Gopher A Coffee?

 

Hello and welcome. I hope everyone had a great Christmas.  Today I'd like to share a quick card made using images from Gerda Steiner Designs.  Now, if you're a last minute shopper for Holiday's, Birthday's or even Just Because, today's card makes a perfect gift card holder that you can personalize for any occasion.

 

I started out by stamping images from Gerda's Gopher It! (sold out at the moment) and Little Things in memento tuxedo black ink onto Copic© white card stock before coloring using my Ohuhu markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I lightly stippled some stormy sky distress ink, left over on my blending brush from another project, around the images then layered and added faux brads.  I then adhered the image panel to a dry embossed card base using glue dots.  The final touches were, faux stitches, bling, stickles, punched butterfly and a small gingham bow.  I then stamped the inside pocket, layered, and added a gift card.  I'm pretty happy with how this turned out.

 

Inside

 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #81 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Can You Handle The Pressure Dec 27, 2025 - Anything Goes Dry Embossing Optional Winter Blues (dry embossed stylized flowers)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 730 to 733 - Anything Goes Uplifting (anything goes) 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Leftover Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Copic; Stampin Up

Accessories: Ohuhu Markers, MISTI, Butterfly Punch, Bling, Bow, Black Gel Pen, Big Shot, Embossing Folder 

In My Heart

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a card made using one of the images I had colored while my husband was in the hospital.  He is slowly making progress.  Slowly.  My card uses a retired Creative Worship digital image called Melody of Love.  

 

I started out by printing it onto Neenah white card stock before coloring using my Castle Arts Watercolor pencils and a blender pencil before lightly blending some left over tumbled glass distress ink from a previous project using a blender brush before layering and adding silver brads.  I then added it to a dry embossed green card before creating my own floral spray underneath using Martha Stewart punches and a paper crimper. The final touch was color spritzing some green galore ink and adding some bling to the flower centers on the main image panel.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #76 - Use Your NBUS (main image)

Triple B July 2025 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (birds, blooms)

Can You Handle The Pressure July 2025 - Anything Goes Using Embossing Folder (musical score)

Cupcake Inspiration #622 - For The Birds ( see pic below)

Word Art Wednesday #708 to 709 - Anything Goes Family Friendly 

Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday July 2025 - Anything Goes 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Creative Worship

Ink: Leftover Tumbled Glass Distress

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Bling, Glue, Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pencil, Color Spritzer, Green Galore Ink, Brads

 

 

  

Steampunk Sepia

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card made using digital steampunk images from Conjurer of Dreams.   Now steampunk is normally "not my thing" but I do think I'm getting better at it.

 

I started out by combining the Steampunk Scene, Steampunk Lady in Sepia, Aged Papers, Tea Dyed Papers and the Vintage Tags and Elements Craft Kit in Photoshop© before printing it out on Neenah white card stock, trimming down to size and then layering.  I then took the layered image panel and added it to a dry embossed saffron panel using an old Tim Holtz clock embossing folder and my Big Shot©.  After adding some faux brads, I dug out some ribbon I've had for years in my stash and added that before adding some bling to the butterfly, clock and main image.  The final touch was highlighting the background clock faces using a clear Sakura 3D glaze pen.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #76 - Use Your NBUS (steampunk background, lady image)  

CD Sunday Plus #162 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams) 

Digi Choosday #7 Wk 2 - Anything Goes 

Can You Handle The Pressure July 12 2025 - Anything Goes Embossing (clock embossing folder)

Dream Valley #340 - Anything Goes 

Neglected Stuff July 2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (clock embossing folder, ribbon) 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams 

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Bling, Ribbon, 3D Glaze Pen, Glue

Barnyard Friends

 

 

Hello and welcome. Today I'd like to share with your a fun image I colored over the last month or so - little by little while dealing with this migraine, and fibromyalgia, flare.  The image is a digital from Impression Obsession which is unfortunately closed now. To color my farmyard scene, I pulled out my Lyra and Castle Arts pencils and got to work adding layer/shades until I was happy with it.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered it and added some vintage brads. As an afterthought, I also went and distressed the bottom layer using my paper distresser.  For my card base, I dry embossed a green panel using my Cuttlebug Branches embossing folder and big shot.  After adding my layered image panel using glue dots, I tied part of a jute ribbon around one side of the card.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #74 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Can You Handle The Pressure May 10, 2025 - Anything Goes Embossing Folders Option Floral (branches embossing folder)

FarmQuest General Store #28 - Anything Farm or Country Goes (barnyard scene)

A Place To Start May 2025 - Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Impression Obsession

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Colored pencils, Brads, Big Shot, Embossing Folder, Jute, Glue Dots, Lyra Pencils

 

PIP Challenge 2520

 

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Pattie's Creations

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Pattie's Creations.  I would like to thank Pattie for her sponsorship of this week's challenge.  My card this week uses Pattie's image Kitty On Books and is colored using Ohuhu markers.

 

Once the coloring was complete, I lightly stippled tumbled glass distress ink around the main image before layering and adding some red brads.  For my card, I dry embossed a red card using my Cuttlebug paisley embossing folder and Big Shot before lightly stippling some fired brick distress ink over the embossed images.  After adding my layered image panel, I stamped the saying from a long retired Close To My Heart set, layered and also added brads.  As an afterthought, I distressed the edges of the saying layers before popping it up using some pop dots.  I then went back and ran my fingernail along the edges of the main image layers to distress those.  The final touches were some red organdy ribbon from my stash and bling.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Pattie's Creations Challenge May 2025 - Anything Goes 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #74 - Use Your NBUS (main image)

Digi Choosday #5 Wk 2 - Anything Goes 

CD Sunday Plus #158 - Anything Goes Digital (image/saying)

Can You Handle The Pressure May 10 2025 - Anything Goes Embossing Folder (paisley)

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter this week's challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.  

 

Stamps: Pattie's Creations; Close To My Heart

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Fired Brick Distress Ink

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Bling, Ribbon, Brads, Glue Dots, Glue, Pop Dots, Ohuhu Markers, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder 

Conjurer of Dreams May 2025 Inspiration And Challenge

 

 

Today is my turn to show my inspiration projects for this month's Conjurer of Dreams monthly anything goes challenge.  So here we go:

 

Sets used: Rugged Cowboy, Desert Sunset

 

Challenges entered:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #252 - Anything Goes 

Creative Inspiration #26 - Anything Goes 

 

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Sets used: Desert Sunset, Cowboys On The Horizon

 

Challenges entered:

 Creative Fingers #300 - Anything Goes 

 

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Sets used: Waterfalls Greyscale Coloring Book 

 

Challenges entered:

Can You Handle The Pressure 4/25 - Anything Goes Optional Weather (anything goes, used branches embossing folder) 

Inkpirational #340 - Seasonal (went with late summer/early fall)

 

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Sets used: Old Red Barn, Quirky Chicken 

Challenges entered:

Critter Crazy #98 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (chickens)

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #262 - R Is For Rude 

 

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Sets used: Treehouse, Owl Wizard Clipart 

Challenges entered:

Gem of a Craft #5 Wk 2 - Anything Goes 

 

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Sets used: Treehouse, Christmas Gnomes, Acorn Sprite, Quirky Fairies, Mice Fliers, 

 Watercolor BlueJays

Challenges entered:

 Crafty Catz #693 - Anything Goes Optional Flowers (anything goes)

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

 

 

A Quiet River

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you my take using the Conjurer of Dreams free greyscale coloring progressive challenge image. This is image number 4 of this month's progressive challenge. I colored it using Castle Arts watercolor pencils on a dry embossed card using my Big Shot and dusty Cuttlebug Tree Branch embossing folder. Star dust ice stickles highlight the water. Details on the progressive challenge are in the COD inspiration group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/690288322484648 I'm happy with how this turned out since the coloring gave me something to focus on while dealing with this blasted migraine again. 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (embossing folder

Can You Handle The Pressure Feb 2025 - Anything Goes Using Embossing Folder Optional Masculine Adult/Child) (cuttlebug tree branch embossing folder for card base)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #248 - Anything Goes 

Park Hopping My Happy Place Feb 2025 - Anything Goes Theme Park (inspired by canoe ride at Disneyland around Tom Sawyer Island) 

Neglected Stuff Challenge Feb 2025 - Use Your Neglected Stash (embossing folder)

FarmQuest General Store#25 - Anything Farm or Country Goes (river)

 

What's The Word Bird?

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a card I made for my sister-in-law's birthday using an image from Conjurer of Dreams. 

After combining one of the Old Bird images, with my own saying in Photoshop©, I lightly stippled Tim Holtz tattered rose distress ink around the image to soften the white space a bit before layering and adding brads.  Once the image panel was finished, I added it to a dry embossed card using glue dots.  Taking my blending brush, I lightly stippled more tattered rose around the edges and over the embossed images...  After adding some color spritzed from an old Stampin Up marker, I added some Crafty Meraki Midnight Illusion bling to finish it off.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #68 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Can You Handle The Pressure Nov 2024 - Anything Goes Optional Twist Coffee, Cocoa, Warm Drinks (anything goes)

CD Sunday Plus #146 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

Alphabet Bet Nov 15, 2024 - Q Is For Quick and Easy (dry embossed, digital image)

Digi Choosday Wk 45 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Also don't forget about the current Conjurer of Dreams Winter Critters challenge and our upcoming Blog Hop December 15-18.

 

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Ink: Tim Holtz Tattered Rose Distress

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Color Spritzer, SU Rose Romance Marker, Brads, Glue Dots, Cuttlebug Birthday Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Blending Brush, Bling, Glue

Dancing Penguins

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Second post today.  I'd like to share a card made using a digital image from Whimsy Stamps that I've had printed for some time, I just haven't used it before now.  The image is called Penguin Dance Line and was a freebie from Whimsy back in 2022.  

 

After adding the saying using Photoshop©, I printed the image onto Neenah white card stock before coloring using Copic markers. Once my coloring was finished, I stenciled the cloud background using a slimline cloud stencil (now retired) from Picket Fence Studios before layering and adding some black brads.  Taking a Cuttlebug© snowflake embossing folder, and my Big Shot©, I dry embossed a black card before adding my layered image panel using glue dots.  I then added crystal stickles and some star dust stickles to the snowflake centers to finish my card off.  I'm really happy with how this turned out.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Can You Handle The Pressure Nov 9, 2024 - Anything Goes Using Embossing Folders Optional: Coffee, Cocoa, Warm Drinks (anything goes)

Critter Crazy #92 - Anything Goes Featuring Critters (penguins)

Digi Choosday Wk45 - Anything Goes 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (image)

   

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Whimsy

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Copic Markers, Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots

Stained Glass Florals

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a couple of cards I've been working on for the past couple of weeks.   It's taken me this long to finish both because I've had a nasty migraine that just wouldn't go away or even ease up a bit.  Both cards use the Stained Glass Beauty and Stained Glass Nature Jewel It collage sets from Gecko Galz.

First up is a tri-fold card.  After cutting out the birds/floral stained glass image that I had printed out for another project and never used, I layered it on scrap Recollections blue trio card stock before adding brads then running a finger nail along the edges to distress it before setting aside.  I then cut out one of the bird/floral images from the Jewel It set before layering, adding brads and distressing again using my fingernail.  I did the same for the third panel using the butterfly/floral image.  Taking some pacific point card stock, I added blue digital paper from the Seasons of Hope paper pack then added my layered image panels using glue dots.  I then pulled out all of my scrap card stock, Martha Stewart punches and paper crimper, and created my own floral sprays underneath each of the panels adhering them using Ranger's glossy accents.  To the flower centers, I added tiny blue bling crystals to finish my card off before stamping my greeting using a retired Stampin Up set called "Mixed Greetings".  I'm really happy with how this turned out.  Here's the other two panels:

 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #62 - Use Your NBUS (stained glass image)

Triple B Challenge May 2024 - Anything Goes Birds/Blooms/Butterflies (all three)

Crafty Gals Corner #255 - Anything Goes Optional Lace/Pearls (anything goes)

CD Sunday Plus #134 - Anything Goes Digital (Gecko Galz)

Digi Choosday Wk21 - Anything Goes 

Gecko Galz Facebook Fancy Folds - See Below (tri-fold)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 649 to 650 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

 

 

My second card is using the stained glass flowers/sun image paired with another digital page from Seasons of Hope paper pack.  Once again after I edged the main image using a memento tuxedo black "cat eye" ink pad, I layered and added brads before setting aside.  I then took a more mustard card stock scrap and dry embossed it using a Cuttlebug floral/paisley (don't have original package to see name) and my Big Shot before lightly sponging more mustard ink over the embossed images.  After popping up the main image panel using pop dots, I added some tan fibers I've had in my stash for years, and I mean YEARS, along with a couple of prima flowers.  The only embellishment was adding a single bling gem to the center of the flowers.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Can You Handle The Pressure May 2024 - Anything Goes Embossing Twist Fruits/Veggies (anything goes)

Gecko Galz Facebook May 2024 - Floral Fantasy (image/primas)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (tan fibers, brads, prima, bling)

Shopping Our Stash #522 - How Does Your Garden Grow (flower garden)

Paper Funday #65 - Anything Goes Optional Twist: Flower Shoppe (anything goes & floral)

A Place To Start May 2024 - Anything Goes Optional For A Lady (both)

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Tri-Fold Card

Stamps: Gecko Galz; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  

Card Stock: Gecko Galz Digital Paper Pack; Stampin Up; Scraps; Neenah White

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Fingernail, MS Punches, Brads, Glue Dots, Bling, Glossy Accents, Paper Crimper

Mustard Floral

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Ink: Stampin Up More Mustard

Card Stock: Gecko Galz Digital Paper Pack; Neenah White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Fingernail, Computer, Printer, Brads, Primas, Fiber, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Bling, Pop Dots, Sponge

 

Red And The Wolf

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a goth style card made for the Gecko Galz Monthly Goth challenge using the provided image.  I call it Red and the Wolf and the fact it's pre-colored is a bonus.  Now, normally, Goth is NOT my type of challenge but I decided to get out of my comfort zone and give it a try.  

I started out by printing the image on Neenah white card stock before cutting down, edging the side with a basic grey marker, then layering and adding some tiny red brads before setting the layered image aside.  I then took a basic grey card, dry embossed it using a Cuttlebug spiderweb embossing folder and my big shot before lightly stippling basic grey ink over the embossed web.  Once I added my layered image panel using glue dots, some grey/red fibers  along with clay flowers with ice stickle centers finished my card off.

Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz Monthly Goth Challenges - Feb 2024 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #59 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Can You Handle The Pressure Feb 10 2024 - Anything Goes Embossing Optional Used Reds or Pinks (anything goes spiderweb embossing folder, red accents)

Creative Fingers #271 - Anything Goes 

Shopping Our Stash #515 - Put Your Best Face Forward (Red's face)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Ink: Stampin Up Basic Grey

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Fibers, Clay Flowers, Ice Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots, Big Shot, Stipple Brush, Spiderweb Embossing Folder

Are You Kidding Me?

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a birthday card I made using a stamp set I received as a RAK from a friend.  The set is a retired one called Moody Unicorns from Gerda Steiner Designs. 

I started out by stamping all of the images/saying in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using Copic markers before stippling some stormy sky distress ink around the image then layering and adding brads.  I then adhered the layered panel to a dry embossed regal rose card with matching ink stippled over the raised images.  After adding some white organdy ribbon, midnight sparkle shimmer illusion bling and faux stitching around the edges, I decided to add some googlie eyes to the unicorn to finish it off.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #55 - Use Your NBUS (stamp set)

Gem Of A Craft Wk 20 - Anything Goes 

Gerda Steiner Designs Share Your Designs Oct 2023 - Anything Goes Gerda Steiner Designs (retired Moody Unicorn)

Can You Handle The Pressure - Anything Goes Dry Embossing Optional Bees/Beehive (anything goes) 

Gerda Steiner Designs Facebook Group - Anything Goes With Hand Drawn Element (faux sewing frame)

Double D Challenges Oct 2023 - Pink 

Krafty Chicks #684 - Stamp Act (Gerda Steiner Designs)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs Moody Unicorns

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Regal Rose; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky Distress

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Copic Markers, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Brads, Glue Dots, Blending Brushes, Googlie Eyes, Bling, Ribbon, Black Gel Pen

 

 

Coffee and Joyful Stories

Hello and welcome.  Second post from me today.  I have a couple of cards that have been waiting to be blogged because of my ongoing health issues.

First up is the card I made for my husband for Valentine's Day - a little late.  I started out by die cutting the coffee mug and coffee saying twice using my CAS-ual Friday's dies (store now closed).  After setting the coffee saying aside, I blended some Tim Holtz tattered rose and aged mahogany distress inks over my cup before stamping the small hearts from a long retired Stampin Up Conversation Hearts stamp set.  I then stamped the rest of my sayings in memento tuxedo black before assembling my main image panel then layered.  My card base was created using a dusty Cuttlebug heart block embossing folder I've had for years with Stampin Up real red ink applied to it before running it, and the card, through my Big Shot.  Once my card was embossed, I stippled more real red ink around the edges before assembling my card.  The only embellishments added were some red sequins I found in my stash.

Challenges entered:

 

Can You Handle The Pressure - Anything Goes With A Twist Of Hearts 

Splitcoaststampers F4A678 - Drinks (coffee)

Splitcoaststampers WT935 - Warm and Cozy (coffee, hearts)

Creative Fingers #248 - Anything Goes 

 

Second, I have a cute little one layer, clean and simple, card using a digital stamp from Rachelle Anne Miller called Woodland Snowman.  After printing the image on to Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Arts and Lyra pencils before highlighting parts of the image using glitter gel pens and a black gel pen.  I then took a retired Stampin Up set called Perfect Ending stamped the "joy" in memento tuxedo black before adding a couple of Gin and Tonic sequins from Picket Fence Studios. 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #47 - Use Your NBUS (image)

The Holly and Ivy Christmas #133 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 583 to 584 - Anything Goes Uplifting (Joy saying) 

CD Sunday Plus #103 - Anything Goes Digital (image)

Digi Choosday Wk 6 - Anything Goes Digital (image)

Krafty Chicks #651 - Clean And Simple (CAS) 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a fabulous weekend.

Coffee card

Stamps: CAS-friday; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Real Red; Tim Holtz Tattered Rose, Aged Mahogany

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Big Shot, CAS-ual Friday's Coffee Dies, Cuttlebug Heart Block Embossing Folder, PFS Blending Brush, Sequins, Bearly Arts Glue

Joyful Snowman Stories

Stamps: Rachelle Anne Miller; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Sequins, Glue, Castle Arts and Lyra Pencils, Glitter Gel Pens, Black Gel Pen