Celebrate in Foil

Our sponsor this month is PolkaDoodles. I selected the glasses and the sentiment from the Winston Collection Digis  for the  Anything Goes twist  this week over at  Twisted Thursday.

After I chose the images, I lined them up in a Word document and printed them on a laser printer. Then, I ran it through my Minc machine using gold foil. I die cut some stars and backed the black panel on to a metallic gold panel, then on to a black card base. A glitter gold pen was added here and there for some depth to the images.

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A Happy Hello Card

Our sponsor this month is PolkaDoodles. I selected this fox digital stamp for the optional twist of Fur this week over at  Twisted Thursday.

I colored the image with Prismacolor colored pencils on GinaK Kraft (the same paper as the card base), fussy cut him and attached him to an embossed oval. The nose was topped with Nuvo Crystal drops in black and white. The far background is done with Distress Oxide Inks then covered with a die cut of birch trees. The sentiment comes from Paper Smooches Baby Birds, and a few sequins were added.



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Polka Dot Pals Jacinda ***

I am so honored to have been selected to share one of the newest images available from Little Miss Muffet on Customer Appreciation Day. The image I colored up with my Copics is a digital stamp called Polka Dot Pals Jacinda. I sized her in Word and then, after printing, I added a sweet face using the Add-on-Faces stamps.

With her outstretched arms, I immediately thought of "so much" and had to make up a sentiment to go along. The little hearts are brads, the papers are from C.C Designs Smoochie Paper Pad, and a bit of white and clear gel pen was added to the image. The sentiment and image are popped up, and a sheer pink ribbon bow finished up the card.

Copic Colors Used

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Little Miss Muffet, The Corner Park

What a surprise to have been selected a second time to share one of the newest images available from Little Miss Muffet on Customer Appreciation Day. This time, I chose The Corner Park and added Sonny Honeycloud Rainy Days on top of the scene. Easy to do since these images come in PNG form as well as JPEG. 

A stormy sky was my goal. I had so much fun with layering. I added clouds using Die-namics clouds dies, and I cut out a second bush from another print of The Corner Park scene to layer for some added dimension. The sentiment is from Tim Holtz Chitchat. And finally, I added a bit of white gel pen, clear gel pen, and a few clear dew drops to finish this card.

Lots of Copic Markers for this one!

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The Outlawz - Special Challenge and Blog Hop

We are so happy to be having this special challenge blog hop for our 7 year celebration!

For this challenge you have to use the special, and free, digi from SheepSkiDesign! Thank you, Andrea, for sponsoring this event with this beautiful image.

If you'd like to be part of this event, you can request the image and join in on the fun.  Send an email to: outlawzprogressivechallenge@gmx.com with Bloghop Image as subject.

I used Copic markers to color the image and Distress Inks for the edges. The card shape and additional leaves were created with a die set called Creative Basics Fancy Rectangle Build a Card Die Set. The sentiment, from Power Poppy Planning for Magnolias, is popped. Last, I added a few clear dew drops and tiny dots in the centers of the sunflowers with a white gel pen.

Colors Used

As a Designer for the group Twisted Thursday, I would like to invite you to pop over there to see what we do as well. We always have an optional twist, meaning you can share just about anything you create with us at any time.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you will join us for this fun event with lots of great prizes!

Edited to add that I was one of the winners:

Doctor Hippo

Here's Hippo number four in celebration! We are all so happy to help Holley celebrate another year of good health. Do read up about this at her blog.  Baby Cakes on Etsy, Sandra Caldwell, has put four of her adorable images on sale just for a HIP HIP HIPPO Celebration. This one uses the Doctor Hippo, on sale right now for only $1.50!

I colored the image with Zig Brushables, and added some band aids and a heart from Paper Smooches. A sentiment from Tim Holtz ChitChat and a few white enamel dots finish the side step card.

Hope you're all taking part in Holley's celebration. Thanks for stopping by!

Bunni Hippo

Here's Hippo number three in celebration! We are all so happy to help Holley celebrate another year of good health. Do read up about this at her blog.  Baby Cakes on Etsy, Sandra Caldwell, has put four of her adorable images on sale just for a HIP HIP HIPPO Celebration. This one uses the Bunni Hippo, on sale right now for only $1.50!

I colored the image with Zig Brushables, backed her with some embossed paper, and put her on a side step card. I added some chipboard squares, some flower and leaves peg stamps from Rubber Stamp Tapestry, and a flower from Bo Bunny.

Hope you're all taking part in Holley's celebration. Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Mail Card

Our sponsor this month is PolkaDoodles. I selected Winston Bear Etty Mailbox for the optional twist of Tickled Pink or flowers this week over at  Twisted Thursday.

I created an easel card using Gina K pink paper. The image was colored with Prismacolor colored pencils on Gina K Kraft paper. The white embossed sentiment Happy Mail was popped up and comes from Waffle Flower. Finally, a few little heart brads completed the card.

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Ballerina Hippo

Another card in celebration! We are all so happy to help Holley celebrate another year of good health. Do read up about this at her blog.  Baby Cakes on Etsy, Sandra Caldwell, has put four of her adorable images on sale just for a HIP HIP HIPPO Celebration. I selected Ballerina Hippo to make this card.

I colored the image with Zig Brushables, fussy cut, and then popped. The rest of the elements were items in my "to use" box, so I'm sorry I can't give any links.

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Hip Hip Hippo

Another yearly celebration for Holley. We are all so happy to help Holley celebrate another year of good health. Do read up about this at her blog.  Baby Cakes on Etsy, Sandra Caldwell, has put four of her adorable images on sale just for a HIP HIP HIPPO Celebration. I selected Ouch Hippo to make this card.

I colored the image with Polychromos colored pencils, and dotted the eyes with Nuvo Crystal Drops.I popped up some pretty papers from We Are Three that I had added the stitching digitally, also from We Are Three. A few yellow Nuvo Drops and red twine finished the card.

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Piles of Hamburgers YUM!

The Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge for February has a challenge of Nom Nom!  Talk about an inspiring photo! Do take a look to see how this inspired me to show off my love of hamburgers, LOL!

I just love this stamp set from Your Next Stamp called Happy Meal. I have used it so many times. Gosh, I wish I could still eat hamburgers, but alas, I can only dream of them and craft with them these days! I created a mask and stacked four burgers on top of each other. Then, I colored and cut out two more. One is popped as is the sentiment.

Your Next Stamp also has a challenge blog, so I used the sketch with the tall on the opposite side. I didn't want to make purple and blue hamburgers though!

And, finally, look closely at the pretty stitching for the background paper. WeAre3 on Etsy has a great digital set called In Stitches. The very useful variety of shaped stitching is so to use, in its PNG form, and can be adjusted to fit any sized paper shape.


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Not Just Cards Challenge
Your Next Stamp Challenge

Wild Rose from Beccy's Place

Our sponsor this month over at the Progressive Freebie Challenge is Beccy's Place. You will find some really nice clear stamps as well as digital stamps to choose from. Our image is called Wild Rose.

I used a Sizzix card die, Circle/Scallops & Bow as a base using Dots & Stripes Winter Echo Park Paper. The image was colored using PrismaColor colored pencils and die cut with a stitched circle. Some Nuvo Crystal Drops in yellow were added to the centers of the flowers. The bow comes from Really Reasonable Ribbon, Pastel Sheer w/Satin center, and the sentiment is from Ranger Letter It.

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Beautiful Birdhouse on Kraft

Our sponsor this month is PolkaDoodles. I selected Beautiful Birdhouse for the optional twist of One Word this week over at  Twisted Thursday.

The image was colored with Prismacolor colored pencils on GinaK Kraft paper.
I added some clear gel pen over the hearts and some Nuvo Crystal Drops in yellow for the centers of the flowers. The embossed white paper is popped up, and The Layered Hello is from Paper Smooches with the red topped using Nuvo Crystal Drops in clear. A few enamel dots and tiny red bird finished the card.


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