Critter Sketch Challenge #16 - May Flower Basket

Good morning! Hope you all are enjoying the long weekend. Today I am marching in our local Memorial Day parade with my daughter who is in Brownies and it's supposed to be swelteringly hot today. UGH! Well, since today is Monday, I have a Critter Sketch challenge project to share with you. This week we have an inspiration and color challenge. The inspiration is to use flowers on your project and the color purple. So here is my project:



I made a small flower basket using a Bildmalarna image. Isn't she just too sweet? I picked up this stamp from Paper Jewels. She is called Mimosa on the Bench. My flowers are from Wild Orchids and I used the color purple on Mimosa's dress and the flowers that she is holding.

Here is a closeup:




Here is a side view:



Our sponsor for the whole month of May is Dustin Pike from Doodle Dragon Designs. He has some of the most cutest images out there. Follow the link and take a look at some of his designs.



I will enter this project at the following challenges:

Bildmalarna Challenge #10 - Father's Day (Who said you can't give a basket of flowers to your dad? Especially when he's got 2 daughters.) ;o)
Paper Cutz Challenge #43- gift for a teacher (this could be a gift for dad or a teacher.)
Paper Garden Projects - girly
Stampin' for the Weekend - Card/project to make someone smile or cheer them up.

Today will be my last post for Critter Sketch Challenges. With summer coming, I have decided to lighten my load for a few months. I have thoroughly enjoyed being part of this fun team. Thanks to Melanie for inviting me to be part of it. Well, thanks for visiting me today, have a great day!

Spunky Scooter Lili

Whew! It is HOT today! Summer weather has come in full force here where I live. Wish I had that pool open. Hope you all are in your craft rooms and staying cooool :o)...

Anyways, here is a card I want to show you that I made for Inky Impressions. This is Spunky Scooter Lili. How adorable is she!? I saw this background made by Alota Rubberstamps that I picked up from the Magnolia store and knew this image would be a nice background for my Scooter Lili. I think the background image is actually supposed to be a winter type of scene so I added some flowersoft to the leafless trees. I think it turned out ok. What do you think?



I'm following Mercy's Sketch this week (love her sketches). Here is a closeup picture:



Recipe: Basic Grey, Magnolia, and DCWV papers, Inky Impression stamps, Alota Rubberstamps stamp, ribbon and wooden heart button from my stash, flower soft, and spellbinder die.

Copics: G17, G14, YG13, YG01, E42, E40, YG67, YG63, G21, YR23, Y23, Y21, R29, R27, R24, R22, R20, R85, R83, R81, C9, C7, C5, C3, C1, C00, E35, E33, E31, E30, E02, E00, E000, B39, B37, B34, B32

I plan to enter this card at the following challenges:

Mercy's Sketch - sketch
Creative Card Crew - pink and green
Corrosive Challenge - clean and simple
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - lots of bright colors
Ooh La La Creations - bright and cheerful
Charisma Cardz - 3D (Lili and background are both popped up)

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great week! hugs,

Paper Romance - Jenny's Glow Bugs

Good morning! Hope you are all having a great weekend!? Are you counting the days till summer? I sure am! This is a very hectic time for my family as the school year winds down. Now begins all the recitals, finals, and the award ceremonies. Today for example, I have to spend 5 hours with my daughters at dance rehearsals as they prepare for their recital in a couple weeks. UGH! But before I go, I want to show you a card that I made for Paper Romance.



She is called Jenny's Glow Bugs and can be found here. What do you think of her? I really have enjoyed coloring these High Hopes images that I get from Paper Romance, they are so cute and so much fun to color!

Here is a closeup:



I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch
Flutter By Wednesday - flowers and butterflies
Papertake Weekly - say it with flowers
Nutshells Challenge - polka dots
High Hopes Challenge - spring flowers

Well, thanks for visiting me today and I hope you enjoy your Sunday! hugs,

Paper Romance - Time Well Spent

Hi there! I'm so glad that you could visit me. Today I have a Paper Romance card to share with you using this sweet High Hopes image called Time Well Spent. You can pick up this image and many more High Hopes stamps as well as Your Next Stamp, Popcorn Bear, Cute Companions, and Bildmalarna stamps from Paper Romance.

I used Copics to color this image and used the new Basic Grey Max and Whiskers paper pad. Just love these papers, I think I will have to pick up another pad.

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations - child's theme
Sketch Saturday - sketch
High Hopes Challenge - card for a young child
Stamp with Fun - stripes
Nutshells Challenge - stripes

That's it for today. See you soon! hugs,

Inky Impressions Challenge #35 - Fun in the Sun

Good morning! Today is Wednesday and that means it's time for another Inky Impressions Challenge. For this week's challenge the DT had to choose two things from the word FLOWERS to add to our creations...

F - Faux stitching or Flowers
L - Lace
O - Circles, brads, or pearls
W - Watercoloring
E - Embossing
R - Ripping, Distressing, or Tearing
S - Sparkle

Here is my card:



I used this new image from Inky Impressions called Beach Bound Lili. Doesn't she look adorable all ready for the beach? I also managed to squeeze Water Lili in there. So, the 2 letters I chose and used on my card are: O for circles (pearls) and R for ripping/tearing (tore my "sand" and sentiment paper). There's even a bit of S in there for sparkle (on the Lili's) and R for ribbon.

Some more views of my stair step card:





I cut the palm trees out with my Cricut, Life's a Beach cartridge, used sandpaper as my "sand," and used some small shells for embellishing.

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - cute & girly
One Stop Craft Challenge - summer breeze
For Fun Challenge - stair step card

Well, thanks for visiting me today. Hope you will play along with us at Inky Impressions. You have two weeks to play along with us so plenty of time for you to create something. Join us won't you? :o) hugs,

Critter Sketch Challenges #14

Good Morning! Hope you had a great weekend? Today is Monday and it's time for another Critter Sketch Challenge post.

Here is the sketch we had to follow:



Here is my card:



We are back with Doodle Dragon Studios as our sponsor this week. These Dustin Pike images are just so much fun to work with. I hope you can play along this week so you can try your hand at winning some of these fantastic images.

Recipe: Paper by Crate Paper, Dustin Pike image, EK Success punch, buttons, stickles, flower soft, and spellbinder die.

Copics: YG97, YG95, YG93, E39, E35, E34, E31, E44, E42 YR23, Y21, Y11, R29, R27, R24, R22, YG67 YG63, G20

Please visit my DT sisters to see their wonderful creations:

Tanya Johnson
Darsie Bruno
Nancy Hagen
Jacquie Lankester
Kathryn Berthiaume

** News ** Critter Sketch Challenges is having a DT call. Please visit here for details if you are interested.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week!

Inky Impressions - Fun in the Sun

Hi there! I am having a great (and productive) day today sitting at my craft table. Today I wanted to show you this super cute Inky Impressions image called Lili Roller Skating. LOL! She's not exactly practicing safe play (with no knee pads or helmut) but she's looking adorable! :o)

Here's a closeup:



Recipe: Papers from DCWV and Basic Grey, butterfly and flower stickers, punch from Paper Wishes, stickles, and pearls

Copics: E49, E47, E44, E42, E40, B34, B32, B000, C3, C1, C00, YG67, YG63, G40, R85, R81, YR23, Y13, E11, E00, E000, R20, R29, R27, R24, R22

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Sweet Sunday Sketch - sketch
ABC Challenge - "U" for unused stash (my butterfly and flower stickers haven't been used)

Thanks for visiting! Hope you get a chance to sit at your craft table today!

hugs,

Paper Romance - Scuba Kitty

Good morning! Hope you had a great weekend? My weekend was full of festivities from my daughter's communion to my mom's birthday to mother's day. Whew! Now I need to go on a diet! :o)

So, what to you think of this kitty? Isn't he just too cute! He is called Scuba Kitty and can be found at Paper Romance. I had so much fun coloring this one in. The copic colors I used are E35, E34, E33, E31, E30, C3, C1, C00, BG11, BG10, B97, B95, B91, R22, and R20. My papers are by DCWV that I picked up over at Joanne Fabrics where I also picked up my ribbon. My flowers are from Wild Orchids, punches by Martha Stewart, and my sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

If you like this image, please head on over to Paper Romance to pick up this image and also new in stock are Bildmalarna images. You don't want to miss out on picking up the awesome new summer images just released.

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

High Hopes Rubber Stamps challenge blog - sketch
Papertake Weekly challenge - shiny, sparkly, and special - (the grey paper, ribbon, and dew drops are shiny and sparkly.
Pile It On - cute and cuddly
Sundays with Chrissy - Favorite things (my favorite pets are kitties - I have 2, also love punches and hearts)

That's it for now. Thanks for stopping by!

Andrea's Kitties - Paper Romance

Hi there! Today I have a card to show you that I made for Paper Romance using this cute image called Andrea's Kitties from High Hopes Stamps. When I saw this stamp at Paper Romance I just had to get it - my kids just love kitties and I knew they'd be using this stamp alot.



Here's a closeup:



Recipe:

Stampin Up and DCWV papers, flowers from Wild Orchids, image from Paper Romance, stickles, spellbinder die, pearls, Martha Stewart punches.

Copics:

E49, E47, E44, E42, E11, E00, E000, R20, R22, R24, R27, R29, B34, B32, B21, YR18, YR16, YR12, YR23, Y23, Y21, R85, R83, R81, G20, YG67, YG63

I am entering this card at the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday - sketch
All Sorts - animals
Totally Stampalicious - flower power
Stamp With Fun - friends
A Spoonful of Sugar - furry friends
Crafty Calendar Challenge - the great outdoors

Well, that's it for now. My daughter is making her Communion this weekend so I have a bunch to do to get ready. Thanks for stopping by!

Inky Impressions Challenge - #34

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today it's time for another Inky Impressions challenge. For the next 2 weeks our theme is SUMMER. Boy am I ready for summer! We are going to Walt Disney World in June (anyone else going?) Can't wait! :o)

Anyways, here is my card:



Today is my mom's birthday so I made this card using my favorite new image from Inky Impressions called Nickie's Birdie. What a precious image this is and so much fun to color. What do you think?

Here is a closeup:



Recipe: DCWV papers, pearls, charm from Inky Impressions, brads from SU, ribbon from Michaels, punch from Paper Wishes, spellbinder die

Copics:
Hair - E49, E47, E44, E42, E40
Dress, shoes, bow - R29, R27, R24, R22, R20
Bird - B12, B000, B0000
Face - E11, E00, E0000, R20

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

The Sweet Stop - sketch
Creative Card Crew Challenges - april showers bring may flowers
Stamp With Fun - friends
Totally Stampalicious - flowers

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day! hugs,

Critter Sketch Challenge # 12

Today I have a sketch challenge to show you for Critter Sketch challenges:

Here is the sketch we used:



Welcome to yet another new month and new sponsor at Critter Sketch Challenges. For the month of May we are being sponsored by Dustin Pike, Doodle Dragon Studios. Dustin has some of the most amazing images and I'm really excited for you to be introduced to them. At the end of the month a lucky winner will be winning their choice of 3 digital images from Dustin's store. So play, along, have fun, and "doodle" away!!!!


Here is a card that I made using this image and following the above sketch:



Recipe: Papers from Basic Grey and DCWV, spellbinder die, MS border punch, and pearls.

Copics:

Bee - YR23, Y23, Y13, C9, C7, C5, C3
Boots and umbrella - R29, R27, R24, R22, R21
Raindrops - BG10

That's it for now! Hope you can play along with us. See you soon.