Ahoy! Matey!

Have you ever seen a dragon pirate (or is it pirate dragon)? This one is just adorable! The ship deck and water background, keg, box, cannonballs and the pirate are all digi images from Dustin Pike.

They are all colored with Prismacolor markers and Prismacolor pencils. The images are layered for a 3D effect. There's a little bit of stitching on the paper layers and some big waves stitched inside. The embossed background paper is inked in gold as are the edges of the various paper layers.

The challenge this week at Creative Card Crew is to make a card with a scene. I've entered this card.

Where to win some Delight this week!

Here's another really nice challenge that you can win some Digital Delights by Louby Loo. Go check it out.

A Bear Knight

Don't we all need a knight in shining armor to guard our castle? Check this guy out. A cute bear knight and his horse, guarding the castle. The bear knight and his horse are Dustin Pike digital images and the castle is Whiff of Joy. I've used several layers of paper, stitched around the edges, some silver corners and silver brads. The images are colored with Prismacolor markers and pencils and they are layered for a 3D effect.

Friday Freebie at Digital Delights

Look at this mouse! Isn't it just the cutest thing you've seen? Want it? Its yours for free this week at Digital Delights by Louby Loo. Go get it now and get creative! Maybe you want to use it to play along at the Delightful Sketches #2 Challenge.

Journey

Here's my second sample for the Delightful Sketches Challenge #2. I started with a blank journal with a black cover and covered it with coordinating papers in shades of green. The image used here is Digital Delights by Louby Loo's Pip and Poppet. It was printed and colored with Prismacolor pencils then laminated to protect it with handling of the journal. It is raised above the surface of the journal for a little dimension. There's some flowers and stitching. Lots of ribbons on the binding wires! The little sign held by the squirrel says Journey

Don't forget to go take a peek at the other samples at the design team's blogs listed in the left column or at Delightful Sketches.

New Sketch Challenge is up at Delightful Sketches

It's a good one! Be sure to check out all the Design Team samples at Delightful Sketches. Here's one of my samples.

This is the Teddy Angel design from Digital Delights by Louby Loo. I covered the cloud with tufts of cotton and the little tiny wings are covered with glass micro beads. The image is printed and then colored with Prismacolor markers and pencils. There's just a little stitching and some buttons. The little sentiment simply says Welcome. This card would be ideal for a new baby.

Don't forget to go see the winners of Delightful Sketches 1st Challenge and see who the guest designer is! A gorgeous card. They were all fantastic and it was a hard choice to make!

Where to win some Digital Delight

Creative Inspirations has posted their weekly challenge today and the winner will get some spending money at Digital Delights!

Go check it out!

You also have a few hours left at Delightful Sketches to get an entry in there for some free digi designs.

Freebie at Digital Delights by Louby Loo

Hi everyone. I've been away for a few days and am behind in blogging and card making, but wanted to remind you that you can get this freebie over at Digital Delights by Louby Loo. Better go grab it before it's replaced with a new one next friday....

Wanna win some Digital Delights?!

Check out this week's Challenge at Every-Body-Art challenge blog. It's a very simple challenge .... Create something on the line of Summertime .

Winner of this challenge gets $20.00 towards Digital Delights by Louby Loo images.

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Don't forget the Delightful Sketches challenge going on until July 9, where you have a couple of ways to win more Digital Delights images ... random drawing this week and then winner based on creativity next week. Same challenge.... two chances! Plus you could be in the Designer Spotlight!

You Rock My World!!

Got playing with some more digital images. These are Dustin Pike's and so cute! Though it is hard to tell from the photos, the whole middle panel 'rocks' back and forth.

This card is an entry in the Clear Dollar Stamps Guest Designer Challenge.

Images ares digital, printed and colored with Prismacolor markers and Prismacolor pencils, then entire surface heat embossed. Papers are Bazzill and DCWV.I've included my usual stitching (can't make a card without it!) and there's a bit of ribbon and a star brad.

Oh, Look! A Digital Delights Freebie!

Want to try one of the Digital Delights by Louby Loo? Wendy has started Freebie Friday and you need to HOP on over there and download it while it's free. It will remain free until the next Friday Freebie becomes available.

If you haven't tried a digi before, now's your chance. You will love it.... you get to control what size image you want to use for your creation!

Check out what Lisa did with this freebie design!

Don't forget about Delightful Sketches first sketch challenge going on... participate in that and you have a couple of chances to win free designs as well as a Guest Designer spotlight!

Today is the day!

The Americana Collection

Digital Delights by Louby Loo's new releases

Perfect for Fourth of July, Our Troops, Scrapbooks, any Patriotic occasion!

Are these images of Digital Delights great or what? And this is just 2 of the new releases available now.

My designs using these images are journals.

The images have been printed and colored then assembled like a card front would be. The one thing I did different here was that I laminated the images. I figure they'll be handled more than a card, so why not protect them from smudges, etc.

Meet Flyin' High Ridley

and Riveting Rosie!

I covered the journals with cardstock, a relatively thin cardstock so it would cover easily. The left side verticals and bottom horizontals are paper strips, not ribbon, and they are stitched down the edges, as is the outer edge of the main paper layer. Riveting Rosie is layered then laminated. Flyin High Ridley is cut out and laminated. Both are raised off the journal, giving a little depth. Flyin' High Ridley's plane wing has buttons over the original stars. They just happened to be the exact size of the image stars so I cut the shanks off and stuck them on. Riveting Rose has some screw brads to portray Rivets.

Want to see the other samples from this Americana Collection? ... check out the other Design Team Members' blogs (links on the left sidebar). Along with Riveting Rosie and Flyin' High Ridley, you'll find Officer Oakley, Private Peter, Patriotic Ridley and Americana Sentiments

Don't forget that when you buy Digital Delights by Louby Loo, it's instant satisfaction... you get them immediately... no waiting for the mail man. And what's even nicer is you can print them whatever size you need. Make 'em big or small... it's your choice!

Not only is today the release of The Americana Collection, but also the start of Delightful Sketches challenges with a couple of ways to win and a new challenge every two weeks. Check it out at here!. Here is the Sketch for the first challenge that my samples above were designed from.

Hop over there now and check out the ways to win and the new designs. Can't wait to see what you can do with this sketch.

Sneak a peek here...

It's Day 3 of the sneak peeks for the new releases over at Digital Delights by Louby Loo, coming Wednesday, 6/24. Check it out! Here is just a glimpse of what's to come tomorrow!

Here are the previous sneak peaks: Kelly , Wendy, Stephanie.

Digital Delights Sneak Peeks.....

Louby Loo has new releases coming out Wednesday and you will love what's coming! Take a look at the sneak peek on Stephanie's blog and there's another peek on Wendy's blog . I'll be back tomorrow with one here, so check back.

A Card Aquarium!

These little fish are swimming by in the card aquarium. It could be a card for Birthday Fishes or Best Fishes, or maybe Fish You Were Here. They have been placed behind a piece of acetate. They are popped up themselves and then the embossed acetate (transparency sheet) raised above them. I think it came out pretty good. I took lots of pictures so check out the slide show below.

Images are KK originals and are heat embossed then water colored. Acrylic is embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. Under the acetate are also some clear dew drops. There is some stitching and ribbon. If you look at the side show, you'll see the inside has a gold fish (not goldfish... a fish that is gold)

Thanks for looking!

Princess of the hill, Maggie May

Meet Maggie May! This card is done to enter into the Digital Tuesday Challenge. She's one of the Digital Delights by Louby Lou . The background is also a DDbLL design. I colored these with Prismacolor pencils and rather than use the usual Gamsol (OMS), I blended with a Prismacolor Blending Marker. Worked quite well and nothing to spill! After it was colored and blended, I covered it with Diamond Glaze. The main part of the body and the hair bows are layered to be 3D. There's some sewing, some brads, and a ribbon slider. The clouds are done with white Fun Flock.

Get ready...

Wendy's got some amazing new images done for Digital Delights by Louby Lou! You're gonna love 'em. Be sure and keep an eye out here and on the other members of the Design Team's blogs (links in the left sidebar).

Ridley the Raccoon - Peeking...

Here it is! My first DigitalDelights digi image card! Is Ridley cute or what? This is printed then colored with Prismacolor pencils and a little bit of OMS blending. The whole image is lifted off the sky background (which is designer paper, not colored by me) and then the flowers, muzzle and paws are raised again for a 3D effect. Add a few layers of coordinating paper, a bunch of stitching and some buttons, and it becomes this cute card! More pics here.

Thanks for looking. If you just love Ridley, go check out all the other Ridleys at the digi shop.

Have you seen ??...

Wendy's digital images at Digital Delights by Louby Lou? No?? Oh! You really need to! They are so cute!

Today is the launch of Wendy's (Louby Lou) Digital Delights Design Team and she has chosen me to join her on this team!

Keep your eyes open for paper creations using these Digital Delights and for some upcoming challenges. This is going to be fun!

Take a look at the left column for the rest of the Design Team's blogs... go take a peak.

Gone Post-It!

Decided to stray away from cards today and participate in the Caardvarks challenge of something 3 dimensional, so I covered this pad of Post-It index cards. The pad itself is 3 x 4, so the overall size is similar. I used double sided paper from Costco (can't remember the designer's name) and a little ribbon, a couple of buttons, a few punches and a heat embossed flower. Closure is with a magnet.

Deer in the woods....

Wow! Middle of June already and Father's Day coming up. That was the inspiration for this card. It's not always easy to keep a card masculine, but I think I got it right with this one.

This card is made from a print of deer in the woods with their reflection in the water. The water is heat embossed with a glittered embossing powder for a sparkly shine. Lots of sewing and some silver findings in the corners. Suitable for a man for any occasion.

Blog award... for me?

Thanks, Dianne. Although I'm a bit of a slacker on my blog, I will get better, I promise!

This is what the award is all about:

These blogs are exceedingly charming.

These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends.

They are not interested in self-aggrandizement.

Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated.

Please give more attention to these writers.

Deliver this award to five bloggers who must choose at least five more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.I'd love to share this award with:

Creations by Louby Loo - Wendy
My life’s Inky Escape - Renee
Paperville - Lauri
Sue’s Stamping Stuff - Sue
Memory Crafter - Diana

For all of you who received this, just copy the award logo and use it in your own blog. Nominate 5 to 10 blogs that you feel show great attitude and gratitude. Link to your nominees within your blog post and comment on their blogs to let them know they've received the award.

Link back to the person who gave you the award to show your appreciation.

Fairy Thankful!

Isn't this fairy the cutest! She's a C&C designs digi print from All That Scraps . This card was printed then colored and heat embossed with clear over the whole image. Parts were layered for a 3D effect. There is a ribbon frame outlining the image with a tiny glass bead in the middle of each length. There is stitching inside and out and the coordinating envelobox closes with ribbon ties. The sentiment inside says Fairy thankful to have a friend like you .This card is entered into the two challenges below.

Dare you to Digi Stamp... use of ribbon and digi image

The Next Level ... ribbon frame the image

Thanks for stopping by.

Whiff of Joy, Purple and Green Hello

Finished up a card today using a Whiff of Joy stamp. They have some of the cutest stamps.

The image is stamped, heat embossed and watercolored. The green background is chalked. The sentiment Hello is hand written.

This card is done as part of a Dutch Dare Card Challenge where I needed to decorate the inside of the card, as well. I decorated mine with coordinating papers, flower brads and stitching

Materials used:
Paper - Bazzill, Fabriano Watercolor paper, DCWV Latte
Color - Faber-Castell Watercolor pencils, The Stencil Collection chalks
Other -Stickles, Spica pen, Brads, lots of thread.

Under the Sea

I did this card to participate in two challenges - one that was to include sewing at http://stampinoutalzheimers.ning.com/. This website is only up for a week from 5/25-31, created by Paper Craft Planet

The other challenge is The Dare U to Digi Stamp , to make a card suitable for a boy! This one surely fits the bill.

These images are more Fred, She Said digi images. I definitely included some sewing. The background image is heat embossed with UTEE and the sea life images are Diamond Glazed. The balloon strings are wire.

more pics

Fred, She Said Digi Dahlia

Here is my latest card. This was a printed image - a digi image - from Fred, She Said. The image was printed, cut, colored with Prismacolor pencils and OMS, then assembled on some really pretty K&Company paper and Bazzill cardstock. I added some Gold corners and a lot of sewing on the front, inside and on the back. It has a coordinating envelobox made with Bazzill paper.

Vintage Card Set

Thought I'd do something different today and made a set of 4 cards with vintage prints. Pretty basic this time. No 3D effect on the images. Just sweet and simple. A little bit of sewing and some brads.

Each card has an envelobox and they all fit into a box. More pics.

Vintage Girl and her Dog

Another vintage print. Don't they look like they are really missing someone?

more pics

Mother's Day Card.

This card is so pretty. A vintage print of beautiful roses and butterflies, printed, cut and layered. There are scrolls in the corners, tiny half pearls down the sides and some stitching. Finished off with a big shiney gold butterfly. It has a box for storage with a thread butterfly on top. There is a Mother's Day sentiment inside. More views and the inside here.

The Easter Bunny

A Joyous Easter.. Vintage print.

Isn't this print beautiful? I'm quite pleased with how this card came out.

Lots of stitching inside and out on this and the really awesome gold corners... need to remember where I got them so I can get more. The ivory colored circle thingies... liquid applique. Solid cardstock is Bazzill and Designer Cardstock is DCWV Luxury Stack.

Click on the picture for a close up and there are more pics on ebay including the inside sentiment.

Hello.... bunny and mouse

Though this card could certainly be used for an Easter card, I didn't want to commit it to be one, so I put just Hello on the front.

detes: Penny Black Stamp. Heat embossed and watercolored, some layering. DCWV Luxury Stack. Leave stitching.

Under my Umbrella Ella Ella

Even though the look on her face may say otherwise, the umbrella and rain coat really was Ella's idea... it was barely raining and she only had to walk maybe 50 yards.

Thank you cards

These Thank You cards are intended to go to young men in the service. I worked on all three at once this week and phew, am I glad I'm finished. The only stamping is the turtle image. The eagle is a vintage print and the bear is machine sewn.

Vintage Easter Card

Finally, a card! This one is a really cute vintage print of an Easter Chick in an Airplane, tossing little flowers.

Click on picture for a better look at the details. This is also on ebay , if you want to see other views and the inside detail.
Detes: Vintage prints, layered. Bazzill cardstock (Awesome stuff). DCWV Whimsey stack. Lots of stitching and a few half pearls.

Is there a cow on my head?

My 2 and 3 year old granddaughters just love the book There Is A Bird on Your Head by Mo Willems. Several times in the book the elephant asks, "Is there a bird on my head?"

While out having lunch this past weekend, they did their own version! They are so entertaining!