Chelsea's Dream

Actually, I should title my card "Linsey's Dream" lol, the lovely Chelsea with her chicks digi from Sassy Studio Designs is sitting in what looks like a dream to me! This paper from Webster's Pages from the Spring Market collection (Your Life. Beautiful.) is so gorgeous, I didn't have to do much more than color Chelsea and pop her onto the scene. I added a black rub-on and a clear cirle sticker atop the clock on the tower for a bit of dimension along with the rosettes tapering down the vintage ivory trim from Fancy Pants to fill in that rather empty corner, that's about it!

                                       Such a pretty girl!                                     

 A couple close ups

There is still plenty of time to join in the Sassy Studio Designs challenge "Spring Break-Anything Goes" over at PaperCraftPlanet so I hope you do!

I'm entering this card for:

Party Time Tuesdays Challenge Blog- SPOTLIGHT ON FLOWERS

Papercraft Star Challenge 9- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fantastic Friday! xoxo

Spring Has Sprung!

Well maybe not officially, but it's certainly official over at SplitcoastStampers because tonight is the first 5 challenges for the Spring Has Sprung VSN (Virtual Stamp Night)! I joined in 2 of the challenges so far and intend to finish the rest for tonight, then I'll be all ready for Saturday's VSN--10 Spring challenges and a whole day full of Spring stamping inspiration and fun! Hope you will play along too! We have until Monday to submit our challenge creations for prizes! Itt's a breath of fresh, Spring air!

This is my card for Challenge #1- "Here Comes The Sun" translation: make something using the SUN as your inspiration!

 Challenge #5- "Rain, Rain Go Away" translation: make a sympathy card

Thanks for stopping by! I hope your weekend is off to a fabulous start! xoxo

Love To Crop Blog Challenge SPRING FLING!

Good morning and happy Friday! I am super thrilled to share this special post today because I've been asked by the fantastic Amy at Love To Crop! to be a Guest Designer for her bi-weekly blog challenge, yippeeee!! Amy is an outstanding paper crafter and artist, her blog is packed full of drool-worthy cards, projects and wonderful inspiration as well as lots of fun, challenges and even giveaways!!! Amy is not only ultra talented, she is so very sweet and generous! For this challenge, she will be awarding a prize to one WINNER who plays along with us during the next 2 weeks! Now let's get to it!

Love To Crop! Challenge: SPRING FLING!

You are welcome to use any tools or supplies you wish for your project.  You can make a card, layout, or any 3D project--the possibilities are WIDE OPEN!  It can be any colors and any theme, as long as you incorporate the theme of SPRING FLING -- This can be flowers or spring colors or even using SPRINGS!!

Here is what I came up with, Spring Flower Pot Pocket Card

Flowers cut from "Once Upon A Princess" cartridge, cuttled with "stylized flowers" and sponged with summer sun ink

Make your own pretty Flower Pot Pocket Card!  TUTORIAL HERE

Oh boy, I sure hope you can join in the Love To Crop SPRING FLING blog challenge! You have 2 whole weeks I want to see as many Spring-filled cards and projects you can throw at me cus' I need lots of inspiration for Spring, it's right around the corner, yikes! So head over to Love To Crop! and see all the cheerful Spring inspiration, then come play along and link up your Spring project HERE!

Also entering this card for:
Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge Blog- #22 SPRING!
Repeat Impressions DCC229 Designer Choice Challenge- Spring Creation with Pastel color combo





Thanks so much for visiting me today! A great weekend to all! HUGS :)

Sweet Friend

Hello and happy Thursday! I'm working on a few cards today, here's the first. I printed this sweet little girl image for free from Milk & Coffee stamps blog and isn't she darling! I used this week's sketch/anything goes challenge #110 from The Pixie Cottage for my card and am also submitting it for this challenge as well as my 2nd card entry for Paper Sundaes challenge #109-Circles. Hope you can join in the fun too!!! :D

I'm practicing my coloring and seeing small, yet encouraging improvements haha! I'm also saving up for more Copic markers to assist in my efforts.  I feel that a skillfully colored image turns a nice card into a small work of art and makes it so much more special, so this is my #1 goal right now in my crafty endeavors! :)

Spring colored Prima flowers with tiny pink gems in the centers adorn the white doiley and a small Brenda Walton tag with diamond bling flower brad added to the top. The card base and 2 small circles were cuttled with Swiss Dots embossing folder and pink sheer ribbon from my friend Amy to finish! :)
Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back this evening with a couple more projects and a special post tonight at midnight! Have a wonderful and inspiring day my friends! xoxo

A Shabby-Chic Spring Birthday

Hello friends, I hope your weekend has been a wonderful one...before the grind begins yet again! ;) I got a late start to my craft room today but once I gazed at all the awe inspiring creations from the design team ladies of the 5 challenges I've entered at the end of my post, I had get crafty too! Hope you click on the links to play along--there's just so much stunning inspiration, fun challenges and goodies too! Gotta love it :) Also, I've been itching to ink up my brand new My Creative Time "Hello Spring" stamp set, one of Miss Emma's most sensational stamp sets to date--- so here it is!

 I'm actually quite pleased with my card because I've been in awe of many ladies cards I've seen lately that have this amazing shabby-chic feel and seem to be chocked full of glorious flowers, ribbons and gorgeous trims, lace and have an all-around beautiful vintage-style feel to them. But my budget is tight at the moment and I'm not able to splurge on all of these lovely, yet expensive embellishments--soooo I decided to try to create my own with supplies I already have--and Lord knows I have enough! I used some Fresh Cuts images from Rebecca Sower that I've had for seriously, like 10 years for my flowers. I had some kind of fun distressing and sponging the flowers and leaves and tried to create more dimension with buttons, brads, lace trim and twine.

I'm trying hard to improve my coloring skills and along with my limited budget (ugh, I hate that word lol) I have a limited amount of Copic markers, which can make blending difficult when creating that look you really want with depth and dimension. So I'm working with what I have right now and after watching Annika Ryan's coloring tutorials over at Kenny K. Downloads, I tried to apply some of her tips, which I've accomplished at only a very elementary level. Annika is a master at coloring, a true artist, and she explains the the process with easy-to-follow steps as she's coloring an image, showing each copic color (this is how I know that I need ALOT more Copics! Lol) Anyway, she's just amazing and so humble--she actually says during her tutorial that her way isn't necessarily the right way and someone else's is probably much better......pshhhh WHATEVA!!! If you wanna watch a master at work, check her out--just sayin cus I learned alot just by watching those and I stink at coloring! But practice makes perfect, I suppose! :) I really enjoyed creating my card today, I found it very soothing and I hope you have enjoyed taking a peek too!

Chicks in egg from MCT Hello Spring, Birthday sentiment from MCT All Around Birthday. You can't really see it in the picture, but the chicks are attached with homemade "wiggle wire" and adds a lil extra fun. I made my first wiggle wire card recently using Amy's blog "Love To Crop" and her wonderful Wiggle Wire Tutorial. Totally addicted now! :D You should visit Amy's blog for some supah sweet inspiration, she rocks my crafty world!

I've entered this card into the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes Challenge #108- BIRTHDAYS!

 Card And Scrap flow challenge #26-BUTTONS

Crafter's Companion #21-ANYTHING GOES

Repeat Impressions DCC215 Designer's Choice Challenge-LEFTOVERS!

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #74- All Things Great and Small

Thanks for stopping by my blog and I'm sorry for the long ramblings tonight lol!!! Big Hugs and Crafty Dreams to all!!! xoxo