Inspired By Purple

Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday!

2012-02-07T04:56:00.006-05:00

Welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday and an adorable new image called "Holding Hands". The challenge this week is to use mostly Red. That was a hard one for me for some reason. But here is what I created:

Now, visit the other DT ladies blogs and leave them some much deserved love, then hop on over to the SND blog and join the weekly challenge to win free images!

More Valentine card ideas coming this week, stay tuned to my blog!

Until next time............Blessings, Lisa

Cased a card by Kerry

2012-01-25T03:19:00.005-05:00

Yep, You got it, I cased a card. Like all of you never do that!!! LOL. I have a very talented friend named Kerry, she is one of the sweetest peeps that I have ever met. She chats with me on facebook, she tries to call me on the phone (sorry I wasn't available that day like I thought I would be), she even sends me little crafty stuff in the mail sometimes. Love ya Kerry!!! Anyhoo, last summer, yep, that long ago, I decided to case one of the cards on her blog. I even used some of the paper that she sent to me one time. Yep, was going great, then............I moved. Well, that card got temporarily misplaced in a box under some crafty supplies. tee hee. I found it recently, and so here I am to post it to show you! I so loved the simplicity of it. Here is a link to her blog post, click here.

Here is my card:

I didn't have the exact same flower as Kerry used, so I used a sizzix daisies di-cut, and added some DCWV buttons. I am thinking that a Butterfly or two would look good with this layout too. hmmmm..........

Anyhoo, love this sketch, go visit Kerry's blog and check her card out, and to get to her most recent post from the link, click on her blog title at the top.

Until next time..........Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday!

2012-01-24T22:00:00.003-05:00

Hello, welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday. All of this month we DT ladies were given a choice of two different images to work with, we could choose whichever one of the two we wanted to work with. Of course I keep choosing the wildlife animal images, I just can't help myself. This week's challenge over on the company blog is for the creation have an animal on it, which can be in the image. What a fun challenge!!! So, if you are an animal lover, you have got to join in on this challenge! So, here is what I came up with using the image called "The Peek":

Is it a great image or what? Wolves are such gorgeous creatures! With the awesome detail on this image, it really could stand alone with no coloring, but I was in the mood to add just a bit of color. I used Prismacolor cold gray markers on the wolf, and on the tree, I used Warm Gray markers. The background around the wolf, was colored with Stampin Up Bashful Blue Color Wonder Crayon and a blender pen. Of course I had to use the Stampin Up Top Note Di-cut, and the snowflakes are some little embellishments that I picked up on clearance at Michael's craft store. Hope you like it!

Now go visit the other DT ladies blogs, and then to the Stamp-n-doodle blog and join the challenge to win free digi images!

Come back and visit me again soon, I am working on some Valentine cards to show you!

Until next time.............Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday!

2012-01-17T11:13:00.006-05:00

So sorry, but this is a very quick post today. I will try to get back on here another day and add some info for you. It is pouring down rain here in Ohio where I live and we live right next to a creek that looks like it may flood, so I may have to make a temporary move from my apartment. Needless to say, my nerves are on edge. Please enjoy the image Daydreaming:

Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday!

2012-01-10T01:44:00.006-05:00

Hey, Welcome back to another fun week at Stamp-n-doodle! Hope you are having fun with the challenges over there on the company blog. Stamp-n-doodle has joined a few more Web Sites that have card galleries that their members can post their papercrafting creations on, and as a result are getting more popular! Yay!! Thanks to all of the new interested peeps joining in our fun! The new sites are Splitcoast Stampers, The Outlawz, and The Crafter's Cafe

Phew, hope those links work for you. If not, leave me a comment. At some point, I will get links posted on my sidebar, so stay tuned. Incidentally, there is already a link to Splitcoast Stamper's website on my sidebar.

Anyhoo, on with this week's brand new image called "Country Isobel" or we could use one of Lynne's gorgeous Wolf Images. I chose "Country Isobel", and here is what I made with it:

Hope you like it! As always, go visit the other DT ladies and leave them some much deserved love, and join in on the weekly challenge over at the Stamp-n-doodle blog!!

Stamp-n-doodle

2012-01-03T07:00:00.005-05:00

Ok, this was a very quick post, please accept my apologies. This week at Stamp-n-doodle was an "Anything goes" challenge, which means we could do whatever we wanted with whatever Stamp-n-doodle image that we wanted to use. So, I chose this absolutely adorable Giraffe image. I make it no secret that my favorite SND images are the animals and scenic images. I heard from a little birdie that the owner Lynne's favorite images to create are those with animals too. Great minds think alike. I colored this mostly with my Stampin Up Pastels, to give it a soft look. My card layout was an inspiration from the Clean and Simple Blog (link on my blog list). Hope you like it. Now go browse the other DT ladies blogs and then the Stamp-n-doodle Blog and join in on the challenge to win free digis.

Until next time.......Blessings, Lisa

One last Quick Christmas Card

2011-12-23T20:25:00.005-05:00

Here is one last quick and Simple Christmas card to show you:

I used Delightful Decorations stamp set from Stampin Up, with gold embossing powder, and also Stampin Up's Ornament punch.

Hope you all like it, and that you have a very Merry Christmas!!!!

Until next time............Blessings, Lisa

Simple x-mas card!!!

2011-12-21T19:48:00.004-05:00

Ok, I am browsing my favorite blogs list yesterday, and what do I see? This post on Jana Millen's blog, here.

I had just purchased the stamp set that she used at Archiver's last week with my fabulous 30% off coupon! Great minds think alike, right Jana? I love the fact that is has the Christian beliefs about Christmas in the set, and have been looking for something similar for awhile. So, the day that I purchased the set, I sat right down in their workroom and created the following very simple one layer card with it:

Jana has a photo of the whole set on her blog, go there and take a peek, then leave her a nice comment. As you can see I made it very, very simple. Heat embossed with gold Embossing powder, rounded the corners with my round corner punch, and added some gold shiny string. Took me all of about 5 minutes, gotta love it! If you need any last minute cards, highly recommend this layout!

Come back tomorrow, and I will see what other quick Christmas cards I have laying around my craft table to show you.

Until Next time.... Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday!

2011-12-20T07:00:00.004-05:00

Christmas, is the name of the image we are showing you this week from Stamp-n-doodle. It is a cute image of 3 children peeking around a corner watching Santa eat cookies. Here is what I made with it:

I am all about simple card designs as you all know, especially this time of the year when life gets really hectic getting ready for Christmas. I added some tinsel glitter to Santa's outfit, it actually photographed pretty well for a change. lol. I love the sparkle! Hope you do too!

Go visit the other DT ladies blogs (links on my sidebar), and see what they made to inspire you, then visit the Stamp-n-doodle Blog to see what surprises they have waiting for you! Then visit my blog again this week for some more quick and simple Christmas cards to inspire you and help you get those last minute cards finished.

Until Next time.........Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday!

2011-11-29T16:27:00.007-05:00

Welcoem to another Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday! We DT ladies have a very cute image of 3 children bringing home their Christmas tree to show off to you today. The image is called "Tree". Here is what I created with it:

As soon as I saw this I knew that I wanted to cut it out with an oval and mount it onto a Stampin Up Top Note Di-cut. The top note was cut out of SU Certainly Celery, the card base is Garden Green. The greeting is from the retired SU stamp set called "Party Punch". I first stamped it in Garden Green ink, and punched it out, then stamped it again in Cherry Cobbler, then punched out the center with a 1" circle punch and layered it on top of the Garden green image with a foam pop dot. I added a couple of red sticky pearls, and that was it. Simple and Elegant was the look that I was after with this image. Hope you like it.

Now, Stamp-n-doodle is hosting their weekly challenge which is using the colors Red, Green, and one other color, I chose Blue. You can also use neutrals and skin colors if you need to. So, visit the other DT members blogs (links on my sidebar), and then the SND blog to join in the weekly challenge to win free digis. Good luck to all of you.

Until Next time..........Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday!

2011-11-22T18:18:00.006-05:00

Welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday! I was so sick last week with my annual Fall sinus attack, plus I had to work all week at my new job! Yay! I am now employed! Anyhoo, Since I was unable to post last week, I have two cards to show you this week. The first one is a new image that all of the DT ladies are posting with today called "Snowman". I am using one of my favorite sketches that I designed myself on a square 5x5 card. Here it is:

Using the same color scheme, but different sketch and last week's image, here is card number two:

Now, hop on over to visit the other DT ladies blogs for more inspiration, see the links to them on my sidebar, and visit the Stamp-n-doodle blog and join our weekly challenge for a chance to win free images!!!

Until Next time........Blessings, Lisa

Clean and Simple Cards

2011-11-13T19:21:00.018-05:00

Well, I am really late posting this, the clean and simple blog is able to post their new sketches faster than I can craft with them, but I wanted to still show you this sketch and my samples because it is an awesome sketch with so many possibilities, from using stamps, to buttons, to flowers, to embellishments. Gotta love it! Ok, here is the sketch:

Now, here are all of the cards that I made with it:

This one I used a Martha Stewart Punch

Martha Stewart punch again

Strange little di cuts that I have no idea who made. I run them through my Cuttlebug.

I love this little Turkey

Here is a picture of the di-cuts, if you know their brands, please leave me a comment and let me know. Greatly appreciated.

Oh, please excuse the colors on this photos, not at all good today. We all know by now that my photography skills are not the greatest.

Now, I am off to go visit the clean and simple blog and see how many sketches I am behind on. lol. You can find a link to their blog on my sidebar under my favorite blogs list.

Until next time.......... Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday!

2011-11-08T11:11:00.004-05:00

Introducing "Skating"

I will be back later today to talk more about the card above, while you wait, please visit the other DT members blogs and the Stamp-n-doodle blog. Enjoy!

Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday!

2011-11-01T19:52:00.006-04:00

Please accept our apologies, but all of us at Stamp-n-doodle are running late this week. So welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday and a brand new image called Petshopping!! So stinking cute, I love animals!! So, here it is and what I created with it:

The challenge this week is to either dry or heat emboss on our creations, as you can see, I completely forgot to do that! Please forgive me!!! sniff sniff. ok, enough brown nosing. This new image could not have come at a more perfect time, because last week we went to our local SPCA and got a new kitty! He is a 4 month old male kitty that we call Phamton. Here is a picture of the ornery little guy:

Some Stampin Up Halloween and Thanksgiving!

2011-10-26T20:10:00.009-04:00

Welcome back to my blog. I went to a Stampin Up workshop last week and made a couple of cards. Yay! I love when someone else does the design work and I just get to stamp. So, I cannot take the credit for the following cards, they were designed by my good friend, ex-SU leader, and current Stampin Up demonstrator...Teri Frietch! She does not have a blog, so I occasionally post her stuff here on my blog!

The first card that we made is a Halloween card. The stamp set is called Festive & Fun from the current SU Holiday Mini catalog. There are three stamps in the set, one for Christmas, one for Valentine's Day and this one for Halloween:

The next card is a Thanksgiving card and I apologize, but I cannot seem to find the name of the Stamp sets that these stamps are from. If I do find out, I will edit this post. I love the layout of the card, hope it inspires you to get crafting.

Now, keep coming back and visiting me because I went nuts with a card sketch from the clean and simple blog that I will be posting sometime on Thursday! I just can't stop making cards with this one. There is a link to their blog on my sidebar if you want a sneak peek of the sketch.

Until Next time...............Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday!

2011-10-25T07:00:00.001-04:00

Welcome back to Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday! This week we are using the image called "Frankenstein Parker", and the challenge theme is Halloween. Here is what I created:

If you haven't joined in on the weekly challenges at Stamp-n-doodle, you should. You don't have to use an SND image, but if you do, you get an extra entry to win free digis. So, go visit the other DT blogs (links on my sidebar) for more inspiration, then go over to the Stamp-n-doodle blog and join in on the fun!

Come back and visit me tomorrow, I have another Halloween card to inspire you and a Thanksgiving card.

Until next time............Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday!

2011-10-18T14:20:00.004-04:00

Hey Everyone, welcome to another Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday! As I promised another new adorable image this week, this one very much for Halloween!! It is called "Vanpire" and it is way too cute for words! Here it is and the card that I made with it:

The Challenge this week was to make it a Gothic Theme, using only the following colors: Black, Gray, Purple, Maroon, Pink. So, put on your creative caps after you visit the other DT blogs and join us in this weeks challenge for a chance to win free digis!

Stay tuned to my blog as well. I am finally getting most of my craft supplies un-boxed from my move and I got a chance to craft this week. So, as soon as I get some photos taken of them and get them uploaded, I will start posting again more often! I have some great inspiration to show you!

Until next time............Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday

2011-10-11T21:09:00.006-04:00

Hello and welcome back to another Stamp-n-doodle Day!!! As I told you last week, Lynne at Stamp-n-doodle has created a bunch of new images that are absolutely adorable, and you need to come back and visit the SND blog and DT members each week to see what cute inspiration we have to show off to you and to enter in their weekly contest to win free digi images!

Anyhoo, let me introduce you to "Swing", with the theme being "The Great Outdoors".

The card base is Stampin Up Creamy Caramel (I think that color is retired now), the other colors are DCWV fall colors. The punch that I used is a very old Fiskars border punch, I still love it though. I colored the image with a combination of Copic, Prismacolor and Stampin Up markers. Of course I had to add bling, I got the ones on this card from the dollar bins at Michael's craft store.

Until next time..............Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday!

2011-10-05T16:29:00.005-04:00

Yes, Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday on Wednesday. So sorry for the delay, having a rough week with an ear infection, etc. Onward with the papercrafting though. This week we are showing you the new image called "Leaves". It is too cute. Here is what I created with it:

Please come back and visit us all month, because we have a new halloween images to show off to you each week.

Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday!

2011-09-27T07:00:00.004-04:00

It's Sports week at Stamp-n-doodle, and I chose to use the adorable image called Biker Ride. It is too cute! It is of a boy taking his little sister for a ride on his bike. It reminds me of my childhood since I had two big brothers and one of them used to take me for rides like this all of the time, and we also had a little dog that ran beside us just like in the image. So here it is:

Now, head on over to the Stamp-n-doodle blog and also visit the other DT member blogs for inspiration, and join in on the challenge to win free digis!

Before I leave I would like to give a big welcome to Doreen, our newest DT member, she is an awesome papercrafter, so don't forget to visit her blog as well, and leave a comment to welcome and congratulate her!!!!

Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday!

2011-09-20T07:00:00.001-04:00

Meet Madison and Buddy!

God Bless the USA

2011-09-11T14:11:00.007-04:00

I have been fortunate enough to not have any family or friends that have been killed either in the 9-11-01 attacks or in either of the wars that the US is involved in at the current time, but I still want to pay tribute to those that do or did. Please say prayers today for all of the military or civilian citizens who have either lost their lives or loved ones in the terrorist attacks or wars.

God Bless the USA

Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday!

2011-08-23T14:27:00.004-04:00

Welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Tuesday! We are now posting on Tuesdays instead of Mondays! Anyhoo, we are showing off the image called Summer Romance and the challenge is to make a card with a Congratulations, Anniversary, or Wedding theme! I chose a Wedding theme, or card to go on a wedding gift. Here is what I came up with:

Now, Hop on over to visit the other DT members blogs, then go to the SND blog and join us in this week's challenge to win free digis.

Until next time..........Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Monday!

2011-08-15T13:49:00.004-04:00

Welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Monday, we are showing off an image called "Polar Bear Family" today and the challenge is to make a card with a fancy fold, which can be anything other than the most typical A2 fold. I chose to make my card with the Gate fold. Here is what I made:

I decided not to color the image to keep the polar bears white, and stick to only 3 colors. The card base is Stampin Up's Bordering Blue, then of course black and white. Stamp-n-doodle has a couple of other Polar Bear images, so if you are a fan of the beautiful animals, you have got to go grab the other images as well.

Now, hop on over to the other DT blogs and then to the SND blog to see the other inspirations and to join us in this weeks challenge to win free digis.

Until next time............Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Monday!

2011-08-08T11:15:00.005-04:00

Welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Monday!!! Today we DT ladies are showing you an adorable animal image of a Yawning Otter. Love, Love Love the animal images!!! The challenge this week is to Use Ribbon, Pearls, and either a di-cut or punch. So, visit the other DT blogs, and then join us in our challenge on the SND blog to win a free digi! Here is what I made this week:

Until next time...............Blessings, Lisa

Sand Castles

2011-08-01T13:49:00.004-04:00

are so much fun to make, and is also the name of the image that I am showing you today from Stamp-n-doodle. This image makes me want to go to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and enjoy the ocean. Ahhh, someday I will get to do that again.

I moved recently and I don't have all of my paper crafting supplies unpacked and organized, so I had a challenge of limited supplies to work with this week. Here is what I came up with:

Now, hop on over to the SND blog to join in the challenge this week to win free digis, and join us next week for a blog hop!!!!

Until next time.....Blessings, Lisa

Sea Shells

2011-07-30T13:22:00.006-04:00

Hello, and happy Saturday to everyone!!! I moved this week, and my new place is in complete chaos! Especially my crafting supplies, completely crazy! However, I had a card made from a few months ago, and thought I would share it with you today. I used some stamps from DeNami Design, they are from a four stamp set of sea shells. There is a link to the DeNami Blog on my favorite blogs list, go visit them, they have the cutest stamps. The sketch that I used I found on the DeNami blog a long time ago, it is such a quick and simple layout, and perfect for small stamps. So, here is what a created:

Supplies:
Card Stock ~ Stampin Up - Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White.
Ink ~ SU Close to Cocoa, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake.
Retired SU Ribbon, SU Scallop Circle Punch. Cuttlebug Embossing folder

Stamp-n-doodle Monday!

2011-07-25T07:00:00.004-04:00

Welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Monday!!! I have got to make this a very quick post because I am moving today and I am still not finished packing. We are showing you creations this week, with the image "Surf's Up". The challenge was to use Yellow, Blue plus one other color. Well, I almost did that, I used yellow, Blue and two other colors. That is a hard challenge. So, here is what I came up with:

Go visit the other DT member's blogs, then go to the SND blog and enter your creations to win free digis.

Until next time...............Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Monday!

2011-07-18T12:00:00.001-04:00

Welcome back to Stamp-n-doodle Monday! I apologize, but I am not feeling well, so I am making a short post today. We are showing you today a new image called
"Ant's Picnic". The challenge is to work with a BBQ/picnic theme, so I made an invitation to a BBQ. Hope you like it:

Hop on over to the Stamp-n-doodle blog and join us with the challenge to win free digi images!!!! Also hop on over to the other DT ladies blogs to see what they have made to inspire you with!

Until next time.......Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Monday!

2011-07-11T07:00:00.002-04:00

Welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Monday! We DT ladies are working with a new image called "I Got You Babe", and it is am image of two Lemurs cuddling up together! My favorite Stamp-n-doodle images are the animals and nature related images. I recently asked Lynne the owner of SND to create some more Animal images, so she did! Thanks Lynne, I love them all!!! Lynne also created some new summer images that are cute as well, and so during the rest of July and August we will be showing you all of these new images. So, keep coming back to visit our blogs each Monday!

Now, we were asked to make a card relating to love and romance with this adorable image! So, I created the following for my hubby just because I love him. Hope you like it!

Now hop on over to the SND blog (link on my sidebar), and join in the weekly challenge, and you might win some free digi images!

Until next time.......Blessings, Lisa

Clean and Simple Card Challenge

2011-07-09T01:09:00.006-04:00

Hello Welcome to the weekend! I was on a roll Friday evening playing around with this week's card sketch over on the Clean and Simple Blog (see my favorite blogs list on my sidebar for a link). So, I made 3 versions of the sketch. I love quick and simple cards!!!! Here is the sketch that they are posting:

Here are the Three cards that I made using the sketch:

Hope I inspired you to get crafting......

Until next time...........Blessings, Lisa

Sympathy Card

2011-07-08T01:04:00.008-04:00

Is what I am showing you today. I wanted to keep it very simple, so I made a one layer card with some heat embossing on the front, and a digital sentiment on the inside. My friend's father-in-law past away very suddenly last week, so I thought a handmade card would be a nice gesture. Please forgive my photography, the colors just didn't photograph very well. Here it is:

I got out my retired Stampin Up Soft Sky card stock, and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The cross stamp is from The Rubber Stampede, and the sentiment is from Stampin Up. A little bit of SU retired gold cord tied in a bow, and that was it. Oops, almost forgot to mention a turquoise sticky gem in the cross center!

The sentiment above was typed in MS Word and printed out on my printer, with some Soft Sky ink brushed along the edges.

Fastest card I ever made I think!

Until next time..............Blessings, Lisa

A Soft Pencil Farewell Blog Hop!!!

2011-07-05T12:01:00.014-04:00

As you all may remember, Soft Pencil Studios has decided to stop offering their digital images portion of their store. That portion of the store closes August 1st! We are very sad to hear this news, but on the good side, you can now purchase Elizabeth's adorable images in rubber stamp sets from The Angel Company! Yay! I can't wait to get some. Well, We DT ladies decided to get together and have a blog hop to thank Elizabeth for all of the wonderful digital images and show her how much we all care about her! My design team experience with Soft Pencil has been so enjoyable! Well, Elizabeth remember that scrapbook page that I told that I was going to make? Here it is:

Now, you should have started at the blog of Kerry Kung Lewis, and you should be arriving her at my blog from Jennifer's blog. After leaving my blog, you should be visiting Michelle's blog! Have a fun day hopping!

Elizabeth, I am sending big hugs to you!

Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Monday!

2011-07-04T20:50:00.011-04:00

Hello and welcome to our hop at STAMP-N-DOODLE BLOG. Today you will be hopping along and visitng the Stamp-N-Doodle DT blogs. Please remember to leave a comment on the STAMP-N-DOODLE BLOG as well as all the blogs along the way. You are not required to leave a comment on your last stop, STAMP-N-DOODLE SHOP, although we do hope you'll check it out. Lynne has been busy adding awesome new images to the shop all the time and more will be coming out this month too!!

You will start your hop at STAMP-N-DOODLE BLOG and if you wind up getting lost along the way, please come back to STAMP-N-DOODLE BLOG to find your hop route again. Here's the rest of the hop order:

VICKIE

Starla

LISA

KATE

AMBRELLA

Today the DT girls are working with the image "NEW ADDITION" and they have each added their wonderful individual talents to their creations for you. So, have fun and enjoy the hop. Additionally, we will be having a challenge this week and our theme is FAMILY, so make a creation and come back to add it to STAMP-N-DOODLE BLOG by 11:59pm EST on Sunday, July 10 using our Inlinkz Tool. You are not required to use a STAMP-N-DOODLE image, but if you do, you will get an extra entry into our random.org drawing for the winner. Blog hop winner will win 3 images of choice from STAMP-N-DOODLE SHOP and challenge winner will receive 1 image of choice. Good luck:)

Here is what I have created to inspire you.

Stamp-n-doodle Monday!

2011-06-27T12:00:00.001-04:00

Welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Monday! We DT ladies are working with a wonderful wildlife image of some Lions. The wildlife and scenic images from Stamp-n-doodle are my favorites. I have a special extra card to share with you today as well, since I didn't post last week due to some technical difficulties. So here is what I created for this week:

This is what I created for last week:

Hope you enjoy, and come back tomorrow for Soft Pencil Day.

Until then.............Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Tuesday!!!

2011-06-21T03:09:00.007-04:00

Hello everyone and welcome to Soft Pencil Tuesday!!! It is 3am here in Ohio, and I can't sleep, so I might as well be crafting and blogging. Silly me. Anyhoo, We DT ladies are showing you creations this week with the new image called "Charmy on a Cupcake", and she is so cute! Here is what I made with it:

So, what do you think? Yep, me too, I thought that Charmy's wings needed some Stickles on them, but I forgot, and after the horrible time I have capturing a good photo, I gave up on the idea. I took a couple of photos under a light, not good tonight, the card looked jaundiced, like when your skin is yellowed. Yucky!!! so, I moved it to my black keyboard where the lighting stinks, and wow, got a better photo. Strange, huh? It's amazing what different types of lighting can do to a photograph, and I should have remembered this back from 1993 when I was in college and took that photography course. Yep, just like I remember all of that Calculus, etc........ Ok, hopefully I have you laughing by now, but if not, so sorry.

Go visit the other DT ladies and see what cuteness they are posting with this adorable image today, and then rush right on over to the Soft Pencil store and buy some digi images, because they will be closing August 1st!!!

Then........come back and visit me next Tuesday because I will be showing you something made with Ratiny on a cupcake!!!!! Love him!!!!!!!

Until next time................Blessings, Lisa

Baby Buds

2011-06-15T15:14:00.006-04:00

Is the name of a digi image that I found recently, and I have picked up a couple of freebies that they posted, so I thought I would share a card that I made with one of their images. Here she is:

I hope you like her and no I am not on the Baby Buds DT, I just love her cute little images. However, if I were you, I would hop on over to their blog and store and see what she has to offer, her prices are really reasonable and she is having a really big sale right now. Here is a link.

Until Next time.....................Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Tuesday!

2011-06-14T14:06:00.002-04:00

Welcome to Soft Pencil Tuesday! This week we DT ladies are showing you creations made with the new image called "Amy on a Cupcake"! Isn't she a cutie? I couldn't resist using some lavender stickles on the icing, and trying a new color combo that I have never used before.... Purple and Green. I saw the ribbon on the card at Michael's Craft store a while back and snatched it up, now I had to put it to use. Hope you like it!

I think this image would make an adorable birthday card for a little girl, but would look great on party invitations, thinking of you cards, miss you cards, you get the idea....

Hop on over to the other DT blogs and see what cute things they have created with this image, then hop on over to the Soft Pencil blog and store and snatch up the cupcake collection and many other cute images.

Until next time..........................Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Monday!

2011-06-13T15:56:00.004-04:00

Welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Monday! We are all about father's this month since Father's Day here in the US is this coming Sunday! This week we are featuring a cute little image where a father is reading to his little girl. Hope you enjoy what I created with it!

Soft Pencil Tuesday!

2011-06-07T16:45:00.010-04:00

Welcome to Soft Pencil Tuesday!!! It is with great pleasure that I introduce the Cupcake collection!!!!

Amy on a Cupcake

Charmy on a Cupcake

Ratiny on a Cupcake

Unfortunately, this will be the very last new release from Soft Pencil Studios. Elizabeth, the owner of Soft Pencil has decided to close down the digi image store. Soft Pencil was my first DT assignment, and I will miss it very much. Thank you Elizabeth for giving me a chance to show off your adorable images through your design team. You have become a wonderful friend to me, and I look forward to many more years of friendship with you!!!

Now, check back every week in June to see what wonderful creations we DT ladies will have to show you with this new collection of images!!!

Blessings to all, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Monday!

2011-06-06T17:48:00.005-04:00

Hello, welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Monday! We officially are taking this week off, although there is a challenge on the company blog. I decided to post something anyways with one of the completely awesome wildlife images available at Stamp-n-doodle! These are my favorite images, mainly because I am a completely obsessed animal freak! Anyhoo, I am showing you a card that I made with the adorable Panda image. Here it is:

I used one of my Cuttlebug embossing folders to make the bamboo background and I used some chalks to the raised parts to add some more dimension to it. I colored the image with my Berol Prismacolor pencils. The sentiment was punched out with my Stampin Up Modern Label punch, the flowers were punched with my SU Boho Blossoms punch, and all sticky gems were from Michael's Craft Store.

Hop on over to the Stamp-n-doodle blog and store (link on my sidebar), and see what is happening this week, and we DT ladies will return next Monday with more inspiration for you to see.

Come back and visit me tomorrow to see the new images for June from Soft Pencil Studios.

Until Next time..........Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Wednesday?????

2011-06-01T11:13:00.005-04:00

Yep, you read that correctly. I have had a lot going on in my life lately that I am lacking some crafting mojo. This drives my crazy because I love crafting. I am so sorry that I missed Soft Pencil Tuesday, but better late than never. This week we DT ladies were asked to work with the image called "Rainy Cloud", and it is from the newly released "Sky Collection".

I had a vision of a baby boy card when I looked at this image, so this is what I came up with:

I colored in the image with a combination of Prismacolor markers and the light blue areas are colored with smooch shimmer paint. I sponged the cloud with Stampin Up Bashful Blue Ink. I attached the completely adorable ribbon that I received in the mail from fellow DT member Kerry with my staples, and covered them with cute little blue buttons from DCWV.The sentiment is from the Stampin Up stamp set called Tiny Tiny Wishes (my favorite). The DP is Provo Craft, the image and sentiment are matted with SU Ballet Blue card stock.

Now hop on over to the soft pencil blog and see what the other DT ladies created with this image.

Until next time................................Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Monday!

2011-05-30T20:33:00.006-04:00

Wow, don't you just love how holidays seem to steal your brain? I completely forgot about posting today!!! I am sooooooooo sorry! With that being said, it is Stamp-n-doodle Monday which means that I have a card to show you with one of the new May releases. The image is called Sleeping Puppy! The challenge was to use more than one punch or di-cut, plus circles. So here is what I came up with:

So, I used an EK Success border punch called Scalloped Scallops, and a small circle punch to create my background, and off course the button is a circle, plus I used a square Spellbinder's Nestibilities Di-cut to cut out the image. So I actually gave the challenge a little more than I had to, I just couldn't help myself, next to bling, Punches/di-cuts are my second favorite! Now, I have to tell you about that pretty blue crinkly ribbon on the card. I got it from the dollar bin at Michael's about 2 years ago because it just looked so pretty.......... nearly impossible to tie in a bow, let me tell you!!!!!! As you can see on my card, I gave up! It still is very pretty on a card, but I just thought I might warn you about it's bow tieing quality. Now if you are really good with bows, more power to ya. The above will be my standard format with it! Oh no, I have the same style in pink too!!!! Life goes on I guess........ Sorry about the poor quality photo, I am experiencing electrical issues in my craft room, and was in a hurry.

Ok, I had a long weekend in the sun am exhausted and burnt to a crisp, so I am off to rest. Hope on over to the other DT blogs and see the cuteness that they made with this image. I saw their cards, toooooooooooo cute!!!!!!!!!

Until next time.................Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Monday!

2011-05-23T17:04:00.003-04:00

Hello and welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Monday! First I would like to apologize for being so late in posting this today, I got a phone call last night that told me that I have lost a very dear friend that has lived next door to me since 1994. She has been suffering from a Neuro-muscular disease similar to Lou Gehrics disease, and last night it attacked her heart and she did not survive. So I didn't make it back online to upload my card last night, and I have not felt well all day today. So, I am keeping this post short today, here is the card that I made with this weeks image. I hope you enjoy it! Until next time...............Blessings, Lisa

Stampin Up's Blooming with Happiness.......

2011-05-21T03:48:00.008-04:00

Well, I don't really know if they are blooming with happiness at Stampin Up, but that is the name of the retired stamp set that I used to make a bridal shower card with. My cousin's daughter is getting married over the summer, so I first had to have a shower card ready. Her colors on her Wedding invitation were Dark Purple, Ivory, and Gold!!! Yay, anytime there is purple involved I am a happy crafter! So, here is what I created:

I stamped the image onto my versamark pad, then onto the new SU color called Concord Crush, then heat embossed it with Clear embossing powder. So, if the image looks a little blurry, sorry. I tried several angles with my camera, this was the best photo I could catch. Anyhoo, I ran a piece of Concord Crush card stock through my cuttlebug with my Petals a Plenty embossing folder, then matted it onto a piece of metallic gold card stock. Next I painted the raised dots on the pattern with some Gold Smooch metallic Shimmer paint. Next I added a little bit of organdy ribbon and a tiny flower to the piece with the stamped image and a gold sticky pearl to the center of the flower. The base of the card (SU Very Vanilla) was sprayed with a combination of Gold and Fully Purple Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels.

Here below is a close-up to show off some of the shimmer:

Now that I have your attention, I would like to introduce the newest member of our family.....

Chibbles, the Guinea Pig!

Isn't he adorable? He is so sweet too! He is a slightly early birthday present for our daughter Amanda, who turns 12 in two weeks. I am in love with this little guy, he is so soft and sits so still when you hold and pet him.

Well, as always until next time......... Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Tuesday!

2011-05-17T14:22:00.001-04:00

Welcome to another Soft Pencil Tuesday! We have an exciting day today because we were asked to participate in a challenge called Tip Top Tuesday! The Theme is "One for the kids". I chose to use one of Soft Pencil's older images of a little Frog next to a mushroom house, and make a birthday card for a child. Here is what I came up with:

I also wanted to let you know that there is a new image of a Graduation Girl, and it is sooooo cute! I plan to get it for myself since I have a niece graduating from college in June!

One more reminder to let you know that this is Soft Pencil Anniversary month and we are having a two week challenge to give away some free digi images. Winner will be announced May 31st and the Theme is Glitter and Rhinestones! Go check out the Soft Pencil Blog(link on my sidebar) for more info.

Until next time.......Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Monday!

2011-05-16T17:12:00.006-04:00

Hello, Happy Monday, today we are showing off to you the new image called Mother's Day! We were also asked to follow a sketch challenge.....so, here is the sketch:

I rotated the sketch, and created this with it:

Now don't forget to visit the other DT members blogs and then the Stamp-n-doodle Blog and join in on the challenge to win a free digi image.

Until Next time.........Blessings, Lisa

Big Shot Di-cuts on a card

2011-05-12T15:15:00.000-04:00

I am almost positive that I have not shown this card on my blog yet. If I have, please accept my apologies. I was asked by my friend Teri to design a card that could be used for a bridal shower invitation that she was getting ready for. I decided to have a little fun with my cuttlebug, di-cuts and embossing folders. So this is what I came up with.
I used my Stampin Up Manhattan Flower embossing folder, cut out one of the flowers and sponged some ink on the raised areas. I cut two of my SU little leaves di-cuts, and one SU/Sizzix lattice di-cut. Place it all together as you can see on the picture, and all done! Turned out that she loved it, so we sat down at her house with two Cuttlebug machines and went to work on making enough for the shower. Never underestimate what your embossing folders and di-cuts can do for your paper crafting projects, you never know what you can create with them! Use your imagination and have fun with them.

Until next time................Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Tuesday!

2011-05-10T14:00:00.001-04:00

Welcome to Soft Pencil Tuesday! We DT members are showing you creations with the new image called "Starry Night". This image is so adorable! Here is what I created with it:

I am not sure if you can see the sparkle, but the star embellishments were punched out of glitter card stock with my Stampin Up star punches. The stars on the image are colored in with Cold Smooch Shimmer Paint. The rest of the image was colored with Prismacolor markers, and then I sponged a little SU Bashful Blue ink all over the image.

Hop on over to the other DT ladies blogs (links on my sidebar) and see what cuteness they have posted for you.

Come back next week for more Soft Pencil Cuteness with another new image.

Until next time..........................Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Monday!!!

2011-05-09T07:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome back to another Stamp-n-doodle DT day. We are all showing you creations made with the new image called "Mother". The SND DT ladies made some beautiful samples for you to see this week, so don't forget to go visit all of their blogs. You can find links to them on my sidebar, just scroll down a little bit. So, here is what I came up with for today:

I was still trying to keep it Vintage, and unfortunately, I forgot to place a thank you sentiment on it as we were requested to do. So, just for me, pretend the sentiment is on there. So, after coloring the image and mounting it onto some Stampin UP Pink Pirouette card stock, I distressed it a little with a sponge and some SU Close to Cocoa ink. The designer paper is from a retired Stampin Up paper pack, the trim is from the Paper Studio, purchased at Hobby Lobby. The flower is unknown as it was part of a gift from a friend. The bloue swirl at the top was made with the Sizzix Di-cut called " Scribbles Swirls". Finally the faux Pearls on the swirl are Basic Gray, which I bought from the McMahon Five Designs online store (see link on my sidebar).

My MiIitary Hero

2011-05-04T08:19:00.005-04:00

I gave alot of thought as to whether or not to make this post, but in the end decided to do it. I am a very strong Episcopalian Christian, and believe strongly in the 10 commandments, so naturally I feel badly that the USA had to eliminate the presence of Osama Bin Laden. However, he was truly evil and I personally feel alot safer knowing he is no longer walking on the face of the earth. That being said, my nephew is among the many Navy servicemen/women that is working aboard the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier. The Carl Vinson is the ship that was carrying the Navy Seals that rid us forever of Osama Bin Laden. My nephew has been gone and away from his family for months and I felt that he deserved some recognition. So, thank you to the brave US Navy Seals, and all of the other US Navy personnel aboard the USS Carl Vinson, and especially to my nephew Sean for their service this week in ridding the world of the most dangerous man in the world! May you all come home safely to your loved ones and may God Bless you all!!

Here below is a photo of my nephew and his two youngest children before he left on his ship last Fall. We Love and Miss you Sean!!!!!!! Aunt Lisa

Soft Pencil Tuesday!!!!!

2011-05-03T12:03:00.005-04:00

Welcome to Soft Pencil Day! I am very proud to show you the new images for the month of May!

Introducing the Sky Collection!

Rainy Cloud

Hanging on a Star

Starry Night

Are they all adorable or what? May is Softpencil Anniversary month, celebrating their 3 year anniversary all month long including a challenge with a chance to win a $10 voucher to the Soft Pencil shop. Stay tuned to the Soft Pencil Blog for info on that.

Now, for the BIG NEWS.............Soft Pencil images are going to be on Rubber Stamps!!!!!!!! The Angel Company will be launching a line of rubber stamps featuring the Tinytwinies from SoftPencil! So stay tuned! So exciting, I can't wait!

Come back and visit me tomorrow, I have a very exciting tribute to make here on my blog!

Until next time.....................Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Blog Hop

2011-05-02T07:00:00.004-04:00

Happy May to Everyone! Mother's Day in the US falls on May 8 this year and our May images at Stamp-n-doodle feature images celebrating Mother's. As you hop around the Stamp-n-doodle DT's Blogs, you will see all 4 of our fabulous Mother's Day Images that are available starting May 1st. You have the opportunity to win all 4 of these images just by completing the blog hop!

All you need to do is follow our hop order, leave comments on the Stamp-n-doodle blog, and all the DT members blogs and then end up at the Stamp-n-doodle shop. You will then be entered into our drawing to win all 4 images!!

So, you should have started at the Stamp-n-doodle blog, if you did not begin there, please go back and start at the beginning.

Here is what I have created for you to see today

I was asked to create a card using the image called "Mother". I thought it had an old fashioned/vintage look to it, so I used some soft muted pastel colors on it. the image is colored with Stampin Up's Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Blush Blossom, and Pear Pizzaz. The sentiment is from the SU stamp set "Teeny Tiny Wishes", the flower embellishments are from Prima, and the flower centers are from Michael's Craft Store.

In addition to the hop, we have a challenge for you this week and it is to create a Mother's Day project. You are not required to use a Stamp-n-doodle image to play in our challenges, but if you do, you will get two entries per creation in our random.org drawing for the winner. We hope you will join us and thanks for hopping along with us.

Now, your next stop on the hop should be Kate's blog!

Soft Pencil Tuesday!

2011-04-26T16:00:00.001-04:00

Welcome to Soft Pencil Tuesday! I have been without power today, thank heavens things are back to normal. What did people do before electricity was invented? So glad I didn't experience that! Anyhoo, we got to work with another adorable image created by Elizabeth of Soft Pencil Studios! The image is called "Growing flowers in Pots". Isn't it cute? Love it!!!
I colored the image with a combination of Stampin Up markers and a couple of Prismacolor pencils. I cut it out, then mounted it on a Spellbinder's Labels Six Di-cut that I ran through my cuttlebug. The sentiment is on a smaller Labels Six di-cut and stamped with a stamp from the Stampin Up set "Teeny Tiny Wishes". The ribbon is from the Violet Shashes collection of ki Memories. I am sorry but I don't remember where the flowers came from, but their rhinestone centers are from Michael's Craft Store. The paper is either by Stampin Up or Provo Craft.

Now, hop on over to visit the other DT member's blogs and leave them a friendly comment, then over to the Soft Pencil Studios blog and store and see what other fabulous products that Elizabeth sells with her adorable characters on them.

Until Next time..................Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Monday!

2011-04-25T16:15:00.001-04:00

Introducing the image "Cool Ride"

Denami Stamps, and New Martha Stewart Punch

2011-04-20T10:48:00.007-04:00

Well, I received one of the new Martha Stewart punches for Christmas this past year, and have been playing around with it, but haven't shown you anything that I have made with it yet. The punch is one of her new ones called "punch around the page". Meaning you can use it anywhere you want on a card of any size, scrapbook page of any size, etc.... I decided to try it out as window on a card. I am still playing with some other ideas as well, but here is the window card that I made with it.

Now, the scalloped circle with the sentiment in the center is the leftover piece from punching the window. The sentiment is from an old Hero Arts sentiment stamp set. I simply used a 1/8" circle punch to punch a hole on each side of the scallop circle, found some skinny ribbon to weave through it, and made a ribbon slide from the leftover piece of card stock. The cute little puppy dog stamp that I used is from DeNami Stamps from their Animal collection set (4 stamps). DeNami has a cute variety of stamps and a blog full of inspiration of ideas of how to use them. Go check them out sometime, I am sure you will get hooked just like I am.

Now, go have fun and stamp the day away!!!

Until next time........................Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Tuesday!

2011-04-19T11:45:00.004-04:00

Hello! Welcome to another Soft Pencil Tuesday!! We are showing you our creations with the new image called "Charming Flowers"! I love this image, it is so versatile. You can use it for Mother's day, Female Birthday, Thinking of you, etc...

Now, forgive me please as I am hopelessly hooked lately on the green and pink color combo! See, fellow DT member, Kerry, sent me a green and pink paper sample awhile back, and once I used it on a card with a Soft Pencil image, I got hooked. Yep, Kerry, it's all your fault! LOL. The DP you are seeing on this card, however, I purchased myself. It is by Heidi Grace, and so adorable! You can't see on the photo, but the flowers are embossed/glittered. Notice on the fairy wings I added some stickles glitter (miaght be hard to see that too).

Now, hop on over to visit all the other SP DT ladies and see what wonderful creations they have to show you! Then, hop on over to the Soft Pencil Blog and store and see all the wonderful goodies that Elizabeth has created for you to enjoy!

Until next time.............Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Monday!

2011-04-18T07:00:00.002-04:00

Can you believe it is Monday again already? Can you also believe that this is holy week on the Christian calendar? Easter is this coming weekend! Time sure flies by fast sometimes! With that being said, I have an image form Stamp-n-doddle with an Easter theme called "Easter Bunny". So, here is my Easter card made with it:

Now, would you also believe that I don't have even one piece of Easter themed paper? I was shocked about that myself! So, please pardon the substitute of polka dots and flowers! I don't even know the manuf. of the paper, sorry. The polka dot paper was from my stash from a long-time ago, and the flower DP was a gift from my fellow Soft Pencil DT member, Kerry. Thanks again Kerry! Anyhoo, the image was mounted on retired Stampin Up paper Almost Amethyst, and current Whisper White. I colored the image with Stampin Up markers and the bunny tail with white Smooch shimmer paint.

Now, off to craft some more.

Until next time.................Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Tuesday!!!

2011-04-12T13:00:00.004-04:00

Welcome to Soft Pencil Day, and a little inspiration with one of the new releases from last week!!!!! We are showing you samples today with the new image called "Watering My Garden"! Elizabeth's images just keep getting more and more cute! Of course, I couldn't resist using purple and yellow, my favorite color combo! I used Prismacolor marker, Light Peach, to color the skin tone, and the rest was colored with some Prismacolor pencils. Then, I know it is hard to see, but I used some purple Stickles to fill in the hair bows and the flower she is watering. I cut and matted the image with my rectangle and scalloped rectangle nestibilities. The DP background paper was cut with my SU/Sizzix Bigx Clear Large Scallop Square di-cut. I ran the di-cut through once, shifted the paper by two scallops, ran it through the Cuttlebug again, thus giving me a rectangle instead of a square. If anyone is confused by that instruction feel free to tell me in comments or via email and I will post a short photo tutorial on it tomorrow. Moving on, I added a little scrap of purple under the one corner, so that the yellows didn't blend together too much, some Prima Flowers with sticky gem centers, a few more sticky gems at the bottom, and it was finished. Sounds complicated, but it was really a pretty fast card to make. Come back for next week's Soft Pencil DT showcase of another new image called "Charming Flowers". Now run your cursor over the DT names in my blog sidebar, click and visit the other DT members to see what cute inspiration they have created for you!!! I am off......Until next time........Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Monday!

2011-04-11T19:00:00.002-04:00

Welcome to another Stamp-n-doodle Monday! This week we are featuring an image called "Ballet Lesson". We were also asked to make the creation "Girly". So here is what I came up with:

Pink, Pink Pink.......very "girly", I know this to be true because my 11 year old daughter told me it was "too girly". So, I said "Great! then I have made it correctly". What is it with pre-teens and teenagers that think they know it all? She must get this from her father's side of the family. LOL.

Anyways, I used almost every pink marker that I own with just a little purple. The sketch is my own, just came up with it on the spur of the moment. I was trying a new thing, of not thinking about it and it worked I got finished faster. LOL... Here are the products that I used:

Card stock~ SU Pink Pirouette, retired SU DP, Melon Mambo, GP white card stock

Ink~ SU Melon Mambo, SU markers, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride, Daffodil Delight, and Concord Crush Berol Prismacolor marker PM-12 Light Peach

Accessories~ Sentiment from SU stamp set Teeny Tiny Wishes, Spellbinder's Nestibilities Labels Six, Creative Memories Ovals Custom Cutting System, sticky pearls from Michael's Craft Store, and SU Oval Punches.

So, now that you have seen my "Girly" creation, hop on over to the other DT member blogs and see what they have to show you and then to the company blog to see what is new over there!

We are still looking for a few more DT members, so if you have a blog and are interested in trying out, please contact our DT coordinator, Audrey at danmoose@aol.com

Until Next time................Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Studios New Garden Collection!!!

2011-04-05T12:00:00.003-04:00

Welcome back and introducing the exciting and adorable new image release from Soft Pencil Studios called "The Garden Collection"!

Watering My Garden

Growing Flowers in Pots Charming Flowers

Did you know that Soft Pencil Studios has more than just Digital images...They have clothing with their adorable images on it, art prints, printable stickers, printable stationary, and more. Fabrics and skins for your favorite tech gadgets are coming soon. Please visit Soft Pencil Studios here to see what all they have to offer!

Stamp-n-doodle Blog Hop

2011-04-04T07:00:00.008-04:00

Welcome back to another Stamp-n-doodle day, we are having a blog hop! If you are visiting me from Audrey's blog, then you are visiting in the right order, if not, go back to the Stamp-n-doodle blog and start from there. We are working this week with an image called "50's Dreamin", and the challenge was Vintage/shabby chic. This is a style that I am not experienced with very much, so a true challenge it was for me. I hope I at least came close to succeeding. Here is what I created:

As usual, the colors did not come out looking true to what they really are in person. The lighting in my craft room, is obviously not very good. The adorable trim, is actually a light vintage blue, the flower is a cream with blue center. They are both products of My Mind's eye, that I got a while ago at the Archiver's store dollar spot. I created the swirly pearl accent myself with a strip of faux pearls that I had in my stash that you can find at Michael's craft store. I added the pearls to the trim, they did not come on it.

Your next stop on the blog hop is Priyanka's blog.

One last thing, Stamp-n-doodle is currently searching for some design team members! If you love to work with digi images, and have a blog to post your work on, please go visit the company blog and store and view their awesome images! Then, contact their DT coordinator, Audrey at the following email address: danmoose@aol.com

Come back tomorrow for some sneak peaks on the new images for Soft Pencil Studios!

Soft Pencil Studios

2011-03-29T17:34:00.007-04:00

is getting ready to release some new images next week.......So, don't forget to keep watching the company blog, and the DT blogs next Tuesday to see the cute new stuff Elizabeth has been working on! Until next time...................Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Day

2011-03-28T16:00:00.001-04:00

Well, My daughter is on Spring break this week, and so my brain is confused and I completely forgot about Stamp-n-doodle day!!!! Please accept my apologies!!! Last week, I had a computer virus that had me down for a few days, so I am sharing two SND cards with you today....last week's challenge and this weeks challenge. We were asked to use only bright, bold colors. That one is sometimes difficult for me, but I did my very best. This first image is called "Sounds of Spring". I thought it was multi purposeful, so I left the sentiment off of it until I decide what I want to use it for. It could be a friendship card, thinking of you, missing you, female birthday....you get the idea.

Here are the products that I used to make it with:

Cardstock~SU Crumb Cake, Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, unknown DP

Ink~ SU markers Riding Hood Red, DAffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Tangerine Tango.

Tools~ Rectangle, and Scallop Rectangle Nestibilities, Ek Success scallop border punch.

The Challenge for last week, was to use an image from a holiday, but make it work for a different holiday. We DT ladies were asked to use Luck of the Irish, but we could not make it a St. Patrick's Day card. Now, that is a good challenge!!! So, I decided to color her up for Spring, and make an Easter card with it! The flower embellishments on the right hand side were made with something new that I found at a papercrafting store near Dayton, Ohio called Simply Scrapbooks. It is called a Glitter Sticker Sheet, but....the glitter doesn't rub off at all! So awesome! They told me that it works in a Cricket machine, but I am so not into the Cricket, so I thought, paper punches, manual di-cuts in my cuttlebug. Love it!!!! Here I used the Stampin Up Boho Blossoms punch. I do plan to use it with my di-cuts as well. So nice, all I had to do was pull off the backing and stick them on. All I can say is I want more colors!!!! The manufacturer's name is on the back and it is called Best Creations. Anyhoo, there are links to both websites if you want to know more click on their names, and you can find their phone numbers on them and see if maybe they can mail you some if you want.

Products that I used:

Cardstock~SU Whisper White, Lavender Lace, unknown DP Ink~SU Lavender Lace, SU markers Lavender Lace, Lovely Lilac, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Prismacolor maker PM-122 Light Peach.

Accessories~Unknown ribbon, sticky gems from Michael's, Gem Brad from Making Memories, SU Boho Blossoms Punch, Best Creations Dark Lavender sticker sheet item #GS012, SU Word Window and Modern Label punches, Happy Easter rubber stamp from SU stamp set Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Come back tomorrow for some news about Soft Pencil Studios, and maybe a little something to give you inspiration.

Until Next time..................Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Wednesday?

2011-03-23T16:26:00.007-04:00

Yes, you read the title correctly, it is Soft Pencil Day on Wednesday! Actually, I am the only DT member that is posting on Wednesday. My computer caught a virus on Sunday evening, and I had to have a computer repair person come and remove it on Tuesday which was the soonest they could pencil my computer into their schedule. Thank heavens all is ok now and I didn't lose anything, all data, photos and digi images are in perfect shape. Yay! Anyhoo, I love my DT assignments and decided that even though I am late, I would post them anyways. So today I am showing you "Molly, Timmy and the baby chick".

This is what I created with it:

Yes, pink and green like last week. I love the designer paper sample that I had and that you are seeing on the card, so I had to use it again. I just couldn't help myself! I added my own polka dots to the eggs with some Smooch shimmer paint, and the image was colored with a combination of Prismacolor markers and stampin Up markers. Add a little ribbon from American Crafts, a button from the Michael's dollar spot for embellishment, and the punched out title and all done. I love simple sketches, they are clean but pretty.

Now, keep watching the Soft Pencil Blog and all of the DT blogs for another new release in April from Soft Pencil Studios. While you are at it, visit the other Soft Pencil DT blogs for more inspiration using this adorable image. I believe you can even find a cute project and tutorial on DT member Cat's blog.

Stay tuned to my blog tomorrow, as I am bringing you a delayed Stamp-n-doodle creation.

Until next time.......Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Tuesday!!!!

2011-03-15T12:00:00.002-04:00

Welcome back and Happy Tuesday to everyone! Today is Soft Pencil Studios Day, and we got to work with a very cute image called "Painting Eggs With Amy". Let me apologize first for my photo, the lighting in Ohio is terribly dismal today, and no matter what I tried to do to edit the photo, I just couldn't get the colors to shine bright enough! I will list the colors that I used below.

Here is a close-up that turned out a little better, at least you can see the sparkle of the Stickles glitter glue that I used. Anyhoo, isn't she adorable? Go visit the other DT members blogs to see what inspirational creations they designed, and then rush over to the SP store and pick up your copy of this little cutie!

Cardstock used~SU YoYo Yellow, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist. Background stamp is Hero Arts, and the sentiment is from the Su set called Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Now, I am off to go rest for a bit in hopes of getting rid of my Spring sinus attack. Why do I live in Ohio? Anyhoo, take care and until next time...............Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Monday

2011-03-14T07:00:00.002-04:00

Hello, and welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Monday! I had the great pleasure of working with the image called "Irish Jig". This little Leprechaun is too cute for words!

The theme for this week is "G" words such as green, glitter, gold, etc... and we must have at least 2 items on the card that begin with the letter "G". So, I have green card stock, marker and button, and a strip of Gold card stock and gold thread in the button, and also some green stickles glitter glue on the shamrock that is on the pot of gold. So, hop on over to the other DT ladies blogs, and also to the SND log (links on my sidebar) and join us this week for our challenge, you just might win a prize!

See you tomorrow for Soft Pencil day and until then........................Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Studio is Open!!!!!

2011-03-08T12:00:00.005-05:00

Welcome to the official grand opening of Soft Pencil Studios! Elizabeth has been working really hard to create a new store, and some new images that you will love and have alot of fun using on your projects. She also has some new products coming up in the future, including some digi stickers, and others which she is keeping top secret at the moment. You can follow her store on Facebook, just type soft Pencil Studios in the search box after you log on. Also, here is a link to her new store.

Here is the first image we DT ladies are working with called "Happy Easter"!

Is it cute, or what? I am completely in love with it! Notice the glitter embellishments on the right side, these are something new that I recently found at Michael's craft store, they look like glitter brads, but are really glitter sticky dots. They come in a variety of colors too, so pretty in person. It was kind of a dreary day here in Ohio, so my poor natural light in my house doesn't do them justice in this photo.

Ok, stop on over to the other DT blogs and leave them some love for their hard work, and then off to the new store to check everything out!

Until next time...........................Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-n-doodle Blog Hop

2011-03-07T07:00:00.002-05:00

Hello, Welcome to a Stamp-n-doodle Blog Hop! We are celebrating the release of several new images for St. Patrick's Day and Spring! If you came here from Molly's Blog, you are following in the right order. If you are not, please go back to the Stamp-n-doodle blog, and start there!

The image that I was asked to work with this week is called "Luck of the Irish". I hope you enjoy what I created with it!
Supplies used: Paper~SU Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery DSP, Retired Wild Wasabi ribbon, sparkle brad from Michael's craft store, Flesh colored Prismacolor marker, SU Markers, Peach Parfait,Pear Pizazz, Wild Wasabi, Crumb Cake and Basic Black, Lime Green Stickles glitter glue on the shamrock on her hat, Gold Smooch shimmer paint, on shoe buckles, and Spellbinder's Rectangle Nestibilities.

Next you should be visiting Jeanette's blog.

Tomorrow is the first day of showing some samples with the new Soft Pencil images, so come back and visit me tomorrow.

Until then..........................Blessings, Lisa

Introducing "Soft Pencil Studios"!

2011-03-02T19:12:00.007-05:00

Soft Pencil Designs has changed it's name to Soft Pencil Studios, and it re-opened with 3 new images, and more on the way each month!

Let me introduce you to "Happy Easter". "Painting Eggs with Amy"

and..."Molly, Timmy and the Baby Chick"

Please hop on over to the Soft Pencil Blog and take a peek at the new stuff, and visit me and the other Soft Pencil DT ladies next Tuesday March 8th to see some great card ideas with these new cuties!

2011-02-24T10:27:00.006-05:00

Wow! I can't believe that it is Thursday already! This week is going by way too fast! But, we have another issue of Stamp-n-doodle Thursday to share with you! The image is called "Kiss a lot of Frogs". It has a valentine theme to it, but being tired of Valentine's Day, I decided that it would make a cute birthday card for a little girl. Our little girl is all dressed up in a princess dress, a dream of most little girls. So, I colored her dress blue, added some stickles to parts of it, painted her crown and the first Frog's crown with Smooch shimmer paint, and followed the sketch challenge for this week.

and......Voila

Hope you like it!!! Until next time....................Blessings, Lisa

2011-02-22T00:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Tuesday to everyone. I was browsing around on Crafter's Digital Art Center (see link on my sidebar), and found another Digi Image company that I liked. I joined their group, but have not purchased any images yet. I am unemployed, so I am trying not to purchase anything that I don't need at the moment. The company is called DeeDee's Digis, and she has something for everyone in her store......animals, flowers, masculine stuff, christian, holidays, you name it. The quality of her images is fabulous, very clean sharp images! Well, she recently celebrated 200 members on her CDAC group with a freebie image, and I had a great time coloring it and putting it on a card. So, here it is:

Love that sentiment that comes with the image "Friends are flowers that never fade". So true. I hope you all like it, and DeeDee, thanks for the freebie, I love it!

Until next time.......Blessings, Lisa

Blog Award

2011-02-21T19:28:00.009-05:00

Just a short post today to post a long, long overdue thanks to a couple of friends who blessed me with a couple of blog awards. I don't have time to pass these on to other bloggers, but I wanted to give a big thanks to Kerry Kung and Elizabeth (owner of Soft Pencil Studios) for thinking of me. Thank ladies. I have links to their blogs over on my sidebar, hop on over to their blogs and see what pretty things that they may have created and posted.

Until next time...........Blessings, Lisa

More Stickers on Cards!!

2011-02-20T00:00:00.005-05:00

Happy Sunday to everyone!!! I found some cute fuzzy baby stickers in the clearance section of Archiver's store, and thought they might look cute on some cards. They were created by a company called "The Little Yellow Bicycle", from their Flannimals, baby safari collection. There were 4 stickers in the package....a frog, an elephant, a hippo, and a giraffe, except that my 11 year old daughter confiscated the giraffe, so I have 3 cards to show you.

Here is the Frog. Isn't he a cute little fuzzy froggie? Love him!!!!

Here is the Elephant. This one kind of made me say "hmmmmm", but sort of cute.

Here is the hippo. Love this one too!!!

Just so you could see their awesome fuzziness, I added a close up of the hippo!

So, next time you are visiting your local Archiver's store, check out the clearance section with great detail, you never know what you might find. Hope you didn't mind me repeating the sketch form the Clean an Simple Blog, I was on a roll.

Products used: Card stock~SU Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Almost Amethyst, Barely Banana, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue. Designer Paper~ Amuse, SU retired, and unknown gifted to me from my friend Kerry.

I hope you like them, I had fun making them. Take care and as always..............

Until next time...........Blessings, Lisa

Sticker's on Cards?????

2011-02-19T14:49:00.010-05:00

yep, you heard me correctly, sticker's on my cards today! I love to experiment with my paper crafting, especially with cards. I saw some Martha Stewart Flower stickers for $1.00 per package at my local Big-Lots store, and decided to try them on some cards. I thought, well, if Jennifer McGuire and Jana Millen can put stickers on cards, so can I. Oh, these two ladies are very talented, and I have links to their blogs on my favorite blogs list over on my sidebar. So, I got 6 flower stickers in one package, they are large flowers, so that got me 6 cards out of the pack. Good deal!! There were 3 pink and three white flower stickers, so, here is what I came up with:

The White stickers have a very pale pink pearl in the center, but what the heck, I put them on Blue cards. I thought these would make cute Mother's Day cards. The sketch I used is from the Clean and Simple Blog, but I can't remember the number of the sketch. Hop on over there and browse (link on my sidebar), you will find it, and many more cute sketches. The card base is Bazzill cs, the dsp is Provo craft paper. The sentiment was heat embossed and is from Stampin Up's "Teeny Tiny Wishes" set.

Sympathy cards are a hard one for me to make, so I tried it with the pink flowers. The card base is SU Whisper White, the pink cs is The Paper Studio, and the DSP is Basic Gray. The sentiment is also from the TTW stamp set from SU., and the scallop border on all cards was made with my SU scallop border punch. I will be back tomorrow with some more cards made with stickers.

Until next time........Blessings, Lisa

Stampin Up Valentine's!!!

2011-02-18T00:00:00.002-05:00

Welcome back. I have some super pretty Valentine's Day cards to share with you that I made at a Stampin Up workshop. Yes, I know, Valentine's Day is over, but I thought they were pretty, so I had to share them with you. The layouts would work great with other stamps as well, or you can case them as they are and save them for next year. Anyhoo, here they are.

The sparkly heart in the center was punched from one of the new Stampin Up Glimmer paper Sheets. This stuff is so awesome, it is absolutely stunning in person. I love bling, so I don't joke about it!

Notice the small heart in the "o", is actually punched with the small heart punch out of the glimmer paper. See close up below. Love the sparkle!
Although I did hand make the above cards, I cannot take the credit for the design of them, they were completely designed by my Stampin Up pals, Terri Frietch, and Teddy. Thanks ladies, it was so nice of you to invite me and what a relaxing time it was since for a change I didn't have to do any designing. I just came and played!

Now, to all of my Soft Pencil fans, I got word today form the owner that she will be back in business on March 1st, so we DT members will be showing and creating with her new images very soon! We are all very excited!

Until Next time................Blessings, Lisa

Stamp n Doodle Thursday!

2011-02-17T07:00:00.006-05:00

Wow! Welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Thursday!!!! I am so sorry that I have been absent from my blog this past week or so. Winter is an especially hard time health wise for myself and my family. I am on the mend however, and ready to show you what I have been working on. Yes, Valentine's day is officially over, but I still have some cards of Love to show you today and tomorrow.

The challenge this week over on the Stamp-n-doodle blog is to use ribbon, embossing, and bling! Yay! All of my favorite paper crafting techniques, and embellishments! We were also asked to use the image called "Valentine's Kiss". So, here is what I created:

I did some dry embossing with my Stampin Up "pretty petals" embossing folder, I tied a bow with some white satin ribbon from my stash, and I used some sticky gems for my bling elements. The image was cut out with my Spellbinder's circle and scalloped circle Nestibilities. The image was colored with a variety of markers: Prismacolor- PM-95 Light Tan, PM12Light Peach, Stampin Up - Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade. Card stock used was Unknown Red from my stash, SU - Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette.

Hop on over to the SND blog and the other DT members blogs (see my sidebar for links), and leave some love to make their day.

Ok, now I am off to write a post for you to see on Friday!

Until next time........Blessings to all......Lisa

It's a Stamp-n-doodle Blog Hop

2011-02-04T08:00:00.013-05:00

Happy Friday everyone! We are a bit late in getting our Stamp-n-doodle challenge posted this week due to winter weather causing some power outages in about one third of the US, but we are back to business as usual and we hare having a Blog Hop to celebrate our New Release images for February, and to welcome our newest DT members: Molly, Ruby and Priyanka!!!! Welcome ladies, we are so happy to have to join us!!! The Blog Hop will run from today through Wednesday February 9 @ 11:59pm EST. In order to win the grand prize; which is all three images used by our various DT members, you must complete the hop and leave comments on all blogs along the way including the Stamp-n-doodle blog. You don't have to leave a comment at the shop which is your last stop on the hop. You also have the option of joining our new challenge; which is Valentines and/or Love. The winner of the challenge will receive one image of choice from Stamp-n-doodle. You are at my blog (Lisa), you should have come here from Molly's blog, if you did not, please go back to the Stamp-n-doodle blog and start from the beginning.

Here is my card with the new image called "Valentine"s Kiss":

The strip on the far left side of the card is some patterned paper from my stash, and the rest of the card background is my own homemade patterned paper made by simply punching different colored paper/card stock and adhering it to the red card base. The image was cut out with one of the relatively new Spellbinder's di-cuts called Beaded Ovals. I colored the image with some Prismacolor markers, and embellished it with some sticky gems from Michael's craft store, and a Prima flower.

I hope you enjoyed your visit. You are now off to visit Jeanette's blog. We hope you will play along with the challenge as well. You do not need to use a Stamp-n-doodle image, but if you do, you get and extra entry for purposes of random.org winner's drawing.

Stamp n Doodle Thursday!

2011-01-27T00:00:00.006-05:00

Hello, welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Thursday! We DT members are working with an image called "Mama's Boy", which is an adorable image of a mother Penguin and her baby! We were also asked to work with the card sketch below:

Here is what I created with the image and sketch:

The card base is Stampin Up's Pretty in Pink, the red triangle is Paper from Provo Craft. the Ribbon is from Stampin Up, the ribbon slide (which says "happiness" on it), is from JoAnn's and the two hearts in the upper left corner were made with a Martha Stewart Punch. The center of the ribbon slide is some red glitter glue that I got from the dollar bin at Michael's. Let me tell you, from now on, I will stick with Stickles glitter glue. This cheep imitation exploded onto my table when I tried to use it. Thank heavens I had scrap paper down on my workspace, but oh what a mess to clean up, my hands were sparkling for awhile.

Until next time..............Blessings, Lisa

Stamp n Doodle Thursday!

2011-01-20T07:46:00.006-05:00

Hello, welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Thursday! It is snowing once again here in Ohio, and well, I am so ready for Spring! Ok, now that I got that off my chest, lets enjoy some paper crafting! We DT ladies got to work with a cute little dress patterned shaped card. I have a family baby shower coming up, so I had a blast working with this cute little pattern. Here is what I came up withThe card base is actually white, covered with some designer paper which is retired Stampin Up in Pink Pirouette, the ribbon is Stampin Up Regal Rose, and of course some sticky faux pearls around the neckline from Michael's craft store. Such an easy and fun way to make a cute card. The pattern is so versatile too, it can be used for a Christening, Baby Girl arrival, Baby girl shower, baby's first birthday, etc.......... Hop on over to the other DT ladies blogs and then on to the Stamp-n-doodle blog to see what other cute ideas were created for you to see! All links to these sites can be found over on my sidebar! Happy crafting!

As always, until next time.......blessings, Lisa

2011-01-14T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hello, Happy Friday to everyone! As promised I have a card to show you with some gorgeous Gold outline stickers, and here it is:

I used Stampin Up's Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze, and Whisper White card stock. The scalloped border is an EK Success border punch called Scalloped Scallops, and the ribbon is from Michael's craft store. After carefully placing the stickers on some card stock, I colored in some of the open areas with some SU markers (Baja Breeze, Marina Mist, Pink Pirouette, and Daffodil Delight, and Night of Navy). The reason I said carefully placed, is because these stickers are very delicate. In case you have never seen them before, I posted a photo below of a sheet of them so you can see how they look before they are used.

The photo below is a close up of how the sheet looks after you use some of them, the cool pattern on the right is left behind. Now there is a way to use that awesome leftover pattern that you are seeing on the right side using some tape, but I have not attempted that one yet. When I do, and if I succeed (lol), I will certainly share it on my blog. I saw a demonstration at a convention, but watching and doing are often two different things.

Now, if you would like to try these beautiful little stickers on your paper crafts, I recommend, going to on online store called Frantic Stamper, Inc. They have a huge selection of them and many other products, and are honest people. I have ordered from them several times. For a link to their store and outline stickers click here. When you do, scroll down until you see "peel off stickers" on the left hand side.

Until next time........Blessings, Lisa

Stamp n Doodle Thursday!

2011-01-13T11:32:00.007-05:00

Welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Thursday! We DT ladies got to work with an image from their wildlife collection called "Call of the Wild". First I have to say, that the wildlife collection is my favorite from Stamp-n-doodle. I love all things "animal" and please Lynne make more of them! I am writing down some ideas to send your way!

Anyhoo, you know me, I love a simple sketch, it keeps the card looking so clean and doesn't detract from the image. I colored the moon with a prismacolor marker, and then used a Copic blender pen to take away a little bit of the color. Yes, the Copic blender pen does work a little bit, and I stress a little bit with the prismacolor markers. Obviously it works perfectly with it's own kind. Since I am on a tight budget being unemployed, I only own 2 Copic markers at the moment. Sniff Sniff. LOL Someday I will have more. I colored the rest of the image with my Stampin Up chalk pastels (Handsome Hunter, Going Gray, Chocolate Chip, and Elegant Eggplant). The card base is SU Crumb Cake, Elegant Eggplant, and then a metallic Silver by DCWV. The ribbon is from Michael's craft store, and so are the dark purple gem accents.

Now, hop on over to the other DT blogs and the SND blog and see what inspiration they have for you to see!

Come back tomorrow and visit me, I am off to schedule a post of a card where I have used some gorgeous gold outline stickers!

Until then...................Blessings, Lisa

Stamp n Doodle Thursday!

2011-01-06T06:21:00.007-05:00

Hello, and welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Thursday! I have a very humorous image to show you today from SND, it is called "New Year's Resolution". It is a two part image, one on the front of the card and one on the inside of the card! Here is what I created with it:

Ok, yes, I forgot to add the sentiments! LOL. I believe on the front she is saying a very big "oops", and on the one below, I sense an "Oh well, happy New Year anyways".

I don't know what you think, but I think that cute little doggie needs to get off of the scale for heavens sakes! Is that too funny, or what? Love it!

I colored the image with a marker combo today, the lavender is a copic marker, the yellow is Stampin Up, and the doggie, and skin tone is Prismacolor! Kind of a color smorgasbord. All card stock is Stampin Up, Whisper White, Almost Amethyst, Barely Banana, and retired dsp. The flowers are from Imaginese, and their centers are sticky gems from my usual Michael's stash.

Now hop on over to the other DT blogs and see what cute creations they have come up with for this adorable image!

Until next time...........Blessings, Lisa

Stamp n Doodle Thursday!

2010-12-30T00:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Thursday to everyone! The Stamp-n-doodle image for today is called "Bear New Year", and it is a cute image of a bear couple out on a romantic date celebrating the New Year holiday! Now we DT members were challenged to use new Years theme, or do something new, etc....... I kind of did both. I definitely went with a New Year's theme! Anyhoo, here it is:

The white scalloped circle behind the image is actually the leftover from cutting out the mat behind the image! This is probably , technically nothing new, but I thought it was a good idea, so I went with it! I decided to give the image very little color, since I was going to use only black, white, silver and gold. I used some retired Stampin Up shimmer paint to color the balloons, some gold Smooch shimmer paint to color the candle, and a plain black marker to color the chairs. The SU shimmer paint was manufactured by Tsukineko (yes I had to look at the bottle to find out how to spell that, lol), so you might be able to find it online or in a store somewhere. The sentiment is from the stamp set called "Teeny Tiny Wishes" by Stampin Up, and the faux silver pearls are from Michael's craft store. So sorry I don't know where the card stock came from, it was part of a birthday present from a friend (thanks Kerry). Now, hop on over to the SND blog, and other DT blogs and see what great ideas are there to see. One last note, is that SND has a group over on the SNR Card Universe blog, so go over there and see even more samples with SND images. There is a link to that site over on my sidebar!

Please everyone have a very safe and happy New Years holiday!

Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Tuesday!

2010-12-28T00:49:00.010-05:00

Happy Tuesday to everyone! I hope everyone is having fabulous holidays, whichever ones you celebrate! I had a great Christmas. We are a bit tight on money, but my fabulous hubby still managed to get me an awesome present, and of course it was something that I can use in papercrafting. He got me one of those new Martha Stewart Punch all over the page punches! Not the border punches that allow you to punch the corners too, it is a single punch, that you can use in the middle of a sheet of 12 x12 scrapbook page if you want. I will have to play with it and show you what it can do, that is once I figure out what it can do. haha. Kidding, it looks easy, we shall see.

On to the business of today!!!!!! You all know by now that I absolutely love Soft Pencil images, this weeks image is no exception. It is called "Ratiny on a Cupcake"....it even sounds cute. Here is what I made with it:

Have you ever heard anyone in the papercrafting industry use the phrase "let your designer paper do the work for you"? Well, that is what I did with this image. I colored the image with some Prismacolor markers and some teal Smooch shimmer paint, cut it out with some Rectangle Nestibilities, and then went through my paper stash to see what I could find. I found the above cupcake paper that I thought would be perfect for the image. Yes, the strip on the left is part of the paper, not a real ribbon! So cool, don't ya think? I added my image, a punched out sentiment, some sticky gems, and all done. It was so easy.

Now, We DT members and the Soft Pencil Owner are taking a vacation during the month of January, but I understand that the Etsy store will still be open for you to purchase images from. Elizabeth is working very hard on new products and images and I imagine there will be an awesome grand re-opening when she is finished. I can't wait to see what she is working on!

To Elizabeth, thanks for a great year working with your adorable images and papers! I loved every minute of it, and look forward to working with your new products in 2011! Hugs! Lisa

To my blog readers, please keep checking back, I will still be posting cards, scrapbook pages, and anything else that I feel inspired to make during the month of January!

Blessings to all...............................Lisa

Stamp-N-Doodle Thursday

2010-12-16T15:04:00.006-05:00

Hello everyone, happy Thursday to all of you! This week at Stamp-n-doodle we were asked to create something with an image called Snow Jamboree. It is a cute little image of some snow people playing music and singing Christmas songs. Please notice the adorable little bunnies and birds listening so intently, they are so cute. Here is what I came up with:

I used my prismacolor pencils to color the image, and I used some card stock from The Paper Company, Provocraft and DCWV. The ribbon source is unknown because it was given to me, and I popped up the image with some foam dimensionals. Of course I used my Spellbinder's Nestibilities circles to cut the image out. I am kind of bummed with the photo today, the blue card stock is pearlescent and that didn't show up on the photo, it looks cool in person.

Well, hop on over to the SND blog and the other DT ladies and see what they have created for you to see.

Still working on ornaments and my Zibbet store (urgh!).

Until next time......... Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Tuesday!!!!

2010-12-14T14:00:00.005-05:00

Yay, it is Soft Pencil Day! I make it no secret that Soft Pencil Day is my favorite day to blog, love her cute little images! I originally printed this weeks image out to put onto a card, but decided to alter a cardboard coaster with it instead to make an ornament. I get these packs of 6 coasters each at Michael's craft store, thinking I could do something paper craftery (I know, that is not a real word) with it. Well, all of a sudden the other day I came up with this Christmas ornament idea. So, watch my blog for some more ornaments in the next few days or so. Also, as soon as I finish this blog post, I am going to post this in my Zibbet store for sale.

So, first I colored Michu with my Prismacolor markers, then I added some Liquid Applique to the parts the Santa suit that are supposed to be fluffy. I let that dry overnight and then heated it with my heat gun. Next, I cut out my image with one of my circle nestibilities, and matted with my scalloped nestibilities. Then, I turned it upside down and used some tombo liquid glue to adhere the fringe fiber. Next I traced the coaster onto some card stock, and cut it out, adhered that to the coaster, then adhered the image to the coaster. The last thing was to cut a hole in the coaster with my crop-o-dile, and add the ribbon bow and loop to hang it with. The whole thing was so easy, run to your nearest Michael's and get some of these and make some for your self, or buy some from me. LOL. I have some others in the works with different images and colors, etc..... If you have an requests, send me an email (link on my sidebar).

Now, hop on over to the Soft Pencil blog and Etsy store and see what sales and cute images you can find there. Also, visit the other DT girls (links on my sidebar), and leave them some love for all of their hard work posting samples for you to get inspiration from!

Until next time...........Blessings, Lisa

P.S. Please excuse me, but I was unable to log-in to my Zibbet store, so stay tuned for updates on what is in there for sale! I may have to switch back to Etsy!

Stamp n Doodle Thursday!

2010-12-10T13:58:00.005-05:00

Except that it is Friday!!!!! So sorry I am late this week, I have been crazy busy helping my daughter's school get ready for a winter dance/party. In fact, I am late getting there to help set up, so I will just tell you that we were asked to work with a 3-D template for an Elf Shoe this week. 3-D items are definitely not my specialty, so I hope all of you like it. I toiled a looooonnnggg time with this one. I didn't have any cute pom poms to put on it, so here is what I did:

Some cute x-mas striped paper, some fringe, some red flowers from Prima, and some faux silver pearls and voila it was decorated. The longest part was putting the shoe together, but it is so cute once you get it there. The top of the shoe is open and you can stuff candy canes in it, Hershey kisses, whatever you like, and it will look adorable on a table with your other Xmas decor. Now, hop on over to the Stamp-n-doodle blog (click on the icon on my sidebar_, and see what the other DT ladies have come up with for this cute little shoe.

Until next time........ Blessings, Lisa

Stamp n Doodle Thursday!

2010-12-02T16:55:00.006-05:00

Welcome to Stamp-n-doodle Thursday! We were given an image of some caroling reindeer and asked to use that one or any other image that inspired us today. I chose the one that we were supposed to use last Thursday, because I was out of town for the holiday and didn't get to post with it. It is the cutest little critter under a big hat holding a snow shovel. I love this little guy, he is so cute! We got some snow flurries here in Ohio where I live and I felt inspired to use something snowy. So, look below, and enjoy the critter cuteness!

I used some smooch shimmer paint to color the hat and mittens, and the rest was colored with my prismacolor pencils. The card stock used is SU whisper White, DCWV shimmer blue, and an unknown patterned paper from my stash. The embellishments is a snowflake button from my button stash, sorry I can't remember where I got it from.

Hop on over to visit the other DT members and see what they came up with today, then go over to the SND blog (link on my sidebar), and see the wonderful Christmas and winter images they have to offer.

Until next time...........Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Tuesday!

2010-11-30T14:00:00.004-05:00

I must admit, I am a traditional Christmas color kind of girl, today's card with an adorable Christmas image from Soft Pencil is no exception.Do you see what I mean.......mostly red and green. Oh, I have stretched the boundaries before, and stepped out of my little traditional colored world, but you will find that I don't do that very often. I admire people who do, and when I see the non-traditional holiday colors on other people's creations, I like them. I even made a blue Valentine's card for my hubby last year. Anyhoo, it is hard to see in my photo, but I used some white flower soft on the snow that the two little girls are sitting in. Love that stuff!!!!!!! I have to wonder though, if I am using the wrong glue with it, because I am not happy with my handy work with it. So, I am taking a poll....Please tell me in your comment, what kind of glue do you use with Flower Soft?

Now, hop on over to the Soft Pencil Blog and Etsy store (link on my sidebar), and purchase some of the adorable digi images and other products that Elizabeth is offering. She is going to be re-designing her images, creating some new ones, etc.., so she has been running a big sale on tons of stuff at her Etsy store. Today, November 30th, is the last day of the sale, so move those fingers fast on your computer and get there to take advantage of the savings!!!!! Go, now!!!

Until next time........ Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Tuesday!!!!

2010-11-23T16:13:00.016-05:00

Happy Tuesday everyone! Is everyone here in the USA ready for a fabulous Thanksgiving meal? I get to eat two of them, one with my family (a rare occasion), and one with my husband's family! I am excited, I will also get to see two of my great nephews, which doesn't happen too often, and my 11 year old daughter is looking forward to entertaining her little cousins!

Anyhoo, lets see what Lisa has been doing with her Soft Pencil Images this week!!!! I have been a little under the weather this week, sinus drainage in the back of my throat has given me a sore throat (so much for my tonsils being taken out, haha), and a little bit of dizziness. I have been doing my best to rest as much as possible, but this is why I am so late today with my Soft Pencil post! Please forgive me everyone! We DT members got to work with an adorable new image called "Happy Sailors". I thought this image just screamed out Friendship! I colored the image mostly with my Stampin Up markers, but the sailors hair and rope were colored with a prismacolor marker. I remembered having some button embellishments of a nautical theme in my stash, so I added those to the card. I only wish they were all the same shade of blue, but I love them! I had so much fun with my Navy polka dot paper that I used on last week's image, I had to use it again! Hope you like it!

Next I have a Soft Pencil extra to share with you! I asked Elizabeth if she would make a Fall image of Michu jumping in a pile of leaves, and to my delight, she did, and offered it for free over on the Soft Pencil blog. I am also going to go load it up over on the Splitcoast Stampers website for Elizabeth, so you can pick it up there as well. Just go to the forums link at the top of the home page. If you have any trouble finding it at either location, feel free to click my email link requesting a copy.

Now, I colored the leaves with my Stampin Up Pastels (chalk), and Michu with a prismacolor marker. The strip of card stock is all I have left of that pattern (sniff, sniff) My fabulous friend and fellow DT member Kerry sent it to me. The card stock base is SU Crumb Cake, the rest is from DCWV. The ric rac is unknown from my stash. Of course the brown sticky gems were from Michael's. That sums it up for today!

Now, hop on over to the Soft Pencil blog and store, because they are having a big sale for the month of November, and then after the first of the year, Elizabeth will be opening a brand new store with lots of new images and other products for your crafting endeavors!!!!!!!! We DT members don't even know what all will be new! No fair!!!! I can't wait!!!!

Until next time.....Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Tuesday!

2010-11-16T13:30:00.001-05:00

Welcome back to Soft Pencil Tuesday! I have an adorable Christmas image to show you today. It is called "Merry Christmas". Here it is:
It is hard to see, but I used some white opal Liquid pearls on the snowflakes in the sky, and the ground all around the little house and tree were painted with SU's white shimmer paint. Unfortunately, I am not sure if they still carry it or not, but I do know that they are selling some Smooch Spritz this year that is shimmery. The navy polka dot paper is some retired SU dsp, and the white organdy ribbon is from Michael's dollar bin a long time ago.... Just a small bit of info on how I tied that bow, I actually cut a slit at the fold of the card base so feed the ribbon through, making it so much easier to tie the ribbon! Now, hop on over to visit the other DT members and see what cute creations they have come up with for today. Then....go visit the Soft Pencil store, as Elizabeth is offering an awesome sale for the month of November!!!!

Until next time....................Blessings, Lisa

Stamp n Doodle Thursday!

2010-11-11T12:03:00.002-05:00

Hello. I hope Thursday find everyone well. I have a cute image from Stamp-n-doodle to show you today. It is SND's version of the three angels with one of them less than perfect! Too cute! We were challenged to use Lace, Sparkle, and mostly white! I had a little trouble with mostly white, but I used very light blue, is that close?

I colored the image with my Prismacolor Pencils except for the wings, they are covered in Stickles diamond. The blue behind the angels is a polar blue from DCWV, and I cut the image out with a Labels 6 di-cut from Spellbinder's. The pearls and lace are from Michale's, and the button is again from DCWV. I hope you like it, and I also hope you go visit the other DT blogs and the SND blog, all of which can be found as links over on my sidebar.

Until next time.............Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Tuesday!

2010-11-09T11:21:00.005-05:00

Welcome back to Soft Pencil Tuesday! It is the time of year when we start to look for Calendars for the new year approaching. Elizabeth has created and listed in her shop some new digi image calendars! Yay, love these! I created with it a new desk calendar for my craft/computer room. Here is a pic of the how the image arrives to you via your computer.

Here is a picture of what I did with it! Yes, since my craft room is decorated in shades of Purple, I had to go with that. I just couldn't help myself. LOL

I had a small clipboard from the Target clearance section laying around waiting for the perfect alteration project. So, I went to work on it! I also brought my image up onto my freebie photo editing software called "Gimp", made two copies of it. This way I could keep the original in it's original form. I trimmed one copy to show only the calendar, and the other to show only the kitty image. Then I copy and pasted them both into separate Microsoft Word files, and changed their size to suit my needs, then printed them out onto some card stock. I cut each monthly calendar out, individually so that I could stack them on top of each other, and the year date to mat and place on the clipboard by itself. I covered the clipboard with some retired Stampin Up Designer paper, using my extra tacky tape, as the clipboard had a really slick surface to it. Next I covered the edges of the clipboard with some Purple Pigment ink that I had laying around. Pigment Ink takes forever to dry, I hardly ever use it for that reason. My daughter was laughing at me in fact because I had to wipe purple ink from my hands three times while I was working on this. All that was left was to add my elements to the clipboard. The Butterflies were cut out with my SU/Sizzix Beautiful Butterflies embosslit and retired Lovely Lilac Card stock. I added the Purple Satin Ribbon bow to the top with my foam pop dots, and voila, it is finished.

Now, hop on over to visit the other DT ladies and see what they have done with their calendars today! Lots of creative ideas will be seen I am sure of that!

Until next time........Blessings, Lisa

Stamp-N-Doodle Thursday

2010-11-04T20:16:00.008-04:00

Hello Peeps, I know it's late for me to be blogging today, but I will leave this post at the top of my blog for all day Friday as well. Last week we Stamp-n-doodle DT ladies had a sketch to work with for our card and image. Well, I didn't post last week, so I have two examples this week with that sketch to show you. I used the image from last week, and also the image for this week. I hope it provides you with double inspiration. Here is the sketch:

This one is this weeks image, a man and lady scarecrow. Aren't they cute? I love Fall images! For this card, I used Stampin Up's Crumb Cake for the card base, and the rest of the paper is from DCWV (Die Cuts With a View). The cute patterned paper with the funky leaves on it, was sent to me by my good Soft Pencil friend, Kerry! Thanks Kerry, you are too sweet to me! I used verious Stampin Up markers to color the image, a leaf punch from the Target dollar spot, and some ribbon that I found on sale last year or so at Hobby Lobby.

For this card using last week's SND image I used all Stampin Up card stock..... Bashful Blue, Almost Amethyst, Ballet Blue, and Whisper White. The sentiment was stamped in SU Ballet Blue ink. The bottom border was made with an EK Success punch called Scalloped Scallops of course the buttons in the corner were from DCWV with some retired SU silver string in them.

I hope everyone has a fabulous Friday and come back and visit me again, I am starting on my Christmas cards and all kinds of other things. You never know what I am going to post on here. Tee hee.

Before I go, I wanted to say a few words to a good friend of mine and a very sweet and kind lady who lost her beloved husband this past Sunday, Becca Feeken. Becca, was very supportive to me during a very sad time in my life and in fact encouraged me to start this blog. I am so very sorry to hear about her loss and Becca you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. May God Comfort you during this difficult time. If you want to see Becca's gorgeous paper crafting creations, please see the link on my sidebar; her blog is called "Amazing Paper Grace".

Until next time.................. Blessings, Lisa

Soft Pencil Tuesday!

2010-11-02T12:00:00.004-04:00

Hello, and I am so glad that today is election day in the US! I am so tired of getting election phone call recordings! OK, now that i got that off my chest, onto some cuteness! Halloween is over, Fall is still in full swing, and Thanksgiving and Christmas are on their way! So, Soft Pencil Designs is releasing some new images, and today I am showing off one of their new Christmas images! This week, we are showing you "Little Dog and Christmas Tree". It is so cute! Nope, no Michu today, but never fear Michu fans, he will return on future Soft Pencil days. Little Dog needed some much needed attention, and doesn't he look cute under that tree? He looks like he is one of the presents.

I want to explain something to you, it's a bit of an apology. The watermark is located directly over the image on my card for a reason. I was doing some design work for Sugar Creek Hollow, and the owner received an email thanking her for her beautiful work, and the person actually told her that she was going to print out the card front multiple times, and adhere it to blank cards for quick Christmas cards. That is stealing folks! That is stealing from the image creator, and the card creator! So, to protect myself and the companies that I design for, I will from now on (unless the companies tell me not to), be placing my watermark directly over the image on my creations! A lot of people don't realize how much hard work goes into digi images, designing and blogging with them, etc from the company owners down to us DT members. So, I am deeply sorry, if this is bothersome to all of my blog followers but it is a necessity.

Moving on, please don't ask me where the designer paper came from, it has been in my stash for at least 2 years now, I think the brand is Provo Craft. The layout is simple though, so any Designer paper that color coordinates would look great! The ribbon is definitely unknown, sorry, and I just had to add some sticky gems to the Christmas Tree where all of the little circles and flowers were on the image. The sticky gems are mostly from Michael's Craft Store, they have a ton of them right now in loads of colors, some of them marked down! Run out and get some! LOL. The sentiment was typed on Microsoft Word and printed, and the flower is a Prima brand flower.

Now, rush right on over to the Soft Pencil blog and store (link on my sidebar), and check out all of the new stuff Elizabeth has loaded up on there, and grab some stuff that she has on sale! Go, right now! Soft Pencil Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Until next time..........................Blessings, Lisa

Chi Chi Memories Day!

2010-10-27T12:00:00.007-04:00

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today is my last post as a guest design team member for Chi Chi Memories! However, I love their images, so I will still be using them and posting what I make with them. The images that I used today are from their new set called "Autumn Memories". It is so adorable. You need to hop on over to their blog and store and check out the entire set! I used "Little Bear", and the tree from the tree and house image of that set.

To create the frame that the image is in, I used my Spellbinder's Scalloped Frame di-cut, and to make the border on the card base, I used a combination of my Stampin Up scalloped border punch and it's coordinating corner punch. The leaves by little Bear's feet were made with a leaf punch that I got at the Target dollar spot a couple of years ago.

Before I sign off, I just want to thank the owner of CCM, Natalie, for the opportunity to be a guest DT member, I had a wonderful time and I will keep using CCM images.

Until next time..... Blessings,

2010-10-26T12:00:00.004-04:00

Hello and Happy Tuesday to everyone! Today is Soft Pencil Day! It is kind of a dark dreary, and very windy day here in Ohio. In fact, I just had to go shut all of my windows because it is now pouring down rain! Phew, the wind was blowing it in and getting my furniture wet. Yuck! However, the upside is that we so needed this rain, everything is brown and dead.

Anyhoo, We DT ladies got to work with the image called "Michu and the Cute Witch" this week! They are a cute pair , don't you think?
I went completely blank on how to design my card! So, I got out my designer paper and cutting tools, and thought....hmmmm...... circles. So, I cut out some circles at random sizes and voila, the card above was created! I then punched out a bat with my Martha Stewart bat punch, because I love it so much, and placed it on one of the circles. Of course I had some black sticky gems, so I had to add those. Love my sticky gems!

So, hop on over to the other DT member's blogs and the Soft Pencil blog and see what other cuteness you can find today! I promise, there will be lots of cuteness!

Until next time......... Blessings, Lisa

Stamp n Doodle Thursday!

2010-10-21T21:40:00.004-04:00

Hello, and Happy Thursday! Yes, I am late today which seems to be the story of my life this week. Anyhoo, we Stamp-n-doodle design team members had an adorable Halloween image to work with this week. I forget the name, so I am going to go with Witch's Shoes. We were challenged to emboss, use a bat and add glitter. So, I tried heat embossing on a digi image for the first time, and I added glitter to the bat that I used! I had fun making this, I hope you enjoy looking at it.

I am not sure how other people heat emboss a digi image, but this is how I did it! The cool thing about heat embossing a digi image is that you can emboss only a portion of the image if you want to and not the whole image. I got out my Versamarker, and colored only the cat portion of the image with it. Then, I added fine, clear embossing powder to it shake off the excess and heat set with a heat gun. Of course, the awesome and shiny embossing did not show up very well on the photo! Urgh! I also used some embossed glittered designer paper on the card too. The bat was made with a Martha Stewart Bat punch, then I added some black glitter to it using my SU Glue pen. So, I went a little overboard with the embossing and glitter, but oh well, it was fun. Now, tomorrow (Friday) go over to the Stamp-n-doodle blog (click on the store logo on my sidebar), and see all of the DT creations with this adorable image and also visit their blogs and leave them some kind words for their hard work.

Until next time..............Blessings, Lisa

Chi Chi Memories Day!

2010-10-20T15:19:00.006-04:00

More Chi Chi Memories Cuteness to share today! The image is called "Hugs", and isn't it cute?! It would look cute on so many things, a scrapbook page, a Mother's Day card or a birthday card for mom from her daughter.
Anyhoo, here is what I used to make this card: Stampin Up Lavender Lace and Pretty in Pink card stock, retired SU ribbon from the set Flirty, Sparkle brad from Michael's, Circle and Scallop Circle Spellbinder's Nestibilities, and Sizzix embossing folder from Thank You set #4. Hope you enjoy it's cuteness, and then head over to the CCM blog and store and see all of the other cute images they have to offer!

Until next time........Blessings,