Let's Hygge!

Howdy y'all!

I hope your year has had a good start! It's Mary Ellen here from Creative Time With ME!  Today I am sharing a cozy, wintery, hygge card. And what is this word HYGGE it is a Danish and Norwegian word for a mood of coziness and comfortable conviviality with feelings of wellness and contentment.(Wikipedia)

Stamps: Three Room Studio Simple Sentiments, Let's Hygge

Paper: CTMH French Vanilla

Ink: Catherine Pooler Midnight

Accessories: MFT A2 Stitch Rectangle STAX Set 1, Diagonal Quilt Square Cover Up, Ranger White Embossing Powder, Ohuhu Markers, Prismacolor Premier, ARTEZA Inkonic

This is the process video for this card! 

These are similar dies you can find on the Dies R Us site.

Sue Wilson Designs Striplet - Quilted Blocks

Frantic Stamper Sun Rays Quilted Card Panel

Tutti Designs Slimline Stitched Rectangles

Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

Thank you for stopping by!

Stay Healthy! 

Stay Safe!

Sunny Days

 Howdy Y'all!

Mary Ellen here from Creative Time With ME!  Today I have a No Line coloring card to share with y'all!

Stamps: Brutus Monroe Mouse Friends

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: CTMH Archival Black, Sweet Leaf, Tangerine

Accessories: Ohuhu Markers, Spectrum Noir Triblend Orange, Citrus, Light Green, The Robin's Nest Dew Drops Mardi Gras, Lavender, Burnt Umber, Royal Blue

If you visit Chattering Robins Blog there is a video tutorial on how I created this card!

You Mean the World

Howdy Y'all!

Mary Ellen here from Creative Time With ME! Today I have a fun interactive card for y'all!

Challenges Being Entered

Simon Says: Use Your Favorite Tool - I love my die cuts and Sizzix Big Shot and Sidekick

The House That Stamps Built DCC A520 ~ In the Dark

PENNY'S CHALLENGE #477

Crafty Creations August Challenge (#412) - Anything Goes

Paper Funday August 2020 - Challenge #20 Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Back to School

Stamps: CTMH Wish You Were Here

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, Black

Ink: VersaFine Clair Nocturne, Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers, Distress Mowed Lawn, Wilted Violet

Accessories: Yasutomo Pearlescent Watercolor Set, Plaid Nylon Brush Set, Apple Barrel White Acrylic Paint, Colgate Toothbrush, Amazon Makeup Brushes, Echo Park Rocket Ships, Spellbinders Around the World, Lawn Fawn Slide on Over Circles, Spectrum Noir Triblend Dark Red, Citrus, Orange, Dylusions Ink Spray Black Marble, Crushed Grape, Vibrant Turquoise, Mica Spray Crushed Grape, Vibrant Turquoise

Here is a video to share with you on how I created this card!

Similar items you can find in the Dies R Us site to what I used. 

Frantic Stamper - Dies - Outer Space

Frantic Stamper - Dies - Rocket Launch

Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

click below for:

STORE 

 CHALLENGE BLOG

  FACEBOOK

  INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

Thank you for stopping by!

Stay Healthy! 

Stay Safe!

Stay Crafty!

Happy Bee - day

Howdy!

Today over at the Make My Monday challenge blog. We have a NEW challenge which is to do a Baby Wipe Technique.

Challenges Being Entered
Stamping Sensations July - All Creatures Great and Small
Dragonfly Dreams Challenge No Patterned Paper
Corrosive Challenge # 7- 2020- ANYTHING GOES
Angie's Digital Stamps CH. #44 - AG/NO TWIST 
Avenue 613 CHALLENGE #235 - JULY 2020 Anything Goes w/Optional Twist - The Sentiment As The Focal
The Library Craft Challenge 64 - Miniature Garden Grower - I was inspired by the title since bees are important to help things grow


All Fun Challenge #11
PP500 - A Clean-and-Simple Challenge from Jaydee

Stamps: Pink & Main Bee Happy

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: VersaFine Clair Nocturne, CTMH Lemon, Goldrush, Saffron, Nectarine

Accessories: Shin Han Y222 Golden Yellow, Crayola Glitter Glue

I have a video to share with y'all on how I created this card!

The Bee Happy stamp set that I used is retired but they do have this one available.

Pink & Main BEE Day

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Something to TACO bout

Howdy!

We've got a fun new challenge over at the Alphabet Challenge Blog! The challenge this time around is  H is for Hungry - to feature your favorite food! But H does not have to be Healthy.!

I'm from Texas, so one of my favorite things to eat is Tacos!!! Which is why I had to use this cute stamp set. I used my new Ohuhu markers to color the taco.

Stamps: Spellbinders Cool Beans

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: CTMH Intense Black

Accessories: Ohuhu Markers

Challenges Being Entered
Polkadoodle Week 29 Anything Goes Craft & Card Making Challenge
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #119
Colour Crazy Challenge Week 28 - Anything Goes Colouring Challenge
Creative Fingers Challenge #190
Pattie's Creations Challenge 172
Craft Rocket Challenge #72 - For the men/boys
Craft Catz Challange # 515 ATG with optional twist Fairies

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,

M.E.

Land That I Love

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I hope y'all can play along with us at the Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge blog! The challenge picture for this period is

To create this card, I used a couple of stencils and Transparent Gloss Texture Paste to create the stars. I then stamped the Statue of Liberty and colored her. Finally, I die cut the banner for the sentiment that I stamped.

Stamps: Trinity Stamps Lady Liberty

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: CTMH Intense Black, Bluebird, Candy Apple

Accessories: Amazon makeup brush, SU! Bitty Banners, Stars Stencil, Sweet Sugarbelle Cookie Stencils, Ranger Texture Paste Transparent Gloss, Ohuhu Markers

Challenges Being Entered
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 641 - Anything Goes!
Southern Girls Challenge ~ Team Trace ~ June Anything Goes
Lavinia World Challenges #30
Simon Says: Bright and Cheerful
Through The Purple Haze Challenge 169 - July Anything Goes!
DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #262 "Red. White and Blue"
KAT SCRAPPINESS JULY CHALLENGE: RED, WHITE, & BLUE + JUNE WINNERS!

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,

M.E.

Papercrafters Unite Against Racism Hop

Howdy Y'all!

I am so happy to be taking part in this hop! The goal of this hop is to come together as a community. To stand behind our crafty sisters and brothers of colour not just in the art industry. But also to show our support in the never-ending fight for equality throughout the world.

If you also wish to show your support. We have a cute button you can grab.

The next blog to hop to is Margaret Schuering's. 

If you wish start at the top of the hop. Please visit Justine's blog.

I have created a video to share with you on how I created this card!

Stamps: The Greeting Farm Together - digi

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, Neenah Bright White

Ink: Ranger Archival Ink Aquamarine

Accessories: Ohuhu 200 count markers, Sharpie Ultra Fine Point, Bic Marking Tuxedo Black, Prismacolor Premier 10% French Grey, 30% French Grey, Fantastix, Shin Han TouchTwin Marker BR96 Mahogany, BG61 Peacock Green, B68 Turquoise Blue, CTMH Round Sponge, Spectrum Noir TriBlend Fair Skin, Coral, Earth Brown, Dark Red, homemade stencil (SU! Rainbow Builder Framelits)

Supplies used (not listed under the card picture)

MISTI 

3M Foam Tape

Fiskars  Micro-Tip Easy Action Shears

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,

M.E.

Rotting Flowers

Howdy!

My name is Mary Ellen Driggs and my blog is Creative Time With M.E.

I have had such a fun time being a guest designer for the Clever Dexter blog this month!

This month's challenge Sponsor is Oddball Stamps. And the challenge for this month is Beach Bum.

As guest designer I was able to play with the Creepy Cute Big Eye Hula Girl Spooky Sue Image No. 247 from Oddball Stamps! With this stamp set you get a couple of images. My previous post showcased the hula girl image. For this post, we will focus on the other images in this set.

This card is slightly shorter than an A2 sized card. I printed the stamp set out a couple of times and then fussy cut out the skulls. Then I took my Sharpie marker to doodle on top of the skulls. And finally I colored in the flowers on the skulls using a pink alcohol marker. I then used that pink marker to color the flowers inside the word FLOWERS to create a cohesive look. As for the word ROTTING, I used a red alcohol marker to color the word. For the top of the card, I took a scrap of white cardstock. Then I blended in some distress ink and sprinkled water to activate the ink. Next, I took that scrap and a border punch to create the dripping blood look and glued that to the top of the card.

Stamps: Oddball Stamps Creepy Cute Big Eye Hula Girl Spooky Sue Image No. 247

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Fired Brick

Accessories: Amazon makeup brush, Martha Stewart Drippy Goo punch, Sharpie Twin Tip, Copic W2 Warm Gray No. 2, Spectrum Noir TriBlend Bright Pink Blend, Dark Red Blend

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Stay Safe!

Stay Crafty!

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Birthday Frenzy

Howdy!

Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
Inky Paws Challenge #121
STAMPlorations April Stencil Challenge
Creative Fingers Challenge #184
Crafty Catz Challenge #502 ~ Anything Goes
QKR Stampede Challenge #394
Polkadoodles Week 16 Anything Goes Craft & Card Making Challenge
Southern Girls ~ Team Lou ~ Anything Goes
PENNY'S CHALLENGE #469
CCEE2016 - Stencils




Today is the 10th day I am participating in The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge! I have found it to be great motivation to work on my coloring. Have you had a chance to play along?

For this card, I used a We R Memory Stamp Press. It comes with a platform and a plexi sheet to place your stamps on. You can buy extra plexi sheets. Which is what I do. I actually have 2 Stamp Presses and an extra plexi sheet. I took the party hats from one stamp set. But there are only 2 hats. So I started out by attaching the shark stamp onto one of the plexi sheets. Then I put the hats on top of that, and attached them onto another plexi sheet. I did that a couple of times until the party hats were stamped onto a good number of the sharks. For each party hat, I created a paper mask, which was fussy cut. I placed the paper masks on top of the hats and then I stamped the sharks. The group of sharks is an individual stamp.

As for the coloring. The hats were colored with alcohol marker. While the sharks were colored with pencils. Then I blended the sharks out using a Fantastix and baby oil. If you would like to see how I did that please visit here.

Stamps: CTMH Holiday Occasions, Lawn Fawn Peacock Before 'n Afters, Newton's Nook Shark Frenzy

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: CTMH Intense Black, Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers

Accessories: Spellbinders Curved Rectangles, Dylusions Small Fishtails Stencil, Amazon makeup brush, Prismacolor Premier Crimson Red, Crimson Lake, 10% Cool Grey, 90% Cool Grey, 70% Cool Grey, 20% Cool Grey, 50% Cold Grey, 30% Cold Grey, Slate Grey, Spectrum Noir Triblend Lavender, Green Turquoise, Fantastix

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Birthday Dreams

Howdy!

Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
Inky Paws Challenge #121
Creative Fingers Challenge #184
Crafty Catz Challenge #502 ~ Anything Goes
QKR Stampede Challenge #394
Polkadoodles Week 16 Anything Goes Craft & Card Making Challenge
Craft Rocket Challenge #69 - Furry Friends
Southern Girls ~ Team Lou ~ Anything Goes
PENNY'S CHALLENGE #469



Have you had a chance to play along in The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge? Today is the 10th day I am participating in challenge! I have found it to be great motivation to work on my coloring.

For this card, I used a We R Memory Stamp Press. It comes with a platform and a plexi sheet to place your stamps on. You can buy extra plexi sheets. Which is what I do. I actually have 2 Stamp Presses and an extra plexi sheet. I took the party hats from one stamp set. I started out by attaching the kitty onto one of the plexi sheets. Then I put the hat on top of that, and attached it onto another plexi sheet. I colored this image in with alcohol markers for the bedding and colored pencils for the cat. The cat was blended by using a Fantastix and baby oil. If you would like to see how I do that please visit here. Then I created a mask for the kitty using ROCK Sticker Label Paper. I placed the mask for the party hat back on the kitty. And then I brought out an Amazon makeup brush to apply the squeezed lemonade to the area. Finally, I pieced the card together.

Stamps: CTMH Holiday Occasions, Lawn Fawn Peacock Before 'n Afters, Newton's Naptime

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: CTMH Intense Black, Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Squeezed Lemonade

Accessories: Tim Holtz Stitched Circles, Amazon makeup brush, Prismacolor Premier Blush Pink, Deco Peach, 90% Warm Grey, 70% Warm Grey, 50% Warm Grey, Spectrum Noir Triblend, Blue Turquoise, Dark Red, Brown Grey, Hydrangea, Purple, True Blue, Ice Grey, Jade Green, Orange, Bright Pink, Dull Green, Fantastix

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Sweet Bunny Hello

Howdy!

Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
Your Next Stamp Challenge #136 – Pastels
613 Avenue Create Challenge #232 - Anything Goes with Optional Twist : Use Geometric Papers
The Cutie Pie Challenge No #146 Theme: BUNNIES, BEARS AND OTHER B's
STAMPlorations April Stencil Challenge
Crafty Sentiments Designs Anything goes challenge
Try It On Tuesday Have Fun with Stencils
Unicorn Challenge #53 Furry Friends




Have you had a chance to play along in The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge? Today is the 9th day I am participating in challenge! I have found it to be great motivation to work on my coloring.

For this card, I started out by finding some pretty pastel patterned paper. Then I cut out a heart. After that I stamped this cute little bunny onto the heart. On the bunny I used alcohol markers and colored pencils. Then I put a paper mask on top of the bunny and used a grass and cloud stencil. As for the sentiment I die cut the banner first and then stamped it.

Stamps: YNS Woodland Cuties

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: CTMH Intense Black, Nutmeg, Lilac, Sweet Leaf

Accessories: MFT Stitched Sentiment Strips Die-namics, Darice Nesting Hearts, Spectrum Noir Triblend Coral, Earth Brown, Prismacolor Premier Light Peach, Blush Pink, 10% Warm Grey, CTMH Documented Dots

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Sending Bunny Smiles

Howdy!

Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
Your Next Stamp Challenge #136 – Pastels
The Cutie Pie Challenge No #146 Theme: BUNNIES, BEARS AND OTHER B's
STAMPlorations April Stencil Challenge
Crafty Sentiments Designs Anything goes challenge
Try It On Tuesday Have Fun with Stencils
Unicorn Challenge #53 Furry Friends



Today is the 9th day I am participating in The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge! I have found it to be great motivation to work on my coloring. Have you had a chance to play along?

For this card, I started out by finding some pretty pastel patterned paper. Then I cut out a heart. After that I stamped this cute little bunny onto the heart. On the bunny I used alcohol markers and colored pencils. Then I put a paper mask on top of the bunny and used a grass and cloud stencil. As for the sentiment I die cut the banner first and then stamped it.

Stamps: YNS Woodland Cuties

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, Fancy Pants Designs Beach Babe Tropical

Ink: CTMH Intense Black, Nutmeg, Lilac, Sweet Leaf

Accessories: MFT Stitched Sentiment Strips Die-namics, Darice Nesting Hearts, Spectrum Noir Triblend Coral, Earth Brown, Prismacolor Premier Light Peach, Blush Pink, 10% Warm Grey, Eyelet Outlet Enamel Dots

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

I Ruff You Too

Howdy!

Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
LAWN FAWNATICS CHALLENGE 74 – CARD SKETCH
STAMPlorations April Stencil Challenge
Arty Divas Challenge #19
Try It On Tuesday Have Fun with Stencils
Unicorn Challenge #53 Furry Friends




Today is the 8th day I am participating in The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge! I have found it to be great motivation to work on my coloring. Have you had a chance to play along?

For today's card, I took the sketch from Lawn Fawn and flipped it. I stamped 2 dogs and then created a stencil for 2 hearts to go above them. That way I was able to stay true to the sketch. For the dogs, I used colored pencil. Then I blended them out using a Fantastix and baby oil. If you are unfamiliar with the technique, I have a video on how I do it here. As for the dogs shadows, I used an alcohol marker for that.

For the grass and the sky, I used a couple of other homemade stencils. The sky was placed above the part that follows the sketch. And to separate the sketch part from the sky, I have a die cut banner. The banner was actually extended as it is much shorter. As for the sentiment on the banner that was heat embossed. Distress Inks and Oxide Inks were used in this card. So I used a water bottle to activate them. The ink for the clouds used a section of a sponge. While the grass and the hearts used 2 different Amazon makeup brushes.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Critters at the Dog Park

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, Black

Ink: CTMH Archival Black, VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Mowed Lawn, Distress Oxide Broken China, Candied Apple

Accessories: Prismacolor Premier Blush Pink, Mineral Orange, Burnt Ochre, Terra Cotta, 50% Warm Grey, 70% Warm Grey, 90% Warm Grey, Ranger White Embossing Powder, homemade stencil (MFT Grassy Edges, SU! Rainbow Builder Framelits, Echo Park Create Photo Card), Fantastix, Amazon makeup brush, CTMH Round Sponge, Amazon makeup brush, Spectrum Noir Dull Green TriBlend™ Marker, MFT Stitched Sentiment Strips Die-namics

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Thanks For Being My Friend

Howdy!

Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
LAWN FAWNATICS CHALLENGE 74 – CARD SKETCH
STAMPlorations April Stencil Challenge
Crafty Sentiments Designs Anything goes challenge
Try It On Tuesday Have Fun with Stencils
Unicorn Challenge #53 Furry Friends





Have you had a chance to play along in The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge? Today is the 7th day I am participating in challenge! I have found it to be great motivation to work on my coloring.

For today's card, I took the sketch from Lawn Fawn and flipped it. I stamped 2 dogs and then created a stencil for 2 hearts to go above them. That way I was able to stay true to the sketch. For the dogs, I used colored pencil. Then I blended them out using a Fantastix and baby oil. If you are unfamiliar with the technique, I have a video on how I do it here. As for the dogs shadows, I used an alcohol marker for that.

For the grass and the sky, I used a couple of other homemade stencils. The sky was placed above the part that follows the sketch. And to separate the sketch part from the sky, I have a die cut banner. The banner was actually extended as it is much shorter. As for the sentiment on the banner that was heat embossed. Distress Inks and Oxide Inks were used in this card. So I used a water bottle to activate them. The ink for the clouds used a section of a sponge. While the grass and the hearts used 2 different Amazon makeup brushes.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Critters at the Dog Park

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, Black

Ink: CTMH Archival Black, VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Mowed Lawn, Distress Oxide Broken China, Picked Raspberry

Accessories: Prismacolor Premier Mineral Orange, Blush Pink, Pumpkin Orange, Cadmium Orange Hue, Light Peach, 50% Warm Grey, 70% Warm Grey, 90% Warm Grey, Ranger White Embossing Powder, MFT Stitched Sentiment Strips Die-namics, homemade stencil (MFT Grassy Edges, SU! Rainbow Builder, EP Create Photo Card), Fantastix, Amazon makeup brush, CTMH Round Sponge, Amazon makeup brush, Spectrum Noir Dull Green TriBlend™ Marker

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.