Have a TURTLE-Y Awesome Day!

I knew the majority of today would be dedicated to some crafting - I have so many special cards to get made.  Amazing that I have hundreds of cards in my stash, but nothing appropriate for when I actually need to send a card.  I sometimes look at the cards in my stash and wonder what I was thinking when I created those!  Today I went for the adorable Little Turled from 2 Cute Inks...his shell paper pieced digitally and ready to go out to make someone's day.  Woo Hoo!  Something a little different for me - so it was fun!   

I added a digital postmark behind the turtle for a little more interest.  Afterwards, I though how appropriate considering how long the mail takes these days.  The patches of the turtles shell are digitally paper pieced with lovely patterns from We Are 3 - Cactus.  I love the finished turtle!

Power Poppy Blossom Challenge

It's Day 4 of the new Power Poppy Blossom Challenge - although I'm not using "Spring" flowers, I was already creating this card using Power Poppy's Black-Eyed Susan - so I'm feeling pretty good sharing this in the challenge.  There is so much inspiration from the fabulous Bloomies - it's mind boggling.  There's almost a month to go to get your entry in.  Wow!  Today I'm sharing a card using papers from the new Graduation collection from We Are 3.  They have lovely bright colors. 

I used the papers with the stars and "confetti" which are appropriate for all occasions.  The sentiments are computer generated.  While this card was created for someone who is very ill, I hope the beautiful bright colors will bring some joy for her and her family.

Loving Olaf!

On this layout, I used Olaf 68 - Disneey Arts. 

For the layout base I used We Are 3 Frozen and shrunk the pattern for a more tone-on-tone effect.  I layered another pattern from the Frozen collection - enlarged for a more dramatic pattern.  The Happy sticker just happened to be in an embellishment kit I recently purchased.  The "title" is computer generated.

Kerst is hosting its monthly Christmas challenge - Stitching.  I chose Christmas Stocking for the challenge.  You can find it from Sheepski Designs.  My inspiration project features a gift card holder.  I couldn't resist coloring the image in bold masculine colors - I am especially proud of my coloring work - but to then make it festive was not very easy!  LOL!  Neither was taking a photo!  I wasn't able to get a clear bright photo of my colored image.  But I know my coloring made this image look pretty cute.  Come check out the Kerst Challenge and play with us! 

Graduation Caps

Our new release is Graduation (papers and sentiments) and Graduation Caps - I made a card using the gorgeous new papers available at We Are 3's Etsy shop.  Gotta love that We Are 3.  Just look at those gorgeous colors! from We Are 3.

I am particularly fond of the confetti pattern that can be used for all celebrations.  

New Challenge at Paper Ala Mode

Our new challenge starts today at Paper Ala Mode - It's Thinking of You.   

The image is from our sponsor Anne's Digitals.  I am particularly thrilled with my coloring as scenes are not my forte.

The coloring was done totally with GIMP.  

So there you go.  Hope you will visit the Challenge Blog and the Paper Ala Mode's design team's takes on the theme and join the fun.

Grace Selfie for Freebie Progressive Challenge

It's the beginning of May, and you know what that means.  New Progressive Freebie Challenge at the Outlawz.  Spring is here, and I'm thrilled to be showcasing Charming Asters.  The flowers are pre-colored, but I colored the cute freebie digitally.  I used We Are 3's Really Simple for the background, which really made the Asters pop.  The matting is Alcohol Splashes for the matting.  I added the freebie to the frame and called it done.

You can check out inspiration for the new freebie on The Outlawz Challenge page, but also take a peek at We Are 3's Etsy shop.  The Progressive Freebie Challenge runs through May 31.  Lots of fun!  Hope to see you there.

New Featured Stamper at Splitcoast

I'm joining in the Featured Stamper Challenge with this fun CASE of the Featured Stampers card called Cool Birthday by Gram Jean.  Although I do love all kinds of cards, I really get a kick out of simple ones....so I had a ball with this one.  I couldn't resist the paper.   

Take Time to Smell the Flowers

I knew today would not be filled with crafting for fun because I'm out of beautiful sympathy cards - yet my phone keeps ringing.  To save time, I decided to go white on white - I think there's nothing more elegant than white on white.  So here are a couple sympathy cards.

Here is the second card.  I switched out the flower type and embossed design.

New Challenges at Eclips Users Group and Featured Stamper

There's another new challenge from the Ecal Users Group.  I always gt  kick out of Jan's challenge ideas, but I've gotta say this card is one of my faves. It takes a lot for me to pull out the embossing powder, but I knew immediately I wanted to add some dimension to this fun card.  I had loads of blue-patterned papers in my stash from We Are 3 projects, so I had not trouble choosing colors for the fabulous Lighthouse Scene from Bird's Cards.

I was inspired by this week's Featured Stamper at Splitcoast, who had created a porthole card.

New Release for We Are 3

Today I decided to play with the new Alcohol Splashes digital papers from We Are 3.  I added some silk and paper flowers and embossed and sanded the top layer.  I used ribbon and sequins, and sequins refuse to embellish the card further.

Summer Splashes at We Are 3

There's a new release at We Are 3.   

I made a card using We Are 3 papers from the new Summer Splashes collection and an image from Lavinia Stamps.

You can purchase these papers on the We Are 3 Etsy page.

All Dressed Up Springtime and New Challenge at Paper Ala Mode

It's Saturday, and that means it's new-challenge day for Paper Ala Mode - and Mom's the focus.  Lovely Springtime is a princess and loves to pick Spring flowers.  I made a simple card with papers from Creative Fabrica (I already forgot the name!) and We Are 3 (GranMargaret's Flowers).   The theme is Mother's Day....and I probably should have added a Mother's Day sentiment.....but I really just love the image by itself!  

She's colored digitally.

Cute Christmas Pet

I'm thrilled to be designing for the Kerst Christmas Challenges.  Our theme this month is Square/Rectangle - which is hard to make special as 99.9% of my cards are square or rectangle.  Anyway, I the image digitally and added a digital background and sentiment.  I added some digital watercolor snowflakes, matted everything with white, and called it done.  I kind of love it!

If you haven't been following Kerst Christmas, please join us.  It's a fun, supportive group with loads of inspiration with a new challenge monthly...with prizes to be won.  Hope to see you there.

Both the background and sentiment are from We Are 3 - Fairy Backgrounds and Christmas.  The image is Christmas Pet from our sponsor, All Dressed Up.

Meggan and Tessa's Power Hour

You can check out the fabulous Power Hours and inspiration by Meggan and Tessa in the Power Hour FB Group.   

Power Hour with Meggan and Tessa

It's getting harder and harder for me to keep up with all of the events and challenges I want to participate in.  Been working hard to fit them all in.  Tuesday, I participated in Meggan and Tessa's Power Hour.  I started out with Touch of Teal and Mosaic Background from We Are 3.  I added some striped paper from Digital Scrapbooking Experts (Oh, So Pretty).  It's a simple layout with just the addition of a title and journaling box.

Creative Memories Virtual Crop

I'm a bit behind in posting my challenges.  This was an entry with Creative Memories Virtual Crop.   

Frozen

Last weekend I joined in the Creative Memories Virutal Crop with this fun Frozen layout using Frozen papers and embellishments from Disneeyarts...I also have some accents using Frozen from We Are 3.  Although I do love my scrapbooks to follow a theme, I really get a kick out of fall photos with a Frozen theme.