Spring?

Spring will be pretty. Just give it a week, When flowers are blooming down by the creek. Bees will be buzzing as trees start to bud, But for the moment I'm covered with mud. Snow has been melting, since winter is through, Replacing the whiteness with puddles of goo. I stepped off the sidewalk and into the ooze. Next thing I knew, I stepped out of my shoes! Mud on my ankles and mud on my clothes. I stumbled face-first and got mud up my nose. Spring will be pretty, but I must confess, The first days of spring are a muckety mess!    ~Dave Crawley


Such is life at our household these past few days...
 
TiffanyDoodles just released a whole assortment of new digital stamps at the store, this crocus image being one of them. After printing and coloring the image with ink and water and adding the sentiment, I embossed the entire panel and adhered to the card base.

I hope you all have a fun, safe and special Easter Weekend!

Supplies Used:
Cardstock: (Ivory) Georgia Pacific
Stamps: (Crocus Digital) TiffanyDoodles, (Sentiment from Teeny Trees) WMS
Ink: (Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Always Artichoke Pigment) SU, (Vintage Photo Distress) Ranger
Other: (Woodgrain Embossing Folder) PTI, (Colored Pencils) Prismacolor

Pear Blossom

The cousins played in the basement until we heard Grandma's voice saying it was time... Time for the Easter Egg hunt! All of us (I think there were thirteen at the most?) would rush up the stairs and head outside to Grandma's yard and begin the frenzied search for the coveted egg that held the dollar bill. Those uncles of ours hid eggs pretty darn well. I don't recall ever finding that egg any of the years.

TiffanyDoodle's has yet another beauty for her Granny's Yard Series, the Pear Blossom. This card involves some colored pencils, clear embossing and distress inks. I hope to have a tutorial soon! The colors were inspired by the Decorative Trim Color Challenge over at Embellish Magazine. I turned some ribbon into clean and simple trim that runs the length of the card.

Forsythia

 

Taking an image and transforming it into something new and and unique is what I like about digital stamps. Stretching the bounds...

Today begins a new challenge over at TiffanyDoodles! We are all seeing shades of turquoise. I invite you to play along, there are some great prizes up for grabs! (Click on the graphic for all the details!)

My card today uses the top portion of the Forsythia & PussyWillows image. I layered, colored and rotated about ten images to compile this graphic. I then stamped with a clear stamp and ink, added rhinestones and mounted it to a colored paper panel and white card base. Easy!

Check out the other design team member's samples, they are amazing!

Tiffany Doodles

Tiffany Richards

Anne Ray

Cammy Wall

Collette Landwer

Donna Mikasa

Jill Foster

Jodi Ann Lee

Joy Taylor

Karen Baker

Kim Schofield

Pattie Goldman

Shannon Neparko

Simone Naoum

Sue McRae

Willemien Katerberg

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: (White) OfficeMax

Patterned Paper: (Sweet Pea Collection) SU

Digital Image: (Forsythia & Pussywillows) TiffanyDoodles

Stamps: (Mega Mixed Messages) PTI

Ink: (Onyx Black) Versamark, (Fresh Snow Hybrid) PTI

Other: (Rhinestones) Michael's

L.O.V.E.

***My guest design card for the Lawnscaping Challenge is here!***

Just four little letters. L.O.V.E. Four little letters holding the future in their hands...

Valentine's Day was created for crafters, wasn't it? According to Wikipedia, it "is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery," and get this... "sending greeting cards (known as "valentines")". Yep, there you have it, physical proof!

TiffanyDoodles is having a Valentine's challenge (all the details found here!). There are some exciting changes to the challenge and even more exciting prizes! For this combo, I started with the card using TiffanyDoodles Love Letters Digital Stamp and Krafty Klouds Digital Paper and hand dyed and wrinkled wide ribbon using May Arts White Silk Ribbon for their Sweet Nothings Challenge. To compliment the card, I altered a cappachino tin (thanks, Amy, for the grand idea) in which I decorated with the same digi stamp and paper. Its wrapped with May Arts Ivory Silk Ribbon done in the same treatment as the card. (This ribbon is nice and wide. I used an iron to un-crinkle the ribbon a bit after it was dry to get the width I desired.)

Inside the tin, I cut out little "cards" using different patterns from the Krafty Klouds Digital Paper and wrote a few notes for my husband.

So, do you hand out little notes of love?

Supplies Used:
Cardstock: (White) Georgia Pacific
Patterned Paper: (Krafty Klouds Digital) TiffanyDoodles
Digital Stamps: (Love Letters) TiffanyDoodles
Ink: (Vintage Photo Distress) Ranger
Embellishments: (White, Ivory Silk Ribbon, Natural Burlap String) May Arts
Font: (Ali Edwards Handwriting) Creating Keepsakes
Tools: (Labels Eight Nestabilties) Spellbinders
Other: (Tin), (Acrylic Paint)

The Red Bird

Welcome to TiffanyDoodles Blog Hop and the first day of the TiffanyDoodles December Challenge-to create a Christmas card! The Hop lasts through Thursday and you have until the 31st of December to enter the Challenge.

For my card I started by creating a text background of a holiday carol and overlayed the RedBird image in my photo editing program. I then colored the bird lightly with pencils, distressed him a bit with ink and then covered him with Glossy Accents. After substantial dry time, I went over the whole image with more distress inks and edge distressed the entire panel before stitching it to the card base.

I appreciate all your comments...comment today here for a chance to win the RedBird image!

Please take a minute to hop on over and comment on each of the team member's blogs, there is a chance to win a free image at each stop!
Tiffany Doodles
Tiffany Richards
Cammy Wall
Collette Landwer
Donna Mikasa
Jeannie DeGruccio
Jill Foster
Jodi Ann Lee
Kim Schofield
Lindsay Amrhein
Lisa Summerhays
Pattie Goldman
Peet Roeven
Shannon Neparko
Simone Naoum
Sue McRae
Willemien Katerberg
Stop back at TiffanyDoodles for a chance to win three doodles of your choice!

There is a lot happening at Tiffany Doodles: Tiffany's store is almost up, there is a challenge every 7th of the month, there is a lot of opportunities for sponsorships and check this out...

Supplies Used:
Cardstock: (Vintage Cream) PTI
Patterned Paper: (Jovial) Basic Grey
Digital Image: (Red Bird) TiffanyDoodles
Stamp: (Celebrate from Christmas Wonders) Practicing Creativity Design
Ink: (Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress) Ranger
Embellishments: (Natural Twine) May Arts
Tools: (Tag Punch) McGill, (Edge Distresser) SU
Other: (Colored Pencils) Prisma, (Glossy Accents) Ranger, (Thread)