Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge with Fred She Said at The Outlawz!

Time for another Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge and our inspiration comes from:

We are sponsored this time by Fred She Said!  Thanks so much to them for their support!

I used Dancing Penguin (colored) and cut with a circle die.  I cut the letters for HELLO using the sentiment from the die cut and red glitter cardstock.  I stamped the bottom senti with a Crafter’s Companion stamp.  I also fussy cut the head and hat from a second copy of the image and popped on with foam dots and popped the whole circle on with foam dots, too! I was inspired by the line “I carve in cursive with my feet” because this little penguin looks like he is skating along!  Come join us at The Outlawz Sunday Song and Rhyme Challenge!

 

Queen of Hearts Challenge #14 at LeighSBDesigns!

Tonight's project is one a gorgeous Love Potion Amulet SVG from Leigh's absolutely ahhhmazing new Valentine 2023 Collection! 💕💖💗

I went glitter goodness on all three layers!  I took a photo on an ochre background to keep the dazzle in eye safety range! :)  This design is sooo fabulous!  And where else could it be going except the Queen of Hearts Challenge #14 at LeighSBDesigns! 

Check out the other Valentine designs and more at the sale at LeighSBDesigns!

Gothic Valentine Blog Hop at LeighSBDesigns!💕❤️💀

LeighSBDesigns has a heart-tastic new collection!  New digital sets and SVG Cutz designs are just waiting for you to have a look see!💗

I used two of the papers from the Grunge Hearts Decorative Digi Paper Pack, opening them in Photoshop.  I added the You Make My Heart Beat Digi Stamp and Senti Set on to the Heart Confetti paper and cropped it a bit.  I let the heart show the background layer paper Gothic Heart by making the center transparent.  After layering the top layer to the Gothic Heart paper, I printed it out the size I wanted.  My color cartridge is fading fast so I crossed my fingers it would print without the dreaded lines that mine leaves when the ink runs low!  I trimmed it down and inked with Distress Ink black soot and popped on foam squares to add to my red glitter bottom layer that I twisted some twine around.  Love how it turned out and the whole entire new collection!

Challenge #14 Queen of Hearts is going strong at LeighSBDesigns so come join the fun! 💓

This one is off to the  Gothic Valentine Blog Hop hosted by LeighSBDesigns!  So much to do this month 💘

 

Queen of Hearts Challenge #14 LeighSBDesigns!

I have some Wonderland themed postcard art for today's project using Queen of Hearts Grunge Collage ,

White Rabbit Grunge Collage and of course, Alice Grunge Collage and all are by LeighSBDesigns!

I used a stencil (Hearts All Over Mini - Stamplorations), clock wood block rubber stamp (Hampton Art), Distress Ink candied apple, ribbon, alphabet stickers (Sticko) and bits and bobs from the embelly basket.  I colored the images with Prismacolor colored pencils hightlighting with a white and gold gel pen.  The guys are LATE for a very important date at LeighSBDesigns Challenge #14 Queen of Hearts 💖

Shop the sale at LeighSBDesigns! 💘

February 6th The Outlawz Monday Greetings with Wink Wink Ink!

 It's time for The Outlawz Monday Greetings Challenge for February with our amazing sponsor Wink Wink Ink!  A big thank you for their support!  Our greeting this month is Mermaid (or Ocean) Greetings with an optional twist to add a fish or shell!  Great fun for all!

A triple diamond point card using a tutorial by Iced Images Youtube!

A second view to show the diamond points in action! :)  I used Kitty Note by Wink Wink Ink and used the colored versions because it was so darn cute!  I used some water feeling paper from a stack I have and layered some lighter gray on top.  I wrote Best Fishes on the envelope for the ocean greeting!  I also added some postmark stamps I had for ages that the tag on the plastic had torn off so I only know it has a large H possibly for the maker?  They gave it that sense of real mail from this delightful kitty!  I do hope you will come play with us this month!  Just remember to use the required greeting Mermaid (or Ocean) even kitty "best fishes" fit! with the optional twist to add fish or shells!  I was going to add some tiny stamped fish but they had swam away sadly!

Queen of Hearts Blog Hop with LeighSBDesigns!

 

Are you ready for Challenge #14 Queen of Hearts at LeighSBDesigns?  So this month it's all about the hearts! 💕  The oh so romantic Juliet Balleigh Monster Valentine Set is the star of my project!

Juliet is sending her love from a starry night (Vincent van Gogh inspiration) with gorgeous cherry blossoms falling to the ground!  I painted a 6 x 8 canvas paper with acrylic paints.  The Art Sherpa has a fantastic Frozen canvas with this gorgeous swirl in the sky on her Youtube channel!  Flicks from an old paint brush and some light pink paint made the cherry blossoms.  I colored up Juliet and the hearts with Copics highlighting with a white gel pen.  I added some pink strokes of the light pink paint to the two senties I used that are included in the set!  This was so much fun to create!  I am entering her in Challenge #14 Queen of Hearts at LeighSBDesigns!

 I am giddy with anticipation waiting  for Leigh's new designs that will be coming out soon at LeighSBDesigns Boutique Etsy💖

 

February 5th The Outlawz Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge!

 Jumping right into our poem for this challenge's inspiration:

I was inspired by the first line about the lonely cloud and the fourth line about golden daffodils.  

I colored Japanese Clouds by LeighSBDesigns and colored the sky blue in Photoshop adding to a bottom layer of the same blue.  Then I added the daffodil image from Koelsch Art Etsy and created a sentiment in Photoshop.  I always enjoying working with Japanese Clouds and the daffodil image just seem to go so well with the clouds.  Please make sure to tell us what inspired you from the poem!  We look forward to seeing you at The Outlawz Sunday Song and Rhyme Challenge!

February Outlawz Paper a la Mode Challenge!

It's February and it's time to create a project (no cards) with the theme "I love..."  That is an easy one and we do hope you come along and play at The Outlawz Paper a la Mode Challenge!

My decision for this scrapbook layout was super easy!  I love my kids!  I used some digital paper pakc set that was titled "Sugar Sweet" from "A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge"  ( this was a freebie pack on their blog.  They are on a break right now.)  It is a beautiful set and I sadly covered most of it up but it gave me a fantastic color palette to use!  I also used a digital image, the heart, that I think might be from Scribbles Designs.  I created this page in Procreate and used a ton of the brushes I have there (originally installed and some I bought and a few I created) and played with the bokeh effect brush and star illuminations...just overall had a good time!  Noah and Noel are polar opposites!  Noel was born posing and smiling for photos and Noah is my stoic child.  He is much more comfortable with the camera in his hand taking photos not being in front of one!  So tell us what you love this month!  Children, grandchildren, pets ( oh, my goodness but I need to make another page for my fur grandbabies!) your flowers, cars, you name it and if you love it show us at The Outlawz PAM Challenge for February!

 

Crazy for Cats Challenge February !

Crazy for Cats Challenge #4 for February is sponsored by the fantastic LeighSBDesigns 😻!  I have two projects using Kitty Geisha Doll and Sentiments Set.  Unfortunately my only photo that I could use was my blog photo which pixelated on me in a not nice way!  

So I had a nice creative time on Procreate using Kitty Geisha Doll  and Sentiment, Cherry Blossom Branch and Japanese Clouds Background and made another snapshot of the scene! :)

I had such fun!  These adorable kitties love their equally adorable geisha!  The gorgeous cherry blossoms 🌸 are falling like soft snowflakes on the precious friends!  Now grab your favorite kitty images and come join the fun at Crazy for Catz Challenge #4🐈!

For all your kitty needs have a look see at LeighSBDesigns!

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February 3rd The Outlawz Festive Friday Challenge with LeighSBDesigns!

A huge thank you to 💘 LeighSBDesigns  💗for sponsoring us this month at The Outlawz Festive Friday's Challenge where the themes are:

Christmas

Love is in the Air

Dark Valentine

Travel Adventure

And love is in definitely in the air for this little guy for sure!

Here is Romeo Balleigh Monster who is soooo in love and perhaps those hearts are actually flying through the air and infecting the love sick fellow!  I created this in Procreate....coloring up Romeo and adding him to a background paper I had or created (not sure at all!) 💖  I added the hearts and the sentiment and changed the color of the senti to pink!  Some stitching around the edges and we were done!  Romeo comes with two senties "Love Sick" and "Smitten"!  Both describe the adorable monster perfectly!  So grab some crafty goodies and choose from sweet love or dark romance or Christmas or travel adventures!  You can find awesome images to fit this challenge whatever theme you choose at LeighSBDesigns!  Come play with us at The Outlawz Festive Friday's Challenge for February!

Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges for February!

Our wonderful theme this month at Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges is:

I used the Valentine Tea Light Holder SVG which is a FREEBIE from Dreaming Tree!  I added the Love Text Digi Stamp from LeighSBDesigns for an added Valentine's feeling!💖

Front with the light on :)

Side View

Front with lights off!

We can't wait to see what you can create using only red, white and gold this month!  So get out those crafty goodies and come play with us at Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges #14  Red, White and Gold!

 

The Outlawz Progressive/Freebie Challenge February with Sandi's Samples!

 Many thanks to Sandi's Samples 

for sponsoring us this month at The Outlawz Progressive/Freebie Challenge which includes sending us this totally adorable kitty in a box "#101 Chuck".   If you haven't signed up with us to receive an image each month to craft with then do so now coz we have a ton of fun each month!

We all know how fond cats are of cardboard boxes!  This little guy wants to have a bit of fun in a wine box!  I used Procreate to create this scene.  I colored the image up and added a green to match my outdoors background.  The background is a photo of mine snapped by the mailbox last spring.  I made the sentiment paper in Procreate and added the sentiment.   Our cutie pie kitty wants to play hide and seek!  We can't wait to visit your blogs or FB pages and see what you have come up with for this fellow!

The Outlawz Progressive/Freebie Challenge for February!