Frida Loves Frosty ~ Double D Challenge

February is celebrated as the LOVE month.  I LOVE February because my daughter was born on Valentine's day, 31 years ago!  Double D is starting a new challenge using the theme of "HEARTS", so this challenge came super easy to me.

I pulled out an older Stampingbella stamp called Frida Loves Frosty.  I've always adored this sweet Tiny Townie image. 

I colored the image with the lightest Copic colors I could find in my marker bucket.  The stenciled hearts on my card are a little more subtle, but definitely visible.

Nothing like a CAS card to start the year off.

I do hope you'll play along with Double D Challenge.

Here is the inspiration board to help you get started:

 

 My inspiration comes from the bottom left panel.

And here is the prize that's being offered to the challenge winner by random draw.

 

Enjoy your February!

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You Melt My Heart ~ Double D Challenge ~ Winter Blues

Good morning stamping friends.  There's a new challenge starting today over at Double D Challenge.  The theme is "Winter Blues".

This darling snowman image from Stampingbella really does make my heart melt.  The die cut sentiment is from Sue Wilson Festive Frames ~ Snowball.

I hope you'll join in on the fun by clicking here 
using this mood board to inspire you:

Here's what you could win when you play along:

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12 Kits of Occasion ~ May Flowers

Good morning stamping friends ~ It's the end of the month so that means it's time for a group post for the 12 Kits of Occasion gals to post our projects using kits put together by one of our amazingly talented team mates.  This month's kit was hosted by my very dear friend and incredibly creative Marcia Hill of Marcia's Stampin' Pad.  

The theme of her kit is called April Showers Bring May Flowers.  If there's one thing Marcia knows how to do, it flowers!!  She's not afraid to try new techniques and she rocks every new technique every time!  I adored this delightful kit and the cards whipped together in a snap!

Now on to my cards:

  I think this card is my favorite.  I adore this little Bundle Girl from Stampingbella holding her snowdrops.  She was super easy to color and she is just as cute as a button!!

Marcia had these tulips from PTI all stamped and ready to go.  All I had to do was add a strip of patterned paper and a bit of black glitter tape.  The sentiment banner is also from PTI.

I was a little hesitant to color this Penny Black image called "First Blush" because it was so pretty embossed in silver and I didn't want to ruin it.  In the end, I'm fairly pleased with how it came out.  

I thought this paper was so pretty, I didn't want to put anything over it to cover those pretty flowers.  This sentiment die from Spellbinders still allows the paper to be the star of the show.

 Marcia included so many wonderful images to color including this one from Simon Says Stamp, Mandy's Flowers.  I happened to have these eggs left over from Easter sitting on my desk and thought they went perfectly with the Farm Fresh theme.   

Another sweet Penny Black image.  This one is called Daffodil Devotion.  LOVE!!  

And last but not least, another favorite Stampingbella image, Tiny Townie Garden Girl "Lily Of The Valley".  Oh gosh, isn't she sweet?  I'll add a sentiment later, when I know what I want to use this card for.  For now, she's perfectly cute on this CAS card.

I hope you'll visit the 12 Kits of Occasion blog to see how the rest of my talented team mates used Marcia's fabulous kit.  

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Dream BIG, Give LOVE

Hello friends and thanks for stopping by.  

I'm popping in with a warm and wintery card for the Time Out Challenge.  

I feel like this stamp called "Frida Loves Frosty" from Stampingbella fits the sentiment from Time Out Challenges perfectly.  The cool embossed frame is  Creative Expressions "Festive Frames ~ Snowball" die.  I love the stitching and the embossed snowflakes.  

I'll also be adding this card to Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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12 Kits of Occasion ~ April

Happy day!  It's the end of April and that means it's time to share my cards using this months kit, which was put together by my dear friend Kara from Bright Hope Creations.  

Her kit is titled "For The Graduate" and it was filled with fun elements to celebrate the Graduate.

I'll waste no time and jump right in with my cards.  This female grad silhouette is jumping for joy!

This image from Stampingbella from the "Uptown Girl" series is called Grace The Graduate.  She is so sweet!  I'll be saving this card for my neice when she graduates from college in 2022.  Wow!  That seems a long time away.

This little elephant from Lawn Fawns Wild For You set makes a cute little grad.  He is encircled in the Congratulations Circle Frame from Simon Says Stamp.

Kara's kit included all the elements to make this colorful shaker card.

Kara took the time to make these awesome tassles out of DMC embroidery floss.  They're wonderful!!  Thank you so much Kara for a fun-filled kit!

I hope you'll visit the 12 Kits of Occasion blog to see how my talented teamies were inspired to use Kara's kit.

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Rudolph Kisses

Good morning everyone!  I've never been this good about making Christmas cards after Christmas but the CAS Christmas Card Challenge keeps drawing me in.  It's a good thing because last year I fell short on Christmas cards.  It's a good, GOOD thing!

 I used an image from Stampingbella from the Tiny Townie series called Rita and the Reindeer.  I colored the image using Copics and added Glossy Accents to his red nose. 

I'm pretty challenged when it comes to making CAS cards but I think this one will pass for the challenge. 

 I'll also be adding this card to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes

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Spring Chicks ~ You Brighten My Day!

Hello friends ~  I've got a delightful spring card I made for the Color Throwdown challenge.

I used Stampingbella's Gardening Chicks and colored them using copics in the colors of the challenge:

I never get tired of these three pudgy chicks.   They're the epitome of springtime joy!

I'll also be adding this card to the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Animal Antics

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~ Celebrate Spring

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Stampingbella at TupeloDesignsLLC

Good morning ~  Stampingbella has some of the cutest images on the market today and did you know you can find a large selection of them at TupeloDesignsLLC?

(Tiny Townie Fairy Garden Fairy) & (Tiny Towny Fairy Garden Sign)

Whether you're coloring with Copics, colored pencils or whatever your favorite coloring medium is, these images just come to life.

 I've compiled a collection of some of my favorite cards using Stampingbella images that I've collected over time.  

 They have something for every occasion...  

(Edna the Everything Fairy)

(Bess the Butterfly)

(Brianna the Butterfly)

(Tiny Townie Fairy Garden Fairy)

 And every season.

 Spring...

 summer....

 fall......

 and winter.

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Plus, there's always great sales going on so be sure to visit TupeloDesignsLLc where there's so many fun brand name products under one roof.  

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