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Thursday, July 28, 2016

Seize the Birthday ~ Pink & Brown

Welcome to another Seize the Birthday Challenge!
We have a topping for you this time!
We are looking for pink and brown on your card!
Of course Anything Goes all the time!
A fun birthday card done all in browns and pinks...I love this color combination!
stamps & dies:  PTI Just Desserts
PTI paper:  Confetti Toss
 
 
Check out the amazing cards the Design Team has for you!

Heart Hugs, friends!



Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Color Throwdown # 403

This is for the Color Throwdown Challenge
 
I am sorry my yellow looks green, I tried three times to take the picture and it didn't come out any better, so it is what it is.  The yellow is PTI Bright Buttercup, I also used Pale Peony and a Fresh Ink "peach" pigment ink.
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look,

Heart Hugs, friends!



Colour Q Challenge # 352

I chose the Floral Sketches coloring page to work with...I colored with copics and yes the leaves are yellow!!  Very pretty colors!
I am building up mu stash of sympathy and praying for you kind of cards.
this is the new stamp set from PTI called "Inspired: Prayer"
BTW, the background is actually a light gray...



Heart Hugs, friends!



Muse # 176 by Linda

My BFF, Linda is the MUSE this week, you must go check out her card!
I pulled out an older SSS stamp set called Butterfly Friends and partially die cut them along the edge of the card, then stamped them.  I added some PTI Fancy Flourishes to the card.  My sentiment is also from SSS called Thanks!
 
The Muse card by Linda! 

Have a great week friends!!
Heart Hugs, friends!



Monday, July 25, 2016

SAF 2016 Farewell Friends!!

You know my BFF, Linda (on the right) drove down from Seattle to play with me!  She does every year!!
This was a fun SAF, so thank you to the design team and Nichole for all your hard work in putting this together, it really broadened my artistic endeavors!  I still have a long way to go to be more proficient in many areas, but I thank you for bringing so many techniques here this time!!
I must admit we struggled a bit with splatters, actually we could do splatters, we could NOT get a nice big splat...no matter how high I held the paint brush I still always got a round glob...the other one was the Floral Impressionism by Melissa, we both loved it and tried many different stamps in my arsenal, but nothing worked!  And of course my package that had the Floral Sketches, which was supposed to arrive on Saturday didn't show up and wasn't in my box today either, apparently it is coming tomorrow!!
So Lin and I will have fun the rest of the week, playing and maybe shopping at our favorite Craft store...we both have new things that we can share with each other and of course we can always practice what we have learned from this year's SAF!
Heart Hugs, friends!



Sunday, July 24, 2016

SAF 2016 Color Blocking with Lexi

Color Blocking with Lexi was really interesting and kind of fun to do.  It took some thinking and looking through the books to see what I have that would work~and something no one else has done!  Although as long as it took me, some one might have done this anyway!!  LOL!
Scenti-mentals stamp set.
 
Heart Hugs, friends!



SAF 2016 Watercolor like a Master with Kay Miller

Watercolor with Kay Miller, YEAH. looking forward to this all day...she makes it look so easy, I am NOT a Master Watercolor person and I obviously need a lot of work as you can see from this card.  I am anxious to give it another try though...when I am done with the rest of the challenges!!
Heart Hugs, friends!



SAF 2016 Pointillism Play with Heather

I used the same Year of Flower: Violet that Heather used, only in blues.
Have m ore to do so will not linger here!

Heart Hugs, friends!



Saturday, July 23, 2016

Masterpiece Inspirtion with the Team

 
You can go HERE to see all the inspiration from the team on their Masterpiece Inspirations! 
I chose the same inspiration as Kay Miller...love the Georgia O'Keefe POPPY and I pretty much copied Kay's piece of art work.
I used the leaf veins from Leave it Be...I also used the Ganzai Tambi paints.
My friend and I are not even half way through the day, good thing they give us three days to complete all these videos!!

Heart Hugs, friends!



Gilded in Gold with Danielle

This is the third video of the day...a little behind!!
About a year ago I made some monogram cards for a friend, I thought she would LOVE this gold monogrammed little card!
I used the dies from "Don't forget to Write" kit.
I LOVE the gold leaf...ready to do more things with this!!
SAF Monogram2 
you can go HERE to watch the video!
Heart Hugs, friends!



Starry Night with Amy

The morning started with Amy showing us how to make some Starry Nights like Van Gogh paints.  Fun fun card, loved learning how to paint trees!!
I used Wet Paint: Holiday for my sentiment!
Go HERE to watch the video!

Heart Hugs, friends!



SAF 2016 Master Color Recipes

Good Morning friends, here is the Masterpiece from the Color recipe.  Not sure I would say this is a "masterpiece" but it is done!!
Mark Rothko 
Mark-Rothko-card 

My friend has been patiently waiting for me to finish so we can move on with the next video...we are several hours behind!!
Heart Hugs, friends!



Friday, July 22, 2016

PTI Stamp-A-Faire Friday Night Gallery Reception

Tonight starts the SAF and my BFF Linda is here once again to share the day (week!!) with me!
I chose this water color MIM # 247 that Melissa shared back in May.
I loved doing this faux watercolor, sure made me feel like an artist!
You can go HERE to Nichole's blog to read about he kick off ceremony tonight!
We are excited and ready to play!!

Here we are to start the festivities!!

Heart Hugs, friends!








Friday, July 15, 2016

CAS Mix Up July Challenge

It is not too late to enter the July CAS Mix Up Challenge.
I have a birthday card for a granddaughter who is turning 15!
Teal is her favorite color!
I stamped, I colored with copics, and I used a stencil on the left side of the card for added interest.
Stamps:  Stamping Bella: Uptown Girl
copics: E000, E53, BV00, BG01, BG10, BG18, RV17, RV66, RV69, YR15, Y17  
stencil: TCW: Mini Capricious
Distress Ink:  Picked Raspberry  
This challenge is open until July 24, please go check out all the inspiration, there are some talented people showing their cards in the gallery as well as all the ones from the Design Team.


Heart Hugs, friends!








Thursday, July 14, 2016

Seize the Birthday ~ Bold & Bright!

Welcome to another Seize the Birthday Challenge!
Today we have a topping...something bright & bold!
 I don't think you will have any trouble making a birthday card that is bold and bright, but you can always make any kind of birthday card!
stamps & dies:  PTI Painted Petals, Embroidered Borders
stencil:  PTI Modern Background Stencil

  
Please check out the design team cards and we look forward to seeing your card in the gallery!  This challenge will close on Tuesday July 26!
See you there!
 
Heart Hugs, friends!



Saturday, July 9, 2016

30 Day coloring Challenge Day 5 & Addicted To CAS



Another quick card for the 30 Day Coloring Challenge.
colored the PTI Friendship Jar flowers with copics.
Also entering this in the Addicted to CAS Challenge which is add stripes to your card!

Tomorrow our whole family is going to Coeur d'Alene Idaho for a family vacation.
We have been going there for about 10 years.  The kids love playing in the lake and the big boys like to golf.  However...we have some fevers running through the family, including my husband!  EEK!!  Jalen came down with hand, foot and mouth disease from our Indianapolis trip, ran a fever and and then shared it with his 13 year old sister and now it appears they may have even given it to Papa and his cousin!!
We are scheduled to fly out tomorrow with two of the 6 grandkids...one of them just starting to get sick now...never a dull moment!!

I am going to bring my copics and hope I have a chance to do more coloring!!
So see you in about two weeks!!

Heart Hugs, friends!



30 Day Coloring Challenge Day 4

I took a lot of the little stamps from Altenew's Garden Grow and randomly stamped them with versafine and then embossed with clear Wow EP.  I then used my Zig Clear Real Brush pens to color the images.  The sentiment is also an Altenew called Label Love.

This is for Day 4 of the 30 Day coloring challenge going on over at Kathy's blog called the Daily Marker.  She is just encouraging us to color every day!!

Heart Hugs, friends!



The Heart Desires Challenge 2

Hi Friends, there is a new challenge in the PNW that my BFF just shared with me...it is called The Heart Desires.  And the challenge is to use either the sketch, a color combination or have your card be tropical!
 I tried to pull it all off...and you will know these designers for this challenge, they are mostly all in the Seattle area!!
stamps & dies:  MFT Tropical Sensations, Polynesian Paradise

I hope you will go check out the new challenge and play along!


Heart Hugs, friends!



Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Day 2 of the 30 day coloring challenge

This is another digi download from Tiddly Inks..another cute little Wryn Scooting By!
I asked my 9 year old granddaughter what color the bike should be and she said PINK!!  Then I asked her what color for the shoes (that was the last thing I colored)...she really liked YG41!  Okay!! That is how those colors came to be on this card!


Heart Hugs, friends!