Thank you with Tilda

I can't beleive that Thanksgiving has come and gone already. Now it will be all about Christmas. But I wanted to do a card that was just to say thank you to someone special. I have gone with the fall colors and all textured papers using a sketch from Just Magnolia. This card will be entered into their challenge for the week and also over at If the Shoe Fits.. Scrap it, their challenge was to be thankful.

To color the image I used Copics, E09, E31, E33, YG31, G21, YR09, R02. The thank you stamp is from Hampton Art and I stamped it with momento ink. the lots of love sticker is from EK Success's phrase cafe. All of the textured papers are from the Paper Studio. and the paper behind Tilda in multiple colors is from The Dollar tree. The flowers were bought at Michaels. I used Nesstibilities to cut the shapes used for the text and matting of Tilda. I used pop dots to make Tilda stand out. The brads are from my ever growing stash and the rhinestones are from Scrapbook Mania, my girlfriends and I took a short road trip there last weekend and I bought lots of goodies that I am looking forward to using in the near future. I am looking for tips on doing skin coloring. Any suggestions?

Another Christmas card

Well it is the day after Thanksgiving and I am still busy making cards and having a really good time with it. For all of you that spent the day out shopping, I applaud you. I don't know how you can stand all of the madness of trying to be the first to get the special prices. But on to my card.

This card is for a challenge over at Tellens Place a blog that I came across yesterday and liked, the challenge was to use red and green, how easy is that. They offered a free digital image and a chance to enter their challenge. I colored the image with my Copics R27, R29 and R39. For the skin I used E31 and E25, I am still doing a lot of practice for skin tones. Sometimes to me they seem to come out blotchy. For the boots I used W7.  On the white fur of the outfit I used the crystal stickles. On the snowflakes I used the crystal stickles and  the xmas red and lime green stickles to give them sparkle. I used my Nesstibilities to cut the text and layer it.

I am also going to enter this card in the challenge over at Friday Sketchers #80 since I used their sketch for this card. Please leave a comment I would love to hear from you.

Tilda sitting on a log in the forest

It is still Thanksgiving day, I have not eaten yet but, I have finished my second card for the day. This time it is Tilda, I have her sitting on a log in the forest.

This card covers 3 challenges. The first will be for The Copic Colour challenge. The challenge was to use 3 specific colors The colors were G99 Olive, E29 Burnt umber and Yr16 apricot. And if you did not have these colors the ones closest to them. Well I don't have the apricot or the olive. I looked at the Hobby Lobby yesterday which is the only store in my town that carries the Copic markers. So instead I used a combination of colors. For the dress which I colored green, I used Y91, G28 and G21 and blended. For the apricot I used R28 and R02 and then put Spica peach on top. (What color is apricot? I thought it was a pinky orange) but I could be wrong. For her hair I used E25 and E31. Skin is E31 and E33. On the log first was the E29, E21 and E37 and a lot of blending but I really like the effect I colored and cut to logs and used small pop dots to make it look more like a log. I hope this works. And let'ss not forget the birds, they were colored with E31 and Y21. I used small pop dots to adhere them and to give them dimension. For Tilda I used 2 large pop dots to make her stand out. The trees were cut on my Cricut from the camping cartridge and grass was cut with on my Cuttlebug.

The second challenge was for the Pixie Cottage and it was to use stitching either real or pretend, I used both. Under the log I used a needle and thread and stitched some green grass. Along the edge of the card I made the look of stitches with a Copic marker.

The third challenge was for Follow your Heart and the challenge was to used buttons. Thats all, just to use buttons. So the top of the card has some of my favorite metal buttons.

I hope you enjoy my Tilda, I really had a great time making this card. Please leave your comments and let me know what you think.

It's all about love

Happy Thanksgiving everyone... I am thankful that my family is healthy and happy, and most thankful that I have 4 days in which to practice my craft. Did I tell you that it has become addictive?

The card that I have today is to congratulate one of my co-workers who became engaged over the weekend. And it will be entered in a sketch challenge over at Mojo Monday Sketch #114. The sketch was not a lot of layering but was a clean and simple look. I loved it and it was perfect for this card. I hope you like it.

I started with a stamp of a dozen red roses (we always think of love) from Inkadinkado. I used momento tuxedo black to stamp with. I colored the roses with my Copic markers; R39, R27, Y21 and G21. After coloring with Copic I went over selected parts of the roses with my Spica glitter pens. I love these things. On the stems and the ribbon I also used the Spica. The ribbon is from Hobby Lobby, bought at 50% off, the red roses in the corner were from a very good friend who gave me a load of goodies that would make you scream with excitment. I did. The bling is all from my stash. I do love the bling. I think when you look at this card you will think of love. The shape around the dozen roses was cut with my Cuttlebug and my newest Nesstibilities, I do love Spellbinders and can't wait to get my next set.

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think.

3 Challenges in 1 Card

Hi everyone, I'm back and tonight I have a card that fits into 3 challenges. The first is Friday Sketchers #79. Love the sketch... the second is Copic Buzz "Robyn's Fetish" who supplied the digital image used in this card. The challenge was to use one of two images and to color something red. The third challenge is from the Colour Create Challenge, the challenge was to use red, green and white. Done...

The paper is from the Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby. The rhinestones are from my stash, I colored the image with my Copic Markers and used my Spica glitter pens to give it a little more bling. I used the Spica on the snowflakes in the christmas tree paper. The flowers are from Big Lots and Michaels. The sentiment was typed on my computer.   Please leave me a comment and let me know how I am doing. I love this. They tell me that I am so addicted.

November sketch

Hi all,
I am back again, this time with Tilda and her rolling pin. I did not have any stamps that had any thing to do with cooking. But, I loved the pink, blue and brown paper and I just colored her to match it using my Copic markers, I think I am getting better with them. This card is for the November sketch over at  the Magnolia-licious challenge blog.

The paper is some I had left over from my granddaughters scrapbook, which I made for her 8th grade graduation. She loved it. The brads just keep hanging around and the flowers are from Michaels. Oops, I did not use my Cuttlebug this time. I did not think that the papers needed any enhancing this time. I hope you like it. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think.