GOOD LUCK PANDA

On every first Sunday of each month, I post a new Spotlight card made using a digital image from Kitty Bee Designs. I decided to use this cute little panda image called Good Luck Panda for my January spotlight.

This easy card was made using the following products...

Kitty Bee Designs - Digital image Good Luck Panda

MFT - Zig Zag Stitched Square STAX

SU - Bamboo II Background Stamp

SU - Creamy Caramel and Wild Wasabi Card stock and dye based inks

Copics - various colors

My Mind's Eye - enamel Dots

I hope you like my January spotlight card. See you again soon!

Until next time...

JOY 2017

This is the Christmas card I made to send out this year. It's not my typical style of card, but I really like it, along with the navy blue card stock it was made with.

I wouldn't have been able to make this card without the help of my MISTI. I needed a clear, sharp image and MISTI was up to the task with all of the multiple times the stamp had to be re-inked to get a nice dark, clean image on so many cards. Here are the products used to make my card.

SU - Very Vanilla & Night of Navy card stock
SU - Joyful Nativity stamp set
Sunny Studios - Holiday Style stamp set
SU - Night of Navy ink
VersaMark ink
Gold embossing powder
Gold cording

I wish each and everyone of you a wonderful Christmas, and a safe, healthy, happy new year!

Until next time...

KITTY CHRISTMAS

Here is the card I made for challenge #109 over at Kitty Bee Designs, Aloha Challenge in December. The adorable kitty image is from one of the sponsors of the challenge, Kadoodle Bug Designs. The image is called Cute Kitty Christmas.

I've been wanting to use the MFT Die-namics called Stitched Scallop Basic Edges and thought that it would be perfect for my card. It sets this little kitty with the bowl of Christmas cookies off perfectly!  The other products that were used for my card were...

Spellbinders - Holiday Dies
Memory Box - Twinkling Snowflake Duet Die
SU - Silver Glimmer Paper
SU - Garden Green Card Stock
SU - Kraft Card Stock
American Crafts - DP from the Marquee Love Collection
Copics - Various Colors

Unfortunately, my picture doesn't show the beautiful sparkle of the twinkling snowflakes on the card, but this SU Glimmer Paper really has a wonderful sparkle to it! It's my favorite glitter paper I've ever used.

Until next time...

CHRISTMAS TAGS!

Once in a while, I like making something other than a card when stamping. One of the other crafty things I really like doing is cross-stitch. Using a new Die-namic from MFT, called Cross-Stitch Tag, was the perfect combination for me!

The image is an adorable digital one called Ugly Sweater Panda from Kitty Bee Designs. Here are the other products I used to make my tags...

Sunny Studio - Mug Hugs stamp set

Recollections - Snowflake embellishment

Paper Flair - DP from the Christmas Brights Collection

Bazzill Card Stock - Ruby

3/8" Grosgrain Ribbon

Copics -Various colors

Loops and Threads - Cord thread used to stitch the background on the left tag

Until next time...

HAPPY AUTUMN!

Happy Autumn !!

This card was made for my daughter, Jocelyn, as a Thanksgiving card.  I think the background paper is perfect for this adorable little scarecrow image by Bugaboo.  Besides the image (called Autumn Scarecrow), here are the other things that I used to make Jocelyn's card.

MFT - Pierced Rectangle STAX

SU - Always Artichoke & Pumpkin Pie card stock

My Mind's Eye - DP from the Dolled Up collection

Stampa Rosa - Happy Autumn greeting stamp

Prismacolor Pencils

Gamsol

Foam Dots

Enamel Dots

Until next time...

GREETINGS FROM THE PUMPKIN PATCH

I just love the color of autumn!  Oranges, reds, yellow, rust....just beautiful together, just like the fall leaves of New England. This card is made using an image from JustRite, called Autumn Blessings. Along with it, here are the other things I used to made my fall card.
Cuttlebug - Embossing folder called Houndstooth
SU - Pumpkin Pie & Basic Black card stock
MFT - Zig Zag Stitched Oval STAX die-namics
Prismacolor Pencils
Gamsol
Enamel dots
Foam dots
Ribbon 3/8"

Until next time...

HALLOWEEN FUN

I have another Halloween card that I wanted to share with you all. This one was made for a stamping friend, Judy.

I love all the smiling jack-o-lanterns and the bright colors on the card. And if you're wondering, these are the things I used to make this card.

SU - Pumpkin Pie & Basic Black card stock

MFT - Stitched Cover-Up Companion Vertical Die-namics

Copics - various colors

SU - The More The Merrier Stamp Set

Creative Imaginations - Wicked Stripes DP 

Hero Arts - Holiday Sentiments

And that's it!  I hope you all have a spooky, fun, Halloween!

Until next time...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT MICKEY!

Last year, my sisters and I flew to southern Florida and visited with our cousins Linda and Dean, and their delightful mom, our Aunt Mickey, who we hadn't seen in about 50 years! We were all looking forward to getting reacquainted with them after such a long time. We had a wonderful visit and vow not to loose contact again. I made this card for my Aunt Mickey who is turning 85 in a few days. Purple is the favorite color of the birthday girl, so I wanted to make sure her card was too.

This beautiful floral image is from a set by Gina K Designs called Another Name For Love. Along with the stamp set, the following products were also used to make this birthday card.

MFT - Pierced Rectangle STAX Die-namics

Gina K Designs - Wild Lilac & Black Onyx card stock

Technique Tuesday - Find Beauty Stamp Set

Prismacolor Pencils 

Gamsol

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT MICKEY 

ENJOY YOUR SPECIAL DAY!

Until next time...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2017

I just love Halloween and Halloween cards are no exception. I really like getting them, as well as, making them! I made 2 different but similar cards this year. I didn't have enough designer paper of either, to make as many cards as I needed to have, so I made some of them both.


Here are the products I used to make these Halloween cards...
SU - Haunts & Howls stamp set
MFT - In & Out Stitched Rounded Square STAX Die-namics
Recollections - Haunted Manor DP
SU - Basic Black card stock
SU - Creamy Caramel ink (applied with a dauber)
Martha Stewart Bat Punch
Black Fibers
Black Magic Mesh

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Until next time...

THINKING OF YOU

I love the colors of Autumn so this card was a fun one for me to make!  The cute image is by Fred She Said who was one of the sponsors for the Aloha Challenge #105 over at Kitty Bee Designs in October. I picked this image thinking it was perfect for making an Autumn card.  I made it for the Happy Mail swap over at Card Camp. It's for Nancy, I hope she likes it.

There are a few variations of this digital image but I wanted it to stay on the simpler side which Nancy likes. Here's what it took to make her card.
Fred She Said Digital Image - Girl Raking
MFT - Pierced Rectangle STAX Die-namics
MFT - Blueprints 27 Die-namics
Bo Bunny - DP Harvest Plaid
SU - Craft, Old Olive, Ruby Red, More Mustard card stock
Copics - Various colors
Emagination - Maple Leaf Punch
SU - dimensionals
Judikins - Color Duster

Until next time...