Life is Beautiful!

I am ready for Mother Nature to decide if it’s spring or winter. All of Oklahoma’s trees and early blooming plants are budding. I am in the mood for spring and all of its glory. Today I have incorporated several Altenew stamp sets to complete today’s card and show very bright and springy colors.

Today I have incorporated several Altenew stamps to complete today’s project.

The main image is from Altenew’s Majestic Bloom collection, leaves are from the Beautiful Day collection, and the sentiment is from the Spring Daisy collection. I am into coloring right now and concentrating on watercolor and Copics. With this image I chose white embossing these images and coloring with watercolors. My watercolors used are Kuretake Gansai Tambi in #34 and #64. Also, the Zig Clean Color Real Brushes color’s are 024-Wine Red, 030-Blue, 043-Olive Green, and 046-Mid Green. My cardstock is Gina K Designs.

The challenges that I am entering are:

Altenew’s February Challenge – Photo inspiration from this pic

And, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything goes

Crafting by Designs - Almost Spring

Thanks for stopping by. If you have any question, please contact me.

Aletha Jane

AJ’s Design Artz

Some affiliated links are listed below at no cost to you. The supplies for making this project were purchased by me, but if you click on the pics below and make a purchase, I get a commission. I want to thank everyone for their continued support of my art.

The legends for all affiliated/non-affiliated links are:

C9 – Concord & 9^th

DA - DecoArt

DDS – Donna Downey Studios

GKD – Gina K Designs

JG – Joggles

SAS - Shareasale

SS – StampingScrapping

SSS – Simon Says Stamp

SSS-Altenew Beautiful Day EH-Altenew Spring Daisy SSS-Altenew Spring Daisy EH-Altenew Majestic Blooms SSS-Majestic Bloom-Altenew SS-Nuvo Night Sky Glitter Drops EH-Nuvo Night Sky Glitter Drops SSS-Nuvo Night Sky Glitter Drops AZ-Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers SSS-Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers SSS-Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36 JG-Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36 SSS-Canson 140# AZ-Canson 140# EH-Canson 140# EH Neenah 80# Cardstock GKD-Blue Denim Cardstock GKD Clear EP SSS-Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001 GKD VersaMark Water Mark Pad SS ORIGINAL MISTI SSS-MISTI Original SS-Tool 'n One SSS-Tool 'n One SSS ATG AZ ATG EH ATG SS Double Sided Tape AZ-Teflon Bone Folder EH-Teflon Bone Folder SSS-Teflon Bone Folder SSS Fun Foam AZ-Fun Foam

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New Beginnings at Lacy Sunshine

Hi all! I have an an art card for you today created with Lillybug Dollie, a digital image from Heather’s  new collection “Stitched.” These images are some of the sweetest that I have seen in a while. They take me back to my younger days and my dolls and all the clothes that my grandmother and mother would make for them. I still have most of them too.

Lillybug Dollie was first colored with Copics. For the background I used PanPastels in Magenta and Magenta Extra Dark. PanPastels are wonderful to work with. You do need to use a fixative on your image when you are finished coloring.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, 00, 04, 11, 21, R20;

Onesies, Hair Bows, Shoes, and Eyes:

BV00, 11, 13, 17;

Wings and Tutu: V01, 05, 06, 09

Hair: RV63, 66, 69, 91

My finished card is very straight forward with the layering and the embellishments. Heather gave us, the Lacy Sunshine Creative Team, the theme of “new beginnings.” My new beginnings are represented with the die cut flowers. I added a ribbon and corner pearls for the last of the embellishments.

List of supplies and their links:

Designer Paper: Fun Stampers Journey New Day collection;

Cardstock: Fun Stampers Journey Whip Cream, Deep Lilac, Lavender Fusion;

Dies: Spellbinder’s Inspire Flower Power 1 & Flower Power 2, Celebrations Pierced Circles;

Ink: Fun Stampers Journey Lavender Fusion;

Other: PanPastels in Magenta and Magenta Extra Dark.

Have you stopped by our Lacy Sunshine Facebook group? If not, come join us for daily inspiration and some fun. We also have a Lacy Sunshine bi-weekly blog challenge too.  You don’t want to miss that for your chance to win these amazing Lacy Sunshine images.

Thanks for stopping by! If you have any questions, please contact me.

Aletha Jane

AJ’s Design Artz

Fun Stampers Journey

Lacy Sunshine Creative Designer

Heather Valentin’s Petals at Sweet Pea Stamps

I have a little Sweet Pea Stamps inspiration piece for you today featuring Lacy Sunshine's Heather Valentin’s Petals. Isn’t she a little charmer? A card featuring Petals would be perfect for a little flower girl. I know that she would appreciate the cuteness. Petals can be found as a digital image or as a rubber stamp, whichever you prefer, at Sweet Peas.

I am in love with Heather’s art work. Did you know that the Heather’s images on Sweet Pea Stamps are designed exclusively for Sweet Peas? I think that is pretty cool!

Petals was first colored with Copics and then trimmed with a die. I then layered her on three layers of purple and light purple cardstock. Before layering I did add some Smooch Illuminate ink to the embossed edges.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, 00, 04, 11, 21, and R20

Hair and Basket: E25, 29, 31, 50

Eyes and Leaves: G40, 43, 46, 29

Pinafore and some flowers: V000, 01, 04, 06, 09

Other flowers: RV34, 52, 69

Dress: V000, RV34, 52, and C0, 2, 4

Dress sleeves: C4, 6, 8

Background: W00, 0, 01, 2, 4, and RV52

Other elements for my Petals project:

• Cardstock: Fun Stamper’s Journey’s Pretty Pansy and Pretty Amethyst
• Designer Paper: Heartfelt Creations
• Dies: Spellbinder’s Matting Basics A, and Memory Box Fabulous Phlox
• Paints: Viva Décor 3D Rose Metallic Stamp Paint
• Inks: Dusty Concord Distress Ink and Smooch
• Pearls: Light purple from KC Company
• Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon

Petals would like to be entered in the following challenges:

Everybody-Art-Challenge – Favorite Stamp

Crafty Boots Challenge – Flowers

Love to Create – Anything Goes 

I wanted to remind you all of our Sweet Pea monthly challenge at One Sweet Challenge. There are fantastic prizes there. Over at our Sweet Pea Stamps Facebook group, we have a bi-weekly art contest. That prize is one digi stamp from the Sweet Pea Stamps store. You must use a Sweet Pea image, the theme is always “Anything Goes,” and you can enter as many times as you want. Each entry MUST be a new project. How easy is that? For all the upcoming events and sales visit our Sweet Pea Facebook page.

Thanks for stopping by today. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Aletha Jane

AJ’s Design Artz

Sweet Pea Designer

It’s all about Hearts and Love

I hope that everyone has had a wonderful week. Hopefully the majority of the US is warming up. Oklahoma is supposed to be in the 60s. It’s going to feel like spring.

It’s also Valentine’s Day today and Dilly Beans has a new challenge that will put you in the mood. Megan also has some new digital designs in her shop.

I would like for you to meet Mimi. This digi is “Mimi’sHearts Framed.” This little charmer was colored with Copics and accented with some Spica pens. My cardstock colors are Stampin’ Up!’s Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, and Eggplant Envy.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, 00, 04, 11, 21, R20

Hair, Eyes, & Leaves: YG21, 23, 25, 67

Dress & Eyelids: V000, 01, 05, 06, 09

Hearts, Borders, & Dress Trim: R32, 35, 37, 39, 89

Background: W000, 0, 1, 2, R32

I decided to make my own background paper with some sprays and watercolor paper. At first I did not like it, but it has grown on me. I love it when I do make my own backgrounds. Getting messy is a joy for me!

My recipe for the background paper is Dylusions inks in Cherry Pie and Crushed Grape. After that was dry, I sprayed with some LSG Hottie Patottie Hot Pink. That was not red enough for me, so I covered that in Fired Brick DI. There still needed some movement, so I pulled out a little heart stencil and went to town tracing with a Pitt marker. The added sparkle was completed with Red Wink of Stella brush tip marker.

I finished up the card with some Spellbinder’s classic hearts and scalloped classic hearts dies. The red hearts were given some sparkle with the clear Wink of Stella brush tip marker.

You won't want to miss Megan's Bogo Sale. This is in celebration of her birthday. Happy Birthday Megan! Buy One, Get One, can't beat that!

I hope you join us in our Hearts & Love challenge. Remember to use a Dilly Bean’s digi stamp. When you do enter, please come join our Dilly Bean Facebook group and share your “Hearts & Love” project.

Thanks for stopping by. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Aletha Jane

AJ’s Design Artz

Dilly Beans Designer