'Smile'

A super easy and quick card this morning.  I love polka dots and don't use my papers as much as I should, so decided to paper piece this little guy from The Alley Way Stamps and play along with the Ways to Use it challenge at Splitcoast.  

I stamped this guy onto dp then cut him out so I could glue him to my card front.  I added glossy accents to is nose to make it shiny.

Thanks so very much for coming by to take a look. 

 Hope you 'smile' today.

Supplies:  stamps; The Alley Way, The Cat's PJ's/ designer paper/ glossy accents/ memento bl

Happy Circles

Good Morning.  Doesn't everyone need a shot of 'HAPPY' for a Friday!  Well here is a card I created for a few challenges: 

 Splitcoast; Primary Colours

Seize the Birthday; Anything Goes

Simple, easy card filled with happy.  I stamped the circles from The Alley Way Stamps and coloured them in with Copic markers.  I then drew in some black lines and added the sentiment from Paper Smooches.  

Long weekend on the agenda...can't believe the summer is over the kiddos will be back to school on Tues.  Wow....where did the summer go??

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamp; The Alley Way, Paper Smooches/ Copic markers/ black line pen

Looking for the OLW this week.....go HERE.

Caught a Bug??

This week is flying by....the whole summer for that matter....where did July go??  I am adding my card to the challenge today at Splitcoast - ways to use it.  This little 'bug' is a part of a set from The Alley Way Stamps.  

I began by stamping the bottles across the bottom of my card then I masked around one of them so I could stamp that little guy inside of the bottle.  I coloured him and the lids using Copics then I added Glossy Accents to his nose for shine.

We are heading into a long weekend here in Ontario, Canada...looking forward to it!

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; The Alley Way/ Copics/ Glossy Accents/ twine/ Memento bl

Pow, Bam Congrats!

It's Sunday and I am just having fun playing with my stamps and playing along with a few challenges too.  Playing along with the Featured Stamper challenge at Splitcoast,  The CASology Challenge (neon) and the Birthday Card Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.  

Wanna get more mileage from your stamps??  This card show how you can do that!  The green splats were created by inking up the back of a clear stamp.  The clear will stick on either side to your acrylic block.  I love the look it created.  I cleaned the stamp after using the green, turned it over to the right side then stamped the explosion looking images in black right on top of the green.  You could use that technique for so many images.  The bkg. is a lined notebook page.

Enjoy your day and thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamp; bkg. Hero Arts, The Alley Way/ Memento inks

Sending You a Posy

It's Saturday and I am playing along with a few challenges today; Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge, (pictured below), My Time to Craft (masking) and Simon Says Stamp; Anything Goes.  I started by choosing a green that was close to the colour of the dress.  On the square panel, I masked the edges then stamped the flower from The Alley Way several times.  I then stamped it again and punched it out with a circle punch to add to the side of my card.  I love the fresh, bright feel of the green.  

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look...very appreciated!!  Have a good one.

Supplies:  stamps; The Alley Way, WPlus9/ Memento ink/ circle punch/ pop dots/ pearl

Bring on the Summer!

Happy First Day of Summer!  We wait for it.....we look forward to it....we think it will never get here....YEAH.  Today I am playing along with the challenge at Splitcoast; A Quick One and the Simon Says Stamp challenge; summer fruits.  What better way to celebrate it then a nice sunny yellow glass of lemonade.  

This is a new set from The Alley Way Stamps.  I stamped the glass but instead of pop dotting it, when I cut it out I left tabs on either side so I could round it and glue it to my card front.  I coloured it with Copics and decided to pop up the Squeezy.  

Hope you enjoy a wonderful summery day where you are.  Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; The Alley Way/ Copics/ Memento ink

I Quite Like You

This morning when I checked out the challenge at Splitcoast; make a one layer card, I just knew I wanted to play along.  Also the challenge at Addicted to CAS, circles just inspired me to make this card.  

I started by punching a hole so I could stamp the bright blue flower on the inside of my card.  I added the circle border and sentiment then went back in with a white Signo gel pen and added the dots to the center of the flower.  Easy and fresh.

Hope your week is going well and thanks so much for taking the time to come and have a peek.

Supplies:  stamps; The Alley Way, WPlus9/ Memento ink/ circle punch/ twine

You Warm My Heart

It's Sunday morning and here is a quick card I made for the Featured Stamper challenge at Splitcoast today.  Simple and straight-forward.  The hot water bottle is coloured with Copics and then I applied Glossy Accents to the center heart to make it pop.  

Enjoy your day and thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; The Alley Way, Whipper Snapper/ Glossy Accents/ twine/ pop dots/ Copics

Warm Fuzzies

Good Monday Morning.  So grateful to see the sun shining!  Just a bit of happy today with a card I made last week using a new set from The Alley Way Stamps.  I stamped the little guy and coloured with Copics.  I added Glossy Accents to their noses for a little extra pop of colour.

Hope you have a great week and thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; The Alley Way/ Glossy Accents/ pop dots/ Copic markers/ Memento black

OLW141- Repeat After Me

Welcome to another week for the OLW Challenge (One Layer Wednesdays).  This week the challenge is:

Repeat After Me- create a repeat background using the same stamp.  

My card masculine card was created by stamping the background with the explosion stamp from The Alley Way on an angle and then just colouring one of the explosions with Copics.  I stamped the sentiment and coloured it the same then for a 'POP', I added Glossy Accents to the coloured areas.  Quick and easy and perfect for one of my little guys having a birthday.

Really hope you get a chance to play along this week.  Here are all the details:

OLW141 RULES

1. Create a one-layer card.  That is defined as a single layer of card stock folded in half. No other layers      
    allowed!

2. Create a card with a repeated background pattern using one stamp.  Add a link to your card if you can.                
   Remember to keep embellishments  to a minimum and NO ADDITIONAL LAYERS of cardstock.

3. Post your card online and link it to the InLinkz button underneath.  If you link to your blog, please link to  

    the specific post, not your blog’s main page.

4. HAVE FUN! I am looking forward in seeing what you create!