To 'Die' For

Hi, again! I am back this morning to share with you the new challenge for Stamptacular Sunday: To Die For.

Get out those dies and wow us with your creations! We are sponsored by Whoopsi Daisy and they are offering the lucky winner two digi sheets!

Here is my card:

I showed you all my second attempt with DI, well, this is my first! I still need practice, but I am having fun! I have used my Silhouette for the butterfly and the corners, added some pearls, and some Wild Orchid Craft flowers. The image is by LOTV, 'Never Too Old for a Hug'.

Please join us this week and thank you as always for your wonderful and encouraging comments. Ther are always appreciated!

Challenges I would like to enter:

LOTV (For a Special Lady/mom)

Dream Valley (Mothers Day)

That Craft Place (Anything Goes)

Totally Gorjuss (For Mum)

Cute Card Thursday (Spring Fever)

Happy Birthday LOTV!

So, I love LOTV stamps and bought this stamp and a few others when they were having their sale around the holidays. When I heard they were having their 9th b-day and were encouraging us all to make a birthday card in their honor with a chance at winning some stamps on their inspiration blog, I had to join in! This stamp is so perfect for the challenge, I thought.

 I have had Distress Ink pads since I began card making last July and have always loved the look of coloring with them. Well, I finally plucked up the courage to try it and this is actually my second attempt! I will show you all my first when it posts Sunday after next!  I drew my own cupcake and colored it and put it in the silver frame for a charm. The flowers are lovely Wild Orchid Craft and the sentiment stamp is Whimsy Stamps.

The paper pad is Love Me from MME. It was after Valentine's that I bought it in anticipation of next year, but the banner paper screamed birthday for this card!

I hope you all like it and my newbie DI coloring. If anyone has any tips I would love to hear them. I need more shading and I don't know if DI pads are okay to use or if reinkers or markers are better? I have lots of DI pads that I rarely use and just want to use them more often.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

LOTV (Birthday card)
Papertake Weekly (Sketchy #66)

Christmas is On the Way

Here's my other quick card I wanted to share. I hope the pictures are coming in better for you all than they are foe me. They looked fine when I edited them, but now they look terrible on this device. Oh, well.

This is a brand new stamp to me. 'On the Way' by Lili of the Valley. They are having a sale and I was quick to order some stamps and as soon as they arrived I had to color this one up!

It is another flowerless card, but I really thought the sweet image was enough.

I added some blobs of glitter for some snow and Copics to color!

Ta-ta for now!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamps (Merry Christmas)

Lili's Little Fairies (Something New)

Color Me Creative (Metallic Gleam). 

Tuesday Alchemy (Anything Goes)

Paperplay (Out with the Old, In with the New)

Papertake Weekly (favorite-Anything Goes)

Little Miss Muffet (Christmas)

Divas by Design (Anything Goes)

Oozak (A touch of Red)

Sparkles (Anything Goes)

Bunny Zoe Crafts (Celebration)

Pretty Bouquet

I hope everyone had a fulfilling ;) Thanksgiving. I am pooped, but I had made this card yesterday and wanted to show you all! I have used a Lili of the Valley pre-colored die cut from a prize win i mentioned a couple of posts earlier. I really didn't know if I would use it because I like to color my own images, but it came in handy for a quick card fix for this paper junkie!  It is super cute and luckily enough it went along with The Ribbon Girls challenge of shades of purple!

The sentiment is computer generated and all the flowers except for the deeper purple peony are Wild Orchid Crafts. The papers are Prima's Nature Garden. I glitter glued the butterflies (and looking now I see I have overlooked one, darn it!) I also added some Liquid Pearls around her.  The sketch is for the Simon Says Stamp Challenge and I have managed to cover up all but a tiny corner of the black flowered paper layer! This is the sketch:

The other challenges I would like to enter:

Papertake Weekly (Ribbon and Pearls)

Simon Says Stamp and Show (Thank You) 

Creative Card Crew (Anything Goes)

Cupcake Craft Challenges (Paper Pleating)

Divas by Design (2 or more DP's)

Cute Card Thursday (Girls Only)

Lili's Little Fairies (Anything Goes)

Someone Needs a Hug

***This is my second post, so if your'e looking for my Stamptacular DT post, it's the previous post***** 

Oh, Friday was a wonderful day! My LOTV winnings from a Wild Orchid Crafts Challenge came in the mail today after a super long wait (okay, the wait was expected, but I'm an instant gratification kinda gal)! I picked out two sweet images and "Never too Old for a Hug" was the first one to get colored up! This was my first time actually using a rubber image! I always use digital, so I found it tricky getting a nice even stamp. I need to look up some tips and tricks, so if anyone can help me out, I'd totally appreciate it!

I used Prima Madeline papers, Wild Orchid Crafts roses (Prima non-roses) and my brand new Spellbinders die (60% off Joann's coupon used at Michaels, woot woot!) The sketch I used is the current challenge for Cute Card Thursday:

Isn't she sweet? I colored her with Copics: E000, 00, 11, R20 (skin); 

E51, 53, 11, 13, 15, 18 (hair); 

R81, 83, 85, YG03, 63,67 (clothes and wings);

 W3, 5 and blender for the rabbit and E51, 53, 57 and colorless blender for the bear

Thanks for looking!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Challenge Up our Life (Condolences)

Allsorts (Young at heart)

Fussy and Fancy (Pearls and Flowers)

Lili's Little Fairies (All things bright and beautiful)

Dutch Dare (favorite things-flowers and Copics)

Divas by Design (Let's Get Cute)

Cupcake Craft (Get Krafty)

Crafty Catz Weekly (Anything Goes)

Papertake Weekly (Anything Goes)

Color Me Creative (All about Kids)

Ribbon Girls (Add Sparkle)

Simon Says Stamps Challenge (Sympathy/ Thinking of You)