More of My Favorite Things!

Hello and happy Sunday! 

I am spending this gloomy Sunday in 

my stamp room doing some "just for fun" stamping. 

I got two new stamp sets from 

My Favorite Things this week.

They are quickly becoming favorites of mine!

My first card uses "Make Mine a Double".

Love this little girl stamp! 

I paper pieced her dress so it would match the rest of the card.

The banner is a new die I got from Whimsy stamps. 

I am in love with this die cut!

The tab is from Clear Dollar Stamps Tabs and Tags die cut set.

I used a little bit of twisted color twine to hang the banner.

I got the twine from MFT's as well!

Oh - paper is from MME Stella and Rose Collection.

Card  #2 

For this card I used "Love you with all my Heart"

 from My Favorite Things Pure Innocence line.

I used the same paper as the card above.

I made this card for a friend who recently lost her mother.

I loosely followed a sketch I found at Friday Sketches Blog.

Again I used the little banner in the corner.

Thanks for visiting today!

See you next time!

Barb

Make Mine a DOUBLE!

Hello there!

Today's card is for a friend's birthday!

 I used My Favorite Things 

Pure Innocence stamp set "Make mine a double".

The paper is from MME Stella and Rose

 (love these papers!)

I distressed the white paper with some

 Antique Linen distress ink.

I paper pieced her dress. 

These images are just perfect for the paper piecing!

I colored the image with colored pencil.

 The layout is a sketch I found at 

Friday Sketcher's Sketch blog.
Sketch #144 from their archives.


Thanks for visiting today!
Comments are welcomed and appreciated!


Come back soon!
Barb

CIC Challenge # 25 - Clear Dollar Stamps

Hello there! 

Welcome to the CIC Challenge #25.

 The challenge today was to make a CAS card. 

Clean and Simple.

Hmmmm, I don't always do so

 well with clean and simple, 

but I thought I'd give it a whirl!

 For my card I used a digital image 

from CDS called Chick Trio.

This adorable digital set will be given away

 as a prize to the challenge winner!

I printed onto white paper and colored 

with colored pencil blending with mineral spirits.

the background paper is a double sided (my favorite!) 

paper from My Minds Eye. 

I love to utilize BOTH sides of the paper.

I made this a top folding card for something different.

Now it's YOUR turn to enter the CIC Challenge!!

Enter today!

See you next time!

Barb

Pink or Blue????

Hello Friends! 

Today is a big day for me!

 I get to find out (hopefully) if my soon to

 be grandbaby is a boy or girl!!!!

 In celebration of this exciting day,

 I made two different cards using the

 same digital image from K 'n K Designs.

I watercolored this adorable

 image with watercolor crayons. 

The Tag is a Quick Kutz die and the

 Love stamp is from Lockhart stamps.

If you have not yet seen Katlyn's Blog - 

you should really check it out!

She has some adorable images for sale!!

K 'n K Designs

Thanks for visiting today!

Hope to see you soon!

Barb

It's a Purrfect Day!

A Purrfect day to share with you a card

 I made using the digital image from 

Clear Dollar Stamps "Purrfect Day".

I colored this image with colored pencil 

blended with mineral spirits.

Paper is from Bazzil and Neenah white. 

She looks ready to pounce!

Head on over to Clear Dollar Stamps and 

check out their great Digi selections!

Thanks for stopping! Hope you will leave me a comment!

Until next time ~

Barb

Taylored Expressions Sketch #135

This is the first time I have played along with 

one of Taylor's sketch challenges!

Check out her site:

Taylored Expressions

 I just love this sketch - it's so cute!

 I have been a fan of Taylor's stamps for a while now -

 finally decided to play along for a chance

 to win some of her great stamps! 

I am also throwing my hat in the

 ring for her Design Team!

The stamps are from Skipping Stones Design -
 the cutest coffee set around!

I stamped the images in Memento Rich Cocoa,

 colored with colored pencil and then 

distress over the images with Tea Dye Distress ink.

The paper is from My Minds Eye, Stella and Rose line.

I am also entering this card in the 

The Spotted Chick weekly challenge. 
That's Krafty #49

Their challenge was to use Kraft paper. 

Not a challenge for me since I LOVE kraft!!


Thanks for visiting today!
Comments are appreciated!
See you soon!
 Barb

Sunday Stampin

Hello there! 

Today's card is for two different challenges today.

I used sketch #108 from Card Patterns.

 I am also entering this card in the

 Catch the Bug challenge which was 

to do a monochromatic color card

 with three buttons.

For me - the biggest challenge was to 

figure out what color to use!

I found ADORABLE red buttons

 from Doodlebug Design.

So I went in search of all things red. 

I found this cute bone pattern paper, 

also from Doodlebug Design. 

 I decided to use this Balloon Critter Dog

 from Bugaboo Stamps.

I thought he went well with the bone paper.

I colored the image with colored pencils

 blended with mineral spirits.

I really like this sketch! 

I think it will be one I use over and over.

Thanks for stopping today!

Leave me a comment if you will! 

I always appreciate hearing from you!

Barb