Inky Impressions Challenge - A Charming Inky

The challenge today over at the Inky Impressions challenge blog is to add a charm (or charms) to your card/project - here is my card:



To cut the heart shape, I used the Cricut - Wild Card cartridge. Then ran it through my Cuttlebug using the Swirls embossing folder. I then sanded over the top of the swirls so they would show up better. The image I used is called Lili's Secret and can be found over at the Inky Impressions store. Isn't she the cutest?! The sentiment I used is computer generated.



I have been getting alot of comments about posting the colors I use for my images so here is a picture of the copics I used today.



I hope you will join us over at Inky Impressions for this challenge. Would love to see you there!


***New addition:

I will enter this card at the following challenges: (thanks Chris)

Creative Card Crew - Valentine
Challenge Up Your Life - Valentine
Creative Belli - hearts
Cute card Thursday challenge - blooming gorgeous
Corrosive challenge - All you need is love
Lexis Creations Challenge - Valentines
Sophisticats Challenge - Love

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Please take a look at this lovely award my friend Lins gave me. Thank you so much sweetie!



I would like to pass this award on to all of you wonderful people who take the time to visit my blog. I so appreciate all your kind comments. Thanks for visiting me today. Have a great day!

Tilda's Path of Life - Frame card

Good morning! I have finally made a frame card for the Magnolia-licious Highlites challenge blog. Just in the knick of time. Here it is:



I used this sweet Tilda called Tilda with Lamb . She can be found at the Magnolia-licious store - looks like she's still available,she's perfect for Easter cards. The tree is also from Magnolia but I couldn't find it to link to. For my background, I used this beautiful Our Daily Bread stamp - it is called Path of Life. Just love this peaceful image.



I think I will also submit this card to the following challenges:

Dutch Dare - summer in winter
Cute Card Thurday - flowers
Just Magnolia - hearts and flowers


Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day!

Magnolia Lunchbox/Purse

Hello, thanks for stopping by. Today I wanted to play along with the template challenge at the Just Us Girls challenge blog. So I used a Lauren Meader template that I purchased from Papertrey Ink. I just love her templates and now she's opened her own store called My Time Made Easy. This is the lunch box template.



When I printed out this template, I increased the size to fill an 11x17 in. size paper. The materials I used for my project are: DCWV papers, Offray ribbon, Spellbinder dies, MS punch, and I colored my Magnolia image with Copics. I will also be entering my gift purse at the following challenge blogs:

All Sorts - hearts and flowers
Midnight Madness - sketch
Flutter by Wednesdays - open challenge but needs to have a butterfly, fairy, or angel on your project
Creative Inspirations - feminine
A Spoon Full of Sugar - freestyle (anything goes)



That's it for today. Thanks in advance for any comments you may leave, I love to read them. Have a great day!

Sew Many Challenges #2

Where did the weekend go? Flew by way to fast for me! It'll be February before you know it and still no big snowstorm for us here in Connecticut. Just need one storm to keep the kids out of school and go sled riding... just one. Nothing but rain around here :0(...

Well, today I have a card to show you that I made using these super cute images from Sew Many Cards. You have to take a look at these critters and if you visit their Challenge blog every Friday, they have Freebie Friday where you get a free image to use. Can't beat that!



The challenge this week is a color combination challenge using purple, white, and a splash of black. The challenge is open to everyone, so go check out their blog if interested. I colored my image with copics and used one of those Flowersoft globes. Tried to make it look like a shaker card by putting in some polar white flowersoft inside the globe. What do you think? It's a little hard for me to get a good picture of this card because the camera reflects off the globe. Hopefully, you can see it ok?



I am also entering this card at the following challenge blogs:

Our Creative corner - sketch
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - winter


Still can't believe I won that last challenge with my Elephant Valentine card. That was a freebie image - isn't it darling!? I won 3 images from Sew Many Cards and the Damask Cuttlebug combo folder! Can't tell you how honored and thrilled I am to actually win a challenge. Puts a little fire in you to keep creating, if you know what I mean. Well, thanks for visiting me today. Would love to know what you think of my card. I appreciate all your comments! Thanks again!

My mingle card for Annette B.

Just a quick post today. This is a card that I will be sending to my mingle partner, Annette, over at the Inky Impressions Yahoo group. Please remember, if you join the Inky Impressions yahoo group, you will get a discount off your II stamps. These stamps are beautifully etched and highly detailed. They leave a perfectly stamped image every time - I really do love working with these stamps. Anyhow, I plan to enter this card in the following challenges:

All Sorts Challenge: use hearts and flowers
Crazy 4 Challenges: use lots of pink on your card

I used DCWV papers, prima flowers, MS punch, ribbon from my stash, pink acrylic embellishment from Michaels, sentiment stamp from $1.00 bin also at Michaels, and I colored my image with copics. Hope you like it. Thanks for visiting me today! :0)

Inky Impressions Treasure Box

Good morning to you! Can you believe it's Wednesday already? Time sure does fly when you're having fun! Well, today at the Inky Impressions challenge blog, the challenge is to use pink and hearts on your card/project. So I created a treasure box to give to one of my daughter's for Valentine's day. I didn't follow any template or pattern so it took a little while to make but I really like how it turned out. What do you think?



Here is a closeup of Angelica's Heart Socks:





I colored my image with Copics, my papers are from Stampin' Up and K&Co, I used a MS punch, pearls, Spellbinder dies, crocheted flowers, Zva Created and Prima flowers.

Here is a picture of the inside of the treasure box. The heart mirror is from my "stash."



I also thought I would enter this project at the following challenge blogs:

All Sorts - use pink and brown
One Stop Craft Challenge - to have/use fancy edges or corners
Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle Saturdays - girly
Raise The Bar - debut a new (never been used or opened item) on your card - I'm debuting my SU crocheted flowers and Zva Created flowers.

Please visit my Inky Impressions design team sisters (located on my side bar) to see their fabulous creations. You don't want to miss it! Now my dilemma is which daughter do I give this box too??? I think I will have to make another one. :0) Until next time....

Sew Many Challenges #1 - Anything Goes

Hi there. Today I wanted to join in on the Sew Many Challenges challenge blog. Their very first challenge is "anything goes." So I used this image which was a freebie that was offered at their blog. Isn't she cute? I believe her name is Eris. If you are interested, you can find other digital images of Eris and many other animals at the Sew Many Cards store. There are all sorts of whimsical animals there like tigers, owls, donkeys, etc. all with a "sewn together" look. Really cute!



I made a stair step card following the splitcoast stampers tutorial. I used Basic Grey papers, spellbinders hearts dies, copic markers, and an embroidered flower.



Thanks for visiting me today. I'll be back tomorrow with another DT project for the Inky Impressions Challenge blog. Have a great day!

Thank you Anneke and Lins

My friends, Anneke from Belgium and Lins also from Belgium, sent me this lovely award. We are supposed to list the 10 things we are happy about. So here goes:

1. My faith
2. My husband
3. My children
4. My extended family
5. My friends
6. My kitties
7. Crafting
8. SHOPPING and FOOD
9. Vacations
10. Holidays

We are supposed to pass this award to 3 more friends. I'd like to give this to Pam, Cabio, and Debra.

Altered Spring Lili Easel Card

Happy Monday to you! Hope you had a great weekend. I have just a quick post today as I'm busy busy busy crafting. First, here is a picture of the card I made for several challenges.



I am entering this card at the following challenge blogs:

ABC Challenge - Layers
Charisma Cardz - Using pink, brown, cream, and toffee
Saturday Spotlight Challenge - Make a love card with no hearts
Cupcake Craft Challenge - Going girly

Here's a closer look at Lili.



I just bought this stamp over at Inky Impressions. Isn't she cute? She is called Happy Spring Lili and she can be found here. Originally she was holding a banner that said Happy Spring so I masked off the Happy Spring part and just filled in with my black copic pen around her dress. Then I hung some beads on a string and attached it to my image. I also paper pieced her dress and embellished with some flowers that I glittered up with stickles. Hope you like it. Thanks for looking!