Fur Baby Mornings

     This feels like mornings at my house where the fur babies must be tended before anything else can possibly happen, sometimes including having to put off the just-out-of-bed trip to the bathroom until the food dish is filled to the brim!  :-D

     This image is from Sasayaki Glitter (CAS Challenge) and, unlike most of my coloring, this time it's done with a very tiny, liner brush and watercolors.  The decorative corners are cut with a Cheery Lynn die and I added glittered flowers to the opposite corners.  The sentiment is printed, hand cut, and adhered on thin foam tape.  The entire image piece is mounted onto a pre-made, pink card blank.

     Challenges:
Addicted to Stamps
Crafty Sentiments
Digi Choosday
Lemon Shortbread
Outlawz Twisted Thursday
Penny's Paper-Crafty
SUYP Cats

     Hope you are enjoying your weekend.  I'm going to post this and then go give some attention to the feline fur babies who are yammering about having been ignored while I made this card.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

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Harvest Days Owl

     I love the images I find at Morgan's Artworld, especially when I find something a bit different from her beautiful lady faeries and woodland nymphs.  This owl is one of those treasures and I decided to make a fall/ harvest-season card which I'll probably use for my daughter's Thanksgiving card this year.  She adores owls so it's perfect.

     The owl is colored with ProMarkers and I used some of my pale gray and blue Copics for the sky.  I used a negative die cut (left over from another project) to frame the image, and then punched the corners to add a bit more decorative shape.

     I added orange twine and a bow (dyed with ProMarkers for the color I wanted), and then found three die cut butterflies for embellishment.  I used loose glitter on them for a touch of sparkle.

     Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge
Aud Sentiments
Butterfly Challenge
Colour Crazy Craft
Corrosive Challenge
Crafting by Designs
Crafty Gals Corner
Morgan's Artworld
One Stitch at a Time
Paper Shelter
Simon Says Stamp

     I know it isn't fall yet, but since we're on day 8 of a heat wave which has put us into the 108 to 111 degree range, and which is predicted to run at least another 6 days of 103 or higher, I'm ready for fall to get here with some crisp mornings and cool evenings!  Yes, fall is my favorite season -- lovely days, not too cold but cool enough to open up the windows and enjoy the scents and sounds of the harvest season.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

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Down on the Farm with QKR Stampede

     New challenge starts today at QKR Stampede and our latest theme is "Down on the Farm."  I took the opportunity to make a card for a friend who always begs me to make Christmas cards for them to mail out.  Since they are horse people and live on a ranch, I thought this one would be perfect for them.  I've actually made a dozen of these and the little outhouses are all different colors.

     The image is Digi 16202 "Outhouse" and the sentiment is Digi 14104 "Our Ranch."  The "at Christmas" part is my own so don't waste time searching the store for it.  :-D

     I used my ProMarkers to color the image and then cut it with a stitched square die from Cheery Lynn.  I also cut both sentiment pieces with a smaller die from that same set.  The ribbon was in my Christmas stash and the snowflakes were left over from last year's embellishments.  I'm pretty sure the sparkly dp in the background is DCWV but I've had it for so long, I have no idea what stack.

     Tons of delicious texture on this card from the layers and the embellishments.

     Challenges:
Crafting by Designs
Crafty Gals Corner
Digi Choosday
Fab 'n' Funky
Holly Jolly Christmas
I {heart} ProMarkers
Lemon Shortbread
Passion for ProMarkers
Penny's Paper-Crafty
{Pin}spirational
Simon Says Stamp
Through the Craft Room Door
Word Art Wednesday
   
     Come play along with us this week.  It doesn't have to be Christmas; anything that fits the "Down on the Farm" theme is perfect.  Hope to see you there.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

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Bluebell Sprite

     Have you ever gone on a shopping spree for images, bought several and then had one get lost in the shuffle?  That's the story behind this darling, little, bluebell sprite by AuroraWings.  I bought several sprites at the same time and for some reason this is the one I've never used.  Sorry, little sprite.  :-D

     The image is colored with my ProMarkers and framed with a leftover negative from a die cut I used on another project.  That scalloped circle, the outer edge of a doily cut (Cheery Lynn), was just too pretty to throw away and it worked perfectly here.

     I added a strip of dp (DCWV "Basics" stack) to one side and wrapped it with ribbon.  The leaves and little flowers were in my stash, again cuts left over from a previous project and the dies for those were Cheery Lynn and Memory Box.

     I tied a bow and added glitter to the flowers and the bow.  The sentiment is printed, then hand cut before matting and adhering to the card.  The different layers and design elements give some great texture to the card.

     Challenges:
Aud Sentiments
AuroraWings (die cuts/flowers/blue)
Bunny Zoe's
Colour Crazy Craft
Crafting from the Heart
Craft Your Passion
Incy Wincy
Morgan's Artworld
One Stitch at a Time
Outlawz Color
Outlawz Festive Friday
Scribbles Designs
Simon Says Stamp & Show

     Be sure to stop by again tomorrow when I'll be showing my DT card for the new challenge at QKR Stampede.  You won't want to miss that new theme.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

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Best Teacher

     I try to play each month in the Progressive Challenge at ArtbyMiRan and the image for this month is right up my alley since it has to do with teachers and school.  My mom was a teacher as were several of my aunts and I, myself, taught college for many years.  Maybe one of my grandkids will use this to acknowledge one of their teachers.  :-D

I chose my colors from the inspiration at DRS Designs

(where I was lucky enough to be a winner last week! Woohoo!)

     I colored the image with ProMarkers and then cut it with a rectangle die.  I framed it with one of my newest dies from Memory Box, called Blooming Flower Frame.  I used a strip of turquoise CS at the top which brought out the blues in the image.  I added the sentiment and decided that the only embellishment I wanted was one of the small bows I make by the dozens and keep in my stash.  I didn't want to bury that beautiful frame under a lot of embellishment.

     Challenges:
613 Avenue Create
A Bit More Time to Craft
ArtbyMiRan
Aud Sentiments
Crafty Addicts
Creative Moments