Glitter n Sparkle DT - Pearls and Swirls

Hi, everyone!  It's Sunday, and that means there's a new challenge starting today over at Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Blog! This week our theme is Pearls and Swirls!  I hope you can join us!  I chose this adorable image from Bugaboo Digi Stamps called Garden Bunny and I coloured it with my Prismacolor pencils.

With our theme of Pearls and Swirls, I want to make sure you notice my beige pearls at the top left corner and white pearls in the large flower stamen. And I've definitely got lots of swirls!  I used Memory Box Magic Flourish on the left-hand side, MB Quinn Flourish under the flower, and a swirly watering can and garden tools from Tattered Lace.  The other die cuts on my card are Cheery Lynn Sienna Double Edge Border, Bunny, and Ivy Strip. 

The metal butterfly and the butterfly charm are from my stash. I wanted to play along in the Butterfly Challenge so I added three green brads from Making Memories at the bottom right corner.  The big flower was in a package of Recollections flowers I won from Becca - thank you! The small flowers are from I Am Roses.  Patterned paper is from Doodlebug, Carson Dellosa, and Momenta.  The ticket sentiment is from Digital Delights.

Please come over and join us at Glitter n Sparkle for our Pearls and Swirls challenge. We have some fabulous prizes up for grabs again this week, so I hope you'll play along!

I would like to support these fun challenges:
Butterfly Challenge Butterflies and B for Brads 3/3
Cheery Lynn AG 1E (used 3 Cheery Lynn dies)
Craft Your Passion Always AG 3/3

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper January UE

Creative Fingers AG 3/3

Cuttlebug Mania O Deer O Deer /Wildlife (bunny) 3/3

Die Cuttin Divas Cheer Up 1/3

DL.ART January Linky AG UE 1/day

SPOTLIGHTED Little Miss Muffet AG (Bugaboo image) 

Little Scrap Pieces Show it Off Saturday 1E

Love to Scrap AG 2/3

Loves Rubberstamps The Letter "B" (bunny, butterfly, brads, brown, blue) UE

My Craft Creations AG UE

Not Just Cards AG UE

Penny's Paper Crafty AG 3/3

Pile it On Hearts and/or Flowers UE

Pixie's Snippet Playground All die cuts made from leftover snippets except the beige dp 2/3

Scribble and Scrap Always AG 3/3

Send a Smile 4 Kids AG 4 Kids 3/3

Sister Act (Cards Only) AG UE

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' AG with Twist Add Layers UE

Sweet Stampin' Cute and Cuddly 2/2

Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 4/5

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

More Butterflies (Penny Black stamp)

Hi, everyone!  I've made another butterfly card with distress ink background.  This background is a bit paler than the card I showed last night but it's the same ink combo (Seedless Preserves and Shaded Lilac).  This was the leftover ink remaining on the craft mat.  Then I embossed the panel with Cuttlebug Cross My Heart folder and die cut a row of hearts (Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card).

I layered the panel onto silver mirror paper which was die cut with Simon Says Stamp Bundle of Stitched Shapes, and then mounted on DCWV mauve cardstock. As in yesterday's card, this one also features my new Penny Black Social Butterfly stamps.  I heat-embossed another one of the butterflies, twice, in Aegean Silver (The Artful Stamper) and added silver sequins. The Happy Anniversary sentiment is a silver peel-off sticker.  To finish it off, I added some sparkly silver ribbon.  The card makes quite a statement in person with all the silver and sparkle!

I would like to support these fun challenges:

1. DRS Designs Lovely Hearts UE
2. Penny Black Saturday New (new technique, new stamps) UE
3. Red Carpet Studio Frozen / Use Something Glittery (sparkly embossing powder, sparkly ribbon) 1/3 C4
4. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Have a Heart 2/5

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

Heart Shaker Card (Newton's Nook stamp)

Hello, everyone!  One of my favourite styles of cards to make lately is a shaker card, and this time I've made a heart shape!  My card was inspired by a few challenges.  First there's the Inky Paws Challenge to Use a Heart Shape over at Newton's Nook Designs - I just can't resist this one!  I used a stamp from Newton's Antics and coloured it with my Prismacolor pencils.  These two kitties are cuddled up together and they look so cute!  I die cut a small banner shape (MFT) for them to cuddle on!

For the heart shaker, I used my Spellbinders Classic Hearts.  The back of the shaker is embossed with Cuttlebug Cross my Heart.  The dp is from s-e-i.  Inside the shaker I added lots of fun sequins; some are heart-shaped.  I added a Twirled Heart Border from Memory Box as well.  

My colour inspiration came from Colette's Cosmic Colours Challenge #9.  Here are the colours, and I have used four of them.

There are a number of heart-themed challenges going on now that also helped my inspiration (see below).  

I would like to support the following challenges:

Blessings Ink Amusing Challenges Hearts (no digis) 1/2

Bunny Zoe's Hearts UE
Cheerful Stamp Pad Valentine 1/2

TOP 3 Cosmic Colours Challenge #9 UE

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper January UE

Creative Fingers AG 2/3

Cuttin' and Stampin' Valentine's Day 1/3

Dies R Us Embossing Folder 3/3

DL.ART Thankful Thursday Valentine's 1/3
DRS Designs Lovely Hearts UE

Hiding in My Craftroom Any Holiday (Valentine's) 1/3

Inspired by Stamping (hearts theme) UE

My Craft Creations AG UE

Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws Challenge - Use a Heart Shape UE

Not Just Cards AG UE

Papertake Weekly 3 or More Shapes (heart, banner, circle (sequins), rectangle) 1/5

Penny's Paper Crafty AG 2/3

Pixie's Snippet Playground The pink DP is a snippet - I've used this paper 3 times this month! The brown heart border is a snippet, as was the white snippet I stamped the kitties on 1/3 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Have a Heart 1/5

Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday Love (theme, hearts) 3/3

Sister Act (Cards Only) AG UE

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' AG with Twist Add Layers UE

Sweet Stampin' Cute and Cuddly 1/2

Sweet Stamps Blog Hearts 1E

The Pink Elephant Love UE

Time Out Valentine's Day Optional Twist use Hearts UE

Tuesday Throwdown Embossing (used dry) 3/3

Wags n Whiskers Hearts 1/2

Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 3/5

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

Happy Anniversary (Penny Black stamps)

Hello, everyone!  I've been playing with my new Distress Inks again!  Today I tried something new - creating a background using reinkers and stencilling.  I used Seedless Preserves and Shaded Lilac on the craft mat, sprayed with water, and placed my watercolour paper in the mix.  I selectively stencilled Prima Crackle in Black Soot DI and did the same with Simon Says Stamp's Falling Snow using Snow Cap Acrylic Paint.  It's fun playing with inks!  To add more texture, I embossed the panel using Elizabeth Crafts Butterflies folder.

I've been on a butterfly kick lately!  Today I used my new Penny Black Social Butterfly stamps and heat-embossed one of the butterflies twice in Aegean Silver (The Artful Stamper) - the sparkle looks amazing!  I did the same with Penny Black's Anniversary sentiment.  I fussy-cut the butterflies and attached each with a black brad.  The die-cut butterfly border is from Joy!crafts.  The cardstock is DCWV - it's a mauve colour.

I would like to support these fun challenges:
Butterfly Challenge Butterflies and B for Brads 2/3
CAS on Sunday Stencil It 1E
Craft Your Passion Always AG 2/3

Creative Fingers AG 1/3

Cut It Up Embossing and Die Cut 1E

Cuttlebug Mania O Deer O Deer/Wildlife (butterflies) 2/3

Dies R Us Embossing Folder 2/3

DL.ART January Linky AG UE 1/day
Fussy and Fancy Things with Wings UE

Little Claire's Bright and Beautiful 2/3
Love to Scrap AG 1/3

Loves Rubberstamps The Letter "B" (butterflies, brads) UE

My Craft Creations AG UE

Not Just Cards AG UE

RANDOM WINNER Penny Black and More Stencils, Masks, Embossing Folders 3/3

Penny Black Saturday New (new technique, new stamps) UE

Penny's Paper Crafty AG 1/3

Scribble and Scrap Always AG 2/3

Sister Act (Cards Only) AG UE

Sparkle N Sprinkle AG with Loose Glitter, Embossing Powder and/or Flocking UE

STAMPlorations Stamps and Ink 3/3

Stamping Sensations Dies and Punches 3/3

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' AG with Twist Add Layers UE

Tuesday Throwdown Embossing (used heat and dry) 2/3

Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 2/5

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

Edited Mar 12/15:  Linking up to STAMPlorations Flash Stencil Linky 

Uniko Studio GD - Love and Friendship

Hello, everyone!  As Guest Designer at Uniko Studio this fortnight, I have made another card for our Love and Friendship challenge!  I hope you will come over and join in the fun!  

I thought an anniversary card would fit this theme nicely.  For something a little different, I created my own background by stamping the flower from Flower Power #6 clear stamps repeatedly with various inks (listed below) and also heat embossing it in gold and clear.  It was fun!

Next I heat embossed the small butterfly from English Country Garden - Butterflies clear stamps twice, each in copper on the outer edge and gold in the center.  I fussy-cut and attached, adding gold sequins to each one.  I heat-embossed the Happy Anniversary sentiment in gold on a vellum strip.

Here's a list of other products used:
Ink:  Ancient Page - Mandarin, Sienna, Sunburst, Saffron; Brilliance - Sunflower Yellow, Rocket Red Gold; SU - Only Orange, Apricot Appeal
Embossing powder:  The Artful Stamper - Gold, Clear, Copper Pearl
Cardstock:  SU - Apricot Appeal and Only Orange
Sentiment:  A Muse Artstamps

Thank you to Uniko Studio for having me as your Guest Designer! It was my pleasure!

I hope you will head over to Uniko Studio to see the inspiration by the Design Team. There's still plenty of time to play along in our Love and Friendship challenge - it's open until Friday, January 30, at 8 a.m. GMT.  Please come over and join us!

I would also like to support these fun challenges:

1. Little Claire's Bright and Beautiful 1/3
2. Pixie's Snippet Playground All cardstock/vellum, except the white card base, were leftover snippets 3/3
3. Red Carpet Studio Two Faces of January (two butterflies) 2/3 C4
4. Tuesday Throwdown Embossing (heat) 1/3

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

Make a Wish (ITDK image)

Hello, everybody!  Before I share my card, I would like to welcome two lovely new followers - Jeri Parks and UTs Hobby Time - so happy you joined me!

I like to play in a few of the progressive challenges.  Today I'm joining Imagine That... digis by Kris. These challenges are fun because as long as you use the current Stamp of the Month image, then you receive next month's challenge set for free, and so on!  I missed out last month but as luck would have it, the January digi Football Humphrey is offered for free so anyone can join!  Thank you, Kris!

I mentioned before that one of my goals this year is to make more boys'/men's cards so this image is perfect!  I coloured Football Humphrey with my Prismacolor pencils and fussy-cut.  I made a scenic background using snippets of leftover DP (Cosmo Cricket, MME, BoBunny).  Dies used are Lawn Fawn's Spring Showers and Stitched Hillside Borders.  The sentiment is a clear stamp from Heidi Grace.

I would like to support the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion Always AG 1/3

Crafty Gals Corner Let's Hear it for the Boys 1/2

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper January UE

Cuttlebug Mania O Deer O Deer /Wildlife (Humphrey is a squirrel) 1/3

DL.ART January Linky AG UE 1/day
HIMCR Colour It 2/3

Imagine That SOTM 

Imagine That Any IT Digi

My Craft Creations AG UE

Not Just Cards AG UE

Papertake Weekly 3 or More Shapes (sun, clouds, rectangle) 1/5

Pixie's Snippet Playground All DP was leftover snippets 2/3

Scribble and Scrap Always AG 1/3

Send a Smile 4 Kids AG 4 Kids 2/3

Sister Act (Cards Only) AG UE

Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 1/5

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

Glitter n Sparkle DT - Cute

Hi, everyone!  It's Sunday, and that means there's a new challenge starting today over at Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Blog! This week our theme is Cute!  I hope you can join us! Our sponsor is the fabulous Pink Gems Designs!  For my image I chose an adorable kitty called Meg with Flowers and coloured it with my Prismacolor pencils. So cute!

I die-cut the image with My Creative Time Scalloped Stitched Circles.  I decided to follow the sketch over at MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge.  This is the first time I've played there!  I don't own many MFT products but I used a border die from my Die-Namics Dotted Scalloped Trio set and an arrow banner from my Die-Namics Accent It Labels and Tabs set. They were cut from sparkly decorative tape.

The sentiment stamp is from Penny Black and I added the word friend with my Dymo Label Maker. The dp is from Colorbok. The butterfly is from Memory Box and it is attached with a silver brad.  Lastly I used two green sequins.

Please come over and join us at Glitter n Sparkle for our Cute challenge. We have a fabulous prize from Pink Gems Designs up for grabs, so I hope you'll play along!

I would like to support these fun challenges:
Allsorts Spring Flowers 1/3

Butterfly Challenge Butterflies and B for Brads 1/3

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper January UE
HIMCR Colour It 1/3

Little Claire's Digi Stamp Challenge Open Theme 3/3

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge See blog for sketch 1E

Sister Act (Cards Only) AG UE

Winter Wonderland Show us Your Metal (metal brad) 3/3

Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 5/5

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