Hey, how are ya??

I actually made 2 cards this week. (Don't faint from shock)
I guess that one of the benefits with waiting for kids at Driver's Ed. = lots of coloring time.  :)

**Note: the lighting is horrible in this picture.
I will try another one tomorrow if we get some sunshine.




It is colored with my Faber-Castell pencils. I am still on a learning curve with them, but they sure are fun to use.
The results look better in real-life than in this photo.



This is my unusual take on March's Stamp of the Month at FTHS: Easter Trio

I fussy cut each of the panel images and then layered each of the images.
The beauty of digital stamps is that they allow you to play with scale. Obviously, I printed this several time with different sizes and then used what worked.  :)

The daffodils and Easter Egg are flat on the card.
I used pop-dots and raised the Bunny and the banner on the card.
I like how the images worked together.

The sketch inspiration for this card came from the Freshly Made Sketches challenge #179.
I rotated it so it would work with my "collage" of images.  : )

It was a lot of fun to create with the combo of this CAS sketch and the awesome FTHS digistamps.


**The fun wordart is from Paulette at CreatewithTLC





Entry for the following Challenges:
From the Heart March SOTM challenge
Freshly Made Sketches #179 challenge

Happy Bird-day! (too)

I keep saying that one of these days, I'm going to make a stock-pile of birthday cards to have on hand.

The problem is, that I like to have the recipient in mind when I create...LOL

Here is my most recent creation.

It features the adorable digistamp "Ladybug Liftoff" by Faith Skrdla (From The Heart Stamps).
I enlarged and cut out some of the flowers as an embellishment.

As the design inspiration, I used this week's FTHS "I heart Sketches" Challenge sketch #102.

The design paper (from my stash) and the image were cut using my Cameo of course. I love that machine!!  : )

















Entry for the following Challenges:
FTH I heart sketches #102 challenge

Counting...the things I love about you.

Quick post of my card for the February SOTM challenge with FromTheHeart Stamps.

 

Another wonderfully fun digi-stamp this month by Faith:  Loves Me Birdbrain.

I also used this week's sketch challenge as inspiration.  I used my FC colored pencils per the "Twist"...but I left off the extra flourishes (tags).  I needed this to be CAS for the recipient.   :)



*Normally I post the sketch photo but it's not uploading right now...I'll add it in later I guess.
**YAY...all fixed...the sketch finally uploaded.  :)


Entry for the following Challenges:
From the Heart February SOTM challenge
FTH I heart sketches #98 challenge

Warm winter

This is not my first card of the year. Or even my first project for that matter...
It IS my first blog post of 2015!


I'm so thankful that the foggy morning burned off and left a beautiful, sunny day to take photos. 


I colored this entirely with my brand-new Faber-Castell pencils. This time I decided to try blending with gamsol.

It's a pretty cute job and I'm sure I'm the only one fixating on the few "oopsie" moments.* LOL.

*like I just realized the buttons weren't colored. That is fixed now...




This is my card for the January "Stamp of the Month" at FTHS: Little Snowman.


Isn't this such a cute little guy (or girl).

As you can see, the cute sentiment comes with the digi-stamp.

I also used the weekly sketch challenge (FTH I Heart Sketches Challenge#95) for this card.

May February bring even more blessings and warm thoughts than January has...  Cozy days to count your blessings.

Entry for the following challenges:
From the Heart January SOTM challenge
FTH I heart sketches #95 challenge

That's A Wrap...on cards

Here's my last card for 2014 challenges...

 I still plan to update my blog with a Misc. Project re-cap for everything that was not blogged about previously...But that will wait for another day.  :)

I'm especially grateful for a sunny day. It makes for much nicer photos. 

I colored this mostly with my brand-new Faber-Castell pencils. They are fab-u-lous...even if my skills are not...LOL.
(The nose I colored with my copic markers)




I decided to go for a post-Christmas card to use this month's fun "Stamp of the Month" at FTHS: Christmas Spirit Birdbrain

...Once again, I found inspiration in this week's sketch challenge .

You can't tell from the photo, but the scalloped circle of design paper has stitching on it.


The sentiment comes from another of Faith's fun digi-stamps, "Gift Stack Birdbrain". I thought it fit perfectly with this image as well.

May you all have a wonderous and joyful New Year in 2015!!


Entry for the following challenges:
From the Heart December SOTM challenge
FTH I heart sketches #91 challenge
 

Double the Joy

One of these months I will get a card made and blog post finished in the very first week.
This  is not the month.  I've been working on several very special projects (including a quilt for my darling new niece), so it's been a bit of a juggling act.

As I mulled over my options with this month's beautiful "Stamp of the Month" at FTHS: Faithful Friends Angel Joy

...I found great inspiration in this week's sketch challenge.

It let me do one of my favorite things...combine elements to create "a scene".

Without further ado, here are my 2 takes on trimming the tree joyfully:

Entry for the following challenges:
From the Heart November SOTM challenge
FTH I heart sketches #88 challenge

Autumn wishes

Autumn Wishes

Autumn brings so many lovely things...This month's From the Heart SOTM digi happens to be one of them.  :)

I mean can't you just smell the apple crisp baking as these cute critters wait patiently for a treat?!

The October SOTM image from FromTheHeartStamps is called "Apple Market".  You can BUY it here.








Here is the card I created for this month's challenge. Please forgive the photo's quality...with autumn days in the Northwest, comes rain and darker skies...

I turned it into an easel card...I love that it is fun and still keeps the CAS design.

The wonderful wordart is by Paulette at CreateWithTLC.

The fun sketch challenge this week at FTHS  (#84) came with the "twist" of using the inspiration picture/colors.



If you know me, you know I love CAS cards...so I was really excited to see this sketch.









What beautiful Autumn hues the twist gave me to work with!




 I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
If it's gloomy or chilly outside, it's just another reason to snuggle up and enjoy the indoors.  :)






Entry for the following challenges:
From the Heart October SOTM challenge
FTH I heart sketches #84 challenge