Digital Images

I have a book of digital images that I accumulated many years ago. I decided to check them out. I found these two that I wanted to use. They are from Sweet 'N Sassy. Not even sure if they are around anymore! So, I printed them out, colored them with Copics, cut them and the matting out with Waffle Flower dies and then added the sentiments.

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Warm Winter Wishes

I used this digital image on my January calendar page. I had printed an extra one, and I came across it in my "card parts." For this card, I very simply colored the image and added the sentiment, which is from My Favorite Things. I added a bit of Wink of Stella to it. I matted with red and mounted on foam squares.

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Happy January 2018!

Goodness - I almost forgot to post my calendar page! And actually, first of all - Happy New Year to all!! May you all have a very happy and healthy 2018.

I sure am glad that I make notes for my calendar pages, because I never would have remembered the details. The image is a digi. I colored it with Copic markers. I hand-doodled around the edge.

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Digital Image Birthday

This is the other digital image I got from my friend, Kris, in Des Moines. I matted it with matching cardstock and mounted on Pop Dots. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I cut it with a Memory Box Stitched Rectangle die and matted with the same color cardstock. The background was embossed with a new-to-me embossing folder from Darice. I got a couple new ones from JoAnn's a few weeks ago when I could get them for 60% off. Can't pass up a deal! :)

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Dragon Birthday

When I was in Des Moines in June (my, how time flies!) Kris also gave us a couple digital images. This dragon was one, and it came all colored up. So, this is a terribly easy card. The frame around it was part of the card kit for the card class we took. It wasn't used in the class, but of course I couldn't toss it. So, I trimmed down the image to fit the frame. I mounted the panel on Pop Dots. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

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March Calendar Page

March 4th and finally my March calendar page. The image I used was a clip art image from the Microsoft site. I added the "Welcome March!" and printed the image and sentiment at the same time. I colored the image with Copic markers. I matted with patterned paper from a Recollections pad. I added Star Dust Stickles to the clouds and the sun. Might I say - it sure does NOT seem like March out there!!!! Sunday was a high of below zero - crazy! And it's snowing again as I type this post. Oh well, spring will come some day - I'm quite sure of that.

Thanks to all of you who so thoughtfully left me comments and sent cards in memory of my mom. I appreciate them all so much.

I hope to return to stamping some day soon, also, when I get a bit caught up. I have a couple of blog posts in my head that I plan to share with you. I plan on showing you the photo boards we made for my mom's funeral. I plan on sharing with you the handmade cards we received. And I also plan on sharing with you some photos of a very special friend who passed away last week. I miss you, Joanne.

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Celebrating with Digital Two for Tuesday

Cora, over at Digital Two for Tuesday, is celebrating her 200th blog post, which was on New Year's Eve. She asked for six volunteers to help showcase her wonderful images, and I am one of them! Cora takes vintage images from old catalogs, magazine, books, etc., cleans them up, and then offers them for free on her blog. Isn't that cool and fun??

For both of my cards today, I used one of her images from June 10. She has so many flower images to choose from, and you know how much I love flowers! For this first one, I printed the image and then cut it out with a Labels 27 die from Spellbinders. I colored with Copic markers and sponged a little bit of light blue ink over the image. I added some Star Dust Stickles to the flowers. The sentiment is from The Paper Company Studio and I scored a few lines around it. The patterned paper is from a stack I got at Michael's.

For my second card, I made a stair-step card. (You can find other stair-step cards that I've made here, along with a tutorial in one of the earliest ones.) Again, I printed the image and colored with Copics. I matted the image with some Papertrey Ink cardstock. I cut the numbers using a Cuttlebug die set. I embossed the piece on the front with a Sizzix embossing folder, after stamping the sentiment.

Be sure to check out Cora's blog and see what her other guest designers have created. You will be amazed:) Thanks, Cora! (You can also find other cards that I've made previously with Cora's images by following this link.)

And finally, I decided to share this one, too. Our three-year-old granddaughter wanted to color something, and I had this image on my desk, so she got to color one, too:) She asked me to color the leaves for her, because they were "too little." :) I added Stickles to her flowers, too. She and her mom and dad and two brothers were here for about five days. It was a bit chaotic for a few days with them, along with our son, daughter-in-law and their two boys here for some of the time, too, but it was great!

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Digital Tuesday Birthday

Another image from Digital Two For Tuesday. (If you like digital images, you really should check them out!) This one can be found here.

I colored the flowers, leaves and vase with Copics and realized I didn't quite know how I was going to color the rest of the image! So, I simply colored the rest of it with a very light color. I like the way it turned out. I matted with black and mounted on foam squares. The border along the left side was cut with a Memory Box die. The sentiment is from TPC Studio.

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Flutter By Wednesday #255

This week's Flutter By Wednesday's challenge is open - whatever you'd like to make, as long as you include a butterfly or a fairy! There is an optional challenge this week: to use something that is your favorite. Please create your card and link it up to the Flutter By Wednesday blog. Remember, if there are at least 100 entries, there will be a prize! Also, Danni is looking for more Design Team members! If you are interested, please check out her post here.

For my card, I used another digital image from Digital Two for Tuesdays. (You can find this image here.) A lot of you know how much I love stamped flowers, with my favorite being daisies:) I colored my image with Copics, added Star Dust Stickles to the wings, matted with black and mounted on foam squares. The patterned paper background is from Die Cuts With a View. The sentiment, stamped in black, is from a Papertrey set.

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Vintage Birthday - and a Couple of Updates

Leslie Miller makes the most beautiful, feminine cards! She sometimes uses digital images and has shared the link to Digital Two for Tuesdays. I downloaded several images and have printed some to color. This one can be found here.

I colored it with Copics. Because of the shading in the printed image, I didn't have to do a lot of shading with the markers. I matted with Vintage Violet cardstock (retired, from Stampin' Up!) The patterned paper is from a matstack from Jodie Lee Designs. I stamped the sentiment (from TPC Studio) with Vintage Violet ink.

The updates: my mom had six weeks of radiation after her surgery for skin cancer. She had a follow-up PET scan and I went with her to the oncologist a few weeks ago. The oncologist told her she had cancer in her lungs and had six months to a year to live. She had a biopsy on his recommendation - not to find out IF she had cancer, but to find out what kind of cancer it was. The biopsy showed no signs of cancer. So that was THE BEST NEWS possible, but it sure made us upset at the oncologist!

Also, our fourth grandson (and fifth grandchild) was born yesterday at 11:25 a.m. His name is Wyatt Ellsworth. (My dad's middle name is Ellsworth.) He has Down's Syndrome, but he is very healthy and doing awesome!

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Flutter By Wednesday #247

Flutter By Wednesday returns today with everyone's favorite challenge - any winged creature! We are sponsored this week by Inky Impressions. Create your card or project, making sure you include something with wings, and link it up to the Flutter By Wednesday blog! There will be a prize of a $10 gift certificate from Inky Impressions awarded to one lucky random winner.

The design team was given three images to choose from. I chose this Wishing Well image. I colored it with Copic markers and added some Star Dust Stickles to the bird and to the water in the pail. I matted with black. The border along the left side and the sentiment were both cut with dies. I made them while I was at our Group Gathering in Des Moines in June. The sentiment is from Memory Box (or at least I'm pretty sure it is) and the border die is from Papertrey Ink.

We'd love to have you join the return of Flutter By Wednesday! Can't wait to see what you all come up with.

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Pink Birthday Flowers

All the digital images out there got me thinking about some clip art CDs that I've had forever. I checked them out and found many images that I could color and use for cards. That's where this image came from.

I printed it and colored it with Copics. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! and is stamped with Soft Suede. The matting is also Soft Suede. That's all there is to it!

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Sweet Card:)

Flutter By Wednesdays is taking a break for the month of July. We'll be back in August with a new challenge for you!

A friend gave me this image to color. Isn't she sweet? She is from Funky Kits - a Simply Adorable Digital image. I colored her with Copics. I cut her and the mat with Nestabilities. I colored some plain gems with a purple Copic marker to add to the scallops. I mounted the circles on foam squares. I embossed the pink strip down the middle with a Sizzix folder. The background is from a Recollections pad.

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Flutter By Wednesday #243

Time for this week's Flutter By Wednesday challenge. This week's challenge is open - anything goes as long as you include your butterfly or fairy. Please DO remember your butterfly or fairy! We are sponsored this week by 2 Cute Ink. Be sure to check out the design team's creations on the blog. We'd love to have you join us!

The members of Danni's design team were given three images to work with, if we chose. I chose to use the Butterfly Bear image. I colored her with Copics and matted her with black. The bottom layer of matting for the image was cut from white with a Spellbinders die. The sentiment is from a Papertrey set and the card front is covered with patterned paper from Die Cuts With a View.

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Gee - Another Pink Flowery Birthday Card!

It's no secret that I love using flowers on my cards. :) So, here's another one.

The flower image is a digital image from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps. It's called Happy Flowers. I colored it with Copic markers, matted with Old Olive cardstock and mounted on foam squares. The patterned paper is from a Recollections pad. The sentiment is from Papertrey's Birthday Basics set.

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Flutter By Wednesday - Anniversary/Love/Wedding

A new Flutter By Wednesday challenge starts today. In honor of Danni's Anniversary (which is today!), the theme for this week's challenge is Love/Wedding/Anniversary. We are sponsored this week by A Day For Daisies. One lucky participant will receive a $12 gift certificate towards digital images at A Day for Daisies. So, be sure to post your card - including a butterfly or fairy, of course - to your blog or on-line gallery and then link it up to the Flutter By Wednesday post.

The members of the design team were allowed to choose a digital image to work with for today. I chose this cute little Carnation Pixie. I paper-pieced her dress and the flowers. I colored the rest with Copics and added glitter to the wings. I matted with black and mounted on Dimensionals. The papers are all from a Recollections matstack. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. 

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One-Layer Daisy Birthday

I was filing some digital images on Friday and came across this one. I thought it was very pretty. I'm so sorry that I didn't make a note of where I got it. :(

I printed it directly on the card front. I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and just blended a little bit with a blending pencil. The sentiment is from a Papertrey set.

To answer a question from a comment from "Anonymous" yesterday: I don't know of any way to find out when someone has pinned something from my blog to Pinterest. If any else does, I'd love to know! Once in a while I just search on Pinterest for "My Stamping  Addiction" and can see what shows up. Things other than my cards show up, but if I click on one of mine, then I can click on the link to "Pinned from My Stamping Addiction." I don't use Pinterest for anything other than that:)

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Happy Hanukkah!

Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate!

This is the one Hanukkah card I made this year. I own VERY few Hanukkah stamps, so I went with a free clipart image. I printed it out twice and cut the flames out of the second one. I mounted them on foam squares and added Stickles to them. The card base is a textured blue cardstock. I matted the image with the same color blue. The middle layer is a shimmery silver. I printed the sentiment on the image at the same time that I printed the image.

Just a reminder - you have one more week to comment on my calendar page post for a chance to win one of my calendars.

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Flutter By Wednesday #216

Today starts a new challenge from the Flutter By Wednesday challenge blog. This week's challenge is to use punches or dies. And of course - include a butterfly or fairy!

I used a Spellbinders die to cut out the image panel. I actually started with a "fancy" border die for the image, but I just couldn't get my layers to look good, so I went "clean and simple." That's my favorite, anyway! The image is a free digi from Sweet Coloring Pages. I colored her with Copics, then cut her out with my Spellbinders rectangle die. Before removing her from the die, I sponged with a soft yellow ink. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! Her wings needed Star Dust Stickles, of course! She went to my friend, Lucy, whose birthday was the 13th of this month:)

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November Calendar Page

I don't remember what site I got this image from, but it's a digital one. I still can't find my "ingredients" sheet for my calendar pages. At least I had it for most of the year:) I colored the cute turkey with Copics. The sentiment was computer-generated and printed at the same time as the image. I matted with a shimmery coppery paper.

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