A bit of CUTE!

Little Blue Button Stamps has some very cute images and I love this one.  I would never have thought of die-cutting this house or cat in that flowery cardstock if I hadn't already had it out on the desk.  The dry embossing folder was backward when I put the paper in, but I rather like the unusual indentations for this card as well as the whimsical patterns, colors, and papers.  Hope you think this is fun too..

Close-up

Have a great day out there!

Sunshine and Spring

Welcome to another Little Blue Button Stamps day!  I love the way this cute paper reminds me of spring.and sunshine and happiness.  A little, no scratch that, a LOT of dry embossing give the backgrounds lots of depth without adding pop dots until the very top panel.  

I guess you could say this little gal is a favorite of mine.  Hope you are enjoying your stamping time and would like to try a Little Blue Button stamping too.  Here's a bit of SUNSHINE to add to your day!

Close-up of Sally loves me

A Little Blue Button Scrapling

Here is a scrapling from one of Little Blue Button Stamps, the Die Cut Divas'March 2014 sponsor.  I cut one 2 3/4th inch by 4 inch piece off a card I didn't like and bingo!  A scrapling was born.  Remember, this is not a full size card.  I love little card so much I don't want to give it away.  I created the brick wall on which she is sitting by coloring Copic marker T1 across and then creating bricks by using Copic marker T2 and then continue T2 across the entire bottom of the card panel.  I used a white pen to put froth on her drink. I think she's adorable.

From ABOUT.COM:
"Question: What is a Scrapling?

Crafters come up with all sorts of cool names for little bits of paper (such as the inchies, twinchie, and rinchie trio). Scrapling is another such term.

Answer: A quarter-size greeting card is typically 5.5 x 4.25 inches (the folded size). To make it into a square card, some crafters would cut 1.25 inches off the bottom. That little scrap of paper became known as ascrapling. Instead of throwing it away (it is usually very pretty, decorative paper), it is often used to craft mini cards, tags, and labels."

I see that the origin is none other than Hero Arts, here.

Update!  I am entering Oddball Art Stamp Company's first challenge.  Looks like it'll be fun.  The theme is to use a DIGI.  How cool is that?

Talking to the Birds

What a sweet image from Little Blue Button Stamps.  She's lots of fun to color and add little die-cut birds.  I think they are my little blue birds of happiness.   Hoping you're having a glimpse of spring in your eyes.  Lots of fun in blue hair and bright red clothes.

VIVE LA DIFFÉRENCE

Many fun cards ahead of us.

Hair of a Different Hue

Little Blue Button Stamps is our sponsor for March.  A big thanks goes out to Little Blue Button Stamps.

Dawn shared Sally Loves Me with you yesterday and I thought I would share the same image, just with hair of a different color.  I just couldn't help but think of this cute gal with purple hair.  I thought it was a fun twist and made for a fun card.

Of course I used my Cuttlebug, one of my favorite and most used tools.
Additional items used:
Cricut Cuttlebug James' Set embossing folder
Distress ink - Worn Lipstick sponged on the embossed panel
Copic markers
Red Stickles
Baker's twine

You ROCK!

Be sure to check out Die Cut Divas' for our challenge this March as well as an interview today.  I love the challenge for March - LET'S EMBOSS IT!.  Don't you?  Here's a sample of one of our sponsor's new releases that I really enjoyed working with.

The image is so sweet!  I thoroughly enjoyed coloring this cute little gal, Miss Lilly and her bike from Little Blue Button Stamps.

I also used:
Hero Arts sentiment from LOL
Hero Arts Pattern Stripes
Hero Arts Manuscript Writing - an old wood block stamp
Copic markers
Distress Ink Worn Lipstick and Broken China

Blue Button makes its first time debut with Die Cut Divas

 It's March and a new challenge is up at Die Cut Divas, so be sure to visit.  This is my card for the opening day, March 1st.  Can you emboss?  Then, this is for you!  EMBOSS IT.... any sort of embossing... dry, heat, pastes etc.  Just as long as you use your Die Cut Machine for something on you card.  Of course if you dry emboss... your in!  The sponsor for the Die Cut Divas is Little Blue Buttons Stamps

I used a cute little digital from the Little Blue Button new release for my card below.  I guess I'm still into pink from the February challenge.  I do like the way this little one turned out.  Sometimes you just fall into a design.  I had the purple panel on my desk and the idea blossomed into using it for my center piece.

Close-up.

I bet you're wondering if this is actually me at a young age, NOPE.  Hope you enjoy the challenge.