Pail of Flowers

Hello there.....

Glad to see everyone back here after all the Blogger issues : ) This post is a little late due to those issues , so here we go! This weeks image from Faith is "Pail of Flowers". This image is wonderful because there are so many ways you can go with it. I choose to make mine a "Thinking of You" card, as I was just thinking of a special friend the other day that I hadn't talk to in quite some time. I really think she will like it!

I actually started out with pink flowers and a grey pail, but then quickly changed my mind. Spring....although it is very late this year here, is finally starting to bloom. All the yellows of the daffodils, tulips and other flowers made me go with the yellow and a brown pail.

It's a little hard to see, but in the center of my flowers I added a tiny bit of my atyou Spica Glitter Orange pen. For just a little shimmer as to not overwhelm the flower.

~ENJOY~

Michelle

Challenges:

Pear Tree Designs ~ Spring http://peartreedesigns.blogspot.com/

Divas by Design ~ Anything Goes http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/

2 Sisters ~ How Does your Garden Grow? http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/

Better late then never...

I really wanted to get this card posted on Mother's Day, but as you can see that didn't happen : ( Just a crazy weekend and this week has been just about the same so far, and it's only Tuesday!

The image is from Wee Stamps called Wee Suzi, and she was offered as a freebie awhile back. She was just so adorable I had to get her. In a funny way, she kinda reminds me of myself as a young girl. So I thought it would be cute to make a mothers day card using the image.

I am getting alot better w/my ProMarkers, but still have a ways to go yet. Some of the shading and things still kinda 'throw me for a loop'. But I am gradually learning which colors I can be 'heavy handed' with and which ones require a lighter touch. So....here's Wee Suzi!!





I tried to get a couple views of the card so you can see the different dimension, shimmer, etc. I really hope you like it and I will give you the link below to check out the site. She has some cute images! Well off to finish up some more cards that I need to get posted soon : ) Til then...........

Michelle

Wee Stamps ~ http://weestamps.weebly.com/

Challenges:

Incy Wincy Designs ~ Mother's Day or Girlie
http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/

Claudia & Company ~ Butterflies
http://claudiaandcompany.blogspot.com/

DYSU-Do You Stack Up ~ Purple
http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/

Flutterby Fairy

Hi everyone!

If you haven't been to Faith's site over at Delightful Inspiration lately you really need to check it out!! She has created a new blog and it's AWESOME! She has combined her Designed 2 Delight and Card Ideas blogs into one great place. http://designed2delight.com/blog/

This weeks image is Flutterby Fairy. I decided to go a little different route and create a 'friend' for her. So I just 'flopped' the image and now she has Fairy Best Friend to share the card with : )

I colored them w/my ProMarkers, and added a lil sparkle to the girls wings with my CI Paints (Creative Inspirations). Then some more sparkle with the help of my atyou Spica markers. Cut a few 'scroll' designs on the Criciut and spritzed them w/some shimmer. Hard to see in the pic, but they do shimmer.
I hope you like what I did with this weeks image. Join us for the fun and keep coming back for more.

Til next time -

Michelle

Challenges:

Lexi's Creations ~ Friendship http:/lexiscreations.blogspot.com/

Pear Tree Designs ~ Challenge 47 "Free for All' http://peartreedesigns.blogspot.com/

Craft Your Passion ~ Anything Goes http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/

Flutter by Wednesday's ~ Use a butterfly, angel or fairy http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/

Pollycraft ~ Anythign Goes http://www.pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

B & B......

Bullfrogs & Butterflies that is!

If you did not play along with us @ Designed 2 Delight last week, and receive this image in your inbox, you can purchase it in the digi shop and play along to receive the next freebie.

I kinda 'threw' a lil of everything at this one ~ bling, buttons, layers, shimmer. I had alot of fun with this image. I just can't wait for summer...well spring also to get here already! I tried to go for some nice bright cheery colors that were not too overpowering.

I am stilling getting use to putting together different papers/patterns ~ dots, stripes and etc. But at the same time I'm like - what the heck - let's try this together : )

If you haven't been to Faith's shop lately she has some new AWESOME images.
New "Lakeside" Masculine Digital Stamps
She has added four new guy images to my shop this month. You can see card samples of each image by visiting Card Ideas, or by viewing the stamp in her shop.


"Windsong"



"Quiet Sunset"




"Lakeside Shack"



"Birthday Brew" Looks great as Root Beer, too!!
Well, hope you had a great day !!

Toodles : )
Michelle

Challenges:

Party Time Tuesdays ~ Anything Goes
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com/

Craft Your Passion Challenge ~ Show us Your Layers
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/

Incy Wincy Designs ~ Buttons and Bows
http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/

Flutter By Wednesday's ~ 3-2-1 recipe~

•3 flowers
•2 patterned/designer papers
•1 button
http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/

Simon Says Stamp ~ Anything Goes
http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

Claudia & Company ~ CAS (Clean and Simple)
http://claudiaandcompany.blogspot.com/

Happy Easter

Hi there.....

Just a quick post of a few of the Easter cards that I made. I actually took these to work to show the girls and they 'took' them all!! They are always saying "You should bring in some of your cards....we would buy them" : ) I like seeing their faces when I bring them in and know that whomever they are sending them to will hopefully have the same reaction.

My first card is a Bugaboo freebie - Eggbert Bunny! Isn't he ADORABLE!



This next one is also a Bugaboo freebie - Scene It Easter
Jodi @ Bugaboo does a wonderful job - you really should check it out!


And the last one is another freebie I found from a new artist on the Free Digital Stamps Blog. Her name is Jana Robins and can be found here http://janarobins.com/



Well, I hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them. Time to turn in...it's been a long day! See you back here again soon!

Michelle

Ladybug Balancing Act

I really like the new image Faith has created for us @ Designed 2 Delight. If you did not play along last week and receive this image in your inbox, you can purchase it in Faith's digi shop and play along to receive the next freebie.


This image is so spring like, too bad the weather here is not being the same. We could get anywhere from 1-2 inches of snow - up to possibly 6-8? Where is spring? The joys of living in Wisconsin : )


SO.... here is my card for this week. I colored it in w/my ProMarkers~love these markers~. I thought the spotted BG paper worked out awesome with the ladybug spots. And I finished it off with a few lil embellishments.


Keep watching Faith's site as she has some really wonderful new images coming soon!! Can't tell you when, but trust me - you will LOVE them.

Bye for now

Michelle

Challenges:

Basic Grey Challenges~Easter/Spring
http://basicgreychallenges.blogspot.com/

Paper Crafting Jourmey~Use a FREEBIE
http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.com/

Craft Your Passion Challenges~You have been Spotted (Use dots)
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/

Totally Stampalicious~Clean and Simple
http://totallystampalicious.blogspot.com/

Inky Impressions~Flowers
http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/

OH BABY.....

While looking around the other day in the world of free digi's, I came across this cute baby buggy from Broken Box. I like to check out the Free Digital site every now & again, to see what the they have to offer. And this was just so cute I had to have it : )


You can check out these free digi's by clicking on http://www.freedigitalstamps.blogspot.com/. They have a ton of links to numerous site freebies. I started making this card the other night when I was scrappin ' w/some girlfriends. Although.....I think we did alot more laughing and talking, then scrapping. But that's ok too - need girl time every now and again!

I kept the card pretty CAS and I really like the pinks and browns together. Well, I hope you like it and I am always open to comments : )

Michelle


Broken Box - http://brokenboxstock.blogspot.com/2011/04/free-baby-carriage.html