It's an InSyle Saturday!

Happy Saturday everyone!! Are you ready for Easter, 'cause the Easter Bunny comes tonight!! Maybe he'll leave some stamping goodies for us?? Ok, a girl can dream can't she?? I really hope he brings us a cure for the stomach virus that my daughter has. I'm running on no sleep for a couple of days now. It's not pretty!!!

What is pretty though is that I have a cute card that I made using InStyle Stamps Anime image Lizzie. Isn't she the cutest? I left the sentiment off the front of the card but you could use her for birthdays, get well, congrats, thinking of you, thanks, you get the picture! She's perfect for any occasion.

I used some super yummy paper from Daisy Bucket, with Bazzill cardstock. I cut Lizzie out with my new Spellbinders Nestie that I got at Susana's Custom Art & Card Design. She has an amazing selection of all the new stuff, so go take a look!! I colored Lizzie with my copics and used my Inkssentials white gel pen, also from Susana's, for some subtle highlights. I used ribbon and Hero Arts flowers that I dyed to match my image and some sparkle brads.

A simple card design that lets my image take center stage. I love that!! For the inside, I simply cut some of my DP and used it at the top and bottom of the insert. I hope you enjoy my card. I'm glad you stopped by to visit and be sure and come back again tomorrow if you can.

I'll have MY VERY FIRST sneak peek of a new release stamp from InStyle Stamps!!! You won't want to miss it!! Happy Easter and have a wonderful evening!

It's Flutterby Wednesday Again!!

Hi Everyone!!!

It's Flutterby Wednesday again and our challenge for this week is to use blues and purples on our cards. You can play along with us by simply making a butterfly card using blues and purples and let us know that you did by tagging your PCP or SCS gallery entries with FBW45. We want to see your creations so be sure to try our challenge and if you've been playing all along, we hope you're having as much fun as we are!! Please be sure to check out our entire team and leave us some love!! You can find all of our links over on my righthand sidebar. You can also find our links on Danni's blog.


Now onto my card!! I made my card this week using a Stampin Up set called Merci. This is a cute set with an adorable sketch butterfly. I kept my card simple so that this image would really stand out since I stamped it in a lovely purple ink.

I used Three Bugs in a Rug DP in really pretty purples and teal blues. I cut our my butterfly with my square nesties and inked some Hero Arts flowers with the same purple ink I used to stamp my butterfly and sentiment. I used blue dew drops in the centers of the flowers and on my sentiment block as well. I made a slit in the spine of my card and tied the pretty blue and brown ribbon on to finish off my card.

I hope you like my card for this week. I would love to hear your comments so please leave me some love if you stop by today. I really enjoy reading everyone's comments. I would also love to have some more followers, so if you want me to tell you when I update my blog, please be sure to sign up today. Be sure you come back tomorrow to see what I have planned for you !! Thank you for stopping by. I really appreciate you.


Recipe:
Paper: Three Bugs in a Rug
Stamps: Stampin Up
Ink: VersaMagic
Flowers: Hero Arts
Other: Ribbon May Arts, Dew Drops by the Robin's Nest, ink dauber, nesties

Lily the Fairy

Happy Thursday to you!! Depending on where you live, it's a cold Thursday!! I wanted to share my Lily the Fairy card. I just love this image from Pink Cat Studio!! She is perfect for lots of occasions. My daughter is in love with this little fairy!

For my card I used some beautiful Cloud Nine glittered paper-perfect for a fairy! I colored her with my copics and cut her out with my nesties Label One set. My sentiment was cut from the scalloped round circle nestie. I embossed the blue and purple layers with my Cuttlebug. One is the swiss dots folder and the other is the birds and swirls folder. The flowers are Imaginisce.

And here's a closeup of this little cutie!! IRL her face is not orange, I promise!!

I hope you like her. Thanks for stopping by today to take a look. Please come back and check out my little corner of the crafting world tomorrow!

Recipe:

Pink Cat Studio Image

Copics

Paper: Cloud 9, Bazzill

Stamp: Hero Arts (sentiment)

Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities

Embossing: Cuttlebug

Other: brads (K & Co), flowers (Imaginisce), Memento Ink

Bye for now, Cathy.

My Happy Butterfly

Hi everyone. Today is Wednesday and that means that it is Flutterby Wednesday! My card today has a very happy butterfly on it! I decided to make a round card for a change. My daughter wanted me to use this stamp so I inked it up and colored it in with my copics. I used Making Memories paper and really made this cute little guy bling. I love Prisma glitter by Hero Arts. It really shines. It's hard to capture the glittery shine with the camera, but trust me, it is very sparkly. It is also very hard to see the dimension in the photo. I used big pop dots to pop up my butterfly and sentiment. I decided to use tulle at the top of my card instead of ribbon, just to change it up a bit (plus it's pretty)! I used my Scor-Pal to score the top of the card so it would open nicely.


Remember, you can play along too! If you make a butterfly card and upload it to a gallery at SCS or PCP be sure to use the keyword: FBW40. Don't forget, Danni has blog candy with no fat or extra calories!! Check out the details at Danni's blog. Be sure to check out the fabulous creations the other members of our team have posted by clicking on their links on my sidebar.

Finally, here it is! I hope you like it!






Thanks for stopping by my blog and be sure to come back soon and see what I am up to next.

See you soon, Cathy.

My Recipe:

Paper: Making Memories, Bazzill
Stamps: Stampendous, A Muse Artstamps
Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities ribbon tags
Other: Copics, Coluzzle, Quickie Glue Pen, Prisma glitter by Hero Arts, brads, Martha Stewart gems, tulle, Memento ink , pop dots

Sophia's Friend

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today is my first day as a featured stamper for Flutterby Wednesdays and I couldn't be more excited. Be sure to check out all the details at Danni's blog. You can play along by creating a card with a butterfly on it. Danni is going to have BLOG CANDY at the end of the month, so be sure to participate and check our blogs each week for more great designs and more details.

Remember, if you upload to a gallery on SCS or PCP use the Keyword: FBW39.

Now onto my card for the week. I chose this adorable Paper Pretties image of Sophia with a butterfly that Danni sent me. Sophia is so sweet, cute and so much fun to color. I colored her with copics. I used Making Memories designer paper from the Noteworthy line. This paper is so soft and pretty and was available in my stash. Gotta love that! I hope you enjoy.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoy my card and my blog. Be sure to leave me some love if you like it!! Remember, I'm new to the blogging world so please be gentle. I am loving blogging and sharing my creations and you will be seeing more as the days go on and my studio gets cleaned up and organized. Thanks again for stopping by.

Cathy

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Pretties, Great Impressions

Patterned Paper: Making Memories

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, Georgia Pacific

Ink: Memento, Tuxedo Black, Angel Pink

Other: Copics, Spellbinders Nestabilities, ribbon-May Arts

Sweet Pigtails

Happy Tuesday everyone. Look at this sweet little girl!! She is a digi download from Squigglefly.com. It was so easy to download her, resize and print onto cardstock. I love, love, love her. I paper pieced her dress, purse and shoes (yes I cut out the little tops of her shoes). It was so worth it-how cute. I colored the rest of her with my copics. This My Mind's Eye paper is adorable, I will using a lot of it, I'm sure. I cut out the oval with my nesties and popped her up on pop dots along with the sentiment. I wanted to actually sew on my card, but I was too tired so I "hand sewed" with my pen.

Here's a closeup of this cutie:

I hope you like her as much as I do. Thanks for stopping by.



Supplies:

Paper: My Mind's Eye

Cardstock: Bazzill

Image: Squigglefly

Sentiment stamp: A Muse Artstamps

Other: Spellbinder Scalloped Nesties, Copics, pop dots, Zig Millenium pen, Memento Ink (sentiment)