A four legged friend......

Hello all!
             Happy 1st of the month to you all and I hope it's the start of some spring-like weather to replace all these awful storms and snow here in the States.  Also Happy St David's Day to any Welsh followers I may have!

              Friday means a new challenge over at The Outlawz alcohol markers group and for this week, our theme is pets - although my title says a four legged friend, you don't have to limit yourself to that as plenty of pets have less or more than four legs (or even no legs!).  So before I wander too far from the path, here's the card details - very easy as it's yet another CAS card.  For this one I used one of my own digital stamps called Deefur.  I drew him based on a photo of a very cute dog I used to share my life with, a Jack Russell Terrier called Oscar.  He was such a cutie and a real character - loved him to bits :)

                           This is sort of a one layer card apart from the fact that I matted the image layer onto brown cardstock and then on to the card base - so a three layer card really!  I coloured the image using the dot technique as I wanted to give him the look of texture.

                    I would like to enter this into the challenges at Simon Says Stamp , Through the Craftroom Door , The Paper Shelter , Divas by Design  and Craft Us Crazy .

Thanks for popping in :)

New, new, new.....

Hello all!
Happy New Year to all - it's been a while since I last posted.................... I've been away from home, visiting family in the UK and I managed to pick up a delightful cold virus which pretty much knocked me off my feet for a while!  Never mind, what would the holiday season be without a bug or two?
                   It's the first Friday of the year so time for a challenge with The Outlawz copic/promarker DT group.  For our first one of the year, we're asking you for something 'new' - new year, new beginnings, new start, new baby, new home - the list goes on and on!

            I decided to use one of my own digis, available from Can You Digi It? - "Mouse Home".  I wanted to make it look like a picture on a wall so I cut a frame using my Cameo and used some wallpaper-like background paper.  The sentiment is computer generated on white cardstock which I scored to make it look like a skirting board or base-board, depending on which side of the ocean you live and I drew the mousehole (I think it works!).

 

Hope your New Year is off to a great start - why not head over to The Outlawz and check out the rest of the DT's work and join in with us?

 

Challenges entered -

Crafty Creations

Divas by Design

Inky Impressions

Simon Says Stamp

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

 

 

 

 

A good reason to celebrate!

Hello all!
I'm hoping this scheduled post will go out on time as I'm not actually here today!  All being well, we are looking at an early start and waiting for the gates to open at the Hershey Fall Meet 2012  - a combination car show and giant flea market with 9000 spaces, no that isn't a typo, I do mean 9000 flea market spaces!!!  I don't think we have a hope of getting round everything as there are also 1500 classic cars on show.  This event was tailor made for us as we are both huge classic car fans and we love junking - what more could we ask for?

                     Anyway, on to the card which is for today's challenge at The Outlawz (Copics/Promarkers group).  The theme is National Desserts day which is on October 14th - I can't think of a better reason to have a national day :) 
         I inked up a Whipper Snapper stamp for this and actually made the card with my niece in mind  - she'll be 2 in November - which is why the card is very girly :)  I'm just going to add a glittery "2" to it before I mail it.

 

 

I would like to put this in for the following challenges -

http://rubysrainbow.blogspot.com/ 39 cute & cuddly

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/ anything goes

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/ - animals

http://flourishes.org/category/challenges/timeless-tuesday/ - yummy treat

 

Thanks for popping in! 

Christmas in July!

Well it seems like it's Christmas in July all over web-land at the minute!!  So many challenges are taking up this theme that it all seems very festive - regardless of the scorching heatwave many of us are enduring in the States - and we're no different over at The Outlawz with this Friday's challenge :)

Our sponsor this month is the wonderful Megan of Dillybeans and she has some fabulous Christmas images available to use, along with many other cute and edgy designs.

For my card, I used the 'Snow Family' digi and added a few musical notes and the "Fa la la" on Adobe PSE10.  I coloured it with Copics but went for a zingy, non-traditional colour scheme for a change.

I also added some Stickles for a touch of glitter and a few punched snowflakes with gems - I'm trying to keep the Xmas cards nice and simple this year!

I would like to enter this into the following -

http://dillybeanschallenge.blogspot.com/ - sparkle and shine

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ - free for all

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Christmas in July

http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/ - Christmas in July

http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.com/ - Christmas in July

Thanks for popping in - please do go and take a look at the rest of the Outlawz DT's work - you'll be so glad you did :)

I'm heading off to CHA this Sunday so I'm very excited!!!  I havn't been to Chicago before so it's a double whammy of excitement :D   I'll have some scheduled posts ready for the week but will try and pop in with some news and info if I can.  I'm doing a number of workshops - Altered Art by May Arts, My Little Shoebox, Mix and Match Collage Canvas  - so I'm hoping to come away with lots of inspiration!!!

Let me know if any of you are going too - would love to meet up :)

Whole latte love.

Hello again - I wasn't expecting to be doing a double posting today but I had forgotten all about the very first challenge over at Mayzy Art.  I had coloured the digi already but then forgot to make the card - doh!  Anyway it's not too late so here goes -

This very cute digi is called Shawna with latte and is one of a number of very desirable images over at Mayzy Art. 

As you can probably see, I used the sleeve for a takeaway coffee as the background strip - I was following the sketch from this week's challenge at retro sketches and this seemed to fit the bill perfectly :)

I would also like to enter this into the following "Anything Goes" challenges at divas by design and Simon Says Stamp .

Thanks for stopping by (again) !



Hope for summer!

Good Morning!  I hope this Saturday finds you fit and well and enjoying some sunshine somewhere.....
My card today is a really simple affair - I was playing around with my Gelatos again and just did a few swipes of the two blues and thought how perfect it would be as a background to the 'Technique Tuesday' clear stamp called "Big Wish" available here at Can You Digi It.
I simply matted the stamped image onto some white cardstock and embossed a line frame around it, repeating that on the main cardstock background, added some appropriately striped nautical-feel backing card and a simple metal charm. 

So very simple and fresh looking - I'm thinking it would look good in a white frame in a seaside cottage somewhere...........................

I would like to enter this into the following challenges -



http://cardcrafterscircle.blogspot.com/ - gentle/pastel colours

http://glittergeeks.blogspot.com/ - nautical

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - spring/summer colours

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/ - charmed I'm sure

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hoppy Easter!

No, not a typo - just a corny play on words!  It's Friday again, we made it through the week and it's time for another challenge over at The Octopode Factory.  This week it's Easter and I decided to go with a spring-like pastel look, keeping it fairly simple.   I used Marigold, the Easter Bunny and went with a lilac and yellow colour scheme  -

There's plenty more inspiration over at TOFF so why not head over there?

I would also like to put this in for the following challenges -

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Easter creations with animals
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Easter
http://rubysrainbow.blogspot.com/ - Easter

Thanks for stopping by - hope you have a great Easter, however you celebrate it :)

Bling it on!!

Back with the first of my 2 Friday posts.  I know I say it every week but I'm still amazed at how quickly the week flies by!  Here we are again with another challenge over at TOFF and this week it's all about the bling!  Now a snail may not be the first thing that springs to mind when you think of bling but this little guy is one of my favourite Octopode digis and I thought he deserved to have a bit of glitz and glamour in his life.
      I made the background by swooshing a piece of white card around on some blue & green Distress stains on an acrylic block and then stamped over that with a variety of stamps.  I coloured Brian (yes, he has a name and it's Brian!) with Copics and then cut him out and blinged him up - the sentiment is just computer generated and inked around the edges.

I would like to put this in for -

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/ - stamp something

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

Thanks for popping in and I'll be back later with my second Friday post :)

Dream big...................................

Hello all and Happy Friday :)
My first post today is for The Octopode Factory challenge which this week is "mushrooms".  I'll admit that mine are pretty colourful for mushrooms but I'm sure that's how this little fella sees them too!  I made an inked and stitched background from an old dictionary page and then popped the various fungi and the dormouse (all Octopode digis) up with foam pads to give it a bit of depth.  The large mushroom was cut from watercolour paper which I painted, inked, stained and stitched! 
                  Why not make your next stop the TOFF site to check out the fabulous work from the rest of the DT?

I would also like to enter this into the following -

http://scrapbitzcopics.ning.com/group/mix-it-up-mixed-media-altered-art-group - use a book page
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/ - spots or stripes
http://www.thepixiecottage.blogspot.com/ - sketch and/or anything goes

                   Thanks so much for popping in- would love to see you later on with my second post for The Outlawz :)