#BestDayEver - coloured pencil, paper piecing, stencilling

A text from a loved one while you're out of a beautiful day? #BestDayEver

My card features stamps, stencils, and inks from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps as well as paper piecing with mulberry paper, Prismacolor pencil colouring, and die cuts from Spellbinders and Stampin' Up.

Mystery - window, stencilling, flocking, coloured pencil

A mysterious card arrives... The magnifying glass shows footprints... The clue is your age.. What does the detective conclude?

My card features Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps with ink, stencils, and of course stamps. The front of the card is also flocked for textury goodness.

Enjoy - TTCRD, alcohol ink on acetate with embossing

This week's sponsor for the Through the Craftroom Door challenge is Stamplorations. The prize is a $15 gift code.

California-based STAMPlorations™ is owned and managed by husband-and-wife team, David & Shery Russ. We offer clear stamps, stencils, thin metal dies, and colouring pages for stampers, card makers, scrapbookers, mixed media artists, and all other kinds of crafters. All of our products are proudly made in the USA. Our clear stamps are made from the finest photopolymer resin. Through our stamp line, we hope to encourage crafters of all ages and experience levels to "Stamp with all your ART!". New products are added every month.

My project uses one of the backgrounds from Fluttery Gardens embossed on acetate and coloured with alcohol ink to resemble stained glass.

Birthday Style - gift box with stencilling

Good things come in small packages. This little gift box was made from a Spellbinders die embellished with Kraftin' Kimmie ink, stencil, and stamp along with Nuvo Dream drops.

O Canada - ink colouring, shaker

Canada Day is the first of July. Like Independence Day in the US, it's celebrated with picnics, BBQs, and fireworks. Snapshots of fun! I've been living in Canada for nearly seven years now and love living here. I gleefully celebrate both Canada Day and Independence Day, starting July with a bang!

My card features stamps, inks, and stencil from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps embellished with die cuts and shaker fireworks with holographic paper and sequins.

Let's Celebrate!

Fae Magic - alcohol ink with Perfect Pearls

Magic is the perseverance that lets us achieve what we thought might be impossible. My card features a Lavinia fairy silhouette stamp on a background of alcohol ink and Perfect Pearls accented with 3D impresslits and pearls.

Cheers - watercolour marker

Cheers! Join me with a fruffy fruity summer drink featuring a stamp and die set from Crafter's Companion coloured with Zig Clean Color markers, embellished with a 3D embossing impresslit from Sizzix, a sentiment die from Simon Says Stamp, and a sentiment stamp from Unity Stamp Co.

Less Travelled - stencilling, alcohol ink

Oft times, the road less travelled is the best one to take but is not always the easiest to take without help. My card today celebrates thanking someone for helping to go on a new path. My card features stencilling and alcohol ink with a sentiment from Unity Stamp Co.

Crafternoon - alcohol inks

I had a great Crafternoon getting giddy playing with and getting giddy alcohol... ink... with my crafty-friend, Betty, yesterday. We had loads of fun chit chatting and creating. I just took pictures of the ones I was doing and the experiments I did with the media.

Everafter - coloured pencil, masking

A girl and her dragon, a match made in heaven? My card features Newton Nook stamp sets with Koh-i-Noor pencil colouring and masking.

Special Delivery - 3d embossing

A special delivery of bumpy eggs as a decorative item? Have a Flaming good day! My Game of Thrones inspired card features 3d embossing from Sizzix, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, and Nuvo mousses.

Side note: I've only seen GoT through season 5. Please refrain from spoiler comments :)

Three Wishes - Through the Craftroom Door, coloured pencil, embossing, die cutting, shaped card, easel

Three wishes for a happy birthday, my inspiration card for the Through the Craftroom Door challenge features a digital stamp set from The Paper Shelter, our sponsor for this week.

The winner of the random draw will get 3 digital images from their vast collection.

Yellow Balloons - background stamp, die cutting

A country birthday party can be filled with a lot of good old fashioned fun. My card features Impression Obsession dies and background stamp in a blue and yellow birthday celebration.

Make A Wish - Krafty Klub, stencilling, watercolour with ink, shaped card

If I had a magic carpet, I would zooooom through the clouds. My shaped card features a brand new stamp set from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, so new it won't be released until Sunday! It was part of the May Krafty Kit. I also used the new ink in the kit as one of the colours of my sunset inspired clouds made with a Kraftin' Kimmie stencil, masking, and Krafty inks.

A Sign for Love - foiling, stencilling, watercolour marker

My card today features a foiled stencilled background as a background for a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps set using transfer gel to do the foiling and Zig Clean Color to colour the image. Here's a sign for love.

Blast Off - flocking, embossing, gilding, stenciling, coloured pencil, pearlescent watercolour

Blast off! Let's journey to fun! My card features a Kraftin Kimmie stamp set and stencil with pearlescent paint, flocking, gilding and fun.

Kickin' Day - coloured pencil, single layer card, kraft

Hi-ya! This boy is ready to help you have a kickin' day. I made this single layer card using a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps set and Prismacolor pencils.

World of Wonder - watercolour with ink, stencilling

This little girl is concentrating so hard to catch the wonder of the world around her, or at least just a butterfly. The image is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps that I watercoloured using Krafty Kolors inks. The background is a stencil from Visible Image on which I also used Krafty Kolors.

MerMay Hello - coloured pencil, die cutting

Sheepski Designs is sponsoring the latest Crafty Friends blog challenge. I'm joining the Crafty Friends design team as a guest with inspiration for the challenge of two or more dies.

My card features Selene, a Sheepski Designs freebie image. I coloured her with Prismacolor pencils and paired her with dies from Spellbinders, Kaisercraft, and Simon Says Stamp.

Koala-ty Birthday - watercolour marker, stencilling, texture

A happy Koala with a cupcake is here to wish you a Koala-ty Day for your birthday! My card features stamps, inks, and a stencil from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps with Kelly Creates watercolour markers.

Birdie Birthday - coloured pencil, stencilling, texture

A cute kitty in the garden helping out with a birthday greeting...

My cheeky kitty card features Newton's Nook coloured with Koh-i-Noor pencils and stencilling with Kraftin' Kimmie stencil and re-inker.

Ballet - watercolour maker, watercolour ground

I love watercolouring, dance, and other artful things. It's always a pleasure to bring them together. I used Zig Clean Color watercolour markers with Daniel Smith transparent watercolour ground to colour this digital stamp from Sparkle N Sprinkle accenting it with a glittery die cut sentiment from Simply Refined.

Coffee and Cake - Sheepski Designs, coloured pencil

Have a coffee with me for the May Sheepski Designs challenge. The May theme is Flower Power! I chose to use the Coffee & Cake digi with the pretty flowers on the cupcake for my inspiration card. I coloured the image with Prismacolor pencils accented with gold Aqua Shimmer and paired it with sentiments from CC Designs and paper from Prima Marketing.