A mother's love is like sunshine

Wow this is amazing I actually have been using my Copics and coloring again. I was going through a rough patch of not wanting to lift a marker for quite a long time. I actually had these Mo Manning images printed, but finally took the time to color them. This cutie with the large sunflower makes me smile. 

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection
Stamp:  Mo Manning - Baby Sunflower
Sentiment:  TLC, Create
Bling:  Mark Richards
Spellbinder:  Lacey Circle
Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories

Challenges
Mo Manning Pencil - Ch. 301 Anything Goes with Mo image
Mojo Monday - Sketch 556
Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 516 Flowers
Sweet Stampin' - Special Women 
Crafty Catz - Ch. 544 Anything Goes with optional Dreaming of summer
Time Out Ch 184 Inspired by Words. 

Let Heaven and Nature Sing!

I wanted to get a couple Christmas cards done each month and I am trying to do it yet for March. I had this one colored and put it together. This adorable elf is from Mo Manning and the sentiment is from TLC, Create. For March, I kept it green in color.

Cardstock: Bazzil
Stamp:  Mo Manning - see above for direct link
Sentiment: TLC, Create - let Heaven and Nature Sing!
Pom: Creativity
Spectrum Noir glitter pens
Border Punch:  Martha Stewart

Challenges
Mo's Digital Pencil - Ch. 301 Anything Goes with a Mo Manning image
Sketch Saturday - Ch 653
CHNC - Ch. 535 Anything Christmas with optional star or more
Christmas Kickstart - Ch. 48 Green Christmas
ABC Christmas - E for Elf
CCAYR - E for Elf
12 Months of Christmas Link Up - Ch 75 Cheers 

It's You and Me against the world

I have been seeing everyone's gorgeous cards and I had to make just one. I have been overwhelmed by life, but had to take the time since I have so many coffee "things".  So I grabbed two different Tattered Angel Mist brown sprays for the background. I had some paper scraps of  paper that I had made by blending my Distress oxide inks together and die cut a small Spellbinder coffee cup.  I had a sentiment from TLC Create.  Then added a some twine, Spellbinder butterfly circle and flowers. There now I won't feel so jealous and left out, but I will need the coffee since I stayed up later than usual, lol.

Cardstock: Recollections
Sentiment:  TLC, Create
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
Flowers:  Prima, Recollections
Punches:  EK Success
Spellbinder:  Butterfly Circle, Coffee set
Distress Oxides: unknown what colors I used
Divine Twine

Challenges
2021 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 516 Flowers
Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 143 Tea or Coffee Time
Crafty Creations - Ch 419 Anything Goes
Allsorts - Wk 616 Spring flowers for the first day of spring 

Let's celebrate the gift of you

My friend Andrea came up with this wonderful sketch last week at Tuesday Morning Sketches and I had it made, but just didn't get it posted.  The sentiment is from TLC, Create and the shaker is a pre-made that I picked up on clearance from Hobby Lobby. I embossed the white and pink papers. This is just a fun and magical birthday card for a young lady.

Patterned Paper:  Recollection
Cardstock:  Bazzil: Recollection
Shaker:  Paper Cuts
Die: Spellbinder - Large Circle; My Favorite Thing - Banner
Gems:  Duct Tape
Embossing Folders: Cuttlebug

Challenges
Double Trouble - Ch. 79 Make it Magical
Dies R Us - Ch. 165 Make it Magical
Seize the Birthday - Ch. 210 optional sketch
Aud Sentiments - Ch. 271 An animal and a sentiment
Krafty Chicks - Ch. 522 All occasions
Unicorn Challenge - Ch. 63 Make it feminine
Watercooler Wednesday - Ch. 312 All about occasions

You are a Beam of Sunlight

I had this image that I had printed off a long time ago and it was sitting in my craft area and I finally put it together. It is from Faery Ink and my sentiment is from TLC, Create. Since Saturday was the first day of spring and I am so ready for it, I had fun putting this card together. I added sparkle to the wings with a Spectrum Noir pen which doesn't show up well in the photo.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe
Cardstock:  Bazzil
Stamp:  Faery Ink Birds Nest Big Hair Fairy
Sentiment:  TLC, Create
Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts
Dies: Spellbinder & Quic Kutz
Spectrum Noir
Doilies: Recollections

Challenges
Cheerful Sketches - March 2021
Crafty Catz - Ch. 543 Anything goes with optional make it magical
Allsorts - Wk 616 Spring Flowers for the 1st day of Spring
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 483 - 484 Anything Goes
Inkspirational - Ch. 235 Fur or Feathers   I went with feathers for the birds and fairy

Easter bunny out of die cuts

I have actually done some coloring lately, but this card I wanted to use my die cuts since I just feel that I don't use them enough and I have sooooo many. I felt like a kid in art class.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye
Cardstock:  Bazzil
Lace: Simplicity
Ribbon: American Crafts
Spellbinders: Heart; Small and Large Circles, Small and Large Petite Ovals
Marker: Zig
Sakura white pen

Challenges
Dies R Us - Ch. 165
Double Trouble - A magical day, I think the Easter bunny is magical especially to children
Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 188 Easter/Spring
Crafty Catz - Ch. 543 Anything Goes with optional magical - I think Easter bunny is magical to children
Do-Al(1)Kreatives - Ch. 51 Easter
Inkspirational - Ch. 235 Fur/Feathers    I went with fur
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 48
Crafty Animals - Ch. 48

Poinsettia with embossing

The past few years it has been my goal to make at least 2 Christmas cards each month and I have done well.....until this year. I'm quite behind in my holiday cards. I have tried to do some cleaning in my craft area and I found this wonderful freebie from Beccy's Place that I colored long ago and had sitting in a pile waiting to be put together. So I played instead of cleaned....again. I dry embossed the background and heat embossed the Tim Holtz sentiment.

Patterned Paper: Sweet Shoppe
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp:  Beccy's Place (see above for direct link)
Sentiment:  Tim Holtz
VersaMark
Embossing Powder: Stampendous
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Challenges
Christmas Card Throwdown - March Sketch
Beccy's Place Challenge - March
CHNC - Ch. 532 Anything Christmas or optional Father Christmas
CCAYR - March something that starts with e or f (embossing)
CRAFT -  Ch. 589
Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 32
Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Vintage