Th(INK) Tank with Amber Ink

Two posts in one day....Woo Hoo! Back with my first project as the Orange Torchbearer on the Amber Ink Th(INK) Tank Team! I saw this set Girl’s Night In and was just itching to color her! Not to mention adding some stickles to that rock on her finger!



This was also my first time to play with Digi Papers! I took my files down to Office Depot and printed out whole sheets! It was great! I decided to make a gate fold card and carried the pretty Gerbera Daisy iPaper on to the inside.



Be sure to check out Amber Ink and all the fun stuff they have to play with! Thanks for stopping by, let me know what you think! Have a wonderful day!


Image: Girl’s Night In, Relax
iPaper  Gerber Daisy Party: Tiny
Copics: B23, B24, B29, V04, V06, V09, G02, G05, G07, Skin(R20, E01, E53, E11) Hair(E35, E57, E47) 0, YR24,  W1, W3, W5, W7

CDAC Progressive Challenge

This is the first round of the CDAC Progressive Freebie Challenge. I am just barely making it in by the cut off… being sick can throw all kinds of wrenches in plans. Anyhow, this cute little girl is from Anne’s Digital Art, you can find some of her work on her blog Anne’s “Cards 4 U”. I colored her with copics and added some highlights with a white signo pen. Can't wait to see what images round 2 brings!



Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a wonderful day!


Image: CDAC progressive by Anne
Paper: Making Memories, brown CS
Other: border punch, ribbon
Copics: 0, YG13, YG17, (SKIN E01, E53, E11, R20) B41, B45, BG10, BG11,E44, E47, E49 (HAIR E35, E47, E57) YR24, Y15, Y11, Y000

Final Farewell Blog Hop

Where to begin…. This is our monthly hop sponsored by Paper Wings, a place where Angels gather. It is with sadness in my heart that I say it is the Final Farewell Hop as TAC has closed its doors and hung up its wings.

What has The Angel Company meant to me… I have learned that there are people in the world that truly are a blessing to others. They give their time, talent and hearts to encourage and lift up those around them in need. Friends, family and strangers find themselves the recipients of love and long distant hugs all wrapped up in a handmade card or gift or just a word of prayer. I have met some amazing ladies and learned so much from them. Be a Blessing… such a simple thought but so easy to forget.



This first project was my Prop Swap at TAC’s Seminar this year. I had such a good time making it and hope that it is bringing joy to the lovely Angel that received it. Happily Grateful is one of my favorite TAC sets, it can be used in so many different ways. I used Background Soup to distress my freshly painted box… much to my father’s dismay. He couldn’t understand why I would want to make it look dirty… we crafters are devious aren’t we!



The PP and TAG are from the Amberley Grace SWIC. The flowers were made by cutting circles into spirals.
In life there are always obstacles to overcome and detours to take. It seems that the image they chose for our Inspiration book cover was preparing us.

A truly happy person is the one

who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

I even pulled out my all time favorite TAC paper Mulberry Meadow…. yes, I’ve been hoarding it. I colored with copics and then took a white signo pen to the sentiment. Did some sewing on the panels and there you have it.

This is just a detour, and I do intend to enjoy the scenery. Thank you so much for taking this journey with me. I treasure all of my Angel friends and can’t wait to see where this detour will take them. Please take the time to see what they have to share with you. 

Julie
Seleise
Rita W
Donna
Chan
Mary
Angela
Laura
Barbara
Trudy
Shirley
Wendy
Carol
Rita K.
Chelsea
Kim
PaulaKay
Ginger
Teresa That's me!!!
Maria
Angie
Deb
Diana
Betty
Christine
Sandy
Char
Diane
Chris
Stacy
Rita

Copics: 0, B91, B93, B95, V01, V04, BV02, BV04, BV08, YG93, YG95, YG97, E47, E57, W1, W3, W5, W7, E01, E53, R20

CMS Circus Lion

This adorable Circus Lion is from Copic Marker Scrapbooking. Need to fill your copic needs…. from supplies to online classes just check them out! Colleen is always offering up freebies on her blog Making our Mark as well as putting out info on her classes.



This lion was so fun to color. Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look! Let me know what you think! I hope you have a wonderful day!

DDH Challenge #12 Week 2

It’s time for week 2, which means you are running out of time to play along! Hurry over to the Digi Design House Blog and join in the fun… it is my challenge, so I want to see all of your lovely creations!! The recipe is 3 buttons or brads, 2 patterned papers, and 1 ribbon or floss.



I decided to use the DDH set Native Winds. I colored with copics and added a little sparkle to the beads with spica pens. I wrapped a section with raffia and then popped up some layers for more dimension.



I am playing along in some other challenges as well.

Over at Use It Tuesday challenge #13 the theme is “Indian Summer”, as well as diminishing the hoard, I used some paper that I’ve been holding onto and the buttons were in a bag from a few years back, that was untouched.

The Crafty Calendar Challenge is for “Hot Colours” for a hot month. I think that oranges for fire are about as hot as I can go!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look, please let me know what you think! Have a wonderful day!

Image: DDH Native Winds
Paper: SEI
Other: buttons, raffia
Copics: 0, E55, YR02, YR04, B41, B45, BG10

DDH Challenge #12 Recipe

It’s time for another Challenge at DDH and I am the hostess this time around! I’m so excited to throw down a Recipe Challenge! It is a 3..2..1 countdown and I want to see 3 brads or buttons, 2 pattern papers and 1 ribbon or floss.



I used a new digi set called Just Dream from Digi Design House. It is so sweet with three different angels and three sentiments. I colored her with copics… and the brads to match. I hit up the paper with some distress ink to tie it in with my papers. Check out my fellow DT and their creations at the DDH Blog and join in the fun for your chance at some prizes!

Thanks so much for stopping by, please let me know what you think.


Image: Just Dream DDH
Paper: Amberley Grace patterned and CS, Brown and White CS (The Angel Company)
Ink: distress ink
Other: tan floss, brads
Copics: E01, E11, E53 (skin) BG10, BG11, BG15, E31, E35

DDH Challenge #11 Black and White

Its time for another DDH Challenge, this time it is Paula-Kay bringing us a black and white challenge! This lighthouse if from the Digi Design House set Sea Scape. It was a great image to shade. I sponged black ink around the panel and then added black sequins on a strand of floss at the bottom to finish it off.



There are some awesome free black and white digi papers available on the Digi Design House site that would be perfect for playing along in this challenge… I just made my image too big to use them! Head over to the DDH Blog to get the details and upload your Black and White Creation!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look, please let me know what you think!


Image: Sea Scape
Ink: Noir Palette
Paper: Black and white CS
Other: floss, sequins TAC
Copics: 0, C1, C3, C5

Blues and greens and browns oh my…

A lot of times I’ll take a stack of images and color away for a few days, or a week, and then later go back and turn them into cards. I love to color, love to test out different techniques, and watch a line drawing come to life. Sometimes when I go back to actually use the image I draw a blank… that’s what happened with this cute image from Digi Design House’s Americana Stamps.



It just wasn’t going with any of the papers that I grabbed to use, and wasn’t fitting into my little plan. I gave up and pulled out the CS… love how these match by the way. Then I started cutting, didn’t like that so I started punching, that wouldn’t cut it so started tearing… still wanted something so I made notches… then twine… then buttons, ah a work in progress. I really like how it turned out, it was a strange route to the end, but that’s how things go sometimes, never know what route you’re going to take to get somewhere.

Don’t forget there is one more week in the current challenge Summer! So head over to the DDH Blog and join in the fun!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by, please let me know what you think!


Image: Americana Stamps DDH
Other: Stamp edge punch, twine
Copics: that list sailed away… sorry

DDH Challenge #10 Summer

It’s summer time and here at DDH we want you to share those summer creations! I thought that this image from the Digi Design House set Tropicana would be just like sending a postcard, its super cute!



I colored with copics and then slit the corners of my mat for built in photo corners! Now head on over to the DDH blog and check out the Awesome DT examples and to join in the summer fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by, please let me know what you think! Have a wonderful week!


Image: Tropicana DDH
Copics: 0, B00, BG10, BG11, BG13, YG13, YG17, Y15, Y17, R81, R85, R89, E31, E35, E39

DDH Christmas in July Blog Hop

Merry Christmas…. in July! It is time for another DDH Blog Hop! As you can see the the theme is Christmas in July! For us crafty folks it is never too early to start making those Christmas Cards… I’m telling you, one of these years I’ll get them done and out! If you came here from Paula-Kay’s blog you are on the right track, if not you can hop back to the DDH blog to start at the beginning!



I used this cute Angel Santa Bear from the Digi Design House digi set Angel Bears… and there are four other cuties in the set with it!

Since this IS Christmas, we are giving away presents! Three mystery Design Team members will be giving away a Digi Design House Christmas set of your choice just for commenting on their blog post. You have until 6:00PM CST on Sunday, July 10 to comment. At 6:01PM, the number of comments will be tallied, and the random number generator will do its magic to pick the winner. You don't know which team members will be giving away the presents, so make sure you comment on EACH stop in the hop. Oh yes, we are giving away THREE FREE STAMP SETS!

Thanks so much for stopping by, please let me know what you think! Now hop on over to the lovely Tracy’s blog.

Just in case there are any mix ups in the blog hop… lets face it, blogger does strange things to us now and then…. you can swing over to the DDH Blog and get the full hop order there!


Image: Angel Bears DDH
Paper: Reece SWIC and red CS, brown, white TAC
Ink: Antique Linen Distress ink
Other: Piercer, Labels Four Nestabilities
Copics: 0, R20, R24, R27, R29, E50, E53, E31, E35

Cute kitty from CMS!

Another release from CMS, and they are super cute! I just had to play along with this kitty… and I am not a cat fan at all… go figure!



The image is colored with copics and then I fussy cut it out and popped it up. I had fun changing up the stitches on this one, I’ve seen others do it and it is pretty neat. I may have gotten a bit carried away in inking the edges. I usually use a sponge but decided I wanted to have some of the lines.



Don’t forget to swing by the Copic Marker Scrapbooking store to see what goodies they have for you!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Let me know what you think and have a wonderful day!


Image: from CMS
Ink: Burnt Umber Palette
Paper: Noteworthy Making Memories
Other: sewing machine, buttons
Copics: YR21, YR23, YR24, YG11, YG13, YG17, BG11, BG13, BG15

Fairies and hand made flowers!

This lovely fairy is from the Digi Design House set Flower Fairies. I love the orange and blue color combo and decided I had to pull it into this one! The image is colored with copics. I took a glitter pen to her wings and dress, and an aqualip gel pen to create the “water” coming out of the watering can.



The new challenge over at DDH is handmade flowers, and it doesn’t get more handmade than this… my second attempt at this spiral cut flower. It is punched with a scallop circle punch and then I used scallop scissors to cut it in a spiral… not to self, cut it thin or it will be a tall funky looking thing… thus the second attempt. I tore out the leaves and tried to emboss vein lines but they aren’t very visible here.



Now it is your turn! Head over to the DDH blog for all the details and to upload your handmade flower entry! You could win some yummy digis to play with!

Thanks for stopping by, please let me know what you think!

Image: Flower Fairies DDH
Other: scallop punch and scissors, glitter pen, aqualip pen, jewels
Copics: 0, E01, E11, E57, E59, E79, R20, YG13, YG17, BG10, B41, B45, Y32, Y35, Y38, W1, W3, W5

DDH Challenge #8 Pearls and/or Lace

Its week two of our DDH Challenge for Pearls and/or Lace. So much fun! I went a little wild with this background, going for some distressed looks here. This cute image is from the DDH set Live Laugh Love.



Once again I colored in copics… imagine that! I just love the images that show you where shading should be with the dots! It makes it so much easier!



Swing on over to the DDH Blog for the challenge details and join in the fun! There are prizes to be had, and lots of DT cards to check out too!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look, please let me know what you think!


Image: Live Laugh Love DDH, Background Soup TAC
Ink: French Lilac, Haystack Palette
Paper: Brown and Purple CS
Other: lace trim, pearl flowers
Copics: YG41, YG45, BV02, BV04, E55, E57, E59, BG10, C1, C3, C5

DDH Lighthouse

Isn’t this lighthouse so neat??? I love the built in shading that these images have, it makes coloring so easy by taking the guessing out of it! It is from the Digi Design House set, Seascape. Its funny, I got done coloring this and then realized I colored a daytime scene and the lights on in the lighthouse... shhh don't tell!



The current challenge over at the DDH Blog is pearls and/or lace. There are some lovely examples this week, and more to come next week… including mine! So go join in the fun!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look, let me know what you think! Have a fabulous day!

Image: Seascape DDH
Paper: Brown, white CS, PP Making Memories noteworthy
Other: Labels One nestabilities, piercer, copics

DDH Fancy Fold Blog Hop

Its time for another DDH Blog Hop! This month we are going for Fancy Folds…. I’m a basic card maker, so fancy folds don’t happen very often for me. I stuck close to home and went with a gate fold card. If you came here from Paula-Kay’s Blog, you are on the right track, if not you should hop over to the DDH blog to start at the beginning!

This pretty fairy is from the Flower Fairies set. I colored her with copics and chalked in the background.

The pearls in the corners are from recollections and I spritzed some Iridescent gold glimmer mist over masks on the purple and then a quick spritz on the image too for some sparkle.

Three mystery Design Team members will be hiding a magic shovel in their fancy fold. This magic shovel will give you A Day at the Beach from Digi Design House just for commenting on their blog post. You have until 6:00PM CST on Sunday, June 12 to comment. At 6:01PM, the number of comments will be tallied, and the random number generator will do its magic to pick the winner. You don't know which team members have the magic shovel, so make sure you comment on EACH stop in the hop. Oh yes, we are giving away THREE FREE STAMP SETS!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look, please let me know what you think! and then be sure to share the love with my fellow DT members! Time to keep hopping, next up is the lovely Tracy!

DDH Blog

Hannah

Stephanie

Debra

Paula-Kay

Teresa That’s me!!!!

Tracy

Christine

Dee

Michelle

Image: Flower Fairies DDH
Paper: purple DCWV, brown and white CS
Other: Glimmer mist, scor-board, tim holtz mask, pearls recollections, corner punch, twine
Copics: E01, E11, E53, R20, V12, V15, V17, YG13, YG17, Y15, Y17

DDH Challenge #7 One Layer Wonders

The challenge over at our DDH blog is One Layer Wonders right now. When Christine posed this challenge, I have to say I was worried. I mean when you use Digi images… and I am fairly new to using them… you have to print them precisely where you want them for a one layer card. It worked out for me though… to my surprise…yeah, don’t laugh!



I decided to use the image Swans from Digi Design House. They are so pretty just paddling away. I even colored light enough with my copics that it didn’t go through!

Now head over to the DDH blog and join in the fun… there are prizes to be had and fabulous DT creations to see!

Thanks for stopping by, please let me know what you think!


Image: Swans DDH
Other: ribbon, gems, copics

Ways to Use It Challenge on SCS

I am so excited to tell you that I am one of the new hostesses for the Ways to Use It Challenge on Splitcoast! It is a weekly challenge and I will occasionally be  the hostess for it! The current challenge is Dying for Die Cuts! Who doesn’t love playing with Die Cuts????



This cute fairy is from Pollycraft. I had so much fun coloring her. The folds in her clothes made for fun shading! My flowers are eh…. not as awesome as I pictured in my mind.. but they are ok… I added stickles so that should make anything better right?



I am also playing along in my friend’s challenge blog, Use it Tuesday, to use flowers and an image not inked up before!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look, please let me know what you think!


Image: Pollycraft
Copics: E00, E11, E53, R20, R02, R05, R08, YG41, YG45, BV02, BV04, BV08, B60, W1, W3, C1

Happy Birthday Debra!

This is a Birthday shout out to my fellow DDH DT and TAC angel Debra Miller. I thought I was so slick getting this posted only to realize I am posting a day late, sorry my dear, but belated Birthday wishes are fun too right???? So be sure to go wish her a Happy Birthday! You can check out some other Birthday cards that were made for Debra on the DDH blog.



This pretty fairy is from the DDH digi set Garden Celebration and it has the cutest cakes and a butterfly too! I colored with copics and then did some sponging. The purple and yellow are DCWV… love how the white core looks when you sand embossing!

The current challenge over at DDH is One Layer Wonders with Christine, this is week one so you have until Sunday the 11th to join in the fun! I’ll have my one layer wonder post to share with you next Monday, so be on the lookout!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look, please let me know what you think.

DDH Challenge #6 Anything But A Card

It is challenge time at DDH, and Stephanie has thrown down with her challenge of Anything But A Card! This is out of the norm for me, since I haven’t even been scrapbooking since the card bug bit me! I decided to go with a Post-it Note holder.



I used the Americana Stamps set from Digi Design House. It is a set of four and they are so fun to color! I even added some glitter pen to the flowers… who says flowers can’t sparkle! You can find this set and many more at the Digi Design House site.

Don’t forget to head over to our blog and join in the fun! There are prizes to be had and fabulous DT projects to see!

Thanks for stopping by, please let me know what you think!

Image: Americana Stamps DDH
Paper: Navy, pink, white
Other: Post-it Note pad (it’s a pink one inside), stamp edge punch, copics

just a pup

This pup and rabbit are from Copic Marker Scrapbooking… it went a different direction than I planned, but after coloring the rabbit and adding in shadows I just kept going with the same colors.

Thanks for stopping by, let me know what you think!

Image: CMS
Paper: white, kraft, brown CS
Ink: Burnt Umber Palette
Other: brads, sponge, corner rounder
Copics: 0, W1, W3, W5, W7