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Friday, April 27, 2012

Girl in Red


Such a sweet little image to work with from Whoopsidaisy Digi Stamps.  The card is for the CDAC Progressive Challenge.  The image is colored with copics and the background was sprayed with Memories mists. Popped up the images and the sentiment. A few stitches on my machine to add the Ribbon and Lace from my stash.  The sentiment was computer generated.  A fun card to make.

Hope that I can get more cards done for this challenge series, off to a slow start this time.  Will be nice when my husband is better and at home again.  He has his hip x-rayed next Thursday to see how it has healed, and hopefully will be home soon after that.  (No weight bearing on the left leg for six weeks.)

Monday, April 16, 2012

King Bear


My last card #6 for CDAC Progressive Challenge 15, series 3.  This little brown bear is an image from Pixies Piecings which I have colored with copics.  Framed with a Spellbinders Die. And then I used a south west corner punch and added some cord to the edges.  The rhinstones were from Studio 18.  This challenge was all about bears!

Can't wait to see what images the next challenge will bring.

Birthday Bear


The fifth card for CDAC Progressive Challenge 15, series 3.  This bear is also from TLC, but this time he has a cupcake with three candles.  I have colored the bear and the cake with copics.  I added the sentiment with the computer on DP from my stash.  The bottom portion  is a cuttlebug folder with dots. Then a piece of white ribbon and two metal flowers with brads from Nunn Design to complete the card.

Busy day, don't know if I will get the last card finished before tomorrow or not.

Just to say Hi!


This is my fourth card for the CDAC Progressive Challenge, another bear, this on from TLC Creations, isn't he adorable!  I have paper pieced him, added flowers; Fabrice Fancies from Prima.  I added the HI so that I can use this as a note card when needed.

Went to the coffee party this morning for the Monday Morning Gypsies which I belong to, the weather sure does make you feel like golfing.  We signed up for an early start next week, looking forward to being outside a little more.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Bear On A Cloud


This is my third card for CDAC Progressive Challenge 15, Series 3.  It is a sweet image from Bugaboo Stamps.  I have paper pieced and also used my copics on the image.  The DP is from My Little Shoebox and the sentiment is from my stash.  A little bit of stickles on his heart.
I am up late, waiting on my son and his family coming to stay the night and tomorrow they will visit with my husband who is still in the hospital.  Then, on their way home they will drop my son, Ken at the airport to go back to Africa to work for six weeks.

I'ts a Boy Bear



This cuddly looking image of the bear with the bottle is from Mami Doodles.  I have colored him with copics and then colored the Petaloo Butterfly in the same colors.  I have used a nine square design on the card background.  This card is for the CDAC Progressive Challenge 15, Series 3.  This is the 2nd card I have completed for this challenge.

It was suppose to rain to-day - we did get a few minutes of rain but otherwise it has been a beautiful day, quite mild.



Thursday, April 12, 2012

Miss Pink


This is my first card for the CDAC Progressive Challenge 15.  The images are all bears this time.
This sweetie is from Inked Treasures and I have colored her with copics.  The glitter border is cut from a Spellbinders die, and Art Accentz glitter applied.  A row of pink sequins and DP from my stash finish it off.

Saturday, March 31, 2012

A Basket of Sunshine


Shelly's Images has provided this beautiful digital image basket for the CDAC Progressive Challenge 14 series 3. The basket is colored with copics.  I thought the basket was perfect for Easter Eggs and chicks.  The chickies made me think of sunshine, thus the velum sentiment.  I will put Happy Easter on the inside of the card. The chicks and eggs are stickers from Sandy Lion.  The DP is from K & Company with a few flower stickers added. 

Spent the day in the emergency room with my husband, they finally admitted him about 6:00 p.m.  He had fallen at home, and as he is 6'4" I could not get him out to the car so I had to call an ambulance.  He has a broken hip, but they may not be able to operate for a couple of days because of his blood thinners.  So you know where I will be during hospital visiting hours until he is ready to come home.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Mr. Bunny


A card for CDAC Progressive Challenge 14, Series 3.  The Bunny image is from Spectacular Printables and is from a drawing by Amber Katherine which came first  in the CDAC Digital Drawing Challenge.
I have colored him with copics and added him to a K&Company DP.  The Sentiment is computer generated.  I seem to have a lot of shadows in the photo because I used pop dots on the image and on the Sentiment.

We won our curling yesterday, but don't know if we are in the finals on Monday yet or not.  If we are not that will be my final game for the season.  I'm off to cards to-day for the day, 9:30 to 3:30 - lunch is always good.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Miss Bunny


Miss Bunny is a pretty little image from Stamping Dragon Designs.  Another card for the CDACPC14 Progressive challenge which ends April 1st.  I used a die from Nellie's multi frames to make the two ovals.  The image has been paper pieced, the little dress and the hearts.  I added a bit of color to the body with a copic marker.  Added some ribbon and a bow.  DP from my stash. 

I will add this to the gallery and then I am off to curl  only one more day of curling for me after to-day.  The season is changing, so soon golfing will start - it will be nice to be able to spend more time outdoors.

Friday, March 23, 2012

Baby Girl

This comfy looking Rocking Chair complete with all kinds of stuffies is an image from A Day for Daisies. The card is for the CDAC Progressive Challenge 14, Series 3. It is also for the CDAC Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge. I have colored the image with a mixture of H20's and Stargazers Pearlescent & Metalic watercolors. The lamb is colored with the Pearlescent paint and it is from Petaloo. I cut around the image with a Nellie Snellen Die. The DP is from Autumn Leaves. And the cross pieces are from a EK Success Punch. I think it would be a sweet card to send to someone with a new baby girl.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

St. Patricks Day Birthday


March 17 is my husbands birthday, so he often gets cards with the St. Patricks day theme. This year was no exception. The lovely lady holding the green brew is an image from Bugaboo. The hat with the shamrock was a free digi I downloaded this week, but did not realize the artists tag was not with the image, so if anyone knows what site I got it from - they can let me know. The sentiment was computer generated and the DP is from my Christmas stash, I thought it was suitable for this card. Images colored with copics.
Had two Birthday dinners with my husband, yesterday with family, and tonight we went to the Falls. Ate way too much both times!

Friday, March 16, 2012

Geraniums


I know that geraniums are usually red, pink or white.  I like blue, so that is the color I used for the basket of flowers.  This is a beautiful free image from Inks Art for CDACPC 14, series 3.  I had fun with this, but I think I have more leaves in the basket than flowers, maybe because that is the way my planters usually turn out.  I have colored the image with copics, added flower gems from Dollarama.  The sentiment is computer generated and the DP is from Hot Off the Press, Paper Pizazz.

We are experiencing very warm weather for this time of year, you didn't need a coat this afternoon.  I talked my husband into barbecuing on the back deck tonight, first time since last summer.  Very tasty.  Curled this morning and we won our game.  Only about three weeks left to curl this season.


Monday, March 12, 2012

Dressed For a Party


The big decision with this image was what to put on her outstretched hand?  Seeing as how I had added glitter to her dress, I decided on a very small purse.  Such a cute free image from Back to Paper to be used in the CDACPC 13  Series 3 Challenge which ends on March 14th.  A new Progressive Challenge with new images will begin then and run until the end of March.
I have colored the image with copics, adding some silver glitter to her dress.  The handbag is a stamp from Crafter's Companion, just the right size for this image.  Had fun with the designer paper I used, positioning it so that it looks like she has crown on her head.  The sentiment has been computer generated.

 Went for my Mammogram to-day - hope everyone has this check up every couple of years, or more often if needed.  One of my closest friends went for her checkup recently and they discovered a small lump since the previous exam.  They were able to remove it and also took the lymph nodes from under that arm.  She will have radiation treatments, but should be okay.  

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Just a Flower


This lovely flower image free from Glitterbabe is to be used in the CDACPC13 - 3rd Series Progressive Challenge.  When entering the challenge you receive 5 digital images, to use.  If you enter a least one in the challenge you will receive free images for the next part of the challenge.  If you find you can't do this, you have the opportunity of buying in again for $1.00.  This part of the challenge runs until March 14th.
I have used the flower in 3 sizes, layered them with pop dots and added a Making Memories Metal Sticker in the Center.  The flower is mounted on a die cutout from Spellbinders.  The background pieces of the card were run through the Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots Folder.  Then the three sections of the card were glued together to form a T-Pee Card.   (The card looks quite red in the photo, but it is actually a bright pink.)



Friday, March 9, 2012

Spring Butteflies and Flowers


This card is for the Series 3 CDACPC13 Progressive Challenge.  This image from Crafting With Jack does make you think of Spring and of the flowers that will soon be blooming.  The background is DP from Color Bok.  I first stamped the butterfly on a transparency, embossed it with gold and then mounted it on a piece of shiny white cardstock that I had stamped with a pad using Tim Holtz Alchol Inks.  I used pop dots behind the butterfly to make it sit above the flowers.  The larger flowers are from Pettaloo, and even though they are meant to be colored I left them white to fit into the background.  The top flower is from my stash.

Strange day to-day it blows and the snow falls, but does not stay, then it is bright and sunny, I guess it is just telling us that winter isn't over yet!  Just a few more weeks of curling left for this season.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

A Child's Happiness


This little girl with her tattered cat reminds me of my granddaughter and her cat which I have mended many times for her.  It has lost most of its plush coating and some of the stuffing, only has one eye, but is still a keepsake.  This card is for the CDAC Progressive Challenge Series 3, #13.  This delightful image is from Lia Stampz .  I have colored with copics, used a Martha Stewart punch on one side, and added embellishments from Dollarama to the lattice work.  The sentiment which is framed in a die cut from Nellies is computer generated. 

Monday, March 5, 2012

To My Friend


CDAC has started a new Series #3 of their Progressive Challenge with new prizes.  We received five free digital images to work with from some wonderful sponsors of this part of the challenge CDACP13.  #13 goes from March 1 to 14th, This is the first card I have made for this series, it is an image from Patties Creations. The beautiful sunflowers are colored with copics and a small amount of Ranger Glossy Accents has been added to the vase.  The chipboard sentiment is from We R Memory Keepers and the pearls from Forever in Time.  The DP is from my stash.

Suppose to be very cold here to-day, but we are so lucky that we have had hardly any snow this winter which makes it so much easier to do any driving - No cleaning off windshields etc.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Have a Happy Day


My fourth card for the CDACPC 12 Challenge.  The image is from Crafting with Jack,  A very pretty image for St Patricks Day Cards.  Made circles for the images and tied them together with narrow white ribbon to resemble balloons.  Coloring done with copics and white Pergamano Pen.  DP from ATD Momenta, Scrapbook Paper. 

Started this last night, but eventually had to go to bed - got very late.  This morning was on a new team for curling and we managed in the eighth end to get the extra points to win the game.  So, finally got a few minutes to finish the card.  Now I must go and make my husband some lunch!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Catching Frogs


I have used this image from Fred She Said before, for a Birthday card for a nephew on the west coast and I will use this one for a nephew on the east coast of Canada.  A cute image which I have colored with copics and then mounted on a piece of scrapbook paper which just said printed in China on the back.  I moved the bottom portion of the paper up for him to stand on.  A sentiment stamp was added layered with a blue piece of cardstock colored the same as his shorts.  This is my third card for CDACPC 12 the progressive challgenge.

I must say that I can remember my brothers hunting frogs in the creek behind our house when we were young and they always came back all covered in mud and goo.  One day they put a frog in my mothers teapot and when she opened it she got such a scare the teapot went flying.  They didn't try that trick again.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Mother & Daughter - Happy Moment


A beautiful image from A Day for Daisies.  I paper pieced the dresses, added Studio g glitter glue to the green one and Stampendous glitter to the pink dress. I then colored the ladies with copics.  To emblish the card I added a leaf diecut from Marianne Designs.  I added some pink glitter to flowers from Offray Stylish accents, which already had pearls in the centers and attached them to the leaves. A ribbon and pearls from my stash completed the card.

I seem to be running out of time to complete the cards for this session,  I will be away for the rest of the day to-day, but will try to be more productive tomorrow!

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Celebrate it's your Birthday


This wonderful digital image is from Shelly's Images.  It is one of the images for the CDAC Progressive freebie challenge #12.  Due to many other things going on over the last few weeks, I was unable to take part in any of the challenges, but it was very easy for $1.00 to buy back into the challenge and download the five new images.

The image was colored on cardstock with copics.  I printed the image on a transparency and added the silver beads around the top of the glass.  I found this wildly colored designer paper in my stash and layered it on my card.  Then I added the drink glass which I had cut out - then the top layer - the transparency.  Last but not least the sentiment, a sticker from Miss Elizabeth's.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Happy Birthday Girlfriend


This great image from Bugaboo is perfect for a friends birthday card.  It is also to be entered in the CDAC Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge for Febuary (MMSC135).  The challenge now runs for a whole month. The image was colored with copics.  The designer cardstock is from my stash, and the pink rhinestone flourishes are from Recollections.


Not the greatest photo, slightly skewed, but this is the inside of the card, same DP as on the outside with a computer generated verse.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

The Snowmen


This great trio of snowmen in a digital image is from Ka Wink E Dink.  They are colored in copics, the sentiment is a stamp from Inkadinkadoo and the DP is from Provo Craft.  Started to post this earlier, but sometimes, shopping, making dinner and the laundry get in the way!

The Christmas Cat


This wonderful Christmas digital image is from Priscilla Styles.  My sister has acquired a rescue cat in the last year, so this was for her.   I colored the image with copics and mounted it on two DPs from Graphic 45.  No sentiment necessary on the front of the card as all the Xmas wishes are there.

Three Winter Birds


This digital image by Jehanne, Just Some Lines captures the season very well. The image was a winner in the Digi Club 1st contest in December.   I colored the image with copics. I added a red cs oval behind the image and mounted it on DP from DCWV.  I put a red ribbon with white stitching between the two designer papers.  Added a punched and embossed pointsettia  and three small punched out Xmas trees.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Cards for Christmas


This image is from  Bugaboo stamps colored with copics, framed by a piece of mesh mounted on DP from my stash.  A pointsettia and leaves punched from a sheet of metal. 



The same image colored in slightly different colors mounted on mesh with glitter and a stamped sentiment, and a green & red ornament popped up.  DP from Provo craft.

Staying with the Christmas theme.


Before Christmas, I got together with a group my sister in law belongs to and I made several cards that day.  This card was made with DP from Basic Grey, Using some plain and some patterned cardstock, we cut out two circles, and then placed triangles to form trees on top of the ribbon we used to divide the card.  A gold brad on the ribbon and a Peel off for the sentiment.
 

 Not sure whose stamp the ornament is, embossed in blue and mounted on white cs which had been embossed with the swiss dot cuttlebug folder.  The blue cardstock was embossed with a Crafts-Too folder.  A small white bow was added above the ornament.

 

This card was very quick to make, some distress ink was smooshed over the DP so that it was not so bright.  Two cut outs from DP by Graphic 45, a few punched out pointsettias and greenery and the card was finished.


I made a couple more cards that day, but must have forgotten to take photos.

Christmas Cards

I can't believe it's been a whole month since I last posted on my blog.  December has been a very busy time, with lots of visitors, my curling, Christmas, and a computer that was not working properly.
It was fun though, I got to see all of my family, and spend some time with them and their children. 
Anyway, hope that I can make up for some lost time and I will post some of the cards that I made for Christmas, which of course have all been sent out a few weeks ago.





These three cards were made from a wonderful Christmas digital image from Priscilla Styles.  The red and green card is colored in copics and metalic watercolors from Yasutomo.
The second card is colored with copics and I used a white pen on the ribbon, small and large diamond dots on the bell and some metalic paint.  I did a circular cut around the bells and added a larger silver circle behind it.  I used a corner punch from EK Success and Silver paper as the bottom layer on the front of the card.
The third card in shades of green, purple and turquoise is colored with copics. The circle is part of the digital image. the designer paper is from BoBunny and I was able to pop  up the ornaments and the two darker circles in the top left and lower right corner, adding a rhinestone to each of them.