Pretty in pink?

All stamps Just Johanna. This beautiful little girl image comes from Quietfire Design. Martha Stewart border punch and various Cuttlebug embossing folders. Thanks for visiting today!

Children's cards...

...using several newly released Just Johanna stamps

Ismaki Challenge

Oh Canada! Our home and native moose! :)

This week's Ismaki challenge sketch is posted just below my card.

Thanks Beatrix, for another enjoyable challenge.

The moose stamp is from Paper Inspirations. The sentiment stamp is from Quietfire Design.

I created the background with Ecoline watercolour inks, also available in a

beautiful range of colours at the Quietfire shop.

Late again...

The Arty Girlz challenge this week is to use 3-d. I did the heart by ironing velvet paper
over the stamp (All Night Media), then gold-embossed the sentiment (Impression Obsession)
I pop-dotted the sentiment and the heart, mounted those on a Cuttlebugged
Swiss dots embossed velvet piece, then finished with a
Martha Stewart punched strip. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Playing with Watercolour Inks!

What a beautiful day here in Nova Scotia. The sun is shining, the birds are singing,
and I've been able to play in my Happy Room all day long.

Mmmm-mmmm, life is GOOD.

Last night I created stacks of marbled papers using Ecoline Watercolour Inks from Quietfire Design,
using the shaving cream technique. I really love the subtle "movement" these inks create
when paired with a stamped image! Here are several cards I created today with
some of the backgrounds. All the sentiment stamps are done from Suzanne Cannon's
fine hand calligraphy, and are also available at her fun shop,
Quietfire, in British Columbia, Canada.

These cards are also for the Created by Hand challenge for May 6th., which is

to use charms on your cards. I used Swarovski crystals and pearls,

hope they count as charms!

The image stamps used on these two cards are from Lazar Studio Werx, which is
coincidentally also located in British Columbia, Canada. (Those west-coasters are an artsy lot!)

The fairy card uses a stamp from All Night Media, and the Iron Gate stamp is from Lazar Studio Werx.

I am SO enjoying these inks! They come in the most beautiful colours, and seem to last forever!

Once again, thanks so much for visiting today. I hope you have time to leave a comment
to say you were here! :)

Ismaki Challenge

The sketch for this week's Ismaki challenge can be found on their site here. This is my card. The white and blue cardstocks were stamped with a Top Boss Tinted Embossing Pad and and white-embossed with the flourish stamp set from Quietfire Design. The little gold swirl heart (also from Quietfire) was embossed with Top Boss gold EP. The colour on the heart was created with Talens Ecoline Watercolour Inks (#'s 390 & 580), also available at Quietfire. The little heart is actually also a card, which opens to reveal a message
for the recipient. The "Thinking of You" is a rub-on sentiment from Pebbles Inc.

If you like the effect of these Ecoline Watercolour Inks, I've created several other cards today
as well, which I've also posted here on my blog. Hope you can take a minute to see those too.

Thanks for stopping by again today!

Created by Hand Challenge

This week's Created by Hand challenge is...HOME! Stamp from Suzanne Canon's lovely shop Quietfire Design.