Celebrating Torico {A Blog Hop!}

Today I am sharing a very special post about the digital stamp designer, Torico. Torico (Yoshie) creates the most adorable digital stamps you have ever seen! She is also a designer for There She Goes Stamps. I love, love, love her images so much! On top of all that, Torico is such a kind and lovely person. She was one of the first Featured Designers at my Merry Monday Challenge almost 2 years ago and she was such a joy to work with.

Torico made an announcement on her digital stamp blog a couple of weeks ago. She is closing her digital store. I am so sad about this but I know it is the right decision for her. She will still be designing for There She Goes stamps!!! Thank goodness!!!

We wanted to create a special blog hop for her...showcasing her adorable images! Myself and some of the designers of There She Goes stamps, have created a blog hop to showcase her digital images. Torico's digital stamp store closes at the end of November, be sure to go over and get your images while you can!!! You can get there by clicking HERE.

In the meantime, please hop with us as we celebrate Torico and her amazing artwork.

Lesley (YOU ARE HERE)

Kim

Chaitali

Tangii

Danielle

Karin A

Sarah

Jenny P

Vera

Tracy Mac

Jessica

Mary

I am sharing a card I made, using her cute image called "Party Dog". 

And here is my card...

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will continue onto Kim's blog next....please CLICK HERE.

Paper Issues and There She Goes!

I am so excited to share my project over at Paper Issues this week!!! Please stop on by!

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Today I am excited to share a card I made for a few challenges in blogland!! I had so much fun colouring this free image from Torico! I love her digital stamps!  Thanks, Torico! 

For the next two weeks over at Paper Issues, we are hosting a Chipboard Challenge and UM, WOW is our sponsor!! Eventhough I do not own any of their chipboard (yet) I am sharing this card because I used a chipboard/cork star!! Oh my I love these sweet stars!!! So my project qualifies for linking up!! Have you linked up yet? There are SEVEN prize packages up for grabs from UM, WOW!! 

I was inspired to play along with the following challenge too!! Everyone knows how much I love my There She Goes stamps!! What a fun challenge they have going this week!

There She Goes-Inspiration/Colour-red and aqua

There She Goes Sketch and the Play Date Cafe {Wish Big}

Happy Sunday!! I was so inspired by the warm and inviting colours at the Play Date Cafe, I knew exactly how I wanted to use them!!! Then I saw the adorable sketch at There She Goes and I knew it was a match made in heaven for me!! So I am squeezing this card in on Sunday at 10pm! A couple of weeks ago, I purchased this adorable image from Torico called "Catch My Heart". I never had the chance to ink it up for Valentine's Day, so I decided to use it as a birthday card!! Hence the sentiment, Wish BIG!!

{Supplies Used}

Stamps: "Catch My Heart" by Birdie Brown, Sentiment from SU!

Inks: Copics, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Papers: Carta Bella {Alphabet Junction} & Pebbles {Seen and Noted}, Flourishes White CS, Marina Mist CS

Extras: Pink Taffeta Ribbon {SU!}, Corner Rounder, Dimensionals

Have a great week everybody!! I hope you all get the chance to get inky!

Laughter and Cheer with Torico

{Supplies Used}

Stamps: Sentiment (AMUSE), Digital Santa Stamp by Torico

Ink: Printer, Copics

Paper: White CS from Flourishes, Poppy Parade

Extras: Button from stash

I wanted to sit back and so some colouring this week. I love colouring because I can sit back in my lazy boy and colour on my lap pad. Yes, I know, pretty fancy stuff! Torico has these SWEET new digi stamps and I had to have them! I love the dancing Santa. I used my photo editing program and placed Santa slightly behind Rudolph...so it looked like Santa was leaping in the air! I know that I love Christmas, so this digi was a must for me!

Here is the challenge I am entering:

ABC Christmas Challenge - 2W, Christmas - Vibrant Colors

On a personal note, I just cannot believe I am at 499 followers! Wowza! Thank you to everyone who stops by my blog, and leaves comments or just stops by for a visit. I love blogging and have made so many wonderful friends from it!!

Merry Monday Challenge #6-February is HERE!!!

I have to tell you, I am super excited for this month at Merry Monday!! The sweet and amazingly talented Torico is my featured designer. Thank you for joining me Torico. This week the lovely Nina Forsyth of Notes by Nina is my Guest Designer!!!  I am so happy to have both of these talented ladies join me!!  Here is the sketch for this week, I sure hope you like it!

Without further ado, here are our cards for this week's sketch! Torico and I used her wonderful digital images for our cards.  I absolutely love those sweet bears Torico used! I admire her exquisite colouring. So beautiful.  Nina created a card that is both festive and fun, love the stocking, such a cute touch!  be sure to click their blog names to visit them.

Torico

Birdie Brown

Nina

Notes by Nina

Lesley (that's me)

Stamps: Stacking Gift Boxes Digi Stamp by Torico

Papers: My Mind's Eye Love me, Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Poppy Parde

Extras: Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Oval Punches

Please click HERE to see Torico's Digi Stamp I used called "Stacking Gift Boxes".We are looking forward to seeing what you create with the sketch!

Shabby Tea Room Challenge #85 {Happy Halloween}

All week I have been trying to get this card together for the Shabby Tea Room Challenge. I have never played their challenge before and I was excited to play along!!  This week they are asking for a Halloween Themed card with the colours Orange, Purple and Black as well as some twine.  So I went to work, using another free digi from Torico. I just love her sweetly drawn images!  Here is the inspiration photo from the Shabby Tea Room:

• I printed out the digi from Torico on my printer and cut it out with a circle nestabilities.
• I coloured the image with my Copics. 
• The cardstock I used is Crumb Cake paper and I inked up my En Francais background stamp, I thought it looked like a "spell". 
• The DSP is some from my stash and I mimicked the scalloped around my main image at the bottom of the card with the Scallop Edge Border Punch. 
• I also added a pearl to each loop. 
• I finished it off with a sweet orange rose and some twine, wanted it to look spider webish and a simple sentiment at the bottom of the card!

Thanks for stopping by!!!  I sure hope you enjoyed my card today!  Be sure to check out the Shabby Tea Room to see what the DT created and all the other cards linked there. Such amazing inspiration!!  Please leave me a comment, I love reading them! I am also offering some blog candy, and you can find that post by clicking HERE.

CQ #108, SP #38 {Even Monsters Love Flowers}

            

I am sorely lacking in Halloween stamps...so I found this free digi stamp from Torico and decided it would be perfect for a couple of challenges!  Usually I don't get the chance to join in a Halloween card challenge, so I am pretty excited!  SO I took my colours from the Colour Q. I didn't need to go Halloween with this great colour combo, but I thought...why not!  So I coloured my monster with Copics and cut him out of a circle nestability.  I coloured his hair like Candy Corn.

Then I decided to play along with the Scrapbooker's Paradise Challenge to create a Halloween card! How fun!  I am new to this challenge blog, and just found them last night, so I was excited to play!  I even finished the inside of my card!

Then an idea struck me, what if I made a monster card and added some sweet flowers to the side like a "pretty"card...LOL! Monster and Flowers?!! That is not the "norm" but hey, I was having fun! I think my monster is mad at me...but deep down I know..."even monsters love flowers...." 

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Freshly Made Sketches #8-{Look for the Silver Lining}

Hump day is here! Hooray!  I'll admit it, I am pooped. But looking at the bright side, there is nothing like a Freshly Made Sketch to spruce things up! This week we have Holly Endress as our Featured Designer. Holly is our fearless leader at The Friday Mashup and I am so happy to have her on board!  And so without further ado, here is the sketch!

I have been trying out some "new to me" stamps and papers. This week I wanted to play with a digi stamp from Torico. I love her sweetly drawn digital images and who could resist this sweet puppy dog face. 

I coloured him with similar colours as Rolley (our pup).  I wanted the pattern paper to look like raindrops falling heavily out of the sky! The sentiment is from AMUSE and the flowers are some from my stash.  I also used a Tempting Turquoise base and Whisper White as an accent colour.

I coloured the image with my Copics and used my Circle Nestabilities to cut out the shape. The scalloped border was created with my SU! Scallop Edge Punch.  I wanted to complete the card on the inside and so added some pattern paper and a flower, to make it all match plus another sentiment from AMUSE..."Thinking of You".  We hope that you will join Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Please be sure to visit the other DT Members to see their wonderful creations!

Freshly Made Sketches Design Team

Lesley Croghan
Linda Callahan
Cindy Hall
Tui Nathan
Jennifer Timko
Rita Wright
Jen Mitchell
Holly Endress (GD)

Thanks for stopping by!!!