Luck O' the Irish

Another Victoria Case digi-stamp ~ isn't she just the cutest little leprechaun? I told you I was in love with Victoria's designs.... I so wasn't kidding! :)

My card is loosely based on the sketch of the week at PCP! :)

Paper: Best Creations & Piggy Tales ~ Embellishments: Robin's Nest dewdrops, Ribbon ~ Unknown, Lots of Stickles and some Shimmerz thrown in for good measure!

Water Fairy ~ Thinking of You

I have a new designer that I have fallen in love with. Her name is Victoria Case. The image about is one of hers! This water fairy is so dainty and introspective. Love, love, love her!

Paper: DCWV, Sizzix Texture ~ Ribbon: Ellen Hutson ~ Flowers: Petaloo ~ Colored with Copics and Watercolor Pencils and Shimmerz

Faerie Song Art Stamps are such wonderful tools to work with! They are fun to color and the faces are so compelling! This card features Kyra. You can find her at Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. SCACD also has a great group on Paper Craft Planet ~ the members are alot of fun!

Paper: MME, Sizzix Texture ~ Embellishments: Ribbon (Joann's), Flowers (Prima), Charm (Blue Moon Beads), Rhinestones (Prima) Gems (unknown) and buckets of Shimmerz! :)

Stumped?

Whiff of Joy is having a another guest design team call... you can find all of the details on the Whiff of Joy Challenge Blog. This darling little boy is from the new Elisabeth Bell spring collection at Whiff of Joy. He is super special, because he sits... on a stump! I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend ~ it's hard to believe it's almost over.

Paper: American Traditional Designs ~ Embellishements: Gaffer tape (7gypsies), Ribbon (Joann's), Brads ~ Tools: Martha Stewart Punch and Decorative Sissors

Your Every Wish?

I love this little fairy! She is usually sweet, but tonight she decided to be sassy! I am submitting the card for the High Hopes Design Team call. I don't know if you have ever seen their stamps, but they are seriously cute! Hopefully I will be able to add some to my collection in the near future! Have a great evening!

Stamp: Inkadinkadoo ~ Paper: Cloud Nine, Sizzix Textured ~ Ribbon: Joann's Best Value ~ Embellishments: Prima, Shimmerz

Whiff of Joy Elisabeth Bell Spring Release

I don't know if you are all aware, but I absolutely adore Elisabeth Bell. Her stamps are wonderful! This one is from the new Whiff of Joy Spring Stamp Kit. I have been stalking my mailbox since the email came saying the stamps had shipped. This might be my favorite image, but I'm not sure yet! The others are stamped and waiting on my craft table to be colored. :0)

So ~ I need your opinions... is this card too plain? Originally I had planned to put a sentiment and some flowers on it, but then it felt overdone. Please let me know what you think. Thanks so much! Smiles ~ Brandi

Stamps: WOJ Spring Set, Flourish Autumn Leaves

Some Bunny

This little card was made using Pringle from Sugar Nellie.

He is the sweetest little rabbit! My friend Tracy gave this stamp to me - wasn't that wonderful of her?

Paper: Fancy Pants, DCWV ~ Ribbon: Best Value ~ Embellishments: Kaiser Craft Rhinestones, Sakura Glitter Pen

The Seaweed is Always Greener....

Shimmerz.... do I need to say more? I so love sparkle and glitter. Ahhhh!

Paper: Kaiser Craft, Daisy D's ~ Cardstock: CTMH ~Stamp: Rubber Romance ~ Embellishments: Robin's Nest Baubles, Prima Say it in Crystals, Shimmerz

Good Luck

I dusted off one of my bella's this weekend! She is the only St. Patrick's Day stamp I own ~ though that isn't what she was purchased for! Shamrocks are so happy and remind me of luck which is how Goodluckabella come to live at my home. I knew Good Luck cards would have to be made in my future. Lucky for me, cause she is so super cute!

There maybe another post tonight, but no promises. A little mermaid and I are going rounds. There aren't alot of mermaid sentiments floating around out there in cyberland. Or if there are, they are sneaky little critters!! Good night for now. :)

Paper: unknown (sorry - it was in the stash) ~ Cardstock: CTMH ~Embellishments: Robin's Nest

Valentine's Day

I just wanted to show you a peek at what my Valentine's Day looked like!

Here is the latest sketch for the Faerie Song Art Stamp Group at Paper Craft Planet. Feel free to make a card based on this sketch and upload it the Faerie Song Art Group at PCP. We have a monthly drawing for a free Faerie stamp donated by Susana at Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. To get an entry you must submit a card!

If you enter a card every week you could get four entries into the drawing!!!

Here is the card I made based on the sketch. The stamp is Lost In Thought from the Faerie Song stamp line. She is available from Susana's store as well. The faerie's dress is paper pieced and she was colored with Copic markers. Then came the Shimmerz... lots and lots of Shimmerz. I just love that stuff! Talk about sparkle power.

The paper is from Kaizer Craft and the cool clear tape is from Prima.... Thanks for stopping by and have a great Valentine Weekend!

Faerie Song Art Stamps

I am part of a group on Paper Craft Planet dedicated to Faerie Song Art Stamps. We will be having a sketch challenge once a week starting this week! Each time you enter (one entry per sketch/week) the weekly challenge, you get an entry to win a Faerie Song Art Stamp given to us by Susana from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. One stamp will be given away each month. So if you enter all of the sketch challenges in a certain month you could earn up to 4 entrys in the drawing. You do have to be a member of Faerie Song Art Stamps to participate, so head on over there and join! Below is the first sketch and an example card based on the sketch.

Sketch #1Example #1

Paper: Fancy Pants, Scenic Route ~ Transparency: Hambly ~ Ribbon: Walmart ~ Rubon: Autumn Leaves ~Embellishments: Paper Cellar, Prima, Blue Moon and of course Shimmerz! You can really see it in the closeup!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Blog Candy

In order to get the word out about our challenge, I will also be offering blog candy! There will be two winners... the first number drawn will get their choice of the following two stamp sets. Click pictures to enlarge. :)

Sweet Love

Post Marked

To win leave a comment on this post and post a comment on your blog about the new Faerie Song Art Stamps sketch challenge. You can link back to here if you don't want to put in a whole lot of detail. Good Luck! The drawing will be held March 1st!

Whiff of Joy Challenge Blog Card

This card was so fun to make and color. I feel like this is one of the best jobs of shading I have done. Learning to use Copic markers is time consuming, but the results are well worth it!

This card is based on a recipe challenge for the Whiff Of Joy Challenge Blog. Katharina from Whiff of Joy is donating two stamp sets from her new release to a lucky participant!

Be Mine Valentine ... C.C. Designs

Cupid Gingersnaps are digital stamps from C.C. Designs. They are so fun to work with. This little angel is all dressed up in a sparkly red top and shoes ~ ready to spread some love! I had forgotten that my Storybook cartridge had all these cute little die cuts for layering. I'm not too sure the stitching was a great plan - practicing on straight lines probably would have been a good idea!

Paper: Scenic Route ~ Stamps: CC Designs and CTMH ~ Hearts: Paper Cellar ~Stickles, Ribbon

Whiff of Joy.... awwww

Whiff of Joy is having a new stamp release on February 14th featuring Medieval Charlotte and Charlie designed by Alison Acton. I can hardly wait! They are one of my favorite stamping companies! Click the link above for more details!

Unicorn Birthday Wishes

This little birthday card was made for the sketch challenge over at Club Anya. It doesn't exactly follow the sketch for some unknown reason - I really thought I was following it fairly closely and then when I was finished and everything was glued down (of course) I realised the two circle halves were not supposed to be facing each other! DUH! Oh well. It's still a cute card - the unicorn totally reminds me of my little ponies.

Cardstock: CTMH ~ Papers: Heidi Grace, DaisyD's ~ Stamp: Digi Unicorn from The Greeting Farm ~ Embellishments: Kaiser Craft Pearls, Shimmerz, Stickles, Unknown Ribbon

Relax

Doesn't she look cozy? Lindsay is giving away blog candy. Visit her blog for more info! This is one of the digital stamps she designed, that are available at Pink Papery Studios.

Cardstock: CTMH, Bazzil ~ Designer Paper: Basic Grey ~ Ribbon: Various Unknown ~ Pearls: Kaiser Craft

Hey Cupid!

C.C. Designs Digi Emailed Images Gingersnap Hey Cupid! - I love these! The images are so cute and it is so wonderful to be able to resize the images to whatever you need. The card is based on the weekly card sketch from Split Coast Stampers.

Paper: Fancy Pants ~ Embellishments: Shimmerz ~ Ribbon: Unknown

How much is that doggie in the window?

I made this card for the technique challenge on Splitcoast. It wasn't too hard to make the recessed window (thanks to GardenDiva), but then I couldn't figure out what to do on the rest of the card! Obviously no forethought went into the design. Dorothy Anya got a haircut and a plaid dress. Okay now what? I was blank - seriously all that was happening in my brain was static. So the card and it's pieces got left on the scrap table until this afternoon.... when a brain wave happened!! And I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my card. Hurray!

Paper: DCWV Grade School Stack Stamp: Digi Dorothy Anya Ribbon: Walmart Felt: Queen & Co