flower and to the bees wings.

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Father's Day 2015

My husband has been camping lately.  He loves to sit back and just enjoy nature.  So here is the perfect stamp for him! We have two Dachshund sisters that we rescued last year. They came to us wearing purple and pink harnesses so we could tell them apart. I colored their stamped sweaters those colors. They came to us over weight so the rule was no human food. Guess who they know to be an easy mark for a treat?

So cute - Judy and Julie!!!

This card will be linked to:

Art Impressions Challenge #161 - For the Fellas

Sunny Skies

We are going to have sun for the next week!  Here in the Pacific Northwest

it is very exciting!!!

I thought this card would be perfect for the week!!! The background was made with Ranger's Embossing Dabber, Stampendous White Embossing Powder, My Favorite Things Cloudy Day stencil and a couple of Distress Inks. I used Lawn Fawn's "Sunny Skies" for the elements and sentiment.

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Playing along with My Favorite Stamps Shakers!

I am still playing with the  My Favorite Things Circle Scribble Flowers set.  I wanted to play along with MFT's Shaker Cards.  This was not as easy as I thought it would be. It was not as easy lining up the stamps with the die cut flowers. And I wanted to add the stamp with the flower outline as an afterthought. I tried white opaque Stazon on the  transparency but it was transparent not opaque. So I used Uni-Ball Signo white pen and it came out a little shakey. Oh well, it was fun putting it together!!!!

A Peek at Easter!

 The stamp and die set is Lawn Fawn's Eggstra Special. The window die is My Favorite Things

Square Grid cover-up. The fence and grass are by Lawn Fawn. The cloud is from the Sunny Skies 

set by Lawn Fawn.

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April Flowers in the Middle

I have been having so much fun with My Favorite Things "Circle Scribble Flowers".

There are two sets of dies that match the stamps so there are endless possibilites for cards! I also used

Lawn Fawn's Grass die and Scripty Sayings.

Happy April!


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Simon's Monday and Wednesday Challenges

You Have My Heart Birthday

This little cutie is going to my friend, Joyce, who has a little red Dachshund!

I used You Have My Heart  stamp and die set from My Favorite Things and Lawn Fawn's Scripty Sayings.

This card will be linked to:

 Wednesday Sketch Challenge at My Favorite Things

Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

This is a lovely stamp from Unity Stamp Co called LUCKY you're my friend. I used Lawn Fawn's 

Let's Polka Paper and the washi tape is from Impress Cards and Crafts.  I used Glossy Accents on the 

large shamrock.

This card will be linked to:

Simon Says Monday Challenge-Just a hint of clover,

Unity's Friends with Flair

and

A Little Leprechaun!

I have always celebrated St. Patrick's Day! This mischievous little fellow is really the Gnome from 

"Gnome Sweet Gnome" set! His new hat is "Hats Off to You" and the shamock is "My Lucky 

Charm". The little hill is "Let's Polka".  All of these products are Lawn Fawn. The washi tape is from 

Impress Cards and Crafts.

This card will be linked to:

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Just a Hint of Clover

 and.....

Whoop! Whoop! Let's Hear It For the Guest Hopper!!!

I am so excited to have won the Unity {be inspired} Challenge! One of the prizes (besides a BOAT LOAD OF STAMPS) is a chance to be a Guest blog hopper! So here goes.....

The Hop starts here on Thursday 2.26 with the Unity Blog.

I have a few cards to share with you.

This is the "birdie conversation" set. I colored the birdie with Copics and used Distress ink for the background. The patterned paper is American crafts and I die cut it using Stitched Rectangles and Squares.

The stamp is Donna Downey "poppies". The sentiment is from "Everything Easter". I watercolored with Distress Ink for this card after heat embossing with white embossing powder.

This is the front of the card and below is the inside. I used "Love Brings You Home".

I used the "J{our}ney" stamp from the "Explore. Discover. Escape." stamp set.

The background stamp is a map of Rome from Hero Arts.  The frame and stamp is from Sizzix. This card is for a friend's engagement. She is a world traveler!

This is the "Welcome to the Hood" set. Thanks to Angeline Choo for the inspiration! When I saw her cute card I knew I had to have that stamp!

I used Unity sentiments for this card.

I used "#Hashtag Kit", "Elephant Behind", and a "Age is Only a Number". This is my husband's birthday card. We have two black and tan, long-haired dachshunds, hence the coloring of the dog. The image on the inside of the card (the back end of the dog) wiggles like it is wagging her tail! 

Thanks for being with me today. Thanks to Unity for always supporting their customers. They are the most giving company around!

Here are the designers for Unity:

GROUP A

I love to read your comments!

An Evening Roast

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge was to add texture. I used SSS Falling Snow stencil for stars adding Distress Ink to modeling paste. The critters are from Lawn Fawn's "Love You S'More set.

This will be linked to:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge
and

My Husband's Birthday Card!

We have two long-haired, Black and Tan Dachshunds which influenced the coloring of this cute puppy from Art Impressions (To The End).  The inside of the card has the backside of the dog which is on a little spring to make it wiggle! All the sentiments are stamps from Unity Stamp Co.

This card will be linked to the Art Impressions "Front and Back" Challenge, Simon Says Stamps "All Creatures Great and Small" and the Lawnscaping Birthday 

Challenge, Unity Friends with Flair

More Bugs & Kisses

I made these cute bug cards for friends' birthdays. I thought this paper looked like there were lightening bug glows in the background. I used the Peek-a Boo die from Pretty Pink Posh for the birthday wishes.

The Bugs & Kisses stamps and dies are from Lawn Fawn.

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and Simon Says Stamp "All Creatures Great and Small" challenge.

It Moose Be Love II !!

I had to try this again. I wanted to work on my trees and the masking technique and to place a moose in the PeekaBoo to make more sense about the love of one moose to another. 

Such fun to make!

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It Moose Be Love!

I love this set from Lawn Fawn, "Critters in the Arctic"! I also used Pretty Pink Posh's "Peekaboo" die with a cute little owl hiding in it!

This will be linked up with:

Lawnscaping Challenge Create a Background