May

15

Delight in life

Filed Under DT: Maria L., Dogs | 1 Comment

maria-delight-in-life-sm“Delight in life” is the perfect jumping off point for the this card. Rowley dog is enjoying the beautiful rainbow of color Maria created. Isn’t it just so happy! I love her rainbow and the addition of the little clear dots. She also added the little movement lines around all of his paws which makes it look like he’s really jumping for joy. Happy happy happy for sure!

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Apr

25

Celebrate this life

Filed Under DT: Janis C., Dogs, People | 5 Comments

janis-celebrate-life-smJanis sent in this wonderful little card. She said “I know the main stamp is supposed to be used in a different angle like lying on the floor…but it seems to me the girl is just sitting with a little puppy which was leaning on her feet.” I just love this little project – the way she created the background gives it a sweet yet artsy feel. I also love the little chicks next to the little radio – I think they might be doing a little dance. So cute Janis!

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Apr

23

To the world

Filed Under DT: Maria L., Dogs, People | 3 Comments

maria-totheworld-smI love this image, so much so that I actually made it into a quilt. So when Maria ordered it to use in a sample I couldn’t wait to see what she’d do. I think it’s just lovely. The sweet colors she used to color in the image are bright but soft. Her choice of patterned pattern is just perfect too. The top one has sweet little vines of green running throughout and finishing it with a big green bow – who wouldn’t love to receive this in their mailbox.

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Apr

21

Oh the butterflies

Filed Under Cats, DT: Amanda R., Nature, People | 3 Comments

amanda-abundance-smThis card sent in by Amanda is all a-flutter with Springtime happiness! I love the way she colored the image in and the way she framed it with the green paper. Her embellishments are just fabulous – I never would think to add a bow that big but it’s just perfect!!

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Apr

19

You’re my big dog

Filed Under DT: Kelly C., Dogs | 2 Comments

kelly-sparky-smIn this card Kelly used a little stamp, but by adding a dark frame around it gave it the presence of something much bigger. I love the little doggy bone in the background paper and then using the bright red/orange down the side with the heart and twine was just great!!

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Apr

17

hbd

Filed Under Birthday, Cats, DT: Sandy A., People | 3 Comments

sandy-penelope-smSandy sent in the cutest birthday card! I love her layers of green and the fact that she used a big piece of ribbon behind the main image to give it some dimension. The colors she chose to color the main image are so bright and cheery – and love the dots on the fish! Finishing it off with the pop of orange was a terrific choice AND using just “hbd” instead of spelling everything out gives it that modern, texting touch.

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Apr

13

She was happy

Filed Under DT: Amanda R., People | 3 Comments

amanda-handbag-smAnother lovely card by Amanda. I think the doily type background she used to stamp the image on is just wonderful. It reminds me of tea time and cake (or chocolates). I love that she gave her a patterned dress and the little flower embellishments are so sweet.

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Apr

11

Happy happy happy birthday

Filed Under Birthday, DT: Barb H. | 2 Comments

barbara-happybirthday-smBarb did a great job with this birthday card. I think it shows that by simply using one stamp over and over again you can really make a big statement. Her layers and color choices are terrific – the pop of orange really makes the card. Tying it off with a piece of colored twine just finishes it perfectly.

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Apr

9

The carrot was…

Filed Under Animals, DT: Heike I., Holiday: Easter | 3 Comments

heike-carrots-smHeike sent in this cute little bunny card. She said when she saw this stamp it reminded her of how fisherman show the size of the fish caught (or maybe that got away). Now that I look at Brewster bunny he does seem to be doing that. :)

I love her use of the light colored clouds as a background and then the the popping out one that has the sentiment. I also love her little flowers with brad centers – very cute!

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Apr

6

Kitty thoughts

Filed Under Cats, DT: Celine R., Furniture | 1 Comment

celine-cat-thoughts-smMarmie kitty  reminded Celine of her beloved cat, Kalamazoo, who believed she was the center of the universe. Much like the cat depicted here, she was not a deep thinker, lived to be served, and enjoyed a long nap more than just about anything else.

She stamped the various elements onto different colors and textures of paper, then colored with Prismacolors where needed.  The window is actually a stamp with a bunch of kitties in the window that she cut off so that she could add snow falling outside. The thought balloon is a standard shape in PhotoShop Elements that was sized to fit the cat, then cut out and stamped.  The flooring is scrapbooking paper.  Images were cut out and arranged to fit on a standard 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 card and then glued down.  Celine added a cardstock border in sage to finish the piece.

Seeing her card brought back some lovely memories. When I drew this image originally my kitty Marmie was the inspiration. I found this photo of her…
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Thank you Celine.

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Apr

4

Sharing

Filed Under DT: Amanda R., Dogs, People | Leave a Comment

amanda-unselfish-smAmanda really does a lovely job of using layers. With just one stamp she’s created a beautifully sweet card. She used black once again to frame all the layers. I love that she added the blue shading on the frame with the stamped image. I think it’s the little touches that people add to cards that make them so big!

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Apr

2

They talked for hours

Filed Under Animals, Cats, DT: Leigh O. | 3 Comments

leigh-crumbsandfarleyIf you follow Leigh’s blog or this blog on Facebook, you probably saw this card before, but it was so cute I wanted to post it here for all who may not have seen it.

Leigh does an amazing job of layering. The color combination she chose is just lovely and unexpected. Yellow and gray and not two colors I think of together, but after seeing this,wow! Even though there is pattern all over the place its subtle enough that the main image stands out. She continued the color scheme with Crumbs (mouse) and Farley (kitty). I would never have thought to color the grass gray, but traditional green would have taken away from the sweetness. Lovely.

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Mar

31

Spring Arrives in the Garden

Filed Under DT: Celine R., Fairies, Spring | 4 Comments

celine-flowercolor-smI thought this was SO clever! Celine sent this in and I love how she used the box of fairy dust to sprinkle color onto the flowers. It got me thinking, how could I do this for other cards, what else could I start out with black and white and then add a color to?

She stamped the images using Staz-On ink and then used her watercolors. She masked everything and sponged the background using my trusty Nerf ball and Color Box pigment inks.  Twinkling H2Os were used for the fairy’s wings. And to finish it off,  she added the swirly dots to indicate the path of the fairy dust.

Just wonderful!

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Mar

27

Happy Easter

Filed Under DT: Sandy A., Holiday: Easter | 7 Comments

sandy-happy-easter-smI must confess, I had to check my calendar today and realized that Easter is next weekend! That means not only the Easter Bunny but income taxes (for those in the U.S.) are not far behind! But lets not think of that last part right now, shall we.

Sandy sent in these Adorable (with a capital “A”) Easter cards. Using just one stamp – Flopsy with his egg, she created a whole set of cards. She used four different solid background colors, but they are cohesive because she carried the same stripe and polka dot throughout. I love that she colored all the eggs differently and colored Flopsy as both a brown bunny and a white fluffy one too. Cute cute cute!!

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Mar

22

What’s brewing?

Filed Under Animals, DT: Cathrine S. | 2 Comments

cathrine-brewing-smIsn’t this the cutest? Cathrine sent it in. I just love the way she colored the hens or I suppose didn’t color them. So many times we think we need to add color – I know I sure do, but isn’t the white with the shadow great. The hint of color in the sky is just perfect and really helps set off the white hens. I also love her background paper – can’t get more perfect than little peeps. :)

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