A Birthday Card

Still not back into the swing of blogging, but will share a birthday card I made this month.  The card image is Holding a Flower from A Day for Daisies.  Isn't she adorable?  She's been in my stash for ages, but hadn't made it onto a card until now.  I've added a bit of sparkle to her wings with some Crystal Sprinkles. 

Have a Happy Sunday!

Outlawz Fridays Alcohol Markers Challenge - Trick or Treat

It's Friday!  And I'm hosting this week's Outlawz Alcohol Markers Challenge!  We have a color theme for you this week using one of the fabulous color palettes from Design Seeds.  The palette is Sushi Hues 3. Although when I saw it, I immediately thought Halloween rather than sushi.  What?  Me not thinking about food?  How did that happen?  Must be the time of year...holiday vibes are in the air!  So, my card is all about Halloween!  I used the adorable A Day for Daisies image Cat for Halloween, and a combo of misc. Halloween papers.

Please join Carla, Dawn, Jen, Linda, Penny and me over at the Outlawz for this week's challenge!  Looking forward to seeing your cards/projects with this color combo.   Enjoy your weekend!

Outlawz Fridays Alcohol Markers Challenge - Here's a Bear Hug

Hi!  This is the first of two posts for me today.  Can you believe I have two posts for today?  Yes, it's true!  This post is for the Outlawz Fridays Alcohol Markers Challenge where our theme this week is World Animal Day and featuring an animal.  Of course Pandas immediately came to mind, and this image by A Day for Daisies, Comfort, was a favorite the minute I saw it.

For the background paper I used a bamboo stalk image.  After replicating it multiple times, I altered the color, shrunk, enlarged, flipped, and digitally layered the images to create a bamboo thicket.  I also printed out several pieces, fussy cut them, and adhered them over the top of the background to create some additional dimension.

Please join Carla, Dawn, Jen, Linda, Penny and me over at the Outlawz for this week's challenge, and show us your animals!  

Outlawz Fridays Alcohol Markers Challenge - Hello

Hello!  Welcome to another Outlawz Fridays Alcohol Markers Challenge!  Today's challenge is a change from the norm.  Rather than a topic theme, we have a color challenge!  Carla, our fabulous DT leader, selected a color palette from Jessica's website, Design Seeds, that you can find here.  If you are ever in a rut with your color choices or merely looking for some new ideas, check out Design Seeds for some gorgeous and inspiring color combinations!  Here's the palette Carla chose for this week's challenge:

Look at those beautiful minty blue/greens and pretty pinks!

For my card, I used the A Day for Daisies image, Flowers in Bottles (and yes, it is still available in the store).  I didn't have any patterned paper that matched, so using a computer graphics program, I altered the colors of two digital papers before printing to match my colored image.  Hope you like the end result!

 

Please do not forget this month the Alcohol Markers Challenges are being sponsored by our very own DT member, Dawn, who is a talented digi artist and has her own Etsy shop, LilyPink Scraps!  Pop on over and check out Dawn's fantastic digis!  She is offering the winner three digis of their choice from her shop!

Would love to see you join Carla, Dawn, Jen, Linda and me over at the Outlawz for this week's challenge!  Thank you for stopping by, and enjoy your weekend!

Outlawz Fridays Alcohol Markers Challenge - Music Amongst the Trees

Happy Friday everyone!  Are you looking forward to a fun weekend?  Hubby and I have plans to see the new Matt Damon/Jodie Foster movie!  And then the usual beach and pool time, especially since hubby is having surgery on his knee next Friday and will be laid up for a couple of weeks.  He tore the knee pad during a round of golf.  Anyway, you didn't stop by to read about my husband's medical issues, lol.  On to today's challenge!  The theme for this week's Outlawz Fridays Alcohol Markers Challenge is Music.  I used the A Day for Daisies image, Music in the Trees, and added a few musical notes to really highlight the music theme of the card.

Please do not forget this month the Alcohol Markers Challenges are being sponsored by our very own DT member, Dawn, who is a talented digi artist and has her own Etsy shop, LilyPink Scraps!  Pop on over and check out Dawn's fantastic digis!  She is offering the winner three digis of their choice from her shop!

Would love to see you join Carla, Dawn, Jen, Linda and me over at the Outlawz for this week's challenge!  Have a fantastic weekend!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my mother's birthday, and this card is for her!  The adorable image is A Day For Daisies Strawberries and Milk Fairy.  The strawberry background paper is from the Jillibean Soup Key Lime pad and the red dotted paper is from Echo Park Happy Days.  At first, I thought I'd use strawberries for embellishments, but then I remembered I had these fabulous crocheted flowers from Amy, and I had to put them on this special card!  Happy Birthday Mom!

Breeze in Spring

Yippee it's Friday!  I'm especially looking forward to today because hubby and I are celebrating my birthday!  Tomorrow is the actual date, and we'll be spending the day with family and friends, so today is just for my honey and me.

Surprise!  No bright colors on today's card!  This image, Breeze in Spring, from A Day for Daisies, needed soft neutral colors with just a bit of color (the aqua).  The design layout is from Just Us Girls Challenge #183.  The little wooden bird was a MAJOR score at Michaels!  I was in the store to pick up cutting blades and happened upon a 60% off one day sale on selected items.  I purchased 5 different packages of Recollections wood embellishments.  When I purchased them, I wasn't entirely sure I'd like wood elements on cards, but this bird worked so well.

Best wishes for a fabulous weekend!  Thank you for visiting!

A Bouquet of Spring

Finally!  The weather here in SW FL has returned to normal!  And Spring is here!  Using A Day For Daisies image, Easter Dress, I created a card to celebrate the arrival of Spring.  Even though I am happy living now in FL, I do miss Spring in East Tennessee.  The daffodils on this sweetie's dress remind me of the beautiful fields of flowers that would bloom in the mountains and valleys.  Seas of yellow, white, gold, and orange...so many in number and variety!  Before living in TN, I never knew there were so many types of daffodils.  So pretty!  I colored the flowers on this image to represent my favorite variety that is a tri-color of orange, white, and yellow.  The background papers are from the digi Fresh Air Collection by Lori Whitlock, and the daffodil stickers are Jolees from my stash. 

Easter Blessings

Happy Easter!  For those of you that do not observe the religious holiday, I hope you enjoy all the sweet bunnies and cute little chicks that bring such a smile and usher in the Spring.

Today's card features the adorable A Day for Daisies image, Bunny Ears.  Again, I chose purple as the main color.  The papers are from Carina Gardner's Flourish digi collection.  The ribbon is from an old spool I had in my stash.

Easter Blessings to you all!

Clean and Simple

Even for me, this card is clean and simple.  But I love it!  The A Day for Daisies designs in the "I love" set lend themselves so well to uncluttered cards.  This image was my choice for a Mother's Day card.  I believe it will work equally well for either a mother to daughter or daughter to mother.  I wish the color of the blue in the photo was more true to life.  It is a deep turquoise blue, not a navy.  Oh well, until I stop buying new crafty supplies (yes, honey I'm trying to scale back, lol), a new camera isn't in the budget.  Maybe I'll try using the camera in hubby's smart phone next time!  It seems to take rather nice photos.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!  Hope everyone stays safe tonight, but has a ghoulishly good time Trick or Treating.  Last year my mother's Halloween card featured A Day For Daisies little Witch for Halloween.  Since she is displaying the card as part of her Halloween decorations, her card this year has to also use ADFD image.  Waiting For the Moon is a little more grown up than last year's witch, but she's equally as adorable.  The design, or lack there of lol, on this card kind of got away from me.  And because I waited until the last minute (bad daughter, bad crafter), I did not have the time to "fix" it.  Of course Mom, will be proud as always and say she loves it...thank goodness, no matter how old we get our mothers (and dads) always think our "art" is beautiful.  Thank you Mom, and all parents out there, who give us encouragement and praise.  It's comforting to know that our craft projects find a home on refrigerators and shelves even when we're 50+ years old!

Happy Haunting All!

Little Witch

Today's card features the Witch for Halloween image from A Day for Daisies.  Isn't she the cutest little witch?  I paper pieced her top, and colored the rest of the image with copic markers.  The papers are from the We R Memory Keepers - Spookville.  Black cardstock cut with a tree border die on one side and a bubble border die on the other edge the horizontal strip of patterned paper.  I added a few bling stars to the background and chalked around the image to complete the card.

2nd Christmas Card

Okay today we're back to cute!  This little pixie was so much fun to color and craft into a card.  She's Christmas Pixy Two from A Day for Daisies.  The papers are a mix from several companies published last year (see honey, again, I'm using my stash!)  I'm not sure it really shows up in the photo, but I glitter flocked the ends of the pixie's scarf and the pompoms on her boots.  The little trees were handcut, adhered to red cardstock, and hand trimmed.  They were then attached to the card with foam dots to give the card some dimension.

Oh!  Before I forget, I need to publicly thank Tammy Thompson from A Day for Daisies.  There were some issues with ordering at her shop and she took care of the matter and kept in contact until the issues were resolved.  Kudos to her for such attention to customer service!