It's me again!

 A person with a blog should post at least every two years right?  Well, I moved. The basement was unfinished. That took a year and I now have a fabulous craft room.  But wait... now I need to remodel the kitchen. So here I am two years later and I have the new craft room, bought myself a Silhouette Cameo 4, and a new laser printer.  Now I am out of excuses.

So I went to my favorite inspiration blog, 

Double "D" Challenges - Lemons or Yellow as your focus

This is my entry

This is one of many Star Jamlines digis that I bought off of Etsy a year or so ago. I went back to see if there was anything new and Star JamLines is no longer selling on Etsy.  Trinity Stamps is selling gnomes that look like they may be by the same artist.  

Before I colored him up with my Zig watercolor brush markers, I scanned the image into my Silhouette and traced him. Since I wanted to pop up his hands and the flowers, so I isolated them and cut them separately with the Silhouette. It took a little work to do this, but it's saved for me to use whenever. 

 

I fell in love again with the first touch of the watercolor marker.  I had so much fun creating that I really have to make more cards.  (I still struggle with posting.)

Used for this card:

Star JamLines digi
"Smile" from Silhouette Design Store
Zig watercolor markers
water color pencil (for the beard)
pop-dots
White Cardstock
Yellow Cardstock 
Stitched die frame (Not sure what company)

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Happy Valentines Day

Hope wherever you are, you are warm. Windchill is -18 here in northwest Iowa. 

Today I am sneaking in on the last day of Double D's Valentine Love Challenge.

Using the image in the upper left, I created this card mostly with my Silhouette Cameo cutting machine.

Even the inside sentiment is from the Silhouette Design Store.

Recipe:

Silhouette Design Store
     #18961 Build a House (Card shape and window)    
     #119906 Spring Wreath
     #37699 Love Swirl
     #118742 3D Rolled Flower
     #54644 Happy Valentine's Day.

Other
     Cherry Lynn B162 Lace Corner Die
     Hobby Lobby gemstone heart
     Hobby Lobby small pink flower
     Hobby Lobby white pearls
     Joann Store's Park Lane woodgrain cardstock
     Misc. stock - ribbon & door knob
     

Have a great Valentine's Day. 

     

Stitched and Quilted

Would you believe that since I've started blogging in 2010, I've probably made less than 10 baby cards?  Even though they are so adorable and fun to make, I just haven't need to make many.

The Double "D" Challenge - Featured inspired me again.

Just look at all that quilting and they upper right has all those cute critters. My stitched dies are my most favorite, so I grabbed that IO Patchwork Elephant Die that I've had a couple of years and never used and cut up some pretty paper scraps. The double stitched frame is a rectangular die that I cut twice and mitered the corners to form a square frame. 

What's a baby card without lace? I went to my Silhouette Cameo to help me out and I found a design that worked perfect.

I used a really yummy We Are Memory Keepers embossing folder. 

This is possibly the most precious sentiment in my entire collection. I used the inside of one of those double stitched frame and accented it with some pretty  3D heart stickers.

Supplies:

Dies -      IO Die425-L Patchwork Elephant
                Divinity Designs - Double Stitched Rectangles 

                Die Namics - Double Stitched Oval
                Silhouette Design Studio - Lace Frame

EF           We are Memory Keepers
Stamp -   Verve
Paper   -   I'm pretty sure it is DCWV
Stickers - From my stash

Challenges:
Double "D" Challenge - Featured

On a humorous note.. there was something I did not notice this until I edited the photo. A die that overlaps the background paper cropped a word and I'm not sure what I will do about it. Maybe some more hearts or a bow?? Can you find it?

Naughty or Nice

Meet Bismarck.  I've had this digi for probably 10 years and I'm not sure I've ever colored him up. 

The bone had to be cut to fit the image inside the frame.

I tried something different with this image.  I colored it with Zig markers and used Copic Opaque White and I really like how it turned out.  The Copic Opaque really works well with water colors. You can use it on top of the water color for texture or mix it with color before applying it to the image.

I am not sure the inside goes with the outside of this card.  I was just remembering that first year with our American Bulldog, Lulu.  She ate my husbands chair, carpet off the steps and drywall!!

Supply List:
Mo's Digital Pencil - Bismarck
Silhouette Design Studio (inside sentiment)
Zig Markers
Copic Opaque White
Die-namics Oval Frames
Provo Crafts (trees)
Memory Box Stitched Square Layers (inside)
Recollections Valentines Day Paper Pad
We R Memory Keepers Embossing Folder
Bling from a friend

I'm entering Bismarck in the Double D's Challenge "Snuggle Up Buttercup!!" 

Just a Couple of Witches

Samistamps (Etsy) 

Molly Harrison Fantasy Art (Etsy)

Silhouette Design Studio