Learn to pause....

Now that 2013 is quickly coming to a close I've promised myself to post all of the things I've created but haven't put on my blog.  This one fell through the cracks of the many 'unorganized' photos I have on my computer....

 The girl stamp is from Stamping Bella and I coloured her in with copic markers, prismacolor pencils and golden acrylic paints.  Lots of green and brown paints, inks etc...were used (which are usually not my 1st choice, but I had to challenge myself to do something different).  

I love this sentiment, (from Tim Holtz Just Thoughts stamp set)...reminds me to slow down and enjoy life!

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Paint Party Friday

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Just dropping you a line...

Happy Friday everyone!  I meant to post this earlier this week (specifically for Valentines Day) but as usual the week got away from me.  I made about 7 of these cards to send to some family members for Valentines day.  I picked up this adorable stamp by Stamping Bella from my fav lss The Paper Pickle! 

I wanted to keep it reallllly simple and easy since I was making 7 at once.  So I stamped the image onto SU kraft cardstock with memento ink in tuxedo black and coloured it up using my copic markers.  I used my white prismacolor pencil to colour in her socks.  I love the effect of white pencil crayon on kraft, it really makes that area 'pop'.  

Thought I'd play along with some challenges this time:

Colour Create Challenge

Stampin for the Weekend

I was too late getting in for the 'anything goes' Stamping Bella Challenge this week :(

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!

Total random post...

Hi everyone! I know its been a while since my last post with a 'new' card, its been hard for me do dedicate the time to crafting with such a busy schedule. But I am managing to get a few things in here and there.

I made this card a few months ago. We had a big fundraiser at work a while back raising money for kids in the community who can't afford to play sports. Well, we had an amazing sponsor step up with a huge donation and I had to take the time to at least make them a thank you card.
I knew I wanted to use something sporty, so I scoured my stamp shash and found this adorable Stamping Bella stamp "Tyler the Jock". The illustrator behind this adorable image is Christy Croll! I love her stuff! Most of my bella stamps are Christy's! She creates some cute cute stuff! Anyway I coloured him up with my copics and added some grass with my prismacolor pencils and gamsol. I found some bright cheery paper in my scrap pile and kept it plain and simple!

Well I hope you are all enjoying your summer so far! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I'll be back with more posts soon!

A colour challenge at The Pink Elephant....

Please scroll down for my post on The Town Scrapper Blog Hop....or click HERE!
Also, its my mom's bday today...HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!.....we're giving away some Blog Candy, for your chance to win click HERE!

It's another Monday morning and that brings another challenge at The Pink Elephant!!!

AQUA!!!

This weeks challenge at The Pink Elephant is to use the colour AQUA! One of my favourites!!! The possibilities are endless here so let see what you got. Link your creation up on the blog and check out what the Design Team has to show you for some great inspiration!

I can't beleive how fast the weekend flew by!!! I attended the Mega Crop in Chatham on Fri and Sat! We had a great time and Darlene was the hostess with the mostess, as well as her great helpers! My mom and I coloured our little hearts out and met some great ladies.

Onto the card...last Wednesday I attended a copics & pencils class at The Paper Pickle with Linda Heavens...if you haven't already, you should really check out her blog, Heaven's Created This....I have seriously been stalking it for a good year now, and really admire her work. She is a genius when it comes to mixing the copic markers with the prisma pencils and putting cards together. I love her style and I'm always in awe when I see her cards....and was so pleased when I heard she taught classes where I live. I sign up for every one of them now!!! Besides her amazing talent she's also a riot and as sweet as can be! So be sure to swing by and check her out...you'll become a follower...

Anyway, we coloured up this adorable image Chloe the Coffe Mug Girl from Stamping Bella. I was so pleased with how mine turned out but have some work to do on my blobby grass. Better get practicing!

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a great week!

It's a Whimsical kind of Wednesday...

Happy Wimsical Wednesday! This weeks challenge is a rockin SKETCH by Jack!

I'm all in my glory this month because the sponsor for the DD Blog is The Greeting Farm and I can't get enough of them! Have you seen their new website? Its too stinkin cute! I used WS Rain Rain image, isn't she adorable? And appropriate with the rain we've been having lately! And there's lots more to come, ah the joys of spring. At least its not snow!
I coloured her with my copic markers and added some brads for buttons and repeated the brads in the corners. The dp is American Crafts and the cute button and heart charm is from a recent shopping trip to The Town Scrapper. The little teeny tiny sentiment is from Stamping Bella!

Be sure to join in on the fun with us this week over at Whimsical Wednesdays the Diedrich Dare Blog and don't forget to check out what the other DareDevils have come up with:

Cassie Larson, Heather Schlatter, Jacquie Peifer , Jessica Diedrich, Kim Ross, Rebecca Ednie, Randi Wall, Kris Palakiko, Andrea Murdock, Sara Henton

Have a great day!

You are Unique!

This friday's challenge at Stamping Bella is Polkadots! I finally got to use the adorable Stamping Bella Stamp called You are Unique. I especially chose this stamp because I'm entering this into a contest this weekend and the theme is all about women's day, 'friendship', 'strength of women' etc... This is one of the cards I'm entering. This stamp reminds me of that dove campaign - which I LOVE! Sending the message to young girls to love yourself just the way you are!

I think I got carried away with the flower/ribbon embellishment but I saw some great new 'do it yourself' flowers in the new scrapbooks etc. magazine, and I had to try it! Plus it used up all my little scrap ribbon pieces that I never know what to do with!

As usual I coloured the image in with my copic markers and added some stickles and popped it on the card base. The little squiggles coming out from under the button was actually created by mistake. I love using my Karen Foster Scrappers Floss for the centre of buttons, a few days ago I ended up permanently adhering a button down with the long paper strings hanging out, so instead of 'losing' it, I took the end of a very fine paintbrush and twirled it to create a little swirly! I love how good things come from mistakes!

Enjoy your day!

A flower for you...

I can't stop making springy type cards, I've had enough of winter and we've still got a little bit to go. It also doesn't help that we get little spring teasers. Yesterday was gorgeous!!! Spring type weather, snow melting, kids outside (we even had a few kids selling koolaid on our street) I was sooo ready...until I woke up this morning to snow flakes the size of maple leaves!!! No joke! So anything with flowers and bright cheery papers makes me happy right now!
Today I'm introducing a simply adorable image from BabyBudDesigns, her name is Livvie! I used Bella's Bestest paper and coloured her with my copic markers. I attempted the grass technique again using my prismacolour pencils, I'll get it one day...

I used my Large Labels Nesties to cut her out and my swiss dots embossing folder to add a little something to the pink cardstock. The cutsey patterned paper is by Doodlebug Designs & Sentiment by Stamping Bella! I also added some brads to the corners of the image and to the centre of the little flower she's holding!

I hope you like her as much as I do....there's many more new designs coming, so stay tuned for some exciting news and some BIG blog candy!!!

Keep warm! And think SPRING! Thanks for stopping by!

A Sketch and a Lollipop!!!

Here's my take on the sketch this week over at Stamping Bella. I used the ever so cute Stamping Bella "Pookie Lollipop" stamp! Very sweet! This will also work for the challenge over at Crazy4Challenges Blog since the theme is 'Lollipops'!, and also for The Pink Elephant Challenge - All About Pink!

Here are the details on the card...as usual I coloured using my copic markers. The shading and grass was done with Prismacolor pencils. I have been trying these out for shading lately, a technique I've yet still to master....I need to take a few classes, but its fun giving it a whirl anyway! I also tried the Feather Blending Technique on the flower petals. It's being featured over on the Copic Creations Blog. I love this look so I decided to give it a try, I need to practice more! For the flower pot I added some Crackle Accents, I smudged a little part of the pot so I got crafty and added that little tiny bow to cover up my goof! I also attempted to stitch again, something thats getting easier everytime I do it!

Anyway TGIF!!!! Hope you all have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Owl love you forever...

I LOOOVE owls!!! One of my favorite commercials when I was a kid was for the Tootsie Pop, where that cute little owl with the funny voice would ask how many licks to get to the centre of the tootsie pop? Anyone remember? Anyway, thats why I couldn't resist this adorable stamp 'Cuddly Owls' from Stamping Bella.

I coloured up the Cuddly Owls using my copic markers. In my little world Owls come in all colours, and pink is no exception. I even gave them some blue eyeshadow, I couldn't resist!

I've been dyin' to use the new Pink Paislee (Cupids Collection) paper and the blue hearts matched perfect. I used my new Martha Stewart 'Arch Lattice' border punch (which I'm in love with by the way!) Then to finish it off I added some adorable little crocheted flowers from Fancy Pants Designs with a button in the centre. I did use my glaze pen on the hearts and the beaks but for some reason my camera never picks it up unless I'm outside and its too darn cold right now lol!

I also entered a few challenges this week. You can get this great sketch over at Friday Sketchers, also Papertake Weekly has a theme challenge called 'Love Actually' (anything lovey dovey) and The Pink Elephant has a colour challenge, All about Pink - In Honor of Ella. Check them all out, there are some great cards out there!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Stamping Bella Bday card...another one

I meant to post this card with the Ketto's Dolly post the other day and forgot! So here he is, Mr. Ethan Lollipop from Stamping Bella, designed by Lori Boyd! This card is going to a sweet little dude who looks just like this image, hair and all, the girls just love him!!!

The Bellarific Friday theme this week was Birthday, gotta love that, you always need a birthday card in your stash. I made this one up super fast so its plain and simple. I coloured him with my copics, and found some scrap dp in my stash. Added a few buttons and the sentiment I printed from my computer. Done in a flash! Plus boys don't like all the foo foo stuff anyway...lol!

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Take The Pink Elephant Challenge!

Here's another Whipper Snapper stamp I received at Christmas. I couldn't wait to use it! This little pups name is Wriggley.

I stamped her on to a Twinchie I got from Stamping Bella. I loooove the twinchie, my copics colour like a dream and you can use any medium on them.

I coloured her in using my copic markers and added some glitter to her heart tag and used my clear glaze pen on her eyes and nose (you can see the detail up close to the left).

I shaded around the image with a copic marker and blended it out using my colourless blender. I love the challenge this week over at The Pink Elephant , Challenge #51 a Recipe Challenge to use Polkadots, a bow and Pink! All right up my alley!!!!!

I used my swiss dots embossing folder for the polkadots on the base of the card and the adorable dp is from Doodlebug design. I used my bow-easy for the little organza bow running across the top of the card. I think this is one of my favorite cards lately, it will be so hard to give away...I sometimes get separation anxiety parting with my fav's!!! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great week!!!!

Ketto's Dolly Birthday Card!

I hope you're all enjoying your weekend. Where I am its rainy with a capital R!!! So I decided to do what I always do on a rainy day - stamp!!!! I created this card for a few challenges this week:

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Pretty Pink Papertake

Crazy 4 Challenges - Pretty in Pink

and also made this for Stamping Bella's Bellarific Friday Birthday theme!

These challenges are easy for me cause I love everything there is to love about PINK!!! I used the image Ketto's Dolly from Stamping Bella and coloured her with my copic markers. I used my glaze pen to accent her shoes & hearts on her dress but you can't see with this picture. The solid cardstock is all Bazzill and the dp is from K&Company. I added some left over BoBunny chipboard accents that I had sitting on my desk, I guess they were meant to be on this card, don't you love it when that happens? The sentiment is from CCDesigns/Amy R Sentiments.

Anyway thanks for stoppin by, I'm going to go find my umbrella!

Limited Edition Scrapbook Kit Reveal! SGD!

I am very happy to be posting today cause it’s for Sheila at Scrappin’ Great Deals! I was so excited when I was asked to design for the September Kit I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it! It’s packed full of AWESOME goodies and is available for sale starting September 1st! These Limited Edition 12 x12 kits sell out FAST so don’t miss your chance! Check out the Scrappin Great Deals website, they will ship world wide!!! This kit is so versatile I was able to make a whole bunch of stuff, so keep scrolling down to see all the pictures!

Anything you see in the pictures that isn’t in the kit was from my own stash and can also be found at SGD…so, here goes…

For the first layout I created, I used the pastel plaid paper by Little Yellow Bicycle. It matched perfectly with the dress my daughter is wearing in the pics. I used my Cricut to cut out the letters & flowers sprouting from Bazzill cardstock doodle strips at the bottom of the page . I Added some of the BoBunny chipboard accents and a few buttons to finish it off!

I used the ‘Honeycomb’ paper by Basic Grey for my 2nd layout. I thought the sepia tone in the picture would work well with the rustic look to this pattern. I used my Cricut (I can’t live without it when I scrapbook!) to cut out the letters. I cut the letters out a second time with the shadow mode and then used some blue chalk to ink around the edges. If you look closely I added some light pink and yellow Robins Nest dew droplets ‘cause they remind me of the little blobs of honey that you get after squeezing it from the bottle and thought it tied in with the theme! I made a lot of cards with this kit! I used my copic markers to colour all of the images for my cards. (Sheila has THE best selection of copics by the way). For this card, I love how the Lulu Ketto image (by Stamping Bella) fit right inside the big chipboard accent, and the Bling it flower by Basic Grey went well with all the sparkles in the paper. This paper is absolutely gorgeous and has alot of sparkle to it but unfortunately my camera didn't quite pick it up very well!

One of my favourite items in the kit was the Sakura Glitter pen (what a score!). I LOVE these pens. I especially love this one. I used it to outline the stamped Anya Mermaid image to add some shimmer! I co-ordinated the Cloud 9 Orange Grove designer paper with the blue Bazzill cardstock and used the orange metallic shimmer cardstock for the base of the card. I added some waves at the bottom using my Fiskars Boundary Waters border punch.

For the next card I used the green argyle patterned paper by Lemonade, with the orange metallic card stock. I used the chipmunk image (The Greeting Farm) and the Mini Shimmer alphas with the chocolate brads to give the card the feeling of fall (which doesn't feel too far away with all this chilly weather we've been having...aaack!).

I used the same patterned paper but got a completely different look for my next card. The awesome Prima Caboodles flowers are perfect for this layout! I used the cream coloured Bazzill cardstock for the base.

I still had a little bit of paper left over and thought it matched the blue & pinks (& orange carrot) in this turtle/ bunny image I had (The Greeting Farm). I also used the glitter pen to outline the flower on turtles head!

I have never used a transparent overlay before but found one of my favourite pictures my son took of me and my hubby a few years back and thought it went great. This one by Bo-Bunny called Happy Together is adorable! I kept it really simple and used the cream coloured Bazzill cardstock for the base and added the treasured moments twill ribbon with the Bazzill cardstock doodle strips (it's much nicer in person..I swear lol). As you can see, the possibilities are endless and I still had a ton of stuff left over! You have to check out these other fantastic blogs Deena , Leah and Sarah to see how they created with this kit! Don't forget, they go on sale September 1st and they don't last long!!! Thanks Sheila for letting me play, I had SO much fun!

Thank you Fairy Much!!! Bellarific Friday Sketch!

I mentioned a few posts ago that we were in Toronto for mini vacation and while we were there we checked out Stamping Bella. "BellaLand" was so much fun - the first time I went (yes I was there more than once within 2 days) I just stood there and stared in awe at the walls of stamps....needless to say I left with a bag full of rubber and some other goodies too. I noticed when I got back to the hotel that there was mixup with my purchase, so I went back the next day (with the kids this time), and met Emily and Ryan! What an awesome pair!!! It was nice to see the faces behind the 'blog' (as I am a regular bellablogstalker). Emily was so sweet and gave my son the stamp seen in the card above called 'Super Tyler'. He was SO thrilled he made her a thank you card as soon as we got home and I just had to post it, I couldn't resist! I also dove into the bag of goodies I got and made this card for the BELLARIFIC FRIDAY Sketch. I love the heart grass background stamp, I couldn't wait to use it! I used Lulu Ketto cause I thought she went so well with the heart on her dress. As always I used copics to colour and added lots of glitter with my sakura glitter pen and some stickles!!!! Thank goodness Scrappin Great Deals carries Stamping Bella so I can get my fix without having to drive to T.O. and I don't typically order online!!!! I LOVE the Ketto line. I received a Ketto ceramic plate and matching tile about 5 years ago as a Christmas gift from my mom and I just about passed out when I saw that they are available in rubber stamps from Stamping Bella!!!

Anyway, off to hit the hay! Have a great weekend! Check back on Monday - there will be an exciting post you won't want to miss!

Stamping Bella Thank you card!

Its finally the perfect summer weather here in Ontario! I think it has inspired me to create sparkly cards with bright summery colours!!! Anyway, this is a thank you card made with the adorable Lulu Ketto image by Stamping Bella. I have had her coloured for the longest time and finally found the perfect paper to use with her!!! I used my nestabilities to frame the image, and inked the edges with chalk to soften the look. I used one of my favourite sentiments that goes perfectly with any Ketto or 'fairy' image, also by Stamping Bella. I used DCWD glitter mat stack paper and added some Doodlebug sugar coated brads to add more bling!! Thanks for looking, have a great week!

Flutter Anya Card

Yet again ANOTHER Greeting Farm image I just love! Got it last week at Scrappin' Good Deals (crafters heaven!!!lol), coloured her with my copics and added some bling with the free Flora Doodles I got from the SGD promotion last week! 'Thank you fairy much' sentiment from Stamping Bella!

Later,
K

Fairy Chloe Card!

Scrappin' Great Deals just got these stamps in - had to get it!!!! Fairy Chloe from The Greeting Farm! Sentiment from Stamping Bella!