Rain Puddles Design

My card today uses all four of the flowers from the Flower Doodles set at DigiStamp Boutique . I love the whimsy feel to them and had to put all of them on the card. Yep. There are four separate images! I just made a curved line across the bottom of the vases to tie them all together. This card is a reminder that there's no other day like today, there is no other person uniquely made like you, and there is no other moment than the present to pursue being what you want to be. Any other day of our lives can be just as beautiful and in just as fun of a container, but it's the only one that is for us in today. Let's enjoy it in every way we can! Today I'm finishing my time as a guest designer with DigiStamp Boutique. I'm thrilled that I was able to design for such a sweet and talented artist and owner at DigiStamp Boutique. Thank you Sally-Ann! Here's my end of the month reminder to stop on over at the boutique if you haven't lately. She's got some wonder...

I've got an all time favorite digital stamp image to share today. Coco with Big Heart  from DigiStamp Boutique cannot get any more cute! When I first saw this bear a year ago it reminded me of my own stuffed bear named Mocha (for it's fur color) and every time I color Coco those are the Prismacolors I pull off my shelf. I'm hooked. The card was very easy to pull together... once I had the time. I used some oval nestabilities to cut out my prismacolor marker colored Coco. Then a scalloped oval nestie to frame it up nicely. It's been forever and one day since I've used my Stickles and what better time than when hearts are the theme, so I dotted the scallop mat with Xmas Red. I matted some Love paper from Me and My Big Ideas with kraft text weight paper, then began to pair up some ribbon to criss cross around the bottom of the card. I ended up with some gingham ribbon I bought at JoAnn's $1 display at Christmas and red satin from my 19 penny bag from Hanc...

Hi blogging buddies! You know there is nothing like a new toy to get some creativity flowing and even more when it's a blog hop prize! I've been drooling over some stamp sets over at Layers of Colors Boutique and I'm certain if I had some extra cash lying around I would buy every one of their stamps. Anyway, I happen to catch their Love Blog Hop on the 17th of this month and I was overwhelmed with gorgeous inspiration. I made a comment on every hop and that just so nicely entered me into a chance to win a stamp prize! And I did, yippee! The Floweret Cling Art Stamp was my prize on Diana's blog . Now all about my tag, yes I was so inspired I tackled a tag with confidence. I wanted to just play with some different styles with my new stamp, so I grabbed a scrap of kraft paper to test an idea. It turned out so well that I used it as the main image and base of my tag. I first stamped with white ink and tried a No. 2 pencil for shading. I grabbed some paper pa...

I'm dropping in with a jazzy card today. I've used Pippa and Sonny with Rose from this month's offer at DigiStamp Boutique. The offer has three adorable images with Pippa and Sonny. Pippa and Sonny are colored with Prismacolor markers without a color challenge or designer paper as the inspiration. When it came time to put the image on the card I had to dig pretty deep to find something to go with it and I found that in the Butterflies and Blossoms Stack pack. After finding the psychedelic paper, I cut out some hearts from my Cuttlekids collection of dies and colored them the same as the rose Pippa and Sonny are holding. Then I outlined them with black pen and added some dimensionals to make them pop. The sentiment is from Verve's Heart's Desire  is stamped in Graphite Black. When I got to the background I decided it's a new year and it time for a new background technique. I chose two shades of color from my Prismacolor set and started making circles. I...

It's halfway through the first month of 2011 and I'm just now making a post? I'm thinking its going to be a year of busy schedules with school events and activities for us! Today I'm coming in to the year with love. Love for an image named Sonny with roses . He's ready to give out some flower powered love on the card I made and in such a sweet green argyled day along with a dreamy hillside below a blue cotton candy cloud. Gray is the New Black Challenge is still on over at Moxie Fab World until January 24th. I was thinking of a unique way to use gray when I wanted to create a comic-book-like outline for the top note shape and cloud on this card.  It just seemed a unique opportunity to use gray where I would have grabbed from some black cardstock. Hope your day is just the best! Details: Stamps: DSB Sonny with Roses , DSB Valentine Sentiments Paper: blue, white and gray paper scraps, plaid DP from DCWV Flower Shower Spring Pack Ink: Laser...