Love

While we are all so interested in Valentines and Love, GingerLoft has jumped right into the middle of the bandwagon with their own challenge.  It runs for 2 weeks (as usual, LOL).

Whiile you don't have to use a GingerLoft digi to play, why not go check out the store and find the perfect image for this challenge!  Tami has great images that are just waiting to be colored.

I am playing with her 'Love postage stamp' today.

and inside.........

The postage stamp was printed out 4 times, each in a different color on X-press paper from copic.  The shading is done with copic markers.  No real coloring on this one! 

The twine is from The Twinery.

The heart button and ribbon is from my stash.

The DP is from a MS holiday pack.

The sentiment is from Create with TLC

: )  Gale

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges:  LOVE  (DT card)

2 Sisters Challenge:  Pink, Red, White

Digi Designs:  Valentines

One Stop Craft Challenge:  For the one I love

My Sheri Crafts:  Love is in the air, must use at least 2 hearts.

Annabelle Stamps:  Say it with hearts.

CardmadFairy:  Hearts

Crafty Ann's Challenge:  Love is in the air

Delicious Doodles:  All loved up

Fairy Tale Challenge:  Love, love, love

Fussy and Fancy:  Polka dots (back DP, red with pink polka dots)

Sweet n' Sassy:  Valentines Day (with a digi)

Bling it on:  Love

By the Cute and Girly:  Love is in the air

Cute Card Thursday:  Buttons and Bows

Digi Doodles Shop:  Love is in the air

MAWTT:  Have a heart

Shelly's Images:  All tied up

Sweet Friendship

Playing with the coffee shop digis from Fresh Brewed Designs again.  Just love making these store front cards (instructions on tutorial page above).  Especially when I have beautiful digis like these that Heather from Fresh Brewed Designs made for me!

This little card is already on the way to it's recipient, hope she likes it! LOL

 

The coloring is all Copic markers.

The sentiment is from Create with TLC and the ticket is hand cut

The awning is made with SU word window punch.

The daisies are from a piece of ribbon.  The half pearls and DP are from my stash.

I love that all the papers used can be from my scrap stash as they are all fairly small!

The little colored flourishes are fussy cut from a piece of a scrap (already colored).

Have a great day!

: )  Gale

This card may be entered in the following challenges:  (my apologies if I miss a rule that makes this card inappropriate for any challenge it is entered in)

Fresh Brewed Designs:  DT Card
Art Impressions Stamps:  Die cut or punches (the awning is made with SU word punch)
Aud Sentiments:  Anything goes
Papercraft Star:  Coffee or Tea  (bag of coffee beans)

Late Mocha Manic Monday!

Playing around the the MMM image that Fresh Brewed Designs gave away on Monday.

(Check out their blog first Monday of every month for the MMM freebie image).

Heather made an adorable cupcake image for everyone to play with.  Here is mine.

For a birthday, any celebration or someone that just needs a pick me up.  A cupcake is alway a good answer!  LOL  As the sentiment states, Cake fixes everything!

Image: Fresh Brewed Designs

Sentiment: (outside) Limited Runs

Sentiment:  (inside) Create with TLC

Coloring:  Copic Markers

Inking:  Momento Inks

Die Cuts:  Spellbinders

Bling cupcake:  Jolene's

Glossy Accents. Liquid Pearls

From my stash: ribbon, glitter, papers

: )  Gale

This card may be entered in the following challenges:
C.R.A.F.T. challenges:  Bright colors
Cute card Thursday:  Time for Cake
PaperCrafting Journey:  Die cuts and punches
Shelly's Images:  So Sweet
Crafts and Me:  use a digi
My Partner in Crafting Crime:  Sweets & treats

Happy Birhday Dad!

My dad is 75 today, September 21.  I wish him the happiest year yet!

I go out of my way to please my dad (most of the time).  There was nothing worse than having

my dad look at me and say, "I am so disappointed in you......"  UGH!  It was horrible!  LOL

Luckily, I haven't had to hear that for a long time..

Anyway, here is his birthday card from me.

Can't believe I forgot to take a pic of the inside.  There is a sentiment from Create with TLC that says

"Certified Antique".  TLC also is responsible for the sentiment in the sun.

The image and main sentiment is from Dude Time Doodles.  The sun and the bugs

are stamps from Our Craft Lounge. 

Everything is colored with copic markers.  There is sakura glitter pen used, crafty sparkles from OCL and some ultra thick embossing powder on the 'ye old guy' sentiment.

The button and waxed blue string are from my stash.  The punch on the bottom of the card

is one of the new edge punch and embossing sets from Spellbinders!  Love it!

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

Bearly Mine Challenges:  Button it up.

Crafty Sentiments:  Happy Birthday

Digital Tuesday:  Digi person image

Oldie but Goodie:  One for the guys

My Grafico:  Outdoor Fun

There's Magic in the Air:  Someone Special

Dream Valley Challenges:  Buttons

Cooling off with some Ice Cream!

Finally warmed up a little (70's) and it's time to be outside playing and eating ice cream.  Best way to enjoy some ice cream.................Banana Split!

This is a wonderful image from Fresh Brewed Designs called.......Banana Split!  LOL

It is colored with copics, sponging around the sentiments is Tim Holts distress inks.

The sentiments (outside and inside) are from Pauline at Create with TLC.

She also made the background paper!  Talk about some talent!

Some liquid embroidery stuff that puffs with heat for the whipped cream and some ribbon and bling from my stash finished it off.   Too cute!

Going to be camping for a while, see ya when we get back.

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

Hooked on Craft:  Sweet Treats
Totally Paper Crafts:  Food and Drink
Send a Smile 4 Kids:  Anything goes for a child
KB Cute Monday:  Anything goes using a digi

Friday Beach Bums

Wishing I was getting some of that hot weather that the Central US is sweltering under!

The FBD rubber stamp that I won in May is a great go-to for a summer card.  'Beach Bums' is a wonderful and sassy image that just screams "Summer!""

I tried to play with some different, cooler, 'summer' colors with this card.

The papers and ribbon are all from my stash.  "Beach Bums" is stamped on Neenah solar crest using Memento tuxedo black ink.  She is colored with copic markers.

The sentiment is from Paulette at TLC.  Check her site out, it will quickly become your go to site for sentiments, papers and vintage images.  Most are free and lots in her store to chose from.

The die cuts are all Spellbinders dies and the bling is liquid pearls.  The card base is dry

embossed using a CuttleBug embossing folder.

This card may be entered in the following challenges:
Pile it on:  Stay Cool
Creative Inspirations:  Summertime
Crafty Ann's Challenge:  Summertime.....and the living is easy!
Stamp Something:  Summer fun
There She Goes Stamps:  Celebrate Summer
Clear it Out Challenge:  Summer
Drunken Stampers:   Summer with an adult beverage
CES Challenge:  Feeling the Blues - blue as main color

Bubble bath - soap extra

It's time for a shaped card over on Fresh Brewed Designs.  Hopefully my easel card will fit the bill!

The image is 'Angel Cake Bubble Bath' from Fresh Brewed Designs.  Heather has a wonderful selection of both digi and rubber stamps to chose from.  The Angel Cake image used is from the recent new release.

Also, FBD has a sale going this month with savings on both there summer digis and their summer rubber!

Both sentiments are from Create with TLC.  Paulette cranks out amazing sentiments day in and day out.  Her site has multiple freebies every day!  She also has some great sets in her store.

The paper is from DCWV luxury stack, the coloring is copics and the sponging was done with Memento ink.

The flowers are homemade and the leaves are both Marianne  and Magnolia do-hickey die cuts.

There is lots of glossy accents on the bubbles.  The ribbon is from Michaels.  The bling is from my stash.

This card may be entered into the following challenges:

Fresh Brewed Designs:  Shaped cards - DT entry
HLSC Challenge:  Shaped card or fancy fold
The Shabby Tea Room #72:  Relax and enjoy plus photo inspiration
Tip Top Tuesday:  Make it Girlie
Shelly's Images:  Anything Goes
Emeral Faerie:  All things Nice (girlie)

Magical Day....

Going to be off line this week.  Hopefully Mr. Blogger will cooperate and there will be postings on Wednesday and Friday (fingers crossed).

I have had this card finished for a bit.  It went to my friend Mindy for her birthday.  This

'pleasantly plump' fairy just made me think of her!

Makes me smitle every time that I look at her.  So much fun to color.

She is an image from Mo Manning.  The sentiment came from Create with TLC.

The die cut farthest under the sentiment is a Marianne.  The image and the immediate die cut under the sentiment is from Spellbinders. 
The coloring is with copic markers.  The flower, the embossed DP and flat back pearls

are all from my stash.

This card may be entered in the following challenges:
KBChallenges:  Something cute
Magical Monday Challenge:  Texture
Clear it Out Challenge:  Wings (and use some old stuff) see list of stuff used from my stash
Digital Tuesday Challenge:  Spellbound - use multiple dies (I used 3)
The Crazy Amigo Challenge:  Flying objects
Ruby's Rainbow:  Happy Birthday
Stampavie:  Happy Birthday
Hannah and Friends:  Happy Birthday
PaperPlay Challenges:  Things with Wings
Southern Girls:  Birthday

Fresh Brewed Designs Blog Hop

Welcome to the Fresh Brewed Designs New Digi Blog Hop for July!!!

If you are just arriving, please go back to the start of the hop at Kelly's blog.

If you are arriving here from Kelly's blog then you are right on track!

What is this hop all about you ask???

Sweet Talking!!!



Rich, creamy, chocolaty, fruity, thick, airy, light, sweet and delicious! Desert. Something we all LOVE and crave. Summer time is the perfect time to try new ice cream flavors, add fresh fruits to our favorite cakes, pies and cold drinks. You know what I am talking about... and I know your mouth is watering already :).

Fresh Brewed Designs has their own special recipe for SWEET things and added a few new ingredients to their already darling Angel Cakes for this image release. Angel Cake loves summer and ice cream and hanging out with her new best friend Huckleberry Pie.


Along this hop you will see Angel, Huck, and some too sweet for words images that have been added to the Fresh Brewed Designs shop.

For my cards I am featuring the images Huckleberry Pie fishing

Deets: 
Image:  Fresh Brewed Designs
Coloring:  Copic markers, Memento Inks
DP:  Create with TLC
Sentiment:  Wink, Wink, Ink
Twine:  Jillibean
All else from my stash.

and So Sweet Waffle Cone

Deets:
Image:  Fresh Brewed Designs
Coloring:  Copic markers
DP:  Create with TLC
Sentiment:  Create with TLC
BorderPunch:  EK Success
Whipped Cream:  Liquid Applique by Marvy (Isn't it cool!)

Want a chance to win these images plus more? You will want to hop in full leaving comments on ALL of the blogs in the hop. There is ONE special secret hop stop that is giving away 5 digis of choice.

This hop ends tonight at Midnight, so don't wait!!! HOP NOW!!


Thank you for your visit. It is time for you to move on to the next sweet stop.
Please hop on over to Linda's blog and see what delightfully delicious creations she has to share with you today.

Sending you HUGS and SMILES and lots of FRESH BREWED CREATIVITY!

If you get lost, here is the complete hop order:


Kelly: http://sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/

Gale: http://galevarland.blogspot.com/

Linda: http://stamperstouch.blogspot.com/

Stacie: http://hestiashelper.blogspot.com/

Sheryl: (Guest) http://butterflykisscards.blogspot.com/

Heather: http://joemamainks.blogspot.com/

Beads, beads, well, maybe pearls...

Add some beads, any kind will do!  (I used pearls).  GingerLoft Challenges is asking you to use those beads!  Tami has lots of images for free and for purchase.  Come and visit the store, get out your goodies and play along.

This image is called 'Flowering tree'.  Isn't it gorgeous! 

Pearls, ribbon and paper are from my stash. (pearls on the edges are liquid pearls!)

The coloring is copics.

Die cuts are spellbinders.

Border punch is fiskars.

Sentiment is from Create with TLC. 

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges:  Use your beads (DT card)
Stampavie and More:  Butterflies
Amber's Crafts and Stuff:  Summer Time
Delightful Challenges:  Fun in the Sun
Wags 'n Whiskers:  Summer Time

Fresh Brew - It's a Guy Thing

This is my first post for Fresh Brewed Designs.  I am a guest DT for the summer months and

I AM EXCITED!  LOL.

Heather has a wonderful challenge blog (Fresh Brewed Challenges) with different challenges being posted all month long.  Today we are starting June off with "It's a Guy Thing".  Make a card or project for a guy and enter at Fresh Brewed Challenges.  You don't have to use a FBD image but we would love to see one (and it is worth a second entry)!

Go to the FBD store, do a little shopping and then get creative!  I made a gift card holder, just perfect for a

guy! 

The Fresh Brewed Design digital stamp that I chose is called 'It's all Good".  Isn't that the truth!

The background is silver mirror card run through my diamond plate CB embossing folder.  Looks just like the metal on the tool box in the back of those work trucks that you see! 

The whipped cream even has liquid applique stuff that puffs when you heat it.  Looks pretty real!

The "embellishments" in the lower left corner are some kind of washer  (I call them sprockets) from my local hardware store.  I can't make a card without some embellishment.  Ribbon and flowers didn't seem right!  hehe  The images are coloring with copic markers and layered onto a glossy black "table" top.

Inside has the same embossed mirror cardstock except for behind the gift card pocket.  That is left plain kraft card stock so there is somewhere to write.  The sentiment is from Create with TLC.  It is cut out with Spellbinders and placed on a glossy black matt.  Just add a coffee shop gift card and TaDa, you have a perfect gift for that hard to buy for guy. (They all love coffee!)

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

Fresh Brewed Designs:  It's a Guy Thing (DT card)

Sparkles Forum:  Something Metal

Lexi's creations:  Father's day or for a guy

Craft Your Passion:  What a Guy!

Claudia & Co.:  Fancy Folds

Cards for Men:  No designer paper

Do It with Digis:  Male theme, must use a digi

Prairie Fairy Fridays:  More than one Fold (gift-card holder built into the inside of the card)

Craft Your Days Away:  Father's day or for a special man

CES Challenge:  Embossing

Tie a Yellow Ribbon.....

GingerLoft is putting out the yellow ribbons over Memorial Day.  A special challenge that also emphasizes our thanks to all the current and past members of the US armed forces.  (My dad is retired USAF)\

So, join our challenge, add a yellow ribbon, and remember to thank a veteran!

Both of these digital images are in the GingerLoft store.  Tami has such a wonderful variety of images to work with.

Colored with copics, die cuts using spellbinders and Mariannes, and beautiful yellow ribbon from my stash.

Both cards came together easily.  The sentiment on the second card is from 'Create with TLC'.

And don't forget our very first
BLOG HOP -
ASIAN INSPIRED
starts on the 12th of JUNE......mark this on your calender
and if you sign up now at the GingerLoft site.  You will be in the running for
$10 gift certificate...
It's going to lot's of fun!!

This card may be entered in the folowing challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges:  Tie a Yellow Ribbon (DT card)

A Spoonful of Sugar:  Things with Wings

DYSU:  Animals

Crafty Purple Frog:   Something beautiful

Card Making Mamas:  Use your scraps (the entire kite card is from scraps)

Frosted Designs:  Summer games, picnics or BBQ 

Allsorts:  Things with Wings

Lady bug, Lady bug, fly away home.......

Just playing around today and decided it was time to color up a 'scene-it' freebie that I picked up from Bugaboo last month.  The lady bugs are cute but the flower in this scene is gorgeous!  So many ways to play with this image.  I chose to print and color it twice.  I cut out the ladybugs and the large flower from the second printing and pop-dotted them onto the original.  Lots of dimension!  Some decorative corners, a ribbon, a perfect sentiment from Create with TLC and I had the perfect card.  This one is going to a friend's daughter for her birthday.  Her nickname is 'Ladybug'.   Perfect!

Isn't it too cute!  What a great scene.  Makes for an easy and quick card.  Especially for those of us that love to color.  I have used my copics (*gasp* imagine that).  The decorative corners are from Spellbinders and the ribbon from Michael's.  A little glitter and some glossy accents and it was done.

This card may be entered in the following challenges:
Catch the Bug Challenge:  Anything goes
Dream Valley Challenges:  Flowers
Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog:  Anything goes
Prairie Fairy Fridays:   For the girls
Stamp Something:  Use a digi
Southern Girls Challenge:  For a girl
Shelly's Images:  Girly or sweet (I think this is both!)
Hanna and Friends:  No designer paper
Fab 'n' Funky:  No designer paper

There's a train coming.....

Spent all morning putting in tile in the bathroom, felt that was as good an excuse as any to get to spend some time in my craft room!  As if I need an excuse!  LOL.  Anyway.......I have no "male" cards left in my stash (and you know how lonely those 'female' cards get)  :)   I decided I needed to get cracking and this is what I came up with..................

Both the image and the background paper are digi's from Create with TLC.  Aren't they just wonderful!  Paulette gives away an amazing number of digi's (she loves vintage) and word art.  She always seems to know just what I am trying to say, LOL. 

The train image is printed and colored twice with one copy popped onto of the first at the front of the train up flat on the paper at the back.  Sort of looks like it is coming out of the page.  It image is colored with what else:  my copics.  The bakers twine is from the twinery and the button from my stash.

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp and Show:  Buttons

Aly's Sunday Challenge:  Bakers twine

Digi Doodle Shop:  Anything Goes

Creative Friday:  Open Theme

Paper Cutz Challenge:  Anything Goes

Moving Along with the Times:  Anything Goes

Make a Splash, spring rains are coming!

This is my second post today.  If you are looking for 'Happy Hello' click scroll down.

The only fun thing about the heavy rains of spring (other than the flowers it brings forth) is getting to go out and play in the puddles.  Splashing around is something I did as a child and did with my boys when they were little.  I'm sure they are "too old" to do it now!  LOL

This is a wonderful Dustin Pike image.  I just love it!  The puddle, the boots, the yellow rain slickers!  Just like when I was a little!

The heads of both animal and the legs of the rabbit are all cut out a second time and pop dotted.  The sentiment (from Create with TLC) is also raised on pop dots.  The coloring is done with copics, the bubble DP is DCWV and the cardstock is dry embossed with a CB embossing folder.  The ribbon is from Joann's.

I have glazed the water and splashes with diamond glaze.  It looks wet IRL!  The brads are from my stash.

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

Pike's Playground:  Spring is in the Air

Digi's with Attitude:  Anything Goes

Fairy Knoll:  Think Spring

Meljens:  U R such an Animal

Shelly's Images:  Lots of Layers

Fussy and Fancy:  Embossing

Cute Card Thursday:  Signs of Spring

Pixie Dust Studios:  Seeing Polka Dots  (embossing and brads)

KB Challenges:  Anything goes with a digi

Stamp Something:  Use a digi

Creative Craft World:  Card for a male

Stamping Vacation:  No, No, No flowers!

Charizma Cards:  4 legged friends

Fab N' Funky:  Spring

Friday at Bugaboo (I'm all caught up)!

It is really Friday, and I have an entry for Friday'a mini challenge at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog.  Todays challenge is simply "Anything Goes".  The easiest challenge of all....as long as you have some imagination!

Doesn't this look like the perfect bubble bath.  A lemontini (or 2) on the side and bubbles everywhere.  Makes me want to hop right in!  LOL

Image:  Bugaboo Stamps

Sentiment:  I think Create with TLC

DP:  DCWV

Glitter:  SU

Colors:  Copic Markers

Die Cuts:  Spellbinders

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

Catch the Bug:  Anything Goes
Delightful Challenges:  Celebrate
Digi Doodle Shop:  Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-crafty Challenge Blog:  Anything goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters:  Birthday
Paper Cutz Challenge:  It'a your choice

Bugaboo is 1 year old

Bugaboo is having it's 1 year birthday.  All week they are holding mini challenges.  Their regular weekly challenge is also going on.  For the main challenge, make a birthday card!  Easy Peasy.

Happy Birthday Bugaboo!

The image is Bugaboo

The sentiment is from Create with TLC

The colors are Copic Markers

DP is My Minds Eye

White is Neenah Solar White

Embossing with CB folder

Ribbon is from my stash

This card may be entered in the following challenges:
Catch the Bug Challenge:  Birthday Card for Bugaboo
Stampin B's:  Use a die cut
Totally Paper Crafts:  Birthday
Paper Crafting Journey:  Lets Get Digital
The Sisterhood of Crafters:  Birthday