I LOVE A GOOD CHALLENGE

I am back with another post. This one will be really short. The card I have made is for a couple of challenges one is at Digital Tuesday Challenges it is April flowers/April showers. Well I have a lot of flowers on my card. The back ground paper is covered in flowers. There are my roses that I colored from white to a yellow orange. I hope that this covers it. The next challenge is at Crazy 4 Challegnes the challenge was to copy one of the DT cards. This is the one that I chose.

I chose this one because I needed another card for an upcoming baby. And because I had another image by Elizabeth Bell that is so similar it is scary. Now for my card.

I used her sketch. What do you think?

Now for a little about my card.The first two layers of DP are from Basic Grey. The flowered one is from the Wiseria pad and the second that is matted on the yellow card stock is from the Eva pad. The other DP is from My Minds Eye Home collection. I colored my image with my copics. E53, E31, G21, G12, Y11, W3, W5. The geen flowers are from Prima Honeydew collection. the roses are from my stash, they were white, I colored them with a Y32 copic. I used my mint spica glitter pen on the neck and arm of the dress. The green pearls were a part of my win from Simon Says Stamp store. The ribbon was bought at Hobby Lobby.

I hope you like my card. Pleae leave a comment to let me know what you think.

Another Birthday Wish

Happy Saturday, I am here with my first post of the weekend and it will be a short one. It is 12 noon and although I have run most of my errands I still need to go to the health club.  Today is a big football day in my town. The University of Alabama A-Day game. The streets are conjested and will be the rest of the weekend. So I hope to get a lot of work done when I return home.

Don't forget, I still have blog candy and it will be up until the end of the month. The picture on the sidebar will take you to the post for the candy. It is good stuff. Take a chance you just might be a winner.

Now on to my card. Today it is a birthday card. I plan to send it to a member of one of my yahoo groups who is a part of the Birthday Club. But, since you all know me, you know it will be entered into several challenges. The first is Crafty Creations it is limited edition. 1 designer paper (Basic grey lemonade pad) I hope this counts; 1 image (by Elizabeth Bell) and 1 embellishment I made a flower of 3 layers and 1 flower brad. I hope this counts. I love the simplicity of this card. The next is at Sophisticats distressing. I love the look of the distressing around the edge of the image. Next is at Paper Take Weekly this one is called cutie pie. I think my little girl comes under that heading. And last but not least is at the Pixie Dust Studios  use green as your main color. I know I got this right on the dot. My image was colored with copics G21, G40, Y17, Y15, V01, V04, E31, C1 and C3. I used spica glitter pens on the belt, bracelet, flowers. I used Jim Holtz vintage photo distress ink on the edges of the image. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado. Well, here is my card.

I hope that you like my card.  Your comments make me stronger. So, please leave a lot of comments.

Raining Cats and Dogs

Good morning fellow bloggers, It is Thursday and I finally have something else to post. I have been working on this card since the weekend. But, unfortunately I have been low on energy and not getting much crafting done. It is finished and since you know me, you know that this card will fit into several challenges. The first is over at Sophisticats Challenge Blog the challenge was "Raining Cats and Dogs" and it also will run for 2 weeks this time. This is the only way I made the posting. Up next is a challenge at Allsorts Challenge Blog the challenge was to use no DP. This is the firts time I have entered a challenge here. Next is over at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge the challenge is "Sugar and Spice and everything nice." Now, on to the Raise the Bar Challenge the challenge is April Showers. The sketch is from Paper Take Weekly.

I flipped the sketch around a bit. but, I think that it will work. My image is from Elizabeth Bell and I don't know what it is called. But, it is one that I really like and have been waiting for an occasion to use it. It was colored with my copics and the embossing was done on my Cuttlebug with the swirls folder and then there are the swiss dots. I used stickles for my rain and cloud. The cloud with rain is a Magnolia Stamp which I bought at the Magnolia-licious Online Store the best place for getting your Magnolia stamps. The papers are from my stash and the sentiment I wrote on my computer. I distressed the edges of the sentiment and image with distress ink.

Well, here is my card. And even though I have been up since 3:30 am. It is now getting close to time for work. So I need to bring this to an end.

I would love to here from you.  My picture came out really dark and you can not see the embossing on the dark purple paper. Sorry, but it is still dark outside and my lighting in this room is not the best.

Springtime

Happy Friday everyone, it is getting late and this is the first chance I have had since leaving work to get a card posted. You should know that I was awake at 3:30 am working on this card, because I could not get back to sleep. and since I just got home a while ago and it is dark, my picture is not as bright as I would like. But, the card I love. The card is to be entered into a couple of challenges, one at the Sophisti-cat Challenge Blog, the theme was "Spring" and the second challenge is the Friday Sketcehers challenge #86. I do love a challenge. The image is by Elizabeth Bell, and it is springtime by itself. I love her images and can't wait to get some new ones.

I colored this with my Copics:
Skin: E31, E33
shirt/pants: G21, YG03
Hair: E37, E31
grass: G28
watering can: W3, W7
flowers: Y15, Y21, RV11
hat/t shirt: BV00, V12
And I used the Spica clear glitter pen on the bracelet and necklace. I cut the image out with my Nesstibilities Labels Four. The paper is all from my stash and scraps. The roses are some of whats left from what my friend gave me. The larger flowers holding the roses are Prima that I bought at Michaels a week ago for $.40 a jar. I do love a deal. I did not even know that Michaels carried Prima flowers. The glass bling is from my stash the last of the green flower and butterfly bling.

I really hope that you like this card and would love to hear what you think. All comments are greatly appreciated.

Lemon & Lime Colour Create Challenge 35

Well I'm back and this time I have done an easel card, my very first. And I really love the way it turned out. The color for this card is the challenge at Colour Create, yellow and green these are not colors that I would have picked, but I love the way it turned out.
I colored it with my Copics, the image is designed by Elizabeth Bell for Sugar Nellie and is called "Daisy".

The Copics used are:
Skin...E31, E33
Pants and flowers...Y08, Y11, Y21, Y13
Grass and leaves and shirt...YG06 G21, G07, G28

I have made some progress on my New Years resolutions. I have used more DP papers. I made a card that wasn't square of rectangle. And I branched out on my color choices.

I hope you like my take on this card. I will definitely make more easel cards in the future. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think.