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

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

Delicious Doodles #10 - New Year - All Things New

Delicious Doodles is ringing in the new year with a great challenge - New Year - New Things! That was an easy one for me since Teri has been busy creating some wonderful new images. I love this image called "Fallen" - it made me think of someone who was down and needed a lift to believe again. So, I made it into an encouragement card - wishing someone a miracle. I colored her with my Copics and layered her on some great DCWV design papers. The shape is a Cricut cut (as is the star frame) that I just made into a shaped card that turned out kinda cool. The large stars are slightly scored and molded to give them some dimension.

So, it's time to show off what you got for Christmas or find a new image you haven't used yet... Come join us for this challenge and you may just win some great prizes from Delicious Doodles.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Incy Wincy #127 - Anything Goes
Shelly's Images - In with the New
Rainbow Lady's Challenges - #186 - Travel through 2012
Inky Impressions - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamps - New Something

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 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

CYP #77 - Color Combo - Lauretta's Digis

Our challenge this week at Craft Your Passion is all about the color combo! The original colors are brighter than my choices, but that's because the bright green, yellow and black didn't suit my image. I chose to use lighter tones of them to help set the mood on this simple and sweet card. The image is from Lauretta's Digital Stamps. I brushed in a light cloud background, colored her with my Copics and added some shimmer paint to her wings. The shape is cut from a Cricut cartridge and the sentiment banner is hand drawn. I finished it with a bubbly yellow bow! Simple but beautiful!

Come join our challenge this week for a chance to win some great digi prizes.

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

Make it Monday - #56 - Linky party

Paper Sundaes - #88 - Anything goes

Southern Girls Challenge - #28 - Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and I hope today is an awesome day for you!

CYP #74 -Anything Goes + Flowers

Our challenge over at Craft Your Passion is an easy one this time around... Anything Goes, but our wild card this time around is "flowers"... This cute image came from Phooka and was so suited for a cute little baby card. I used some DCWV papers, added a little scalloped frame over my Copic-colored image, and a simple sentiment. The rolled flowers are cut with a Cricut cartridge, making them super easy.

Thanks for stopping by - and don't forget to join us over at Craft Your Passion Challenges!

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

Make It Monday #53 - Linky Party

Paper Play Challenges #35 - Make Your Own Flowers

Charisma Cardz Challenges #35 - Anything Goes

Sir Stampalot Challenges - September - Frame Up

DYSU Challenge #35 - Friendly Critters

Paper Shelter Design Team Call

I had such fun working with this digi from Paper Shelter. It was just too cute and I knew it would be a great card for that special friend's birthday that is just around the corner. I printed it several times and colored it with my Copics. I started with a base, then cut segments that were each tolled and added on top of it to give quite a bit of demension to the image. I hope you can see that in the pics a little bit. The papers are from My Minds Eye. I made this into an easle card because I didn't want to distract from the focal image with the sentiment. The flowers are handmade using a couple of simple cuts from my Cricut. I distressed all of the edges and handstitched to give it a finishing touch. I really like the way it turned out...

I am excited to submit this card to the Paper Shelter design team call! It would be a thrill and honor to be considered for this team.

Adorable Little Bear

I've gone flower crazy!!! It's been so much fun creating my own flowers - last night (I didn't sleep much btw) I put on a season of 24 and just started playing. I've made several different types, still working on some others. This card came together somewhere about episode 12! LOL. I got this freebie cute little bear stamp in a magazine package from The Wild Ones... Isn't he just too adorable? I used the Mojo Monday sketch that seemed to fit this image really easily. There were no design struggles on this one at all. I colored the image with distress inks, although it looks just like Copics this time around. I punched the image with a large scallop punch, added hand-stitching and bling and it was done before I could see how Jack deals with the huge mess CTU is faced with this time, hehehe!

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

MoJo Monday - sketch #196

Southern Girls Challenge - #21 - anything goes

My Mums Craftshop Challenges - #10 - See Spots

Cute Card Thursday - #169 - Birthstones

The Paper Shelter - #18 - Punches & Dies

Make it Monday - #42

JustAdd Ink - #72 - Coloring

Thanks for lookin'!

For my bud

I can't seem to get enough of my Stamping Bella line... They are just toooo darn stinkin' cute! I was so excited to see that my local Archiver's was carrying some of them now. I have been down there twice, splurging and getting one more "gotta have".

This cute card started with coloring the image with my Copics. Then adding a cute frame cut from my Cricut, throwing in some patterned paper from my scraps, adding a cute faux-ribbon with the sentiment and a pretty flower from Prima. I finished it with some highlights and dashes with a white gel pen. Done deal! Cute cute cute!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Make it Monday #41 -

Just Add Ink - JAI 72 - add coloring

Sundays With Crissy - #18 - Here comes the sun

I hope your weekend is filled with laughter!

Favorite Things

I found both this stamp and the sentiment in the dollar bin from Studio G (Hampton Arts) and was excited to make this cheery and cute card to send to my bestee. Although it's small and the coloring couldn't be very detailed, I still love the way it came out. The paper is one of my new favorites from DCWV - georgeous colors and richness! I used my Cricut to cut the frame, then handstitched around it and the base. The flower is just looped ribbon sewed together with a large green button in the middle. I liked the way this one came out!

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Ribbon Carousel - RCC6 - sketch

Truly Scrumptious Challenges - #58 - Summer sparkle

Sundays with Crissy - June challenge - Here Comes the Sun

Paper Sundaes - #73 - Girly Girl

A Spoon Full of Sugar - #155 - Here Comes Summer

Now it's off to mail this one!

Congratulations

I fell in love with the MoJo Monday sketch this week... How versitile is that one? I could see making it for a young child's birthday or like this one, an elegant wedding card. I had all kinds of ideas running through my head. These flocked papers lended nicely to a dressed up card that came together very quickly tonight. I'm not used to making a card in just an hour or so! That's kinda nice! I used a Cricut cuthout to add the sentiment - added a nice black bow and that's all it took.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Mojo Monday - sketch 194

Pollycraft Monday - #96 - Love and Marriage

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes - White +1

Catch the Bug Challenge - Anything Goes June

The Pink Elephant - TPE102 - Here Comes the Bride

Thanks for sharing your day with me!

Grey and Wrinkled

I fell in love with this stamp set from Inky Antics as soon as I saw the caption that went with it. I love the "wrinkled grey" comment because I feel that way most days! I can't wait to give this one to just the right person (you know who you are...wink wink).I stamped the images three times, colored them with my Copics and layered them for dimension. I added a little bit of tolling to round the edges before adding the final layer - the ears. The balloon is colored then I sprayed it with hairspray and covered it with glitter... I find that's an awesome way to get glitter or shimmering powders to stay without adding too much goop and tack. I used a fun flower card as my base, covering it with patterned paper from Heidi Grace. I used my Cricut to make the loopy boarder, added the Hampton Arts sentiment and popped that all off the background. A tied string goes from the trunk of the elephant up to a pretty little bow on the balloon. I think it finished nicely.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Just Add Ink - #70 - Round Sketch

Cute Card Thursday - #167 - Embellish It

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Hope you're enjoying a wonderful weekend!

Mushroom house & ladybug

The photo's don't show it, but this is a much smaller card then I am used to making. The stamped images are tiny, so I kept the card little to keep them in proportion. I colored three layers with my Copics then paper pieced them together for lots of dimension and interest. When I found this cute bubble sentiment, I knew it was the perfect thing to add. I cut out a fun shape from one of my Cricut cartridges for the background. After that, it needed very little to make it complete.

This is a great summer card to let someone know they are in your thoughts.
I will be entering this into the following challenges:
Make it Monday #39
Sunday with Crissy - #18 - Here Comes the Sun
Stampalot Challenge - June - Poppy Field inspiration

Thanks for taking time to stop by!

TPE Sketch - Stamping Bella

A simple sketch from The Pink Elephant was the jump-start for these cards. I used a cut from a new Cricut cartridge for the frame and some wonderful papers that were a "freebie" from My Minds Eye in one of the latest card magazine packages. Liked the first one so much, I decided to duplicate it for a few other occassions I needed to send cards for this week. Fun, bright, happy and easy! What more could you ask for?

ICSketches 80 - Graphic 45

The first time that I saw Graphic 45 papers, I was in love! These papers are so rich in design and culture. I have a deep-rooted passion for vintage images and they have used so many in their papers that my biggest dilema is all the choices.

This card is being submitted for the ICSketches 80... Check out the blog link on the right for more inspiration!

While I was trying to photograph the card, I had a visitor. And since this is the orginal Kaboo, I thought it only appropriate to add her photo here as well. Her full name is Kitten Kabootle, but more often than not, she just's Boo Boo or Kitty. But she is the one that started the whole Kaboo theme I've got going on here. Gotta love that cat!

colourQ challenge #44

This one stretched me from my norm...and that's always a good thing. I fell in love with this Hero Arts cling stamp and "had had had" to have it. Then when I got these wonderful papers from Die Cuts With A View, they seemed the perfect match. I cut the frame using a new cartridge on my Cricut called Bloom, added some fun sayings from the patterned paper and it all came together.