2 SISTERS "I HEART YOU" CHALLENGE

Good morning fellow crafters, it is a cold morning here in the deep south and I can hear the wind howling outside around my windows. I really am in no hurry to go out right now. I would rather stay in and play with my papers and inks and paints. But, first let you get to this weeks challenge over at 2 Sisters Challenge Blog this weeks challenege is "I HEART YOU" and we are being sponsored by Digi Doodle Shop Best. They have some wonderful images and this week I created with the Just Married image. What could mean love more than that.

Digi Doodle Shop

The image had a vintage feel to me and so I went with the creams and browns and distressted look. I really like the way this turned out. It was colored with copics E00, E11, E13, E23, E31, E50, E53, and I used a clear sukura glitter pen. The flowers are Recollections and the paper is from the Paper Studio. The card stock is bazzill and the music paper is also the Paper Studio. The spellbinders die cut is one of the newer decorative elements, Fleur de Lis Squares, I really love the look of this one and will be using it a lot more.... So that is it for this project and now go on over to 2 Sisiters and join in the fun. It would be really great if you stopped by and visited the other members of the team. I am sure they would love to hear from you.

There are a few challenges that I would love to enter this into. But, you knew that already didn't you?

Art with No Boundaries  All you need is love

Crafty Calendar Challenge Love and Marriage (monthly)

Fab N' Funky Challenge Love is in the Air

Simon Says Stamp Love is in the Air

Creative Inspiration Challenge Lots of Love

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Love is in the Air

Crafty Purple Frog challenge Flower Power

Totally Gorjuss Lurve (love)

Allsorts Challenge Free and Easy

Well, that is it for this post. But, a reminder, I have Blog Candy for my birthday celebration that runs through March 15, 2012. so please come by and help me to celebrate. You can get to the post on my sidebar. Just leave me a comment and be a follower. 

It is Time for a Thank you

Good morning, I am back with another card . I am beginning to wonder if my followers don't like the cards I am making. I can tell that people are visiting my blog. But, not many of them are leaving comments. How depressing is that. I was hoping that they followed because they liked my stuff. Oh, well.

My card this morning is made for the Basic Grey Challenge, it is a color challenge this time and the colors are Marroon, lemon (yellow) and pink. I used the paper from their Lemonade pack that I got for my birthday. This paper is gorgeous. I can't wait to get some of their other items. The sketch is from Mojo Monday. I of course used the square one. I have not figured out yet how to make a round card.

The next challenge is from the Sophisticat Challenge Blog, now you know how easy that was for me (I love my Cuttlebug and own over half of their embossing folders, working on the next half. The reason that I bought the cuttlebug was for the embossing.) , so it just fell into my plans. Let's see, that makes three. The last and final one is, I Love Digi Challenge Blog, think Pink. Once again it just fell into my plans. I love a good challenge and here I have four that just go together so well.

Now on to my card. I colored the image with my Copics. and the image is from C.C. Designs (2009). She is the Swiss Miss Rosalie. She was given to me by one of my scrapbook group and I wasn't sure what I was going to do with her. I colored ups two images, one in oranges and the other in pink. And here my card is full of pinks, so once again it just came together.

Copics used were: along with glitter and gel pens

Skin: E31, E33 (I finally got some refills and I'm ready to go)

Hair: E09, E21, E25

Shoes: Sukura gel pen pink

ribbons: Spica glitter pen pink

Dress: RV02, RV11

I used the swiss dots embossing folder and the swirls embossing folder from Cuttlebug. The ribbon was from my stash. And I tied the bow without any glue. I think I am getting better. I have never been able to tie a bow without having it wrapped around something. I used my brand new fancy tags from Spellbinders. I do love Spellbinders. The sentiment is from a clear set that I got at Michaels. The butterflies were laying around on my desk for weeks because, they had fell out of a box I was going through. But when I was finishing up this card, I looked at them and thought how they would even out the sides of the card. the card looked unbalanced and the butterflies gave it a litle balance. Well here is my card. It is getting late and I have got to get ready for work.

I don't know why but I could not get my pics to the center and I don't have time to play with it now. I hope you like my card. Please leave a little love in the comments.

Tellen's Place Anything Goes #7

If it is Wednesday it must mean that it is time for another challenge at Tellen's Place and this one is anything goes. You can make any project you choose,  anything goes...Cards, Scrap Pages, Altered Items...you name it, but you have to choose your favorite Tellen's Place image... I chose one of my favorite images from Tellen's Place and she is of course a DIVA with attitude. And you can find lots of Tellen's images at the Tellen's Design Store along with lots of other goodies. I have been a follower of Tellen's Place since the beginning hers and mine. And now that I am on the Design Team it has only gotten better. I love the images that her son Markus draws and her challenges each week are imaginative. Her following is growing and I would love it if you would go by and tell her that I sent you. On my side bar, you will find a list of my team members. Click on each of their names and visit their blogs. Leave them a comment and tell them that I sent you. The team is filled with a group of very talented ladies that would love to hear from you. We are called the Tellen's Place Divas.... I like that.

My card as I said earlier was made with one of my favorite images and it was actually the image that I won first place with in the first challenge of the year. I colored it with my Copics and the the papers are from a pack that I bought at Walmart. I bought it because I needed some grey paper for another card that I wanted to make. It also had the green paper included. The card base is made from Bazzill card stock. the flowers are from my stash and the pink flower was colored with my copics. It was white. I also used a pink copic to color in the flower shape of the paper. The charm is from Stamp and Create. The ribbon is from my stash.

The Copics used were:
Skin: E31, E33
Hair: E25, E09
Dress: C3 and Sukura metallic gel pen silver
on the hat I used C3 and G21
and the pink copic used was Rv02 and RV11. I did not have the pale cherry pink R11 that was called for in the Copic Color Challenge. And the sketch that I used is from Friday Sketchers. I hope that you enjoy this card. I really had a great time making it.

TELLEN'S PLACE BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE #6

Hi all, if it is Wednesday, it is time for another Tellen's Place Challenge. The challenge this week is a birthday challenge. So this  challenge came at a good time since I just had a birthday yesterday. Birthdays mean presents and presents are fun for everyone. I know I am really happy with mine. I got all kinds of goodies to make more cards, Basic Grey papers two packs, more Bazzill papers, punches and flowers. Plus cash. What a day.

We all appreciate everybody who joined us for last weeks challenge and look forward to you coming back again. Tellen's Place has a lot of new images that we are showing off with this weeks challenge and they can be purchased at the Tellen's Place Designs. Go on over and take a look. I am sure you will find something to love. I have been a fan of Terry's and Tellen's Place since the beginning. And being a part of the design team is a dream come true.

Well, on to my card. You know I colored it with my Copics:

Skin: E21, E31, E33
Hair: E09, E25, E31
Dress/socks/shoes: BV00, BV04
Cake: E02, E40, E41, E42 and used glossy accents to make it shine
the toy on the side of little girl: V01, V12
Candle: V15/Flame R08
Bear: W1, W3
I used my Cuttlebug and the birthday folder to emboss my purple paper. I have to tell you that all of my papers came from the scrap file except for the card base. The card base is  Bazzill. The DP is from scrap file. This image had a few more elements than I am used to but, it was fun to color. The birthday presents are from a stamp designed by Tara Reed from Stamps Happen, Inc. They were colored with Spica glitter pens and Sukura gel pens. The bling is from my stash.

Tellen's Place Valentine Challenge #5

Good morning blog land. Today is the first official day of my Design Team duties. I want to thank Terry once again for invited me to be on her team. I have enjoyed joining in with the challenges over at TELLEN'S PLACE, and now I get to play a part in the inspiration for the challenges. How cool is that. Life is good. What is even better is that now I get to enteract with the whole team. Michelle, Fink, Janie, Tanisha (who is deployed at this time, we pray that she stays safe)  Lynda, Mia and Terry. The ladies have welcomed me to the team and made me feel like that's the way it has always been. But, what they don't know is that when I got the news, I jumped up and did my happy dance. What a sight that was.

If you have visited my blog at any time, you know that I love challenges and that I love Tellen's Place challenges and the images that she so graciously gives us to use in her challenges. Well now there is a brand new Tellen's Place designs online store. Where we can buy all the images that we want. And though, I can no longer enter the challenges, I hope that someone will walk away from my work inspired or at least with and idea that they can use.

Ok, on to the challenge. This weeks challenge has a Valentine theme. And the challenge is to use 5 hearts on your project. I chose to use the freebie which you can get from the Tellen's  Place blog. I chose this image because I was in the mood for a celebration. First, to celebrate my first week as Design Team member at Tellen's Place and second, my birthday is coming up soon and  that deserves much celebration. I hear a lot of women say that they stop counting their birthdays, me I count every one of them. I feel blessed to still be around to celebrate them and I want a whole lot more to count.

I stuck with the tradidtional valentine colors of red and pink. I used lots of bling and hearts. The paper is from Hobby Lobby the Paper Studio and I colored my image with my Copics.

Hair: E09, E25, E21
skin: E31, E33, E21
blouse: R27, R29
Rose: RV11, RV14 spica glitter pen pink/on the jewelry I used Spica glitter pen (Sand)
Champagne glass: I used glossy accents

The bling was $.59 at Michaels. The hearts were punched with a Martha Stewart embossing punch. The heart charm is from Stamp & Create. The DP paper is from Hobby Lobby Paper Studio. The card stock base is Bazzill and the swiss dot card stock is also from Bazzill (dotted swiss). On the inside I used some had made paper from Hobby Lobby on the left side (I really love this paper). and on the right side I used DP from the Paper Studio. The sentiment was stamped with clear plastic stamp from Walmart and then I went over it with Sukura metallic gel pen. Well here is my card:

I love to hear from you.

Let's Celebrate

Good morning, It is Monday morning and almost time for me to get out in the cold to head back to work. But, that is Ok, I really love my job and it provides the cash to pay for this wonderful hobby of mine. The card of the day, is a birthday card for my second oldest granddaughter. Her birthday is next month and I like to be prepared. This card was made to used in two challenges, the first is Friday Sketchers challenge #88. They have some wonderful sketches and this is why I keep going back. The second challenge is from Cute Card Thursday challenge #98, Spots and Dots. Now on to the card.

This the sketch from Friday Sketchers. I had to reverse, I got distracted and glued a couple of pieces of paper with the card going the wrong way.

First for my papers. I used the new My Minds Eye that I bought over the weekend. I love these papers. Each page can be used with the next. And I am really getting into my New Years resolution to use more DP paper. I never knew how much fun that could be. Of course I colored with my Copics. The following is what I used.

Skin: E31, E33, E21
Hair: E09, E25, E21
Shoes: W5, W3
Apron/Dress/Socks: Y15, Y17, Y26, G24, G21, Spica glitter pen Butterscotch.
Bling is from Michaels $1 bin
The flowers are from Primas new line, roses and summer mix
The sentiment is stamped and then I went over it with a mettalic gel pen by Sukura. They don't have color names they have numbers. Well, here is my card.

Yes, I used Tilda with her hands in her pockets, from the winter kit. And yes I have used her before. I really love this image. I wish my lighting was better so that you could see the true colors of this paper. She can be purchased at the Magnolia-licious Online Store, the service is quick and Diana gives the best customer service. I have been very pleased with the service. I am waiting now for the new spring edition of the magazine. It should be here today or tomorrow.

I would love to hear from you.

Another New Years Card

I can't believe that it is already Sunday and almost 12 noon. Before you know it will be time to go back to work. 3 days just goes by to fast. But, I have had a good time. I got to play with my papers and pens and even spent some time with my Prismacolor pencils and OMS. I used them on the card I am posting. It is for the challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil. I used one of Mo's images. I feel bad because I don't remember the little girls name. But, I think she is so beautiful. And she looks like she is having such a good time. I thought that I would use her to say Happy New Year to a friend that I did not send a Christmas card to.

As I said before, I used my Prismacolor pencils and OMS to color the dress and hair and parts of the flowers. I used my Sakura gel pens on the butterfly and some of the flowers. But for the skin I used my Copics. I have not practiced enough with the pencils to do skin color yet. But, I plan to work on it.

This card will also be entered into a challenge over at If the Shoe fits, Scrap it. The challenge there was to use 10 of brads, embellishments or bling. I used 10 rhinestones along the edge of my card. The ribbon is from my stash as was the rhinestones. Some of the purple papers came from my scrap folder. The DP is left over from my granddaughters scrapbook. The flowers are from my dwindling stash. The sentiment was typed on the computer and then I went over each letter with my Sukura purple metallic gel pen. And I used a little crystal stickles to represent fireworks.

I really like how this card turned out. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think. I love to read your comments.