CYP #98 - Red, White and Blue - Mami Doodles

Monday has rolled around again... One thing to look forward to on Monday? Of course, another challenge at Craft Your Passion! This week our challenge is Red, White and Blue to help celebrate Presidents Day here in the great USA. This adorable digi came from one of our sponsors, Mami Doodles. I thought she was a cutie-patootie! Don't you? But there was something kinda sad in her face, so I thought she looked as if she was missing someone... She's colored using my Copics. I added some fun design papers from my scrap stash, the one already had the great faux stitching on it, some simple buttons and a sentiment from Studio G.

Time to join in the fun at Craft Your Passion - lots of goodies up for grabs this week.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Make it Monday - #77 - Linky Party
One Stitch at a Time - #101 - Use a digi or no image
Crafty Catz - #120 - Favorite Things - buttons
DYSU - #59 - Layers
Paper Crafting Journey - #3 - Make it cute

New Gig - Scrapper's Delights

I am excited and thrilled to annouce a new team I just started designing for... You gotta go check out the wonderful images over at Scrapper's Delights! Janice is soooo talented and her designs have such a wide range and variety.

I got a chance to design with this image called Rabbit Parka 2. Isn't she just too cute? There are several in the series with this adorable girl... You gotta go check them out.

For this card I colored her with my Copics, then used my Cricuit to cut the loopy frame. I used some fancy papers from DCWV, added a bubbly silk ribbon bow, a small flower I had made months ago that turned out to be an extra, some silky leaves and finished it all off with some black rhinestones. The simple sentiment was a dollar bin one from Studio G... I love the colors on this one - the purple, grey and black make for a very rich card, don't you think?

Well, be ready for some more examples from Scrappers Delights - I finished up another couple this weekend and will be showing them off as the digi's become available in the store... Until then, go check out all the great images over there - you'll fall in love just like I have!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Make it Monday - #77 - Linky Party
One Stitch at a Time - #101 - Use a digit or no image
Saturday Challenge - #173 - Recipe - gem, flower, leaves
Crafty Catz - #120 - Favorite Things - ribbon/bows
DYSU - #59 - Layers
Paper Crafting Journey - #3 - Make it cute

CYP 97 - Recipe Challenge - Delicious Doodles

Our challenge this week over at Craft Your Passion is a recipe challenge and we are sponsored by one of my all time favorite digital stamp designers - Delicious Doodles! I absolutely fell in love with this image (I am NOT goth) when Teri recently released it to us - it screams teenage angst! And with a 15 year old girl in my house, teenage angst is something I know more about than I really want to know.

The recipe this time around is 1 ribbon, 2 design papers, and at least 3 buttons. I used the green printed background paper, along with a fun splotchy one from DCWV. Then layered the image digitally on top of another set of stamps from Make it Crafty - the brick wall. I colored that with my Copics, then put some netting and lace behind the image. I added the cord (my interpretation of ribbon) to hang the cross on and cut the shanks off of some black bubble buttons to accent the corners. The title was printed on white cardstock, colored with my Copics and then cut out. I am very happy with the final results on this one!

Jump on over to Craft Your Passion Challenges for more inspiration from our design team - then get your fingers inky, your scissors sharp and get to work... We would love to see what you can do with our recipe!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Make it Monday - #76 - Linky party
One Stitch at a Time - #100 - Anything goes
Inky Impressions - Use two trims or ribbons
Crafts and Me Challenges - #68 - Use a new digi
Paper Take Weekly - Anything goes

Copic Marker Scrapbooking - Mythology Release

Copic Marker Scrapbooking has done it again! Tonight a new line of stamps is being released unlike any I've ever worked with before. This set is illustrated by Guy Gondron and captures the true look and feel of many different mythology characters. I found these both challenging and amazing to work with... I loved coloring them with my Copics! They made me stretch my normal coloring techniques and truly work with the colors I have. I am thrilled to showcase just a few of them here on my blog, but you really should hop over to Making Our Mark and check out all of the AMAZING projects our design team created. I am honored to be among these talented and true artists!

You can find all of these stamps and may more in this set over at Making Our Mark. Plus a FREEBIE over there - all thanks to the talents of Guy Gondron.

I will be entering the Pegasus card in the following challenges:

Make it Monday #76 - Linky Party

One Stitch at a Time - #100 - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz - #5 - Things with Wings

Crafts and Me Challenges - #68 - Us a new digi

Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes

CYP 96 - Anything Goes + No Patterned Paper

Craft Your Passion Challenges are on again... with an easy and fun challenge for you. We are challenging you to an Anything Goes with a twist - You cannot use any patterned paper on your project. I had a blast using this wondering image from Doodle Pantry, coloring him up with my Copics. I used bright and vibrant colors of cardstock that matched the image. I also added black layers to everything to make them all pop off the card. The fun white netting from Creative Impressions adds a bit of texture and the pretty pink bubbly bow was a perfect addition to finish it off.

Hop on over to our challenge site for some design inspiration and a list of all the great prizes you could win...then jump on into your creative space and get crafting - I can't wait to see what you can come up with.

I will be entering this into the following challenges:

Make it Monday - Linky Party

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Doodle Pantry -Use a Doodle Pantry Image

DYSU - Anything Goes

Fab n Funky - Use A Digi

Stampalot - In the Gargen

Chocolate Coffee and Cards - Thinking of You

Copic Marker Scrapbooking - Love Fest

Kathy Zaban has designed another great set for Copic Marker Scrapbooking. It's a Valentine's Day set and so adorable. I picked a couple of them to make these cards, but you can check out all of the design team's inspiration at Making Our Mark. Stop by and check them all out!

I used my Copics (what else?) to color these images. The top card is made with DCWV papers, American Traditions ribbons, and the scallop border punch and sentiment stamp from EK Success. The cupcake card is a tri-fold card with a Cricut cut oval flower cut twice and folded over the edges of the folds. I added a little ribbon and some little glitter pen details to highlight. The inside sentiment stamp is another EK Success one. All the papers on this one were just from my stash of scraps.

I will be entering the "I just love you" card into the following challenges:

Make it Monday - #74 - Linky Party

Stamps R Us Challenge - Valentine / Love

Paper Makeup Stamp - #21 - Digi Makeover - Be My Valentine

Paper Sundaes - #105 - Valentines

Saturday Challenge - Ribbon

CYP 95 - Beary Wishes - Crafty Sentiments

This week has been quite a challenge - that's why I am excited to see Monday come again... It's a new week! Time for a fresh start! Also time for another challenge at Craft Your Passion. This week we got a chance to work with some adorable images from our sponsor Crafty Sentiments - just too cute. Our theme is Beary Wishes - your project must have bears on it. I picked this cutie-patootie image with this sweet fuzzy bear sitting on a giant mushroom. I colored him with my Copics, and distressed the edges with sepia ink. Isn't he precious? I added a bunch of layers of My Minds Eye design papers, a hand-stitched zigzag border and a simple metal sentiment. It's truly a simple design, but it looks like I spent hours. I love that in a card!

Go dust off your bear stamps or hunt through your digi's and find that bear image - then create away and join us at Craft Your Passion Challenges. You'll be entered for a chance to win some great prizes, including images from Crafty Sentiments and a $10 voucher for Robins Nest.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Karen's Doodles - #97 - Cute and Cuddly
Pollycraft Monday - #125 - Favorite Things (I love love love this set of papers)
Make it Monday - #74 - Linky Party
Color Throwdown - #176
Mark's Finest Papers - #92 - Layers

Thanks for stopping by. Here's hoping this week is better than the last!!!

CYP 94 - Color Bingo - Limited Runs

Craft Your Passion has a new challenge! We are trying something new... Color bingo! I picked the green, brown, blue combo for this adorable image from Limited Runs. Isn't he just too cute? I colored him using my Copics, but left a lot of white space and less blending than normal. I kept the card simple this time around, using some cute papers from my stash, some cork paper, and a craft card background. The tig is real, from my front yard tree and the sentiment is from Hampton Arts. The banner is hand cut from scraps and strung on some cute yarn that looks a lot like bakers twine. I finished the card with some thin black outlines on all the layers, giving it a final detail.

Check out the challenge site for our color bingo chart and some great inspiration from our design team. Join us this week for a chance to win three images from Limited Runs and a $20 gift voucher from Simon Says. Great prizes this week, huh?

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Make it Monday - #73 - Linky Party
Shelly's Images - Show Us What You've Got
Paper Minutes - #200 - Anything Goes
Paper Makeup Stamps - #20 - Digi Makeover Winter Blues
Paper Players - #79 - Clean & Simple
The Spotted Chick - #57 - That's Krafty Thursday

CYP #93 - In the Bag/Box - Bugaboo

It's Monday again... Most the time that brings dread and groans, but on the bright side it also means another challenge over at Craft Your Passion... Yeah! That's right, a reason to enjoy Mondays!

The challenge this week is "In the Bag/Box". We want to see you design a bag or box and then decorate it! There are some great ideas over at the Craft Your Passion Challenge blog... Our design team did amazing work this week coming up with some inspiration for you to enjoy!

I used my handydandy-easypeasy Cricut for my bag. I love these little treatbags. They go together so simply. I used this adorable image from Bugaboo (our sponsor for this challenge), colored with Copics, and fussy cut out. Isn't she just too cute? I added some clouds cut out from a design paper in my stash and created a simple tag with the sentiment. I think this would make a fun party favor for a kids birthday, stuffed with gum, candy and treats.

I hope you'll join us this week - I would love to see what you can create with our theme this time around.

I will be entering this into the following challenges:

StampsRUs - Just Kidding Around
Make It Monday #72 - Linky Party
The Pink Elephant - #TPE131 - Favorite Color Combo - Green/Blue
CRAFT Challenge - #137 - Celebrations

CYP #92 - Mythical Creatures - A Day For Daisies

Our sponsor at Craft Your Passion this week is one of my all time favorite digital stamp designers, A Day For Daisies. She has such a unique and whimsical style that evokes such a feeling of being in a fantasy world. I just love designing with her stamps.

Our challenge this week is "Mythical Creatures" - something A Day For Daisies has a ton of great images to match. I thought this sweet little mermaid made an adorable birthday card with her bouquet of balloons. These design papers are from Recollections, the sentiment stamp from TCP and the image is colored with Copics. Simple but sweet!

You should pop over to Craft Your Passion and join us this week. The winning card will receive a great prize from A Day For Daisies and I would love to see your creations!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Make It Monday - #71 - Linky Party
Sunday's With Crissy - #25 - Beat the Mid-Winter Blues
A Day For Daisies - #34 - Pretty Pastels
Catch The Bug - January - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by...

Just for me... Create With TLC card

I love working on the design teams that I am currently on - I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't... But I have to admit that occasionally I love working on something "just for me". You know what I mean... when you see a stamp and it is just singing to you, so loud and clear! Well, recently I discovered a site "Create With TLC" and there were sooooo many of her stamps doing just that! Singing to me!!

Paulette is amazingly generous with freebies on her sight and her ability to match her word art sayings and designs with her vintage images is pure talent. I found this adorable bubble image over there and couldn't wait to get a chance to work on a card with it.

I kept the vintage feel as well as keeping it fairly simple in design so that the image would remain center focus. I used a lot of sepia ink to tone all my colors down and in keeping with the vintage feel. The bubbles were so much fun to color (using my Copics of course). I used very light tones of turquoise, violet and yellow to give them the translucent sheen look. I added touches with my glitter pen, then covered them all with glossy accents. The lace has been inked to age it and the cheese cloth torn apart to give just a hint of ragged edges behind the image.

I hope you stop over to Create with TLC and check out all Paulette is doing over there. You won't be disappointed.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Stamps R Us Challenges - Anything goes

Sketch N Stash - #78 - Sketch

Make it Monday - #70 - Linky party

Paper Sundaes - #101 - Something old & something new

Card Crafter's Circle - #3 - Anything goes

CYP #91 - Anything Goes + Distressing - Paper Shelter

Happy New Year! I hope everyone out there had a wonderful holiday season and I hope 2012 is your best year ever!

The weeks are flying by and we are on to another challenge already at Craft Your Passion. This week is our "anything goes" plus distressing challenge. We have several great sponsors including the Paper Shelter.

I got a chance to work with this delightful image of a beautiful ballerina. I found these wonderful papers that I thought would go terrifically with the serene feeling of the image. I colored her with my Copics and then added some glitter to her skirt. Then I fussy cut her out and placed her on the handstitched oval frame.

I punched the scallop border, added a bubbly bow that I had died to match and some cut-out flowers from the same design papers. Everything got a layer of stippled distress antique ink to give it an aged feel and add the distressed touch.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Make it Monday -#70 - Linky party

Paper Creations Ink - #16 - Die cuts / punches

Paper Sundaes #101 - Something old and something new (new image, old papers, distress ink)

One Stitch at a Time - #94 - Use a digi

Card Crafter's Circle - #3 - Anything goes

The Paper Shelter - Tie a bow

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your week...

CYP #90 - Sketch

Craft Your Passion has a sketch challenge going this week - check out the great sketch! We got a chance to pick our own image this time around and I couldn't wait to work on this adorable one from Mo Manning... Isn't she just the cutest? A coworker was moving and I offered to make a card for everyone to sign and this image was just perfect for it! I love the way the card turned out!

I used my Copics for coloring, the sketch for design, some Basic Grey design papers for the background, my Cricut to cut the spiral flowers and mat, gems to put in the center of the flowers, some Creative Impressions silk ribbon for a bubbly bow and made some fun stick pens out of some jewelry making supplies I had around. The sentiment is a Studio G stamp from the dollar bin at my local craft store.

I hope you join us at Craft Your Passion - the sketch is such a great one this time around and I would love to see your interpretation of it!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

The Pixie Cottage - #101 - Someone special

Charisma Cardz Challenges - #50 - Anything goes

Sundays With Crissy - #24 - Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - Bingo board - Ribbon, gems, sparkle

Make it Monday - #69 - Linky party

Crafts and Me Challenge - Anything goes

Mo's Digital Challenges - #114 - Punch or die cut

Thanks for sharing your day with me! Leave me a comment so I can return the favor and come see what you have created!

CYP Challenge 89 - Things with wings - Lauretta's Digital Stamps

It's been a busy weekend over at Craft Your Passion - our Holiday Havoc blog hop has been generating lots of buzz. If you haven't already been there, you really should go check it out!

Our challenge this week is "Things with wings" and our sponsor is Lauretta's Digital Stamps. I found this very intreguing image that just seemed to show someone watching over you. I thought it would make a good 'Best Wishes' card. I paired it with a lacey Cricut cut background set on some Heidi Grace papers. A sparkly bow draping two edges framed the image nicely.

Come join our blog hop and our latest challenge - you're sure to see plenty of great inspiration!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Make it Monday - #68 - Linky Party
One Stitch at a Time - #93 - Anything Goes
Just Add Ink - #98 - Just Add Sparkle
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - #2 - Tag Your It

Happy Monday!

CYP Challenge #88 - Tag Your It - Stretch and Bubbles

When I saw this adorable image from Stretch and Bubbles, I knew exactly what sentiment I wanted to add to it...it's it just the perfect match? Yea, I thought so too.

Over at Craft Your Passion, our challenge this week is "Tag Your It"... Easy peasy, huh? All you have to do is create a tag, or add a tag, or ... anything with a tag. We've got some great prizes from Stretch and Bubbles and an opportunity to show off your creative ventures...

For this one, I colored her with my Copics to match this great new paper I found from Michaels (I think it was a Reflection's pack to be exact). I created the frame out of small strips of the striped paper (which was my favorite), add some other DP's, the sentiment, a small tag, and a bubbly organza bow... It was done and ready to be sent.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

One Stitch at a Time - #92 - Use a digi
Make it Monday - #67 - Linky party
Joyful Stamper Inspire me Friday - #36 - Link party
Whoopsi Daisy - Sparkle and shine
Paper Sundaes - #99 - Anything Goes

Have a great week!!!

Copic Marker Scrapbooking - Christmas stamp release

The fabulous Kathie Zaban has just released some new Christmas stamps over at Copic Marker Scrapbooking. I had just fun getting into the holiday spirit working on these adorable images and making them into Christmas cards for friends and family. You should check out the Making Our Mark blog for some inspiration from the rest of the design team, then jump on over and pick yourself up some of these great images.

I will be entering the following challenges with these cards:

Make it Monday #66 - Linky Party

Paper Shelter #42 - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz #47 - Seeing Spots

DYSU #48 - ribbon

FabnFunky #101 - Anything Goes

Enjoy your week - Happy holidays!

CYP 87 - Anything Goes + Glitter - Pixie Cottage

Craft Your Passion has an easy one going on this week. The challenge is Anything Goes with glitter! I'll be honest, when I went to make this card with this relaxing scene from Pixie Cottage I forgot I was supposed to use glitter on it... So, I pulled out my trusty micro glitter pen (love that thing) and went crazy. My end result turned out better than I had hoped. I love the way it covered on my Copics and turned ordinary things into metalic looking chairs and table. I edged just about all the papers with it as well. The flowers are a Cricut die cut from the Flower Shoppe cartridge... so easy to make to match all the papers! The papers were from Die Cuts With A View and I really have no idea who the sentiment stamp is from. It just screamed easel card since the chairs and table need to stand - LOL.

No excuses for not joining the fun at Craft Your Passion this week - easy challenge and lots of great prizes. Hope to see what you create!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes - #98 - Sundae Bar - die cuts

Catch the Bug - December - Anything goes

Paper Shelter - #42 - Anything goes

DYSU - #48 - Ribbon

FabnFunky - #101 - Anything goes

Simon Says Stamps - Anything goes

Make it Monday - #66 - Linky Party

CYP 86 - Tis the Season - Simply Betty

I love the adorable images over at Simply Betty Stamps - so creating a card this week for our challenge at Craft Your Passion Challenges was such a pleasure... This cutie was a breeze to color in red and turquoise Copics... I accented her with an off colored yellow/green and white as a neutral to really make her pop. I added some hand stitching and some snowflakes cut from a Winter Wonderland Cricut cartridge. The sentiment was also from a holiday Cricut cartridge. I love the color combination and finding some great Die Cuts with a View printed papers that matched was easy with all their wonderful paper packs.

Our challenge is great to get a jump start on those X-mas cards you all need to make... So, come show us what you can do. You might get a chance to win some fun new digi's from Simply Betty!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes - #97 - Winter Wonderland
One Stitch At a Time- #90 - Red
Joyful Stamper - Inspire Me Friday #34 - Linky Party
Deep Ocean Challenges - #13 - "C" - Christmas
Charisma Cardz - #46 - Snowflakes
Make it Monday - #65 - Linky Party

I hope your week is full of plenty of crafting time!
Hugs,
Jodi

Copic Marker Scrapbooking - Thanksgiving Stamps

There are some new great stamps over at Copic Marker Scrapbooking - I had so much fun with these images... The scarecrow card is an easel card and the turkey is a dinner invitation. Both of them feature my favorite coloring medium, Copic Markers. Hop on over to the Making Our Mark blog to check out some other great examples using these images. And don't forget you can find anything Copic related over at Copic Marker Scrapbooking - Go check it out!

I am entering the scarecrow card in the following challenges:

The Spotted Chick - That's Crafty Thursday #56

Make It Monday - Linky Party #64

Incy Wincy Designs - Color inspiration challenge #121

CYP Challenge #85 - Doodle Pantry

Our challenge at Craft Your Passion this week is a fall theme picture inspiration... Using this adorable image from Doodle Pantry fit the inspiration even before I started coloring... I picked some design papers that didn't have a lot of orange in them, which really made the image pop. I added the bubbly sheer bow to help tie it all together...

Come join our challenge this week - I'd love to see what you can come up with!

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Make It Monday - #64 - Linky Party
Paper Sundaes - #96 - Beautiful Bows

Thanks for stopping by... Enjoy your week!