Cake? - stencilling, watercolour marker

The best part of a birthcake day is the cake!

My birthday card features stencils and stamps from Newton's Nook, Cosmic Shimmer, Nuvo mousse, and Distress markers.

Movies - shadow box, watercolour marker, stencilling

As a change up from cards, I decided to do a shadowbox to put by our TV as an homage to the movies we watch together. The shadowbox features an adorable stamp set and a stencil from Newton's Nook with Distress marker colouring, Liquid Applique for dimension, Kaiserkraft paper, and an Elizabeth Craft Designs die for the frame.

Foxes - alcohol ink markers

A snuggly fox couple for a Christmas card featuring a Newton's Nook stamp set and colouring with Nuvo alcohol markers.

Sucks - single layer, pencil colouring, stencilling

A kitty with a vacuum cleaner and belated birthday wishes graces my single layer card featuring a Newton's Nook stamp set coloured with pencils an decorated with stencilling.

Merci - stencilling, alcohol ink

My card today features a Way With Words "Thank you" on a background created with a Kraftin' Kimmie stencil, pearlescent paste, and alcohol ink.

Ballerina - TTCRD, mixed media

This week's sponsor for the Through The Craftroom Door challenge is Gecko Galz!

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For my inspiration project, I decided to use the Ballerina Girls collage sheet to make a mixed media plaque using a Kaisercraft frame, chipboard filigree from Southern Ridge Trading Company, paints and waxes from Prima and Ranger, Nuvo drops, a Tim Holtz wing, and beaded stick pins.

Dogwood - die cutting, flower shaping

We recently found out our former neighbour has cancer. I made this card for her for us and our other neighbours to send to her. Our little street is dotted with dogwood trees, so I wanted to have them prominent on the card for her. The sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, the dogwood die is Spellbinders.

Berry Thankful - easel

Berry Thankful easel card featuring Kraftin' Kimmie stamps and inks. 

Flaming Good Day - stencilling, coloured pencil, embossing

A little dragon with fire wishing you a "flaming good day" features stencil, stamp set, and inks from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps along with BoBunny glitter paste, Koh-i-noor pencil colouring, and embossing.

Buckaroo - coloured pencil, stencilling, metal colouring, embossing

Wahoo!! Hey, Lil; Buckaroo, I hope you have a Happy Birthday. My card features a long retired stamp set from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps along with Kimmie stencil and inks, Spellbinders dies, and a butterfly from Tim Holtz. I used Prismacolor pencils for the no lines colouring.

Hero - coloured pencil, embossing

I have the utmost of respect and appreciation for firefighters, true heroes. My card features retired Kraftin' Kimmie stamps and pencil colouring.

Only have Eyes For You - shaker, googly eyes

Shaka-shaka-wiggle-wiggle.  My card features stamps from Kraftin' Kimmie, a shaker dome and die from My Favorite Things, paper from Forever in Time, and wiggly googly eyes. I only have eyes for you.

Hip-Hippo-ray - shaped widow card, ink watercolouring, stencilling

Hip-Hippo-Ray, it's your birthday! Let's celebrate with candles and a hippo dance! My shaped window card features stamps and inks from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and dies from Simon Says Stamp and Sizzix.

Rainbow Blizzard - embossing resist, shaker. embossing on acetate

For a fun shaker card, I decided to go a bit out of the box and use a winter stamp set for a non-wintery love fest card. I made a Distress ink rainbow with embossing resist using snowflakes from Newton's Nook! To me, "If snowflakes were kisses, I'd send you a blizzard" is the perfect love sentiment year 'round. Let it snow!

Enjoy - alcohol marker

A bit of sunshine, Enjoy! My card features a long retired stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie coloured with Spectrum Noir markers.

Tiny Fairy - TTCRD, coloured pencil, gel plate, die cutting

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For my inspiration card, I used Staedler coloured pencils and Nuvo glitter markers to colour the shy fairy and then embellished her with die cuts, a background made with a gel plate, and Nuvo gemstones.

Anniversary - alcohol marker, easel card, stencilling

"Love is a many splendored thing." "Love will keep us together." "Love makes the world go 'round."

My lovin' couple is a long retired Kraftin' Kimmie stamp coloured with Spectrum Noir markers and embellished with another retired Kraftin' Kimmie stamp along with retired Tonic Studios dies and retired Prima Marketing paper with a not retired Kraftin' Kimmie stencil background with not retired Kraftin' Kimmie inks. It's a good thing love lasts long past retirement.

Friend Like You - Sheepski Designs, alcohol marker, embossing, die cutting

We all need that one friend who totally gets us and goofs with us. 

June's theme for the Sheepski Designs challenge blog celebrates Someone Special, be they friend, loved one, or just a someone special you want to honour. My inspiration card for June is about friendship and features Bad Hare Day coloured with Copic markers and paired with a Spellbinders die and stamp set.