November Freebie with Rick St. Dennis

Happy Friday.  Today I have a card that I created using the November Freebie from Rick's newsletter..Priscilla Pilgrim.  Isn't she just the cutest little mouse?

I colored her with Crayola colored pencils and OMS. I picked papers from a Me and My Big Ideas Layered paper pack.  I followed  the Seems a Little Sketchy #51 sketch to make this card.  The ribbon and button are from my stash.  I printed out the sentiment.  Each piece was inked with DI Vintage Photo.

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:
Seems a Little Sketchy
Robyn's Fetish--Thanksgiving
Sentimental Sundays--Falling into Autumn
Penny's Paper Crafty--Lots of Layers
Card Makin Mamas-  Sentiments
V's Sweet Ideas--Color Challenge


Thank y'all for stopping by today.  Have a wonderfully blessed weekend.

Walking Beside You

Happy Tuesday everyone.  It's been a while since I have posted.  I've been pretty busy lately.  Thanks for stopping in to see what I have for y'all today.

The card for today uses a Digi Darla image.  I colored it with colored pencils and Sakura Glitter pens.

I made a standard A2 size card this time.  The card base is from Colorbok and is an Olive color.  The DP is a double-sided one from American Crafts.  I stamped the greeting (The Paper Studio/Stampabilities) with Memento Tuxedo Black.  The inside says, "Don't walk in front of me because I may not follow.  Don't walk behind me because I may not lead.  Just walk beside me and be my friend."  I used pop dots to adhere the shoe and added some pink gems from Queen and Co to finish it off.

Thanks again for stopping by.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Robyn's Fetish--#170 Friendship card with sentiment on the front
Avenue 613--#30 Anything Goes with optional Friendship Day twist
Love to Create--#76 Color Inspiration
Penny's Challenges--#137  Bling
Crafts 4 Eternity--#134 Anything Goes

DS4J Shapes and Buttons

Hello friends.  I begin this post with a heavy heart.  My cousin, Ben, whom I wrote about in the last post, went to be with the Lord yesterday.  His young body suffered too much damage to survive.  Thank you for the thoughts and prayers.  Please, continue to keep his mom, sister and father in your prayers.  Thanks.

I have a card for you that I made for the Digital Stamps 4 Joy challenge this week.  Challenge #71 is Button it Up Shapely.  Translation: make a shaped card and add buttons.  I am also entering this card into some other challenges and they are listed at the bottom of this post.

I began by folding a 6x12 piece of Colorbok Pink card stock in half to form a base.  I printed out this shape on the computer and hand cut two black shapes from Recollections card stock.  I made an easel card from the base and adhered one of the black pieces to the front, the other to the inside bottom.  I then cut around the shapes so that the only pink you see is at the very top when the card is closed.  I so want a Grand Calibur or a Big Shot so that I can die cut shaped cards without all the fussy cutting.  It would be so much easier.

I used an image from DS4J designed by Jen Lee..love love love her images.  This one is called Misteri's Prom.  I colored her with colored pencils and OMS.  I am so thrilled..I bought my first three Prismacolor Pencils the other day at AC Moore.  I bought two shades of skin tones and a pink for the cheeks.  I love them.  I am definitely going to have to invest in a whole set.   I chose a sentiment from Desert Diva and added that to the inside of the card.  The remaining pink card stocks are from Recollections and the DP is all DCWV.  All of those buttons are from my stash.

I hope y'all enjoyed your visit today.  I hope y'all have a great day.  God bless.

Challenges
DS4J--#71  Button It Up Shapely
Penny's Paper Crafty--#136 Use Black
Created with Love--#50 Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly--Buttons and Bows--my bows are on the image itself.

Freedom isn't Free!!

Welcome to my second post of the evening...only three more to go..:)

The image for this card is a beaut from The Paper Shelter.  The challenge this week is Buttons or Brads.  I chose brads.

Aint' she just too dang cute?  I wonder who she is waiting for?  Maybe her daddy, her brother, uncle, boyfriend...someone coming home from serving a tour overseas with the military?  Who knows.

She's printed on Neenah white card stock and colored with colored pencils.  The back ground of the image is done with chalks.  The card stock for this card is all from Colorbok.  The DP is DCWV Boyhood stack.  I followed the Feeling Sketchy sketch for this week to make this card.  I used Fiskars Shape Cutter to make the circle and a Fiskars Scalloped border punch for the bottom layer.  After matting the image, I used my new Tonic Retractable pick to make the holes for the Recollections Black brads.  I hand wrote the sentiment and inked it with DI Vintage Photo.  The image is inked with DI Vintage Photo too and then popped up on the card.

Thanks so much for hanging with me.  I appreciate it. God bless you.

Challenges:
Feeling Sketchy--#64 
The Paper Shelter--#118  Buttons and/or Brads
Penny's Paper Crafty--#133 For the Girls
TTCRD--Anything Goes

World's Best Dad

Good day to y'all.  We had some really bad thunderstorms last night.  Some of the thunder shook the entire house.  It was like the sky just opened up and poured buckets of rain.  The winds were pretty bad too.  It didn't cool things down too much but every little bit helps.

Today, I have a card that features a Birdie Brown image.  This image is the monthly freebie challenge over at Birdie's blog.

This cute little Mr. Fix It reminds me of Dilbert.  I colored him with my colored pencils and OMS and then cut him out.  I printed the sentiment off of the computer.  The card base and mat for the sentiment are from Colorbok.  The brown card stock is Recollections.  I used a Fiskars Shape Cutter to make the circles.  The DP is from Colorbok's Earthtones.

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

Challenges:
Birdie Brown--Monthly Challenge
Avenue 613--Sketch Challenge
Shopping Our Stash--Use a tool that hasn't been used in a while.
Penny's Challenges--#128 Use Circles

Turtle in the Rain

Welcome back friends.  I have another card for y'all this afternoon.  This one  uses an image and sentiment from QKR Stampede.

I love turtles and this one has the cutest expression. I used Spectrum Noir pens to add color to this little guy.  I matted the image and sentiment on a panel of green DP from DCWV.  The card base is A2 size and made from SU Old Olive.  The background DP is also DCWV.  After I had the card together, I added some Glossy Accents to the rain drops.  This was a very easy card to make.

I hope y'all are enjoying your Wednesday evening.  Have a great night.  God bless.

Challenges:
Seems a Little Sketchy--#38
Creative Craft Challenges 2--#9  All About Animals
Penny's Challenges--#125 Animals

Ecclesiastes 3:1

Welcome.  So happy to see y'all again.  I hope you enjoy your visit.

This card features Scripture Word Art from Dee's Bugaboo Boutique.  

I began by printing out the sentiment on GP card stock.  I trimmed it down and matted it on a marbled blue card stock that used to be a pocket in a bill paying folder.  I made a 5" square card base from Yellow card stock from Recollections.  I trimmed down a blue cloud DP from Colorbok as the background.  I cut a strip of flower paper and used a Fiskars scalloped border punch on it.  I cut a thin strip of the same yellow card stock for the "ribbon" trim.  I used the same flower DP for the panel and matted it on the yellow card stock.  Adding the little daisy flower finished off the card.

Thank you so much for visiting me today.  Come back soon! God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Friday Sketch--#41
One Stop Craft--#224 Pastels
Sweet Stampin'--Pastels
The Cutie Pie Challenge--#42 CAS
Tuesday Throwdown--#143 Focus on the Sentiment
TTCRD-- April 16-22  Anything Goes
Penny's Challenges--#123 Use a Sentiment

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

White on White

Thanks for joining me for another card creation.  This one made me step outside my comfort zone and do something I don't usually do..white on white.  I love color and design so a plain card is hard for me.

To make this card I pulled out some white card stock and cut two panels.  I ran one through the Darice Butterfly Corner EF and the other through the Argyle EF.  I used my glitter gel pens to add some color to the butterflies.  I tied a piece of sheer white ribbon around the card front and added the sentiment from Dee's Bugaboo Boutique.  Quick, fast and sweet.  I like the way it turned out, but I don't think I'm ready to jump on the white band wagon just yet.

Thanks for stopping by this evening.  I truly appreciate it.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Digi Sketch--Butterflies and/or Roses
Love to Create--#60 White on White with a pop of color
Can You Digi It--#33 Butterflies
Penny's Challenges--#122 White on White
Word Art Wednesday--#75 Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday--#264  Butterflies
Crafts 4 Eternity--#119  Winged Things

Happy Happy

Howdy y'all.  Welcome back for another peek at my creations.  This card uses a beautiful image from Anne Fenton.  She's so very talented.  I printed out the image on Neenah card stock and colored her with Spectrum Noir Pens.

She's all spiffied up and ready to party.  Nothing says hot like that little red dress.  And I love the fact that this woman isn't skinny and bony.  Not all of us are model thin.  I have some meat on my bones and like to see images that I can relate to.

I started with a black card base (Recollections) and added a layer of black, red and white striped DP from DCWV.  I did follow a sketch from Mojo Monday for this card. All of the DP is from DCWV and the black and red used for matting is from Recollections.  I printed out the sentiment from Annie's Little Footprints and cut it out with a 2" circle punch.  I did use my Nestabilities for the scalloped mats on both circles.

I added lots and lots of pearls after running the large striped circle through the D'vine Swirls EF.  I love pearls.  So classy.

Thanks for looking today.  Have a great night.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
The Pink Elephant--#193  3 DPs and your favorite embellishment
Mojo Monday--#297
Penny's Challenges--#121 Red, Black and White
Crafty Catz--Swirlz and Pearlz
Sweet Stampin'--Go Girly
Outlawz Creative Freebie Challenge
One Crazy Stamper--Black, White plus One

Love

Howdy there friends.  Welcome back.  It's nice to see ya.  I have a very simple, cute, small card for ya tonight.

This one is another CAS card.  Wow..two in one night.  Can you believe it?  I started this little card with a Basic Black (SU) card base which measures 4.25" square.  I added a panel of black and red striped DP to the bottom of the card.  The sentiment, which was printed on Neenah card stock, is from Dee's Bugaboo Boutique.  I love her work.  She has tons and tons of Scripture word art..and the best part..it's free.  She does an amazing job.  I took a red Chromatix pen and colored the word LOVE.  I matted the sentiment on a panel of black card stock and added it to the card.  I used a Nestabilities circle die to cut the circle out of DCWV DP.  I added the circle and then a cute little black bow which I did some pen work on with a white gel pen.  I added faux stitching around the edges to finish it up.

Thanks so much for hanging out with me tonight.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Mojo Monday--#283
Outlawz Challenges-- Sunday's CAS030313
Penny's Paper Crafty--#117  Stitching

Two Cards

Good Evening friends.  I have a couple of cards for you tonight.  I am not feeling very well, coming down with a cold, so I am going to post both cards here tonight.

The first card I have for you spotlights one of Kenny K's images.  I love them.  I am having so much fun with his images.

To begin this card, I printed out the image on GinaK Heavy Base weight White card stock.  I colored it with my new Chromatix pens and BIC markers.  I trimmed down the image and matted it on a Chocolate Chip panel (SU).  I made the card base from a Light Blue card stock from Colorbok.  The background DP is from DCWV My Guy pack.  I cut a panel of Cardmakers freebie DP and matted that onto the same Light Blue card stock.  I added a piece of striped Olive Green ribbon around the panel before adding it to the card.  I used buttons as the embellishments for this card.  The sentiment uses a shaped bubble from Digital Stamps 4 Joy and I added the sentiment from TCP.


Challenges:
Kenny K's Krafty Krew--Layer it Up 
Coffee, Chocolate and Cards--Buttons and Bows
Tuesday Throwdown--#136 You are on my mind
Penny's Challenges--#116 Use Your Favorite Colors
Divas by Design--Anything Goes


The next card uses a Sassy Studio image.  I decided to make her reminiscent of the 80's.  I was an 80's child..had the three foot high hair, ripped jeans, leg warmers..the whole bit.  I miss those days.

I began by printing off the image on Gina K Heavy Base Weight card stock.  I used my BIC markers to color this image.

I cut out the image and used pop dots to add her to a small strip of white card stock (GP).  I made the card base from SU Pretty in Pink.  I added a back ground DP from DCWV All Girl.  The striped panel is from the same collection.  I added a strip of Blue card stock from Colorbok across the card towards the bottom.  The sentiment is printed out from my word processor program and matted on a piece of Orange (Recollections) card stock.  The flowers that adorn the card are all paper flowers from my stash.  The flower centers are gems from Queen and Co.

Challenges:
Challenges 4 Everybody--#14 Anything Goes
ABC Challenges--#18 Sketch Challenge

Thank you for stopping in to see my creations.  I appreciate it so much.  I hope to see you back soon.  God bless.

You are so very special Mermaid

Welcome friends.  I hope everyone had a wonderful day.  Tomorrow is Friday so for those of you who have to go out of the home to work, I pray y'all have a great day!

This first card uses an image from Anne Fenton.  If y'all have never used one of her images, I have to tell ya, y'all are missin' out.  She is a fab artists with some of the cutest digis ever.

I colored this cute little mermaid with my colored pencils and OMS. I chalked the sky background and added a bit of sunshine at the top.  For this card, I actually picked the background paper first and colored the image to match the paper.  The DP is from DCWV Glam Girl pad.  I used Gina K heavy base weight white for the 5.5" card base.  The turquoise and pink card stocks are from Recollections. I used a beautiful turquoise ribbon from Offray and wrapped it around the back ground paper and tied a knot-bow.  The sentiment I printed off of my computer and matted it on Hot Pink card stock from Recollections.  I added three pink gems and three turquoise gems from Queen and Co. to finish off the card.

I appreciate y'all stoppin' in to check out my creation.  I hope to see ya back on the next post.  I just want to thank y'all for the wonderful comments you have been leaving.  It's a blessing to me.  Have a wonderful day.  God bless y'all.

This card is entered into the following challenges:

Through the Craftroom Door--Anything Goes
Penny's Challenges--One for the Girls 

Embossing

Man, I almost forgot to post this card so that I could enter it into the Penny's Paper-Crafty challenge #111 for this week.  I already posted it on the Outlawz site for this week, but forgot to blog it.  The challenge over at Penny's for this week is to use embossing, either wet or dry.  I chose dry.  I had this cool piece of embossed card stock that has a beautiful flower design on it, so I used that.  It's from DCWV.  The card base is Gina K's heavy base weight white cards stock. The back ground paper is also from DCWV.

The sentiment stamp is from Fiskar's and I bought it at Jo-Ann's last year.  I cut it out with my EK Success label punch and then punched out a black one.  I cut the black one in half and attached it on the ends.  I added a black brad (Recollections)  to each end and used pop dots to adhere it to the card.  In each corner I added a black, flat back pearl (Queen and Co.) to each corner of the embossed card stock.  It's pretty CAS, but I like it.

Thanks for stopping in today.  I hope you all have a wonderfully blessed Monday!

Penny's Paper Crafty #110

Howdy ya'll.  How is everyone today?  I am cruisin' right along with my card making.  Since I have been feeling better, I am able to sit longer which means I can craft longer.  I am still on limited duty, but the time is getting longer and I am loving being back in my crafting mode.

Today's card is for the Penny's Paper Crafty challenge #110.  The theme is Teddy Bears.  This cute image is Deacon and his teddy from Bugaboo Stamps.  Isn't it just the cutest?  I used BIC markers to color in this one.  I'm still learning how to use alcohol markers, so bear with me..no pun intended. :)  I used a red glitter pen on the two hearts.  I inked the edges of both the image and the sentiment, which was printed out on the computer, with DI Vintage Photo.  I then matted both on a very dark green card stock from Colorbok.  The Kraft card stock is from Recollections.  The plaid DP is from DCWV which is matted again on the dark green.  The card base is Old Olive from SU.  I decided to make this sort of CAS since it is for a boy.  I didn't want to make it too frilly or blingy.

This is a standard A2 size card, so all of the card stock pieces and DP piece are cut accordingly.   I hope you all have enjoyed the project for today.  I will be back over the weekend with more crafty cards.  Thanks so much for taking the time to stop in and check out my work.  Thanks in advance, too, for any comments that you choose to leave.  I love reading them, so please feel free.  God bless you.