Dad's 79th Brithday

It's my Dad's 79th birthday today and I made him this card, lol! My Dad has a great sense of humour and I think he'll love it. The only thing I'd do differently next time is make the walker a totally different colour. It should have been bright yellow maybe, Dad might have a hard time seeing it, oh dear! Otherwise I love the image. It was a free digital from a new company Just Inklined digital stamps with beautifully detailed stamps. Just a note: I didn't have any night of navy brads so I took a lighter blue brad, dipped it into versamark, then clear embossing powder, heated and voila I now have 3 night of navy brads, way too cool! I've entered this into the Stamp Something challenge which is to do something digital and Drunken stampers challenge which is a sketch challenge.

Stamp: Just Inklined Albert
Paper: night of navy, mellow moss, summer sun, whisper white
Ink: summer sun, mellow moss, night of navy
Other: cuttlebug argyle embossing folder, stampin up square lattice embossing folder, spellbinders labels 1, shaped clips, brads

Hi Cool Dude

This cute guy was one of my very first digital purchases. He's from Digi shack and this card is for their Wednesday challenge which was to make a card that was NOT an A2 card or square. What a cool lookin' dude! Great challenge!

Stamp: Digi shack
Paper: Pacific Point, Ridinghood Red, kodiak photo paper
Ink: prima markers, pacific point
Other: crystal effects

Just stopped by to say Hello

This gorgeous little mouse is a digital freebie from Phindy's Place. The little bird peeking is just perfect for a hello card. Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential's challenge yesterday was to make a "slick" card. So in other words use slick cardstock, embellishments, acetate paper, crystal lacquer, etc. I used crystal effects to "slick" up my umbrella, raincoat, rainboots and water puddle. You can see the shiny or "slick" in the second photo. An easy fast card to make just to say "Hello".
Stamps: Phindy's Place digital, Stampin Up fundamental phrases
Paper: Whisper white, gable green, tempting turquoise
Ink:Cool carribean, gable green, only orange, more mustard, creamy caramel
Other: crystal effects, ribbon, swiss dots embossing folder, spellbinders circle

Candle Shy Bear

I've been so busy I've hardly done any cards lately so yesterday was a stamp-n-play day with Glenda! We both did challenge cards. (I'll post another one tomorrow) This is a digital stamp from Squigglefly called a Shy Bear. He was just too cute to resist. I used the colours from the Color Throwdown challenge found here which were dark red, cream, chocolate and olive (optional) The red berries look cream in the picture which is cool because they're red but with a glitter gel pen on them. Same with the Santa hat and candle holder. Its nice and glittery IRL.

Stamps: Shy Bear: Candlebear
Paper: Very Vanilla, Bravo Burgandy, Old Olive, Whisper white
Ink: Chocolate chip, old olive, bravo burgandy/real red, very vanilla
Other: Sakura gel pen, ribbon, swiss dots cuttlebug folder

Hello Baby

As soon as I saw this digital stamp it was a must have! Isn't he the cutest!! I knew right away he would be on a baby card. I made this card for two challenges. The first is from stamp tv here and the challenge was to use a glaze pen. I don't have one so I used crystal effects. Yes Glenda stop laughing! there is something that I don't have, lol!! A glaze pen or crystal effects adds dimension to the image. You can't see it very well in the photo but the dragon's wings, horns and eyes all have crystal effects on them. The second challenge Card Positioning systems is here and is a sketch challenge. I'm off to play finally and enjoy an hour in my craft room, have a great week!

Stamps: digi shack, stampin up teeny tiny wishes, priceless
Paper: silver, basic black, whisper white
Ink: basic black, shimmer paint platinum, gable green, green galore
Other: crystal effects, d'vine embossing folder, ribbon

Funny Fariy Godmother

This is a birthday card for a friend, lol! On the inside it says "I know you don't expect a sick person to run out and get you a gift! She is just too darn cute and she's a digi stamp. I don't have many but I couldn't resist her. This card is also for two challenges. The first one is here and is called Dannis Dreams home of Flutter by Wednesdays. I've never done any challenges from there before and thought I'd give it a try. The challenge was to do something with wings, such as a fairy or butterfly, but with the Holidays around the corner you could also create an angel, which I did. She's a little rough around the edges but she's an angel, lol!! The second challenge was on stamptv and it was a colour challenge. The colours are dark purple, black and gold. You could use the neutral of either white or cream. To play the challenge you can go here.

Stamps: Digi Shack, computer generated(sentiment)
Paper: Elegant Eggplant, basic black, whisper white
Ink: Elegant eggplant, basic black, more mustard, blush blossom, versamark
Other: Crystal Effects, ribbon, gold gel pen, gold pearls, clear embossing powder

Paige's thinking of you card

This is a digital stamp from Digishack. I only have a few and this one is just too cute. The background paper is designer paper from the hostess pack. The flowers are a punch from Michaels, along with the flower brads. I added diamond stickles to the flower centres, the bees wings, the bears nose and the bees path. I made this card for a 13 year old who was in a boating accident. She had part of her arm amputated. Erin is trying to send Paige over 100 cards and if you want more information on sending Paige a card you can go to Erin's blog.

Digishack

I finally got to play late tonight. The past couple of days I have been driving the kids with no time to play. I hid in my craft room and made this. I made many mistakes but I just didn't care. The sun is terrible and normally I would have started over on the back but I was afraid I'd be interrupted so I just continued, lol! The background is brayered using Morning Marigold and then Tangerine Tango and for the water I used Pacific Point. The strip of paper is Apricot Appeal. The image is from Digishack (digital stamp) but he has no name. The sentiment is from Rubbernecker. I did the sketch challenge at stamptv here