RCC15 Getting Edgy with TGF

Did you think you'd never see my again?? I'm so happy to be back creating again with a slightly reduced work schedule, no weddings to attend among a variety of other things.  This has definitely been a summer of chaos for me and not the summer I had expected to have. 

This week, Jessica Diedrich, one of our DT members as well as the DT Co-ordinator at The Greeting Farm is challenging us to get "Edgy" at the Ribbon Carousel Challenge.  You can distress your paper, tear it up or use an "edgy" image.  Just get edgy!!! Don't forget that your edgy creations need to have ribbon, twine etc (basically anything that comes on a spool) somewhere on them.

This week, we are being sponsored by The Greeting Farm who has graciously provided the DT with images to work with.  And to top it all off, one lucky participant will win a 4x6 set of their choice. 

 Let me tell you, I had a hard time choosing an image because I liked so many of them.  I eventually decided on the cute digi called Audrey.  She was a little edgy and a blast to color.  I thought she perfectly matched the Basic Grey DP and this month's SFYTT fit her to a tee. GO ME!!! I didn't wait until the last couple days of the month to get my SFYTT card finished. 

Now make sure you check out what the rest of the DT did...  It's a lot of great eye candy. 

HUGS!!

Ready for School?

Hey there everyone... wow!!! Blogger has been a pain this week so I haven't had a chance to post my card that I made using the new School Time Landon from Lori Boyd Designs.  This month we are doing things a little differently at LBD.  Each week we will highlight one of the digis from the most recent release.  I've watercolored Landon with my Tombow Markers (imagine that right? LOL) and was able to use the School Spirit Crate Paper DP that I've had for quite some time. Landon seemed just right for it.  The layout for my card came from this week's Card Patterns sketch - love it!!

It's been a busy week this week so hopefully I'll get into my craft cave to make some more eye candy.  I have a fab idea for next week's Ribbon Carousel Challenge...

See you soon.  

Cooking anyone?

Hey there everyone... wowza... this month has totally flown by.  Talk about making a card at the last minute for this month's SFYTT... Oops.... And of course, I decided to use this cutie pie Lollipop Chef from Lori Boyd Designs. I've had this DP from Little Yellow Bicycle for awhile now and it was just waiting for the right image and I think I hit the nail on the head for this one.  I've watercolored the image with my Tombow Markers and kept the card relatively simple. 

I'm off to watch the hockey game. GO CANUCKS GO!!!!

Be my Honey bunny

Hey there Honey Bunnies!!  Over the weekend, Lori Boyd released some super cute Lollipop Easter images just in time for Easter and I fell absolutely in love with this cute Lollipop Bunny.  As soon as I saw this image, I knew I wanted to pair it with the Basic Grey Kioshi line (I really need to use up some of my older DP's).  The Kioshi line just seems to scream Spring with it's great pastel colours.  I've watercolored the image with my Tombow Markers and chose to keep the coloring very simple. I then sponged a little grass with some Old Olive ink.  The layout is from this week's Get Sketchy Challenge which I love!! I also paired this challenge with this week's Wee Memories challenge which is to create something "adorable" and I think this bunny is too adorable...My card also works perfectly for this week's challenge at Picture Perfect Creations which is create something Easter inspired.

I have a lot of exciting stuff happening over the next couple of weeks with the TSG release, and a new fun exciting adventure (more to come on this new adventure May 1st). I'll be still posting things over the next couple of weeks while I work behind the scenes on some fun stuff to share with you.  

BLD April Release - Springtime Daisy

Hey there everyone!!! Welcome April's New Release at By Lori Designs!!  We're so excited to be bringing new images for you to play with. 

I'm the first official stop on today's hop so grab your coffee,  sit down and enjoy the eye candy we are treating you to today. 

Today I had the chance to play with "Puddle Jumper Daisy".  Isn't she just too precious?  I've watercolored her with my Tombow Markers and then went with a simple layout to show off this little cutie pie.  I heart the Puddle Jumper line... who am I kidding?  I love all of the lines! 

Lori's a sweetie and is offering a $10 Gift Certificate to the BLD store to one lucky commenter so make sure you comment on everyone's blogs. 

Now hop on over to Arielle's blog.

I've also listed the order of the hop just in case there is a break in the hop along the way.

Angela
Arielle
Jacquie
Jane B
Jayne M
Jen S.
Jennifer
Joni
Kadie
Krista
Linda
Mercy
Sheri
sherryann
Silvia
Tracy
By Lori Designs

It's a ladybug kind of day

Dream big!!! Isn't that we should all do?  But how many of us really do?  I swear my life has been full of chaos lately but hopefully things are finally going to settle down.  I had a bit of free time yesterday so I decided to make a card using this cute Lollipop Ladybug from Lori Boyd Designs.  I printed the image into watercolor paper and then watercolored with watercolor pencils.  I decided to give my Tombow Markers a break.... Surprise Surprise right?  LOL...  I used scraps of Designer paper from Echo Park and Bo Bunny.  If you could see my scrap pile... it's huge... oh wait... that would be my stash of Designer paper as well...  The layout for my card comes from the current "Pink Elephant" challenge which is a sketch that I'm sure I'll be using again... Love it!

Man's best friend

Hey there everyone!!! I hope you've all had a wonderful week - we finally had some Spring weather so this chicky was one happy girl!.  I had a little bit of free time this week so I decided I just had to color up this cute Sugar Stick Dog from Lori Boyd Designs.  I printed this cute puppy off and then watercolored it with my Tombow Markers and then sponged around the edge of the image with Wheat Versamagic Ink.  Last year when this Max and Whiskers Basic Grey DP came out, I just had to have it because of the animal theme and then haven't used it so this card was perfect for it. The layout for this card was based on last week's Mojo Monday challenge that I altered slightly.  

Well I'm off to put my feet up for awhile... it was a long day working in heels... Love the fact that it's now Spring but getting used to the cute sandals again... OUCH! 

Just "Bee"cause...

Hello!! I hope you've had a great day and that there is a bit of sunshine in your life.  I woke up this morning to rain... pouring rain... makes you not want to get out of bed rain... Yup... the icky rain!  And to top it all off, I was waiting for my new couch to arrive (thank goodness the rain let up long enough for the delivery).  To brighten up my day, I decided to watercolor up this cute "Lollipop Bumblebee" from By Lori Designs.  I also have the ladybug that I'll be coloring up soon too.  I tried to keep the color combo true to the colors of the bee so I used some Pebbles and October Afternoon DP's.  The layout is from this week's CPS sketch.

Thanks for dropping by!!! I'm off to enjoy my comfy new couch...

BLDC#6 A happy day

Wow it was a busy weekend... however I did manage to squeeze in a bit of time for stamping.  Yeah!!!  I've had this super cute Sugar Stick girl from By Lori Designs for awhile but hadn't had a chance to colour it up (with my Tombow Markers) so this weekend was the time.  Think I'm wishing for nice weather?  Yup!!! I sure am!  Anything to get rid of this darn snow on the ground.  I chose to use this week's colours from the By Lori Designs color challenge (although though I didn't have an exact blue so I had improvise a little bit with the buttons. 

Thanks for popping by!!!!  And make sure you drop by on Friday to see the newest members of the Lori Boyd Designs digis!!!!

BLDC#5 A little ballerina

Well hello there!  I hope it's been a great week for you with Valentine's Day now being over.  I had a bit of extra time to play this week and I just got this too cute Lollipop called Avery from Lori Boyd Designs.  This image seemed fitting for this week's color challenge at Lori Boyd Designs of Rich Razzleberry, Early Espresso, Certainly Celery and Pink Pirouette.  So I might have cheated just a little bit but the colors are all there one way or another.  As you can tell, I pulled all the colours from the DP's that I've used.  I've watercolored the image with my Tombow Markers and then added a little bit of highlighting with a white gel pen.  I had so much fun playing and you should join in too!!!

Have a great day !!!

FTL127 Welcome Baby

Well hello there!! I hope you're all enjoying a nice beautiful Sunday!  It's finally stopped raining here - yesterday it was torrential downpours for most of the day and now today the sun is shining.  Wahoo!!  I had a chance to sit down this morning to play so I decided to color up Puddle Jumper Baby Addy from Lori Boyd Designs.  I had this DP sitting on my desk (well not sitting on my desk but it was in the leaning tower of craft supplies - I'm currently re-organizing my craft area so let's just say it's a disaster area) so I decided why not use up the scraps?  Both DP's have been dry embossed with Cuttlebug folders and the image has been watercolored with my Tombow Markers.  I love the soft look to the image combined with the DP. For the layout of my card, I've used this week's Fall to Layout at Clean and Simple Stamping.  Hope you like it!!

I'm off to finish cleaning up my craft area and of course make another card to procrastinate (Have I mentioned I hate cleaning!!!).

BLDC#3

Hey there everyone!! Did you check out the new challenge team for By Lori Designs?  They officially begin next week. I can't wait to see what the team comes up with. So exciting!!!  I'm back with a sample for this week's color challenge and this Bo Bunny DP worked out perfectly for this challenge.

Isn't Landon Puddlejumper just so handsome looking ready for Valentine's Day?  I've watercolored him with my watercolor pencils and realized I need to use them more often.  I have them packed for my trip away this weekend.  (As you read this, I'll be in my car driving to the States with Kim Teasdale for a girls stamping weekend with a number of the TSG Trendsetters (current and past).  Wahoo!!! I promise that I'll show you pics when I get back.  Okay... now that I've gone off on a tangent about me weekend, I should get back to my card.  The layout comes from the current Friday Sketchers challenge but I've left off the sentiment.  (I figured that the Love DP said it all). 

Now head on over to check out what the rest of the team did with this Valentine's inspired color challenge.

You're Seeing Double!!!

Today we have a very special surprise for our readers! A DOUBLE BLOG HOP!!! That’s right, Baby Bud Designs and By LORi Designs have teamed up to bring you a big ol' blog hop! We’ve got a fantastic line up of extremely talented designers showcasing some pretty adorable images.

Today you’ll find a ton of inspiration and of course a hop isn’t a hop without some prizes right? So be sure to leave comments on every stop!

So sit back, relax and enjoy the wonderful creations that both of these wonderful Design Teams have created for you! You won’t be disappointed!  If you just happened upon my blog, head on over to the By Lori Designs blog.  You should have arrived at my blog from Calypso's blog.

For my card today, I've used a new image from Lori Boyd Designs called "Love You Friend".  It's definitely a great image for Valentine's Day!! Wahoo!. I've watercolored the image using my Tombow Markers and the layout is this week's "Unscripted Sketch" challenge that I've flipped upside down.  Lori sure knows how to make her images cute and fun that's for sure.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today and head on over to Ildiko's blog.  

If you get lost along the way the whole list will be posted at each of the Main blogs! Have fun and thanks for joining us today!

BY LORi Designs Blog
Baby Bud Blog
ANDREA
CALYPSO
ANGELA  <------- YOU ARE HERE!
ILDIKO
ARIELLE
JENN
HANNAH
JENNETTE
JACQUIE
KERRY
JANE
LISA
JAYNE
MARGIE
JENNIFER
MARIA
LINDA
TAMMYLEE
MERCY
TANYA
SHERI
STEPHANIE
SHERRYANN
SILVIA
DEBBIE
KRISTA
LORI

Happy HOPPING!!!

BLDC#2 What's up Dude?

What's up Dude???? The BLD Challenge #2 (By Lori Designs)  is what's in the house today. I'm a sucker for challenges - they always get the mojo going and mine seems to have taken a bit of a hike lately so if I have a challenge in hand, things are good.  As soon as I saw the colors for this week's challenge, I automatically thought of Ethan Lollipop.    

The colors just screamed for something "guyish". I had some certain DP in mind and of course when it came time to make my card, I couldn't find the paper pack I was looking for... (I should take that as a sign that I need to clean my craft area... what do you think?).  So I searched through my DP for something that had a "cool guy" look to it and settled on some October Afternoon and Cosmo Cricket DP. Ethan has been colored with a combination of watercolor pencils and Tombow Markers.  I'm thinking my card looks a little bare but when I really look at it, it definitely has a masculine feel to it.  Can't really go with bows for a guy card right? LOL.  I've also made this card for this week's "That's Krafty Thursday" on Jeanie Witmer's blog.  I love that someone else loves Kraft as much as I do.

Thanks for dropping by today!!! We'd love you to play along with us!!!

BLDC#1 Floral Frenzy

Hey there!!! So glad you joined me today in my little Floral Frenzy of happiness!!! Wahoo!!! The time is finally here for by Lori Designs first challenge and it's a color challenge!!! Aren't the colors fabulous?  Too yummy I tell ya.

I had so much fun making my card for this challenge using the Lollipop, Peekaboo Baby. I've had this digi for awhile but with time constraints surrounding the holidays and my work schedule, I never had the time to color it.  I must have been waiting for this challenge?  What do you think?  As soon as I saw the colors for the color challenge, I automatically thought of the floral DP from My Mind's Eye (I had to have it when I bought and I finally cut into it) and I combined it with DP from 3 Bugs in a Rug (pink DP).  The image has been watercolored with my Tombow Markers.  When I first started using digis, I was using my watercolor pencils (which I am still getting used to) but then I discovered that I can use my Tombows and the ink hasn't run!!! Wahoo for me!!! The layout mainly follows Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge from this week... with one exception... I just couldn't bear to cut off any of the circle part so I shifted the main image panel down a bit to suit my style. 

We'd love for you to participate in the challenge with us today!!! Head on over to by Lori Designs!!!

A little bit of sweetness

How about a little bit of sweetness to end the year?  I'm so happy to have a day off work... actually I have a 4 day weekend which I am so looking forward to.  I had a little bit of time to play today so I decided to color up the Rylee Puddle Jumper Digi by Lori Boyd.  So... it looked a whole lot better in my head than it translated onto paper.  I've watercolored the image with my Tombow Markers and then used some pearls for the polkadots on the pants (this is the part of my card I'm totally unsure of).  The sentiment comes from a new set from There She Goes called "Bucket of Love" which will be released tomorrow.  The sketch is from this Card Patterns.  I'm getting ready to head out so it's a short and sweet post for you today.

Happy New Years!!!

PS Don't forget about the Design Team Call that Lori Boyd is hosting. 

Isn't she cute?

I had a bit of time on Sunday night to play with stamps so I decided to color up this cute Lollipop digi called Kaylee by the amazingly talented Lori Boyd. I had some Eskimo Kisses Basic Grey DP sitting on my desk and it was begging to be used so of course.... I had to use it!!! I watercolored the digi with my Tombow Markers and then added a little bit of bling... We all know me... Bling is what it's all about!! I thought that this could make for a very cute Christmas card, what do you think? 

Have you heard the great news?? By Lori Designs is having a Christmas sale. For every $10 purchase, you'll get a super cute Santa digi for free!!!

Make sure you check it out!!  You'll fall in love with Lori's super cute and fun digis just like I have!!!

SFYTT Simple Tree

Hey there!!  I hope you are all doing well... I'm back in Christmas card making mode... again....  I was asked on Friday if I had any Christmas cards for someone who wanted to buy 12 ( I only had 4 at that point because someone else had cleaned me out) so back into my craft room I went to get cracking.... Can I just say I feel like one of Santa's elves right now?  So busy.  I've had this digital image for a few weeks now called "Lollipop - Christmas Tree" illustrated by Lori Boyd. I've watercolored the image with my Watercolor pencils and then I added Diamond Stickles to the balls on the tree.  This week at Jen del Muro's blog,  the sketch is to use any of her old sketches... Easy peasy I tell ya!!! So I chose to use this sketch from a couple of months ago. I chose to leave two of the little circles off the card because I don't know if this card will end up getting mailed so I didn't want to make it too bulky. 

I'll be back tomorrow with another of the cards I made over the weekend.

SSSC94 From the Snow Family

*** If you are looking for my TSG Sneak Peek - Season's Greetings Post, please scroll down just a tiny bit to see it.

Hi there everyone!!! Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American readers and friends. I hope you are enjoying spending time with your friends and family today.  Such a beautiful time of year... it's snowing outside today (enough to close the schools today but not enough for me to not have to go to work... I'll tell you that I will have a very slow day ahead of me).  I sat down a couple of nights ago to color up some images and it just wasn't working for me. My coloring mojo was gone.... I literally tore up about 3 different images out of sheer frustration. It was as if I had never picked up a pencil or a marker before.  So I gave up that evening, watched TV, surfed for layouts and then last night I sat down again to color and it worked... My mojo was back!! Thank goodness...  I've colored up "Snow Family" which is a digi illustrated by Lori Boyd. I love her style and am so happy and thankful that I get to play with them now.  I've watercolored the image with my watercolor pencils (after heat setting it) and then I've used Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch from this week.  I love it!!!  My DP is from My Mind's Eye and Echo Park. I was shocked to see how well the colors matched. It's like they were made for each other. Each layer was dry embossed with embossing folders. I also used my "Let it Snowflake" die from MFT to create the snowflakes that I ran through my Xyron Sticker maker machine and then used MS Coarse Glitter.  Love it!!

I hope you all have a wonderful day and that you treasure those you love.

SFYTT I have a present for you

Lori Boyd has crazy talent and her Puddle Jumpers and Lollipops are the cutest!! I've fallen in love with all of them and wish I had more time last night to play with them all! Lori has a bunch of great Christmas digis which will be getting released in the store any time.  I couldn't wait though - I had to play.  Well I didn't have to... but I wanted to. I can't resist these little cuties!  I had so much fun coloring Tanner with my watercolor pencils. Have I mentioned that I have the Derwent Inktense 72 pack of watercolor pencils on my birthday list?  I'm hoping I get them because I'm enjoying watercoloring with pencils rather than markers right now.   Isn't Tanner's face just too cute?  Kinda looks like he's shy to give the present but you can tell he totally wants to.  The layout I've used is from Jen del Muro's sketch this week which I am sure I will be using again.  I've been busy making Christmas cards the last couple of nights so you'll be seeing a lot of them on my blog over the next little while.  

Have a great day everyone!!!