Lynn's Animal Farm

I know that today is Mother's Day here in the U.S. but thought I'd show you the card that Rambo will be giving Jim for Father's Day next month.  Jill, over at Ribbon Challenge recently had posted a card using this adorable little doxie template.  She always makes the most beautiful cards and after seeing hers,  I made the comment that I'd love to know where she got that doxie.  The next day Jill sent me a copy of the template!  Then her husband Jim, who also has a wonderful blog called Love the Details, sent it again in a different format!  Double the fun!!  Thank y'all again so very much! 

It's a super simple card and not even half as cute as Jill's, but Rambo will be giving it to Jim next month for Father's Day.  Jim's favorite color is yellow so that's why you see all that yellow on here!  Pretty bright but know he'll like it.

And speaking of Rambo and animals in general................Meet Rambo............(even though I may have posted this picture before)

I did say animal (S) - so you also get to see a picture of Sassy - our worthless cat!  I call her that because if a mouse ran out in front of her she'd just yawn and go back to sleep.  She really is a sweet cat - but yep, worthless!  LOL!  This is probably the height of laziness!

Thanks for stopping by..............
Lynn

A Couple of G's

G's as in Gelatos, that is.  Now y'all know me and know that I don't ever do strange things in my card making much, but I've really been breaking out of the shell (just a tiny bit) and trying some different products.  The latest being Gelatos.  I was scouting out Michael's the other day and they had this little pack of Gelatos on sale.  They looked so lonesome all my themselves just waiting for someone to take them off the shelf......so......I decided to adopt them (that sounds so much better than buying them doesn't it)!  After a couple of weeks of them staring me in the face I finally decided to check out some videos and see what in the world I could do with them.

This first one was pretty much a CASE of a card I saw on Pinterest.  Still not sure about the die cut greenery on here but it is what it is. 

I used a die on this one too and after messing all those colors together I added some white dots with the eraser end of a pencil using white pigment ink.

It was fun trying something new but doubt if you'll be seeing me use these on all my cards now.  Just something different.

Thanks for stopping by........and have a great weekend!

Lynn

irRESISTible Butterfly

I was recently the blog subscriber winner over at Imagine Crafts blog  and won three bottles of a wonderful product called irRESISTible Pico Embelllisher!  Whoa!  What a wonderful surprise when I was sent a bottle of New Sprout (green), Desert Sand (brown), and Danube Blue.  After checking on how to use it at their blog I found that was not only easy, but so much fun to use!  It's almost like a glossy accent but in color - and they have so many wonderful colors to choose from.  They have a teeny tiny little spout where you can use it just about any place on your card - from full coverage to outlining!

For my card I splatted some yellow and green on the white, popped up a piece of patterned paper that was from a Simon Says Stamp kit, and die cut the leaves from a SU die.  The butterfly (from SU called Flores Suaves) was stamped, cut out, and then that fabulous green Pico Embellisher added.  It truly shines!  The sentiment is from TAWS.

Thanks to all at Imagine Crafts and if you get a chance check out their store, Imagine Crafts (featuring Tsukinedo products) and blog to see some sensational things!

Thanks for stopping by..........
Lynn

Tie One On

For some reason the colors in this are almost blinding!!!  Combine that with all the dots and you may feel yourself getting a little dizzy!  The blues came out really blue, the yellow looks like a bottle of mustard, and the red resembles the measles!  BUT, not to worry because isn't that the cutest little bear ever!!!  Love his chubby tummy.

This is the featured image over at Deedee's Digis for the progressive challenge!  If you didn't play along last month and receive this image free, you can go to the store now and get it for $1.25.  You not only get the image in the line drawing but also the colored version (which I've used here) and a whole bunch of cute sentiments.  Use it on a project before the end of the month and next month you'll receive another digi absolutely free of charge!  Come on over and play along each month because we'd love to see your creations.  Deedee has some of the cutest digis around so take a look around the shop too!

Papers used were SU patterned paper, Pacific Point, and Daffodil Delight.  I went over the little bag and some of the dots in the patterned paper with the Wink of Stella pen just to give it a bit of a shine.  Not much else to say except it makes into a great Father's Day card.

Thanks for stopping by..........
Lynn

It's a Guy Thing

Today starts another challenge over at All Dressed Up!  Our theme this time is It's A Guy Thing.  It's totally up to you what you create with this..... it doesn't have to be a male card...it could just be "male" colours.  Be sure and check out the blog for all the inspiration from the DT.  Just remember you MUST use an All Dressed Up image.  All the images can be found HERE and there's also FREEBIES on the blog. 

You'll love this image that I used.  There are actually 5 little boys in the image but I only used two of them.  The image is called We Make A Good Team and you can find it here.  I colored them up with Copics, printed the image twice, and then cut out just the soccer ball and popped it up on top of the other one to give it some dimension.  The two different pattern papers can also be found in the All Dressed Up shop here.  Great masculine looking paper!

This is my second post for today.  If you're looking for the Digi Haven post, it's directly below.

Thanks for stopping by........and be sure and head on over to All Dressed Up!
Lynn

Bear Hugs

It's time for another challenge at Digi Haven!!!  Our theme this time is Bear Hugs - use an image of a bear on your project.  Our sponsor is Stamp Art Designs by Kathryne, who also provided the images for the DT to use.  Check out our blog and enter for your chance to win a wonderful prize package!!

I just love this cute little image and I'd probably have about the same expression on my face if I saw a frog poking his head out of the watering can!  They're colored with Copics, cut out, and popped up to sit in the grass die I used.  I sponged in some background clouds and then added the sentiment and button.

Be sure and stop by our challenge blog and see all the inspiration from the DT and enter your card or project.

Thanks for stopping by............and I'll be back later today with another card!
Lynn 

Hippo Hugs and Warm Thoughts

Yikes!  I've been working on a card, on and off, for about two days now.  Finally got it finished... scooted outside to get a picture, had it all set up, the wind caught it and blew it over.....of course it still had a wet finish on the main image that is now smeared, blotted, and motley looking!  So back to the drawing board once again on that one.......

In the meantime, I found this card that I made last month to send to a friend that was still getting snow while we were basking in the heat down here, but just never got it mailed!  Super duper clean and simple card using a stamp from Great Impressions that I picked up at a craft store going out of business.  This little (well, maybe I should say bigger than little) lady was glaring at me just begging to be bought.  No one else seemed to want her but she makes me smile every time I look at her.....so into the basket she went! No embellishments at all  - just stamping and coloring.

And speaking of "warm".......mercy me.....we've had some pretty warm weather around here!  (Um....I actually said something just a little bit stronger than 'mercy me' with it being so hot!!!  LOL!)   It's already been up to 99 degrees a couple of days and summer's not even here yet!  Scary thought!

Thanks for stopping by........and I'll be back around tomorrow with a couple of cards!
Lynn