Sandy Toes New Release with Artful Angel

 Hey crafty peeps!  It's the Victoria Day long weekend here in Canada and what a beauty it was weather-wise!  I was totally dreaming of the water and sandy beaches when I created this card using the new release "Sandy Toes" stamp set from Artful Angel, available May 25th.

I colored this sweetie with my Prismacolor Pencils on Neenah Desert Storm card stock.  I haven't colored with my pencils in a while.  I'm so glad I did, I thought I was losing my nerve lol.  There's a sneek peek of something else in this project as well!  If you look closely, you might see a layer of a new Artful Angel 6 x 6 patterned paper (think pink!).

Theses new stamps and patterned paper will be available in the Artful Angel shop on May 25th, stay tuned for more inspiration from our wonderful Design Team and Guest Designers in the Facebook Group for Artful Angel.

Above and Beyond with Joy Clair Designs

 I have another floral design to share with you today using the Above and Beyond digital stamp set from Joy Clair Designs.  

I decided to color this image with a monochromatice color pallette.  I used the E40 colors along with some white Prismacolor pencil to brighten the highlights.  I layered the image over some patterned paper from my stash and added some enamel dots.  Lastly, I printed out a digital sentiment from the same set and popped it up on some dimensional adhesive.

Do you sometimes have a person in mind when you are creating a card or coloring a particular image?  I did with this one.  My daughter had just crashed her car the day before and one of the many things that stuck out for us in this experience was the nice people that came out of their homes to assist her!  In particular, a lady named Linda who heard and saw the crash from her kitchen window and immediately came to my daughter's aid.  My daughter and her friend are fine (the car is another story), don't worry, but they had never been in an accident before and are only in their early 20's.  So, it was an upsetting experience for both of them.  Paige mentioned she would like to give Linda a thank you card for her assistance that day and so this card came out of that situation.  Thank you Linda, you are a godsend :)

HLS ATC Challenge: Set of 3

Hello everyone, I have been a bit behind, but I am posting my ATCs that were October for the HLS challenge blog.  This challenge is now over, but that doesn't mean you can't still use it for inspiration!

One of a Kind with Paper Nest Dolls

Hello!  It's time for a new challenge at the Paper Nest Dolls, and I have chosen to create with the sweet image called "Avery with Crayons".

I colored her with my Copic markers and Prismacolor Premiere pencils, and paired her with some paper from the Simple Stories "DIY Boutique" collection.  The leaves die cut is from Tim Holtz Alterations, and the sentiment and flowers are from my stash.  I finished it off with Nuvo Crystal Drops.

The new challenge starts today and the theme is always Anything Goes!  Come on over to the challenge blog and join us, you have all month to play along :)

See you soon!

Troll Ellie appreciates kindness :)

Hello all from the weirdly warm Northwestern Ontario!  Seriously, it's plus 9 Celsius here today.  That is so weird for us for February!  This is when we would normally be having minus 30 degree weather!  Now, don't get me wrong, I like the warmth, but it also makes me wonder what is coming...

So on that note, I couldn't help but color up a fun and spring themed thank you card for Paper Nest Dolls this week :)  I colored "Troll Ellie" for this card and paired her with some Webster's Pages paper.  I added some die cuts to match and some Nuvo Crystal Drops, and here she is!

You can find the digital stamp version of this image in the online shop at Paper Nest Dolls.

Come and join us for the monthly challenge, you still have time!  The theme is always Anything Goes :)

See you soon!

Time for a new challenge at PND!

Hello everyone :)  I hope everyone has evaded the dreaded flu bug that's going around.  Knock on wood, right?

It's time for a new challenge at the Paper Nest Dolls and I have chosen to create a sweet card using Winter Gift Emma.

She is just so sweet and I couldn't resist coloring her in my favorite winter colors!

Come on over to the Paper Nest Dolls challenge blog and join in the challenge this month!  The theme is always anything goes and you have a full month to create a card :)

See you soon!

A Very Happy New Year and some Paper Nest Dolls, and a new challenge :)

Happy New Year everyone!  How did you spend your New Year's Eve?  We spent it with family, which is definitely the best way to go.

It's time for a new challenge at the Paper Nest Dolls, and to start of the new year I have chosen to create using a brand new doll for Valentine's Day!

This is Love Letter Avery:

I colored her using my Copics and Prismacolor pencils, and completed the card using two La La Land dies, ribbon and flowers from my stash, paper from the Webster's Pages "Painted Passport" collection and glitter paper from American Crafts.

I love the way she turned out, she was so much fun to color and create with.

Come and join the challenge, the theme is always anything goes!  The challenge starts today (always the first Monday of the month) and runs till the end of the month, so you have plenty of time to join in!  See you soon :)

Elf Emma with Lights and Paper Nest Dolls

Christmas is over and the new year is almost here!  Are you excited?  Did you make resolutions or goals for the new year?  I made a couple goals that I intend to reach this year!  And I'm excited to get started.

To finish the 2016 Paper Nest Dolls year off, I decided to color one of Christine's fabulous Christmas images.  This is Elf Emma with Lights:

I colored her using my Copics and Prismacolor Pencils and completed the card using paper from the Recollections "Say Freeze" collection and some adhesive pearls from my stash.  The sentiment is from my Stamp of Approval box and the stamp set was manufactured by Catherine Pooler Designs.

Stay tuned for more fun....Monday starts a new challenge at Paper Nest Dolls!

Paper Nest Dolls Challenge

Hello everyone, it's challenge day at the Paper Nest Dolls, and I have created a card using "Fashion Doll:  Sailor".

I have colored her using my Copics and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1081
Hair:  Y21
PC1034, 943, 1099, 1012
Clothes:  E11, B34, R27
PC1082, 946, 948, 1051, 1054, 1058, 938, 1040, 935, 901, 924, 925, 937, 1024,1100

I completed this card using paper from the Authentique "Abroad" collection, as well as a sentiment from Tim Holtz, papers from my stash and a Scalloped Circles die set.

You can find this rubber stamp and many others in the online shop at Paper Nest Dolls.  Come and join us for the challenge, you have a whole month to create and the theme is always Anything Goes!

See you again soon!

Saturday Series and Quick Creations with TGF!

I have another Saturday Series card for you today, using The Greeting Farm's Miss Anya "Night Out" :)

I created this card using paper from the Bo Bunny "Soiree" collection, the Lala Land Lattice Border die and some flowers, ribbon and a sentiment from my stash.  Unfortunately Noelle has sold out of this particular stamp set, but she has many other Miss Anya sets to choose from!

I colored her using my Copics, Prismacolor markers and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC929, 937, 1029, 1081
Hair:  PB199
PC1068, 1072, 1074, 1076, 935
Clothes:  PB167
PC912, 1005, 908

You can find all of the linked products in the online shop at Quick Creations :)

Come back soon for more fun and inspiration!

Feature Fridays: Altenew Hennah Elements

Hi!  I have a new Friday Feature for you for the next few Fridays:)  I have taken Altenew's Hennah Elements stamp and die set and created three different cards.  So for the next three Fridays, I will feature this stamp set.

Here is the first :)

For this card, I first stamped the background with a vine stamp from my stash.  Then I stamped the large flowers and leaves and die cut them out using the matching dies to the stamp set.  I colored them first with my copics and then added shading with my Prismacolor Pencils.  There are no details to add since these wonderful stamps have all the details you need :)  The sentiment is also from my stash and is stamped in Momento Gold and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

Thanks for stopping by today, come back next week for another card featuring the Altenew Hennah Elements stamp and die set :)

Strawberry Emma with Paper Nest Dolls

I have a bright happy card for you today for the Paper Nest Dolls, featuring Strawberry Emma :)

I completed this card with paper from the Pebbles "Front Porch" collection, as well as the Joycraft Border Die 0149, some string and flowers from my stash and a sentiment from Altenew's Persian Motifs stamp set.

I have colored Strawberry Emma in Copics and Prismacolor Premiere Pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1081
Hair:  E31
PC1082, 1084, 947, 948, 935
Strawberry:  R24, YG03
PC922, 924, 937, 1005, 908, 988
Clothes:  R24, YG03, RV10, N2
PC922, 924, 937, 1005, 908, 988, 1014, 993, 994, 1052, 1058, 935, 938
Ground:  C3, C1
PC1067

Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget we have our Anything Goes Challenge runs all month long and opens and closes on the first Monday of every month!  See you soon :)

Friday Feature - Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils

For this week's feature, I have a card created using the Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils.  And I have to tell you, although I am a Prismacolor fan, these were my least favorite of the five sets.  It could very well be because this is also the oldest of the five sets (like 25 years!) however, they did not blend well at all, and I found them very grainy for WC pencils.

This is a very small set, lol, 6 pencils, and I think I used them all here lol.  You can see in the picture the grain-iness of them (is that even a word? LOL!)  However, I stil think the card turned out ok.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up "Really Good Greetings" and the flowers are Hero Arts.

Next week, the last of the WC pencils is Prima, another great one :) See you then!

Traveling Ellie with Paper Nest Dolls

It's challenge time at Paper Nest Dolls!  For this month's challenge I have chosen to create a card with "Traveling Ellie" :)  She is too cute :)

Told you she was cute, lol.  I created a 5x7 card this month which I don't normally do, I usually prefer the 4.25 by 5.5 inch cards.

I created this card using paper from the Studio Calico "South of Market" collections, as well the "Nested Banner" die from Jillian Vance.  The flowers and embellishments are all from my stash.

I colored her using my Copics, Prismacolor markers and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1081
Hair:  YR21
PC1034, 942, 943
Clothes:  YG03, YR02, YR24
PC916, 1002, 1033, 923, 944, 937, 925, 912, 9008
Bag:  PB199, Y23
PC1082, 948, 1003, 943

You can find this rubber stamp in the Paper Nest Dolls online shop.  Come back soon for more inspiration, and don't forget to come and join us for the Anything Goes challenge every month!

Magnolia Tulips Thinking of You with Quick Creations

Hello everyone, I have a card for you today for Quick Creations using the Magnolia stamps "Two Tulips", Lawn Fawn's "Scripty Sayings" stamp set and paper from the CC Designs "Pastel my Belle" collection.

I colored this image using my Prismacolor Premiere Pencils on hot pressed water color paper.  I love pencils on this paper, it seems to have just the right amount of tooth to it, and the pencils blend just beautifully.

I stamped the tulips and masked them off to be able to stamp them three times in total to look like a row of tulips.

You can find the linked items in Noelle's online shop at Quick Creations.  Come and join in the monthly challenge, there is a new one starting soon!

Miss Anya Bags #3 with Quick Creations :)

The third and last image from the Miss Anya Bags stamp set from The Greeting Farm, this one is my favorite of them all.  I created this for some fun inspiration for Quick Creations :)

I created this card using paper from the My Mind's Eye "Cowboy" collection, some flowers and bling from my stash and the  CC Designs Scalloped Circles die set.  The sentiment is from the My Creative Time "Believe in Your Dreams" stamp set.

I colored her using my Copics, Prismacolor markers and Prismacolor Premiere Pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1081
Hair:  Y21
PC942, 1034, 943
Clothes:  BG70
PC1088, 936, 1027, 901
Bag:  PB199
PC1068, 1084, 1094, 948

You can find the linked products in Noelle's shop at Quick Creations.  Noelle gives excellent customer service and she sends packages out super fast, so go and see what she has in the shop!

Plant Some Kindness witih Quick Creations and Your Next Stamp

I have a set of four thank you cards for you today using the "Plant Some Kindness" stamp and die set from Your Next Stamp, available at Quick Creations :)

These cards turned out so sweet, and they are smaller than my usual size, at 2.75 x 4.25. 

To complete these cards I used the following products from the Quick Creations shop:

"Plant Some Kindness" clear stamps and dies from Your Next Stamp
Simple Stories "Carpe Diem" 6 x 6 paper
Simple Stories "Carpe Diem" enamel Dots
Simple Stories "Carpe Diem" Paper Clips
Nuvo Crystal Drops in Sweet Lilac, Caribbean Ocean and Ivory Seashell
Nuvo Glitter Drops in  Sherbert Shimmer

I really enjoyed the spotlight technique I used here, it is a great way to focus on one small image :)

Come back and visit again soon for more inspiration for Quick Creations :)

Good Witch Emma with Paper Nest Dolls :)

Hello everyone, I have some sweet inspiration for you today for Paper Nest Dolls.  This is Good Witch Emma :)

She is so sweet!   And you can find the rubber stamp of her in the online shop at Paper Nest Dolls :)

To create this card, I used paper from the My Mind's Eye "Blush" collection as well as some sequins and flowers from my stash.  The sentiment is from an unknown stamp set that I have in my stash lol, sorry, I have no idea what company it's from...I know, bad, bad, bad.

I colored her using my Copics and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1081
Hair:  Y23
PC942, 1034, 943, 916
Clothes:  Y32, R81
PC994, 995, 938

Thanks for stopping by!  Come back soon for more Paper Nest Dolls inspiration, and don't forget to join in the monthly challenge, the theme is always Anything Goes!

A Blog Hop with Quick Creations!

Hello everyone, we have a fun blog hop planned for you for the next two days :)  We have all created using the NEW Paper Nest Dolls exclusive images for Quick Creations :)

Before I show you my creation, I want to make sure you have come here from the Quick Creations blog, where Noelle has posted her creation for the hop.  If you didn't start there, please go back and do that :)  In order to be eligible to win the prize, you must comment on every blog in the hop!

So, here we go!:

Welcome to the Quick Creations Blog Hop Featuring The Paper Nest Dolls Exclusives, available only at Quick Creations! Before we get into the hop, Quick Creations is offering a 10% off code for all orders using the code: HOP10OFF . This code is valid on August 6th, 2016 ONLY! It cannot be combined with shipping discounts or rewards coupons. One code per order/package. The prize for the hop is 1 of each exclusive stamp! 

Here are the rules:

1. You must comment on every person’s post along the hop. Facebook comments do not count.

2. You must complete the hop by August 8th, 11:59 P.M. Pacific Time.

3. Winners will be announced August 9th!

4. Have fun hopping!

BLOG HOP LINE-UP

Quick Creations Blog- http://www.quickcreations.blogspot.com/...

Leah - http://odetopaper.blogspot.ca/  **You are Here**

Nikki- https://nicoledesigns.net/

Olivia - http://ormcraftynights.blogspot.com/...

Kelli - http://stampingwithadream.blogspot.com/...

Cindy - http://daydreamingtocreate.blogspot.com/...

Jo - http://joboogie.typepad.com/stampin...

Lameka - https://www.youtube.com/user/Marcnm...

Rachel- http://kneedeepinpaper.blogspot.com/...

So here is my creation using Fairy Emma and both Fairy Kittens :)

To create this card I used paper from the Kaisercraft Fairy Dust collection, and Nuvo Crystal Drops in Sweet Lilac, as well as my Spectrum Sparkle pen!

I colored her using my Copics, Prismacolor markers and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Skin: E000

PC927, 939, 1081

Hair:  PB199

PC1083, 946, 1076, 935

Dress:  BG10

PC992, 905, 901, 1027

Wings:  PB99

PC1026, 934

Stars:  Y21

PC916, 1033

Kitten 1:  PB99, BG10

PC1018, 901, 1058, 1027, 935, 1051, 992, 905

Kitten 2:  PB99, V20

PC932, 956, 935, 901, 1051, 1018, 1058

Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget to visit all the blogs in the lineup to eligible to win the prize :)

Queen of Hearts with Paper Nest Dolls :)

Hello everyone, it's challenge time again at Paper Nest Dolls Challenge Blog!

I have created a card for you today using the fun rubber stamp image "Queen of Hearts Ellie":

Isn't she fun?

I created this card using paper from the Cosmo Cricket "Baby Jane" collection, as well some ribbon and bling from my stash.  The sentiment is from JoyClair's "You and Me" sentiments stamp set.

I colored her using my Copics and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1081
Hair:  E31
PC941, 947, 948
Clothes:  C1, R22, BG10
PC1065, 923, 1060, 905, 1067, 992, 937, 1027, 925

You can find this sweet stamp and many more in the Paper Nest Dolls online shop :)  Check soon for more inspiration from our talented design team, and don't forget to join in the challenge!  The theme is always Anything Goes!