Blogging

I was looking back over my past five plus years of posts and seeing how my cardmaking has grown and changed in that time.  I remember starting my blog when I was a Stampin' Up demo.  I hoped to be a place that my customers could come and learn some new tricks or an easy card layout.  When I gave up my demonstratorship I kept up my blog because I was on my first design team (CC Designs) and a whole new world of "other stamps" was opening up before my eyes.   I've gone from no designer paper to lots, from decorative scissors to Nestibilities, and I've even started to play in the world of digital stamping.   And I've met some wonderful friends along the way.  So this card is for you.  No sketches, no challenges, just a fun card from my heart to say, "thank you" for coming along on my papercrafting journey.

Here's a pretty picture of the view from my backyard yesterday morning when I went out to walk the dogs.   The amazing beauty of God's creation is just breathtaking!

Blessings!

Tricia

Lots of Challenges!

It's been awhile since I did any of the challenges on SCS, so tonight I combined the color challenge (burgundy, vanilla, coral & artichoke) with the sketch challenge and even added a "buttony bow" for Joanne B's blog challenge. :-) How fun!

I used the Elzybell set "From Me to Ewe" and the "Pretty Little Scripture" set from Clear Dollar. The little hills are actually a Memory Box stamp I picked up at my LSS. If you click on the picture you might be able to see that I sponged in some clouds. In real life it looks like my little sheep is staring off into the sunset. Awwwww.....

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings!

Tricia

Cards, Cards & More Cards!

I had a ball today stamping up a storm. I tried something new this week and didn't do any stamping until today. Do you know how much I got done around the house this week? It was phenomenal!! (Did I spell that right??) Anyway, today was my stamping day and I got 7 cards made. One for each day of the week on my blog. That is so exciting! They aren't fancy, but they're me.

This is one of my favorites. It's for the Viva La Verve Week 2 Challenge on SCS and it has a twist of Poppin' Pastels. Can you spot them? On the white panel behind the sheep, I stamped the flowers with Versamark and then used pastels to color over them. The Versamark picks up the color. Pretty, isn't it?? The little sheep is from Elzybell UK and is colored with Copics and punched out with Marvy punches. The sentiment is Verve and Elzybell combined. Thanks so much for stopping by. Come again tomorrow!

Easter Elzybells

I was so thrilled to get my Elzybell order from the UK yesterday!  I just *had* to ink up this little chick first... although I realized that I never was much good at coloring Easter eggs!! lol!!  The Elzybell challenge that is on right now is a recipe... 1 circle, 1 ribbon, 1 embellishment.  And there you have it!  The image was colored with copics and prismacolors, and *lots* of stardust Stickles. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  I actually may have another post or two, depending how my day goes...

Blessings!

Tricia