Sparkles Christmas #171 - Tis the season

                                                                     Tuesday April 1, 2025

Hello and happy April 1st.

We have a new challenge over at

Sparkles Christmas #171

Theme: Christmas Foliage

I saw this card being done - the shape and I liked it so made it, it's Stampin up products, Ranger and My favorite things... I love how it came out. I die cut the flower and leaves and used Ranger ink.. I see the leaves look dead. I may have to go cut again and make green...  if they aren't brownish when this comes on then I changed them.. LOL  (yup - later  I changed it)

This is the card open

Challenges:

Shopping our stash #544 - fun folds

Word art Wednesday wk. 692-693 - atg

As you like it - fancy fold (love this fancy fold, able to show different papers and a great place for your focal point)

Sparkles Christmas #170 - Merry Christmas

Saturday March 1, 2025

Hello and happy March 1st...

It's time for a new challenge over at

Sparkles Christmas #170

Theme: Christmas critters

I chose the theme so hope you like it..

I had fun creating this card. I used papers from Quick Quote.. I stamped the Your next stamp deer and colored with copics. I used My favorite things die.. I stamped the Simon Says sentiment and  I embellished the collar with some gold diamonds.. 

Challenges:  

Word art Wednesday wk, 689-690 -atg

Crafty animals #92 - atg

Crafts Galore #133 - atg

Critter crazy #96 - atg

Moving along with the times #176 - pets 

Love to scrap #172 - atg

 

Sparkles Christmas #169 0 May your cup runneth over

Saturday February 1, 2025

Hello and Happy February 1st

We have a new challenge over at

Sparkles Christmas #169

Theme: A cup of Christmas tea

For my card I still have these beautiful Quick Quote scraps on my desk so I worked from that.. I stamped the Stamp Simply tea cup and sentiment and colored the cup with copics. I fussy cut it out. I die cut the white board piece with a My favorite things die and added the tea cup. I added that to the background and added that to a red piece. I wrapped  Stampin up cord around the edge and added the whole piece to the white card base. I added the two sentiments. I used Spectrum Noir sparkle brush to the tea (or coffee for me) 

Challenges:

Krafty chicks #753 - atg

Word art Wednesday wk. 685-686 - atg

 

Sparkles Christmas #168 - Merry Kissmas

Wednesday January 1, 2025

Happy New Year.. We have another full year of 

Christmas card makings over at 

Sparkles Christmas #168 

Theme: Warm and Cozy

This image is so cute and it looks cozy and fun.. The image is from Gillian Roberts I colored with copics. The sentiment is from Simon Says stamped with Stampin up ink. I used a die without a name and added to the top to fill the space and used copics to give color and added a diamond drill to each berry. I added to a piece of Stampin up card stock and then mounted on a DCWV card stock.

Challenges:

Crafty animals #90 - atg animals

Critter crazy #94 - atg animals

Love to scrap #171 - atg

Word art Wednesday wk. 681-682 - atg

Digi choosday wk 50 - atg

 

Sparkles Christmas #167 - Star of Wonder

Sunday December 1, 2024

Hello and Happy December 1st

We have a new challenge over at

Sparkles Christmas #167

Theme: Christmas song or carol

For my card  I saw this sentiment from Simon Says and thought lets do a different Christmas card.. I had water colored some papers awhile back and just put in a container.. I sometimes do this with paints that are just on my blending plate.. I figure I can use is some time or another.  So I took black card stock and used my Paul Reuban metallics and some white and splattered on the black.. Then set aside to dry and got out my watercolor strips and My favorite thing star dies and cut them. Then heat embossed the sentiment. I laid out the stars and the center one I used puffy dots. I like the way it came out. Hope it inspired you. 

Challenges:

Pammie's inky pinkies #2448 - atg

Love to scrap #170 - atg / tag

(Pin)spirational #320 - atg

Krafty chicks #744 - all occasions

 

Sparkles Christmas #166 - A snowflake is winter's butterfly

Friday November 1, 2024

Hello 

We have a new challenge over at

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #166

Theme: Snowflakes

I used different Simon Says snowflakes and stamped them all over the front. I used embossing powder and heat set. I then took Ranger ink and using 4 different colors blended them over the snowflakes. I stamped the Hero arts sentiment that I colored with Ranger and cut it down and added to the card front. I finished with some round diamonds from left over diamond painting projects.  

Challenges:

Krafty chicks #740 - atg

Simon Wednesday - atg

Love to scrap #170 - atg

Word art Wednesday wk. 671-672 - atg

 

Sparkles Christmas #165 - We wish you a Merry Christmas

Tuesday October 1, 2024

Hello and Wow already October.

Hope the weather is good where you are and you're enjoying Fall. 

We have a new challenge over at

Sparkles Christmas #165

Theme:  Word Christmas on you creation

I dug through my Christmas papers and found this cute piece. So I used my Taylored expressions images and stamped them and the sentiment. I colored with copics. I used Spectrum on the snow ground, hat trim and ball.  I added a little ribbon banners.

Challenges:

Word art Wednesday wk. 667-668 - atg

Simon Monday - Christmas  - winter

Allsorts - wk. 800 - atg

Krafty chicks #735 -all occasions 

Crafty animals #88 = atg animals

Critter crazy #91 - atg animals

Sparkles Christmas #164 - May the Peace of the Season

Sunday September 1, 2024

Hello

Time for a new challenge over at

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #164 

Theme: Sentiment as focal point

I used DCWV paper as the background. I used Vellum and stamped the Stampin up sentiment with Stazon. Set it aside to dry as I work on the rest of the card..  I used My favorite things leaves and colored with Copics. I punched out some flowers from two different red with Stampin up punch. I added the vellum wrapping around to the back of the card and added the flowers along the side to hide the adhesive and added the piece to the with card base. I finished with some diamond drill crystals. 

Challenges:

Word art Wednesday wk. 663-664- atg

Pammie's inky pinkies #2434 - atg

Papercraft challenge #109 - polka dots

 

Sparkles Christmas #163 - Merry Christmas

Thursday August 1, 2024

Hello

We have a new challenge over at

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #163

Theme: Christmas critters

Boy it's hard to make a Christmas card when it's so hot out. We don't have AC so we use fans and they just aren't cooling it off enough.. Hope you're all doing fine and staying cool.. I added a snow scene thinking it would help me stay cool.. lol.. I used the snowflakes from Stampin up set and used Simon says die for the snow area. I stamped the Reverse confetti images and colored with copics. I stamped the sentiment from SS. 
 

Challenges:

Word art Wednesday wk.  659-660 - atg
Critter Crazy #89 - atg critter
Crafty animals #86 - atg critter

Digi choosday wk. 30 - atg

Polkadoodles wk. 30 - atg

Sparkles Christmas #162 - Merry Christmas

Monday July 1, 2024

Hello.. I have a lot of card's for July 1st. It just happens to fall of a day when most cards are spread out more.. Thanks for coming by again

We have a new challenge over at 

Sparkles Christmas #162

Theme: hand made ornament or ornaments

So..... I used the Stampin up punch AGAIN. I can't help it.. with so many pretty papers it's not hard to chose the punch again. I used DCWV papers and love the glitter and colors. I added to the background which I stamped Merry Christmas from Denami designs. I added twine and a few diamond painting drills to the top of the ornament. 

 Challenges:

Krafty chicks #722 - all occasions

Love to scrap #168 - atg

Moving along with the times #168 - cas

Sparkles Christmas #161 - Season's Greetings

Saturday June 1, 2024

Hello - Wow is this year going by fast or what... 

I love summer, the sun just makes me happy.

Well we have a Christmas challenge as always over at

Sparkles Christmas #161

Theme: Use Dies

I used some DCWV papers and used the Lil Inker embossing stitch die for the base. I used Stampin up ornament punch and created 5 ornaments. I used SU twine. The sentiment I stamped on a Tech. Tues die and added some Ranger ink. I love the masculine look of the card. 

Challenges

Word art Wednesday wk. 649-650 - atg

Moving along with the times #167 - early Christmas
 

Sparkles Christmas #160 - Here comes Santa Paws

Wednesday May 1, 2024

Hello

We've got a new challenge over at

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #160 

Theme: Ribbon or Twine

I chose the theme this time and then didn't know what I wanted to do. I ended up using Stampin up designer paper and Simon Says images colored with Copics. I added the sentiments and used a SU punch. I added the ribbon and some punched SU flowers that I added diamond drills to the centers.

Challenges:

Krafty chicks #713 - all occasions

Word art Wednesday wk. 646-647 - anything goes

Crazy critters #86 - anything goes critter

 

Sparkles Christmas #159 - Christmas is here

Monday April 1, 2024

Hello

Time for a new challenge over at

Sparkles Christmas #159

Theme: Non traditional colors

Who would of thought black Christmas tree dp but I obviously have it. I took my stamp set from Stampin up and stamped the image and used Kat Scrappiness die and cut it out. I cut a white piece to put behind it but I didn't like it white so I took Ranger ink and smeared it over the die cut. I added to the card and finished with Nuvo drops on the tree. I feel this is non traditional colors. 

 Challenges:

Word art Wednesday wk. 641-642 - anything goes

Polkadoodles wk. 13 - anything goes

Spariles Chriistmas #158 - Merry Christmas

Friday March 1, 2024

Hello

We have a new challenge over at

Sparkles Christmas #158

Theme: Plaid / tartan

I chose the cool greenish plaid. I stamped the Hero Arts Merry Christmas and trees. I used brown plaid for the trunks of the trees but it's so small you can't tell. I took a scrap of Quick Quote paper and tore and added it for the ground. 

 Challenges:

Krafty chicks #705 - anything goes

Word art Wednesday wk. 637- 638 - anything goes

Love to scrap #166 - anything goes

Thursday February 1, 2024

Hello

It's time for a new challenge over at

Sparkles Christmas challenge

Theme: Kraft card

I took Paul Ruben metallic watercolors and used the gold and light pink and splattered over the kraft. I set it aside to dry. I used the Stampin up punch and using scraps punched out the 3 ornaments. I then punched out 3 more from card stock and stacked. I wanted the ornaments to have volume. I used Stampin up cord and added the ornaments to the card. The sentiment is from Paper trey ink. 

 Challenges:

Simon Wednesday - anything goes

Word art Wednesday wk. 623-624 - anything goes

Sparkles Christmas #156 - Happy holidays

Monday January 1, 2024

Hello and Happy New Year 

New challenge over at 

Sparkles Christmas challenge #156

     theme: winter wonderland        

I was digging through my scraps of Christmas papers and found these.. So I took my triangle dies and created the trees and I had a scrap of brown so cut trunks. A piece of white scrap I cut some hills/slopes and added Ranger ink to create snow. I I then added to the background snow looking sky. I finished with the cute deer from Simon Says and cut from scraps. I love when you can use up scraps. 

Challenges:
Krafty chicks #696 - all occasions

Crafting happiness #155 - anything goes

Sparkles Christmas #155 - Merry Christmas

 Friday December 1, 2023

Hello

We have a new challenge over at

Sparkles Christmas #155

Our theme is

Animal or bird

I used Simon says stamp and colored with copics. I found this floral scrap from Quick Quite so using Spellbinder oval dies cut them out. I them used Stampin up dots stamp used versa mark on the background but it didn't come out too good so I went over it with white. I like the a hint of a design. I finished with Nuvo drops on the frame and a gem on his nose. 

Challenges:

Krafty chicks #692 - anything goes

Simon Wednesday - anything goes

Sparkles Christmas #154 - Merry Christmas

Wednesday November 1, 2023

Hello

You ready for another challenge from

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #154

Our theme is

Christmas Stockings

For my card, I didn't have a stocking stamp so I used DCWV designer paper and added the Simon Says sentiment and added the snowflake punch and a little bling. 

 Challenges:

Word art Wednesday wk. 619-620 - anything goes

Use your stuff #496 - anything goes

Sparkles Christmas #153 - To you and yours

Sunday October 1, 2023

Hello

New month new challenge over at

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #153

Our them this month is

Christmas flowers or foliage 

 For my card I took a snowflake embossing folder and looked a little blah so took a gold embossing ink and lightly went over the raised image to give it color. I then took the My favorite things die and red and green Stampin up card stock and cut out the flower. I used Ranger in to give some color so it didn't look so flat. I added the Stampin up sentiment and used a Tech. Tues. banner die. I finished with some bling. 

Challenges:

Krafty chicks /3683 - all occasions

Word art Wednesday wk. 615 - 616 - anything goes

Sparkles Christmas #152 - Season's Greetings

Friday September 1, 2023

Hello

Time for a new challenge over at 

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #152

Our theme is

Build a snowman

So to start I had to think what was I going to do.. So started with watercolor paper and prima watercolor and just created a background.. I let it dry for a day then splattered bleed proof white all over it..  Now what am I going to do????? Build a snowman.. that's the theme. I cut a couple circles and using Ranger ink gave a little color to soften the white of the paper.. I found some branches and added them and some diamond drills from left over diamond paintings.. now the head, I cut another circle and it was too big so  using scissor I cut it a little smaller and laid it down. added more diamonds for the face, a copic nose.. I thought it needed a hat so I die cut Tim Holtz. I cut a small orange scrap and wrapped it around for hat band..  I cut the two deer out of scraps.. the background just needed something. Their saying.. what's that crazy lady doing?  

 Challenges:

Crafting happiness #146 - anything goes

Krafty chicks #679 - anything goes

Word art Wednesday wk. 611-612 - anything goes