Just Riding By...

2nd post today- check out my first post for Sister Stamps here!

I wanted to make a card for a crafty friend of mine to go along with a few goodies I found that totally made me think of her!  (had to wait til she got them til I posted- Hi Libby!)

She's a big fan of bicycling and this Bicycle Kaylee image immediately jumped onto my craft desk! :) & breaking into my 6x6 paper pad stash to find this perfect bicycle paper to go with! :)



Hope you are all enjoying your Saturdays...until next time! Happy Crafting!

(I also wanted to give a quick shout out to all those that voted in the Paper Crafts Gallery Idol contest- unfortunately for me I did not make it to the next round... Best of luck to the top 15!)

Sister Stamps Guest DT: Sakuras!

Happy Friday (again)... 2nd post of the day, 1st post HERE!

So here is my final card of the new Sister Stamps new release: Sakuras! I love sakura flowers and hope that someday I'll be able to see the cherry blossoms festival in D.C.!

I wasn't quite sure of what I wanted to do with this set when I received it.. but it wasn't long after seeing Jennifer McGuire share a new technique of coloring with pigment inks (since I also just acquired some Memento Luxe ink pads) that this idea immediately popped to mind...



I had left a group of the solid sakura rubber stamps together (instead of cutting out each individual one) to stamp the left side using white pigment ink.  I then went back with a paper stump- since that's all I have on hand, and colored this inside of the sakuras in Memento Luxe Ink Lilac Posies & adding dots of Love Letter ink to the centers.  I also colored the leaves in Pear Tart ink. There were still a few bare spots so I went back with some of the open line sakuras stamps to fill in with versamark ink & some more DIY enamel dots! Sentiment is from Winnie & Walter (The Big, the Bold, & the Happy)

Here's another view of the coloring


and it turns out this matches the photo for Winnie & Walter's Playdate #2 challenge too!

Here's more from the Sister Stamps DT:

Debi
Eva
Linda (don't forget her YouTube channel too!)
and of course the Sister Stamps Blog! You have until 11:59 HST TONIGHT to leave a comment THIS POST @Sister Stamps for your chance to win a lil Momotaro for yourself!

Sister Stamps Guest DT- Momotaro

Now what's a little baby girl image (Sakura-chan) without a little boy image to match? Today I'm sharing another one of Sister Stamps' new June release- MOMOTARO!  He's just as sweet as his twin sis...



Now this one definitely made me swoon since I have lil (but really not so little) baby boy (he's 2!) myself!  I'm thinking I might just have to color another one of these up to add to one of his earlier scrapbook pages!
I found the cute special delivery washi tape in the dollar bin at my Joann's and thought it was the perfect little add-on for this sweet baby boy card... now who's having a baby soon?

Here's more from the Sister Stamps DT:

Debi
Eva
Linda (don't forget her YouTube channel too!)
and of course the Sister Stamps Blog! You have until May 31st, 11:59 HST to leave a comment THIS POST @Sister Stamps for your chance to win a lil Momotaro for yourself!

Hello Foxy!

Hooray It's Friday!!

& that means it's time for another Farm Fresh Friday an The Greeting Farm!!  This week Jodi put together this sketch for us to use...



I decided to give some more ink-lovin' to the Foxy WS Wild Child- I'm just obsessed with everything fox related lately! :)


After I made my card I realized that I had reversed the patterned paper triangles in the background from how they are in the sketch- oopsie ;)

As always check The Greeting Farm blog on all the details of how to enter & more inspiration from the rest of the design team!!  Happy Weekend!

Sister Stamps Guest DT- Sakura-Chan

I was so sweetly asked by Jenni at Sister Stamps if I would guest design for the June release- HOW COULD I SAY NO!?! I love these sweet images and jumped at the opportunity! & being Asian themed they're one of my favorites!

This month's release is totally sweet and I colored them the second I received them! :) So today I'm sharing with you Sakura-Chan. She is a total sweetheart and I absolutely fell in love with her especially with her lil piggy-tails!



I paired her with some pastel pinks and greens, added the sentiment from Hero Arts that I've had in my stash.  Finished it off with a big fat bow, some faux stitching and this card it ready for a new mama & baby! :) (You can actually see a peek of another one of the new releases here too!)

I can't wait to show you the other cards I've created with this release... BUT you'll have to wait til Thursday & Friday for that! :)

Until then, check out out the design team whipped up:

Debi
Eva
Linda (don't forget her YouTube channel too!)
and of course the Sister Stamps Blog! You have until May 31st, 11:59 HST to leave a comment on THIS POST @Sister Stamps for your chance to win a lil Sakura-chan for yourself!

Happy Birthday Mom!

I got some *new to me* stampy goodies this weekend and had to use them on a card for my mom's birthday today!

I've been wanting to play with my copics on kraft paper and thought this Hero Arts Everything Flowers stamp was a perfect image! I also added the happy die from Simon Says Stamp to finish off the birthday message!



and if you couldn't tell I'm obsessed with my DIY enamel dots... I need to make more!

I'm linking this up to the Anything Goes Challenge over @Simon Says Stamp {Wednesday} Challenge too!

Happy Wednesday!

& there's still some time to vote in the Paper Crafts Gallery Idol if you haven't done so already! I'm totally in awe to be in a group of these fabulous ladies- and would totally LOVE your support! Thank You! :)

Best Fishes...

Oops I mean wishes :)

We officially had our first pool day here so declaring it officially summer!

I put together this card using Candace from the Chi Chi Memories Splash of Fun set!


In the background you can see the remnants of my experiment from my first attempt of my diecut card for the Gallery Idol contest (did you vote yet? Link in the sidebar over there to the left!)
This set is just perfect for summer birthday cards and scrapbook layouts too! Thanks for stopping by!