Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge 60 Shirley's 2 Girls

Wow! July has sure passed in a hurry! Hope everyone is having fun creating cards. Arlana has designed another great sketch over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and this week's sponsor is Shirley's 2 Girls. This image is called "Stork Delivery". I used my Zig H2O water brush with my Sweetberry Ink Dye Pads (amber, yam, Juneberry, admiral, ivy, pansy) and Create-A-Finish Shading Cake Kit (peach) to color the image. The cream cardstock is from The Paper Company "Seaside" pack and the green is from DCWV The Cardstock Stack. The printed papers are DCWV from Nana's Kids Stack. The embellishment is also from the same stack. The ribbon is from Jo-Ann's and I used my Cricut Plantin SchoolBook cartridge to cut the circles and square pieces. Happy crafting and hope you have a good week! See you in August!

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge 59 Digi Stamp Boutique

Greetings everyone! Hope you are all doing well. Arlana has designed another awesome sketch. Head on over to Sweet Sketch Wednesday to check out all the DT cards. They are just fabulous. Digi Stamp Boutique is our wonderful sponsor this week and I just love this image! It's called "Spike and Flower". It was definitely love at first sight! I used my Zig H2O water brush with my Sweetberry Ink Dye Pads (amber, java, ivy, velvet, pansy, Juneberry, yam) and Create-A-Finish Shading Cake Kit (dark brown, light brown, dark green) to color the image. The cream cardstock is from The Paper Company "Seaside" pack and the yellow is from DCWV The Cardstock Stack. The fun printed paper is from DCWV Nana's Kids Stack. The flower is from Heidi Grace designs and the ribbon is from Jo-Ann's. The flower eyelets are from Michael's. I also used my Cricut Plantin SchoolBook cartridge to cut out the ovals. Happy crafting everyone!

Flash Those Freebies Part II - Pollycraft Challenge

Last week Paula, over on Pollycraft, gave a challenge to use any freebie from her collection to create a card. Those that participated got this cute freebie called Tortoise hugs. This week the challenge was to create something with this freebie and to think green.

I thought it turned out pretty cute! What do you think?

I popped the small turtle and used Glossy Accents by Inkssentials on the eyes and shells. I used my Copic markers to color the image (YG03, G21, G28, and B32). The papers come from DCWV The Cardstock Stack and the DPs come from Cosmo Cricket Double Deck. I used Distress Ink (brushed corduroy) to give it an aged look. The ribbon, flowers, and Crystal Stickers came from Michael's and the brad from Hobby Lobby.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge 58 Digi Stamp Characters

Hello again! I hope you all had a great week. Digi Stamp Characters is our wonderful sponsor this week and this little guy comes from "The Boy and the Dog" collection. He really reminded me of some of my students, so I went with a school card design. Head over to Sweet Sketch Wednesday to play along. I used my Zig H2O water brush with my Sweetberry Ink Dye Pads (admiral, java, yam, aspen, Juneberry) and Create-A-Finish (peach) to color the image. The cream cardstock is from The Paper Company "Seaside" pack and the red is from DCWV The Cardstock Stack. The printed papers are from DCWV Grade School Stack. The embellishments and sentiment are actually from DCWV Grade School Stack as well! This darling ribbon was found at Jo-Ann's in the $1 bin and I used my Cricut Plantin SchoolBook cartridge to cut the oval and circles.

Summer Fun

I went to visit my mom over the 4th of July weekend and we saw this darling image from Bugaboo Stamps. We had a great time together creating cards for this image. You should check her's out as well at Mulberry Station. I used papers from my stash and Copics to color the image: o, E00, Y17, YR04, E33, YR00, R27, G24, B29, B32, YR65, Y15, and BG10. The embellishment came from Hobby Lobby and the ribbon is from Michael's.

Polly Craft Freebie Challenge

I went on over to Polly Craft today and she had challenge to use a freebie from her site. This is what I came up with. I hope you like them!

This image is called Flo-The Simple Things. I thought she was so sweet. The papers were from my stash and I used my Copics to color the image: Y13, E00, RV11, YR24, G17, E37, R29, G24, V09, 0, BV11, Y15, W3, and W5. The ribbon came from Jo-Ann's, The flowers are from a Calypso Tin, and the brad is from Hobby Lobby.

I love this frog! I think he is just darling! I also used papers from my stash and my Copics: Y13, RV11, G17, G24, BV11, E09, 0, YG03, B32, and R08. The ribbon is from Target's $1 bin and the embellishments are from Michael's.

You should go on over and check out the other cards and even submit one. She is offering another freebie as part of participating!

Jewelry - My Own Creations...

These are just a few of the things that I have been making. When my dad was sick, I started making jewelry as a way to keep my mind occupied. After we lost my dad, I've continued to make things as a way of healing... It's been very helpful and soothing.



This is a watch that I made for my daughter's babysitter.

I also made her this necklace. She wanted a necklace with pearls on one side and crystals on the other. I thought it was a very cool idea.

I love making bookmarks. These were also gifts.

A friend of mine broke her watch and really needed a replacement. She came over one day and this is what we created!
I hope that you enjoyed these. I will be posting more as I have more time! :-)

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge 57 Digi Doodle Shop

Happy Belated 4th of July! I hope you all had a safe holiday and are ready to be crafty again this week. We have another wonderful sketch for Sweet Sketch Wednesday. Our sponsor this week is Digi Doodle Shop and they have such darling images. The winner will receive a $10 gift certificate. I love this image; it's called Lady Bug. I used my Zig H2O water brush to color it using my Sweetberry Ink Dye Pads (aspen, ivy, raven, maraschino, velvet) and Create-A-Finish Shading Cake Kit (dark brown, light brown, red, purple, and peach). The papers came from a few sources. The cream cardstock is from The Paper Company's "Seaside" pack and the red is from DCWV The Cardstock Stack. The printed papers come from The Paper Studio All Seasons Paper Pack. The ribbon came from Jo-Ann's and I also used my Distress Ink pad (brushed corduroy) to give it an aged look. Hope you enjoy and have fun creating!