Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! A new year and gorgeous new images from Doodle Pantry like these two cute Love Worms. They come in colour with paper but I chose to colour them myself. Its hard to see the background but I stamped it with hearts, in deep red and then promptly put two thumb prints on either side of my image... that's why there is a large bow on the left and three butterflies on the right. UGH!

The new DPDC challenge begins at noon eastern and just for entering you receive the cutest Cupid Turtle  and here's the free with purchase image, it goes great with a martini! BEST of all from now until Jan 3 there is a 35% sale on all images, just use 35BLOWOUT in the coupon code. After shopping for some great stamps drop on by the other DT members I know that you'll love their creations too!

I've entered this into:
Digi Makeover Challenge: anything goes
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody: anything goes
Stampin' for the Weekend: anything goes
Charisma Cardz: anything goes
Cute Card Thursday: anything goes

Stamps: Doodle Pantry Love Worms, Impression Obsession Heart Swirls
Paper: early espresso, cherry cobbler, whisper white, vellum
Ink: cherry cobbler
Other: prisma markers, grass diecut, pearls, MS butterfly punch, Stampin Up oval punch, ribbon, spellbinder rectangle deckle, stickles
 

People our age...

I made this card for our friend who turned 55 Thursday. Happy Birthday Ian, lol!

I love the teeth in the glass

and the inside is even better, lol!

I've entered this into:

Crafty Catz Challenge Blog: male card

Stampin' for the Weekend: anything goes

Do You Stack Up: embossing wet or dry

Stamp: Swalk 

Paper: night of navy, garden green, whisper white

Ink: garden green

Other: prisma markers, lattice punch, brads, crystal effects, argyll embossing folder, button, spellbinders

Rest, Relax & Enjoy

This adorable little hopper is for a friends birthday. The inside says Live, Laugh, Love Happy Birthday!  

I love the double bows from Jak Heath's site they are so elegant.

I've entered this into:
House Mouse & Friends: Fuzzy and Warm
The Paper Shelter: tie a bow
Crafty Boots Challenge: celebrations
Stampin' for the Weekend: anything goes

Stamps: House Mouse Relaxing Bubbles, Rubbernecker bubbles, Stampin Up teahouse
Paper: early espresso, wild wasabi, whisper white
Ink: mellow moss, wild wasabi
Other: prisma markers, stampin up circle punch, spellbinders, ribbon, diamond stickles

Christmas Mailbox

I used very different colours for this Christmas card, yellow and brown, hmmmm. I like how it turned out but it is different. This card is for the creative freebie challenge at Outlawz. I didn't use nearly as much stickles as I did on the birdie card, but its still glittery.

I've entered this into:

Outlawz Creative Freebie challenge: use the image

Crafty Boots Challenge: Christmas

Lexi's Creations: Untraditional Christmas no red or green

Paper Sundaes: Anything Christmas

Stampin' for the Weekend: Christmas

Cute Card Thursday: anything goes

Stamp: Christmas Mailbox by Anne Fenton

Paper: summer sun whisper white, garden green, wallpaper

Ink: craft summer sun, handsome hunter marker

Other: prisma markers, rhinestones, cuttlebug snowflakes, diamond stickles, ribbon, MS holly punch, spellbinders label 15

Magical Garden

I've been working on this project for 2 weeks now and I think its finally done! It's so very colourful and at one point I thought I had waaaay too many dragonflies on it so I asked Sam (my son's girlfriend, the pictures for her but she doesn't know it) and she said there weren't enough dragonflies, lol! I added one more and I like it. I will be doing two more pictures both 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 I just haven't decided whether I'm mounting them on wood or putting them in a scrapbook frame. I made this specifically for a challenge over at Make it Crafty where they are having a month long 1 year celebration. The challenge is for merging images. I started with the mushroom house in the background, then the pond lily in front. I did the right side with forest flower, flipped it and put forest flower on the left side. The main sheet I printed twice so I could cut out different sections and pop them up. I separated the dragonfly and printed out different sizes onto a transparency sheet, cut them out and coloured them with stickles. I printed out the frog and added him to the lily pad. The only embellishment I added were rhinestone dragonflies I found at the dollar store and stickles, lots of stickles. I really like how it turned out and can't wait to start on the next one!
I've entered this into:
Make it Colourful: merging images
Stamps R Us: Through the garden gate (what a garden it is, lol!)
Little Claire's Designs: things with wings
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge: include an animal (2 frogs )
Stampin' for the Weekend: wings and things
Creative Craft Challenge: 3-D it

Stamps: Make it Crafty Mushroom house, lily pad, forest flower
Paper: whisper white, taken with teal, summer sun, handsome hunter, transparency sheet
Ink: island indigo
Other: prisma markers, stickles, rhinestone dragonflies,