Fish You Were Here!

Hello sorry it's been a while since my last post, I have been busy with family matters, nothing to worry about just the kids activities! Well it's the last of the month, boy where has this month gone, way too fast in my opinion!!

I have a few cards to show you using stamps from Marks Finest Papers March release.

My first card is using African Veldt stamp set, I went with a birthday theme card. I colored this image with my good old Prisma colored Pencils!



My second card is using Fish You Were Here stamp set, I wanted an I miss you card. The background craft paper was stamped with small fishes and then just glued some vellum paper over it. Love this foggy look. This image was colored with Copic Markers.



My third card is using Grandma's Boudoir, I love this sentiment that comes in this set!! This image was colored with Prisma colored pencils.



Thank you for swinging by and for your sweet comments!!

In The Doghouse

Hello it's my turn to post on the Sunday's With Crissy Challenge blog, this month our theme is *Stitching*, I love stitching on my projects, I feel it gives them an extra pretty touch, now it could be faux or real you decide!

There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's images, either from her rubber or digital collections will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted.



I used the Digi image In The Doghouse by Crissy Armstrong available at Whimsy stamps, I love this cute dogie just waiting in his cute house! I colored my image with Copic Markers, I stitched all around my papers following this month challenge. You still have a few days to play along, so hurry and whip up a card!!



Your projects can be linked up on SARAH'S POST...just look for the little blue Inlinkz frog at the end of her post. Thank you and have a blessed day!!

Totally Gorjuss Challenge #73 Spring is Sprung

Hello thanks for your visit, It's time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss and this week the theme is SPRING!!! Well I went all the way to an Easter card, I couldn't wait to color this cutie (a gift from my friend Rea). This is Tilda as Shepherd, I colored her with Copic Markers, My papers are all Basic Grey, the Kioshi paper pad, love this line!!



My sentiment is from the New Magnolia Spring Kit, I am working on those cute images from that kit so I should have something to share with you next week. My flowers are from IamRoses, Oooh I love these pretty flowers!!



The winner of my Cute Blog Candy is.... RENATA from Spain!!!! Yay, please email me with your address so I can get these cute stamps out to you. They are going all the way to Spain. Thanks for all your support with this candy I am putting together one you will not want to miss *wink*wink*!



I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

Have A Magical Birthday!!

Hello thanks for peeking in, I have a card to share with you using a stamp from Kenny K available at Whimsy Stamps. This is Download Diva, she reminds me of my daughter always hearing music.



I colored my image with Copic Markers, the chipboard stars have been in my stash for ever, I am glad I finally got to use these up. I painted them with Crackle paint, and I love the cracked look!



My seal sentiment is also from Whimsy Stamps, these are the Birthday Postage Stamp Sentiments by Raindrop Echo Designs, really fun to use!! Did you see the cute tag tucked under the rose? Well that was stamped with Music Notes also from Whimsy Stamps, how cute is that?? Thank you for stopping by and for your sweet comments!! (This weekend I will announce the winner of My Cute Blog Candy)

Dandylions!

Hello thanks for peeking in, Today I want to share two cards I made using the stamp set "Just Dandy" from Marks Finest Papers. I have always loved Dandylions and when I saw this set my jaw dropped. You really have to check it out!



These two cards were ready in no time, using this set you can get cards done in no time. Sometimes we need a greeting card right away and this is a great stamp set to get them done quickly.



I embossed the image with white embossing powder and then I just rubbed slowly ink all over my image for that cute look!

Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments!!

Fairy Lily Sitting on Flower

Hello thanks for peeking in, I just got mt DT package from In2Stamps with all the new release of new stamps and I could'nt wait to ink this cutie up and use it for this weeks Challenge on Totally Gorjuss which is Buttons, really easy we all have buttons in our stash and they add the perfect accent to any project!



My image is called Fairy Lily Sitting on Flower, available at In2Stamps. I colored her with Copic Markers. This image is really large so I left my card pretty plain, not too many embellishments, just some cute flowers from IamRoses so you could appreciate the cute image!



My sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps, the new Spring Letter Seals Sentiments. I thought this text went perfect with my image. I did a little shopping yesterday for my Birthday, I got the 12 New Copic Sketch Markers (SMILING) at my local Art Supply Store, I can't wait to play around with these new colors!!



Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments!!

mermaid # 3

Thanks for all your Birthday wishes, I enjoyed my day with my Family!

I have to make this quick, I made this card a few days ago using the Mermaid stamp #3 from In2Stamps. I think she is my favorite from all three. I colored my image with Copic Markers.



My papers are from Maja Design, these are the Sommartid Collection, beautiful fresh colors perfect for any project!





Thank you for stopping by, Have a wonderful day!!

Happy Birthday to Me!!!!

Hello welcome to my blog, it's my BIRTHDAY!!!! I have already started receiving cards and gifts in the mail from my good friends, THANK YOU so much!!



I wanted to share a card I made especially for my Birthday, it has no Green, I know I was supposed to make something green or else I will get pinched. I just love these papers and this is the first time I ink up this image, by the way it was done with Copics.



My sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps NEW Treasured Moments ticket sentiments, and I used the metal ticket die also from Whimsy Stamps to cut these out, a perfect clean cut!!

I also want to announce the lucky winner of my Green Blog candy is:

Rosemary
(Rosemarys Creations)
Please contact me with your address so I can ship your goodies out soon!

Thank you to everyone that participated in this Candy, I still have one more available and more to come *Wink*!!

Whimsy Stamps March Stamps Release Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Whimsy Stamps March New rubber release Blog Hop!

We have 13 New Whimsy Stamps plus 2 new wonderful dies to show you today! These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps Store along with all your Whimsy Favorites. We also have our wonderful Special guests joining us for this hop Beate Johns,Deb Routeledge,Jacque Beddingfield, Elaine Hughes!

The Whimsy Stamps Design Team have been sneak peeking these fabulous stamps for the past four days, So if you missed them be sure to hop on over to the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Blog for some more inspirations!

Here is the full list of the wonderful stamps and dies being released today:

4 stamps by Crissy ArmstrongBenny and Joon have cake, Celebrate Big, Tippy By the Tail, Valerie and Kitty Sitting Pretty

2 Stamps from Meljen's DesignsRainy Day Duckling, Little Puddle Duck

4 Stamps from Kenny KBrooklyn Babe, Club Kid,Strong Island, Let's Party

3 Stamp Sets by Raindrop Echo DesignsTreasured Moments Tickets, Time Flies, Spring Letter Seals

2 Die Sets from Raindrop Echo DesignsBanner Pennants Die Set,Double Scallop Border Die

If you would like to participate in the blog Hop and you didn't arrive here from Lori's Blog then Click HERE to start at the beginning at Crystals Blog

The hop starts today (Wednesday March 16 at noon EST) and ends on Wednesday March 23 at noon EST

For this Hop we have 6 different prize draws, We have not one but Two Grand Prize draws. So two lucky hoppers will win a large selection of new released stamps. Grand Prize 1 will be for those who help us advertise the hop and Prize 2 will be those who hop along with us. Also we have 4 mini candy stops throughout the hop where you can enter to win a new release stamp! I am not going to tell you where they are, So if you haven't found them you'll just have to go back to the beginning and start hopping *Wink*

For my Blog Hop Creation I used Valerie and kitty sitting pretty from Crissy Armstrong. I colored my image with Copic Markers, My sentiment is from Raindrop Echo's New March release Spring Letter Seals, I love these circle sentiments!!



Pretty colors I chose for my card, love these pastels!!



Finally Here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order

Crystal Irwin
Jacque Beddingfield
Ann Vento
Erin Bailey
Vicki Parson
Chris Olsen
Marley van der Heijden
Crissy Armstrong
Donna Smith
Iris Weichmann
Stephani Maraver
Vanja Stevanovic
Beate Johns
Simonne Clay
Deb Routledge
Annika Ryan
Denise Lynn
Lori Pachkowsky
Patricia Garcia
Elaine Hughes
Debbie Eastman

Thank You so much for hopping with us and I hope you enjoyed the release!!

Whimsy Stamps Sneak Peek Day 4

Hello thanks for peeking in, it's Whimsy Stamps Sneak Peek day #4. Whimsy Stamps will be releasing 13 stamps and 2 dies on March 16 and some of the Design Team members are sneak peeking the release. For a complete list of the members please visit the Whimsy Inspirations Blog.



Today's card was made with Crissy's image "Celebrate Big", I just love this image with the cute elephant all partied up! Doesn't the balloon look adorable tied on it's tail?? I colored my image with Copic markers, I used pretty festive colors to match my image and sentiment, by the way the sentiment comes with this stamp, how cool is that??



Tomorrow is the Whimsy Stamps March release Blog Hop, you don't want to miss the chance to have great inspiration from all the Whimsy DT and there will be Lot's of prize stops too. Thanks for your sweet comments!!

Whimsy Stamps Sneak Peek Day 3

Hello thanks for peeking in, it's Whimsy Stamps Sneak Peek day #3. Whimsy Stamps will be releasing 13 stamps and 2 dies on March 16 and some of the Design Team members are sneak peeking the release. For a complete list of the members please visit the Whimsy Inspirations Blog.



Today on the spot light is Meljen's Designs, my image is Little Puddle Duck. I colored my image with Copic Markers, I wasn't too happy with the colors on the ducks feathers but finally gave it a bit more shading and I am OK now with the results!



My ticket sentiments are the new Treasured Moments by Raindrop Echo also sneak peeking them. I used my ticket die available at Whimsy Stamps for a crisp clean cut!Thanks for stopping by my blog!!

Whimsy Stamps Sneak Peek Day 2

Hello thanks for peeking in, it's Whimsy Stamps Sneak Peek day #2. Whimsy Stamps will be releasing 13 stamps and 2 dies on March 16 and some of the Design Team members are sneak peeking the release. For a complete list of the members please visit the Whimsy Inspirations Blog.



Today it's Kenny K and sentiments by Raindrop Echo, I have loved all of Kenny's stamps and this one is no exception.He looks like he's having the time of his life! This one is called Let's Party, I colored my image with Copic Markers, I added silver stickles on the Disco Ball. Treasured Moments Ticket Sentiment is by Raindrop Echo, and of course I used my ticket die to cut it available at the Whimsy Store.



Thanks for visiting my blog!!

Challenges-
Ces Challenge-Men Only
ODB-Pearls
Paper Romance-Use as Many colors
Moving along with the times-For a Male

Whimsy Stamps Sneak Peek Day 1

Hello welcome to my blog, today some of the Whimsy Designers are doing Sneak peeks of the coming Brand new March Rubber Stamps Release from Whimsy Stamps Make sure you visit the Whimsy Inspirations Blog for the list of all the participation Designers. If you have joined us before you know you will be inspirated! Whimsy will be releasing 13 new stamps and 2 dies.



Today we are sneak peeking Crissy's images and Rain Drop Echo Designs Sentiments, I made my card using Tippy by the tail, the sentiment comes with this stamp and says "Wishing You Happy Surprises" I colored my image with Copic Markers, I love the cute balloons and how he's flying away!



This card measures 6x6 so you can see how large this image is, that's why I wanted to leave my card pretty plain. I did punch out the border to resemble the tigers teeth, just thought I'd share this. Tomorrow I will have another sneak peek, you don't want to miss it!

*****I am sorry I haven't posted the winner of my green blog candy, I am doing this by hand since Mr. Linky disappeared on me and I have lot's of entries and also e-mail entries, I don't want to miss anyone, I will do it as soon as possible Thanks*****

Challenges-
Alphabet Challenge-Stripes
Prairie Fairy Fridays-it's My Party
Fairy Tale Challenge-Something for a Child
Fun with shapes and more-Happy Birthday

MFP Blog Hop Day #4--Make A Fish

Welcome to the MFP March Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


Our New Sets are: Just Dandy, African Veldt, Grandma's Boudoir, and Fish You Were Here.For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

We have a NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGNER!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include April 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the April 2011 Blog Hop!

What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, March 12, 2011.

FRIDAY, March 11, 2011-Fish You Were Here

Emily-
Karen-
Patty-
Roxie-
Vicki-
Liz:
Claudine-
Joanne T.
Dawn-
Nicole -
Marilynn-
Peggysue-
Connie –
Emily N.-
Neva
Silvia
Patricia (You Are Here)
Chrissy
Guest Desinger, Ted
Mark’s Finest Papers

I used several Fish images from the new set Fish You Were Here, I masked them so they could be a bit crowded in, I colored my image with Prisma Colored Pencils. My sentiment comes in this set too, I stamped it with black ink and then used a tiny tag punch and adhered it to my pretty bow. Thanks for hopping!!

MFP Blog Hop Day #3--You Look Marvelous

Hello Welcome to my Blog, today I am showing you a card I made using the stamped image from MFP New March release stamp set Grandmas Boudior, I stamped my image in black ink and I colored it with Prisma colored Pencils.



I wanted to use a soft vintage color and I went with this old olive, I added lots of stickles all over my card, some cute vintage lace and a girls gotta have some bling!! I found this button in my old button stash that fit perfect with my card.



Don't forget to join us on the MFP Blog Hop that is going on right now, below is the link, I am not participation in the blog hop today, my card is on the MFP Blog, if you have a moment hop on over there and check out all the cards from the other DT Members, but tomorrow I will be back on the hop with another card. Thanks for peeking in!!

Thursday, February 10, 2011-Grandma's Boudoir

Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Emily
Karen
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Claudine
Dawn M
Nicole
Marilynn
Geri
Lynn
Neva
Silvia
Guest Desinger, Ted
Mark’s Finest Papers