Travel is a journey, not the destination

I found my love of travel when I was 17 and had the opportunity to go on a 15 day educational tour through Europe.  We started in Germany then traveled through Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, and England.  It was such an amazing experience and one that gave me the travel bug. As soon as I graduated high school and started college, my main focus of study was Travel and Tourism, but....life got in the way and I ended up married with a baby on the way.  And since then, I haven't had the chance to really travel the way I have wanted.

I created this canvas as a reminder of my love of travel and to use it as kind of a vision board, to get my mind focused on adventure, travel, experiencing new towns, cities, states and countries.  I so want to start moving, seeking and exploring again....even if I have to start out close to home!

I hope you like my canvas, I really enjoyed making it with all the different media, techniques and images.   The main image is from Saturated Canary and is one of my favorites.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

+Simon Says Stamp-Wednesday challenge ATG

+More Mixed Media-ATG

+A Inky Mess:ATG

Altered Eclectics:July ATG challenge mixed media 

+Mix it up Challenge: mixed media ATg + optional distressing

+Jo's Scrap shack-ATG

+Wonderful Wednesday-ATG

+Lemon Shortbread-ATG

+Color Crazy Craft Challenge: ATG

You Mean the Whirl to Me!

I'm playing along with the sketch challenge over at Sugar Pea Designs, I used the images from
 Blow Me Away stamp set.  I just love the little dragon in this set and there are so many fun accessories.

I colored the image with copics, used a handmade cloud stencil and embossed the bottom "grass" for some texture.  I love the green and purple together, and added some blues.  The wings, belly and horn have wink of stella on, but can't see from the picture and the whirlygig has been cut out three times and layered for depth.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

+Sugar Pea Designs: Sketch


The Fairy and Unicorn: Challenge 5 something mystical or mythical
+Brown Sugar-ATG
+Color Crazy Challenge:ATG-WON TOP 3
+Crafty Catz-ATG with option-embossing
+Jo's Scrap Shack-ATG
+Cute Card Thursday-ATG
+Simon Says STamp-ATG
Wonderful Wednesday-ATG

Make A Wish

Whew, it's been a long time since I've blogged, it took me a minute to remember how to make a new post! Yikes!    To say that blogging/card making, etc, etc have taken a hiatus is an understatement.  In fact, I would like to take a hiatus, a very long one.....but I have found a little creative mojo here and there and played with the challenge over at Sugar Pea Designs using the Fairy Sweet stamp set.

                                   

I used the sketch from the challenge and some pattern paper from various paper stacks and colored this cutie fairy with copics.  The die scallop circle and banner are MFT and I used some prima flowers and NUVO drops for the centers.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Sugar Pea- sketch

Die Cuttin Divas: ATG die cut is scallop frame and banner (MFT)

Digi Choosday-ATG

Jo's Scrap Shack-ATG

+Little Miss Muffet Challenge-ATG

+Through the Purple Haze-ATG

Sending Birthday Wishes

I played with this fun color combo and sketch challenge from Sugar Pea Designs.  I think aqua and red is one of my fav combos! This cute little penguin set from Sugar Pea called Happy Mail and is perfect for masculine birthday cards or just a special delivery or sending happy mail!  

I would like to enter the following challenges:

+Brown Sugar-ATG

PDE Linky Party #149-ATG

+Creative Moments #107-ATG

+Inspiration Destination #114-ATG

+Simon Says Stamp-ATG

Maki a Wish

   I'm joining in on the sketch challenge over at Sugar Pea Designs, one big plus of doing a 30 day color challenge is that I've got a bunch of images all ready to put on a card and using a sketch just makes it that much easier!!

I used the Rice Rice Baby stamp set from Sugar Pea and this time used distress ink and watercolored the image, also stenciled the background, the orange enamel dots are NUVO Crystal Drops and are SO much fun to play with.

Well, I hope you like my card, I loved making it and that stamp set is so cute.....also, I just adore penguins!

                                                         

I would like to enter the following challenges
+Sunny Day Crafting-#25 ATG
+Color Inspiration -#4 anything hand colored
+Crafting From the Heart-ATG
+Craft Your Passion-ATG
Critters and Creatures-Linky Party #9
+Brown Sugar-ATG

A Birthday Flyby

I used the sketch over at My Favorite Things to make my card.  

I just love this stamp set called Magical Dragons, it has some of the cutest images and fun sentiments and you can find it HERE if you want to check it out! 

                                                 
I would like to enter the following challenges:
+Color Inspiration-#4 anything hand colored-FEATURED!!
+Crafting From the Heart-ATG
+Craft your Passion-ATG
+Critters and Creatures-Linky Party #9
+Brown Sugar-ATG

You make life MAGICAL!

I played with another sketch challenge over at My Favorite Things and used images from the Magical Dragons stamp set.  I colored with my copics, the embossing cloud background is colored with copics as well and is done using an embossing folder from Darice.  

I just love dragons and have since I was a young girl, I love anything in the fantasy genre and what could be more magical than sitting in the clouds with a dragon!! :)

                                         

I would like to enter the following challenges:
+MFT-Sketch
+Sunny Day Crafting-ATG
The Sisterhood of Crafters-Up, Up and Away-Anything that flies
Glitter N Sparkle-ATG
+Brown Sugar-ATG
+Crafty Catz-ATG

Another book....

I am a sucker for any images that include readers or books and have been gathering them up whenever I can find them.  This is the latest book/reading themed image from Lisa Bloobel, you can find her ETSY shop HERE.  If you are looking for different, unique and quirky, that's a great place to start! 

I made myself another bookmark, colored with copics and created the fun background with copics and colorless blender, added some fun bright pattern paper, some tulle and twine and laminated it for sturdiness.  

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A fun little side note...I found this floral frog when I was cleaning out some of my mom's things, she passed about a year ago and worked as a florist in my grandmothers shop for many years. I had seen others use similar items to prop their cards and had wanted one but never got around to finding out where to order them or even what they were called.....so it was a happy moment for me when I found this among her things!

I would like to enter the following challenges:
+Crafty Gals Corner #96 Anything but a card
+Inspiration Destination#110 ATG
+Sunny Days #21 ATG  TOP PICK
Crafting from the Heart #134 ATG