Follow Your Heart

I am so excited about today!!  Today is the 5th challenge over at Aud Sentiments where we are challenging you to use the word LOVE in your sentiment.   We are having a great turn out for our challenges, but we'd love to see more participants....so would you please help spread the word?  We have a new challenge every other Thursday, so you have until July 6th to play along with this challenge.

This challenge is being sponsored by Karen's Doodles where you can find the most adorable digital stamps!!   The DT was generously given an image from Karen's Doodles to create with.  I love love LOVE this little turtle image, Special Delivery.  I could not wait to color him!!  Isn't he just precious?

  I can see myself using him again and again.

Check out what the other girls on the DT have created too with our sponsors super cute images.

Challenges:
ABC Challenge = X is for Xtra Dimension (the heart is cut out on the front of the card)
Crazy Challenge = All Things Spotty
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge = Ribbons & Bows
Sweet Stampin' Challenge = #31 Clean & Simple

Sentimental Sundays = #8 Your Favorite Sentiment
Everybody Art Challenge = #96 Pink & Green

Copic's Used:

Turtle: YG67, YG17, YG23, YG03, YG01 (Cheek R00) 

Eye: B97, B95, B91

Heart: R85, R83, R81, RV10, RV000

Ribbon: RV95, RV34, RV32

Grass & Flowers: G24, G21, G82, YG11, RV21, RV10, RV000

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today!!
Wendy 
Recipe:
Stamp: Karen's Doodles, Special Delivery (Digital)
Paper: DP - Bo Bunny, PTI White Cardstock, Alligator skin paper (Michaels)
Ink: Copics
Accessories: MS Border Punch, Ribbon, Stardust Stickles, Shimmerz Pixie Dust, Cricut (Plantin Schoolbook - heart), Dimensionals
Sentiment: Computer Generated (Pea Jeannie Script & Architect) 

Have a FIN-tastic Day!!

Happy 2 Cute Tuesday Everyone!!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend with the Father's in your life.  

I cannot tell you how much fun making this card was!!  I think I was on guy overload, so getting to play with bright fun colors and sparkles was a real treat today.

I have noticed lately that Mermaids seem to be all the rage right now in the stamp world, so I decided to create something with 2 Cute Rubber Stamps, Mermaid and Friends.  Isn't she the cutest?!?!  If you don't have any 2 Cute stamps you are really missing out on some really adorable and fun to color images.  And don't forget that you can get all of the 2 Cute images 3 different ways, wood mount, cling mount and digital.  

Challenges:

ABC Challenge = W is for Weather

Hand Full of Stamps = #32 Nothing Like a Little H2o

Stamp Something = Something Summer

Cute Card Thursday = #117 Sketch

Charisma Cardz = #24 All About Bling

Bunny Zoes Crafts = #1 Nice & Girly

Practical Scrappers = Glitter

Recipe:

DP - DCWV Citrus Stack

Shimmerz

Stickles

Pearls - Recollections

Copic's Used:

Hair: C7, C5, C3, C1

Skin/Cheeks: E00, E50, R00

Sand: E30, E50, E34, E29

Seaweed: YG13, YG03, YG01

Fin: BG15, BG11, BG10, YG01

Fish/Snail: V95, V93

Seahorse/Octopus: YR16, YR12

Crab: R22, R14, YG01

Water/Outline: BG10, BG0000

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Happy Father's Day!!

 

I know, I know....enough with the Father's Day cards already!!  LOL.  But I have had sooo much fun making all of these cards.  I guess I need to make masculine cards more often.  :)

I hope you are enjoying Father's Day today!!  My hubby is going to be enjoying breakfast in bed this morning made by all 4 of his kids!!!  :)  

I really love the way this card came out, I don't use red enough.  The image is Lili of the Valley, Top Chef and the sentiment is from Taylored Expressions.  This image reminds me of my hubby.  He really is KING of the GRILL!!!  Even his hotdogs off the grill are AWESOME!!!  Even though it's Father's Day today, he will firing up the grill today for all of us!  :)

Challenges:

Stamp Challenges Something Summer
Creative Inspirations = #65 One for the Boys
One Stop Craft Challenge = #85 One for the Boys
Magical Crafts = #17 Something for a Male

Recipe:

DP: DCWV Citrus Stack

Stamp: Lili of the Valley, Top Chef

Sentiment: Taylored Expressions

Bling: Unknown

Nestibilites

Copics Used:

Bear: W5, W3, W1, R00

Apron/Hat: R29, BG0000

Dog: E25, E35, E31, E30, E29

Grill: C9, C7, C5, C3

Hotdog: E37, R29, E39

Grass: G99, YG95, E31, G20

Outline: C1

Here's some photo's that remind me that my kids have the BEST DADDY EVER!!!!

 

Hope your enjoying Father's Day!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Boys Will Be Boys - 2 Cards Today!!!

Real quick post with more Father's Day cards for you today. 

Both images and sentiments are from Taylored Expressions, Boys Will Be Boys.

I stamped this image on Kraft cardstock and then colored it with my Copic markers.  Copic Creations has a challenge going on right now to use your Copics on "other" paper and since I had never tried that before, I decided this image would work perfectly to give it a go. I'm pretty impressed with how it came out actually. It's different coloring on Kraft because your colors don't show up how you normally expect them to, but I liked it.  

Challenges:

Copic Creations = #30 "Other" paper
Paper Play Challenge = #24 Something Old (Designer Paper)
Raise The Bar = #23 What a Special Guy

My Time To Craft Challenge = #95 Xtra Special

Recipe:

DP: Recollections, Autumn & Basic Grey, Origins

Kraft Paper: Papertrey Ink

Brads: Unknown

Copics: E57, E35, E31, Y17, Y15, R29, R46, C7, C5, C3, C2, C1

And here's card # 2

Again, a quick and easy card.  Both of these cards were also made with my scraps!!!  (I swear, I get such a big kick out of using my scraps!!!)  The tie's were paper pieced and shaded with my C1 Copic marker.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Happy Birthday Tyler !!

Where does the time go?  I mean REALLY!!  I was holding my baby girls hand yesterday as she took a nap and realized that a year from now she probably won't need/want me to hold her hand until she falls asleep.  She's so tiny that it's easy to still see her as a baby (she's only 2 1/2) but she is turning into a big girl and I won't even realize it until it's already happened.  :(  Not fair!!    It goes by too fast.  I've been trying to video tape silly everyday little things lately so that I will at least be able to listen to their tiny little voices and the cute way they pronounce things.  (Oh, gosh....now I'm crying.....)

Anyway, I've been thinking about these things because my sister's "baby" is turning 17 tomorrow!!  Tyler has grown up into a smart, handsome, kind young man.  But I remember when he was still bald at 2 years old and how I let him eat brownies for breakfast when he would spend the night with me.  That was only YESTERDAY!!!!  It is impossible that 17 years have passed!!!

We've always been very close.  When I sat down to make a card for his birthday, I thought, "Oh geez, he isn't going to want a handmade card from his Aunt".  But then I realized....yes he will!   He will honestly love it.  He will love it because he loves me and thinks what I do is cool.  He's not the embarrassed teenager type.  He will love the cash inside more ;) and ask me why it doesn't have a monkey on it, (he loves monkeys) but he will love it.   :)

The entire card was made from my scraps.  (I love using my scraps!!)  The DP is Wild Asparagus "handsome" and the buttons are tied with white twine that I colored with my Copic markers.  The image is Lili of The Valley, Big Present.  I distressed the edges and then inked them with Memento Eggplant chalk and used a CB embossing folder..  The present was paper pieced using the same DP just turning the stripes. 

Copic's Used:

Shorts: BV08, BV04, BV02

Shirt: G99, YG95, YG03

Belt: E34, Y15

Shoes: E31, E41, E35, E42

Skin/Cheeks: E00, E50, R00

Hair: E59, E35, E31

Outline: C1

Challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenges = #95 One For The Boys

Stampin' Royalty = #24 Masculine Theme

Raise The Bar = #23 What A Special Guy

Paper Play Challenges = #24 Something Old (Designer Paper)

The Crafty Pad = #75 Paper Piecing
Ai Factory Challenges = #40 Distress it
My Time To Craft Challenge = #95 Xtra Special
Lili of the Valley = #55 Sketch

Thanks for stopping by!  

(Now, go love on a baby....because tomorrow they will be all grown up)  

It's a Lazy Afternoon!!

My new Lili Of The Valley stamps came over the weekend and I'm having so much fun playing with them.  I've been using digital stamps so much lately that I almost forgot how much fun it is to play with actual stamps. (Get ready to see lots of new cards with these stamps, LOL)  I thought this image, Lazy Afternoon, would make a perfect Father's Day card.  I have 5 Father's Day cards to make!!!  This was going to be for my Dad, but when my husband saw it he said he wanted to give it to his dad!!  I was so flattered that he loved it so much.

I used my new Basic Grey Origins DP (that my sister made me buy, LOL) and a few brads...simple right?  Well, this card stressed me the heck out!!!  I could not get the coloring right, I wanted it to look softer, vintage like but I guess that's just not my style because no matter how much I tried it just wouldn't work. 

Challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenges - #95 One For The Boys

Cards For Men = # 12 Father's Day

Hand Full Of Stamps = #31 How Cute Is This

Stamp Something = Happy Somethings

Simple Doodles = #19 Just 4 you Dad

ABC Challenge = W is for Weather

Stampin' Royalty = Masculine Theme

CAS-tastic Challenges = #8 Father's Day

Copic's Used:

Hat: E55, E53, E50, Y23, Y21

Pants: E31, E41, Y21

Socks: E43, E41

Shirt: E57, YG17, Y15, YG01

Skin/Cheeks: E00, E50, R00

Hair: W7, W5, W3

Branch: W5

Newspaper: C5, C2

Leafs: G94, YG95, YG17

Grass: G99, YG95, E41, G20

Thanks for stopping by

Howdy!!

Good Morning!!  I'm late again, sorry.  My sister and niece are visiting and I actually forgot that it was Tuesday!!  Which is 2 Cute Tuesday, if you didn't know already!!  :)

I made this card for my handsome hubby for Father's Day using Original Cowboy Kid Digi from 2 Cute Rubber Stamps. Isn't he ADORABLE?!?!? He's my favorite image from 2 Cute and I've been saving him for Father's Day. This was going to be a card from my son to Daddy, but I came up with a cute sentiment for the inside and made it from me instead. LOL

I was able to play with my new Basic Grey, Max and Whisker's DP, a few button's from my stash tied with jute and call it DONE!!  This little guy was so fun to color too!!  The sentiment inside and out are computer generated (font: Comic Sans).  I had a really hard time keeping it simple to give to a man...I was dying to put ribbon on it.  LOL  :)

Challenges:

Crafty Creations - #71 Child's Play

Lexi's Creations - #16 Something Old (buttons)

Cupcake Craft Challenges - #95 One for the Boys

Cards for Men - #12 Father's Day

Hand Full of Stamps - #31 How Cute is This

Stamp Something - Happy Somethings

Simple Doodles - #19 Just 4 You Dad

Your Next Stamp - #18 Buttons

Copic's Used:

Hat/Boots: Y26, Y23, Y21, Y00

Bandana: YR18, YR16

Skin/Cheeks: E00, E50, R00

Hatband: BG15, BG11

Clothes: BG75, BG72

Horse: E25, E35, E31, E42, E41

Hair: E49, E41

Outlined: C1

Thanks for all the sweet comment's while I've taken my break.  It's good to be back, and I hope you enjoy what I have for you today!!

As always.....Thanks for stopping by, it means a lot to me that you check out my blog to see what I've done.  :)  I know a lot of you come everyday but don't leave comments, I'd love it if you did, but I love it just as much that you came by!!  (~~Hi Stephanie & Mom!!!~~)  :)