Critter Monday - Sketch and Buttons

Good morning!  It's Monday (again).  That keeps happening somehow!  That's ok - no school for us.  The boy is on spring break.  So we get to sleep in and hopefully get to do a few fun things as well.

First things first, it's Monday, so that means another challenge over at Critter Sketch Challenges!  It's a great sketch by our own April, and the twist is to also use buttons.  Be sure to play along if you can - this is the last chance to enter to win some freebies from Softpencil, and there are some really cute images as well as other cute stuff in her shop.

Supplies:

Image by Softpencil colored with Copics

SU cardstock in Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral

DP from scrap pile

Ric rac - Bazzil

Sentiment - PTI

Buttons - PTI

SU Crystal Effects

Black Stickles

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Oval punches

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

No Monkey Business!

Good morning!  The Stamping Boutique is at it again!  This week we are sponsoring Dutch Dare Card Challenges.  The theme is celebrations of any kind - birthday, new house, new baby, just about anything you can celebrate!

Do you like this little monkey?  He's from TSB's Pocket Patooties line.  I thought he would be perfect for my counsin's 2 year birthday. 

Supplies:

TSB image colored with Copics

SU cardstock Only Orange, Garden Green, Night of Navy, Brocade Blue

DCWV DP - Animal Crackers Stack

Nesties

Fiskars vine punch

PTI sentiment - Mega Mixed Messages

Misc jumbo eyelets

Crystal Stickles

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Spring!

Sorry to go MIA here - it's been a long, tiring week.  And it's only Wednesday!  Baby girl had tubes put in her ears today, and thankfully it went really well and seemed fairly painless.

I did get to finish this page I had been working on for the Stamp with Fun challenge - SPRING!  (TSB is sponsoring this week's challenge.)  We did have a couple of really nice spring days too this week, and that was wonderful.  Unfortunately we have a high of 32 tomorrow, so I'll have to remember the warm while we're freezing again:)

I used this pretty spring image from The Stamping Boutique for this layout - using digis is something pretty new to me with my scrapbooking, but I think it's definitely a nice addition! 

Supplies:

Image from TSB colored with Copics

Fruit Punch Stickles

Nesties

SU cardstock - ballet blue, barely banana

DCWV yellow cardstock, DP

Flowers - Prima

Kaier pearls

title - Cricut Once Upon a Princess

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Pretty Daisies

Good morning!  The Stamping Boutique hosted a digi day on Saturday.  It was lots of fun, chatting, and challenges.  One of the challenges was a sketch challenge, and this is the card I made from the sketch (thanks for the great sketch, April!)

I have to say I am partial to daisies.  I had a beautiful bouquet for my wedding flowers of white roses, white daisies and wildflowers.  This image just makes me happy.

Supplies are:

Image is Stamping Boutique colored with Copics

Cardstock - SU Barely Banana, Rose Romance, and Pretty in Pink

Martha Stewart photo corner punch

PTI felt and flower die

Spica clear glitter pen

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Silver ink

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Critter Monday - Shades of Green

Good morning!  It's Monday (again) and you know what that means - it's a Critter kind of day!  Ok, sorry, that was a little silly:)  I'm a little tired. 

The theme this week is monochromatic - green to be exact.  Ok, you can use some white too...I have to say, I love all things Irish.  My great-great grandparents on my dad's side came over from Ireland, and my grandpa had a love for all things Irish too.  A couple of years before he passed away he did get to visit there, and I loved hearing his stories from over there when he would share them with us.  Someday I would love to visit there.

Our sponsor this month is Softpencil.  There are so many adorable images in her store!

So here is my card for the challenge.  I used The Stamping Boutique's Irish Audrey - isn't she cute?

Supplies:

Image by Stamping Boutique colored with Copics

Gold Stickles

Clear Spica Glitter Pen

Dew Drops

SU cardstock: Garden Green, Old Olive, Certainly Celery

Nesties

Cuttlebug embossing folder

DP is from my stash (I've been hoarding the last of this)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Colleen

Hidden - an Easel Card

Good evening!

I love this image from the Stamping Boutique.  I think it might be my favorite so far.  I can relate to her at times. 

TSB is sponsoring this week's Charisma Cardz challenge.  The challenge is to make an easel card.  Which is great, because I love making easel cards:)  Here is the link to a tutorial on how to make an easel card - they're pretty easy to make!

Be sure to play along for a chance to win some free images from TSB!

Supplies:

Image: TSB colored in with Copics

Spica clear glitter pen

Cardstock - SU

DP - DCWV

Rhinestones - Kaiser

Circles - Nestibilities

SU scallop border punch

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Saturday Is Digi Day

Are you Feeling Lucky?


Either way, come and join us at Paper Craft Planet for our March Digi Day!

What: Digi Day

When: March 12th 2-4pm EST

Where: The Stamping Boutiqe Digi Day forum (of course ;-) )

What to bring: The same as always, I think we are all getting the hang of these digi days....bring your coloring tools, typing fingers, snacks, drinks, LUCK...some of us may need some, and cheerfulness!

Whats in it for you: Games, free TSB images, fellow crafters, lots of chatting, and some awesome challenges (yes...I'm tooting my own horn).

And the Winner is....

Not me, but that's ok!  The Stamping Boutique had a blog hop over the weekend - everyone had a chance to vote for their favorite card, and boy was it a tough decision!  They were all great!  Heide won - check out her fab project!

Here is my card.  I love this little circus elephant - he's adorable!

Supplies:

Image: Stamping Boutique colored with Copics

SU cardstock Barely Banana, Bliss Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Brilliant Blue

DP: DCWV

Cuttlebug embossing folder

SU silver cording

Bella dots

Sentiment by Papertrey

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

I Did It Creation with The Stamping Boutique

Good morning!  It was a long weekend here for us, but so thankful today is a new day!  I'm excited to share this card with you - I love this image and it was fun to color.  (Can you tell I'm thinking spring?)

The Stamping Boutique is sponsoring this week's I Did It Creations Challenge - it's a sketch. 



Image is from The Stamping Boutique colored with Copics and Spica glitter pen.  Paper is PTI and K & Co.  Circles are cut with Nesties, sentiment is PTI, pearls are Kaiser, ribbon is from my stash, flower is Darice and I also used Fruit Punch Stickles.

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

The Stamping Boutique and Card Cupids

Good morning!  This week, The Stamping Boutique is sponsoring Card Cupids Challenge.  The theme is anything goes!  Card Cupids collects cards for kids going through hard times, and they focus on happy, uplifting messages (not get well cards), so cards with that in mind would be great.

It's a fabulous cause, so please check out their site, and be sure to play along for the chance to win some fabulous digis!

Supplies are image by the Stamping Boutique, colored with Copics and highlighted with a clear Spica glitter pen.  Paper is SU Lavendar Lace and Lovely Lilac.  Other cardstock is DCWV along with the DP.  Flowers are from the Eyelet Outlet, and the ovals were cut with Nesties.  Embossing folder is from Cuttlebug.

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

One Stop Hop!

This month at The Stamping Boutique we are doing things a little different for our monthly blog hop - it's a one-stop hop!  That's right!  Pop on over to the Stamping Boutique and vote for you favorite card by the design team.  It's going to be hard though, because there are so many fabulous creations to choose from:)  There will be some giveaways, so please check it out and vote if you can!

Thanks for stopping!

Colleen

Robots!

Good evening!  I have another boy card to share with you - I'm still working on building up my birthday card stash because I seem to go through those cards like water some months (hey, it's a big family, lol!)  Here is a boy card I put together using a card kit from a swap (thanks, Melanie - love it!)

This image is so adorable, and I couldn't wait to start coloring him!  (That paper is really too neat as well!)  I added SU Crystal Effects to his sign, so it's nice and shiny.  Everything except the card base was from a swap (SU Bashful Blue) and I colored him in with my favorite - Copics.

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Cupcakes and Presents Galore!

Good evening!  I was able to get some pretty good crafty time in yesterday with a friend, and this is one of the products of my time.  It was great - kids even played well so we could craft!

In going through my card kit stash, I found this little guy and couldn't wait to color him!  I think he's just adorable, and I adore this cupcake paper too.  Keeping the layout pretty simple, this will work well for a birthday boy card.

Most of the supplies are from a kit, so I'm not sure who they are by, but I did add SU cardstock in Green Galore and Brilliant Blue.  The image is colored with Copics.  Other supplies are Star Dust Stickles, Cuttlebug embossing folder, circle and oval nesties.

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen