E.A.D. Designs Weekly Monday Hop!

Welcome to the E.A.D. Designs weekly Monday hop! You should have arrived at my blog from Amy T.'s blog, if not, please start the hop at the E.A.D. Designs blog! (The hop officially begins today at 10:00 a.m. EST).

 

My card for today uses the E.A.D. Designs Monster Birthday Stickerz! This set is so stinkin cute for kids birthday cards (and big kids too)!  Extra products used:  SU cs, Imaginance dp, BG fiber and u/k button embellishment.

Your next stop on the hop is Amy C!

Don't forget to leave a comment on each stop on the hop, including the E.A.D. Designs blog to be entered into a random drawing for an E.A.D. prize from one of the DT's blogs!

Have a great Monday!

Happy Birthday Katie!

It's Paper Makeup Stamp's owner extraordinaire Katie Cotton's birthday today!! The Paper Makeup Stamps DT have joined together with PMS vendors for a surprise birthday hop for Katie! You can get a complete list of hop participants and start the hop at the Paper Makeup Stamps blog here!

I didn't get a chance to prepare a new card this week because my little Alexandra had the flu this week and kept me pretty busy!  I'm sharing a birthday card I prepared not too long ago using the adorable Natalie Birthday Fairy!  Natalie was previously released only in digital format but after many requests, she is now available in rubber as well! I'm also using the "Surprise " sentiment which was free with any new May release purchase!

Hope you have a wonderful day Katie!

Art, Heart & Healing

Here's my completed journal page for lesson 1 of Willowing's Art, Heart & Healing online course. This is a free-online course which I just recently took that began last October.

I must say I'm quite pleased how the portrait and entire page turned out considering this was my 1st portrait attempt.

Whimsical Landscape #2

Here's my 2nd whimsical landscape painting from the online art course called Whimsical Landscape Painting by Mechelle Harrison at Creative Workshops.

These paintings are going to look adorable in the kids playroom!

Paper Makeup Stamps and Quixotic Paperie Blog Hop - 2nd post today, please scroll down for the E.A.D. Designs weekly Monday hop!

Today some of the Paper Makeup Stamps Design Team are joining with the Quixotic Paperie Design Team to throw the spotlight on the Paper Makeup Stamps range as part of Quixotic Paperie's 2nd Anniversary celebrations (Quixotic Paperie are the UK online stockist for Paper Makeup Stamps)!

As you may be aware - Paper Makeup Stamps is owned by Katie Cotton and to give you a clue as to where the name of her company came from - Katie is a professional makeup artist. Katie has some fabulous artists contributing to her company including Steve Hammond with the Monsters range, Diem Pascarella's Beautiful Day Fairies, Moody Girls by Cynthia Liu and the Retro Cutie Critters by Diem Pascarella.

The Paper Makeup Stamps range is available in the UK/Europe at Quixotic Paperie.

If you're in the US then you can of course find the stamps at Paper Makeup Stamps direct!

As part of the celebrations and the spotlight today, we have a PRIZE GIVEAWAY! 

Pop on over to the Quixotic Inspirations blog to get all the details and enter the draw to win some fantastic Paper Makeup Stamps and more!

 

I needed to make a Thank You Teacher card for my 5 yr old's JK teacher and my card for today's hop uses the Paper Makeup Stamps Apple Additions and Little Moments Mini Sentiments sets - they were perfect!  Extra products used:  Bazzill cs, DMCV dp, Distress inks, Archiver's ink, u/k twine, DMC floss, SU button and border punch .

Inspiration for my card came from this week's sketch #120 at Card Patterns!

Now for some more inspiration! Hop on over to each of the blogs below to see some fantastic Paper Makeup Stamps creations!

- Elaine - Judy - Kim Dellow - Mary -  Andrea - Tangii - Stephanie - Tina - Katie - Dawn - - Randee - Lisa K - Jami - Anita - Michelle - Shaela -

Thanks for joining us and we hope you are enjoying all the Paper Makeup Stamps loveliness.

E.A.D. Designs Weekly Monday Hop!

Welcome to the E.A.D. Designs weekly Monday hop! You should have arrived at my blog from Amy T.'s blog, if not, please start the hop at the E.A.D. Designs blog! (The hop officially begins today at 10:00 a.m. EST).

My card for today uses the E.A.D. Designs Dad Sentiments Stickerz.  My husband absolutely adored his Father's Day card! Extra products used:  Neenah and Bazzill cs, SU tag punches, BG fibers, u/k eyelet and BG dp.

Your next stop on the hop is Amy C!

Don't forget to leave a comment on each stop on the hop, including the E.A.D. Designs blog to be entered into a random drawing for an E.A.D. prize from one of the DT's blogs!

Have a great Monday!

Whimsical Landscape

I recently took a super fun online art course called Whimsical Landscape Painting by Mechelle Harrison at Creative Workshops.

My finished canvas is 12 x 12, painted with acrylics and I just adore it! This class was so much fun and I definitely recommend you take it!

Poppies

Here's another page in my journal. The poppies were hand drawn and then I used some watercolours, Shiva Oil Paintsticks, text transfer, Faber Castell journal pen, Archiver's ink and Magenta stamps.

E.A.D. Designs Weekly Monday Hop!

Welcome to the E.A.D. Designs weekly Monday hop! You should have arrived at my blog from Amy T.'s blog, if not, please start the hop at the E.A.D. Designs blog!

My card for today uses the new and adorable E.A.D. Designs Isabell's Umbrella Feather Friends Stickerz!

Extra products used: SU cs, Sassafrass (Indie Girl dp) and distress inks.

Your next stop on the hop is Amy C!!!

Have a great Monday!

Watercolor Doodle

Here's a page inspired by Christy Tomlinson's Creative Doodling 102 (week 2) of the She Had 3 Hearts Art Journal e-Course. This was my first attempt at Doodling and then I coloured in my doodles with watercolor pencils.

Art Journal Pages - 2nd post today

Just thought I'd share a couple more art journal pages that I've been working on.

I've used Unity's Donna Downey Stamps on both of them as well as a Donna Downey Foam stamp on the first one.  LOVE my Donna Downey stamps!

E.A.D. Designs June Color Challenge!

It's time again for the E.A.D. Designs monthly color challenge!!!

Here's this month's color theme:

And some super fun and adorable Stickerz:

And here's my take on the challenge:

Products used on my card:  E.A.D. Designs Stuck On You Stickerz, SU cs, EK Success border punch, Fabric Land ribbon, Cosmo Cricket button and DMC floss.

Just for participating, everyone receives a 25% coupon and one lucky random participant will receive a $20.00 gift certificate to E.A.D. Designs! To enter and find all the details, go to the E.A.D. Designs blog here!

Paper Makeup Stamps Blog Hop

Welcome to the Paper Makeup Stamps Blog hop! You should have arrived at my blog from Tangii's blog, if not, please start the hop at the Paper Makeup Stamps blog!

With summer quickly approaching and the weather getting more beautiful everyday, today's hop is summer themed!

Products used on my card:  Paper Makeup Stamps: Lea's kite and sentiment from Celebration Sentiments set, Bazzill cs, MME dp, BG ribbon and fibers, SU punch, Archiver's and Colorbox ink.

Inspiration for my card came from this week's sketch #118 at Card Patterns.

Your next stop on the hop is Tina!!

In case you get lost along the way, here is a list of all of today's hop stops:

PMS blog
Lisa M
Andrea
Tangii
Stephanie
Tina
Katie
Dawn
Randee
Lisa K
Jami
Anita
Michelle
Ginger

E.A.D. Designs Weekly Monday Hop!

Welcome to the E.A.D. Designs weekly Monday hop! You should have arrived at my blog from Amy T.'s blog, if not, please start the hop at the E.A.D. Designs blog! The hop officially starts off at the E.A.D. Designs blog at 10:00 a.m..

As this is the first hop of a new month, today's hop theme is GRADUATION!

My card for today uses the super fun E.A.D. Designs Congrats Stickerz set.  The grad cap was cut from cardstock on my Silhouette Digital craft cutter.  Extra products used:  SU cs, Distress inks, Cuttlebug embossing folder and u/k gems.

Your next stop on the hop is the wonderful Amy C!

And, don't forget to check out this month's monthly steal!  Wouldn't these look fabulous in your kitchen?!!!

E.A.D. Designs Paper Smooches June release!

It's the E.A.D. Designs and Paper Smooches co-branding release day! This month there are some super adorable Random stickerz and rub-ons!

I used the "dude" sentiment on my card from the Random Stickerz set and the adorable Monster from Paper Smooches Falling For You set.  Extra products used:  Memento ink, SU kraft cs, Bazzill cs, Basic Grey Color Me Silly tag, dp, ribbon and fiber and CM corner rounder.

Here's a peek at the set:

Don't forget that E.A.D. Designs stickerz and rub-ons ship for free and be sure to stop by the E.A.D. Designs blog to see what the other fabulous DT members have created with their Paper Smooches and E.A.D. products today!

She Had Three Hearts

Just thought I'd share a few of my first journal pages inspired from Christy Tomlinson's She Had Three Hearts Art Journaling course.  I'm having so much fun playing with all the different mixed medias and techniques!