Your Next Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello - hard to believe another week has gone by - where is the summer going?  Another Your Next Stamp Challenge and this week it is "Anything Goes" so I decided to use the adorable Fhiona and Pony stamp to create this card.  I used a Sizzix die for the outer frame and added some sky paper in behind.  The leaves/branches to the side is also a Sizzix die, the grass a Fiskars border bunch, the flowers and sentiment letters are Quikutz dies and the flag die is Memory Box.  I sure love my Big Shot machine and how versatile it is and how it allows me to use all these different dies and it cuts so perfectly the first time around - I can remember the hand-held device I had for my Quikutz dies and how hard it was to push it down and then so often it would not cut right through the paper and I would have to keep re-doing it - that was such a pain!! Thank goodness for the Big Shot - I absolutely love this cutting machine and would highly recommend it to anyone.  Hopefully you can get a chance to head over to Your Next Stamp to check out what the design team created and maybe play along yourself.  Thanks for taking time to visit my blog and have a wonderful day!

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Your Next Stamp Thursday Challenge - Books

Hello and it is Thursday once again and that means Your Next Stamp has another challenge on the go!  This week the theme is "Books" and when I found out that the theme was books I immediately thought of back to school .  All of the designer paper on this card is from My Mind's Eye 6" x 6" paper pad called School Daze.  It is a fabulous paper pad if you are able to get your hands on one of them - lots of back to school paper perfect for card making.  The adorable image is actually cut out of a larger YNS stamp called "Ellie Loves Music". The books she is sitting on and the A+ is cut out of the design paper.   I added an apple brad and heart brad in her hair and some ribbon on the top.  I hope you get a chance to head on over to Your Next Stamp and check out all the wonderful creations from the design team and maybe you can get a chance to play along as well.  This blog will be sure to make you smile - guaranteed!!  All of these stamps are so sweet!!  Thanks for stopping by for a visit and hope you have a fantastic happy day!!

Your stamping friend, Debbie

A Coloring Challenge for Me

Hello everyone - I hope you had a fabulous weekend - here in Canada we had an extra day off yesterday so it was very nice.  This weekend we reached some very hot temperatures so in the afternoons I was more than happy to be in my craft room where it was a bit cooler.  I bought this adorable Whimsy stamp called "Little Jack and Bobbin Snoozin" - it just gave me such a warm fuzzy feeling when I saw it and then once I stamped it out I realized that there is a lot to color.  It took me a few practice rounds as I am not that good with my copic markers yet and I did finally finish this image and was fairly happy with the results.  I also actually kept a list of the colors I used you can see the list below.  This card is mainly coloring except for the SU corner punch and brad I used and the sentiment is also a Whimsy stamp.  I did add some twine on the fishing rod to make it look a bit more realistic.  You will note there is a dog in this image as well and if you follow my blog you will know that I love most any image that has a cute dog in it - another reason for buying this stamp - lol!  Well it is back to work for me today but thankfully a short week so I am happy about that.  I hope you have a wonderful day where-ever you might be and thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Copic Used:

Grass - G99, YG67, YG63, YG03, G21, G20
Tree - E29, E25, E53, E99, W1
Hair - E31, E50, E53
Skin - E11, E01, E00, E000
Dog - W5, W3, W1
Shirt and Apple - R37, R35, R32
Hat - E33, E31, YR20, Y21
Overalls, B97, B95, B93, B91
Flowers - Y06, Y17
Leaves - G95, YG67, G20
Sky - Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass and homemade cloud template
Book - W7, W5, W3, W1
I also added some prisma color markers to deepen shadows (a brand new technique for me but quite effective)

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Your Next Stamp Thursday Challenge

Hello - Well I am very excited to have been chosen guest designer for the month of August for the adorable Your Next Stamp company.  The first challenge of the month is to make a card using the colors dark pink, light pink, orange and yellow.  I used this cute YNS stamp, called girlfriends, and created this card from paper in my paper stash drawer.  I thought it might be hard to come up with this color combo but fortunately my paper drawer is very full and I was able to find the right colors.  The image is colored with copic markers and the sentiment is also from YNS.  I would suggest that you head on over to http://yournextstamp.blogspot.ca/ to check out what all the other designers have created and then join in the challenge yourself!  I just love these images as they always make me smile!!  -   Hope you are enjoying your summer - one more month to go and then fall will soon be upon us again - I am going to savour every last drop of summer I can as I just love the heat!!
Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog and happy stamping!!

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Christmas in July

Hello - well July is almost over and that means summer is half way over too - I am sad that summer is going by so quickly - I am really enjoying the hot sunny weather.  Now having said all of that - you may wonder why I am making a Christmas card? - I wouldn't be doing this on my own but the scrapbooking store I design for had asked me to make a Christmas card.  I was a bit reluctant at first but then decided to take it on as a fun challenge.  I have to admit it is not easy to make a Christmas card in the summer somehow it all just doesn't come together as well.  I did struggle with this card and I have to admit it is not one of my more favorites but maybe it is because my creative mind isn't tuned in yet to winter/cold and Christmas - anyways it was still fun to be in my craft room once again and create.  I am not sure which Tilda this is or which Christmas set she belongs to but she is adorable!  I paper pieced her hat, scarf and boots and then colored the rest of her with copics.  I used a Sizzix die to cut the tree in behind and added glitter and star brads. I also used my circuit machine to cut out the lamp post in the background.  I added some pretty prima flowers and used my Memory Box die to add some black swirls behind the flowers and added some ribbon and a Whimsy sentiment stamp.  That pretty much sums up this card - I kind of went a bit overboard on it as far as embellishing but sometimes it is hard to know when to stop - lol!!  Hope you are all having a wonderful relaxing Sunday where-ever that may be.

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Raining Hearts

Hello - again the days fly by and another week is gone.  I have been very busy as my son and his fiance and their dog were visiting for a few days and we had lots of running around to do for the wedding next year.  Today I got a chance to spend time in my craft room so I made this card using a new Penny Black stamp.   It just so happens to be raining here today so I chose this cute umbrella couple.  The umbrella and her dress is paper pieced and the rest is colored using copic markers.  I used a fiskar border punch on the top part of the card and added some yellow and green brads.  I also added ribbon and a Marianne swirl punch.  The flowers on top of the umbrella are cut out of designer paper.  All the paper was from my paper stash drawer.  The sentiment is also from Penny Black.  Thanks for stopping by for a visit and enjoy the weekend whatever your plans may be.

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Geeky Love

Hello - boy do the days just fly by - hard to believe it is already well in to July.  We finally got our hot summer weather and I am loving it - I don't like being directly in the sun but I love the heat and my favorite part of the day is when the sun just goes down and we take our dog for a long walk on the trail - it doesn't get any better than that!!  Well I finally found some time to spend in my craft room - (it is just so much more difficult to get time for my craft room in the summer with so many other things on the go) but I managed to make this card this afternoon with my new Make it Crafty "Geeky Love" stamp. This stamp is adorable and I combined it with a Magnolia fence stamp.  I had to do some masking which I haven't done in a very long time but it worked out fine.  I also had to mask the images to color the sky in behind (it is kind of hard to see on the picture but I did make clouds with Tim Holtz distess ink Tumbled Glass).  The image is colored with my copic markers (see list of colors below) and lots of paper piecing.  All the paper is from Cosmo Cricket "Tea for Two" 6 x 6 paper pad.  The sentiment is computer generated.  I hope you are having a wonderful day and enjoying sunshine! Thanks for stopping by for a visit and enjoy your week.  My son and his fiance are coming on Wednesday and will be staying until Monday so I am looking forward to their visit.  It will be busy as we have lots of wedding details to look after while they are here.  The wedding is for July 27th, 2013 and we are all very excited about it.

Copics Used:
Skin - E02, E00, E000
Fence - E29, E25, E35, E53
Hair - E25, E35, E53
Grass - E53, YG63, YG67, YG91
Flowers - E07, E95
Shoes - W7, W5, W3, W1
Rest is paper pieced

Your stamping friend, Debbie