Challenge Swap

Hello crafting friends!

I have a group of friends that have a facebook group,

all of us are crafters that have mostly met online.

We decided to do a challenge swap and I'm loving it.

Our first theme was cats and/or dogs.

I made this bookmark for my friend Lisa.
I used backgrounds from my stash of handmades 

for the yellow base piece as well as the mat around 

the image of the cat.
The cat was stamped onto white card stock and colored

with colored pencils.

The glass lenses were first covered with 

Wink of Stella and then with 

Glossy Accents

This is the little card I included with the bookmark when
I sent it.

This was stamped with Black Onyx VersaFine ink

and colored with colored pencils and Distress Inks.

Our next challenge theme is "Friendship"

I will post a picture of what I made for that swap,

after the recipient receives it.

Thanks for stopping by and spending time with me today.

I hope you've been inspired in some way.

Have you ever participated in a crafting challenge

and/or swap?

Until next time, challenge yourself in some way.

Crazy Dog Card

Hello friends!

Today is another card from my 

unused stash of goodies.

I love the dogs from the 

Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs stamp set

They are just so darn cute and bring a smile to 

my face, they have such personality!

I colored this card using my 

watercolor crayons for the dog as well as the

sky and grass.

Inside I stamped this sentiment from the 

Lovely Greetings stamp set

from Cas-ual Fridays Stamps.

I added a little Glossy Accents to his nose and tag

to give a little shine.

I also made an envelope, since it is a square card,

using my Envelope Punch Board.

Did you know square cards cost more to mail?

I made the envelope a bit larger than the card, in 

a rectangular shape to avoid the extra postage.

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up to,

I hope you have a wonderful day and 

create something fun.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

HB2U

Hi All!

Today I have a birthday card to show you.

I love the Crazy Dogs stamp set from Tim Holtz!

One of my friends has the set and I stamped all the

different dogs onto watercolor paper to color

when I got to them.

I wanted to use one for a birthday card for my son

and I chose this cute little guy.

The stamp doesn't come with the spots, I added those

as I painted with my watercolor crayons.

I used the HB2U from the

Whole Shebang stamp set

from CAS-UAL Fridays Stamps

I added a bit of Glossy Accents to his nose 

and the tag hanging from his collar to give a little shine

and dimension.

The sentiment inside the card is from the

Whole Shebang stamp set also.

I think this card turned out adorable and Jaryd will 

love it.  He is a big dog and cat lover and I'm sure he'll

appreciate it.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Not Just Cards Challenge June

Hi all you friends from blogland!

Today I've got an announcement,

I have been accepted to a design team and I'm 

pretty excited.

It's the team for the

"Not Just Cards Challenge Blog"

Each month on the 11th of the month, a new challenge is

posted along with inspiration from our design team.

Every month there is a sponsor as well as a theme

and sometimes there are some cool prizes.  

Be sure to check out the NJC blog and participate in the challenge.

This month our sponsor is 

All Dressed Up 

I worked with

3 Little Summer Girls

One of the nice things about digital stamps is that you download them

to your computer and you can size them to the size you want to use. 

I decided that I wanted to do a scrapbook layout with my images, so I made them

 fairly large, each of the girls measures about 5.5" tall.

I printed the images onto white card stock,

colored them with my Fantasia colored pencils

and fussy cut them.

I started my pages with white card stock.

I used a Stormy Sky and Broken China Distress Inks

too create the sky and water.

For the sand, I tore some light brown marbled card stock so there

would be a straight "shoreline" yet still have a little bit of a rough edge.

I used a Perfect Medium ink pad and swiped it in different

areas of the water and sand, then brushed Perfect Pearls Powder 

onto the water and sand.  That is what gives it the shine.

For the sun I cut a mask, applied it before I inked the sky,

then after I had the sky done, I removed the mask and used 

scrap card stock to ink the rays with Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink.

The little girls were adhered to the page with foam tape to give a little dimension

to the page.

The photo mats were made from some card stock that I had in my 

stash

The title was stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink and

a set of alpha stamps that I have in my stash.

I have no idea what company they are from.

Since there were 3 little girls in the image and I only used 2 on the 

layout, I made a card with the 3rd one.

I used some coordinating paper from my stash

and added the little girl with some foam tape.

I used a little Glossy Accents to give the center of the

flower a little shine.

Inside I stamped a sentiment from the

Lovely Greetings stamp set from

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

with Wilted Violet Distress Ink

onto white card stock, cut it down and

adhered it to a mat that matches the outside mat of the card.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll pop over to the

Not Just Cards Challenge Blog

and see the inspiration from the other 

design team member and give the challenge a try.

I really enjoyed working with this 

3 Little Summer Girls image,

check out  All Dressed Up too, they may have something

you need to have.

Until next time,

have fun creating.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Naughty or Nice?

Welcome to the QKR Stampede Blog Hop!

If you just happened upon the hop, you'll want to start at the beginning.

If you have come from Gemma's blog you are on the right track.

Today we are all working with the same image and the theme is

"Santa is checking it twice."

Be sure to leave comments on all the posts in our hop, there will be winners from 2 "mystery design team members" who will win this wonderful digi image.  There will also be a grand prize winner chosen from the comments on the QKR Stampede post.

Now on with my post.

For my post today,

I'm sharing a layout that I made of my daughter's 1st Christmas. 

You can see I'm a bit behind on my scrapbooking,

since she is now 22 yrs old.

QKR digi 24240

I have just started to use digital images recently and this is one of the first ones that I have used.  I have to say that I really loved working with this digi stamp.  I could adjust it to the size I wanted for my layout, I used Flexmarkers (alcohol ink markers) and the printed image didn't smudge at all.

The rest of the images I used on this layout were done with unmounted red rubber stamps.  They are all from QKR Stampede.

"Decorations" (#9411)

Colored with FlexMarkers, the ornament is covered with Glossy Accents

"Pine Sprig" (#15702)

Colored with FlexMarkers and the bells were also covered with Stickles.

"Holly" (#15071)

Colored with FlexMarkers, bling was added for the berries.

I didn't have red bling, so I used a FlexMarker to color them.

I hope you have been inspired to use some stamping on your layouts. 

They can add so much and make wonderful embellishments.

Now I'm sending you off to see what

Joann (Sassy Raggedy)

has to show you.

Now don't forget to leave some love along the way,

someone is going to win,

maybe it will be you.

QKR Stampede

has a lot of other wonderful Christmas themed images

in both unmounted red rubber and digital format,

so be sure to pop in and see what you might like.

 

I hope you'll stop by again soon!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Elf

Hello crafters!

How fun it this little guy?

I made this card with

"Elf" (#18904) from QKR Stampede

I used FlexMarkers to color the image.

I added a bit of Stickles and Glossy Accents

 to give it some sparkle and shine.

This little guy will be headed to someone this Christmas.

He is just such a happy little guy

and I hope he will give someone a smile.

 

There are lots of wonderful images in the QKR Stampede store,

so why not pop over and take a look.

All the images come in unmounted red rubber and digital format.

There is something for everyone!

 

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope my little elf gave you a smile.

Leave a comment if you will and come again soon.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Package Tower

Merry Christmas?!?!?!

Yes!  I'm at it again, making Christmas cards.

Today's card is made with

"Package Tower" (#23301) from Eureka! Stamps

I colored this image with FlexMarkers.

I also used a bit of Stickles and Glossy Accents to give some shine, shimmer and sparkle.

The bow is made with some wonderful satin ribbon from May Arts.

I think it adds just the right touch and "wraps up" this card perfectly.

Glad you came by to check out my card today.

Have you started making your Holiday cards yet?

Leave a comment and let me know.

Eureka! Stamps has lots of great images to make Christmas cards with,

stop in and see what you might like to work with.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Ribbon background

Hello!

On my card today I used some ribbon from May Arts.

I was a lucky winner on their blog a few months back and this is one of the ribbons I chose.  May Arts only sells wholesale from their site, but there is a Store Locator on their site, to find a store close to you, where you can purchase some of their wonderful ribbons.

A while ago, I saw a card with a woven ribbon background and loved the look and had that card in mind when I made this one.

I used:

Lg. Jar and Apples (#23105)

from QKR Stampede
I stamped the image onto white cardstock and colored it with
 FlexMarkers.  I fussy cut the image and used Glossy Accents on the jar to give it the look of glass.

Thanks for stopping by today, leave a comment if you wish

and come back and visit soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

QKR Stampede July Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to my blog!

Today is the first QKR Stampede Blog Hop with the new

Design Team Ladies. 

I'm pleased to be joining them for this hop

and welcoming them all to the team. 

Although I'm not a "full" team member,

I will be joining them from time to time for hops.

I will also be posting projects made with my QKR images here on my blog and from time to time on the QKR company blog.

If you have just happened upon the hop, you will want to start at the beginning.  I know you won't want to miss meeting any of these talented ladies and seeing what they have to inspire you.

If you have come from Katie's Blog, you are on the right track.

This month for our intro hop the theme is "anything goes" so I have decided to show you one of the Christmas cards I've made.

(I'm trying to get done early this year.)

Sorry for the poor photo, the cardstock is foiled and even without the flash it has a glare. 

I know it looks kind of plain, but when you open those little windows,

that's when you see the best part of the card.

The images I have used are available through QKR Stampede as well as our sister company Eureka! Stamps.

"Christmas Balloon" (#ES16402)

was used for the first window.  I stamped it onto white cardstock and colored it with FlexMarkers, then covered it with Glossy Accents.

"Reindeer Balloon" (#ES2606)

was used for the second window.

Again, colored with FlexMarkers

 and a bit of Glossy Accents used on his bells and nose.

Snowman Balloon (#ES11805)

was used for the third window.

He was colored with FlexMarkers and covered with Stickles.

I hope you will take a minute to check out the whole

"Balloons/Holders" category in the QKR Stampede store,

 there are tons of great images, not only for Christmas,

but for other occasions too.

Now I'm sending you off to see what lovely project

Marleen

 has for you on her blog.

Thanks for stopping by, leave a comment if you will and come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Love Bear

Hello!  Today I have a cute birthday card to show you.

I made this with 2 images from QKR Stampede.

"Love Bear" (#10604)

"Happy Birthday" (#22803)

I colored the "Love Bear" with FlexMarkers and added some Glossy Accents to the balloons.

I distressed the edges of the papers and put this card together pretty quickly.

This image can be used for a number of cards, birthday, get well, Valentine's day, just a simple hello.

Thanks for stopping by today, leave a comment if you would and come again soon.

And why not stop in to the QKR Stampede store and see what other versatile images they have to offer.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

One color card

Hello blog friends!

I hope your weekend is going well.

Mine is so far, beautiful weather, not too hot, not too cool.

And tomorrow is supposed to be beautiful too.

I hope you are enjoying the beginning of summer!

Today I have a card that I made for a challenge on one of my favorite blogs,

Going Buggy.

Each month Enfys posts a challenge, now I'm not good about doing challenges, but I have participated in a couple of hers.

This month the challenge was to make a card using one color.

For my card I used 4 different stamps

"Heart Background" (#57901)

"Baroque Background" (#57701)

"Celtic Background" (#31601)

from Eureka! Stamps

"Happy Birthday" (#36314)

from Biblical Impressions

I stamped all 3 background images onto

kraft cardstock with Versamark ink.

I used the Cuttlebug and Spellbinders dies to cut the outer 2 pieces.

I scored them with my Score Buddy and attached them to the inside panel that I had trimmed down with my paper trimmer.

Then adhered it to a piece of white cardstock.

I stamped the "Happy Birthday" sentiment onto separate pieces of cardstock and trimmed them into banner shapes and adhered them inside the card.

To close the card I punched 2 hearts from the left over pieces stamped with the Heart Background, glued them to white cardstock and fussy cut them. I used foam tape to adhere them to the card.  On the right side I first glued down the floss with Glossy Accents, before adding the heart over it. 

I'm pleased with the way this card turned out.  I wasn't too sure about it when I started out with all the brown, but I think it turned out very cute.  I might just send it to my Aunt Marilyn for her birthday in September as her favorite color is brown.  I think she'll love it!

Thanks for stopping by today, leave a comment if you will

and come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Thank you Veterans!

Hello Everybody!

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

Today I have a card to honor all those who have served our country.

Many have given of themselves so we can have the freedom that we cherish.

Giving a huge THANK YOU! to all who have served our country and remembering those who have passed before us.

For this card I used 2 stamps from Biblical Impressions

"Flag Girl" (#32513)

and

"God Bless" (#32916)

I stamped each of them onto white cardstock and colored them with FlexMarkers, fussy cut them and adhered them to my card base along with red and blue cardstock.

For the 'star panel' I used a piece of acetate packaging and ran it through my Cuttlebug with a star embossing folder then adhered it with a bit of Glossy Accents.

I'm entering this card into the
"Simon Says Stamps Presents A Star Challenge"

on the Lily Pad Cards Blog.

Why not pop on over and see all they have to offer there.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Leave a comment if you will.

And remember to thank a Veteran!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Sweet Angel Card

Hello!  And welcome to the QKR Stampede Heaven Sent Blog Hop!  This month our theme is angels.

If you have come here from Monika's  

you are on the right track. I'm sure you found something wonderful on her blog, that will give you lots of inspiration.

 If you have just happened onto the Hop, you may want to go back and start at the beginning at the QKR Blog.  You won't want to miss anything.  If you get lost along the way or one of the links isn't working, just head back there and you will be able to pick up where you left off.  There will be an entire line up on the QKR Blog

And to make things even better, if you hop along and comment on each blog in the hop, your name will be entered into a drawing for a QKR Stampede gift certificate!  So be sure to comment on everyones blog posts, then return to the QKR Blog and let us know that you completed the hop.  Good luck!

Watering Hearts (#8403) is the image I used on today's card.  It is one of the many angel images that QKR Stampede has available in rubber stamp or digi form.

She was stamped onto white card stock and colored with watercolor crayons.  Then layered onto card stock from my stash.  The card base is kraft card stock and was layered with patterned paper from my stash also.

To add the ribbon to my card I ran it through my Xyron "X" sticker maker.

Have you seen the Bow Easy? 

It's a simple little tool that makes it quick and easy to make a bow for your project.  I don't have one of these, but when my son, Jaryd saw it, he decided to create one for me.

He used my Sure Cuts A Lot 2 program and designed one, I tweaked it a little and cut it out with my Cricut Expressions. 

I'll tell you, it sure makes it easy to make perfect little bows! This is what I used to make the little bows on this card, which I used Glossy Accents to adhere to the card.

Now that you have seen what I have made, you will want to hop on to Jessica's blog, where I'm sure she will have some wonderful inspiration posted.

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you'll leave a comment and let me know what you think of my sweet angel card.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Playing Hockey

Before I tell you about today's card, I want to remind y'all to come stop by tomorrow (Friday, December 17th) for the QKR Stampede Design Team Blog Hop.  We have some wonderful projects planned for this hop, you will be sure to get some great inspiration from them.

Now for todays card.

I don't know about all of you out there in Bloggerland, but here in my home we are big hockey fans.  Of course we live in the Buffalo, NY area and have the Sabres!!!!  When I saw this QKR Stampede image "Playing Hockey" (#14203)  I knew I had to have it.

To create this card, I started with Kraft card stock cut to 8.5" x 5.5" and scored it at 4.25"  I stamped "Playing Hockey" onto white card stock with VersaFine Black Onyx ink and colored it with watercolor pencils.

I used  a bit of Glossy Accents on the skate blades and the "ice" to give it a little shine.  Then I used some Sticky Powder from QKR Stampede to add some glitter to the hockey player and the snowflakes around him.  If you check out the home page at QKR Stampede there is an area where you can learn more about Sticky Powder.  I'm having a lot of fun playing with this product.

I used a Nestabilities die in my Cuttlebug to cut the orange frame from card stock and adhered the image to the frame, then layered that onto the Kraft card base.

I found some alpha stickers in my stash for the "go team" and added some dash lines around the inside and outside of the frame to add a little more interest.  Rounding the corners with my Corner Chomper finished off the card.  I think he's pretty cute, even if the poor guy has a bit of a black eye.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have enjoyed my hockey player. Leave me a comment and let me  know you stopped by and what you think.

GO SABRES!!!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Ice Skating

Hello bloggers!  Today I have a card I created with an adorable stamp from QKR Stampede called Ice Skating (#7902) I think penguins are just so cute.  Petting a penguin is one of the things on my bucket list and one day I will pet one.  But enough about that, on to the card.

I started with a piece of white card stock and stamped "Ice Skating" with

Black Onyx Versafine ink.  We all know that is my favorite ink to work with. I colored him in with water color pencils, then fussy cut the image. 

The card base is cut  4.25" x 11" and scored at 5.5" and is also white card stock.  I used Faded Jeans Distress Ink to ink around the outside of the front of the card, using a foam pad.

I then used Glossy Accents and spread it over the bottom of the card front to give it the look of ice.  I also used the Glossy Accents on the blades of the skates.

I used foam tape to adhere the penguin to the card front to give it dimension, which, unfortunately, doesn't show in the picture.

The sentiment was printed from my computer before I started the rest of the card. I love using the computer for sentiments that I don't have a stamp for. Easy as can be.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Hope you like my little skater. Stop by the

QKR Stampede store and see what other wonderful stamps they have.  Their images come in unmounted rubber as well as digital, so stop in and take a look.

Leave me a comment, I love to know you've been here and hear what you think.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!