Back from vacation with some crazy bird love!

So, we are back from our "unplugged" week in the mountains... and it couldn't have been a better vacation!  I love my husband so much and spending a week away with him, in the beautiful Colorado mountains during the fall was heaven.  I came back refreshed and rejuvenated!

I also came back to a desire to create... and first to have fun with was the Tim Holtz Crazy Bird stamps that had just come in the mail before I left.

I kept this one simple, wanting to use the water colored background to set them off.  I colored the birds with distress inks, then found a simple sentiment to add.  A little doodled borders and all done!  Simple but fun!

I would like to add this card to the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Chocolate Coffee & Cards - animals\

Thanks for stopping in today!

Hugs,
Jodi

You put up with me!

Had a chance to color up another wonderful stamp from Art Impressions... this would be so cute for a Valentine's Day card, but I just couldn't wait that long to ink her up.  It's called "Tina - set" and I know I'll be using her again come this February.

I also used the wonderful new Sizzix thinlit set from Tim Holtz to cut the detailed background on the corner.  Love this new set and can't wait to find the multitude of uses they will provide.

I'll enter this one into these challenges:

Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Little Red Wagon - try something new
Love to Scrap - do a double take
Inky Impressions - fancy corners

Thanks so much!

Hugs!
Jodi

Mixed media card

I love the time that I spent learning new art journaling techniques - and still enjoy creating pages for my art journals.  But I also find it very exciting to get a chance to use some of those techniques in my card making as well.

I created the background for this card using water color paper, Tim Holtz tissue paper and my Gelatos.  Then I used a Penny Black stamp called Demure and a Penny Black sentiment die cut called Envision to create the focal point of the card.  The flowers are colored with watercolors, then I went over the entire stamp with a black gel pen and highlighted it with a PITT pen to bring more dimension to it.  I love how dramatic it came out!

I'll enter this into some challenges:

Penny Black and More - Anything goes
That Craft Place - Mixed media
Stamping Sensations - Sew special
Crafty Catz - Anything goes
Chocolate Coffee and Cards - Fancy & Feminine
My Time to Craft - Flowers

Back soon with more from my weekend of crafting!

Hugs,
Jodi

Delicious Doodles - Design Team Call

I recently discovered the absolutely beautiful images over at Delicious Doodles when they were so generous as to sponsor a challenge for us at Craft Your Passion. I had such a hard time picking just one image for that challenge (to be posted later), that I went back and bought numerous other digi's from them. This steampunk angel was one of my all time favorites - I just couldn't wait to use her on a card for my bestee. She was soooo much fun to color with my Copics - I actually did a few different versions of her, but for some reason I liked the purple and grey one the best. Another couple of Delicious Doodle images are actually printed lightly on the purple paper in the background, but by the time I put everything else on there, you have to look hard to find them. The velvet embellishments are from We R Memory Keepers, some of the gears and clocks are from Tim Holtz and some are just jewelry findings. I also made my own stick pins from jewelry makings...they added a nice touch! I loved the lace rag flower piece that seemed to just fit the tattered feel of this. I love the way it came out and I can't wait to dig into another of their awesome images.

I would be honored to be considered for their design team call.