Springtime Wishes

Happy Holly-Day Friday! 

Today is my day for the Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog.  Be sure to scroll down to Sunday's post and leave a comment for a chance to win a prize!  And while you are blog hopping, head on over to the Loves Rubberstamps Store and check out the New Items!  You're going to love all the new stamps and toys Laura has been adding. 

Spring has sprung here in sunny California.  Everywhere I look there is new signs of life and little blossoms.  I really enjoy this short season we have before the sweltering heat hits us until October, lol.  Spring papers and colors are my favorites. 

I colored this image late one night and the next morning I was confused by my highlights, lol.  But she is colored and air brushed and wonky hair highlights or not, up she goes on a card, lol. I used doodlegardens Springtime Wishes, Notched tags, Memento Ink and the Best Glue Ever!   Our current Challenge is to use Tags on a project or make a tag, I sure hope you can join us.

I'm working this weekend but only a half day on Sunday, so that is not too bad.  I will have just enough time to work on some more cards, lol. 

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments.

Holly

MFT sketch Challenge 113
Simon Says Challenge -anything goes

Paper Pieced Potted Lucy

Hello Stampers,

It's time for another new Challenge over at All That Scraps.  This time we are asking you to paper piece your favorite CC Design image.  Remember, you must use a CC Design image as outlined in the rules on the Challenge Blog.  I'm always so sad to see someone use an image that does not qualify for a prize.  But I am just that way, I want everyone to win, lol. 

Today I am using Swiss Pixie Potted Lucy.  OMGosh I could just squench her.  She is so cute and so easy to color up and paper piece.  She is part of the February collection release.  I love all those pictures of real babies in potted plants or with flower hats.  Forgot the photographer's name that does that, but all of her pics make me happy.  I paired Lucy with some MME paper Bramble Rose and colored her with my copics.   I love Karen's fabulous sketches and I really love that she posts them every other week, so I can use them on my DT cards. 

I don't know about your neck of the woods, but Spring has Sprung here in Bakersfield and I couldn't be happier.  Mornings are nippy, afternoons just warm enough without being too hot.  It's my favorite weather and I really have to enjoy it before it spikes up to high 90s here again.  We have a Tulip Tree up the street and I just love it.  I think I am going to take a picture of it again. lol.

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments.

Holly

Carpenter's Crack

Hello Stampers and Welcome to a New Loves Rubberstamps Weekly Challenge.  This time we are challenging you to make a tag or use a tag on your project.  I would like to thank our Sponsor this week, QKR Stampede, for providing us with any image we wanted to pick out.  That was so awesome!  Thank You!!!  The minute I saw this Carpenter Digi stamp I knew I had to have him, lol.   Now normally I am so not loving seeing a guys crack when he is bent over, lol, but when it's my 10 year olds crack, it's adorable! lol.  And every since he put his big boy panties on, he has been sporting the bend over crack, lol.  No amount of "pull up your pants" is going to work on this boy, it's just where he wears his pants and how mother nature made him, lol.  I'm hoping by the time he is old enough for it to be gross, he will have learned a thing or two, lol. 

I used my MFT Die-namic traditional tags stax,  Die-namic tool charms, Die-namic Circle Stax, and some MME paper Gnome Sweet Gnome.  It was nice to get away from the Valentines paper, lol.  I love it, but I was using it an awful lot, lol.  The nice part about having Valentines paper is you can use it all year around and for a lot of different occasion's.  Check out the paper Laura has in her store, along with all the die-namics she has been collecting.  You are going to flip when you see the New Items section!  She has been a busy bee adding things non-stop.  Really great things!  Squeal!!! 

I used this weeks sketch from MFT's weekly sketch Challenge.  So perfect for a tag on a card.  Laura wants me to give a 101 on where to find a great sketch.  Most of the places I go to look for a great sketch are listed on my blog side bar at the bottom, lol.  I just pick and choose and get really excited when I can actually enter the challenges on time.  lol.   I also look to see where our Challengers go and sometimes I can find a really fabulous sketch on their entrees and I write that down for future reference or add it to my sidebar so when I am looking for a sketch, I can find it easily.   Now I ask you, where do you find your sketches?

So I have to tell you, I searched high and low for those little vintage tags that I bought from S.U. a while back, and I could not find them anywhere!  lol.   I did rediscover some other buried treasure while I was hunting them down, and then it dawned on me, make my own.  I have the dies, so I did. lol.  I added two little hammers that I cut out with the Designer paper and then cut out again with some mirror paper I have in my stash and then just glued it down over the top.  I also had those brads in my stash and I thankfully those were one of the things I came across during my mad search, lol. 

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments!!!

Holly

Now Where did I put that lace?

Hello and Welcome to a new Sparkle Creations Rubberstamps Challenge.  This time we are asking that you use lace with your Sparkle image.    My Ruby Suitcase is asking, "Now where did I put that lace tape?"  I just bought it from my Stampin Up Demo just for this challenge and you know, I had to say it again, "Lock the Doors!"  I just could not remember where I put it.  And of course you know it was right there in front of my eyes, lol. 

I have seen so many crafters use this cute Mojo Monday Sketch, I had to give it a try and I love it.  Almost as much as I love Suitcase Ruby.  Her little details are so much fun to color.  I cannot wait to see what you make in this challenge, but remember, you must use a Sparkle Creations image.

I colored up Ruby with my Copic Markers and cut her out with my Circle Die-namics, I used MME 6X6 pad called Bramble Rose.  My little flower die is a PTI flower and the leaves are also MFT Die-namics royal leaves. 

Instead of a New Release, Sparkle is having a month long sale!!!  You still have a few days to catch this great sale!  I know there are many many Sparkle Creations Stamps I still want to get, go check them out at the store!  While you're at it, check out Ruby Suitcase, she is on sale for $5.00!!!  Wow.

Be Sure to check out the other Sparkle Designers and see how they used their lace!

Sheena Brooks ~ February Guest Designer
Kim
Shaela Odd
Holly Flores -That's Me
Sparkle Creations Rubberstamp Blog
Sparkle Creations Rubberstamps Store.

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments.

Holly

Girl with a Rose

Happy Holly-Day Friday! 

It's my turn to post over at the Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Post.  This week we are sponsored by Birdie Brown and our Challenge is lots of layers.  So I decided to keep with the Challenge theme and use another wonderful Birdie Brown Image called - Girl with a Rose.  I love this weeks sketch from Seems a little Sketchy, and so I used some paper I had laying around and got started on my layers. 
I used:
MFT - circle dies, crocheted border, Roses, and Leaves.
How do you like those rolled felt roses?  I glued them down with The Best Glue Ever!  I could not find my hot glue gun to save my life, lol. 
I love this cute little image!!!  She was so fun to color and I think I am starting to like using digi's because I was thinking about the size and then I remembered I could make her any size I wanted, lol.

What are your weekend plans?  I have to work Sunday but I am off tomorrow and I think I will try to pack in the whole weekends worth of stuff into one day, lol.

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments.

Holly

Lanterns and Fans

Hello and Welcome to the All That Scraps Challenge - Reminder post that Anything Goes!

Today I am using Mashi Muffins Fan, Line of Lanterns, and Chinese Lanterns die.  Unfortunately I regret using that paper with the lantern dies, lol.  They don't show up that well.  I might have put a shadow behind them if I would have been thinking straight, lol.  Oh well.  I really like Mashi Muffins Fan and the line of lanterns.  I stamped her image, then I stamped it again on scratch paper and cut the scratch paper image out, covered the main image and then stamped the line of lanterns.  Then I colored them all up with my copics.  I love this Sketch Saturday sketch I found.  It worked perfectly with her. 

I hope to see your fabulous creations made with CC design stamps for our Challenge. 

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments.

Holly

Furever Love

Hello and Welcome to a brand new Loves Rubberstamps Challenge -  Lots of Layers.  I'm so super excited we are sponsored by Birdie Brown this week!  That's a double score if you win!  I Love Torico's fabulous images and they are so fun to color.  I will be using another one of Friday!  This image is called, "Furever Love".   They are only $2.50!!!  What a deal. 

I found this fabulous deconstructed sketch no 89 and knew it would perfect for this image.  I paired it with MFT's Grass border die-namic, Cloud Stax Die-namic, and Cheveron die-namic.  I cut the Jumbo Cloud - smallest with white felt and then a blue background and used the Best Glue Ever to paste it down.  I'm so excited that Laura added The Best Cleaner Ever.  This works so well on my tools and get gummed up and it does not leave a residue on my tools, so I don't have to worry my next project with get any stains or residue on it.  (In fact she has added a TON of NEW ITEMS, so go check them out!)  I also cut out one of the grass dies and then used the negative side for a second layer.  I like that feature!   So I have Blue, White, Patterned, Black, White, Blue Cloud, White felt cloud, Grass, Grass.  I think it's a 7 Layer card!  Most of my cards are though, lol.  So this was a fun challenge for me and I loved coloring up this image. 

I hope everyone is having a great week and can join us in our Challenge.  Also hop on by the Inspiration Blog and leave a comment on the Sunday post for a chance to win!  I love winning free stamps!!! 

Yesterday my Sweet Husband Joe left for work early and took a picture on his phone and sent it to me with a "good morning" message.  He is so sweet. 

I love daffodils and I had planted about 50 bulbs 12 years ago.  This is the lone survivor, the only one left, lol.   So spring in California is officially arrived!  I love spring! 

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments.

Holly