Heartfelt Hands

For Father's Day, I used an image from Sassy Cheryl called Heartfelt Hands. The original image has a dog in it, but I cropped him out. I colored the image with copic makers and used a very simple layout to focus on the heart. The hummingbird and epoxy heart are embellishments.

The image can be found on Whimsy Stamps. Check out the other cute images made by Sassy Cheryl on the Whimsy Stamps website. You'll love them all!

Have a great day!

Gully by Golly

Gully and friends are actually just one stamp that I resized, turned around, modified to make it look like he has an audience.....hoping he will drop that french fry!

Gully is a digi stamp from Sweet November Stamps.

The island and beach with shells are stamps from Make It Crafty who, sadly, is no longer in business.

I just loved this sentiment - for my nephew who turned 23 and has quite the appetite!

The images were colored with copic markers and the background paper is from my stash.

 I hope you are happier than a seagull with a french fry, too!

Bertha's Bloomin Box

My Mom LOVES her flowers! Family, friends and neighbors stop by her house just to see her flowers every year.

So, I thought Bertha's Bloomin Box from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps was the perfect image for her birthday card. SHHHHH - She hasn't seen it yet!

I colored the image with copic markers, added some epoxy hearts to the window frame and stickles to the flower centers for a little sparkle.

I think she will like this card 💕 Happy Birthday Mom!

Napping Neville

I am so honored to have been asked to be a member of the Dr. Digi's Guest Designer Team - WOW!

I love Dr. Digi's images - they are so much fun! Here is my first project using Napping Neville.

I colored the image with Copic markers and double matted the image on some paper from my stash.

Neville's had a rough day. He's supposed to be retired, but there are just too many demands on his time. So, Neville has redefined "retired".....it means "tired again!" That's where the naps come in. And his faithful companion is always willing to join Neville on one of his naps - best seat in the house.

And, Dr. Digi doesn't stop at images, there are fun papers and now cut files! So many goodies, so little time! Go check them out after your nap..... 😉

Always and Forever

If I had been thinking ahead, I would have said "ALWAYS AND FUREVER."
Nope, I'm always a day late and a dollar short, lol! It's already printed, colored and mailed. Maybe next time.

That's okay, though, it's still a sweet image to use for an anniversary, Valentine's Day, birthday, even a "Thinking of You" card for your BFF. I love Sherry West Art images - there is always more than one occasion you can find to use each and every one.

I am not sure what Sherry has named this image, but I am sure if you want to purchase it, she can find it. I call it Cat Love. You can find Sherry West Art on Facebook.

I used the image for my sister and brother-in-law's anniversary card. My sister is a HUGE cat lady! I colored it with copic markers, using a lot of the blue-green colors because that is her favorite color. The image is the focal point, popped up on foam. I used some pretty gems in the corners and added ribbon at two edges. I hand cut the background paper in a gentle slope and separated it to show the blue-green cardstock beneath.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

B Is For Bunny

 Easter is approaching and I am not finished with my Easter cards, lol! Sherry West Art has a super-cute image for you to color and pop on a card very easily, B is for Bunny. I used copic markers to color the image and then my colorless blender to soften the color a little bit. Brightly colored bows, pretty cardstock and ribbon and it's DONE!

You could even use this image for a Mother's Day card. It is just SO SWEET!

I hope you have a Blessed Easter!

Valentine's Snow Friends

 Challenge yourself! It doesn't have to be a BIG challenge, just something small. Like....use a non-traditional image for a holiday, maybe. I thought I would try that, so I used a snowman for a Valentine's card. The image is Snow Friends from Sherry West Art on Etsy.

No, I didn't color the snowman in red, not even the scarf, hat or bird. All of that is in blues and greens, but the background? Now, that is RED, lol! I colored the image with Copic markers and fussy cut it out, including the ground. For the background, I used a red vellum and alternated a silver washi tape and glittery, mesh-type of ribbon. The next little challenge was - what could be a Valentine's sentiment coming from a snowman??? After looking at it for a couple of days, a sentiment popped into my head - Whew! I cut a little tag and wrote the sentiment with my Silhouette Cameo 4 and added a couple of ribbons to the top. Both the sentiment and snowman are popped up on foam dots.

Blues B28, B24, B23, B000

Greens G28, G05, YG03

So try it - a little challenge. You never know what you might accomplish!

Have a wonderful day and a Happy Valentine's Day!