Mother's Day Card

Howdy y'all.  Welcome back to my blog.  I have a card to show tonight that uses some of the roses and flowers that I dyed using my homemade alcohol inks. I used a Rick St. Dennis image to make this card and printed it out on a new card stock that I found at AC Moore.  It's from Crafter's Companion, the company that makes the Spectrum Noir pens.  I ran out of my Neenah and needed some card stock so I picked up two packs of 25 for $8.

So, what do you think?  The roses and the small silk flowers are dyed with the homemade alcohol inks. 

I colored the image with Chromatix pens.  I trimmed down the image, matted it on a panel of pink and then a panel of black.  The DPs are from Authentique and MME.  The card base is made from Bazzill Blackbird card stock.   The sentiment is from Beccy Muir and is included in the Rose Bouquet set.   I had to add the main sentiment to the inside, because there just wasn't room on the front to add the Scripture from Proverbs 31. 

I just kept adding embellies until I liked the look of it.  There are pearls, lace, flowers, acetate flowers, acrylic sprays, pearl sprays.  And for one of my challenges that I am entering this card in, I had to have ribbon.  I couldn't add anything else to the card, so there is ribbon on the image itself.  I hope that qualifies.  It's a little sneaky, but the ribbon is there.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope y'all have a great evening.  God bless.

Challenges:
Milk Coffee--Lace and Pearls
One Stop Craft--#227 Flower Power
Robyn's fetish--#158--Spring Colors
ABC Challenges--#27  Tic Tac Toe  Ribbon, Flowers, and Pink CS
Love to Create--#64  For Mom
The Pink Elephant--#198  Mother's Day
Craft Your Passion--#161 Floral Delights
Created with Love--#40  Mother's Day
Twists of Faith--#36  Mother's Day
Crafter's Cafe--Mother's Day
One Crazy Stamper--May flowers
Chocolate Coffee Cards--Mother's Day
V's Sweet Ideas-- Mother's Day

Penguin Birthday

Hello there my friends.  I'm sorry for the span between posts.  I have been struggling with severe depression and just haven't felt like posting.  I have medication, but I think I have become immune and my doctor isn't in the office this week.  But, I'm here tonight to post some of things I have been working on.

This birthday card showcases an image from Just Some Lines.

I colored this little guy with BIC markers and used my Martha Stewart circle cutter to die cut him.  I attached him to a large lacy circle from my stash.  The card base is DCWV Red as is the mat for the sentiment.  I used a double sided DP from ATD for the back ground.  Adding some colorful gems from Queen and company finished this card off.

Thanks so much for stopping in.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Just Some Lines--For a Child
Craft Your Passion-- #158 Adorable Animals
Penny's Challenges--#123 Use a Sentiment

Your Pad or Mine

Hoppy Saturday friends.  I have another card for y'all this afternoon.  I picked an image from Anne Fenton to make this card.  This is Frieda.

She's sittin' on her pad waiting for her man.  She's all dressed and fabulous.  I used my Chromatix pens to add the color to this image which was printed on Neenah card stock. I trimmed it down and matted the image on a panel of Basic Black card stock (SU).  For the background, I trimmed down two DPs from DCWV to 2.5" squares.  I matted them on the same black card stock and added them to a card base made from green Colorbok card stock.  I hand wrote the sentiment and matted it on the black card stock.  In order to follow the sketch from I {heart} Sketches, I took a black sharpie and added dot circles to the corners of the red panels.

Thanks for visiting me.  I appreciate it.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
I {heart} Sketches--#13
Craft Your Passion--#157 Water, water everywhere

Morning Person

Howdy friends.  I have a couple more cards for y'all tonight before I call it quits for the day.   I appreciate y'all stopping by to see what I've been up to.

The first card uses an image from C.C. Designs.  I think she's adorable.  I used my Spectrum Noir pens to give her life.  The sentiment is from Verses.

So, whatcha think about this CAS?  Pretty good right? I printed out the image and sentiment on Neenah card stock then colored the image.  I trimmed both down and used my Xacto Corner Punch on them.  I matted both a piece of Pink card stock from Recollections.  The DP is from GCD.  I used a piece of Gina K Heavy Base Weight White card stock to make the 5.5" square card base.  I used my 5 petal, EK Success flower punches to make the flower and added a pink pearl from Queen and Co.  I used pop dots to add the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping in tonight.  Have a wonderful Sunday.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Craft Your Passion--#156  Onsies
Crafty Card Makers--#88 Humor
Created With Love--#35  April Fools
Tuesday Alchemy--#53  Over the Pastel Rainbow
V's Sweet Ideas--#10  Anything Goes

Fairy Cup

Welcome back to Em's Thoughts.  It's so nice to be back up and posting again.  I was going stir crazy not being able to do my challenges and post my cards.  You don't realize how much you enjoy something until you don't have it.

The card I have for y'all uses a cute little fairy from Meljen.

I colored this little cutie with Chromatix pens from American Crafts.  I used a scrap piece of Gray card stock from SU that already had the scallop shape in it.  I added a piece of Clear Window Plastic under the gray to make it look kinda like a window.  I made the card base a 5" square and added a piece of light pink card stock from Recollections.  The DP and hot pink card stock are from American Crafts.  I used pop dots to add the focal image and added some hot pink gems from Queen and Co. to finish it off.

Thanks for being so patient with me while I was getting my Internet back up.  I hope y'all have a great night.  God bless

Challenges:
Avenue 613--#12 Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door--Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion--#155 Make It Cute

Hoppy Easter

Card #5  Please see Irish Dancer post for explanation of short post.

Image: QKR Stampede (Spectrum Noir Pens)  Neenah Super Smooth Card Stock
Sentiment:  Doodle Pantry
CS: Blue and Yellow--Recollections; Green--SU
DP: DCWV
Eggs: chipboard decorated eggs from my stash
Glitter Gel Pens

Challenges:
QKR Stampede--#28 3 of Something
Craft Your Passion--#152 That's Odd
Robyn's Fetish--#149  Easter

I Thank God For You

Hello again.  I have one more card for you tonight/today.  It's 2 am here in NE PA and I am trying to finish up blogging so I can go watch Lizard Lick Towing.  I just love that show.

The card I have for you uses a free image that I got online, but again, I forgot to write down who the artist is.  I'm trying to keep my digis organized, but every now and again one slips through the cracks.

I love my butterflies.  There are so many color combos and beautiful designs on them that it's just amazing to me.   I used my Chromatix pens to do this image.  I thought the butterfly would look really nice in shades of blue.  I like the way it turned out with that pop of blue with all the pink.  I also added some highlights with a white gel pen.  The sentiment is from Dee's Bugaboo Boutique.  I die cut it out with my square Nestabilities.  The DP is from SEI Chocolat and the card base is a 6x6 from Colorbok.  I made the white DP into a banner and added some pink pearls from Queen and CO.  The Light Blue card stock is from Colorbok and I printed the image on Neenah.

Thanks for looking and I pray y'all have a great day.  God bless.

Challenges:
Craft your Passion--#151 Banners
Digi Sketch--Sketch with Dear Friend theme

Special Lady

Howdy.  Can I just tell y'all how much I love Kenny K images?  They are fantastic.  I have to enlarge my collection as soon as possible.  I am really enjoying them.

The card that I for you uses a Kenny K image that looks like Marilyn Monroe.  I love her too.  She was a very sexy woman and I love the fact that she wasn't a twig.  I don't have a clue what these people see in a woman who looks like she needs a good home cooked, southern meal..ok maybe three or four of them.

I used my Spectrum Noir pens to add color to this beautiful image.  Now that I have some good card stock, I think I am getting better at blending.  I added some highlights using a white gel pen to her hair and her dress.  

After coloring her, I used my circle cutter to give it shape.  I inked the edges with Memento Dandelion ink.  I used the same cutter to make the patterned (Heidi Grace)  circle and the mustard (SU) colored circle.  The doily is from my stash and I inked it with Memento Lady Bug and Dandelion.  I layered them in a random pattern on a background from DCWV.  The card base itself is Recollections red and measures 6x6.

I added some Red Satin ribbon from Offray and a glittery butterfly from my stash.  Adding some red gems from Queen and CO. finished off the butterfly. 

The sentiment is from the Dessert Diva.  I used my Nestabilities to die cut the sentiment and scalloped mat (Basic Black--SU).  I used a pop dot to give the sentiment some height.

Thank you so much for keeping track of my card making progress.  I will be back tomorrow with a few more.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Craft Your Passion--#150  All that Glitters
Love to Create--#53  All that Glitters
Kenny K's Krafty Krew--#131 Circles
Shopping Our Stash--#90 Use Your Oldest DP
Through the Craft Room Door--Anything Goes
Penny's Challenges--#115  Anything Goes