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Good morning all!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend.  We had some very nice weather and I was finally able to get outside and enjoy some sunshine - yay!  Today I have a card using a new April release digi from By LORi Designs.

This sweet little girl is Puddle Jumper Melody and I just love her pigtails and the cute outfit she's wearing.  I colored her with copics and colored pencils of course.  I always have so much fun coloring Lori's digis ... they are so quick and easy to color!  The sentiment is from the Everyday Sentiments II collection.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Have a fantastic day!

Hugs, Anita

Stamps:  By LORi Designs - Puddle Jumper Melody and Everyday Sentiments II
Paper:  Fancy Pants - Park Bench; Bazzill
Other:  Copics, Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, MS border punch, pearls
 

Time For Tea Designs April Challenge Competition & Birthday Balloons

Good morning to all of you.  I hope you're enjoying your weekend so far!  Do you realize that there's less than a week left to enter our Time For Tea Designs April Challenge Competition?  If you haven't already entered, where have you been?  Have you seen the fabulous prize that's up for grabs?    



The prize includes four T4T Limited Edition set of clear stamps, the new range of T4T Treat bags and two digi stamps of your choice so you can start crafting right away.  But Jo didn't want to stop there so she's also giving away a 2nd prize too!  This prize will be two of the Limited Edition T4T clear stamp sets of your choice as well as a T4T treat bag.

So what are you waiting for?  Stop by the Time For Tea Designs Blog for all the challenge details!   

I thought I would share a birthday card using Time For Tea Designs' Birthday Balloons.  I colored her with copics and colored pencils and added some Glamour Dust to the balloons.  I also used some Time For Tea Designs Spring Papers in Zest Yellow and Bright Pink.

Thank you so much for stopping by. 

Hugs, Anita

Stamps:  Time For Tea Designs - Birthday Balloons; MFT - sentiment
Paper:  Neenah; Time For Tea Designs Spring papers in Zest Yellow and Bright Pink
Other:  Copics, Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Glamour Dust, Nestabilities, pearls

Your Next Stamp's Fun Friday Challenge

Good morning everyone!  I'm so glad it's Friday and the weekend is almost here!  Today I'm sharing an inspiration card I made for Your Next Stamp's Fun Friday Challenge 11. 

This adorable image is Blossom, a YNS digital stamp.  I love this image!  It's so cute and it just makes me think of Spring!  I colored the image with copics and colored pencils and then added some Glossy Accents to the puppy's nose and pads of her feet.  To enter our challenge you need to follow the sketch and/or the inspiration picture below.  I flipped my card and followed the sketch.  Be sure to stop by the YNS Challenge Blog for more inspiration from the team and to get all the challenge details.  

        


Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs, Anita

I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
Clear It Out Challenge  -  Animal & Striped Paper
Created With Love Challenge CWLC 80  -  In The Garden
Digi Galore Challenge  -  Flowers
Incy Wincy Challenge  -  Furry Friends
Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday #22  -  Animals

Stamp:  Your Next Stamp - Blossom
Paper:  Carta Bella - Cool Summer; Bazzill
Other:  Copics, Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Glossy Accents, MFT cloud die

SugarPea Designs and Perfect Paper Crafting Blog Hop

Today, the SugarPeas are teaming up with the Perfect Paper Crafting design team to bring you a fabulous blog hop filled with SugarPea Designs sweetness and sweet crafting tools from our friends at Perfect Paper Crafting. You are sure to be inspired and you could WIN a fabulous prize!!
 

I used the adorable My Hero stamp set from the Bean Stalk Collection.  I love this image and think he's just perfect for making those male cards!  I colored him with copics and colored pencils and then used the fabulous Perfect Layers Mini Tool to create all of my layers.  This tool was so easy to use and I love that my layers turned out perfectly each and every time!     

  

 

 

I hope you will join our Blog Hop today - I promise that you will find TONS of inspiration - as well as a chance to win a $50 Gift Certificate to the SugarPea Designs Online Shoppe.  Perfect Paper Crafting is also giving away a $50 Gift Certificate to their store!  All you have to do is leave a comment on each designers' blog to be entered to win either prize!  Winners will be chosen at random and announced on the SugarPea Designs Blog on May 1st.

Below is a list of participating designers, happy hopping!

Perfect Paper Crafting - Laura Lynn

SugarPea Designs - Wendy Ramlakhan

Jenny Gropp

Kim O'Connell

Jenn Cochran

Tracy Valure

Roxie Glaza

Jenny Peterson

Jeanie Witmer

Sarah Gough

Tracy MacDonald

Anita Madden  (You're Here)

Mary Johnson

 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you enjoy our hop!

 

Hugs, Anita
 

I would like to enter my card in these challenges:

Come and Get It Challenge  -  Where The Boys Are

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 318  -  Blue & Green

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge 174  -  One For The Boys

 

Stamp:  SugarPea Designs - My Hero

Paper:  Carta Bella - Baby Mine; Bazzill

Other:  Copics, Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, Perfect Layers Mini Tool, Glossy Accents

7KCF - A Bushel & A Peck

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Good morning to all of you!  It's Wednesday so that means we have a new challenge over on the 7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog.  As always, our challenge is "anything goes".

I decided to use this sweet A Bushel & A Peck by SugarPea Designs.  Isn't she a cutie?  And there are lots of different items available to place in her basket (see stamp set below).  I colored her with copics and colored pencils.  The pretty papers are by Authentique.  Be sure to stop by the 7KCF Challenge Blog to find all the details about the challenge!

Products from the 7 Kids College Fund Store:

A Bushel & A Peck Clear Stamp Set by SugarPea Designs

Solar White Smooth Classic Crest 80 lb Cardstock from Neenah

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Copics

ProArt Blending Paper Stumps

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Summer 6x6 Paper Pad from Authentique

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs, Anita

I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
Crafting By Designs April Challenge  -  Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 114  -  Floral Profusion
Ribbon Girls April Color Challenge  -  Yellow/Lemon
Scribble and Scrap Challenge 16  -  Anything Goes

SugarPea Designs Challenge - Clean & Simple

Happy Wednesday to all of you!  It's time for our new monthly challenge over on the SugarPea Designs Blog.  Our challenge theme this month is "Clean & Simple".

I used the adorable Love You Bunches to make a Mother's Day card.  The sentiment is from the A Bushel & A Peck stamp set.  I colored her with copics and colored pencils.  In keeping with our CAS theme, I simply added a piece of dp across the top of the card, along with some ribbon and a button.

 Our challenge rules are very simple:

* Play along with any stamp you like - but if you use SugarPea Designs, we'll top your voucher up to $15!
* Combine our challenge with any other challenge(s)!
* Upload to your blog or other online gallery using keyword: SPD04 so that we may check out your beautiful work
* Add your link to the linkup on the SugarPea Designs Blog.  You'll find our current challenges on the sidebar.




Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you find some time to play along in our fun challenge!

Hugs, Anita

I would like to enter my card in this challenge:
Addicted To Stamps Challenge Blog #92  -  Make Your Mark
Crafting By Designs Challenge  -  April Showers Bring May Flowers
Creative Moments Challenge 41  -  Anything Goes/Spring
Scrapper's Delights Challenge 21  -  Pretty Pastels
Simon Says Stamp Challenge  -  Keep It Clean and Simple

Stamps:  SugarPea Designs - Love You Bunches and A Bushel & A Peck
Paper:  Neenah; BoBunny
Other:  Copics, Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Martha Stewart border punch, ribbon, button

By LORi Designs April Release Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to our Blog Hop!  Lori has been busy creating lots of adorable new images for the Puddle Jumper family and we're going to share some of them with you today.

I used the sweet Puddle Jumper Emerson ... isn't he a cutie?  All of the Puddle Jumpers are so adorable and I know you're going to love them as much as I do! 

The hop runs till Saturday, April 26, at midnight EST.  Be sure to leave comments at each stop along the way.  The prize is 3 images of the winner's choice from the April release.  The winner will be announced on April 27 on the By LORi Designs Blog. 

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Enjoy the hop!

Hugs, Anita


Stamp:  By LORi Designs - Puddle Jumper Emerson
Paper:  Simple Stories - Say Cheese; Bazzill
Other:  Copics, Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, button, hemp  

Hope You Join Us!

We've got some new sweeties joining the By LORi Designs Puddle Jumper family!  Our New Release Blog Hop starts tomorrow, April 22 at Noon EST.

 

Hope to see you then!

 

Hugs, Anita

 

Guess Who Loves You?

Good morning everyone!  Today I'm sharing a card I made for the 7 Kids College Fund Blog.  

I purchased some of the Memory Box stencils a little while back and pulled one out recently to see what I could create.  I adhered the Mesh Stencil to a piece of Neenah cardstock.  Then I took a small stenciling brush I've had forever and tapped onto my distress ink pad to pick up some ink.  I wiped the excess ink off on scrap paper before applying the ink to my piece of Neenah.  I wanted a spring card so I used soft pastel ink pads.  I really did enjoy stenciling my own background paper and I hope to find some time to play around with more of these stencils soon!  I colored the sweet Guess Who Loves You? Pure Innocence Stamp with copics and colored pencils.  I paper-pieced her outfit, fussy cut her, and used dimensional dots to attach her to my stenciled paper.  I used some Glossy Accents on her sunglasses and added some ribbon and a few enamel dots.

Here are the supplies I used from the 7KCF Store:

 

Guess Who Loves You? Pure Innocence Stamp by My Favorite Things

Solar White Smooth Classic Crest 80# Cardstock

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Copics

ProArt Paper Blending Stumps

Mesh Stencil by Memory Box

Distress Inks by Tim Holtz from Ranger

Hello Spring 6x6 Paper Pad by Doodlebug

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

 Inkessentials Glossy Accents by Ranger

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you have a fabulous day!
 
Hugs, Anita

I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
Addicted To Stamps & More Challenge 91  -  Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs April Challenge  -  Anything Goes
Love To Scrap LTSCB27  -  Anything Goes
Scribble and Scrap Challenge 16  -  Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge 197  -  Pretty Pastels

A New Stamp Line at By LORi Designs ... So Ella!

We have an adorable new artist joining the BLD family ... Ella Boyd!  Ella is Lori's youngest daughter.  She's only 9 but that girl can draw some of the cutest characters!  The name of her stamp line is "So Ella" - how cute is that?

 

My card features Photo Bug Cassie.  I colored her with copics and colored pencils and then added white polka dots to her hair bow with acrylic paint.  The Polaroid frame and camera are from My Favorite Thing dies. 

 

Be sure to stop by the By LORi Designs Blog to see the entire So Ella Collection!

 

Thank you for stopping by.

 

Hugs, Anita

 

Stamps:  By LORi Designs' So Ella - Photo Bug Cassie and Everyday Sentiments II

Paper:  Neenah; Doodlebug Designs; Bazzill

Other:  Copics, Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, MFT Polaroid frame and camera dies, enamel dots, white acrylic paint

 

Lollipop Girl

Good morning friends!  I hope you had a wonderful and relaxing weekend.  Today I'm sharing a card I made for the By LORi Designs Blog.

This sweetie is Pedal Pusher Lollipop Girl - a real cutie, right?  I colored her with copics and colored pencils and applied Glamour Dust to her lollipop.  I added some Lawn Fawn sequins - love the sparkle that these add to the card!  Be sure to stop by the By LORi Designs Blog each day this week to see the new and fabulous projects being shared by the DT!  

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs, Anita

I would like to enter my card in this challenge:
Love to Scrap LTSCB27  -  Anything Goes

Stamps:  By LORi Designs - Pedal Pusher Lollipop Girl; MFT - sentiment
Paper:  Carta Bella - True Friends; Neenah
Other:  Copics, Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Glamour Dust, Lawn Fawn sequins  

Don't Flip Out Dude!

Good morning friends.  I hope you're having a fabulous weekend so far.  We had the most gorgeous weather yesterday and I'm hoping for more of the same today!  So today I'm sharing a new release by Jo at Time For Tea Designs.   
 

 

This fabulous image is Sk8R Ronny and doesn't he look like he's having a blast?  This image can be used for so many different occasions!  I colored Ronny with copics and colored pencils and used some fun Kaisercraft paper.  The sentiment is from the Sk8R Ronny Sentiments.  

 

Have you heard about the April Challenge Competition over on the Time For Tea Designs Blog?  The challenge closes April 30th and you can enter as many times as you like.  Be sure to check it out - the prizes are fabulous!

 

Thank you so much for stopping by.

 

Hugs, Anita

 

 

Stamp:  Time For Tea Designs -

Paper:  Kaisercraft - Party Animals Collection; Kraft

Other:  Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, MFT die-namic sitched circle

Tulip Chick

Happy Saturday everyone!  Just popping in quickly to share another quick and easy Easter card.

This cute little image is Tulip Chick and you can find her in the 2 Cute Ink Etsy shop.  She has lots of adorable images in her shop and quite a few would be perfect for those fast and easy cards that we all like to make at times.  I colored this fluffy chick with copics and colored pencils and cut her out with a My Favorite Thing die-namic.  The papers are by Doodlebug Design.

Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs, Anita

I would like to enter my card in this challenge:
2 Cute Ink Digital Stamps Challenge 103  -  Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Challenge 226  -  Animals

Stamp:  2 Cute Ink - Tulip Chick; setiment - My Favorite Things
Paper:  Neenah; Doodlebug Design
Other:  Copics, Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, MFT die-namic

Your Next Stamp Fun Friday Challenge

Hello and TGIF!  Today I'm sharing a card I made for Your Next Stamp's Fun Friday.   

 

 

This sweet image is Anna, a digital stamp at the Your Next Stamp shop.  I colored her with copics and colored pencils.  The fun papers are by Simple Stories - plaid and gingham papers are some of my favorite patterns.  You can find more projects over on the YNS Challenge Blog. 

 

To enter the challenge you need to follow the sketch and/or inspiration picture you see below.  Be sure to stop by the YNS Challenge Blog for all the details. 

 

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day!

 

Hugs, Anita

I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
Aud Sentiments Challenge 104  -  Sentiment For A Friend
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge  -  For That Special Lady
Sister Act Card Challenge 52  -  Anything Goes

Stamp:  Your Next Stamp - Anna
Paper:  Simple Stories, Bazzill
Other:  Copics, Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, EK Success flower punch, pearl, MFT die

SugarPea Designs Sweet Sneaks - Day 4

Good morning to all of you and welcome to our 4th and final day of Sweet Sneaks of the new April SugarPea Designs release.  Are you ready to fall in love with some cute little hairy critters?

This adorable image is from the Totes Ma Goats stamp set.  Isn't this the cutest goat you've ever seen?  There's also a smaller goat and some really funny sentiments included with the set.  As you hop along, you'll see just how versatile this set is!  

Would you like to WIN the Totes Ma Goats stamp set?! Hop along and visit with the SugarPeas, leaving some comment love along the way! One lucky person will be randomly selected to win the Totes Ma Goats stamp set! 

 

We will be announcing the winner of today's stamp set AND the winner of the ENTIRE APRIL RELEASE at our online release party on the SugarPea Designs Facebook page this Thursday night between 8:00 and 9:00 PM EST! We'd love to have you come chat with us, everyone is welcome!

 

Our fabulous April release will be available in the SugarPea Designs Online Shoppe at 9:00 PM ESTtonight! 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Enjoy the hop!

Hugs, Anita

Stamp:  SugarPea Designs - Totes Ma Goats
Paper:  Carta Bella - Giddy Up; Bazzill
Other:  Copics, Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, MFT Dienamics Stitched Circle Stax, Nestabilities, button, hemp

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7KCF Challenge - Secret Admirer Luka

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Good morning everyone!  It's Wednesday so that means we are starting a new challenge over on the 7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog.  Although the challenge is "anything goes", the DT decided to use some of their favorite new CHA products for this challenge!

I decided to use this sweet little Secret Admirer Luka by La-La Land Crafts.  Isn't he adorable?  I thought this would make a great Mother's Day card for my grandson to give to his mommy this year.  I colored Luka with copics and colored pencils.  The Wrought Iron Fence Die and Scalloped Banner Die are also by La-La Land Crafts and were part of the new CHA release.  I also used the La-La Land Crafts Water Lily Die and added pearls to the flowers.    

Products from the 7 Kids College Fund Store:

Secret Admirer Luka Rubber Stamp by La-La Land Crafts
Wrought Iron Fence Die by La-La Land Crafts

Scalloped Banner Die by La-La Land Crafts

Water Lily Die by La-La Land Crafts

Solar White Smooth Classic Crest Neenah Cardstock

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Copics

ProArt Paper Blending Stumps

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day!

 

Hugs, Anita

 
I would like to enter my card in this challenge:
Crafting For All Seasons Challenge 74  -  Dies and Punches
La-La Land Crafts Group Facebook April Contest  -  Spring/Easter/Mother's Day
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge 172  -  Flower Power
Scrapper's Delights Challenge 20  -  Bloomin Lovely
Sister Act Card Challenge 51  -  Anything Goes
The Cutie Pie Challenge 66  -  Cute With Dies & Punches
The East Wind Challenge 4  -  Use A Sentiment

SugarPea Designs Sweet Sneaks - Day 3

Happy Wednesday to everyone!  Today is our third day of Sweet Sneaks of the new April SugarPea Designs release.  I know you're going to love this set and it's just in time for all those graduation cards you need to make! 

 

This gorgeous image is from the Hats Off To You stamp set.  There's also a male image included in the set, along with fabulous sentiments, of course!  Do you see the little diplomas stamped on the kraft paper on my card?  Well that's just one of the graduation "accessories" that you'll find in this stamp set!  This set has everything you could ever need or want to make graduation cards.  

 

 

 

Would you like to WIN the Hats Off To You stamp set?! Hop along and visit with the SugarPeas, leaving some comment love along the way!  One lucky person will be randomly selected to win the Hats Off To You stamp set!

 

We will be announcing the winner of today's stamp set AND the winner of the ENTIRE APRIL RELEASE at our online release party on the SugarPea Designs Facebook page this Thursday night between 8:00 and 9:00 PM EST! We'd love to have you come chat with us, everyone is welcome!

 

Our fabulous April release will be available in the SugarPea Designs Online Shoppe at 9:00 PM EST this Thursday night!

 
Thanks so much for stopping by.  Enjoy the hop!

Hugs, Anita

 

Stamp:  SugarPea Designs - Hats Off To You

Paper:  Kraft, Bazzill, My Mind's Eye

Other:  Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Nestabilities, border punch

 

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