LACY SUNSHINE'S ELEANOR AND PICKLES THROUGH THE YEARS BLOG HOP

Happy Thursday everyone and welcome to the Eleanor and Pickles Blog Hop presented by the Lacy Sunshine DT gals. Sit back, relax and enjoy your hopping experience:)

 

Late one night in June of 2012, Heather Valentin was on the phone with her best friend and was drawing, like many of us do when talking on the phone, and the result, the first Eleanor and Pickles image – Eleanor and Pickles Book of Spells. The first image of Eleanor by herself, was Eleanor Bookworm.

Now, 3 years later, Eleanor and Pickles make up the largest category of images created by Heather Valentin for Lacy Sunshine Stamps. Eleanor and Pickles along with various other character friends, like Tilly the dinosaur, have had many adventures over the past 3 years and Heather continues to draw new images of these delightful characters.

Over the next 2 days, the Lacy Sunshine DT gals will be celebrating Eleanor and Pickles 3rd Anniversary/Birthday with our Through The Years Blog Hop. Please come hop along with us to win some “Pickletastic” prizes and see some Heather’s favorite Eleanor and Pickles images. You can visit Lacy Sunshine Shoppe to view the entire range of images available for purchase.

The hop begins at Lacy Sunshine Challenge blog and then follows the order below. Make sure you stop at every blog on the hop and leave a comment. Don’t forget to leave a comment at Lacy Sunshine Challenge blog too. Our prizes will be announced along with our New Challenge post on June 21st. Hope you enjoy the hop!!  **If for some reason a blog on the hop is missing its hop post, please skip it and continue on with the hop to the next stop so that you don't miss a chance at the fabulous prizes!**

Audrey------->YOU ARE HERE

Next stop is Barb

Chrissy

Dora

Irene

Julie

Kitty

Linda

Lisa

Lisbeth

Natasja

Vannessa

Return to Lacy Sunshine Blog for final stop.

My project for the hop features a brand new Eleanor and Pickles - "Eleanor and Pickles A Happy World."  This image was made at my request to represent love of mother Earth.  I colored this beauty with Copics and cut out with L'il Inker dies.  Sentiment, from SU, is cut with Lawn Fawn die and I think it fits the image so perfectly.  DP is from Little Yellow Bicycle.  I chose to do a flip card for this project.  The flowers are added are from my newest Wild Orchid Crafts purchase and bling is from Queen and Co.  I sure hope you like how it turned out.  Don't forget to leave me a comment and enjoy the rest of the hop!!

Card lying flat

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Inky Impressions New Release (and Challenge)

All Dressed Up - New Challenge

INKY IMPRESSIONS has NEW RELEASES!!

Hello again today.  I apologize for my lack of posting recently.  I have been having issues with Blogger on both computers for different reasons and so I am having to use 2 different computers for most of my posts, which is time consuming and annoying, especially because they are on different floors on opposite sides of the house.

We have some AMAZING NEW RELEASES from Inky Impressions, so I hope you will check those out  - the DT has done a great job showcasing them and you can find their samples at Inky Impressions Challenge!   Reminder, we also have our Something's In The Air challenge going on - you have until Tues., June 16 (that's tomorrow) at 6pm GMT to come play along in our challenge, so come link up your project at Inky Impressions Challenge - you can use any images you like.

My NEW RELEASE creation features "Sad Christopher," a brand new digi stamp.  I think he is so sweet.  Image is colored with Copics and cut with Nestie.  I added a button from Bag O Buttons.  DP is from Bella Blvd. and Pebbles Inc.  I chose CS from Coredinations and Doodlebug.  Sentiment is from Craftin' Desert Divas.  Sure hope you like it and will check out the rest of the new releases!

I am also sharing my Something's In The Air Challenge creation - remember you have til 6pm GMT on June 16 to enter this challenge at Inky Impressions Challenge.  My card features Super Girl LiLi, which is a rubber stamp.  I have stamped her using Memento ink onto Cryogen white paper.  Image is colored with Copics and cut with scissors.  Since I wanted her to be In The Air, I made a slider card and you can slide the image back and forth along the top of the card.  Sentiment is from Jaded Blossom's Super Hero set and cut out with die from my stash.  I chose Lawn Fawn dies to cut out circles.  Papers are Bella Blvd. and from my stash.  Buttons are Bag O Buttons.  Sure hope you like it!

All the images I used today can be found at Inky Impressions Shop.   Sure hope you like my creations.  Also, please pay a visit to our Inky Impressions Facebook Group and check out our Inky Impressions Pinterest Gallery.

New Challenge at ALL DRESSED UP!!

Hello and happy Monday!  Not sure how it got to be the 15th of June already, but here we are.

I am pleased to announce our New Challenge at ALL DRESSED UP BLOG.  Our challenges are always ANYTHING GOES with an image from ALL DRESSED UP - you can find a large variety of our images at ALL DRESSED UP ETSY SHOP and they are amazing, so you will want to visit there and pick some up!!!  Wendy has also generously offered some freebies and you can find them HERE - please be respectful of the rules regarding the freebies.

You can see all the Challenge samples made by the DT Team B at ALL DRESSED UP BLOG.  Trust me, you will be inspired by all the beautiful projects.  I also hope you will join us on our ALL DRESSED UP FACEBOOK GROUP page where you can chat about All Dressed Up and join in other fun going on there.  We also have our challenges from the blog being cross posted at the ALL DRESSED UP FACEBOOK GROUP, so take advantage of being able to see all the DT challenge creations there as well, and we'd love to see what you are doing with All Dressed Up images, so feel free to post your latest All Dressed Up projects!!

My creation today features 3 Little Summer Girls  digi image from ALL DRESSED UP ETSY SHOP.    I colored this gorgeous image with Copics and cut out with Lawn Fawn die cuts.  This fold is something that I found on Pinterest and will try to get the link of where it came from.  DP is Doodlebug Designs and I added buttons from Bag O Buttons.  Sentiment is from Craftin' Desert Divas.  CS is Bo Bunny and SU.  

I sure hope you like it and will come play at ALL DRESSED UP BLOG!!

Use Die Cuts Challenge at Di's Digi Designs

Happy Saturday to everyone!   Wow, for the first time in as long as I can remember, we actually have no scheduled, organized activities.  Soccer is done for the summer except for practices and camps, but no more games or tournaments til August, and school is also done til about the end of August.  I am just looking forward to being able to sleep in!

We have a NEW CHALLENGE for you over at DI’S DIGI DESIGNS and it is USE DIE CUTS!  You have until 11:55pm EST on Friday, June 19 to come join the fun.  Remember, you don’t need to use an image from DI'S DIGI STAMPS to play along, but if you do, you have a chance to win 2 images from DI'S DIGI STAMPS in addition to a chance at the sponsor prize.

I hope you will check out DI'S DIGI STAMPS as Di has so many wonderful images, many that would be perfect for our challenge.   You can also check out her CandiBean rubber stamps line - Set 7 has now been released in the UK and will soon be available in the US - you can preorder the set from many sites right now in US.

 

Today my creation uses one of the adorable images from DI’S DIGI STAMPS - "Your Fairy Sweet."  Image is colored with Copics and cut out with Nesties.  I chose sentiment from My Creative Time and cut out with die from my stash.  DP is My Mind's Eye, flowers are Prima and glitter bling is Queen and Co.  Buttons are from Bag O Buttons.  The fold I chose is a combo center step/easel card and is based on a template I found on Nela's Blog.  I sure hope you like it and will come play along!!

FUN IN THE SUN WITH KARLEIGH SUE DIGI DESIGNS!!

Hello everyone!  Wow, my weekend was so busy - 8 soccer games between my 2 boys - 4 Saturday, 3 Sunday and 1 yesterday as it was a holiday here in US.  I was barely home all weekend and got nothing done on my house!

I am sharing today on the Karleigh Sue Inspiration blog with another creation to share using one of the brilliant images from Karleigh Sue Etsy Shoppe.

Today, I am using Sassy Summer (Curly) image which can be found in Karleigh Sue Etsy Shoppe.  This is a super fun image and as always, so much fun to color!

As anyone who has seen many of my recent projects, you may have noticed that I have been doing a lot more fancy folds.  I was at the point where I was starting to think all my cards were looking very similar, and that took away a bit of my mojo.  So, I decided to get on Pinterest and any other website I could find and get some inspiration!  This particular fold was found at Joanna Sheen shop.  It is called a zig zag 4 panel card.  I chose papers from Jillie Bean.  Image and sentiment cut with Marianne dies.  Stickers are Jolee's Boutique and sentiment is from Craftin' Desert Divas.

Closer up view of image

Copic colors used as follows:

Hair - E55, E25, E29

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04

Skirt and headband B41, B32, B34, B37, B39

Pinks RV23, RV25, RV09

Yellow YR21, YR23, YR24

Image is highlighted with Y32 and grounded with E31, E33, E35, C2

I sure hope you like how this came out and hopefully it has provided some inspiration for you:)  Remember to check out New Karleigh Sue Digi Shoppe, Karleigh Sue Etsy Shoppe, Karleigh Sue Facebook Fan Group and Karleigh Sue Challenge blog.  Have a great day!!

Hugs:)

SHOW OFF THOSE MUSCLES WITH FAERY INK

Hello everyone!!   Weirdest thing happened, I had this post all ready to post today and somehow, it completely disappeared from my blog!  It was supposed to post earlier today, but I wasn't home from soccer and then dinner until after 9pm from 8:30am this morning, so please accept my apologies.

I want to share some inspiration with you today. You can find the image I used, “Girls Lift Too” at the Faery Ink Shop.  I absolutely adore this image, she is stunning and was a joy to color.  I love the sentiment I found from Jaded Blossom – in case you can’t read it, it says “Wear Your Muscles with Pride” and I think it fits this image perfectly!

I chose to make a twisted easel card to showcase this beauty. I used DP from Doodblebug Designs and buttons from Queen and Co. Image is cut out with Nestie and die behind it is also Nestie. Image colored with Copics. I chose hair colors E53, E34, E57, E49. Skin is the same skin colors I pretty much always use E000, E00, E21, E11, E04 and R21. Lips are RV23 and RV25. Shirt is E02, E04, E07 and E09, heart is RV23, RV25 and RV09. Dumbbells are YG03, YG13, YG17 and G28. Shorts are B000, B01, B02, B05 and B07.

Sure hope you like my creation and hopefully it has given you some inspiration. Make sure that you visit the Faery Ink Shop to see all the wonderful images there!! Also, remember to play in our challenge which you can find at Faery Ink Facebook Group.

Hugs:)

2 or More Designer Papers at Di's Digi Designs

Happy Saturday to everyone!   More soccer this weekend and next weekend as both boys are playing tournaments both weekends.  Luckily, they are the same tournament and they are both relatively local, so that is good.  Of course, they are still exhausting.  Thank goodness we have Monday off for Memorial Day Holiday.

We have a NEW CHALLENGE for you over at DI’S DIGI DESIGNS and it is 2 or More Designer Papers!  You have until 11:55pm EST on Friday, June 5 (my oldest daughter's b-day - she will be 16!) to come join the fun.  Remember, you don’t need to use an image from DI'S DIGI STAMPS to play along, but if you do use an image from DI'S DIGI STAMPS or any CandiBean stamp, you have a chance to win 2 images from DI'S DIGI STAMPS in addition to a chance at the sponsor prize.

I hope you will check out DI'S DIGI STAMPS as Di has so many wonderful images, many that would be perfect for our challenge.   You can also check out her CandiBean stamps line - Set 7 is now available in the UK and other parts of Europe - you can find details at DI’S DIGI DESIGNS.

Closer up view of image

Today my creation uses one of the newest adorable images from DI’S DIGI STAMPS "Mia's Koala Hugs."  This image is so cute, love that little koala!  I have colored it with Copics and cut out with Nestie.  Sentiment is from Scrappy Moms and cut with Sue Wilson die.  Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts (little flowers) and Bo Bunny (larger flower).  I used Doodlebug dots on the sentiment and Prima bling flourish on the panel beside the image.  Designer Paper is Doodlebug Designs.  I sure hope you like this variation of the standard tri-fold.  I have been playing around with a few different versions of the tri-fold that you will get to see soon.  Sure hope you like it and will come play along.  Hugs:)

ONE SWEET CHALLENGE (SWEET PEA STAMPS) - THINGS WITH WINGS

Happy Monday!  I am thrilled to announce that I am back as part of the DT at ONE SWEET CHALLENGE where we showcase the brilliant artists from SWEET PEA STAMPS SHOP.

We have our second round of May inspiration projects from our amazing One Sweet Challenge (OSC) Designers.   Our theme is “things with wings,” and your deadline is May 30.  To enter you can click here.

This is the front of my card, I guess it's an off center gate fold - not sure what else to call it LOL.  I used a Fiskars punch for the flowers, ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon, made bow with Bow Easy and affixed Prima Flower.  DP is from my stash.

My card uses Molly Harrison’s Little Winter Angel.  This is such a beautiful image and I had great fun coloring her with my Copics, Atyou Spicas and Sakura pens.  She is cut out with a Sue Wilson die.  Sentiment is from My Creative Time clear stamp and cut with Nestie.  I sure hope you like it and will come play along!!

Btw, in our Sweet Pea Stamps Facebook group we have a progressive challenge every two weeks. First, we have a call for projects using any Sweet Pea Stamps image that is available in the store. That theme is “anything goes.” Then those entries will receive a digital image FREE of charge, chosen by our leader and SPS store owner Lynette, for Part Two of the progressive challenge. With that FREE digital image you are asked to make a project and enter it in Part Two. Random.org will pick the winner of Part Two. That winner will receive another digital image of the winner’s choice from the SPS store. Even if you don’t enter our progressive challenge, we hope you will stop by for inspiration and share your Sweet Pea Stamps art. The current FB Progressive challenge started Part 2 today, May 18.

The Sweet Pea Stamps Designers blog showcases Sweet Pea goodness every day. Need a little pick me up for your creative mojo, or sometimes to view a video, stop by, like I said, “every day.” You can also find the challenge blogs that Sweet Pea Stamps is sponsoring. Here’s another chance to win more SPS goodness.

Hope you will pay a visit to Sweet Pea Stamps:)

NEW RELEASES AT KARLEIGH SUE DIGI STAMPS

Happy Saturday to all!  Another weekend of soccer for us, so this will be short and sweet:)

I am excited to announce that we have New Releases this month and the images can all be found at KARLEIGH SUE ETSY SHOPPE.   Hope you will check out what the DT gals have done with the New Releases by visiting Karleigh Sue Inspiration Blog.

The New Release image I have use is called "Cuddie Buddie" and she comes with sentiments!  I have used one of those sentiments for you to see.  I have made a side step card.  Image is colored with Copics and cut out with Nestie.  Sentiment is also colored with Copics and cut out with Sue Wilson die.  I have added flowers and pearls from Prima.  Sure hope you like it!

We also have a special deal for you along with this release at Karleigh Sue Etsy Shoppe, so hope you will take advantage of it!!

*Visit the Karleigh Sue Etsy Shoppe

Use promo code "THANKYOU20" for a 20% discount*

Remember to check out Karleigh Sue Etsy Shoppe, Karleigh Sue Facebook Fan Group and Karleigh Sue Challenge blog.  Have a great day!!

Hugs:)

NEW CHALLENGE AT ALL DRESSED UP

Hello and back again today!  I am running on very little sleep, so if my post doesn't make sense, I cannot (and should not) be held responsible!  LOL  I am so glad it's Friday, even though I have a busy weekend ahead, we have nothing tonight.

I am now here to announce our New Challenge at ALL DRESSED UP BLOG.  Our challenges are always ANYTHING GOES with an image from ALL DRESSED UP - you can find a large variety of our images at ALL DRESSED UP ETSY SHOP and they are amazing, so you will want to visit there and pick some up!!!  Wendy has also generously offered some freebies and you can find them HERE - please be respectful of the rules regarding the freebies.

You can see all the Challenge samples made by the DT Team B at ALL DRESSED UP BLOG.  Trust me, you will be inspired by all the beautiful projects.  I also hope you will join us on our ALL DRESSED UP FACEBOOK GROUP page where you can chat about All Dressed Up and join in other fun going on there.  We also have our challenges from the blog being cross posted at the ALL DRESSED UP FACEBOOK GROUP, so take advantage of being able to see all the DT challenge creations there as well, and we'd love to see what you are doing with All Dressed Up images, so feel free to post your latest All Dressed Up projects!!

My creation today features Love Spring Time  digi image from ALL DRESSED UP ETSY SHOP.    I colored her with Copics and cut out with Sue Wilson die.  Then, I made a mask with vellum and used removable tape runner to attach it to the image parts of the cut out and used my sponge dauber to go over the rest.  You can see the final result in the photo above.

I decided this gorgeous image needed a fun, fancy fold to showcase it, so I used a double shutter (or double display) fold, you can see the tutorial at Beccy's Place Blog - she has tons of awesome tutorials there.  I chose Kaisercraft DP.  This is the closed card, tied with ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon and butterfly from Prima added.

 This is the card fully opened.  I added a few Prima flowers for some added fun and a Prima flower with Queen and Co. bling center on the image.

Here's a closer view of this adorable image.

I sure hope you like it and will come play at ALL DRESSED UP BLOG!!

New Releases at Inky Impressions!!

Wow, another crazy week.  14 more school days til the kids are out for summer, and yes, I am counting down the days!!  Since November, when we moved, life has seemed to be all driving children to and from things - mainly school.  I was used to all the other driving, but the school stuff has been pretty overwhelming, so I am really looking forward to not having to do that anymore.  Next school year, they will all be back to riding buses.

We have some AMAZING NEW RELEASES from Inky Impressions, so I hope you will check those out  - the DT has done a great job showcasing them and you can find their samples at Inky Impressions Challenge!   Reminder, we also have our MORE THAN 1 FOLD challenge going on - you have until Tues., May 19 at 6pm GMT to come play along in our challenge, so come link up your project at Inky Impressions Challenge - you can use any images you like.

The front of my card features Wedding Day Circle digi, which I have placed a piece of marbled vellum over and then cut all out with Leabilities die.  I chose DP from Simple Stories and bling from Queen and Co. to finish off the front of the card.

The inside of my features New Release images

Church Background with Angelica's Wedding Day and Groom Christopher

I chose to make the inside pop out/up when you open it by adding a little folded paper piece in between the interior top and bottom 

Here is a closer view of the images so you can see all the wonderful detail of these images and also how nicely they go together to make a scene.  I used GIMP to combine the images to make the scene.

All the images and sentiment I used today can be found at Inky Impressions Shop.   Image is colored with Copics and Atyou Spicas and cut out with Sue Wilson die.  Sure hope you like it.  Also, please pay a visit to our Inky Impressions Facebook Group and check out our Inky Impressions Pinterest Gallery.

BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP WITH FAERY INK!

Hello, hello and welcome to our Faery Ink Birthday Blog Hop!!

You are at Audrey (aka Hippieaud)'s blog right now and I have chosen to use Peace Fairy, which you will be able to find at FAERY INK SHOP on May 22nd.  I absolutely love this image because as most of you know, I love anything which stands for Peace, Love, tie dye, etc.  This image is absolutely stunning and has great details, making it such fun to color.

 I wanted to do something really special to celebrate Faery Ink's birthday, so I used a tutorial from Splitcoast to make an exploding box and of course, I chose birthday papers from Cloud 9 and gcd Studios to decorate it.  Bow is made from ribbon I got from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  After coloring this wonderful image with Copics, I cut her out with scissors so you could really get a nice look at all the beautiful details found on the image.

Box opened - sentiment is from Paper Sweeties and I chose balloon dies from We R Memory Keepers and Taylored Expressions.

Closer view of image

Thanks for celebrating Faery Ink’s 12^th birthday with us! If you’re just joining in, make sure you check out the original blog hop post below:

http://faeryink.com/2015/05/happy-birthday-faery-ink-blog-hop/

Don’t forget to comment on this post as well for your chance to win…  I will be giving away this Peace Fairy image to one lucky commenter!  Enjoy the rest of your journey, and remember to start at the beginning if you happened upon me before visiting the other stops on the hop.

Rest of the blogs in the hop:

Crafting Vicky

Amy's Lil Cutie Creations

Kel's Scraps & PhotoGRAFFS

Jane's Created with Love by Jane

Tracy's Kindred Dilettante Soul

Samantha's Designs by Sammy

Audrey's Hippieaud's Blog------>  YOU ARE HERE

Julie's Something Beautiful By Julie

Valou's La Féérie du Scrap

Paula's Life's a Beach!

Hugs!!

LOAD ON THE FLOWERS AT DI'S DIGI DESIGNS!

Happy Saturday to everyone!   More soccer this weekend, although only 2 games this weekend and they are both local, so I should get a little time to relax and maybe even do some crafting!!

We have a NEW CHALLENGE for you over at DI’S DIGI DESIGNS and it is LOAD ON THE FLOWERS!  You have until 11:55pm EST on Friday, May 22 to come join the fun.  Remember, you don’t need to use an image from DI'S DIGI STAMPS to play along, but if you do, you have a chance to win 2 images from DI'S DIGI STAMPS in addition to a chance at one of the sponsor prizes - we have 2 awesome sponsors this time.

I hope you will check out DI'S DIGI STAMPS as Di has so many wonderful images, many that would be perfect for our challenge.   You can also check out her CandiBean rubber stamps line - Set 6 has been shown on Create and Craft UK and can be purchased there as well as other online retailers.

Today my creation uses one of the newest adorable images from DI’S DIGI STAMPS "Mia's PuRRfect Friend."    I found this card fold on Pinterest and the tutorial for this 3D pop up can be found at http://stamping.craftgossip.com.  I chose papers from Bella Blvd.   Image is colored with Copics and cut out with Nestie.  I chose sentiment from Taylored Expressions, cut with Xcut die and added Doodlebug bling.  Flowers are all from Wild Orchid Crafts.  I sure hope you like it and will come play along!!