7pm last night, after spending 10 hours at a swim meet (two girls = two sessions!), my daughter PLEADS for me to make the critter valentines instead of getting store-bought.  Well, thanks to Lawn Fawn, we have 24 Woodland Critter Huggers ready to go!  I just loved this die set.  I'm not big on tiny dies but even I managed to make this one work.  So cute and fun to make!  

#lawnfawn #simonsaysstamp #woodlandcritterhuggers

Well, I don't know why I can't take a straight picture of a rectangle card, but I assure you, this is a standard A2 shape!  Was having lots of fun playing with my new The Ton Stamps haul, and thought I'd play with the Peony Notes Bundle - and it just so happened there was a funky Color Throwdown Challenge (#478 - hot pink, lime green, yellow & light blue) so I thought, why not?  I used Catherine Pooler inks and all went well this time except I stamped the little leaves just a little offset - but I decided to go with it anyway.  Love how it turned out and will show soon the other color combinations, which were spectacular!  The "Love" die cut is MFT Stamps, I think, and the bling is also from The Ton. 

So glad to finish the challenge on time!  #ctd478 #thetonstamps #colorthrowdown

Sure enough, a month has gone by and I'm way behind in posting to the blog!  That's okay, I've been a busy card-maker in the meantime.  I have a lot of kits to catch up on, so I am trying to keep to the "10 cards one kit" structure, completing several kits per week.  As of now I have finished nine kits so far this year!  Not every card is unique, but most are - and best of all, maybe I'll catch up on supplies and be ahead on birthday cards for a change?  I can dream, right?

This was from the Hero Arts December kit.  I grabbed the stencil & my texture & glimmer pastes, and made a bunch of backgrounds - a great way to unleash some creativity when stuck.  I loved the look of the kit but couldn't figure out where to get started until I started with the backgrounds!  The genie is copic colored and popped up with dimensionals. 

#heroarts #mymonthlyhero

Happy New Year!

New Year, New Resolutions!   Let's see if I can do a better job of posting this year! 

After a long week of the flu & slow recovery, I had some nice time on New Year's Day to craft.....finally dug into an old Hero Arts monthly kit, I think from December 2016?  CASE'd this layout generally from the HA blog, and just love all those green bottles cascading down, colored with copics. 

Happy New Year to all!  Looking forward to a year of crazy offset by many moments of crafting peace!  :-)  Lisa

CTD #470

For this Color throwdown challenge I have stamped and then watercolored these fall images in tones of brown, yellow, orange and red on white cardstock, which I then placed on top of a Lawn Fawn plaid background.  Love the leaves and the acorn images! 

I was trying to figure out what to do for this color challenge (pink, yellow, gray) & cleaning up my craft room.  When I saw the (previously untouched) MFT Sketchy Flowers kit, I was inspired!  Thanks to the Color Throw Down for taking me out of my comfort zone!!  I think this is all MFT products, including the inks & paper.  #ctd457 #mftstamps

18 cards from the Love from Lizi July kit!

One of the things I LOVE about the LFL kits (#lovefromlizi, lovefromlizi.com) is how much coordinated material is included!  Each kit has enough cardstock to make 10 card bases, but I usually supplement with some of my 8.5x11 paper.  This month I got the add-ons (cardstock cut-out stickers) which really increased the possibilities.

This was my first set. I went for the big "rose window" print right away, and the delicate flower print on the gray panel too.  Love the surprising color combinations!

My favorites here are the ones on the left.  On the lower right, I tried stamping with the Distress Oxide ink but it wasn't as visible as I hoped.........tried to fix it up with a white gel pen shadow. 

I had so much fun making these cards and challenging myself to come up with 18 different designs!  Thank you, Lizi of #lovefromlizi!