wishing love to all

hey friends, 2 valentines i made this year and a card i gave for a birthday. images from various artists and kits. 

linking to digital whisper: valentine.

love to all.

SPA; ICAD; summer colors

3 goodies today!
for sunday postcard art: gypsy

images from dezinaworld (retired), songbirdy and itKuPiLLi imagenarium.

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for the "index card a day" challenge sponsored by daisy yellow art,  theme of "birdhouse."

images from tumblefish studio (retired); gecko galz paper and rubber stamps by past time stamps.

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for the gecko galz customer challenge: summer colors

images from the gecko galz "tattoo summer digital craft kit." the happy birthday, stars and spirals are rubber stamps.

busy day today!

happy summer solstice!

love to all.

annual son birthday

digital masculine card for my son's december birthday.

with background paper from gecko galz curiosity shoppe, male image and clock from songbirdy hanky panky and other bits from itKuPiLLi and dezinaworld.

love to all

full of possibility

this is a birthday card i made for my son this month.

the background and dragonfly are from gecko galz; the man is from the lunagirl african american CD; the postcard bit is a sticker from my stash and the sentiment comes from a tim holtz set.

love to all.

rubber moon goodies

i belong to the rubber moon "moon mail" club so every month i get a lovely new rubber moon stamp to create with.  

this birthday card has stamps from rubber moon and others as well -- the cat is from lost coast designs.  the "happy birthday" stamp credit is unknown.  all the rest are rubber moon stamps.  the background paper is by gecko galz.

this ATC features this month's moon mail stamp, the "gratitude" stamp.  the woman is from blue luna press, a stamp company also owned and distributed through rubber moon.  the flowers are from impress cards and crafts and i added enamel dots to the flowers.

my second ATC features a rubbermoon stamp (the dreamcatcher) and the woman/moon stamp by claudia rose (an artist featured at rubber moon).  i used my colored pencils to enhance the stamping a bit and added a few more of those flowers by impress.  the background papers on both ATCs is by geck galz.

i sent both ATCs as a part of a rubber moon art swap this month.
enjoy; love to all.

happy birthday!

well i am sure today is someone's birthday!  it is always good to get stocked up on good homemade birthday cards so our new two week challenge at the cheerful stamp pad is "birthday."  i'm happy to tell you that our challenge sponsor is once again little blue button stamps; a randomly selected participant will get a prize from their online stamp store.

this creation is entirely digital.  i took this adorable digital stamp from little blue button and placed it on digital designer paper from gecko galz.  i colored the image and added the sentiment using adobe photoshop.  this will be a fun card to share with someone.

love to all.

birthday tag

this week's prompt at tag tuesday is "text."  i used this opportunity to make a birthday tag for a friend who is a librarian -- and who also loves dogs.

the background is french text designer paper and i have also stamped "happy birthday" (stamp credit unknown).  the darling doggie is from lunagirl.

enjoy; love to all.

birthday challenge at cheerful stamp pad continues...

it is week two for the birthday card challenge at the cheerful stamp pad. you can never have enough birthday cards on deck and you have one more week to join this challenge for a chance to win shopping credit with our sponsor stitchy bear digital outlet.  this week i chose a digital image from stitchy bear called "gran's garden" and i've also added a birthday sentiment digital image from clear dollar stamps.

starting with a digital background from the primavera series by itKuPiLLi, i've once again this week created a 100% digital creation.  i arranged my images and did all the coloring in photoshop.  the sun in the corner is not a stamp -- just a digitally hand-drawn image.  should i decide to give this card i'll only need to print it and adhere it to cardstock.

i hope you'll link up a birthday creation of your own.  there is also a birthday challenge at the squirrel and the fox blog so i am linking to that as well.

wishing you a wonderful week.
love to all.

birthday card challenge

a birthday card challenge is always timely -- good to have plenty of them made and ready.  so it is a welcome challenge at the cheerful stamp pad. for the next two weeks you can link up a birthday card for a chance to win shopping credit with our sponsor stitchy bear digital outlet.  our design team is once again working with images by stitchy bear and i've used two digital images this week, a birthday cake and a "boo boo bear."

i digitally arranged the bear and cake on a digital background by itKuPiLLi -- the primavera series.  the "for you" sentiment is a digital image i added from clear dollar stamps.  this creation is 100% digital -- i did the coloring in photoshop and at present this card only exists in my computer!  but when the moment comes i'll be able to print it, adhere it to cardstock and i'll be ready to go!

feel free to link up a birthday creation -- you have two weeks!
love to all.

happy birthday to rogue redhead designs!

rebel challenge 29 at rogue redhead designs is "happy birthday or unbirthday" in celebration of the november birthday of the stamp company.  i used one of my favorite RRD stamps from the milliner misses stamp plate for my birthday card.  she is colored with pro markers.

this card also uses the "washi weave" technique which is one of my favorite techniques from technique junkies.  the happy birthday stamp is from memory box stamps.
i'm linking up to "anything goes" challenge #48 at scraps of color.

love to all.

guest designer spot at crafting by design!

it is an honor to be able to provide some crafty items for the latest challenge at crafting by design.  the current challenge is "birthday greetings" and the challenge sponsor is lunagirl moonbeams. as a member of the lunagirl DT i was asked to provide some goodies for this challenge.  i wanted to do something a little different so i decorated some gift bags to use for birthday gifts.

i've used 2 different vintage images from lunagirl -- the children on a donkey and the "birthday greetings;" the rest of the pieces are various designer papers, tissue tape, flowers, buttons and lace, etc.

here is another:

the frog invitation is from the "watercolor alice" collage sheet and the "happy birthday" is from one of the birthday collage sheets, both from lunagirl.  again, i've got sheet music, designer papers, tissue tape, flowers, a doily and more to decorate.

stop on by crafting by design to play along!

love to all.

inspired by a picture

vicki at the cheerful stamp pad selected a fun picture from pinterest and asked us to use it as inspiration for a creation.  so for the next two weeks you are also challenged to use this picture as inspiration for a creation of your own!  here is the picture:

cake makes me think birthdays and so i decided to make a bookmark with a child all dressed up for a birthday party!

i combined designer papers with tissue tape, vintage lace, and other goodies to frame the vintage image of a precious little girl all dressed up for a special occasion.  this challenge is a bit more abstract than usual but that makes it a bit more fun, eh?

enjoy; love to all.

aloha sweet sixteen

i made this card for my darling goddaughter/cousin who is turning 16.  she has been an amazing young woman who has endured her mom's cancer surgery and treatment along with some other traumas during the past two years.  and yet she has been a lovely young lady throughout all of it.   her mother has been given a free trip to Hawaii in April and my girl's birthday wish was to get to go along.  we decided to give a good contribution to help make that happen and i made her a card to go with it.

main image and a couple of the background layer papers are from twisted papers and then i have some other goodies here as well.

love to all.

art deco birthday

every year about this time i make a deco-themed birthday card for a dear co-worker who loves that style.  here's what i made for her this year:

the main deco image was a free download from a lovely blog called artfully musing.  the music sheet "alouette" came from dezinaworld. the other simple embellies came from ye olde stash.

enjoy; love to all.

happy yellow and pink saturday!

happy birthday to dear beverly of pink saturday fame!

the last two thrinchies i made for the unruly paper arts garden party challenge just happen to be perfect for this celebration since beverly loves pink and yellow.  fairy images are from dezinaworld. enjoy your day beverly and welcome all pink saturday participants.

i still have company visiting so i haven't yet photographed and posted the thrinchies i got in exchange but you will be amazed by their beauty -- coming soon next week when things settle down around here a bit.

love to all.

more happy birthday at the cheerful stamp pad!

it is week two for the "happy birthday" challenge at the cheerful stamp pad.  the challenge sponsor is clear dollar stamps.

the basket is a digi from clear dollar stamps colored with colored pencils.  the "happy birthday" stamp is by hero arts.

enjoy and a special shout out to my fellow february birthday peeps!
love to all.