LEMON YELLOW TILDA

Wow it is Thursday and I am in the middle of packing for my trip to Chicago, to see my family. But, I wanted to post this card before it got to late. I will probably not get anything else posted before Tuesday.

This is for a challenge at  Die Cut Dreams and it is called Lemon Tilda. That is where my title comes from. I don't usually use yellow and I don't wear yellow unless it looks like mustard and I mean spicy mustard. But, I have done this card totally yellow. The Tilda image used is one we practiced coloring on at the last copics class that I attended. But, I will be going over to Magnolia-licious Online Store to see if Diana has her in stock. I really love this image and had not ever seen it before. The image was colored with copics E53, E13, E25, E51, E50, Y02, Y04, Y11, Y15, YG67 and W3. I used crystal stickles on the wings. My papers are from the Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby. The ribbon is also from the fabric department of Hobby Lobby, I really love this crinkled edges of the ribbon. The roses are Prima. The bling is from my stash. The butterfly is from my stash of butterflies. I like this one because it is shaped with wire and has fabric in the center with a little bling. I embossed using the circles folder from Cuttlebug. The sketch is from Pricilla Styles Midnight Madness sketch : Pricilla always has 2 sketches. One fancy and one simple. I chose the fancy one.

I am not really happy with my skin tone. I tried to make it better after it was dry. Take my word for this, it does not really work well once the inks are dry. That is why teachers tell you to blend while it is wet. But, oh well. it is not all bad. There are several challenges that I want to enter this card into.

Charisma Cardz Challenge Hot Hot Hot

Flutter by Wednesday Butterflies, Angels, Fairies

Totally Stampalicious Texture licious

Cute Card Thursday Dieing for a Punch (no die cuts or punches allowed)

The Shabby Tea Room Metal

Well, that is it for now. I will be back on Monday with a new project. I hope that you like this one.

BUTTERFLIES, BUTTERFLIES AND MORE BUTTERFLIES

Good morning, it is once again Monday and another work day. I love going to work (smilel) that is where I can make some more money so that I can buy more supplies to make more cards and crafts. I am back with another post and this one is all about the butterflies. I love butterflies. They come in so many gorgeous colors and they change their whole personality in a lifetime. First they are the ugly caterpillar, crawling around on the ground. And then after a long rest in a caccoon they emerge from a long sleep as this beautiful butterfly that can fly. How cool is that.

This is not a project  that I had to color. I used two butterfly stamps that I bought at Michaels. I made two other butterflies on the bottom of the easel card with the butterfly Spellbinders. And the really gorgeous butterfly with all the colors is from Jolie. The paper used for the card is all from my scrap file. The two blue DP was from the Lime Rickey pad by Basic grey, the rest I am not really sure about. Like I said it is from my scraps. The bling is from my stash. and the button is from The Paper Studio. The sentiment on the one stamp says "Find your wings and fly!" The flowers are from my stash.

The challenges are:

Crafty Creations Butterflies

Flutter by Wednesday A recipe: 1 part sparkle; 2 parts designer paper; 3 buttons or gems

Crafty Catz Buttons and butterflies

Digital Tuesday use your scraps

Fab N' Funky Flower Power

Well, that is it for today. I hope to be able to post something else before I take a few days vacation starting on Friday. I will be going to the south suburbs of Chicago, my home town for many years. But, I will only be gone a few days.

TOTALLY GORJUSS

Finally, I have finished my first project for posting for the weekend. Although it is not my first project to be finished. I had an order for note cards. And I am making cards to take with me when I go to Chicago on Friday, they are a gift for some one close to me. So I got the paper all cut and now I just have to get them put together.

So, my card today is a friends card. The image used is by Suzanne Woolcott (2009) from Sugar Nellie Stamps. I bought it at my favorite scrapbook store in the area, Scrapbook Mania. I just realized that I chose the wrong little girl to go with cat. Oh, well, I guess it really does not matter. Both images were colored with my Copics E13, E50, E51, E53, E25, B000, BO2, B05, W3, W5. I used my blue spica glitter pen for shine. The stitching was done on my little Pixie. (I don't know why it has gotten such a bad rep, I have not had any problems with it working for me and it is so convenient, with my regular machine I had to pull it out, put up and it was not even worth all the hassle. The paper is The Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby. the royal blue bling is from the clearance isle at Hobby Lobby, the stars are just from my stash. The quote is from my stash, I really don't remember where I bought it. The ribbon I got at Hobby Lobby yesterday for half price. I used my Cuttlebug and the circles embossing folder. The sketch is from Creative Inspirations Wednesday Challenge

There are several other challenges that I want to enter this card into.

ABC Challenge B is for Blue

Secret Crafters Blue and Cream

Totally Gorjuss Star

Alphabet Challenge Q is for Quote

City Crafters Challenge Isn't She Lovely

Pixie Dust Studio Go Crazy with Polka Dots

Stampin' For the Weekend Anything Goes

Paper Cutz Challenge Anything Goes

Crafty Ho's Inspiration

Well, that is all for now. I hope that you like this card and will see you again real soon.

PRETTY IN PINK TILDA

Good morning everyone. What a lovely morning it is. I am going to have to keep this post short, because it is really getting late and I am no where near ready to start my day. I mentioned yesterday that I took an advanced Copics coloring class on Saturday and I hope that this image shows that I did learn a little something. I think that she turned out really good. My image today is one of the fairy tale Tildas, she was given to me by a friend just recently. My favorite place to buy the Magnolia images is the Magnolia-licious online Store it is owned by Diana Crick and she is wonderful. Her service is top notch and I have always been amazed at how fast I receive my orders. Thanks Diana. I can't wait until I can come back over for more shopping.

I have colored Tilda using E53, E51, E50, E25, RV00, RV02, RV11, RV04 and my pink spica glitter pen. The paper is all from The Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby. The swirl paper is from a new birthday pack that I recently bought. The flowers are prima from my stash, the pearls are Martha Stewart, bought on clearance months ago and then colored with my RV06 marker. I also used my Martha Stewart leaf punch. I stitched it with my wonderful little Pixie. The sketch is from Sunday Sketch & Stamp this is a 2 week challenge blog.

I really like the way this one turned out.

I have a few challenges that I am entering this one in. But, I guess that does not surprise anyone who has visited my blog.

Pixie Dust Studio Pretty in Pink

Craftalicious Challenges Pearls and swirls (this is a 2 week challenge)

Totally Tilda Stitching

Cooking it up with Katie Flowery pink squaares

Penny Black At Allsorts Glitter and glitz (There is a DT call at Penny Black @ allsorts this month. it is a monthly challenge blog and they are looking for new design team members)

Magnolia-Licious Highlights challenge Blog Blog hop

My Time to Craft Challenge Glitter and glitz

Creative Card Crew Sparkle and Shine

Alphabet Challenge P is for Punches

Well I guess this is all for this card, I hope that you like it and leave me a little love to come home to.

FEELING BLUE

Good morning, It is Monday and almost time to get ready for work. I just wanted to stop by and post this card that I finished yesterday. I finally got my new office chair put together and I love it. it is big and comfortable. I bought it at Sam's and I'm so glad that I spent the money instead of waiting. It feels better than the one I was looking at at Office Depot and it cost less. So that is a good sellling point.

My card is another Mo image and I did some paper piecing on the dress. It is a birthday card. You can never have to many birthday cards. I colored it with copics E31, E33, E21, E25, B21, B32, B000 and my blue spica glitter pen. The paper is the Paper Studio and the checked paper in my first layer is just from my stash. It was some that my daughter sent me. The flower is from Recollection's at Michaels, $.49 a pack. They were clearanced out last week. The ribbon is from my stash as are the brads. The sentiment is one I made up just for this card. My printer is still not working so I had to hand write it. (I have got to call Kodak and get this taken care of). I embossed the second layer with the birthday folder from Cuttlebug. The sketch is from Diva Coffee Break Designs

As you can see, I am still working on my skin tones and trying different techniques and colors. And working on my shading.

I hope here you can see where I paper pieced her arms and dress. When you look at the card up close it really looks like she is pointing and has her hand on her hips.  This card will be entered into a few challenges. They are as follows

Allsorts Challenge paper piecing (the upper body of the image)

Sew Many Cards Challenge Stitching (it is on my ribbon)

Simon Says Stamp No Cure for those summertime Blues (I think it means the color or summertime)

Papertake Weekly Something old, something new, something borrowed something blue (I got the old, the ribbon and the new the flower and the blue.

Stamptacular Sunday Buttons and Bows (I have one of each)

Well, I guess this is it for this post. I will be back later with the last card of the weekend. Hope you like it.

MO'S INSPIRATION

Happy Sunday everybody, I am finally here with something to post for the week. It has been a very busy week and weekend. But, here I am. Yesterday, I attended an advanced copics class at my favorite scrapbook store.  It was taught by  Christine Ousley, she is on the design team for Simon Says Stamp and the design team for My Scrapbook Mania, which is the store I love. The class was more on coloring and blending and we also made a scrapbook page so I learned some new techniques and the need to practice, practice. So now more than ever I am looking forward to getting Copic certified. I am just waiting for a class to come my way.

On, the way there it rained cats and dogs. If, you knew me, you would know that I hate driving in the rain. The reason being, that a few years ago I was run off the road by an 18 wheeler pulling 2 trailers. My fear of being on the highway during a storm is huge. But, lets not talk about that. After getting back to town, I stopped by Hobby Lobby, they have gotten some new product in the store. They got some of the new Spellbinders in and Tim Holtz new inks and papers (there is actually a whole section for Tim Holtz). They also got some of the new Cuttlebug folders. I think they got some new stamps but it was hard to tell. I did not check to see if they had any new flowers or ribbons. They  have a 40% coupon this week. And no where on it does it say that Copics are excluded. Although they only have 1 green color that I don't have. I may go ahead and buy it this week. After I get 2 of the new Spellbinders. I can't wait.

Anyway, on to my card. first of all, I have used a Mo's Digital Image to go along with their inspirational challenge:

Aren't these colors and elements gorgeous. The sketch that I used is from Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday

The card was colored with Copics E53, E51, E50, E25, Y17, Y35, YR14, Y38, YR65 and a spica glitter pen; peach. The paper is Bazzil for the card stock, the DP is My Minds Eye Home. The wings were done with diamond stickles the image is by Mo, and she is fairy #3 (I think). I used my Nestibilities to cut the image and mat for the image. The flowers are prima. The sentiment is an Inkadinkado stamp. The corrigated card board was bought with the color on it when I first started scrapbooking. The inside of the card was embossed using the birthday folder from Cuttlebug and the sentiment is a stamp from Paper Inspirations, I think it was bought at Michaels. I use it all the time I really should remember this. The colors just happened to be perfect. I will be entering this card into the following challenges.

Flutter by Wednesday Fairies, butterflies or Angels

Crafty Creations Winged Things

Fab N' Funky Your favorite colors (I chose these colors because my apartment is painted Burnt orange around the fireplace and one wall in the dining room, sage green and tan or taupe on other walls and I love the way it looks) these colors are just a variation of those.

Secret Crafters What are girls made of (this card is nothing if not girly)

Sweet Stampin' challenge blog use your favoite image or stamp ( this is to hard, but Mo is one of my favorite artist.   And I do love this image.

Kah-Wink-E-Dink Digi use your favorite digital image (Again Mo is one of my favorite digital artist so this image does it for me (how am I supposed to choose a favorite when I love so many)

Simple Doodles Lets celebrate (what is a birthday if not a celebration)

And last but not least Stamp Something Fairy Tales (I think fairies come from a long line of fairy tales)

Well this is my first card of the week I will be back later with the second.  I hope that you enjoy it. It was so much fun to make.