Budding Artists by Wags N Whiskers

A new challenge begins today at the  Wags N Whiskers challenge blog the theme being Back To School/Something for the Teacher.  Here is where you can purchase Wags N Whiskers digis  if you are looking for rubber stamps you'll find them here.







You are not required to use a Wag N Whiskers image but if you do your name goes into a second draw.

For my DT card I choose to use Budding Artists, this has been a favorite of mine for a long time.

I hope you'll come over and share your creations with us and who knows you maybe the lucky winner this time.

Rory Time To Color - by Lacy Sunshine

A new challenge begins today at the Brown Sugar Challenge Blog, the theme is "Let's get Krafty" meaning you must use kraft paper or card stock in you project. 

Lacy Sunshine is the sponsor for this challenge and her shop is filled with lots of wonderful characters to choose from.

I chose Rory - Time to Color for my first DT card at the Brown Sugar Challenge Blog. I've just become part of their team and looking forward to making more DT cards to post there.  She is just one of my favorite Lacy Sunshine characters and I love her hat.

I hope you'll come by and share your creations with us and you may be one of the lucky winners.

Challenges:
Lacy Sunshine:  Back to School
Stamping Senstaions: ATG

Driver's Ed by Stichy Bear Digi Outlet

This is my DT card for the new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and this week is Monochrome.  I hope you'll come over and share your creations with us.

Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet is our host for this challenge and they have over 4,500 images from various artists to choose from.  You will also find digi papers and paper packs.  I chose Driver's ED to use on my card, who could resist that and she's driving my favorite car face.

Rosalie

This is Polka Dot Pal  Rosalie she usually comes with 2 dots for eyes but now Little Miss Muffet Stamps has come out with an image (rubber and digi) of various facial expressions that you are able to fit Polka Dot Pals with eyes, noses, eye glasses and mouths.  She is sitting on Border Zen Tangled Arch and you can find all of these images HERE .

Challenges:
Little Miss Muffet:  Anything Goes

Gone Fishing

 
This is my card for the new challenge at Come And Get It and the theme this week is Fishing.  Our sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo Stamps, they have a wonderful selection of images to choose from, well worth your visit.

I chose to use Gus Fishing as the image for my card, I can't help but chuckle when I look at that face as well as the sentiment.

I hope you'll come join us and share your creations, you  may be the lucky winner this week.

Colored with copics, Glossy Accents, Stickles and die cut birds were used to put this one together.

 

Relax and Enjoy LIfe

This is Mermaid from Art by Miran she has some really different and wonderful characters to choose from.

Challenges:
Art by Miran:   Anything Goes
Open Minded Crafting:  Last Days of Summer
SAS4 Kids:  Anything Goes 4 Kids
Penny's Paper Crafty:  Anything Goes
Sister Act:  Anything Goes
Southern Girls:  Texture
Suzy Bee's Bloomin:  Anything Goes
Through the Purple Haze:  Anything Goes/Femme Fatale

Back to School Days

A new challenge begins at the Fairy Tale Challenge Blog today and the theme is Back to School Bingo.  I hope you'll come share your creations with us.

This is the bingo chart to choose 3 items to add to  your card.  I chose the paper clip, the "B+" and for the girls.

This little lady is Sandi School Days a digi from the Lacy Sunshine Shope.  There is such a wonderful choice of characters to choose from well worth the visit.

A Happy Garden

This is Tillie and Fiona, 2 little Polka Pals from Little Miss Muffets Stamps, they have so many adorable little characters plus much more.
Their faces are normally 2 small dots for eyes (Fiona came wearing glasses) but now they have come out with 4 sets of eyes, noses and mouths plus a pair of eye glasses made to size and fit their faces, too fun.

Colored with my Copics, used a few punches and a few dies for the background.

Challenges:
Little Miss Muffet:  Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create:  ATG/Sight, Smell, Summer
Clear it Out:  Embossing dry or wet (dry)
Crafting by Design:  Polka Dots (dress on left)
Crafting from the Heart:  Anything Goes
Crafty Creations:  Flower Power
Crafty Girls:  Anything goes
Crafty Sentiments:  Anything Goes
Creative Moments:  Anything Goes/Animals
Divas by Design:  So Charming
Simon Says:  Summer

A BOOT OF FLOWERS

The image I've used here is from Bugaboo Stamps called Boot of Flowers.

Colored with Copics, die cut and punched (MS) butterflies, die cut flower,  layered to embossed CS with my Cuttlebug, added Stickles, pearls, bling Glossy Accents and a sentiment from my stash.

Challenges:
IDIC:  Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs:  Color
Crafting from the Heart:  Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create:  Anything Goes/Sights, etc of Summer

 

BACK TO SCHOOL

It's a new challenge with a new theme over at the Come And Get It challenge blog. I hope you'll come over and share your creativity with us.  We enjoy visiting your blogs and gaining inspiration along the way.  You may just be the lucky one to win this week. 



This week the sponsor is Meljen's Designs digital Stamps  and they have a wonderful  assortment to choose from.

I chose to use Book Girl for my card, that look on her face is so cute and I thought fun to color.

What a Day

This is 4 separate PNG digital images that I assembled into a mini scene on my lap top then printed out to color.   All of the images are from Digis Stamp 4 Joy, Garden Gate, Birdhouse, Selena, and What  a Day (girl in blue).

Colored with Copics, Glossy Accents and a little bling added with some stickles, background embossed with my new birch/brick folder form Spellbinders, sentiment is from my stash.

Challenges: 
Crafty Catz:  Lazy Days of Summer
Brown Sugar:  Use a Banner
Sister Act:  Anything Goes
Digis Stamp 4 joy:  New (birdhouse)
Crafty Sentiments Designs:  Use a Sentiment
Loves Rubber Stamps:  ATG/twist is stripes

ATTITUDE

Meet Attitude Avery a digital image from The Stamping Chef  where they have a wonderful variety of images to choose from, well worth taking the time to visit.







The Stamping Chef:  Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge:  Anything Goes

Birdhouse

This is a new digi from Digis Stamps 4 Joy so I thought I'd play with it along with some of my bird dies.  Colored with Copics, some Glossy Accents, bing, and Stickles.

Challenges:
Digis Stamp 4 Joy:  New
Crafty Catz:  Lazy Days of Summer
Sister Act Card Challenge:  Anything Goes

Emily Summer Hippie

Meet Summer Emily Hippie, a digi from the Lacy Sunshine Shoppe.  Colored with Copics, some Glossy Accents, bling, Martha Stewart border punch, a few die cuts, sentiment is from my stash and a bit of Stickles.

Challenges:
Sister Act Card Challenge:  Anything Goes
Crafty Catz:  Lazy Days of Summer
Brown Sugar:  Use a Banner
Lacy Sunshine:  Summer

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WITH SAMMIE AND BUDDY

This is my design team card for the new challenge at Wags N Whiskers that begins today with the theme being  Birthdays.  I chose to use Sammie's Surprise and Buddy's Balloon, they are both so cute and work well together.   Both are digital images and also available in Rubber at Wags N Whiskers Stamps.
I hope you'll come join us and  you may be the lucky winner this time.

Challenge: 
Loves Rubber Stamps:  ATG/Twist use Stripes

Savannah's Secret Window

This digital image is from the Lacy Sunshine Shoppe and named Savannah's Secret Window.

Colored in Copics, layered to embossed brick cs, added a few dies, flowers and bling.



Challenges:
 Lacy Sunshine:  Summer
Crafty Girls Challenges:  Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge:  B, (blue, bricks, bling)
TSC:  Anything Goes
Crafty Creations Challenges:  Flower Power
Crafty Sentiments:  Use a Sentiment
Loves Rubber Stamps:  ATG/Twist use Stripes

Feature a Creature

 

It's time for a new Challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and the theme is Feature a Creature, this leaves room for a lot of your creativity in choosing your "Creature"  I hope you'll come join us sharing your creations.  You could be one of the lucky winners.




The Lacy Sunshine Shoppe is the sponsor this week and she has so many wonderful images to choose from.  I love all the special characters she creates, well worth the visit there. The one I've used is Penelope_willowtwirls Hobgobbi.

Beach

This is Lucy Loo Chilling at Home from The East Wind Digital Images.  She is thinking of going to the BEACH, her book is about BEACHES so she thought good idea - let's go to the BEACH to read.

Unky was kind enough to give members of  her FB group a digi to use for this challenge I wanted to color Lucy Loo first.  So, next to come will be Bubble-gum and Chocolate

Challenges:
The East Wind:  Beach (hope this qualifies)
613 Avenue Create:  ATG/twist For a Friend
Crafting from the heart  Anything Goes
TTCRD:  Anything Goes
Through the Purple Haze:  Sweet Summer
Kit and Clowder:  Fun Hair Combos

Bubble Gum and Chocolate

This is  Bubble Gum and Chocolate a digi given to the FB members of The East Wind group to use in a challenge and I think she is so pretty.

Here is where you can other East Wind images

Challenges:
East Wind Challenge: Beach
613 Avenue Create:  ATG/Twist for a Friend
A Girl Who Crafts:  ATG
Crafting from the Heart:  ATG
TTCRD: Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday :  ATG
Love to Create:   ATG
Through the Purple Haze: Sweet Summer
Open-Minded Crafting:  Summer Food

A Girl with her Friends

This is Marjoram and Feline Sitting, 2 digital images from Little Miss Muffet Stamps that I thought to be adorable. 

I decided to give this color challenge a try, I think I pretty well used every and all the colors posted in the picture only.

Colors for the Brown Sugar Challenge

Challenges:
Brown Sugar:  Color

Swan Harvest

This is an digital image from Little Miss Muffet Stamps called Harvest Swawn.  I just recently found this stamp company and oh my they do have so many wonderful images to choose from digis and rubber.

Challenges:
Little Miss Muffet:  Baby, Baby  (This is a new baby welcome)

PEEK-A-BOO

This is my card for the new challenge this week at Come And Get It, the theme being Use a Die.  I've actually used 4 of them, 2 for the dragon flies and 2 different ones for the grass.  My image is Peek-a-boo Dragon flies, a digital image from Oak Pond Creations.



 Oak Pond Creations is the sponsor this week and they do have some wonderful images to choose from.

I hope you come share your creations with us.

Victorian_lizabeth

This is Victorian Lizabeth an image from the  Lacy Sunshine Shoppe, I've had her for quite a while so thought I'd give her some color rather than leaving her so pale looking. 

Colored with Copics, added a few die cuts, the flower pot was a tall vase from a punch so I just gave it a little cut, background paper from Stitchy Bear.

Challenges:
Lacy Sunshine:  Flowers
A Girl who Loves to Craft:
Art by Miran:  Anything Goes
Crafting by Design: ATG
Crafting at the Weekend:  ATG
Crafting from the Heart:  ATG
Crafts Galore Encore: ATG
Crafty Sentiments Designs:  ATG
Crafty Girls Challenges:  ATG
Creative Moments:  ATG/Sketch
Cute Card Thursday:  Vintage
Divas by Design:  ATG

Beach Girl

A new challenge begins at the Fairy Tale Blog today  with the theme Sun Beach and Sea.  They have a nice prize for the winner so why not come join in, share your creations and you may be the lucky one.

I've chosen to use Beach Baby from The Stamping Boutique where you'll find a large variety of images to choose from.

Colored with Copics, a little Stickles added here and there for sparkle, butterflies from a Martha Stewart punch, gems, ribbon and a couple of die cuts.

Challenges:
A Girl Who Crafts:  Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore:  Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's:  Patterned Paper
Eclecti Ellapu;  Nautical/Seaside
and Anything Option Water Colors
Mema's Crafts:  Anything Goes
Open-Minded Crafting Fun:  Vacation
Sister Act Card Challenge:  Anything Goes
Sisters of Craft:  Anything Goes
The Stamping Chef:  Anything Goes

Dogwood Flower Pretty

This is Dogwood Flower Pot Pretty, a digi from the Lacy Sunshine Shope another fun little one to color.

Colored with Copics, I cut out a second flower pot to 3D it, then added some brown glitter for the dirt inside.  Added some die cuts, gems, ribbon and a sentiment.

Challenges:
Lacy Sunshine Challenge:  Flowers
613 Avenue Create:  Anything Goes/ Use a Sentiment
Atlantic Hearts Sketch:  Sketch
Crafting At The Weekend:  Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs:  Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Designs:  ATG
Creative Moments: ATG/Sketch
Divas by Design:  ATG
Fan-Tastic Tuesday:  ATG
Moving Along with the Times:  Color
Penny's Paper Crafting:  ATG
Simon Wednesday Challenge:  ATG
The Crafter's Café:  Use a Digi
TSC: ATG
TTCRD:  ATG
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge:  Use 2 or More Dies (flower, butterfly, background white over blue)
Clear it Out Challenge:  Yellows Stash (my yellow ribbon, forgot I had it till it fell out of the drawer, yellow backing for butterfly, dry embossed for other project)

Friends

A new challenge begins today at the Come And Get It blog, the theme being "Friendship" and I hope you'll come by and share your creations with us.





This weeks challenge is sponsored by Eureka Stamps, They do have a wonderful and varied selection to choose from.  I've chosen to use Friends Sitting, I thought those faces to be adorable and looked forward to coloring them.

Rebecca's Friend

I've just recently found these little characters at Little Miss Muffet Stamps, there are so many adorable ones to choose from I'll be doing more shopping there for sure.  I've colored a few but finally got one put on a card. This is Rebecca sitting on a Zentangle frame, merged in word. 

Colored in Copics added some bling, Glossy Accents, ribbon embossed cs.

Challenges:
Little Miss Muffet Challenge:  Anything Goes
Crafting at the Weekend:  Anything Goes
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge:  Summer Fun
Suzy Bee's Blomin Challenge:  Anything Goes

CHANEL IN BLACK AND WHITE

This image is Chanel a digital stamp from Digis Stamps 4 Joy and the challenge on their blog has the theme for Black and White but you can use grey and skin color.  This is what I came up with.

 Colored with Copics, the itty bitty trim of her dress was done using permanent Sharpies with tiny tips.  I added black gems for her jewelry and to embellish the card, spellbinders and the butterfly die, embossed cs with Cuttlebug lastly Glossy Accents.

Challenges:
Digis Stamps 4 Joy:  Black and White
Art by Miran:  Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create:  Anything Goes
Crafty Catz:  Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Challenge:  Anything Goes/
Eclectic Ellapu:  Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday:  Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge:  Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge:  Anything goes
Simon Says:  Emboss it  (black cs background is Cuttlebug embosses)
The Crafter's Café Challenge:  Anything Goes

Happy Days Polka Dots

I was invited to join the design team at the Wags'NWhiskers challenge blog, well, that just made my day and of course I accepted.  This is my first DT post for their challenge which starts today with the theme being Polka Dots. I hope you'll come and share your polka dot creations with us.

 I chose to use Happy Day which  you can find here at the Wags'nWhiskers store, they also have rubber stamps too.  She looks so happy who could resist her plus that was my favorite summer toy many, many years ago.

Colored with Copics, I 3D her dress so I could emboss it, then added white enamel to the dots. I used various punches for the flowers, butterflies, and leaves.  The fence and grass were die cut as well as the background frame.  Sentiment is from my stash along with the polka dot paper, some Glossy Accents, Gems and Stickles.

Carolling Snowmen by Meljen's Digital Designs

Crafting for all Seasons begins a new challenge today, Christmas in July I hope you'll come join us and share your creations.  You may be the lucky winner of Meljen's digital images.

Meljen's Designs Digital Stamps are the sponsor for this challenge, they have a wonderful selection of images to choose from, pop over and take a look.

I've chosen Caroling Snowmen with the sentiment Deck the Halls Carol for my card and what fun they were to play with.

Colored with Copics, puff paint to imitate snow, Glossy Accents, glitter, Stickles, lots of gems, glitter and the music symbols were punched.  This is one thing I like about making Christmas I can go wild with glitter and sparkle.

Challenges:
My Sheri Crafts:  Christmas in July
Send a Smile 4 Kids:  Christmas cards for Kids

Olivia's Secret Window

This is Olivia's Secret Window a digital image from the Lacy Sunshine Shoppe, they have so many fabulous images to choose from, I've lost count of the number I have.

Colored with Copics, birds, dragonfly, butterfly, fence and grass are die cuts, little flowers and leaves were punched.  Background was embossed with Cuttlebug, some gems, Glossy Accents and stickles with a sentiment from my stash.

Challenges:
Lacy Sunshine Challenge:  Flowers
Crafting from the Heart:  Anything Goes
Crafty Catz:  Hot Summer and or Colors
Crafty Sentiments:  Hand Colored (Copics)
TTCRD:  Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday:  Fun in the Sun
Loves Rubberstamps :  Summer Fun
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge:  Lots of pink

Morning Glory Sprite

 

This is Morning Glory Sprite, one of many of these sweet Sprite digital images from Aruora Wings Digital Stamp Store, they have a beautiful selection to choose from and not just Sprites, well worth visiting.

Colored with Copics, butterflies, birds, edging are all various dies, the sentiments from my stash, Glossy Accents, gliltter, Stickles and gems are all a part of this one.

Challenges:
Aurora Wings Challenge:  Sprite Delight
Crafting from the Heart:  Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Designs: Hand Colored Image
Fan-Tastic Tuesday:  Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays:  Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door:  Anything Goes

BEST FRIENDS

When I saw this image I knew I had to have it, well there is actually 3 images and I got all 3 that I found with these characters.  I found them at Sparkle N Sprinkle they come both as digis and in rubber named Best Friends.  I had so much fun coloring this image, I just can't help but smile when looking at them.

Challenges:
Open-Minded Crafting:  Vacation Related
Sparkle N Sprinkle:  Anything Goes
Brown Sugar Challenge: Sea and Sand
Crafting from the Heart:  Anything Goes
Crafty Catz: Hot Summer
Creative Moments: ATG/Use one Flower
Outlawz Challenge Monday:  Summer Fun
613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes

Tis The Season

This is my DT card for the Come and Get It Challenge this week and if you haven't guessed the theme it is:  Christmas in July.

This week Bugaboo Stamps is sponsoring the challenge and they have so many great images to choose from.  The one I chose to use is JJ Christmas Box, you can find her here.

I hope you'll come over and share your creations with us and you may be the lucky winner.

Challenges:
Crafty Sentiments:  Christmas in July
Divas by Design:  Christmas in July
Through the Purple Haze:  ATG
My Sheri Crafts:  Christmas in July
Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge:  ATG
The Paper Shelter:  Hollidays
Hiding in My Craftroom:  Christmas in July
Sister Act Card Challenge:  ATG

Aurora's Flowy Dress

This is Baby Aurora' Flowy Dress a digital image from the Eastwind Etsy Story where you too can find her.  I wanted to color that pretty little dress and a first time doing blonde hair that's not too bad in my opinion for me.

Colored with Copics, die cut butterfly and flowers, gems, Stickles, a little Glossy Accents and half a sentiment from PSX.

Challenges:
The East Wind:  It's Getting Hot (hence the summer dress)
Suzy Bee's Blog Challenge:  Anything Goes
Moving Along:  Color Challenge
Cute Card Thursday:  Fun in the Sun
Create Moments:  Anything Goes Use a Flower
Crafty Girls Challenge:  Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenge:  Anything Goes

Travelling Mouse at The Fairy Tale Challenge

 
 
 

This little creature is the Travelling Mouse, an image given to me from Rick St Denis to use on my GDT card.  Today at the Fairy Tale Challenge it is the Super Digi Stamp Challenge as The Fairy Tale is about to turn 100, challenges, that is.  They want to celebrate a little before the BIG 100 actually arrives.

This challenge have quite a few sponsors with some fabulous prizes  to be won and I'm inviting you to come on over to The Fairy Tale Challenge share your creations with us and see all the wonderful goodies our sponsors are generously offering as prizes. 



We have Rick St Denis digitalStamp Art and Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and Peppercus-Designs

Colored with copics, excited about her journey she wanted to dress her best and wearing lots of bling so she would surely shine.

Challenges:
Moo-Mania:  Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge:  Anything Goes
Scrapper's Delights :  Anyting goes With Cute and Girly
Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge:  Anything goes, Option: Rhinestones and Pearls
Crafty Catz Challenge:  Hot Summer or Hot Summer Color (This travel mouse is HOT to travel)

Mystical Dancer DS4Joy

When I saw this digi image I couldn't wait to color her, she looks so at peace in her dance.  This is an image from Digis Stamp 4 Joy named Mystical Dancer, I like the name too.

Colored with Copics, quite a few gems added to embellish her jewels, layered to various cs's embossed with Big Kick, the sentiment is from the PSX, I only used half of it, the butterfly a die cut and a dab of stickles here and there.

Challenges:
Through the Purple Haze: ATG/ It's their birthday.
The East Wind:  It's Getting Hot (I get hot when I dance too)
Sister Act Card Challenge:  ATG
Through the Craftroom Door:  Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge:  Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Challenge:  Buttons, Bows and/or BLING
Crafting By Designs:  Use a Sentiment
Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge: Anything Goes/Option Pearls/Rhinestones
Scrappers Delights:  Anything Goes Make it Girly

Color: Pink, Green, Yellow and Blue

Hello, time for a new challenge at Come and Get It, this week the theme is:  Color,  Pink, Green, Yellow and Blue.  Fitztown Digi Stamps  and The Paper Shelter are our sponsors this week and they have a beautiful selection of digis to choose from.  This little guy is from Fitztown,known as Teddy #20, my choice for my DT card as I thought it was so adorable and fun to color.  I hope you will come and share your creations with us and you may be one of the lucky winners.

Colored with Copics.

Challenges:
Outlawz Sunday: CAS (dots on the walls)