This gorgeous Santa Claws image from Last-Minute Manda is featured in the Kerst Christmas Challenge if you'd like to join in (hurry!). I'm really not sure if they are sloths or racoons - but this time I've gone with sloths colored digitally. I did print three copies and cut layers for dimension. The cactus pattern on the large package is digital paper from The Hungry JPEG. The sentiment is We Are 3.
Well, even though the weather here is gorgeous in the 70s, I decided to play with backgrounds and found it fun to make some Halloweeny backgrounds. The backgrounds were created digitally with Jolee's sentiments. Easy peasy!
I decided to play with some stuff from my stash. The sentiment is available at ClickChicDesign. I changed the color of the sentiment in Gimp. The flowers are from Power Poppy Pure Prairie Bouquet. I used my Eclips to cut the sentiment and flowers.
For today I made a card using We Are 3 papers from the Alcohol Splashes and Mosaic collections, and a sentiment from the You Know set. I really wanted to play with digital paint splatters, but it was difficult because the Alcohol Ink papers are already so beautiful, but this is just another look.
Be sure to check out the new papers at We Are 3...Can't wait to see what you create.
I had a lovely weekend, with a little time for crafting. Sharing a layout I made. The frame file is from Monica's Creative Room. The heart border was in my stash.
Well, trying to get adjusted to adding the Kerst Christmas Challenges to my calendar. You can see all the great inspiration HERE. I just love that I now have inspiration to get my Christmas cards made throughout the year.
There's a gorgeous bunny card from Craft with Sarah celebrating Easter called Easter Bunny. I used a variety of digital papers - mostly from my scrap stash.
Grab the Easter Bunny here.
Still sharing the fun I had last week at the Creative Memories Virtual Crop....finished all the layouts in time, but just now finding time to post. The first is a layout of a visit to the Titan Missile Museum using papers from the Enchanted and Touch of Teal collections. I added white embossed cacti and popped them up on the layout. The title is computer generated.
I was inspired by a session at the Card Maker Success Summit to spend some time just using my stash. I dip into my stash constantly, but have way too much in there that never seems to work for the card I'm thinking of. So this time, I let my stash dictate what I'm thinking of. I played for about an hour - made three cards - but only one I'm willing to share. LOL!
I added a couple stickers from a wedding sticker sheet. For a somewhat elegant wedding look, I used gold, black, and white papers from my stash.
Every month Stick It Down adds new sketches for a challenge. For the single-page layout this month, I added digital washi tape as a border to my background. I cut out three tags with my Eclips. The tags and background are from We Are 3.
Today's card is for the Kerst Christmas Challenge, which should have been posted a couple weeks ago when I joined the Kerst Christmas Design Team. I will blame all the "decisions" I've had to make to get my bathroom remodel rolling - but it possibly may have actually been a "Green Valley moment" forgetting to blog. I did manage to get it posted before the new challenge begins in April. The Christmas Magic paper is digital from We Are 3.
The adorable image I used is from our sponsor, The Paper Shelter, called Heavenly Christmas Carol. She's precolored, and I printed extra trees to use in my snowy hills. I added a gem for the sun...and there you go!
My second actual attempt at coloring a shaded image. I chose pastel colors for something different. Digi is Cute Kittens by Fabrika Fantasy - sentiment is computer generated.
I made this cute layout for one of the Creative Memories Virtual Crop sketches. There are always six sketches to choose from each month. The adorable papers are Touch of Teal and Enchanted by We Are 3. I used some borders from my stash that integrate well with the papers. The gorgeous stained-glass train photo was taken during one of our anniversary trips to Albuquerque. I also added a train sticker from Jo-lee - popped up.
Train trips are dear to my heart - I've had this fascination since I was small and my father brought home a Lionel train for Christmas.
My theme today is Bird Song - how perfect for Spring. As soon as I saw the gorgeous We Are 3 Alcohol Splashes and Mosaic papers, I knew they'd be perfect together. I'm thrilled to also be using Bird Song Sentiments from We Are 3 to make popped-up wreaths. For the third card, I combined paper patterns.
Today's tag is pretty simple, using some digital paper from the 50's Diner Doodle Pantry Check pack from Doodle Pantry, and I dropped some flowers on top from the Bouquet of Red Poppies - I changed the flowers to blue using Word.
Here's the fourth Spring Tag I'm showcasing for the fabulous Eclips Users Group Spring Tag Challenge. Had fun creating a shaker tag. The sentiment is a digital from We Are 3, and I added clear sequins for the shake. And for the tag? Here's a Holiday Tag - alright, intended for Christmas - but the white flowers make me think of white lilies.
My tag today was inspired by a presentation during the Card Maker Success Summit. The flowers are colored digitally. The sentiment is from my stash.
