You are the Best!

The moment I saw the rooster and hen images at ADFD I knew that I wanted to use one of them.  I grew up on a farm and at times had the responsibility of gathering eggs from the hen house.  I enjoyed getting the eggs, that is...until the ROOSTER would start chasing and pecking me to get away from his harem.  Despite his meanness, I always enjoyed his beautiful colors especially the turquoise feathers. I think I will make peace with the family rooster! So in honor of my favorite rooster I decided to create this card! And then I decided to do a second one.  I love the fun sketch that Sally created for us to use at SSW2.  It was quick and easy to put together.

This is the inside of my cards!

Well, as you can tell. A Day for Daisies is our sponsor this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2!  Tammy is an incredibly unique artist. I love her work.  I'm sure you will love looking around her store.  I know you will want more than one image....so why not play along with us this week.  You could be our lucky Grand Prize Winner at SSW2 and win 12 free digis from ADFD.  So start creating and have some fun!  Check out all the rules at SSW2!

 A Day For Daisies began as a small token to a constant need to create. Pairing a love of whimsical illustration, with a tidy graphic design background, Tammy S Thompson, produced her first stamp designs, introducing irresistibly sweet stamps to crafters around the globe. Drawing inspiration from the beautiful world around us, she strives to express the happiness and gratitude she feels in each stamp design she creates.

Presently, A Day For Daisies has grown to over 3,000 Digital Stamps with a quickly expanding line of Best Loved Clear Polymer. A Day For Daisies has been published and awarded over the years for innovative and unique designs created to inspire the crafting community. With a whole team behind her now, she remains passionate about illustration, obsessed with quality, and dedicated to her customers. A Day For Daisies thanks you for your ideas, comments, and creativity!

This is the sketch for this week's challenge!

Jeannie at Dragonfly Journeys also has a sweet color challenge this week.  I added my rooster to her challenge.  Each Sunday Jeannie has a new challenge.  I hope you will check it out and play along too!  Jeannie is a former SSW DT.  She makes gorgeous cards...You will love her creations too!  

My Recipe:

Image:  ADFD Rooster with flower, Studio G You Are The Best

Papers, SU Summer Sun, Poppy Parade, (So Sad,,,this is the last of Summer Sun and Poppy Parade) Stella Rose Gertie Delightful Sweet Stripe Paper

Tools:  Spellbinders Standard Circles Large and Small, Picot Edge Circles, Petite Scalloped Circles Large, SU Banner punch, EK Banner punch, Cuttlebug Chicken Wire Embossing Folder

Ink: Copics and SU More Mustard, Riding Hood Red, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Twine and Candy dots

Thanks for stopping by.  I always love your comments!

Happy Crafting!

Judi

You're the Best

Since I just organized my craft room and I know right where my bird stamps are, I decided I wanted to play with my SU Autumn Days set and see what I could create.  I have always loved this pheasant.  This was just my first try at coloring him and I didn't want to discard him even though it isn't my favorite. I'll have to play a little more. But all in all I had a fun time putting this card together and using more of my tools!

Since Dragonfly Journeys still has the bird challenge going on this week, I will enter my card there. You can enter up to three different cards at Dragonfly Journeys.  I hope you will want to play along.

Have a wonderful week!

Recipe:

Stamp:  SU Autumn Days and Banner Banter

Papers:  SU Soft Suede, Peach Parfait, KLM Turquoise, and scraps

Tools:  SU Scalloped Tag Punch, Banner Punch, Corner Punch

Accessories:  Ribbon, Wright's Twine, Copper Brads

Ink:  SU Close to Cocoa, Tim Holtz Rusty Hinge, Brushed Corduroy, Gathered Twigs, and Copics for Pheasant

Bugaboo Photo Inspired Challenge

I have to say the photo below instills some real nostalgia in me.  

It reminds me of my father. 

In fact this garden looks much like my father's farm in Utah.  

This photo is called 

A Bunch of Carrots by Robert Duncan, 

an artist who lives in Midway, Utah.

The mountain range in this photo is part of the Wasatch front. 

It looks just like the portion of the range that I have viewed my entire life.  

A Bunch of Carrots

 Robert Duncan

http://www.robertduncanstudios.com/

I have used the colors in this photo to create my card. 

I do not have a garden like my father's so 

I chose the Bugaboo birdhouses image because I love the 

chickadees, titmouse, finch, grosbeak and hummingbirds 

that come to my feeders during the year.

I wanted to use my Sizzix Top Note and SU Butterfly Wings; 

therefore, my creation began from these parameters 

along with this photo inspiration.

This is my last week to create with the Bugaboo DT.

I just want to say thank you to everyone at Bugaboo and
to all of you who have come to visit!

Thanks for the privilege of being
Bugaboo's Biggest Fan for April 2015!

Hope you will remember to take some time to play along at
Bugaboo's Catch the Bug.

Recipe:

SU Ballet Blue Cardstock
KMA Orange Cardstock
Green Cardstock
Doodle Design Inc. Hello Sunshine DP
SU Embosslits Beautiful wings
Quickutz Flower Embossing Folder
Sizzix Top Note
MS Frond Punch
Michael's Dollar Bin Flowers
Ribbon from my stash
Copics
Stickles and Jewels

Stop by on May 6.  I'll have another Bugaboo card for 
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2!

Happy Crafting!
Judi

Bird's Spring Trinkets

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Sweet Sketch 87

Sponsor:  Meljen's Designs

Meljen's Design's is  our sponsor at Sweet Sketch Wednesday this week.  We are showcasing four of her images this week at SSW.  I know you will love all of them.  But Melissa has so many more images that you will adore also, so be sure to stop by her shop and check things out.   

Meljen's Designs is offering 4 digis of your choice

if you are the lucky winner this week at SSW so be sure to play along.

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and is steadily growing! Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the

Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the

WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

My flower and leaves are made from the Cuttlebug Quilling Chrysanthemum Kit. Again I only used two of the three plates to create the flower.  I inked the edges of the leaves to give some dimension along with giving them a twist.  I added stickles to the "I" in SPRING.  But more is not better!  As you can see the "I" isn't really visable. While it was wet I actually move the glitter away from the "I" but it must have migrated back! I also added the tiny butterfly with some added stickles from the SU Butterfly Emboss Plate.   It was the perfect size. 

Oh I almost forgot, I was looking through my stash of treasures that Arlana gave to me...and I couldn't believe that I had two ladybugs in the two colors that matched this card! 

Have you ever seen a pink or teal ladybug?????

Thanks for stopping by!  I love your sweet comments!  Have a great week and try to stay warm!

My Recipe:

Image:  Meljen's Designs, Bird's Spring Trinkets

Papers:  K and Company Super Paper Pad, SU Pink Passion, Textured Agua?

BoBunny A Gift of Love Blush Dot and Tutu Dot, Doodlebug Design Petite Prints

Inks:  Copics and Promarkers

Tools and Embellishments:  Nestabilitites Standard Circles Large and Petite Scalloped Circles Large,

Cuttlebug Quilled Chrysanthemum Kit, SU Butterfly Emboss Plate,

Ribbon, Stickles, Ladybugs

Sweet Sketch 15 and Sweet Sketch Double Take
Sweet Sketch Wednesday

This week is the Fifteenth Week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. We are doing two sketches this week...so take a few moments and head over to Sweet Sketch Wednesday to see what the Design Team has created...You will be inspired to create your own cards this week. If you play play either sketch, you may be one of the lucky winners as our sponsor this week is The Cutting Cafe. As a winner you will be able to choose three stamps sets from The Cutting Cafe. Check out all the details at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.
Birds of a feather flock together...

I had so much fun creating this card. When I purchased the bird stamps, I knew I wanted to create a beach card. For the past 32 years our family has enjoyed the beauty of Cannon Beach in Oregon. The only thing this card is missing is Haystack Rock and all the critters that are found there. I was able to locate a baby sand dollar from our adventures and added it to the card. The birds have been stickled to add some sparkly dimension. When I found the blue stripe paper in my stash, I thought it might look like the ocean. The tan paper has a very granual look and has various specks so I thought it was a good choice to replicate the sand.


Below is a closer view of the birds...

Don't forget to look at the Double Take, too!

Daddy Seagull

Baby Seagull

Mama Seagull

Sweet Sketch Double Take

Regina at The Cutting Cafe is our sponsor this week. Check out her site and view her digi stamps. I love Halloween so I chose the Ekk, Ekk, Ekk, Ekk Spider and the Happy Halloween sentiment. I'm not sure why I chose the spider...because I hate spiders...I think this one looks too real! But I suppose that is what makes Halloween scary. I loved using my new Martha Stewart Spider Web border punch.

I have two versions of this card. Tell me which one you like! The stamped image included the Ekk, Ekk, Ekk, Ekk web. I added orange stickle to the spider's eyes.

Happy Halloween Supplies:

Stamp: The Cutting Cafe: Halloween This and That
Paper: SU Pumpkin Pie, Green Galore, Black, My Mind's Eye Boo! To You "Fright Night" Paper, Bo Bunny's Back to Backs
Embellishments: MS Spider Webs, Ribbon, SU Modern Label

Hope you have a great week. Thanks for all the wonderful comments.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday
Sweet Sketch 7 Color Challenge
Happy Day!

This card was made for Sweet Sketch Wednesday. We are in our 7th week of sketches. Sweet Sketch 7 is also a color challenge. If you haven’t participated, this is a great time to start. We have lots of fun at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and would love to have you join in.

Sweet Sketch 7

I had so much fun with this color challenge and also finding the stamp to make it fit the flower and leaf theme. Then I had to throw in the circle paper to accent the circle flower pattern. The paper I stamped the birds on reminds me of the early morning sun coming through the branches and leaves of the tree with the birds still silhouetted. Hope you get the same feeling.

Supplies:
Stamps: Inkadinkado Birds,
Paper: Me & My BIG Ideas Specialty Cardstock=flower, TPC Studio Grass GreenD-Stress, DCWV Fun in the Sun=Orange Circles, K & Company Citronella=green leaves, atd Vibrant Hidden Hues=green paper, SU pumpkin pie, pink passion
Ink: SU Pink Passion, Kiwi Kiss, Pumpkin Pie
Embellishments: SU Scallop Edge Punch, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Ribbon, Flowers, Brad, sponge daubers, Happy Day! Printed from computer.


Thanks for all your wonderful comments! Have a great week. It's suppose to be 101 degrees here in the northwest this week so I hope I survive without air conditioning....that temperature is extremely unusual for us.

Welcome Little Ones
Judi's Bird Feeders


This is the Mojo Monday Week 88 Sketch. Take time to check out their blog. They have lots of sketches that are fun to use.






I had so much fun with this sketch. I immediately saw my two bird feeders and from there it just came together.



I love birds and have two bird seed feeders and three hummingbird feeders. I use to just feed them from March through November but when I started seeing the hummingbirds in December and January, I decided I had better take care of my little friends.














Supplies:

Stamps: SU Natural Beauty


Paper: SU River Rock, Old Olive, Baja Breeze; Immaginisce Baby Powder Oopsie Daisy

Ink: SU Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pixie Pink & Ruby Red Blend


Embellishments: Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles and Birds and Swirls, Robert Stanley Brown Ribbon, SU Scallop and corner punches