Princess Aurora - quilling card

Here is a card I made 2 YEARS ago for my niece's birthday. I do quilling rarely, but it's quite simple if you can get the hang of it; I just played around until I got some flowers I liked. I added doodles before I glued the flowers down. I used colored pencils and glitter for the Princess Aurora stamp.

Whiff of Joy Waterfall card

Click on the pic to see each image close up:

The castle is on the inside of the card.

Materials:
Whiff of Joy stamps: Draco the dragon, Charlotte's horse, Rogue Charlotte, Knight Charlie, and castle (all from the Medieval collection drawn by Alison Acton)
Inque Boutique swirl stamp
Whisper markers
Color pencils
Stampin' Up Spritzer
eyelet
ribbon

Song Lyrics Penny Black Card

This week's challenge at Penny Black Saturday challenge is song title/lyrics. I knew I had to use this sentiment stamp; it's one of my favorite Christmas songs, especially when it's Dean Martin singing.

Stamps:
Penny Black: Holly Day Critters, and the Wonder
Hero arts: snowflake

Bronte as a Black Cat

I loved coloring this MDP image; it's just so cute. I love how Bronte the dog is dressed as a cat for halloween. Now that it's finished I've got to post it quick, so it'll get to my neice in the states in time.

And since everyone seems to be challenging 'Halloween' and 'Fall,' this card meets the challenge at Mo's Digital Challenge (only buttons and ribbon), Papertake weekly, Cute Card Thursday, OneStopCraftChallenge, and Stamp with fun. (Hope it's ok to combine. Let me know if it's not.)

Materials:
Mo's Digital Pencil image by Maurie J Manning
color pencil
Whisper markers
chalk
message from Penny Black clear set 'Spooky'
Inque Boutique star and swirl stamp
Scenic Route paper
buttons
ribbon

Age 1 card

One Stop Craft Challenge this week is die cuts (and my favorite die cuts are always my alphabets). Cute Card Thursdays' challenge was to make something celebrating a first. And Stampavie and more's challenge was to make a card with animals (did I do enough animals, you think?).

Materials:
Penny Black clear sets:
"Every which way" (Dog and bumblebee)
"Bubbly" (cat with balloons)
"Critter Party" (two butterflies, hedgehog, mice, kitten with present, and 'happy birthday')
"Garden Friends" (ladybug and one butterfly)
"Hugs" (just the little bird)

Quickutz "Bright" alphabet
DCWV papers Nanna's Nursery 'Baby Boy'
whisper markers
color pencils
teal glitter

Penny Black lace and pearls

The challenge over at Penny Black Saturday challenge is lace and pearls. I also used the sketch from icsketches.

And as I was aiming for those I also met the challenges over at Color Create (pinks and chocolate), Our Creative Corner (pinks, white, and chocolate), Whimsy (buttons), and Secret Crafters (for the girls).

Materials:
Penny Black stamp set "Critter Party"
Autumn Leaves paper
Prima pearls
crochet flowers (made by me)
flowers
lacy ribbon
buttons
***If mixing challenges is not allowed, please let me know; I'm pretty sure it's ok for these challenges.***

Happy Halloween: Knight Charlie card

The "happy halloween" and the pumpkins are on light green foil (I hope you can tell- it's very shiny and looks mint chocolate chip ice cream, mmm). I made this for the "neon and black" challenge over at Color Create challenges.

Whiff of Joy stamp: Knight Charlie
Inque Boutique stamps: Happy halloween set (swirls/stars and pumpkins)
Quickutz Bright alphabet dies (from Merry & Bright set)
Sakura pens
gems stars (colored with green Sharpie marker)
Whisper markers
color pencils
the striped black paper is the kind designed for gel pens
Stampin' Up color spritzer

One Color Card: Purple

Here's my purple one-color-card using the sketch from Stamp with fun. This sketch was really fun but a little to simple for my small image, so I added a little variation with a shorter front of the card.

Materials:
Penny Black clear set: "Critter party"
DCWV papers
various ribbon
lilac pearl card blank

Cute Christmas card

Bentley Bear is adorable; I especially love the little cat in this stamp. And since he's a teddy bear it fits today's One Stop Craft challenge of "Beary Nice." Gotta love teddy bears!

Materials:
Bentley Bear clear stamp set from "Cardmaking & Papercraft" October magazine
Studio g "Happy Christmas" stamp
Scenic Route paper
cardstock
ribbon
glitter
color pencils
whisper markers

Whiff of Joy: Rogue Charlotte

This sketch was the challenge over at Whiff of Joy challenge blog. It was difficult for me to use - way too many layers for me (so I took one out). This is the first time I've used Rogue Charlotte; coloring her was fun.
Materials:
Whiff of Joy: Rogue Charlotte
Scenic Route papers
Prima flowers
buttons

My crochet flower - check it out!

I'm really pleased how I colored Willow. I mainly used colored pencils, but a little bit of marker, too. However, I'm really happy with my crochet flower; I'm definitely going to make more of these. I chose orange and teal to fit the challenge at Whiff of Joy challenges; I love orange!

Materials:
Whiff of Joy stamp: Willow with cookies
Stampin' Up stamps (message from 'Delight in Life', texture on teal from 'A little bit of happiness')
Daisy D's paper
color pencils
Whisper markers
2.5mm crochet hook
embroidery thread
flower pattern from Jan Eaton's 'The Encyclopedia of Crochet Techniques'

One Color Card: Pink

Here's a close up of the coloring and glitter on the cake. It's colored with Whisper markers and colored pencils.

I was making my One Color Cards in an order, but I had to skip ahead to pink for the challenge over at One Stop Craft Challenge. Their challenge for the week was a pink and black card.

Whimsy Stamps Challenges this week is ribbons; I've had the polka-dot ribbon for ages, but haven't been able to use it until now.

Sinatra (Mo's Digital Pencil)

This is an adorable image and so much fun to color. The drawing is fabulous: the position of the ears and back foot is so believable. Very feline!

Materials:
"Sinatra" digital image (Mo's Digital Pencil)
colored pencils
Whisper markers
papermania paper
various ribbon
blue staples

One Color Card: Yellow

The challenge over at ABC Challenge blog is to make a yellow card. This is perfect for me to continue with my personal challenge of one-color-cards. So here's a simple yellow card with some cute Penny Black mice.

One Color Card: Orange

I've decided to set myself a goal this summer. I'm going to make at least 7 cards in one color only (one for all the colors in the rainbow). I might do them all with Penny Black stamps, but I'm not sure yet.

This is the first One Color Card made using a sketch from Friday Sketchers challenge blog. I chose orange first because it's my favorite color.

Materials:

Penny Black "Garden Friends" clear set
Prima flowers
Quickutz die
Stampin' Up papers
colored pencils
Sakura pen

Cute Penny Black Age cards

Here are some super cute number cards for the challenge over at One Stop Craft challenge blog. I've got two nieces birthdays in July and I figure that by making them matching, but personalized I can't go wrong. If I were to do two completely different cards, I might make one better than the other; this way I know that they are equally cute.


If you'd like to find out which stamp comes from which clear Penny Black set, click on the photo, then hover over the image you like.

I used ALL 6 of my Penny Black clear sets to make these two cards.
Bubbly, Critter Party, Every Which Way, Hugs!, Garden Friends, and Salutations.

I used Quickutz alphabets Paige Mini (Natalie) and Merry (Chloe).

Metallic Effect Dots

Sassafrass Lass Blue Boutique papers, Penny black stamps, homemade embossing stencil, Fiskars circle cutter, and corner rounder.



I'm not very pleased with my video - the coloring part turned out very blurry. I hope it doesn't bore everyone; if it is boring skip to the middle. Let me know if you enjoyed the video!