Cottage Life

My Hubby & I lived full time at our little cottage on the lake for 9 years before we had to sell it & move back into the city. It was a wonderful time & I certainly miss lots of things about living there but all good things must come to an end. Now, life in the city is full of new adventures...& with 3 incredible grandchildren things are never boring! This lovely Stampscapes image reminds me of those peaceful times. I coloured it with copic markers & the "lake" is shimmering thanks to a Spectrum Noir glitter pen. The woodgrain paper is from a pad by ms.sparkle & co. & the pinecone stamp & die came with a Cardmaker magazine.

Challenges I am entering:
1. Daring Cardmakers.....show 3 of something on your card (pinecones)
2. Creatalicious #191....ATG with option: 3 of a kind
3. Seize the Birthday #195.....non-neutral background
4. The Crafters Cafe #247.....male card
5. Pearly Sparkles Ch. #53.....3 of a kind
6. The Creative Crafters Ch.#30.....ATG
7. Craft Rocket Ch. #72.....for the men

Fairy Garden

Do you believe in fairies? I was born in Ireland & grew up with tales of fairies & leprechauns...the "little people!"  I remember as a child going down to the bottom of my Granny's garden to try to find them. Much to my disappointment I never did succeed. Now I can create my own fairy garden with beautiful Lavinia stamps! This one is called "Seeing is Believing". The wildflower border along the bottom is an oldie from Indigo Blu. I created my background with Distress Inks: moon...mustard seed & wild honey; northern lights....wilted violet, cracked pistachio, worn lipstick, mustard seed & wild honey as well as Momento Bahama blue. I'm really happy with the way this little bit of magic turned out!

Challenges:
1. Crafty Gals Corner #209.....fantasy
2. Lavinia World #31
3. Creative Moments #195.....ATG
4. Fab 'n Funky Ch. # 491.....use a "real" stamp
5. All Fun Ch. #11.....ATG with option: "magical world"
6. Time Out Ch. #166.....peaceful

Broken

It's hard to read the words at the top of this image but they are very powerful...."some things are more beautiful when they are broken"  This was a picture of a painting a friend has & she asked if I could make a card for her Hubby from the picture. I used Pixlr to remove all the colour from the image & then used copics to put all the colour back 😃 LOL! In 2018 we spent the winter on Vancouver Island where we saw lots of old beached fishing boats. This image took me back to the ocean....I could almost smell the salt air!

Challenges:
1. Just Add Ink Ch. #514....use dark blue, light blue & grey
2. Inkspirational Ch. #217.....painting or colouring
3. Krafty Chicks #516.....CAS

If Life Gives You Lemons!

If life gives you lemons.....make lemonade! Boy, life has sure given us lemons in the last 5 months! My little corner of the world is relatively safe in these crazy COVID times but it has still changed our everyday life in so many ways. This sweet digital image from Mo Manning was fun to colour using copic markers. The papers are from my scrap bucket.  The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch & pearls are Stampin Up. The butterfly is sparkly with the help of Wink of Stella.

Challenges:
1. If You Gave a Crafter a Cookie#146.....lemons
2. Crafty Friends #140.....Happy Birthday
3. Di's Digi Challenge.....use your scraps
4. CD Sunday Plus #40.....anything digital
5. The Paper Players #500.....CAS & celebrate

Poppies

I used to grow big, beautiful poppies in my backyard & I could look out my kitchen window to see them blowing gently in the breeze....they made me smile! These ones are by Stampin Up & the lovely sentiment is from Graciellie Designs. I've used copics to colour the poppies; Sizzex dies for the leaves & the DP is MME, Bohemia.
Copics used:
R20,22,35&59
Y17&11
YG03&63

Challenges I am entering:
1. 613 Ave. Create.....ATG  (twist...make sentiment the focus)
2. Creative Fusion Arts & Crafts #19.....ATG
3. Festive Friday FF0063.....Inspiration items: friendship sentiment; flowers, die cut, green
4. Fun Friday (YNS) #143.....blocks (sentiment block)
5. Just Add Ink #513.....Choose 2 items (flowers & texture....hard to see the texture but it is in the                                                                             leaves)
6. Pammies Inky Fingers #2027.....ATG

Thank you!

I am lucky enough to live in an area that hasn't been too hard hit by COVID 19. Our province has only had 325 cases; unfortunately there were 7 deaths in those numbers. Our healthcare workers have done an amazing job of caring for those who were hospitalized. This is a card I made to thank a special male nurse for his dedication. The image is by Crissy Armstrong at Whimsey Stamps & is coloured with copic markers. Stay healthy out there!

Challenges I am entering:
1. If You Gave a Crafter a Cookie #145
2. CRAFT Ch. #562.....Thank you
3. Craft Rocket Ch. #72.....for a man

Wedding Bells

Many things have changed during this trying time of COVID 19.....weddings being one of those things. My niece & her love are getting married soon in a beautiful lakeside ceremony. Brad, the groom is a real outdoors man....unfortunately he likes to hunt but this deer is safely hiding in the bushes. This is a combination of 3 different digital images from Make It Crafty (which no longer exists...insert sad face here!)  My little scene is coloured with copic markers & the puffy clouds in the sky are Memory Box dies. The heart border is a Martha Stewart punch. I added a little twine to add to the outdoorsy feeling.  Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges I am entering:
1. Cardz for Galz #125.....weddding
2. CD Sunday Plus #39.....ATG
3. Kraftin Kimmie #538.....celebration
4. CD Sunday Plus #39.....ATG
5. Dream Valley Challenge #228.....all occasions
6. Krafty Chicks #514.....Stamp Act
7. Creative Fingers #189.....ATG

Happy 50th Anniversary!

This loving couple is Tom & Tilly from Mo Manning. The perfect image to use on a 50th anniversary card. I coloured the image with copic markers & the clouds were created using the Lawn Fawn cloud stencil. The Happy 50th are Itty Bitty Alphabet  die cuts by MFT & although you can't really tell from this picture they are cut from gold shimmer paper.(Recollections) The whitewashed brick DP is also Recollections. The flower & leaves are Stampin Up.

Challenges I am entering:
1. Dream Valley #228.....All Occasions
2. Crafty Sentiments.....ATG
3. Crafty Creations #411.....ATG
4. A Bit More Time to Craft #119.....ATG
5. Crafters Café #246.....ATG
6. Crafters Galore Encore #77.....ATG
7. The Creative Crafters #29.....ATG
8. Cute Card Thursday #641.....ATG
9. Krafty Chicks #514.....Stamp Act
10. Time Out Challenge #165.....Days Gone By