The Cat's Out Of The Bag!

This is such a fab image!  I got it as a freebie for playing along in the last monthly progressive challenge!  The digi image is From The Heart Stamps and I've made it quite large and coloured it with Promarkers plus watercolour pencils for the sky.

I printed the image with a border as I was being lazy and I've then added a dotted row with a fineliner pen inside the border.  The sentiment came with the image - the one inside says 'The Cat Is Out Of The Bag'.

A dab of glossy accents on the mice noses and the cat too and its complete!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

I Heart Sketches:  Monthly Progressive Challenge
Just Add Ink:  Colouring
Patties Creations:  Anything Goes
CRAFT Challenge:  Congratulations etc

Martini Chicks

I really do like this image from I Heart Digital Stamps; it makes me smile and its easy to colour so nice quick cards can be made!  I've also followed the current sketch too and used up papers I found in my stash plus the circle die cut is from another project but that won't be blogged for a few weeks yet - so good all round!

The papers are from Funky Hand - Wishes and Kisses cd and I've added two buttons and embroidery thread from my stash.  The image has been coloured with Promarkers and I've added glossy accents to the Martini inside the glasses - the sentiment comes with the image.

Could do with a nice cool drink right now as its been another scorcher of a day but today I've sat outside and sort of managed some colouring although I must admit I spent most of my time watching Jacob mess around with a bowl of water!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

I Heart Sketches:  Sketch followed
Crafty Ribbons:  Circles
Delightful Challenges:  Summer Theme
Colour Throwdown:  Colour Palette
Cheerful Stamp Pad:  My Kinda Gal

Image:  I Heart Digital Stamps, coloured with Promarkers and glossy accents
Sentiment:  I Heart Digital Stamps
Papers:  Wishes and Kisses cd from Funky Hand
Dies:  Spellbinder Circles
Ribbon:  My stash
Everything else:  My stash

Wish You Were Here?!

I'm trying to be really good and use up all the odd sized offcuts of printed papers that I have in my rather large and overflowing shoe box.  The cloud papers (Echo Park Summerday papers) I've had to piece together in the centre (don't look too hard!)  and I've cut down the waves one (Echo Park Splash papers) and printed on the reverse too and used that.

I've added two extra clouds that I cut from the remnants as I wouldn't be able to use them again as they were too small.

The image is From The Heart digi stamps and is called Tropical Chick - its been coloured with Promarkers and then cut out and I've added it to the card with some free thin foam pads that I got in a magazine.

And that's about it!  Wouldn't mind being that chick right now - I could do with a bit of me time and a break!!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

I Heart Sketches:  Sketch followed
Pumpkin Spice:  Nature
Sweet Stampin':  Anything But Birthday
Word Play Saturday:  Weather


Image:  I Heart Digital Stamps, coloured with Promarkers
Papers:  Echo Park, Summerdays and Splash
Everything else: My stash

Lots O' Luck!

I've got a few 'sorry you're leaving / good luck' cards to make (and a few leaving lunches to go on too!) so I thought I'd get started and made this with a From The Heart digi stamp called Wee Bit and Lots O Luck - sentiment comes with it too plus other images in the set too.  I've coloured it with Promarkers and added glossy accents to the little shamrocks in the jar.

The sentiment came with the set and I've used some offcuts of card from a Funky Hand download - Christmas Tree (I hate to waste the offcuts!)  The ribbon is from my stash along with the half pearls.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

I Heart Sketches:  Sketch followed
Just Add Ink:  Green
Pattie's Creations:  Green (St Patrick's Day)
Wags N Whiskers:  Go Green (recycled offcuts of green card)
Milk Coffee Challenge:  Go Green
Creative Belli:  St Patrick's Day / Green
Sisterhood of Crafters:  Green

Image and Sentiment:  From The Heart Digi Stamps, coloured with Promakers
Papers:  Christmas Tree wordbook download from Funky Hand
Everything else:  My stash

Simply Create Challenge 4 - Lots of Layers

It's time for another Simply Create Too challenge and this fortnight the theme is:

Lots of Layers

I've used a fab digi stamp from Designed 2 Delight called Cluck and coloured it with Promarkers. All the papers are Cosmo Cricket plus a little inking here and there.


The sentiment is from Your Special Day Our Betty stamp set from Funky Hand and everything else is from my stash. Good luck with the challenge - for more details just click here!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday: Sketch followed (mirror image)
Lawnscaping: Birthday
Make My Monday: Nature - Birds

• Image: Designed 2 Delight, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 digi kit
• Sentiment: Our Betty stamp from Funky Hand
• Everything else: My stash