Eggstra Special Easter for Me!

Easter is almost upon us and many of us are making special cards to send out at this time of year.  My card for Digital Delights this week features one of their new really sweet Easter images.

Card Recipe:

Images: Digital Delights Precious Bunny, Easter Sentiment

Paper: SU Bashful Blue, Rose Red

Markers/Ink: Copics - R81, R83, R85, C1, C3, C5, B00, B01, B02, Y06, Y08, G9, G14, BV01

Embellishments: BoBunny Ribbon, SU Label punches, Prima Pearls, Craft Concepts Embossing Folder

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Crafty Boots - Easter
• Creative Mondays - Anything goes
• Creative Stamp Friends - Spring
• Lexi Creations - Easter
• Lollipop Crafts - Anything goes
• Crazy Challenge - Add a sentiment
• The Cutie Pie - Think pink and rabbits
• Truly Madly Crafty - Color challenge
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Easter
• Scrapbook Sisters - Easter

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration.  And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.


Have a great day!
NancyD

You're Some Bunny Special to Me!

My card for Digital Delights this week features some of the new Easter images. I had fun designing with them!

To add dimension to the tree I punched a bunch of the small EK Success Retro flower and leaves.  

• I used my soft pad and a medium ball stylus to crinkle the paper and make them roll-up a bit. 
• I layered the leaf and flower together glued with craft glue to the branches of the tree.
• I sponged in sky color to add to the background.

Card Recipe:

Images: Digital Delights Easter Bianca, Spring Accessories, Easter Sentiments

Paper: Spring Has Sprung Paper Pack, SU Garden Green and Wild Wasabe

Markers/Ink: Adirondack Stonewashed blue and Butterscotch, Copics - E15, E17, E18, R81, R83, R85, E01, E21, E23, E25

Embellishments: EK Success Retro Flower punch and leaf, Dienamics Fresh Cut Flowers, BoBunny ribbon, Yellow ribbon from Scrapbook store, SU label punches

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Anything Goes Challenge - Get ready for Easter
• Celebrate the Occasion - Welcome Spring
• Sweet Stamps - Easter
• Creative Stamp Friends - Easter
• Love to Create - Anything goes
• Cuttie Pie Challenge - Think pink with rabbits
• Crafts and Me - Spring colors
• My Mum's Craft Shop - Use a digi
• Scrapbook Sisters - Anything goes
• Stampin Sisters in Christ - Something for Spring

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration.  And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.

Have a great day!
NancyD

Bike Ride Anyone?

Little Tilda has been playing outside all day, riding her bicycle and visiting friends.  Well, that is what I would like to think anyway.  In my heart it is time for spring and a bike ride would be just the thing to convince my body that there might actually be a spring in my near future.


I have some new spring papers, new Tilda stamps and a wonderful Mojo Monday sketch to use today.

I turned the sketch on its side because it gives me more room for the flourish and sentiment at the bottom. I also drew in a bit of sidewalk that I colored with C1 and C3.

Card Recipe:

Images: Lovely Pop Tilda, Bring on the Cake Birthday Wishes (Stampin Up)

Paper: American Crafts Sweet Sundress, SU Peach Parfait

Markers/Inks: Copics - E01, E02, YR68, YR20, YR02, YR000, E31, E35, B99, B97, B93, G24, G21, G12, C1, C3, C5, C7, W0, W1, W5, Adirondack Aqua (for the sky)

Embellishments: Lace, SU punch and pearls, Sizzlets butterfly die, Wild Orchard Flowers and leaf, MS Leaf Punch, Die-Namics fancy flourish

On the weekend I was looking around blogland and came across some Copic coloring videos by Zoe from Make It Crafty.  She shows how to add in the pleats and wrinkles that we see in our clothing in real life, but they might not be drawn into the stamp.  It was tough to make the transition from the way I usually color to thinking about light and shadows and wrinkles.  It was worth it though, because the pants do look wrinkled.  I don't think the blouse came out the way I wanted it, but there is fun in learning and making mistakes.

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Mojo Monday - Sketch
• Wild Orchard - Bingo (lace, flowers, gems)
• Crafty Bloggers Network - Floral
• Dutch Magnolia Lovers - Spring is in the air
• Love to Create - Anything goes
• Stamp+Fun=Creativity - Spring
• Magnolia-Licious - A rainbow of colors to choose from

I challenge you to try something new today!

NancyD

Craft a Scene - Moonlight Challenge

Hello everyone! I have new Stampscapes stamps that I am very excited to try out.  I picked up a couple from my local stamping store last week and my order from Kevin at Stampscapes arrived on Wednesday.


This time I wanted to try a technique that I have seen others use for a night scenes where everything is mostly black with just a little light shining through.

I stamped the moon where I wanted it and then inked up just the right side and stamped it to fill in the black space in the sky.  I don't have any other cloud stamps that would work and I needed more clouds.  Then I stamped the Rocky Creek and started tapping in the Stonewashed Blue making sure to leave the center section without any ink. 


I let that dry a bit and then started in on the black. This was the toughest part for me.  I wasn't sure how dark to make everything? Anyway, I need to practice some more.

Card Recipe

Images: Stampscapes Rocky Creek Lg 073G, Cloud crescent Moon 201E, Reeds 067B, Leafy Branch 277F

Paper: Stampin Up Bashful Blue, White from my stash, Michael's black

Markers/Ink: Adirondack Stonewashed blue, Momento Tuxedo Black

Embellishments: Really Reasonable Ribbon, craft store pin, I used a Bow Easy to tie the bow

Challenges for this card:

• DRS Designs - CAS
• Inspire Me Fridays - Anything goes
• Scrap it with Song - Moon Dance
• Poodles Parlour - Anything goes
• Corrosive Challenge - Things are looking Grimm (werewolves would love my night in the forest).
• The Order of Opus Gluei - Trees and nature
• The Craft Place - Anything goes

Be sure to check out all the other Design Team scenes and don't forget to leave them all a little love.  

Thanks for stopping by.

NancyD

Ready For An Old Fashioned Party?

I decided to make a girly girl card today with one of my La La Land stamps.  My scrapbook store brought in quite a few of these little darlings and I couldn't help myself picking up a couple of them last fall.


Sugar n Spice Marci reminds me of the old days making cup cakes with my mom. Marci's dress makes me think of a 50's mom. I couldn't help adding flourishes, flowers and pearls.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: La La Land Sugar n Spice Marci

Paper: Kaiser Kraft Magic Happens, Bazzill Purple

Markers/Inks: Copics - RV00, RV02, V01, V04, E35, E15, E18, YR21, C7, C5, C3, Distress Tea Dye

Embellishments: Basic Grey brad, Spellbinders Label Four and Eighteen, Really Reasonable Ribbon, Wild Orchard flowers and pearls, MS Sprig punch, Lace from Bulgaria, Kaiser Kraft pearl flourish

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Glitter Geeks - Mother's Day
• Inspire Me Friday's - Anything goes
• The Poodles Parlour - Anything goes
• My Mum's Craft Shop - Mums or ladies
• Ruby's Rainbow - Lace
• Scrap Creations - Ribbons and pearls

Make some cup cakes (and memories) with your kids today!!!


NancyD

You Are The One That I Want - Ruff!

My card for Digital Delights this week features one of the new Lonely Pups.  Isn't he so cute.  Kind of reminds me of my own little Sasha - a Yorkshire Terrier.

Here is a picture of Sasha. She is enjoying one of her bones and you can see how human she is - using both paws to hold her bone in just the right position.

Card Recipe:

Images: Digital Delights Lonely Pups Set, 50's Sentiment Set

Paper: Pampered Paws Paper Pack, SU Garden Green

Markers/Ink: Adirondack Meadow, Copics - R37, R39, E11, E13, E15, Gold Gelly Roll pen

Embellishments: Suede ribbon from craft store, Spellbinders label 18, SU Label punch, Michael's brads

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Paper Shelter - For the boys
• Anything Goes Challenge - Men or boys
• City Crafter - Things in my heart
• Ladybug Crafts - Anything goes
• Creative Mondays - Anything goes
• Paper Makeup Stamps - Critters
• Kaboodle Doodles - Show us some green
• Outlawz Greetings Challenge - Anything goes
• Crafter's Cafe - Ribbon or lace

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration.  And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.


Have a great day!
NancyD

Creative Craft Challenges Color Inspiration

Today is my first day on a new design team - Creative Craft Challenges!

This week at Creative Craft the challenge is to create a project based on this inspiration:


You can use any image you wish and be sure to use Pink and Black somewhere on your project.  I think those two colors go very well together, don't you?  Here is my card:

Card Recipe:

Images: Tilda with Daisy 

Paper: Color Mates Deep Pretty Pink, Kaiser Kraft Love Notes Collection, Michael's black

Markers/Ink: C1, C5, C7, R81, R83, R85, Y17, Y06, E01, E02, G14, G17, Silver Gelly Role pen, Distress Spun Sugar

Embellishments: Spellbinders Label 23, black lace from scrapbook store, Wild Orchard lace, flowers, leaves, pearl stems, ZVA Creative gem flourish

Our sponsor this week is Little Darlings

Be sure to hop over to Creative Craft Challenges and check out all the great work from my new DT friends.


Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Crafty Bloggers Network - Flowers
• Crafty Boots - Glitter
• Love to Create - About the ladies
• Cutie Pie - Pearls and swirls
• Totally Stampalicius - Flowers
• Let's Ink It Up - Flowers
• Simple Magnolia - Anything goes

Have a great day!!

NancyD