Monet's Butterfly

Hello everyone, Spring is just around the corner and I cannot wait!  I have created a fun card using Monet's Butterfly from A Random Fan.  You can find this sweet rubber stamp in Noelle Martin's online shop at Quick Creations, along with a bunch of other Random Fan rubber stamps :)

I just love how this card turned out, and I can't wait for spring to get here!  HHhhhmmmm, the warm air, the birds chirping, and the smell of wet grass..........yes!

Don't forget to hop on over to the Quick Creations blog for our monthly challenges!

A very Happy Birthday Inspiration for Crafty Ribbons :)

I created a fun watercolored card for you today using some awesome fun ribbons from Crafty Ribbons.

I used 35mm Satin Ribbon in Liberty, Ric Rac in Green, 10mm Grosgrain Ribbon in Skye and Handmade Ribbon in White.

I love to create simple watercolored backgrounds to match the fabulous ribbons from Crafty Ribbons.  And can you believe that background was done with watercolor brushed from the dollar store?  Look at the vibrant colors!

Come and visit the Crafty Ribbons challenge blog every two weeks for a new challenge, and enter for you chance to win some awesome ribbons from Crafty Ribbons!  You don't want to miss out!

An Elegant Blue Birthday with Sweet Stamps LLC

I have created an elegant blue Birthday card for you today for Sweet Stamp LLC.

I had great fun with this card, and there are a few techniques in here :)

I created this card using the following products from Sweet Stamps LLC:

Splish Splash Stencil
Elegant Leaves Sweet Cuts die
Framed Handwritten Words stamp set
Flourish Medallion Sweet Cuts die
Shades Dye Ink in Aquamarine and Montego Bay

I really like how this card turned out :)  An elegant but fun birthday card, suited to just about anybody :)

You can find all of these products in the Sweet Stamps online store, and I have linked all the products for you.  And don;t forget to come and join us for the two monthly challenges over on the Sweet Stamps blog, you never know, you may win a prize!

Let that Light Shine with JoyClair Stamps!

The final release for February in Joyclair's Color by Faith series is called "Let That Light Shine."

This was actually the first journalling page for me.  And to be honest I had a hard time with it.  I have a nasty habit of being a literal person, and there aren't many grey areas lol.  So I have a hard time interpreting things if they aren't black and white.  Perhaps this new artistic venture will help me to get passed that.

I chose the verse from Matthew 5:16 to create this page for:  "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."

It turned out to be a little easier than I thought, and after adding the stamps, I also decided to add my own image to the page.  It just needed something to finish it off, and I thing the words and the eye have completed this page perfectly :)

Some Amber Love with Saturated Canary and Quick Creations :)

Squeal!  I have some Saturated Canary/Little Darlings cuteness for you today!  This is "Amber" and you can find her in Noelle Martin's online shop at Quick Creations :)  She is so stinking cute!

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

Skin:  E00
PC927, 939, 1029
Hair:  Y21
PC1034, 943, 938
Clothes:  B00
PC919, 1101, 901, 938

I completed this card using Dear Lizzy "Serendipity" paper, a Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush pen, Lala Land Hanging Hearts and Love Word die set, as well as some Distress Inks in Victorian Velvet and Spun Sugar.

Noelle is out of commission for a few weeks after surgery at the beginning of the month, so there's no challenge this month, but for sure we will have that up and running again in no time I'm sure!

So come back back and visit the blog to see all the inspiration Noelle's team has been busy creating for her, you won't be disappointed!

Just Kitten Around :)

I have a cute kitty card for all you cat lovers out there :)

This is a new stamp set released by Joyclair, called Just Kitten Around.

Such a sweet little guy and I have colored him with my Copics and Prismacolor Markers in the following colors:
Y21, Y38, Yr24, R11, R22, R24, C1, C3, PB112, PB114, BG70, PB121, PB211

You can find this fun stamp set on the Joyclair website, along with the other new releases this month.  Can you believe there are 8 new releases??!

Check out the Joyclair blog to see new inspiration everyday!

You Crack Me UP!

Another new release for Joyclair!  And this one is super funny :)

This stamp set is called BFF (Breakfast Friends Forever!)

I created a tag for this one, I thought it would be a cute addition to a gift or card or maybe just something to make someone's day!

I'm still practicing with my Copics and Prismacolor Markers, lol, they are not my best medium, but...practice makes perfect right?  Well...in my case, practice makes better anyways, lol.

I used the following colors for this project:
C1, C3, Y38, YR24, E15, PB99, PB172, BG70, PB121 (colorless blender)

Such a fun stamp set, you really have to have a play with this one ;)

You can find this on the Joyclair website along with many more, including the rest of the 8 new releases for February!