happy bday unicorn & wish

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

Morgan's Art World - Anything Goes

Inspiration Station - Mood Board

Background papers are from Doodlebug Designs - I used a happy b-day die cut and a Polaroid frame die cut. I printed the Unicorn Marshmallow from Oddball Art (no longer open) and colored with Copics and Stickles, fussy cut, then attached with foam dimensional tape. 

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And one more for today - this one is for the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More #499 - Any Occasion

AllSorts #829 - Anything Goes/Optional Animals

Cut it Up #336 - Add a Sentiment

Passion for Markers - For a Child

Color Throwdown #838

I created my background with Lindy's Magicals and Distress Spray Stains on a piece of watercolor paper. I die cut the crown and the "wish" sentiment from a piece of previously distressed/colored watercolor paper. I printed Abbi's Prince from Di's Digi Designs, colored her with Copics and a white gel pen and fussy cut her before attaching with foam dimensional tape. Finished off with some gemstone stickers.  Peace.

Batty About Books

 One more quick one to squeeze in for today... this bookmark is for the:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Not a Card

Two Old Bats - Anything Halloween Goes

Halloween Crafts All Year Round - Halloween/Family/Romance/Birthday

Time Out - Mood Board (Stars & Books)

I created a bookmark by taking a piece of watercolor paper that I had previously applied Lindy's Magicals to and used my bookmark die cut from Newton's Nook. I used stamps & dies from the Spooky Stories set. Peace.

Just Because

I had a sleepover with my oldest granddaughter Raeana (RaeRae) Monday night, and we had a great time. We went out to dinner for appetizers (her favorite mozzarella sticks and chicken fingers), then we watched a movie and had popcorn, ice cream, and Shirley Temples. ;)  Then we read some books before bed.  Yesterday morning we made donuts in my little mini donut maker then we spent the entire day in my craft room!  She was so damn cute - she made a birthday card and some "presents" for her dad, whose birthday is today (happy birthday Antonio!) and she was just so excited to give them to him. She said "he's probably gonna yell and scream and run all over the place" so I had to text him and let him know that a big reaction is expected when she presents him with these gifts.  ROFL The only time she got mad at me was when my hubby was going to bed and she said "we'll be in soon Grampy" and I laughed and said "Well I will be - you'll be in your own bed!" and she pouted for a few minutes but got over it super quick. She's 6 and she knows the drill - I don't do kids in my bed. I don't sleep one wink if there's a kid in my bed, and I definitely don't want to be grouchy when I am spending the day with said kid!  ;) This is me and my RaeRae:

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I would like to enter the card below into the following challenges:

Paper Funday - Anything Goes - Optional Four Legged Friends

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Pink & Main - Sketch

Papers are from Doodlebug Designs. I stamped the cute bear from Pink & Main with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored with Copics, fussy cut, and attached with foam dimensional tape. Peace.

friend

 Sleepover with my oldest granddaughter RaeRae last night! Got all the sleepovers over and done with before school starts!  LOL
I'd like to enter the card below into the following challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Inkspirational #347 - Mood Board

I used my Starry Rays stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code JennFan10 for 10% off!) on a piece of watercolor paper - I used embossing ink and clear embossing powder, then blended oxide inks and Spray Stains on it. I die cut the word "friend" and attached it to the center. Peace.

The Most Wonderful Time of Year!

 Hello all! I really do enjoy the Christmas challenges because it helps me get a head start on my holiday cards! I'd like to enter this one below into the following challenges:

Paper Funday - Anything Goes/Optional 4-Legged Friends

Peace on Earth Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

Outlawz Festive Friday - Christmas

Outlawz Main Challenge - August

Jingle Belles - Merry Sketch-Mas

Papers are from Doodlebug Designs. Stamps are from Tracey Hey/Alpaca Pals, set is called Happy Holidays. I colored with Copics and Stickles and fussy cut, then attached with foam dimensional tape. Peace.

Mixed Media Birthday Card

 One more for today!  This one is for the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps - Birthday

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Happy Birthday

Stencil Fun - Anything Goes/Optional Trees and/or Leaves

Creative Artiste - Anything Mixed Media Goes

Creative Inspiration #29 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks #780 - Birthday

I got super inky with this one - I used texture paste through my Bottled Posies stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code JennFan10 for 10% off at the shop). I then used Lindy's Magicals and Distress Spray Stains to color the flowers and the background. I finished off with some text stickers. Peace.

Miss You

 Happy Sunday!  I am forcing myself to have a lazy day today!  We are going to be selling our house, I haven't even told any of my friends yet because I'm a little freaked out about it. We are going to downsize and see if we can a similar sized house on a smaller piece of property... wish me luck. I'd like to be a little closer to my daughter & grandkids, too, so it really will most likely turn out for the best but change is just so hard, isn't it?

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

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Triple B - Anything Goes Birds, Butterflies, or Blooms

Just Us Girls Die Week #787: Florals

I created my background with alcohol inks on Yupo paper. I used a sticker for the sentiment and die cut the flower from black cardstock, then matted the Yupo background onto a black card base. Peace.

Smile!

 Good morning! Gotta finish getting ready for my cookout today, but I wanted to enter this card below into the following challenges:

Color Dare #664

Just Add Ink #763

Passion for Markers - Anything Goes

Tic Tac Toe #276 (any color/blue, free, sentiment)

I had this background already made and it fit the color challenge perfectly - I had used white Mixative with different shades of blue alcohol inks and some gold alloys mixed in on black cardstock - I love the look on the black! I die cut the film strips and attached them with some liquid glue. I stamped "Smile" directly on the background and embossed with clear embossing powder. I stamped Snapshot Anya from The Greeting Farm with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored her with Copics and fussy cut her, then attached her with foam dimensional tape. Peace.

California Dreaming

 Hello! I've had such a busy week - busy, but fun! I finally have some time to spend in my craft room today so I'm looking forward to that. Then one of my best friends from childhood is picking me up to take me out to dinner tonight. I'm thinking the local smash burger place and I'm already drooling over it. LOL

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

Outlawz August

Outlawz Twisted Friday - It's a Colorful World

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Color Dare #663

I used the ink smooshing technique to create the background on watercolor paper. I then stamped the stamps from Hero Arts with Versafine Dazzle and embossed with white embossing powder. I live in Massachusetts, but I lived in Northern California for a couple of years and it's definitely my home-away-from-home. Peace.

All Dressed Up New Release - Hula Beach

 Today we have a fun new Summery release for you at All Dressed Up!

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Passion for Markers - Anything Goes

A Cut Above - Anything Goes with Die Cuts

We Love Stamping - Anything Goes/Optional Flowers

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Art Nudge August 2025

(I used 825B)

I used papers from a pad called The Tropical Collection from Crafter's Companion. This new image is called Hula Beach from All Dressed Up and I had SO MUCH FUN creating this card with her! I wanted it to look almost like a postcard, so I printed her out and then used a stitched edge rectangle die cut to frame her. I colored her with Copics and used my Cloud Edger stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code JennFan10 for 10% off at the shop) around her with Stormy Skies Distress Ink. I then cut the large postage stamp die from a piece of the coordinating DP. I also used coordinating papers to die cut the leaves (attached with adhesive and foam dimensional tape) and the ticket with the sentiment printed on it. Peace. 

Here are all 3 new releases, which you can find in the Etsy shop here.

Cheerful Sketches Guest DT

 I was honored to be asked to be a guest designer for the Cheerful Sketches Challenge! Our sponsor this time is Polkadoodles - and you know I'm on their DT so I just LOVE their images! Here is the sketch for this time:

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

Sisterhood of Crafters - Stripes and/or Dots

Star Stampz - Christmas in July

Peace on Earth #93 - Christmas

Crafter's Cafe - Christmas in July

Merry Little Christmas - Anything Goes

My background papers & Mistletoe sticker are from Doodlebug Designs. My image is from Polkadoodles and she's called Gift of Christmas Winnie Angel, I colored with Copics and a white gel pen and added some Fluffy Stuff and Stickles. Peace.

Pamper Yourself & Be Awesome Today

 Happy Birthday to me!  hee hee I thought this first card was a good one to share on my birthday, since I pamper myself for a week!  LOL  I love the Retro Rubber challenge, it encourages me to get those older, less used stamps out! I'd like to enter the card below into the following challenges:

Retro Rubber #260

We Love Stamping - Flowers

Passion for Markers - Anything Goes

My Time to Craft - 2 or More Patterned Papers

The stamp set I used is from 2009 - it's from The Greeting Farm and it's called Me Time Anya. I stamped, colored with Copics & a white gel pen, and fussy cut each piece. I attached them with foam dimensional tape. 

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One more for today - this one is for the following challenges:

AllSorts #829 - AG/Optional Animals

Paper Funday - Anything Goes/Optional Four Legged Friends

Make My Monday - Masculine

Cupcake Inspiration #623

Papers are from Doodlebug Designs - image is from Lili of the Valley, colored with Copics and fussy cut. I added some die cut bamboo & leaves to finish it off. Peace.

Throw Glitter...

 What a fun sleepover with my girl last night!  Lisey is 5 - we made Swedish meatballs per her request, we watched KPop Demon Hunters (which I had never even heard of until TGF released a digi set yesterday and then I show up at my daughter's house and the kids are all watching it! LOL), and we made cards. She was really good at helping with the meatballs, I'm definitely having her back when I do my quadruple batch at Christmas! LOL

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

Passion for Markers - Anything Goes

Creations in Pink - AG in Mainly Pink

AllSorts #829 - AG/Optional Animals

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes

Color Hues #115

I created my background by using one of the new stencils from the August release at A Colorful Life Designs - this one is Bauhaus Circle Mask. I used Distress Oxide Inks and Distress Spray Stains. I stamped the flamingo & sentiment from Tracey Hey Designs with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored with Copics, fussy cut, and attached with foam dimensional tape. Peace.

bee happy

 Back to Monday! I hope you all had a nice weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed my lobster feast yesterday and I'm looking forward to a lobster roll for lunch today! I'm picking up my middle granddaughter Lisey (she's 5) today for a sleepover tonight. When I asked her what she wanted me to make her for dinner, she goes "Um, do you have any more of those Swedish meatballs?"  I was cracking up - Swedish meatballs is one of my specialties, and it takes hours to make. So I told her we'll make them together and she's super excited. I can't wait to spend the day in the kitchen with my little Bean!

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

Just Us Girls - CASE a DT

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Birds/Bees/Butterflies

Festive Friday #190 (I used black, yellow, die cuts, ink blending, bees, honeycombs, bee sentiment, flowers)

I created my background by ink blending Distress Oxide Ink in Mustard Seed all over a piece of watercolor paper, misting with water, and then using a honeycomb inlay die in the center. I stamped the "bee happy" sentiment (Visible Image Stamps) directly on the background with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I matted the watercolor paper on a black card base. I printed out Darby & Bumble from Sweet November Stamps, colored with Copics and a white gel pen and some glitter, fussy cut, then attached them with foam dimensional tape to the card. Peace.

Friends & Family are Gold

 We have a new release for you for August at A Colorful Life Designs!  You can use code JennFan10 to get 10% off your order!

I used the Mid Century Double Rainbow for this card below, which I'd like to enter into the following challenges:

Colorful Options August (Rainbow option)

Krafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Morgan's Art World - Anything Goes

Tic Tac Toe #276 (I used friendship, any color, any shape die)

I applied Distress Inks through my Mid Century Rainbow stencil on a piece of white cardstock, then ran it through my printer to add the sentiment. I die cut the cauldron and used an embossing pen to draw the "gold", then embossed it with gold embossing powder and fussy cut - added some gemstone stickers in rainbow colors and matted it on a red card base.  Peace.