Rain Puddles Design

I am completely thrilled to tell you, I've been asked to join the very talented designers at DigiStamp Boutique as a guest in April. There's no fools joke here. It's really happening! I am sure to have a wonderful time with the digital stamp characters, Sally-Ann, the illustrator and owner of DigiStamp Boutique, has for the month. The first to be seen are two cute mice as the Offer of the Month. Meet Marty and Matilda. Aren't they adorable! Every month at DigiStamp Boutique has a stamp or set of stamps at a discount and Marty and Matilda are the ones for April. While I'm busy coloring and creating with Marty and Matilda, why don't you pop on over to the Boutique and take a look around at the whole set and all the other fabulous stamps! You can also jump over to the desgners blogs to see some gorgeous inspirations. Beth Matson Denise Morgans Lisa Thompson Donna Barber Kim Fee Paula Morfitt Emma Wood Liz McGuire Sally-Ann's blog too...

Welcome along the Easter InStyle Blog Hop today! If you came from Lana's blog then you have made the right hop. If you have just popped in and want to start at the beginning,  go to InStyle Stamps blog for all the prize information and guidelines. You can also find the Design Team blog hop list in case you get lost somewhere along the way. Easter is just around the corner and some egg hunts have already begun. So let's get our baskets ready to fill with eggs shall we? Yep, you guessed it, my project is using Easter Basket image from InStyle Stamps.  This easter basket is filled to the top with eggs and it was pretty easy to put together. They are not just precariously stacked in that basket though, I had a little help from some clear acetate and nestibilities. I printed out the box template, cut it out and scored it, then ran it through my Cuttlebug with my Sissix Dots Embossing Folder. I used a circle die from my Nestibilities set and positioned ...

It's Monday and I have an extra card that I pulled together with some scraps. I had the card base and green panel already made from way back in December that I just couldn't throw away, so I've finally found a use for them . This card was suppose to be for the new Shabby Tea Room Challenge blog. They are now on the second challenge this week. I missed this challenge by not getting the time zone correct. Silly me. I decided to try out this challenge because most of the DT are excellent designers in that shabby chic style that I have such a hard time capturing. My card seems a bit to bold for the style, but I've attempted it just the same. It might be supplies that I'm lacking {wink}, but I'll keep going with this challenge when I can. Here's the inspiration picture and the challenge is to use pink, cream, red, green and brown. Now here's my card. How I did it? The base card and main panel are stamped on white cardstock with Old Olive, th...

Here's a card I made for my friend and next door neighbor. Her birthday was last week but I am just now getting to posting it. I used a new March image from DigiStamp Boutique called Birthday Poppy. I just love these images and I hope to fit in more time coloring them. I used my Prismacolor markers on the image and added some depth with Prismacolor Pencils. I really like using this combination for the hair. I think it gives it more detail and characteristics of hair, even though it tasks me much longer to finish my coloring. LOL I used Basic Black for the card base and some leftover rust paper for the front base. I had cut out two 4x6 cards from the DCWV Flower Shower paper pack for the paper pieced dress and succeeded on my first try, so I used the second card for the panels in the sketch. The sketch is from the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge blog hop over the weekend (March 19-21, 2010). Inside I added a simple white panel to write my personal sentiment. Quick updat...

Some of my early Followers of my blog know the story of my dear hubby and I having our first date night from this post . It is a simple anniversary that is easy to track. It falls on St Patrick's Day! I always try to give him something to remember our first date together. Here's the cliff notes: I'm late to our movie date, sneak past movie goers for the last two seats, their smuggled candy coated chocolates roll down the cement floor of the theater. The End. For this years gift I wanted to go small, so I bought a small snack size bag of M&M's and went from there. I've been eyeing the template for a candy dispenser from Kelleigh Ratzlaff over at theDigichick.com and now that I know their website hates Internet Explorer, I can buy stuff there again through Firefox! I colored a birdcage with markers and pencils, added the Stampin' Up jewelry tags with sentiments and I was done. P.S. The birdcage reminds us of the movie that night. Can you guess what...

Instyle Stamps is having another week of Sneak Peeks! There is another prize so go check it out on this post at InStyle Stamps. Today's sneak peek is Mylie , our "always a bridesmaid never a bride", but Someday... ...her prince will come. That's what this card is all about. Now-a-days bridesmaid dresses are much more generous in flattery for those poor ladies that seem to be in the attendant line, but there always seems to be something about the dress that just makes it not re-usable. 1. Mylie's first invitation to be a bridesmaid. She was asked to wear a nice pretty spring green dress, but that large coral flower! If the flower were to be taken off, it would leave thread holes that looked like a termite colony had just been there. 2. Or how about the theme wedding where she had to dress like...well a medieval barmaid. 3. Now when her friend across the country emailed her the picture of that gorgeous bronze dress, when she got it in the mail it ...

It is Wednesday , the rest of the week is down hill! Well that sweet Virginia from InStyle Stamps is doing another OTHDBCGA ! The OTHDBCGA theme is green and yellow. Go over to InStyle Stamps blog to see what might be yours if you play along with us on Over-the-Hump-Day Blog Candy Give-away (Aren't ya glad I spelled it out this time?). I'm using this adorable Charlie , who reminds me of our two long-hair dachshunds. There's nothing that tickles me more of what they do then sittin' on their heiners and beg. One waves her paws at ya and the other talks and bellows until her tummy is granted a meal. Our dachshunds are red and red dapple, but the one that inticed us into Dachshund ownership was a sweet little Rosalina, or Rosie for short, for whom we puppysat and that was the end of us. Rosie was much lighter in color and more blonde than our pups, so Charlie has turned Rosie for my project today. After all, the theme is yellow and green, so I had to have Cha...