I Believe in You

Hello friends.  Thanks for coming back to my blog.  I truly appreciate it.  I have a great card for y'all today. I know it's not October yet, but Breast Cancer is a big issue.  So, for one of the challenges I am entering this card in, it's Monochromatic and I thought Pink..

This sassy image is from Milk Coffee.   I used my colored pencils to add the color.  All of the papers are from my stash so I'm not sure who designed them.  The only one I know for sure is the very back one which is The Paper Studio.  The Light Pink card stock is Recollections.  I added some pink gems from Queen and Co to finish up the card.

Thanks for stopping in today.  Have a blessed day!

Challenges:
Milk Coffee--Show us Your Coloring Skills
Avenue 613--Anything Goes with twist: Add a Sentiment
TTCRD--Anything Goes
Stamping with Dragon--Use 1 Color Only
One Stop Craft Challenge--#237  Keep It Simple

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

Am I Beautiful Yet?

Good morning y'all.  What a beautiful start to our weekend.  The sun is shining, a nice breeze is blowing and God is so good.

Thanks for stopping in for some eye candy today.  I have a Gothic card for y'all today.  I chose an image from Ike's World to make this card.

After printing off this image onto Neenah card stock, I colored her with BIC Markers and Spectrum Noir pens.  I colored in the spikes on her collar and the cross earring with a Metallic Silver pen.  The image is trimmed down, distressed and inked with DI Black Soot.  I used Recollections Black and Purple card stock for the mats and the background.  The DP is from last year's Recollection Halloween collection.  You can't really tell, but the Dark Purple stripe is glittered.  The flower is Recollections and that purple and white polka dot brad is about 7 years old.  I don't even remember where I got it.  I printed out the sentiment and trimmed and inked (Versa Magic Purple) it, matted it on a piece of black card stock and adhered it onto the side.

I hope y'all enjoyed your visit today.  Enjoy your Saturday.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Stamping with Dragon--Anything Goes
Avenue 613--#25 Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash--#107 Use Oldest Embellishment
TTCRD--Anything Goes

Beauty

Good Morning Folks.  Happy Wednesday.  Looks like it's going to be a beautiful day.  As I sit here posting this, I can hear the birds singing outside my window.  What a beautiful sound.

Today, I have a card for you that showcases one of Meljen's cute little ladies.  Her name is Little Lady Claire and you can find her here.

I began by coloring Claire with Spectrum Noir pens.  I added some glitter pens to highlight the swirls and hearts around her and her jewelry.  After trimming down the image, I matted it onto a Lavender card stock from Recollections.  The DPs are from DCWV and Colorbok.  I had this sentiment in my stash and used a punch to cut it out.  I used the same Lavender to make a mat for the sentiment and popped it up with pop dots.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I hope you enjoyed your visit.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Meljen's--Opposites Attract: Yellow and Purple
Robyn's Fetish--Die Cuts/Punches
Created with Love--Anything Goes
TTCRD--Anything Goes

You're Tweet!

Hello friends.  I hope everyone is enjoying their week so far.  It's hump day..half way to the weekend. Kierstynne has her first twirling parade this Saturday. She is so excited.  Last year she only got to carry the flag, this year she gets to twirl.  I'm so proud of her.

The card I have to show y'all today uses a cute little image from Digi Darla.  I colored it with BIC markers.

I used the Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch to make this card.  I pulled out a new paper pack for this one. It's by Pink Paislee and is called London Market.  I love this one.  I am going to have to buy a couple more to hoard.  I used SU Very Vanilla for the base and mats.  I inked the image with DI Vintage Photo.  I stamped the sentiment from Studio G directly onto the lace strip with Versa Fine Onyx ink.  Adding three large pearls from Queen and Co finished off this card.

Thanks for stopping in to see me.  I hope you enjoy your day.  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
Love to Create--#63  Punches or Dies
Creative Craft Challenges2--#9  All About Animals
TTCRD--Anything Goes
Outlawz Monday's Greeting--Anything Goes

Melonheadz Monday Challenge

Good Morning.  Welcome back to my little piece of cyber space.  I'm so glad you chose to join me along my journey.  

Today is my first posting as a Melonheadz Designer.  I'm so excited.  I love Nikki's designs and have been using them for a while.  If you haven't checked out our site yet, please do by clicking HERE.  Every two weeks we have another challenge with a great theme. This challenge's theme is Mother's Day/For a Special Lady.  I used the Mother's Day 2011 bundle to create my card.

I think this is such a sweet image.  I used Spectrum Noir pens to add the color to this image.  I used BGR1 to highlight the image before trimming it and rounding the corners.  I matted it onto Black card stock from Recollections.  The sentiment is from the same bundle and I also rounded the corners and matted it onto the black card stock.

I found these two DPs in my blue stash bin and thought they matched pretty well with the image.  I am going to give this to my MIL for Mother's Day and she isn't a frilly girly girl, so I liked the simpleness of this card.   I used a Fiskars Border Punch to  die cut the Turquoise strip of card stock (Recollections).  The card base is a nice Yellow from Recollections and is 6" square.  I added two little flowers that I had in my stash to finish the card.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I truly appreciate it.  God bless y'all and have a great Monday.

Challenges:
Sketch Saturday--#256
TTCRD--Anything Goes
Perfect Sentiments--#76 Mother's Day
Broken Box Stock--#25 Mother's Day
Sweet Stampin'--Anything but a Birthday

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

Yummy!

Welcome back friends.  I sure hope you are enjoying your day.

The card showcased here today uses an image from Melonheadz.  It's called Baking Mom.  I printed out the image on Neenah card stock and colored it in with Chromatix pens.

Do you remember baking cookies with your mom or grandma?  I sure do.  Every year about two to three weeks before Christmas my mom would start baking the cookies.  My favorite was the homemade chocolate chip.  There is nothing better than sneaking a bit of the dough before it's cooked.  Yummy!

I started by making a card base from Chocolate Chip card stock (SU).  I added a panel of pink card  stock from Recollections.  For the DP, I took the HOTP Yummy Kitchen stamp set and chose the Cookie Jar, Spatula, Wooden Spoon, and Cupcake images and randomly stamped them on white card stock.  I then filled in the blank spaces with a little heart.  I used my BIC markers to add a bit of color.  I then took Tattered Rose and Wild Honey Distress Inks and inked it a bit.  I then added a strip of DCWV DP and a strip of border punched Chocolate Chip card stock and tied a sheer yellow ribbon around the middle.  I added the matted image a little wonky and added the sentiment. I stamped another cookie jar, colored it in, and cut it out.  Using pop dots, I added it beside the sentiment.
Adding three green gems to the bottom right corner finished it off.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Enjoy your Friday.  God bless.

Challenges:
Fresh Brewed Designs--#4  Sweet Treats
Melonheadz Friends--Make it Girly
Perfect Sentiments--#74  Sweet Treats
TTCRD--Anything Goes
Bearly Mine--#81 Anything Goes
Sweet Stamps--#112 Use More than One Stamp