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Hello friends!  I am excited to tell you that I have been asked to join the TTCRD Design Team!  How cool is that?  This weeks challenge is sponsored by All Dressed Up Digital Stamps by Wendy Burns.  The image I choose is I Love My Puppy.

Isn't this a sweet image?  She's been colored with Copics.  The finished card size is 5 1/2 X 5 1/2 inches.  Please check out what the other designers have created.  They have all done a fantastic job!  Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you will join in the fun by playing in the challenge.  You can find all the details here.

Have a great week!

Hugs and smiles,

Janice

Make It Crafty DT Inspiration Coloring Wood

Hello friends!  Tonight I would like to share a Make It Crafty scene made with the Country Cottage digital images.  This month's Colouring Challenge #7, Spring Is In The Air, has two levels of difficulty.  The easy challenge is to color Spring flowers and trees.  The hard challenge is to color wood, plants and trees and make them look realistic.  Here is my card.

I combined several images to create my scene.  Cottage Elements, Pot Plants, Wooden Wall, and Wooden Window.  I must apologize again for not writing down the colors.  I used so many different colors and so many layers until I came up with the look I was trying to achieve.  I wanted a weathered mossy look to the cottage.  Does it look that way to you?  I hope so.  I love these challenges, because they really encourage you to keep practicing and trying new things.  I am so excited because I am going to Texas this weekend for a Colouring Retreat and I am going to meet some extremely talented colouring artists.  I have never been to Texas and I am going to meet Zoe from Australia and Make It Crafty, Barbara from Little Miss Muffet Stamps, and Christy Croll from Tiddly Inks along with 20 or so colouring enthusiasts.  It is going to be FUN!!!  I probably won't post again until I return.  Have a great night!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

DT Inspiration Make It Crafty Cottage Images

Hi friends!  I would like to share a couple of cards with you tonight featuring some of the new Country Cottage digital stamps by Make It Crafty.  I love this release.  There are so many possibilities for card design.  You can use a single image as the focal point or blend several images to create a fun, relaxing scene.  Here is one made with the watering can from the Potted Plant Collection.

Just a sweet simple card made with one image.  For my next card I again used the Potted Plant Collection with a different pot of flowers and combined it with the bird bath from the Cottage Elements Collection.  I also used the Birds and Butterflies digi elements to complete my little scene.

For the grassy border I used a stamp for the light green leafy part along with some hand drawn squiggles.  The darker green grass was hand drawn.  Everything was colored with copics except for the white clouds and the stamped leafy border.   I used a Stampin' Up white chalk marker for the clouds.   I will have more cards to share using the Country Cottage images very soon.

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Make It Crafty New Digi's

Hi friends!  I would like to share a card with you tonight using a brand new digital stamp called Friendly Flower Sprites by Make It Crafty.  I also used a new pre-made scene called Country View.  I think it made the perfect scene.

I used copics to color the images.  The background die cut was cut from a Die-namics Die called Fishnet Cover-up.  The die cut clouds were cut from a My Creative Time die called Stitched Cartoon Cloud Dies.  The finished card size is 6"x6".

Copics used:

Grass:  YG11  YG13  YG17  YG23  YG67  G24  G99

Sprites body:  YG11  YG23 Y02

Purple flower:  BV00  V15  V17  V22  V09  V12  BV17

Pink flower:  RV02  RV04  RV21

The sky was colored with B00 and BV00 for a little shadow under the clouds.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

New Challenge at Make It Crafty

Hello friends!  We have a new FB Challenge at Make It Crafty.  We decided to change it up a bit.   Rather than do a sketch, we are making a Pop Up Box Card.  I used this tutorial.

There are so many ways you can decorate this box.  I used the FB March dollar digi, Frenchie Valerie.  Each month Make It Crafty offers a dollar digi along with other specials throughout the month.  To get in on all the fun join the private facebook group here.

I printed the image several times so I could cut out the ice cream cone to decorate the layers of the box.  I also used the Kissing Booth digital stamp to make the Ice Cream stand.  I printed the kissing booth onto patterned paper and cut it out.

I hope you feel inspired to give it a try.  It's fun!

Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Polka Dot Pals Daisy

Hello friends!  Today I have another card that I have entered into the Birthday Challenge at Little Miss Muffet Stamps.  I used Polka Dot Pals Daisy.

I paper pieced her dress and headband, then colored the rest with Copics.  I sponged pearlescent sky blue around the edges.  The border was cut with a Memory Box die, called Tessatina.  This is for Challenge 79-Happy Birthday.

Just a few hours left to play along.  Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Little Miss Muffet's Challenge

Hello Everyone!  Today I am sharing a card I made with Melba Flora Hatter, rubber stamp by Little Miss Muffet Stamps.  I purchased a grab bag of stamps and this is one of the stamps I received.  Cute huh?

I am entering this card in the Little Miss Muffet Challenge 79-Happy Birthday.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,

Janice

Make it Crafty at Little Miss Muffet Stamps Blog Hop

Did you hear the news?! Make it Crafty and Little Miss Muffet Stamps are coming together again, and this time on a long term basis. What does this mean?  You've seen us combine for Releases and Blog Hops, and now we're getting together in the Little Miss Muffet Stamps Store! Make it Crafty's gorgeous Rubber Stamps are now available in the Little Miss Muffet Stamps Store, so you'll have more choices, more variety and more coloring projects to shop for!

To celebrate, the Design Teams from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and Make it Crafty have put together a Blog Hop to share some inspiration on the latest Make it Crafty Release, featuring the adorable little Tress and Spring Garden Elements... you will be able to create the most adorable scenes. The Girls have done an outstanding job and you're going to love it!  Hopefully, you have arrived from Little Miss Muffet Stamps Blog.

Prizes

Blog Hops and prizes go hand in hand and this one is no exception...

You can win a $20 Gift Certificate to the Little Miss Muffet Stamps Store! Make sure you leave comments on all stops along the way and TWO random winners will be announced on the Little Miss Muffet Stamps Blog on Saturday 22 February.

Discounts

Between now and Sunday 23 February, you'll automatically receive 15% off Make it Crafty Rubber Stamps, PLUS, you'll receive a free surprise gift in your mail parcel!

I used Tress Dancing and Spring Pebble Ground.  I also used Spring Branch.

I used Copics to color this scene.  I used a piece of fabric and colorless blender to add texture to her jeans.  I also used color pencil to add some shading to her jeans as well.

You need to head over to Audrey's next, but before you go, don't forget, comments mean a chance to win prizes!

If you're a little lost, here's a list of the complete Blog Hop...

Janice

Audrey

Faye

Andrea

Carla

Rebecca

Zoe

Kathy

Barbara

Marika

Michelle

Amy

Little Miss Muffet Stamps FaceBook Group

Thanks so much for joining the Little Miss Muffet Stamps and Make it Crafty Blog Hop :)

More Coloring FUN! Make It Crafty

Hello friends!  Just wanted to share a few cards with you using Make It Crafty Digital stamps.   I used Summer Dreams and Sunflower Garden to make this card.  I was inspired by Zoe's beautiful card here.  When I saw her card, I just had to have her!  Since I am longing for warmer days I paired Summer Dreams with Sunflower Garden.  This scene definitely feels like summer!

I used Copics and colored pencils to color her up!  Next I used Classy Victoria to make this sweet card.  I still need lots of practice with those ruffles, but I think she is not too bad!

 I used Bailey Blowing Kisses for my final card.  I made this card for my niece's little girl.  She has received it already so I am sharing it with you.  She was colored with Polychromos colored pencil.  Isn't she a cutie?

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,

Janice

Make It Crafty FB DT Inspiration

Hello friends!  Today I have some Make It Crafty inspiration.  This months dollar digi is Whoopsie Cupid.  To purchase him for one dollar, just join the Make It Crafty private facebook group and ask for the special code.  Make It Crafty is a great place to hang out if you love to color, and meet some friendly, talented people.

I used Copics and Polychromo colored pencils to color this fun stamp.  I also used the Grass digi stamp.  The leaves were cut from a Lawn Fawn die and the clouds, from a My Creative Time stitched cartoon cloud die.  I used the current MiC FB sketch challenge #6.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Hugs and smiles,

Janice