Oceans of Love

I am so ready for the warmer weather!  We are getting rain and SNOW.  Let's hope the forecasters are wrong and we don't get more snow.  So trying to look toward the warmer weather, I made a summer ocean card.  I got these stamps from Whimsie Doodles.  Just love their stamps!

Update: This card won the Digital Tuesday Challenge - For the kids here.  I am so excited!

On this card I used, Whimsie Doodles Beach Borders digi stamp and a fish digi from the Fish Tales stamp set.  The waves are made from the Quickutz waves dies and the sun is a quickutz sun die.  Copics were also used on this card.

This card is entered into the following challenges:
Whimsie Doodles - Punch it out
Digital Tuesday - For the kids
Belli Challenge - Think Seamstress
Cooking it up with Katie - Bling
Charisma Cardz - Bling

The Versatile Blogger Award

I received a lovely surprise today from Martha at www.thecardboutique.blogspot.com.  She sent me the versatile blogger award!  Please stop on over to her blog and check it out!!  Martha is very talented and has great ideas and inspiration to share.  Thank you Martha, I really appreciate the award!!!

The rules to this award are:

1.) Thank the person who gave it to you
2.) 7 things about yourself
3.) Send it to 15 other bloggers

1.  I love digital stamps!

2.  I enjoy talking to and sharing ideas with other crafters!

3.  I am always crafting!  LOL

4.  I love shopping for more craft supplies!  

5.  Love working with Copic Markers!

6.  Love working with the ladies on my DT groups!

7.  I am blessed!

I would like to share this award with the following bloggers:  Please stop by each one and check them out. They are awesome and have a lot of crafty ideas to share!

http://janesboxofcolours.blogspot.com

http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/

http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/

http://callmecraftyal.blogspot.com/

http://carolinebrown1234.blogspot.com/

http://daiseyfreak.blogspot.com/

http://cricutlvr.blogspot.com/

http://dorcasdesigns.blogspot.com/

http://fantastink.blogspot.com/

http://glendascards.blogspot.com/

http://scrapsy.blogspot.com/
http://madmooo.blogspot.com/

http://livelaughstamp.blogspot.com/

http://papercraftyscreations.blogspot.com/

http://shestamps.blogspot.com/

Thanks ladies for all the inspiration!

Delightful Inspiration Challenge

I just love participating in the weekly free image challenges at Delightful Inspiration.  You get a free image every time you play along and the images are so much fun.  It is also lovely to see how the other participants use this image.  Nothing like all this great inspiration!  Check it out here.  The free image this month is "ladybug bloom".

Here is how I used the free image "ladybug bloom":

This card is entered in the following challenges:
Kaboodle Doodles - Spring has sprung
Cupcake Craft Challenges - Flowers for Mum
Creative Cottage Challenge - Spring has Sprung
Dutch Dare Challenges - Celebration (Mother's Day)
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - Back to nature
Prairie Fairy Friday - Oh So Spring
Sew Many Challenges - Spring Fling
All Sorts Challenge - for a Special Lady
Cupcake Inspirations - ch#104

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Paper Playtime Monday Digi Challenge - Anything Goes

Paper Playtime

Monday Digi Challenge - Anything Goes

Head over and join in on the fun!

My first card is a 3D card

I used a digital stamp, called Bibis on Mushroom, from Pink Cat Studio.  You can check out this digi stamp here.  This card has three layers to give it a 3D effect.  I used Lifestyle Craft dies from the Special Delivery set to make the card base, layers and windows for this 3D card. I cut a window into two of the layers.

  The first layer is the back drop so I added grass using a Martha Stewart punch. This layer is the card base so it is hinged with a back and front.  The inside will be decorated too.

The second layer has a window cut into it.  Plus I added grass again using the Martha Stewart punch and half of the Pink Cat Studio digital stamp peaking through the window.

The third layer also has a window cut into it.  Grass was added again from a Martha Stewart punch and the other half of the Pink Cat Studio digital stamp.  Can't waste a great stamp!  LOL  This is the top layer so once all the layers are put together using pop up dots more will be added to this layer to finish the card.

Here is a side view of the finished card.  You can see it is a thick card and the layers have been put together using the pop up dots.  The full stamp from Pink Cat Studio is placed on the top layer along with sentiment, some lemon Divine Twine and some blue rhinestones.  I used ribbon around the outside to finish of the card and to hide all the pop up dots.

The inside of this card is decorated also with more dies from Lifestyle Crafts and more sentiment.

Update: this card was featured on Birthday Sundaes Challenge.

This card is entered in the following challenges:

The Pink Elephant - TPE 96

A Spoonful of Sugar - Rhinestone and Flowers

Creative Card Crew - No rubber stamps

Color Throwdown- #134

Creative Belli - "C" crystal embellishments

Creative Cottage Challenge - spring has sprung

Charisma cardz -teen birthday

Dutch Dare - Celebrations - Birthday

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - Back to nature

Prairie Fairy Fridays - oh so spring

Sew Many Challenges - Spring fling

Crazy 4 Challenges - sketch

Birthday Sundaes - Spring Birthday Cards

Everybody Art Challenge - Happy Birthday

I also made a card using Doodle Pantry stamps and Doodle Pantry Digital paper.

I have never used Digital Paper before but I have to tell you the papers are really a cool thing to use.  You won't run out of paper in the middle of a project.  You can just print more.  Love that!
You can get the Watermelon Lunch stamp, "Wanna have lunch" sentiment and Watermelon digital paper here.

This card is entered in the following challenges:
A Spoonful of Sugar - Rhinestone and Flowers
Creative Card Crew - No rubber stamps
Creative Belli - "C" crystal embellishments
Creative Cottage Challenge - spring has sprung
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - Back to nature
Prairie Fairy Fridays - oh so spring
Sew Many Challenges - Spring fling

Take Care!

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Fun Cupcake Project

Happy Cupcakes to you today!

I have been decorating for upcoming birthdays in our family and wanted to make my own cupcake decorations.  I decorate for all the holidays so why not our family birthdays!

Here is the cupcake I am going to show you how to make.

To make this cupcake you need the following supplies:

A small round desert plate
Silicone muffin baking cups
Fun buttons
Needle and Thread
A half a yard of a fun fabric
Scissors
Polyester fiber fil
Pencil

Ok.  Now you have your supplies so let's get started!!

To start out you need to layout your fabric on a flat surface and place your plate face down on the fabric.

Then using a pencil trace around the plate, making a large circle on the fabric.

Once you have cut out your circle, you need to rollover the edge then baste stitch it down.  When you stitch all the way around the circle you need to leave the threads long so you can draw up the fabric.

You need to stuff the circle with fiber fil before you draw up the circle completely and then tie off the threads.  Like in the picture below.

Once this is completed, turn over your ball of stuffed fabric and sew a fun button or beads to the top of the ball.

Lastly, stuff your decorated ball into the silicone cup with the decorated side up.  Now you have a cute cupcake to use for decorating for someone's birthday.

Have fun!!!

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One Stop Craft Challenge # 124 - Fairies or Angels

Make sure you stop by the One Stop Craft Challenge and check out all the lovely cards made by the Design Team.   This weeks challenge is Fairies or Angels.  We would love to see what you make.  I made a card using an OSAAT (One Stitch at a Time) image called "Garden Fantasy".  You can get this stamp here.  Since this image was blacked out I decided to make the background colorful using Copic markers.  The image was traced in several colors of Copic Spica markers to give the card some sparkle.

This card is entered in the following challenges:

Wild Orchid - dies

Creative Card Crew - no rubber stamps

The Playdate Cafe - challenge 74

Creative Cottage Challenge - spring has sprung

Charisma cardz -teen birthday

Dutch Dare - Celebrations - Birthday

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - Back to nature

Prairie Fairy Fridays - oh so spring

Sew Many Challenges - Spring fling

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Thank you for stopping by...

So Sweet

I have someone in my life right now that has acted so sweetly towards me and I want to recognize them.  So I created this card for them.  :)  What is sweeter than candy?

Don't you have someone in your life you want to recognize?

Challenges:
Dutch Dare - Celebrations - Love