Photo Inspiration

This is my third post for today. If you're looking for Sweet Sketch Wednesday and The Crafter's Cafe Challenge, please scroll down.
Happy over the hump day! Hope you've had your coffee this morning because we are offering up this photo for inspiration as our new monthly prize challenge at the Fresh Brewed Blog. I am really loving inspiring photos for challenges because there's is no right or wrong answer!

I went with the coffee cups and colors when I created my card. From Fresh Brewed Designs I used the digital stamp Cup Stack and the newly released rubber stamp OCD Sentiment. After coloring these cups with Copic markers, I hit up my scrap bin for some coordinating colors. Fun to create. Now I'm off to Starbucks for a latte fix before finishing up on the laundry. Then I guess I'd better start packing for my trip!!!!!! Anyone want to come with me??!!!

Sweet Easter

Please scroll down for my post for The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog.


Happy Wednesday, but I've gotta admit, I wish it were Friday, then I'd be heading to sunny Florida! The older I get, the less patience I have!! One thing I'm always thrilled to do is show you the new challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. We're revisiting an old sketch, a blast from the past, and can't wait to see what you do with it again!!



Our fun and fabulous sponsor this week is Stamp Fairy. So many adorable and whimsical images come alive there, so be sure and check it out!

Our grand prize winner from this week will receive a $10 gift certificate to the Stamp Fairy store to choose your own sweetness.

I was thrilled to be able to design with the adorable Patsy Easter Eggs. She is so sweet with her big toe sticking out of her flip flops and wearing her bunny ears! Now be sure to not only play along this week but also stop by the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge blog to be inspired by the rest of the DT as well as two guest DT members from Stamp Fairy.

Sweet Angel

Welcome to our new challenge for March at The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog. As you can see, we have a wonderful sponsor this month, Digital Delights by Louby Loo. Wendy is such a sweet person and offering a $10 gift certificate for our winner. What is our challenge you ask? Why to use ribbon and/or lace on your project.

I used some lace I had on my desk from another project. And this adorable image from Digital Delights is a digital called Angel Donita. You can also find her in the store pre-colored. I'm sure you are as shocked as I am that not only did I color Angel Donita myself with Copics, but I also cut her out so I could have her sitting and popped up!! Me, the self-proclaimed lazy stamper, cutting an image out!!! What is this world coming to??!!!!!!! Now join us this month for this fun ribbon/lace challenge at The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog.

Sending Smiles

I thought I should send these smiles that are forever on my face to everyone...in only a few days I get to smile and say hello to Mickey Mouse and all his friends!! I thought a flamingo would be appropriate for my upcoming FL trip -- that plus the fact I have had this image from Fresh Brewed Designs, a digital called Flamingo Flamenco Dancer, colored for two weeks now!!! That saved me some time tonight since I totally forgot I had a hair cut appointment with my hairdresser down the street! Now my hair is Florida ready!!!

Let Your Light Shine

There is so much going on here, I don't know which end is up! As I'm sure you all know, I'm leaving Friday with Phillip to Disney. I have a list a mile long of things to get done before then. Pretty soon I'm going to have to admit defeat that everything won't be getting done!!!

I did want to show you a card I finished up today for the wonderful sketch challenge over at Sketches by Carly. I used a digital stamp set from Clear Dollar Stamps called Let Your Light Shine. I had to color up the lava lamp like the one I used to have!! I added crystal effects for that awesome shine.

I'm off to work on some more cards in my constant effort to get ahead of the game!!!!

A Joyful Season

Happy Saturday. What do you have planned for the weekend? Some stamping time I hope. We're going out looking to buy a car for our son -- scary thought!!! Yesterday I sat in my stamp room for the longest time wondering what I should make next when I found this image and digi paper from Doodle Pantry that I had printed off awhile ago. So I decided to put together something quick, and here it is. The image is from Topiary Seasons Color and the paper pack is Holly and Juniper. This gives me the opportunity to remind you to join us for our Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #21 found HERE on the DP Blog. Use a Doodle Pantry image and you will receive an adorable digi set called Quirky Bunny...this is a definite must have!!!!!

Birthday Blessings

It's the first Friday in March which means time for another installment of our Clearly Inspired Challenges at Clear Dollar Stamps. Our theme for this one is Anything Goes. I used a CDS digital set called Windowbox Wishes Color. I've been short on time so this pre-colored digi was perfect. I'm trying so hard to get ahead of the game because in just one short week, I'll be on a plane heading for Disney World!! I am so looking forward to it, I feel like a little kid!! Now join us for our Anything Goes Clearly Inspired Challenge.