21st Century Pillow Book

Hello again! It's time for a new Wicked Wednesday challenge, as well as a new Create and Inspire challenge. For WW, the challenge is Use a Fold. We are sponsored by DRS Designs, and I used their sandcastle image. I asked my sister to make me a paper crane or two to use as my "folds," and I think they turned out great! She decided to make 4 so that she could practice. I colored the image with my new Tombow watercolor markers. Seriously, how cute is that teeny tiny crane? Create and Inspire's challenge is Anything Goes or Use a Die Cut. We are sponsored by Nikki Burnette. I used the gorgeous Raven Mask Masquerade image for my card, which has also been colored with my Tombow watercolor markers. My background was done with watercolor paints. I used a fun metallic copper rub-on in the corner there. It's nice and shiny. Nikki Burnette's image is a stunner, so I didn't want to add too much to the card. Create and Inspire is having a DT c...

Greetings! It's time for a new Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge! This week, the theme is "April Fools' or Favorite Holiday." Our sponsor is Creepy Cute Stamps . I went with Halloween! I used their Dia Los Muertos image, and my watercolor markers to color her up. I used a fun pom pom fringe to finish her off. I also added a simple "Boo" sentiment and fun microbeads with glitter to the border. You can see the little bits of glitter mixed in with the beads. What's your favorite holiday? Join in this week, to let us know! Be sure to visit the WW blog to see what the rest of the gals cooked up. Thanks for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

This week we’re going to celebrate with the awesome Woodware Design Team and the Dreamweaver Stencils Dream Team all of the the great Stampendous and Dreamweaver Stencils products that Woodware makes available to the UK market. This is good news for our crafty friends in the UK because we’ll be offering prizes and our UK friends are eligible to win!! We’ll be offering three prizes in the UK and three in the US. Each prize package will consist of Nathalie Kalbach’s terrific Grunge Mixed Media Cling Rubber Stamp Sets and the beautiful Zen Butterfly Dreamweaver Stencil ! Both products are ideal for adding texture and backgrounds to your projects! (Deadline to comment is Sunday, March 29th, Pacific Time . Winners will be picked using random.org and announced Tuesday, March 31st , in the afternoon.) And that’s our theme!! Making Texture. We hope you’ll enjoy the wonderful inspiration that three talented teams will bring you this week! Be sure to visit all the blog links listed and...

Hello! There's a new challenge from the B Team of Left of Center Challenges . This week, we challenge you to use Mermaids or a Water Theme for your projects. We are sponsored by Nikki Burnette . I used Mina for my card. ***If you are looking for my newest post in the Dreamweaver Stencils hop, please click HERE . I just purchased a brand new set of watercolor markers (one of my favorite mediums) and this is the first image I colored with them! I need to get more used to them, as they act differently from my other watercolor markers. But I like how she turned out, except her skin looks super blotchy in my photos, and in real life, she isn't. I used to of the Long Nesting Oval Dies from Dreamweaver Stencils. Don't you just love that blue glittery cardstock? I inked and clear embossed my card's edges, and I added a piece of a corner punch from Martha Stewart, and a few pearls. Be sure to play along! It's a simple and fun theme! Plus, it goes along with N...

Hello out there! I have 2 projects to share with you today. The first is for the formerly A Step in the Dark, now known as Create and Inspire.  We are sponsored by Stitchy Bear . Check this chic out! She is mad and ready to take it out on someone! I colored her using my colored pencils and then I spritzed irRESISTables from Imagine Crafts on top for a messy, textured look. Here's a close up. I enjoyed making her unusual skin color. I used a cool, craggy Martha Stewart punch to frame the image. My second project is the polar opposite of my first. It's for Wicked Wednesday . I used Cherry Love Blossom from Lacy Sunshine , who is our sponsor this week. The theme is Cherry Blossoms. I colored the image with watercolor markers. I used a different kind of spritz for this one...glimmery and flat. She's definitely sweet...and terrified of the chic above her. She's gonna just hang out down here and hope the crazy one doesn't see her. ;) I hope you will j...

This week we’re going to celebrate with the awesome Woodware Design Team and the Dreamweaver Stencils Dream Team all of the the great Stampendous and Dreamweaver Stencils products that Woodware makes available to the UK market. This is good news for our crafty friends in the UK because we’ll be offering prizes and our UK friends are eligible to win!! We’ll be offering three prizes in the UK and three in the US. Each prize package will consist of Nathalie Kalbach’s terrific Grunge Mixed Media Cling Rubber Stamp Sets and the beautiful Zen Butterfly Dreamweaver Stencil ! Both products are ideal for adding texture and backgrounds to your projects! (Deadline to comment is Sunday, March 29th, Pacific Time . Winners will be picked using random.org and announced Tuesday, March 31st , in the afternoon.) And that’s our theme!! Making Texture. We hope you’ll enjoy the wonderful inspiration that three talented teams will bring you this week! Be sure to visit all the blog links listed and...

It's almost Spring!!! I say that as it flurried this very morning here in NY. Ugh. But, my bulbs are starting to pop up from the recently frozen ground. So, on that note, I bring you Wicked Wednesday's newest challenge, Spring is in the Air. And we are sponsored by one of my favorite digi stamp companies, A Day for Daisies . I used the adorable image "Nothing to Do" which reminds me very much or Karma Wilson's "Bear" series. If you have little ones, you've got to read these delightful stories. So, when I saw this image, and since these stories mean so much to my family, I knew I had to use this digi. I used a combination of alcohol markers and watercolor paints to color up the image. I had some sweet spring paper that I used for my ATC base, with a little ink around the edge. Simple and sweet is what I wanted, and that's what I've got. Please be sure to visit the rest of the WW DT to see what they've created. Thanks for stoppi...