big hugs

 The artist Kreativezauber by Nilu on Instagram has another freebie posted for you for the next 24 hours. This is Ciara Pastell Love and I was honored when she asked me to create something with her to show her off.  I love the shabby chic colors of the paper pack so I went with similar tones to color her. Go leave a comment on her post to receive the freebie file link!

I printed the digi paper twice and then die cut some hearts and the "big hugs" text from one piece, then added some rhinestone stickers and a piece of material scrap from my stash behind her.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for visiting. Peace.

Congrats on the Little One & Happy 4th

 Good morning! I'd like to share a creation I made using one of the July release stencils at A Colorful Life Designs don't forget to use code JennFan10 for 10% off your purchase.

This one is called Baby's Hand:

I would like to enter my card into the Art Nudge 726C:

I simply ink blended through the stencil directly on some DP and stamped the sentiment with the same color, then die cut some hearts from the same pack and sponged a bit more ink on the edges. 

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I also have another card to share from the June stencils and I'd like to enter it into the following challenges:

4-Season #106 - Focus on the Text

Cut it Up #360 - Create Your Own Background

Stencil Fun - AG/Optional Patterns

AllSorts #853 - Use Stencils

Colorful Options - R/W/B or Rainbow

I ink blended Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink through my Patterned Noise Stencil, then Blueprint Sketch through my Patriotic Stars stencil. I sponged the edges with blue. I printed out the sentiment, die cut it with a stitched edge nesting arch die set from Unity, then printed the little banner image, colored with Copics and Stickles, fussy cut, and layered on a scallop punch I cut from red cardstock. Added some rhinestone stickers for bling. Peace.

Good Day Sunshine!

 Summer cards are some of my favorite to make - I'm a Leo, born in August, and I've always loved celebrating Summer! I'm actually kind of annoying about my birthday - I make it last at LEAST a week (usually 2). hee hee  What can I say?  The rest of the year is all about everyone else, so I get spoiled on my birthday and I don't mind it at all. ;)

I'd like to enter the card below into the following challenges:

Classic Design Challenge - Summer Fun

Crafter's Cafe - AG/Optional Blooms

Let's Craft & Create #233 - AG/Fun in the Sun

Papercraft #131 - Sunny Days & Bright Hues

Paper Funday #89 - AG/Summer Splash

Wednesday's Creative Inspiration - Summer Sunshine

My papers are from Simple Stories. I printed out Sugarplum Surfer Emma (old digi from CC Designs), colored her with Copics (I added a nose - did I do OK????), fussy cut her and attached her to my Polaroid die cut with foam dots. Peace.

Sweet & A Little Twisted

 I recently re-discovered Mo's Digital Images through her Patreon, she is just an incredible artist. I love coloring her images and I knew exactly which sentiment I wanted to pair this one with! LOL  I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - Christmas in July

Creative Knockouts - Christmas in July

Die Cut Divas - Christmas in July

Fab n' Funky #641 - Christmas in July

Krafty Chicks #828 - Christmas

The paper is part of the digi set - it's a Peppermint background and she's called Christmas Eve. I colored her with Copics and some Fluffy Stuff, and used a scalloped edge square to cut her out. The sentiment is from the Naughty List set at Ink Road Stamps, cut with a nesting banner die. I just love her mischievous grin! LOL Peace.

FRIEND

 Good morning!  I was excited to do a guest DT spot for the Cut it Up die cut challenge blog this month - theme is Make Your Own Background:

Go give them a follow!  They need 3 more followers to get to 1000 and will be doing a giveaway from all of the entries in the challenge running when that happens!  Fun!

Here's my creation:

I made my background on watercolor paper with Lindy's Magicals - I make most of my backgrounds ahead of time and I really need to start penciling on the back which color(s) I used! Anyway, I then used Pearl White Stardust Butter through a stencil in the upper left corner. I stamped a script stamp (Hero Arts) with a white pigment ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder. I die cut the word friend & the frame (Fun With Words 1 die set from Whimsy Stamps) from the same background paper and layered it on top of the white card base. I die cut the Vintage Bird Cage & Bird Fancy Die from Hero Arts from a good sturdy white cardstock and colored the birds.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

All About Challenge #7 - Friendship

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

A Cut Above - Anything Goes (with die cuts)

Triple B - Birds, Butterflies, and Blooms

Thanks for visiting! Peace.

Christmas in July!

 Good morning! It's Christmas in July for a lot of challenges so I decided to play along! I'm not a HUUUUUUGE fan of making Christmas cards - Halloween is more my jam - but I do have some amazing stamps from Ink Road Stamps that make it a little more fun! ;)  hee hee

For my first card, I went with a less offensive sentiment for the following challenges:

Outlawz Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

Creative Knockouts #574 - Christmas in July

Double Trouble #220 - Christmas in July 3-2-1

(I used both the optional twist of the stars and/or stripes and the dare of the sketch from TSOT)

Jingle Belles - Stars or Stripes Forever

Try a Sketch on Tuesday #699

I used old papers from Authentique to create the sketch background. I was surprised by how well the star/Patriotic papers worked for a Christmas card! I stamped the nutcracker and sentiment from Ink Road Stamp's Nutcracker set with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored with Copics, fussy cut the nutcracker and die cut the sentiment. I found this perfect little star brad in my stash to attach the sentiment with. 

OK now if you're easily offended, just stop scrolling. LOL  Swear words below!!!

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This next one is for a challenge blog that I am just so very thankful exists - LOL - I would have nowhere to enter these awesome cards if not for them! I'd like to enter this one into the:

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - Christmas in July

I used Lindy's Magicals on 2 pieces of watercolor paper - you'll never guess which color I used. Wanna guess?  I'll give you a second.

I used Impressionist Ink. This is one of my favorite shakers - I love that it looks completely different every time you use it!!!

Anyway - I stamped my Naughty Christmas Background stamp from Ink Road Stamps with Versafine Dazzle and embossed with clear sparkly embossing powder before applying the Lindy's to the 2nd piece of watercolor paper. I then die cut a tag from it and sponged the edges in black and attached with a large white brad. I stamped the sentiment from the Naughty List set at Ink Road Stamps with Versafine Black and embossed with the clear sparkly embossing powder. I sponged the edges of the card with black to finish it off. Peace.

The Sweet Life

 I was excited to see that CC Designs had a bunch of new digis in their shop - I'm a sucker for instant gratification. ;) This one was perfect for a Summer card, and I'd like to link it up to the following challenges:

CC Designs Facebook Challenge - AG/Optional Summer

Let's Craft & Create #233 - AG/Fun in the Sun

Papercraft Challenge #131 - Sunny Days & Bright Hues

Wednesday's Creative Inspiration - Summer Sunshine

Paper Funday #89 - AG/Optional Summer Splash

I used papers from Doodlebug Designs - they were perfect to pair with this cute digi stamp called Beach Babe Twila from CC Designs! I colored her with Copics and used a stitched edge arch nesting die from Unity to cut out. Peace.