Yellow Rose of Texas

     I occasionally have to salute the great state of Texas since 3 of my grandchildren were born there and I have a couple of very dear blogging buddies who live there still.  These delightful roses from LeAnn's World 101 seemed a perfect image to accomplish the purpose.  I know we've all heard of The Yellow Rose of Texas and now you have that tune running through your head.  :-D

Colored with ProMarkers
Image and Card shape cut with QuicKutz dies
Lace was a scrap
Computer font sentiment, hand cut.

     Challenges:
a2z Scrapbooking
Crafter's Castle
Crafty Catz
Dies R Us
Do Al(l) Creatives
Outlawz PAM
Southern Girls
Stamping Sensations
Take It, Make It

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Purple Roses

     I've been going through my folder of images and projects which are awaiting completion, getting inspired all over again about how to use them.  I don't know if you have one of those folders but it holds images I've colored but not yet used and even uncolored images waiting for the ProMarkers or polychromos pencils. 

     I also store stamped images which others have given to me.  I belong to a group of ladies who regularly exchange images they have stamped, giving them to others in the group who then color and use them to make cards.  It's a great way to expand the number and kind of images you might have available.  These roses came from someone in that group and I have no information on who made the stamp or how old it might be.

The inspiration for my colors came from

The Paper Girls.

Colored with ProMarkers
Fussy Cutting
Heat embossed with "Bullfrog" EP
Hand sewn bow
Stamped sentiment

     Challenges:
Allsorts
Colour Crazy
Crafty Gals Corner
Cute Card Thurs.
Digi Choosday
Outlawz Stash
Southern Girls
TTCRD
Word Art Weds.

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Tilda's Birthday Roses

    ~HAPPY EASTER~

      Now, on to my post for today.  It's been a while since I used any Magnolia stamps and I admit to missing sweet Tilda so today I've done another card for my birthday stash.

     I colored with ProMarkers, then cut the image with a die from QuicKutz.  I cut a larger frame out of pink CS with another die from the same set.  The pink leaves were cut with a Cheery Lynn die and the white flowers are mulberry paper cut with a die from Spellbinders.

     I added glitter and center gemstones to the top 3 flowers.  Finally, I printed the sentiment, hand cut it, inked the edges, and added it to the top corner.

     Challenges:
Aud Sentiments
Crafting by Designs
Crafty Addicts
Cute Card Thurs
Digi Choosday
Magnolia-licious
Paperminutes
Scrappy Land
Simon Says Stamp
TTCRD

     Enjoy your Easter celebrations, whatever they may be.  I'm spending the day with family.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Celebrate Life !

     I've been practicing my coloring on roses, using ProMarkers, or pencil, or charcoals, even pastel chalks.  I'll be sharing more of those in the upcoming days but today I wanted to show you what I did with a combination of ProMarkers, gel pens, and water color pencils.

     The image is from LeAnn's World 101.

     After coloring the image, I cut it with a stitched, scalloped die from Memory Box.  I used another, larger die from that set to cut the solid golden piece used as an offset mat.  The 'damask' background is a scrap of DCWV dp and the stitched bronze ribbon was a scrap I found in my stash.

     I printed the sentiment and hand cut it before adhering it below the image.  This one goes in my stash of birthday cards.

     Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge
Cardz TV
Colour Crazy
Crafty Friends
Jo's Scrap Shack
Outlawz Twisted Thurs.
Pattie's Creations
Pile It On
Take It, Make It

     That's all for today.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Yellow Easter Rose

     I absolutely love the vintage feel of this card and I know exactly who's going to get it for Easter.  I have one friend in particular who adores anything vintage and this will be perfect for her.  She also loves yellow roses so, of course, that was the color I chose for the main focal point.

     I printed the image in gray scale, then colored it with ProMarkers.  I printed the sentiment and cut both image and sentiment with Unbranded, oval, dies.  I found a strip of scrap lace, trimmed it to size, and added it to the left edge of the card front.

     I used one of my signature, hand-sewn bows, which I 'dyed' yellow to match the main rose, then added a tiny button.

      Challenges:
Crafty Addicts
Crafty Friends
Dare 2B Artsy
Dragonfly Dreams
Get Creative
Jo's Scrap Shack
Southern Girls
Take It, Make It
Unicorn
Word Art Weds.

     That's it for today.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Winter is Past

     My card today was a commissioned card and the scripture from Song of Solomon was specifically requested.  For me right now, after a full week of rain every day and another 3 days of it predicted, it feels more like a prayer.  :-D  Either way, it's a great spring card.

     I pulled the sentiment from {PIN}terest after the lady who commissioned the card showed me where to find it.  Sorry, folks, I spend very little time on {PIN}terest; I'm much more apt to be found in my craft room than at the computer, surfing around websites or social media. 

     I sized it to fit the card, printed it, cut it into a square, and used a Fiskars punch on the corners.  I printed the roses in gray scale and used ProMarkers to color them.  I added highlights with a white gel pen.  I used a rectangle die from QuicKutz to cut the image, then used a kraft knife to gently distress the edges.

     I added the sentiment piece after I inked the edges on it.  The satin ribbon across the bottom of the card was a scrap left on my desk and I also added one of my signature, hand-sewn bows.  All of that went onto a yellow card base which had been run through my Linen embossing folder.  Sweetly feminine and the lady loved it.  :-D

     Challenges:
Art Impressions
Crafting by Designs
Crafty Addicts
Crafty Creations
Ellibelle's Crafty Weds.
House that Stamps Built
I {heart} ProMarkers
Paper Shelter
Scrappy Land
Word Art Weds.

     Half way through the work week; "Hump Day" as the camel says!  It'll be weekend in no time.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Golden Roses

     This gorgeous image, with all kinds of options for coloring it, is the freebie image for the Progressive challenge at LeAnn's World 101.  I colored them to look like roses which actually grow on a bush in my side yard.  I don't know the name of the rose because the bush was there when I moved in but they are a golden, buttery, yellow with pink on the edges.

     This time, I colored with a combination of ProMarkers and polychromos pencils.  I cut the image with a framing die from Spellbinders, then cut a piece of dp with a second die from Spellbinders, which I used as a mat behind the image.   

     The plaid background paper is a digital paper I created by changing the colors in a paper from Doodle Pantry (now closed - sadly.)

     The two ribbons are from Really Reasonable Ribbon and I had them in my rather huge stash of ribbons.  The bow is another of the ones I sew up by the dozens and I 'dyed' it with ProMarkers.

     Challenges:
Crafting from the Heart
Crafty Sentiments Designs
Outlawz Colors
Outlawz Greetings
Passion for ProMarkers
Scrappy Land
TTCRD
Word Art Weds.
Work It Weds.

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Rosy Birthday

     I'm excited to announce that this fortnight I'm a Guest Designer at The Paper Girls.  The  newest challenge has a photo to show the color theme.  Notice that green wasn't selected as one of the colors to use despite all the green in the photo.  :-D  I used an image (Bella Rose) from Conie Fong and here's how I used the colors.

     I colored with ProMarkers and fussy cut the image with scissors.  The black oval was cut with a die from Spellbinders.  I mounted that onto a pink card base and added the image using dimensional dots so that the image is actually raised above the black oval.

    I printed the sentiment, hand cut it, and matted it with a scrap of black.  The bowtie bow was made using white lace which I 'dyed' pink with a ProMarker.  I love it when CAS designs look more complex that they are.  :-D

     Challenges:
A Bit More Time to Craft
Always Happy Birthday
A Perfect Time to Craft
Cardz TV
Classic DT Open
Creative Fingers
Digistamps4Joy
Morgan's ArtWorld
Outlawz Festive Friday

     I hope we're going to see you playing in the challenge at The Paper Girls some time in the next two weeks.  Those are such lovely colors - lots of neutrals with a gorgeous pink for balance.  How could you resist?  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Potted Roses

     Today I'm sharing another of my 'all die cuts' cards.  I love doing these when I travel and don't have all my coloring tools with me.  It's easy to do a bunch of die cuts of varied subjects and colors ahead of time, then pack them away carefully between 2 pieces of cardboard.  Pop those into a plastic bag, add a glue pen, and you have everything ready for card making on the run.  :-D

     For this one, I cut the roses twice, one green and one yellow, using a die from Cottage Cutz.  The plant pot was cut with a Cheery Lynn die, and the butterfly (both layers) is Impression Obsession.  The "Hello" sentiment was done with a Poppy Stamps die.  I had a scrap of pale green, checked, dp which I used for the background.

     For the roses, I cut the flowers off the yellow die cut and layered them onto the green die cut.  I used white gel ink to highlight them and added tiny gems for a touch of sparkle.  I used the gel  pen on the pot as well.  The butterfly was highlighted with pencil and gel ink before adding gold pearls to the body.

     The sentiment was added last.  I wanted the die cuts to be the focus so no ribbons, no 3D flowers, no embellies, just the dp and the die cuts for something CAS.

     Challenges:
Addicted to CAS
CARDZ TV
Crafting from the Heart
Crafting with Friends
Crafty Creations
Crazy for CAS
Incy Wincy (1 word senti/creature/checks)
Jo's Scrap Shack
Outlawz Greetings
Star Stampz

     That's all I have for this hot summer day.  We've already had more 100F+ days in a row than we normally have all summer long so I'm done with summer!  I'm ready for rain, cool days, falling leaves, and something better than the weathermen saying, "105 again today."  Yuck.

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Wild Summer Roses

     Wild roses always remind me of summer and the lovely, coral-pink, bushes of them which grew next to my grandfather's cabin in the mountains of southern California.  There were dozens of plants and they seemed to increase each summer.  Though the blooming season was short, they always said "summer" at the top of their delicate, flowery, voices.  :-D

     When I saw this delightful image of wild roses at Beccy's Place, I just had to use it on a card.

I was inspired by the inspiration colors at House of Cards.

     I used my ProMarkers to color  the image and then cut it with a die from Spellbinders.  The lattice work was also a die from Spellbinders and was actually a scrap from another project.  The dp was left over from a scrap booking page and the bow was tied by hand using burlap ribbon.  The sentiment was printed, hand-cut, matted, and hand-cut again.

     Challenges:
Card Mania
Carlin's Card Paradise
Craft-Dee BowZ
Crafts Dreamy
Crafts Galore Encore
Crafty Hazelnut's PP
Digistamps4Joy
Morgan's ArtWorld

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

Simple Roses

     This morning, I have another version of wild roses, this time with an image from SheepSki Designs.  I'm starting on Mother's Day cards because this year I have a commission to do a full dozen for a quilter's group.

     I used ProMarkers to color the image, then cut it with an oval die from Cheapo Dies.  I added the image to a pink card front before printing, hand cutting, and adding the sentiment.  I wanted a CAS design so I added only the one, tiny bow which had been "dyed" with a ProMarker.

     Challenges:
Crafting by Designs
Crafty Sentiments
Creative Inspirations
Digi Choosday
Everybody Art
House that Stamps Built
Lemon Shortbread
Mod Squad
Simon Says Stamp

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Rambling Rose

     This lovely little sprite from AuroraWings caught my attention when I was at their store choosing images from my win in last month's challenge.  :-D  She's called Wild Rose Sprite but I colored her in peachy gold colors to look like the rambling roses my mom cultivated along the back porch arbor when I was growing up.  That's my absolute favorite color for roses to this day!

I started by using the sketch from Viva la Verve

but I flipped it side to side so that it's reversed

and lengthened the horizontal to better fit the

shape of my image.

     I colored with ProMarkers, then die cut the image with one of my Spellbinders dies.  I inked the edges with black ProMarker.   I started digging through my scrap basket and found that beautiful paper which mirrored the colors I had used in the image.  What is odd about it is that I simply don't remember ever having seen that paper before!  It was the only scrap like it and I did a quick look-through of my paper stacks but nothing like it exists in my stash.  Hmmm, oh well, call it a lucky find or a miracle, I love how it "made" this card !

     The black strip is fabric ribbon that came in a card kit but I didn't use it for either of those projects so it was waiting for me when I wanted something out of the ordinary for this one.  I printed and hand cut the sentiment, then sewed together the tiny, pink bow with the pearl.  It looks bright pink in the photo but is actually a perfect match for the pink card base, visible around the edges of the card.

     Challenges:
Aud Sentiments (dp/digi/fav color)
Colour Crazy
Crafty Catz
DL.ART
Fussy and Fancy
Outlawz Festive Friday
Polkadoodles
Southern Girls

     Thanks for visiting.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Wild Roses

     This beautiful image from Beccy's Place is the stamp for the Outlawz Progressive Freebie challenge this month.  I'm absolutely crazy about Beccy's art work and my collection of her images continues to grow.  Coloring this particular image was relaxing and fun.

I used colors from the bottom row of 

the Tuesday Tic Tac Toe challenge at Outlawz.

     I had a design  idea in my head when I was coloring the image with ProMarkers and gel inks, but as I began the layout portion, it took off on a path all its own.  The image and the sentiment had been printed onto a scrap of white CS and I used one of my oldest die sets from Spellbinders to cut the image and the sentiment and I layered them together.  I always save the leftover CS when I print/stamp only one image onto an 8 1/2" X 11" sheet and use the scraps for another image later on.  Waste not, want not!

     Lying on my desk was a die cut I had done for another project but didn't use - the lattice work.  That came from my newest die by Spellbinders and I really had no intention of having yellow as a main color on this card but I layered it behind the image and immediately decided to use it for the background. 

     However, a white card front behind the lattice just didn't work for showcasing the roses.  So I dug out a scrap of forest green burlap, distressed it a bit by removing one or two threads on each border and layered the lattice on top of that.  Voila`!  Perfect background and the image is showcased.

     I wrapped some sheer ribbon around the card front before I added the image and then used the large, white bow to complete the design.

     Challenges:
Crafty Calendar
Everybody Art
Outlawz Twisted Thurs.
Penny's Paper-Crafty
Pixie's Snippets
Simon Says Stamp
Word Art Weds.

     I hope your weekend was totally restful and energizing, and that you even got in some creative time.  It's a Monday but don't let that discourage you.  The week will move along at a regular pace and it'll be a weekend again.  :-D  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Rosy Birthday

     Adding to my collection of birthday cards, although this one will be going out fairly soon for a summer birthday.  The image from Lemon Shortbread was so much fun to color and made me think of summer so I used summer-y colors!  One of the 'fun' summer things I get to do is tend my roses, and make lots of rose bouquets for the breakfast bar and dining table.  For me, roses mean summer every bit as much as trip to the seashore.

     I colored with my ProMarkers, then cut the image with a die from one of my sets by Spellbinders.  I layered the die cut onto a coral pink card front and added one of my little hand-made bows, dyed with a ProMarker to get the exact color I wanted.

     The die cut was so detailed and feminine that the card really didn't need any other embellishment so I opted for leaving it rather simple.

     Challenges:
Crafting from the Heart
Crafty Cardmakers
Crafty Creations
Fab'n Funky
Kraftin' Kimmie
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Mod Squad
Outlawz Twisted Thurs.
Word Art Weds.

     I have another post in a few hours so be sure to stop back and visit again.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Pink Wild Roses for Mom

     Today we want you to take on our optional theme at QKR Stampede and make something Feminine or Specially for Mom.  Of course, you're more than welcome to just do our usual "Anything Goes" theme but Mother's Day is right around the corner so ...

    You'll usually find me doing something with one of QKR's fun images, most often featuring a cute or crazy animal but for Mother's Day, flowers seem to be appropriate.  It also gives me a chance to show off one of the gorgeous flower images they carry.  This one is called "Flowers" but it showcases wild roses and they were my mom's favorites.

     I used ProMarkers to color the roses and leaves, and a chalk marker to add the shadow behind it.  I cut the image with a plain square die from QuicKutz, then used a Fiskars punch to round the corners.  I used that same punch to round the corners of the card.

     I wanted a very CAS design so all I did was tie a tiny bow with the last scrap I had of that sparkly ribbon, then I printed, hand cut, and matted the sentiment and that was it.

     Challenges:
Crafting by Designs
Crafty Addicts
House that Stamps Built
Incy Wincy
Inspiration Destination
Kraftin' Kimmie
Paper Shelter
Penny's Paper-Crafty
Simon Says Stamp
Southern Girls

     Come play along with us this week.  We'd love to see what you create whether or not you use the optional Mother's Day or Feminine theme.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Corner Full of Roses

     I'm going to start by telling you that I LOVE THIS CARD!!  You know how every once in a while you create something and the more you look at it, the more it grows on you?  Well, this is one of those.  It wasn't what I had in mind when I started coloring the image, but it evolved into something I consider nearly perfect.  :-D

     We're starting a new challenge today at Ike's World and, as always, our theme is Anything Goes but we offer an optional twist if you want to use it: 'In the Garden.'  I chose Ike's gorgeous "Rose Corner" image and my favorite color, purple.  If you look at the image in the store, you'll see that Ike designed it to go in the top corner but it works just as well in a bottom corner.

     I colored it with ProMarkers, using chalk markers on the leaves, and cut it with a large square die from Spellbinders.  I wrapped the top half of the square with wide, lace ribbon and added two layers of both sheer and very narrow, polka dot ribbon, tying a triple bow with the narrow ribbon.

     I bordered the square on two sides with mulberry paper and layered that entire piece onto a background made from white CS and a triangle of scrap dp.  I hand-stamped the sentiment.  At first, I wasn't sure it was 'finished' but I set it aside to look at it again the next day and, at that point, it definitely looked finished.  I looked at it again a few days later and realized that I liked it even more than I had the day I made it.  Taking it out again today to write up this post, I find that it pleases me as much as any card I've made in the last 7 years and that's saying something!

     Challenges:
A Bit More Time to Craft
Chalk n Stock
Craft-Dee BowZ
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper
Creative Ladybirds
Kreativeinkauf
Morgan's Artworld
Not Just Cards
Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Worldwide DT Open

     I hope you're going to come and play with us in this challenge.  It's open until April 2 so you have plenty of time.  You can use any image from any company but we'd love it if you chose to use one of Ike's Art images.  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Golden Roses

     New challenge this morning at QKR Stampede and our theme is "A Touch of Gold."  I'm pretty sure I used more than just a touch but it was so easy to get carried away!   The image is "Digi 15411 Rose Border" and it's one of my favorite flower images in my rather huge collection of flower digis.

     I used my ProMarkers to color the roses and deliberately left the rest of the image black and white.  I die cut it and the sparkly, gold frame around it (Cheery Lynn "Enchanted Forest.")  I layered those onto a piece of glittered CS in a deeper gold and trimmed it to fit the size of the frame.

     I chose some plain gold CS and wrapped the white lace around it before mounting it onto my card front.  I hand cut the sentiment and matted it with dark brown CS.  My final touch was the double white bow.

     Challenges:
613 Avenue Create
Angie's Digital Stamps
Aud Sentiments
Cheery Lynn Designs
Come and Get It  (bottom row)
Craft Your Passion
Crafty Calendar
Digi Choosday
Di's Digi Designs
Get Creative
Great Impressions
Lemon Shortbread
Melonheadz Friends
Scrapper's Delights
Through the Craft Room Door

     Enjoy your day and I hope to see you playing along at QKR this week.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Birthday Rose

     This is my last card as a Guest Designer at Scrapy Land and I'll be so sad to leave them.  But I get to hang out for another couple of weeks, commenting on your wonderful entries and being so inspired by them.

     Our theme this fortnight is "Birthdays" and all you have to do is make something for a birthday, using a brand of dies sold in the store.  Since they carry more than 40 brands, that shouldn't be too difficult.  :-D

     I decided on a very CAS design, all done from scraps and snippets and using all die cuts except for the burlap bow.  The sentiment is cut with a die from Sizzix (Tim Holtz - Celebrations) and the rose die is from Die-Namites.

     I cut the rose three times, once in green and twice in two different shades of pink.  The darker pink is CS and the lighter one is paper.  I cut the rose off the green stem to use the stem and leaves alone.  The two pink roses I layered together, slightly offset for a shadowed effect.

     Challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft
A Gem of a Challenge
Classic DT Open
Corrosive Challenge
Craft-Dee Bowz
Creative Corner
Creative Fingers
Glitter n Sparkle
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Not Just Cards
Petal Lu
Pixie's Snippets
Sisters of Craft
Unicorn

     I hope you like this CAS creation.  I'm rather thrilled with it myself since it actually turned out even better than the way I had visualized it in my head.  :-D  Come play along, won't you?

     Also, check back a bit later for my second post of the day, featuring a card done for the start of the new challenge over at MHK Designs.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

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Pink Roses

     These fantastic roses were drawn by Sandi Huggett (Sandi's Samples) and the image was a freebie for the Progressive Challenge at The Outlawz.  With a simple sentiment, I thought they would work beautifully for a Valentine card or for any feminine greeting card, for that matter.

I used an inspiration photo from Sunday Stamps 

to choose my colors but had to add green for the leaves.

   
       I used ProMarkers to color the roses and Copics for the leaves.  I used a die from Spellbinders to cut the image and dies from QuicKutz to cut the card and the mat behind the roses.  The pastel pink lace was in my stash, as was the grosgrain ribbon behind it.  I added silver rose embellies to the sentiment and the bow is hand-sewn.

     Challenges:
613 Avenue Create
As You Like It
Craft-Dee BowZ
Crafting from the Heart
Craft Your Passion
Glitter n Sparkle
Let's Color Saturday
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Not Just Cards
Our Crafty Corner
Scrapy Land
Send a Smile 4 Kids
Stamping Boutique
Where the HeART Is

    Yesterday, it rained most of the morning!  That may not be a big deal to many of you, especially those who are trying to handle flooding and mudslides, but for those of us living in California, it's huge!  It won't cure all the ills of our 4 1/2 year drought but an inch and a quarter over the morning hours was wonderful.  Measure that against the 4 inches we got for the whole of 2015 and it's HUGE!  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Roses for the Heart

     I have two posts today, both dealing with Love, Hearts, and Valentines.  For this first one, I used one of my favorite rose images which is from Fitztown.  I do love roses, both the real ones that grow in my garden and stamps of roses which I love to color.  I have lots of  rose images but this one is my favorite of all.  There is something delightfully simple about it.

     The image is colored with ProMarkers (rose) and chalks (leaves), and then cut with a die from Spellbinders.  In fact, everything paper has been in my "hoarding" stash and even the butterfly is cut with a die that I've never used in the 3 years I've owned it !   I've used the other two in that particular Spellbinders set, but never this smallest one.  The die cut heart is another one I finally used this year -- having dug out that set and cut a dozen or more hearts in different sizes for use on my Valentine cards.  Even the CS for the card base was in the "hoarded" stack.  :-D

     The border pieces are cut with a Cheery Lynn die, one of my new favorites which I've used lots of times in the last month or so!

     Challenges: (lots of them this time since there are so many with "love" or "hearts" or "Valentines" as the theme.)

613 Avenue Create

Addicted to Stamps

Artistic Inspirations

Bunny Zoe's

Chalk Ah Lot Cafe
Cheery Lynn

Come and Get It

Craft Hoarders Anonymous

Crafty Boots

Crazy Challenge

Cupcake Inspirations

Friends of Speedy TV

Get Creative

Glitter n Sparkle
Great Impressions
Incy Wincy

One Stitch at a Time

Pink Elephant

Shabby Tea Room

Simon Says Stamp

Stamp and Create

     Another post will be up this afternoon so I hope you'll come by and have a look at it, too.  I do appreciate all your visits and encouraging comments.  Tomorrow will be time for another of my DT projects for The Outlawz and Friday is always set aside for QKR Stampede.  See you then.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie