Where is the Wood?

WOW, I can't beleive that it is already  5 pm on Sunday, in a few hours it will be time to go back to work to earn some money to replace that which I spent this weekend. How many of you were in a Michaels this weekend. I have been in there several times, because I had 50% coupons and they will only let you use one at a time/or one a day. Well I walked in there on Friday at lunch time and fell in love. They had some of the new Prima flowers... roses, daisies,  spring mix, summer mix. and the paper, My Minds Eye... HOME. OMG... every thing was just gorgeous. the flowers coordinated with the paper. Can you keep a secret. Don't tell my friends. They keep telling me that I have a problem. I tell them that I can quit whenever I want. This is a sure sign that I have a problem. But really, is it a problem if you acknowledge it. I bought both sets of roses, I bought the spring mix, and the summer mix and don't forget the daisies. I bought the 6x6 paper and the 4.5x6.5 matting paper. I have already made 2 cards from it. I plan to get the 12x12 also. I have never in my life fell in love with paper. Some of it has glitter, and it all works together.

My first card is for Mo's Digital 2 challenge, The challenge was to use wood or would. I colored my images mat to look like wood. I think my images name is Monique, she is an angel and she blowing her horn. I had never used her before and I thought she would work for my birthday just as well as for Christmas. So she looks like she is making the announcement that it is my birthday next Monday.

I colored the image and the mat with my Copics:
My angel:
skin: E31, E33, E21
hair: E09, E25, E21
Robe: E40, E41
Wings: crystal stickels
Background: E27, E21
Horn: Y17, Y28

The flowers are from the new Prima line, the roses and the bloom. The paper is from the new Minds eye HOME. I do love these. The bling is from my stash. and this card came out better than I thought it would. I am not as happy with my photo. It has been dreary and cold here for days and there has been very little sunshine. The lighting in my apartment is awful and I have to move my lttle ott light from room to room trying to get the best place. This is a pain.

I used my Cuttlebug to cut out the pendant from the Fleur de lis. (I had a problem using this one, it did not cut well setting it up the way they directed me to) the paper was not that thick. but sections of the larger die did not go through.

Edwin Comes To Visit For The First Ttime

Good morning and what an early morning it is. It is 3:55 am. Boy do I hate waking up this early. But, I woke up coughing and wheezing with a dry mouth and nose. I need to fight this feeling before it gets any worse. And guess what. I was unable to go back to sleep. So, I figured that since I had some new projects that had not been posted I would start now.

This card is a birthday card made for a member of one of my Yahoo groups. This is the first time that I have actually signed up to be involved in any of the activitities just because I have very little extra time during the week. But, I figured that the Birthday Club would be easy, because I am always making birthday cards anyway. And my stash is getting to large. I don't want to hold on to my cards, I want to share them with others.

This is is a little larger than usual. It is 6"x9", the reason is that the background stamp is a little larger and it needed a little more room to work. The scene is by the Pixie Cottage. And I used Edwin from Magnolia. He is part of the first goodie bag that I received from my friend. But I know that you can get Edwin in many forms from the Magnolia-Licious Online Store. This is the first man's card that I have made since I started making cards. I think that it came out really good. Although it took me 2 weeks to make it work. I received an email from Bob yesterday to say that he really liked it. So that is why I am posting it today. I did not want to show it until he had received it.

The images were colored with my Copics (I have got to start practicing with my Prismacolor pencils, I have invested a lot of money in them and have only used them a couple of times.) Anyway, I colored with Copics:

Skin: E21, E00, E40
hair: Y11, E31
Clothes: B24, B32, B34
Flowers/trees: Y15, RV19, G21, G28, G07
outline: G1
Water: BG10, BG72

The papers are from Hobby Lobby, The Paper Studio. The butterflies are from my scrapbooking stash. I love butterflies and I have already replaced the ones used here. The inside sentiment on the left was cut with my Cricut. The typed sentiment was from me to Bob, from my head. I really do need to get a sentiment verse book. I really love how this card turned out.  I hope you like it too.

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

WE HAVE A WINNER

There is one more annoucement to make. THE WINNER OFTHE BLOG HOP FROM MY BLOG IS ALISON.

Alison, please contact Terry over at Tellen's Place about your prize. You will find her email address on the blog.

CONGRATULATIONS ALISON....

TIME TO CELEBRATE

I would like to share some good news that I received yesterday. I have been invited to be on the DESIGN TEAM over at Tellen's Place, now you all know how I love Tellen's Place. The images and the challenges. Now I get to be a part of the whole show. Thank you Terry. I will do the best job I can. I can't wait to get started.

Joyce

SHADES OF GRAY

My next post is for a challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil 2, It called for shades of gray. I really love the way this card turned out. I am going to give it to my sister and brother-in-law for their anniversary which just happens to be the day before her birthday. Wow, she is going to have to be my slave for life after she gets all of her goodies. The image that I have used is Jack and Ginger by Mo. and they were just perfect for this card. I colored it with my Copics and this time I did not lose my notes.

Ginger's Hair: C1, C3
Jacks Hair: C3, C5
Skin:
Ginger/Jack: E42, E31, E21
Ginger's clothes: W1, W3, shoes: W5, W3, purse: W5, W7
Jack's clothes W5, W7 Shoes, W1, W3
Flowers in hand and on hat: v17, V12
The punch is from EK...
The gray rhinestones came from Michaels, I was so surprised to see that color that I just had to buy them.

The gray flowers are from Primas from Michaels. and the purple rose was given to me by a friend. The gray paper used for the card base is from Hobby Lobby the Paper Studio. The DP paper is from Walmart, I was looking around for papers with gray in them and they had what they called a scrap pack and is by Best Occasions. It came with 10 sheets of 8.5x11 paper. and accent punches with words and frames and and I think I must have paid about $4-6 for it. but hey I did not have time to look for a better deal.

As I was going through my notebook, I realized that I could also use this card for the challenge at Sophisti-Cat, it is about love. Love at any age should count. When you see this card you will know they are in love.
Well here it is.

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

Red and Pink

Another Monday has come to an end. And boy am I tired. I just arrived home, I have several things that I want to get posted and I have not had my dinner. What to do first. Posting this new page for my sisters cookbook won out. So here we go. This page will be used for 2 challenges. One at the Pixie Cottage, the challenge is Red and Pink. Well My page really meets those qualifications. It is covered with big juicy strawberries and Tilda is all dressed in red carrying a pail full of sweet juicy strawberries. The background is pink and covered with sweet juicy strawberries. The 2nd challenge is at Stamp Something and that challenge was to have something that was delightfully delicious. Well what is more delicious than large sweet juicy strawberries. I colored the images with my Copics and 2 images are from Magnolia and they are Tilda and the large strawberry. The utensils was stamped by a friend and given to me when I find out who it is from I will that information here. The papers are from Tuesday Mornings and I am kicking myself for not buying all that they had. it is called Juicy Summer, it cost $2.99 a pack and had about 18 sheets of paper. I have already used 6 of them. I can't find my sheet of paper that I wrote my Copics on so this time I am not going to list them. Because at this point my mind is a blank.

Well here is my project.

I would really love to here from you. So please if you get to visit leave a comment and let me know what you think.