A Fun Friendly Challenge

Hello everyone, a friend and I were talking...ok, so we were Facebook messaging, lol, and we came up with a fun challenge between us.  We decided we would take turns each month and send each other an element that could be used in card making.  It doesn't matter if we hate it or love it, we still had to use it, lol.

My friend is Jammie (pronounced Jamie) Clark and she is from Idaho (potatoes anyone?) LOL!  Jammie is great and has a fantastic sense of humor lol.  She and I send jokes about each others countries back and forth all the time, eh?  Jammie's  blog is www.jammied.com and you can go and visit and see if you can determine what our element is this month :)

So, I decided not to make a card...rebel, I know.  I have a bunch of these little notebooks that I wanted to get started on for craft fairs, and this gave me the perfect opportunity to get them started!

To alter these notebooks, I used paper from the DCWV The Primrose collection, and the sentiment, flower stamps and dies are from the Lovely Flowers stamp and die set from Catherine Pooler's latest Stamp of Approval Collection called Lovely Notes :)  I also used Nuvo Crystal Drops in Caribbean Ocean and Ivory Seashell, which you can find here :)

So, that is my project for this month for our fun and friendly challenge. Stay tuned next month when Jammie and I create something with an element that I sent her from Canada ;)  You never know what we'll come up with!

Magnolia Tulips Thinking of You with Quick Creations

Hello everyone, I have a card for you today for Quick Creations using the Magnolia stamps "Two Tulips", Lawn Fawn's "Scripty Sayings" stamp set and paper from the CC Designs "Pastel my Belle" collection.

I colored this image using my Prismacolor Premiere Pencils on hot pressed water color paper.  I love pencils on this paper, it seems to have just the right amount of tooth to it, and the pencils blend just beautifully.

I stamped the tulips and masked them off to be able to stamp them three times in total to look like a row of tulips.

You can find the linked items in Noelle's online shop at Quick Creations.  Come and join in the monthly challenge, there is a new one starting soon!

Miss Anya Bags #3 with Quick Creations :)

The third and last image from the Miss Anya Bags stamp set from The Greeting Farm, this one is my favorite of them all.  I created this for some fun inspiration for Quick Creations :)

I created this card using paper from the My Mind's Eye "Cowboy" collection, some flowers and bling from my stash and the  CC Designs Scalloped Circles die set.  The sentiment is from the My Creative Time "Believe in Your Dreams" stamp set.

I colored her using my Copics, Prismacolor markers and Prismacolor Premiere Pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1081
Hair:  Y21
PC942, 1034, 943
Clothes:  BG70
PC1088, 936, 1027, 901
Bag:  PB199
PC1068, 1084, 1094, 948

You can find the linked products in Noelle's shop at Quick Creations.  Noelle gives excellent customer service and she sends packages out super fast, so go and see what she has in the shop!

Friday Feature - Derwent Inktence Pencils!

HI!  I have another Friday Feature card for you today using Derwent Inktense pencils :)  SPOILER ALERT****these MAY just be my favorite of the five pencil brands...but are you really surprised? LOL!

I also think this may be favorite card out of the five lol.  I just love the way it turned out.  The flower stamp is an unamed STampin' Up I believe (if you recognize it please let me know lol) and the sentiment is from the Stampin' Up Set "Yippee Skippee".

All five of these cards have been embossed before watercoloring.  For card work, I just find it that much easier and faster to watercolor when the image is embossed.

Next week, I will have Prismacolor Watercolor pencils to pay with so  come back and check it out!

Plant Some Kindness witih Quick Creations and Your Next Stamp

I have a set of four thank you cards for you today using the "Plant Some Kindness" stamp and die set from Your Next Stamp, available at Quick Creations :)

These cards turned out so sweet, and they are smaller than my usual size, at 2.75 x 4.25. 

To complete these cards I used the following products from the Quick Creations shop:

"Plant Some Kindness" clear stamps and dies from Your Next Stamp
Simple Stories "Carpe Diem" 6 x 6 paper
Simple Stories "Carpe Diem" enamel Dots
Simple Stories "Carpe Diem" Paper Clips
Nuvo Crystal Drops in Sweet Lilac, Caribbean Ocean and Ivory Seashell
Nuvo Glitter Drops in  Sherbert Shimmer

I really enjoyed the spotlight technique I used here, it is a great way to focus on one small image :)

Come back and visit again soon for more inspiration for Quick Creations :)

Sweet as Honey

I have been having more fun with watercolors!

I have created this card for you today using a background that I previously made using my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors. I created some texture on the background using the honey comb stamp and Pumice Stone Distress Ink and Fossilized Amber with the Flourish stamp from the "Cherish" set.  I used the Honey Bee "Cherish" stamp set sentiments to create the two rows of sentiments and added some of the little bee and mini honey comb stamps in there too.  Then I stamped the flowers and watercolored them using Fossilized Amber and Vintage Photo Distress Inks.  I fussy cut the flowers out and layered them with dimensional adhesive so they stuck out from the page.

This is such a versatile stamp set, you can do just about anything with it!

Come back soon for more fun watercolor inspiration :)

Miss Anya Bags with Quick Creations :)

I have a bright summery hello card for you today using Miss Anya Bags from The Greeting Farm for Quick Creations.

I created this card using paper from the My Mind's Eye "Collectable" collection.  I used the LDRS Creative "Gilded Doily" die and the Lala Land Crafts "Lattice Border" die, as well as a sentiment from the Lawn Fawn "Scripty Sayings" stamp set.  I finished it with some enamel dots from the Prima Marketing "Everyday Vintage" collection and the Simple Stories "Carpe Diem" collection.

I colored her up with my Copics,Prismacolor markers and Prismacolor Premiere pencils inthe following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1081
Hair:  Y21
PC942, 1034, 943
Clothes:  BG10, BG72
PC992, 905, 1027, 901
Bag:  PB130
PC917, 923, 924, 925, 937

You can find all of the linked products in Noelle's online store at Quick Creations.  Excellent customer service and fast shipping make this shop an excellent addition to your usual web shopping stops!

See you soon for more fun inspiration for Quick Creations!

Friday Feature - Staedler Ergosoft Aquarell

I have another watercolor pencil project for you today, this time with Staedler Ergosoft Aquarell pencils :)

I do like the brightness of these pencils, however, once again, the Staedler pencils have very hard leads and it's hard to keep the pencil pigment on top of the paper.

The butterfly stamp is from Hero Arts and it is a fun stamp to play with :)

Stay tuned next week for Derwent Inktense!

Good Witch Emma with Paper Nest Dolls :)

Hello everyone, I have some sweet inspiration for you today for Paper Nest Dolls.  This is Good Witch Emma :)

She is so sweet!   And you can find the rubber stamp of her in the online shop at Paper Nest Dolls :)

To create this card, I used paper from the My Mind's Eye "Blush" collection as well as some sequins and flowers from my stash.  The sentiment is from an unknown stamp set that I have in my stash lol, sorry, I have no idea what company it's from...I know, bad, bad, bad.

I colored her using my Copics and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1081
Hair:  Y23
PC942, 1034, 943, 916
Clothes:  Y32, R81
PC994, 995, 938

Thanks for stopping by!  Come back soon for more Paper Nest Dolls inspiration, and don't forget to join in the monthly challenge, the theme is always Anything Goes!

Puddles of Love with Mini Gorjuss and Quick Creations

OK, seriously, I fell in love with Gorjuss girls early on in my coloring career.  A new friend who introduced me to the stamp coloring world said to me you need to find your style.  I took one look at Gorjuss girls and said:  I FOUND IT! Hahahaha.  So, now they have come out with these Gorjuss minis, and they are every bit as sweet as the full size ones :)

So, here is Puddles of Love Gorjuss Mini for Noelle Martin and Quick Creations.

These stamps are so sweet, and of course since I very clearly suffer from Full Set syndrome, I had to have them all lol.  Good thing they are fairly easy on the pocketbook ;)

I also used the LDRS Creative Gilded Doily die and a Petaloo Burlap Bloom to create this card, along with some paper and flowers from my stash.  I printed the sentiment out on my computer, and it is a well-known saying, you can find it just about anywhere online.

I colored this Gorjuss Girl in my Copics and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1081
Hair:  E11
PC1082, 946, 948, 935
Greys:  C1
PC1060, 1065, 1067
Pinks:  R81
PC1018, 993, 994, 1009

You can find all of the linked products in Noelle's online shop at Quick Creations, where you can also find superior service and great friends :)

Friday Feature - Watercolor Pencil Comparison :)

Hello everyone, I have a new feature set for you for the next five Fridays!  I have done a comparison of five different sets of watercolor pencils.  No, I don't have the full sets of each of these (except Prima ;))  Each set is a small set that I have acquired over the years, some I have purchased, and some were gifted to me, and each has it's own unique set of pros and cons.  I will touch on a couple of these in each of the five blog posts :)

The first one I have for you is Staedler Karat Aquarell.  This was a nice set, however I found the leads very hard.  The colors are fairly bright, but not as bright as I like them.

The set I purchased about 4 years ago is very small, so I needed to pick an image I could color with a very limited palette (I think there may be 6 pencils in this set lol).  This stamp is  the Large Thistle Flower from The Rubber Cafe.  The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons.


Stop by next Friday for another review, this time of Staedler Ergosoft Aquarell :) See you soon.

Miss Anya Bags and Quick Creations

Hey, you...yes...you :)  Have I told you lately how much I adore The Greeting Farm's Miss Anya collection?  I really do, lol, and now you know :P

I have created a fun card for Noelle over at Quick Creations using the curly-haired Anya from the Miss Anya Bags stamp set.  Don't the worry, lol, the other two from this set won't be far ahead.

I created this card with paper from the Prima Marketing "Princess" collection, Kaisercraft Mini Blooms "Coconut", the Cottage Cutz "Victorian Rose" die, some Prima Marketing "Everyday Vintage" Sugardots, and some CC Designs enamel dots from the "Snowy Day" collection.  I also used some flowers from my stash and a sentiment from my Stamp of Approval "Beautiful World" collection.

I colored Miss Anya using my Copics, Prismacolor markers and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1081
Hair:  PB199
PC1082, 946, 948, 935
Clothes:  BV04, BG72
PC956, 1008, 932, 1088, 936, 1027, 901
Bag:  E70
PC1080, 1017, 1081, 1092, 1068

You can find all of the linked products in the Quick Creations online store, come on over for a visit :)

A Blog Hop with Quick Creations!

Hello everyone, we have a fun blog hop planned for you for the next two days :)  We have all created using the NEW Paper Nest Dolls exclusive images for Quick Creations :)

Before I show you my creation, I want to make sure you have come here from the Quick Creations blog, where Noelle has posted her creation for the hop.  If you didn't start there, please go back and do that :)  In order to be eligible to win the prize, you must comment on every blog in the hop!

So, here we go!:

Welcome to the Quick Creations Blog Hop Featuring The Paper Nest Dolls Exclusives, available only at Quick Creations! Before we get into the hop, Quick Creations is offering a 10% off code for all orders using the code: HOP10OFF . This code is valid on August 6th, 2016 ONLY! It cannot be combined with shipping discounts or rewards coupons. One code per order/package. The prize for the hop is 1 of each exclusive stamp! 

Here are the rules:

1. You must comment on every person’s post along the hop. Facebook comments do not count.

2. You must complete the hop by August 8th, 11:59 P.M. Pacific Time.

3. Winners will be announced August 9th!

4. Have fun hopping!

BLOG HOP LINE-UP

Quick Creations Blog- http://www.quickcreations.blogspot.com/...

Leah - http://odetopaper.blogspot.ca/  **You are Here**

Nikki- https://nicoledesigns.net/

Olivia - http://ormcraftynights.blogspot.com/...

Kelli - http://stampingwithadream.blogspot.com/...

Cindy - http://daydreamingtocreate.blogspot.com/...

Jo - http://joboogie.typepad.com/stampin...

Lameka - https://www.youtube.com/user/Marcnm...

Rachel- http://kneedeepinpaper.blogspot.com/...

So here is my creation using Fairy Emma and both Fairy Kittens :)

To create this card I used paper from the Kaisercraft Fairy Dust collection, and Nuvo Crystal Drops in Sweet Lilac, as well as my Spectrum Sparkle pen!

I colored her using my Copics, Prismacolor markers and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Skin: E000

PC927, 939, 1081

Hair:  PB199

PC1083, 946, 1076, 935

Dress:  BG10

PC992, 905, 901, 1027

Wings:  PB99

PC1026, 934

Stars:  Y21

PC916, 1033

Kitten 1:  PB99, BG10

PC1018, 901, 1058, 1027, 935, 1051, 992, 905

Kitten 2:  PB99, V20

PC932, 956, 935, 901, 1051, 1018, 1058

Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget to visit all the blogs in the lineup to eligible to win the prize :)

Friday Feature - Watercolor Card #5 Have a Great Day!

This is last watercolor card for the Friday Feature series, until next week when I start the watercolor pencil comparison!

I created the background for this card using, you got it...my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors once again lol.  I stamped the sentiment first and embossed it with silver embossing powder from recollections.  The sentiment is from a Hero Arts stamp, CL351.  Sorry, I don't know the name and I couldn't find it on their website.  If you know the name of this stamp, pleas let me know in the comments section and I'll add it to the post.

The sequins are from my stash, and the ribbons are from my local Dollarama, lol.  I can be a very thrifty shopper :)

So, that is the last of the easy but effective watercolor cards, but next Friday I will be starting a five week series on watercolor pencil comparisons.  I am looking forward to showing you what I have created, I hope you are looking forward to seeing them!

Queen of Hearts with Paper Nest Dolls :)

Hello everyone, it's challenge time again at Paper Nest Dolls Challenge Blog!

I have created a card for you today using the fun rubber stamp image "Queen of Hearts Ellie":

Isn't she fun?

I created this card using paper from the Cosmo Cricket "Baby Jane" collection, as well some ribbon and bling from my stash.  The sentiment is from JoyClair's "You and Me" sentiments stamp set.

I colored her using my Copics and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1081
Hair:  E31
PC941, 947, 948
Clothes:  C1, R22, BG10
PC1065, 923, 1060, 905, 1067, 992, 937, 1027, 925

You can find this sweet stamp and many more in the Paper Nest Dolls online shop :)  Check soon for more inspiration from our talented design team, and don't forget to join in the challenge!  The theme is always Anything Goes!