So Doggone Sweet -- for The Paper Shelter

Our Christmas break is over at The Paper Shelter. We are back with weekly challenge for you to participate in. I hope you can join us!

The theme for our first challenge of 2025 is 'embellish it'.  As always, if you use a TPS image and you are chosen the winner, the prize is considerably better.  But, you can enter any challenge you would like. 

For the 'embellish it' theme, I have used the darling image A Walk in Style: 

I colored A Walk in Style with Copic markers.  Then I used a set of dies from Taylored Expressions to cutout the image and to back them.  The paw print paper is a digital paper from AMB Illustrations.  They ave some great pet papers! I found the paw print embellishments in my stash.  They are from The Paper Studio.  The sentiment is a clear stamp from Close To My Heart.  It is part of a set. 

Below is a graphic explaining the prize structure:

I hope you like my Walk in Style. I really enjoyed creating this 5x7 card. I also hope I see ou entered in The Paper Shelter challenge.  I'd love to see what you create. 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends -- ATG

Word Art Wednesday -- ATG

Digichoosday -- ATG

Promarker Challenge -- Favorite colors (teal & pink)

I Spy with my Little Eye -- feather or fur (fur)

Love Heart -- An All Dressed Up Stamps new release

 Hello, and thanks for visiting my blog!  Today, the All Dressed Up Stamps design team member are showcasing this month's New Releases.  There are 3 of them.  They are all found in the All Dressed Up Stamps Etsy Shop. 

I had the delightful experience of being able to design with new release image, Love Heart:

Isn't she a super sweet image?  I colored Love Heart with a combination of Copic and Olo markers. This is a mini slim sized card.  The pink hearts paper is from AMB Illustrations.  I used a set of mini slim dies from Trinity Stamps to frame the Love Heart image and add the hearts paper layer.  The small stitched hearts are part of a die set from Close To My Heart. The sentiment is from my stash.

Thanks for the visit!  Stop by the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Group and the ADU Blog for more inspiration and challenges to enter!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenge:

Passion for Markers -- die or punches (used a few dies on this)

Wellie Boots -- A New Release for All Dressed Up Stamps

 It's New Release day at All Dressed Up Stamps!  You can find great inspiration from the design team on Facebook, and on the ADU challenge blog. You'll find inspiration for 3 incredible new releases!

I had the joy of being able to create with Wellie Boots.  What could be cuter than a creation with this Wellie Boots digital stamp? 

I colored Wellie Boots with Copic markers. I then used a new set of stacking dies from Spellbinders to cut her out and layer her on the shaped card.  The papers are from AMB Illustrations and the watering can is from Crafter's Companion.  The sentiment is from a Pink & Main stamp set. 

I hope you check out the other great inspiration from the talented DT, and join us in our challenges.  I'd love to see what you create with this, or any other ADU image.

Happy crafting!

I'm entering this in the:

Passion For Markers challenge -- dies & or punches (dies)

The Paper Funday -- ATG/optional twist -- no squares 

Word Art Wednesday -- ATG

Digichoosday -- ATG

Cafe -- an All Dressed Up Stamps New Release

 Hey, hey, crafty friends! It's new release day at All Dressed Up Stamps!  There are 3 new releases.  I was fortunate enough to be able to play with Cafe. It's the perfect image for Fall & Winter (or dog lovers). 

Here's what I created with Cafe: 

I colored Cafe with Copic markers.  I realized I had sized her to perfectly fit on a mini slimline card, so that's what I created.  There's a bit of ink blending on the card base, then a piece of snowflake paper from AMB Illustrations.  I used a couple stitched mini slimline dies from Queen & Company.  The sentiment is a stamp from Hero Arts.  I heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I added some drip drops from Taylored Expressions to finish off the card.

Check out the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group, and the All Dressed Up Stamps Challenge blog for more great New Release inspiration! 

Sweet Birthday Wishes -- for Dies R Us Challenges

 It's March 1, and although I'm not doing much creating these days, the months are still going too fast!  March 1 -- that means a new challenge is starting today on the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. In March, the theme is "Anything Goes" -- just use a brand of die sold in the Dies R Us Store. 

I have a young friend who is celebrating her 11th birthday in a couple days.  She & I have been pen pals since she was 8, and although we've never met, she is near and dear to me from all the letters and cards we've exchanged over the years.  She loves my homemade cards, so I wanted a special one for her birthday.  Here's what I created for her big day:

I love shaped cards, and hope she does, too!  I made this card using a Crafter's Companion Create-a-Card die set, Sweet Treats.  The stitched heart, with the sentiment on it, is from Lawn Fawn. It is one of the Just Stitching Hearts die set. 

I hope you can join us this next 2 weeks for our Anything Goes (as long as you use a brand of die sold in the Dies R Us Store) challenge at Dies R Us Challenges. One random winner will receive a gift certificate to the Dies R Us Store.  There are also 3 designer choice awards each challenge. 

For our Canadian friends, check out the Didi Crafts Store for a large selection of dies and crafting supplies, with reasonable shipping rates. 

Scent with Love -- for Dies R Us Challenges

 It's the first of the month, and it's time for a new challenge at Dies R Us Challenges.  This month, the theme is Valentines/Love. Just use a brand of die sold in the Dies R Us Store, use the theme, and you are good to go! 

I picked up some of the recent new release from Lawn Fawn in the Dies R Us Store and thought I'd have a play. This card is for you, and it's scent with love!

I used elements from both the Scent with Love and Scent with Love Add On. I stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I colored them with Copic markers, them used the matching Lawn Fawn dies to cut them out.  I cut out the giant XOXO twice.   It is also a new release from Lawn Fawn. I placed all this in front of a nested stitched heart die from Tutti Designs.

The background paper is by AMB Illustrations. I thought it fit the card very well, with it's small hearts and "stitched" appearance. 

I hope you join us this next two week's for our Valentine's/Love challenge.  There will be a gift certificate awarded and 3 designer choice awards.

For our friends in Canada, check our Didi Crafts. They have a great selection of crafting supplies and reasonable shipping rates!

Misty Reflections -- for Ching Chou Kuik

 It's Tuesday, and I'm posting today for the Ching Chou Kuik Inspiration & Challenge Blog. I love my Tuesdays!  These images are so much fun!  Our October challenge still has lots of time for you to link up, with the theme of Boo-tiful Halloween (or pumpkins or Halloween colors).

For my inspiration card today, I used the luscious image, Misty Refections, colored with Copic  markers.  

I used various circle dies,  and papers from AMB Illustrations.  The sentiment is from a stamp company no longer in business, and cut out with a die from Tonic Studios. 

I hope you check the CCK blog frequently for great inspiration!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Crafty Calendar -- Halloween

Morgan's Artworld -- ATG

A Bit More Time to Craft --ATG

2 Old Bats Halloween Challenge --AT Halloween Goes

Crafty Animals Challenge -- ATG with an animal

D.L. Art -- October Linky Party

Autumn's Here -- for Ching-Chou Kuik

 It's Tuesday, and this is the day I'm lucky enough to post on the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration & Challenge Blog. The current challenge is underway, with a theme of Thanksgiving, or Autumn, or Fall, or Autumn colors (red, orange, & green).

For today's inspirational card, I used the lovely image, Autumn's Here, colored with Copics:

I cut the image out and backed it with two oval dies by Spellbinders.  The sunflower paper and the dotted paper is from AMB Illustrations.  The You Shine sentiment is from Tonic Studios.  The crinkle ribbon is from D.L. Art. She has some scrumptious crinkle ribbon. 

I hope you visit the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration & Challenge Blog often to see what the other talented designers are creating! Then, check out the CCK Facebook group for another challenge and more great inspiration. 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

D.L. Art -- August Linky Party

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG with a hand colored image

TTCRD -- ATG

DigiChoosday -- ATG

Crafty Sentiments -- ATG

Beloved Sunshine -- for Ching-Chou Kuik

 It's Tuesday, and this is the day that I'm lucky enough to be able to post on the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge Blog.  A new challenge is just getting underway on the challenge blog with the theme of Thanksgiving or Autumn Colors, e.g. red, or brown, or green.   I hope you join us! 

I used the very pretty image Beloved Sunshine on today's inspiration card. It comes with 2 versions, and I used the one I could fussy cut the easiest:

I colored Beloved Sunshine with Copic markers, then fussy cut it. The intricate frame behind the Beloved Sunshine image  is a die from Crafter's Companion. The sentiment is a stamp set from Tonic Studios, stamped unto a die set from Crafter's Companion.  The sunflower paper is from AMB Illustrations. 

I hope you visit the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration & Challenge Blog often to see what the talented design team has created, and of course, to enter the current challenge.  It runs all month. There is more inspiration and another challenge in the CCK Facebook group.  Hope to see you there! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

D.L. Art -- August Linky Party

Morgan's Artworld -- ATG

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG with a Colored image

QKR Stampede -- ATG

You're Doggone Amazing -- for All Dressed Up Stamps

 August 1 -- and that means it's the start of a new challenge  in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Group.  The challenge will run all month, and the theme is "Be Square". Easy peasy, right?  Grab your favorite All Dressed Up Stamps digi from the store, color it up, make it square, and join us!  You could win more incredible digis for the next challenge! 

I have many favorite All Dressed Up Stamps images, and I'd be hard pressed to pick just one, but I think Play Day ranks right up there as one of those that makes me smile every time! 

I colored Play Day with mostly Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, using just a few Copics.  I used a Spellbinders die to make the image a square.  I computer generated the sentiment and used another Spellbinders set to make the sentiment square.  The paw print paper is from AMB Illustrations.   The die cut paw print is from Cheery Lynn.  The twine is from my stash. 

I hope you can join us this month for our 'Make it Square' challenge in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Group.  I'd love to see what you create! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

A Perfect Time to Craft -- ATG

A Bit More Time to Craft -- ATG

A Bit More Time to Craft Extra -- ATG

You Make Me Happy -- a New Release for All Dressed Up Stamps

 It's the 22nd of the month -- one of the days that the All Dressed Up Stamps design team showcases this month's new releases.  I love any opportunity to color up these darling images! You'll find this month's new releases, and all the wonderful art of Wendy Burns in the All Dressed Up Stamps Etsy Shop. 

This month, I had the fun of designing with Summer Fairy.  She is an absolute delight!

I colored Summer Fairy with Copic markers.  The stamp is by Crafter's Companion, and I was VERY disappointed with how it stamped! The papers on the card are digital, and are from AMB Illustrations. 

You'll find more inspiration for this, and the other new releases (there are 3 this month), in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook Group, and on the All Dressed Up Stamps Blog. You'll also find challenges both places.  Pick up this adorable Summer Fairy, color her up, and join the challenges!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

DigiChoosday -- ATG

Pink Gem Challenge -- ATG

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG with a hand colored image

Crafty Sentiments -- ATG

Enjoy the Little Things -- for Cute Card Thursday

 It's Thursday, and every Thursday, a new challenge begins at Cute Card Thursday.  Some weeks there is a theme, but this week, it is Anything Goes!  Yes, everyone's favorite -- Anything Goes! The challenge starts today, and goes all week.

This week's challenge is sponsored by Whimsy Stamps. I had the joy of coloring up the delightful digi, Travel At Your Own Pace. I used it to create this:

I colored Travel At Your own Pace with Copic markers, then used a wonky stitched die by The Scrapping Cottage to cut it out. 

The papers on this card are by AMB Illustrations.  The paw print die cut is by Cheery Lynn, and was purchased at the Dies R Us Store. 

I hope you can join us this week at Cute Card Thursday, and a big thank you to Whimsy Stamps for sponsoring us! 

D.L. Art -- May Linky Party

Word Art Wednesday -- ATG

2 Crafty Critter Crazies -- ATG with a critter

Crafty Animals -- ATG with an animal

Colour Crazy -- ATG with a hand colored image

Seas the Day -- For Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

 It's the first Sunday of the month, and that means there is a new challenge starting today at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.  The challenge runs for 2 weeks, and it's always Anything Goes! We have great sponsors, so you'll want to make sure and enter!

This challenge, we are sponsored by Fabrika Fantasy.  They have some wonderful images, so check out their store!

I had the fun of coloring up Beautiful Seahorse.  Here's what I created:

I colored Beautiful Seahorse with Copic markers, then cut it out and backed it with some stitched dies from The Scrapping Cottage.

I found these fun underwater papers in the AMB Illustrations store.  I computer generated the sentiment, and used some sequins from my stash.

I hope you can join us these next 2 weeks over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends. I'd love to see what you create, and we have great sponsors -- like Fabrika Fantasy! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG with a hand colored image

2 Crafty Critter Crazies -- ATG with a critter

Crafty Animals -- ATG with an animal

Promarker Challenge -- Sentimental 

D.L. Art -- May linky party

Spring is B-a-a-a-ck! for SheepSki Designs

 It's April 1st, and we're starting a new challenge on the SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog. The challenge runs the whole month of April, and the them is "Animal Magic".  You can find many wonderful images that will fit this theme in the SheepSki Designs Etsy Shop. 

For my DT inspiration, I colored up the wonderful image, Spring Lamb:

I colored Spring Lamb with Copic markers, then used some papers from AMB Illustrations.  I computer generated the sentiment.

I hope you can join us this month at SheepSki Designs Challenges for the Animal Magic challenge. I'd love to see what you create! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Everybody Art -- Easter

Try it on Tuesday -- Hello Spring

Cutie Pie Challenge -- Bunnies & Blooms (spring)

Easter Greetings -- For Dies R Us Challenges

 April 1 -- it's a new month, and it's a new challenge at Dies R Us Challenges. Our challenges are Anything Goes, as long as you use a brand of die sold in the Dies R Us Store. They last 2 weeks, with the next one beginning the 15th of the month. 

Since Easter is just around the corner, and I really like to send Easter cards, I took advantage of today's challenge to create one last Easter card:

This card uses an Expressions Interchangeable Butterfly Foliage Die from Crafter's Companion. You can interchange it with the sentiments "Happy Birthday" & "Happy thoughts".  Very cool concept! The adorable little bunny is part of the Impression Obsession Bunny Die Set. There are 3 small bunnies in this set.

The flowered background paper is from AMB Illustrations. 

I hope you can join us the next 2 weeks at Dies R Us Challenges. You might be the lucky winner of a gift certificate, or one of the designer choice recipients.

If you are in Canada, check out the Didi Crafts Store for fantastic products and great shipping rates! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Shopping our Stash -- Here Comes Peter Cottontail (anything Easter)

D.L. Art -- April Linky Party

A Bit More Time to Craft -- ATG

Stella Says Sketch -- Bunny Style!

 It's Sunday, and over on the Catch the Bug Blog, a new Stella Says Sketch Challenge is starting today.  It's all for Bugaboo Stamps, of course! 

I'll show you my card first, the image I used, and eventually show you this week's sketch.  I promise!

Since Easter is so close, I thought I'd make another Easter card for today's challenge.  I used the darling Easter Bunny - Eggs digital image to create this:

I colored Easter Bunny - Eggs with Copic markers.

Here's the new sketch at Stella Says Sketch:

The current challenge will run for 2 weeks.

The papers that I used on this card are from AMB Illustrations.  I found some darling Easter papers there.  The acrylic stamp is from Crafter's Companion.  The enamel dots were from Close To My Heart.

Join us over at Catch the Bug Blog for Stella Says Sketch!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

AUD Sentiment -- Animals + a Sentiment

Animal Friends -- Rabbit

Pink Gem Challenge -- ATG

D.L. Art -- ATG

Happy Easter to Ewe! for Bugaboo Stamps & Cute Card Thursday

 It's Thursday!  It's nearly Easter, and Thursday's mean a couple of things.  There's always a new challenge at Cute Card Thursday. The theme this week is Easter.  It's also always Oldie but Goodie day at Catch the Bug Challenges for Bugaboo Stamps. 

I found this darling older stamps at Bugaboo Stamps that I thought would work for both design teams, and thus, both posts, so I am combining them here.  It just so happens Bugaboo Stamps is the awesome sponsor of this week's challenge at Cute Card Thursday! 

Here's Happy Easter to Ewe:

I colored Happy Easter to Ewe with Copic markers, then found a sketch I liked at Sketch Saturday and used it for this card.  The papers are from AMB Illustrations.  The sentiment comes with the Happy Easter to Ewe image. 

Check out what the other talented Bugaboo Stamps designer made for Oldie but Goodie Thursday over on the Catch the Bug Blog. 

I hope you can join us at Cute Card Thursday for our Easter Challenge. You'll find many awesome Easter images in the Bugaboo Stamps Store.  They are such an awesome sponsor! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Crafty Creations -- ATG

The Sisterhood of Crafters -- Easter/Spring

Crafty Animals -- ATG with an animal

Word Art Wednesday -- ATG

AUD Sentiment -- Animals + a sentiment

D.L. Art -- March Linky Party

Be Happy With What You Have -- for Bugaboo Stamps

 It's Friday, and that means Freebie Friday at Bugaboo Stamps! Every Friday, there is a new freebie, given to you, the Bugaboo Stamps faithful followers for a week.  Then, next Friday, there will be another Freebie!  

Today's freebie is Violet Can.  It is perfect for all your springtime projects and even Easter!

I colored Violet Can with mostly Copic markers, but used a couple Spectrum Noir Triblend brush markers on the checks on the can.

I thought this Violet Can would lend itself well to an easel card, so made this into a circle easel card.  The tone-on-tone checked paper is from AMB Illustrations.  The sentiment is from We Are 3 Digital Shop. It is one of the You Know Sentiments. There are 4 in the set.  

Check out what the other talented Bugaboo Stamps designers have made with today's freebie over at Catch the Bug Blog. Then, come back tomorrow for the start of a new challenge.  You can always use your freebie to enter the challenge! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Promarker Challenge -- Happy

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG with a hand colored image

D.L. Art -- March Linky Party

Crafty Sentiments -- ATG

Fab New Hair Do -- for Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

 It's the first Sunday of the month, so that means a new challenge is getting underway at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends! The challenges are always Anything Goes, and they last for a whole month -- so plenty of time!  

This month, we have the awesome sponsor, All Dressed Up Stamps! I could color up any number of wonderful images in the All Dressed Up Stamps Etsy Shop, but for this challenge, I chose the fabulous New Hair Do!

I colored up New Hair Do with Copic markers.  The papers are from AMB Illustrations.  The sentiment is computer generated.

I hope you join us this month at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends for our Anything Goes Challenge. We have wonderful sponsors -- like All Dressed Up Stamps! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Passion for Markers -- Use a Circle (sequins, dotty paper)

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG

D.L. Art -- March Linky Party

Polkadoodle Challenge -- ATG

Outlawz Monday Greetings -- Feminine

Lucky You -- for Bugaboo Stamps

 It's Sunday, and it's time for another Stella Says Sketch Challenge for Bugaboo Stamps. It all happens over on the Catch the Bug Blog!  It begins today and runs for two weeks. 

With St. Patrick's Day just around the corner, I'm making cards for the holiday.  I decided to add another one to my stash using today's sketch for Stella Says Sketch.

Using Edward St. Patrick's Day,  I created this:

I colored Edward St. Patrick's Day with Copic markers, then followed the current sketch to create my card.  Here's the sketch:

The  shamrock paper is by AMB Illustrations.

I hope you can join us the next to weeks at Catch the Bug Blog for the newest Stella Says Sketch Challenge.  I'd love to see what you create!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

D.L. Art -- Feb. Linky Party

Crafty Animals Challenge -- ATG with an animal

Polkadoodles Challenge -- ATG

Send a Smile 4 Kids -- Spring cards 4 Kids