Dog Biscuit Day

The Festive Friday challenge I chose to do this week was Dog Biscuit Day. A bone is a biscuit, right??  The image is from Impression Obsession.

Addicted to CAS: Home

The current challenge at Addicted to CAS is "Home". It has been a long time since I have colored one of my mushroom houses. I love this collection of stamps.

Deep Breath

The Greetings challenge at The Outlawz this week was to make a birthday card. I love this blow fish from Art Impressions.

Worry Warts

The Paper Ala Mode challenge at The Outlawz this week was to "Make us Laugh". I love this frog die from Elizabeth Craft and the sentiment was perfect.

Sketch Saturday

My take on the Sketch Saturday challenge this week. The coffee and coffee beans are fabric.

Wizard of Oz

 

The Sunday CAS challenge this week was to make a card featuring your favorite old movie. I am not much of a movie/TV fan, so this was difficult. But, who doesn't love the Wizard of Oz? The characters were fussy cut and I used a stencil to create the road. 

CASology: Egg

The word on the Cue card at CASology is currently "Egg". I used one of my many Outline Stickers for this card.

Lighthouse

I love the scene of this lighthouse on the ocean. The entire image is one piece of fabric. It is so peaceful.

Cowboy

The Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz this week was to use Lace, Ribbon, or Twine on your card. I went with the twine for this cute cowboy.

Asian Lady

The focal point of this card is a piece of fabric featuring this beautiful lady. The embossing folder just sets her off.

Monochromatic Flowers

The Tuesday color challenge at The Outlawz this week was to make a monochromatic card. The image is from Unity Stamp Company and the paper is from Graphic 45.

Purple Flowers

Farmhouse Memories is a local scrapbook store that carries a lot of fabric for making cards. One of the places I always look in when I am there is the scrap bin. I was lucky to find flowers and butterflies that were already fussy cut last time I was there. 

Get Whale Soon

The Greetings challenge at The Outlawz this week was to make a Get Well Card. I used whales from PTI and my words are from Denami Design.

Under the weather

The Festive Friday challenge I chose to do this week was National Umbrella Day. I used a House Mouse image which I fussy cut and a fabric umbrella. Once again, my favorite clouds are in the background.

Sketch Saturday

My take on the Sketch Saturday challenge this week.

Cute Card Thursday

The challenge this past week at Cute Card Thursday was "Sweet Valentines". I used these owls from Art Impressions and added lots of hearts for their valentine celebration.

Happy Valentine's Day

The CAS challenge at The Outlawz this week was to make a card with a heart on it to celebrate National Heart Month. I used layering stickers that I colored with copics for my heart. 

Spring Mice

The Monday Greetings challenge at The Outlawz this past week was "Show Me Spring". This is a House Mouse stamp that has been sitting unused for a while in my collection. It was time. The Hello is from Cheery Lyn Designs

Love Birds

The Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz this past week was "Show me Love." This image is from Heartfelt Creations and I think the swans are in love.

Vase of Flowers

My take on the Wednesday Sketch challenge at The Outlawz. The image is from Stampendous. I used Wink of Stella for the jar and the center of the yellow flower. The centers of the purple flowers have stickles in them.

Beautiful Flowers

The color challenge at The Outlawz this past week was a photo inspiration. Green was a required color to use. The other colors I chose to use were yellow and brown. My flowers are done with decoupage.

CASology: Valentine

The Cue Card at CASology this week was Valentine. My heart is from Rubber Stampede. I fussy cut it and layered it onto a piece of glittery white paper. I used the same paper for my frame.

Groundhog Day

The Festive Friday challenge at The Outlawz this week that I chose to do was Groundhog Day. I know that this is really a Hedgehog, however, Hedgehog day is on the same day as Groundhog Day. And since the Groundhog decided that it would be an early spring.........  It is snowing as I type this.

Crazy Cat Lady

The Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz this past week was to Add a Sentiment. This is one of my new Art Impressions stamps. I think that she is just so much fun!

A Valentine

My take on the Wednesday sketch challenge at The Outlawz. Ribbon, a doily and a stamped heart from Magenta. CAS.

CASology: Glitter

The current CASology cue card is "Glitter".  To accomplish this challenge, I used glitter to "color" my turtle. My Hello is from Cherry Lynn Designs.

Addicted to CAS

The current challenge at Addicted to CAS was "Bloom". This is one of my favorite stamps from Magenta. Just a touch of Wink of Stella to add some sparkle to the flowers.

Sweet Hearts

The challenge this week at The Card Concept was "Sweet Hearts". I used an image from La La Land Crafts. She was fussy cut and popped up on the card.

CAS on Sunday: Valentine

The challenge this week at CAS on Sunday was "Valentine". I love this little Magenta with his heart tail. The stripes of hearts are ribbons.

Have a Heart

The challenge at Simon Says Stamp this past week was "Have a Heart". I used this Penny black valentine hedgehog. My only embellishing was some pink stickles on the balloons.

Up in The Air

This is an ATC that I made for an ATC swap. The image is from Northwoods. I colored with with dye markers and used a lot of glitter to add interest.

Sketch Saturday 398

My take on the sketch from Sketch Saturday. I think that this little graduation dog is so cute.

Cute Card Thursday

The challenge this week for Cute Card Thursday was "In the Pink!" I used an image from Magnolia and fussy cut her. The wall that she is sitting on was made with an embossing folder. I brayered a brown ink onto the folder before embossing. The sky was done with my favorite sky stencil.

Mixed Media Card Challenge

The Mixed Media Card Challenge this month was to use red and hearts. I did the background using a Tim Holtz stencil and texture paste. The added hearts were cut out of soda cans and I used alcohol ink to color them. The sentiment is a piece of ribbon.

Will You be my Valentine?

The Tuesday color challenge at The Outlawz this week provided 5 colors. The colors that I chose to use were Rose Red, Mystery Black, and Innocent White. The background was made with a stencil and texture paste. The image is from LaLa Land.

More Gelatos

For this gelato background, I mixed gel medium and gelatos. I then used a stencil to design my background.

Another Gelato Background

This is another gelato background I found. This was embossed on watercolor paper and then the gelatos were rubbed on. I then used a waterbrush to spread the gelatos.

Cute Bride

The Saturday Paper Ala Mode challenge at The Outlawz this past week was to use to different media. My image is from LOTV and I used copics and glitter on my card.

Metallic Gelatos

My "group" is responsible for the project at our next stamp club meeting. We will be doing backgrounds with gelatos. So, I went looking for ideas. This background was embossed on a piece of black cardstock and then various metallic gelatos were rubbed on. I then buffed them with a tissue. The image is from Heartfelt Creations and was a perfect match for my gear background.

Owl Always Love You

The Monday Greetings Challenge at The Outlawz was "Love is in the Air". You needed to add something with wings to it. All of my components on this card with the exception of the doily heart are fabric.

Pretty in Pink

The current Cute Card Thursday challenge was "Ladies Only". I chose to use this My Bestie image. Colored in pink with lots of matching pink pattern papers behind her.

Nerdy Bird

This is my  take on the sketch challenge at The Outlawz this past Wednesday. The image is from  Unity Stamp Company and the papers are from Prima.