Birthday Eclipse - coloured pencil, stencilling, masking

Woodland critters along for a party, my long skinny birthday card features stamps from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps coloured with Koh-i-Noor pencils and letter dies from Simon Says Stamp.

Poppies - TTCRD, alcohol marker on tissue, collage

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For my inspiration piece, I used one of the images from Cupful of Blooms with tissue paper and alcohol ink markers.

Kamsin - Sheepski Designs, alcohol marker, alcohol ink

The start of another month! It's October and the challenge this month on the Sheepski Designs blog is Autumn Colours!

For my inspiration this month, I used Kamsin coloured with Nuvo alcohol ink markers and a touch of Nuvo Jewel Drops for her glasses. I paired her with a sentiment from Unity Stamps, a little stencilling, paper lace, and an alcohol ink background.

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Boo Kitty - coloured pencil, masking

Halloween is coming! My card features Newton's Nook stamp sets and dies from Tim Holtz/Sizzix with Tombow coloured pencils and distressing.

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!

Woman of Wonder - single layer card, coloured pencil, masking, stencilling

Be a strong, brave, humble badass! Stand proud and be yourself. My aspirational single layer card features stamps by Unity Stamp Co, stencilling with a My Favorite Things stencil and Distress ink, and colouring with Prismacolor pencils.

Social Media - watercolour pencil, embossing, embossing resist

"Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' in the future..." While spending time on social media, time spirals out and away. Time passes...

My card features a digital image from The Paper Shelter coloured with Prima watercolour pencils, an embossed image by Visible Image with a Distress Ink background, and sentiments from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Wine - Through the Craftroom Door, watercolour pencil

Cheers! A bottle of wine looking for some lonely cheese, my card features a digi from Sparkle n Sprinkle with Nuvo watercolour pencils on a Spellbinders embossed background.

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Birthday RWB - die cutting

Festive birthday with shiny foils and pearly embossing, my card features dies from Memory Box and Tonic Studios with a 3-D embossing folder by Stampin' Up.

Time - embossing resist

You're my past and future, I'd travel through time for you! My time travel inspired card features stamps from Visible Image and Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps with Distress ink and embossing resist.

School Days - stenciling

Up in the mornin' and out to school

The teacher is teachin' the Golden Rule

American history and practical math

You studyin' hard and hopin' to pass

My school themed card features tools from a Dreamweaver stencil embossed and Distress inked on Graphic 45 paper. Sentiments from Unity Stamp Co and a flower accent from Prima complete it.

While we try to teach our children all about life. Our children teach us what life is all about.

Bearable - Distress ink watercolour

It's nice telling someone how much they mean to you. My card features a House Mouse stamp, a sentiment from Unity Stamp Co, paper from Graphic 45, and a stitched die from Lawn Fawn.

Watermelon Cupcake - single layer, CAS, Distress watercolour

A watermelon cupcake and a kitten, such a wonderful summer treat! My single layer card features Newton's Nook and Distress ink watercolour.

Book Kitty - stenciling, vintage buttons, single layer

Reading under a tree is the perfect Spring or Summer day for me. Newton's taking a nap with his book. My card features Newton Nook stamps, a stencil from the May My Monthly Hero from Hero Arts, Distress inks, and vintage buttons!

Pamper Blue - stencilling, Prismacolor pencils

Using a Memory Box stencil and a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps set, I created a cool blue card with Distress ink and Prismacolor pencils.

Steampunk Birthday - stenciling, embossing, die cutting

"Just put some gears on it..." This dapper fellow is wishing a happy Steampunk birthday on a hexagon card festooned with gears in stencilling, die cuts, Distress Oxides, Distress ink, Perfect Pearls, and embossing.

Garden Gate - gatefold, die cuts

A gilded garden gate with climbing flowers is the focus of this gatefold card. The card features dies from Simply Defined, Stampin' Up, and Spellbinders as well as stamps from Impression Obsession. All Gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so.

Rainbow Day - Multi-stamping, masking, stenciling, die cuts

Walkin' with a rainbow when the sun shines through when it's been rainy brings a bit of a bounce to the step, that optimism bounce. My card featured a House Mouse image triple stamped with a Kaleidacolor rainbow ink pad and framed with a holographic die cut.

Cat Nap - Sheepski Designs, window card with stencilling

How fast and April is here! The Sheepski Design blog challenge for this month is Animal Magic. What's more magical than a kitty sleeping in a sunbeam.

For my card, I used the Sheepski Design Cat Nap on a window card with stencilling which is visible on the inside as well.

Bunny - watercolour Distress ink, embossing resist

Pastels and bunnies are commonly seen on Easter or Spring treats. This fluffy Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps pastel bunny was watercoloured with Distress ink after being embossed with Hero Arts pink halo.