To Brighten Your Day

Hello, everyone!  Today I'm sharing an encouragement card!  I used my new Lighthouse stamp from STAMPlorations, and I dusted off my watercolours!  First let me say that I am not very good at watercolour, and this card was my second attempt.  I'm happy I persisted, but there are definitely some things I would change if I had to do it all over again (for a third time, haha).  I think this card would be suitable for a man or woman, but I made it for a man.

Clear stamp: STAMPlorations Lighthouse - Large

I stamped the lighthouse on watercolour paper and then proceeded to make a simple watercolour background.  I stamped the lighthouse a second time, coloured it with navy watercolour, and then fussy-cut so I could pop it up on foam tape.  Before adhering the lighthouse, I sponged some Mustard Seed Distress Ink at the top to simulate the light.  I created a sentiment in Microsoft Word and printed on yellow cardstock; it is also popped up on foam tape.  I layered the watercolour panel on to navy cardstock to finish off the card.

The STAMPlorations blog is full of inspirational projects, and my card was inspired by a Spotlight Project post, "Becca Takes on the Ocean."  I was inspired by the lighthouse theme as well as the watercolour.  I have a long way to go to come close to Becca's creativity, but it was fun to play with watercolour, and I will definitely be doing more in the future!  I'm linking my card to STAMPlorations Spotlight Project Showcase.



I was also inspired by the April Theme and Sketch Challenge at STAMPlorations, which is Stamps and Watercolours, as well as the April CAS Card Challenge at STAMPlorations, which had an optional theme of Dark Navy.  Also linking to STAMPlorations Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge.

By the way, STAMPlorations is having a Spring Fling event from April 1 to 12 so head over and check out the beautiful spring inspiration! There are 12 days of giveaways! I'm linking here.

I would also like to support the following challenges:  Ally's Angels AG 1/3; Craft Stamper Take it Make It April AG Stamping 1/3; Creative Craft Cottage No Patterned Paper 1/3; Creative Fingers AG 2/3; DL.ART April Linky AG UE 1/d; Double D Watercolours 1/3; Get Creative AG No Twist UE; ITD Creative Playground AG 1/3; Jo's Scrap Shack AAG 2/3; Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 1/3; Love to Scrap Male Call 1/5; Penny's Paper-crafty AG 1/3; Simon Says Stamp No Designer Paper 1/5; Through the Craft Room Door AG 1/2; Tuesday Throwdown AG 1E; Word Art Wednesday 382-383 AG w Uplifting Sentiment 1/5 wk1

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

Deer and Bunny Warm Wishes

Hi, everyone!  Today I'm sharing a holiday card!  My plan is to make at least two each month and this is my first for April.  The background behind the die-cuts was a leftover from this card, and the technique was ink smooshing with Distress Oxides.

Die:  Spellbinders Layered Thinking of You Woodlands Scene
Clear stamp: Sentiment (MFT Warm Wishes)
Ink:  Ranger Archival Paradise Teal for sentiment; various Distress Oxides for background
Embossing folder:  Taylored Expressions Winter Flurry

I would like to support the following 8 challenges:
Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round Family and Friends (deer and bunny are friends) 1/5;

Christmas Kickstart Delectable Die-cuts 1/3 C8; 

Crimbo Crackers AG UE;

Cupcake Inspirations CIC467 Woodland Creatures 2/3; 

Double Trouble 25 Let's Get Groovy (Thing 1--Trees are wood, Thing 2--Link to Cupcake Inspirations challenge, Thing 3--Woodland Critters 2/4); 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Animal Antics 2/5;
Southern Girls Frame It 1/3 C10; 

Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 3/5 wk2





Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

Stag and Woodgrain

Hello, everyone! Today I'm sharing a card I made for a man, and it has already been received.  I created the background behind the stag with Distress Inks using the ink-smooshing technique.

Die: Memory Box Graceful Stag Collage

Embossing folder:  Taylored Expressions Woodgrain

Inks:  Distress Inks (various shades of brown, orange, yellow, red)

I would like to support the following challenges: 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Critters - Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, Scaly, or Insect 4/5; A Gem of a Challenge AG 3/3; A Perfect Time to Craft AG 3/3; Cardz TV 86 AG 3/3; Crafty Catz AG Optional Twist Use Your Dies 1/3; Creative Fingers AG 1/3; Cupcake Inspirations CIC467 Woodland Creatures 1/3; Cute Card Thursday AG UE; DL.ART April Linky AG UE 1/d; Double Trouble 25 Let's Get Groovy (Thing 1--Woodgrain, Thing 2--Link to Cupcake Inspirations challenge, Thing 3--Woodland Critter 1/4); Incy Wincy Animals 1/5; Jo's Scrap Shack AAG 1/3; Penny's Paper-crafty AG 2/3; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Animal Antics 1/5; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 2/5 wk2



Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!

P.S. to My Followers:  I have fallen behind on my blog visiting and hope to get caught up in the next couple days!  

It's a Good Day to be Happy

Hi, everyone!  Today I'm sharing a hummingbing card!  No colouring here; only stamping of the image and background.  Hummingbirds will be here early next month after making their long journey north, and I am so looking forward to seeing them again!

Stamps:  Hummingbird (STAMPlorations The Birds and The Blooms), flowers (Memory Box - Whisper Print Wildflower, Geranium, and Daisy), sentiment (MFT)

Ink:  Stampin' Up Going Grey

Die:  Tag (Your Next Stamp Stitched Fishtail Tags One)

Patterned paper:  MME

Ribbon:  Crafty Ribbons

Other:  Flower sequins 

Recycled Item:  I don't have a lot of grey cardstock so I like to recycle chipboard packaging.  I can't buy these photo-magnets any more (discontinued) but I have saved a lot of the packaging because of the grey colour.

I was inspired by the April STAMPlorations TAGplorations Challenge, which is All About Recycling:

By the way, STAMPlorations is having a Spring Fling event from April 1 to 12 so head over and check out the beautiful spring inspiration!  There are 12 days of giveaways!  I'm linking here.

I would also like to support the following challenges: 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Critters - Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, Scaly, or Insect 3/5; Allsorts Use Yellow 3/3; Carlin's Kaartenparadijs Bird and Photo Inspiration 2/3; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper April UE; Cute Card Thursday AG UE; DL.ART April Linky AG UE 1/d; DL.ART Thankful Thursday Anthing Spring Wk1 1/2; Penny's Paper-crafty AG 1/3; STAMPlorations Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge; Three Amigos Blog Hop ISpringtime UE; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 1/5 wk2

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!

Pop-up Box - Bees and Flowers

Hi, everyone!  I'm back again today to share a pop-up box card featuring bees and flowers!  I used a lot of bee stickers and 3-D flower stickers, along with some leaf and grass die-cuts.  The sentiment says, "Have a Bee-utiful Day!"  I love how it turned out!

I would like to support the following challenges:  2 Crafty Critter Crazies Critters - Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, Scaly, or Insect 2/5; A Gem of a Challenge AG 2/3; A Perfect Time to Craft AG 2/3; Allsorts Use Yellow 2/3; Crafty Gals Corner Spring is Here (flowers/bees) 3/3; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper April UE; Jo's Scrap Shack AAG 3/3; Simon Says Stamp Work-it Wednesday Spring Flowers 3/3; Through the Craft Room Door AG 2/2; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 5/5 wk1

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

Bird and Flowers

Hello, everyone! Today I'm sharing an all-occasion card.  I didn't include a sentiment because I'm not sure which occasion this will be used for.

The image is from a gorgeous Gecko Galz Collage Sheet called Lovely Little Birdies, which I die-cut with a stitched rectangle (Gina Marie Designs). I added lots of fun details, including a torn piece of patterned paper from my scrap box, a die-cut doily that was left over from another project, a bird charm, flowers, and die-cut leaves (I always use my snippets/scraps to make die-cuts).

I would like to support the following challenges:  2 Crafty Critter Crazies Critters - Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, Scaly, or Insect 1/5; A Gem of a Challenge AG 1/3; A Perfect Time to Craft AG 1/3; Allsorts Use Yellow 1/3; Cardz TV 86 AG 2/3; Carlin's Kaartenparadijs Bird and Photo Inspiration 1/3; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper April UE; DL.ART April Linky AG UE 1/d; Gecko Galz Customer Challenge Nouveau Garden UE; Gecko Galz Facebook Challenges - In My Garden and Welcome Springtime; Jo's Scrap Shack AAG 2/3; Pixie's Snippet Playground 349 Snippets are torn paper, left-over doily, and leaves which were die-cut from scrap cardstock 1E; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 5/5; Simon Says Stamp Work-it Wednesday Spring Flowers 2/3; Through the Craft Room Door AG 1/2

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

Winner - Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness

Hello, everyone!  Today I am announcing the winner of my Purple Day Blog Hop giveaway!  Before I get started, I would like to thank everyone who participated in this hop to help spread awareness about epilepsy.  Your kind comments were appreciated!

As a reminder, here is my prize for the lucky commenter:

Stitched Sky Die Set
by Gina Marie Designs

I used Random Number Generator to choose the winner:

The winner is:  

ScrAPpamondo 

Yay!  Congratulations to ScrAPpamondo!  Please leave a comment below and also email me at fitkitty1@gmail.com with your mailing address so I can send out your prize.

Thank you to everyone who participated in this informative blog hop!  Wishing you a joyful day!