Take Time to Dance

I seem to have a problem getting things posted these days.  Simple card with the new sweet Dance sentiment set (only $2 for the set - you need it) from We Are 3 and the gorgeous Mosaic Background - also from We Are 3.  

We Are 3 Cards

The wonderful sentiments and papers on these cards are all from We Are 3 - Friend and Pumpkin Delight.  The flowers and pumpkins used to embellish are from Pumpkin Rose (The Hungry JPEG).

I finally found some time to actually PLAY!  i'm pretty happy with the outcome.  What do you think?

Each year my husband's grandmother's family has a reunion - each person brings a gift to be auctioned off that pays for the next reunion.  We won't be able to attend (again!), but I always like to send a set of cards to be auctioned off so that the family members remember us.  LOL!

The Paper Ala Mode Masculine Challenge

I've been wanting to create a simple card with just a digital watercolor splash of color in the background behind a fun image.  I love how this turned out....and could be a fast technique for a quick card. 

It's Saturday and that means a fabulous new challenge from Paper Ala Mode.  You know I love me some vintage vehicles, so I was thrilled to work with the The Old Truck.  The fun image came from Fred She Said.  The sentiment is from Miss Kate Cuttables, and the watercolor splashes are from Font Bundles.

The actual card design was inspired by Notable Ink.  You can see masculine inspiration for many of Fred She Said images in the Paper Ala Mode Challenge.  Hope to see you there.

A Little Holly

It's Day 16 of the Kerst Christmas Ribbon and/or Lace Challenge.  So much ribbon and so little time and inspiration is mind boggling!  I made this fun little card with the Jan's Digital Stamps from the Holly and Boo set (Jan's Digital Stamps).  The images are too cute for words.  

Virtual Crop at Creative Memories

This past weekend I tried to join the gals at the Creative Memories Virtual Crop for the sketch challenges.  I suppose I could have made better plans for the weekend so I would have more time to crop - but life did get in the way.  LOL!  I did complete two layouts - for this layout I used Mosaic Backgrounds and Enchanted... from We Are 3.

Layout for Creative Memories Virtual Crop

It's a great day to join in the Creative Memories Virtual Crop with their first sketch using papers from Outer Space by We Are 3.   

Cute Wedding Cake

Yesterday I was introduced to the work of Designs by Miss Mandee and decided to use the free Paper Cake svg to sincerely enter into the Eclips Users Group's Anything Goes challenge.  Today is our 18th Wedding Anniversary - so I added the original cake topper from our wedding cake.  

Merry Christmas!

Okay, so I'm a little late (11 years late).  Each year, though, Christmas is in full swing in Winterhaven, Arizona.  The large North Pole sign is a Miss Kate Cuttables file I purchased.  I decided to the the Antler Christmas word from Miss Kate Cuttables instead of a title.

Kerst Christmas

Here's a quickie post for the Kerst Christmas Challenge.  I love these gingerbread images from our sponsor, Jan's Digital Stamps, and used the images for small single-layer gift tag/cards.  Yeah, me!  Way to have small gift cards ready for when I need them!  The sentiments are also from Jan's

Cute Butterflies

I love taking a Featured Stamper card (Splitcoast) and see how I can CASE it with tools I have other than what they used.  So today I chose a card using a butterfly die that I do not own.  I picked a butterfly SVG (Butterfly Pocket - SVG Cuts) and used some functions on my Eclips to replicate the same design.  Kind of a challenge - especially since I changed the size and shape of the card - but aren't my butterflies cute?  I had a sheet of the pretty Mosaic Background (We Are 3) in my stash and used that for my butterfly design.

Rhinestone Smokey Bear

Here's my first rhinestone project - a rhinestone Smokey Bear.

Purple and White for Paper Ala Mode

It's a new challenge at Paper Ala Mode as we're using Purple and White.  Our design team members have created with an amazing assortment of images from Fred She Said.  What better way to get this month started! 

I'm happy to be showcasing I Love You This Much available at Fred She Said.  This cute image was fun to color...and looked wonderful when I saved it and closed it....only to print looking like she just got out of the mud pile!  But as a grandma, I thought if a muddy little granddaughter came running up with her arms open like this...I wouldn't see the dirt at all.

I colored her entirely digitally, including the mud that captures her fun spirit (what was originally a bit of shadow).

Click HERE to check out the fabulous inspiration by the design team and participating members of The Outlawz.

Bryan's Baby from Sheepski Designs

The gorgeous Bryan's Baby image from Sheepski Designs is available this month on The Outlawz Freebie Progressive challenge.  You can also obtain the image at Sheepski Designs. I've seen many gorgeous colors using this image, but I've gone with a basic tan (colored digitally).  The green/blue background is digital paper from We Are 3 (Alcohol Splashes), and I added a sentiment from We Are 3's Graduation set.

Wishing You Sugar and Spice

This cute stamp is called Gingerbread House by Jan's Digital Stamps.  I colored it digitally, printed on a tag, and popped the tag.  I used a snowflake embossing folder for the background of the card and matted in just white.  The sentiment is also from Jan's Digital Stamps, also printed on the tag.  The bow is from my stash.  Done!

This design is for the Kerst Christmas Challenge - with Ribbons and/or Lace.