Stay Cool

A another fast, fun and simple card. The image is From the Heart Blog challenge and is the free image of the month if you participated in the previous months challenge. I also used the sketch from their Sketch Challenge #155 for my design but alas I am too late to enter it in their challenge :O(

Image: FTH  Ice Cream Lineup
Sentiment: FTH Ice Cream Line Up
Dies: Spellbinders classic Circles, scalloped circles,and inverted circles
Punch: small flower punch
Other: brown half pearls


Challenges:
1. FTH Blog 'Free Stamp of the Month' challenge
2. Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge 35 Anything Goes
3. Sisters of Craft: June 2026-Anything Goes
4. Chocolate, Coffee and Cards: #111 Use a die cut
5. As you Like it Challenge: Favourite Food or Drink: Ice Cream  and why is because it's ICE CREAM, what tastes better?? A sweet and cold deliciousness....fab in the summer and good at anytime.

Boy Fishing

Love this stamp from Lily of the Valley, the boy  looks so peaceful doing his thing  and the weather seems to be holding :O)! Adore his hat, my grandfather wore one very similar. 

The stamped image was  coloured with Prismacolor markers, and Copics. Stampin' Up ink was used for the clouds. The card stock is  Stampin' Up and the designer paper was found in my stash. Die cuts of the dragonflies was from a Magnolia DooHicky's die and the embossing folder was called Basket Weave. The burlap was also from my stash.


Challenges
1. Catch the Bug: Masculine
2. Crafty Calendar June Challenge;Father's Day/For a Male
3. Crazy 4 Challenges: CAC340: Make it Masculine
4. Sweet Stampin: Lots of Layers
5. Chocolate,Coffee and Card:#111 Use a Die Cut
6. Craft for the Craic: June Challenge - Something Masculine
7. Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenges:#73 Masculine Cards/For Dad
8. Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge - For the Boys
9. QKR Stampede #195 One for the Guys

I am one of the Top5 at QKR for this card.

Birthday Wishes

One of my nieces has a birthday coming up and this is for her .  Green is one of my favourite colours and I thought yellow would be nice as a complementary colour. Sort of a sunset colour.
Hope you are all well and enjoying the spring weather.So nice when everything turns green!

 Digital stamp: Lacy Sunshine 'Lizabeth Butterfly Kisses',  
Dies: Spellbinders 'Beaded Circles', Heartfelt Creations 'Garden Romance' butterflies ; Memory Box 'Vivienne Butterfly
Punch: Stampin' Up oval punch
Sentiment;  digital

Challenges:
1. Lacy Sunshine: May 15th - Anything goes
2. 2 Creative Chicks: Anything Goes
3.  Crafts Galore  Encore Challenge : May - Anything Goes
4. Creatalicious Challenge: #91 anything Goes with optional no design paper. - of which I have none
5. Dies R Us: #49  Birthday
6. Oddball Art Stamp Co.:  Girl Challenge
7. Paper Creator's Craft: #47 Anything Goes

Birthday in Blue

A blue birthday card with a Mo Manning digital image called 'Birthday Girl Manga'.

Not crazy about the blue paper I picked but I must of liked it  at the time :O). I accented the card with the Vivienne butterfly die from Memory Box and an edge die I used at a friends place?? The sentiment  is from the Stampin' Up 'Party Pants' stamp set. On another note, it is the Victoria Day long week-end and its been raining for about three days. My garden is growing by leaps and bounds as I type- haha. Such a relief from a winter with little snow and a spring without moisture.

Challenges

1. Colouring in Scraplands: challenge 11 - Celebrations
2. Crafting from the heart: challenge 113 Anything Goes
3. Craft your Passions: 313 Anything Goes
4. Love to Scrap: #78 Anything Goes
5. Our Crafty Corner: Challenge 9 Always Anything Goes
6. The Paper Nest Doll Challenge #5 Anything Goes
7. Allsorts Challenge Week 364 Happy Birthday
8. Scrappers Delight: #55 Anything Goes
9. A Beautiful Mess: #2 Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Enjoy Your Day - Every Day

A simple and for me, a plain card I made for the May 2016 Outlawz progressive challenge and their Wednesday Sketch Challenge.    Love the image by  Ppinkydollsart. her name is Fifi and she does look sad but hope she enjoys her day anyway :O)! The papers are all from  Stampin' Up. I used a stamp called Splatter Pattern I bought at Michaels many years ago for the 'River Rock' background paper. The image was coloured  with Copics. A fun and fast card.

Challenges:
1.Outlawz  May 2016 Progressive Challenge 
2. Outlawz Wednesday Sketch  Challenge 
3. Lacy Sunshine May 15th Anything Goes Challenge
4. lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #34 Anything Goes
5. The Ribbon Girl: May 'Any Image' Challenge
6. Crafty Calendar: May Challenge Things with Wings
7. Stamping Sensations May Challenge - Anything Goes

Baby Dragon

Yes, another card for a little one turning one (another great nephew). I'm actually late as his party was last week in Calgary. He such an adorable little boy with lots of lovely ginger hair. Just a sweetheart.

I used an image of a  Digi Shack baby  dragon ,
Coloured  him with Pro Markers and made the feet and head dimensional.The  number 'one' is a digital stamp from Beccy's Place. The dangling hearts are from Memory Box dies, and the scalloped /plain circles are dies from Spellbinders.   I used a ribbon and a large brad for additional accents.

Challenges:
1.Addicted to stamps and More; 
 Challenge #192 Make Your Mark
2. Crafting by Designs: May Anything Goes Challenge
3: Creative Moments Challenge #92 Anything Goes
4. Fab N' Funky Challenge 303: 3 or More Layers
5. Inspirations Destination #84 Anything Goes
6. The Crafty Addicts : #14 Anything Goes Use ribbon

FTH Blog PigWit in a Planter

From the Heart Blog Monthly Image  Challenge came this freebie 'Hamlet Pig Wig in a Planter' He is just so adorable . He was a freebie if you had participated in the last challenge. I printed and coloured the image twice (well coloured parts of the second image) to pop up the head,the flower on his head, the large flower, leaf  and bottom flower  using sticky dots.

I so liked the sketch from the From the Heart challenge #150 that I decided to use it for my design. For the twist I choose to use buttons.

Recipe
Stamp: FTHS digital 'Hamlet PigWig in the Planter'
Paper: Stampin UP (for the plain cardstock), the design paper from stash
Colour: Prisma Colour Markers
Embossing Folder: Stampin UP 'Argyle'
Die Cuts:from Spellbinders scalloped circles, classic circles; Stampin' UP Petite Banner; PoppyStamps 'Sylvan Sprig'
Buttons: dollar store
This card is for a very dear friend who has  had a bit of bad times lately and I hope it cheers hers up. love ya Jude!

Challenges
1. From the Heart Blog : monthly Image Challenge
2. From the Heart Blog: Sketch challenge #150
3. A Beautiful Mess: Challenge 2 Anything Goes
4. Crafting with an Attitude Challenge 15 Always Any Thing Goes
5. Digital Delights by Louby Loo Delightful Challenge #9 Anything Goes