Happy Bee-day

      Our latest challenge begins today over at Crafty Catz where our theme is always "Anything Goes" but we also give you an optional twist if you choose to use it.  Our twist this week is "Show Some Love" to go with February being Valentine's month.  

     Our sponsor this time is SheepSki Designs and I chose their image called "Buzzing" for a birthday card which will be in my stash (but not for long.) 

     The image was colored with Sanjoki alcohol markers, and then cut with a Spellbinders die, using an out-of-the-box technique to allow the wings of the bees to be outside of the cut rectangle.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  The background was made using a scrap piece of DCWV dp.  The bow was tied with my bow maker and is made from jute cord.

     Challenges:

As You Like It  (Digis, because I can store so many more of them without taking up drawer or shelf space!)

Beautiful Blossoms

Creative Inspiration

Daisy Chain

Digi Choosday

I Love Markers

Pammie's IP

Papercraft

Penny's P-C

Word Art Weds

     Feel free to come and play in our challenge this week.  We love being inspired by what you create.

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Sharing a Malt

     I keep finding all the adorable Conie Fong images I want to use now that I've joined the DT and it's hard not to want to make a new card with them every day.  Well, I am doing about one each week and I try to start off my weekends sharing them with you.  This image is called Bella and Benji and it's a delightful peek back into the days of bobby socks and malt shops.

I used colors found in the photo inspiration

at Time Out.

Colored w ProMarkers and water colors
Image cut with Unbranded wedge die using
      out-of-the-box technique on their heads
Striped dp from DCWV Basics stack
"Picture on the wall" made w hand-drawn kitten
Double sheer ribbon (pink & blue)

     Challenges:
Aud Sentiments
Cardz TV
Colour Crazy
Crafty Sentiments
Cute Card Thur
Outlawz Twisted Thurs
Polkadoodles
Scrapping4Fun
TTCRD

     Don't forget that we have two monthly challenges on Conie Fong Facebook each month; one is for coloring only and the other is for completed projects.  You must use a Conie Fong image and hand color it.  Come play with us.  If you haven't joined our FB page, please do.  We'd love to see what you make.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Floating on the River

     Hello all.  It's Friday and that means another challenge has begun at QKR Stampede, where our theme is always Anything Goes and where you can use any company's products to make your card.  However, if you decide to use a QKR image, or one from our sister company, Eureka Stamps, your entry will go into a separate draw just for those entries and that increases your chances of winning by a lot!  :-D

     For today's DT card, I merged two different QKR images, one called "Floating Gator" and the other called "Fish in Water."  I thought together they were perfect for a lazy day card.

Colored with ProMarkers and water colors
Image cut with Tonic Studios rectangle die
     using an out-of-box technique on the corner
Cat tails cut with Dare 2B Artsy die
Sheer ribbon wrapped and hand tied
Sentiment printed and fussy cut

     Challenges:
Addicted to CAS
Cardz TV
Colour Crazy
Crafty Catz
Incy Wincy (cat tails)
Lil Patch of ...
Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Passion for ProMarkers
Polkadoodles
Simon Says Stamp

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

A Day at the Beach

     It's so hot here that all I can think is we should be at the beach where it's 35 degrees cooler!  This Beach Fence image from Pink Gems is about the best I can do at the moment.

ProMarkers to color
Cut with QuicKutz die using out-of-the-box technique
Stitched ribbon
3 aqua gemstones
Inked edges on image and sentiment

     Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge
Angie's Digital Stamps
Aud Sentiments
Crafty Sentiments
Cut It Up
Digi Choosday
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Take It, Make It
TTCRD
Tuesday Throwdown

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Simple Birthday

     Quick update on my shoulder problems:  I was feeling better and had less pain in my shoulder (tendon injury) so I did some crafting and, of course, got so enthralled with it that I seriously overdid it.  The next three days were pure agony.  Doctors have now put me on "Do NOTHING" orders for the next 3 weeks and have specifically forbidden any work at the keyboard.  Fortunately, I have family and friends who are willing to type up personal blog posts as I dictate them and to help out with DT blog duties as needed.  Also fortunately, by using markers I can still color while lying down so I'm not completely "craftless."  lol

     I got enough done during my crafting binge that I will have things to post but doctors say if my shoulder doesn't improve during the next 3 weeks, they will put me into some kind of a restrictive brace.  For now, it looks like complete recovery may take as much as 2 months.

     So, if I'm not visiting and commenting on your blog, it's because of the restriction on being at the computer.  I'm not ignoring you - just unable to communicate in blogland for a while.  :-D

     Here's one of the cards I created during the last creative binge.  The image is from Bugaboo Stamps.  (I went a little crazy and colored up three or four Bugaboo images!)

     Colored with ProMarkers, then cut with a rectangle die from QuicKutz using an out-of-the-box technique on three sides.  That was mounted onto a golden yellow card base.  I added pale yellow ribbon and one of my signature, hand-sewn bows which had been dyed blue with a ProMarker.

     Challenges:
AAA Cards
Cardz TV
Catch the Bug
Colour Crazy
Crafty Catz
Creative Fingers
Cut It Up
Outlawz Festive Fri.
Paperbabe Stamps
Pattie's Creations

      That's all I have for today.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Ladybugs and Daisies

     We've had lots of rain this winter and we're grateful for every drop of it having been in or on the verge of a drought the last two years.  I haven't seen any ladybugs in my garden yet - I think it's still too cold for them to be out and about but I'm ready for a touch of spring anyway.  :-D  And no matter what the season, it's always time for Someone Special!

     The image came from Ching-Chou Kuik and I colored it with my ProMarkers.  Although it's very difficult to see in the photo, I added Glossy Accents to the underwings and the white spots on the ladybugs.

     The image is cut with a circle die from Spellbinders, leaving the leaves, flower petals, and wings out-of-the-box.  The red circle frame is cut out of a scrap of dp using a stitched, scalloped die from Memory Box. The background dp and the strip holding the sentiment are opposite sides of dp from a Paper House stack.

     I added tiny, epoxy, flowers that have a heart in the middle to each end of the sentiment piece.

    Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge
Ching-Chou Kuik
Crafter's Castle
Crafty Friends
Crafty Sentiments Designs
Cute Card Thurs
Digi Choosday
Get Creative
Jo's Scrap Shack
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Groovy V-Dub Bug

     So how many of you truly remember the "Love Generation" of the 1960s and 70s?  This image takes me back to my late teen/early adult years when things were "groovy" and VWs were all the rage.  I actually had a blue VW Bug so even coloring this image brought back some wonderful memories.  :-D

     The image is for the Progressive challenge at LeAnne's World 101 and you all know how I love my progressive challenges.  :-D

     I colored with ProMarkers, gel inks, silver paint pens, and sparkle gel pens for a bit of shine on the windows.  I fussy cut the Bug and added it to a die cut square (Lawn Fawn) with dimensional dots and made sure that it was out-of-the-box.  I used additional Lawn Fawn dies to cut the square frame and that put everything back inside-the-box.  :-D

     Since this Bug represents the 'groovy' times, I added some sparkly, 'hippy' flowers, added little gem centers, then printed and hand cut the sentiment.  The card base is made with confetti CS.

     Challenges:
Crafting from the Heart
Double Trouble  (all 3)
Get Creative
Lemon Shortbread
Outlawz Twisted Thurs.
Paper Girls
Passion for ProMarkers
Simon Says Stamp & Show
TTCRD

     That's all for now.  See you on Friday with a post for QKR Stampede.  :-D  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Valentine Ragdoll

     Another Friday, another challenge at QKR Stampede and, as always, we have a theme of "Anything Goes."  I've been working on a few Valentine cards and this darling image. "Be My Valentine," worked perfectly.  The sentiment is actually part of the image.

I started with the colors from House of Cards.

     I colored with a combination of ProMarkers and colored pencils, then did an out-of-the-box cut with a square die from Lawn Fawn.  I found a scrap of burgundy CS which I used for the card front and I added mulberry paper to each end of the card front.

     That was another scrap and I didn't have enough of it to do a long strip so I cut it into two small pieces and added one piece to each side of the image.  Once that was done, I 'feathered' the edges of the mulberry and then added the image to the card front.

     I tied one of my little hand-sewn bows to one side and called it finished.

     Challenges:
A Bit More Time ... Extra
Card Mania
Classic DT Open
Creatalicious
Delicious Doodles
Die Cut Divas
Dies R Us
   
     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Mushroom Gnomes

     I've been participating in the card exchange at Card Chain Challenge for about 4 months now and I'm already signed up to play again in August.  Click on the link above if you think you might want to get involved.

     Today I'm showing you the exchange card I sent out in July.  I used a sweet image from Toadstool Printables.

I started with the sketch from CCC:

and also used one of the theme options, "Mythical Creatures."

     Every month you get lots of options: a sketch, colors, at least three possible themes, usually three optional products you can use, and there's always the option of ignoring all of those and just doing a "Friendship" card.  

     I hand-colored with my ProMarkers, then did an out-of-the-box die cutting technique, using an Unbranded die.   I added yellow ribbon and a few scattered sequins, plus a fabric daisy, then added the sentiment.  All of that went onto an embossed card front.

     Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie