silhouette tag

we are working with silhouettes this week at tag tuesday so i decided to make a tag using both some digital and traditional stamps.

the hummingbird and butterfly are digital images from bugaboo stamps.  the gorgeous flower is from my favorite rogue redhead designs "floriculture" stamp plate.  the primary sheet of background paper for the tag as well as the paper the hummingbird was printed on are both from the primavera series by itKuPiLLi.

in addition to some distressing and ribbon, i added a little bead for the hummingbird's eye and some additional paper at the bottom that looks like a stone wall.

hummingbirds are my favorites.
love to all.

bunny flowers

for week two of the "add a flower" challenge at cheerful stamp pad i've made another card featuring a cute digital image from our challenge sponsor bugaboo stamps.

i printed the bunny and chicks digi on the butterfly patterned paper by TLC creations and colored the bunny with colored pencils.  i overlaid the butterfly paper on some flowered DP and layered another patterned paper as well.  finally i added some 3D lacy flowered stickers.

one more week to play along for a chance at a prize from our sponsor.
enjoy; love to all.

add some flowers

cheerful stamp pad challenge #83 is "add some flowers."  we are inviting you to add flowers to your creation in some way -- the central image should be something other than a flower and then you add some flowers, got it?  for my DT card i used a hummingbird digital image from our challenge sponsor bugaboo stamps.  and then i added some flowers!

i printed the hummingbird on some background paper from TLC creations then added my flowers, brads, a butterfly die-cut and washi tape.

a randomly selected participant will get some shopping credit at bugaboo!  two weeks to play...

enjoy; love to all.

black and white challenge: week two

this week i am combining challenges with my creation.  it is week two of the "black and white" challenge at the cheerful stamp pad.  meanwhile one of the members over at scraps of color encouraged us to make ATCs in honor of black history month.  so i made a black and white ATC featuring the very talented late great musician duke ellington.

this is a photo real stamp of duke ellington by the stampsmith. the background is sheet music from one of his famous songs, "it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing."

if you wish to join the cheerful stamp pad challenge you have one more week.  the challenge sponsor is bugaboo stamps and a randomly selected winner will get some digis from their shop.

love to all.

e is for elephant

for the new two week "color inspired" challenge at the cheerful stamp pad we are focusing on black and white. our challenge sponsor is bugaboo stamps.  for my DT creation i used an elephant silhouette digital stamp from bugaboo.

i loved the patterning in the elephant which made it an ideal centerpiece for the black and white challenge.  i used some complementary designer paper which is actually in dark grey and white placed on black card stock and finished it with the vintage monogram letter "E."  The end result feels like a sort of sophisticated children's alphabet card.

this is a new challenge today so you have two weeks to join in; i hope you will.  the randomly selected winner will get a shopping treat from sponsor bugaboo.

happy week; love to all.

"anything goes" and "blue christmas"

the new challenge at the cheerful stamp pad is "anything goes" which is a perfect challenge for whatever you've got going in your art space so i hope you'll play along.  our challenge sponsor is bugaboo stamps.
it is still a "blue christmas" at lunagirl moonbeams until next sunday.  here is a bit of inspiration for you for both challenges:

the main image is from lunagirl with various papers and embellishments to set the scene.
stop on by and play along!

love to all.

more about santa's hat...

greetings friends.  you have one more week to join the "who's wearing santa's hat" challenge at the cheerful stamp pad. the challenge sponsor is bugaboo stamps. 

this card features a bugaboo digi which i've colored with pencils.  i used designer paper, red card stock, a red sharpie (for outlining), a red flower and a little sparkly blue bead to finish this off.  i do not use digis very much so it has been interesting learning to use them.  once i thought of it as being like coloring in coloring books then i knew what to do!

hope you'll find time to join the challenge.
love to all.

who's wearing santa's hat?

its time for challenge #30 at the cheerful stamp pad. the challenge sponsor is bugaboo digital stamps. so there will be a prize for the randomly selected winner!  bugaboo kindly offered up a couple samples for the DT.

this little sweetie is sharing the joy of giving.  i colored her with pencils and affixed her to some gift-wrap-like designer paper and added a couple shiny holiday stars.

truth be told i've done next to nothing in terms of holiday preparations -- making cards, gifts, anything.  i just shopped for thanksgiving!  but i'll get it all together.  and i promise to take my time and enjoy the moments.  the true beauty of the holidays should be the love we share with family and friends. 

so have fun, be happy.  love to all.