Rainy Days!

Time for a new challenge over at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday and the twist for our anything goes challenge is Rain.  

I decided to go with a quote using the word rain rather than including a visual "picture" of rain.  I thought this lovely Teaset 1 from  Dragon's Lair would be perfect with the sentiment; the book is from my Cricut library.  I simply did a print and cut using very light colors and colored over the book with Copics.  

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Pretty Winnie!

It's Tuesday and time for a Digi Choosday Challenge!  We are showing some pretty projects with ribbons, laces, flowers, etc.  However, our challenges are always Anything Goes! 

This bag uses with one of the incredible papers from Winnie in Wonderland!  It was all PRE-COLORED, so no Copics were harmed in the making!  hahaha  

Be sure to head over to Digi Choosday and check out the amazing projects from our team!  Then come share what you are crafting; we'd love to see it!  Remember, when you visit the Digi Choosday Site to pick up your discount code to Polkadoodles; it's good all day today....Tuesday!  It's a great way to pick up those digi's you've had your eye on!  While you're there, you might want to sign up for the Newsletter so you never miss out on special events!

Winnie is off to the following challenges: 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:  AG
Always Fun Challenges:  Happy Birthday
World Wide Open Design Team:  AG

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Pastels

As we continue our series of Colors on our journey at Path of Positivity, we have come to pastel shades.  Spring is the perfect time to explore these lovely "washed shades of color" as we see the beautiful new speckled eggs in nests, furry animals scampering, and flowers bursting up from the ground.

Spring is also a rejuvenating time to make plans for great adventure outside! 

This spring packed image is Bicycles Digital Stamp Set from Sparkle N Sprinkle!  This image is so fresh and clean with the beautiful font/sentiment. 

Be sure to come on over to Path of Positivity and see what the team thinks about pastels!  You can also find more information about entering the challenge!  Thanks to our wonderful sponsor this month: Sparkle N Sprinkle

My bicycle is rolling off to the following challenges:  

Autism Awareness Bloghop
Dare to be Artzy:  Pastel Colors
Brown Sugar:  Spring/Easter

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Anything Goes...So why not a Rooster/Chicken?

The Twisted Thursday Pot of Gold is continuing; but it's the final week!  

We have several sponsors this month!  

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Now, lets talk about our current challenge of the month!  Our optional twist for our Anything Goes challenge Anything Goes.  So, no reason not to join in with us!  

These beautiful papers are from Paper Craftin with Erica with Fun Stamper's Journey! All I had to do here is die cut the circle, emboss some kraft paper, and add a bit of lace!  Easy, fun and quick!  

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Easter Wheelbarrow

It's all about Easter at Cut It Up for this challenge! 

 I had the pleasure of working with this great cutting file, WheelBarrow Treat Box, from Cutting Cafe !  This delightful little box is so cute and has loads of options to make it your own with your selection of papers and embellishments.  

The papers I chose were all in my stash.  I believe the yellow, oranges, and blue polkadots are retired CTMH and the large sparkly polkadot and rik-rak piece are unknown at this point.

When you visit the Cut It Up blog, have fun viewing the DT projects and check out the rules and prize info.  Then be sure to share your project with us ~ don't forget the die cut to have a chance to win a prize from our amazing sponsors. 

My wheelbarrow is rolling off to the following challenges: 

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To every thing there is a season...

The Twisted Thursday Pot of Gold is continuing!  

We have several sponsors this month!  

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Now, lets talk about our current challenge of the month!  Our optional twist for our Anything Goes challenge Seasons.  The moment I read that twist, I couldn't help but think of the verses from Ecclesiastes. 

  I colored this beautiful digi, Book Dreams, from A Day for Daisies with Copics.  My entry also includes some stenciling, journaling, tearing, paint, embossed die cuts, metal bird, beads, old jewelry, burlap, stamping, gold thread, paint splatters, etc.   

My journal entry is off to the following challenges:  

Aud Sentiments:  Bingo~Die, Markers, Fav color (brown with teal/green) or
Pattern Paper, Embossing, Die Cut
Not Just Cards:  AG
Mix It Up:  AG + Make your own background
Crafter's Castle:  AG

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Easter!

It's Tuesday and time for a Digi Choosday Challenge!  We are showing Easter projects! However, our challenges are always Anything Goes! 

Sentiment and Digi Some Bunny Adores You   

 are from Polkadoodles Too Cute 
Tag cuts from Winnie Fruit Punch 

Be sure to head over to Digi Choosday and check out the amazing projects from our team!  Then come share what you are crafting; we'd love to see it!  Remember, when you visit the Digi Choosday Site to pick up your discount code to Polkadoodles; it's good all day today....Tuesday!  It's a great way to pick up those digi's you've had your eye on!  While you're there, you might want to sign up for the Newsletter so you never miss out on special events!

This little bunny is off to the following challenges: 

A Gem of a Challenge:  Easter
My Time to Craft:  Easter/Spring
Brown Sugar:  Easter/Spring
2 Crafty Critter Crazies:  AG with a critter

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Beautiful Yellow

As we venture further into yellow on our journey at Path of Positivity, I am looking at how yellow can be a very positive color boosting our morale and making us feel more positive about our life situations.  As we all know, yellow is the warmth of the sun, the color of many beautiful flowers, and symbolizes energy & joy!  

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This is the 3rd in my Color tag series.  (You can view tags 1 and 2 below.)  I have used the beautiful image Pierrette from Imagine That Digistamp.  I started with my cereal box tag cut and covered it with a black and white floral paper.  I covered that with yellow tissue paper.  Layered over that is paper from Decosse Dynamite Doodles Taste of Summer.  This lovely yellow sunburst is where I printed the sentiment from Pierrette.  

Once that was off the printer and cut, I did some stenciling with a harlequin/diamond stencil using texture paste.  I cut the stencil on my Cricut, so I had some of the stencil in black left over.  I tucked it in between the 2nd and 3rd layer on the right.  

The top layer was printed on a printer and cut on the Cricut.  I also cut a mask for Pierrette.  This way I could stamp over and around without disturbing the focal image.  I colored her with Copics and added some sequins.  I cut a black bracket to match the left side of the main image.  It was heat embossed with black powder.   

Be sure to come on over to Path of Positivity and see what the team thinks about Yellow!  You can also find more information about entering the challenge!  Thanks to our wonderful sponsors this month:  Limited Runs and Imagine That DigiStamp.


My tag is off to the following challenges: 
  

ITD Creative Playground:  AG with ITDS Stamp
Penny's Paper Challenge:  AG
Classic Design Team Challenge:  AG
Paru's Cardmaking Challenge:  Colour

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Prior Tags from the series

January Blue

February Red

  

Jump in the Puddles!

It's here!  The Twisted Thursday Pot of Gold is continuing!  

We have several sponsors this month!  


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Now, lets talk about our current challenge of the month!  Our optional twist for our Anything Goes challenge is Tic, Tac, Toe!  

Of course, if it's a Tic Tac Toe, I have to try to get as many spaces as I can!  hahaha

So, I went with ~

First column down: Yellow, Die Cuts, Flowers

Diagonal:  Yellow, Free space, Polkadots

and

Bottom row across:  Flowers, Pink, Polkadots

My card features the  PPinky Raining Day Digi.  I colored her with Copics, added some die cuts, lace, flowers, gems, thread, twine, etc.

This little sweetie is off to the following challenges:  
Use Your Stuff:  Die Cut
TTCRD:  AG
My Time to Craft: Easter/Spring

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A Bright Future!

Allow me to introduce you to Scruff Gardening!  He is pretty adorable hanging out with the other lovable characters from the FuzzyPuffs over at Polkadoodles!  Scruff Gardening comes as a Black & White digi for you to color or Pre-colored!  

Scruff is off to show his gardening skills at the following challenges:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies:  AG with a Critter
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:  AG
The Corrosive Challenge:  AG

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Hey, Honey!

Here's another real cutie from the new FuzzyPuffs Gang!  This Digi stamp is Bella Bear Gift and she is available Pre-colored or as a Black & White Digi for you to color!  

I have colored her with Copics and added paper, tags, and a word topper from Winnie Fruit Punch.

Little Bella Bear is off to the following Challenges:  

Crafty Catz:  Layer it up
Colour Crazy Craft:  AG
Crafting with Friends:  AG

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FuzzyPuffs make me Smile!

This Cutie Kitty Digi is Jasper Hot Air Balloon!  The new Digi Stamp from Polkadoodles comes in Black & White as well as Pre-Colored.  

I have colored this sweetie with copics and cut extra flags for the balloon.  They are held on with some sparkly blue .  The digi was printed on paper from Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles Papers 7 and the sentiment is from Winnie Special Moments Quotes.

You can see all the new FuzzyPuffs HERE!

Jasper is flying off to the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge:  Story or Fairytale ~ Hot Air Henry
Just Us Girls:  Mythical or Magical
Paper a la mode:  Stories and Fantasy
Sweet Stampin' Challenge:  Inspired by a song ~Up, Up and Away

Cards for Galz:  Furry Friends

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Book Mark

It's Digitally Yours at Cut It Up for this challenge! So, this means you need to use a die cut and a digital image in your project!  I have chosen to use Book Dreams from A Day for Daisies on my bookmark.  

The bookmark cut is from Cricut Heritage and the feather cuts are from CTMH Artiste.  

This adorable little sweetie is colored with Copics and I then added some texture to her dress with a stamp.  I also added some text with a stamp on the book.  

The feathers are cut from some old stash papers, inked and trimmed out with a little gold gel.  I used some old jewelry pieces and charms to hang with the feathers.  

I currently have this bookmark in my art/faith journal.  I like the way it looks hanging over the cover!  

When you visit the Cut It Up blog, have fun viewing the DT projects and check out the rules and prize info.  Then be sure to share your project with us ~ don't forget the die cut to have a chance to win a prize from our amazing sponsors. 

My bookmark is off to the following challenges: 

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge:  AG  
Aud Sentiments:  AG + a sentiment 
Crafting with an Attitude:  AG

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Mixing It Up with MHK

The Twisted Thursday Pot of Gold is continuing and optional twist for our Anything Goes challenge is Mixed Mediums!  I was more than delighted when I saw this challenge since I have been watching lots of videos from Mike Deakin lately.  He does a lot of mixed media and vintage look.  

Now, if you're not well versed in this term or think it has to be super messy or extravagant to create mixed media, allow me to share some info about this term from ArtHistory.net:  

In visual arts, the term Mixed Media refers to a work of art that embodies more than one medium. For example, a canvas that features acrylic paint, ink, and collage could be termed Mixed Media. In this way, the term is an umbrella for visual art works that reflect more than one type of artistic medium. Mixed media artworks are currently popular in the art world. The term has been used since the Post-Modern art period of the twentieth century; yet the practice of combining different types of media to create an artwork dates back to antiquity.

Artists employ a wide variety of materials to create Mixed Media Art. Found objects like seashells, stones, and natural fibers may be employed. Other materials could include beads, textiles, paper, clay, ink, pigment, paint, gold leaf, charcoal, metal, and much more. Many artists enjoy working with Mixed Media as it allows for great flexibility. Mixed Media also adapts well to a wide array of styles.

I encourage you to visit ArtHistory.net and read more as well as visit other sites!  There is a lot of interesting info about the style as well as examples by some very famous artists to be seen! 

About my tag:

I'm very lucky to have some wonderful old pictures I can copy and play with for this type of art.  I chose a picture of my grandmother from the early 1930's.  She worked in the office of a mortuary out in Texas where my grandfather was a funeral director.  Later, they came home to the midwest and owned their own business where my father also worked as a funeral director.  

Grandma always had a letter opener on her desk as well as other necessities.  These images from MHK The Write Stuff were perfect to create the collage effect I was after for the mixed media tag!  The flower stamps behind the photo are from MHK Beauty.  

Different mediums include:
Dye Inks ~ CTMH, Memento
Distress Oxide ~ Ranger
Pigment Inks~
Paint ~ Ranger
Color spray ~ Prima
Flower ~ Prima
Heat Embossing ~ Powder from Ranger
Chip board die ~ Bo Bunny
Leather
Metal Piece for top is a "treasure" I've held onto just waiting for the right project!

I'm very pleased to work with images from one of our sponsors, MHK Designs!

MHK Beauty
MHK The Write Stuff

My tag is off to the following challenges:  

MHK Designs:  AG with an MHK Design 
A Vintage Journey:  Treasure (Happy 4th Birthday!)
Challenge Up Your Life:  Tags
Deep Ocean Challenge Blog:  Vintage/Shabby Chic
Dream Valley Challenge:  Vintage
The Outlawz Paper a la Mode:  AG
Worldwide Open Design Team:  AG

We have several sponsors this month!  

Be sure to visit The Outlawz Twisted Thursday for all the details!

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Pastels...Spring is Near!

It's Tuesday and time for a Digi Choosday Challenge!  We are showing pastel projects! However, our challenges are always Anything Goes! 

Sentiment from Lil Miss Sugarpops Quotes/Sentiments 

Flower cuts from Work and Play 12 Science  

Digi Image is Maddie Give us a Twirl   

Be sure to head over to Digi Choosday and check out the amazing projects from our team!  Then come share what you are crafting; we'd love to see it!  Remember, when you visit the Digi Choosday Site to pick up your discount code to Polkadoodles; it's good all day today....Tuesday!  It's a great way to pick up those digi's you've had your eye on!  While you're there, you might want to sign up for the Newsletter so you never miss out on special events!

Maddie is off to the following challenges: 

The Corrosive Challenge:  AG
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:  AG
Allsorts Challenge:  Ladies Only
Crafty Friends Challenge:  Springtime

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