Princess Miserella

Hi Guys!

So today I have another "just for fun" card. I hadn't played with my penny black cats for a while and as you can see it was putting pussy in a bad mood. :) Or maybe its the pond water she's been drinking bothering her stomach. lol

She was so much fun to color! Those stripes were a dream!

Recipe:

Image: Penny Black

Colors: CarbOthello Pastel Pencils

Papers: MME "Honeycake"

Thats it for today!

I'm just back from the beach today (If I haven't drowned myself)  so you've all been reading my pre programmed posts this last week. Sorry that I haven't been able to comment on all your creations but I hope to get caught up in a day or two when all the sand is brushed out of the house and the snarls ripped out of my hair :).

Til then, Happy Crafting!

The Kraft Journal~ Thanks

Hi Guys!

Well its time for a new challenge over at The Kraft Journal!

This week we're all making some Thank You cards.

Recipe:

Image: Penny Black

Colors: Prismas and Lyras on kraft

Paper: MME "Darling Deer"

Dies: Nesties

Cardstock: Brown Kraft Cover Weight Cardstock

Buff Ivory Cover Weight Cardstock

Button: from stash

Red BakersTwine

The exposure is a little dark on these, sorry.

You know, I don't often use a stamp twice but I think this is the third time I used this little cutie, he's useful for so many occasions.

Thanks so much for coming by!

THinking Of You

Hi Guys!

I hope your week is going well. I've been a busy little bee but I always make a bit of time to craft, helps calm me down and unwind.

So today I'm  using one of my all time favorite Penny Black cats. :) Such a lot of fun to color!

And I'm still featuring the "friend" stamp set by Precious Remembrance. Remember, I'm giving a set away and you still have one more day to enter, so if you haven't already done so, click here to be taken to the giveaway.

Recipe:

Image: Penny Black

Sentiment: Precious Remembrance

Memento ink

Colors: CarbOthello Pastel pencils

Punch: Martha Stewart

Paper: MME "Rosy"

Twinery Twine

Glittermist (does make the paper buckle as you can see)

Buttons: from stash

That's it from me!

Have a wonderful weekend!

From Me To You

Hi Guys!

Another card for you featuring the sentiments of Precious Remembrance. A week or so ago I had a crafting day with some friends and spent some time coloring some of my older images just for fun. Love the Penny Black "critters" so you'll be seeing a few of them in the weeks to come. It seems like ages since Ive colored any animals. Not quite sure if I got the hedgehog colors right. I'm more used to opossums in my part of the world. lol 

Maybe some of my UK buddies can enlighten me. :)

Recipe:

Image: Penny Black

Colors: CarbOthello Pastels

Sentiment: Precious Remembrance

Papers:  MME "Darling Deer"

Ribbon: Sew Sweet

Button: from stash

Twine: Twinery Twine

Have a great weekend!!

Sentimental Sundays~ Cute and Cuddly

Hi Guys!

 Are you having a good weekend? Gettting any time to craft? Or are some of you still shoveling snow?

The challenge this week at Sentimental Sundays is an easy one:

Cute and Cuddly

Now some of you may take exception to my duck card and say that there's nothing cuddly about a duck but I can assure you otherwise! Why just a few days ago I was feeding my ducks and one of my big white Pekings just flew into my arms! It was very sweet and cuddly of him. Unfortunately this display of affection caught both of us off guard and we both sort of shrieked/squawked  and jumped back.

Awwwww....

So anyway! My recipe:

Image: Penny Black

Colorants: Prismacolors

Papers: DCWV

Sentiment: Raindrop Echo Designs 

ribbon and buttons: from my stash

Here's a close up of the sentiment:

That's it for today!

I would like to join in on these challenges:

Shannons Sentiments: Spring Colors

Creations By Gill: pets (yes, ducks are pets!)

Totally Gorgeous: Spring Has Sprung

Alphabet Challenge: U for things that go up in the air (birds go up, yes?)

Fairy Fun: Spring

CardmakinMamas: Animals

Fuzzy Wuzzy: Animals with sketch

Paper Cutz: 3 PP

Polkadoodle: Spring

Stamp Something: Spring

If Friends Were Flowers..

Hi Guys!

A quick card for you today. I had been so busy with DT projects that some of my other images had been neglected ;so little by little I'm trying to set this to rights. :-)

Recipe:

Image: Penny Black

Colors: Prismacolor Pencils

DPs: DCWV

Flower: Hand crocheted by little ol me

DMC embroidery floss

Sentiment: printed on computer

And a close up of the cute little hedgehog, who, by the way, would have to be QUITE the preemie to walk across a spiderweb, but don't let me ruin it for you. lol

I think that's it for today! 

I hope you're all enjoying your weekend!

A Summer Bouquet

Hi Everyone! I hope you've all had a great Friday. :-)

Today's card is made with a lovely digi by Mo Manning. I just love the carefree happiness she manages to convey with a few strokes of a pencil.

My recipe is:

DPs: Assorted from stash

Ribbon: Offray

Image: Mo Manning

Colors: Derwent Graphitint/ Prismacolors/ Copics

Flowers: Recollection

Scalloped square: Nestability "trimmed down".

A close up:

Isn't it lovely?

I would like to enter this in a few challenges:

Anything Goes: three layers

Cute Card Thursday: Sketch

Stamp Something: Use a digi

Totally Papercrafts: Summer fun

Thanks for stopping by to see me today :-)

A Hedgie Smile

Remember I said how I hate primary colors? Well there are exceptions to the rule. lol

When it comes to flowers like poppies and cornflowers, they just gotta be primary. The brighter the better. This is a very simple layout and not too much dimention but the image kind of makes up for it.

This stamp by Penny Black is just so much fun to color but you do need to allow yourself plenty of time!!!

front view:

My recipe:

DPs DCWV

Ribbon: Offray

Image: Penny Black

Colors: Prismacolor pencils with goo gone

Sentiment:TPC Studio

Gems: Recollection

Stitching: Machine done

3D sticky pads: Recollection

A close up below:

The embellies and ribbon detail:

And the sentiment.

 (which came out blurry no matter what I did. Don't know why.)

This card fits the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly:  Sketch

Totally Papercrafts: rainbow

Ecerybody's Art Challenge: In the Garden

Crafty Creations: butterflies

Fab N Funky: Flower Power

For Fun:  Recipe: 1 Ribbon, 2 DPs, 3 Embellies

Crazy 4 Challenges: Music

I may be back later on today if I can get another card done. I have a friend over crafting with me and I think we are just getting warmed up!

Take care guys and come back to see me! :-)

Just Hangin Out

Hi Everyone!

I hope your Monday is treating you well. Today's card is a Penny Black card. I don't often do PB because my supply of PB stamps is limited;  but a very sweet person stamped this image out for me so I could vary things a bit. Here's a frontal below:

Ahhh that's better. As most of you know I am not a glittery person. (dont like the mess) but the PB challenge called for glitter (*gasp*) and glitz.So I dug out my glitter jars, dusted them off and grabbed the glue.By the way,  If you're looking for the glitter it's in the flower centers. C'mon folks, baby steps here. lol

a close up:

Can you see it? Look closer, it's sparkly. :-)

My recipe is:

DPs: Mainly DCWV

Image: Penny Black

Colors: Prismacolor pencils

Bling: flowers, gems, pearls: Recollection

Glitter: Doodlebug Designs

Scalloped Ovals: Nestabilities

Punch: Fiskars

Some more details:

I would like to enter this in a few challenges:

PB Allsorts: Glitter and Glitz

Mojo Monday: Sketch

Incy Wincy: Yellow

Paper Sundaes: 4 flowers, 3 buttons, 2 DP

Sentimental Sundays: Ribbon or lace

Beary Scrap Design: Stitches

Aly's Sunday: Dotty

And for those of you feeling bad that you didn't get a chance to make a card today, let me show you a couple of pics of my card in making:

See, you may not have been able to make a card, but that also means no mess! (I really should have taken a pic of the floor as that's where mosty of my mess ends up!)

For any who may be interested, I'm also passing the word that PB Allsorts is having a DT call. You can find the info here:

Have a great week!