Well Behaved Women

My card today is a little cheeky and follows the theme this week over at Love to Create.  We are to make a card or project with a tag.  My tag has a sentiment from Stampin Up that helps to describe my sassy granny image from Fresh Brewed Designs.

Card Recipe:

Image: Fresh Brewed Designs, Stampin Up Favorite Thoughts
Paper: SU Very Vanilla, Basic Grey Konnichiwa

Markers/Inks: Copics - C3, C5, C8, E01, E02, R35, R37, R39, Distress Fired Brick

Embellishments: Spellbinders Rectangle Scallops, Prima Pearls, Ribbon, Prima flower base and Wild Orchid flower, Sticker Trends gems 

Our sponsor this week is Fresh Brewed Designs. Hop on over to the Love to Create blog and check out all the great inspiration by the Design Team.

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Corrosive Challenge - Cheeky, saucy or sassy
• Color Me Creative - Anything with a girly twist
• So Artful Challenge - Ice cream - chocolate, strawberry and vanilla
• Cards with Attitude - Anything goes
• Card Making Mamas - 1 image, 2 paper, 3 embellishments
• Poodles Parlour - Anything goes

Have a Great Day

NancyD

Look Deep Into Nature

I have a number of Beewax and Stampscapes images that have been waiting on my work table for me to have time to create.  I finally found a little time and made this garden scene for the Craft a Scene challenge.

I stamped the scene on Cyrogen Cardstock that I purchased from Peddlers Den at the Savannah retreat in May.  This paper is amazing!  I colored the foreground image with Copics and then added PanPastels to the background mountains and sky.

Card Recipe:

Images: Beewax garden, Stampscapes mountain (actually originally purchased from A Stamp In The Hand), Sentiment from Stampscapes sentiment collection

Paper: SU Very Vanilla, EK Success Nature Dragonfly (the dragonflies are raised and sparkly), Early Espresso

Ink: Copics - G05, G09, G14, YR00, YG97, YG95, YG93, E01, E02, E15, E17, E21, E23, E31, E37, YR14, YR01, YR000, PanPastels

Embellishments: Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Rectangle, Prima Pearls

Challenges for this card:

• ATC's and Cards with Attitude - Anything goes
• Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude - Anything goes
• Inspire Me Friday's - Always anything goes
• The Poodles Parlour - Anything goes
• Amusing Challenges - Anything goes
• Dream Valley Challenge - Summer
• Fashionable Stamping - Anything goes
• Opus Gluei - Seasons

Have a wonderful Sunday!

NancyD

Amazing Birthday Clown

I love the circus collection at Digital Delights.  The images make really great cards and I am planning this one for my next shipment to Send a Smile 4 Kids.

Card Recipe

Images: Buttons the Clown, Circus Ticket Sentiment Set

Paper: Very Vanilla, My Minds Eye - Fly a Kite

Markers/Ink: Copics - B26, B23, Y08, YR09, V06, V15, G03, G14, Distress Tea Dye

Embellishments: Spellbinders Label 23, Prima Pearls, Hemp

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Divas by Design - Happy Birthday
• Inky Impressions - Dies or punches
• Digi Doodle Shop - Get Stripy
• Dutch Dare - Use at least 3 colors from inspiration
• Crafts 4 Eternity - Brilliant birthdays
• Totally Paper Crafts - Orange and yellow

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

Happy Birthday Little Lady

My card this week for Digital Delights features the new Tree Background image and our little Briley with a Lonely Pup.  Combining these images seemed like a natural fit for our wonderful summer weather and a simple girls birthday card.

My little grand daughter, Lily, has a birthday coming up and she loves dogs!  She especially loves my Sasha, a Yorkshire Terrier.

Card Recipe

Images: Tree Background, Briley, Lonely Pup, Happy Birthday

Paper: Very Vanilla, My Minds Eye - Fly a Kite

Markers/Ink: Copics - R85, R83, R81, G00, G000, E01, E02, E50, E53, R30, E13, E15, E17, E18, E57, E59, G28, G17, G09, G03, Distress Broken China

Embellishments: Really Reasonable Ribbon

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Truly Madly Crafty - Animals 
• Crafts and Me - Anything goes
• Divas by design - Happy Birthday
• My Mums Craft Shop - Birthday girls
• Paper Pretties - Birthday cards
• Ruby's Rainbow - Cute animals
• Stampavie and More - Birthday

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

Let's Go Surfing!

This week at Creative Craft our theme is Summer Fun with our regular monthly sponsor Bugaboo Stamps. This happy little guy is already for some summer fun in the sun with his surfboard.

Card Recipe:

Image: Bugaboo Poppy-Surf
Paper: SU Orange, Cosmo Cricket Delovely paper pack

Markers/Inks: Copics - Y17, Y15, Y02, C1, C3, C5, C7, c10, G07, G02, Distress Scattered Straw

Embellishments: Spellbinders Fancy Label, Prima Pearls, Wild Orchid Corner

Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo. Hop on over to the Creative Craft Challenge blog and check out all the great inspiration by the Design Team.


Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Art with No Boundaries - Anything goes
• Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything goes
• Forever Friends - Anything goes with an animal
• The Crazy Challenge - Beside the sea
• Truly Madly Crafty - Animals

Have a Great day!

NancyD

Spots and Dots at Love to Create

This week at Love to Create the theme is spots and dots.  Our wonderful sponsor is MelJens Designs.  I chose this great vintage looking boot as my image for this challenge.

I stepped out of my comfort zone and made a different shape card and even added Distress Tea Dye to the flowers to help them look a little more vintage.

Card Recipe:

Image: MelJens Vintage Boot, Stampin Up sentiment
Paper: SU Very Vanilla, Glitz French Kiss

Markers/Inks: Copics - Y06, Y28, G03, G07, G28, E50, E53, Distress Tea Dye

Embellishments: Spellbinders Grand Scallopes and Scalloped Circles, Kaiser Kraft Ribbon, Prima Pearls and Recollections Pearl Spray, Momento Rhubarb Stalk, Wild Orchid flowers and pin, Tim Holtz Flourish Die

Our sponsor this week is MelJens Designs. Hop on over to the Love to Create blog and check out all the great inspiration by the Design Team.

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Dream Valley  - Sumnmer
• Tammy's Scrapin Corner - Bingo (ribbon and flowers)
• The Hybrid Chick - Ice cream (mine is chocolate and vanilla)
• Sunday Stamper - More than words
• Come and Get It - Bingo (ribbon and punched shape)
• Copic Challenge - Make it girly
• Simply Stampin - Vintage

Have a Great Day

NancyD

Our Mechanic Gary Says So-Long

One of our friends and co-workers at our OK Tire shop is leaving us to teach in Ontario.  He is in the Canadian Military and he thinks this might be his last posting before he retires.  He wants to come back to the Comox Valley when he finally finishes his tours.  I made this card for the guys at the shop to sign and give at his farewell party.

I had to work in a little yellow because the OK Tire colors are black, grey and yellow.  Gary always wears black!!

Card Recipe:

Image: Di's Digi's
Paper: SU Very Vanilla, My Minds Eye Fly a Kite

Markers/Inks: Copics - E37, E35, E31, E15, E17, C1, C3, C5, C8, Y08, Y17, B99, B97, B95, R35, G00, Distress Fired Brick

Embellishments: Craft store ribbon, Spellbinders Scalloped Square, EK Success Star punch, old button

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Digi Doodle Shop - Anything goes
• My Heart Pieces - Use a square or a circle
• Divas by Design - Anything goes #2
• Dude Time Doodles - Anything goes for a dude

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

You Are The Best!

This week my Digital Delights card features one of the cute new Donkeying Around images.  Who knew that a Donkey could be cute?  Well, with a little ribbon, Spellbinders dies and Distress Fired Brick he came to life and is now ready to cheer up a friend.

I followed the Sketch and Stash sketch for this card.

Card Recipe

Images: Donkeying Around, Donkey Sentiment Set

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, My Minds Eye - Blush

Markers/Ink: Copics - R20, W1, W3, W5, W6, W8, R35, R37, R39, Distress Fired Brick

Embellishments: Really Reasonable Ribbon, Spellbinder Circle, Lacy Square and Label One, Prima Pearls

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Truly Madly Crafty - Animals 
• Crafts and Me - Ribbon and bow
• Divas by Design - Anything goes
• Ruby's Rainbow - Cute animals
• Perfect Sentiments - Anything goes with a sentiment
• Mema's Crafts - Anything goes
• Sketch and Stash - Great sketch by Sue (older ribbon from my very first order of RRR ribbon)

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

Three Gorgeous Sisters

Our theme over at Love to Create this week is "three's".  So we all need to make a project and includes three of something.  


When I was choosing an image from our sponsor Tiddly Inks I couldn't resist this lovely picture of three little sisters.  Of course these three little girls have a place in my heart due to my three little grand daughters from one of my sons.

In my project I have three sisters, three pearls and three butterflies.

Card Recipe:

Image: Tiddly Inks Sisters, Sisters sentiment
Paper: SU Perfect Plum, Little Yellow Bicycle - Hello Spring

Markers/Inks: Copics - E01, E02, R81, R83, R85, W3, W5, YG25, YG21, V04, V06, B95, B97, Y06, C1, C5, C7, C8, E50, E53, E25, E31, Distress Dusty Concord

Embellishments: Stampers.com Lace, BoBunny Ribbon, Sizzix Butterfly die, Spellbinders Label 23

Our sponsor this week is Tiddly Inks. Hop on over to the Love to Create blog and check out all the great inspiration by the Design Team.


Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Tammy's Scrapin Corner - Summertime
• Crafty Creations - Free for all
• Stamp N Plus - Anything goes
• Copic Marker Europe - Make a card with an image
• Totally Paper Crafts - Lots of layers
• Corrosive Challenge - Use a sentiment
• Southern Girls - Use pearls

Have a great day!
NancyD

Inside My Vegetable Garden

This week I have an entry for the Craft a Scene "Inside the Garden" challenge.  I am currently camping out by the ocean and just did not have time to make this card before I left home.  So my card is a little sparse on embellishments because all I brought with me were my markers, a paint brush, images to color and a few Art Impressions stamps that I am using to learn watercolor techniques.

I used two Art Impressions sets to make this card - WC Series 3: Set 1-4056 and Set 2-4057.  I brought along a couple of pieces of designer paper in case I needed them for mounting and ended up using one as my embellishment.  It is covered with daisies and I cut along the top row to make like a bit of lace.

Card Recipe:

Image: Art Impressions - WC Series 3: Set 1-4056 and Set 2-4057
Paper: SU Garden Green and a piece of paper that I won last year

Markers/Inks: Tombow Watercolor Markers

Embellishments: Prima Pearls

Challenges for this card:

• C.R.A.F.T. - Summer
• Paper Crafting Journey - Summertime
• Cards With Attitude - Anything goes
• Penny Black and More - Summer Blooms
• The Craft Place - Anything goes
• Everybody Art Challenge - Summer

Have a great Sunday!

NancyD

Flowers Are Blooming

I have been having fun this week creating design team cards and I have to fit in this one as a 'just because'.  I have loved this image every since it was first published and had to find time to include it in my card making.  It is perfect for sending someone a pick-me-up.

Card Recipe

Images: Daisy Flower

Paper: SU Plum and Orange, Little Yellow Bicycle

Markers/Ink: Copics - B99, B97, B95, G00, G02, G05, Y17, Y15, Y13, Distress Broken China

Embellishments: Happy Spring Jewels from TPC Studio, Stamprs.com Lace, Spellbinders Label 18

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Alphabet Challenge - Lace
• Cardmadfairy - Summer time
• Fat Pages - Anything goes
• Stamp Man - Anything goes

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

Strawberry Land

On Vancouver Island where I live the strawberries are ripe and ready to pick.  I know this is late compared to other parts of the country but I live on the edge of a rain forest and our seasons are later than most.


In honor of the strawberry picking and eating I decided to use this super sweet image from Digital Delights and one of the new pre-colored backgrounds.

Card Recipe

Images: Berry Sweet Sentiment, Strawberry (pre-colored), Strawberry Delight, Apple Tree Background Set

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, My Minds Eye - Fly a Kite

Markers/Ink: Copics - E01, E02, R35, R37, R39, E13, Y02, G14, G02

Embellishments: Su Ribbon, Spellbinder Circle

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Each Card a Party - Summer Time
• Everybody Art Challenge - Summer
• Outlawz Color challenge - Red, Green and Brown
• Papertake Weekly - Strawberries and cream (how fitting!)
• Sassy Cherly's Digi Stamps - Summer fun
• Thursday Throwdown - Hot colors

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 - Pink and Black Challenge

My card today is for the Creative Craft Pink and Black challenge.  We are using Stamping Boutique images because that is our sponsor.


I had this great My Minds Eye paper with glittery circles that work great with this cute musician.

Card Recipe:

Image: Stamping Boutique Madyson
Paper: SU Pink, Michael's Black, My Minds Eye Lost & Found

Markers/Inks: Copics - R81, R83, R85, E01, E02, C1, C3, C5, C7, C8, E19, E17, E13

Embellishments: Really Reasonable Ribbon, Wild Orchid flowers, MS Spring and Leaf punch, SU Black ribbon

Our sponsor this week is Stamping Boutique. Hop on over to the Creative Craft Challenge blog and check out all the great inspiration by the Design Team.


Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything goes
• Di's Digis - Pile on the flowers
• So Artful Challenge - All that glitters
• Tammy's Scrapin Corner - Anything goes
• That Craft Place - Anything goes

Have a great day!
NancyD

Let's Go Skim Boarding!

My Love to Create card this week features an image from Sassy Studios that reminds me of my newest daughter-in-law.  She loves to skim board on our coastal beaches and she kinda looks like this Sassy character.

Our challenge this week is to follow the inspirational picture and create something uniquely yours.

Card Recipe:

Image: Sassy Studios Beach Girl
Paper: SU Pink, Michael's black, My Minds Eye Lost and Found

Markers/Inks: Copics - E01, E02, R81, R83, R85, G03

Embellishments: Prima flowers, ZVA Creative gems, EK Success flower and leaf punch, Prima pearls and Wild Orchid Pearl stems, Spellbinder Fancy Rectangle

Our sponsor this week is Sassy Studios. Hop on over to the Love to Create blog and check out all the great inspiration by the Design Team.


Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Dream Valley  - Anything but square
• Tammy's Scrapin Corner - Anything goes
• The Craft Place - Anything goes
• 365 Cards - Fun in the Sun
• the Secret Crafter - Pastel colors

Have a great day!
NancyD

School is out, but it will be back soon!

Check out the great new school time images from Digital Delights.  They will come in handy this September when you welcome a new teacher into the life of your child.  Teachers are so important!  They help to shape young lives and give them skills they need like reading, writing and mathematics. 


My most favorite teacher in school was from 6th grade, Mr. Stalks.  He made science come alive for me and it has been an important part of my life ever since.

Card Recipe

Images: Party Pencil,  School Sentiments

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, DD School Papers,

Markers/Ink: Copics - R35, R37, R39, B99, B97, B95, Y17, Y15, Y13, YR18, YR14, YR12, E21, E23, E01, E02, C1, C3, C5

Embellishments: Prima Pearls, Really Reasonable Ribbon, SU Label Punch

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Creatalicious - Anything goes
• Mema's Crafts - Anything goes
• Oozak - Bright colors
• Digital Tuesday - Kids
• Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
• Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything goes

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

Stars and Stripes to the Moon

My card today features Bugaboo image - Moon-Girl and I am using her for the Love to Create challenge - Stars and Stripes.  Now maybe you thought that stars and stripes where just for the US flag, but since I live in Canada I thought I would change it up a bit!

To The Moon papers from Fancy Pants Design work great for this cute little Bugaboo image.  I punch the stars out of the paper with a Martha Stewart edge punch.  Then I added a little sparkle with Stickles.

Card Recipe

Images: Bugaboo Moon-Girl, Stampin Up Think Happy Thoughts sentiment stamp

Paper: Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler, Fancy Pants Design - To The Moon

Markers/Ink: Copics - Y08, Y02, Y15, E01, E02, R35, R37, R39, B99, B97, B95

Embellishments: Spellbinders Scalloped Circles, Stickles, Prima Say it with Studs, rick-rack

Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo.  Hop over to the Love To Create challenge blog and check out all the great inspiration from the design team

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Bunny Zoe's - Girls, girls, girls
• Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything goes
• Outlawz - Greetings challenge

Have a Great Monday!!

NancyD

Welcome to My Patio Garden

When I look at my patio these days I see my containers of budding flowers and greenery.  I planted them just a few weeks ago to give my deck some color.  Soon they will be overflowing with mature flowers.  My creation this week for the new Craft a Scene theme, "Inside the Garden" uses Art Impressions stamps and Tombow watercolor markers.

Incidentally, this lovely lace is direct from Bulgaria.  I purchased it from my friends Anne and Steve Thomson at their store, Stamprs in Victoria, BC.  Anne's roots are in Bulgaria and she recently visited her long lost family there.  When she returned she had the most beautiful laces that she put in her store.  

Card Recipe

Images: Art Impressions

Paper: Stampin Up Garden Green, Glitz paper pack

Markers/Ink: Tombow markers and water

Embellishments: Wild Orchid flowers, Really Reasonable Ribbon, Lace from Bulgaria, Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Circle dies.

Challenges for this card:

• Penny Black and More - Summer blooms
• The Ribbon Girl - Girly card
• Allsorts - In bloom
• Catch the Bug - Summer
• Crafty Calendar - Flowers in bloom

Have a great Sunday!

NancyD