Stuck with YOU!

TIDDLY INKS is back after a holiday break to kick off the new year with a *NEW* challenge...

LOVE!



If you didn't already know I'm a little obsessed with cacti &  succulents... so I thought it would be cute to transform Wryn's heart plant into a succulent with some teeny spikes!  Using coordinating patterned papers, I stamped a cactus (from My Favorite Things) in Versamark ink & heat embossed using clear powder, the sentiment is also from the same MFT set. I tied on some twine before adding my colored image.

Copics:
skin: E000, E00, E21, R01
hair: E25, E27, E29, W9
dress: RV66, RV69, C3
shoes: C1, C3, C5
plant: YG25, G14, G17
ground: E31, E35, W3, W5



Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you join us for this new challenge! AND we've made some changes for the challenge- instead of a new challenge every 2 weeks, challenges will now run a month long! Which means MORE time to play along!!

Hedgehugs With You

Hello!

I've finally had the itch to get crafty again, I mean there is so much cute stuff calling my name on my desk!

I'm also joining the latest MFT card sketch challenge #318




I decided that these cute hedgies were shouting at me the loudest...



Using the mushrooms from the hedgehog set as well as from You Gnome Me, I stamped them randomly in Versamark ink and colored them with copics for a soft background. I masked the 2 hedgies nose to nose and fussy cut them out. I created my sentiment using words from Fall Friends, it originally says 'I Love Hanging Out with you', I just switched the 'hanging out' with the word 'Hedgehugs!'  I finished putting my card together with washi tape on the edge and some faux white stitching.

Copics
Mushrooms: R14, R17, R24, R27, R29, R35, R37, R43, R46, R59
Hedgies: E000, E00, E21, E50, E51, E53, E70, E74, E77, E70, R01, R20
Scarves: R17, R37, R46, R81, R83, R85, B23, B24, B26, G14, G17, YG25

Thanks for stopping by!

Great Chemistry!

Happy Tiddly Inks Tuesday- it's time for a *NEW* challenge!!!

This week's theme is LOVE! Just in time... Valentine's Day is right around the corner!!

I pulled out some oldies (but always goodies) Chemical Love for my card today...



I printed these two scientists together and thought they made some Great Chemistry together! (I made my own sentiment using word). They were looking a little plain, so I decided to mount them on some glitter cardstock and die cut a small heart in between them to show that *spark* of love. ♥ I also found the patterned paper in one of my (ahem...many) 6x6 stacks of paper and thought they looked like little atoms and bursts of chemicals and a perfect match to this perfect pair! :)

Be sure to check out all the details for the challenge and I hope to see YOU play along!

A Tiddly Inks catch up!

Hello & Happy Friday!

Took an unexpected break from the blog (and crafting really...) for a few days- perhaps just recovering from all the Halloween hoopla! We definitely had a tons of fun celebrating my baby girl's first Halloween and collecting lots of candy of course! (You *may* have seen a pic I posted on Instagram of my family all in costume!)

Onto to my card for today, actually 2 because it looks like I forgot to share my card from a few weeks ago on here! OOPS!... I couldn't get enough of these sweet Mini & Many Friends from Tiddly Inks when I colored them during the 30 Day Coloring challenge!





I paired them both with some scraps of patterned paper in my stash and sentiments from Mama Elephant's Three Amigos set.

Be sure to check out more cute cards from the rest of the design team on the Tiddly Inks Challenge blog and come back again next Tuesday for the next challenge!

50th Anniversary!

Hello there!

I'm finally back after having my husband's family in town last week to celebrate my in-laws 50th wedding anniversary!  (which actually isn't until December, but it was best time for everyone to travel)

Anyway, I helped with the party decor by making some centerpieces for a few of the tables. I painted some small terra cotta pots gold, and planted succulents in them! (Have I mentioned that I love succulents?)


I finished them off with die cut tags (Hero Arts) and number dies (MFT) tied on some black twine.

and of course I had to make them a card too...


Keeping with the gold and black theme, I stamped the large flower from Avery Elle's Petals & Stems in gold and embossed. I used the 'happy' cutaways die from Winnie & Walter along with the anniversary sentiment from the Big, Bold & the Happy, and created a 'shadow' effect my layering the same die cut from black card stock. I tied in the same 50 number dies from the centerpieces in gold glitter card stock.

Hope to get to more crafting this week, but I have been coloring along (when I can) with Kathy Racoosin's newest 30 day coloring challenge and posting onto Instagram- check it out if you're not already joining in! Such an easy to squeeze in a bit of craftiness, even if it's not a complete card!

Until next time...