Ribbit

Hello ~

Took a little time to post some of the items I've been coloring. After not using my Copic's for almost a year, it's like starting all over again! So, I've printed a bunch of images out to practice at night while I watch TV with my fam. It'll still take more time, always learning & growing.

I also decided it'd be the perfect time to learn how to manipulate digital images with more proficiency. It's super fun to build images. The digi images are from Pixel Paper. I placed the frog on the lily pad and then I split the butterflies up (as they were one image) then I flipped one, repositioned them and then regrouped the altered images. I will never go totally digital, but I will be trying more moving forward!

Not sure why this card look so very washed out. I'm trying to learn the filters in my photo program and on PicMonkey, but am having troubles with that... more to learn! But when you stop learning, your brain dies!

      Challenges:
            Kitty Bee ~ #90 Living Things w/ Wings

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Kitty Bee Christmas part 2

 So glad you are stopped by again today. I know you may already know about the current challenge for Kitty Bee Designs ~  Aloha Friday Challenges! But, incase you missed the post last week, the theme is just perfect for this time of year, can you guess?? It's Christmas!

Here's the little guy I decided to use for this card. I've already added it to slowly growing basket for next years Christmas cards. Yes, I know - I'm an over achiever and since I've already mailed out all my cards for this year - I've started my basket for 2016! Okay, so now there's one last chance to add your Christmas inspired creation to the challenge - and maybe you'll be chosen to receive a great present from Fitztown! I'll see you on the Aloha Friday Challenges page!

I hope you and yours all have a wonderful, safe holiday filled with love, happiness and joy!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Kitty Bee Christmas part 1

Hello my friends! So glad you are here to hear about the brand new challenge for Kitty Bee Designs ~  Aloha Friday Challenges! The theme is just perfect for this time of year, can you guess?? It's Christmas! yeppie

 

I decided to create a card that was just a little more special as it's just a wonderful time of the year - it's a double wiper card! I used this tutorial I found here. I simply adjusted to have two wipers. It's much easier than it looks, I promise. I adore these two little giraffe images from Kitty Bee Designs! BTW - if you are in the Etsy shop and don't see the image you'd love and have seen before, just let KBD know via a message thru Etsy shop.

My pattern papers are from SU, the ribbons are from Joann Fabrics and the white cardstock is Neenah. So, now it's your turn to add your Christmas inspired creation to the challenge - get your supplies out, get craftin' and I'll see you on the Aloha Friday Challenges page!

I hope you and yours all have a wonderful, safe holiday filled with love, happiness and joy!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Happiest of Happy Turkey Day to You!

Well hello and thank you for taking the time to waddle over to your computer after a HUGE turkey meal to take a peek at my little card! I do hope your celebration, big or small, has been one filled with happiness and love!

 

Isn't this little guy just the cutest thing?? He's one of the many wonderful KBD images. I colored this little guy with my Copics. I added some great patterned papers from my still too large stash, ribbon and bling and there he was.... all ready late for the football games cuz he had to clean up the kitchen 1st!

The current challenge over on the Kitty Bee Design Blog - Aloha Friday Challenges - is all about being thankful! And its just perfect for me, especially for today! You should to go over and check out the DT inspiration, entries and the wonderful challenge sponsor, All Dressed Up.  I do hope you will head over and add your card to the linky! See you there!

Happiest of Happy Turkey Days to you and yours!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hugs to you ~
Peggie Sue

Thankful thru the miles

Hello again KBD fans! I'm here again to share my latest cards. These are for the challenge over at Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenges. I already showed you my little honey bear perfect pair and today I have these little bears to share...

I used Stitchy Bear digis for both cards. I added some fresh fall patterned papers, a little bit of ribbon, some Copic ink and there you have it. Two wonderful "thankful" cards to send out to my family to help celebrate Thanksgiving even though we are all so far apart.

If you add your "perfect pair" project to our linky, you could be chosen to win the wonderful prize being offered by Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet! So, go on and make a project or two and head over to Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenges! See you there...

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

My perfect pair

As a child I collected 3 things: teddy bears, clowns and dragons. I was always drawn to the pitiful little bears that were missing an eye, an arm or just looked like they needed my love more than the others sitting around him. Silly, but I still find myself still drawn to the underdog animal. And I still collect bears, dragons and have added sea turtles over the years.

Today I wan to share this little card. I created it for the challenge over at Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenges. How much more of a perfect pair can you possibly get than the love a bear has for honey?!

 I used gray cardstock for the base adding some gray ink splats using a Stampin' Up set. I added few strips of coordinating ribbon I purchased at Walmart & Joann Fabrics. I really love this burlap ribbon, I picked up two different widths!

So, you really should pull out all your supplies and pull together a great card show casing your take on "perfect pairs." If you add your project to our linky, you could be chosen to win the wonderful prize being offered by Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet! Be sure to go on over to  Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenges to read up on all the details! See you there...

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Pass the pepper please...

Oooo - it's my absolutely, mostest, favoritest time of the year! (My English teacher sister will absolutilest hate that sentence!) And because it's my fav holiday, I ended up crafting two cards! When I saw these two little KBD kitties I just had to feature them for my "stand-in" DT spotlight. They are all dressed up and ready to head out to trick or treat.

AND, this is my 2nd card for this post. I used another  KBD image. I used my Copics to ink up all my digis. Added some great holiday papers, ribbons and embellishments and fell in love!

The current challenge over on the Kitty Bee Design Blog - Aloha Friday Challenges - is Halloween! Eeeek, its just perfect for me! You need to go over and check out the DT inspiration, entries and the wonderful challenge sponsor, The Paper Shelter.  I do hope you will head over and add your card to the linky! See you there!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hugs to you ~
Peggie Sue

Got Trick or Treats?

I do!

Today I am bringing you a new Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenges. My fav theme: Halloween!!  I made a really cute Origami treat bag, shaped like a paper lunch bag. I will admit I fiddled with this bag sooooo much, just couldn't get the size I really needed with the 1st (or 3rd) try!

I used velum to make the bag and the embossing was actually an afterthought. I used an image from The Paper Shelter. Love those little images. You really should play along so you can WIN some great images from this store!! Go here (Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenges) to add your project to the linky and keep your fingers crossed. The theme is super fun: Halloween which is perfect for this time of year. I hope to see you there.

 

Happy Halloween Everyone

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Sew proud of you

When I was young, my Grannie made clothes for us, my mom did as well. You know, my daughter actually wore some of the clothes that had been made for me or my sisters! So it was natural for me to fall in love with sewing. I took every sewing related class while in High School and still am a very active seamstress to this day. I knew I had to find a way to use this most adorable Kitty Bee Design in a challenge. This challenge gave me just that chance!

Okay, Kitty Bee Designs is the home of Aloha Friday Challenges and our current challenge is all about animals. You can see how I interpreted this, I'd really love to see your interpretation!  Our uber cool sponsor this period is Bugaboo! They are graciously providing us with a super great prize!

 

I know you are heading over to the Aloha Friday Challenges page to add your project now, aren't you?! See you there!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Little Blue Dragon

Kitty Bee DT Spotlight time for Maxx & Boo! I couldn't resist this little Kitty Bee Design image. I decided to give him some color with my Copics and layer him up on some wonderful pattern paper from my stash. I added some retired SU ribbons and buttons. Love how he turned out.

Please make sure you stop by Aloha Friday Challenges to see the current challenge featuring animals and Bugaboo is this challenges' great sponsor!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Hey Daddy-o!

Hello Everyone!!

Time for a little Aloha Friday!! Yep - challenge time with Kitty Bee Designs!

Throughout my life, music has played an important part. It's not that I am a talented player of any instruments nor am I an amazing singer (although, I do put on an incredible concert while driving in my car). But, I did grow up having music nights with my family, singer into our make shift microphones, dancing all over the room. Always laughing, always followed by a great cookout of wonderful yummy food... Until my stroke, I always had music playing and I could almost always tell you who sang the song that was on the radio and what the words were! Ahhh, the good days! My favorite eras are the 50's and 70's.

That's were this adorable Kenny K digi image comes in! For the Kitty Bee Aloha Challenge #56, we want to see something about music! This images could be yours from our sponsor Kenny K if you win! I saw this milkshake image and immediately thought of sock hops, drive ins, greasers and pink ladies!

You need to head on over to the Kitty Bee Designs for the Aloha Friday Challenges to check out all the details and then add your project to the linky so you can have a chance to win the wonderful Kenny K prize!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Splish, Splash I was taking a bath...

Hello my friends! So glad you are here to hear about the new challenge!

 

 

Man, I love music from the 50's and when I saw this little guy I knew he was perfect for the new Kitty Bee Designs ~  Aloha Friday Challenges #56 Music. After I gave him some Copic color I added a bit of glitter to the soap bubbles. I also added a bit of twine and a button to finish him up.

Now it's your turn to add your musical creation to the challenge - get your supplies out and I'll see you on the Aloha Friday Challenges page!

See you again soon!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Love is in the air

Isn't that a great old song?  Kitty Bee Designs ~ Aloha Friday Challenges knows that all things of and in the sky are wonderful fun and have asked us to turn our eyes to the sky inspiration this week. I grew up collecting dragons so this little guy was a perfect fit for me this week!

 

This challenge's wonderful sponsor is MilkCoffee! Super sweet images. I fell in love with all the little digis!  I so enjoyed creating my air related projects I added another sweet digi. Isn't she just the sweetest?



 

Now it's your turn to look to the sky and create your sweet little heart out! Don't forget to go back to ~ Aloha Friday Challenges ~    and add your project to our linky.  Hope to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

It's that time of year (again)

August has finally come and it's off to middle school for my little (growing) Wild Man! 6th grade this year - yikes, where has the time gone? Just yesterday he was an adorable toddler stuffing his dirty socks into all kinds of hiding places. UGH - I miss those days. But, I am excited to watch  him grown and learn and develop into a fine young man.

In honor of school time Kitty Bee Designs ~ Aloha Friday Challenges.  We want to see your school work! tee hee

All your home work will be due the week of Aug 23rd. Check out the challenge site for all the details. Oh! And we have another great sponsor: Bugaboo Stamps! They will give the winner a super gift! So make sure you do your home work and turn it in on time kids!

 

I used the Bugaboo image Deacon School - sign it 2. They have some of the cutest digis! I colored him up with my Copics.  Used my sewing machinee to stitch down the bottom most layer of cardstock. The ruler is from an old paper pack. I traced over the notebook paper lines with my SU makers and stamped a retired SU image I onto the note.

 

I did an extra card mostly because I adore turtles - see.....

 

 

He's from Bugaboo as well Turtles School. The pattern papers and diamond dew drops are all from The Robin's Nest. The cardstock, stamped sentiment and hand punch is from SU.

Now, go create and have some fun while the kiddos are in school and all is quiet!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Narwhal Narwhal Swimming in the ocean....

Aloha friends!

Today is my spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs - the home of the Aloha Friday Challenges! We've asked to see your water/ocean animal projects. I decided to share a little Narwhal Love.

I cannot take credit for this card. Yainea at Lawn Fawn created this card in 2013. The link will take you directly to the post with the video on how to create the spinner card. I thought it'd be a blast to use the Kitty Bee narwhal with this little spinner. The last time I made a spinner card I thought it was a pain, but this was so very easy and fun.

I used my Copics to give him some color and Wink of Stella to add a little sparkle. The cardstock, pattern paper, sentiment and embossing powder are all retired Stampin Up. The bubble in this underwater sea scape are simply dollops of glitter glue.

Hope you will give this card a try and I hope to see you over at Kitty Bee Designs - participating in the current Aloha Friday Challenges!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Baby Bunny Wagons

Good News Everyone!! We got word from my niece (my favorite niece) that she (and my nephew in law) is pregnant with their 1st baby!!! So, I created my Aloha Friday KBD Challenge card just for her!

Soooo dang cute! And the challenge at KDB Aloha Friday Challenge Blog is .... SUMMER FUN!! When I originally picked this cute little bunny I did so cuz it made me think of spending summers with my grandparent's in Blairsville, GA. They lived on a farm and always had loootttts of veggies and bunnies and canned veggies and, wait - nooooo canned bunnies!

Ewwww, to forget that image, how 'bout you head on over and check out the wonderful DT inspirational creations and put your card into the challenge.  If you win, you can get the wonderful prize provided by the just as wonderful 2 Cute Ink!! See all the details over at KBD blog.

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Mele Kalikimaka!

I'm here today to share with you my July DT Spotlight at Kitty Bee Designs. Since this challenge period is Christmas in July, I chose this adorable little KBD digi called Kawaii "Santa" Owl.

I used retired patterned paper from Scenic Route. Neenah white card stock. I used the following items from Simon Says Stamp: red & green cardstock, bling, scallop die, foam tape, Versa Fine Ink, Copics and Scotch tape runner. I used the Owl Builder punched (from Stampin Up) for the branch the owl is sitting on.

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Aloha Friday Challenge - Kitty Bee Deisgns

Whoop Whoop ~ Here we go!!

Time for me to share my 1st post for the challenges with Kitty Bee Designs!! Our new Aloha Friday Challenge starts today and runs thru July 2. In order to have a chance to win the great prize from A Random Fan, you will need to create a card using our theme of "birthday".

Yep, it's that simple! Believe me, your gonna want to join in the fun because  A Random Fan has some of the cutest digis! Like this little sweetie pie:

I colored her with my Copics then cut her out with my stitched rectangle dies. My card base is Simon Says Stamp navy blue, the pattern paper is from the Crate Paper 6x6 Farmhouse pad. My sentiment is from a retired SU set and punched using SU punches. I fussy cut the puppy and gift packages and popped them up using foam tape. I added some Wink of Stella for a bit of sparkle.

Now, head on over to the Kitty Bee Design Blog ~ Challenge page to check out all the deets and add your creation to the mix! I hope to see you there!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue