Daffodils And Hummingbirds Birthday Card

After the snow storm two days ago, it's finally starting to look a little like Spring. It feels so good to be making Spring cards again. 

I started with the Pre colored images of the Spring Flowers and Hummingbirds from Fred She Said.

Challenges for this card:
Polka Doodles - Birthdays
QKR Stampede - Think Spring
That's Crafty - Wings and Things
Aud Sentiments - Use a two word Sentiment
Cute Card Thursday - Spring Fever
Scrap and Craft Inspirations - Flowers

Hearty Easter Greetings

The weather has finally started to warm up and Easter is right around the corner. 

I have this really cute digi image I was dying to use and found a perfect sketch over at Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge Blog that worked perfectly. The challenge was to use any of there previous sketches. I used sketch 254.

I just love the Pink, Yellow, and Green together. The perfect Spring Colors.

Other Challenges for this card:

Allsorts - Spring is in the Air

A Gem of a Challenge - Clean and Simple

Crazy For Challenges - Put a bow on it

Brown Sugar - Spring

Wags 'n Whiskers - Ready for Spring

Love Themed Card

My card today started out to be a Valentine but then as I put it together, it looked perfect for a Wedding card also. Or, An Anniversary card. For this reason, I decided not to put a sentiment on the front. The Digi Paper is from Bearly Mine. I positioned the paper so that the word LOVE was not covered up.

The banner stips & Scalloped Heart are Cardstock from Close to my Heart, as is the Heart Embossing Folder I used on them.

The Heart image with the Doves and the rose in the bottom corner are from The Grafic Fairy.

The actuall inspiration for this card started with a sketch from Freshly Made.

Other Challenges for this Card:

Cards in Envy - 2 or more Hearts

Craft-Dee Bowz - Use a hand made bow

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots - Hearts and Valentines

Dream Valley- Valentine

Make My Monday - Hearts and Flowers

Melon Headz Friends - Hearts/Love

Ooh La La - Love

Scrapbook Stamp Society - Valentine

The Crazy Challenge - Love

Whoopsi Daisy - Pretty in Pink

I Love You This Much!

Here is another "Love" card. Yes, I made this as a Valentine. But the more I looked at it, I thought this would be a wonderful card any time of the year for the Love of your Life.Or, an Anniversary card. Especially if made in a different color. 
I actually printed the image twice. Then I fussy the hair and the dress and layered it with foam tape for lots of added dimension. 

The image is "I Love You This Much" from Fred She Said. This is the pre-colored image and it comes in 6 different colors and the sentiment. 

I used some New Spellbinder Dies I just received. I just love these new intricate frilly dies. I also used an old MS Corner punch. 

The beginning inspiration started with a sketch from Sketch Saturday.

Other Challenges for this card:

Bunny Zoe - Hearts

The Cheerful Stamp Pad - Valentine

Craft-Dee Bowz - Use a hand made bow

Eureka Stamps - Red

My Creative Moments - New Somethings (Papers and Dies)

The Pink Elephant - Love

IDIC - Vintage Look

Stamping Sensation - Dies and Punches

That Craft Place - Love/Valentines

Crafting Musketeers - Valentine

Whimsie Doodles - Love is in the Air

Sunday Stamps - Red, White and Kraft colors

Hearts and Roses Valentine

My card today is a Valentine Card that I made using a fabulous pre-colored images from Fred She Said called Hearts and Roses. This set comes as a Digi for you to color yourself or a set with 7 different colors and includes a few sentiments for the heart.

The papers are from the CTMH Heartstrings Paper pack. The Amour is from the CTMH Amour Stamp Set.

Card Designed Inspired by the Crazy 4 Challenges Sketch.

Challenges for this card:
My time to Craft - Love is All Around
Craft for the Craic - Favorite Word - Love (Amour)
Docerela Creations - Pink, red with embellishments
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Hearts & Ribbon
Crafty Ribbons - Let's Get Sentimental
DL.Art - Anything with Red
In The Pink - Use Pink
Moving Along with the Times - Dies and Punches
Throw Back Thursday - Valentine
DRS Designs - Color Challenge
Inspired By Stamping - Inspitational Picture (hearts)

New Year Wishes

I found this cute digi image on my computer and knew I had to make a card out of it. 

I think this may be the card I send out to all of those last minute Christmas Cards that I never got made. 
There is always someone you receive a Christmas card from a day or two before Christmas that you forgot. Here is the solution. Send a New Years Card!!!

Truth be knowm. My Christmas Cards are usually snowmen. If I get them done before Christmas, I stamp Merry Christmas. If Not, I stamp Happy New Year. *Ü*

The Inspiration for this card started with a sketch challenge from Digi Sketch Challenge Blog.

Other Challenges for this Card:
Delicious Doodles - New Year
Sweet 7 - Winter
C.R.A.F.T - (New) Year
Crafty Little Fairies - Holly

Masculine Birthday

I purchased this SU stamp set some time ago mainly for the train. I Finally got around to making a card with it.  I find it difficult to make masculine cards due to lack of really nice masculine images.

I stamped the train and sentiment with Black Memento Ink, used clear detail embossing powder and heat embossed.

I used a Close to my Heart Paper Pack called Wanderful. The Happy Birthday is from an upcoming April Stamp of the Month and the yellow stars are actually white stars that I colored to match the Honey Cardstock, with color Y222 ShinHan Alcohol marker.

The round embellishment on the front of the circle was something I had lying around and thought it would look nice there. Why not.....one less thing lying around my craft room! *Ü*

The design of this card was inspired by a sketch from Technostampers Challenge Blog.

Other Challenges for this card:
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Have a nice trip
Marker Pop -  Anything with ShinHan or Copic Markers
Sparkle and Sprinkle - Loose glitter or embossing powder
Sentimental Sundays - Anything
Corrosive Challenge - Anything
Sister Act - Anything

Winter Birthday Wreath

I'm trying to wean myself away from Christmas cards. It's really hard for me since I really do love Christmas. While flipping through some files on my computer, I came across this picture. I have no clue where it came from but thought it would make a very nice Winter Birthday Card. I have two friends who have birthdays in January and thought it would be perfect.

Once I had the picture printed out, I scouted around for the perfect sketch to inspire me. And I found it at Repeat Impressions.

I used a wood grain Embossing Folder by Close to my Heart, for the background and pulled the blue from the picture to use for the background paper, which is Sky blue. A retired paper from CTMH. I couldn't get the look I wanted with the banner cut, so I punched both sides of the white CS and stamped Birthday Wishes on it and heat embossed it.

I added three red enamel hearts to the upper right corner.

Other Challenges for this card:

The Paper Shelter - Special Celebration

Craft-Dee Bowz - Anything

Fritztown Challenge - Winter

Simon Says - Anything

Use your Stuff - Anything

Crazy 4 Challenges - Winter Birthday

Docerela Creations - Red, White & Blue

Fairy Tale Challenge - Light Blue, White and my choice (red)

SNS - Christmas Light

Here is another Christmas card using another stamp set from Sweet n' Sassy. This is called Christmas Light. I stamped the image and Sentiment and heat embossed with clear detail EP, and colored with Copic markers

Colors on this are Green, Purple, and off white. I added some orange and yellow glitter to the flame.

The inspiration for this card started with a sketch from Kraftin Kimmie.

Other challenges for this card:

Paper Creators - Christmas

Digi Chooseday - Christmas

FanTastic Tursday - Use Embossing

PDE Linky Party - Christmas

Christmas Puppy

Well, here it is December 1st already. Here is another cute Christmas card I made last night. I've had this stamp set for a year and this is the first time I've used it. I sometimes get overwhelmed with coloring. This stamp set is called Christmas Puppy from Sweet n' Sassy Stamps. I colored it with Copic Markers

The inspiration came from the sketch challenge from Mark's Finest Papers. It is a challenge with a twist. Winter theme. Well, I guess Christmas is Winter....right?

Other Challenges for this card:
Christmas Card Challenges - Anything
My Perfect Life - Christmas
Robyn's Fettish - Anything
Gem of a Challenge - Kraft + one other color
Sugar Creek - Non Traditional Colors
Winter Wonderland - Dies and Punches

Christmas Rose - Fred She Said

Another Christmas Card made with the fabulous pre-colored Christmas Rose image from Fred She Said. I just love her colored images, especially when I'm in a hurry to make things and don't want to take the time to color it myself. 

The roses are actually layered three times, which you can't tell in the picture. 

Challenges for this Card:
Just Inspirational - Frame it.
Card Mania - Use a Digi
Bearly Mine - Christmas Cards
Christmas Cards All Year Round - No dp
Crafty Hazelnut - Anything Christmas

Christmas Candle and Rose - Fred She Said

Here's another Christmas card for you. This one uses a pre-colored Christmas Rose and Candle from Fred She Said.

I made another Easel Card. They are very addicting. Especially when you don't want to make your focal image smaller and still want to add a sentiment. However, taking a really good picture isn't that easy.

The rose is actually layered twice on top of the original. 

The sentiment is from Stampin' Up, which was stamped and heat embossed.

Challenges for this Card:
Card Mania - Use a DigiP
Craft-Dee Bowz - Anything with a bow
Dream Valley - Anything
Love to Create - Christmas
Melonheadz friends - Add a sentiment
Not Just Cards - Anything
Perfectly Rustic - Embossing
Stamp and Create - Ribbon and Bows

Christmas Cardinal - Fred She Said

My card today is a Christmas Card using the pre-colored images from Fred She Said called Christmas Cardinal. I added dots of Liquid Applique when the snow dotsw are on the image and then covered with Fine Prisma Glitter for just a little added sparkle.

When I was designing this card, I was going to put the sentiment below the image, but I didn't want the pretty dry embossed Holly to be covered. So I decided to make an Easel Card instead.  

The sentiment is from an old retired stamp set from Close to my Heart and the Red Enamel Hearts and some new embellishments for CTMH also.

This card worked perfectly for using up some of my scraps of cardstock and ribbon.

Challenges for this card:
Bearly Mine - Christmas
Christmas Cards All Year Round - No DP
Crafters Companion - Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut - Christmas
Die Cut Diva's - Any Holiday
Live and Love Crafts - Favorite Christmas Colors
Mema's Crafts - Anything

FSS Cornflowers

My card today uses another of the new images just released at Fred She Said. This is the Cornflower and comes pre-colored or a digi to color yourself.

My inspiration started with a sketch from Sketch File.

I have a wedding to go to next month and I have a stamp set called Life time of Happiness from CTMH, that I thought would be perfect for a wedding card. I think it goes well with the FSS Cornflowers.

The cornflowers were fussy cut and layered on top of the original flowers for added dimension. 

I added some Hand Stitching around the card using a matching color embroidery floss, keeping the color subtle as to not take away from this beautiful image.

FSS Scribbled Roses

Fred She Said is having an End of Summer Sale and my card uses one of the newest images, Scribbled Roses released this week. These beautiful pre-colored flowers come in 11 different colors. This image also comes as a line image to color yourself. These come as individual flowers, but I used the PNG version to group three different colors together.

I used the sketch challenge from Mojo Monday for my starting inspiration. 

I added some hand stitching around the edges for some added dimension.