Haunted Hills

Hello everyone, how about a Halloween card today? Halloween cards are one of my favorite kinds of cards to make. I don't really give out any :-o  but I love making them all the same. This one is a hodge podge of several different digital and clear products.

The cute witch and her sidekick is from Mo's Digital Pencil (at least it was, I can't seem to find it in her web store anymore!), I think it's called Trick or Treat. I colored them up with Copics.

The papers are digital as well, from Design House Digitals 'Halloween Vintage Findings'. If they look familiar, it might be because I believe there's a paper pad from My Mind's Eye that has these same papers. I freehand cut some rolling hills using different patterns to create the background. I also stamped the haunted house and trees in the BG with a clear stamp set from Inkadinkado, I think. 

And last but not least, the Haunted House ticket is a printable from the Silhouette store. I really wanted coordinating ribbon too, but of course had nothing even close in my stash. So I striped a plain piece of grosgrain with a ruler and Copics. It actually bled a little and I thought I ruined the ribbon, but after tying it into a bow, turns out I LOVE the effect! One of those happy accidents I will be using again in the future, kind of an 'ombré' look to it. 

Hope you like it, thanks for stopping by!

Little Ragamuffin

I finally colored up this adorable little ragamuffin from Mo's Digital Pencil. It sat for the longest time on my desk, and I just kept passing it over for something else, and now I can't understand why! Gosh she's adorable!

I used very earthy, grayed colors she is after all, a raggedy angel. She's a poor little soul, not a dime to her name, but a heart as good as gold. I always tell myself these little stories when I color, I'm telling you, stamping and coloring is wonderful therapy. 

If you look closely, and click on the picture to enlarge it you might be able to see that I've finally managed to emboss a digital image out of the printer! It was such a frustrating thing for me, most times I was wasting paper. THIS time, I used some bleedproof paper and it worked beautifully! I love the way it looks. Copics color a bit differently on this paper, but nothing I can't work with. 
Again, I did some hand stitching around the label die cuts, to tie in with the raggedy angel look. And of course, some very vintage looking papers from Kaisercraft. The newsprint paper on the bottom layer is perfect, because I imagine this little ragamuffin might sell newspapers on a street corner to help buy all her family little gifts for Christmas! 


Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

Stamps: Mo's Digital Pencil, Cornish Heritage Farms sentiment
Ink: Versamark, Distress
Paper: Bee Paper bleedproof paper, Kaisercraft paper pad, The Paper Company
Tools & Accessories: Cheery Lynn pine branch dies, tea dyed baker's twine, jingle bells, Copics, Filigree black embossing powder, embroidery floss, grosgrain ribbon, Spellbinders labels

Merry Little Elf

Hello again! How adorable is this little guy swinging from a shiny red ornament?! He looks a bit mischievous doesn't he? He knows he's so cute he can get away with almost anything...lol. He's 'Little Elf Finn' from Mo's Digital Pencil. 

I had a heck of a time coloring that red ornament, it's a pretty large area and hard to get a smooth blend. Perseverance is the name of the game! Eventually, it looked like a shiny red ball, lol!

The papers are from PTI's newest release, and I have to say, I like it a lot. If it's got snowflakes, I  love it!! Plus the colors are really awesome.


Well, I'm off, the weekend's over and it's time to go back to work...poo!


Have a great day!

Stamps: Digital image from Mo's Digital Pencil, sentiment from PTI
Ink: Memento
Paper: PTI, Hammermill, Heavenly White
Tools & Accessories: Nestabilities, Lacey Circles, PTI scallop die, PTI ribbon, Martha Stewart Snowflake punches, PTI Button, baker's twine, PTI Winterberry Die, Copics, Crystal Lacquer, self stick pearls, SU Heat n Stick powder, Glitter

Pretty in Peach

Hello everyone! It looked like summer had arrived this past week, it was very, very hot! I wasn't quite ready for sweltering summer temps, but thankfully it cooled off nicely today. It's actually a bit chilly this morning and spring isn't quite done yet.

Summer temperatures remind me of summer fruits, and when I saw Mo's Digital Pencil release this little beauty, I colored her up in no time! Look at that carefree, joyful expression on the little darling's face, with a perfect peach in her hands. I love it!

She's colored with a combination of Copics and colored pencils. Love the way the two work together, as long as the Copics are used first. 

The papers are from an old K & Co. mat stack, perfect summery colors. A big Prima daisy, and a pretty peach colored bow complete the card. Sweet, no?


Thanks for dropping by, have a great weekend!


Stamps: Digital image from Mo's Digital Pencil
Paper: PTI, K & Co., Core'dinations, Neenah
Tools & Accessories: Prima daisy, seed beads, colored pencils, OMS, Copic sketch & Spica pens, PTI ribbon, Stickles, EK Success tiny scallop punch

Sweet Baby

Good morning everyone! I have a baby card to share with you all today using one of Mo Manning's digital images. This baby image is one of the most beautiful ones I've ever run across, I love her soft wispy hair and elegant little dress. It made me think of an heirloom christening dress in ivory lace and silk and I tried to color it that way. 

The background paper was embossed with one of Sizzix's older texture plates. I always spritz my cardstock with a light mist of water before running it through my machine for a crisper impression when using the texture plates.

Baby's skin was colored with Copics and the rest of her in colored pencils. The little tag is from PTI's Tiny Tags stamp set and coordinating dies. I have a thing for really tiny tags, you can stick them almost anywhere. I really struggle adding any larger sentiments, tag or not, I can never seem to find the 'perfect' place for them on the card after I'm done. I always try to incorporate them into my card before I finish the final layout, but most times I forget until everything is attached, lol! So these tags make me happy!


Thanks for dropping by, enjoy your day!


Stamps: Digital image from Mo's Digital Pencil, PTI Tiny Tags
Ink: Distress, Memento
Paper: Heavenly white, PTI, Neenah
Tools & Accessories: Spellbinders circles/lacey circles, PTI dies, SU ribbon, PTI button, colored  pencils, OMS, Copics, Stickles, Viva Decor Pearl Pen, Sizzix texture plate

Feeling Blue?

Paint yourself a different color! That is soooo cute, I love these sweet/funny sentiments by children from Inkadinkado. I can just hear my own kids saying similar things when they were little, lol!

Anyway, I thought it was appropriate for this sweet raincoat clad cutie. After all, she's all in yellow, and you can't feel blue in yellow! This darling image is another beautiful digi stamp from Mo Manning. I'm telling you, she's got stamps for every occasion, from common to completely uncommon, but so appropriate. Her style is just so different, and I love so many of them.

I colored her with my colored pencils, and added Liquid Glass all over her rain gear. Looks more like shiny vinyl that way.

Hope this cheers up your day a little, I know she just makes me smile! Thanks for visiting!

P.S.- I've added a bunch of cards to my Etsy shop, take a look if you have a minute.

Stamps: Digital image from Mo's Digital Pencil, Inkadinkado sentiment
Ink: Perfect Match
Paper: Heavenly White card base, Cosmo Cricket Salt Air, Papertrey Ink and Core'dinations
Tools & Accessories: EK Success bubble edge punch, PTI ribbon/button, assorted colored pencils, OMS, Liquid Glass, Copics (for flesh tones), Spica glitter pens

Berry Sweet

As soon as I saw this darling little gal Mo Manning posted on her blog the other day, I snapped her up! I love strawberries! She also just posted a Blueberry Girl, as well, and I can't wait to color her up as well! I'm seeing a whole Berry series of chubby little kids, lol.

I knew I had some strawberry patterned paper in my stash somewhere, and after a bit of digging I found this design from a DCWV mat stack. 

Strawberry Girl has been colored with colored pencils for the most part, some flesh toned Copics for her skin though. When I was ready to add a bow to the almost completed card, I didn't like any of the colors of ribbon I had. They were either too red, or too light pink, I wanted a nice medium reddish pink. Well, that's where custom dying our own ribbon comes in really handy! I looked through my color charts, found a pretty Watermelon from Adirondack inks. Filled a mini mister with reinker and water, spritzed some white seam binding, popped it in the microwave to dry, and voila...

..Perfectly coordinating ribbon.

Well, that's it for now, hope someone was able to draw some inspiration from something here! Thanks for visiting!

Stamps: Digital image from Mo's Digital Pencil
Ink: Adirondack reinker (for ribbon dye), Glimmer Mist
Paper: Neenah Solar White, Memory Box, DCWV, Core'dinations
Accessories: EK Success edge punch, seam binding, leaf stick pins, colored pencils, OMS, PTI flower die/button

Summer Swim

This card was so much fun to make. I love the colors and the image is just darling! I colored the little guy with Copics and cut the whole thing out to layer onto matted ovals. All the DP is stamped, every single one! The plaid background was created with one of Waltzingmouse's background stamps, stamped vertically and horizontally in two colors. The polka dot papers were also done with stamps from WMS.

I added Liquid Glass to the water in the pool, it looks so awesome IRL! You can just barely see it in this close up.

The jumbo ric rac is cut from my own stash of dyed wool felt with MFT's new ric rac die. Reminds me of waves, so it ties in beautifully with this card.

Thanks for looking!

Stamps: Digi illustration from Mo's Digital Pencil, Waltzingmouse Stamps
Ink: CTMH, PTI
Paper: Heavenly White, Gina K
Accessories: MFT jumbo ric rac die, Oval Nestabilities, wide polka dot ribbon, EK Success bubbles edge punch, Liquid Glass, Copics

Sweet little you...

Almost everything on this card is digital. Except for the ribbon, button and the solid colors cardstock. I love being able to print out most of the elements that I need for a card idea! Let me tell you, if home printing was more economical, I would have a much larger stash of digital papers. My crafting storage space would be cut in half!

This is a sweet digi stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil. How adorable is this baby girl?! I colored her with Copics. The papers are from Tracy Ann's Digital Art. 


Well, I have a busy weekend coming up, gotta start cleaning the deck and grill for some serious barbeque-ing! We have some fishing to catch up on too, need to break in my new pink fishing pole. I'm not an avid fisher, but I love being out on the lake with my sweetie, who does love to fish. 


Have a great weekend everyone!


Digital stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil, papers from Tracy Ann Digital Art, Memory Box cardstock, Copics, pink polka dot ribbon, PTI button, sentiment stamp from Whipper Snapper, SU scallop punch.

Vaa-roooom!

I love this image because it's so unusual. Who would've thought that the backside of a little girl on a tricycle would be adorable? I certainly didn't, but Mo did, and that's why she's so amazing.

I wanted a funky, bold and bright color scheme for this card, so I went about stamping my own DP again. Blue-green, red and black is what I came up with using one of PTI's background sets.
I kept thinking about my own kids when they were on tricycles, scooting around making va-rooom noises, so I printed that out on some card stock and made a little strip to attach to the side of the card. This little gal is on a mission! She's got to get her BFF's house pronto so they can play Barbie! LOL.

Hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Stamps: Digi stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil, PTI

Ink: PTI, Memento

Paper: PTI

Accessories: Martha Stewart edge punch, PTI ribbon, colored pencils, OMS, Spica pens

I can cry if I want to!

MJM's drawings are probably my most favorite images to color lately, but I have one problem with some of them... I can't come up with appropriate sentiments for them. This cutie is a perfect example. What in the world could I put on the card as a sentiment?! What occasion could this card be used for? I have no idea, but I don't care one bit. It's CUTE and it makes me HAPPY! That's all that matters. LOL.
I've colored little Jill with Copics. The paper is from a DCWV mat stack.

Thanks for stopping by, see you all again soon I hope!

Stamps: Digital image from Digital Pencil Too

Paper: Neenah, DCWV, Memory Box, PTI

Accessories: Martha Stewart simple scallop edge punch, PTI ribbon/button, Copics, wool felt, PTI flowers dies

Garden Fairy

I colored another one of Mo's beautiful digital fairy images. This time I used a shimmery paper to print on, and I quickly embossed it right out of the printer. It's a really beautiful effect, just like a real stamp! Since I couldn't use my colored pencils on this paper, I colored it with Copics. And let me tell you I love the way Copics work on this paper! It's a bit different from regular paper because it doesn't require as much blending. BUT, the result is a lot different too. If you click on the pictures you can see what I mean. It's more of a water color-y and textured look because the Copics 'push' the previously laid down color a little rather than blend totally into each other. It's kind of hard to describe, but it's a fun experiment to try something new.
I really love the look of it though, and since embossing printed images is easiest on shimmery paper, I suspect I'll be using this technique quite a bit.

The paper is from the new Memory Box 'Enchanted' collection (perfect for a magical fairy).

Hope you like it, thanks for dropping by!

Stamps: Digi from Mo's Digital Pencil

Paper: Shimmer paper, Memory Box

Accessories: Martha Stewart edge punch, twill ribbon, Copics, Stickles

Perfect Gift

I don't know about you all, but I see Mo everywhere now! Her digi stamps have taken off in the card making world, and I couldn't be happier. That means lots more beautiful drawings for me to color! They are so much fun to color, makes me happy every time.

I love this sweet little fairy, look at those pudgy little legs! I colored everything with the lightest of pastel colors, added a lot of sparkle to her wings, and used a super light silk ribbon for a big bow. I was going to give this to my boyfriend's niece on Saturday who just had a baby, but he chose something else instead. (I didn't really want to part with it anyway, lol)

Well it's a rainy Monday morning, and it's off to bring the kids to school and get my butt to work again! Thanks for visiting.

Stamps: Digital Pencil Too, PTI sentiment

Ink: Vivid

Paper: Basic Grey, Heavenly White, Bazzill, Memory Box, water color paper

Accessories: Spellbinders Fancy Tags, silk ribbon, colored pencils, OMS, Stickles, Cuttlebug embossing folder

PTI Goodness

I made this project quite some time ago when I saw Nichole's tutorial for making this pad/pen holder, just haven't shared it yet. I do love making notepads and journals!
I wanted to make a baby ensemble using their new pastel patterned papers, that paper pad is just gorgeous! I am a sucker for pastels, love, love, love them! The notepad and pencil holder took me a while to figure out though, LOL. I just wasn't getting it for some reason.

I wanted to make a matching card for the notepad, this way I could give a card and a little something extra as a gift. And what new mother doesn't need a handy shopping list for the seemingly endless necessities for new babies! I colored one of Mo's digital images, the adorable chubby baby with a few Copic markers. I wanted to add some stitching around the edge of the card, so I used my piercing tool and plastic canvas as a guidline and pierced some holes all the way around. This way it was easy to get even, straight stitches with a needle and some embroidery floss.

That's it, clean, simple and adorable! I love how it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: PTI, Digital Pencil

Ink: Perfect Match

Paper: Heavenly White, PTI

Accessories: Fiskars apron lace punch, PTI ribbon/buttons, Nestabilities, DMC floss, Copics

Abby's Celebrating!

Look at the pure joy in this girl's face! I love the way Mo Manning captures emotion in her character's faces and body language. What an incredible artist! I colored Abby with my Prisma colored pencils. I added the red polka dots on the hem of her dress with a Copic Spica pen for a little shimmer. I then cut the entire image out very carefully and mounted it to some shimmery blue cardstock I cut out with my Labels 1 die. To get a narrower border between the 2 labels layers, I simply traced outside the first die onto my pink paper and cut it out by hand. I do this a lot, because I prefer the smaller border. I applied some Liquid Glass to the balloons, although you can't see it in the pictures. :-(
Since her shoes have to be black patent leather, I colored them in using a Sakura Glaze pen, so they have a raised, shiny surface, just like patent shoes. The striped ribbon is adhered to a strip of cardstock that I punched with my Fiskars sunburst punch. The sentiment is computer generated and cut out with SU punches.

I wish I got birthday cards like this....LOL!

Thanks for visiting!

Stamps: Digital Pencil

Paper: Basic Grey Urban Couture, The Paper Co. Heavenly White, Bristol vellum

Accessories: Sizzix texture plate, Fiskars border punch, striped ribbon, Spellbinders Labels 1, colored pencils, OMS, Copics (E0000, E00, E11 for flesh), Red Spica pen, Liquid Glass

I followed my heart....

Another adorable Mo Manning digi stamp. I really, really wanted to use the new paper collection from Basic Grey 'Origins', and in the Basic Grey newsletter there was a Valentine card using these papers, with a similar layout that inspired me to make this card. The colors were so unique, I had to try it myself. I decided on this little guy holding a big heart. And not a speck of red or pink anywhere! This could be a cross between a Valentine's Day or St. Patrick's Day card!
I colored him all in my Prismacolor pencils, blending everything with OMS. I used a Spica pen to outline the heart, just for a little sparkle. I love those pens, they have such a subtle shimmer, but add so much to a card! The white borders were punched out using Martha Stewart's scalloped dot punch. I printed the sentiment on my computer and stamped a little heart onto a scrap of BG paper, then covered it with Star Dust Stickles. I LOVE-me-do this card, it's going into my favorites bin. Who will be the lucky recipient, I don't know. Maybe I'll keep it...hee hee.

Thanks for visiting!

Stamps: Digital Pencil, PTI heart

Paper: Basic Grey, Heavenly White, SU

Accessories: MS edge punch, Stickles, brown satin ribbon, colored pencils, OMS, Copic Spica pen

Wynken, Blynken and Nod

Love this image from my favorite digital artist Mo Manning! I love coloring her art work, the characters are so lively and unique! And the fact that many of them are inspired by our favorite favorite fairy tales and nursery rhymes makes them even more fun. This one of Wynken, Blynken and Nod is perfect for a baby boy. At least that was my vision.

I colored them with my trusty Prismacolor pencils, blended with OMS. I added little white stars with a white Sakura Glaze pen and of course added some shimmering starlight with Star Dust Stickles.

I printed out part of the nursery rhyme in fancy fonts and cut it out with my Petite Ovals Nesties. The textured band of cardstock I wrapped my ribbon around is embossed with the D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder. The paper is from My Mind's Eye.

Thanks for visiting!

Stamps: Mo's Digital Pencil

Paper: My Mind's Eye, Papertrey Ink, SU, Heavenly White

Accessories: Nestabilities, grosgrain ribbon, star button, Stickles, colored pencils, OMS, Sakura Glaze pen, Cuttlebug EF

Alice says Happy Birthday

Isn't this girl a beauty?! I love the sweet, innocent expression on her face. It is, of course another digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil. I absolutely love her art work! I'm so proud of myself, I actually colored her entirely with Copics! (Well, except for her shoes, I don't have any blacks yet). They really are wonderful to work with, and although I don't think I will use them exclusively, sometimes I prefer them to colored pencils.
The darling cherry pattern paper is from Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird collection. Very vintage chic! Reminds me of a tablecloth my grandmother used to have on her kitchen table. I added some Liquid Glass to some of the cherries, just to make them 'pop' a bit.

Thanks for visiting, come back soon!

Stamps: Mo's Digital Pencil, Papertrey Ink

Ink: Memento, Perfect Match

Paper: Heavenly White, Bazzill, Cosmo Cricket

Accessories: Copic markers, PTI ribbon, Fiskars border punch, Liquid Glass, SU oval punches

My Dolly

I fell in love with this adorable digital image from Digital Pencil Too -'Sophie'. Isn't she the sweetest little thing? I love her little pigtails!
I colored her skin with Copics and the rest of her with colored pencils. The paper is Cosmo Cricket. I added a little stitching to go with the 'cross stitch' pattern on the DP.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Mo's Digital Pencil, PTI sentiment

Ink: Distress

Paper: Heavenly White, Cosmo Cricket, Bazzill

Accessories: Martha Stewart doily lace punch, Copics, colored pencils, OMS, pearls, sewing machine, grosgrain ribbon, PTI button, SU modern label/word window punches