Pink and Black

Morning ya'll.  It's freezing here so if my typing is off, it's because my fingers are frozen.  :)  Today's card was made for the QKR Stampede Challenge.  Our challenge was to use a sentiment as the focal image.  I chose Galatians 5:22-23 for my focal image.

I used pinks and blacks for this card.  The card base is black and is from Colorbok.  The pink cardstock is  Recollections and the DP is from my stash.  I printed out the verse from Dee's Bugaboo.  The ribbon is also from my stash and I added some black and pink pearls for accent.  I inked the edges of the image with DI Vintage Photo ink.

Thanks so much for stopping in today.  God bless ya'll and have a great day.

Friday's Sketch

Welcome back to my blog.  Today I am showing a card for the Friday's Sketch Challenge.  I'm only a few days late posting this one.

I followed the sketch but instead of having my main focal image in the middle, I colored the image from Digi Darla and cut it into squares and placed a Bible Verse in the middle.  Something a little different, I supposed.  I like the way it turned out.  It's different.  I added a few clear rhinestones and it was done.  I did ink all the edges with DI Vintage Photo.  It's my favorite color for inking edges.

Thanks for stopping in today.  I pray you have a safe and wonderful day.  God bless you.

Christmas Nativity

Good Morning friends.  Today I am showing a card made for the Hooked on Craft Challenges.  Our challenge this week was to make a Christmas card without using red or green.  I love non traditional colored holiday cards.  Like a pink Halloween card or a black and white Easter card.  For my card, I used neutral shades.

The stamped image is from Inkadinkadoo and is the Nativity.  I stamped it in Memento Rich Cocoa ink.  I cut it out with my Cuttlebug and Nestabilities.  I used a piece of Chocolate Chip card stock to cut the scalloped mat.  The DP is from my stash and is a light tan script pattern.  I used a gold pearl card stock for the card base.  I added some pearls and a sheer ribbon to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by today.  God bless you and have a great day.

Blues

Hello.  Today's card is for the Scrappers Delights Challenge.  Our challenge was to use the sketch provided.  I decided to use shades and patterns of blue.  I used a black card base.  The sentiment focal images is from Dee's Buggaboo.

The black card base is from Colorbok and all of the shades of blue are from my stash.  I printed out the sentiment and matted it on a very light blue and a black mat.  I added blue rhinestones and a striped blue bow.  A very simple card.

Thanks for stopping in today and I pray you have a wonderful day.  God bless.

Dudley

Howdy folks.  How is everyone this morning?  I hope you guys are doing well.  It's cold here but I still refuse to turn on the oil furnace in October.  We have plenty of socks, sweat pants and blankets..:)

Today's card is one that I made for the Penny's Challenge.  Our challenge was to make a card using buttons and bows and if we used a Dustin Pike image, we will receive an extra entry.  I love Dustin Pike's little Dudley Dragons.  They are so cute.  I chose to use one for Halloween.

Ain't he just the cutest?  I used colored pencils and OMS to color in the image.  I used two shades of orange buttons and a black and orange polka dot ribbon to tie the bow.  The DP are from DCWV and the card stock is all Colorbok.

Thanks for stopping by today and looking.  I truly appreciate it.  God bless you and have a great day.

Pink Halloween

Howdy.  How is everyone?  I hope those who are encountering the storm are battened down.  We are supposed to get the worst of it after midnight tonight and into tomorrow.  I pray it decides to skip right over us.

Today's card is for the Stamping Boutique Challenge Pink Halloween.  I decided to combine Halloween with Breast Cancer Awareness Month and came up with this cutie.

This little witch is from Dude Time Doodles  and is called Bedazzled Beth.  She was offered as a freebie a few weeks ago.  I used my Spectrum Noir Pens to color the image.  I added some black polka dots to the cat and used the blender pen to add polka dots to her skirt.   I love this image.  It has just so many possibilities.  I rounded the edges and inked them with a medium pink ink.  I used a sketch from last year from Mojo Mondays.  The DP is from DCWV's Halloween pad from this year.  I love the pink and black.  I printed out the sentiment, trimmed it, matted it on dark pink and used two thicknesses of foam tape to attach it so that it would hold the easel part of the card.  The lacey ribbon is from AC Moore.  The Black Cardstock is a pearlescent black from Recollections.

Here are some close ups of the card.

I hope you all enjoyed my Pink Halloween card.  Thanks for stopping in today and God bless you.

Tool Box

Hello all.  Today are still watching that nasty storm.  It's supposed to start heavy tomorrow.  Please keep us in prayer.

Today's card was made for two challenges...The Outlawz Greeting Card challenge and Digital Stamps 4 Joy Masculine Challenge  I used a freebie image from the internet for this one.

To make this card, I used GP White #110 card stock for the base.  I inked the edges with DI Vintage Photo.  I cut a piece of ledger paper from DCWV Heirloom stack and distressed the edges and inked them.  The image I colored with my colored pencils and OMS.  I stamped the sentiment with SU Real Rust.  I added two antique brass brads to the sentiment, a square brad on the  tool box and a silver brad on the drill.  I cut out the tool box using my Cutterbee scissors and an xacto knife.  I used pop dots on the tool box.  This was a fairly simple card to make, but I think it packs a punch.

Thanks for stoppin by today to take a gander.  Hope you all have a great day and God bless you.

QKD Showcase

Happy Saturday friends.  It's pretty dreary here in NE PA.  We are in line for that nasty storm that's coming...Sandy is going to drown us.  3-8 inches of rain tomorrow and it's supposed to rain until Wednesday.  We're in for it.  They are expecting over 1 million people to be without power, so if you don't hear from me for a couple of days, I'm OK, just no power.

So, on to today's card.  I am using the cute Flying Panda for my card this week.  Sometimes we all have a friend whose pet is like a child to them.  And when that pet dies, it's heartbreaking for them.  I decided to make a Pet Sympathy card with this little Panda.  He's a flying angel panda and I thought he would make a good sympathy card for some one's pet.

To make this card, I used a marbled light blue card stock for the base.  I then cut a piece of blue heart DP as my background.  I used two pieces of chocolate card stock and a deep teal piece. These are cut to fit into a type of mosaic pattern.  I used the same marbled blue card stock for the mat for the focal image.  I used my Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Circle for that.  I stamped the panda with Memento Tuxedo Black and used two different Sakura Glitter pens to color him in..Dark Blue and Gold for the halo.  I don't think he needs any more coloring than that.  I cut him out with Nestabilities.  I used pop dots to attach the panda.  The flower is made from a light blue five petal flower and a brown five petal flower.  I used a large circle brad to keep them together and used Stickles to give it sparkle.  I hand wrote the sentiment in White Gel pen.  

So there you have it.  A cute little pet sympathy card.  Join us next Saturday for another new set of images from Queen Kat Designs.  Have a wonderful day and God bless.



Stamp: Flying Panda by Phantom Rose
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Sakura Glitter Pens; White Gel Pen
CS: All by Colorbok
DP: my stash
Flowers: Five Petal Die Cut
Embellies: Large Circle Brad
Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circle, Classic Scalloped Circle
Adhesives: ATG; Pop Dots

Two New Cards

Happy Friday everybody.  I know everyone loves Fridays.  I am taking Kierstynne on an outing for school today so I wanted to post these before we left.

I have two cards today.  Both were made for challenges.  The first one is for the Sketch Saturday challenge and the Created with Love #14 challenge.  It's a very CAS card.  The challenge for Created with Love was Something Sweet.  So, in order to follow the sketch, I chose this adorable birthday cake from Anjis Antics Blog.  She has really great images on her blog.  You should check them out...they are all free!

I used Spectrum Noir Alcohol Pens to color in the cake in shades of pink.  The sentiment I just printed out and the DP is from my stash.  I used pink rhinestones from Queen and Co for a little bling.  The black card stock is from Recollections, and I used a white card base from Colorbok.


My second card is doing triple duty. I am entering this one in the Dilly Beans Halloween Challenge, the ATCs with Attitude Challenge, and Dilly Beans Halloween Challenge.  This card uses a cute witch from Beccy Muir.  This one was one of her freebies.

For this cute card, I used colored pencils and OMS.  I like the way she turned out in purple and orange with a hint of green.  She looks so cute and creepy.  The chevron pattern paper is from Teresa Collins' new Halloween pack.  I used a strip of black card stock from Recollections and added a black star patterned paper on top of it.  I matted my image on a deep purple from Colorbok.  I inked the edges with DI Vintage Photo and used pop dots to give it some dimension.

Thanks for stoppin in today and I hope you enjoyed my cards.  God bless you and have a wonderful Friday!

Baby Easton

Howdy everyone.  It's been a few days since I have posted.  Our internet and phone lines were down all weekend and I just got everything back up and running last night.  I am very behind on blogging as well as all my challenges because of it.

This weeks Teapot Tuesday over at SCS is having their tea party in Cincinnati Ohio this week.  Baby Easton was born in August with a very rare medical condition that causes his skin to blister and peel off.  It's very painful for him.  His bandages have to be changed constantly and it pains him to be picked up.  Even his diapers can't be closed.  They have to just lay on him.  To touch him could cause his skin to come off.  We are sending out cards for Baby Easton, his parents as well as his three brothers, Carter, Logan, and Blake.

Today I am showing the card I made for Easton.

I used a sketch for Mojo Monday to complete this card.  I had a pack of collage art from HOTP in my stash and it had these cute little animals and papers in it.  I used a vanilla card base and added a very light blue back ground paper.  I fussy cut all the little animals out and used pop dots on them.  I inked all the edges of each paper, animal, and cardstock with DI Vintage Photo ink.  I used three different stamp sets for the greeting: Inkadinkadoo God Bless You; HOTP Precious Baby; HOTP Sweet Little One.  I think Baby Easton will like it, as much as a three month old can, but his parents will hopefully be blessed by the love and prayers that are being sent in this card.

Thanks for stoppin by today.  Have a blessed day.

Queen Kat Saturday Showcase

Happy Saturday everyone.  I hope you are having a wonderful day.  Today is Queen Kat Designs showcase Saturday.  Today's image is called Flip Top Frankie.  Some of you may have seen him during our 13 Days of Halloween Blog Hop that went on the first two weeks of October.  Wasn't that fun?  That was my first time participating in a blog hop and I had a blast.  I can't wait to do another one.                                

For today's card, I colored Frankie green.  I think green is a good color of Frankie, don't you?  I used my colored pencils and OMS to give him some life.  To mat Frankie, I used my Nestabilities Classic Squares and Classic Scalloped Squares.  I also used them for the sentiment.  I used an Inkadinkadoo sentiment.  The DPs are from Recollections and the card stock is Colorbok.  I stamped the sentiment in Stampin' Up's Pumpkin Pie.  I added a bit of sheer green ribbon and used DI Vintage Photo to ink all the edges.

Thanks so much for stopping in today and have a great Saturday.  God bless.

Eyeball Jar

Hello there.  I want to show a card that I helped my daughter make today for her grandmother.  She picked out the digi stamps from Wonderstrange.  I printed two copies of the jar and one of the eyeballs and resized them in my Word program.  Kierstynne colored in the eyeballs and I made the jar.  I used the first copy of the jar as the base, we cut around the eyeballs, added them to the jar and put a piece of window plastic over it.  I then cut out the center of the second jar and laid it over top of the plastic.  We glued all the pieces together.  Then we cut out the jar, laid it on a folded piece of aqua card stock.  We butted the left edge of the jar up against the fold and cut around the jar to form a jar shaped card.

The final size is 7 x 5.  I think she did a great job.  We colored in the top of the jar with a gray marker from BIC.  It looks old doesn't it?

Kierstynne loves to make cards with me and I'm glad that she does.  It gives us lots of mommy/daughter time.

Thanks for stopping in today to check out my daughter's project.  God bless you.

S is for Swans

Good morning.  Hope everyone is having a good day so far.  Today I have another card  for you.  This on is for a close family friend whose birthday is coming up.  She absolutely loves swans.  She has them everywhere in her home.  She has even tried to thin out her collection and given my daughter around 15 swans.  But, it didn't thin it out much.  She still has tons.

This card is also for the Sketch Saturday Challenge and for Digi Darla's A B C Challenge.  I used an image from a free coloring book on  the internet.  I colored in the image with colored pencils and OMS.  I used chalk to color in the sky.

I used two pattern papers from K & Co. for this card.  The pink card stock is from Colorbok.  I cut out the image with Nestabilities and inked the edges with DI Vintage Photo.   I used the Fiskar's Lacy Border Punch for the bottom pink strip.  The pink pearls are from Queen and Co.   The image is pop dotted up for depth.  I printed out the sentiment from my computer and edged it with DI Vintage Photo and used pop dots on it too.

Thank you so much for visiting me today.  I hope you all have a great day.  God bless you.

Casting Spells

Welcome back to my blog.  I truly appreciate you guys stopping in to see what I have created.  Today's card is for two different challenges.  Hooked on Craft Halloween Challenge and Penny's Paper Craft Girls, Girls, Girls challenge.

This little cutie is a digi image from Cuttlebug Cuties.  Alice has some wonderful stamps on her blog.  You should really check her out.  This one was a freebie a while back.  I used an Emerald Green colored pencil and OMS  to color her in and used a Sakura Black Glitter pen for her bodice and hat.  I fussy cut her out and used pop dots to put her on a black lacey circle die cut.  The DP is from Recollections.  I added some black rhinestones from Queen and Co.  for bling.  I printed out the sentiment and edged it with DI Black Soot.  The card stock base is from Stampin' Up in Basic Black.

Thanks so much, friends, for stopping in today.  God bless you always.

Fight Like a Girl

Good morning.  There are going to be quite a few post today because I am trying to catch up a week's worth of challenges this morning.  Please bear with me.

This card I made for Black and White with Pink Challenge over on The Stamping Boutique.  My image is from Digi Darla.  I used my colored pencils and OMS to color in this fiesty chick. I fussy cut out the image and used pop dots to give her that added punch...no pun intended.   I added some black Sakura Gel Pen and gave her a black rhinestone earring.  I used a sketch from the Outlawz to design the card.  The papers are from my friend, Jan, who lives in Arkansas.  Thanks Jan.  I added a piece of black and white gingham ribbon and tied a piece of pink in a bow.  The sentiment I printed out.

I think she looks like a strong, self confident, survivor don't you?  I am also going to add this to the Link Up for Pink challenge also.   I even added some pink to her hair.  She's all about supporting women who have survived breast cancer and those who are fighting it now.  Remember ladies, it's very important to do your self breast exam every month.  Don't forget.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a wonderful day and may God bless you.