Some New Cards...

Hi all.  Here are some new cards that I have been working on lately...

This card was done with Ken Oliver's Color Bursts. 

This was hand painted with watercolors.

This card was done with colored pencils.

This card was originally a Zentangle Inspired Art piece that I did.  I reduced it to

make into a card.  I used colored pencils.  The color is much brighter

than it shows here.

This was hand colored and I used fun foam for the "praying" die cut.

Hand colored with colored pencils.  The inside says

"You are the cat's pajamas".

I was gifted several tangled stamps.  This was done with colored pencils.  This is just one of many...

Another tangled stamp with colored pencils.

This was a very old wooden stamp that I got from my advanced stamping

club.  They were getting rid of a lot of stamps from our library that were not

being used.  The inside says "Just another day in paradise".  It was done with colored pencils.

This card has been entered into dragonflyjourneys.blogspot.com's challenge.

Another tangled stamp done with colored pencils.

And yet another tangled stamp.  This is the only one that

I used alcohol markers for.

I used a Stampin' up stamp.  I used colored pencils and put it on the 

inside of the card.  I die cut the frame and Happy Birthday and punched

the butterfly.

This is a stamp that was given to me by another friend from my

stamping club.  I used colored pencils.

This card has been entered into dragonflyjourneys.blogspot.com's challenge.

Hope you enjoy my recent work!  I love comments!!

Till next time...

D.O.T.M. and a couple of other cards

Hi all.  Today I am showcasing Imagine That Digi Stamps DOTM challenge card.  This set is one of two that are in the store.  The set that I used is called Teacup Pansies.  The other set is called Watering Can Tulips. They are both great for Mother's Day cards.  The can also be used for many other occasions, too.  If you played along with us last month, you may pick which set you would like to receive for free.  They can be found here in the shop.  For my card, I decided to play with my watercolor paints.  I did a wash background and painted the pansies and the teacup.  I added dots on the cup and saucer to give it a bit more interest.  I matted it on DP and added the butterfly ribbon, attached to white CS.  This has to be one of my favorite images and it was so much fun to paint!

I have recently started quilling and this is my very first project.  I just put an order in with an online quilling store and I plan to start doing more sophisticated work, soon.

The next card is a mixed media card that I made for a friend's birthday.  She loves butterflies and is very earth conscious.  The embossed design was done with a paper napkin on white CS.  I stamped and die cut the butterfly and added ribbon and a charm that can be removed and worn.  My friend told me that she might just leave the charm on the card and save it that way.   

Remember, if you played in the challenge last month, you can get your choice of either of the 2 digi sets for free.  You will continue to get a new set for free, every month, as long as you keep playing!  If you didn't play last month, no problem, you can purchase one of the sets and start playing.  They are both on sale in the shop.  I also wanted to mention that Kris has changed the web site and it is really beautiful and easy to get around.  

Until next time...

Several New Cards

Hi all.  I want to thank those of you who participated in the Imagine That Digi Stamps, Name that Card Artist contest.  We actually had one person guess all of them right!  I couldn't do that, myself.  Here is my card that was used for the contest.  It is from the Imagine That BCA Full Support set.  I colored the image with Copic and Spectrum Noir markers.  The background was stamped with my breast cancer awareness rose and ribbon stamp.

The following cards were made this past week and I just decided to show them all in this post.

I hope you enjoy these cards.  Don't forget to play the Imagine That Progressive Digi Challenge.

Until next time...

A COUPLE OF MY RECENT CARDS...

Hi all!

I have been trying to keep busy lately with my card making.  I thought I would show you a couple of my latest cards... The first one was stamped with a very large butterfly image and heat embossed with ultra fine black embossing powder.  I colored it with only 2 Copic markers.  I placed the card front on my Cuttlebug plate and taped each die cut so they would not move.  I cut the entire thing in one passing.  After that, I used pop dots, graduating each layer so that I ended with 5 layers of pop dots on the center piece.  I love the effect of this technique.

The second card was made for my sister's birthday.  I used a digital image and colored it with colored pencils.  I die cut the image and also cut a piece of black card stock with the same die.  I cut the black one in half and made a partial frame with it.  I wanted it to give some contrast against the pink, embossed piece of card stock.  I layered them on a white card base.

I hope you enjoy seeing what else I do (when I am not doing design team work!  ;-)

Until next time...

Stamp of the Month Progressive Challenge

Hi all.  I can't believe it is already March 1st.  Where has February gone?  I have started to get busy with my card making.  Today, I am doing the card for the Imagine That Progressive Challenge.  The name of the digi stamp of the month is called Kitty in Flowers.  I decided to do something different, so I used colored pencils and gamsol to color the image.  I used die cuts and designer paper to add more color to the card.  I am pleased with the way it turned out.  

This file can be yours for free if you participated in last month's challenge.  If you didn't, you can purchase this image at a discount for the entire month and get the free one next month.  It is called a progressive challenge because each month, if you participate in the challenge, you will get the next month's image for free.  This will continue as long as you participate in the challenge!  It is lots of fun and of course our Design Team will always be there to help out with our samples to inspire you.  Be sure to link your image at the challenge site by March 31!

Looking forward to seeing your entry in the challenge this month!

Please leave me a comment and let me know if you are playing

Till next time...

February Flowers

Hi all.  It has been over 2 weeks since I have posted here.  I was in NYC for my Carnegie Hall concert.  We were up there for 5 days and of course I came back sick.  I have been staying in bed as much as I can, trying to nurse myself back to health!  The concert went very well and it was quite thrilling to be on that big stage with a full orchestra and almost 300 people singing!  It is an experience that I will always remember!  Anyway, back to my card.  This is for the Imagine That Design Team.  I didn't realize that the images were 3 separate files so I put them together on one card.  I really love how it turned out with the 3 images together.  When I showed it to my husband, he loved it so much that he said he wanted to keep it himself.  He didn't want me to send it or sell it!  I sure hope everyone else likes it also.  The images were colored with Copic and Spectrum Noir markers.  I cut it out with a Nestabilities die and sponged it while it was still in the die.  I pop dotted the image on a piece of iridescent blue/green card stock that I dry embossed with a horizontal script folder.  Enjoy my "husband's" new card and don't forget to leave me a comment!
I love to hear from you.

Till next time...

My Pad or Yours?

My design Team project for this week for Imagine That Digi Stamps is called Skipper's Pad.  I used the  line image and colored it with Copic and Spectrum Noir Markers.  I cut the lily pad by hand and glued it to a scalloped oval shape and used pop dots to put it on the green, embossed layer.  I really wanted to make this a 3-D card so I decided to try my hand at making a lotus flower.  I used some hand-made petals and glued them in layers.  For the inside of the flower, I rolled up a few pieces of paper that I had painted yellow and glued them together with Glossy Accents.  I punched the butterfly and used a glue dot to keep him on the background, with his wings up.  The base card was dry embossed and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.    

Looking forward to showing you what's in store for next week!

Please keep the comments coming!

Till next time...

Imagine that Design Team Card and 2 others.

Hi again.  I sure have been busy this week.  I've been sick and haven't left the house since last Friday so I have had time to work on some cards, between resting and naps.  The first card I want to show you is one that I made for Digi Darla's challenge.  The subject was Fins, Feathers or Fur.  No, I did not do a kitty!  I wanted to use a digi stamp from her site.  I looked through a bunch that I have on file, but I decided that the pair of parrots would be the most challenging one.  I Printed the stamp and colored with Copic markers, Spectrum Noir markers and Sharpie markers.  I also used some Perfect Pearls powders to give the birds some shimmer.  I don't think you can see that in the pic.  The rest of the card was die cut, and embossed.  The feather at the top was painted red with a Copic marker.

The second card that I did was made for my new neighbor and friend, who has been so kind to have driven me to the Dr. and all over and brought me food and gotten my mail.  She has a dog named Butters and I found an image that I printed and colored to look like Butters.  I even found this great designer paper that I thought was perfect for this small thank you note.  I even made the envelope with the same paper.  I added the punched butterfly and added some glitter pen to it.  I thought it looked like he was looking up at something, so I thought the butterfly was perfect!  She really loved it!

Now, for my Imagine That Dt card.  The digi image is called Fuschia and Hummingbird.  It is a lovely image and I added her sentiment about grace, that goes with the set.  You can see the whole set, here: 

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After printing the image and coloring it in, I die cut the image, along with some beautiful designer paper, to use as a frame.  I pop dotted it on to a bright fuchsia card stock and added Teariffic tape around the card and sprinkled some glitter that complimented the colors.  I love doing this technique!  The vine is die cut and glued over the image piece.  How is that for bright?  I also added Perfect Pearls to the bird and flowers, but again, it really is not visible in the pic.  

Well, that's all I have for today.  Please check out the other beautiful projects that the girls have been working so hard on, and give them a little love!  I could use some of that too, so please leave me a comment also.  We really want to hear from you.  It makes what we do a lot more fun if we know that people enjoy our work!

Till next time...

Lily's Flowers

 I made this card for the Imagine That Progressive Challenge.  The title is called Lily's Flowers.  She is a cute young girl sprinkling her flowers with a watering can.  I really had fun with this card.  I colored the image with Copic and Spectrum Noir markers.  I just had to make her a red head!  I added the 3-D butterfly and the pink flower in the corner.  I used 2 different Nestabilities to cut out the image and make a frame.  I turned the frame at an angle and used a white gel pen to make the dots.  I used a background paper which happened to have hearts that matched all of the colors in the image.  I really like the way it turned out!  Hope you do also....

You can see that I added the same heart paper on the inside of the card. 

This is a close-up that shows the detail of the 3-D butterfly that I made by

punching 2 butterflies and glueing 1 flat and the other with a glue dot 

so it's wings open. I also added some detail with a glitter pen. 

Until next time...